Chapter 237: How Did I Die?

In Akiwara Yuto's estimation, the news of his attack should be spread on a large scale tomorrow.

But he underestimated his influence, and even more underestimated the attraction of a writer being assassinated to the public's eyes.

And when this matter happened at the University of Tokyo, the academic holy land in the hearts of all Japanese people, it was even more topical.

To understand the true situation of the Akiwara Yuto assassination case as soon as possible, "Yomiuri Shimbun," "Asahi Shimbun," "Nihon Keizai Review," and "Chishi Shimbun" sent reporters one after another and interviewed the personnel at the scene, the medical staff at the hospital, and the relevant handling personnel.

Even the First Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Department was called by many people, making the operators miserable.

If it weren't for refusing outside interviews, it is estimated that the outside of the Metropolitan Police Department would have been surrounded by reporters holding long guns and short cannons.

And the University of Tokyo, which is open to the outside world, had many "news cars" at this time.

The library as the scene of the crime goes without saying, many reporters used flashlights to photograph the restroom where the incident occurred, and directly interviewed students randomly.

Not only that, these reporters also found relevant school personnel of the University of Tokyo through connections to inquire.

While asking whether the school knew about the Akiwara Yuto attack event, they also asked some very harsh questions.

For example, does the school's security problem have huge loopholes?!

How to guarantee the safety of students? Do you want to stand out and express apologies to Akiwara Yuto?

After hearing this question, the school's management personnel felt like they were beeped by a dog in their hearts.

Akiwara Yuto, an outsider, used his own library and was then assassinated by another outsider. How did it get involved with their security!

According to this statement, the University of Tokyo should just stop being open to the outside world in the future!

However, Akiwara Yuto, as a well-known writer, has a very high social status, so they didn't dare to say their true thoughts directly.

They had to say official set words like the school would further strengthen security, and then hope Akiwara Yuto is healthy.

Facing these set words, many reporters were dissatisfied, but they could only accept it.

As Akiwara Yuto's assistant, Asano Aiko was busy during this time.

After the news of Akiwara Yuto's assassination spread, many newspapers and media demanded to interview Akiwara Yuto.

But out of consideration for Akiwara Yuto's body, she could only politely refuse them one by one.

However, this made some reporters doubt the specific situation.

Does Akiwara Yuto's body have any problems?

If not, why doesn't he accept interviews?

Out of this motivation, many reporters used the Chunqiu style when writing news drafts, pointing out their worry about Akiwara Yuto's health status.

But after these news spread, it caused no small repercussions on the Internet forum, and even produced many rumors.

On the 2ch forum, many people posted one after another, discussing the specific situation of Akiwara Yuto's encounter with an attack.

Someone posted anonymously, claiming to be a student of the University of Tokyo, saying that he saw Akiwara Yuto being sent to an ambulance with his own eyes, and there was a lot of blood at the scene, thinking that Akiwara Yuto might be in the ICU for rescue.

After this post was issued, many people left messages below, paying attention to Akiwara Yuto's specific situation. Even many people guessed whether Akiwara Yuto had died of excessive blood loss.

Because the popularity of this post was very high, the administrator pinned it directly, causing a wider range of discussion, and was reprinted or followed by other forums.

Later, some fake news appeared that Akiwara Yuto had "passed away."

When Akiwara Yuto saw these news on the computer in the second bedroom, he felt very speechless.

Under Asano Aiko's arrangement, he hurriedly found a reporter from "Chishi Shimbun" for a special exclusive interview and took full-body photos proving that his body was fine.

This move was very effective, because from this era, newspapers have more influence than the Internet.

The circulation of "Chishi Shimbun" is 1.6 million copies, directly affecting 1.6 million households, which is 4.8 million people.

Compared with this, the number of Japanese netizens is now 600,000 or 700,000.

After this news was published, many people believed that he didn't "die" or was "seriously injured."

And because it was an exclusive news, the sales of this issue of "Chishi Shimbun" even rose by 20 percentage points, selling 320,000 more copies than before.

Zhida Daxi, as a high-level executive of "Chishi Shimbun," even called to express his gratitude.

But what Akiwara Yuto regretted was that perhaps because he was constantly in the newspaper, the promotional effect on the work was getting worse and worse, so the sales of stand-alone books and "April Youth" did not increase significantly, only increasing by 5 percentage points.

However, because the volume is already very large now, 5 percentage points is not a small number either.

This made a terrible thought flash through Akiwara Yuto's mind.

Perhaps only when he really "dies" once can he sell well through posthumous works?

April 27, 10 AM, Watanabe Law Firm, office.

Akiwara Yuto sat on the sofa and handed the document in his hand to a 40-year-old man wearing gold-rimmed glasses opposite.

This man is named Watanabe Takumi, and he is the ace lawyer he learned about from Dacheng Lixiang. And the other party's record is also very dazzling—the criminal case winning rate reached more than 80%.

His fee is naturally not cheap, and it is expected that the litigation fee will be more than 30 million yen, which is undoubtedly a sky-high price compared to the fee of an ordinary lawyer.

However, Akiwara Yuto doesn't care. Compared with his life safety, this money is nothing.

Seeing that the other party finished reading the document, Akiwara Yuto asked: "Lawyer Watanabe, my request is what is written above, hoping to let Da Guan Zhenghe go to prison for 5 years or longer."

Watanabe Takumi pondered for a while after listening, then said: "Akiwara-san, I understand your request, but I want to inform you of a few things in advance."

"Please."

"According to your actual injury situation, the greatest possibility is only 3 years. For 5 years, I need to fight for it again. So I hope you can express that you have suffered greater losses?"

Akiwara Yuto hesitated for a while, then tentatively said: "You mean, mental compensation?"

Watanabe Takumi nodded and said again: "Besides this point, it is also necessary to estimate the economic damage caused to you because of this incident. For example, because of the death threat letter, you specifically hired bodyguards and moved out of your residence, all of which can be counted as losses caused to you by the other party."

Akiwara Yuto asked puzzledly: "But will the judge and the jury believe it?"

The Japanese trial system mainly follows an inquisitorial system, meaning the judge leads the trial; in addition, it has absorbed the jury system from the Anglo-American legal system, so it belongs to a hybrid type.

Therefore, these losses he proposed may not necessarily be adopted.

Watanabe Takumi said seriously: "Please rest assured, I will try my best to fight for you in this regard. Even if not all are adopted, it is estimated that some will be adopted."

Akiwara Yuto nodded and asked another question that people care about, "Is there a possibility of being sentenced to probation?"

If the other party is sentenced to probation, it means that the other party has time and space for activities.

Once that step is reached, even if sentenced for a few more years, it will be meaningless.

Watanabe Takumi laughed, "Do you know the application standard for probation?"

Seeing Akiwara Yuto shake his head, he took the initiative to explain, "Probation requires low crime circumstances, repentance performance, no danger of re-offending, and no major adverse impact on society."

Akiwara Yuto pondered after listening to these conditions.

Da Guan Zhenghe meets the two points of low crime circumstances and no major adverse impact on society, but repentance performance is poor and the danger of re-offending still exists.

After all, during the interrogation process, he was quite uncooperative with the police and revealed his "killing intent" toward him.

Looking at it this way, he might not have to worry about the problem of probation.

He suddenly remembered a case Toyama Miho mentioned to him before and asked again: "Then if the other party has a mental illness situation, is it possible to be sentenced to probation?"

Watanabe Takumi was stunned, then said: "That is possible, but the materials you gave me don't write that the other party has a history of mental illness."

"Then can it be forged?" Akiwara Yuto asked.

"Very difficult," Watanabe Takumi hesitated, then said: "But it is not absolutely impossible."

Because of the economic downturn, many people suffer from anxiety or mania, and the number of confirmed cases remains high.

Under such circumstances, if you go to a hospital that is not very diligent and deliberately forge the same case, you might be able to deceive the doctor and get the corresponding appraisal certificate.

However, if the plaintiff makes a request, then experts can be arranged to re-appraise the situation.

But in the case of considering the face of the hospital that issued the appraisal certificate, it is rare to overturn the original appraisal result.

After Akiwara Yuto finished listening to this explanation, he subconsciously frowned.

Da Guan Zhenghe followed him for 1.5 months to assassinate him and formulated a detailed plan. Such a person is unlikely to think of a way to escape guilt for himself.

Seeing Akiwara Yuto's expression, Watanabe Takumi took the initiative to persuade: "Akiwara-san, you don't have to worry too much."

After a pause, he explained again: "The assassination against you this time is too detailed, it is hard to imagine that it can be done by a mental patient, or, mental illness has nothing to do with his motive for murdering you. So even if the other party issues a mental illness certificate, I will try my best to make the court and the jury not adopt this certificate."

In his view, Da Guan Zhenghe has no money, no people, and it is estimated that he can only find an assigned defense lawyer to deal with the scene.

Under such circumstances, even if the other party issues any mental illness certificate.

And the current public opinion is basically sympathizing with or caring about Akiwara Yuto.

So he also has confidence to persuade the court and the jury, making the result more favorable to Akiwara Yuto.

Akiwara Yuto felt a relief in his heart after listening to this explanation.

He felt that the money he spent was still worth the price, after all, it was much more useful than his own blind thinking after listening to these.

But neither he nor the lawyer expected that a report published by "Asahi Shimbun" the next morning would make the original plan of the two completely empty... ===== CHAPTER 238 =====