People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 355 Magic, leading to the cheers of reversal (68)

Tick, tick, tick.

As the legal assistant of Genmitsu Mukai, Nanatsuki Koshimizu walked to the defense seat.

Conan simply left the Grand Court and returned to its corridor.

However, at this moment, he saw the bailiff rushing over with evidence.

Suddenly, the lenses of the Death Elementary School Student's glasses lit up again.

Let’s put this aside for now. When Koshimizu Nanatsuki passed by the defense seat where Kumimon was—

The ace lawyer suddenly asked a question at this moment.

"Hey, boy in man's clothing, can this witness you found really give [decisive] testimony?"

Koshimizu Nanatsuki paused for a moment, then replied coldly.

"Of course, he was a staff member at the magic venue back then."

Listening to the footsteps of Koshimizu Nanatsuki gradually fading away, Kumimon closed his eyes.

He subconsciously reached out and rubbed his temples on both sides to relieve the slight pain in his head.

Never mind, he didn’t care... Since he was sure of this, he might as well just take action.

(I don’t want my undefeated record to end inexplicably in such a court.)
Kensuke Kumemon's eyes suddenly opened, revealing a few sharp looks.

At this time, Miyoshi Mako, who was standing at the testimony desk, moved aside and looked at the person who came with some surprise.

Because this person gave her a somewhat familiar feeling, as if she had seen him before.

As if noticing the gaze of Miyoshi Mako next to him, the middle-aged man turned his head and took a look.

There was no extra expression on his face, he just sighed secretly.

The middle-aged man revealed his identity without Prosecutor Kujo asking any questions.

"I am a staff member of the Miracle Magic Group's magic venue. I am 42 years old now."

"Fourteen years ago, Kinoshita Yoshiro gave me the key to his room before performing a magic trick."

"Let me get the magic prop for him - the magic handcuffs."

“I was also the one who handed him the magic handcuffs at the beginning of the magic show.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was shocked, which meant that the defense really brought a key witness.

The image of a young man in Miyoshi Mako's mind finally overlapped with the vicissitudes of life of a middle-aged man today.

She pointed at the middle-aged man with disbelief and began to question.

"You are still working at the Miracle Magic Group? Why haven't I seen you before?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and sighed to himself.

"After the magic show fourteen years ago, the head of the group gave me a large sum of money as hush money."

"Then, I was transferred to the back of the magic group to do some logistical work. Of course, you can't see me."

"If that little girl hadn't found me today, I probably wouldn't be standing here and speaking—"

His eyes sharpened.

"That's right, I want to tell you here that the leader gave me a gag order!"

"At that time, Kinoshita Yoshiro gave me the key and asked me to go to his room to get the magic props."

"But I didn't get the magic props in the room, but in the corridor outside the room!"

"I saw with my own eyes the captain coming out of Kinoshita Yoshiro's room with the props..."

"Then, he handed the magic props to me and asked me to give it directly to Kinoshita Yoshiro!"

Suddenly, Gu Meimen's brows twitched, a little surprised.

I was about to use my ultimate move, but you ended up using it yourself?
It felt like punching cotton! I'm afraid that the girl Yueshui couldn't do this.

There must be someone helping her... Could it be that elementary school student in the blue suit... ?
"Witness, I warn you that you will be held accountable for every word you say in court!"

"If you give false testimony, you will be held criminally responsible!"

Kujo Reiko finally couldn't keep calm anymore. She slammed her hands on the table, stood up, and looked extremely serious.

However, at this moment, Xiang Yuanguang also slammed the table and stood up. "What the witness said was the truth he wanted to tell. Don't we even have a chance to tell the truth here?"

The hedgehog-headed lawyer slammed his hands on the steel table, leaving two handprints with his powerful palm force.

He suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at Kujo Reiko in the air, and shouted angrily without any hesitation.

"He was paid hush money by Jiujiu Yuankang fourteen years ago and he dared not tell the truth."

"And now that Jiujiu Yuankang has passed away, he speaks out with integrity because of the guilt in his heart!"

"Is there any logical flaw in this? Doesn't it make sense?!"

As Xiang Yuanguang spoke, he glanced at Jiujiu Yuankang in the dock.

The leader of the Miracle Magic Group was extremely angry.

He patted the guardrail of the dock, but no one else could hear what he said——

Although, Xiang Yuanguang couldn't hear it either.

The judge's expression became serious and he spoke slowly.

"But even so, we cannot be sure that the magic props were destroyed by Jiujiu Motoyasu."

"Unless the defense can prove that no one had entered the room before Jiujiu Yuankang."

So, is there such evidence...?
"The defense can certainly prove that no one entered the room before Jiujiu Yuankang."

"No one except him and the deceased has the key, so we can tell by looking at the door to see if it is damaged."

"And at the scene, there seemed to be a photo that could prove that Kinoshita Yoshiro's door was intact."

Xiang Yuanguang sneered, snapped his fingers, turned his hand and pointed at the photo reflected by the projector.

That’s right, it was because of the interruption of Kujo Reiko that he didn’t have time to edit the [backstage photos].

Fortunately, I was interrupted by Reiko Kujo, otherwise, this photo might not have been so effective!

"What? This piece of evidence..."

A trace of disbelief flashed in Kujo Reiko's eyes, and she looked at the photos backstage.

Sure enough, at the edge of the photo, I saw the staff member who was currently at the testimony desk.

It's just that the young face is different from the middle-aged face, and only half of the face is exposed...

Therefore, even the ace prosecutor could not find out what was wrong with the photo at the first sight.

"Yes, you can see it, this staff member can be seen in this photo."

"And he claimed that he took the key directly from Jiujiu Yuankang in the backstage——"

"That is to say, the person he was talking to was one and only one."

Xiang Yuanguang snapped his fingers again.

He was pointing at the photo of the performance that he had fabricated.

A portion of Kujuku Motoyasu's clothes hidden behind the curtain was photographed.

"Did you see it? The color of Jiujiu Motoyasu's clothes is exactly the same as the color of the clothes of the person who was talking to the staff with his back to the camera in the backstage photo. This photo..."

"It was undoubtedly filmed during the time when the staff member received a commission from Kinoshita Yoshiro and returned to get the work props, and then met and communicated with Jiujiu Motoyasu!"

"So, the locked door in this photo... is naturally Kinoshita Yoshiro's door!"

"Your Excellency, the door does not show any signs of damage, so it is impossible for an outsider to enter Kinoshita Yoshiro's room. If it is said that the lock was picked, that is even more unreasonable. Who can pick the lock of someone else's private room in public without being discovered by anyone?"

"That's right. Even if it's a lock-picking operation, only the leader of the Miracle Magic Group, Kujuku Motoyasu, has the possibility of picking the lock without being discovered!"

The hedgehog-headed lawyer slammed his hands on the table again, and at that moment a strong wind suddenly blew up.

"Therefore, the defense claims that the person who used handcuffs to disrupt Kinoshita Yoshiro's performance was Kyujuku Motoyasu! He is the real murderer of Kinoshita Yoshiro's case fourteen years ago!"

At this moment, the heart lock on Miyoshi Mako was shattered.

Looking at the [Heart Lock: Available] that lights up on the attribute panel, Xiang Yuanguang curled up the corners of his mouth.

A very familiar tune rang in his ears!
(Current BGM: Pursuit~Chasingいつめられて／バリエーション)
"Let the final act of reversal begin, and give thunderous applause!"

(End of this chapter)