Chapter 335 Magic, leading to the cheers of reversal
Chapter 335 Magic, leading to the cheers of reversal (50)
Having said this, the presiding judge's expression became serious.
"It seems that it is indeed necessary to ask one of the parties to testify."
"Then please ask the owner of magic venue A, who is in the dock, to take the stand."
The owner of magic venue A in the dock looked up.
Although more than a decade has passed since Hiroki Yokoyama's death, he has not taken the witness stand in a trial.
But now he felt no panic in his heart, only calmness and relief.
It was like the huge rock that was pressing on me was finally removed.
Tick, tick, tick.
The owner of magic venue A stood on the witness stand.
He spoke seriously and earnestly.
"I'm the owner of Taihe Magic Venue, and I'm thirty-two years old."
"The deceased was my good friend at the time. We explored the development of magic together."
"He told me that once he completes this escaping challenge, he will be able to call himself a master of magic."
"Thus, by stepping onto a bigger stage, we will be able to see higher levels of magic attainment and the future—"
The middle-aged man seemed to have thought of something, and his expression was a little gloomy.
"Then he died so suddenly, in an unknown magical accident."
"It's impossible for Yuuki to commit suicide. He doesn't have any troubles or worries."
"And with my passion and longing for magic, I will never let myself stop here."
The presiding judge sitting in the main seat nodded.
If everything was as the owner of magic venue A said, then it was indeed impossible for the deceased to commit suicide.
But before the chief judge opened his mouth to agree, Kujo Reiko raised a question——
Although prosecutors do not have the right to question witnesses, they can question the authenticity of their testimony.
Especially when this witness is clearly related to the deceased and may even be one of the causes of death.
"Then, may I ask what evidence the defense has to prove that this gentleman is telling the truth?"
"Let's not talk about whether he is a friend of Yokoyama Hiroki or what his relationship with Yokoyama Hiroki is."
"As the owner of the magic venue and the lender of magic props——"
Kujo Reiko's words came to an abrupt end.
I guess she also realized how ridiculous her idea was.
No other physical evidence is needed, Xiang Yuanguang just said calmly.
"From the perspective of interests, if the deceased died by suicide, the witness will be exempted from the payment of compensation."
"If he wants to pursue the compensation that was given to the families of the deceased in the past, it is probably possible to get it back."
"May I ask, what motive did the witness have to testify to the proposition that the deceased did not commit suicide?"
No, of course not, people will not deceive their own interests.
Unless the witness is mentally ill, he would not do this.
That's why Kujo Reiko suddenly fell silent and stopped talking.
But just because Kujo Reiko doesn't speak doesn't mean that Kizuki Hotaru on the other side won't speak.
The young prosecutor tilted her head and said with some confusion.
"If we look at it from this perspective, we can rule out the possibility of suicide."
"So how do you rule out possible murder by a magic assistant?"
"I guess you must have invited your magic assistant at that time to the court, right?"
That's natural——on the premise that the intelligence has been handed over in advance.
The suppressive power that can be brought by the combination of Genmi Mukai and Kensuke Kumimon can almost be described as "maximum".
Xiang Yuanguang snapped his fingers, and the owner of magic venue A immediately left the testimony stand.
He did not return to the dock, but sat in the specially vacated witness stand.
Tick, tick, tick.
The door of the Grand Courtroom was pushed open, and another young man who looked a little older walked in.
He came to the witness stand, looked at the presiding judge wearily, and then spoke.
"I am Yokoyama Yuki's magic assistant, his childhood playmate and classmate, and I am now 29 years old." "Are you asking me if I murdered Yokoyama Yuki now?"
The magic assistant looked very tired, but that was not surprising.
If he is not the murderer, then he is also a victim in this case.
Not everyone can bear the burden of killing their own friend with their own hands.
Although answering this question might seem cruel, the young prosecutor still nodded.
If someone thinks that questioning witnesses would be cruel and therefore does not question them, then this person is probably not qualified to be a prosecutor.
Even Hotaru Kizuki, who looks like a junior high school student, is no exception.
"In the case of Yokoyama Yuki's magic accident, the deceased suddenly returned to the horizontal board when the nail bed fell."
"It should be you who brought it up, right? After all, you were the only one who could see this scene at the time."
The young prosecutor asked calmly and seriously.
"If you rule out the possibility that the deceased committed suicide, then the only possibility is that you are giving false testimony."
"Otherwise, what reason would the deceased have to suddenly return to the horizontal board to die when the nail bed fell?"
The magic assistant opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out.
Because he had been thinking about it for more than ten years, but still couldn't figure out why.
But at this time, Xiang Yuanguang sighed and shook his head.
"I've said it before, whether the deceased committed suicide or the magic assistant murdered him, neither possibility is true."
"Because the magic assistant wasn't the only witness at the time of the crime."
There is more than just... this one witness...! ?
Gui Yueying's sight instantly fell on the owner of magic venue A not far away.
Could it be that... the owner of magic venue A at that time also witnessed this scene?
"I can testify that the circumstances of the crime were exactly as the magic assistant said."
"Because every time there is a performance, I will be on the beam platform of the magic stage to pay attention to the situation."
The owner of magic venue A stood up from the witness stand and spoke without hesitation.
"So, I can vouch for what the magic assistant said—"
"Whether Yuuki committed suicide or was murdered by his best friend, I don't approve of either!"
That's why this case ended up as a magic accident.
The owner of Magic Venue A took all the responsibility for this, which eventually led to the decline of Magic Venue A.
At this time, Xiang Yuanguang's hand slapped the table of the testimony desk again.
“So, the defense’s argument is as follows.”
"The deceased did not commit suicide, nor did he die in a magic accident, nor was he murdered by a magic assistant."
"Instead, he was murdered by a third party, disguised as a magical accident."
The hedgehog-haired lawyer lifted up the evidence consisting of four leather handcuffs on the table of the testimony desk.
By using a projector to magnify it for everyone to see, one can see that behind the handcuffs is actually...
There was also a broken thin wire, and it was on all four leather handcuffs.
"I discovered these thin lines on the horizontal board when I was investigating the Death Bed of Nails."
"This is not something that is normally seen in magic performances, but it is the real reason for Yokoyama Yuki's death."
"Because these thin wires are connected to the leather handcuffs, and the handcuffs are fixed with magic glue."
"If you don't lift the cuffs, you can't be sure these thin lines exist."
Xiang Yuanguang said with a sneer.
"The murderer was smart because he tied all four handcuffs with thin wires."
"But three of them are the type that break easily, and only one is a solid real thread."
"And the true thread was cut by the nails at the same time as the nail bed fell and killed the deceased."
"So the police investigation will determine that this is something that was originally part of the magic props."
"Finally, based on the eyewitness testimony of the magic assistant and the owner of magic venue A—"
"It is judged that the deceased in this case died in a magical accident."
"This is the truth behind Hiroki Yokoyama's death twelve years ago."
(End of this chapter)