Chapter 112 Reversal of Illumination
Chapter 112 Reversal of Illumination (12)
"This, this kind of testimony, the prosecutor didn't know about it before!"
"Detective Maori, why didn't you tell me when you were testifying earlier?"
Prosecutor Sugiura was in a state of panic and looked at Uncle Mori.
However, Uncle Maori's eyes were even more puzzled than Prosecutor Sugiura's.
"What? I went to President Shimazu's office at 3pm? Don't you have surveillance records?"
"You didn't even let me elaborate on this information that can be seen through surveillance records?"
"But there is no—————— in the surveillance records."
At this moment, Prosecutor Sugiura finally reacted.
He thought that Detective Mori watched the surveillance records with Inspector Shirai when he was at Shimadzu Corporation.
In the end, I didn't ask any detailed questions about the commission, but who would have thought...
Detective Maori had never seen the surveillance footage and he had no idea about the situation in the surveillance footage.
However, he believed that if the police had surveillance records, there would be no need to single out the meeting at 3 p.m.
This... this lack of information exchange is really fatal...!
(Now, it seems that the account book has to be taken out, otherwise Kumimon will say something irrelevant again.)
(Why would the audience and the presiding judge listen to Kumimon's messy incitement?)
Prosecutor Sugiura looked grim and grabbed his hair with his hands.
Conan, who was sitting in the audience, didn't know if it was an illusion or what, but he noticed that Prosecutor Sugiura's hair was pulled.
"Okay... the prosecutors are presenting new evidence [the account book that President Shimazu had read]!"
The presiding judge opened his eyes wide and realized that it seemed that he had let the cat out of the bag.
However, since Prosecutor Sugiura wants to present this evidence, he has no reason not to accept the case.
"Okay, this court agrees that the prosecution may present new evidence."
(The exhibit [the account book that President Shimazu had read] has been added to the court record.)
A pop-up window popped up in front of Xiang Yuanguang's eyes and he raised his head.
His eyes stayed on Uncle Maori's face, and then he shook his head slightly.
Well, the new evidence has been obtained, and I guess Uncle Maori doesn’t have anything more to ask.
Then, it's time for Uncle Maori to leave first——————
"What you just wanted was to ask Uncle Maori to step back, right?"
Koshimizu Nanatsuki whispered, she asked with some confusion.
"You didn't forget, did you? Last night, you asked Miss Mao Lilan."
"Ms. Maori Ran will tell you... Uncle Maori called Mr. Shimazu first."
"Then Mr. Shimazu asked Assistant Sanyuan to go downstairs to pick up Uncle Maori and the others."
"Aren't you going to ask about this?"
Regarding the matter of Uncle Mori calling Mr. Shimazu... there's not much to say.
This is the prerequisite for the three-minute killing time point——————Hmm? Precondition?
Xiang Yuanguang's eyes lit up and he understood.
When an idea encounters a complete deadlock, the idea must be reversed.
Three minutes was not enough for the murderer to kill President Shimazu, hide the murder weapon, and escape from the sight of Yamada and the other man.
Then, let’s not think about how the murderer managed to commit the crime in three minutes.
But...how did the murderer make the crime take three minutes in everyone's eyes!
Combined with the information previously obtained from Miki's office, there was no sign of a struggle at the scene with the deceased.
Xiang Yuanguang had a bold guess in his mind.
(Could it be that the Mr. Shimazu that Mao Lilan mentioned is not Shimazu Zangyuan, but Shimazu Sae?)
(However, Shimazu Sae never appeared in Uncle Mori's testimony from beginning to end.)
(Did Uncle Maori overlook it? Or has Uncle Maori really never met Shimazu Sae?)
(I don’t know, anyway, let’s [shock] it first!)
Tick, tick, tick.
Gu Meimen stood up from the defense seat, and naturally he planned to reach out and look through the evidence ledger that had just been submitted.
But just as he stepped out of the defense seat, a strong wind suddenly blew up!
The verbal bomb is launched!
"Really? You hedgehog-headed Sonic, here again?"
The frail ace lawyer Gu Meimen turned pale.
He didn't have time to grab the account book, so he grabbed the fence next to him.
This way, the tragedy of Kumimon falling to the ground after being hurt by friendly magic did not happen!
"A pound of pears! The witness' testimony is in decisive contradiction with the facts of the case!" Xiang Yuanguang pointed at Maori Kogoro.
At this moment, Feng stood on the side of the hedgehog-headed lawyer.
The audience in the gallery, who had never seen magic performed in court, exclaimed in surprise.
Prosecutor Sugiura subconsciously held down her hair tightly.
The presiding judge was so shocked that he almost couldn't open his eyes and quickly banged the gavel.
"Wait, wait! No magic allowed in the Inquisition!"
Xiang Yuanguang completely ignored the presiding judge's words and walked out from the defense seat.
As a matter of course, he passed by the pale-faced Kumimon.
Then he grabbed the evidence book in his hand and looked at Kogoro Mouri.
"Mr. Mori, you said that Yamada Isamu and Kaga Ranmaru are both members of the Honichidai neighborhood committee, right?"
Kogoro Maori blinked and nodded.
How could this be false? This was the first-hand information he had obtained.
"But, unfortunately, Mr. Kaga Ranmaru joined the neighborhood committee yesterday."
"The real identity is... Mr. Kumimon, a detective from the Shimadzu Company!"
Actually, he is a ninja, or a spy.
It's just that Xiang Yuanguang gave Kaga Ranmaru some face, because he might have to ask Kaga Ranmaru again in the future.
"You, you mean to say that Kaga Ranmaru is President Shimazu's man?"
"So it's impossible for Kaga Ranmaru to attack President Shimazu because of the dispute over compensation for the right of illumination!?"
Uncle Maori finally reacted at this moment.
No wonder Attorney Komikado proposed 3,000 yen, while the neighborhood committee proposed 3 million yen.
The amounts of compensation demanded by both sides were extremely outrageous, one was too low and the other was too high.
It turns out that the people from Shimadzu Corporation were acting in a double act, deliberately scaring people away to prevent lawsuits!
"But, but...if it's impossible for Kaga Ranmaru to attack President Shimazu, then who is the murderer?"
"Except for Yamada Isamu and Kaga Ranmaru who had the time to kill, it is impossible for anyone else to have committed the crime!"
No possibility of committing a crime?
Xiang Yuanguang raised the corner of his mouth.
His BGM has already sounded at this moment.
(Current BGM: Pursuit~Chasingいつめられて/バリエーション)
"The real murderer is of course..."
"President Shimazu's secretary, Sanyuan Shunji!"
After recovering from his shock, Gu Meimen shouted fiercely.
The pursuit song that just sounded in my ears was cut off, and the next moment it turned into the main BGM of Gu Meimen.
(BGM switch: LEGAL-HIGH)
"...?"
He sent a question mark to Genkou and turned to look at Gu Meimen.
"...?"
Gu Meimen also typed a question mark.
He didn't understand why Xiang Yuanguang had a puzzled expression on his face. Could it be that the murderer Xiang Yuanguang suspected was not Sanyuan Shunji?
Never mind, Sonic the Hedgehog's opinion doesn't matter.
Regardless of that, Kumimon spoke loudly with confidence.
"The defense hereby proposes that the person who killed Shimazu Zangyuan was Shimazu Zangyuan's secretary Sanyuan Shunji!"
"I have evidence to prove it!"
(End of this chapter)