Rampo receives an invitation to a detective game from none other than E. A. Poe. He's indifferent at first, until Poe reveals what the reward would be should he win.
As complicated as a detective novel may get,
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Per quanto un romanzo giallo
possa essere complesso,
Bom, por mais complicada que 
uma história de detetive seja,
Каким бы сложным ни был детектив,