The first day of the trial ended hastily because the defendant was extremely cooperative.
However, the young man, one of the defendants, had made a statement in court that quickly fermented and spread amid the accelerating public discussion.
Which was more important, family or country, became a hotly debated topic.
In particular, some disabled veterans and their families began gathering at the call of certain people, allowing society to see the unique circumstances of this group.
Some antiwar groups and targeted welfare organizations also jumped out to attract public attention.
Even the shares of Northern Industrial Group, which had been plummeting, were no longer falling as fiercely!
The Federal Daily published a commentary on its front page the next day, titled "The Killer Is Absolutely Not a Tragic Hero."
The commentator argued that a killer was a killer. Regardless of why he had plotted the murder, his actions were wrong.
What the law strictly prohibited could not be excused simply because of certain extreme views, nor could the crimes committed by such actions be ignored.
Not to mention, the target of the assassination was the Federal President—a Federal President who had led the Federation to victory!
Once the article came out, nearly the entire society began discussing these issues, while attention to the case itself instead diminished.
People also began discussing whether the Federation's current policies toward disabled veterans were appropriate.
This was one of the results they wanted: shifting people's attention from the case itself to specific existing conflicts and contradictions, while ignoring the fact that this was an investigation into a vicious attempt to assassinate the president.
There was no denying that they had succeeded. After all, Northern Industrial Group was not a poor company. As long as they were willing to spend money—willing to spend enough of