Chapter 81 Civil case defense? Me? Really?

—————April 21, 9:30 a.m. —————

—————Xiangyuan Law Firm, Office——————

Xiang Yuanguang was tidying up his filing cabinet and put the Yueying Island series of case files that he had just finished writing into it.

Although there were only one or two cases in this filing cabinet that he actually handled.

However, Xiang Yuanguang believes that in Conan’s cheating worldview, this number will definitely increase quickly in the future.

Nodding secretly to his bright future, Xiang Yuanguang opened the cupboard, took out only one-third of the noodles left, and was about to take the internal stairs to the kitchen on the first floor to cook.

But he heard a knock on the office door, which made Xiang Yuanguang’s hand holding the noodles tremble.

He didn’t even need to think about who was at the door——————

Crunch!

“Natsuki Koshimizu, I told you, I don’t know… uh, why is it Lawyer Hime?”

Xiang Yuanguang blinked, and the person standing in front of him was the busy person, Hibiki Eri.

He hasn’t seen Eri Kisaki since the trial of the Tsukikage Island series of cases ended.

I heard that there is another major case that requires Eri Kisaki to personally handle the case.

“…”

Hibiki Eri didn’t say anything, her eyes stayed on the half bag of noodles in Xiang Yuanguang’s hand.

For a moment, Hibiki Eri actually felt some sympathy for Mugenmitsu.

He has become famous thanks to the trial of the Moon Shadow Island series of cases, but now he still makes a living by relying on noodles?

This is not surprising… Apart from those who believe they are absolutely innocent, who would come to Xiang Yuanguang to be their lawyer?
By then, I’m afraid I’ll be standing in the dock and sent directly to prison by the lawyers and prosecutors.

“Uh, w-what happened?”

At this moment, Xiang Yuanguang suddenly noticed the noodles in his hand and secretly hid his noodles behind his back.

Then, he used his extremely powerful computing power to think quickly, and finally spoke carefully.

“Ahem, I haven’t received any cases these days. I’ll give you the remaining commission fee in a few days?”

“…A lawyer like you who pays for defense will probably starve to death on the streets.”

Shaking her head, Kisaki Eri got down to business.

“Do you still remember Nakano Souji? He was the rookie who fought against you as the defense attorney in his first court appearance.”

“After being beaten by you, I have temporarily given up on criminal cases and turned to civil cases.”

“He has now received a civil lawsuit to improve his reputation, and he is not sure about it… and I don’t have time.”

“So, I hope you can help Nakano Soshu to offset the commission you paid me for my appearance in court.”

“…?”

Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin, and it took him a while to react, and he couldn’t help but sweat profusely.

Civil case? Looking for me? Really? Isn’t that a newcomer leading newcomers?
He hesitated, thought about it again and again, and finally, after thinking it over again, he was moved by the reward of offsetting the commission fee.

Xiang Yuanguang coughed twice and said seriously.

“Don’t worry, leave it to me. I will definitely make sure the defendant is convicted.”

(…A civil lawsuit found the defendant guilty? Xiang Yuan, what the hell are you talking about?)

(Why does it feel unreliable… But since Xiang Yuan can handle the criminal case, there should be no problem with the civil case.)
(After all, he was the top student in the law department of the University of Tokyo, a shining legal star…)
Kisaki Eri nodded and said so.

“Well, keep working hard, Xiang Yuan.”

Click. The office door was closed.

Xiang Yuanguang, who had just looked confident and serious, was now sweating profusely and turned around to rummage through the boxes in the office.

He remembered that all the books related to the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo seemed to be placed in a box… Hmm? Such a big box was filled with books related to it?

“I finally understand why people advise people not to study medicine or law every day… I can’t finish reading so many books!”

Xiang Yuanguang stared at the large number of books in the box in a daze. Suddenly, he had an idea. He looked at the clock, picked up his mobile phone and called Conan.

At this time, Conan, who had just finished class and was planning to play football with the Junior Detective League, was full of confusion.

(Xiang Yuan actually called me? Is this another special criminal case that I can’t handle?)

(Really? I thought there had been some progress after the Grand Inquisition, but now it seems to be the same as before.)
“Xiang Yuan, why are you calling me at this time… a civil case? Huh? Why would you call me for something like this? Aren’t you a top student at the University of Tokyo?”

“…Come on, I’m just a high school student… Huh? Why should I learn these things in Hawaii? Only professional detectives who run agencies need to learn these things, right?”

“Okay, okay, I’m going to hang up first. I have classes these few days, so you can go by yourself. Bye!”

Xiang Yuanguang, who had lost his external brain, felt very panicked at this moment. He was sure that even if Naruhodō was here, he would be just as panicked at this moment.

How could a legendary lawyer who is regarded as a lawyer who only handles criminal cases be good at civil cases?

crunch————

The office door was pushed open.

“Xiang Yuan, here I come… Wow, why are you holding a few law books and your eyes are full of circles? Are you desperate?”

Arita Ryosuke’s voice came, and beside him was the questioning NPC Nanatsuki Koshimizu who had been steadily refreshing in the past two days.

“Are you short of money? Well, you can always ask me for a small sum like a few million yen.”

What? A few million yen? Small change?

Xiang Yuanguang suddenly looked up, and in his eyes, the image of Arita Ryosuke suddenly became tall and radiated a dazzling light.

There is no two suns in the sky, Youtian is the only one in my heart—No, no, that’s not what I’m worried about!

“Lack of money is one thing, but what’s troubling me right now is a civil case I just took on, and I’m really not good at this…”

“Oh, I see… Did you buy the title of Outstanding Graduate of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo?”

Nanatsuki Koshimizu pulled her sunglasses down a little, looked at Genkou Xiang with a rather teasing look, and said.

“I know a lot about this. After all, my friends often complain to me about their work, and I’ve also learned a little about civil law.”

“If you agree to verify whether my previous guess is correct or not, I will help you deal with this civil case. How about that?”

(Well… that’s not impossible. Anyway, I don’t know where Masashi is now…)
Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin and nodded thoughtfully, agreeing with what Koshimizu Nanatsuki said.

“It sounds interesting. Well, I’m quite free recently, so let’s go and take a look.”

Arita Ryosuke next to him said this, and suddenly he thought of something and took out three invitations from his waist bag.

“By the way, have you heard about it? The Silver Star private railway, which runs directly from Tokyo to Shikoku and is funded by the famous entrepreneur Habri Lichnand, is about to be completed.”

“This train looks like a classic green train, but its core is powered by the latest model of train power. It can be said to be a dream train.”

“Mr. Libnand has sent an invitation to my house. When the Silver Star sets sail for the first time, how about we go and see it together?”

“Okay, then I’m welcome.”

Nanatsuki Koshimizu took the invitation letter and put it in her pocket.

On the other side, Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin. He felt that the name of this train sounded familiar, but he couldn’t remember where he had heard it.

Finally, with the poor mentality of “would rather take advantage of a good deal”, Xiang Yuanguang took the invitation letter and put it in his pocket.

Well, it’s just the first departure of the train. Just think of it as a free trip. What could go wrong?
(End of this chapter)