Chapter 353 Magic, leading to the cheers of reversal
Chapter 353 Magic, leading to the cheers of reversal (66)
"Mr. Xiang Yuan, I heard that you are also a magician, so you should know the principle of magic handcuffs."
Yoshiro Kinoshita stood beside Genmitsu and spoke calmly.
Xiang Yuanguang certainly knew the answer to this simple question.
The so-called magic handcuffs are actually similar to toy handcuffs. Compared with real handcuffs, they can be opened without a key.
There is a small mechanism on the edge of the keyhole where the key is inserted into the toy handcuffs.
Pressing it can directly reopen the locked handcuffs.
The mechanism of the magic handcuffs is of course the same, except that the small mechanism is hidden and refined.
This can cause people to mistakenly believe that the magic handcuffs are real handcuffs that can only be unlocked with a key.
"I guess the only possibility is that the joints of the handcuffs are stuck, or the switch is stuck."
"From the outside, there shouldn't be any difference from before the modification."
Xiang Yuanguang walked slowly in front of the evidence table, his eyes fell on the handcuffs.
Then, his eyes suddenly froze and he turned to look at the photo on the other side.
That was one of all the evidences that Reiko Kujo submitted at once during the Keisuke Tsuruoka case three years ago.
This seems to be a photo of the backstage of the magic show...
(Hmm? I remember that this item didn't seem to be included in the evidence submitted by the owner of Magic Venue D.)
(How did an extra photo appear? Who submitted this photo as evidence?)
The Hedgehog-head's thoughts paused for a moment.
But he soon realized that no matter who submitted the photo, now was not the time to use it.
"You can't draw any conclusions just by looking at them. If you can take the handcuffs apart, then the contents will be clear at a glance."
"Mr. Xiang Yuan, I don't have much time to stay here. Now let me tell you what happened."
Kinoshita Hideyoshi seemed to sense something and spoke anxiously.
"I am listening."
He frowned at Yuan Guang and raised the evidence bag containing the handcuffs.
"Mr. Judge, the defense requests to open the evidence bag and inspect the evidence. Please approve this."
The bald old man at the main seat nodded and lowered the gavel.
"The court agrees with the defense's idea. Please open the evidence bag and check it yourself."
The body of the genius magician next to him began to become illusory, and he was recalling what happened at that time.
When Genkou opened the evidence bag and began to check the handcuff mechanism, Kinoshita Yoshiro also spoke.
"What Sakura told you before was correct. I did have a private room in the Miracle Magic Group at that time."
"Except when I practice magic, I will open the room, otherwise it is locked."
"The key is only in the hands of my teacher and me, and the magic props I use for my performance are inside the room..."
Click——————
Ordinary people need props to dismantle the magic handcuffs, but Hedgehog Head does not.
He exerted slight force with his hands, and directly made the opening mechanism of the handcuffs perform an "I split" gesture.
"Before I perform magic, I ask a staff member to go to my room to get the magic props."
"Then I discovered that something seemed to be wrong with the water tank near the stage and it didn't rise, so I went backstage."
"I ran into Sakura on the way, and then a staff member nearby told me that the water tank had risen."
"I didn't care about anything else and went straight to the stage, and the person who handcuffed me was the staff member I asked to go to the stage."
...In other words, if we can find the staff member that Kinoshita Yoshiro originally commissioned.
We just need to confirm where he got the magic cuffs from to determine the final truth.
Because the magic handcuffs normally go from the room → staff → Kinoshita Yoshiro.
If the order becomes Jiujiu Yuankang → staff, or room → Jiujiu Yuankang → staff.
Then the final truth only requires you to choose one of the two and dig out the result.
A glimmer of understanding flashed across Xiang Yuanguang's eyes.
"I understand. Leave the rest to me."
The genius magician next to him reached out and patted Xiang Yuanguang on the shoulder. Although it was just an illusory figure, it brought a sense of reality like a real person.
"Then, the rest is up to you, Mr. Xiang Yuan."
Kinoshita Yoshiro beside him had completely disappeared, and the hedgehog-headed man was now pouring out the wood chips inside the handcuffs.
He turned around without hesitation, looked at the soul of Jiujiu Yuankang in the dock, and pointed his finger.
"Watch out! Kinoshita Yoshiro's death was definitely not a simple accident, because there was a loophole in the small mechanism of the magic handcuffs..."
"Normally it's impossible for sawdust to fall in, let alone get stuck in the right place."
"And the magician must have checked whether the magic props can be used the day before the magic show."
"Therefore, the defense believes that the sawdust must have been mixed in by Ninety-Nine Yuankang who was in the deceased's room at the time!"
"So, Kinoshita Yoshiro's death was not a simple magic accident, but a deliberate murder by someone else!"
Prosecutor Kujo, who had reversed several previous magician accident cases, had anticipated this.
She tapped her fingers on the table, looked at the hedgehog-head, and asked in a deep voice.
"So, the final indictment of this serial murder case, what can the defense say..."
"Is the real murderer of Kinoshita Yoshiro the evidence or witness of Kujuku Motoyasu?"
Reiko Kujo's gaze flashed across Asako Miyoshi at the testimony stand.
She turned and spoke again, seriously.
"The testimony of Miyoshi Mako alone is not enough to prove that the handcuff mechanism was sabotaged by Kyujuku Motoyasu."
"Lawyer Xiang Yuan, do you have any key evidence that can prove this?"
At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on Xiang Yuanguang in front of the evidence table.
The defense attorney in the blue coat turned around without hesitation.
He had a confident smile on his face, and then he snapped his fingers and turned his hand over to point at Kujo Reiko.
"Of course we have it. The defense has evidence that proves that Jiujiu Yuankang is the murderer who destroyed the handcuff mechanism!"
“That piece of evidence is——————”
Xiang Yuanguang's hand suddenly slapped the two photos on the table of the testimony desk.
Then, pull it straight out and raise it above your head.
“————These two photos!”
Show——————Evidence [Photos of the magic show]!
Show——————Evidence [backstage photos]!
"The solution to the problem lies in this. Please see, these two pieces of evidence are [decisive] contradictions with the case!"
The hedgehog-head looked righteous and confident.
Reiko Kujo, who originally wanted to say that Xiang Yuanguang was talking nonsense, was shocked at this moment.
She looked at the contents of the two photos enlarged by the projector with doubt.
Looking left and right, I tried to find where the decisive contradiction that Xiang Yuanguang mentioned lies.
On the other side, the young prosecutor was not paying attention here. She was looking through the case information of several cases.
He quickly deduced the circumstances of the five cases, and suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he asked the bailiff next to him to come over.
After saying something, the bailiff quietly left.
"As expected of Lawyer Xiang Yuan! He is amazing. He actually found the key evidence right away!"
"Lawyer, look at Lawyer Xiang Yuan, I wish you were as good as him!"
Machiko Dai cheered and jumped for joy, not noticing that the face of Kumimon next to her had turned dark.
What a key piece of evidence! There is no contradiction between these two photos and the case at all.
He was simply using the momentum left by his previous quick reversal of several cases to trick Kujo Reiko.
(It seems like it’s about time to let Kaga Ranmaru and the staff in.)
(Fortunately, I had done some ideological work beforehand, so I just had to get them to say… Jiujiu Yuankang had entered the room.)
(Kinoshita Yoshiro's case can be solved right here.)
A smug curve appeared at the corner of Kensuke Kumemon's mouth at some point.
Of course, the staff member may not have actually seen it, but he was indeed working backstage at the time.
Human memory is inherently vague, and with just a little induction, useful key testimony can be obtained.
Just like what he did to the store owner in his first case.
Easily.
(End of this chapter)