People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 979 Conclusion
"This is... more like a notebook than a diary."

Asai Narimi whispered.

This diary left by Xiang Yuanguang mainly contains notes on the knowledge points and questions he wrote down after the day's classes. Questions that were not resolved that day were later supplemented with answers.

This can be seen from the fact that the author deliberately used a different color of ink to write.

As a fellow graduate of a prestigious university, and even a graduate of a special department like medicine where only top students could graduate, Asai Narumi could vaguely discern the original owner's style just by looking at this notebook.

—How should I put it? The image of a meticulous and eager-to-learn academic superstar leaps off the page.

Moreover, most of the knowledge points in the notes exceeded the scope of what should be learned in the corresponding academic year, which can be described as learning knowledge across grades.

Asai Shigemi noticed that Nanami Chiaki had to stand on tiptoe to see the words clearly.

So he deliberately tilted the diary slightly so that Chiaki Nanami below could also see what was written on it before turning the page to continue reading.

Xiang Yuanguang in the diary seems to be endlessly pursuing knowledge.

Once a goal is set in mind, one strives with all one's might to achieve it, burning oneself out like a candle to unleash maximum light in a short period of time.

If it cannot be connected to a taller candle, the result of burning is often that it burns out completely.

"Xiang Yuan, what is your purpose?"

Asai Narumi's gaze fell on the diary.

Out of the corner of her eye, she was observing Xiang Yuanguang's expression, planning to close the diary immediately if Xiang Yuanguang showed any unusual behavior.

—This wasn't the first time he and Xiang Yuanguang had met.

Perhaps the others here are unaware of Hikaru Mugen's situation, but it's impossible for Narumi Asai not to know.

Asai Narumi knew this very well.

When Xiang Yuanguang recalls the past, he experiences migraines, which, in the medical field, indicates that the memory triggers the body's self-protective mechanism, preventing him from remembering that part of the content.

Continuing to help Xiang Yuanguang recall the past under those circumstances would be tantamount to putting pressure on him.

Therefore, Asai Narumi planned to close the diary immediately after Kou Gen showed an abnormal reaction.

However, Xiang Yuanguang's performance was beyond his expectations.

Looking at the contents of the diary, Xiang Yuanguang simply rested one hand on the table, turned to the side, and looked at it without any other unusual reaction, only a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes.

He found it strange.

This diary corresponds to Xiang Yuanguang's real experiences from high school to university.

Judging from the contents of the diary that Xiang Yuanguang saw in his mind.

Throughout his high school and college years, Xiang Yuanguang seemed to be constantly striving for a single goal, embodying a passionate and dedicated individual.

Judging from the few everyday experiences interspersed among a large amount of knowledge points.

He still seems to be a cheerful and popular person, but how could a cheerful person suddenly become the person that Xiang Yuanguang remembers?

"It feels like a puzzle game!"

Chiaki Nanami said in a low voice.

She knew that Xiang Yuanguang had lost part of his past memories, information that others had told her when they were at Xiang Yuan's Omnipotent Agency.

However, the current process involves encountering clues, deciphering them, and obtaining the clues.

It gave her the illusion that she was playing a puzzle game, but she also knew that reality couldn't be a game, and no one would deliberately arrange these things; the illusion was just that—an illusion.

But Chiaki Nanami still felt...

Xiang Yuanguang seems somewhat like the protagonist of a mystery game whose past is shrouded in mystery and whose true nature is unclear. However, when those mystery game protagonists encounter exploration and combat wheels beyond the puzzle-solving wheel, they can only surrender and start over when faced with danger.

As a protagonist with this style, Xiang Yuanguang's combat power is so explosive that it's astonishing.

"University period".

Asai Narimi whispered.

Conan, who had somehow managed to drag a stool over, stood on tiptoe and leaned his upper body on the table, looking like a potato mine poking out.

He looked at the text from his university days and raised an eyebrow.

From the moment the diary's owner entered university, various aspects of the diary changed, as if the owner's mindset had suffered some kind of blow within the university.

However, Xiang Yuanguang did not seem to have changed his original goal during his university years.

The diary continued to be filled with various points of knowledge, and from time to time, some names that Conan recognized or didn't recognize appeared.

For example, there's Eri Kisaki, who is like his mother-in-law, and Dante, who previously teamed up with Hikaru Mugen several times.

It seems that Xiang Yuanguang had contact with all these people during his university years, and his network of connections was quite extensive, coupled with a breadth and depth of knowledge far exceeding that of his classmates.

During his university years, if Hikaru Mugen had wanted to, he could have directly entered the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office with his reputation as the top student in the law department, plus the prestige of Seido Mugen.

It is highly likely that Tokyo will produce another prosecutor whose reputation is in no way inferior to that of Makoto Kusakabe.

The only difference is that Makoto Kusakabe works in the Public Security Department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office, while Prosecutor Mukai Gen works in the Criminal Division of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office.

"However, Mr. Xiang Yuan ultimately chose to become a defense lawyer."

Asai Shigemi said.

This is also the choice Xiang Yuanguang made in his diary.

He rejected offers from other departments and graduated with outstanding grades, becoming a defense lawyer. Even so, he was a rising star who shone brightly at the time.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xiang Yuanguang took on the case that would change his life.

—A defense of the Moon Shadow Island incident.

"The diary actually contained records of the investigation at the time..."

Asai Narumi looked at the words above and felt a mix of emotions.

Xiang Yuanguang initially defended the accomplice who killed his father, and his document was filled with various speculations about the case and methods of investigating evidence.

However, everyone in the room knew very well the final outcome.

Every clue and piece of information in the diary was heavily circled, eventually forming a larger circle in the middle, with nothing written inside except for a single symbol.

That's a question mark.

Xiang Yuanguang suspected at that time that there were major problems with the case, which eventually led to his solo investigation being attacked. After returning to the courtroom, he reversed the original verdict and left the legal profession.

"...the last paragraph."

He whispered to Yuan Guang.

His gaze fell on the last page of the diary, the last paragraph.

It is clearly written above.

Studying the law won't save people; I want to do something more meaningful.

(End of this chapter)