Chapter 115 Reversal of Illumination
Chapter 115 Reversal of Illumination (15)
"...I don't know anything about the situation on the top floor. How can you ask me to testify?"
"The only place I can testify in court is at the crime scene."
Sanyuan Shunji was not surprised by Prosecutor Sugiura's performance.
As the person who proposed to President Shimadzu to hire Kumimon as a lawyer to resolve the issue of light rights.
Of course, he had carefully studied the deeds of Kumimon, and thus also knew the situation of Prosecutor Sugiura.
This rising star in the legal profession is not incapable, but he can only fight when the wind is in his favor.
When the evidence is overwhelming, we advance steadily; when the evidence is lacking, we retreat step by step.
Humph, as a prosecutor, he's not bad, but he's just about average.
Compared to the undefeated ace in the legal profession like Gu Meimen, there is still a big gap.
"Your Honor, could it be that the justice of the court will be dominated by public opinion?"
"Excuse me, is there any evidence to prove that I was in the corridor on the top floor of Shimadzu Corporation at that time?"
Secretary Sanyuan's words were extremely calm, as if he was simply narrating something.
The other party seemed to have already thought about how to deal with Gu Meimen's questions.
"Well, the justice of the court will naturally not be affected by any external public opinion..."
"Lawyer Gu Meimen, you said you have evidence that proves Mr. Sanyuan committed the crime."
"Then please take it out now."
Hearing what Sanyuan Shunji said, the presiding judge shook his head and looked at Gu Meimen.
If this ace lawyer cannot produce evidence to prove that Sanyuan was on the top floor of the office at that time.
Then, Sanyuan Shunji could naturally choose to refuse to testify about the specific circumstances hypothesized by Gu Meimen.
The reason is simple—regardless of whether the testimony about the top floor is good or bad.
As long as Sanyuan Shunji testifies, it means that he was indeed in the top floor corridor at that time, which is equivalent to proving that the testimony given by the suspect Kaga Ranmaru in the detention center was correct.
For example, in the surveillance records, Sanyuan Shunji was standing outside the office door during Kaga Ranmaru's testimony, but he was not photographed. This is correct!
(As long as you don't testify, there's no chance of being caught.)
(Although the words in the newspaper are certainly exaggerated, this Mr. Sanyuan is indeed outstanding.)
In the gallery, Conan pushed up his glasses and listened carefully to what was happening in the courtroom.
Of course, this includes the little noise made by Kogoro Mouri and Mitsuhiro Mukai in the corner.
In the Mori Office, after reading the letter of commission, Kogoro Mori proposes to investigate Genkou.
However, Conan did not actually see the true content of the letter of commission.
Moreover, as for the fact that Maori Kogoro took them around Honikedai for an entire afternoon...
Conan had already had some doubts in his heart, after all, it was not difficult to find Xiang Yuanguang.
Because people from Shimadzu Corporation went with Kumimon to the Honichidai neighborhood committee to attend the briefing.
You just need to ask people from Shimadzu Corporation, and you can find the Honichidai Neighborhood Committee and then find Xiang Yuanguang's whereabouts.
But... Kogoro Mouri did not do so. On the contrary, he went to some special places that Genmizu Xiang could not have gone to, and asked questions under the pretext of looking for Genmizu Xiang.
Nightclubs, bars, billiard halls...
That's not a place a penniless spiky-haired lawyer can afford.
(Mori-san’s request should be more than just investigating Xiang Yuan’s work situation.)
(How could Uncle Maori really fool people with just a fax for a commission of 800,000 yuan?)
(And it was a bit strange that he went directly to the client, Mr. Shimazu Zangyuan, to submit it.)
At least, if Conan was Uncle Maori's client, facing Uncle Maori's behavior, he would never give the remaining commission money besides the deposit just for a faxed resume!
Although Uncle Maori's reasoning is unreliable, he is somewhat knowledgeable in terms of business ability.
How could one choose such an approach which would not only make it impossible to get the remaining commission money but also damage one's own reputation?
Conan pushed up his glasses again.
(There is only one real truth——Uncle Maori is indeed looking for someone, but he is not looking for Xiang Yuan.)
(The person he is looking for should be someone who spends money lavishly and is similar to a playboy...)
(Among all the people who have appeared so far, the only one who fits this image is that person────)
"————That's right, only Shimazu Sae meets this condition."
The moment the Elementary School Student of Death came to this conclusion, all the unnaturalness of Uncle Maori's actions were resolved.
Then, after the trial is over, tell Xiang Yuan about this and let him investigate.
That hedgehog-haired lawyer would definitely be very curious about this.
And in fact...the hedgehog-headed lawyer was indeed curious about this.
"What exactly is the content of your commission? The original commission was five million?"
"Are you just investigating me? That's impossible. Take a faxed resume to President Shimadzu."
"Aren't you afraid that President Shimazu will ask the security guards to throw you out?"
Faced with Xiang Yuanguang's questions, Uncle Maori, who has always been unreliable, became reliable.
His expression became a little more serious, and then he spoke in a low voice.
"President Shimazu and I signed a confidentiality agreement regarding this matter, even though he has passed away now."
"I won't tell anyone else, and... I want to complete the commission and let President Shimazu know the truth."
(It seems that Uncle Mori thinks this request is important... at least to President Shimazu.)
(Then, it must be a request from an important person or an important matter related to President Shimadzu...)
(Is it the Illuminati case? The account book flow? Shimazu Sae? Sanyuan Shunji? Or someone else or something else?)
Hedgehog Head touched his chin. He had many ideas in his mind, but they were never implemented in the end.
At the same time, Gu Meimen has already produced the important evidence he mentioned.
"Mr. Sanyuan, this is the information I got after asking my friend to investigate. It's clearly recorded."
"The reason why Shimadzu's turnover has dropped in recent days... I don't need to explain this in detail."
Gu Meimon grabbed the paper report of Shimadzu Corporation's financial statements in his hand and held it up.
Let Sanyuan Shunzhi see it clearly, and immediately a drop of cold sweat dripped from his forehead.
Sanyuan Shunji already knew that Kumimon would not speak without a purpose, and that he must have been prepared to write the news headline.
But who would have thought that he could even get his hands on Shimadzu Corporation’s internal transaction records?
Then combined with the Shimadzu company account book that Xiang Yuanguang took away before, wouldn't it be——————
"It seems that you have figured it out."
“This is your motive for committing the crime.”
Gu Meimon placed the paper report directly on the bench where the chief judge was sitting.
Then he said slowly.
"President Shimazu discovered an anomaly in the flow of funds, so he started investigating the account books."
"You found out and killed him... After killing him, you altered the surveillance records and put the blame on someone else."
"Haha, you never thought that in the surveillance record you exchanged, President Shimazu happened to be looking at the account book, right?"
(End of this chapter)