People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 859 Encounter
The brief interrogation session ended quickly.

Xiang Yuanguang picked up his coffee, took a sip, and looked quite calm, showing no sign of being happy that he had obtained a lot of information from Ito Taijin.

In fact, this information was not very useful to him.

What Ito Taijin provided were merely records of illegal transactions involving Shimano Tai. If these records were investigated, it would likely uncover some transactions related to the Omi Federation.

This will be strong evidence to refute Shimano Tai's testimony that he never colluded with the Omi Association in the subsequent sentencing hearing, but it is not very useful as evidence for the defense in this trial.

After all, once Shimano Tai finished his testimony on the second day of the trial, there was no need for him to appear in court again on the third day.

As the third day of the trial, the purpose was undoubtedly to openly and frankly investigate the whole truth behind this series of events in the courtroom, and the trial regarding the kidnapping of Ai Haibara has already concluded.

Ito Yasuhito corresponds to the mastermind behind the attempted assassination of Kusakabe Makoto.

Mentioning Shimano Tai and the evidence against him now does not help in proving that Ito Yasuhito was the mastermind behind Kusakabe Makoto's assassination.

However, in Xiang Yuanguang's view, this inquiry was not entirely meaningless.

Because of the illegal transactions and evidence related to Shimano Tai that Ito Yasuhito just mentioned, it will inevitably involve Ito Yasuhito's direct subordinates. Investigating from this perspective might be helpful.

However, it's unrealistic to expect Xiang Yuanguang to complete the investigation within a day with his own abilities alone.

Moreover, the Japanese Public Security Bureau most likely already launched an operation against the Tojo Clan's Shimano Group after Ito Yasuhito escaped from Kamurocho, so it's impossible for him to go to the headquarters of the Japanese Public Security Bureau to demand that the Japanese Public Security Bureau take him away.

Therefore, the investigation into the attempted assassination of Makoto Kusakabe can only be continued by the Japanese Public Security Bureau.

"...Attorney Xiang Yuan, it seems there's nothing else you'd like to ask, right?"

Shiratori Ninzaburo turned to look at Mugen Hikaru beside him and asked...
He felt that it was a huge disadvantage for Xiang Yuanguang not to ask about the case of the attempted assassination of Makoto Kusakabe, since there weren't many opportunities for a defense lawyer to meet with a witness before the trial began.

If Xiang Yuanguang doesn't seize this opportunity to get more information, he'll be in trouble if the prosecutor from the Public Security Department comes after him, since his opponent is the chief prosecutor of the Tokyo Public Prosecutor's Office Public Security Department.

Although I've heard their abilities are impressive, a prosecutor who can reach this position must be someone no ordinary person.

"There's one more question, the simplest one."

"Mr. Ito, please tell me, in the 'Blank One-Tsubo Incident,' was the person who killed the chairman of the Omi Federation the same person who is now the head of the Shimano-gumi, Shimano Tai?"

Xiang Yuanguang was about to stand up when he suddenly raised this question.

Upon hearing the question, Ito Yasuhito narrowed his eyes but still gave an affirmative answer.
"Of course, I don't need to say more about the answer to this question, right? You already know..."

—Some things are meaningless when said by a defense lawyer; only the testimony of a witness has real legal effect. Therefore, we need to get Yasuhito Ito to admit this.

After finishing the rest of his coffee, Xiang Yuanguang put the coffee cup away.

Since Ito Yasuhito gave an affirmative answer on this point, things will be much easier. Later, in court, this can be used as a reason to prove that the Omi Federation did indeed have a legitimate reason to take action against the Tojo Clan.

As for the actual preparations for the cooperation between the Omi Federation and the Tojo Clan, one would have to ask the ordinary Omi Federation members who were arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers. As one of the Tojo Clan's executives, it would be somewhat troublesome to reason with Ito Yasuhito with his mind lock occupied. Therefore, he planned to start with the ordinary Omi Federation members.

Since time is limited, we need to resolve the questioning process as quickly as possible, so we must attack the weakest point.

crunch————

Shiratori Ninzaburo reached out and opened the door to the interrogation room, and the police officers who had been waiting outside came in to make sure that Ito Yasuhito had no chance of escaping before taking Ito Yasuhito out of the interrogation room.

Seeing this, Kiryu Kazuma also stood up, knowing it was time to leave.

However, just as Kou Minamoto and Kazuma Kiryu reached the door of the interrogation room, preparing to meet with the other ordinary members of the Omi Association who had been captured, an unexpected yet reasonable person appeared before them.

"...They're from the Japanese Public Security Bureau."

Shiratori Ninzaburo's eyes narrowed slightly.

The person appearing inside the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department at this moment was none other than the Public Security Officer in charge of this series of cases, Kazami Yuya, whom Minamoto Mitsuko knew.

However, Shiratori Ninzaburo and Kazami Yuya's relationship is clearly not good.

During the on-site investigation of the last diplomat murder case, Shiratori Ninzaburo and Kazami Yuya had some conflicts due to the scope of their respective jurisdictions, coupled with Shiratori Ninzaburo's stereotypes about the Japanese Public Security Bureau.

Shiratori Ninzaburo's impression of Kazami Yuya can actually be described as extremely bad.

However, Kazami Yuya's attitude towards Shiratori Ninzaburo wasn't much better.

The last time Shiratori Ninzaburo interfered with his normal law enforcement, it allowed Kusakabe Makoto to seize the opportunity to come and investigate the scene. Otherwise, the diplomat murder case wouldn't have been so troublesome.

The two stared at each other across the distance, as if sparks could fly between their gazes.

Meanwhile, the Japanese Public Security officers who came with Kazami Yuya had already handed over the ordinary members of the Omi Federation from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers, preparing to take them back to the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Public Security Bureau for a thorough investigation.

These were originally their targets for arrest.

If it weren't for the encounter with that unidentified but incredibly powerful yakuza ambush along the way, Kazami Yuya would have already led his men to capture all the members of the Omi Federation and Ito Yasuhito.

However, it's not too late.

Upon waking up, he immediately led members of the Japanese Public Security Bureau to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to demand the release of Ito Yasuhito. He arrived just in time to meet the point in time when he had finished questioning Minamoto Mitsuhiro.

"Hey, Attorney Xiang Yuan, you're here too?"

Kazami Yuya's attitude towards Shiratori Ninzaburo was not good, but he was alright towards Mugen Hikaru. He raised his hand and greeted him, appearing to be quite enthusiastic on the surface.

Xiang Yuanguang nodded in response, replying...
"Of course, I had some business to attend to at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and just happened to run into them."

(End of this chapter)