Extreme Reasoning, Revealing the Tragedy of Human Nature

A murder case of a boy caused panic in the city. Honami, who finally got pregnant and gave birth, hugged her young child tightly and vowed to protect her at any cost. A man becomes a father only after the child is born, but a woman becomes a mother from the moment a child comes into her body. Honami, who was suffering from infertility, finally had a child after going through a difficult treatment process. She did not allow this murder to threaten her precious child! Mothers are meant to eliminate all threats to their children. Every mother should shoulder this mission. This is a sacred duty!

Five short stories, urban legend × psychological thriller × depressive reasoning, write about the undercurrent of human nature. "Greedy Sheep": Beautiful sisters with very different personalities live in a mansion. Their lovers frequently disappear, their grandmothers are tortured to death, and their parents die of illness one after another. In the end, they became the murderer and the victim of a murder. "The Immoral Sheep": Daisuke Shinoda inherited his father's company. Although he encountered business difficulties, with the help of his perfect wife, Sheep, he believed that everything would be solved. Until one day, he noticed that his son looked more and more like his friend's children. "Sheep on Sleepless Nights": Komuro Tazi, who depends on her mother for life, suffers from insomnia. One long night, she dreamed that she impulsively killed her friend. The next day, at the old friend's corpse park, the exciting killing in the dream came true. "Stockholm Sheep": Four maids have loyally served the prince imprisoned in a high tower for many years. Unexpectedly, the intrusion of a foreign princess broke their peaceful life. Sacrificial Sheep: A hungover female high school student woke up and found herself handcuffed in a public toilet stall. There seemed to be a white-collar worker and a housewife next door. Footsteps sounded, and with screams, the two people next door disappeared one after another. There are many incredible things in the world...

The theft of a sum of money broke up their childhood sweethearts. Seventeen years later, the two met again. While their passion was rekindled, the truth about their separation shrouded their hearts again. Love and hate, joy and sorrow, will disappear in an instant and change in the blink of an eye. This book contains five short stories, which reveal the hidden mysteries layer by layer. Mikihiko Renjo's masterpiece is unique among mystery novel writers. The small hidden lines are like unexplained emotions. Only after reading it for the second time can you understand the true meaning of that sentence.

There is a person who was born at the beginning of Heisei and died at the end of Heisei. His mother said that there was a blue sky outside the window when he was born, so she named him Qing, also called Blue. --But it was raining all day in Tokyo that day, and there was no clear sky in sight. In December of the 15th year of Heisei, a family of five was murdered in Ome City. Police speculate that the second daughter, Natsuki Shinohara, killed four other people before dying of a heart attack. However, unknown fingerprints other than Natsuki's were left at the scene, and there was suspicion of an accomplice. --According to Blue's recollection, he escaped on a cold snowy night, but there was no snowfall record in the Ome area that day. In April of Heisei 31, a man and woman were found lying in a pool of blood in an empty room in Tama New Town, Tokyo. The method of committing the crime was exactly the same as the "Ome Case". According to the investigation, the deceased was an "Internet cafe refugee" and they had two children. --Blue, I have almost no memory of you, but nevertheless, you are also my destiny.

Miss Arundel, an old and wealthy woman, falls down the stairs. Everyone blamed the accident on the ball left by the dog Bob at the top of the stairs, but the more Miss Arundel thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. She believed that this was not an accident, but a blood relative trying to murder her. Miss Arundel wrote down her suspicions and sent them to Poirot. This vague letter immediately aroused Poirot's interest, but he lost his client forever because Miss Arundel had passed away...

Three desperate old men met to settle the matter. One of them fell into a vortex of debt due to gambling, one had a blocked relationship in his later years, and the other was diagnosed with terminal cancer. By chance, the three of them learned that Aunt Cao, the caregiver at the nursing home, was often abused by her son. Her son not only stayed at home every day and refused to find a job, but also often punched and kicked his mother. The three people who were planning to seek death decided to seek justice one last time and joined forces to kill Aunt Cao's son. Unexpectedly, the three men's murder process was filmed, and a blackmail letter followed, asking the three to kill the director of the nursing home within a week. After a struggle, the three sneaked into the dean's office in the middle of the night. What was waiting for them was the dean's body...

The director of a hospital in Setagaya, Tokyo, was called out by a phone call and reappeared as a corpse. The dean was stabbed with a sharp weapon and had two circles of wire wrapped around his neck. He died miserably. What made the police even more confused was that the deceased was wearing a medical white coat, which should have been specially put on by the murderer after his death. Why did the murderer bother to put a white coat on the body after committing the crime? While the police were investigating, another doctor disappeared... This book contains nine short stories, showing the beautiful but cruel world written by Renjo Mikihiko.

Richard Abernathy left a large fortune before his death. After his funeral, his sister, Miss Cora, who always behaved rather strangely, said this: "But he was murdered, wasn't he?" Cora was brutally murdered in her bed at home the next day. Each of the six estate beneficiaries has a motive, and each of them happens to have no alibi! This "interesting" case puts Poirot in a dilemma... Can he unravel the clues from the conversations with family members and discover clues? There is a lot of fog, and the truth is not revealed until the end of the story!

Mrs. McGinty, the cleaning lady, is murdered mysteriously and without warning. The murderer brutally smashed the back of her head. The eccentric tenant James Bentley immediately became the most suspicious suspect. His clothes were stained with the victim's blood and hair. However, the experienced Superintendent Spence did not think he was a murderer. Can the truth be found in a newspaper clipping from two days before the murder? The killer is still at large. The great detective Hercule Poirot must guard against all kinds of accidents and piece together this messy puzzle to find the real murderer...

Guests gathered on a remote island off the coast of Ireland to celebrate a grand wedding. The groom, Will, is a popular TV star, handsome and charming; the bride, Jules, is an online magazine publisher, smart and ambitious. Everything in the wedding was carefully planned - a remote location, designer clothes, luxurious cakes, fine whiskey... The scene was already fully decorated, and a group of old friends gathered together again. The champagne was opened and the feast began. It was supposed to be a day of joy until a body was discovered that marked the perfect crime. Behind the illusion of joy lies an ulterior secret. Hatred and jealousy are in the air. The murderer could be anyone or everyone. The only thing that is certain is that one of the guests will not be able to leave the island alive...