People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 415: Reversal of Mask (3)

"First, I want to ask about Inspector Shiratori's first testimony."

"Excuse me, did the murderer really put poison in the drinking tea?"

Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin, as if he was talking nonsense.

I thought the blue hedgehog was going to say something shocking.

Unexpectedly, he just talked nonsense, which made the presiding judge shake his head speechlessly.

However, the questioning stage was led by the defense, and the prosecutor had no objection and he could not say anything.

Asking this question to Shiratori Renzaburo is like asking an air conditioner installer what his job is.

Inspector Shiratori looked somewhat speechless. After a moment of silence, he finally spoke.

"The presence of cyanide was clearly detected in the tea - so that's my guess."

Xiang Yuanguang's eyes fixed and he asked seriously.

"Is that so? Then is it possible that the cause of death was not the tea?"

"Or, is it possible that the deceased is not actually dead?"

As if they were silenced for a moment, Inspector Shiratori spoke softly after a while.

"...If the deceased did not die from the poisoned tea, then I guess they were already dead during the autopsy."

"Lawyer Xiang Yuan, drinking tea containing cyanide will definitely lead to death. There is no need to emphasize this."

Uncle Maori, who was standing at the lawyer's assistant seat, subconsciously covered his face with his hands.

I thought to myself, Genkou is usually so logical in his reasoning, why is he like this today?

Does this kind of thing need to be confirmed repeatedly? Is it because of some kind of intelligence-reducing aura?
Xiang Yuanguang's somewhat abnormal behavior also caught the attention of Conan in the last row and prosecutor Dante.

The two of them narrowed their eyes almost at the same time, and several possibilities flashed through their minds.

(When Xiangyuan repeatedly confirms something, he often uses it as a stepping stone to retreat in order to advance.)
(In other words, what Xiang Yuan wanted to get was the conclusion that drinking cyanide tea would lead to certain death?)

(But what is the significance of this testimony? Will it help the following reasoning?)
The Shinigami Elementary School Student now shifted his gaze to the dock and looked at Toshimitsu Tsujimura.

I saw that Lao Deng seemed to be more confident at this moment, as if he was sure of something.

But before he could observe more, a pair of eyes suddenly turned to him.

Conan's eyes subconsciously followed the source of the gaze and happened to meet the eyes of Dante in the prosecutor's seat.

The foreign prosecutor looked at Conan, who was sitting in the last row, with interest and seemed a little curious.

The Death Elementary School Student was immediately startled and lowered his head, hiding himself from Dante's sight.

(Tsk tsk, what is Virgil pretending to be? Why do I remember that he doesn’t defend himself in this way?)

(Let me think about it, since he wanted Shiratori Renzaburo to bite the victim to death, the victim must have died from the tea containing cyanide.)
(Is he planning to set a trap to trick someone? Who? His own client? Tsujimura Kimie? Or someone else?)
Dante thought for a moment and his eyes fell on the demon hunting sword next to Xiang Yuanguang.

Tsk, how should I put it, this knife looks really cool, I'll find a chance to borrow it to play with.

I guess as we are good brothers, he will definitely not reject me————————

Boom, boom, boom, boom.

The presiding judge lowered the gavel and spoke in a rather unfriendly tone.

"That's enough. Defense attorney, please stop asking irrelevant questions repeatedly and please stop wasting time."

The blue hedgehog, who was accused in this way, touched the back of his head and smiled sheepishly. Then, he coughed twice and finally continued with the previous question.

"Then I will continue to ask about Inspector Shiratori's second testimony [People who drank the tea containing the poison died of the poison within three to five minutes]."

"May I ask how this specific time of death from the poisoning was obtained? Why did the four victims die one after another instead of all at once?"

In the eyes of Kogoro Mori, this question is a question that does not need to be asked.

It is obvious that those who died early had severe poisoning and drank more water, while those who died late had mild poisoning and drank less water.

What else is there to ask? I feel like he can do this court defense!

Uncle Maori suppressed the urge to complain and looked at Shiratori Jinzaburo at the testimony stand.

However, Shiratori Jinzaburo's expression could not be said to be extremely similar to his, but could only be said to be exactly the same.

"…because of the different amounts of tea consumed and the different physical qualities of the deceased."

"In other words, the more cyanide a person absorbs, the faster they die."

Inspector Shiratori said in an unsteady tone.

"The order of death of the victims in this case is: Diplomatic embassy Isao Tsujimura, Silver Star Special Investigation Team leader Lucard Hughes, and two members of the Silver Star Special Investigation Team."

"Lawyer Xiang Yuan, do you have any further questions about this testimony?"

The blue hedgehog stroked his chin and seemed to want to nod or ask something else.

However, he noticed the judge's extremely unfriendly gaze and immediately said with a wry smile.

"No, no, no, what I want to ask next is Inspector Shiratori's fourth testimony [After he and his daughter-in-law, Tsujimura Kimie, came to the diplomatic embassy to meet with Tsujimura Isao, Tsujimura Kimie, who is also a diplomat, proposed to prepare tea to entertain the guests]."

"May I ask why Toshimitsu Tsujimura and Kimie Tsujimura were inside the diplomatic embassy at the time of the crime? Since Toshimitsu Tsujimura has confessed his crime, he should have given a reason, right?"

"Oh, the defendant's answer is that he wants to frame his daughter-in-law, Tsujimura Kimie, for the crime."

Inspector Shiratori took out the notes he had taken from his pocket, flipped through two pages, and then began to answer.

"So, when he thought there was no one else in the diplomatic embassy, ​​he took Tsujimura Kimie with him to the diplomatic embassy."

"Then, after realizing there were other people inside the diplomatic mission, they chose to go all the way."

"It was to prevent Tsujimura Isao from realizing his murderous intentions afterwards, which led to the crime."

(Hehe, even Xiang Yuanguang can't do anything about such perfect testimony.)
Sitting in the dock, Tsujimura Ryouto sneered in his heart, but on the surface there was no sign of a change in his mentality.

However, he didn't know that Xiang Yuanguang, who had almost collected the intelligence, had already begun his offensive.

(If Toshimitsu Tsujimura had not been defeated, Kimie Tsujimura probably would not have appeared at this time.)
(Therefore, the contradiction between Inspector Shiratori's fifth and eighth testimonies was used to introduce Tsujimura Toshimitsu!)

Xiang Yuanguang's finger subconsciously touched the center of his forehead.

His gaze became sharp at this moment, different from before, making people feel cold.

"I understand, Inspector Shiratori. Now, I'm going to start."

“…Start, start what?”

Inspector Shiratori suddenly felt a chill and couldn't help swallowing.

It should be an illusion. How could the wind come out of nowhere?
Unless, there is a legendary wind magician who is ready to use his power at this moment!
(…Wind? Interesting. I’ve never seen Virgil perform such a magic trick before.)
(It seems that Virgil has changed a lot after not seeing him for a long time.)
Dante placed his hand on the table at the prosecutor's table, but there was a hint of a smile on his lips.

It seemed as if no matter how the situation in the court developed, it was all under his control!
(End of this chapter)