Lawyer Tachibana chuckled, but his expression soon turned solemn. Lowering his voice, he offered what sounded like a well-meaning reminder:
"Everything has two sides, though. My cooperation with Jiang Xia would benefit us both, but I attract no small amount of public attention. If certain people have grown accustomed to digging up scandals about me and follow that trail to dig into Jiang Xia's scandals, things could become troublesome."
Hearing this, Curacao slowly set down her teacup, belatedly understanding what the old man meant.
Sure enough, Lawyer Tachibana soon continued, "I've handled quite a few cases involving Detectives before. Many Detectives become obsessed with solving mysteries and pursuing criminals, and in the process, they inevitably commit all sorts of unlawful acts. Before our cooperation officially begins, you must remind Jiang Xia not to make those mistakes again."
Recalling last night's conversation, then looking at the Listening Device in her handbag, Curacao felt that she understood everything.
—Jiang Xia's friend had reminded him not to break the law, and if they continued along that topic, they would undoubtedly mention many examples of Jiang Xia's violations... If those were recorded, they would clearly be of great help to Lawyer Tachibana's plan.
Thinking of that old man hiding behind the scenes, foolishly believing he had the whole situation under control, Curacao's eyelid twitched.
He doesn't think that when I'm with Uzo, we really talk about trivial things like whether we hit people or drink alcohol, does he?
*Foolish old man. The relationship between me and "Great Detective Jiang Xia" isn't that simple... If you really recorded all our conversations, such as the one last night, then this Villa of yours, along with all of you people, would probably be buried in a sea of flames or sink to the seabed... And this