Chapter 31123124 [Curaçao's Mission]
Conan recalled the suffocating feeling he had when he got into trouble as a child and was stared at by Eri Kisaki without saying a word. He couldn't help but nod quietly: "..." It turned out that it wasn't because he was timid when he was a child, but the gaze of this lawyer was something that even those experienced prosecutors couldn't stand...
Hibiki Eri didn't expect that this colleague would actually join in the fun. She felt a little embarrassed and quickly interrupted: "Okay, don't mention these things."
The fat lawyer came to talk about sex. He was about to continue praising her, but he suddenly caught a glimpse of the short-haired woman beside him - Usui Ritsuko was still smiling, but her face looked a little ugly.
The fat lawyer, who was good at observing people's expressions, understood and changed the subject: "However, if we talk about the most powerful female lawyer now, it has to be our Miss Ritsuko. She actually turned that incredible case around during the second trial. The young are really formidable. Now that case will be sent to the final trial and await the verdict."
Usui Ritsuko smiled, and this time, her smile seemed much more sincere.
However, she should be modest when necessary. She waved her hands in embarrassment and said, "It's not as exaggerated as you say. Anyone can win this kind of case. I just got lucky."
The squinty-eyed lawyer froze and scratched his head in shame: "I'm so sorry, that case should have ended at the first instance, but unfortunately I was the one in charge of it, and I lost the case again, and it ended up like this."
"Ah..." Usui Ritsuko, who was only concerned with being modest, was startled. She then realized that she had accidentally insulted someone when she was being modest. She explained awkwardly, "Don't take it personally. I didn't mean that."
"Besides, what if we win the second trial?" She floated to the side of Kisaki Eri like a lively butterfly, put her hands on the shoulders of this senior, bent down and said coquettishly:
"I am still far from being as good as our Queen of Law - I will face off against Lawyer Fei during the final trial, so you must show mercy to me then."
Next to him, Curacao, who had always been as quiet as a ball of air, heard this and finally couldn't help but turn his eyes a little towards this side: "..." Unfortunately, no matter whether Kisaki Eri is willing to show mercy or not, you can't win this public nuisance lawsuit.
This case involves complex interests, but it is actually very simple to explain - when a company was selecting a site for a factory, it chose a location near a village, and because of the massive pollution caused by the factory, the villagers strongly opposed it, and in the end both parties went all the way to court.
The client of Ritsuko Usui was exactly that factory.
"Although the organization doesn't care about environmental pollution, who told you to choose a place where there is already an organization's research institute?" Curacao took a sip of the hot cocoa in the cup and sighed silently.
That quiet village rich in mineral resources is a good research base - as long as a large compound is built in a remote place in the name of a rich man, no one will know what is going on inside.
But now, once the factory moves there, the large number of people and logistics it brings with it will inevitably increase the institute's chances of exposure.
In addition, the organization's research institute built a canal that runs through the courtyard - they were actually secretly using the mountain spring water there and secretly discharging sewage.
Normally, the discharge is small and no one notices. But if factories also discharge, causing a large amount of pollution, and then attracting investigations from various environmental agencies...things will be troublesome.
Of course, compared to the secret anxiety of the institute members, the residents who have lived there for generations are more opposed to this matter.
They immediately organized a massive protest and hired a lawyer to defend their environment. It should have been easy to win the case. And the first trial ended smoothly as everyone expected.
But no one expected that in the second trial, Usui Ritsuko would suddenly appear - this young female lawyer was indeed quite capable. She caught the villagers' second-instance lawyer off guard and helped the factory win the lawsuit beautifully.
"It's time for the final trial now." Curacao recalled the information he had secretly seen by sneaking into Eri Kisaki's place using his identity. "Lawyer Kisaki is very well prepared and has a high chance of winning this case, but..."
But as far as she knew, Usui Ritsuko seemed to have some secret weapon to defeat Kisaki Eri, and she was quite confident about this weapon.
The organization's informant at the factory once tried to find out what kind of "secret weapon" it was, but Usui Ritsuko kept her mouth shut, and they couldn't find out anything.
“Although there are other ways to prevent the establishment of the factory, the worst-case scenario is to move the research institute away...but doing so requires a lot of energy.
"So the best way, of course, is to use the villagers' demands to resolve this matter at the litigation stage."
Therefore, one of Curacao's missions this time is to find out what Usui Ritsuko has in her hand so as to determine the outcome of the final trial - if she really can't figure it out, then let Usui Ritsuko and her secret weapon go on the road together.
"I have looked through everything on her phone and computer. There is nothing particularly encrypted in them, and there is nothing that can help her turn the tables on Eri Kisaki."
Ten minutes ago, while observing a convenient spot on the beach to silence someone, Curacao thought: "It seems that her 'secret weapon' is either bluffing or she has kept it carefully in her mind. In this case, I can only choose the last option..."
However, more than ten minutes later, a member of the organization glanced at the young detective opposite and fell into silence for a short time.
...killing people right next to Uzo?
It is not difficult to kill the target, but at the same time, he himself may not be able to escape the disaster - whether it is the brewing murderous intention or the actual action of killing, it is very likely to bring a catastrophe to an innocent cadre who works hard.
"Why on earth is this guy here?" "Ms. Shirai" gritted her teeth and couldn't help but want to end her career as a lawyer again.
But now that things have come to this, there is no time to make career plans. She has to get through this hurdle first.
It didn't take long for Curacao to come to a conclusion.
"never mind."
She looked at the empty cup of hot cocoa in front of her and used a spoon to push the dark brown liquid at the bottom of the cup back and forth: "Anyway, there is still some time before the final trial, so it will be in time to take action then.
“If all else fails, let them win the case, and then find another way to deal with the factory—I would rather murder the president of the company that wants to build the factory than plan some silent murder under Uzo’s nose.
"It would be even better if Rum, who is in charge of this matter, feels that Uzo is a hindrance and gives up the idea of recruiting him..."
(End of this chapter)
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