"An environmental pollution case?" Although Inspector Yokomizo was not good at deduction, he had spent many years at the Police Station and had developed at least some instinct for solving cases. He pressed, "What exactly happened?"
Kisaki Eri had handled many criminal cases and knew full well how important it was to sort out the deceased's interests and conflicts—especially in this case. If the murderer had truly killed for profit, then the fundamental reason for Usui Ritsuko's death was likely the case she had taken on.
With that in mind, Kisaki Eri did not brush him off and explained as thoroughly as she could: "I don't know whether you've heard about the Factory Sewage Case that's caused such a stir recently.
"After it happened, that factory quickly came to us, hoping we could send two people to defend them. But neither Attorney Shiozawa nor I had any interest in taking the case.
"Besides the two of us, Attorney Saku also has a good win rate, but he specializes more in criminal cases. This case clearly wasn't within his field of expertise.
"So the factory approached Ms. Usui and Attorney Mikasa. In the end, the two of them accepted the commission and began preparing for the first trial."
Inspector Yokomizo's head was spinning. He could only lower his head and scribble notes furiously while, with reminders from his subordinates, trying to match every attorney to the right name. "The one who didn't want to take the case, like you, was that chubby Attorney Shiozawa. The one whose specialty didn't match was..." That attorney Jiang Xia had certified as a murderer! He quietly thought it but did not dare write it down, merely continuing his notes as if nothing had happened. "And the ones who took it were the deceased, Ms. Usui