At this time, Kinoshita Naoe, Koutoku Shusui, and later Ishikawa Hanzan gathered at the Tokyo Mainichi Shinbun editorial office. In other words, they were all producers of "direct appeals to the Emperor”. It was Kinoshita who first asked the reporter a question. ”So what happened to Elder Tanaka?” The reporter replied regretfully. ”He was taken away by the police.” ”And you just stood by and watched? You!” Kinoshita said as he shouted. Then, Ishikawa said as if to reprove Kinoshita. ”Kinoshita, that's enough. What we should do now is to write an article on why Mr. Tanaka acted the way he did and appeal to the public.” ”Is Elder. Tanaka to be condemned?”Kinoshita asked.
Ishikawa answered,” I have no idea. But I was hearing him if he was ready.That's why I made a series of articles and introduced Koutoku-kun here.”
”Exactly.”Koutoku responded.”
”To tell you truth,I wasn't going to write a direct letter of complaint. But, Kinoshita-kun, when I saw Mr.Tanaka asking for it with the resolve to lay down his life,I could not ignore him.” Before long, the three of them were filled with a tear in their eyes.
The next day. Newspapers covered the incident extensively. Then,a reporter said,”Mr.Tanaka was released.”
What Ishikawa Hanzan and Kinoshita Naoe saw was Shozo Tanaka being held by his supporters. Shozo cried out in a self-deprecatig manner,