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Chapter 321: Chapter 300 Wherever the Thigh Goes, It’s Still a Thigh_1

“Could it be that I’m a masochist?”

“Who would have thought a detective novel could be written like this!”

Dezhi tends to guess the murderer while reading the novel, suspecting one by one, excluding one by one, almost guessing the motives and methods of every person he suspects…

But still, he was outwitted by Chu Kuang!

So, when he saw Poirot reveal the name of the murderer, he was shocked, his hair standing on end, and cold sweat flowing.

Shocked, he also cursed, feeling like the author was making fun of readers –

Which was indeed true.

Chu Kuang was actually making fun of readers.

From any standpoint, the word “making fun” is not an exaggeration.

But why did Cao Dezhi feel embarrassed?

Because this was not a simple April Fool’s prank, it was an intellectual crushing!

Through confessions and case analysis, it can be seen that…

Except for some revealing clues that Chu Kuang had to avoid due to the way of narration, he didn’t deliberately hide any clues in the book.

In some places, there were even strong implications in the textual narration!

This would only be discovered when looking back and comparing it with the confession.

Therefore, this book could be considered a fair detective duel between the author and the reader.

The annoying part for Cao Dezhi was this…

Chu Kuang had already revealed the identity of the murderer through numerous foreshadowings in the early part of the book…

But it was Chu Kuang’s utilization of reader’s presumptions that created a blind spot in the deduction, that’s why Dezhi found the ending so unbelievable!

Dezhi felt like he had defiantly walked into Chu Kuang’s trap.

The evidence had been shown early on, he just didn’t as a reader spot it.

There are some detective novels that will keep the key evidence until the end, hidden in the detective’s mind. In such circumstances, it’s understandable for readers to have no clue about the murderer.

Because the author doesn’t write out the key evidence.

But Auntie Agatha is a very orthodox author. She almost never hides her evidence until the end!

She gives the reader the chance to solve the case, challenging the detective’s speed of solving it, it all depends whether the reader is able to spot the details she has hidden in the text.

“Despite reading so many detective novels…”

Dezhi was talking to himself, then suddenly slapped his thigh forcefully:

“No, it’s useless to have read many detective novels, because the narrative method of this novel is groundbreaking. There has never been such a writing style in the mystery novels circle before!”

That’s why would instinctively think that “I” am not the murderer!

Because Cao Dezhi identifies himself as “I”!

Who am I?

I am Xie Shepherd!

If Dezhi had seen a TV show called “Legend of the Martial Arts”, at this moment, he would certainly see the logic of a character named Ji Wuming.

“So it was me…who killed me?”

But who defined that “I” can’t be the murderer?

There’s no such rule!

He just subconsciously excluded “I” as the murderer.

What Chu Kuang did was simple.

Breaking the rules and redefining the detective’s “anything is possible”!

“This novel almost subverts the traditional method of writing mystery novels!”

Dezhi is almost certain that once this novel is published, it will provoke countless mystery writers’ imitations—

Dezhi’s prediction was not wrong.

Following the release of Auntie Agatha’s “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” on Earth, many writers imitated this writing technique.

This style has a unique name.

“Narrative Trickery”

As the name suggests.

It refers to the narrative ruse in which the author deliberately hides or misleads certain facts from the reader through the structure of the article or language skills, revealing the truth of the case only at the end, leaving the reader with a sense of indescribable awe.

Auntie Agatha is the pioneer of narrative trickery!

No wonder she’s known as the old pioneer of the world of whodunits.

Narrative trickery is just one of the methods she introduced, the trends she sparked with her other innovations were even more terrifying.

In fact, in terms of narrative trickery, later works homage it and imitate it, like “Dondon Bridge” falling and so on.

“The opportunity has come!”

After experiencing great shock, Cao Dezhi felt like he was floating: “This novel is sure to become a hot topic!”

Can’t Silver Blue’s detective novels do anything?

That was then!

We have Chu Kuang now!