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Chapter 192 Kitagawa Hide - Officially Recognized "National Teacher"

“.The current Juvenile Law consists of 5 chapters and 48 articles. Our predecessors originally established this law in the hope of giving special protection to the physical and mental health of young people in order to prevent them from committing crimes again.

At that time, everyone was worried that this law would conflict with other criminal laws and become meaningless. Therefore, after many revisions and proposals, the Juvenile Law was regarded as a special criminal law with a special nature that overrides other laws.

But today, there are more and more juvenile offenders who exploit legal loopholes, deliberately commit heinous crimes, and ultimately escape punishment.

The 1989 Ayase cement murder case, the 1990 Tokyo Saitama serial girl kidnapping and murder case, the 1994 Tokyo boy corpse case, and the "Drunkard Rose Saint" case that just happened this year."

When talking about these major cases that were sealed in his mind, Hara Bunbei, who already held a high position, could not help but let out an angry roar.

He was promoted from a police inspector to a superintendent. During his decades of police career, he was involved in almost all of the above major cases. Among them, the Tokyo boy J corpse case was one in which he personally arrested and released the person.
"These juveniles are extremely vicious and cruel, even more so than adults. For example, the four murderers in the 'cement case' abused and tortured the victim for hundreds of hours.
The criminal in the J corpse case, A, once made a V-shaped victory sign to the police and threatened, "It's just a male dog walking on the road. He happened to meet a cute female dog, and the male dog naturally rode on her. Is this also a crime!?"

Would this be something that a person who truly repents would say?
Among these cases, some are as old as seven years ago, and the personal information of the juvenile offenders involved has not been made public. Many of them were judged by professional organizations to be truly repentant within a few months after entering the juvenile reformatory, and successfully returned to society, starting a new life in anonymity.

Fellow citizens, please close your eyes and imagine this.

You have a stable job, a virtuous wife, and a lovely daughter. But you don't know that the unemployed young man in his twenties living next door to you was actually a notorious juvenile delinquent.

You, your wife, and your daughter even visited him with gifts.

Then one day, he knocked on your door while you were out at work."

Hara Bunbei's voice became increasingly grim.

These words were not in the established script, and the reporters who were interviewing were a little confused. Originally, Tagako Doi, who should have been the only female among the three, began to answer the reporters' questions.

But at this time, Hara Bunbei was in the middle of his speech, and Hashimoto Ryutaro and Doi Tagako didn't want to interrupt him.

The TV station director, who was always keeping an eye on the ratings, became very excited.

Subordinates reported that the real-time ratings have reached 64.1%!

What is this concept?

Since the advent of television in Japan, the program with the highest ratings has been the annual Red and White Songs Contest. In an era when entertainment was scarce, it once achieved a viewership rate of over 90%.

Following the Red and White Songs Contest was the live broadcast of the finals of the Japanese Professional Baseball League. On the day of the finals, the regional ratings in the counties where the games were held reached over 70%.

In the Japanese television industry, a TV series with a viewership rate of over 40% is considered a true national hit.

News 7 is a program that focuses more on news than entertainment, and we are lucky if its ratings can reach 20%.

This time, the three big guys took the initiative to go on the show and hold a press conference. The director of the TV station felt that there was still hope for the ratings to drop to 30%.

I didn’t expect that Hara Bunbei’s passionate speech would push the ratings to 60%+!

The director, who was already in an extremely excited state at this time, did not care that the three people inside were top political bigwigs. He waved his hand to signal his subordinates to continue guiding the three bigwigs to conduct the press conference at this pace!

The audience in front of the TV could only see Hara Bunbei talking to the camera. In fact, Hara Bunbei and the other two in the studio were not facing cold cameras and reporters, but an electronic screen.

When Hara Bunbei saw the words "Please continue to say a few words about the death penalty for juvenile offenders" flash on the electronic screen, he immediately straightened his back and turned the topic back to the death penalty.

“The significance of the death penalty is that it allows a criminal who has committed murder to honestly face his mistakes and regret his wrongdoings from the bottom of his heart after learning that he will pay for his crime with his life.

It is a cruel thing to ruthlessly take away other people's precious lives.

On the contrary, it is at this time that the criminals will truly realize that the lives of those they brutally killed are also priceless.

I believe that the death penalty should not change according to the age of the prisoner. It should be a universal, final, and ultimate punishment applicable to all prisoners who deserve the death penalty. "

This was a bit harsh, and the reporters could no longer hold back and asked, "So, Superintendent General, you mean that the death penalty should also be applied to juvenile offenders who are not of the right age, right?"

"Yes, if the crimes he committed are serious enough to warrant the death penalty." Hara Bunbei nodded decisively.

Anyway, the legislative and judicial institution is not the Metropolitan Police Department. What he said was just for ease. Let the judges, prosecutors and presiding judges do the worrying!

The reporters were shocked, realizing that there might be something big going on at today's press conference. They immediately raised their cameras and continued to ask, "Does the Prime Minister's Office and the Congress hold similar ideas?"

"Yes. Our government has an obligation to protect the people. The Prime Minister's Office has decided that within this year, the Cabinet will supervise the formulation of a new draft of the Juvenile Law, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives will submit it to the Diet, and strive to pass the bill before the Diet is reorganized in October."

Hashimoto Ryutaro nodded expressionlessly.

He was the real protagonist of today's press conference, but it seemed that all the limelight was stolen by Hara Bunbei.

It was finally his turn to speak, and Hashimoto Ryutaro immediately told the reporters everything he knew, trying his best to show the Prime Minister's cabinet's attention to the "Sakaku no Rose Saint" case and its determination to amend the Juvenile Law. Doi Takako, who was standing by, could only applaud and nod because she was a woman, with an expression that said, "You are right, I agree with you."

This is the current social living situation of Japanese women.

Even if she is in a high position like her, she still has to rely on more powerful men.

At the press conference held by the three of them, she was just a mascot, responsible only for smiling, nodding and showing support.

“Please rest assured, fellow citizens. This cabinet is different from previous ones and is open-minded. We pay great attention to the opinions of the people. As long as you have any requests, we will do our best to meet them.”

As he spoke, Ryutaro Hashimoto did not forget to advertise his cabinet and pave the way for the next election.

Then he smiled and raised the "Literature" in his hand, and said solemnly: "The Prime Minister's Cabinet is very grateful to Mr. Kitagawa for writing "Confessions". If it weren't for this novel, we wouldn't know that the general public is so dissatisfied with the current "Juvenile Law".

Mr. Beichuan is a writer with a strong sense of social responsibility. He has a very forward-looking understanding of society and can use excellent works to speak for the people. This is amazing!
If there is anyone in the new era Japanese literary world who deserves the title of 'national teacher', it must be Mr. Kitagawa!

We, the Prime Minister’s Cabinet, also hope that Mr. Kitagawa will continue to supervise us so that we can better serve the people! ”

The three big guys on TV applauded and then bowed to express their gratitude.

Outside the TV, Shiro Dango and others also applauded and shouted, looking at Kitagawa Hide with admiration.

"That's great, Xiujun! You will be a 'national teacher' in the future." Mengzi was also happy for him from the bottom of her heart.

To receive such high praise from such a heavyweight, Mengzi feels that this is much more valuable than one hundred Akutagawa Prizes or one thousand Tanizaki Prizes!

"It's hard to say. Why do you sound like you're disliking me for meddling in your business?"

Kitagawa Hide frowned, feeling that there was something else behind Hashimoto Ryutaro's words.

The Hashimoto Cabinet has only been in office for half a year when it encountered such a disgusting thing. As the instigator, I will definitely be on their blacklist.

However, it is also possible that they are taking advantage of the popularity of "Confessions" to suppress the people who are about to rebel.

After all, it seems that as long as the Juvenile Law is not revised, the people will not stop making trouble.

This is a devastating blow to the current prime minister's cabinet.

In any case, at least what Kitagawa Hide wanted had been realized, and the "national teacher" came from the prime minister's mouth, so it was at least an officially stamped title. In the future, when Kawade Shobo uses it to brag about it, no other publishing house will dare to deny it.

"Master, you have promoted legislation with your novels! Aren't you happy?" Tuan Gui Shilang came running over to toast, but found that his master still had that dull face, and he was immediately filled with doubts.

In his opinion, this was a glorious deed that brought honor to the family and would definitely be recorded in the family genealogy in the future!

The Prime Minister’s cabinet proposed to amend the current laws because of the novel you wrote, and the Prime Minister even called you “national teacher” in front of the whole country. Isn’t this worth being happy about?
Beichuan Xiu glanced at him, nodded lightly and said, "I'm very happy."

I am definitely happy.

But things are different now.

Here is Mengzi, three disciples, and a bunch of little brats.

Even if he wanted to shout and roll around in excitement, he could only celebrate with Yumeko on his own bed when there were no bystanders.

He used to be a flop writer, but now he is at least a top-notch "upper-class writer" and an officially certified "national teacher". Whenever he goes out, people always rush up to him to ask for his autograph or take photos with him. He really needs to be more reserved and indifferent and improve his status.

When Tuan Gui Shirou saw that Kitagawa Hide was not surprised by the praise or criticism, he was immediately impressed and felt a little ashamed.

In terms of age, the three apprentices are older than Kitagawa Hidetoshi, but in terms of style and mentality, they are not even one-tenth as good as teacher Kitagawa.

"And the promotion of legislation is not only due to Confessions, but also to your three new books. This is the result of everyone's joint efforts. How can I pick all the fruits of my labor alone?"

Kitagawa Hide added, and then patted Tuangui Shirou on the shoulder.

"Go back and write books well, and strive to create better works for the people!"

"Yes! Master!" Dangi Shirou was greatly encouraged. In his mind he had already begun to imagine that in the future he would be praised by the Prime Minister. Oh, this is unlikely, but by the Minister of Education on a TV show.

He happily returned to his seat and began to write the finale of "Everything About Lily Chou-Chou".

Recently, many netizens have been discussing the possible ending of his novel in the forum. Dangui Shirou is very confident that he will give them a big "surprise" at that time!
The next day.

Before Dangi Shirou’s “surprise” for readers was written, Kitagawa Hide received a “surprise” from the Ministry of Education!
(End of this chapter)