Conan: The winner is justice

After walking out of the court, Komemon went to the detention center where Nakamichi Kazushi was imprisoned without stopping.

Chiba Prefecture is a small place unlike Tokyo.

The small place is good. The two places are very close to each other. In about five minutes, Gu Meimen arrived at the detention center.

After talking to the police on duty, Komemon was taken to the interview room, where he met Nakamichi Kazushi who said nothing.

At this time, Nakamichi Kazushi lowered his head, like a stuffy jar.

"Tell me, what's wrong with you?"

Gu Meimen tapped on the glass window with a ball pen.

"Are you hesitating in your mind and want to cancel the appeal?"

Hearing this, Nakamichi Kazushi, who was still silent, raised his head in surprise.

"How did you know?"

"Do you think my lawyer is lying?"

Gu Meimen rolled his eyes.

"Looking at how stupid you are, it's obvious that you've lost your mind. Well, I guess someone saw you in the waiting room of the court half an hour before you went to court, right?"

"...You've seen it all."

Nakamichi Kazushi sighed,

"That's right, Mouri Kogoro, my college classmate, came here to visit me today."

"I'm here to visit you. I'm here to give you some ecstasy soup."

Gu Meimen said unceremoniously.

"Did he come to persuade you? Balabala talked about what to do if you kill someone, you have to live up to your conscience, and you have to go to jail to atone for your sins. That's the same thing anyway, right?"

"Everything you said was correct. You, as a lawyer, do have two skills."

Nakamichi Kazushi sighed and held his head in distress.

"After he came to the court, he talked to me a lot. He advised me to give up the appeal, sit in jail for twenty years, and atone for the crimes I committed. I may have been persuaded by him... I am really hesitating now. , should you give up the appeal?"

"After all, no matter what Yumi said, I was responsible for her death, and I once loved her..."

really.

Gu Meimen shook his head.

Gu Meimen had met Mao Lilan and Mao Li Kogoro before going to the court.

At that time, he felt that the situation was a bit strange. Mouri Kogoro was from Tokyo, and he would definitely not come to this countryside for no reason.

"I said, you criminal suspects, can you stand firm? Don't just change sides and run to the other side when someone gives you a few words all the time. This will mess up the mentality of our lawyers!"

Gu Meimen's tone was as if she hated iron.

"Lawyers are here to fight for your interests, not to harm you! What a beautiful thing it is for you to go to jail less or not to go to jail! You should be grateful. Isn't it fun to stab you in the back? People It’s not you who killed me, why are you repenting here? Do you feel that you are very noble?”

After hearing Gu Meimen's words, Nakamichi Kazushi was silent for a moment.

Then he thought of something and smiled bitterly.

"But Kogoro was very kind to me and listened to me complain a lot. And just now in court..."

He recalled the way his former colleague Terabashi Shoji cried in court.

I remembered what was written in Teralin Shoji's diary.

Perhaps he has hurt some people invisibly.

If you use this method, you can atone for your sins...

"Are you stupid?"

Gu Meimen's venomous voice came again.

"The psychiatrist has listened to your complaints and seems to be treating you well, so you might as well marry a psychiatrist. People just talk and want to make you unlucky. Isn't that harming you? As for the policeman just now, that's He deserves it. He did something illegal and was caught. What does it have to do with you, idiot?"

"Well……"

The bald man blinked, a black line forming on his head.

He couldn't help but think of the lawyer who defended him in the first trial.

Lawyers are always nice and kind, but they are afraid of losing their jobs. Why do they start scolding their clients when they come to you?

"I said first that if I give up the appeal, I will have to pay you."

Gu Meimen stopped talking nonsense.

He directly took out the contract he had signed with Nakamichi Kazuto and slapped it on the glass in front of Nakamichi Kazuto.

"Look, it says that the commission fee is three million. If there is a breach of contract, then twice the liquidated damages will be given. In addition, I will be paid additional labor fees, work delay fees, and miscellaneous expenses. The total adds up to eight million."

"How come there are so many!"

Nakamichi Kazushi became anxious and screamed out all of a sudden.

Because the client was not him, but his brother, he did not know in advance that Kazuto Nakamichi had signed such a large amount of contracts.

"Understood? It's your brother who pays, not you."

Gu Meimen urged.

"Make a decision now, whether to give up the appeal. I am very pressed for time and don't want to hear any more nonsense from you."

"..."

Nakamichi Kazushi's expression suddenly changed.

Obviously, giving up the appeal would be a trap for his brother.

In this world, this brother is the only one who treats him best and will help him.

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and nodded fiercely: "I decided to continue the appeal! Let Kogoro's nonsense go!"

Gu Meimen breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with satisfaction.

"That's right. Take a firm stand. Remember, it's you who is in jail. It's your relatives who are really good to you, not some random college friend."

"..."

Nakamichi Kazushi's face twitched.

To be honest, this lawyer is very different from the previous lawyer.

He has been a policeman for so many years, and this is the first time he has seen such a lawyer.

Not to mention his venomous tongue skills, what this guy said was completely from the standpoint of victory and justice...

"Now I have a few more questions to ask you. Just answer them honestly."

"Uh, okay."

The conversation with Nakamichi Kazushi lasted for more than half an hour.

It wasn’t until around three o’clock in the afternoon that Gu Meimen left.

After walking out of the gate of the detention center, Xiao Ai looked back and glanced inside.

"I don't understand, why do you want to persuade him?"

Xiao Ai's tone was slightly questioning.

"Since he is willing to redeem himself in prison, it can't be a bad thing, right? And if the other party breaks the contract, you can ask for so much more compensation, why not?"

Mainly because of the latter point, Xiao Ai really doesn't understand Gu Meimen's money-loving character.

"Xiao Ai, did I tell you?"

Gu Meimen shook his head.

"A lawyer's job is to safeguard the interests of the client. This is the lawyer's most essential and important responsibility. The client in this lawsuit is not the bald man, but his brother. Understand? I don't care what happens to the bald man. If he wants to go to jail, let him go to jail, but his behavior will affect the real client. When the client's interests are harmed, the lawyer must stand up, otherwise he will not practice this profession."

"I see."

Xiao Ai nodded, looking at Gu Meimen with a hint of surprise in his ice blue eyes.

"I didn't expect you, a lawyer, to have such professional ethics."

"When you are in your position, you must plan your affairs."

Gu Meimen said so.

This has always been his firm self-principle. (Mentioned in Chapter 2.)

"Okay, don't talk so much. Now we have to prepare for the second trial. There is a lot of information that you need to investigate later."

"I see."