People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 936 Ritsuko Usui
—————June 16th, 2:05 PM—————

—————Tokyo District, Third Court——————

The Third Courtroom, which hadn't been visited in a long time, was still the same as before.

The bald old man sat in the main seat, looking down at the documents. He looked up and glanced at Gui Yueying in the prosecutor's seat before looking down at the documents again. However, he suddenly looked up again.

What's going on? Are you sure you're not mistaken? Why are there two people at the prosecutor's table?

His gaze fell on the half-coffee cup peeking out from behind the pile of documents that was usually taller than Gui Yueying on the prosecutor's desk, and then he asked in confusion.

"Attorney Xiang Yuan, what are you doing at the prosecutor's table?"

Upon hearing this, the people in the audience in the third courtroom were immediately taken aback.

All eyes were immediately drawn to the prosecutor's bench, eager to see what the increasingly renowned lawyer, Xiang Yuan, looked like.

However, all they saw was a stranger peeking out from behind the pile of documents.

The man was wearing a white suit vest over a blue shirt. His hairstyle was completely different from Xiang Yuanguang's, and his hair was white. The most eye-catching thing was the scanning device he was wearing over his eyes.

"Hmph, old man, you seem to have mistaken me for someone else."

Xiang Yuanguang took a sip of coffee and said this.

Although the elderly judge did not actually mistake the person for someone else, is it acceptable to reveal one's identity in court? Of course not. If his disguise were exposed, he would have to go out and work with the middle school student next to him.

Upon seeing Prosecutor Gold, the presiding judge of the Third Trial Chamber nodded.

"Oh, it's Prosecutor Gold. No wonder Attorney Xiang Yuan was at the prosecutor's table. Haha, that's impossible, isn't it?"

The bald old man said with a smile.

The majority of the audience members in the gallery, who had been focused entirely on Prosecutor Gold, turned their attention away. Only a few remained whispering in the back. Someone asked,

"What's going on? Isn't this person really not Attorney Xiang Yuan?"

"The only person I can think of who drinks coffee in the courtroom every day, and even carries a white coffee cup, is Attorney Xiang Yuan? Could this Prosecutor Gold be Attorney Xiang Yuan in disguise?"

The listener had just voiced their question when the listener next to them shook their head and replied,

"How could that be? You don't know yet, do you?"

“The person who was drinking coffee in the courtroom at the beginning was Prosecutor Gold, and Attorney Xiang Yuan also appeared in the courtroom at the same time as Prosecutor Gold. They cannot be the same person.”

"It was Prosecutor Gold who was drinking coffee, so Attorney Xiang Yuanguang was invited to drink coffee with him."

"You need to understand the relationship between the beginning and the end."

The listener nodded as if to understand, then suddenly realized and said,

"Oh, I see. That's too profound."

Xiang Yuanguang heard these words clearly.

He took a sip of coffee, his eyes, hidden behind the scanning device, narrowed slightly as he recalled what had happened back then, and then suddenly realized—well, that makes sense.

It's true that he drank a lot of coffee when he played Prosecutor Gold.

He only gradually developed a liking for coffee later on. If he hadn't chosen to play the role of Prosecutor Gold in court, then naturally he wouldn't have developed the habit of drinking coffee.

Isn't this also part of the principle of cause and effect?

"So, where exactly did you get your coffee from?" Conan's voice suddenly rang in the scanner's ear.

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yuanguang's body stiffened, and he almost lost his composure. It took him a moment to remember that Prosecutor Gold's scanning device also had live streaming and conversation capabilities.

Because after the ball mill was introduced, these functions were never used.

Over time, Hikaru Mugen, who had commissioned Professor Agasa to make the scanning device, had forgotten that it had these functions until he heard Conan's voice and remembered them.

Why did you suddenly start using this feature?

Xiang Yuanguang asked in a low voice.

At this very moment, Conan, who was watching a live stream with Ai Haibara in the lobby of the Genji Law Firm, took a sip of an ice-cold cola he had taken from the refrigerator and said with a satisfied smile,

"Of course it's because you wore this device to the courtroom again, that's why I'm watching the live stream!"

“It’s been a long time since I’ve been to court with you. Let’s relive that feeling this time. Hey, never mind that. Look, the defense lawyer is here.”

Hearing this, Xiang Yuanguang came to his senses.

His gaze fell on the female lawyer who had just entered the courtroom and hurriedly went to the defense table.

—This person is Ritsuko Usui.

The woman wearing a pink dress with her shoulders exposed, smiling broadly and seemingly very concerned about her appearance, was Ritsuko Usui, a name he vaguely recognized.

"This outfit...?"

Gui Yueying was stunned.

In her memory, lawyers usually dress quite formally when they appear in court, not only to leave a good impression on the presiding judge, but also to maintain their professional image.

However, Ritsuko Usui did the opposite.

Did she deliberately wear eye-catching clothes to court to try and influence the judge to make a biased ruling in her favor?

However, the presiding judge would never do such a thing...

She glanced sideways at the presiding judge.

The bald old man seemed to be drawn to Ritsuko Usui's clothes, which surprised Hotaru Onizuki, who stared wide-eyed in surprise, feeling as if the image of the judge in her mind had been shattered.

Prosecutor Gold, standing nearby, sipped his coffee nonchalantly.

He simply said,

"Even the most beautiful flowers always have thorns. Besides, it is said that there is a kind of fish in the deep sea called the lanternfish, which hangs a lantern in front of its body to attract other fish, and then eats them in one bite to fill its belly."

"Hmph, this lawyer, Ritsuko Usui, is probably just trying to emulate the lanternfish in court, isn't she?"

"Her heart was as unfathomable as the darkness in this cup of coffee, a pure blackness."

—So, is Prosecutor Gold the type of riddle-maker?
Gui Yueying turned to look at Prosecutor Sigma beside her.

She didn't quite understand what the prosecutor meant by his string of words, but it must mean that Ritsuko Usui was deliberately dressed like that to mislead others, right?

This coincided with her guess.

Hmm... But for a female prosecutor like her, Ritsuko Usui's method is completely useless, right?
(End of this chapter)