"The story after the 'Seven Jizo' was circulated?"

In the restaurant, Rosetta was intrigued by Reiko Arakawa's words: "How do you say this? ”

"In Kyoto more than 20 years ago, the strange story of 'Seven People Jizo' once had a sudden explosive spread, do you know about this Mr. Luo?"

Reiko Arakawa said as she stirred the teacup with a small spoon.

Rosetta raised her eyebrows: "I vaguely heard about it, but I haven't investigated it in depth, so it seems that Miss Arakawa have any unique news?" ”

"Yes." The reporter nodded slightly, and said: "When I was collecting information, I found that there is a theory that because at that time, there was a real terrorist murder case in the Kyoto area that caused seven people to die one after another, and one of them left a terrifying recording of his sighting of the 'Seven Jizo' just before he died. ”

"Is it a homicide? And not a headless unsolved case? ”

Rosetta keenly picked up important information from Reiko Arakawa's words, and he was sure that Miss Reporter would not mistake the difference between the two.

"If it's an ordinary supernatural story and a headless unsolved case, then Miss Arakawa shouldn't need to mention it." After a pause, he tapped his fingers on the table: "In the end, it can be accurately defined as a homicide, which shows that even if the police did not really catch the murderer, they at least generally locked down who the suspect was." ”

"Well, Mr. Luo, you guessed it right, the police did roughly lock down the scope of the suspect at that time."

Reiko Arakawa sighed and said: "It's just that in the end, the police did not arrest the murderer themselves, but the murderer of this murder case took the initiative to turn himself in at the police station after completing the last ritual killing." ”

"And, most notably, the murderer of this homicide has another name - Masao Tsukiyama."

'Huh? Masao Tsukiyama? ’

The name of the murderer reported by the reporter made Rosetta feel somewhat familiar, but after a moment's pause, he remembered to recall the information related to this name.

"Masao Tsukiyama? You mean the novelist who is famous in the Yingzhou literary world? ”

"Well, that's him." The reporter knocked the teacup with a spoon and said, "But to be more precise, it should be Masao Tsukiyama, who was only eighteen years old at the time and had never used the name 'Masao Takiyama' as a pen name." ”

Even if he is not his reader, Rosetta has heard the names of some of this Masao Takiyama's works, and has even been recommended by those around him, because of this, at the same time, he can't help but wonder in his heart: How can such a person become the murderer of a serial murder case?

Rosetta frowned and said, "As a well-known person in his society, I shouldn't have never heard of such a thing. ”

"That's because when he did this murder, he was still unknown, until the first trial verdict came down and entered the prison to begin serving his sentence, and Masao Tsukiyama, who was only a teenager, his literary talent was revealed, and under the pseudonym of 'Masao Tsukiyama', he created his first work in prison, "The Pain of Life", which confessed his crimes."

Reiko Arakawa explained helplessly: "The death penalty system in my country, as a Dashun person who has also a great call for the abolition of death in China, Mr. Luo, you should also know it." ”

"Because when legislating, a lot of reference was made to the law of the sea system on the old continent of the West, according to the law of Yingzhou, even if the death sentence is handed down, there are still a large number of appeal procedures to be completed, and the legal minister who is responsible for signing the execution order is his own political advocacy and many reasons, and generally does not like to play the role of this executioner."

"Because of the murderer's status as a minor at the time of the crime, his outstanding literary talent, and the repentance shown in his works, Masao Tsukiyama, a juvenile delinquent who killed seven people in a row, was originally sentenced to death when he was retried, but when he was retried, he escaped the catastrophe, and thus became a tool for local politicians and officials to achieve political achievements and show off."

More than 20 years have passed, and the power of time has made people forget his past, but his works are still selling well, and he has even been commuted many times, and he has set up a special charitable foundation with his remuneration in the outside world. It is used to help others who have been in a similar situation to him. ”

"What you want to tell me shouldn't be the story of a wicked man who reformed and became a new person."

After listening to her finish telling the story of Masao Tsubakiyama, Rosetta didn't think that what she was going to say was that, and then said, "I guess you have a follow-up to this story." ”

"yes, the story doesn't end there."

Reiko Arakawa said meaningfully: "The more people live, the more they will naturally fear death, even if they have repented and reformed, but this does not mean that Masao Tsubakiyama is willing to spend his life in prison." ”

"The experience of escaping the death penalty made him understand the strength of public opinion, so he used the contacts accumulated over the past 20 years, and now, he wants to use the means of public opinion to continue to get rid of his crime and reduce his sentence, and give himself the opportunity to return to society."

"So the foundation he set up in the outside world found the media that was best at weaving public opinion on his behalf?" Rosetta nodded, it could be said that he was thorough at one point, and pointed to himself: "In this case, doesn't it mean that I have also become an accomplice to help the murderer get out of trouble?" ”

"What is an accomplice, pay attention to the wording, people have already repented and reformed for many years." Reiko Arakawa corrected the mistakes in Rosetta's words, waved her hand and said:

"Besides, the decision to use the first episode of the new show to promote the great author's new book was also negotiated between his foundation and the top management of the TV station, and as for those of us under him, we just need to do our own things well."

"After this meal, I will drive you to the prison on the outskirts of the city to meet the great writer, and when the time comes, your task will be to answer his questions and help him to complete the creation of his new book, and as an expert in folklore, I believe you should be fully competent in this regard."

"If I do my job, I'm sure I don't have a problem." Rosetta bowed, then provoked a curious tone: "But...... According to what you say, the great writer's new book is not going to be about writing about his own strange story based on the 'Seven People Jizo', imitating the murder of people, right? ”

"Well, you guessed it."

Reiko Arakawa said, "The final work of Masao Tsukiyama's "Suffering" series is a semi-autobiographical novel "The Pain of Death" based on the strange story of 'Seven Jizo' and combined with the great writer's own personal experience. ”