Chapter 272

Just as Akiwara Yuto expected, after the serial murder case appeared again, public opinion began to boil over.

From Kanagawa to Hyogo Prefecture, from Tokyo to Osaka Prefecture, this news was reported on a large scale.

It can be said that within two days of the case, this matter had reached the point where no citizen did not know about it!

Under the strong attention of the public, the pressure faced by the Metropolitan Police Department was extra large.

Some critics accused them of not solving the case early, and even some councilors claimed they wanted to cut the budget.

Later on, on the internet and in newspapers, it was even more overwhelming with hopes of accusing the police of being "incompetent."

Facing these criticisms, the spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department could only bow constantly and keep saying that the task force was working hard to solve the case with all its might.

However, when reporters asked when the case could be solved, the spokesperson prevaricated and brushed it off.

And this behavior caused even greater resentment and criticism from the public and public opinion.

On the third day, Assistant Inspector Soma of the First Investigation Division finally called Akiwara Yuto.

He said in a pleading tone: "Akiwara-sensei, you understand our work. Could you please say two words to the outside world?"

Akiwara Yuto did not answer this question immediately but asked back.

"Assistant Inspector Soma, regarding my proposal, what does the task force say?"

Assistant Inspector Soma spoke the truth: "I have already fed back your opinion to the task force."

"As you wished, after referring to European and American cases related to dual personality, the task force here has already included non-single men in the scope of DNA testing."

To tell the truth, he himself was a bit surprised that the task force would adopt this suggestion.

However, after understanding the specific situation, he found that the task force would do so also because of the pressure from superiors to solve the case as soon as possible.

After all, no matter how they investigate now, they can't find clues, so it's better to treat a dead horse as a living horse.

And this suggestion of Akiwara Yuto also has cases from Europe and America, which sounds quite reliable.

"I see. I will come out to help the Metropolitan Police Department speak up in these two days."

Akiwara Yuto rubbed his furrowed brows with his hand and gave him a promise.

The faster the case is solved, the more beneficial it is to himself.

Just yesterday, he even specially went to the "Memories of Murder" crew and treated all the actors and staff to a kaiseki meal to appease them.

Despite this, some of them still appeared a bit uneasy.

Besides this, Uchiumi Takuto, as the director, also reported to him that some other investors had plans to withdraw their investment.

This made Akiwara Yuto think for a long time, and finally, he promised to add investment, which allowed Uchiumi Takuto to set his mind at ease and continue filming.

However, Akiwara Yuto felt a bit uneasy in his heart.

What kind of quality can a movie filmed with this kind of mentality reach?

Matters have reached this point, so he can only take one step at a time.

After agreeing to Assistant Inspector Soma, Akiwara Yuto wrote a long article.

In this long article, he did not directly support the Metropolitan Police Department.

Instead, he used the Chunqiu style to hint at many situations he "understood."

"After the first case occurred two years ago, the local police station and the Metropolitan Police Department's specialists began to run around desperately to catch the killer, and many people even forgot the birthdays of their wives and children."

"A patrol officer named Namiki Kazuki fainted outside Yokohama City after working for 72 consecutive hours. When he was sent to the hospital, the attending physician even said he almost died of sudden death."

"Besides him, there were some other police officers who also encountered physical and family problems to varying degrees. There was even a police officer who didn't even know his mother had passed away..."

After dealing with public opinion so many times, Akiwara Yuto clearly knew.

The most effective way to solve the Metropolitan Police Department's public opinion dilemma is to arouse public resonance.

So in this article, he specially emphasized the side of the police that is close to "ordinary people" and clearly described the price they paid.

However, these facts were not fabricated but were truly learned by him when he was writing the script and checking information before.

After careful review and revision, he published this long article in his column in the "Chiji Shimbun."

Amidst the insults from the outside world, an article supporting the Metropolitan Police Department suddenly appeared, which undoubtedly attracted the attention of many citizens.

However, after reading the full text, many citizens also fell silent.

After all, according to this article by Akiwara Yuto, the Metropolitan Police Department and the local police station in Kanagawa had already been working overtime to catch people with their lives on the line, and it seemed a bit unreasonable to go and blame them again.

Thus, public opinion took a subtle turn.

Although the mainstream was still many people criticizing the Metropolitan Police Department for being incompetent, a small number of citizens also thought they had tried their best and should be understood.

Some people even folded a thousand paper cranes and sent them to the Metropolitan Police Department, leaving the Metropolitan Police Department speechless.

"Akiwara-sensei, thank you so much this time!"

The day after the article was published, a man who claimed to be a Superintendent General called.

Hearing the other party's job title, Akiwara Yuto subconsciously froze for a moment.

There are only 20 people in the whole of Japan with the position of Superintendent General; it can be said that he is 5 levels higher than Assistant Inspector Soma, and he can definitely be counted as a big figure in the political world.

However, Akiwara Yuto did not appear too polite.

As a well-known writer, even if he scolded the Prime Minister to his face, it is estimated that no one would say anything.

So he just said: "I hope the police can catch the killer as soon as possible."

No matter what, the longer this case drags on, the more uneasy the local people in Kanagawa will be, and it even has an impact here in Tokyo.

Now is an era of economic crisis, and public security is already quite bad; it would be bad if imitation murder cases appear.

Hearing Akiwara Yuto's meaning, this Superintendent General subconsciously felt admiration and promised solemnly.

"Don't worry, we will catch the killer as soon as possible."

Akiwara Yuto gave him face by not asking for a deadline and just encouraged him.

Immediately after, the two of them exchanged "hypocritical" pleasantries for a while and then hung up the phone.

Akiwara Yuto sighed and put this matter behind him.

Worrying is of no use; he should return to his main line—literature—as soon as possible.

He walked to the study, took out a pile of academic books and journals from the drawer, and began to read.

During this period of time, the sales of the book "Snow Country" have become increasingly stable.

However, in the academic world, a batch of related papers has emerged.

For example, "On the 'Nihilism' Thought in Akiwara Yuto's 'Snow Country'," "The Tragic and Beautiful Style of 'Snow Country'," "Looking at Shimamura in 'Snow Country' from Akiwara Yuto's Identity Background."

Some of the papers in it are quite reasonable, the same as some papers Akiwara Yuto read in his past life, conducting an in-depth analysis of the work "Snow Country."

But there are still some papers that are complete nonsense.

They even linked the tragic color in the work to his background as an orphan and even thought he had tendencies toward suicide and world-weariness.

Seeing these remarks, Akiwara Yuto couldn't help but twitch his eyelids.

Just at this moment, the phone rang again. Akiwara Yuto picked up the phone and before he could open his mouth, he heard a familiar name.

"Hello, Akiwara-sensei, I am Yoshikawa Yuichiro..."