People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 868 A Dragon-like Reversal (72)

—————June 14th, 8:30 AM—————

—————Tokyo District, First Court——————

The final day of the trial finally began.

In the lounge, Hikaru Mugen and Yuya Kazami exchanged a glance and then stepped aside, allowing Yuya Kazami to lead the three defendants to their seats in the first courtroom first. After waiting a short while, they spoke.
"Mr. Kiryu, let's set off too."

—I never imagined that he, a criminal from the previous trial, would now become the legal assistant of a legendary lawyer in Tokyo.

Upon hearing what Kou Gen had said, Kiryu Kazuma couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion.

However, he did not hesitate for long. Instead, he nodded and followed Xiang Yuanguang's steps to the first courtroom, arriving at the defense seat before the trial officially began.

Tick, tick, tick.

The sound of high heels hitting the ground reached the ears of Kiryu Kazuma and Mukamoto Hikaru, and they looked in the direction from which the sound came without thinking.

As expected, this time it was Sayako Iwai, the chief prosecutor from the Ministry of Public Security.

Unlike Hikaru Mugen, who was investigating everywhere yesterday, Sayoko Iwai, although she was the prosecutor in charge of prosecuting this case, did not do much investigation.

From beginning to end, all she did was verify and confirm the evidence and witness information sent by the Japanese Public Security Bureau.

Therefore, compared to the hedgehog lawyer, Sayoko Iwai's mental state was significantly better; however, her mental state was only better when she first entered the courtroom.

As she entered the prosecutor's dock, she instinctively looked up at the defense table, and in that instant, to confirm the situation there—

The sight of Kiryu Kazuma almost gave her a heart attack.

A look of shock appeared in Iwai Sayoko's eyes.

Thanks to Genji, after the Japanese Public Security Bureau launched its investigation into Akira Nishikiyama, it provided Sayoko Iwai with a large amount of information related to Akira Nishikiyama, including some information about Kazuma Kiryu.

After all, within Kamurocho, Akira Nishikiyama and Kazuma Kiryu are two inseparable figures.

Therefore, with the help of the Japanese Public Security Bureau, Iwai Sayoko was forced to learn all about Kiryu Kazuma's personal information, as well as the cases and verdicts he had committed.

But that's why she was still startled when she first saw Kiryu Kazuma.

—It wasn't because Kiryu Kazuma's appearance was significantly more ferocious than that of a normal person, and his physical characteristics, clearly those of a yakuza boss, had a devastating effect on Iwai Sayoko.

She simply had no idea that Kazuma Kiryu would appear at the defense table.

"Attorney Xiang Yuan... what's going on?"

After being startled, Iwai Sayoko's mental state was clearly not as good as before.

Her brows furrowed slightly, and she looked at Kiryu Kazuma at the defense table with a somewhat unpleasant expression. After staring at him for a while, she shifted her gaze to Minamoto Hikaru and asked,
"I remember your defense attorney should be that female detective named Koshimizu Nanatsuki, right?"

"Why is it that instead of the detective named Koshimizu Nanatsuki, the yakuza known as the Dragon of Dojima in the Kamurocho district, Kiryu Kazuma is appearing in the courtroom with you now?"

Sayako Iwai's tone was somewhat unfriendly.

However, any prosecutor in this situation, except for the impotent Hotaru Onizuki, would likely have breathed on the person in question upon seeing this bizarre situation. This is even disregarding whether Kazuma Kiryu himself possesses any legal knowledge related to law.

Just considering Kiryu Kazuma's identity, it would be much more reasonable for him to appear in court as a witness than as a lawyer's assistant.

She didn't know what reason Xiang Yuanguang had for doing such a thing.

Logically speaking, as a legendary lawyer in the Tokyo area, Kou Gen has always taken it upon himself to find the truth of the case. However, if Kiryu Kazuma is asked to be his legal assistant and to give testimony, the credibility of the testimony will be greatly reduced.

After all, Kazuma Kiryu was already a lawyer's assistant, so there was a possibility that he would collude with the defense lawyer to give testimony in advance.

In other words, no matter what topic Kazuma Kiryu testifies about, his credibility will be greatly reduced, which will directly affect the speed of the case's progress.

As a legendary lawyer in the Tokyo area, Mukaimoto Mitsuaki couldn't possibly be unaware of this—

Iwai Sayoko's gaze was fixed on Xiang Yuanguang's face, trying to discern some other clues, but this was utterly futile for Xiang Yuanguang.

Although he is a defense lawyer, he is not the type like his teacher, Phoenix Wright, who would break out in a cold sweat at the drop of a hat.

As a student of the Makoto Shinshiki style of magic, Hikaru Mukamoto knows that one of the most important skills for a magician is to maintain a poker face, which ensures that one's emotions are hidden to the greatest extent possible and not revealed.

Although he rarely performs magic live now, he can still use it to bluff. At least when he's sweating bullets inside, no one else can tell.

"Prosecutor Iwai, why ask so many questions about something like this?"

"It's just a temporary change of legal assistant, not a temporary change of defense attorney. There's no law that says you can't change legal assistants before the trial begins, is there?"

Xiang Yuanguang picked up his coffee and took a sip.

He could guess what Iwai Sayoko was going to say, but he didn't intend to respond directly.

One of the common requirements for both magicians and defense lawyers is to keep the other side from knowing how many cards they have up their sleeve or how deep the water is.

The question that Sayoko Iwai wanted him to answer fell into this category.

—That's right. If Kiryu Kazuma were to appear in court as his legal assistant, or as a witness, his credibility would indeed be greatly reduced.

But that would require Kiryu Kazuma to actually have testimony to give.

Hikaru's gaze fell on Kazuma Kiryu out of the corner of his eye.

Perhaps Sayoko Iwai still thought that Kazuma Kiryu, as the Dragon of Dojima, had a deep understanding of this series of events, or even directly participated in them.

However, Kiryu Kazuma genuinely knew nothing, and he had no way of testifying as a witness.

Therefore, if we want him to play his best role, the only way is as a lawyer's assistant. However, it's not convenient to keep Iwai Sayoko fixated on this point, so let's change the subject a little.
The lawyer in blue asked in a confident tone, turning the question around.

“Prosecutor Iwai, you may be dissatisfied with this.”

"But what if I said that the presiding judge allowed it?"

(End of this chapter)