People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 386: Great Ace Attorney... No Way! (17)

"What you just said is correct, but there is still a problem, because the deceased does not have enough time to break free from rigor mortis."

"Since the stiffness only starts to dissipate after forty hours, it will take seventy hours for the body to return to normal."

"That's from 9:25 p.m. on the first night to 3:30 a.m. on the third day when the crime occurred."

"It's not even forty hours, so your statement can't shake my reasoning at all!"

Kento Toba added his thoughts with a gloomy expression.

However, at this moment, Xiang Yuanguang shook his head again.

He sighed, then snapped his fingers.

"It doesn't take that long. When the temperature is high, twenty-four to thirty hours is enough."

"And the heater was on in the car at the time. I wonder if you knew this, Mr. Toba Kento."

"Even if the vehicle fell off a cliff, the heater indicator light inside did not go out, so at most the heater could not be released."

"Do you want to know what temperature is displayed on the indicator next to the heater light in your vehicle?"

Hearing this, the presiding judge asked questions in cooperation.

"Lawyer Xiang Yuan, what's the temperature inside the car?"

pat.

With a snap of his fingers, the blue hedgehog pulled out a photo from somewhere.

The content of this photo was projected onto a screen for everyone to see.

The temperature inside the car showed... 35 degrees, which is hot enough for people in this country.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Toba Kento, you can't rule out the suspicion of murder among the three people in the restaurant."

The white chess piece flew up instantly and hit one of Kento Toba's black chess pieces with a whoosh.

Click.

The black chess piece was smashed to pieces in an instant, and even Kento Toba's expression became gloomier than ever.

This matter was indeed beyond his expectations. He had never expected such a useless lawyer and an even more useless assistant...

He actually possesses such strong professionalism and reasoning ability, but... it's useless just by itself.

"…Even if you say so, the number of suspects has only increased by three at most."

"You said I was the murderer from the beginning. Isn't it enough for you to prove the actual time of death of the deceased?"

"Don't forget, no one witnessed Kanaya Hiroyuki being killed on the first day of the event!"

Kento Toba slammed his hands on the table, refusing to give in.

However, this is indeed a problem because no one witnessed Hiroyuki Kanaya's murder.

Therefore, theoretically, everyone at the crime scene at the time is a suspect of murder, but this alone is not enough to identify the murderer.

When the witness mentioned this, Prosecutor Sugiura nodded quickly.

Just when he was about to agree with Toba Kento's words and give Xiang Yuanguang some strength.

Then the BGM that had been playing since Yuan Guang cast a spell of wind magic suddenly became more exciting.

Sensing that something was not right, Prosecutor Sugiura swallowed the words of agreement that were about to come out of his mouth.

"You have no alibi, Mr. Kento Toba."

Xiang Yuanguang's finger gently touched his forehead.

He brought up a topic that stunned Kento Toba.

This is the reason he used to attack Hiroo Kawazu, who is now in the dock.

But now, Xiang Yuanguang turned around and put this reason on his head, which is ridiculous!
The murderer who called himself a famous detective sneered and asked back.

"I don't have an alibi, but does Kawazu Yuo have one?"

"That's right. Kawazu Yuo has an alibi. Everyone has an alibi except you."

Xiang Yuanguang's words immediately surprised Toba Kento.

How could this be possible? He had no idea that he had such a huge flaw!

"Don't forget why you came to Mycroft's Hotel. It was for the Study in Scarlet."

"And how do you get it? By answering questions. After 9:25 on the first day, everyone was answering questions."

“So just by looking at a collection of a thousand questions you can infer what they were doing on the first day.”

The murderer, who was holding on, pulled the corners of his mouth, revealing a sneer that was uglier than crying.

"That only means that they have done that incredibly thick collection of questions. What does that mean?"

"Can't they just stop working on the problem, go out and kill someone, and then come back and continue working on the problem?"

…Listen to yourself and see if what you say is human language. He sighed and snapped his fingers at Yuan Guang.

Hattori Heiji, who was standing at the defense table, immediately understood and took out new evidence from his bag———————

A collection of questions for all participants in this Sherlock Holmes fan event.

Xiang Yuanguang placed his hands lightly on the question sets and spoke calmly.

"Whether they do more or less, whether they do it right or wrong, it doesn't matter."

"The key is that they did these questions. At least they came for this book."

"But you, Kento Toba, your collection of questions is completely empty, without a single word."

"Excuse me, what is your purpose in coming to Mycroft's Hotel? To participate in the activities? To get a book?"

"That's impossible, because you didn't do any of the questions. There's no way Kanaya Hiroyuki would give you the book."

"If you don't even do the questions, you don't even have the qualifications to discuss them with others."

"Excuse me, what is your purpose in coming to Mycroft's Hotel?"

It was as if a dyeing factory had opened on Kento Toba's face, with countless colors changing.

He scratched his hair with his hands, not at all like the smug look he had before.

"I, I'm here to participate in the event... No, I'm here to get that book..."

"No, that's not right... I'm coming... yes, I'm coming..."

Various scenes related to the case of Kanaya Yuichi flashed through his mind.

For a moment he couldn't tell the difference between memories and reality.

It was difficult to piece together a new answer with his broken thoughts, so he chose to seize the last moment of inspiration——

"I-I knew from the last time I participated in the whole program that Hiroyuki Kanaya didn't want to give the book to anyone else."

"He's simply advertising that he owns the book! That's why I don't write a title!"

"I'm just here to play with my girlfriend Ayako Oki..."

"So, I'm helping Oki Ayako finish her collection of questions! Look, isn't hers full?"

Kento Toba spoke loudly, somewhat incoherently.

He turned his dead girlfriend into a golden soul ring to protect himself.

If you must say so, it actually makes sense, after all, Ayako Oki is already dead.

No matter what he said, there was no way Oki Ayako could give a different answer in court.

"…Prosecutor Sugiura, did you hear that? Are you still on Kento Toba's side now?"

"I mentioned this before when I was scolding other prosecutors: People who can't distinguish right from wrong are either bad or stupid."

"Which of these two types of people do you want to be now?"

Xiang Yuanguang gently rubbed his lawyer medal with his fingertips.

Having said this, Prosecutor Sugiura just lowered his head and said nothing.

His attitude was very clear. Just like Ben Chitai in the past, he could not intervene and just sat on the sidelines and watched the fight.

He did not falsify testimony, conceal evidence, or say anything in court that would jeopardize his future.

Well, no matter what the outcome of this trial is, at least he won't be in any trouble.

that's enough.

Not everyone is like the invisible madman Xiang Yuanguang, who is willing to risk everything for the justice of the trial.

He is just an ordinary person who wants to go further on this road and can't care about so many things.

Xiang Yuanguang closed his eyes, and the next moment, he opened his eyes slightly.

He stared at Kento Toba with a cold look.

"It seems that you have a good relationship with your girlfriend? Then why did you kill her?"

"She trusts you, and you don't trust her...right?"

Click.

The second black chess piece shattered.

At this moment, Kento Toba's expression is beyond words.

Many emotions converged on his face, like a palette, and it was hard to tell what the predominant emotion was.

But he was very clear about one thing——————

Having come this far, there is no turning back.

(End of this chapter)