People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 861 The True Owner of Hundreds of Billions of Yen

After a brief conversation, Kazami Yuya quickly left the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department with Ito Yasuhito.

He still has a lot to do.

Verify the veracity of the illegal transaction information provided by Ito Yasuhito, check if any of it matches the information on the previous illegal transaction list, and investigate the identity of the high-ranking figure behind the MIA, etc.

These tasks would require an all-out effort to complete within a single day.

As Kazami Yuya and the Japanese Public Security Squad gradually disappeared from sight, Kiryu Kazuma, standing next to Mugen Hikaru, finally couldn't help but ask a question.
"Attorney Xiang Yuan, what's the deal with the high-ranking figures behind the Dongcheng Club that you mentioned?"

Kiryu Kazuma's expression was serious.

Ten years ago, he was the most outstanding yakuza member of the Dojima Group, just one step away from establishing his own direct subordinate organization, the Kiryu Group, and becoming an absolute high-ranking member of the Tojo Clan.

Although he spent a full ten years in prison for taking the blame for Akira Nishikiyama, he was only recently released.

But after his release from prison, he still stayed by the side of Shintaro Kazama, who was an absolute high-ranking member of the Tojo Clan, and thus gained some understanding of the internal situation of the Tojo Clan.

He would absolutely believe that Dongcheng was secretly engaged in some kind of illegal transaction.

However, Xiang Yuanguang's claim that there were some big shots behind the Dongcheng Gang puzzled him, because even he, a former underworld figure who was about to become a high-ranking member of the Dongcheng Gang, didn't know about this.

How exactly did Xiang Yuanguang find out about this?

"...because of the theft of 10 billion yen."

After a brief silence, Xiang Yuanguang gave his answer.

This answer was unexpected by Kazuma Kiryu, because he couldn't connect the theft of billions of yen with the fact that there were high-ranking figures behind the Tojo Clan; the two seemed completely unrelated.

However, Xiang Yuanguang added,

"The real thieves of the 10 billion yen are Sera Katsu, the chairman of the Tojo Clan; Kazama Shintaro, the leader of the Kazama Group; and Sawamura Yumi, your childhood friend."

—What? The real mastermind behind the theft of billions of yen is actually Chairman Sera and Old Man Kazama?

Kiryu Kazuma's eyes widened suddenly, a look of disbelief flashing across his face.

This is simply unbelievable. The 10 billion yen was originally the common property of the Tojo Clan. Chairman Sera and Old Man Kazama had absolutely no reason to join forces to steal the 10 billion yen.

Moreover, even if they were to actually do it, there was absolutely no reason to involve Yumi Sawamura, an outsider who wasn't part of the yakuza.

What is going on here?

The more Tatsumi Dojima learned about the Tojo Clan, the more he realized he didn't know. The changes in the Tojo Clan over the past ten years seemed so great that he could hardly see them clearly anymore.

"Do you really think that the Tojo Clan has the business acumen to generate tens of billions of yen in liquid funds?"

Hikaru could see Kiryu Kazuma's surprise.

After dealing with Nishikiyama Akira's procedural issues with Shiratori Ninzaburo, before sending him and Kiryu Kazuma over to inquire, he planned to briefly explain this matter to Kiryu Kazuma.

Unlike the others at the Millennium Tower, Kazuma Kiryu remained an outsider completely unaware of the situation from beginning to end. Even after he had directly defeated Akira Nishikiyama and notified the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to take him back, Kazuma Kiryu had not obtained any useful information.

Kiryu Kazuma's current shock and confusion are a reaction he had anticipated.

"Ten billion yen in working capital is never a small amount. Even with the Tojo Clan's business capabilities, it's impossible for them to acquire ten billion yen in deposits within ten years, no matter how ruthless they are in their pursuit of profits."

"Besides, if Dongcheng had been so aggressive in making money, it wouldn't have been able to exist until now."

"Therefore, it is only necessary to check the Tojo Clan's accounts to easily discover that this 10 billion yen only nominally belongs to the Tojo Clan, but actually appeared in the Tojo Clan's accounts inexplicably at some point."

Xiang Yuanguang took out his phone, pinched the top of the flip phone with his fingers, and showed the glowing screen to Kiryu Kazuma, so that Kiryu Kazuma could see it clearly.

This is a text message from Nanatsuki Koshimizu, containing information about the investigation into the 10 billion yen case.

Although he had only known Kougen Hikaru and Koshimizu Nanatsuki for less than a week, Kiryu Kazuma could sense that these two were definitely not the kind of villains who would fabricate facts or deceive him.

Moreover, having previously been imprisoned for ten years and completely unaware of the staggering amount of 10 billion yen due to currency devaluation, he is now experiencing the current price levels and wages.

When Kouichi pointed out that the amount of 10 billion yen was incorrect, Kazuma Kiryu immediately realized what was going on.

"This sum of 10 billion yen suddenly appeared in the Tojo Clan's vault, and its origin is unknown. Therefore, I believe it was done by some high-ranking person who could produce 10 billion yen but could not openly produce 10 billion yen."

"If the person who takes out 10 billion yen is a businessman, then there is no need to pass through a middleman to deposit it in the Tojo Clan's treasury. Only high-ranking figures need to pay attention to their personal image and avoid large-scale money and goods transactions from affecting their careers."

"Furthermore, if it weren't closely related to the Tojo Clan, how could the Tojo Clan have received and kept billions of yen, and even claimed it as their own money internally?"

“A person who fits this image is someone who can come up with a huge sum of tens of billions of yen, needs to care about their personal image, is closely related to the Tojo Clan, and can influence the Tojo Clan’s high-ranking figures.”

Xiang Yuanguang snapped his fingers and then said.

However, he felt that the identity of this high-ranking official was not difficult to find out.

The only difficulty lies in how to get this high-ranking official to stand on the testimony platform in the courtroom, and pull the other party from the sidelines onto the platform. Otherwise, it is impossible to deliver a fatal blow to this high-ranking figure with just some evidence and witnesses.

After all, this is a country with a spirit of craftsmanship.

Most things can be dealt with by the higher-ups punishing themselves with three drinks or bowing and apologizing. This 10 billion yen might not even be considered a shocking scandal in the eyes of the higher-ups.

"Attorney Xiang Yuan, Jinshan Zhang has already gone to the interrogation room."

The voice of Shiratori Ninzaburo appeared.

He walked over from the side, holding a notebook in his hand.

Earlier, he had asked Genko to help print a copy of the transcript for Kazami Yuya. After Kazami Yuya finished talking with Genko and was in a hurry to leave, he simply went directly to Kazami Yuya, gave him the copy, and then went back to deal with the relevant questioning procedures for Nishikiyama Akira.

Now that he had resolved the procedural issues, he came directly to Xiang Yuanguang's room to begin questioning.

(End of this chapter)