People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 122: Adjournment: Mao Lilan's Visit
—————April 26, 8:23 p.m.——————

—————Hotel, Xiang Yuanguang's room——————

Nanatsuki Koshimizu flipped through the various information on this case with some annoyance.

How should I put it? No matter how I look at it, it feels like there is a part missing from the information chain.

"Ms. Koshimizu, what are the results of this afternoon's investigation?"

Pushing open the door of the room, Ryosuke Arita walked in with the new lawyer Souji Nakano and asked.

Immediately afterwards, the new lawyer Nakano Soki also asked hurriedly.

"Yes, yes, didn't you say you were going to investigate the time of death of the deceased?"

"In what time period did the deceased die?"

Sighing, Koshimizu Nanatsuki shook her head and finally said helplessly.

"The forensic officer was unreliable. He thought for a long time and finally gave a result of 4 to 6 pm."

"Because Kaga Ranmaru called the deceased at 4:30, the deceased's time of death should be..."

"From 4:30 to 6:00, this time period can eliminate Yamada Isamu and Kaga Ranmaru as suspects of murder."

"But we are still a long way from finding the murderer."

Hearing this, Nakano Souki couldn't help but sigh, he was also quite helpless.

"Alas, it's a pity that criminal cases are not my forte, otherwise I would definitely help Senior Xiang Yuan with the investigation!"

(What? You are good at defending?)

Nanatsuki Koshimizu looked at the new lawyer with suspicion, and finally said affirmatively.

"No, you are always such an unreliable lawyer, so please don't do that."

"Hey————you're lying!"

Nakano Soki was squatting in a corner, drawing circles alone.

Arita Ryosuke leaned over and looked at the various information about the current case.

To be honest, as the son of a financier, it is natural for him to work in the financial industry in the future.

He couldn't understand this criminal-related information.

However, the financial reports can still give a relative evaluation.

However, it seems that there is no need for him to comment on the financial report aspect of this case.

"Hmm...Where's Lawyer Xiang Yuan? I haven't seen him since this afternoon."

Arita Ryosuke suddenly asked.

"Is he busy with something?"

Koshimizu Nanatsuki wrote and drew on the paper and responded after a while.

"Ah, about the same. He said to hurry up and ask Sanyuan Shunzhi."

"I said I'd be back at 7:40, but I got a phone call and went out."

(It seems something has delayed me again.)
Thinking of this, Ryosuke Arita suddenly realized that this legendary lawyer seemed to be busy all the time.

Either they are busy with a lawsuit or on their way to a lawsuit.

In a sense, he is a great lawyer who will never lack for cases.

Rustle, rustle, rustle.

The only sound left in the room was the friction between the pen tip and the paper.

When Nanatsuki Koshimizu stopped writing, she suddenly took off her headphones and looked at Ryosuke Arita.

"Actually, I'm curious, what exactly brought you here to investigate?"

"I came here to find out the truth about the Moon Shadow Island invitation. You don't have any other reasons, right?"

The noble son of the Arita family looked at the moonlight outside the window, thought for a moment, and then replied.

"On the one hand, I think there is always a lot of interesting things around Lawyer Xiang Yuan."

"On the other hand, the old man asked me to do this. Do you remember those signatures in the staggered trial?"

"Without the old man's help, I would never have been able to obtain such important evidence."

"Lawyer Xiang Yuan's grandfather is a friend of the old man, and they are old acquaintances." Sitting in the chair next to him, Arita Ryosuke's eyes were filled with a bit of nostalgia.

Regardless of whether it is Nanatsuki Koshimizu or Souji Nakano.

At this time, everyone was very surprised to hear what Arita Ryosuke said.

Xiang Yuanguang is a poor lawyer who is penniless and can only afford vegetarian noodles.

How is it possible that the ancestors are related to the old man of the super wealthy Que Youtian family?

"Are you surprised? It seems that you don't know yet, Xiang Yuanguang's grandfather is Xiang Yuanzhengtang."

"He was once the Minister of Justice of the old Ministry of Justice, and the current judicial system of the country is inseparable from him."

"Back then, I also saw Mr. Xiang Yuanzhengtang. He was sitting alone in a rattan chair in the countryside reading a book."

"Senior Xiang Yuan actually has such a background. Then, what about Senior Xiang Yuan's father?"

Nakano Soki asked curiously.

Speaking of this, Arita Ryosuke's eyes became a little strange.

After a long while, he finally began to explain.

"Lawyer Xiang Yuan's father is Xiang Yuan Dongya, and his stage name is MASTER."

"He is now a famous musician in the United States and has long since severed ties with Lawyer Xiang Yuan."

"The reason is probably that Attorney Xiang Yuan's mother died during childbirth, and then his father hated the child."

"So I used this as an excuse to go far away, give up the name of a legal family, and pursue music."

“That’s how it ended up.”

I didn't expect that Senior Xiang Yuan actually had such a tortuous life story...

Nakano Soshu couldn't help but sigh.

But Nanatsuki Koshimizu always felt that something was strange.

Why do I feel like Xiang Yuanguang himself doesn’t know about these things? I’ve never heard him mention other relatives.

Generally speaking, if one has such a background, one can rely on his grandfather's connections to conduct the investigation, right?

"Well, actually, I met Lawyer Xiang Yuan when I was a kid, because we are about the same age."

"I just didn't expect that we would meet again in this way after more than ten years, and that lawyer Xiang Yuan couldn't even recognize me."

Arita Ryosuke touched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly, thinking about his dyed hair.

"I'm not surprised. After all, I dyed my hair and changed my hairstyle. I'm not as recognizable as his hedgehog hair from childhood."

At this moment, everyone thought of what the little hedgehog-headed Xiang Yuanguang looked like.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh out loud at the same time, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

At this moment, the door was pushed open with a creak.

"Um, Mr. Xiang Yuan, is he here?"

Ran Mouri appeared at the door of the room with Conan.

She peeked inside somewhat embarrassedly.

Then he continued.

"Because my father said that the investigation of Mr. Yuan's commission has been completed, so we should go back to the office in Tokyo first."

"Then Conan said he wanted to say goodbye to Mr. Xiang Yuan, so I brought Conan to meet Mr. Xiang Yuan..."

"...I didn't expect Mr. Xiang Yuan to not be here right now... Then, I'll go back first...?"

"Lawyer Xiang Yuan is out now and I don't know when he will be back. Why don't you just stay here for one night?"

Arita Ryosuke turned his head and said with a smile.

"I'll pay for all the room charges. Just book a room and stay there. You can't let..."

"Little kid, you don't have time to say goodbye to your idol, right?"

(Who would take that sloppy hedgehog-headed lawyer as an idol...)
Conan secretly complained in his heart, but he was also relieved.

It seems that now I have a chance to clarify with Xiang Yuan about the matter regarding Uncle Maori's commission.

(End of this chapter)