Chapter 760: Dragon-like Reversal
Chapter 760: Dragon-like Reversal (15)
"W-what did you say?"
Naoshi Utsunomiya's eyes widened, he couldn't believe what he had just said to Minamoto.
The Nishikiyama Group disbanded most of the peripheral organizations of the Tojo Group in Beika Town, not because of the continuous crackdown by Kusakabe Makoto, but because of the attack on Genko? Isn't this a bit too outrageous?
Although this guy has a bit of a weird hairstyle, he has been reported on TV.
But as to how dangerous it would be to be able to fight, Utsunomiya Naoji couldn't see it. After all, the profession of defense lawyer gives people the impression that a gentleman uses words rather than fists, and they are all good at talking, and he has never seen anyone who is good at fighting.
"No way, absolutely impossible."
Utsunomiya Naoji waved his hands, totally unconvinced.
However, when he glanced at the other people in the courtroom, his heart suddenly skipped a beat and he felt something was wrong.
Why is everyone in the courtroom silent? Where is the female prosecutor who was just arguing with Xiang Yuanguang? Why is the prosecutor also silent? Does the presiding judge also think that what Xiang Yuanguang said makes sense? What's going on?
As a remnant of the Black Tiger Group, Utsunomiya Naoji was at a loss.
In fact, when he was in prison, Xiang Yuanguang had not yet made a comeback as a lawyer, and when he was involved in the underworld, Xiang Yuanguang had already retired from the legal profession because of the incident that year.
Therefore, Utsunomiya Naoji actually had no impression of the name Minamoto no Mitsuki.
If Mitsuko Mukai had not been mentioned in the news reports about Noah's Ark and Cocoon Game, Naoshi Utsunomiya might not have recognized Mitsuko Mukai in the lounge.
"Well, from what this court can tell, that seems to be the case."
The presiding judge was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, approving Xiang Yuanguang's speech.
He thought about the circumstances surrounding the diplomat's murder and then answered.
"During the trial of the diplomat murder case, Attorney Xiang Yuan was besieged by the peripheral organization of the Tojo Clan in Beika Town. He single-handedly knocked down dozens of peripheral members."
"And in the follow-up investigation, we entered Beika Town and faced the top leaders of the Tojo Clan."
"At that time, the top leaders of the Tojo Clan encountered several targeted assassinations in Kamurocho, and finally had to completely shrink their strength. If I remember correctly, it was not only Beikacho that had its peripheral forces disbanded."
"It's just that there are so many external forces in Beika Town, so Mr. Utsunomiya has this illusion, right?"
The blond judge's words silenced Utsunomiya Naoji for a moment.
He originally thought that it was Kusakabe Makoto's continuous attacks that caused the Tojo Clan to suffer considerable losses. But it turned out that Kusakabe Makoto's continuous damage was far less than Xiang Yuanguang's accidental burst of damage?
This sounds a bit too outrageous, right? A lawyer who can deal a heavy blow to a mafia organization like the Dongcheng Clan...
"No, even if that's the case, it doesn't mean anything, right?"
Iwai Sayoko, who was sitting at the prosecutor's table, spoke again.
She shook her head slightly and retorted directly.
"Even if the outer forces of the Tojo Clan were indeed mostly disbanded due to Lawyer Xiang Yuan's actions two weeks ago, it does not mean that there was no influence of Prosecutor Kusakabe at all."
"Therefore, since I cannot retaliate against Attorney Mugen, the next best thing is to retaliate against Prosecutor Kusakabe."
"I think this is only natural. After all, it is an indisputable fact that the recent contraction of the Tojo Clan has caused turmoil in various underworld organizations. It is normal for them to use Kusakabe to establish their authority."
Although he refuted the reason given by Utsunomiya Naoji for believing that the top leaders of the Tojo Clan would take action against Kusakabe Makoto.
But as Iwai Sayoko said, although it was not true from Utsunomiya Naoji's subjective point of view, objectively speaking, there was still a possibility that the Tojo Clan's top brass would attack the Tojo Clan's top brass. However, that was not important to Xiang Yuanguang.
He snapped his fingers and then spoke quite easily.
"That doesn't mean that the Tojo Clan's top brass actually took action against Prosecutor Kusakabe."
"This is something that can be easily seen, right? The possibility that the Tojo Clan's top brass might take action does not mean that they actually did it. Even if Mr. Utsunomiya said that it was the Tojo Clan's top brass who instructed him, that is just his own opinion."
"He didn't even know the senior executive of the East City Association. He just thought that person was a senior executive of the East City Association."
"The defense believes that if it is just "I think", there is no way to determine whether the Tojo Clan's top brass really ordered the attack on Mr. Utsunomiya and Prosecutor Kusakabe, so an investigation is needed."
Hearing this, Iwai Sayoko frowned and continued.
"Do you mean that today's trial ends here and you hope to continue the trial tomorrow?"
"There is no room for the trial of a public security case to be extended to the next day. Attorney Xiang Yuan, I hope you can produce evidence that the Tojo Clan's top brass did not instruct Mr. Utsunomiya to attack Kusakabe."
"otherwise……"
"Under the circumstances where the prosecutor has not proven that the person Mr. Utsunomiya knew was indeed a high-ranking member of the Tojo Clan, the defense has no obligation to disprove a fact that is not established at all."
The hedgehog-haired lawyer picked up the coffee and took a sip.
"However, since Prosecutor Iwai insists on continuing this topic."
"Then the defense will present a piece of evidence that can prove that this matter has nothing to do with the East City Society—"
"Mr. Judge, may I ask if the case file of the special murder case that I submitted to you earlier can be considered relevant to this case and presented to Prosecutor Iwai as one of the exhibits in this case?"
The blond judge was stunned when he was suddenly mentioned.
He looked down at the document in his hand.
This case file about the special murder case that Xiang Yuanguang experienced last night was copied four times in total, one for the presiding judge, the prosecutor, the defense, and for evidence preservation.
Typically, defense attorneys will only make two copies.
Now Xiang Yuanguang appeared in the court in advance with four photocopied documents, and handed over the documents as one of the exhibits to the principal in advance, requesting that the document be included in the court record as an exhibit.
It seems that Lawyer Xiang Yuan had anticipated the current situation from the very beginning.
"...You are truly a legendary lawyer."
The blond judge nodded slightly.
He was impressed by the calmness and composure shown by Yuan Guang.
The presiding judge had no reason to refuse this reasonable request. He nodded, then asked the bailiff to take the other three documents and deliver them to the defense seat, the prosecutor's seat, and the evidence table respectively, and then said.
"This court agrees that the defense may present this evidence to Prosecutor Iwai at this time."
(End of this chapter)