People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 941 The Reversal of the Silk Thread (5)

What are you talking about?

Xiang Yuanguang's brow twitched.

He had seen lawyers spout nonsense before, but Ritsuko Usui's remarks still made him twitch his brow. He had to admit, this guy was really good at talking nonsense.

Compared to Kensuke Komikado, he has even less of a bottom line.

Just as he took a sip of coffee, preparing to continue writing, he heard Ritsuko Usui say this.
"This is not just a rumor."

"The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department received almost identical reports, didn't they?"

what?
Xiang Yuanguang coughed twice, almost choking on his own coffee.

However, he forgot about his coffee and looked up in shock at Ritsuko Usui at the defense table, unable to believe what he had just heard—

He knew Beika Town was a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery, but he couldn't believe that such a remarkable event had actually occurred there?

"……Really?"

Ai Haibara rested her chin on her hand and asked somewhat indistinctly.

Hearing this, Conan, sitting next to Ai Haibara, twitched his lips and replied,
"That's true, and it was even a case I solved..."

Among the many extraordinary people he encountered in Beika Town, the one who designed a suicide trap to send his target to prison was also a T0-level being, and he still gets a little nervous thinking about it now.

The courtroom erupted in uproar.

Many listeners questioned whether this was something Ritsuko Usui had made up.

After all, it's too absurd for the deceased to set up a trap to commit suicide so that someone they disliked would be imprisoned. They have no idea how such a bizarre assumption could even be made!

"Uh, you mean..."

Even Takagi Wataru, standing on the testimony platform, was starting to lose his composure.

After a moment of silence, he finally spoke.
"...Are you referring to that suicide case that slandered Ms. Okino Yoko?"

Because the murderer was the victim, this case was never tried in the third courtroom, and because of Yoko Okino's special status, it was not made public.

Therefore, everyone in the courtroom was completely bewildered.

Only Conan, who had been watching the courtroom live through Prosecutor Gold's instrument, remembered the specific details.

"Okay, let me explain..."

Takagi Wataru finally began to explain the details of the case that Usui Ritsuko had mentioned.

—The full name of that case should be "The Idol Locked Room Murder Case".

The first stop in solving the case while Kogoro Mouri is asleep.

The murderer and the victim were the same person, namely Fujie Akiyoshi.

"Fujie Akiyoshi was Yoko Okino's boyfriend in high school. After seeing Yoko Okino become a huge idol, he approached her again to try and get back together, but Yoko Okino rejected him."

"In a fit of rage, he broke into Yoko Okino's apartment and mistakenly took another woman who entered the apartment for Yoko Okino. After his attempts to reconcile failed again, he resorted to extreme measures..."

Takagi Wataru paused again at this point before continuing,

"Fujie Akiyoshi chose to commit suicide in Okino Yoko's apartment room in order to frame Okino Yoko for murder."

"He fixed the kitchen knife to a block of ice on the ground, then stood on a chair and fell towards the blade. He was stabbed in the body and died on the spot. When he died, he was still holding a hair of Yoko Okino in his hand."

"Then, because Ms. Yoko Okino didn't return to her apartment that day, she was quickly cleared of suspicion for murder, and the case was swiftly solved thanks to the deductions of the famous detective, Kogoro Mouri." "That's the whole story of the 'Idol Locked Room Murder Case'."

After he finished speaking, everyone in the courtroom remained silent.

Only Ritsuko Usui on the defense stand looked exceptionally confident and smug.

This case is not open to the public, so how did she know the details of the case?
It was very simple. In the lounge of the Third Trial Court, the famous detective Kogoro Mouri was waiting as a witness who was about to appear in court. So, she casually asked Kogoro Mouri for some information.

This allowed her to obtain information about the murder case that could greatly influence her deductions in court.

—Without a doubt, this is also a reflection of her strength!

"Uh, is that really true?"

After a long silence, the presiding judge finally spoke, breaking the silence.

If there were no precedents for this kind of event, it would be understandable, but since there are precedents to refer to, Ritsuko Usui's reasoning does not seem so incredible.

If what Kanami Saki said is true.

Just like the victim of the locked-room murder case, Fujie Akiyoshi, Gerald Tenma is pursuing his ex-girlfriend by any means necessary, attempting to reconcile, and even resorting to extreme measures such as entering his ex-girlfriend's home.

From this perspective, it's not impossible that Gerald Tenma, like Fujie Akiyoshi, chose suicide for revenge.

"In that case... it's not impossible."

"However, since what Officer Takagi just said involved Detective Mouri, and Detective Mouri happens to be a witness in this case, why don't we let Detective Mouri appear in court first and see what he thinks?"

The presiding judge stated this, and then asked,

"I wonder if Attorney Usui and Prosecutor Onizuki would be willing?"

Ritsuko Usui is naturally perfectly acceptable.

She has figured out Kogoro Mouri's personality. The great detective will most likely agree with her in court, and that will be the decisive piece in determining the course of the trial.

Yes, the advantage is in my hands.

Even Onizuki Hotaru from the prosecutor's seat did not object.

Because the case that Wataru Takagi mentioned earlier was so significant, she was still in a daze—the Beika Town Godman case could shock foreign students for an entire day.

Even Xiang Yuanguang, who was standing next to him, was rendered speechless.

He had no recollection of cases from old TV dramas, so he genuinely didn't remember that there was even such an episode on TV, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

All I can say is that Beika Town God-like TV is a bit too much of a gathering of heroes.

If it weren't for this precedent, even if Kensuke Komikado were here, he probably wouldn't dare say in court that the victim himself killed him...

"But, Kogoro Mouri?"

He picked up his coffee cup and said in a low voice.

Ghost Moon Firefly, barely regaining her senses, heard the whispers of her senior and immediately became serious.
“Mr. Mori’s words should be a breakthrough point.”

"He's a well-known criminal investigator with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and a nationally renowned detective. He was also at the scene, so he should be able to offer some very insightful opinions!"

Although I felt that Kogoro Mouri's abilities were a bit weak when I saw him in the movie theater last time.

But that should only be an intermittent lapse in performance. Now that he's in court, I'm sure Kogoro Mouri won't be as bad as he was in the movie theater!
(End of this chapter)