Dear Lawyer | Jikook ff

29 - NOC (ii)

"Chen Zhang?" Jimin asked doubtfully. "Isn't that the name of George Manson's diving instructor? Is this the same person, or just someone else that shares the same name? Where's the case file?"

Jungkook, "It's just these for now."

"Are you sure you need to use 'these' to describe what's in my hands?" Jimin waved the thin and lone sheet of holographic paper.

In general, a complete Notice of Commission from the Legal Aid Bureau of the alliance would contain three parts:

First, a brief summary of the case, stating the case name, the basic information, the circumstances of the victim, as well as the identity of the defendant.

Second, prosecutorial documents, allowing the designated lawyer to know the progress of the current case proceedings and thus the amount of time that they had to prepare.

Third, a stamped and signed notice, which was usually only a few sentences long, was basically a formalised format of official drivel.

Besides these, when the Notice of Commission arrived, a thick case file would also be sent along with it. The legal assistants from management would tidy it up and send it over to the designated lawyer.

This was standard procedure.

Whereas what Jimin held now, was only the lone 'notice'.

Apart from the names of the lawyer and the client, there wasn't a single shit to be read.

"The documents must have been lost in the transmission, right?" Jimin said.

Jungkook, "I've asked a legal assistant to check."

Jimin pointed at his own name. "Also check in passing if they wrote the wrong name. It's not too late to regret it."

"..."

In fact, in addition to those who had been in practice for years, the Legal Aid Bureau also had a reserve list of all lawyers still in their internship period but likewise qualified to stand in court. It wasn't unheard of for a Notice of Commission to be shoved into the hands of intern lawyers.

This could be due to special circumstances, or the case had been directly refused by several lawyers in succession.

In any case, it was relatively seldom seen.

But it was really too easy to link Chen Zhang's name to George Manson, as well as the current situation the latter was in.

"Could George Manson's case already be closed?" After guessing this, Jimin shook his head. "Unlikely. It's too quick."

Jungkook eyed the smart clocks on his office wall. Planet Linen, where Yaba Island was located, was a small planet famous as a getaway spot. Due to the difference in time speeds between stellar systems, it had been five days in De Carma since they last contacted Kane, whereas a week had already passed over in Linen.

Taking into account the efficiency of the police headquarters on Linen, it usually took about fifteen days for a case to go from the report to evidence collection to suspect identification. And from the time a suspect was identified to the time that the prosecution filed a lawsuit to the time that the Legal Aid Bureau appointed a lawyer for the accused, it would take another ten days.

So whether it was five days, or slightly over a week, it wasn't long enough to accommodate this time frame.

Jungkook thought about it, then tried dialling Chief Kane's contact number again. This time, the other side picked up in no more than a few seconds.

Neither men were people who liked beating around the bush with pleasantries; they went straight to the point as soon as they opened their mouths.

"How's the situation with George Manson?"