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"I think the class referees should be a little fun and not too serious. Otherwise, if the kids really use the class referees as a way to judge right and wrong, that wouldn't be good."

Xiang Genguang replied in this way. His impression was still stuck on the teenage years of Naruhodō Ryuichi, who disguised himself as the fourth generation Naruhodō to trick him. The class referee at that time left a deep impression on Naruhodō Ryuichi.

Because the atmosphere of this country is actually not suitable for this overly serious way of weighing right and wrong among children, otherwise the children who make mistakes may be isolated.

“…Is that so?”

Teacher Kobayashi seemed a little unsure about this, and she said it in a confused manner.

At this moment, Xiang Yuanguang suddenly looked up in the direction of Class B, Grade 1, and frowned. He seemed to hear someone crying... Was it an illusion? Or was there really a child crying?

He suddenly stood up, startling Teacher Kobayashi next to him.

"Sorry, Mr. Xiaolin, I'll go over and take a look. I feel like something is not right."

Chapter 497: Rehearsal of the Class Referee

By the time Kobayashi Sumiko, the homeroom teacher of Class 1-B, arrived at the classroom, the members of the Junior Detective League were already talking to Genmi Mukai inside the classroom, but her focus was not there.

Because there was a student crying in the classroom, which surprised her very much, Kobayashi Sumiko did not ask Xiang Yuanguang how he heard the noise in the classroom, but instead asked the student what happened.

"…Living expenses lost? Hmm, maybe I accidentally dropped it somewhere?"

Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin and listened to the members of the Junior Detective League talking about the situation of the student in the classroom. This incident was very similar to the experience of the class referee that Phoenix Wright experienced when he was a child.

A student's money was lost for unknown reasons, and the last student in the classroom without an alibi became the target of the class referee as a suspect of theft, but in fact the student's money was just dropped on the road.

The student who lost the money was none other than the legendary prosecutor, Reiji Edgeworth, who had appeared to help him overcome his difficulties when he was in dire straits during the trial of the Moon Shadow Island case. The result of that class trial... was that Reiji Edgeworth himself denied the possibility that Phoenix Wright had stolen the money, citing the lack of conclusive evidence.

Therefore, when the members of the Junior Detective League said that a withdrawn student in the classroom had lost his living expenses, Xiang Yuanguang's first reaction was that it might have fallen somewhere and no one had discovered it.

"If it goes as expected, Huiyuan, you have now become the biggest suspect. Although I don't think you would commit such a theft for such a small living expense."

The blue hedgehog thought of this and turned to look at the biggest suspect in this incident——Haibara Ai, who returned to the classroom early because she did not intend to stay with the homeroom teacher and was too lazy to act with the Junior Detective League.

There were only Haibara Ai and that student in the classroom at that time, so after that student discovered that part of his living expenses was missing, Haibara Ai became the biggest suspect.

"I don't know, but if the money was stolen, then it would be good to get it back."

However, Haibara Ai didn't seem to care much about it. On the one hand, she did not steal other people's money. On the other hand, she thought that such a small matter was not an emergency at all.

She came to Teitan Elementary School simply to act as an elementary school student. Even if she could not stay in Teitan Elementary School, she could only transfer to another school. There were quite a few schools in Beika Town.

The last time she came into contact with the high school magician Kaito Kid who looked very similar to Kudo Shinichi, Haibara Ai learned that there was an elementary school near Ekoda High School, and if things didn't work out, she could transfer to the school there.

However, having said that, Haibara Ai did not think that she should be wrongly accused of doing such a thing for no reason, so before she left, she also planned to find out the truth of the incident before leaving.

"...That's true, but if I want to find it back, where can I find it?"

Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin. He wanted to use his thinking ability as a barrister to expand his thoughts, but he realized that such behavior was meaningless. All reasoning was based on known information.

He didn't even know the name of the student whose money was stolen, his experience in school, who he knew, where he lived, or where he had been during this period of time. How could he possibly deduce where the other person's money was lost?

Tick, tick, tick.

At this time, footsteps were heard, and Kogoro Mouri, who had gone to the cafeteria for lunch, came back. He seemed not very satisfied with the food in the cafeteria, and he muttered something as he walked.

Then, when Uncle Maori saw this scene in the classroom, he couldn't help but be shocked. He felt like he had missed some important plot just because he went out for a meal.

"Hey, Xiang Yuan, what happened?" "The child's living expenses are missing. I don't know if it was lost or stolen."

"Ah? You're taking even the child's living expenses? That's too immoral!"

Uncle Maori said indignantly, rolled up his sleeves, and walked to Teacher Kobayashi, intending to use his strength as the most famous detective in Tokyo to help with some reasoning.

However, after just a few words, Maori Kogoro was sent back by Teacher Kobayashi. Finally, he stood next to Xiang Yuanguang, smiled awkwardly, and said nothing more.

Soon, Kobayashi Sumiko, the class teacher, learned the details of the incident. When the students had returned to the classroom one after another, she specifically asked the parents to leave the classroom first so that she could talk to the students alone.

However, although Xiang Yuanguang had already arrived at the corridor, with his hearing ability, this distance would not be able to keep the conversation confidential even if there was a door between them, and he could hear everything that was said clearly.

"The school referee...is this a rehearsal?"

The blue hedgehog frowned, because when he was talking to Kobayashi Sumiko before, he also mentioned that the class referee should not be used as a way to judge right and wrong, because it would bring very bad consequences.

However, Kobayashi Sumiko seemed to have not listened at all, and insisted on using the class referees to solve this emergency incident of students losing their living expenses?

The change in Xiang Yuanguang's expression also attracted Uncle Maori next to him. Uncle Maori looked at Xiang Yuanguang's changing expression with some curiosity and couldn't help but ask a question.

"Xiang Yuan, little brat, why does your expression keep changing? Are you thinking of something special?"

"…I was unhappy because I thought that the suspect this time might be my adopted Haibara Ai."

Xiang Yuanguang found an excuse to get away with it, which immediately made Maori Kogoro's expression serious.

Although it was the first time that Kogoro Mouri met Haibara Ai, he had a good relationship with Genmi Mitsuki. If he put himself in her shoes, he would not be happy if a child entrusted to him by a friend encountered such a thing.

Snapped.

Uncle Maori patted Xiang Yuanguang on the shoulder and said seriously.

"Don't worry, little Xiangyuan. With the help of the famous detective Maori Kogoro, this incident will be successfully resolved. I will find the thief who took your living expenses as soon as possible!"

As a result, Xiang Yuanguang's expression relaxed a little. Uncle Maori thought that his abilities were recognized and became more confident. Little did he know that Xiang Yuanguang had just listened to everything Kobayashi Sumiko said to the children.

Crash————-

The classroom door was pushed open and parents walked into the classroom one after another.

The rehearsal for the class judges is about to begin.

Chapter 498 Isn’t that completely over?

This was a special school referee, because unlike the school referee that Ace Attorney Naruto Wright and Reiji Miles Edgeworth experienced in their childhood, Haibara Ai, who was in a similar situation to Naruto Wright, did not become the target of public criticism.

Because Kobayashi Sumiko didn't believe that the students in Class B would do such illegal things, she believed that the children in the class were all good kids who would not do bad things, so when the parents left the classroom, she guided the situation into this state.

Of course, it is not enough for the serious class teacher Kobayashi Sumiko to do such a thing. The key lies in the statements of the members of the Junior Detective League, because they also do not believe that Haibara Ai is the murderer.

Although Haibara Ai herself does not like to interact with other students, the Junior Detective League often helps other students in the name of commissions, so students choose to believe the words of the Junior Detective League, thus changing Haibara Ai's situation.

However, if the students' parents knew what happened, they would definitely not believe what the Junior Detective League said. Therefore, Kobayashi Sumiko cleverly changed the nature of the incident by acting as a class referee.

All the students are witnesses, the Junior Detective Team acts as lawyers, Haibara Ai acts as the defendant, Yazaki Yasuji who lost his living expenses acts as the plaintiff, and Kobayashi Sumiko acts as the presiding judge, turning this incident into a rehearsal for the class referee.

Xiang Yuanguang, who was in the corridor, listened to the entire process of Kobayashi Sumiko's communication with the students, thereby determining the nature of this class referee rehearsal and obtaining some useful information.

For example, Yazaki Yasuji's living expenses were in an envelope, and not all of them were lost, only one banknote was lost, and he himself was not sure where his living expenses were lost.

It’s just that the last time he checked the living expenses was in the classroom, so Huiyuan Ai, who was resting in the classroom, became the biggest suspect of the theft. In fact, she herself was not a big suspect——————

Because Haibara Ai simply took out everything in her schoolbag. This time, Xiang Yuanguang brought a boxed lunch to school and returned to the office after the rehearsal, so Haibara Ai did not have any coins on her.

However, according to the speculation of normal legal practitioners, they would not think that the suspect did not steal just because he did not carry any coins on him. There is also the possibility that the coins are hidden somewhere else.

But if they were just a group of elementary school students, it would be a different story. They are not real law practitioners. After seeing what Haibara Ai showed, they were already skeptical about the Junior Detective Team's guesses, but now they believe it completely.

Finally, the rehearsal for this class referee will end with the students, accompanied by their parents, retracing the places that Yasukuni Yazaki passed today to collect evidence and complete the results of this class referee rehearsal.

"...Is this the rehearsal for the class judges? The layout of the school is quite interesting."

After listening to Kobayashi Sumiko's explanation, Genta's father, Kojima Motoji, couldn't help but nodded. Although he still felt it was a bit strange, it was said that Yazaki Yasuji, who had lost the money, had no objection, so naturally he had no objection either.

"Okay, then let's get going. Let's go, Yuantai! After this rehearsal is over, I'll take you to eat eel rice!"

When Kojima Genta heard the word "eel rice", his eyes immediately revealed a longing for delicious food, which shows how deep his love for eel rice is - not everyone can eat 40 kilograms of eel rice at the age of seven!

Both the parents and the students seemed to be full of energy, except for Kogoro Mouri, who had a bitter face. He looked around and found that no one was paying attention, so he directly used the Mouri God Fist on Conan.

Boom!

As the saying goes, a good sound means a good start. Even the famous elementary school student, the God of Death, couldn't help but burst into tears when facing Uncle Maori's iron fist. He looked up at Uncle Maori with a puzzled look on his face.

"I say, why are you the prosecutor who proved that Haibara Ai is guilty?"

After hearing what Maori Kogoro said, Edogawa Conan was silent for a moment, and then said righteously, "The prosecutor is just a formality! Uncle, I actually still believe that Haibara Ai would not steal anything!"

Whether he is considered a criminal or not is another matter. Anyway, his role as a prosecutor is definitely not as simple as it seems.

Putting aside the battle of wits between Uncle Maori and the Grim Reaper elementary school student, Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin and pondered the question of why Yazaki Yasuji only lost one bill of living expenses.

If only one banknote was lost, it would be too few to be considered stolen, and it is impossible to say that only one was lost. This number seems particularly strange, and it is difficult to imagine why such a special situation would occur.

Is there really a thief who believes in stealing with a code of conduct, and who saw Yazaki Yasushi's miserable look, so he only stole one banknote to show that he would not leave empty-handed, and then made a profit, leaving a lucky person to take the blame?

"...This is a bit unethical. How can I change the money if I only drop one bill?"

Xiang Yuanguang was still thinking, he noticed that Haibara Ai next to him seemed unhappy, so he asked.

"What's wrong? You didn't have this expression when you were wronged before, why did you change now?"

Haibara Ai looked at the other members of the Junior Detective Team on the defense bench - Genta, Ayumi and Mitsuhiko except Conan, and a sense of sadness inexplicably flashed through her heart.

Although she knew that she was not a thief, other people did not think she was a thief, and the members of the Junior Detective League also thought that she was not a thief, but she felt that these few talented people could turn her into a thief with just one move.

Needless to say, Xiang Yuanguang followed Haibara Ai's gaze towards the defense seat and immediately knew what Haibara Ai was thinking. He couldn't help but cough twice and said in a comforting manner.

"It doesn't matter, I will take action."

...Isn't that completely the end?

Haibara Ai finally raised her head to take a look at the somewhat melon-shaped hedgehog head, then lowered her head sadly.

I have never lost in criminal defense, and I have never won in civil defense. If I win, it must be that the civil case has turned into a criminal case.

Seeing that the emotions of the students and parents in the classroom were aroused, Kobayashi Sumiko at the podium breathed a sigh of relief, because this meant that the current situation was unfolding as she expected.

The next step is to help Yasuji Yazaki find the lost banknote. In addition, you have to call Yasuji Yazaki's guardian to confirm the situation at Yasuji Yazaki's home.

I hope this emergency can end successfully, otherwise it may have a negative impact on the children...

Kobayashi Sumiko thought to herself, and her attention fell on Yazaki Yasushi in the plaintiff's seat.

The child is much more stable after crying. I hope there won't be any problems next time.

Chapter 499: The Juvenile Detectives' Interrogation of the Plaintiff

After the homeroom teacher, Sumiko Kobayashi, announced the start of the class referee rehearsal, the children came out with their parents and went to specific places to look for the lost props according to the process that Sumiko Kobayashi had said.

However, the members of the Junior Detective Team stayed. After all, unlike other students who served as witnesses, the Junior Detective Team acted as lawyers for the class referees, and what they had to do was more than just searching and collecting evidence.

"Yazaki Yashiro should have told you in class where he went today, right?"

Surrounded by the members of the Junior Detective League, Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin and asked.

In response, the three members of the Junior Detective League nodded in unison, and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya asked in confusion.

"Yes, Uncle Xiang Yuan, we already know where it might have fallen. Can't we just go and look for it?"

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"It may not have fallen on the road, it may have fallen inside the school."

Xiang Yuanguang said meaningfully that unlike other parents, he listened to the conversation between students and teachers in the classroom, and his understanding of this incident was actually better than that of the Junior Detective League.

Therefore, he almost immediately realized that there was a problem in Yasushi Yazaki's description, because Yasushi Yazaki did not mention what happened inside the school, which meant that Yasushi Yazaki went straight to the classroom after arriving at the school and has been there ever since.

However, this is impossible. Even if there is a lunch box in Yazaki Yasushi's schoolbag, which proves that he spent his lunch time in the classroom, it does not mean that he really did not leave the classroom.

The reason is very simple - if Yasuji Yazaki really had never left the classroom, then Haibara Ai had been within Yasuji Yazaki's sight from the time she entered the classroom until the time Yasuji Yazaki discovered that his living expenses were missing.

Well, unless Haibara Ai reached into the envelope and took out a banknote in front of Yazaki Yasushi, there is absolutely no way that Haibara Ai would be suspected of theft and she could not be a criminal suspect.

From this, Xiang Yuanguang can quickly deduc the hidden information in this contradiction—either Yazaki Yasuji is playing a trick and deliberately tricking Haibara Ai, who is also taciturn and has a bad relationship with other students.

Either Yazaki Yasuji lied and he did leave the classroom, but for some reason he was unwilling to reveal this information, yet he felt that it was possible that Haibara Ai did steal his living expenses, which led to this situation.

"I think you need to confirm the specific situation with Yazaki Yasushi. As a lawyer, you should be skeptical even of the information given by the defendant, let alone the plaintiff in the case."

As one of the best lawyers in Tokyo's legal community, Xiang Yuanguang's words were recognized by several parents. It's not that they have deduced what Xiang Yuanguang just deduced, but they simply feel that...

Because Xiang Yuanguang is a professional lawyer, there will be absolutely no problem in having a professional provide guidance in the case of the academic referee's lawyer status.

Of course, Xiang Yuanguang did not avoid Haibara Ai who was beside him when he said this, so that he once again attracted Haibara Ai's attention. However, Haibara Ai knew why Xiang Yuanguang said this.

There are actually a lot of files stored in Xiang Yuan Universal Law Firm. Every time Xiang Yuanguang solves a case, he will write down the case details himself to facilitate later review or retrieval, and those files are kept in the office on the second floor.