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| Original Title | おれは二十面相だ |
|---|---|
| Author | 江戸川 乱歩 |
| Genre | Children's Literature |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | The tranquil world of Detective Akechi is upended when a frantic Dr. Matsunami reports a university student's impossible disappearance from a locked room, seemingly linked to a cursed Egyptian scroll. Akechi and his young apprentice, Kobayashi Boy, soon face their arch-nemesis: the cunning Twenty-Faced Man. This master thief, adopting the guise of an "Invisible Man," delights in taunting his adversaries, making priceless artifacts vanish and appear through inexplicable means. As stolen treasures mount and the boundaries of reality blur, Akechi must unravel a web of illusions and outwit a foe who seems capable of anything. Can even the great detective expose the man behind the impossible, before he truly becomes invincible? |
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