Chapter 238: Mob

The next morning, just as Akiwara Yuto was preparing to go to the law firm to talk about the relevant situation, a phone ring suddenly came.

He picked up the receiver and heard Asano Aiko's anxious voice, "Akiwara, did you subscribe to 'Asahi Shimbun'? Take a look quickly!"

Akiwara Yuto was a bit puzzled, but still put the receiver aside, took the subscribed newspaper, and read it.

On the front page of this newspaper, there was an article occupying half the page, with the title "Da Guan Zhenghe's Self-Account of Crime Motive: Why I Assassinated Akiwara Yuto."

In the lower right corner of the article was a photo of Da Guan Zhenghe, making him look exceptionally "haggard."

Akiwara Yuto frowned, then bent down and began to read carefully.

In the beginning part of this article, Da Guan Zhenghe first expressed his apology to the nation, apologizing for causing trouble for everyone.

Immediately after, his tone changed, and he began to talk about his past.

Before and after the economic crisis, he submitted manuscripts many times but failed, and he didn't find a job when he went out to look for one.

Because he couldn't earn money, he was looked down upon by his family, and even suffered a certain "cold violence," and he was very painful in his heart, needing to take sleeping pills to fall asleep.

But one day, "Tokyo Youth" found him and proposed the requirement of ghostwriting.

He originally wanted to refuse, because this did not conform to his literary ideals. But to earn money, he still endured the "humiliation" and began to write manuscripts.

And through the behavior of submitting to other channels, he wanted to get rid of this life.

But after his family saw him earning money, they forced him to give up this plan and honestly become their "money-earning machine." After encountering these, he became very "manic."

To suppress the killing intent, he wrote his hatred in the article and kept restraining himself, even having self-harm behavior...

He originally thought he could get rid of these by winning an award, but didn't expect Akiwara Yuto to criticize him at the press conference, making his dream go up in smoke.

Akiwara Yuto read the rest roughly, and his frown became tighter.

In this article, Da Guan Zhenghe found "excuses" for all his behaviors, including the ghostwriting incident, the killing intent toward his parents, and the assassination of himself.

But at this time, what is the use of this kind of report? To win the sympathy of the public?

From any angle, he is a criminal suspected of intentional murder, right? He should just honestly wait for the court's trial, right?

Akiwara Yuto didn't understand for half a day, looked at it carefully several times, and found some keywords: mental mania, inner pain, sleeping pills, self-harm behavior, killing intent...

No, is the other party trying to get rid of this punishment and get a probation opportunity with mental illness as a reason? But will the judge and the jury believe this report? Are you kidding me?!

He didn't get any results after thinking for half a day, so he changed his clothes and left home.

He sat in the special car and rushed directly to the Watanabe Law Firm, found his lawyer Watanabe Takumi, and raised his question.

Watanabe Takumi listened to all the content and subconsciously pondered for a while, then said: "Akiwara-san, if so, it is indeed a problem."

Seeing Akiwara Yuto still puzzled, he began to explain, "Da Guan Zhenghe's approach might affect the trial, for example, the jurors..."

Regarding the trial, besides the judge, 6 "jurors" will also be arranged to participate.

These jurors, besides participating in the trial of the case with the judge, will also determine the facts based on evidence, decide whether the defendant is guilty or innocent, and perform sentencing.

But the selection of jurors is randomly selected.

This means that even ordinary people can enter the judicial process through random selection and influence the results of the trial.

Akiwara Yuto immediately realized the meaning behind this—that is, as long as the other party says he is a "mental patient" in the newspaper and can produce a mental illness certificate or traces of self-harm, it is very likely to be believed by the public.

If there are people who believe it and are drawn as "jurors," they will make a verdict favorable to Da Guan Zhenghe during the trial.

According to this statement, the other party is very likely to get probation or a reduced sentence.

But if so, what should he do?

Watanabe Takumi raised his gold-rimmed glasses and looked at Akiwara Yuto, "Akiwara-san, I hope you can change your litigation request, can you listen?"

Seeing Akiwara Yuto nod, he began to talk.

Akiwara Yuto listened while showing a surprised look.

Because this lawyer Watanabe talked about an idea he had considered before but later gave up.

But if so, he might be able to operate it like this.

It is estimated that Da Guan Zhenghe himself should not refuse the "kind-hearted people" from society!

In the Japan of this world, the circulation of "Asahi Shimbun" ranks second among all newspapers, with a circulation of 6.62 million copies, covering the entire Japanese archipelago.

Its front-page headline will make all readers see it for the first time.

Therefore, after this article was published, many people in society began to discuss it spontaneously.

This era has an economic downturn, too many people can't find suitable jobs, so Da Guan Zhenghe's behavior of accepting "ghostwriting" out of helplessness made many people feel the same and produce sympathy.

And his explanation of having mental problems because of his parents' harsh behavior and revealing "killing intent" in his works also successfully won the understanding of many people.

Some people, after seeing that "haggard" photo of him, took the initiative to write to the newspaper, hoping to give Da Guan Zhenghe more positive reports.

Not only that, some people even posted on the Internet, thinking that since Akiwara Yuto didn't suffer any injuries, then as a "strong person," he should understand Da Guan Zhenghe's difficulties and withdraw the lawsuit.

After seeing this post, Akiwara Yuto was speechless directly.

He couldn't help but think of a book called "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind."

According to the explanation of this book, crowds can be easily incited by a few news reports and produce unreasonable group behaviors. He didn't expect that he really saw it this time.

Just because Da Guan Zhenghe sold "pity" in the newspaper, many people substituted themselves into it and tried to pressure him, the victim.

It is simply ridiculous!

However, because of his and Watanabe Takumi's plan, this time he chose to wait and see, and avoided all interviews and interviews.

This made the position of public opinion more and more inclined to the statement that Da Guan Zhenghe did this because of "mental illness."

April 29, Tokyo Detention House.

Da Guan Zhenghe lay on the floor, looking at the sky outside the window in a daze.

He is in a single cell, which has bedding, a washbasin, and a toilet, and besides that, there are newspapers and books.

Just now, he had finished reading the newspapers from recent times and had quite a bit of certainty in his heart.

On the morning of assassinating Akiwara Yuto, he had already mailed copies of his mental certificate and self-account letter to several media.

And in the 1 month before this, he deliberately forged traces of "self-harm" wounds on his hands.

He believes that with these, the possibility of getting probation and a light sentence will be greatly improved.

However, he still has a little worry, that is, whether he will be forced to receive mental treatment.

In the judicial system, if the inspection side believes that he still has social harm, it is possible to send him to a mental hospital for treatment through appeals and measures.

But this appeal also needs to be recognized by the court. If the court believes that he has no major social harm, the possibility of him being forced to receive medical treatment is not great.

But how the court will judge, he still doesn't have much certainty.

After all, although his self-account letter was published and caused a certain public opinion discussion, how this public opinion will act on the court's trial is a thing that is very difficult for him to grasp.

If there were a lawyer who could plan for him, it would be great!

Just when he was pondering, the door of the cell was suddenly opened, and a police officer wearing a uniform walked in and said coldly: "Da Guan Zhenghe, someone wants to see you."

Da Guan Zhenghe didn't care about the other party calling him by his full name, but his heart was full of confusion.

Who wants to see me at this time?

"Hurry up." The police officer urged with dissatisfaction, but didn't make any rough behavior.

After all, Da Guan Zhenghe is now an unconvicted criminal, and there is no relevant trial yet, so his attitude still made some reservations.

Da Guan Zhenghe heard the urging, stood up slowly, then followed the police officer out, and was taken to a "meeting room."

In this meeting room, he saw a man with a square face wearing a suit, the other party was 40 years old.

But just when he was puzzled, this man stood up and introduced himself: "Hello Da Guan-san, I am Ishizaka Taisei, nice to meet you, please take care of me."

Da Guan Zhenghe looked at him a few times, didn't return the bow, and sat down directly.

"Who are you? What are you looking for me for?"

His words were very impolite.

In his view, this person who called himself Ishizaka Taisei was full of suspicion.

Ishizaka Taisei didn't mind, took out a business card from his pocket and handed it over. Seeing Da Guan Zhenghe take it, he smiled again: "Da Guan-san, I am a lawyer."

Da Guan Zhenghe took the business card and looked at it carefully for a few times, finding that it just wrote "Ishizaka Law Firm, Ishizaka Taisei."

This is too strange, he just hoped to have a lawyer, and as a result, one came to the door on his own initiative.

Just at this moment, Ishizaka Taisei said with a sincere voice again: "Da Guan-san, I can help you!"

Hearing this sentence, Da Guan Zhenghe hesitated.

Should he believe the other party? ===== CHAPTER 239 =====