People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 838 The Grim Reaper Elementary School Student Unleashes His Power

"As I suspected, it was the Omi Federation that was behind this."

Inside Dr. Agasa's research institute.

Based on the information he now possesses, Conan Edogawa is once again certain of the truth of his previous speculation. A slight smile plays on his lips as he ponders how to proceed with the investigation.

Now, it's highly likely that Xiang Yuanguang has already uncovered the truth of everything in court.

If this series of events is to come to a satisfactory conclusion, then it is necessary to achieve results in the courtroom trial, and this is actually the biggest obstacle for Xiang Yuanguang.

—Evidence and witnesses.

Mugen Hikaru is all alone. It's impossible for him and Koshimizu Nanatsuki to investigate the Omi Federation's situation on their own. Even if they did find out the Omi Federation's recent arrangements in the Tokyo area, it would be meaningless.

Because he couldn't capture any members of the Omi Federation, nor could he find any moles within the Tojo Clan.

This is a difficulty that the defense can never overcome.

However, Conan believed that these difficulties would not actually pose a problem for Hikaru Mugen, because he still remembered the Public Security officer in charge this time—that is, the one named Tooru Amuro.

If it were Amuro Tooru, he would most likely cooperate with Minato's investigation.

In other words, the Japanese Public Security Bureau should be able to fill the void left by Xiang Yuanguang in the Omi Federation, whether it's investigating and collecting evidence, or arresting new witnesses and members of the Tojo Clan.

Therefore, we need to shift our focus to another major challenge: the direction of source light.

—The assassination of Sera Katsumi, the fourth president of the Tojo Clan.

Conan pushed up his black-rimmed glasses.

He did not attend the court hearing because he had been continuously investigating the matter and intended to find the real culprit behind Sera Katsumi's assassination in his own way.

And the final result was quite gratifying.

He found out who bought the sniper rifle used to assassinate Sera Katsumi, its current location, and the transaction documents. He used these as evidence and had Inspector Megure arrest the person this morning.

These pieces of evidence can appear in court tomorrow as one of the key pieces of evidence to prove that Akira Nishimura is guilty.

However, that alone is not enough to bring things to a satisfactory conclusion.

Akira Nishikiyama is highly likely the mastermind behind the murder of Katsumi Sera, but the story behind this incident is more complex than that, because the theft of billions of yen is the real key to all these issues.

When discussing the theft of billions of yen, one inevitably has to look to a third party closely connected to Akira Nishikiyama and Yumi Sawamura—

To Conan's surprise, this third party turned out to be none other than Kiryu Kazuma, whom they had met at the school gate the day before yesterday and who had even fought with Xiang Yuan. Moreover, Kiryu Kazuma was currently out of contact.

Let's rule out the possibility that this guy, whose fighting power is comparable to that of a super Mikado, would be killed.

He could only guess that Kiryu Kazuma was most likely forced to disappear due to some objective factor.

Therefore, he then went to the bar called Serena, which Kiryu Kazuma frequented, and, posing as a friend of Sawamura Haruka, learned the specific circumstances of Sawamura Haruka's disappearance.

Ultimately, Conan can confirm that Sawamura Haruka was kidnapped by Nishikiyama Akira, and that Kiryu Kazuma disappeared because he was searching for Nishikiyama Akira in order to rescue Sawamura Haruka, neglecting everything else.

"Professor Agasa, do you really think an ordinary woman is capable of stealing billions of yen?"

The "Death God Elementary School Student" sat in his chair, leaning back, and asked in a low voice. Professor Agasa, busy with his experiment nearby, turned his head curiously to look at Conan, who was feigning profundity. He then looked up, thought seriously for a moment, and only when the bottle in his hand began to gurgle did he hurriedly pour the reagent into the beaker beside him and answer.

"That depends on the situation, right?"

“If it’s about physical money, it’s unlikely that an ordinary woman could steal 10 billion yen without the help of others, because both the scale and the amount are too huge.”

"But if it's in electronic form, I don't think there's a problem."

"After all, money in electronic form doesn't have a physical form; it can be stolen simply by transferring it out of the account... But Shinichi, why are you suddenly asking this?"

Professor Agasa turned his head to look at Conan.

Suddenly remembering something, he held up a finger, as if he had just realized something and was about to say something, but then he heard a creaking sound and caught a glimpse of the former Black Organization scientist appearing at the door. He immediately swallowed back what he was about to say.

—He was originally thinking that Shinichi might be referring to the girl named Miyano Akemi.

After all, it is said that the girl named Akemi Miyano had a mission to steal 1 billion yen from a bank. According to the information found later, it was discovered that she planned to use an armored truck to steal such a large amount of yen.

However, considering the relationship between Miyano Akemi and Ai, he knew better than to say anything more.

It would be impolite to continue.

"...Professor Agasa, what are you trying to say?"

Ai Haibara looked up and stared at the chubby Professor Agasa, making him a little embarrassed. He could only chuckle awkwardly and then turn back to work on the reagents in his hands.

Seeing Professor Agasa's expression, Ai Haibara decided not to ask any further questions.

In fact, she didn't need to ask to know that Professor Agasa would most likely bring up the matter of his sister, Akemi Miyano, since one mission was to steal 1 billion yen and the other was suspected of stealing 10 billion yen.

Although the amount differs by tenfold, the action plan is perfectly adequate as a reference for comparison.

However, Ai Haibara does not intend to discuss these two matters together.

She walked over to Conan's side in a few steps, her gaze falling on the screen in front of him, where he was looking up something. After a brief silence, she spoke without any mercy.

"Great Detective, why are you still here? I thought that with your reckless, reasoning-obsessed personality, you would have already rushed off to Kamurocho to help with the investigation."

"—What does it mean to be a reckless, suicidal reasoning fanatic?"

Conan raised his brow.

This former scientist from the Black Organization seems to be a bit too aggressive. Who else but her would use such a title to refer to him?
He didn't intend to argue with Ai Haibara, he just said irritably.

"Am I investigating?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, Akira Nishikiyama is most likely at the top of the Millennium Tower right now, and Kazuma Kiryu, who has been missing, should also be in that area. I just sent a message to Xiang Yuan."

"It's okay, trust Xiang Yuan. Even without me, he can handle it on his own."

"Besides, cases that I've already investigated thoroughly and are only in the final evidence-gathering stage don't interest me at all, okay?"

(End of this chapter)