People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 946 The Reversal of the Silk Thread (10)

"What?! There's actually such a thing?!"

The presiding judge's eyes widened, and he quickly pressed for an answer.

"Prosecutor Guiyue, so you're saying that no one actually attacked the defendant that night, and it was all staged by the defendant himself?"

"If that's the case, then the defense's reasoning is somewhat untenable."

He shook his head,
"If the mechanisms in the bedroom are exactly the same as those in the piano room, it's hard not to suspect that the person who set up the mechanisms in the piano room is the defendant."

Upon hearing this, Ritsuko Usui frowned.

The current situation has become somewhat unfavorable.

Before the judge could finish speaking, she immediately said,
"That's not the case!"

"Your Honor, everyone in the Kanagawa villa, except for Kogoro Mouri, is a suspect in setting up the murder trap in the piano room!"

"Even if the mechanisms in Kanami Saki's room were set up by Kanami Saki herself, a show she directed and acted in herself."

"That doesn't mean we can conclude that the mechanisms in the piano room were also set up by Kanami Saki. After all, there are only a few ways to kill someone using silkworm silk, so it's normal to use the same method!"

Ritsuko Usui spoke somewhat hastily.

Seeing the defense's demeanor, Guiyue Ying paused briefly before speaking directly.

"It seems that Attorney Usui believes that the other people in the Kana villa are also suspects in the murder."

"So, who do you think set up the murder trap in the piano room that led to Gerald Pegasus's death?"

—This is a question that Ritsuko Usui has already thought about in a simple and thorough way.

Faced with Gui Yueying's question at this moment, she answered without hesitation.

"According to the defense, it could be Tokudaiji Masayo, the secretary of the defendant's husband, Kana Yoshinori!"

Upon hearing this, even the defendant, Kanami Saki, looked at the defense table in surprise.

She never intended for Tokudaiji Masayo to be blamed for killing Kana Zennobu.

It wasn't that she didn't want Tokudaiji Masayo to take the blame, but rather that she couldn't find a reason for Tokudaiji Masayo to kill Geralt Tenma, and besides...

As the board secretary of Kana Entertainment Group, Tokudaiji Masayo was actually responsible for many affairs.

If she had followed her initial plan, falsely accusing Gana Shanze of murder and imprisoning him, she could have rightfully retained control of the Gana Group.

However, if Masaya Tokudaiji is brought in, the Kana Group might not lose its rights, but its profits will...

Kanami Saki still felt it was more appropriate to let Kana Yoshino take the blame.

Although Ganashan is her husband, and she believes she loves him very much, in a conflict of interest, it would be better to have Ganashan imprisoned to maximize her own interests.

However, Kanami Saki overlooked one point.

She was the defendant, but she was not Ritsuko Usui's true client.

Ritsuko Usui's true client was Yoshinori Kana, who had already been looking for a defense lawyer before the police released the indictment list. Ritsuko Usui was responsible to Yoshinori Kana, not to her.

If Ritsuko Usui did something like this—her husband entrusting her with his defense, only to have him imprisoned and take the blame—it would be a different story.

Then she wouldn't have a foothold in the Tokyo legal community, or even in the Kanto region.

Therefore, no matter who Ritsuko Usui shifts the blame to, it's impossible for her to shift it to Kana Yoshinobu, the client.

Not everyone can be like Xiang Yuanguang, sending their clients in and still not having to worry about getting cases. "Eh? Miss Tokudaiji?"

Behind the witness stand, Kogoro Mouri was taken aback when he heard the name.

Although Tokudaiji Masayo was indeed a bit sharp-tongued, he didn't think Tokudaiji Masayo was the murderer of Geralt Tenma.

In front of everyone in the courtroom, Kogoro Mouri asked directly,
"Wait a minute, Attorney Usui, why do you think Ms. Tokudaiji is the murderer?"

"No matter how you look at it, the murderer couldn't possibly be Ms. Tokudaiji, could she? As the board secretary of the Kana Entertainment Group, her interests are deeply intertwined with those of the Kana Group."

“The signing of the agreement between Gerald Pegasus and the Gana Group is beneficial to the Gana Group.”

“Ms. Tokudaiji would also benefit from this, and she didn’t even know Mr. Geralt Tenma before this. What reason would she have to set up such a trap to kill Mr. Geralt Tenma?”

The sleeping detective made a rare, normal statement while he was awake.

Xiang Yuanguang, sitting behind the prosecutor's table, nodded slightly and took a sip of coffee.

Well, after so many cases, Uncle Mori has finally grown up.

Indeed, Tokudaiji Masayo was the best candidate for Usui Ritsuko to slander.

However, Masayo Tokudaiji was the only witness inside the Kana villa besides Kogoro Mouri who could not find a motive for the murder. Apart from being at the scene, she had almost no connection to the case.

Ritsuko Usui shifted the blame onto Masayo Tokudaiji.

What outlandish remarks will she make this time?

Xiang Yuanguang's fingers gently tapped the outside of the coffee cup.

He originally thought that Ritsuko Usui wouldn't be able to say anything convincing.

However, the fact that Ritsuko Usui was able to bring up the idol locked-room murder case that was related to Yoko Okino made him look at Ritsuko Usui with new respect.

Perhaps this female lawyer, who will stop at nothing to win, will one day reach the level of Eri Kisaki.

If she could live to see that time.

"Detective Mori, is that so hard to understand?"

Ritsuko Usui leaned forward, her hands braced on the table of the defense panel.

The obviously unseemly clothes made Kogoro Mouri subconsciously and somewhat embarrassed to look away, and then he heard Ritsuko Usui's voice.
"Logically speaking, that's right, Tokudaiji Masayo really had no reason to kill Geralt Tenma."

"However, Tokudaiji Masayo had a reason to frame Kana Zenraku and have him imprisoned—"

Her voice gradually became more assertive.

"Yes, that's it."

"A simple examination of the scene reveals that the murderer intentionally framed Kana Zenzuru, attempting to imprison him, and the biggest beneficiary of this was none other than Tokudaiji Masayo!"

“As the core technology of Kana Zenzuru, Tokudaiji Masayo holds considerable rights within the Kana Group.”

"She naturally wanted to go further, so she chose to frame Kana Yoshizawa, the chairman, and imprison him. During this time, she gradually eroded the rights that belonged to the chairman..."

"Ultimately, she took control of the entire Ghana Group!"

Ritsuko Usui countered with a question to Kogoro Mouri.
"Detective Mori, is this how it is? Isn't it illogical?"

(End of this chapter)