Chapter 577: Witnesses from Switzerland

However, this is not necessarily true.

Naruhodō Ryunosuke tried hard to deal with this unfavorable situation. He vaguely felt that the entire Tribunal seemed to be his enemy, and the only neutral person who was on his side also began to lean towards his enemy.

Prosecutor Hao, Police Chief Yan Tu, and lawyer Ya Liuwuren, their attitudes are not right.

They seemed to have known each other for a long time, and they might even be partners, or even have a special connection with Professor Moriarty. Could it be that three of Professor Moriarty's four possible partners were here?

So, where is the last of the four partners who has not appeared until now?
Is the fourth person in hiding carrying out some unknown actions to conceal the evidence? Is he preparing a bigger conspiracy and trap to completely defeat him in the court?
I don't know, Naruhodō Ryunosuke knew nothing about this.

"...Uncle Naruhodō, you look very tired."

Ayumi, who was closest to Naruhodō Ryunosuke, asked worriedly. She stepped on the bench and looked at Yan Tu Haici.

When facing the little girl, the smile of the new Scotland Yard police chief became much more sincere.

After all, these children would not pose any threat to him, and he had no reason to target them.

"It's okay, I'm fine... Director Yan Tu, are you sure that the witness only saw the scene before the crime? The witness didn't see any of the crime and came to you and called the police directly?"

Naruhodō confirmed it one last time.

In response, Yan Tu Haici smiled and nodded, looking calm and without any sense of crisis.

"Of course, Naruhodō-kun, at least that's what he said at the police station."

"It seems that you intend to summon this witness to testify in court. Then, please apply to the presiding judge. I will leave first and leave the stage for you young people to perform well."

The police chief said this and actually started to collect the materials on the desk.

However, just as he was about to turn around, he heard Naruhodō speak.

"Director Yan Tu, as you said, I do intend to call the eyewitness you mentioned to testify in court."

"However, letting that eyewitness testify in court does not mean that Director Yan Tu will withdraw from the court. On the contrary, I want the eyewitness Director Yan Tu mentioned to testify together with Director Yan Tu."

"This will make it easier for the defense to conduct questioning. Your Honor, do you agree?"

...What? Two witnesses testifying at the same time in the defense? Is this legal?
Director Yan Tu turned around suddenly, and a look of calmness finally appeared in his eyes.

It was an accident, the first time something happened that was beyond his expectations.

As an old-school police officer who dealt with the Tribunal, he knew that Japan's judicial system was completely derived from Britain's judicial system, and therefore the judicial systems on both sides were almost identical.

Therefore, when he came to old London, he did not try to understand the British judicial system at all. Therefore, at this moment, he realized that although the judicial systems on both sides were almost the same, they were not really completely the same.

For example, just like the jury system and the current witness stand...

"...I should have expected this after I saw the extended testimony stand."

Yan Tu Haici whispered to himself and shook his head.

"It seems that after such a long time, my sense of crisis has gradually become dull."

Without paying attention to what Yan Tu Haici was muttering to himself, Naruhodō Ryunosuke turned to look at the presiding judge in the main seat.

This request was completely reasonable in the current court. He was not worried that the presiding judge would reject this request. As long as he could get the eyewitness to appear in court...

He was confident that he could catch the flaws of Yan Tu Haici or the eyewitnesses through the dialogue. Naruhodo was quite experienced in this regard, because he knew that when two people knew different things, the other person would often show some special and short-lived behavior, thus exposing the truth behind it.

Since Yan Tu Hai Ci cannot be used as a breakthrough point to open up ideas, then we should launch an offensive against another person.

"Hmm... what Lawyer Naruhodō said makes sense. After all, we probably won't be able to get the specific details just by listening to what Director Yan said. We still need to let the parties involved tell the story."

The old man wearing a silver wig nodded thoughtfully, and then he spoke seriously.

"Okay, the court agrees to the defense's request. Please ask the bailiff to bring the witness who is waiting in the lounge to the court to testify. However, if no new information is obtained from the interrogation this time..."

"This court believes that there is no need to continue this trial. I hope Phoenix's assistant lawyer can understand this."

...In other words, is it possible that this is the last witness to testify in court?

Naruhodō Ryunosuke had already expected this, and he nodded.

However, Prosecutor Hao, who had been so aggressive just now, said nothing about it.

This situation was exactly the same as Yan Tuhaici's reaction when he asked about the gypsy murder case at the beginning, which made Naruhodō feel depressed.

Could it be that even this scene was expected by Prosecutor Hao?
Crunch——————

The door of the courtroom was pushed open by the bailiff.

Two bailiffs walked out of the courtroom and headed towards a nearby lounge, ready to find the witness.

However, to their surprise, there seemed to be another person in the lounge.

"…It seems like it's about time."

The other man looked up and glanced at the approaching bailiff, then spoke calmly.

The witness then stood up and walked towards two bailiffs, preparing to enter the courtroom to give his testimony.

However, the bailiff next to him looked at the extra person inside with some confusion.

"Mr. Mueller, who is that person inside?"

The witness was stunned. He turned to look at the man inside with some confusion, and then said in surprise.

"He said he was one of the staff members of the Tribunal and came to me to confirm the details."

"Why, don't you know him?"

The witness's accent was somewhat inconsistent with the bailiff's British accent, as if he was from another place.

If Sherlock Holmes were here, he would probably be able to tell by now that this guy seems to be from Switzerland. He is a kid from Switzerland...

"Isn't there one person missing from the jury in the trial? That person is me."

Naruhodō Ryuichi raised his head and added.

"Hurry up, the judge is waiting for you."

(End of this chapter)

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