Chapter 707: Evidence of a Double Score
Chapter 707: Evidence of a Second Score
The new hypothesis proposed by Genkou once again exceeded the expectations of the presiding judge and Oda Yoya.
The second question he raised was [Why did Shunsuke Kitano help that person to give false testimony? What was his purpose?], although the presiding judge and Oda Akira could not come up with the answer directly, they could probably guess it.
————It’s nothing more than money transactions and abuse of power for personal gain.
However, Xiang Yuanguang gave an answer that was completely different from what they expected.
Compassion? Why is it compassion? What is the reason?
"What are you talking about? Lawyer Xiang Yuan, why do you say it's [compassion]?"
Oda Yoya frowned and slammed his hands on the table, asking directly.
After the possibility of Kitano Shunsuke fabricating false evidence emerged, the development of the case was completely out of Oda Yoya's control, and he even found it difficult to keep up with Xiang Yuanguang's logical reasoning speed.
He knew that it was likely that not only he but also everyone else on the field could not understand it.
Rather than waiting until there was a lot of discussion on the spot, and then the presiding judge banged the gavel to maintain silence and then let Xiang Yuanguang explain the situation to boost Xiang Yuanguang's morale, it would be better for him to ask directly, which would be more beneficial to the case.
"Detective Kitano is a veteran detective in Shizuoka Prefecture. He knows what to do and what not to do."
"If you say it was because of money, that Detective Kitano was blinded by the large sum of money and ultimately chose the path of fabricating false evidence, then I might believe it. But if you say it was because of sympathy, then it makes no sense."
The prosecutor of Shizuoka Prefecture asked with a frown.
"Do you think that he would sympathize with a guy who made Detective Kitano commit perjury and might even be a murderer?"
"——Why not?"
Xiang Yuanguang put one hand on his waist, his face looking very confident.
He calmly picked up the coffee cup, took another sip of coffee, and then answered affirmatively.
"To answer this question, I have to ask the third question I want to ask——Who asked Kitano Shunsuke to give false testimony? What was his motive?"
The hedgehog-haired lawyer looked at Kitano Shunsuke at the witness stand again and asked one last question.
"Detective Kitano, if you speak out now, your subsequent sentence may be reduced."
"But if you are not willing to tell me the name of the person who gave Tsuda Hideo's fingerprints to you and let you frame Tsuda Hideo, the culprit who caused the death of Komiyama Yasushi, then I will tell you the name of the person who gave Tsuda Hideo's fingerprints to you and let you frame Tsuda Hideo, the culprit who caused the death of Komiyama Yasushi.
The old detective from Shizuoka Prefecture said nothing.
But his expression was visibly not looking good. The three heart locks and three black chess pieces were all shaking at this moment, and even had several obvious cracks appearing, as if his psychological defenses could collapse at any time.
But until now, Kitano Shunsuke's psychological defenses have not collapsed.
So, Xiang Yuanguang could only take a sip of coffee and finally said.
"I believe everyone knows what kind of person Taiji Komiyama is, right? He is a very playboy."
"There are countless gossips and scandals about Komiyama Taiji. If we start from this, there is a person who is very likely to want to kill Komiyama Taiji——"
"That person is Komiyama Taiji's wife, Komiyama Tsuko."
As soon as this statement came out, the whole place was in an uproar.
Many listeners looked at each other, unable to believe what they heard.
The real murderer of Taishi Komiyama turned out to be his wife, Mitsuko Komiyama? And the reason for killing Taishi Komiyama was because of his own infidelity?
Behind the testimony platform, Kitano Shunsuke's face changed drastically. His heart lock, a black chess piece, shattered with a sound, and his emotions obviously fluctuated greatly.
However, at this moment, Oda Yoya attacked again.
The prosecutor of Shizuoka Prefecture slammed his hand on the table and asked loudly.
"That doesn't make sense! Didn't you say earlier that Taiji Komiya died of an acute heart attack? If he really died of an acute heart attack, how could it be that Tsutomu Komiya killed him?"
"Do you really think there is a Death Note in this world? One that can cause sudden death by writing a name?"
Oda Yaoya said bluntly.
"Does the defense want to overturn its own inference that Komiyama Taishi died of an acute heart attack and find a new way for Komiyama Tsutomu to kill Komiyama Taishi?"
"May I warn you in advance——"
"No one from the Shizuoka Prefecture Cultural Affairs Bureau saw the existence of Komiyama Atsuko, so it is impossible for Komiyama Atsuko to be at the crime scene that day. In other words, she cannot be the murderer of Komiyama Taiji!"
After hearing what Oda Yoya said, Xiang Yuanguang shook his head slightly, took a sip of coffee, and replied.
"Not always."
The hedgehog-headed lawyer put down his coffee cup, then picked up the evidence information of the two pieces of evidence he had presented previously.
"These two pieces of evidence can prove that the counter-argument put forward by the prosecutor is nonsense!"
Show————the evidence [photos of the crime scene]!
Show the evidence————[medicine bottle]!
When seeing the two pieces of evidence presented by Xiang Yuanguang, not only Oda Yao was stunned, but even the presiding judge was stunned.
As the presiding judge who claimed to be the most professional judge in the entire Shizuoka Prefecture, he looked at the two pieces of evidence carefully several times, but could not see any connection between what Xiang Yuanguang was saying now.
So the presiding judge coughed twice and then continued asking.
"Lawyer Xiang Yuan, I don't think these two pieces of evidence have anything to do with the inference you just made?"
"Could it be that there is some hidden information here that Supervisor Oda and I don't know about?"
The answer is no————
"The answer is in the puzzle."
Xiang Yuanguang tapped his forehead lightly with his finger and gave his answer.
"Mr. Presiding Judge, Prosecutor Oda, the defense has already mentioned that Mr. Komiyama's medicine bottle was open when he died, right? In addition, I also introduced the time of death as an acute heart attack, right?"
Oda Yoya and the presiding judge looked at each other and both nodded.
"Well, that's strange, because an acute heart attack wouldn't kill Mr. Komiyama instantly."
"If Mr. Komiya had an acute heart attack and immediately took out the medicine bottle to take the digitalis tablets in the bottle, but then found that there was no medicine in the bottle, what would he do?"
The hedgehog-haired lawyer snapped his fingers and answered his own questions.
"Of course he called for help. He had at least a few seconds to call for help, but there was no call at the scene."
"This means that these few seconds of precious time to call for help were wasted by other things that Mr. Komiyama did. So, what could have caused Mr. Komiyama to do such a thing?"
"I think the answer is simple."
(End of this chapter)