Chapter 240

In Japan, there is also the so-called "Golden Week" during the May Day period, but it has nothing to do with Labor Day.

This "Golden Week" is composed of several consecutive holidays from the end of April to the beginning of May, namely Showa Day, Constitution Memorial Day, Greenery Day, and Children's Day on May 5th.

During these days, the discussion about the case of Onuki Masakazu and Akiwara Yuto also intensified in society.

When they first learned that Akiwara Yuto had been assassinated, most of the public had an indignant attitude, believing that Onuki Masakazu was a heinous villain, and were very worried about Akiwara Yuto's safety.

But after Onuki Masakazu published his "confession letter" and it was learned that Akiwara Yuto was not injured, the attitude of many people changed, and they developed sympathy for him.

Because Akiwara Yuto's side had not made a public statement, this viewpoint became more and more intense.

At the same time, 3 judges and 6 jurors were selected, and they would jointly make the final verdict on this case.

Not only that, due to the social nature of the event, the court, after coordinating with both sides, invited 15 media personnel and 15 members of the public to enter the courtroom to observe.

May 7th, 9:30 AM, Tokyo High Court.

Akiwara Yuto and Watanabe Takumi attended the trial together, while Ishizaka Taisei also attended as Onuki Masakazu's defense lawyer.

After the judge announced the opening of the court, both sides began a dull and serious debate and presentation of evidence—including the parties' statements, evidence examination, plaintiff's speech, defendant's defense, third-party speech, and mutual debate.

But during the defendant's defense, a very surprising accident occurred.

In this segment, Onuki Masakazu suddenly assumed a dogeza posture and "wept bitterly," saying that he was wrong and hoped that Mr. Akiwara Yuto could forgive his mistake.

Not only that, he also hoped that the court would grant a lenient sentence so that he could go home and be "filial" to his parents.

After this, Onuki Masakazu's defense lawyer, Ishizaka Taisei, brought his parents' guardianship recognition documents and a psychiatric evaluation certificate.

This caused many media members in the observation gallery to pay attention and turn their gaze toward Akiwara Yuto to see if he would agree to this request.

The result did not disappoint them. Faced with Onuki Masakazu's sincere "admission of guilt," Akiwara Yuto expressed "understanding" after a long silence.

This dramatic result undoubtedly made these media members excited.

If it weren't for the fact that photography was prohibited in the trial, many people would likely have started frantically clicking their shutters with their cameras.

Because the case was not complicated and both parties had the intention of "reconciliation."

Therefore, there was not much disagreement between the judge and the jury, and the verdict was announced on the same day—recognizing Onuki Masakazu's "mental disorder" certificate and giving a result of 4 years in prison with a 2-year suspension.

Faced with this result, Onuki Masakazu himself wept with joy.

"Mr. Akiwara, it was a pleasure working with you this time."

After walking out of the court, Watanabe Takumi smiled and reached out his hand toward Akiwara Yuto. Akiwara Yuto hesitated for a moment, then shook it.

He looked at Watanabe Takumi's smiling face, as if he were looking at a venomous snake.

When media reports broke that Onuki Masakazu had mental problems, he had also tried to think about proving that the other party had mental issues so that he would undergo compulsory psychiatric treatment.

But after consulting a large amount of information, he found that this matter was very difficult because the verdict for compulsory psychiatric treatment must be approved by the court to be implemented.

So when Watanabe Takumi proposed this approach again, Akiwara Yuto proposed another idea—spending money to hire a lawyer to set a trap for Onuki Masakazu, making him fall into the "snare" and lose the case in court.

But Watanabe Takumi added content to this proposal.

The method of setting a trap was indeed feasible, but Onuki Masakazu himself was not an ignorant fool. If it weren't for the sake of the other party's interests, it would be difficult to make him fall into the trap.

Besides that, court verdicts have too much uncertainty, and there is no guarantee of the time and place for compulsory psychiatric treatment.

If Onuki Masakazu performed well, he might end the relevant treatment and be discharged early.

After all, courts generally select public hospitals as the institutions for compulsory psychiatric treatment, which is difficult to manipulate.

So Watanabe Takumi formulated a plan: take a step back, let that lawyer "sincerely" help Onuki Masakazu to gain his trust, thereby tricking the other party into admitting his parents' full guardianship.

Then use the handwritten signatures of Onuki Masakazu's parents to send him into a cooperative private hospital.

In such private hospitals, as long as there is enough money, it is often possible to lock someone up for a lifetime.

In this way, Akiwara Yuto would not have to worry about the threat Onuki Masakazu might bring to him.

In other words, although he failed in court, he actually succeeded in reality.

Faced with this plan, Akiwara Yuto was a bit skeptical at first.

After all, no matter what conflicts Onuki Masakazu had with his parents, it was ultimately a parent-child relationship where blood is thicker than water; would they really agree to betray their "son"?

Out of a skeptical attitude, he asked Asano Aiko to test them simply.

But unexpectedly, after issuing a check for 10 million yen, the parents couldn't wait to agree to this request and cooperated in acting out a play.

This made Akiwara Yuto and Asano Aiko feel somewhat complicated.

Although Onuki Masakazu was indeed an "enemy," the fact that such a person would do such things was undoubtedly inseparable from his parents' upbringing.

To be honest, if his parents could have really cared about and supported him more, Onuki Masakazu might not have reached this point today.

However, with the cooperation of his parents, Onuki Masakazu would be easily sent to a cooperative private psychiatric institution, thereby living a different kind of life.

This undoubtedly solved Akiwara Yuto's worries.

Just then, Asano Aiko walked over from the steps and said to Akiwara Yuto in a solemn tone, "Akiwara, the Onuki couple just called; the medical staff at Aoyama Hospital have already picked up Onuki Masakazu outside the court."

Akiwara Yuto nodded heavily.

He felt some sympathy for Onuki Masakazu himself at this moment.

He wondered what Onuki Masakazu would feel when he left happily with his lawyer, only to find that what was waiting for him was not his parents, but a medical vehicle from a psychiatric center.

Asano Aiko seemed to see that Akiwara Yuto was in a bad mood and comforted him, "Akiwara, this kind of thing is unavoidable, isn't it? Didn't you also make many other arrangements for him?"

As the specific person in charge of this series of events, she understood the situation inside very deeply.

Through financial donations from the foundation, Akiwara Yuto reached a special cooperation with Aoyama Hospital, arranging a luxury ward with a private bathroom, TV, and game console for Onuki Masakazu himself.

Besides that, they would regularly help order various magazines and manga to be sent into the ward, and all three meals were arranged to be prepared by special personnel, which was not cheap.

Furthermore, all medications were arranged to be placebos, and the psychiatric treatment was just a formality.

It can be said that except for having no freedom, Onuki Masakazu's life could be "happier" than before by countless times.

"Asano, you don't need to comfort me; I don't regret my actions." Akiwara Yuto shook his head.

His arrangements actually included the idea of raising Onuki Masakazu into a "shut-in."

Under good living conditions, maybe the other party would give up the idea of continuing to assassinate him.

After all, upon learning that he had been "betrayed" by his parents, it was hard to ensure that the other party wouldn't continue to have a motive to kill out of resentment.

Compared to his own life safety, the little money spent on improving his life was not worth mentioning at all.

But then again, this method of restricting a person's lifelong freedom through capital still made him feel "complicated."

On the other side, Watanabe Takumi patted Akiwara Yuto on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Excuse me, I'll take my leave now. Let's cooperate again if there's a chance."

After Akiwara Yuto nodded, he left with a smile.

Tonight, he was also planning to find his "acquaintance" Ishizaka Taisei to have a good meal at an izakaya, celebrating the 30 million yen they earned together through this case.

Akiwara Yuto watched his back as he walked away and also left the court with Asano Aiko.

If possible, he never wanted to deal with this "lawyer" who could think of such methods again.

However, since the matter had been resolved, there was no need to worry about it anymore. After all, no matter how much he sympathized with Onuki Masakazu, the other party was an enemy who wanted to kill him.

This point would not change!

But what he didn't know was that his "forgiveness" toward Onuki Masakazu during the trial had gained him quite a lot of praise in public opinion and brought him additional benefits...