People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 1027 Good News and Bad News

—————June 21st, 7:57 AM—————

—————Third Trial Chamber, Lounge——————

Ito Tamanosuke had already arrived at the lounge to wait.

He felt a little anxious about this.

Although he knew that Xiang Yuanguang would definitely come to defend him after accepting the commission, he still couldn't help but start to have wild thoughts because he hadn't seen Xiang Yuanguang yet.

After all, if he is found guilty this time...

Even if he is a minor, if he is charged with two counts of intentional homicide, he will be sentenced to a very long term. What happens to him is not important.

But Xiao Hui had no one to take care of her.

Moreover, the traveling theater troupe his father entrusted to him would completely fall apart because of his imprisonment, something Ito Tamanosuke could not accept.

Tick, tick, tick.

Footsteps echoed in the hallway outside the lounge.

Ito Tamanosuke instinctively reached for the door to look outside, but then remembered that the bailiffs were waiting outside, so he stopped his outstretched hand in mid-air and sat back down in his previous position.

Waiting for Xiang Yuanguang to push the door open and enter.

However, to Ito Tamanosuke's surprise, the person who pushed open the door was not Mugen Hikaru.

It was Ito Megumi.

The little girl jumped up and hugged her brother. Ito Tamanosuke subconsciously comforted Ito Megumi, and felt his mood improve considerably.

Then, Xiang Yuanguang arrived late with Conan.

He was holding a file folder, which naturally contained the autopsy reports of the two victims in the case, as well as the examination report of the murder weapon.

Although this was not an appraisal task that Asai Shigemi was in charge of.

However, Asai Narumi had a good relationship with the people in the forensic department, so the officers in the forensic department were willing to share their information with this very good-looking forensic consultant.

And Asai Narumi then shared these materials with him.

“I have read the autopsy report, and the findings are consistent with what I learned at the scene.”

"This is a bit tricky, because the deceased was indeed struck on the head with a blunt object and died from a fall from a height. There are no other strange or unusual causes of death."

"In other words, the only murder weapon that can be investigated is that vase."

Xiang Yuanguang frowned slightly, his voice calm.

"There is only the victim's blood on the vase, no fingerprints. This means that the murderer used gloves, or that the murderer wiped off the fingerprints. Either way, it is very bad for us."

"There's no way to prove you're not the murderer based on the murder weapon."

If it were said that Ito Tamanosuke was born sickly, that would be understandable.

However, Ito Tamanosuke is a trained fighter. Even though he is underage and a little thin, he could still easily kill someone by hitting them with a vase.

Upon hearing this, Ito Tamanosuke's expression also turned serious.

However, Conan spoke up at this moment, saying with a grin,

"But we have good news!"

“We found a second person’s fingerprints on the keyboard at the scene, which means we can at least prove that a third person, besides you, Ito, and the deceased, Chikaishi Tetsuo, entered the script room at the crime scene.”

"This gives us the opportunity to prove the possibility of a third party, that is, the murderer."

Xiang Yuanguang continued,

"However, regarding the case of the murder of Ogiwara Itoe."

"We haven't obtained any evidence to prove your innocence, not even the wooden board we found at the scene; it didn't have any other person's fingerprints on it..."

"However, precisely because of this, it is evidence that can turn the tables on you."

"This proves that a third party was present at the crime scene." Hearing this, Ito Tamanosuke was somewhat surprised.

How was this third party proven?

I noticed that Ito Tamanosuke seemed somewhat surprised.

Xiang Yuanguang explained,

“You weren’t wearing gloves when you were arrested at the crime scene.”

"At the same time, no other gloves were found near the crime scene, and the prosecution could not prove that you wore gloves on the night of the incident. However, the wooden board was hidden behind it, and there were the victim's shoe prints on it."

"This means that there was a third person at the crime scene."

"He wore gloves and hid the wooden board behind the curtain. This third party could be the murderer, but the prosecution may have evidence that could counter that."

"Therefore, we cannot have too much hope for this."

"My opponent is Reiko Kujo, the Madonna of prosecutors. Her only weakness is that she doesn't have the habit of investigating crime scenes. This is my only chance to defeat her here..."

Listening to Xiang Yuanguang talking about how amazing Kujo Reiko is.

Conan, standing nearby, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

—What a joke.

Back then, when you saw that Ryosuke Arita might be misjudged, even though your opponent was the undefeated Eri Kisaki, you didn't hesitate and charged in with me without batting an eye.

Later, in the lawsuit against Tsukikage Island, they even colluded with Kuma Sugawa to set up a trap for Reiko Kujo.

You're telling me that now that you've fully matured, you'd still lose to Reiko Kujo in a lawsuit? Would you be better off adding me now than you were when you first debuted?

"In short... it's about time."

"Finally, I have one question."

Do you think Kenzo Tajima's disability was faked or real?

Xiang Yuanguang asked one last question.

The question was asked.

This immediately caused a hint of surprise to flash in Ito Tamanosuke's eyes.

This is tantamount to telling Yuan Guangming that he suspects Tajima Kenzo is the murderer.

After a slight hesitation, Ito Tamanosuke finally spoke.
"I do not know."

"All I know is that Kenzo Tajima claimed that he had injured his back and could not continue with the difficult moves, and then I never saw him train or perform in that area again."

"However, I could only observe him from inside the theater."

“Once I leave the theater, I can no longer observe, so I don’t know whether Kenzo Tajima’s disability is a faking one or not. I still lack experience in this area.”

"But if it's about Muraki Ryuichi... he might be able to tell."

—Ryuichi Muraki

This is not good news.

Ryuichi Muraki is essentially Kenzo Tajima's apprentice. Would Ryuichi Muraki side with Tamanosuke Ito, who has only been a battalion commander for less than a year, to go against Kenzo Tajima, who has taught him for a long time?
Hard to say.

Xiang Yuanguang simply said,
"It's about time we went to the courtroom."

Upon hearing this, Ito Megumi suddenly asked in a low voice,
"Brother Xiangyuan, why didn't the lady in the red dress come last night?"

"Didn't she say she wanted to be with you?"

In response, Xiang Yuanguang simply stated,

"It's alright, she'll fly to the courtroom in a bit."

(End of this chapter)