Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 27 Doubts
Shiraishi was a little unsure whether it would be so easy to beat Tsubokura to death, so he looked through the blogs that were unfavorable to him, and the result was...

After flipping through more than a dozen articles, Bai Shi suddenly saw two spots on the screen "light up"!

It wasn't the laptop screen itself that was "lit up", but the key points marked by the [Evidence Search] capability, which only Shiraishi could see...

The other three people only saw that Director Shiraishi seemed to be just clicking "previous article" continuously, but at this moment he suddenly stopped and started to read carefully.

There are two shiny things, one is the ramen in the shared photo, and the other is... the publication date!
[The ramen here is still as delicious as ever, and the seasonal toppings are also great. 】

"It's terrible...those idiots in the prosecutor's office are hiding this kind of stuff from us!" Shiraishi directly insulted the prosecutors at this time, and the other three people in the office were embarrassed and didn't dare to respond.

However, Fuji still asked curiously: "Director, have you found anything?"

"Look, this share..." Bai Shi said and showed it to the three of them.

"This... is there anything wrong with it?" Akasaka looked at it for a long time but didn't find any problems.

"The ramen... has a lot of toppings?" That was all Fujiya could see.

"Well, there are a lot of noodles, but the main thing is... I recognize this ramen. It's the signature [Yanma Daiou Ramen] of the Ogura Ramen Shop in the neighboring Kaido Town."

As Shiraishi was speaking, she searched for "Ogura" as the keyword on her blog - and sure enough, it turned out that this blogger lady was not going to the Ogura family for the first time.

Seeing that the three still didn't understand, Shiraishi clicked on another blog post that mentioned "Ogura Ramen" and took a photo of the store's front. He turned the notebook over to the three and pointed to the notice in the corner of the photo...

"Here, look here... it's written here, right? Since the owner is the only ramen chef, he has a day off every Tuesday. Look at this article... July 7th!" Shiraishi said, and showed them the calendar on his phone - Tuesday!
"It is impossible for her to go to Ogura Ramen restaurant for dinner on July 7, so the time of her blog posting is not strict," Shiraishi concluded.

To be honest, because the function of Shiraishi's system does not directly affect his thoughts, when Shiraishi saw the "Ramen in the Photo" and "Release Date" light up, he did not immediately notice the problem.

However, with such a clear hint, Bai Shi thought about it and found that the bowl of noodles looked familiar, and then gradually understood the "contradiction"!
In fact, perhaps the other blogs I just read also have similar problems, but because they cannot form "contradictions" with Shiraishi's memory, they will not be marked even if the [Evidence Search] level is very high. Ogura Ramen is marked because Shiraishi has been there several times and knows that it is "closed on Tuesdays."

"July 7th... Ogura Ramen... As expected of the Director..."

Akasaka, who never flatters others, also sighed at this time.

Aoki and Fuji were equally stunned - can you react to this immediately?
"That's bad... Although this can't prove that this blogger's blog is all fake, but..." Aoki held up his glasses at this time.

But as long as there are fakes, a blog alone cannot be used as evidence, unless the blogger clearly remembers that his blog post on September 9 was indeed taken on that day and there was no false reporting. This can be considered as real human evidence!
Even so, the credibility of the evidence will decline, even...

"I'm afraid it's difficult. Such a long time has passed, and this lady should be a freelancer who spends her days eating, drinking and having fun. People like her have a vague memory of dates. If she often posts on the blog at the wrong time, I probably won't be able to be sure whether it was posted on that day. Even if there is a powerful lawyer here, she probably won't be able to testify." Teng analyzed at this time.

That's right, the worst thing you have to prepare for is that there won't even be any witnesses...

A good lawyer will use inquiries and follow-up questions in court to make the witness afraid to say anything he is not sure about!

Once the lady feels guilty after being questioned, she will be completely choked back. "Director, should we notify the prosecutor's office?" Aoki asked Shiraishi.

This witness has a huge weakness. If he is caught off guard...

After a moment's hesitation, Shiraishi said, "Don't do that yet. You guys continue investigating. It would be best if you can thoroughly confirm or disprove Tsubokura's alibi!"

Aoki and Akasaka were still confused when they heard this, but Fuji seemed to have understood Shiraishi's intention.

"When you investigate, be careful not to disclose the information about this witness... Now not only do we theoretically not know about her, the defendant's lawyer also doesn't know about her. Although there is a huge loophole, but... if the prosecution suddenly brings it up, at least it can catch him off guard and buy time for additional investigation. There are only 30 hours left before the trial!" Shiraishi explained.

Without this evidence, the other party might have been acquitted on Friday, without even time for additional investigation!

However, with this new evidence, the opposing lawyer will not collapse immediately and will certainly try to gain time for additional investigation.

In any case, the court cannot make a final judgment without knowing the truth...

"It is indeed necessary to buy time. After all... there should be no double jeopardy for the same crime. Unfortunately, the public pressure on the Procuratorate is still very high." Teng understood what the director meant from the beginning.

No double jeopardy is one of the legal principles learned from the East Island Country and the United States.

For the same crime, if the defendant is acquitted and there is no appeal and the trial is completely over, even if there is new important evidence in the future, or even if the defendant directly jumps out and says that he is the criminal... he cannot be tried again!
Essentially, this principle is established to prevent law enforcement officers or wealthy and powerful plaintiffs from abusing their power and using their dominant position to harass defendants who have been acquitted without restriction.

However, to this day, even the Nishijima Kingdom, where the case originated, and many of its former vassal states have made patches one after another - as long as the case is serious enough and decisive new evidence is found... if these two points are met, a retrial can be initiated.

but……

The United States and the Eastern Island countries are still implementing this principle without any room for maneuver - no matter what the circumstances, once the final verdict of not guilty is pronounced, the defendant will never be tried for this crime again!
Even if Tsubokura came forward later and showed everyone the on-site video of his murder, the prosecutor's office and the court would be unable to do anything to him.

Therefore, when the truth is unclear, Shiraishi still needs to use a "delaying tactic", otherwise... this case was originally dismissed by the Supreme Court, and with the current public opinion, once the prosecution loses the case, it is likely to give up the appeal, and then everything will be over!
Shiraishi didn't have to convict Tsubokura. After all, he didn't know whether Tsubokura was guilty or not.

I just don't want to let Tsubokura go completely without checking it out...

Ultimately, it's all the fault of Shirai and the Prosecutor's Office. If Shirai hadn't been in a hurry to send the case for inspection, or if the Prosecutor's Office had discovered loopholes and sent the case back for supplementary investigation, time wouldn't be so tight now, and we wouldn't be so passive that we can't even question the suspects and important witnesses!
Since the Procuratorate was hiding the "new evidence", Bai Shi pretended to be ignorant and let those "cannon fodder" delay time.

After we have solid evidence, we can either rectify the situation or kill this cunning criminal...

After listening to the report, Shiraishi prepared to go back to his apartment to rest - although it was already ten o'clock in the evening, Shiraishi was not going to stay in the police station's lounge!

After all, the beds were too small and too shabby. Not only would Bai Shi not be able to get a good rest, but it was also likely that those broken dormitory beds would be completely “laid off”.

When Shiraishi used anti-reconnaissance techniques to avoid the two reporters who were "ambushing" him, he suddenly discovered that there was another person who was not a reporter, who seemed to be waiting for him...

(End of this chapter)