People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 1004 Reversal, and then another reversal (4)

"This... well, the police really didn't find any of Hisaka Yuichi's luggage."

"Perhaps Yuichi Hisaka has other plans this time, so he's going into battle unprepared?"

Officer Chiba stammered.

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yuanguang shook his head slightly, and then slapped his hands on the table.

The sound immediately made Officer Chiba stand at attention.

He looked up at the defense table, wondering what Xiang Yuanguang was going to say next, but then he heard Xiang Yuanguang say...

"That idea is actually invalid, Officer Chiba."

Xiang Yuanguang sighed.

"Before coming to the courtroom, I went to Mihana Station to ask someone to help me retrieve the surveillance footage from 8 to 9 pm last night. I can tell you that very clearly."

"Yuichi Hisaka came to Tokyo with luggage."

Upon hearing this, Officer Chiba was immediately taken aback.

He did not check the station's surveillance footage.

Because, under normal circumstances, the staff at the station with their terrible service attitude would never show the surveillance footage to outsiders. Even if Officer Chiba came to investigate a case, those eccentric people would simply ignore him.

Upon hearing this, even Prosecutor Sugiura couldn't hold back anymore.

The trainee prosecutor from the Honikedai region exclaimed in shock.
"What did you say? There are surveillance cameras at the high-speed train station?"

—No, why isn't there a station on the Honikedai side?

Are they installing surveillance cameras at train stations in Tokyo? Isn't that a bit too discriminatory?

Japan is a major country that values ​​the privacy of its citizens.

The main problem is that the monitoring device is either not installed or is installed haphazardly.

The vast majority of train stations are not equipped with surveillance cameras.

Subway stations, let alone surveillance cameras, don't even have security gates or security personnel. They operate on a zero-security basis, relying entirely on passengers' self-discipline for safety.

Therefore, Prosecutor Sugiura, who came from a peripheral area of ​​Tokyo like Honikedai, never imagined that there would be surveillance footage at the station.

Indeed, their reasoning ability was limited by their own limited perspective.

The presiding judge said with some surprise,
"In that case, please have Attorney Xiang Yuan submit this piece of evidence."

"This court will include it as evidence in the court record."

Hearing this, Xiang Yuanguang smiled.

Then he said,
"Your Honor, I would like to have the surveillance footage I copied played in court."

"I wonder if I can show the contents of this surveillance footage to the public?"

This request was one that the presiding judge could not refuse.

The defense must present evidence.

This is a good thing, because the defense feels that their evidence is genuine and can withstand repeated scrutiny.

Of course, Xiang Yuanguang can skip this step.

Regardless of whether his evidence is real or fake, or whether he shows it to the public or not, people generally believe that the evidence Xiang Yuanguang presents must be real.

This is where the authority lies in the courtroom.

You could also call it blind trust.

"It feels like if things continue like this, you'll be forced to step down the moment you're exposed for using false evidence."

"Then the entire Tokyo legal community will enter an unprecedented dark age."

Conan, hiding under the table, muttered to himself.

This kind of blind trust.

As early as the Honikedai area, the idea of ​​Mukamoto gaining direct access to a crime scene under police control using only his business card was already taking shape, and now it has become fully realized. To use an inappropriate example...

Back then, Tokitsu Junya was a famous detective who traveled to the Shikoku region. He handled many cases there and accumulated enough authority that he had the ability to convict others directly through words.

Kana Mizuguchi is one of the victims of Tokitsu Junya's authority.

Of course, Xiang Yuanguang would not do something like that, but his authority in Tokyo is no less than that of Tokitsu Junya in the Shikoku region, and may even be more than that.

Tokizu Junya influenced the police in arresting and convicting criminal suspects.

Xiang Yuanguang can provide targets with a one-stop service from arrest and conviction to sentencing and trial, as long as there is no other decisive evidence to overturn the verdict.

He nailed it in; no one can get it out.

— Xiang Yuanguang himself was well aware of this.

Phoenix Wright reached the peak of his legal career after the end of Ace Attorney III, but in terms of influence, he was still much lower than Hikaru Mugen is now.

Even though the lawyer is not as crucial to the Conan worldview as the Reverse Worldview.

If he were exposed for using deception or making false inferences, the consequences would be no better than those of Phoenix Wright and Jin Yugami being tricked.

However, lessons from those who came before should serve as guidance for those who follow.

Xiang Yuanguang will not repeat the same mistake.

He snapped his fingers and said casually,
“Prosecutor Sugiura, Officer Chiba.”

“Once you see the surveillance footage I brought, you will know where the loopholes in your testimony lie.”

Upon hearing this, Chiba Kazunobu and Prosecutor Sugiura exchanged a glance.

I couldn't help but feel confused.

What does it mean?
The surveillance footage at most proves that Yuichi Hisaka did indeed bring luggage to Tokyo.

At most, they might criticize the police for not investigating enough and failing to find the whereabouts of Yuichi Hisaka's luggage, but that's not enough to justify a loophole in the presumption of guilt that the prosecution would accept.

Xiang Yuanguang arrived at the evidence table.

He quickly used the projector on the evidence stand to project the surveillance footage he had recorded from the train station onto the screen in the courtroom.

This ensures that everyone can see the image on the screen clearly.

The surveillance footage clearly shows Yuichi Hisaka carrying a suitcase on the train platform, meaning that Yuichi Hisaka did indeed bring a suitcase to Tokyo.

However, Yuichi Hisaka only stayed there briefly before leaving.

The surveillance recording ends here.

This left Prosecutor Sugiura and Detective Chiba bewildered.

What's the point of this?

Doesn't this still prove that Yuichi Hisaka had luggage, and that there was a possibility that Yuichi Hisaka was robbed and murdered? However, the fact that there were no signs of his wallet being touched is enough to prove that it wasn't a robbery and murder.

Prosecutor Sugiura was confused.

He reached up and brushed his wig aside, then asked directly,
"Attorney Xiang Yuan, you said that seeing this surveillance footage would make me realize the flaws in my reasoning, but I haven't seen any flaws at all!"

"Are you suggesting that the deceased, Yuichi Hisaka, actually died from robbery and murder?"

"But there were no signs that his wallet and clothes had been touched by anyone else. It couldn't have been a robbery and murder, could it? So, where exactly is the loophole you're pointing out?"

Hearing Prosecutor Sugiura's question.

Xiang Yuanguang sighed.

He snapped his fingers.

Then, with a flick of his wrist, he pointed to the top left corner of the surveillance footage, where the playback had ended and was paused on the last scene.

The presiding judge's eyes widened immediately.
"This, this is...!"

(End of this chapter)