Chapter 497: Preview of the Class Judge

By the time Kobayashi Sumiko, the homeroom teacher of Class 1-B, arrived at the classroom, the members of the Junior Detective League were already talking to Genmi Mukai inside the classroom, but her focus was not there.

Because there was a student crying in the classroom, which surprised her very much, Kobayashi Sumiko did not ask Xiang Yuanguang how he heard the noise in the classroom, but instead asked the student what happened.

"…Living expenses lost? Hmm, maybe I accidentally dropped it somewhere?"

Xiang Yuanguang stroked his chin and listened to the members of the Junior Detective League talking about the situation of the student in the classroom. This incident was very similar to the class judgment that he remembered that Phoenix Wright experienced when he was a child.

A student's money was lost for unknown reasons, and the last student in the classroom who had no alibi was the subject of a class trial as a suspect of theft, but in fact the student's money was just dropped on the road.

The student who lost the money was none other than the legendary prosecutor, Reiji Mitsurugi, who had appeared during the trial of the Moon Shadow Island case and helped him overcome the difficulties when he was in dire straits. And the result of that class trial... was that Reiji Mitsurugi himself denied the possibility that Phoenix Wright had stolen the money, citing the reason that "there was no conclusive evidence."

Therefore, when the members of the Junior Detective League said that a withdrawn student in the classroom had lost his living expenses, Xiang Yuanguang's first reaction was that it might have fallen somewhere and no one had discovered it.

"If it goes as expected, Huiyuan, you have now become the biggest suspect. Although I don't think you would commit such a theft for such a small living expense."

The blue hedgehog thought of this and turned to look at the biggest suspect in this incident——Haibara Ai, who returned to the classroom early because she did not intend to stay with the homeroom teacher and was too lazy to act with the Junior Detective League.

There were only Haibara Ai and that student in the classroom at that time, so after that student discovered that part of his living expenses was missing, Haibara Ai became the biggest suspect.

"I don't know, but if the money was stolen, then it would be good to get it back."

However, Haibara Ai didn't seem to care much about it. On the one hand, she did not steal other people's money. On the other hand, she thought that such a small matter was not an emergency at all.

She came to Teitan Elementary School simply to act as an elementary school student. Even if she could not stay in Teitan Elementary School, she could only transfer to another school. There were quite a few schools in Beika Town.

The last time she came into contact with the high school magician Kaito Kid who looked very similar to Kudo Shinichi, Haibara Ai learned that there was an elementary school near Ekoda High School, and if things didn't work out, she could transfer to the school there.

However, having said that, Haibara Ai did not think that she should be wrongly accused of doing such a thing for no reason, so before she left, she also planned to find out the truth of the incident before leaving.

"...That's true, but if I want to find it back, where can I find it?"

Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin. He wanted to use his thinking ability as a barrister to expand his thoughts, but he realized that such behavior was meaningless. All reasoning was based on known information.

He didn't even know the name of the student whose money was stolen, his experience in school, who he knew, where he lived, or where he had been during this period of time. How could he possibly deduce where the other person's money was lost?

Tick, tick, tick.

At this time, footsteps were heard, and Kogoro Mouri, who had gone to the cafeteria for lunch, came back. He seemed not very satisfied with the food in the cafeteria, and he muttered something as he walked.

Then, when Uncle Maori saw this scene in the classroom, he couldn't help but be shocked. He felt like he had missed some important plot just because he went out for a meal.

"Hey, Xiang Yuan, what happened?" "The child's living expenses are missing. I don't know if it was lost or stolen."

"Ah? You're taking even the child's living expenses? That's too immoral!"

Uncle Maori said indignantly, rolled up his sleeves, and walked to Teacher Kobayashi, intending to use his strength as the most famous detective in Tokyo to help with some reasoning.

However, after just a few words, Maori Kogoro was sent back by Teacher Kobayashi. Finally, he stood next to Xiang Yuanguang, smiled awkwardly, and said nothing more.

Soon, Kobayashi Sumiko, the class teacher, learned the details of the incident. When the students had returned to the classroom one after another, she specifically asked the parents to leave the classroom first so that she could talk to the students alone.

However, although Xiang Yuanguang had already arrived at the corridor, with his hearing ability, this distance would not be able to keep the conversation confidential even if there was a door between them, and he could hear everything that was said clearly.

"The class judges...are they treating this as a rehearsal?"

The blue hedgehog frowned, because when he was talking to Kobayashi Sumiko before, he also mentioned that school refereeing should not be used as a way to judge right and wrong, because it would bring very bad consequences.

However, Kobayashi Sumiko seemed to have not listened at all, and insisted on using the class referee to solve this emergency incident of students losing their living expenses?

The change in Xiang Yuanguang's expression also attracted Uncle Maori next to him. Uncle Maori looked at Xiang Yuanguang's changing expression with some curiosity and couldn't help but ask a question.

"Xiang Yuan, little brat, why does your expression keep changing? Are you thinking of something special?"

"…I was unhappy because I thought that the suspect this time might be my adopted Haibara Ai."

Xiang Yuanguang found an excuse to get away with it, which immediately made Maori Kogoro's expression serious.

Although it was the first time that Kogoro Mouri met Haibara Ai, he had a good relationship with Genmi Mitsuki. If he put himself in her shoes, he would not be happy if a child entrusted to him by a friend encountered such a thing.

Snapped.

Uncle Maori patted Xiang Yuanguang on the shoulder and said seriously.

"Don't worry, little Xiangyuan. With the help of the famous detective Maori Kogoro, this incident will be successfully resolved. I will find the thief who took your living expenses as soon as possible!"

As a result, Xiang Yuanguang's expression relaxed a little. Uncle Maori thought that his abilities were recognized and became more confident. Little did he know that Xiang Yuanguang had just listened to everything Kobayashi Sumiko said to the children.

Crash————-
The classroom door was pushed open and parents walked into the classroom one after another.

The rehearsal for the class referee is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)

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