People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 39 Goodbye Kisaki Eri

————April 15, 3:42 p.m.————
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———Fei Law Firm, Office————

"Oh, I didn't expect that the famous prosecutor Gold would come to see me again."

"What? Did you encounter any problems?"

Kisaki Eri sorted out the documents at hand and spoke in a not very friendly tone.

At this time, Xiang Yuanguang, who was sitting in front of Kisaki Eri, shook his head.

(It seems that he was angry with me for walking out of the courtroom directly...)
(This was done to prevent the identity of Prosecutor Gold from being revealed in the Third Court.)
(He left with Prosecutor Kuma without saying hello to Lawyer Hime...)
"No, I'm not Attorney Gold. I was sorting papers in the office."

"Lawyer Fei, you know right? How can a lawyer be a prosecutor at the same time?"

Hibiki Eri put down the documents in her hand and stared at Xiang Yuanguang.

Why can't a lawyer be a prosecutor?
A prosecutor can disguise himself as a lawyer and enter the court to defend his client by wearing a lawyer's badge.

Lawyers can obviously become prosecutors by relying on the recently piloted [temporary judge mechanism].

The so-called temporary judge mechanism is the prosecutor in a trial.

Appoint a trustworthy person with legal knowledge to serve as a temporary prosecutor.

The prosecutor who tried the case at that time was obviously Kuma Sukawa, but he was temporarily replaced by Prosecutor Gold.

Considering that Xiang Yuanguang did not appear as a witness at the time, it is obvious that the two are the same person.

"Okay, what brought you here? Changed your mind and want to join my firm?"

"If you had chosen to do this three years ago, you wouldn't be in this situation where you're spending more than you earn now."

After hearing what Hibari said, Xiang Yuanguang subconsciously touched his forehead.

There still seems to be some phantom pain left there.

He sighed and pulled a small round object from his pocket.

Then he placed it on the table and pushed it over.

"This is……"

There was a hint of surprise in Kisaki Eri's eyes.

"Why did you show me your lawyer's badge?"

Yes, what Xiang Yuanguang just took out was his lawyer's medal.

The sunlight coming in from the window was reflected on Jin Chengcheng's lawyer medal.

It looks very dazzling.

"These past few days, I have been looking through the case records from three years ago."

"I discovered that the Moon Shadow Island case was not committed by [Kameyama Yong] alone."

"The current village chief of Tsukikage Island is Kuroiwa Tatsuji, the entrepreneur Kawashima Hideo, and Nishimoto Ken."

"These three people are all perpetrators of drug smuggling and trafficking."

Xiang Yuanguang put his hand on the lawyer's medal, his face was extremely serious.

At this moment, Kisaki Eri finally realized something was wrong.

"…You remember? What happened three years ago?"

"I remember you said on the TV show that you don't remember what happened back then."

Fei Yingli stared at Xiang Yuanguang and felt that the person in front of her seemed different again.

He was quite silly before, but now he looks a bit like the high-spirited guy he was when he graduated from the Law School three years ago.

(A TV program…? A conversation between me and Asai Narimi?)

(Did that program broadcast the entire process of reasoning about the case live?)
Xiang Yuanguang was stunned, but quickly reacted.

If that's the case, then it's not surprising that Kisaki Eri knew about this.

He placed the case records he brought on the table and handed one to Eri Kisaki.

Kisaki Eri placed her hand on the cover of the case record and asked.

"So, why did you come to me? The reversal of the confession in the case three years ago?"

"I'm a lawyer, not a mage like you. This case is closed."

"Even if you ask Kuma Sukawa to help you, it's impossible to restart the investigation process."

"If that's what you came for, then please go back."

"…It is indeed impossible to reopen the investigation process for this case, but what about the murder case?"

Hibiki narrowed her eyes at what Genkou said. Murder case...? The statute of limitations for murder cases is fifteen years.

But no one died in the drug smuggling and trafficking case on Yueying Island three years ago.

"So, what you're saying is...?"

"I mean, the murder and self-immolation case of Keiji Aso that happened on Tsukikage Island twelve years ago."

"There are major doubts. The murderers are the four people involved in the drug smuggling case on Yueying Island three years ago."

"Because Keiji Aso was unwilling to go along with the four and smuggle drugs, he was burned to death by them."

"In this case, can I restart the investigation process?"

Xiang Yuanguang said very seriously.

He looked at Kisaki Eri and said.

"I would like you to help me find the case records of Keiji Aso's murder and self-immolation case in 2012."

Knock, knock, knock.

Kisaki Eri drummed her knuckles on the desk surface.

She was thinking in her heart whether she should help with this matter.

Although Xiang Yuanguang is a famous wizard recently, it is unlikely for him to access twelve years of case records.

This does require the connections of a senior attorney to obtain the relevant case record information.

But...is this really possible?
No one in the legal world has ever been able to trace back a suicide case twelve years ago and completely reverse it.

Especially since Kameyama Isamu, one of the four murderers, had died of a heart attack in prison.

"Xiang Yuanguang, why do you do this?"

"Did someone ask you to go?"

Kisaki Eri asked.

She got an answer that was unexpected and totally un-lawyerly.

"Because the Tribunal is absolutely fair and can tear apart any place of hypocrisy and evil."

"I don't want the court to be tainted by filth, and I can't let evil go unpunished."

Xiang Yuanguang's eyes were extremely determined.

"...You will suffer a great loss in the future if you do this."

"The Inquisition is not as upright as you think."

Finally, Kisaki Eri sighed.

"Okay, let me help you."

"Tomorrow, I will call you to go to the archives room of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department."

"Xiang Yuanguang, I hope you won't regret your actions today."

……

Outside the office door, Prosecutor Kuma Sukawa was leaning against the wall.

He saw that the case record in Xiang Yuanguang's hand was gone.

I knew that Kisaki Eri agreed to this matter.

"With this, all the preparations are complete."

"Xiang Yuan, what do you want to do next?"

Xiang Yuanguang looked at his lawyer's badge hesitantly, then buckled it on his collar.

Finally, he looked out into the rising sunlight.

As if he had made up his mind.

"This case is proceeding on two fronts simultaneously."

"Let's use the [cross-court] theory that we proposed before..."

"I'll leave it to you then, Prosecutor Kuma."

Prosecutor Kuma did not say anything, but just looked at the sunlight outside.

Then he squinted his eyes, as if he was not used to the brightness of the sun.

(Then... the next step is the key...)
(End of this chapter)