Zhang Heng did not spend much effort, and he quickly integrated into the life of the villa.
During the day, he spent most of his time hunting with Hemingway and his group of friends, talking about poetry and literature, or listening to Asimov talk about his newly constructed future world. Zhang Heng was definitely not as good as Asimov when it came to science fiction writing. However, because he had experienced two future quests, the whistleblower and the bodyguard, some of Zhang Heng's descriptions of the future also piqued Asimov's interest.
The latter was also planning to gather all the science fiction writers in the villa together to form a small club. Zhang Heng, who had been with Asimov recently, was also fortunate enough to be invited to become the second member of this club.
Other than that, Zhang Heng accidentally made contact with another strange small group because he cracked a burglary case in the villa. In the end, the burglary case turned out to be a self-directed act by the small group.
It was only after Zhang Heng joined that he learned that cases like this happened at least once a week, and they were arranged by different people.
That's right, this club was the Reasoning Society.
The Reasoning Society was led by two men and one woman, three master reasoners. It was also in this society that Zhang Heng met Conan Doyle again. However, Conan Doyle had no impression of Zhang Heng at all. It was as if he met Zhang Heng for the first time. He was very polite to Zhang Heng, but when he found out that Zhang Heng's reasoning method was deductive, Conan Doyle became interested. In the end, he obediently handed over his room number.
However, Zhang Heng was also sure that the Conan Doyle in front of him was not the same person he met in the deductive quest who gave him a pen.
In fact, over the past few months, Zhang Heng had almost figured out the details of the guests and service staff in the villa. However, the owner of the villa had never shown his face.
A group of idle writers from the Reasoning Society were obviously very interested in this issue. They started their research earlier than Zhang Heng and finally came to an amazing conclusion.
"The owner of the villa is among us."
Opposite Zhang Heng, a dignified lady with a necklace, permed blonde hair, and sharp eyes picked up the coffee on the table and smiled.
"Why do you say that?"
"Because if you were the owner of the villa, and you spent so much effort to gather all the outstanding authors in one place, it's impossible for you to miss the upcoming excitement. No matter who he is, no matter what his purpose is, he must be watching us from somewhere right now," the lady with the necklace said in a low voice as she took a sip of coffee.
Following her words, the atmosphere suddenly became frightening.
Well, Agatha Christie, the Queen of Detectives, was sitting in front of him. Her detective novels such as "Murder on the Orient Express," "Murder on the Nile," and "And Then There Came None." According to statistics, only the Bible and Shakespeare sold more copies than her.
She was also one of the three leaders of the Reasoning Society.
But this time, the Queen of Reasoning made a mistake. In the entire villa, Zhang Heng was perhaps the only one who knew the real intention of the villa owner in gathering all the outstanding authors from all over the world.
Even if he told Agatha Christie the truth, she would probably not believe him. She would probably think that he was too conceited.
However, Zhang Heng did want to see the owner of this place again. Not necessarily now, but at least before he left this quest. Zhang Heng also had to admit that although Agatha and the others' deduction was a little off, it was not unreasonable.
So he continued to ask humbly, "Then who do you think is the most likely person in the villa?"
"You." Agatha said without hesitation, "You are the most suspicious because you are the latest to come, and you live in the later era. No one here has read your books, and no one knows you. We don't even know if your family's identity is real or not."
"…"
"But," Agatha changed the topic, "now I think you don't look like it. I heard about what happened between you and Shakespeare. If you are really the owner here, there should be no reason you don't know what kind of person he is, and you wouldn't provoke him from the beginning. And you made your position clear as soon as you came to the villa. It doesn't quite match your identity as the owner of the villa. But we can't rule out the possibility that you deliberately did these things to confuse us when you know you are the most suspicious person. After all, the ending of a detective story often has an unexpected twist. "
"What about me?"
"Room 515." Agatha thought for a while and said, "The room on the fifth floor closest to the end of the corridor. You should have heard that the tenant has never shown his face. The food and water are all sent in by the waiter here. It's very mysterious. But in a detective story, this kind of character is basically used by the author to attract the public's attention. In comparison, I'm more willing to suspect you."
"Thank you. If one day I can't take it anymore and want to confess, I will come to you first." Zhang Heng thanked Agatha and got up.
When he walked to the door of the refreshment room, Agatha's voice came from behind him again.
"It's your turn to set up the next detective game again. You did a good job with the mysterious Ripper case. It was as if you had experienced it yourself. I look forward to your next performance."
After saying goodbye to Agatha, Zhang Heng was invited by the best-selling fantasy author to participate in a popular discussion. Initially, Zhang Heng thought that after he and Shakespeare became enemies, he would no longer be invited to such gatherings, but it turned out that he was overthinking it.
Other than the female author who served Shakespeare, most of the authors in the manor also appreciated Shakespeare's works and acknowledged his position in the literary world. However, they were far from being obedient to him, and what he did was seen by the people around him.
Although those people were not as tough as Zhang Heng, there were still a lot of people who disliked him. As a result, no one invited Zhang Heng to a party with Shakespeare. However, more people invited Zhang Heng to a smaller private party with a few author friends than they did with Shakespeare.
As a result, Zhang Heng's writing skills were steadily improving as planned. Although writing wasn't as easy to train as other skills, with the help of a group of masters, Zhang Heng's writing skills finally broke through Level 1 after three months. After that, he wrote two short stories according to Hemingway's request and gave them to the other authors to critique, including the highlights and problems. After that, Zhang Heng would revise them. This was the fastest way to improve his writing skills.
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