People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 841 Escape
At the top of the Millennium Tower, two men who were once like brothers are now locked in a duel.

Kiryu Kazuma swung his heavy punch, increasing his speed, and slammed it down towards Nishikiyama Akira's body.

However, such force was still within Nishikiyama Akira's tolerance range. He simply crossed his hands in front of him and blocked the powerful blow.

Even so, Akira Nishikiyama's body still couldn't help but take several steps back.

He swung his arms, assumed a fighting stance, and rallied his forces. The next moment, he lunged forward again, his fists snapping at Kiryu Kazuma like a hungry wolf, his momentum terrifying.

He simply watched from a distance the confrontation between Kazuma Kiryu and Akira Nishikiyama.

The power and speed of those people sent chills down the spines of the two Jinshan Group members watching the battle; they could hardly believe that these two were actually human beings living under the same sky as them.

Seriously speaking, given the power that Akira Nishikiyama and Kazuma Kiryu are currently displaying, one punch from them would be more than enough to send them to the ICU; they're practically inhumanly strong.

However, just as the members of the Jinshan group were watching.

The duel between the two finally changed from the previous situation of fierce competition, back and forth, with no clear winner.

Suddenly, Akira Nishikiyama unleashed a powerful punch, forcing Kazuma Kiryu to retreat repeatedly, causing a subtle shift in the situation.

Ten years of training is not just for show.

Kiryu Kazuma wasted ten years in prison. Even though his talent and potential far surpassed Nishikiyama Akira's, he only recovered to the level of his prime during his time out of prison.

With only ten years of experience, Kiryu Kazuma is already finding it difficult to confront Nishikiyama Akira head-on.

—According to normal time logic, at this moment, Kiryu Kazuma should be heading to Sai no Kamoto to investigate information about Sawamura Yumi, thereby meeting with the flower merchant of Sai no Kamoto and the master of the Komaki-ryu ancient martial arts.

His unique style, reminiscent of the Dragon of Dojima, was fully developed after he met and learned from Soutaro Komaki.

Now that Kiryu Kazuma lacks the Komaki-ryu ancient martial arts, which is an important component, his strength is actually not as good as it would have been under normal circumstances, when he was not involved in this reversal event.

"What's wrong, Kiryu? Is this all you've got?"

"I'm already panting a bit from exhaustion," said Akira Nishikiyama.

Unlike a physical monster like Kiryu Kazuma, although he might be stronger than Kiryu Kazuma in terms of raw strength, he is completely inferior to Kiryu Kazuma in terms of stamina alone.

However, in such a short-duration confrontation, physical strength will not be the deciding factor.

Akira Nishikiyama straightened up with difficulty, grabbed his somewhat cumbersome white suit jacket, and flung it aside, revealing the koi fish tattoo on his back.

This koi carp tattoo seems somewhat out of place and incongruous with Akira Nishikiyama's yakuza identity.

However, if one knows the meaning behind this koi carp tattoo, one will realize that it is a reflection of Akira Nishikiyama's life.

—This carp tattoo symbolizes the Chinese idiom "carp leaping over the dragon gate."

Akira Nishikiyama, who followed Kazuma Kiryu, was far inferior to Kazuma Kiryu in both ability and temperament. At best, he was just a pretty but useless lucky charm.

However, after Kiryu Kazuma went to prison, he accurately seized the dragon gate left by Kiryu Kazuma, and with a single sentence, he completed his transformation, becoming a dragon who could rival Kiryu Kazuma.

However, others preferred to call Nishikiyama Akira a wolf rather than a dragon. But Nishikiyama Akira himself didn't seem to care whether he was called a wolf or a dragon.

Ultimately, it was just a simple title, meaningless. He had passed the age where he needed a title in the martial arts world to understand himself.

"If that's the case, then just admit defeat."

“Tell me the whereabouts of Yumi and the 10 billion yen, and I will not only let you go, but I can also let that child go with you. From now on, I will also announce to the outside world that I will protect that child in the name of the Nishikiyama Group.”

"So, did you sell?"

Akira Nishikiyama walked step by step toward Kazuma Kiryu, saying this.

In fact, most of the people in the Tojo Clan who know a little about the group know that Kiryu Kazuma has recently been accompanied by a little girl, but most of them don't know the little girl's name or background.

If Akira Nishikiyama were to reveal Sawamura Haruka's identity and background to the outside world, and declare that he would protect her.

That's essentially sending a signal to the outside world that he has defeated Kiryu Kazuma and that Kiryu Kazuma is no longer able to protect Sawamura Haruka.

Although Kiryu Kazuma didn't care whether news of his defeat by his former best friend would leak out, he couldn't allow news of Sawamura Haruka to be revealed.

If everyone knew that Sawamura Haruka was Sawamura Yumi's daughter, the consequences would be unimaginable.

A mere verbal promise from Akira Nishikiyama, along with the name of the Nishikiyama Group, is not enough to protect Haruka Sawamura. If Tai Shimano were to intervene, Akira Nishikiyama would have absolutely no chance of protecting Haruka Sawamura!
This is nothing but empty talk.

"Jinshan, you bastard..."

Kiryu Kazuma clenched his fists, a hint of anger flashing in his eyes.

At this moment, he had truly become serious, as if a blazing red flame was emanating from his body, making him appear dangerous just by looking at him.

However, just as Kazuma Kiryu and Akira Nishikiyama were about to clash again...

An exclamation came from the location where Sawamura Haruka was.

"Wait, kid, where are you going?"

Akira Nishikiyama and Kazuma Kiryu turned their heads to look in that direction almost simultaneously, and then saw Haruka Sawamura take advantage of the moment when the two yakuza were completely focused on the duel between Akira Nishikiyama and Kazuma Kiryu to escape.

Seeing the sound of running towards the emergency staircase, Akira Nishikiyama's expression turned somewhat grim.

Although it's highly unlikely that Sawamura Haruka will escape, it's incredibly embarrassing that her men couldn't even capture a little girl who should be in elementary school, and that her former boss saw it.

In particular, when Sawamura Haruka was running towards the emergency exit, someone behind her lunged down the passageway, intending to tackle her, but Sawamura Haruka was distracted and made to run towards the rooftop.

Akira Nishikiyama's face was already extremely grim.

It has to be said that the level of incompetence of this group of useless people has exceeded his expectations.

—However, moving the final battle to the rooftop of the Millennium Tower wouldn't be bad either.

(End of this chapter)