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The Spy Seat IncidentAuthor: Unno Juza

Original Title	間諜座事件
Author	海野十三
Genre	Detective & Mystery
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	On a fog-shrouded evening in the capital, two undercover agents navigate a labyrinth of espionage where every shadow conceals betrayal. Their mission: infiltrate a glittering revue theater crawling with enemy spies and identify a dancer with an artificial left eye—a lethal deputy commander whose exposure could save 171 lives by midnight. Disguised as casual patrons, they decode cryptic instructions hidden in matchboxes, their hearts racing as they dissect a dizzying program of performances to pinpoint their target. Amid jazz-fueled dances and sinister surveillance via fisheye lenses, one agent’s scientific deduction isolates a name—only for a botched assassination to unravel everything. A shouted revelation in the audience seals their fate, exposing a fatal miscalculation in identity. The theater’s opulent facade cracks, revealing a nest of deception where allies and enemies wear identical masks, and survival hinges on split-second instincts. As curtains fall on a bloodstained stage, the line between hunter and prey dissolves into chaos, leaving readers breathless for the next act of this deadly game.