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Chapter 940 The Reversal of the Silk Thread (4)

—Was there anyone else at the crime scene who used silkworm silk?

Ghost Moon Firefly was stunned.

She didn't know how Ritsuko Usui had arrived at this conclusion, but since she had spoken openly in court, Ritsuko Usui probably had evidence to prove it...

But what exactly is this piece of evidence?

Not only was Onizuki Hotaru surprised, but even the chief judge in the main seat was equally astonished.

The audience was buzzing with discussion, but Prosecutor Gold, standing behind the prosecutor's table with an expression that was impossible to discern, maintained his composure and even took another sip of his unfinished coffee.

"Since the defense attorney says there is evidence from other people who could prove that silkworm silk was used at the scene..."

"Then, please have the defense attorney produce this piece of evidence!"

The bald old man said seriously.

He turned to look at Ritsuko Usui, intending to see what kind of evidence this unconventional female lawyer would produce, but instead saw her take out a stack of photos from her bag.

Although it's far away, some things are hard to see clearly.

However, he could still recognize from the blurry content of the photo that it was the harassing photo that Kanami Saki was referring to, taken by the harasser.

Why can these photos prove that a second person was using silkworm silk at the scene?

A hint of doubt appeared in the judge's eyes.

At that moment, Ritsuko Usui placed the photograph she was holding on the defense table, and then spoke quite seriously, her tone very confident.

"Just by looking at the contents of the photos that the defendant claimed Gerald Pegasus secretly took, we can find out."

Can we tell just by looking at the content of these photos?

The presiding judge was somewhat puzzled.

Meanwhile, Ritsuko Usui picked up the photos she had just placed on the table, selected the ones she needed, and went to the evidence table. She skillfully used the projector on the evidence table to project the photos onto the wall.

These photos are indeed photos of Kanami Saki taken without her consent.

Kanami Saki in the photo seems completely unaware of the paparazzi's presence, continuing with her previous activities, such as drinking tea, playing the piano, or reading.

Upon seeing this, the judge narrowed his eyes slightly.

After a while, he suddenly realized and said,

"Ah, some of these photos were taken inside the Kana family's villa! Doesn't that mean the person who took the photos also sneaked into the Kana family's villa? No wonder Attorney Usui said there was a second person at the scene who could use the Heavenly Silkworm Silk!"

After the presiding judge pointed this out, many members of the audience in the gallery suddenly realized what was going on.

That's right, if you look at it that way, there was indeed a second person on site who could use piano strings.

The voyeur who had been spying on Kanami Saki had broken into her room more than once. If he took Kanami Saki's silkworm thread to set a murder trap, that would be understandable.

"What nonsense!"

The coffee cup slammed onto the prosecutor's desk.

The commotion instantly silenced the noise that had just filled the courtroom, and everyone's attention returned to Xiang Yuanguang's figure next to the prosecutor's bench.

Disguised as Prosecutor Gold, he picked up his coffee cup again and said coldly,
"Attorney Usui, if you had used your rusty brain even a little, you wouldn't have said such a thing!"

Ritsuko Usui's expression turned somewhat unpleasant. This was almost a direct insult; in all her years as a lawyer, no male prosecutor had ever spoken to her like that in court, which ignited a surge of anger within her.

Afterwards, while Xiang Yuanguang was intimidating everyone in the courtroom, Guiyue Ying launched an attack!

The young prosecutor said earnestly.
“That’s right, just as Prosecutor Gold said, such reasoning is utter nonsense.”

"Admittedly, if the person who took the photos was indeed Gerald Tenma, then according to what Kanami Saki mentioned, Gerald Tenma attacked her at the scene and then jumped out of the window to leave. There is indeed a possibility that Gerald Tenma stole the Heavenly Silk."

"But! The deceased in this case is Gerald Pegasus!"

Gui Yueying reprimanded sternly.
"Is the defense going to propose the hypothesis that the deceased stole silkworm silk from the defendant's room, then used the silkworm silk to set up a murder trap in the piano room, and then used this murder trap to kill himself?"

"If all of this was indeed done by the deceased Gerald Pegasus, then what was his purpose?"

Upon hearing this, the entire audience erupted in uproar.

The audience had been led astray by Ritsuko Usui, but now that Hotaru Kizuki had pointed it out, they realized something was wrong.

That's right. If the person who set up the trap was Geralt Pegasus, then the deceased couldn't possibly be Geralt Pegasus.

What reason would he have to set a trap to kill himself? Was he doing some kind of performance art? It doesn't make much sense no matter how you look at it. Why did he have to commit suicide in that villa?

However, to Hotaru Onizuki's surprise, Ritsuko Usui laughed instead.

The female lawyer, who had Eri Kisaki as her target, said without any politeness,

"Of course, why couldn't it be that the deceased Gerald Pegasus designed a mechanism that killed himself?"

----What?
Ghost Moon Firefly was stunned.

Such shocking words left even the many listeners in the courtroom completely stunned.

What do you mean by "I set a trap to kill myself"?

The presiding judge's expression immediately turned grim.

This is utter nonsense!

He immediately lowered the gavel, and after a dull thud, loudly questioned,

"Attorney Usui, the courtroom is a place where evidence is paramount, not empty words!"

"You say that the deceased, Gerald Tenma, set up a trap to kill himself, and that the murderer in this case is Gerald Tenma himself. Then, where is your evidence? Why can you make such an assumption?"

"...Of course it's because love turned to hate."

Ritsuko Usui said with a smile.

The expression that had been off-putting to Xiang Yuanguang earlier improved considerably once the court proceedings entered her area of ​​expertise.

She said softly.
"Just like what Prosecutor Ghost Moon mentioned earlier."

"She said that ten years ago, the deceased Gerald Tenma and the defendant Kanami Saki were in a relationship. Ten years later, Kanami Saki has been harassed by declarations of love. The person who did all that may be Gerald Tenma."

"Then why can't it be that Gerald Pegasus realizes that he can't win her heart back no matter what?"

"So he orchestrated a murder, intending to take Kanami Saki's husband, the man initially suspected by the police as a murderer, down with him?"

"Can't this be a possibility?"

(End of this chapter)