People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 948 The Reversal of the Silk Thread (12)

Unlike Kanasan, who was somewhat worried.

Tokudaiji Masayo, however, showed little reaction to the matter of giving her testimony in court.

There is no other reason.

She felt that this case had nothing to do with her.

Throughout the entire process, she had no direct contact with Gerald Tenma, did not know him, and had no interaction with him. She had neither a motive nor an opportunity to commit the murder.

How could the label of murderer be pinned on her?
crunch.

The doors to the third courtroom were pushed open.

Tokudaiji Masayo appeared at the entrance of the courtroom.

She was wearing a black dress as always, and she looked much prettier than the defendant, Kanami Saki, and Ritsuko Usui behind the defense counsel, immediately attracting the judge's attention.

However, when he noticed that Guiyue Ying seemed to be looking in his direction, the bald old man immediately became serious.

Don't ask, the answer is that I have to save face.

Tokudai-ji Temple...

When Kanami Saki, sitting in the defendant's dock, saw Tokudaiji Masayo appear, she felt a surge of disgust.

She loathed Tokudaiji Masayo.

As the mistress of the Kana family, she should rightfully possess the family's wealth. However, Tokudaiji Masayo interfered at this time and even tried to take over the Kana family's conglomerate.

This is something she simply cannot accept.

However, Tokudaiji Masayo is very capable, and the Kana Entertainment Group, which has developed to its current scale, is still missing this guy... She can only continue to tolerate Tokudaiji Masayo's existence with a love-hate relationship.

It's highly likely that Ritsuko Usui will later accuse Masakazu Tokudaiji of murder.

Although she was still somewhat unhappy, she felt much more relaxed.

Even if the arrest of Tokudaiji Masayo for murder would damage the assets of the Kana Entertainment Group, it would be much better than her being convicted of murder, imprisoned, and losing both her money and her reputation upon release.

She will not tolerate this happening.

"Your Excellency the Judge."

Tokudaiji Shōyō stood behind the testimony platform.

Her expression was quite calm, as if she hadn't come to the courtroom but was going for a stroll. The people fishing, after briefly glancing at the seemingly vulnerable Gui Yueying, spoke...
"Excuse me, what are you asking me to testify about when you summoned me as a witness?"

Hearing this, I knew things were on the right track.

The presiding judge coughed twice and said seriously,
"Ms. Tokudaiji, the defense requests your testimony regarding the events of the night of the incident."

"This time, please be sure to tell us all your feelings and experiences in detail. It is best not to hide or embellish anything, otherwise it will be quite troublesome to deal with later."

—No concealment or embellishment whatsoever?
A hint of doubt appeared in Tokudaiji Masayo's eyes.

The bailiffs had already reminded us of this before the trial began, so why did the presiding judge have to remind us of it again in court?
Could it be that she was considered the murderer when she appeared in court this time...?
She didn't know how that conclusion was reached.

However, I felt a strange palpitation in my heart.

"I see."

Tokudaiji Masayo said in a low voice.

[Testimony regarding the events of the night Gerard Pegasus was murdered]

[Testimony begins]

“That evening, the detective Mori, who was using the alias Mr. Fukuda, suddenly visited. Mr. Kana asked me to show the detective around the villa, but at that time, the lady said that she wanted to show Mr. Fukuda around herself.” “I didn’t dwell on it too much, and instead started preparing the tableware that we might need next.”

"Shortly after that, Detective Mouri and his wife returned to the hall. Then his wife went to her bedroom alone. Suddenly, the power went out in the villa, and screams came from his wife's bedroom."

"Detective Mori was leading the others toward the lady's bedroom."

"I saw that there were quite a few people, so I thought I didn't need to follow them. I was going to check if there was a problem with the power switch when someone knocked on the door..."

"The person who knocked on the door was Gerald Tenma and Gerald Tenma's agent."

"As soon as Gerald Pegasus came in, he asked what happened and then went straight to the source of the sound. His manager brought a flashlight and we went to check the power switch together."

"Then, I restored the power switch and went to the lady's bedroom with the agent."

"After that, it was normal contract negotiations. The agent even brought a bottle of precious red wine from France. Then, Mr. Gana asked Mr. Gerald Tenma to play a piece."

"Then what happened next... was the sound of arguing coming from the piano room."

"When we arrived at the scene, Mr. Gerald Tenma had already been killed. Apart from that, I don't know anything else about this case."

[End of testimony]

Perhaps it was because the judge's words had startled Tokudaiji Masayo.

This time, Tokudaiji Masayo recounted the entire incident at the crime scene in great detail.

Upon hearing this, the presiding judge nodded in approval.

"Hmm, it seems that Miss Tokudaiji really didn't have the opportunity to set a trap to kill her."

"After all, Miss Tokudaiji was with the others the whole time and was never alone. She didn't even go to Mrs. Kanami's room and had no contact with the Heavenly Silkworm Silk."

"Attorney Usui, aren't you mistaken?"

"I believe that Miss Tokudaiji is not the murderer who set the trap to kill Mr. Gerald Tenma."

The bald old man's words made Ritsuko Usui shake her head repeatedly.

The female lawyer, who would stop at nothing to win, said with a cold laugh.

"Your Honor, that's not necessarily true."

"Taking the Heavenly Silkworm Silk and setting a murder trap doesn't necessarily have to happen between the time Lady Cana was attacked and Gerald Pegasus's death—"

"Don't forget, Miss Tokudaiji spends all her time at the Kana Villa."

"Furthermore, there were no other servants employed at the villa, which means that Miss Tokudaiji could very well have stolen the silkworm silk while she was alone and then set up a murder trap in the piano room..."

"That's completely wrong!"

Ghost Moon Firefly suddenly shouted.

Despite her appearance and voice not being particularly intimidating, she still interrupted Ritsuko Usui, drawing everyone's attention to her.

The young prosecutor said with a serious expression,
“Attorney Usui, you’ve overlooked a crucial point.”

"That is, the arrangement of the piano room."

"Why do you think there's a piano room in that villa? Did the designer have some kind of precognitive ability to know that a shooting star singer named Gerald Pegasus would enter the piano room in the future?"

"Or do you think that Miss Tokudaiji entered the Kana family a long time ago, and even had a say at that time, and could design an unused piano room on her own?"

"----it's out of the question."

"Since the piano room has been set up, someone will definitely use it, right?"

(End of this chapter)