People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 662 Emotions Will Give the Answer

Professor Moriarty is...dead?
How could this be possible? This was impossible. Even if it really happened, Naruhodō Ryunosuke would not know about it because he stayed in the courtroom all night and did not go out at all!

Jack the Ripper was thinking, he seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and immediately shouted loudly.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! You didn't leave the courtroom all night, how could you know whether Professor Moriarty is dead or not? Do you have clairvoyance and clairaudience?"

Hearing this, even Naruhodō Ryunosuke became curious.

Because he also wanted to know how Xiang Yuanguang knew about Professor Moriarty's death and cause of death.

"Mr. Xiang Yuan, how did you know?"

"Because I was the one who fell off the cliff and died together with Professor Moriarty."

Xiang Yuanguang glanced at Naruhodō Ryunosuke next to him and gave the final answer directly.

Suddenly, the barrister's expression froze, and a feeling of guilt arose in his heart for no reason.

Damn it, he deserves to die. I didn’t expect Lawyer Xiang Yuan to be so great. In order to stop Professor Moriarty from continuing to harm old London, he actually pushed Professor Moriarty off a tall building and died!

"...Did you misunderstand something? Professor Moriarty is courting death and dragging me along with him. Otherwise, I would have killed him and then come to the Tribunal to kill this bastard myself."

Seeing that Naruhodō Ryunosuke's expression was not right, he added something to Minamoto.

Suddenly, the barrister's expression became complicated, as did his mood.

Uh, it turns out that Lawyer Xiang Yuan was not forced to push Professor Moriarty to fall into the Reichenbach Building in order to stop him, but that Professor Moriarty died and he was caught as a scapegoat?

In order to stop Mr. Xiang Yuan from continuing to harm Old London, Professor Moriarty died together with him???
This is so weird, how could I have such an outrageous idea?
Naruhodō Ryunosuke felt guilty for the thought that had just popped into his mind.

However, he reacted immediately and said with emotion.

"No, since Mr. Xiang Yuan knows about this because you are the one who fell into the Reichenbach Building with Professor Moriarty, then there is no way to disprove Jack the Ripper's hypothesis, right?"

"Mr. Xiang Yuan, I remember you said before that you wanted to break down Jack the Ripper's psychological defenses, didn't you?"

...That's true.

Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin, then picked up the coffee and took a sip.

However, even if it is something that cannot be proven, some useful information can still be obtained.

For example...Jack the Ripper's reaction.

He showed great emotional changes about the fact of Professor Moriarty's death and questioned this fact, which in a sense shows that Jack the Ripper and Professor Moriarty have an inseparable connection.

At least from this point, we can lock down the possibility that Jack the Ripper has nothing to do with Professor Moriarty...

"Humph, it seems that the defense has run out of ideas."

"Not only do you have no way to prove that Professor Moriarty is dead, you also have no way to prove that the killer is the real Jack the Ripper, because you cannot rule out the possibility that the killer is a copycat."

"In a courtroom, all reasoning is meaningless. All that matters is the evidence."

Karma Hao said this bluntly, his finger unconsciously tapping his elbow.

As a future ace prosecutor, he knew very well that the prosecutor only needed to hold on to one point to win in court, a point that the defense could not refute with evidence. Just like now, he could insist that the defense had absolutely no evidence to prove that the witness was a copycat and not the real Jack the Ripper, because there was absolutely no commonality between the third case and the fourth case.

In the third case, Jack the Ripper wanted to frame Asogi Yizhen due to time constraints.

Therefore, after killing the victim, he simply threw the knife there and left, without continuing to cut the body as he did in the first and second cases. As a result, the body in the third case was not as easy to identify as in the first and second cases.

The circumstances of the fourth case are still unclear, but it is likely to be the same as the situation of the body in the third case.

Jack the Ripper might kill people at night, but it is unlikely that all those who kill at night are Jack the Ripper.

If we start from this point... we may be able to refute the defense's argument.

"Evidence? Frankly speaking, the defense does not have any evidence to prove that Professor Moriarty is dead. However, the defense believes that the reaction of the witness just now is enough to make us think twice."

He tapped Yuan Guang's forehead with his finger and said affirmatively.

"We have previously proven that Yan Tu Hai Ci and Ya Liu Wu Ren, who tried to have Asou Giichima convicted, are both related to Professor Moriarty, and that Professor Moriarty most likely killed Hosou Reito as Jack the Ripper."

"From this, it can be concluded that Jack the Ripper and Professor Moriarty are inextricably linked."

"Now the killer is so excited about the news that Professor Moriarty is dead. This shows that there is some kind of inseparable relationship between the killer and Professor Moriarty."

"Combined with the murder weapon dagger found by the police at the crime scene, the defense believes that the witness is related to Professor Moriarty, the real Jack the Ripper..."

"What nonsense!"

Karma Hao slammed the table and refuted without hesitation.

"Just because the witness is connected to Professor Moriarty, does that mean that the witness is Jack the Ripper? Considering the fact that Professor Moriarty disguised himself as Jack the Ripper to commit crimes before, can't this killer be the same?"

"The killer under Professor Moriarty killed innocent people on behalf of Professor Moriarty. He was later caught by the police at the crime scene and sent to the court. That's why he became emotional about your false information..."

"Huh, doesn't this make sense?"

Lao Deng sneered and looked towards the defense seat.

"No matter what, if you want to prove that the witness is Jack the Ripper himself and not an imitator, the defense must produce corresponding evidence. Otherwise, I can only think that the defense is talking nonsense and has no basis!"

"Your Honor, if the defense makes groundless and baseless statements, how should you handle this?"

The presiding judge, who was suddenly pulled away, came to his senses and spoke loudly.

"Of course it must be dealt with seriously! At least a warning should be given in court!"

"If we find any bluffing or random use of magic, we must punish them..."

...Just now, Yan Dan blew Jack the Ripper, but not you, right?

He became obedient after being bombarded with two speeches.

Xiang Yuanguang complained in his heart.

(End of this chapter)