People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 1038 The Reversal of the Period Drama (11)

Kenzo Tajima fell silent.

At this point, Reiko Kujo also tried to advocate for Kenzo Tajima.
The prosecutor then said,

"Seeing the contents of the floppy disk doesn't necessarily mean that Kenzo Tajima is the murderer, right? It only proves that Kenzo Tajima did steal Chikaishi Tetsuo's floppy disk and then used it to delete data."

"Similarly, the transfer information between Kenzo Tajima and Tetsuo Chikaishi suggests that Kenzo Tajima may indeed have some connection with Edo Yakuza, but without finding concrete evidence, it is impossible to determine that Kenzo Tajima is Edo Yakuza."

Reiko Kujo continued,

“Attorney Xiang Yuan, as you know, in the courtroom, evidence is everything.”

"If you want to say that Kenzo Tajima is the murderer of the finance manager, then you need to provide evidence of Kenzo Tajima's murder of the finance manager, his motive, and the process of his murder."

"For example, suppose Kenzo Nakatajima wore the evidence gloves he was using to move the wooden planks."

"Similarly, if you want to prove that Kenzo Tajima is the murderer of Tetsuo Chikaishi, then you should also prove that Kenzo Tajima used a vase to attack Tetsuo Chikaishi, or find evidence that Kenzo Tajima and Tetsuo Chikaishi were alone together."

"The same applies to proving that Kenzo Tajima was Edo Kid."

"Although the regular transfer records are suspicious, they could also be income from other jobs and cannot be used as direct evidence to prove that Kenzo Tajima is Edo Kid."

At this point, Reiko Kujo paused for a moment before continuing,
"In addition, if you want to prove that Kenzo Tajima had a bearer account, the best way is not to just make assumptions in court, but to find that bearer account."

What do you think?

—You're right.
However, it's not that complicated.

Xiang Yuanguang doesn't need to prove that Tajima Kenzo has these things; he only needs to let Tajima Kenzo say it himself, because now there is only one heart lock left.

He looked at Kenzo Tajima and said again.

"Mr. Tajima."

"Do you really think your crime was absolutely foolproof, and that no one saw it? Do you really think that you stole the treasure and put it up for auction without leaving any trace?"

"Your anonymous account is specifically for receiving payments, so shouldn't payments be directly deposited into your anonymous account? Therefore, we only need to reverse our thinking: multiple auction accounts are receiving payments simultaneously..."

"It's your account, right?"

Xiang Yuanguang mentioned the previous points,
Kenzo Tajima managed to maintain a calm demeanor, but his expression changed when he mentioned the last matter to Minato.

—The treasures he stole were all famous treasures.

But it is precisely because of his fame that the auction houses and black market merchants who were willing to accept his dirty deeds for sale could not withstand investigation. If the police were to trace back to those auction houses and merchants...

I'm afraid those auction houses and merchants would not hesitate to give out his account number.

"Attorney Xiang Yuan, haven't I already said that?"

"Please refrain from making leading statements in court. If you continue, I will have to ask the presiding judge to impose a punishment on you."

Reiko Kujo warned sternly.

However, the presiding judge was not particularly interested in this.

He had noticed a change in Kenzo Tajima's expression, which is usually a sign that a prisoner is about to break down and confess, or that they are about to enter the second stage of the crime.

The presiding judge therefore did not hear what Reiko Kujo was saying at all.
It wasn't until Reiko Kujo repeated herself that the judge snapped out of his daze and nodded somewhat perfunctorily.

"Ah, yes, I understand."

—While leading testimony is indeed unacceptable, this time is clearly different. Just by looking at Kenzo Tajima's expression, you can tell that he is indeed involved in the case, even if he is not the murderer, but rather a beneficiary.

Moreover, Xiang Yuanguang has never made a mistake in identifying the murderer; his success rate is 100%.

Seeing the judge's somewhat perfunctory attitude,

Reiko Kujo couldn't help but sigh.
One can only hope that the presiding judge is not so superstitious as to allow Xiang Yuanguang to repeatedly violate the rules of the courtroom, otherwise this trial will indeed be overwhelmingly disadvantageous for the prosecution.

However, at that very moment, Kenzo Tajima finally couldn't help but say,

“Attorney Xiang Yuan, I have always respected you, but whenever I try to show you a little more respect, you speak up, and that is something I cannot tolerate!”

"I'm telling you, I don't have any anonymous accounts at all!"

"The money I transferred to Chikashi Tetsuo... Who said I transferred money to Chikashi Tetsuo? Couldn't that be something he made up? In the end, it's all just your side of the story!"

Kenzo Tajima, with a serious expression, spoke loudly.

"From the very beginning, I wasn't the one who made the payment to Chikaishi Tetsuo, not me!"

"The account from which the payment was made is obviously not mine, so I never received that much money, let alone made a payment to Chikaishi Tetsuo. Therefore, your assumption is completely invalid!"

"I am innocent, not an Edo boy, and certainly not a murderer!"

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yuanguang's expression became slightly strange.

He snapped his fingers, drawing everyone's attention, then pointed at Kenzo Tajima and said,

“Prosecutor Kujo, did you hear that? I’m not leading your testimony, am I?”

Reiko Kujo remained silent.

They remained silent, as if Kenzo Tajima had said nothing at all.

—This is truly self-destructive.

Kenzo Tajima had already answered the question of why he transferred money to Tetsuo Chikaishi, stating that the reason was, "Can't I just say it's because I'm on good terms with Tetsuo Chikaishi?"

However, Kenzo Tajima now denies that he has never made any payments to Tetsuo Chikaishi.

From this perspective, Kenzo Tajima's own testimony is contradictory, which gives Hikaru Mukamoto an opportunity. He didn't say anything just now, which at least allowed him to hold out until the next day's trial.

However, now Kenzo Tajima is giving such testimony,

Let alone holding out until the next day of the trial, it's hard to say whether he can even hold out long enough for the prosecution to have a reason to bring in a third witness to testify, or even temporarily replace him!
"You just mentioned that you've never made any payments to Chikashi Tetsuo, right?"

"This contradicts your previous testimony."

Xiang Yuanguang stared at Tajima Kenzo in front of him.
The next moment, he pointed at Kenzo Tajima.
Kenzo Tajima continued to make excuses.

Said,

"So what? I said no, and that's final..."

A strong wind swept by in an instant.

The verbal bomb is launched!
"A pound of pears! There are loopholes in your testimony!"

(End of this chapter)