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| Original Title | 青銅の魔人 |
|---|---|
| Author | 江戸川 乱歩 |
| Genre | Detective & Mystery |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | On a chilling winter night, a police officer in Ginza spots a man with a mechanical gait, laden with watches. Soon, a famous shop is burgled by an unseen force with "iron fingers," the thief vanishing like smoke. This heralds the "Bronze Demon," a mysterious entity—part-machine, part-phantom—obsessed with rare timepieces. It disappears without a trace, defies bullets, and escalates its thefts to impossible feats, including an entire clock tower. As Tokyo descends into fear, the demon issues a terrifying warning, targeting the legendary "Luminous Watch of the Emperor." Renowned detective Akechi Kogorō and his young assistant, Kobayashi Shōnen, must unmask this seemingly supernatural foe. But with each encounter, the stakes rise, threatening not just treasures, but lives. Can human ingenuity defeat a monster that bends reality, or will the Bronze Demon vanish into legend forever? |
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