A Dimensional Journey Begins with the Dragon Clan

"...Yes." Xuan Hao continued, "There will be people who have more than 100 points but don't plan to add rules! We can go through him..."

"Create a loophole in the rules that will allow Tsu Miki to escape from the return swim!!"

"There is."

At this time, Xiao Jin also prompted that the list search was completed.

Because the Death Return Tour has just begun, there are not many people with scores above 100 points, so there are only two people on the list.

One of them is Lu Ziyunyi from before.

The other one is called Hiromi Nishikawa, who scored 102 and is currently in the first zone of Tokyo Barrier.

"There's one more person! Good!!"

Fushiguro Megumi felt lucky when she saw this. "Let's first use the most troublesome Article 8 of the General Regulations and take advantage of their opponent's strategy."

As he said this, he made a suggestion to Xuan Hao and others.

"What is Article 8 of the General Regulations?"

Xuanhao and Panda have both forgotten the rules.

"8. If the points do not change within days after participating or obtaining points, the player's skills will be revoked."

Fushiguro Megumi explained, "By adding the rule 'players can transfer points', players can transfer points back and forth between each other, and there will be no death due to the deprivation of the technique. If possible, I would like to add another rule, 'you can escape from the death and rebirth by consuming points'."

"Doesn't that go against the 'long-term operation of Huiyou'?" asked Cheng Jinci on the side.

"I think so too." Fushiguro Megumi nodded slightly, "But if we add the condition of pulling non-players into the death and destruction return game as substitutes, it may be feasible."

"Indeed. Can Xiao Jin make a judgment on this?" asked Cheng Jinci.

"No matter what, what we have to do is very clear." Xuan Hao said.

"Yes." Fushiguro Megumi nodded slightly, "While searching for the 'angel' who can remove the seal of the prison gate, hunt down Shikaku and Higurashi."

After the battle plan was finalized, several people set out to head into the barrier.

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In Japan, the conviction rate in criminal trials is 99.9%.

“I have a cat.”

"..."

In the interrogation room, lawyer Hitachi Kuan-mi said expressionlessly to the suspect behind the glass: "Keep talking."

"Suddenly a policeman stopped me and talked to me, and then two or three more policemen came." The man lowered his head and responded, "I thought that if I was taken to the police station like this, my cat would die. Because cats are prohibited where I live, no one knows that I have a cat."

In March 2016, a mother and daughter were stabbed to death in their home in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture.

The Morioka District Public Prosecutors Office identified Keita Oe, who lived nearby, as a suspect and indicted him for burglary and murder of a mother and daughter.

  The process of Oe Keita's arrest is as follows:

When being questioned by the patrol police, Keita Oe escaped and returned to his residence.

The police who chased him found a bloody knife in his residence.

Keita Oe was arrested as a criminal in flagrante delicto.

After DNA testing, it was confirmed that the blood on the knife was consistent with the DNA of the victim's blood.

Keita Oe has denied all charges.

His testimony about the knife as evidence is as follows: I picked it up. It's really not mine.

"His statement is untenable~~~~~"

After returning to the law firm, Hiromi Hiromi's colleagues were very troubled by this.

"Think about it, he turned and ran away when being questioned by the police, which means he must be guilty, right?"

"No, he was once subject to improper investigation and evidence collection because an acquaintance of his used illegal drugs," Hikari Hiromi retorted.

"Then you have a psychological trauma towards the police?" a colleague complained. "Let's take a step back. Even if he really picked it up... it was a bloody kitchen knife. Why would he pick it up?"

"He said he planned to send it to the police later," Hikari Hiromi replied.

"Later!?" The colleague felt even more unbelievable after hearing this.

"I understand. His story is full of loopholes." Hikari Kuanjian nodded slightly, understanding his colleague's thoughts, "But the environment where Oe lives... considering the situation of the NPO legal person who provided him with accommodation and work, what he said may not be impossible."

"NPO legal person?" a colleague asked puzzledly.

NPO is a Japanese non-profit organization.

“The main business activities there include operating shelters for homeless elderly people and providing self-reliance support and nursing care.”

"Dajiang works there, taking care of the elderly. But he doesn't get paid."

"Only during the Chinese New Year can I receive some lucky money, which is euphemistically called 'pocket money', and on other days I will receive some lunch boxes or food as payment for my work."

"Even so, he still needs to pay 50,000 yen in rent every month."

Higurashi Hiromi explained calmly.

My colleague shook his head after hearing this: "It's simply appalling..."

"There are many people living there who have criminal records." Hikari Hiromi continued, "Also, as to why he didn't hand in the items he found in time-"

"Where I live, we are forbidden to call the police. They say that if police cars and ambulances appear, it will cause trouble for the neighbors."

"That's what he answered."

“That group is super suspicious...!?” The more the colleague listened, the more suspicious he felt this group was.

"Yes, very suspicious." Hikari Kuanjian nodded slightly, "It is almost suspected that they are doing some illegal activities. After a large amount of disaster relief and reconstruction funds were injected into the Northeast, many NPO legal entities with very problematic operating conditions emerged here. So it is not surprising to find a murder weapon on the road in that area. Oe is very likely to be innocent."

As he spoke, he assigned tasks to his colleagues, "First, we need to investigate the group's business reports and tax returns. We also need to investigate the identities of all the people who have moved in. I will be responsible for asking Dajiang everything he knows, and Qingshui, you go do the investigation."

"I am given additional tasks out of the blue. Isn't this burden too heavy?" My colleague Qingshui looked confused.

Lawyers selected by the state have low salaries and heavy workloads.

Public opinion will overwhelmingly determine that the suspect is guilty.

Moreover, there is no such thing as parole for murder, and the person may be sentenced to death.

It's really a thankless task...

"That's enough! Mr. Nissan, why did you take this kind of case?" Shimizu complained.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Higurashi Kuanjian replied.

"It's good to have some challenges occasionally. If you always take on easy jobs, your skills will get rusty."

"What's the coincidence?!"

When Qingshui heard this, veins popped up on his forehead.

"You just said what's in your heart..." Riche Kuanjian felt helpless when he heard it.

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"Ahahahaha, Riche is still the same."

In the cafe, Shimizu found her friend and complained about the additional tasks assigned to her by Hiromi Hiromi.

"The chief lawyer is not interested in money, but the people under him are really hard-working." My friend sighed helplessly.

"Although it's not to the extent that Ms. Takagi has opened a cafe as a side job..." Shimizu asked in confusion, "But you just said the same old thing... Was Mr. Nisshin always like that?"

"Hmm? Not really." Ms. Takagi responded, "It's more serious than before."

"Huh?" "When he was at our law firm, he was in charge of a case involving dangerous driving causing injury. Yes, it was drunk driving." Ms. Takagi recalled, "The defendant was 19 years old, and was forced to drink and drive by his colleagues at work. However, his testimony was rigged by relevant personnel, and he couldn't afford to settle the case privately, so he didn't even get a suspended sentence."

"Liar! Didn't you say you would exonerate me?!"

"The victim questioned him desperately at the time."

"I only said I would try my best to help him get a suspended sentence, but I didn't say I would help him get acquitted."

"But Nissan himself said he had not made such a promise."

At this point, Ms. Takagi sighed, "This is what our job is like. I asked him at the time, 'You should have learned your lesson now, right? Don't bite the bullet and accept any criminal defense case to help the weak in the future... This idea is of course noble, but if we don't get the understanding of the court and the prosecutor, there is still a limit to what we lawyers can do. There is no need to insist too much, which will only make the client hate you twice as much.'"

"But he replied, 'It is understandable that the weak, who are pushed into a desperate situation both financially and mentally, would vent their anger on me.'"

"I asked him 'What about your mental condition?'"

"He didn't answer."

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Soon, thanks to the efforts of Hiromi Hiromi.

Keita Oe was found not guilty.

When the verdict came out, the whole audience was in an uproar.

"Really won..."

Only Shimizu was surprised by the result.

"not yet."

However, Hikari Hiromi did not relax. He rubbed his face and replied helplessly.

“I will appeal immediately.”

Not only that, he also has to face public opinion.

"It's a ridiculous verdict. As long as you pay, you can kill someone without guilt."

"How much did this cost?"

"The judiciary is dead. The procuratorate is a bunch of rubbish."

"Questionable acquittal, former judge said 'it must have been a bribe'."

Such remarks were everywhere in the news that day.

But the Japanese car was seen as nothing.

"No stolen items were found in Mr. Oe's room, and some people in the NPO have been missing since the incident. And the most important thing is that at the time of the incident inferred from the autopsy, Mr. Oe happened to be captured by the convenience store's surveillance video. Fortunately, you can't cook."

The two of them came in front of Keita Oe, and Shimizu comforted him.

"Teacher Hikari...thank you so much." Keita Oe said gratefully with tears in his eyes.

"Don't call me teacher." Hikari Kuanjian said, "It's too early to be happy now. There is still a second trial."

"It's not because of this... Thank you for believing in me." Oe Keita said gratefully. "Thank you."

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Second instance.

Guilty, life imprisonment.

Compared with lawyers who can only rely on limited budgets and manpower for defense, prosecutors can invest a lot of tax money and manpower to find evidence.

There's nothing wrong with this; it's the way it works.

However, the prosecution did not submit any new evidence in the second trial.

However, the court made such an absurd factual finding that "there is no reason to suspect that the missing person committed the crime."

The verdict was overturned.

The gates of the Supreme Court for the third instance are narrow, and any appeal will basically be rejected.

It is extremely difficult to have a normal trial.

From the very beginning, the only outcome of this trial was guilty.

And this time, Hiromi Hikari was once again hated by the client.

I was obviously very grateful to him before.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Hiromi Hiromi expressed his confusion about this.

He recalled Miss Takagi's question.

"And what about your mental state, Riche?"

"…I don't claim to be helping the weak. I have always been unable to sit idly by and watch things that I feel are wrong."

"It's just nature."

“This problem has not improved to this day.”

"The goddess of justice has blinded herself in order to ensure that 'everyone is equal before the law.' People can turn a blind eye to anything in order to protect themselves."

"In such a world, I hope I can always keep my eyes open so that those who reach out for help will not feel helpless and hopeless."

This is the answer given by Hiromi Hikari.

"If you are dissatisfied with this judgment, please submit an appeal application within 15 days from today."

The judge announced the end of the sentence.

As the wooden hammer fell, Shimizu on the side saw Higurashi Hiromi standing up.

"Mr. Higurashi...?" She noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with Higurashi's mental state, and shouted worriedly.

But Hiromi Hiromi ignored it.

He just angrily pounded his gavel in the water and said grimly, "Come back here. Retrial."

And at this moment, the angry gavel knocked open the cursed court.

Hiromi Higurashi became a player of the Death Return game and obtained the technique that could execute justice.

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"Excuse me."

The silk rope appeared in a girl's dream, expressing a faint apology.

"Who are you?" the girl asked in horror while lying on the bed.

"I am the sorcerer who set up the barrier here. This area has been chosen as the venue for the Death and Annihilation Parade." Juansuo replied calmly, "But unfortunately, it is not an honorable thing."

“Killing each other…!?”

After listening to Juansuo's explanation of the rules of death and reincarnation, the girl suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Would you please not let them kill people in my house?" she asked.

"Ahahaha, you're really humorous." Juansuo just laughed at this. "A little further away, there is a site of an execution ground. That is the center of the barrier, with a radius of about five or six kilometers. After all, it is a barrier that was created with great effort, so we can't impose unreasonable conditions. Those of you who were inside the barrier at the beginning have the right to leave the barrier, but only once."

"As long as you are willing, you will be outside the barrier when you wake up."

"How do you choose?"

"When I woke up...was I dreaming?" The girl finally realized her situation.

"This is the gap between dreams and reality." Juansuo stretched out his hand as if inviting, "It's a spell. Be careful, take your time, there are already many impatient people gathered outside." (End of this chapter)