Cold Steel (Cold Steel), this is the name of a company specializing in the manufacture of knives - I use it as the title of this Wenzel series of detective stories, because this story that happened in the last century does have a lot to do with knives Big relationship (laughs). I’m actually not a fan of cold weapons—Emerson’s Commander is probably the best mass-produced knife I’ve ever gotten my hands on.I have never seen the famous knives made by Bob Dozier or Okazaki Goro authentic masters. I once imagined the scene where Yaodao Cunzheng cut Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (Author's Note: Tokugawa Ieyasu's grandfather) in half with a single sword - Europeans originally admired Ukiyo-e and alienated samurai swords, but for more than a hundred years , the collection of Japanese knives has gradually become fashionable all over the world.

The production technology of Japanese swords is completely imitated from the weapon smelting and quenching technology of the Han and Tang Dynasties in my country.Today, Japanese knives are recognized by the world collectors, from which we can see the profound shadow of Chinese civilization. The above does not mean that in this article, Wenzel will travel across the ocean to Fusang Island or Hong Kong and Beijing——Wenzel still stays in Liberty City, but just changed his identity. I also tried to imagine Wenzel wearing the police uniform of Liberty City - that would probably make Taphne laugh so hard: Unfortunately, when this story happened, they didn't know the exact point It is said that the story happened in 1992, after the partnership between Wenzel and Inspector Jiegler ended briefly—and this case will also be the last case that Wenzel will solve as a young detective. : Therefore, it is appropriate to regard this article as the beginning (at least, formally) of this entire detective series.

Especially the "commemoration" mentioned on the title page will not be expressed in this article by the usual, deliberately large quotations, narratives or descriptions: I have set up a lot of trivial things in trivial places. Puzzles—such as the selection of names, place names, numbers, and specific dates, the usage of some vocabulary, and even the writing style of some passages... Although these delicate tasks are not as good as Passepartout's master (Author's Note: refers to The protagonist Phileas Fogg) is so accurate and thorough, but it finally adds a little unique interest to this "commemoration"-in this way, the respect for the era and great figures will not just be superficial; As the motivation for readers to try to read repeatedly, it is the respect for reading itself.

This will be the style of the series that I should keep in mind and stick to, and write it down here as a reminder and constraint for future creation. Hope you enjoy this series. In the part of famous knives in this article, I refer to Shibata Mitsuo's "Japanese Knife Interesting Talk" (Xionzakak 1984 edition) and Ogasawara Nobuo's "Japanese Knife Appreciation Basic Knowledge" (Zhibundo 1989 edition).Personally, I feel that the knowledge and practicality of these two books are very good. Friends who are interested in cold weapon collection may also wish to read them.

Note: Because the map pull page has become one of the standard features of the series (it will be attached to each book in the series), so in this preface, the part emphasizing that the traffic zoning map of Liberty City is the 1992 version can be omitted—these It must additionally be indicated on the map pull-out: either as a note, or as an emphasis in the map description.As for the part in "The Violin Without Strings" about the change of the location of the central bank, I will mark it in the form of a note in the extension.