People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 970 An Ordinary Day

—————June 17th, 10:25 AM—————

—————Tokyo District, Mukai Gen Law Firm——————

"Huh? Ritsuko Usui is dead?"

Xiang Yuanguang was just woken up by the ringing of the phone and answered it groggily.

Then I heard such explosive news.

Instantly, Xiang Yuanguang regained full consciousness.

Dude, Ritsuko Usui was fighting a lawsuit with me yesterday, how come she's dead today?
Conan on the other end of the phone seemed unsure where to begin.

After a while, he said in a low voice,
"Ritsuko Usui died in her room. Someone staged the scene to make it look like Uncle Mori committed the murder."

"I just solved the case using Uncle Mori's deductions and learned about the relevant information from the murderer."

—The killer's name is Norifumi Saku.

Like Hikaru Mukamoto and Ritsuko Usui, she is a professional defense lawyer.

The reason he chose to kill Ritsuko Usui this time was because Ritsuko Usui used illegal means in her defense, attempting to win the trial through despicable methods.

Furthermore, the case actually developed in a direction favorable to Ritsuko Usui, just as she had hoped.

Unable to tolerate this any longer, Saku Norifumi chose to kill Usui Ritsuko.

At the same time, because Norifumi Saku seems to have feelings of love for Eri Kisaki, he dislikes Kogoro Mouri, who is Eri Kisaki's husband, and uses this method to frame Kogoro Mouri.

However, the case has now been solved, Saku Hoji's conspiracy has been exposed, and he has been imprisoned.

"That's it."

Xiang Yuanguang's lips twitched, and he felt the same speechless emotion as Conan.

As expected, in Beika Town, lawyers who used the same methods as Kensuke Komikado ultimately could not escape the real-life fate of ordinary citizens of Beika Town.

When he saw the tricks Ritsuko Usui used in the trial, he felt that something bad might happen to her.

As expected, the day after the trial ended, this extraordinary man was murdered by his opposing lawyer because of other defense cases he had previously handled. This could be considered part of his own success story.

However, he had no intention of defending the lawyer named Saku Hoji.

Regardless of Saku Hoshi's reasons for killing Usui Ritsuko, he did indeed frame Kogoro Mouri. Given this precedent, it's impossible for him to defend Saku Hoshi.

Moreover, Norifumi Saku was indeed the murderer.

"...I'm a little curious, don't you have classes? It seems like you're on vacation every day."

Suddenly, Xiang Yuanguang seemed to have thought of something and asked curiously.

Conan on the other end of the phone was rendered speechless by this sudden question.

Good question, but how can I answer it?

Conan ended the call immediately and returned to the crime scene.

Since this matter concerns Xiang Yuanguang, he simply mentioned it to him. As for Xiang Yuanguang's opinion, he neither knew nor needed to know.

However, there are really a lot of amazing people in Beika Town.

When will things get a little calmer here?

—If there's ever been a time when Beika Town could become a little calmer.

Then the only possibility is when Phantom Thief Kid appears.

As a phantom thief symbolizing the dove of peace, Kaito Kid's appearances always seem to cause a certain decrease in the crime rate of Beika Town, but the next time it decreases...

If nothing unexpected happens, it will be in three days.

The notice from Phantom Thief Kid has been sent out; he is about to embark on a new theft operation.

I was listening to the news report coming from the television in the living room.

When Xiang Yuanguang pushed open the door, he immediately saw that Asai Narumi, who had gotten up quite early, had already occupied the only television in the office and was watching the news.

This time, Kaito Kid's old rival is still Jirokichi Suzuki of the Suzuki Foundation. However, this Mr. Jirokichi Suzuki seems to have learned from Tomoko Suzuki's previous experience, and he doesn't invite anyone, including Kogoro Mouri, Conan Edogawa, or himself.

He plans to personally set up the traps at the scene, giving Kaito Kid a tough fight.

Xiang Yuanguang simply leaned back on the sofa, showing no emotion whatsoever.

To be honest, he wasn't really keen on playing a best-of-three series against Kaito Kid.

Magic duels are something that happen once or twice, and besides, Kaito Kid just helped him out. Now that Suzuki Jirokichi doesn't need his help, he's happy to have some peace and quiet.

Xiang Yuanguang glanced at the news report and then went to wash up.

A moment later, he came out of the bathroom and his gaze fell on the breakfast that had been prepared on the table.

Xiang Yuanguang then glanced at Asai Narumi.

However, Asai Narumi's side seemed completely unaware of what was happening here.

In response, Xiang Yuanguang immediately decided to take care of breakfast first.

Back in his college days, roommates who were willing to bring him breakfast often received a prestigious title.

That is my godfather.

However, considering the relatively reserved social relationships in Japan...

It's better to keep that "godfather" to yourself; if you say it out loud, Asai Narumi will probably break off all ties with you.

Do you usually watch these kinds of things?

Asai Shigemi's voice came through.

Xiang Yuanguang, holding the cup, stood behind Asai Narumi, glanced down at it, and then nodded.
"Yes what's the matter?"

In Asai Narumi's hand was a disc of Kamen Rider Super One.

This Kamen Rider is also known as New Number One, but perhaps due to different worldviews, the disc names here are different from those in Hikaru Mugen's memory.

Asai Shigemi nodded slightly.

Then, he put the disc in his hand into the CD player.

Suddenly, as the theme song of Kamen Rider played, the contents of the disc were slowly read out.

Xiang Yuanguang, feeling tired of standing, simply sat down and watched together.

The two of them stared at the tokusatsu drama playing on the television.

This made Ai Haibara, who came out of the room later, feel a sense of sadness.

Oh no, my research environment.

In the past, if Hikaru watched DVDs in the morning, he would be punished by Nanatsuki Koshimizu. But now that Narumi Asai is watching them with Hikaru, he's in trouble.

Ai Haibara thought to herself as she washed up.

I'm just killing time anyway, so I might as well go visit Professor Agasa.

I can just borrow a set of high-tech equipment from Professor Agasa, the same kind as Shinichi Kudo's.

Electric soccer cleats, elastic suspenders, soccer belts...

One type, the whole thing.

She also wanted to try what it felt like to be fully equipped and attacking.

"I said……"

Ai Haibara peeked out and looked at Hikaru Mugen and Narumi Asai in the hall.

She said,
Why do you guys like watching tokusatsu dramas so much...?

I really don't understand...

I bet only kids watch tokusatsu shows like Gomera.
(End of this chapter)