Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

Chapter 1279 Is Illegal Justice Really Justice?

Conan caught up and, seeing this scene, his heart skipped a beat. He hesitated before asking, "Is he... alright?"

Yuya jumped to the ground, grabbed Kusakabe Makoto's clothes and lifted him up, saying in a relaxed tone, "It's okay, I controlled my strength, at most it's just a slight dislocation of a bone."

Amuro Tooru and Conan were both speechless, but what was done was done, and there was no point in saying anything more.

Amuro Tooru coughed lightly and asked, "Prosecutor Kusakabe, was your motive for launching the terrorist attack really aimed at the Public Security Police?"

Kusakabe Makoto grimaced in pain, but upon hearing Amuro Tooru's words, he angrily said, "The bombing of the summit venue and the crash of the drone in Tokyo are all attempts to completely undermine the credibility of the Public Security Police!"

Amuro Tooru was puzzled: "Why do you hate the Public Security Bureau so much?"

Makoto Kusakabe said angrily, "As long as you public security police have great power, we public security prosecutors will be unable to uphold true justice!"

The public security procuratorate should have the sole right to prosecute in public security incidents, but in reality, most of the time they have to obey the decisions of the public security police, because the public security police have more power in public security incidents.

Makoto Kusakabe did this in order to use extreme means to shake the authority of the public security police in order to achieve judicial fairness, which is what he calls justice.

Upon hearing this, Conan instantly flew into a rage—can power obtained through illegal means truly guarantee justice? Even the prosecutors, who are supposed to uphold justice, are leading the way in breaking the law! And…

"For your so-called justice, it doesn't matter if someone loses their life!"

If the summit venue hadn't been closed at the time, who knows how many people would have been affected by the explosion?

Not to mention the crash of the unmanned probe, which had a much wider impact, threatening the lives and property of countless people.

Makoto Kusakabe gritted his teeth: "I had no intention of killing ordinary people, which is why I detonated the bomb at the venue when there was only a police patrol. I chose an IoT terrorist attack, which is less likely to kill people, and I also deliberately chose that location for the drone crash!"

In his emotional state, he aggravated his injuries and couldn't help but cough several times, which made Amuro Tooru's eyebrows twitch.

Yuya and the other two looked up at the Metropolitan Police Department not far away, but the power was out there and all the floors were dark—that was the new crash site for the unmanned probe calculated by NAZU.

Yuya suddenly realized: "You cut off the power to the Metropolitan Police Department so that the people inside could take refuge?"

Makoto Kusakabe nodded.

Amuro Tooru suddenly realized: "I see. The reason why IoT terrorist attacks are limited to the area around the Metropolitan Police Department is to prevent ordinary people from getting close, right?"

Conan shouted, "Even so, the possibility of someone sacrificing themselves is still very high!"

On their way here, they saw more than one car accident caused by IoT terrorist attacks. How many casualties were there?

Makoto Kusakabe's expression suddenly changed. His lips trembled and his face turned pale, but he still shouted, "In order to uphold justice, there will always be some sacrifices!"

Yuya coldly replied, "Your so-called justice is built on the sacrifice of innocent people. Is justice obtained through illegal means really justice?"

Makoto Kusakabe was stunned. He was somewhat aware that his sense of justice was not justice at all, but rather an extreme form of tit-for-tat revenge, which was in serious conflict with the rule of law.

He collapsed to his knees with a thud, staring blankly at the ground: "I... my assistant... has also sacrificed himself!"

Yuya frowned slightly: "As expected, Mr. Haba was once your assistant."

Makoto Kusakabe looked up at Yuya in shock: "You, how did you know?!"

Yuya said casually, "Because of your phone's lock screen password... since very few people turn on the key tones, I paid attention to it without realizing it when I heard it."

"At first, I didn't think it was anything special, but as the investigation deepened, I realized... it's a homonym for Yuba Nizoichi. Is it to remember him?"

Makoto Kusakabe angrily pointed at Tooru Amuro and said, "No, it's so that I can never forget my desire for revenge against these people!"

Amuro Tooru said calmly, "The Public Security Police will collect all the information of their assistants and hand it over to ZERO for unified numbering and management. However, the Public Security Police do not know each other's assistants. As for the assistants of the Public Security Prosecutors, they are even rarer. I only found out about it last year."

Hearing this, Makoto Kusakabe became even angrier: "So back then, you just abandoned my assistant so easily!"

Although the person assisting was known within the police force, the actual act was an illegal search. Was the person being exposed simply to protect the prestige of the police?

Yuya seemed to understand something: "I see. So there was something more to Mr. Haba's theft case, right?"

“That was…” Kusakabe Makoto’s expression changed, revealing a guilty and remorseful look. He murmured, “I asked Haba to do it.”

Kusakabe Makoto assigned his assistant, Haba Nissanichi, to investigate the "NAZU Invasion Incident".

After some investigation, Haba learned that the NAZU illegally accessed data was still at the game company the suspect frequented. So, he secretly sneaked into the game company to steal the data.

Unexpectedly, he was caught red-handed by police officer Kazami Yuya who happened to arrive at the scene.

As Makoto Kusakabe's assistant, Haba sometimes has to break the law and conduct dangerous investigations. The two are connected by a sense of mission, and because of this, their relationship is like that of brothers.

After Haba was arrested, Makoto Kusakabe went to see him and asked why he hadn't confessed to being an accomplice during the interrogation.

Haba has a very strong sense of justice, so strong that he believes he is qualified to be a judge. However, he doesn't realize that others see this as a loss of control caused by a self-satisfied lack of justice.

When he was deprived of his legal practice license and had nowhere to turn, he met Makoto Kusakabe, who became his assistant.

It was because Makoto Kusakabe rescued Haba from the depths of despair that Haba was able to fight like a public security prosecutor.

Therefore, Haba did not want Kusakabe Makoto's status as a public security prosecutor to be stripped due to his mistake.

He knew better than anyone the heartache of being stripped of his identity as a righteous person, and that the lives of many people were more important than his own!

The chief prosecutor in charge of the investigation at the time was Sayoko Iwai. In this case, she listened to the public security police and was determined to prosecute Haba.

After Haba was indicted and sent to prosecutors, Amuro Tooru interrogated him in the detention center. Afterwards, Kusakabe Makoto received news of Haba's suicide.

Makoto Kusakabe was greatly shocked.

He believed that police interference in the judicial process led to Haba's suicide—otherwise, Haba wouldn't have committed suicide for a mere theft charge.

From then on, Makoto Kusakabe began to resent the public security police, feeling that their power was too great and seriously affected the fairness of the judiciary.