"Are you taking all of that back?"
Conan clicked his tongue as he looked at the documents piled in Mori Kogoro's arms.
They were not quite as thick as bricks, but those three bulging document envelopes clearly carried some serious weight.
"This falls within Eri's line of work." Mori Kogoro carried the heavy stack without complaint. "If the materials aren't complete and it affects the process later, she'll be unhappy."
Eri Kisaki had already taken on Tang Ze's case and would certainly need to make several trips to Kyoto herself. But these were firsthand materials, obtained through Mori Kogoro's connections, so they were naturally very valuable.
Given the rate at which cases were retried in Japanese courts, even if Eri had taken the case entirely for the client's sake, once the application was truly approved, it would inevitably draw the attention of many people in the legal world. They would think the Queen of the Bar had found another public-opinion breakthrough and was looking to polish her record.
Whether for Tang Ze, the client, or for every step Eri would be scrutinized by her peers going forward, Mori Kogoro hoped this matter could be handled as perfectly as possible.
"What a hassle." Ran Mouri sighed, clearly lamenting it again inwardly.
The fact that proving an innocent person was innocent could face such enormous resistance was enough, by itself, to shatter many people's beliefs.
"Yes, it's a hassle. But only by crushing it fair and square can we truly prove who was in the wrong." Mori Kogoro rarely said anything this profound. "Besides, Tang Ze has been pretty lucky. If it were anyone else, even with a chance at a retrial, there's no way the hearing would be scheduled this quickly."
A few months was nothing. Forget a case this significant—even