Chapter 759: Dragon-like Reversal
Chapter 759: Dragon-like Reversal (14)
Although the chief prosecutor on the opposite side seemed to have not personally participated in the trial of the case for a long time, his ability had declined to a certain extent and he had no ability to fight back against Xiang Yuan at all.
But...something seems to be wrong now.
Nanatsuki Koshimizu's fingers tapped lightly on the outer shell of the earphones.
Her intuition as a former high school detective told her that something seemed wrong with the direction of the case... Xiang Yuan seemed to have an absolute advantage, but could this absolute advantage really last forever?
"Then the defense will move on to the questioning phase."
He snapped his fingers towards Yuan Guang and spoke in a relaxed tone.
"Mr. Utsunomiya, I want to question your first testimony [Earlier in the lounge... I did tell Attorney Xiang Yuan that I know the high-level personnel of the Jinshan Group, the direct organization of the Dongcheng Clan, which is under the Ghost Tiger Group]"
"You didn't explain these situations clearly in the lounge earlier."
"Excuse me, which high-ranking officials of the Dongcheng Society do you know? Apart from the high-ranking officials of the Jinshan Group, your direct organization... I don't think it's possible that you don't know any other high-ranking officials at all, right?"
Hearing this, Utsunomiya Naoshi breathed a sigh of relief.
If it was just this question, then it would still be within the scope of his answer.
Therefore, Utsunomiya Naoji answered without hesitation.
"I do know that the president of the Tojo Clan is Mr. Sera."
"In addition, I also know a little about Boss Nishikiyama's former mentor... the leader of the Kazama Group, Shintaro Kazama. I know who the top leaders of the Kazama Group are."
The presiding judge suddenly interrupted and said with some surprise.
"In other words, if the person who gave Mr. Utsunomiya the weapon was indeed a high-ranking member of the Tojo Clan, then it could only be someone other than Boss Nishikiyama of the Nishiki Clan and Kazama Shintaro, the leader of the Kazama Clan, right?"
(…No, why are you calling me Boss Jinshan? So Boss can be used as a name?)
When Xiang Yuanguang heard this, he couldn't help but break out in a sweat.
Although the presiding judge is often the type of person who is vague about small matters but never makes mistakes in making decisions on big issues, isn't it a bit too much for him to lack common sense to this extent?
"Just a little correction."
Yuya Kazami shook his head.
"The real name of the leader of the Jinshan Group is Jinshan Zhang, not Jinshan Boss. Your Excellency the Judge, please don't call him the wrong name."
The blond judge in the main seat blinked.
Then, in order to cover up the embarrassment, he coughed twice and changed the subject.
"In short, if a high-ranking official committed the crime, then it could only be another high-ranking official like him, right?"
Iwai Sayoko nodded slightly at the prosecutor's table.
"As the presiding judge has said, this is indeed the case."
"Since Mr. Utsunomiya believes that he was instructed by the top leaders of the Tojo Clan, but he also said that it was not the top leaders of the Nishikiyama Clan or the Kazama Clan, then it could only be that the instructions were given by other top leaders."
In response, Xiang Yuanguang simply picked up the coffee and took a sip.
Then he smiled and said quite seriously.
"Let's put this aside for now. The defense's questioning phase has not yet ended."
"Mr. Utsunomiya, I want to question your third testimony [But I don't think this proves anything, right? After all, there are many direct organizations of the Tojo Clan, and there are many high-ranking officials. There must be some I don't know, right?]"
The hedgehog-haired lawyer put down his coffee cup and touched his chin with his hand.
he asked thoughtfully.
"Mr. Utsunomiya, there is something wrong with what you said." "Is there a problem?"
Utsunomiya Naoji widened his eyes in surprise.
He didn't realize his problem for a while.
However, Xiang Yuanguang had no intention of keeping the secret, he shook his head and spoke directly.
"Mr. Utsunomiya, the premise of your statement is flawed. Admittedly, as a basic member of the Ghost Tiger Group, one of the peripheral subordinate organizations of the Tojo Clan, it is natural and understandable that you don't know all the top leaders of the Tojo Clan."
"But it's strange that you directly identified the unknown person who gave you the weapon as a high-ranking member of the East City Society without knowing all the high-ranking members. Could it be that the high-ranking members of the East City Society would have their identities written on their faces?"
The hedgehog-headed lawyer shook his head and spoke directly.
"Mr. Utsunomiya, I want to know why you preconceived that the person who gave you the weapon and asked you to deal with Mr. Kusakabe was a high-ranking member of the Tojo Clan, and this high-ranking member was not a high-ranking member of the Nishikiyama Clan?"
Faced with the question from Genmiko Utsunomiya, Naoshi Utsunomiya was stunned for a moment.
He was just thinking about how to answer Xiang Yuanguang when Iwai Sayoko at the prosecutor's seat spoke.
"Don't the witness's fourth and fifth sentences indicate why he thinks so?"
"Because Kusakabe caused huge losses to the Tojo Clan, the Tojo Clan would retaliate against Kusakabe, so Mr. Utsunomiya, who got help, would naturally think that he was a high-ranking official of the Tojo Clan, right?"
"————No, I want to ask, Mr. Utsunomiya, you said that the peripheral forces will be disbanded because of this, right?"
Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin and asked thoughtfully.
"Mr. Utsunomiya, can I ask when the peripheral forces of the Nishikiyama Group were disbanded?"
Utsunomiya Naoji was silent for a moment.
For a moment, I didn't know why Xiang Yuanguang asked such an irrelevant question.
But since this issue does not involve the secret he wants to hide, it doesn't matter if he tells Xiang Yuanguang directly.
"Not long after I was released from prison, the peripheral forces began to be disbanded one after another. It was after that that we lost contact with Boss Jinshan..."
Mr. Utsunomiya hasn't finished yet.
His words were interrupted directly, and Xiang Yuanguang spoke calmly.
"You were released from prison recently, right? I heard you mention it. Can I ask exactly when?"
The specific time...
Naoshi Utsunomiya didn't understand why he asked Minamoto no Mitsuki this, and even Sayoko Iwai didn't understand.
However, the presiding judge who was in charge of the defense of the public security case of Reversal Mask and Yuya Kazami who was involved in the on-site investigation of the diplomat murder case vaguely guessed the purpose of asking Yuan Guang this question.
Xiang Yuanguang took a sip of coffee and then spoke.
"If it's within two weeks."
"It's obvious that the person who caused the Tojo Clan's Kinzan Group to disband its peripheral forces was not Prosecutor Kusakabe..."
Utsunomiya Naoji was stunned.
He didn't know who else could make the Nishikiyama Group disband its peripheral forces in Beika Town.
Then, Xiang Yuanguang gave the answer.
"Is it possible that it was because I defeated all the peripheral forces of the Nishikiyama Group in Beika Town, so Nishikiyama Akira had to disband the peripheral forces in Beika Town?"
(End of this chapter)