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Chapter 345 Magic, leading to the cheers of reversal (60)

"Uh, is this the end?"

The presiding judge in the main seat blinked, somewhat incredulous.

But it seems that at this point there is really nothing more to ask.

After all, there was no surveillance video at the magic venue eight years ago, and there were only two photos of the magic venue during the performance.

The defense didn't even bother to present this piece of evidence.

Because magic venue B has been abandoned and is in ruins, nothing can be found.

Therefore, the entire situation of the case can only be reviewed by the boss and the magic assistant at that time.

"Then, the view of this court is consistent with the view taken in the two cases mentioned above."

"Although the owner of the magic venue and the magic assistant have been ruled out as suspects."

"But we can only prove that it was a third party who committed murder, but we cannot prove who it was."

"Lawyer Gu Meimen, I hope your next argument can prove this point."

Watching the owner of Magic Venue B sitting in the witness stand with the magic assistant.

The last defendant, the owner of magic venue C, finally stood in the dock.

And at this moment, Xiang Yuanguang seemed to catch a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye——————

He saw that there was someone else in the dock, and it was someone who shouldn't be there.

He is also a person who is invisible to everyone except him.

There were five murders in the serial cases corresponding to the staggered trials, but there were only four defendants.

Why? Because the owner of the magic venue where Kinoshita Yoshiro died was Kyujuku Motoyasu.

And there’s no way a dead person can appear in the dock————right?

Of course, at least now, Xiang Yuanguang saw Jiujiu Yuankang in the dock.

Suddenly, Gu Meimen's confident voice faded away, and he didn't seem to be standing in the Great Court.

Instead, he was standing in the corridor of a speeding train, with heavy snow falling outside.

But all this was fleeting, and all that could be seen was the soul of Jiujiu Yuankang still in the dock.

(An illusion...? Or am I seeing things from the world of the dead?)
For some reason, the hedgehog-haired lawyer's hand subconsciously brushed his temples.

He just wiped off a drop of sweat and seemed a little tired.

"…I couldn't find the complete magic props for Itagaki Asaichi's [Exploding Box Escape]."

"Your Excellency, don't ask why, because of course the explosive box exploded."

Kensuke Kumemon's voice still sounded so natural.

"But I can still explain the principle of this magic trick."

"First, the magician is handcuffed on one hand of the blast box, leaving the other hand free."

"Then sit inside the box, with your handcuffed hand outside the reserved hole."

"Then, the magic assistant who had hidden in the box stretched out his other hand from the other hole."

"Then, the magic assistant outside hangs the other handcuff on the hand of the magic assistant inside the box."

"This will give others the illusion that the magician's hands are handcuffed."

"But in reality, the magician and the magic assistant each wore one handcuff."

The legendary lawyer talked incessantly about how he asked Kuroba Kaito for the magic trick.

And pointed to the remains of the magic props from that time - the thick wooden board supporting the explosion box.

This thing is connected by four chains and hung in the air.

It’s just that the plank is so big that it looks like it can hold a person—

In fact, this thing can indeed hold a person, and the magic assistant relies on it to avoid explosion damage.

But... what the magic assistant at that time never expected was that "...the magician who went down to the secret passage through the secret door under the explosion box would die in the explosion."

"Because the secret door leading to the secret passage was tampered with, the joints were stuck and it couldn't be pushed open."

"And this person cannot be the two magic assistants."

"It could only be done by someone who was backstage at the magic venue at the time."

What Gu Meimen said was very certain.

The owner of Magic Venue C, who was already very dissatisfied with the trial and hoped to speed it up, nodded repeatedly.

"That's right, we have surveillance records at our site. They definitely didn't do anything."

"And I was in the control room at the time, not at the magic venue, so it couldn't have been me."

"As for who is behind this, well, I don't know."

"The magicians wouldn't let me install surveillance cameras in the backstage of the magic venues, for fear that the magic tricks would be leaked."

The owner of Magic Venue C was deeply saddened.

"Otherwise, the murderer who killed Itagaki Asaichi would have been found at that time."

"How could there be so many things and developments later? How troublesome!"

...You speak as if you were not the one who put pressure on the police to solve the case quickly.

Reiko Kujo shook her head, looked at the thick wooden board of the Grand Courtroom, and spoke.

"I'm more curious why the explosive box on the wooden board exploded, but the wooden board remained intact."

“Is there any special magic principle involved?”

Magic principle? Well, it can be said that there is no such thing.

The owner of Magic Venue C answered directly.

"Of course it was because the bomb box was placed forward, so the explosion only blew off the two chains in front."

"Let the board immediately go down toward... uh, and then the debris from the explosion will go down."

"Well, he made the bomb box himself, so I shouldn't be held responsible, right...?"

The owner of Gumeimon and Magic Venue C, Reiko Kujo.

The three were still arguing about the death of Itagaki Asaichi five years ago.

However, Kizuki Hotaru knew that if it was Gu Meimen who took action.

The probability is that he will still fall into a situation where he kills a third party, but there is no way to prove that it is Jiujiu Yuankang who kills.

The young prosecutor quietly wrapped her fingers around a strand of hair that fell from her temple.

She was wondering why the defense couldn't find any evidence to prove that Jiujiu Yuankang had committed murder.

Yet he dared to take on such an extremely difficult case...

Could it be that you can’t play unless you reach the high-end level?

Xiang Minamoto Guangming only needs to propose a retrial of the case of Yoshiro Kinoshita and then start a staggered trial.

Wouldn't it be much simpler and faster to try two cases together than to handle six cases at once?

Gui Yueying's finger gently tapped on the evidence information she had picked out.

In the five cases, except for the magician, all the others died during escapades, and the performance lists all had ninety-nine Yuankang.

Another thing they have in common is photos...

From Kinoshita Yoshiro fourteen years ago, to Yokoyama Hiroki twelve years ago, to Takezawa Teruo eight years ago, to Itagaki Asaichi five years ago, to Tsuruoka Keisuke three years ago...

Each deceased person has a photo taken behind the scenes and sent anonymously to the police mailbox as evidence.

Who sent these photos? And what is their connection with this case?

(End of this chapter)