Sei Lane No Zange (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Teito Television's "Afternoon JAPAN" is in danger of being shut down due to a scandal. Asakura Takami, in her second year of assignment, aims to get a scoop with Satoya Taichi. Then, a high school girl is kidnapped in Katsushika Ward. The victim is Ayaka Tora, and the ransom is 100 million yen. Under a press agreement, Takami follows the police and sees Ayaka's body with her face burned off in an abandoned factory. A group of boys and girls emerge from the testimony that Ayaka was bullied. The main suspect was the victim of an elementary school rape. Is the mass media a monster that makes fun of the victim's misfortune? A tense mystery that cuts into the taboo of news reporting.

不祥事で番組存続の危機に陥った帝都テレビ「アフタヌーンJAPAN」。配属二年目の朝倉多香美は、里谷太一と起死回生のスクープを狙う。そんな折、葛飾区で女子高生誘拐事件が発生。被害者は東良綾香、身代金は一億円。報道協定の下、警察を尾行した多香美は廃工場で顔を焼かれた綾香の遺体を目撃する。綾香がいじめられていたという証言で浮かぶ少年少女のグループ。主犯格の少女は小学生レイプ事件の犠牲者だった。マスコミは被害者の不幸を娯楽にする怪物なのか―葛藤の中で多香美が辿り着く衝撃の真実とは。報道のタブーに切り込む緊迫のミステリー。