Chapter 503 Scenario Assumptions
Chapter 503 Scenario Assumptions
“Oh, oh, oh… Then, please let Yazaki-san give his testimony…”
The presiding judge, the class teacher Sumiko Kobayashi, blinked her eyes. She was a little surprised by Conan's performance. The performance of the Junior Detective Team was also beyond her expectations. Therefore, she was a little shocked at this time and couldn't come back to her senses.
I have to say, when both parties were fully into the game, this classroom for the class trial really felt like a court in Tokyo. The atmosphere became a little serious, and even she seemed a bit like the real presiding judge.
(If you knew what a real judge is like, you wouldn't think so.)
Xiang Yuanguang secretly complained in his heart. Although he didn't know what Kobayashi Sumiko was thinking, as a reversal protagonist whose mind was often read, he had some experience in this aspect after being read so many times, and could guess a thing or two.
Yazaki Yasushi in the plaintiff's seat raised his head in confusion and looked around. For some reason, Haibara Ai, who seemed to be indifferent, now became serious and confronted Conan in the prosecutor's seat.
Even the Young Detectives, who originally looked as confused as he was, seemed to be getting into the mood, but he was still a little puzzled. What was going on with this atmosphere where only he was failing?
Shaking his head, Yazaki Yashiro tried hard to be serious and said seriously.
"I left the classroom for a short time during lunch break to go to the bathroom. When I came back, I saw Huiyuan-san walking in the classroom. Then I opened the envelope containing the living expenses and saw that there was a 1,000 yen note missing!"
"According to Conan's idea, I will now present the envelope containing the living expenses as evidence!"
Present——————the evidence [the envelope containing living expenses].
There were eight Natsume Soseki (1,000 yen portrait) notes in the envelope. Yazaki Yasushi claimed that there were a total of nine 1,000 yen notes in the envelope when he left, but now there are only eight 1,000 yen notes left.
Hearing this, Xiang Yuanguang subconsciously tapped his forehead. He felt that something was wrong with this piece of evidence. There shouldn't have been nine thousand yen bills in the envelope...
(Hmm, did Conan ask him to change his story? What was his purpose? To present all the evidence collected by the students as evidence, to make this incident more like the rehearsal of the class referee mentioned by Mr. Kobayashi?)
"Well then, let's accept the evidence presented by Yazaki-san."
Teacher Kobayashi clapped her hands to show that she acknowledged the existence of this evidence.
The members of the Junior Detective League looked at each other in bewilderment. They were unsure how to refute the new evidence presented by Yazaki Yasuji, who claimed that the 1,000 yen was lost when he left the classroom to go to the toilet.
It seemed that Haibara Ai was the only one in the classroom at that time, which means that there was no human testimony or other evidence to refute Yazaki Yasushi's words, and there was no way to prove that Haibara Ai did not take the 1,000 yen.
Seeing this scene, Haibara Ai in the dock placed her hand on her schoolbag without hesitation, then dropped it on the table in the dock and spoke calmly.
"If the plaintiff wants to say that I took the 1,000 yen, then he must produce evidence that the 1,000 yen was on me or in my school bag. Now, I will submit my school bag as evidence."
"If there is no 1,000 yen in my schoolbag, nor in my drawer, nor in my pockets, then it means that I do not have 1,000 yen on me, and therefore the plaintiff's assumption is invalid."
"Teacher Kobayashi, please come and check if I have 1,000 yen on me, and show the backpack to everyone to completely refute the plaintiff's statement." Show the evidence [Haibara Ai's backpack].
Because it was a parent-teacher meeting, there were no books in the schoolbag. Instead, there were two empty lunch boxes with no banknotes of any denomination inside.
The young detective team at the defense table cheered, thinking that they could reverse the situation again, thus making it possible that Haibara Ai did not steal the 1,000 yen.
However, after Mr. Kobayashi accepted the evidence, Conan, who was standing in the prosecutor's seat, pushed his glasses again, a white light flashed, and he turned and spoke.
"Sometimes theft is not for money, but for mischief. Therefore, the fact that Huibara-san didn't bring 1,000 yen with him doesn't prove that she didn't take Yazaki-san's 1,000 yen."
"Because according to Yazaki's testimony, from the time he arrived at school, to the time he briefly left the classroom at noon, to the time he returned to the classroom and found that one thousand yen was missing from his living expenses, only Huihara could have committed the crime."
"Therefore, if the defense really did not commit theft, please produce evidence that can completely rule out this possibility now—"
Conan's eyes fell on the evidence submitted by Haibara Ai - the schoolbag. He paused, feeling that the Junior Detective League should notice this detail, and then continued.
"Otherwise, you can only prove that it is impossible for Haibara-san to keep the stolen 1,000 yen on her, but you cannot prove that it is impossible for Haibara-san to steal the 1,000 yen from Yazaki-san."
In a normal trial court, this kind of rhetoric is obviously untenable. If the prosecutor dares to say such mourning words in front of Xiang Yuanguang, then an eight-force gale will turn the prosecutor's hairstyle into a mess.
However, if put in the special group of elementary school students, Xiang Yuanguang would not think that what Conan said was nonsense, because there really are such idle elementary school students in the world, and he even encountered them when he was a child.
For example, there is that stupid student who has nothing to do and secretly takes the textbooks that other students need to use during their lunch break and puts them under the podium or behind the blackboard, waiting until other students are in a hurry before taking them out.
(Also, this is a kind of guidance. The Junior Detective Team should come up with some of their own ideas at this time and produce evidence to prove that the scenario assumed by the prosecutor is completely untrue.)
Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin and looked at the somewhat panicked members of the Junior Detective League and couldn't help but sigh. However, even if Conan hinted to the members of the Junior Detective League openly or secretly, it would be difficult for them to react immediately.
And at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded, like the savior of the Young Detective Team.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait. If we follow your assumptions, then it is indeed the case. But if we follow the actual situation, then it is not the case at all!"
Uncle Maori couldn't help it. He quickly came to the witness stand and spoke loudly.
"Because after Yazaki Seiji came to school, he wasn't away for such a short period of time!"
(End of this chapter)