People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 449: Reversal of Mask (21)

I saw that both the defense and the prosecutor had indicated that their preparations were complete.

The blond judge in the main seat nodded, lowered the gavel, and announced.

"Then, this court declares that the trial of the diplomatic embassy murder case has officially begun."

"Please ask the prosecutor to explain the authenticity of the information presented by the defense at the last trial."

The last information presented by the presiding judge at this moment was naturally the information presented by the defense that Tsujimura Kimie purchased cyanide from the Tojo Clan to commit murder. During the last trial, the prosecutor requested a recess on the grounds that he questioned the authenticity of the information.

Therefore, this time the presiding judge directly asked the prosecutor at the beginning of the trial how they confirmed the authenticity of the information, in order to determine whether the prosecutor had completed his work.

Dante was very calm about this and tapped his arm lightly with his fingers, as if it had nothing to do with him.

In fact, he had not investigated this matter at all, and he did not care about it. Therefore, he could not answer the presiding judge's question. But why was he so calm?
Of course, it was not because he, as a noble American citizen, was naturally superior here, but because he handed the matter over to his junior schoolmate Gui Yueying to investigate and handle.

Although Dante and Kizuki Hotaru did not have a close relationship in the academy, after just their first meeting again, he confirmed that Kizuki Hotaru had completely broken away from Kizuki Liuyun's influence and had become a qualified prosecutor.

Therefore, he handed these matters over to his most trusted young prosecutor in the Tokyo Public Prosecutors' Office, Hotaru Kizuki, to prevent any strange incidents such as members of the Black Organization sneaking into the Public Prosecutors' Office or him entrusting the wrong person to handle the matter.

"Mr. Presiding Judge, the prosecutors have investigated and determined that the information presented by the defense is true. The witness, Tsujimura Kimie, did indeed purchase cyanide from a member of the Tojo Clan's Nishikawa Group, in an amount of 350 milligrams."

Gui Yueying flipped through a page of information, told the intelligence she had gathered, and then added a sentence.

"The member of the Jinshan Group of the Dongcheng Clan who sold the 350 milligrams of cyanide was also attacked yesterday and died, just like the member of the Jinshan Group who secretly organized a peripheral organization."

...If Xiang Yuanguang didn't know that this was done by the Black Organization, he would definitely think that Tama was a member of the East City Society who deliberately made trouble at this time. Otherwise, how could there be such a coincidence in the world?
The blue hedgehog took a sip of his coffee before frowning and muttering.

"There's not enough sugar, and the coffee tastes a bit bitter."

"…and coffee that isn't bitter? Is the amount of sugar you put in a lethal amount?"

Uncle Maori complained mercilessly beside him, but this did not change Xiang Yuanguang's expression at all.

Our blue characters are like this. Apart from anything else, we have to keep a straight face, otherwise how can we bluff?

Regarding the conclusion given by the prosecution, the presiding judge's attention was not on the number "350 mg", but on the fact that another member of the Jinshan Group who sold cyanide had died.

The blond presiding judge frowned, feeling that the Jinshan Group of the Dongcheng Society was deliberately looking for trouble. This was a huge problem. How could it be such a coincidence that all the dead died on the same day and from the same cause?
In his opinion, let alone gang fighting, you could just say that they went out for team building together, and then had a car accident on the road and all died. This statement is simply an insult to his IQ.

It's the Heisei era, and are there still gang fights? The era of the Yakuza and Renxia has long been buried in the dust of history along with the decadence and extravagance of the 3K era!

"Old man, whether you believe it or not, this is the conclusion given by the East City Association."

Dante yawned and rested his chin on his hand, looking very sleepy.

"If you think there's a problem, you can check with the Metropolitan Police Department branch in Kamurocho to confirm the situation."

Although the police in Kamurocho might say that it was a hedgehog-head who committed the murder.

Boom, boom!
The presiding judge banged the gavel several times as if he was angry.

He flipped through yesterday's court records, glanced at them for confirmation, and then spoke seriously.

"The prosecutor's findings are simply unsatisfactory to this court. Three hundred and fifty milligrams of cyanide is not enough to poison four people."

"That is to say, there is something wrong with the prosecutor's investigation. The Dongcheng Society sold more than 350 milligrams of drugs!"

"If the prosecutor insists that the East City Association only sold 350 milligrams of cyanide, then..." "This court requires the prosecutor to provide witnesses or evidence sufficient to prove this!"

The attitude of the presiding judge of the first trial chamber was very clear. In the past, the presiding judge would accept the investigation results given by the prosecutor.

But this time, because of the attitude of the Dongcheng Society, the presiding judge directly doubted the authenticity of the prosecutor's conclusion.

That is, if the prosecutor cannot provide witnesses or evidence to prove this.

The second trial may end here with Prosecutor Dante being kicked out and the case being retried in the afternoon!

Snap——————

Dante snapped his fingers and said nonchalantly.

"Don't be so angry. Since we dare to come to this conclusion, it must be because someone can prove it."

"The Dongcheng Clan directly asked the person involved in this case, the leader of the Dongcheng Clan's Jinshan Group, Akira Nishikawa, to serve as a witness."

"Old man, do you think his testimony can be considered as conclusive testimony?"

The Ghost Moon Hotaru next to her added.

"Your Excellency, the prosecutor will present new evidence to prove this during Nishikiyama Akira's testimony."

“Therefore, the prosecutor believes that it is appropriate to allow the witnesses to testify in court first and then continue to investigate the situation.”

Seeing that the two prosecutors had the same attitude, the presiding judge nodded.

But he came to his senses and looked at the defense attorney and legal assistant.

"Lawyer Xiang Yuan, Detective Maori, what do you think about this?"

...How can I watch? I stand and watch. There is no chair for me to sit on at the defense table.

Xiang Yuanguang took a sip of coffee and shook his head to indicate that he had no opinion.

As for Uncle Maori, he spoke quite seriously.

"In that case, please invite this witness to come to the stage. I want to ask him personally what's going on."

"I think I have some experience in dealing with these Yakuza members!"

Kogoro Mori also suspected that the prosecutors were bribed by the Tojo Clan, so he said this.

But since Xiang Yuanguang did not object openly, he simply went with the flow and let Jinshan Zhang appear in court.

Anyway, we will know whether Nishikiyama Akira is lying or not by asking him in the court.

Both he and Xiang Yuanguang are experts at detecting lies!

(Hehe, Nishikiyama Akira, let me show you how powerful I, the famous detective Maori Kogoro, am!)
(When Xiang Yuanguang and I join forces, we have the power to defeat the undefeated opponent!)
Xiang Yuanguang, who was standing next to him, glanced at Uncle Maori. Just by looking at his appearance, he knew what Uncle Maori was fantasizing about again. This was one of the characteristics of this world...

Seriously, does Kogoro Mouri really not wonder why he always falls asleep at the right time and wakes up at the right time after finding out the truth of the case?

(I feel like if this continues, Uncle Maori’s drug resistance will eventually reach the maximum…)
(End of this chapter)