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However, compared to that, the source of the money of Hamura Kyohei of the Matsukane Group is definitely more intriguing.

Without a doubt, the source of that money cannot be found online.

After all, it's clearly illicit money, so it must all be cash transactions conducted face-to-face offline.

Most gangs don't deposit the dirty money they earn directly into banks. They usually keep it in a safe in their gang's base and then use it in various places for different purposes.

In fact, finding their criminal chat logs online is probably not that easy.

"However, the lawyer who defended Kyohei Hamura and secured his acquittal is probably a breakthrough point."

If the person behind Kyohei Hamura is truly connected to this case, then the lawyer they hired to defend him should at least have some understanding of the truth behind it.

Even if that lawyer really knows nothing and is a ruthless person like Komekado who will stop at nothing to win, he still has ways to get more details about the case from him.

Jiang Hang quickly used the power of the internet to find out the details of yesterday's court hearing and located the lawyer who participated in the hearing.

The defendant's lawyer, Masamichi Shintani, appears to be a very experienced lawyer.

He looked to be in his early forties, and the smug look on his face after winning the lawsuit almost overflowed from the photos.

"He looks like some random nobody," Jiang Hang muttered to himself, then started searching for the lawyer's firm.

Then, following this clue, he discovered some interesting things online.

"Has a lawyer who will stop at nothing to win unleashed a true demon?"

This is a trending topic on the internet three years ago about Genda Law Firm, where Masamichi Shintani works.

Simply put, three years ago, a lawyer from the same firm also successfully won a murder case, securing an acquittal for his client.

As a result, the defense attorney was arrested shortly after being acquitted, which caused quite a stir at the time.

"Three years later, this firm has another lawyer who won a murder case. Why does he look so familiar?" Jiang Hang muttered to himself, not taking the events of three years ago to heart.

After all, the law firm is located in Kamurocho.

Living in Kamurocho makes it impossible to avoid dealing with gangsters.

These lawyers might even be trained by the gangsters themselves to help them escape punishment.

After seeing that Yuanda Law Firm had such a "dark history," Jiang Hang felt that he was more confident in getting the truth out of that lawyer.

Chapter 608: System Bro, Can You Protect Me?

"Hmm, it seems that this lawyer, Shinya, does have a rather poor reputation," Jiang Hang said, as he knew quite a few people in the legal profession.

Eri Kisaki and Chihiro Ayasato are both very capable lawyers, but Eri Kisaki is too beautiful, and Jiang Hang himself doesn't want to owe her a favor.

In comparison, Chihiro Ayasato is much better.

Although she didn't have Eri Kisaki's undefeated record, she also entered the legal profession to avenge her mother.

In investigating the criminal records of that small-to-medium-sized man, she actually used some shady methods to obtain information about the power and money transactions between him and those big shots.

Although the list of records has been nominally disposed of by Ayasato Chihiro, everyone, including the big shots, knows that after narrowly escaping assassination and surviving, Ayasato Chihiro will definitely have grown.

That list can be discarded, but if anyone really threatens Chihiro Ayasato's life, then maybe another incomplete version of that list will suddenly appear?

Xiao, Zhong, and Da are still in prison. If we really want to expose all of this, we can still find out a lot of things.

In addition, Ayari Chihiro is no ordinary person.

The Ayari family's mediumship is for real; in fact, Ayari Chihiro herself is still the next head of the Ayari family, though she hasn't accepted it.

Therefore, Chihiro Ayasato, as a lawyer, only follows the code of conduct for lawyers most of the time, but when she encounters trouble, she doesn't mind using other means to investigate the case.

Moreover, Jiang Hang had saved her before and had revealed a rather unfathomable background, so the two agencies had been cooperating these days. For example, when they encountered evidence that needed to be investigated secretly, Ayato Chihiro would come and entrust Jiang Hang and her assistant with the task.

Jiang Xing also helps Ayasato Chihiro find some legal business outside of Tokyo. In other words, Ayasato Chihiro's current activities are limited to Tokyo and she hasn't taken on many cases outside of Tokyo.

As for the gangs in Kamurocho, Chihiro Ayasato had actually had some contact with them. So Jiang Hang simply went to see Chihiro Ayasato in person and opened a teleportation point near Ayasato's office. He then obtained a lot of information about Kamurocho and that lawyer, Shintani, from her.

According to Chihiro Ayasato, although Shintani has indeed been in the industry for nearly 20 years, he has basically not taken on any major cases.

Moreover, he has a very typical personality, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and he basically won't take on difficult cases.

In contrast, Chihiro Ayasato couldn't help but feel a little wistful when she mentioned the lawyer from that law firm three years ago.

Jiang Hang also stayed at the other party's office to find out some gossip, after all, as a detective, he needed to know a little bit about all kinds of information.

Although he probably couldn't be like Conan, who not only learned various driving and firearms skills in Hawaii, but also probably memorized dozens of encyclopedias, allowing him to retrieve relevant information from even the most obscure knowledge.

"That lawyer from three years ago, I think it was Attorney Yagami, was indeed quite capable. He was riding high after Auntie's case. If it weren't for the fact that the defendant committed murder later, he would probably be the top lawyer in Kamurocho by now."

Chihiro Ayasato clearly remembered these things.

She can name most of the well-known lawyers in the market, and she has also been to the courtrooms of the opposing party to some extent.

Compared to the sensational content deliberately written in the news to attract attention, Chihiro Ayasato's side undoubtedly has a lot of real information.

The situation back then was that a cleaner at a medical center killed a patient suffering from Alzheimer's disease and disposed of the body.

After being arrested by the police, the man insisted that he had only discovered the deceased's body among the dirty sheets while transporting them.

Then, because of his prior criminal record, the defendant abandoned the body in the wilderness to avoid being fired from the hospital.

Ultimately, with the lawyer Yagami unable to confirm the exact time of the victim's death and the hospital's fabricated evidence being exposed, the defendant was acquitted.

"However, there were still many doubts about that case back then, and in the end, it was never clear how the old man died. Later, the defendant killed his girlfriend after another bout of drunkenness, which led to her being arrested again and entering prison with almost no interrogation."

Chihiro Ayasato even took out the newspaper from that year and compared it with her records.

"At the time, I actually felt that there might be some problems with this case, but since I was not in charge of the case, I couldn't conduct any investigation."

At this point, Chihiro Aya smiled and looked at Jiang Hang: "But regarding yesterday's trial where the defendant was also acquitted, I actually have another piece of inside information."

As she said this, Chihiro Aya called out to Ryuichi Naruhodo, who was idly organizing files.

As the other person's familiar spiky hair lifted from the pile of files on the desk, Chihiro Aya patted him on the shoulder: "Naruhodo-kun, didn't you go to the courtroom to watch yesterday? Tell me what you saw."

Because Chihiro Ayasato did not die, the agency has not become Phoenix Wright's Agency. Ryuichi Naruhodo is still just a standard rookie.

Even though he had won several criminal cases, he still had to go to various courtrooms to learn from their experiences under Chihiro Ayasato's instructions.

Yesterday's trial of the serial murder and eye-gouging case was indeed a very popular case, so Phoenix Wright naturally went to watch it.

Phoenix Wright and Jiang Hang had always had a good relationship. After exchanging greetings, he began to talk about what he had seen at the court hearing the day before.

"So, the witness seemed hesitant to testify for the defendant at first, but finally agreed to do so after a recess?"

There's not much to say about the process of proving innocence, because according to the autopsy results, the deceased died between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m., after midnight.

The defendant, Kyohei Hamura, was found to have left the club where the victim was beaten before midnight, and during that time he had a conflict with a male host and beat him up.

That male prostitute is now the witness.

The scene was even captured by a nearby security camera, but Hamura Kyohei's face wasn't very clear, which is why the male escort who was beaten needed to come forward and testify whether Hamura Kyohei had hit him that night.

"That male escort was really unlucky. He was beaten up and still had to stand up and testify for others. I wonder if there are any other gangs threatening him later," Naruhodo Ryuichi didn't seem to have any sympathy for Hamura Kyohei.

The arrogant attitude the other party displayed during the trial was very off-putting.

In Phoenix Wright's words, this yakuza boss must have more than one life on his hands, and this case must be related to him, otherwise why would the victim have died in the back alley of that club?

There are clearly many questions that could be studied, yet some were hastily declared innocent.

"Those prosecutors must have gone easy on them. Even if they had sent that bald prosecutor, Yane, they wouldn't have given up on questioning them so easily, let alone send Yujian over!"

Phoenix Wright's sense of justice and intuition about the truth made him sense that there was something fishy about this case.

“There are indeed many doubts in this case, so the police also want me to investigate the issues here.” Jiang Hang did not reveal the behind-the-scenes bosses of the two gangs.

It would be fine to tell Ayasato Chihiro these things, as she already knew what was going on, but it would be better to leave Naruhodo Ryuichi alone for now.

However, besides what happened in court, Jiang Hang also obtained some important information.

The lawyer, Yagami, who gave up his legal career three years ago because of that case, also appeared in court and seemed to have a significant connection to the case.

During the recess, Phoenix Wright noticed that the other party was leaving in a rather strange and anxious manner, wondering what he was going to deal with.

After he finished dealing with the matter and returned, the witness honestly explained the situation.

“I think there should be some connection between them. After I came back, I learned about the experience of that lawyer Yagami. It seems that after leaving the law firm, he opened a detective agency and is now working as a detective in Kamurocho.”

Phoenix Wright continued, "I always felt that the reason this case was acquitted was also inseparable from this lawyer, Yagami."

That lawyer, Shintani, is probably just someone who sucks up to powerful figures; otherwise, given his skill level, it's unlikely he could suddenly evolve to the point where he can win criminal cases.

“A detective, huh?” Jiang Hang blinked.

In a world where cases are everywhere, lawyers and detectives are indeed quite common professions.

Actually, forensic doctors should also be included, but Japan only has a little over a hundred forensic doctors to begin with.

Among them are a bunch of incompetent slackers who hold positions without doing any work.

Many of those who had mastered forensic skills chose to become detectives.

She resembles both Kujou Sakurako and Yata Ikumi.

The reason UDI was established is that Japan not only lacks forensic pathologists, but also lacks truly responsible and capable ones.

Jiang Hang had dealt with many detectives in the past few months, so he wasn't surprised to learn that he would encounter another detective in this case.

I wonder what stance this former disgraced lawyer, now a detective, currently holds.

After thanking the two for the clues they had provided, Jiang Hang expressed his gratitude and then got up to leave.

Before leaving, Chihiro Ayasato seemed to have guessed something, so she pulled Jiang Hang aside at the entrance of the agency and gave him a few reminders.

"This case may have an impact no less than the small, medium and large case back then. Jiang Hangjun, you'd better pay more attention."

In terms of the people involved, this case, involving minor, medium, and major individuals, is indeed the most extensive among all the cases Jiang Hang has ever handled.

After all, Xiao Zhongda has been in the intelligence industry for over twenty years, selling private information since the time of Ayato Chihiro's mother. He has offended many important figures through coercion, but those figures could only suffer in silence.

Seeing how Xiao, Zhong, and Da were extorting others on equal footing, they would occasionally deliberately send them information about their competitors to control them.

If Ayasato Chihiro hadn't initially wanted to launch a massive self-destruction, Xiaozhongda might not have taken such an extreme approach.

After nearly dying once, Chihiro Ayasato began to think things through. She realized that she couldn't fight against so many powerful figures, and if she continued to persist, not only she but everyone around her would be implicated.

Therefore, she only chose to send Xiao Zhongda, who had confessed to the crime, to prison, thus ending the case.

It can be said that although Xiao Zhongda himself was involved in a wide range of matters, due to the control exerted by both sides, the situation did not really escalate in the end, and those big shots had no intention of getting involved.

Therefore, that commission at that time could not be considered a five-star commission.