The most popular figure in Japan recently is the novelist Mizuo Sosuke. As another leading figure after Kudo Yusaku, his novels are popular all over the world.
But unlike Kudo Yusaku who is often exposed on social media, Mizuo Sosuke is notoriously low-key. Even before, there was not even a single frontal photo of him on social media.
But recently, because of his new book, Mizuo Sosuke has not only appeared in public, but also been interviewed frequently. Now he is going to hold a book signing event! How can this not make people excited! Book fans from all over the world flocked to the book signing event, fearing that if they missed this time, there would be no next time.
The large number of visitors caused the inbound tourism rate to surge by twenty points that month. Almost all hotels around Beika City were fully booked, with all the guests waiting to attend Mizuo Sosuke's new book signing event.
Mizuo Sosuke's new book "Twilight" can be regarded as his best work since his debut. It consists of three volumes, and the second volume will be released at this signing event.
Once this book was released, it immediately became a global hit. Hollywood even bought the rights to adapt the first and second volumes, preparing to adapt them for next year's Oscars. With the publisher's strong promotion, it seemed that not reading this book was like being out of touch with the social trend. It is no exaggeration to say that almost everyone who can afford the book now has a copy.
The main plot of "Twilight" is very simple. It tells the story of a happy family that was suddenly wiped out at dusk. Only the elder brother who was away at work escaped. For many years, the elder brother, who is a policeman, has been looking for the truth of the case.
Later, he met a weak detective, and the two teamed up to investigate the truth of the matter. After experiencing many things, the police found that the detective who trusted his partner was very abnormal. He began to suspect his partner and conducted a secret investigation, but discovered a shocking secret.
It is obvious that Mizuo Sosuke has undergone strict training in chapter breaking, and he has placed the hook very well, leaving all the secrets in the second volume, making readers all over the world eager to read the second volume.
"...Mr. Mizuo, this is the planned signing plan. After the signing, a lucky fan will be drawn to communicate with you and participate in a handshake meeting. The location will be the auditorium on the top floor of Tokyo Tower. Is that okay?" Tanaka Shoyang said with high spirits.
Recently, with the help of Mizuo Sosuke, he has planned many large-scale events, pushing the publishing house to a new level. He has also gained his father's recognition and believes that the day when he can truly take over the publishing house is not far away.
Mizuo Sosuke was not interested in this. "It's all right, but don't have too many people. I don't want to be too tired."
"Of course, Mr. Mizuo's body is a national treasure of the Japanese literary world and no loss is allowed." Tanaka Shoyang said exaggeratedly, with a flattering smile on his fierce face, like a big black bear painted red and green, which was particularly uncomfortable.
After talking about a lot of things, Tanaka Shoyo finally revealed his true purpose. He rubbed his hands and said with tears in his eyes, "Mr. Mizuo, I feel so sad!"
Tanaka Xiangyang took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from his eyes while wailing, "The publishing house has received many threatening letters recently, all of which are threatening us to urge the teacher to write the next volume as soon as possible. It's not that we don't care about the teacher's health, it's just that the power of readers is too great, and we are afraid!"
Mizuo Sosuke continued to reply to the messages on his phone without looking up. "I'm writing it. I'm writing it."
As an editor, Tanaka Xiangyang has rich experience in urging manuscripts to be submitted, and is familiar with the industry jargon of various novelists. He just took out the paper and pen, and before he wrote a word, his crying suddenly rose an octave, "Mr. Mizuo, I feel so bitter——"
No matter how beautiful the voice is, it can't resist being so artificial. Mizuo Sosuke helplessly covered his ears and shouted, "Sera, take out the manuscript from my drawer."
"Okay." Akemi Miyano, who was busy in the kitchen, responded. She stopped what she was doing and took out a thick stack of manuscripts from the drawer in her work room.
"I have written all of it, except for the ending. I don't know if you dare to publish it." Mizuo Sosuke nodded to Miyano Akemi, and Miyano Akemi handed the manuscript to Tanaka Shoyo.
Tanaka Shoyo said confidently, "There is nothing our publishing house dare not publish, as long as it is the work of Mr. Mizuo, even if it offends the Prime Minister or the Emperor."
Mizuo Sosuke smiled meaningfully, "I hope you can keep your word. Take a look at the manuscript first."
Tanaka Shoyang couldn't wait to read it. The more he looked, the more sweat he got on his face. With trembling hands, he took out the tear-stained handkerchief and wiped the sweat that kept coming out.
"Can it be published?" When Mizuo Sosuke came back from dinner, he saw Tanaka Shoyo covered in cold sweat.
Tanaka Shoyang smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Mizuo, can this really not be changed?" He was just bragging, but he didn't expect Mr. Mizuo to be so brave and actually do such a thing.
"No changes." Mizuo Sosuke stepped forward and made a gesture to take out the manuscript. "If it can't be published, forget it. I'll find another publisher."
Tanaka Xiangyang, who was good at math, did a quick calculation. They had spent so much money on promoting the publication of this new book, but the most important second volume would not be published by them. Although it was not a loss, they would definitely be laughed at by their peers.
He thought of his father, who had been the editor of Kudo Yusaku and Mizuo Sosuke. When he was young, he had bet everything on Kudo Yusaku, which led to the publishing house's current status. So why wouldn't he dare? Besides, it was just offending someone. If the next volume was published, the profits and reputation it would bring would be huge.
Tanaka Shoyo, who had capitalist blood flowing through his veins, gritted his teeth, held the manuscript tightly in his hand, and smiled flatteringly at Mizuo Sosuke, "Mr. Mizuo, you're joking. Which publishing house in Japan is more responsible and famous than us? Leave the publication of the next volume to me. Mr. Mizuo, you just need to write the ending as soon as possible."
Mizuo Sosuke loosened his hand and said, "I don't revise the manuscript. Aren't you afraid of offending those people?"
Tanaka Shoyo said righteously, "Although I am just an editor, I believe I have some literary character. As a Japanese citizen, I have the responsibility to uncover the darkness and bring back the light."
Mizuo Sosuke could not deny it, and Tanaka Shoyo continued to laugh and said, "Besides, the neighboring country of South Korea has made a TV series where the president is a villain, and in an American movie, the president's son and the British prince are a couple. Mizuo-sensei's behavior is not considered out of the ordinary in the eyes of the world."
Tanaka Shoyo sorted out the remaining manuscripts and put them into his briefcase. "Mr. Mizuo, I will take this part back to the publisher first. I'll leave the rest to you."
"good."
After Tanaka Shoyo left, Miyano Akemi looked at Mizuo Sosuke with some concern, "Mr. Mizuo, are you really not going to stay in the United States for a while? After the next volume comes out, I'm afraid those people will be so angry that they will do whatever they want."
"No need." Mizuo Sosuke smiled confidently, "I'll just wait for them here and see what else they can do! I want to let that idiot Tenkai Takuma know that what he couldn't do with his life, I can accomplish with just a stroke of a pen!"
.......
After Gin's death, Rum's life did not get better, but became more and more difficult. He understood Karasuma Renya's situation, but ignored Pisco's psychology.
In Pisco's heart, the distance between Rum and Karasuma Renya is as different as heaven and earth. Unfortunately, Karasuma Renya is the sky and Rum is the earth.
Rum's current organization members' salaries still have to be paid by Pisco, but Karasuma Renye can help Pisco's company. Now that his adopted son, Ireland, has become the leader of the action team, Karasuma Renye will definitely not touch him in order to restrain Ireland, so why should he still be involved with Rum? No more, no more, he decided to leave.
The most unethical thing is that before he ran away, he also took away a lot of funds that Rum had just collected this quarter, saying that he wanted to invest. Rum knew a lot about finance, so he handed the money to Pisker. He was confident that although Pisker was now submissive to Karasuma Renya on the surface, he would not really be loyal to someone who wanted to kill him.
Then, he lost both his money and his life. In order to show his loyalty to Karasuma Renye, Pisco not only left, but also cheated Rum of his money and took away a group of people. Before leaving, he did not forget to spread the news that Rum was a pauper.
At first, no one in the organization believed it. When payday came, there was still no news. The members were restless. A week later, everyone was sure that Rum had gone bankrupt just as Pisco said.
The Black Organization put a huge bounty on Rum, and for a moment, the members' eyes turned green when they looked at Rum.
Rum was cunning. Although most of the funds were taken away by Pisco, he still hid a lot of money, which was enough to pay the wages. The reason for the delay was that when Pisco left, he took away all the financial staff, and Rum couldn't find the finance staff for a while, which led to the failure to pay this month's wages.
"Bang--" Rum had just shot through the head of an attacker when he received a call from Miyazaki Ren.
"Mr. Rum, please hide quickly. The organization has put a huge bounty on you. I'm afraid there are many people who want to ambush you now."
The voice on the other end of the phone was very anxious, which comforted Rum's betrayed heart. He warned in a rare gentle tone, "I know, Brandy. You should be careful too. Don't expose yourself."
"Yes, Mr. Rum." Miyazaki Ren's voice was a little choked. "My previous savings were all used to inquire about the newspaper. Now I only have 10 million yen in savings. I hope Mr. Rum will not despise it. Please use this money to find someone who can protect you."
Oh, what a good subordinate, Rum was excited. He thought Bourbon was only slightly inferior to Brandy before, but now it seems far inferior. Bourbon has not contacted him since he got into trouble.
As for Brandy, not only did he risk his life to inform him to hide, he also handed over all his savings to him. Rum's eyes were moistened. "No need, Brandy, I don't need this little money, just keep it!"
Miyazaki Ren on the other end of the phone heard this and felt a little moved. It seemed that Rum still had some money. He had to find a way to dig some more out before he died.
Before he could come up with an excuse, Rum hung up the phone.
Five minutes later, "10 million yen has been deposited into my bank card."
This is the money that Rum sent.
It turned out that after Rum hung up the phone, he thought of Brandy's loyalty and was very moved. However, he did not want to expose his incompetence in front of Brandy, so he gritted his teeth and transferred 10 million to Brandy to demonstrate his strength with his financial power.
After receiving the money, Miyazaki Ren felt a rare guilty feeling for a second, but when she saw the last text message that it was 50 million yen from Karasuma Renya, the guilt disappeared without a trace.
Alas, for the sake of 10 million yen, I tried my best to create an opportunity for you to cause trouble in the Black Organization. Rum, please don't let me down, Miyazaki Ren sighed in her heart as she stared at the text message that arrived.
In the dim room, Karasuma Renya was lying on the bed receiving oxygen with a book in his hand. It was the second volume of "Twilight" by Mizuo Sosuke. Although it had not been officially released yet, for a super rich man like him, it was not difficult to get it in advance.
As the last page closed, Karasuma Renya had a stronger bad feeling in his heart. The organization with a crow as its logo in the book looked like the black organization under his command, and this policeman was just a replica of Takuma Amai.
Thinking of the person who brought him so much trouble, Karasuma Renya felt a surge of anger in his heart. With the death of Takuma Akai, the Black Organization began to decline and was exposed to the eyes of everyone. If it weren't for Brandy's timely rescue, they would have become the talk of the town. Therefore, Karasuma Renya hated Takuma Akai very much.
"Go, check for me the relationship between Mizuo Sosuke and Amagi Takuma."
"yes."
Karasuma Renya thought it would take a long time to get accurate information, but unexpectedly, his secretary came to report the situation to him not long after.
"Sir, according to the information we have, Amagi Takuma once had a younger brother named Mizuo Sosuke, who died of illness in the hospital at the age of 10."
Karasuma Renya, who had faked his own death many times, understood everything in an instant. He angrily threw the water cup in his hand to the ground, "Good, very good! You two are indeed brothers!"
He took several deep breaths, trying to calm himself down. After a while, he suddenly asked, "Find out the relationship between Brandy and Mizuo Sosuke, and give Brandy a task to get rid of Rum and Mizuo Sosuke as soon as possible."
The secretary next to him was still concise and to the point, "Yes."
After receiving the order, Miyazaki Ren's face fell, "What a suspicious old man!"
He slapped his face and called Mizuo Sosuke, "Sosuke, listen to me, leave Japan as soon as possible and find a safe place to hide!"
Mizuo Sosuke stiffened his neck and said, "I won't leave Japan! Don't try to get me away!"
"Listen, Karasuma Renya is going to attack you, you need to leave as soon as possible."
Mizuo So was shocked. He had been frail and sickly since childhood and had to go to the hospital frequently. Having seen many lives and deaths, he became more and more afraid of death. But how could he bear to leave his only relative in Japan to face the darkness alone?
"Sousuke, you are all I have. You must survive." Miyazaki Ren's tone could almost be described as begging.
Mizuo Sosuke was silent for a long time before he said, "I know, Ren, you should take care of yourself too. The book signing will end tomorrow and I will go to the United States. Will you come to my book signing tomorrow?"
Tomorrow is the day when Miyazaki Ren goes to the laboratory for treatment checkups every quarter. The schedule overlaps. "Sorry, I have something to do tomorrow."
"Okay..." Mizuo Sosuke said gloomily.
"But I have time tomorrow night. After your fan meeting is over, I have a surprise for you." Miyazaki Ren comforted.
"It's an apple party, right!" Smart Mizuo Sosuke immediately guessed what the so-called surprise was, "Have you learned how to make delicious apple pie?!"
“Yes, it’s guaranteed to be as delicious as what mom makes.”
"Then I forgive you, wait for me tomorrow night~"
After hanging up the phone, Miyazaki Ren rushed to the Poirot Café and found Furuya Rei, "Zero, I need your help."
Furiya Rei looked at his friend with a heavy face and his expression became serious, "How can I help you, Miyazaki?"
"Karasumaru Renya is going to attack Sosuke. I hope the public security can help Sosuke leave Japan and hide him."
"What?!" As he hadn't read the second volume of "Twilight", Furuya Rei naturally didn't know why Karasuma Renya was going to take action. "When?"
"The sooner the better. It would be best if we could arrange for him to leave tomorrow night."
"I understand. Leave it to me." Furuya Rei patted Miyazaki Ren's shoulder. "It will be fine."
Miyazaki Ren seemed to be comforting herself, repeating, "Yes, it will be fine."
......
On the day of the book signing event, there were huge crowds of people and it was extremely lively. The police had to deploy a large number of police officers to maintain order on the scene.
"Please don't squeeze, don't push!"
"Move, move, people in front, don't just stand there."
The security guard held up a loud speaker and shouted at the top of his lungs.
Mizuo Sosuke rubbed his wrist, looked at the crowd, and sighed silently in his heart. He looked at the person in front of him and smiled slightly, "Do you need to write something on it?"
In front of him was a man with a physique similar to Tanaka Shoyo. He was immediately mesmerized by Mizuo Sosuke's smile and turned his head away, "All right, all right."
Mizuo Sosuke wrote a message on the title page of the book in a flamboyant manner and handed the book to the man, "Thank you for your support."
The man took the book in a daze and left under the guidance of the security. The whole process took less than half a minute, but no one there laughed at him because everyone was the same as him. When I saw him on TV, I knew that Mr. Mizuo was good-looking, but I didn’t expect that after meeting him in person, he was even more handsome. With such looks, who wouldn’t be confused!
Fans are uncontrollable and often behave irrationally in front of their idols. But now, under the power of his smile, fans are as obedient as sheep.
"What a treacherous sir you are." Kuroba Kaito and Conan complained.
Today, Kuroba Kaito came as an external police aid. His role is to investigate the scene to see if there are any special agencies or people with bad intentions who have disguised themselves. Conan came with Mouri Kogoro.
Because there was a hot star at the opening of the autograph session, who was Yoko Okino, the idol of Kogoro Mori, and Kogoro Mori came for Yoko Okino.
Although Yoko Okino is already a top female idol in Japan, this is only limited to Japan. Mizuo Sosuke's autograph session has fans from all over the world. These fans come from all over the world and they must be financially well-off. That's why Yoko Okino took on this warm-up event in order to increase her own popularity.
Now that Okino Yoko has finished her performance, Maori Kogoro is not interested anymore and picks up Conan, "Let's go, kid, let's go home."
Mizuo Sosuke was familiar with them and also had the middle volume of "Twilight" at home, so there was really no need for him to stay here and watch the crowds.
Conan nodded obediently and left with Maori Kogoro. Kuroba Kaito looked at their backs enviously. Woohoo, he also wanted to get off work.
.....
In the safe house, Rum was bandaging his injured arm. He had suffered many attacks during this period, and the members of the organization who could protect him were almost used up. Most of them were tempted to rebel because of the huge bounty.
This made all his years of hard work go to waste, and now there are still many people out there chasing him.
Looking at the arm oozing with black blood, Rum ruthlessly dug out the piece of flesh. There was no anesthetic in the safe house, which made him break out in cold sweats from the pain. These people were indeed colluding with the Black Organization. This was the organization's unique poison, and he would never admit his mistake.
Rum closed his eyes and rested for a while. He called Bourbon, but no one answered for a long time. Then he found that he was blacklisted. He smashed the phone in anger. What a jerk Karasuma Renya was. He actually poached Bourbon too.
Today was Brandy's checkup and treatment day. He was still in the lab and definitely couldn't come to save him. So, facing such a group of people, could he really survive? Rum couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.
And even if I survive, will I have to be a bereaved dog, hunted by Karasuma Renya, hiding everywhere, struggling to survive, and let others laugh at my ugly appearance?
Unable to help, Rum suddenly thought of Tenkai Takuma, and he seemed to understand something. Even if he died, Rum didn't want to die in a cowardly way. Even if he died, he wanted to die with a bang! Karasuma Renya, you can't always be high and mighty!
"Brandy, don't let me down!" Rum murmured to himself, clicked send email, transferred all the remaining funds, changed into Kenshin Oeda's clothes, and tied the bombs to his body one by one.
There were no grenades in the safe house, only □□, what a pity. Rum sighed, picked up the □□, threw it at the group of people, then stole a motorcycle and rushed to Tokyo Tower. Today, Japan's eyes are all on that place. Karasuma Renya, just wait for my gift!
On his way home, Kogoro Mouri remembered that the beer cabinet at home was empty, so he left Conan behind without any burden and went to buy some beer alone.
"Tsk, irresponsible adult." Conan complained with his half-moon eyes.
A motorcycle whizzed by and almost hit him. Conan's pupils constricted. This man is Kenshinori Oda. Is that white thing a bandage? He's injured!
Before his brain could react, Conan had already stood on the skateboard and started chasing after Kenshinori Oda. Fortunately, he had not completely lost his mind. He remembered what Mizuo Sosuke had said during the previous training and called Rei Furuya.
"Mr. Amuro! I saw Kensuke Oda riding a motorcycle towards a place. He was injured!"
Fūya Rei, who was in a meeting, stood up suddenly and said, "Conan, don't get too close, protect yourself!"
He turned around and ordered, "Kazami, notify everyone to monitor the road and prepare to arrest them."
"yes!"
Meanwhile, in the Tokyo Tower auditorium, after the autograph session, Mizuo Sosuke still did not leave work. He attended a fan meeting accompanied by Tanaka Shoyo. The police had already left. There were only a few dozen people at the fan meeting, so the existing security was sufficient.
Heiyu Kuaidou, who finally got off work, hurried home humming a song.
In the laboratory, Miyazaki Ren also finished the examination and treatment. Since Miyano Shiho left, Karasuma Renya made deals with those high-ranking politicians and arranged for a lot of experimental personnel to come in. Now the laboratory is no longer a one-man show by Dr. Shiraishi.
The two parties were fighting back and forth, and the argument was very lively. It was a pity for him, who was caught in the middle. Even with his good body transformed by the experiment, he couldn't help feeling tired. Fortunately, he only had to suffer such a crime once a quarter.
Miyazaki Ren changed her clothes and rushed to the Polo Café.
"Jingguang, I'm back. Are the ingredients for the apple pie ready?"
Zhu Fu Jingguang smiled slightly, "Okay."
Miyazaki Ren rolled up his sleeves and said, "Watch me, I will succeed today. It will definitely be so delicious that Sosuke will cry."