Chapter 330: Public Opinion and Challenges

After being published in numerous evening newspapers, this news immediately caused a huge uproar in public opinion circles.

No one expected that Akiwara Yuto would actually use such a method to prove that he had not used a ghostwriter or committed plagiarism.

The reporters were all as if injected with adrenaline, embellishing their various reports, and even calling this a challenge of the century.

Because before this, no writer had ever created a work under the gaze of the public.

Moreover, Akiwara Yuto was going to create three works in a row this time, and they were of different genres, which made people even more amazed.

For a time, not only did newspapers publish front-page headlines, but even television news and online forums had a lot of related news.

And experts from all walks of life gave different evaluations regarding this behavior.

However, many of them even doubted whether Akiwara Yuto could actually pull this off.

After all, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for someone to be talented to this extent!

But regardless, as the questioning and accusing parties, Shimotake Kazuo and Funahiki Hisashi were facing a backlash from public opinion.

Many of Akiwara Yuto's supporters believed that it was precisely because of their baseless accusations that Akiwara Yuto had to prove himself in this way.

If Akiwara Yuto was not lying, then the ones lying were undoubtedly these two.

Under the public's concern, many reporters went to interview Shimotake Kazuo and Funahiki Hisashi.

However, unexpectedly, their interviews were all rejected.

By the next day, Akiwara Yuto's creative "livestream" had already begun.

……

Tokyo Sanritsu Hotel.

Sunako Mayu sat in the auditorium seat with great excitement.

She was a magazine reporter, and her purpose for coming today was to watch Akiwara Yuto write.

And next to her, it was already densely packed with people at this time.

To tell the truth, Sunako Mayu highly suspected that this was a deliberate publicity stunt.

Because both the accusations against Akiwara Yuto and Akiwara Yuto's response were full of great drama.

The accusations from the two, Shimotake Kazuo and Funahiki Hisashi, had no substantial evidence at all; they were more like fabrications, feeling a bit like chasing shadows.

Looking at Akiwara Yuto, he did not sue the accusers like others would, but instead wanted to prove himself through writing.

For a moment, the words "conspiracy theory" appeared in her mind.

In her view, if Akiwara Yuto could really achieve this, then his works would undoubtedly become bestsellers, and he might even be called a national treasure writer.

After all, a brain capable of creating three works in a row could be considered national treasure level, right?

Time passed bit by bit, and soon it was 9 o'clock in the morning.

As the auditorium doors were pushed open, Akiwara Yuto walked into the auditorium under the protection of security guards and sat at the podium position at the very front.

Beside this podium, there were two cameras recording the entire process, and in addition, there were reporters from several major newspapers.

All these preparations were to prove that this writing was completed by Akiwara Yuto independently, without any help from others.

Under Sunako Mayu's gaze, after Akiwara Yuto sat down, paper and pens were soon brought to him, and he also began to create.

Seeing his continuous writing movements, everyone subconsciously held their breath.

According to the rules of Tsutaya Bookstore, the media watching on-site must remain quiet, otherwise, it might disturb Akiwara Yuto's creative train of thought.

If it were too noisy, they could even have their interview and supervision rights revoked.

However, even so, due to the large number of people on-site, some noise was inevitable.

But Akiwara Yuto seemed not to hear it at all, writing furiously.

Seeing his focused appearance, a look of admiration could not help but appear on Sunako Mayu's face.

……

On the other side, Akiwara Yuto lowered his head and began to write the outline.

His creation this time was to write three works of different genres; with so many types of works, it was estimated that the doubts about his inconsistent writing style would soon dissipate.

However, to ensure this, the quality of these three works had to be maintained at a certain level.

Otherwise, if they were too poor, there would still be some negative effects.

But thinking from another angle, it was precisely because these three works had such great exposure.

Once published, it was estimated that a large number of people would immediately purchase them out of curiosity.

Although the mystery paperback market was already saturated, a few more bestselling paperbacks could still further squeeze the market share of Keihan Publishing.

And the three works he specifically chose were representative of the Social School, the New Orthodox School, and the Courtroom School, respectively.

For the Social School work, he chose Higashino Keigo's "Journey Under the Midnight Sun" from between Higashino Keigo and Miyabe Miyuki.

Although the creation time of "Journey Under the Midnight Sun" was earlier than "The Devotion of Suspect X", it was even more outstanding and excellent than "Suspect X" in some places, such as the part about juvenile delinquency.

Therefore, in his previous life, the sales of "Journey Under the Midnight Sun" were even significantly higher than "The Devotion of Suspect X".

For the New Orthodox School work, he chose Ayatsuji Yukito's "The Decagon House Murders".

Ayatsuji Yukito was known as the leader and flag-bearer of the New Orthodox School.

His "The Decagon House Murders" not only won the 45th Mystery Writers of Japan Award but was also highly praised by many New Orthodox School fans.

This book was undoubtedly his peak work.

For the Courtroom School work, he chose Agatha's "Witness for the Prosecution".

Among Agatha's many works, the most classic were undoubtedly "Murder on the Orient Express" and "And Then There Were None".

But the trick design method in "Murder on the Orient Express"—this world actually already had a few of the same type, which was a group of people conspiring to murder another.

And the killing method in the "And Then There Were None" series had a lot of similarities with "The Decagon House Murders", both of which could be called the "Snowbound Villa" model.

So, out of various considerations, he still chose "Witness for the Prosecution", this classic work of the Courtroom School.

Because Japan also adopted a court trial system, and lawyers had great autonomy within it, the difficulty of adapting it into a Japanese version was not very high.

After he finished thinking, he continued to write.

To tell the truth, writing under the gaze of everyone was a first for him.

However, fortunately, because it was "transferred", he did not feel that there was anything particularly difficult.

Even while writing, he was still thinking about a question.

Had Asano Aiko already carried out the relevant actions according to the plan at this time?