Tokyo Literary Godfather

The next day, the Dongarni arson case hit the front pages of the major newspapers.

The number of deaths has also been counted, a total of 35 people, and this number may increase in the next one or two days.

Because some of the injured are still being rescued because of their serious injuries, but the chances are slim. The news also specifically mentioned a female painter who had just joined the job. She was only 22 years old. More than 90% of her skin was severely burned, and her entire face was almost melted.

Although she was being rescued by the doctor with all her strength, she was muttering three words all the time while lying on the hospital bed.

"Let me die..."

Countless outstanding painters lost their lives in this accident, all manuscripts stored in the Toani Studio 3 building were destroyed, and many highly anticipated animation works were stillborn.

As many as 45 people were injured, and it was called by the media the largest and worst arson case since Heisei.

The main culprit in the incident was named Aoba Yanshou, unemployed, without a specific address, and lived in a cheap small hotel on the day of the crime. He has a criminal history of robbery, and was also burned by the fire in the arson case, and is now being rescued in the hospital.

Angry people surrounded the hospital that rescued Aoba Yanmomo, asking why the hospital wanted to save this murderous demon when he should have been allowed to die in pain. Some even issued death threats to the doctor who treated Aoba Yanmomo: If he If you survive, I guarantee you will be the one who dies.

It was not until the mother of one of the victims spoke publicly that the anger of the besiegers was calmed. The mother's son died in the fire. When he appeared in people's view, his eyes were dull and he looked extremely haggard.

With tears in her eyes and trembling lips, she said in front of the camera: "My son died in the fire. He was doused with gasoline and burned alive. I hope the doctor can save the prisoner, because I I want to ask him why he did this, and let him be sentenced to death again!"

"I don't want this demon to walk on the road to the underworld with my son, my son doesn't want to see him!"

The sincere words moved everyone. Hearing the sincere words of the mother who had just experienced the pain of losing her son, everyone present was moved.

The entire Japanese society fell into a mood of mourning.

The main culprit, Aoba Yanshou, is still unconscious, but the police have started to investigate his motive for committing the crime.

According to insiders, Aoba Yanmoru sent letters to KyoAni several times before committing the crime, expressing his protest in the letter, believing that a plot in a recent animated work by KyoAni plagiarized his novel.

However, after investigation by the police, they did not find that any of his personal works had been published in any publications. Therefore, there is no need to verify whether it is plagiarism. It is still difficult to plagiarize an unpublished work, unless Oshii-an secretly goes to this guy's apartment to peek at his novel.

And he thinks that Dong Ani's animation plagiarized him, which is probably his main motive for committing the crime.

Two days later, this guy finally regained consciousness in the hospital bed. When he learned that he had burned more than thirty people to death, his first words were: "So many? I thought only two died?"

The second sentence is: "It seems that I am quite capable."

The anger of the crowd was directly triggered by this madman. Some people even climbed the wall of the hospital building in the middle of the night and tried to sneak into the ward to kill this guy, but they were stopped by the patrol police.

Aoba's strict trial has gone through a long time, and such a serious crime has caused a large area of ​​destruction. Even in Japan, a country where the judiciary is dominated by the abolitionists, the death penalty has not gone away.

It has been three days since the arson case in Dong Ani, and a new episode of the TV series has also been broadcast here, but the ratings have dropped drastically.

It's not a problem with the drama, but that suddenly there is such a serious social disturbance that many people's attention is taken away by the news program. Not only "Homeless Kid" has dropped, but the ratings of "Gemini Detective" have also dropped.

But no one in the main creative team cares about the ratings. Toani is a well-known production company in the industry and has also cooperated with Fukuyama Television. Some of the people who died in this incident were even Mizuhara Yui's former friends.

During this time, many people were busy paying their condolences.

Kei Fujiwara wanted to go to the hospital to visit Oshii An, but when he came to the hospital, he found that he had been discharged and no one answered the phone.

A female clerk on the crew even burst into tears during the filming. After questioning, she found out that her boyfriend was one of the victims of the Togani incident. The two originally planned to get married next year.

An atmosphere of sadness enveloped everyone for a while.

The actors became a little absent-minded, and the performance effect was very poor. Even Inoue Moriya, who has always been dedicated to his work, often became distracted and frequently forgot his words.

Kobayashi Shuzo felt that she was frightened. For such a young child, she visited Toani not long ago. As a result, these people were murdered by a madman within a few days. Their outlook on life was probably affected. So I didn’t blame her, even if I was NG for a whole day.

Kei Fujiwara quickly asked Yui Mizuhara to find several psychotherapists to provide psychological intervention to all members of the crew. The sooner the better.

However, seeing Yui Mizuhara herself becoming a little confused, Kei Fujiwara sighed and had no choice but to contact him himself.

Several psychotherapists came to the set in person and talked one by one with some people who were seriously stimulated and whose relatives and friends were killed in the accident. Fujiwara Kei didn't know if it would be effective, but doing this kind of thing is better than doing it. Not done well.

Kei Fujiwara himself became a little irritable. When he was in the office, he often held a pen for the past two days, but could not write a word.

The green plants on the windowsill also lost their ability to calm the mood. As soon as he looked out the window, Kei Fujiwara thought of the scene of black smoke filling the sky that day.

"Boom boom."

At this time there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Fujiwara Kei said.

The door was slowly opened, and Mori Inoue stuck his head in from behind the door again, "Mr. Fujiwara, are you busy now?"

"Mori, come in." Kei Fujiwara said, "What's the matter?"

Inoue Mori walked in again, gently closed the office door, and sat down at random, with his hands on his lap obediently.

"Actually... there's nothing special about it, I just want to stay and talk with Mr. Fujiwara for a while."

"Okay." Kei Fujiwara smiled at her, "I also want to talk to someone, what do I want to drink? Is banana milk okay?"

Kei Fujiwara handed over a carton of drinks, which Yui Mizuhara bought for him to replenish his energy.

Inoue Mori shook his head again.

"I forgot you don't drink these..."

"Mr. Fujiwara, is life always this fragile?" At this moment, Inoue Mori suddenly asked again.

"My father, too, died very easily. At that time, I couldn't even understand death. At that time, I even thought that people would not die because I had never seen anyone die in front of me. . People will die is a lie from the TV station, just to sell health products. Until my father committed suicide."

Inoue Mori took out another piece of paper from the backpack behind him, which had been sealed with great care. It was the original drawing paper he had gotten in Toani.

"Ms. Naomi is also dead... She gave me such a precious gift a few days ago. A person as good as her, so gentle and so talented was so casually killed by a rat-like guy. Killed..."

Tears kept pouring out of Morimata's eyes, "I just feel that life is too fragile. It's so fragile that it makes people sad. These days, whenever I close my eyes, I see Miss Naomi's smile."

Sobs echoed in the empty office.

Kei Fujiwara suddenly remembered the summer of 1994.

To be precise, it was the summer before he came to Japan in 1994, when he was still in his prime, but he died of heat stroke. An adult man with no disease was killed easily by the sun.

That's right, Morimata, life is so fragile!

An ant, a drop of water, or a leaf may take away a person's life.

But Kei Fujiwara couldn't say these words, so he could only sit beside her speechlessly.

Suddenly, Inoue Mori threw herself into his arms again and started crying.

"Teacher Fujiwara, I...I'm really scared...I'm so scared that all the people I like will disappear one day. I like mom, I like you, I like Miss Mizuhara, but I'm afraid that one day you guys will disappear too. Yes...I hope that day never comes!"

Tears and snot covered Kei Fujiwara's body, and this was a rare gaffe for this thirteen-year-old girl.

Inoue Mori was tired of crying again, so she lay down on the sofa in the office and fell asleep. Seeing that it was getting late, Fujiwara Kei directly carried her to the car and took her home.

After sending Inoue Mori home, Kei Fujiwara drove alone. When passing by Tokyo Animation, he paused intentionally and looked at the burned building, thoughtfully.

Suddenly, he thought of something, turned the steering wheel suddenly, and drove in the direction of Ueno Park.

Kei Fujiwara came to the door of Ono Nagaharu's house and knocked fiercely. After Ono Nagaharu opened the door, Kei Fujiwara walked in without saying a word.

"Are you okay?" Ohno Nagaharu asked.

"Well enough."

Ohno Nagaharu silently took out two cans of beer from the refrigerator and handed one to Fujiwara Kei.

Kei Fujiwara took two sips of beer and suddenly asked: "Has the filming of your movie started?"

Ono Nagaharu said: "We have almost found the actors, and we are going to start shooting in the next two days."

"Change the script."

"Okay...ah?" Ohno Nagaharu was confused, "Change the script? Why?"

"I have something... I want to take pictures of more..." Kei Fujiwara said silently.

As he spoke, he took a piece of paper and silently wrote a few large characters on it.

"Looking Back Suddenly".