People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 843 The Mastermind Behind the Theft of 10 Billion Yen
After the court hearing, on the bus from the Tokyo District Court to Kamurocho.

Shintaro Kazama sat in the passenger seat, while Hikaru Mukamoto sat in the back seat. Nanatsuki Koshimizu sat next to him, flipping through the documents Shintaro Kazama had given them that morning, intending to review them again.

Unlike the lively atmosphere in the courtroom, the atmosphere inside the car was somewhat oppressive.

The members of the Kazama group, sitting in the driver's seat, remained silent, focusing solely on driving and completing the task that Shintaro Kazama had given them before they got in the car.

However, at this moment, Xiang Yuanguang abruptly asked a question.

"Mr. Kazama, I have a question for you."

The lawyer in blue looked up at the passenger seat and saw Shintaro Kazama's back.

When Kazama Shintaro heard Xiang Yuanguang's question, he subconsciously turned his head to look at Xiang Yuanguang sitting in the back seat. A look of doubt appeared in his eyes, and then he asked.

"Attorney Xiang Yuan, do you have any questions for me now?"

He had no idea what Xiang Yuanguang didn't know.

As a legendary lawyer in the Tokyo area, Kou Gen's abilities were so outstanding that they amazed him.

Despite possessing far less information than anyone else in this trial, she managed to deduce all the details of the three cases in the entire series from scattered, fragmented clues and information.

It's hard to say whether Shintaro Kazama knows more or Hikaru Mukamoto knows more.

It's unlikely that the other party has any further questions about the case to ask him.

Shintaro Kazama was puzzled. Nanatsuki Koshimizu, who was sitting next to Hikaru Mukamoto and had taken off her sunglasses because of the dim light in the car, was also puzzled.

Although at their first meeting, as a detective, her reasoning ability far surpassed that of the mediocre Xiang Yuan.

However, at this point in time, she is no longer as good as Xiang Yuan in terms of reasoning and debating skills. She already felt that she could not keep up with Xiang Yuan's train of thought in the courtroom, and it is even more so now.

Therefore, the question that Shintaro Kazama asked is actually the same question that Nanatsuki Koshimizu is currently thinking about.

"...The Tojo Clan believes that Yumi Sawamura is the mastermind behind the theft of billions of yen, right?"

Xiang Yuanguang leaned back in the back seat, looking at Kazama Shintaro's face.

Then, he asked softly.

"Mr. Kazama, as the person who knows Kiryu Kazuma and Nishikiyama Akira best, you must also know Sawamura Yumi, who has a very close relationship with them, right? Do you think Sawamura Yumi was the one who did this?"

Hearing this question, Shintaro Kazama became even more confused.

He was somewhat puzzled as to what the point of asking Yuan Guang such a question was, because the answer to this question had already been decided within the Tojo Clan: the person who stole billions of yen was undoubtedly Sawamura Yumi.

Therefore, Shintaro Kazama answered without hesitation.

"Of course, Attorney Xiang Yuan, why do you ask that?"

"Because it's impossible for Yumi Sawamura to take away 10 billion yen by herself without being discovered by others. I mentioned this in court. Kamurocho is only so big, and it's densely populated with yakuza organizations at all levels."

“Any big commotion will be noticed by other underworld organizations, leaving us nowhere to hide.”

Xiang Yuanguang gently tapped his forehead with his finger. His gaze was calm, yet strangely sharp, as if he were questioning something.

"Unless someone colluded with Yumiri Sawamura, it would be absolutely impossible to steal 10 billion yen in cash."

"Moreover, the person who colluded with Yumiri Sawamura must also hold a high position within the Tojo Clan, otherwise they wouldn't know the location of the 10 billion yen, nor would they be able to open the safe containing 10 billion yen."

"Most importantly, if the person who colluded with them from the inside wasn't a high-ranking member of the Tojo Clan, Yumi Sawamura wouldn't have been able to leave the Tojo Clan headquarters with billions of yen so quietly, and it would have been impossible for her to be discovered only afterward."

"This person holds a high position and has a close relationship with Yumi Sawamura... Does he seem familiar, Mr. Kazama?"

If the words spoken by the blue-clad lawyer had been uttered not in a car, but on the streets of Kamurocho, the town would have been in an uproar, and everyone would have been shocked.

Hikaru Mukai, a legendary lawyer in Tokyo, has proven his strength and influence through numerous cases. If he thinks so, then it is highly likely that this is the truth of the matter.

Moreover, what Hikaru Mukamoto is saying now undoubtedly points the finger at Shintaro Kazama regarding the theft of 10 billion yen.

—Apart from Shintaro Kazama, no other high-ranking member of the Tojo Clan can meet the conditions that Minato is now asking for, not even Akira Nishikiyama, the leader of the Nishikiyama Group.

Akira Nishikiyama had already publicly severed ties with Yumi Sawamura, but Shintaro Kazama had not.

Therefore, Shintaro Kazama, who seems to be completely unrelated to this series of cases and merely an outsider caught up in the events, is actually inextricably linked to the 10 billion yen theft case that has not yet been tried in this series of cases.

"Attorney Xiang Yuan, why do you think that way?"

Shintaro Kazama turned his head back, looking at the streets of Kamurocho in front of him, without answering the question, but instead posed a rhetorical question.

"If I were the mastermind behind the theft of billions of yen, then why would I steal billions of yen?"

"If you really are the mastermind behind the theft of 10 billion yen, then your goal might be to use this method to force Sera Katsu to step down as the fourth chairman and become the fifth chairman yourself."

Nanatsuki Koshimizu finally caught up with the logic chain.

At least, she felt that she had kept up with the logic.

"Besides, it's also possible that someone simply wants to use this to their own benefit."

"It's an expired high school detective," she said.

However, before Kazama Shintaro could reply to Koshimizu Nanatsuki's answer, it was already rejected by Mugen Hikaru, who gave this explanation.

"The water is too deep; that's impossible."

"Mr. Kazama may be the mastermind behind this incident, but he can't be the only mastermind, because it's impossible for him to do such a thing by himself."

"The headquarters of the Tojo Clan is not only occupied by members of the Kazama Group."

"If we want the members of the Kazama Group to cooperate with Yumi Sawamura in completing this impossible theft, then we need a higher-up who can keep all the other yakuza members at bay and provide them with the necessary assistance—"

Before Xiang Yuanguang could finish speaking, Koshimizu Nanatsuki exclaimed in surprise.

"how is this possible?"

(End of this chapter)