Chapter 327: Worry and Jealousy

The University of Tokyo, Library.

Slap!

A chair overturned on the ground, making a sound.

And after seeing the loud noise, the people nearby looked at the girl standing by the chair with displeased eyes.

The girl lifted the chair, then lowered her head and bowed to apologize, and immediately left the library in a hurry with a newspaper.

And her heaving chest undoubtedly proved the restlessness in her heart at this time.

"How could Teacher Akiwara find a ghostwriter?!"

Toyama Miho was unusually angry.

As a disciple of Akiwara Yuto, she had a heartfelt worship for Akiwara Yuto.

And for the other party's talent, she admired it from the bottom of her heart.

In detective literature, Akiwara Yuto not only taught her many trick design techniques but also guided her in many literary theories outside of detective literature.

If he was just someone who hired a ghostwriter, he couldn't possibly know these literary theories.

After all, these literary theories, besides having a certain guiding significance for writing, could perhaps be called completely useless.

"No, I can't just watch outsiders do this to Teacher Akiwara," Toyama Miho clenched her fists tightly, "Do I have any way to help him?"

Thinking of this, she found a place to sit down, spread out the newspaper in her hand, and studied it carefully.

The author of this article, Shimochiku Kazuo, seemed to be a sociology professor at Kyushu University, who had always been famous for criticizing politicians who didn't do their jobs.

However, since the other party was a person in the academic world, maybe her father would have some way.

She didn't hesitate, immediately found a phone booth, inserted coins, and dialed her father, Toyama Shuichi.

After the call was connected, she intended to quickly explain the ins and outs of this matter clearly.

But what surprised her was that Toyama Shuichi already knew.

"Miho, regarding the report that Akiwara Yuto hired a ghostwriter, the literary world basically knows it today, but don't worry, not many people in the industry believe this method."

It seemed that he was afraid his daughter would worry, so he further explained.

"If it was when Akiwara Yuto had just debuted and hadn't written many works, Shimochiku Kazuo's method seemed to have feasibility. But after Akiwara Yuto published so many works, the industry basically recognized the authenticity of his talent."

"After all, how could there be so many excellent writers willing to only accept money and silently write for him? This doesn't conform to reality. Publishing it yourself would obviously have greater benefits."

Toyama Miho felt a bit relieved after hearing her father's persuasion.

However, she quickly discovered a blind spot and continued to ask, "Then since it's unbelievable, why would big newspapers like "Yomiuri Shimbun" publish it?"

"Miho, the things inside are very complicated," Toyama Shuichi hesitated, but still continued, "Akiwara Yuto, he has offended too many people's interests."

"Interests?" Toyama Miho was a bit puzzled for a moment.

In her view, her teacher just wrote books and published them; how could this offend anyone's interests?

"Miho, you just need to know that now, whether it's the detective literary world or the publishing industry, there are enemies of Akiwara Yuto, and they can't wait to see Akiwara Yuto being stepped lower and lower."

"And this so-called report is not for us insiders to see. The people he really wants to move are the public in society."

"How can it be like this!" Toyama Miho was excited; she didn't understand why all this was happening.

"This society is just so cruel," Toyama Shuichi shook his head on the other side of the phone, and then comforted, "Don't worry, for Akiwara Yuto, this is just a small threshold."

Seeing her father say this, Toyama Miho could only quiet down. And Toyama Shuichi comforted her two more times before hanging up the phone.

Toyama Shuichi left the room, took a cigarette out of his pocket, looked at the scenery in the yard, lit the cigarette, and took a deep breath.

"Teacher Akiwara, you really have a lot of enemies."

While Toyama Shuichi was sighing, Funehiki Kuji, who lived in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, was also looking at the newspaper.

But unlike the worry of the Toyama family, his eyes were filled with a deep excitement.

He was a 35-year-old detective writer, but unlike Akiwara Yuto, his life was full of "setbacks" and "failures."

When he just graduated from university, he entered the detective world as a winner of a literary award and gained a serialization opportunity in a detective monthly magazine.

And his status as a writer at that time even gained the envy of his classmates, and even later, he started a relationship with a beautiful junior.

But he didn't expect that after this, he started to go downhill.

That detective monthly magazine, when receiving reader feedback, thought his work had too low heat, and thus "persuaded him to quit" the serialization with euphemistic language.

After this, Funehiki Kuji had to work part-time while maintaining his writer's dream.

And that junior, seeing him like this, also quietly changed her address one day and cut off contact with him.

The occurrence of all this made the frustrated Funehiki Kuji completely disappointed.

However, even so, he still insisted on submitting to publishers, trying to "prove himself" again.

And Akiwara Yuto's sudden emergence made him feel something different.

At the beginning, Akiwara Yuto released the "ZOO" series and emerged suddenly; Funehiki Kuji just sighed at the talent after reading it, but didn't think much about it.

After all, there were too many talented writers who fell halfway in the Nihon literary world.

And the incident where Akiwara Yuto was suppressed by the Mantan Society later made him feel indignant, associating it with the incident where he was repeatedly rejected by publishers.

During that time, he had a good impression of Akiwara Yuto, and even saw his own shadow in him.

But this feeling started to change later.

As Akiwara Yuto published more and more works and won more and more industry awards, Funehiki Kuji felt an emotion sprouting in his heart.

This emotion was naked jealousy!

Why could Akiwara Yuto, a high school student who hadn't been to university, write so many excellent works! And could win the Uemura Award!

And his own education was much higher than Akiwara Yuto's, but he had no works to show for it! And even now he could only work part-time to maintain his life!

When the other party was holding huge royalties, living in a mansion, and hugging women, he could only live in a broken house silently and eat discounted meals bought from convenience stores!

This was undoubtedly unreasonable!

However, now there was finally an explanation, which was that Akiwara Yuto achieved today's achievements by hiring ghostwriters!

He was just a despicable person without talent and didn't deserve to win the Uemura Award at all!

Funehiki Kuji was even more excited; he stood up, changed into a jacket, and hurried out of the house.

Next, he was going to an internet cafe to post online and continue to criticize the other party!

He wanted to prove that Akiwara Yuto was a despicable person! ===== CHAPTER 328 =====