People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 952 The Reversal of the Silk Thread (16)

Kanazaki's testimony was not very satisfactory to either the defense or the prosecution.

There is no other reason.

The defense's Ritsuko Usui requested that Kana Zenri's testimony mention Tokudaiji Masayo's guidance.

The prosecution, however, hopes that Kana Yoshino's testimony will mention more about Kana Misaki.

However, Kanashant's testimony does not fit either side.

It was practically a repetition of things that had already been mentioned in previous court hearings.

Neither Ritsuko Usui nor Hotaru Onizuki were very satisfied with this situation.

Standing next to Guiyue Ying, Xiangyuan Guang calmly drank his coffee as always.

Conan's voice came from the earpiece of the head-mounted scanning device.
"Kanazan doesn't seem to be completely unaware of why he's being asked to testify in court."

“He should have known that if the case continued to be heard, it would inevitably become connected with Kanami Saki or Tokudaiji Masayo, but he didn’t want to offend either of them.”

"Therefore, he simply repeated what he knew and what the police had mentioned."

The Grim Reaper Elementary School student has seen many, many criminals.

He already knew what was going on with Kanazane just by glancing at the live stream.

For some reason, Ai Haibara, who was standing next to him, was staring at him.

This left Conan completely bewildered.

After a long while, he seemed to remember something and said,

"...You're not going to say something to me again about why I didn't see that Hirota Masashi was hiding something back then, are you?"

Back when Conan had just shrunk.

Ai Haibara's older sister, Akemi Miyano, went by the alias Masami Hirota and posted a request at the Mouri Detective Agency, hoping to find her father who had come to Tokyo alone.

In reality, he was an accomplice in her robbery.

The final outcome was that Conan saved Hirota Masami from being shot by his accomplices at the dock.

He never saw Masami Hirota again after that.

—It's already quite an achievement to be able to discern changes in someone's psychological state after only meeting them once or twice, let alone to see their true identity at a glance. Not everyone has the Black Organization's radar like Ai Haibara.

When other members of the Black Organization are around Ai Haibara, she automatically gets an electric shock on her forehead.

However, his brain wouldn't have that effect.

Without saying much, Ai Haibara simply turned her head away, no longer looking at Conan's position.

Conan simply touched his chin, somewhat puzzled.

I really don't understand these girls' mentality...

What exactly is he thinking?

He briefly focused his attention on Ai Haibara's situation, then quickly turned his attention back to the trial in the third courtroom, simply because the defense had begun the questioning phase.

"Your Honor, the defense requests to question the witnesses!"

Ritsuko Usui raised her hand in greeting.

The presiding judge nodded in agreement.

It is the defense attorney's right to request questioning of existing testimonies, and he has no reason to refuse.

However, this seems to be the first time that Attorney Usui has proactively indicated that he wants to enter the questioning phase during today's case hearing, indicating that Attorney Usui was already prepared.

Behind the defense table, Ritsuko Usui did not immediately ask any questions.

She lowered her head, gathered her thoughts, and after a while asked the question.
“Mr. Kanazono, I need to question your first statement of testimony.”

"Is this really the first time you've met Mr. Gerald Tenma? Have you never met him in any form before?" This was the question posed by the defense lawyer she had hired.

Kanasan appeared quite calm.

On one hand, he wasn't lying; he hadn't seen Gerald Tenma before last night. On the other hand, Ritsuko Usui was the lawyer he hired.

Given the defense fees he provided, Ritsuko Usui had no reason to do anything detrimental to him.

Therefore, he answered affirmatively.

"Of course, I had never seen Gerald Pegasus before!"

These words sparked a brief discussion among the audience.

However, the discussion came quickly, but it also came very quickly.

It's actually quite normal that Kanazan has never seen Geralt Pegasus.

Since Gerald Tenma only recently returned to Japan from France, even if Kana Zen wanted to meet with Gerald Tenma before that, there was no way to do so.

Unless Kanazan is able to fly to France to meet Gerald Tenma.

But that's obviously impossible. Even without looking at Kanazono's daily work, just looking at Gerald Tenma's schedule in France should make it clear that this popular singer has absolutely no time to meet with other people in private.

Therefore, the audience members in the gallery felt that there seemed to be nothing wrong with what Kanazen had said this time.

In response, Ritsuko Usui asked,

"So, before Kanazen met Geral Tenma last night, did he learn about Mr. Geral Tenma's affairs and situation from any source?"

"Aside from online and business channels, have you heard about Gerald Pegasus through everyday channels?"

This question is quite targeted.

Ritsuko Usui was clearly asking if anyone had privately mentioned Gerald Pegasus to Yoshino Kana.

Kanazen was immediately taken aback by this.

He didn't know why Ritsuko Usui would ask such a pointed question.

Now that Geralt Tenma has died in his villa, he is already going to be negatively affected by this. If he then acts as if he is being asked to harm Geralt Tenma, wouldn't that make things even more troublesome?

Kana Zenzuru tapped his fingers on the table.

He was considering whether or not to answer the question.

At that moment, Kanami Saki, in the defendant's seat, suddenly spoke up.
“Darling, didn’t Miss Tokudaiji mention this to you?”

She stood up, somewhat agitated.

The two bailiffs next to her were startled and immediately pressed her down.

Upon hearing Kanami Saki's voice, Kanami Zen hesitated slightly before speaking.

“Changdai? Changdai only gave me information about Gerald Pegasus’s concert series.”

"After all, if the Gana Group wants to establish a cooperative relationship with Gerald Pegasus, it naturally needs to understand the strength of its partner beforehand, otherwise the Gana Group will lose money as a result..."

"However, is this directly related to this case?"

Upon hearing this, Ritsuko Usui covered her forehead, feeling a bit of a headache.

Kana Zen, who is now the main party involved, said that Tokudaiji Masayo only mentioned Gerald Tenma's concert data to him and did not mention anything else.

Just as Onizuki Hotaru had said, the suspicion against Tokudaiji Masayo was immediately ruled out.

This is really troublesome...

There was no one else in the courtroom to take the blame.

(End of this chapter)