People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 1009 Reversal, and then another reversal (9)

—Of course not.

If we switch the situations of Tsukigata Ryutaro and Saruhashi Masaru, then the prosecutor's hypothesis of "ninja art: creating an alibi" would not hold true.

However, the reversal proposed by Xiang Yuanguang is not just about simply reversing the two people's situation.

Xiang Yuanguang sighed.

He shook his head, lightly touching his forehead with his finger, then spread his hands, shrugged, and said,
"No, it's not a reversal of the situation between Tsukigata Ryutaro and Saruhashi Masaru."

"Instead, it reverses the situation between Yuichi Hisaka and Masaru Saruhashi!"

What? A reversal of the situation between Yuichi Hisaka and Masaru Saruhashi?
Such a hypothesis is truly astonishing.

Even the presiding judge, who hadn't quite understood what was going on, was greatly shocked.

Yuichi Kusaka is the deceased.

Saruhashi Katsumi is a criminal suspect.

How can we reverse the situation between Yuichi Hisaka and Masaru Saruhashi? If we reverse their situation, will the Ninja Art: Creating an Alibi take effect?

After this hypothesis was proposed.

The audience in the courtroom erupted in discussion, unable to comprehend why Xiang Yuanguang would propose such an outrageous hypothesis.

Kazunobu Chiba could not continue after only having a brief idea.

Meanwhile, Prosecutor Sugiura worked hard to think about how to reverse the situation, and then quickly considered the evidence he had found.

But I still had no clue what to do.

Seeing that everyone looked like this, Xiang Yuanguang sighed again.

This situation is a simple case of a "fish pond" scenario (where the opponent is easily defeated).

Because his opponents simply couldn't keep up with his thinking, it was less a normal courtroom debate and more a case of him reasoning on his own than a debate that allowed the truth to gradually emerge.

In this situation, it would be better to skip the courtroom and just have a detective handle it.

Industry specializing in surgery.

If it weren't for the fact that pulling Conan out from under the table to defend Tsukigata Ryutaro might have negative consequences for all parties, Hikaru Mukamoto would have considered whether or not to bring Conan out.

He briefly organized his thoughts before speaking.

"It's very simple."

"The defense had previously assumed that Yuichi Hisaka fabricated his alibi in order to kill Katsumi Saruhashi, but in the end, Yuichi Hisaka not only failed to kill Katsumi Saruhashi, but was instead killed by Katsumi Saruhashi."

"After killing the victim in self-defense, they took the body to Mika North Park and disposed of it."

Xiang Yuanguang paused briefly at this point, then continued,
"We only need to see how this prophecy is reversed to know."

"Suppose that Yuichi Hisaka killed Masaru Saruhashi, and then the police found the body in Beika Kita Park, what would the police do? They would definitely assume that Yuichi Hisaka killed Masaru Saruhashi."

"The reason is simply that Yuichi Hisaka arrived in Tokyo at the most coincidental time."

"Yuichi Hisaka came on that day, and Katsumi Saruhashi died on that day."

Everyone listened to Xiang Yuanguang's hypothetical scenario.

By using Xiang Yuanguang's imagination, we can deduce what Xiang Yuanguang meant by reversing the two sides of the ninja formula.

"The police who notice this will conduct a targeted investigation."

"Then, Yuichi Hisaka would claim that he arrived in Tokyo at 8:40, that he was still at Teito Station at 8:05, and that Masaru Saruhashi was killed at 8:10."

"Therefore, Yuichi Hisaka could not be the murderer."

"The police will then conclude the case as an unnatural death, or they will go on to investigate the person most closely related to Saruhashi Masaru, namely Saruhashi Masaru's teacher, Tsukigata Ryutaro."

"And Tsukigata Ryutaro will obviously have no alibi as he does now." "However, Hisaka Yuichi will jump out at this time and say that when he arrived in Tokyo, Tsukigata Ryutaro was already at home, so he can become Tsukigata Ryutaro's alibi."

"Because the reason why Yuichi Hisaka killed Masaru Saruhashi was actually to learn better from Ryutaro Tsukigata."

“If Tsukigata Ryutaro is killed or captured, then Kusaka Yuichi will not gain anything from killing Saruhashi Masaru. Therefore, he will definitely not stand idly by, but will help him.”

"So the situation is quite obvious at this point."

Xiang Yuanguang stopped to describe.

However, everyone already knew what Xiang Yuanguang meant.

Clearly, according to the inference model given by Xiang Yuanguang, if it was Hisaka Yuichi who killed Saruhashi Masaru, then the Ninja Art: Creating an Alibi would also be valid.

Moreover, it's not just alibis that are valid.

Even previously contradictory or controversial evidence will be decontroversial.

"……is that so?"

Prosecutor Sugiura frowned.

he said,
"You mean, Yuichi Hisaka planned to use his teacher Ryutaro Tsukigata's phone messages to prove his alibi after committing the murder, and then use his alibi to prove that Ryutaro Tsukigata also had an alibi?"

"It does indeed fit the ninja model in this case."

"If it were Yuichi Hisaka who was learning from Ryutaro Tsukigata, he would know the contents of this ninjutsu and it would be normal for him to try to use this ninjutsu to improve his murder plan."

"However, this alone is not enough to determine the positions of the deceased and the perpetrator!"

Hearing what Prosecutor Sugiura said.

The presiding judge nodded in agreement.

Yes, that's exactly the case.

This alone cannot prove that the deceased, Yuichi Hisaka, was the murderer and that the murderer, Katsutoshi Saruhashi, was the victim. Trying to reverse the position based on a single hypothesis is perhaps a bit too dismissive of the evidence.

The presiding judge paused for a moment, then spoke.

"In that case."

"This court feels it is time to call the last and only witness in this case, Katsumi Saruhashi, to testify."

"It's meaningless for the prosecution and defense to simply disagree on the ninja model. Whether it means that or not, we only need to ask Tsukigata Ryutaro's prized student, and we'll know."

Hearing the presiding judge's advice.

Upon hearing this, Prosecutor Sugiura hesitated only briefly before agreeing.

Officer Chiba is now clearly in a state of mental collapse and has lost the will to fight back.

He can't find any evidence to prove that Tsukigata Ryutaro is guilty.

It now appears that without introducing new testimonies and witnesses,

So, Prosecutor Sugiura knew that he was doomed to lose this time.

"The prosecution has no objection to this."

Prosecutor Sugiura quickly nodded in agreement.

Xiang Yuanguang, somewhat curious, stroked his chin and asked,
"Your Honor, isn't Kogoro Mouri also a witness in this case?"

"Why is there only Masaru Saruhashi as a witness in this case, and not Kogoro Mouri? Is there some other reason that I don't know about?"

It's really unfair not to let Kogoro Mouri appear.

(End of this chapter)