This work truly records a sensational social case in Japanese history and is an excellent crime novel. The protagonist Kihei Hasakura is a Christian missionary who is on the run for stealing the Bible. However, after the police investigation, they focused on several new suspicions of him - arson, bail fraud, rape, and even murder. Police arrested him and charged him with a total of eight charges. He once pleaded guilty, but after receiving the verdict, he continued to complain, cursed the police and witnesses, and finally committed suicide out of hatred. Was he wrongfully accused? Did the police use any special means to extract confessions during the interrogation? It remains a mystery to this day.
