"Oh, so this is Sannōji Temple..."
"Yeah, this is where the client who hired Dad is."
"A monk's request? That's pretty rare..."
"I think this place is kind of famous, too..."
The people following behind Mori Kogoro chatted idly, but in truth, all their attention was on Tangze at the very back of the group, who was practically being dragged along by Okita Soji.
Tangze had somehow dug out a hoodie, pulled the hood tightly over his head, and put on a mask, looking like he was too ashamed to show his face.
"You don't need to go that far, do you? Your situation is special, and you're a minor. Considering your personal safety, TV stations wouldn't dare reveal your private information so casually," Okita Soji said with his usual grin. "It's not like people will recognize you."
Tangze rolled his eyes and said nothing.
Under Japan's Juvenile Act, the real names and faces of juvenile offenders could not be made public.
So in the mass media, when discussing an underage criminal, people could only use aliases like Juvenile A or Girl A instead of their real names.
As several high-profile juvenile crime cases occurred, the label gradually became a specific term for juvenile offenders. So even though Tangze was now the most famous Juvenile A, there was not really much of an information security issue involved.
After all, what people discussed most about Tangze was not his own actions, but the judicial misconduct surrounding the case connected to him. He was the victim.
That said, people had already begun discussing the details of the case and had even launched a large-scale petition to help overturn his conviction. Claiming that nobody had any idea who Juvenile A was would be nonsense.
Thinking of that, Tangze clenched his fists and forced