People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 453: Reversal of Mask (25)

Dante curled his lips. He had only heard of identifying a location by its voice, but had never heard of identifying a person by its voice.

This guy is probably talking nonsense, or someone is using a voice transmitter to tell him his location.

What do you mean by a sleeping detective? It was nonsense. It was probably a trick that Maori Kogoro used to run his business. He had seen many such fancy detectives in the United States, such as the various exorcist detectives.

However, since Xiang Yuanguang had no objection to having this guy as his teammate, as Xiang Yuanguang's opponent in the Tribunal, there was naturally no reason to remind Xiang Yuanguang to find a reliable guy as his new teammate.

"Okay, the people are here. What testimony do you plan to get from Tsujimura Kimie?"

When hearing Dante's words, Kogoro Mori's voice did not fluctuate, as if his emotions were very stable.

"The defense will ask the witness several questions before giving testimony."

Conan raised his bow voice changer and his eyes fell on the hedgehog head of Xiang Yuanguang.

As if he felt the gaze from behind, Xiang Yuanguang took a sip of coffee and nodded slightly.

Then, Conan continued.

"Kumie Tsujimura, how did you kill Isao Tsujimura and three members of the special investigation team?"

This is a question that Kimie Tsujimura has answered many times.

She frowned, glanced at Toshimitsu Tsujimura in the dock, and then replied impatiently.

"I have said it many times, I didn't kill anyone, and even if you ask this, there will be no other results."

"Okay, then you didn't kill anyone, and neither did Tsujimura Toshimitsu. It was a third party who killed someone."

Kogoro Mouri's voice was calm and even had a hint of smile.

There was an immediate commotion in the courtroom because Detective Maori's words were so shocking.

Even though he was not questioned a second time, he was directly ruled out as a suspect in the murder.

How can such a conclusion be convincing?

Defense attorney Xiang Yuanguang just stood there quietly holding his cup of coffee without expressing any opinion.

This made the presiding judge frown and he asked loudly.

"Defense attorney, are you sure you won't interfere with the paralegal's speech? Is this what your defense advocates?"

In response, the blue hedgehog nodded slightly and said without hesitation.

"In this trial, Detective Maori's claims are my claims. Before his reasoning is complete, I will only provide additional evidence or details to supplement his reasoning."

(Does Mr. Xiangyuan trust Detective Maori Kogoro so much? Do they have such a good relationship?)

Gui Yueying at the prosecutor's table was a little surprised. Although she had indeed seen them acting together before, she still found it hard to believe that they would cooperate with each other in the courtroom.

She had also heard about the Sherlock Holmes fan murder case that Prosecutor Sugiura was previously responsible for. At that time, Attorney Xiang Yuan's legal assistant was a famous detective, but that famous detective went wrong in his reasoning.

As both of them are famous detectives, but one is active in the Kanto region and the other is active in the Kansai region. Does that mean that Kogoro Mori is much more capable than Heiji Hattori?
She glanced at Prosecutor Dante beside her and saw that except for the initial surprise, he looked indifferent, so she still opened her mouth to ask.

"Since the defense claims that the murderer was a third person other than Tsujimura Toshimitsu and Tsujimura Kimie, is there any way to prove the possibility that there was a third person in the kitchen at the time?"

The young prosecutor's question was crucial. This was the reason why the murderer was identified as one of Toshimitsu Tsujimura and Kimie Tsujimura in the last trial, because the tea was brewed by Toshimitsu Tsujimura and Kimie Tsujimura.

If the tea was poisoned, it could only have been put there by one of Toshimitsu Tsujimura or Kimie Tsujimura, who were in the kitchen at the time. Unless the evidence the defense is going to present can overturn the testimonies of both Toshimitsu Tsujimura and Kimie Tsujimura at once... otherwise, this claim will not be accepted by the presiding judge and the prosecutor.

"Ms. Ying, the answer is no—"

Conan raised the bow, looked at the situation on the field, and said confidently.

"——————The defense cannot prove that there was a third person in the kitchen during the tea-making period."

Hearing this, the whole audience was in an uproar again. Since the defense couldn't prove this possibility, wasn't that pure nonsense? Was he using his own future to amuse himself with the people in the courtroom?

The presiding judge became serious and was about to raise the gavel to punish the defense and let them know their place, but he saw Dante raise his hand to stop him from lowering the gavel.

"Wait a minute, old man, isn't it too late to make a decision after the defense has finished speaking its case?"

The red-robed prosecutor seemed to be interested. Although it was clearly the opponent's weakness, he did not pursue it.

"Wait a minute, if the defense makes some shocking remarks that overturn your statement, won't you feel embarrassed? These are all high-ranking officials of the Metropolitan Police Department, right?"

The blond judge in the main seat frowned, wondering how he could be the kind of judge who was afraid of authority and dared not make a fair judgment, but after thinking for a while, he put down the gavel without knocking on the table.

Because he felt that since the defense claimed this, there must be evidence or witnesses that could prove it, otherwise the defense would not be so confident to sleep in court...

"The reason why the defense cannot prove that there was a third person in the kitchen during the tea-making period is that there were indeed only two people in the kitchen at that time, Tsujimura Toshimitsu and Tsujimura Kimie, and there was no third person."

Kogoro Mori repeated his idea as if he was speaking a tongue twister.

Tsujimura Kimie, who was standing behind the testimony stand, immediately expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Since there is no third person in the kitchen, the murderer must be Toshimitsu Tsujimura. It can't be anyone else. What do you want to say?"

In response, the blue hedgehog put down the coffee cup, then snapped his fingers and said in a rather relaxed tone.

"Tsujimura Toshimitsu is certainly not the murderer, and there is certainly no third person in the kitchen. The defense's argument is that the murderer did not kill the four people by poisoning their tea."

Hearing this, a hint of doubt appeared in Guiyue Ying's eyes, and her pupils gradually lost their normal focus, but at this time, Dante snapped his fingers and woke Guiyue Ying up.

"Junior, now is not the time to be in a daze. The answer is right on the puzzle. Just think about it and you will know."

The silver-haired prosecutor in red patted Gui Yueying's little head and spoke softly.

"If the cyanide was not in the tea, but it entered the body through the tea, where would the cyanide have to be placed to do this?"

...So that's how it is. Is this what they mean by the answer being right on the surface of the riddle?

The young prosecutor came to her senses and realized that the answer to this puzzle was so simple.

But she suddenly realized that she had heard this sentence in other places.

That is what Xiang Yuanguang mentioned when he was in Shikoku, pretending to be a black magician.

Why would Senior Dante say the same thing at this time? The trial in Shikoku was not widely circulated. Could it be that Senior Dante and Mr. Xiang Yuan already knew each other before?
"If the cyanide was not in the tea, it was actually drunk by the deceased."

The voice of Kogoro Mouri was heard.

"Then, there is only one truth——"

(End of this chapter)