Chapter 451: Reversal of Mask
Chapter 451: Reversal of Mask (23)
Of course Dante had no idea what Xiang Yuanguang was thinking. He just stared at Xiang Yuanguang's coffee, wondering where the hedgehog-headed guy got the coffee from.
If he knew how to get coffee from Yuanguang, wouldn't he be able to get his favorite pizza or happy water anytime and anywhere?
"Silence! Silence! This court trial requires silence! Everyone in the audience please keep quiet!"
The continuous dropping of the gavel brought the distracted Dante back to reality. He looked up at the presiding judge who was sitting in the main seat and knocking the gavel several times in succession. The presiding judge then directly bypassed him, the prosecutor, and began to question the defense.
"The witness' testimony has concluded. Does the defense want to [question] the witness' testimony?"
...This old man is so narrow-minded. Isn't he just not giving you face?
Dante shrugged, deciding not to bother with Old Deng. He yawned, put down the large musical instrument box he was carrying, and leaned against the wall behind the prosecutor's seat.
The young prosecutor next to her was concentrating on the progress of the case when she suddenly heard the muffled sound of something falling to the ground. She subconsciously turned her head to look at Dante's large instrument case.
Although, Guiyue Ying did not ask directly, Dante knew what this school girl wanted to say just by looking at her eyes, so he said cheerfully.
"Don't ask too many questions, little kid. This is a magical tool that will be useful next."
"…Prosecutor Dante, I am an adult now."
Gui Yueying was silent for a moment, and finally replied with one sentence, not intending to ask any more questions.
Anyway, Dante must have his reasons for doing this. It's impossible that he thought the Inquisition was too boring and added it as a decoration, right?
At this moment, Uncle Maori's eyes lit up at the defense table. Wasn't it just the right time for him, the famous detective, to take the stage?
I saw Kogoro Mouri slapping the table like he did to Genmitsu, and then pointing at Nishikiyama Akira with such a fierce momentum that Nishikiyama Akira was stunned for a moment, wondering what this guy standing in the audience was going to say.
And as expected, Kogoro Mori did not disappoint Akira Nishikiyama. As soon as he opened his mouth, Akira Nishikiyama's blood pressure soared.
"Mr. Jinshan, you said this in your testimony, right? Your Jinshan Group was the shortest-established group, and then it expanded rapidly. The constraints on the members of the Jinshan Group were insufficient, and some members did some illegal things..."
"But in fact, this is a complete lie! If a Yakuza organization wants to expand, it must have people and money, and your Jinshan Group must have a lot of economic income to be able to expand so quickly!"
“That is to say——”
Kogoro Mori, a famous detective and former criminal, loudly accused.
"————In fact, your Jinshan Group has definitely done a lot of illegal transactions. You are completely unaware of the fact that someone is selling cyanide and developing peripheral organizations. You can fool a little girl, but you can't fool me!"
"Are you, the leader of the Jinshan Group, doing charity? You don't take a share of the team member transactions? External organizations are doing things under your name, and you don't care at all? Is it possible? Impossible! Therefore, you are definitely not innocent of this matter!"
In response to this, Nishikiyama Akira's face instantly turned gloomy, and the audience seats became noisy again, making Nishikiyama Akira feel even more irritated.
In the gallery behind the defense seat, Suzuki Sonoko patted Mouri Ran's shoulder in surprise.
"Xiao Lan, I didn't expect your father to be so reliable and impressive at this time!"
Mao Lilan nodded, and was quite happy with Uncle Mao Li's performance.
"Yeah, dad is a famous detective, and he used to be a policeman, so he must be very powerful."
However, Ryosuke Arita who was standing next to him felt something strange because he felt something was not right.
Because Xiang Yuanguang didn't play his loyal BGM at this time, and there was no wind nearby. Such a court always gives people a strange feeling. Is there something wrong with what Maori Kogoro said?
At this time, Nishikawa Akira behind the testimony desk just snorted coldly and then said.
"Whether you believe it or not, the fact is that the East City Association has more than 25,000 members. As one of the direct organizations, the Jinshan Group naturally has a large number of members. I am not their parent..."
"Do you think I have to know every member of the Jinshan Group, no matter what they do or say? I'm not an ancient daimyo with a trained ninja army!"
Although this is true, the Jinshan Group was created from scratch and became one of the direct large organizations of the Dongcheng Society in ten years. Naturally, it is impossible for all of their actions to be legal. The vast majority of them are gray areas.
However, they are not closely related to this incident, so the police are too lazy to look into old accounts that have lasted for ten years, and are only investigating recent events related to the Jinshan Group.
"Well, that's true... But the members of the organization involved in the case are all dead. Since you didn't know about it, how did you know how many milligrams of cyanide were sold?"
Kogoro Mori pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and asked immediately.
However, this issue is still somewhat sharp in the special environment of the courtroom and can make people shudder.
In response, Nishikawa Akira looked towards the prosecutor's seat, and Kizuki Hotaru at the prosecutor's seat immediately pulled out a piece of case information from the stack of case information she had brought with her, then held it up and showed it to the defense.
"The prosecutor can explain this. Mr. Maori, Mr. Nishikiyama's testimony mentioned that the relatives of the organization member had been arrested by the Kamurocho police, right?"
"Yesterday afternoon, the prosecutors went directly to the university where the relative of the organization member studied to conduct an investigation. The school specially sealed off the laboratory for this purpose, giving us time and room to investigate."
"There are a total of 50 grams of cyanide stored in this university, and only 500 milligrams of cyanide was lost. In other words, even if the 500 milligrams stolen from the university laboratory were all purchased by Mrs. Tsujimura..."
"The dosage was not enough to kill the four people in the diplomatic embassy quickly. Moreover, the cyanide bottle found in Tsujimura's home contained only about 10 grams of cyanide, which is obviously inconsistent with the facts of the case."
In the young prosecutor's hand was the certificate of lost cyanide issued by the university. This was also the evidence that the prosecutor had not immediately provided before. Looking at the official seal on it, its legal effect was naturally self-evident.
The presiding judge immediately became puzzled. Since only 500 mg of cyanide was lost from the university laboratory, why was a special bottle containing 10 grams of cyanide found in Tsujimura's house?
If Tsujimura Kimie already had 10 grams of cyanide, why did she go to the Nishikiyama Group to buy an additional 350 milligrams of cyanide? This is indeed logically inconsistent with the facts of the case...
The blond judge at the main seat thought for a moment, then suddenly looked at the blue hedgehog at the defense table and threw the question over.
"Lawyer Xiang Yuan, what do you think?"
He took a sip of coffee, winked at Yuan Guang, and then said.
"Your Honor, I will stand and watch."
"...?"
The blond judge typed a question mark. When he typed a question mark, it didn't mean that he had a question, but that he thought you had a question. Was he asking whether you were watching while standing or sitting?
After coughing twice, the presiding judge asked seriously this time.
"Lawyer Xiang Yuan, do you have any other opinions on the evidence now presented by the prosecutor?"
Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin, thought for a moment, and then spoke——————
(End of this chapter)