Squinting Eyes recalled something else and sighed. "No matter what, Jiang Xia is probably in trouble this time—if he'd accidentally beaten someone to death while resisting, we could still argue for death by assault. But he strangled the victim with a telephone line... No matter how you look at it, that's clearly murder."
"..." Kisaki Eri's eye twitched. She very much wanted to say something, but reason told her that now was not the time to argue.
She could only take a quiet deep breath, compose her expression, and say with concern, "Yes. Under these circumstances, the sentence probably won't be short."
"?!" Mouri Ran was startled. What was going on? This wasn't what they'd agreed on! Hadn't her mother just said that someone else was the murderer?
Just as she was about to ask, Kisaki Eri caught sight of her daughter's expression.
Before Mouri Ran could speak, the clever Legal Queen hurriedly moved on to the next subject. She looked at Lawyer Saku across from her. "Come to think of it, there are a few matters in criminal law I'd like to ask you about. You're the expert in this field—could we speak privately?"
"Of course." Lawyer Saku looked a little puzzled. "But in this field, your expertise clearly isn't any less than mine..."
"Oh, stop being modest." Kisaki Eri simply grabbed him by the arm. "Let's go."
The two left the room. Lawyer Saku looked around and only then realized that the police stationed outside had disappeared at some point.
"Where did they go?" He looked up again and found that the police in the corridor had vanished as well. Surprised, he said, "Has the scene investigation already ended so quickly?"
Kisaki Eri nodded, looking exhausted. "I did my best, but unfortunately, all the evidence points to