People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 660: Familiar Action

"You mean to say that I knew the witness's last name, so I must have investigated in advance, and therefore I worked together with this witness in order to free Asougi who is now in the dock, right?"

Raising his eyebrows, Xiang Yuanguang stretched out his hand and placed it on the table.

Suddenly, a cup of steaming coffee came from the other corner of the table and landed in his palm. Then, he raised the cup of coffee and took a sip.

This expression once again gave Conan and Naruhodō Ryuichi a sense of déjà vu.

"...I think I've only seen this kind of magic trick of making coffee out of thin air in Xiang Yuan."

The Shinigami pupil narrowed his eyes and spoke in a low voice, as if talking to himself.

As for Naruhodō Ryuichi, he felt as if his head was slightly hot, and he couldn't keep a straight expression.

This reminded him of the mysterious coffee man who came from the Yukunosuke Agency like Chihiro, and whose real name was Prosecutor Gold, Kaminogi Shōryu.

That guy had once demonstrated to him what was called "Infinite Coffee Making". During one trial, he could take out dozens of cups of steaming hot coffee from somewhere and drink them all.

He even transformed into a coffee pitcher, throwing a coffee cup at his face like a corn pitcher throwing butter, forcing him to interrupt his speech and become a limited edition coffee thorn head...

"Why does it feel like he has learned everything..."

Naruhodō Ryuichi muttered softly.

Before Naruhodō Ryuichi could think carefully about when Prosecutor Gold met Xiang Yuanguang, Xiang Yuanguang had already slammed the coffee cup on the table, and the coffee inside splashed up, but then fell back into the cup.

He has mastered this skill and no longer needs to clean the defense table after the trial in court!

"If that's your logic, I'm really disappointed."

"Before the trial began, you didn't tell me your first and last name. Even the presiding judge didn't know your last name, right? He called you Prosecutor Hao throughout the trial, but what should I call you?"

"Demon Hunter Hao."

"I know your last name, your background, and the location of the bullet in your arm."

"Then according to your line of thought, does knowing your last name mean that I have investigated your affairs, and from this it can be concluded that I am suspected of collaborating with you?"

Xiang Yuanguang stretched out his finger and placed it in front of his forehead. He shook his finger and continued.

"Even the presiding judge can easily conclude that this is impossible. After all, you have tried to get me out several times, even going so far as to deprive me of my lawyer qualification certificate."

"If we continue to think divergently, we can further think about the last person who called out your full name..."

Conan immediately continued.

"That person is Attorney Yaluwuren, who has been proven to be Professor Moriarty's partner."

"If the defense supports this logic, then Attorney Naruhodō could have just followed this logic and testified that Yalukuru knew your last name and full name, so you knew each other before the trial began."

"Thus, the defense can conclude that you and Professor Moriarty are also in a partnership."

The Shinigami schoolboy pushed up his glasses.

"This is a typical logical slide, Demon Hunter Prosecutor. I think you should be careful with your words."...Why did Naruhodō Ryunosuke's actions now feel so familiar?

Karma Go's face was gloomy. When he heard the other party directly say that he was shot in the arm, he knew that something was wrong with Naruhodō Ryunosuke. He shouldn't know these things that had not yet happened in this scene.

There must be something that influenced Naruhodō Ryunosuke that he didn't know about...

Is it the magatama emitting light green light that the elementary school student in the blue suit just took out from his pocket?
Is this spiritual communication? But who is the object of the magatama's spiritual communication? Could it be...Mitsurugi Shin?

He shook his head, quickly ruling out the possibility.

Karma Go is not completely ignorant about spirit communication. In the DL6 incident, the current head of the Ayazato family, Maiko Ayazato, had spirit communication with Nobuyuki Miken, and Nobuyuki Miken's spirit obviously did not know things that he did not know during his lifetime.

This includes the key point that he was the one who shot and killed Yu Jianxin.

Even if Mitsurugi Shin was summoned here, Naruhodō Ryunosuke couldn't have said that there was a bullet in his arm, because that was something Mitsurugi Shin didn't know during his lifetime... Then, who else could it be?

"Ahem, although what Attorney Naruhodō said was a little disrespectful to this court."

"However, I have been forgiven by this court. Please continue the questioning phase, Mr. Naruhodō!"

The presiding judge brought down the gavel, ending this meaningless round of questioning and counterargument.

Xiang Yuanguang just picked up the coffee and took another sip. Then he looked at Jack the Ripper and repeated the previous question.

"Mr. Sindorah, Professor Moriarty trained you, but you betrayed him. Do you have anything to say about this?"

...Not only do you know my last name, but you also know these secret things?

There was something wrong in Jack the Ripper's eyes.

He suspected that there was a traitor among Professor Moriarty's men, or that one of Professor Moriarty's partners had betrayed him, but he didn't know who Professor Moriarty's partners were.

However, Yaluguru, who just told Genkou that he was proven to be a partner, once called out the real name of Prosecutor Hao, whose real name was not revealed. Does this mean that this Hunter Hao is one of Professor Moriarty's partners?

He was thinking, but the next moment, Xiang Yuanguang continued speaking.

"The uniform you wore was chosen for you by Professor Moriarty. It was modeled after the uniform that Yizhi Yizhi used in the courtroom in the past. The purpose was to let Yizhi Yizhi take the blame for you at this time."

"To this end, he disguised himself as you and went to St. Andrew's Hospital, where he shot and killed Dr. Hosho Reito, who was most likely to have investigated this, with a pistol. He then notified Asougi Ichima to go to the location of your third murder case."

"Finally, he asked the Swiss kid to hide nearby in advance. After seeing Yashuang Yiyi entering the alley wearing the same uniform, he immediately notified Yan Tu Haici to come and arrest him..."

"Oh, you may not know who Yan Tu Hai Ci is, so just think of him as a high-level undercover agent planted by the professor in the police."

The hedgehog-headed lawyer tapped his forehead with his finger, then he smiled.

"Professor Moriarty must have given you instructions to stay hidden after the third case was over, and I guess everyone else thought you wouldn't show up again at this time."

"But you appeared at the crime scene of the fourth case... Isn't this a betrayal of Professor Moriarty's instructions?"

(End of this chapter)