bookcurios Chapter 1275 Lawyers and Clerks
Chapter 1275 Lawyers and Clerks
Metropolitan Police Department, investigation meeting.
Shiratori Ninzaburo is giving a report: "According to the investigation by the Cybercrime Countermeasures Division, traces of unauthorized access were found deep inside Detective Mori's computer. His computer was used as a relay point to manipulate the explosion at the venue."
Kuroda Hyoue's expression remained unchanged as he rested his chin on his hands and asked, "So, were any other traces found?"
Shiratori Ninzaburo replied, "Because it was hacked using public Wi-Fi, the source of the access cannot be traced. However, both the bombing and the IoT terrorist attack used NOR to illegally access the network, so it's reasonable to assume it was done by the same person."
This eliminates the possibility that Kogoro Mouri, who was in prosecutor's custody at the time of the attack, could have committed the crime.
Inspector Megure breathed a sigh of relief. Great, now we can finally prove Mori's innocence.
Kuroda Hyoue frowned: "What about the server's tracking results?"
Shiratori Ninzaburo glanced at the report in his hand and said, "According to the report from the network, the server's system can be confirmed to be from NAZU."
This conclusion greatly shocked all the police officers.
"what?"
Kuroda Hyōe and Inspector Megure turned around in surprise. The large screen was displaying NAZU's intelligence page and the analysis results from the Web-based Science Department.
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The results of the search meeting were quickly relayed to the prosecutor's office.
Inside Sayoko Iwai's office.
Makoto Kusakabe asked helplessly, "What exactly happened?"
Sayoko Iwai said calmly, "It has been found that Kogoro Mouri's computer has been manipulated, so the possibility that he is the culprit is very low. That's all."
Makoto Kusakabe: "...What about the fingerprints left at the scene?"
Sayoko Iwai said nonchalantly, "That charred fingerprint? It's easy to imprint it."
Kusakabe Makoto remained silent. You were the one who pointed at the fingerprints and said I was ignoring the evidence, but now you're turning around and saying it's a forgery. Isn't that a double standard?
However, this only strengthened my resolve!
He took a deep breath: "Is this also the conclusion of the public security police?"
Sayako Iwai raised her voice slightly, somewhat displeased: "We've already decided not to prosecute Kogoro Mouri."
Makoto Kusakabe's voice rose even higher: "Even the decision not to prosecute has to be based on the public security police?!"
Sayako Iwai said impatiently, "You're so annoying!"
Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly heard a crackling sound. She subconsciously looked down and found that her phone in her pocket was flashing with sparks. The next second, it exploded with a loud crack!
Sparks flew and ignited her hair instantly. Iwai Sayoko screamed and fell to the ground, rolling around in agony.
Makoto Kusakabe was taken aback, but he reacted quickly, rushing forward to rip off Sayoko Iwai's coat, throwing away her already exploded and charred phone, and using the coat to forcefully extinguish his boss's burning hair.
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Shiratori Ninzaburo took the results of the investigation meeting to Eri Kisaki's office, estimating that with these findings, Kogoro Mouri should be able to clear his name.
However, he did not expect to receive news halfway through that Iwai Sayoko's phone had caught fire and she had been burned.
Yuya and the others, who were looking through Tachibana Mirror's information, were also taken aback when they found out.
Having had some dealings with Sayoko Iwai before, Eri Kisaki asked with some concern, "Is she alright?"
Shiratori Ninzaburo nodded: "The injuries aren't serious, but he's been hospitalized temporarily just in case."
Conan, as if struck by a sudden thought, tentatively asked, "Could it also be an IoT attack?"
Shiratori Ninzaburo nodded: "After investigating her phone, we found that, like in previous cases, there was unauthorized access from NOR."
Just then, his phone vibrated. It was Inspector Megure calling to say that the prosecution had decided not to indict Kogoro Mouri.
Upon hearing the news, Ran Mouri burst into tears of joy and threw herself into her mother's arms, sobbing uncontrollably.
After so many anxious days, there's finally some good news, really great news.
Yuya seemed to be deep in thought; it seemed that Amuro Tooru had made his move.
Because of the Tokyo IoT terrorist attack, the police officially merged the bombing case and the terrorist attack into a single case, thus achieving his initial goal. Naturally, there was no need to continue the prosecution.
However, there was something that Yu was also concerned about: why would the perpetrator launch an IoT terrorist attack through Kogoro Mouri's computer?
If he doesn't do this, Kogoro Mouri will most likely be successfully prosecuted. Why would the criminal go through all this trouble when there's someone to take the blame?
Do this...
It's almost as if they deliberately left traces of computer manipulation to prove that Kogoro Mouri wasn't the culprit in the bombing.
Eri tidied up the documents on the table and said, "In that case, these are useless. Yuya, you should take them and get rid of them as soon as possible."
Since Kogoro Mouri is no longer being prosecuted, Mirror Tachibana's work ends here, and there's no need to delve deeper into other people's pasts.
Eri glanced at Yuya—the information was far too detailed, and its source was most likely illegitimate.
She only used it to learn about the orange mirror and had no intention of using it for anything else, so she didn't mind.
But it's best to get rid of this thing as soon as possible, otherwise it'll give people something to gossip about if they find out.
Shiratori Ninzaburo glanced at it casually and said with some surprise, "Haba Nizoichi's statement? The prosecutor's name written on it, isn't that Iwai Shogaku, the prosecutor?"
Eri nodded, looking at the name of the person, and said, "This happened last year. She was the chief prosecutor at the time."
“Yes,” Shiratori Ninzaburo nodded. “She is now the chief prosecutor and the superior of Kusakabe, a prosecutor of the same generation.”
"That's right!"
Suddenly, the office door opened, and Tachibana Kyoko walked in with a gloomy expression.
"For some reason, Prosecutor Iwai was promoted because of the Haba Fumiichi case." Tachibana Kyoko walked to the coffee table, glanced at it, and picked up the documents on it. "By the way, why are you investigating me and my former clerk?"
Everyone's eyes instinctively turned to Yuya—this was the information he had brought.
Yuya smiled faintly and explained calmly, "I'm sorry, but since this concerns Uncle Kogoro, I want to know as much as possible about you, Attorney Tachibana, so that I can confidently entrust the defense to you."
Ju Jingzi was silent for a moment. The reason was very reasonable, and she couldn't find any reason to refute it.
She casually flipped through the documents in her hand and said with admiration, "You investigated so thoroughly. No wonder you're a famous high school detective."
Yu also maintained a calm smile: "You flatter me. Defense is the job of lawyers, and investigation is the basic skill of us detectives." Although he bought it from the black market.
Orange Mirror remained silent.
Yuya squeezed the documents in his hand, then casually said, "Speaking of which, you closed your agency after the Haba case. May I ask, was it because of the theft he committed that got you into trouble..."
"No way!" Tachibana Kyoko suddenly exclaimed, loudly interrupting Yuya, "Fujisanichi is an exceptionally excellent clerk!"
Yuya was taken aback, and the others also looked at Tachibana Kagami in surprise.
Ju Jingzi's face was contorted with agitation: "It wasn't his fault, it's all my fault for being so incompetent..."
Yu narrowed her eyes: "You just called him by his first name. It's so intimate to address your employee like that. It seems your relationship isn't just a simple boss-employee one?"
Orange Mirror let out a long sigh, a sad expression on her face.