People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 928 All I know is that Gui Yueying is his driver
—————June 16th, 9:25 AM—————

—————Tokyo area, Kana family villa——————

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers are still maintaining a stakeout near the Kana family villa.

Once again, Takagi Wataru, who was in charge of criminal investigations, was pushed forward to handle the case. Looking at the still-sealed crime scene, he couldn't help but sigh.

One heinous murder after another occurred in Beika Town.

He couldn't even remember the last time he took a vacation. Once this case is over, he'll take a few days off and go somewhere else for a few days. He'll die from overwork if he keeps working overtime all the time.

Takagi Wataru thought to himself.

However, on the surface, he appeared to be simply surveying the crime scene, showing no sign of trying to ask for leave and flee.

The detective next to him turned to look at the only road leading to the villa, his eyes narrowing slightly as if he had seen something, and then said...

"Takagi, it seems that the female prosecutor has arrived."

Upon hearing this, Takagi Wataru also turned to look in that direction.

Sure enough, at the edge of their line of sight, a vehicle was approaching from afar, its appearance almost identical to that of Ghost Moon Firefly's vehicle that everyone had seen when they left yesterday.

Takagi Wataru's expression immediately became slightly serious.

Although Onizuki Hotaru is considered to be one of the best-tempered among the many prosecutors in the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, she is still a prosecutor after all, and cannot be treated like an ordinary junior high school student. She still needs to show some respect on the surface.

Moreover, when the vicious murder occurred at the movie theater last time, Onizuki Hotaru performed exceptionally well.

He was waiting for Oni-zuki Hotaru to perform her lightning-fast crime-solving skills and quickly resolve the case so he could quickly ask Inspector Megure and the others for leave to relax.

call out----

The vehicle is approaching from a distance.

Soon, the vehicle that had appeared at the Kana villa in the rainy night yesterday stopped in front of the Kana villa. Many police officers were able to identify Onizuki Hotaru in the driver's seat with just a glance.

But the officers still looked surprised.

The reason was simple: they discovered that there seemed to be other people in Gui Yueying's car. Although they could only see the other person's coat and not their face, everyone had their own guesses.

The person in the back seat must be someone of considerable importance.

Although they didn't know who the person sitting in the back seat was, they knew that since Guiyue Ying was a prosecutor in the Criminal Investigation Department, the fact that the person in the back seat was driving meant that the person's status was above Guiyue Ying's.

Seeing this, even Wataru Takagi couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

In the handling of criminal cases, the authority of the criminal prosecutor is greater than that of the police inspector in charge of criminal matters and the corresponding case handling. If someone's authority is greater than that of the criminal prosecutor in the current case.

Then you need to be at least two or three levels higher than him.

Faced with such an important figure whose origins were unknown, Takagi Wataru couldn't help but swallow hard, appearing even more serious and earnest.

crunch————

The back door of the car was pushed open.

Many of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers remaining at the scene adjusted their posture, appearing even more focused on their work in preparation for the upcoming inspection by their superiors. However, the person in the back seat hadn't fully revealed themselves yet, only a spiky hairstyle was visible.

All the officers in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department couldn't help but relax.

Although they didn't know what was going on, it wasn't surprising that the person sitting in the back seat of Guiyue Ying's car seemed to be Xiang Yuanguang, a lawyer with spiky hair whom they were quite familiar with.

The lawyer in blue, who had just stepped out of the room, looked up at the relieved expressions on everyone's faces, a few question marks slowly rising above his head, revealing the doubts in his heart.

However, Xiang Yuanguang did not focus all his attention on the police officers next to him.

He turned to look at the villa next door, and to everyone's astonishment, produced a steaming cup of coffee from somewhere, took a sip, and then remarked...
"Seriously, why do these rich people like to build their homes in such remote, uninhabited places?"

"Is it because villas occupy a large area and land in the countryside is cheaper, so building in the countryside saves money? But when you factor in all the time and renovation costs, it doesn't seem like you save much money at all?"

Xiang Yuanguang muttered to himself.

On the other side, Takagi Wataru, noticing that Onizuki Hotaru was parking her car, cautiously moved a few steps and, before Onizuki Hotaru could get out of the car, approached Mugen Hikaru and whispered, "..."
"Attorney Xiang Yuan, are you here to defend someone again this time?"

"Aren't you a little too early this time? Our police haven't even identified the real culprit yet. Who are you defending? And why are you riding in Prosecutor Ghost Moon's car?"

—Are you crazy? Am I only here to be a defense lawyer?
Xiang Yuanguang glanced strangely at Takagi Wataru beside him, and then said,

"I'm not at the crime scene as a defense lawyer this time."

"Although I'm busy with lawsuits all day long, Officer Takagi, don't forget that when I first started out, I was known as a lawyer-detective. As a detective, isn't it normal for me to come to the crime scene to take a look?"

Takagi Wataru was taken aback by what he heard.

Thinking about it carefully, it does seem to be true, but that was several months ago.

In the very first few cases, Xiang Yuanguang participated in solving the cases as a detective. In other cases, he participated as a defense lawyer. Who would remember that he was a detective for a period of time?

He then thought about it again and suddenly realized that the focus of the problem seemed to be a bit off.

Why doesn't Xiang Yuanguang explain why he arrived at that villa in Gui Yueying's car? Is he deliberately hiding something? Is there something unknown behind this...?

Suddenly, Takagi Wataru sensed that something was off.

As if sensing something from a spider, he suddenly turned around and saw Prosecutor Onizuki Hotaru, who had already parked her car and appeared behind them at some point.

The female prosecutor, who looked about the same age as a middle school student, looked up at them with a puzzled expression.

Seeing her like this, Takagi Wataru coughed twice, took a few steps back to make way, and then said,
"Now that Prosecutor Ghost Moon has arrived, shouldn't the investigation into this case be reopened?"

"If that's the case, I'll have my colleagues temporarily remove the cordon to avoid hindering the investigation."

Gui Yueying nodded gently.

In fact, before Takagi Wataru questioned them, officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department had already voluntarily removed the barricades in front of the Kana villa and cleared the road.

After all, the two of them came here specifically for this purpose, and they couldn't do anything else but investigate.

(End of this chapter)