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"By the way, master, there is news in the newspaper that your work is expected to be shortlisted for this year's Uemura Award?" Toyama Miho raised her head and asked excitedly.

She was really excited. After all, the Uemura Award, as the highest award in Japanese literature, is only awarded to 2 people every year.

To win this award is the lifelong wish of many writers in Japan!

"Who knows, no one can say for sure about this kind of thing." Hiroto Akihara waved his hand, actually having 7 or 8 points of certainty in his heart.

Some time ago, Kawai Shinta called him specifically and said that he was looking forward to Uemura Tour.

After that day, a judge of the Uemura Awards publicly praised the work "The Devotion of Suspect X" many times.

This also made some media who wanted to attract people's attention directly published the "false" news in the newspaper that this work would be nominated for the Uemura Award.

Toyama Miho looked disbelieving, in her opinion, her master was sometimes too modest.

She has seen the work "Suspect X" several times, and thinks it is very good, and it is very likely to win the Uemura Prize.

While the two were talking, the car drove to Asano Aiko's house.

Toyama Miho said "goodbye" and got out of the car, while Akihara Yuto asked the driver to turn around and headed for the headquarters of the school in Chiyoda Ward.

Thirty minutes later, he came to the editorial office of "April Youth".

After meeting Oshiro Torika, Akihara Hiroto instantly changed his face, and his expression became serious.

"Editor Dacheng, what is the most important thing you are talking about?"

This morning, Oshiro Lixiang called and said that there was something very urgent and asked him to come to the editorial department.

"Teacher Akihara, come to the conference room and discuss in detail."

Oshiro Toshika did not answer immediately, but brought Hiroto Akihara to a small conference room.

After Akihara Hiroto sat down, Oshiro Torika took out a document bag, opened it and took out the envelope inside, and handed it to Akihara Hiroto.

Hiroto Akihara took the envelope, and looked at the envelope, only filled in the address is ""April Youth" editorial department", and the recipient is "Yuto Akihara".

The sender information column is basically blank.

Hiroto Akihara asked suspiciously: "Editor Oshiro, this is?"

"Please take it apart and have a look." Oshiro Lixiang also said seriously.

Hiroto Akihara followed his example, opened the envelope and took out the contents - a piece of letter paper and an art knife blade.

Frowning, he spread the letter paper and found that the letter was typed out, from right to left vertically, filled with densely packed "死ぬ" (die) in red printing.

After reading these, Akihara Hiroto immediately understood, this is a death threat letter!

He put down the envelope, raised his head and asked, "When did the editorial department receive this letter?"

"I received it around 9 o'clock this morning, mixed in a pile of envelopes." Oshiro Toshika recalled, and then said: "At first I thought it was just a mail from a reader, and then the staff directly opened it for inspection."

Because the writer himself is busy with work, the editorial department usually handles the letters from readers, and will select some valuable letters to the writer himself according to the situation.

If the writer does not handle it himself, he can also entrust the editorial department to reply.

"Did you call the police?" Akihara Hiroto asked.

Oshiro Lixiang nodded, but added: "At about 10 o'clock just now, two policemen have come to look at it. But they said that it is unlikely to find the sender."

Hearing this explanation, Akihara Hiroto frowned.

He remembered a piece of news that he had seen in his previous life. At that time, Ayana Taketatsu, the voice actress of Azumeow in "Light Music Girl", had been sent more than 2014 death-threat letters by an enthusiastic fan since 7000.

But it took the police almost four years to find and arrest the extreme fan.

Looking at it this way, the effect of calling the police may not be very great.

"Teacher Akihara, the police asked me to ask if you have any enemies? Could it be sent by the other party?" Oshiro Lixiang asked again.

Hiroto Akihara closed his eyes and began to recall.

Since his debut, there are many people who have offended him-Takei Kohei, Kihara Daigo, Menke Yuma from Mandansha, in addition to the recent Wada Nobu and Okinawa Masakazu.

But most of the people inside probably don't have this motivation, right?

After all, there is no need to send a death threat letter unless there is a plan to kill it.

"Sorry, I don't know who would do that..." Hiroto Akihara shook his head, but at this moment, he suddenly thought of a person, a writer who said in his works that he would kill his parents and agent.

From the point of view, the other party is indeed quite possible, after all, the other party can be said to have lost everything now.

Although he guessed this possibility, Akihara Hiroto didn't intend to tell Oshiro Torika.

He was going to find a few private detectives later, and entrusted these detectives to investigate Daguan Masakazu.

However, apart from Otsuki Masakazu, the biggest possibility of writing this kind of letter is readers and fans who are dissatisfied with the plot of his works.

For example, Hirasaka, the author of "I Have Few Friends", was sent a lot of razor blades because of the bad ending, and someone left a message on the Internet to stab him to death.

"Mr. Akihara, anyway, please pay attention to your safety recently," Oshiro Lixiang showed a worried expression.

Although "April Youth" wants to get rid of the unequal status with Akihara Hiroto, it is still very dependent on him.

If something goes wrong with Hiroto Akihara, it will have a very serious impact on magazine sales.

Moreover, the two had known each other for half a year. Although they were not considered friends, they also had a lot of personal relationships.

"Understood," Akihara Hiroto replied in a serious tone.

Although the other party sent a threatening letter, it is unlikely that this behavior will actually be carried out.

But this kind of thing is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

In the previous life, an author (and manga artist) named Bairo Murasaki was murdered in his apartment in Tokyo.The murderer immediately surrendered to the police after the murder, and was not given a severe sentence because of mental illness.

He didn't want to go down this back road.

Akihara Yuto put down the envelope, forced a smile, and comforted Oshiro Torika.

And Oshiro Torika couldn't say anything, he could only say "pay more attention to safety" and "try to avoid acting alone", then turned and left, leaving time for Akihara Hiroto to think about it.

Akihara Yuto clenched his fists, feeling an unspeakable fire in his heart!

Who is the person who sent this letter!

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