I'm in Conan, but I'm in Ace Attorney

The presiding judge who saw this scene looked the visitor up and down, and waited until Jinshan Zhang reached the witness stand before speaking.

"Witness, please state your name, identity, and relationship to this case."

Nishikiyama Akira turned his head slightly to look at the prosecutor's seat. Although Dante was still the same, Kizuki Hotaru nodded.

Therefore, Jinshan Zhang simply revealed his identity as a supplementary explanation.

"Akira Nishikiyama, leader of the Tojo Clan's Nishikiyama Group. Members of the group secretly developed a peripheral organization in Beika Town and illegally sold 350 milligrams of cyanide. They are dead. I am appearing in court on their behalf."

Seeing that what Nishikiyama Akira said was consistent with what the prosecutor said, the presiding judge's expression eased a little.

thump.

The gavel came down and the presiding judge spoke.

Although she was an assistant, Hotaru Kizuki was more like the prosecutor in charge of the court than Dante. She nodded, turned to look at Nishikiyama Akira, then flipped two pages of the documents on the table and spoke. "Then, according to the presiding judge's request, Mr. Nishikiyama, please tell us everything you know. After the testimony is over, the defense will question you. Please answer the questions truthfully at that time."

(…For the defense, are they the two guys in blue suits next to them?)

Nishikiyama Akira's eyes fell on Mukai Genmitsu and Mori Kogoro at the defense table. Although he did not know Mori Kogoro, Mukai Genmitsu left a deep impression on him.

If we consider purely combat power, I'm afraid that even Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima ten years ago, would not be his opponent. I really don't know why such a person would waste his talent to be a small defense lawyer.

He nodded and looked back at the blond judge in the main seat, which made Kogoro Mori, who had just made eye contact with Akira Nishikiyama and thought that this yakuza was going to say something harsh, feel a little frustrated, as if he was punching the air.

"…What? Normally, shouldn't a Yakuza member like this say some harsh words to us in court?"

Uncle Maori muttered, and Xiang Yuanguang just shook his head slightly in response.

In this country, yakuza organizations can be legalized. Precisely because of legalization, yakuza members must appear law-abiding as much as possible in front of outsiders, otherwise the consequences of being caught will be much more serious.

Didn't the leader of the Lavender Group, Yamamoto Kensho, look amiable in the courtroom? Unless his defense was broken, you couldn't tell that he was a gangster... Nishikiyama Akira's power is not as great as Yamamoto Kensho's, so he has to keep his composure.

[~Testimony about the Geumsan Group and the case~]

[Testimony begins]

"If you've ever been familiar with the Dongcheng Clan, you'd know that the Jinshan Clan I founded was the shortest-lived."

"So I am not as restrained as other established groups in terms of the members of Jinshan Group, and the size of the group is expanding rapidly..."

"It's not surprising that those Jinshan Group members would use the Jinshan Group's name to do some illegal things that I don't know about."

"Although the peripheral organization that attacked Lawyer Xiang Yuan was nominally an affiliated organization of the Jinshan Group, in fact, they were simply doing things in the name of the Jinshan Group and the Dongcheng Society, and they had little connection with the Jinshan Group."

"The member of the organization that sold cyanide had his relatives steal a small amount of cyanide from a university laboratory to sell. Now that member has died in the attack, and his relatives have been arrested by the Kamurocho police."

"So, what I want to say is that Jinshan Group, no, Dongcheng Clan, actually has no special relationship with this incident. They were just chosen by someone to be shields to block the knife."

"In fact, even myself and many other high-ranking members of the East City Association were attacked. The leader of the Kazama Group almost lost his life. The East City Association can't possibly joke with you about the leader's life, right?"

[End of testimony]

A certain high-ranking member of the Metropolitan Police Department who hated evil simply snorted in the audience and spoke rudely.

"That means that East City will be attacked but all the dead are temporary workers and lawbreakers. No high-ranking officials in the organization should be dead? Humph, a self-torture tactic? Who would believe that?"

Suddenly, the audience behind the prosecutor's seat became noisy. In the final analysis, they were very distrustful of the situation of the Dongcheng Society. Only those sitting in the first row remained silent and did not say a word.

This also made Xiang Yuanguang notice the appearance of the audience in the first row of the audience seats behind the prosecutor's seat. There were ten people in total, and among the four people sitting in the middle, three had blonde hair and one had black hair...

If this was his previous life, he would definitely say that he was a foreigner, but in the Conan world he was a little unsure. After all, in the two-dimensional world, any hair color is normal. If you want to judge whether he is a local or a foreigner, you have to rely on other details.

(Hmm, could it be that they are members of the Investigation Team? Dante brought all of these people to the court? Is he planning to have these members of the Investigation Team appear in court in the next trial?)

(The traitor should be among the four people in the middle of the first row... If my stereotype is correct, that woman should be the traitor of the action team.)

Xiang Yuanguang took a sip of coffee.

Because whether it was Binga or Curacao, they were all dressed as women when they sneaked in!

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Of course Dante had no idea what Xiang Yuanguang was thinking. He just stared at Xiang Yuanguang's coffee, wondering where the hedgehog-headed guy got the coffee from.

If he knew how to get coffee from Yuanguang, wouldn't he be able to get his favorite pizza or happy water anytime and anywhere?

"Silence! Silence! This court trial requires silence! Everyone in the audience please keep quiet!"

The continuous dropping of the gavel brought the distracted Dante back to reality. He looked up at the presiding judge who was sitting in the main seat and knocking the gavel several times in succession. The presiding judge then directly bypassed him, the prosecutor, and began to question the defense.

"The witness' testimony has concluded. Does the defense want to [question] the witness' testimony?"

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...This old man is so narrow-minded. Isn't he just not giving you face?

Dante shrugged, deciding not to bother with Old Deng. He yawned, put down the large musical instrument box he was carrying, and leaned against the wall behind the prosecutor's seat.

The young prosecutor next to her was concentrating on the progress of the case when she suddenly heard the muffled sound of something falling to the ground. She subconsciously turned her head to look at Dante's large instrument case.

Although, Guiyue Ying did not ask directly, Dante knew what this school girl wanted to say just by looking at her eyes, so he said cheerfully.

"Don't ask too many questions, little kid. This is a magical tool that will be useful next."

"…Prosecutor Dante, I am an adult now."

Gui Yueying was silent for a moment, and finally replied with one sentence, not intending to ask any more questions.

Anyway, Dante must have his reasons for doing this. It's impossible that he thought the Inquisition was too boring and added it as a decoration, right?

At this moment, Uncle Maori's eyes lit up at the defense table. Wasn't it just the right time for him, the famous detective, to take the stage?

I saw Kogoro Mouri slapping the table like he did to Genmitsu, and then pointing at Nishikiyama Akira with such a fierce momentum that Nishikiyama Akira was stunned for a moment, wondering what this guy standing in the audience was going to say.

And as expected, Kogoro Mori did not disappoint Akira Nishikiyama. As soon as he opened his mouth, Akira Nishikiyama's blood pressure soared.

"Mr. Jinshan, you said this in your testimony, right? Your Jinshan Group was the newest group, and then it expanded rapidly. The constraints on its members were insufficient, and some members would commit illegal acts..."

"But in fact, this is a complete lie! If a Yakuza organization wants to expand, it must have people and money, and your Jinshan Group must have a lot of economic income to be able to expand so quickly!"

“That is to say——”

Kogoro Mori, a famous detective and former criminal, loudly accused.

"————In fact, your Jinshan Group has definitely done a lot of illegal transactions. You are completely unaware of the fact that someone is selling cyanide and developing peripheral organizations. You can fool a little girl, but you can't fool me!"

"Are you, the leader of the Jinshan Group, doing charity? You don't take a share of the team member transactions? External organizations are doing things under your name, and you don't care at all? Is it possible? Impossible! Therefore, you are definitely not innocent of this matter!"

In response to this, Nishikiyama Akira's face instantly turned gloomy, and the audience seats became noisy again, making Nishikiyama Akira feel even more irritated.

In the gallery behind the defense seat, Suzuki Sonoko patted Mouri Ran's shoulder in surprise.

"Xiao Lan, I didn't expect your father to be so reliable and impressive at this time!"

Mao Lilan nodded, and was quite happy with Uncle Mao Li's performance.

"Yeah, dad is a famous detective, and he used to be a policeman, so he must be very powerful."

However, Ryosuke Arita who was standing next to him felt something strange because he felt something was not right.

Because Xiang Yuanguang didn't play his loyal BGM at this time, and there was no wind nearby. Such a court always gives people a strange feeling. Is there something wrong with what Maori Kogoro said?

"Whether you believe it or not, the fact is that the East City Association has more than 25,000 members. As one of the direct organizations, the Jinshan Group naturally has a large number of members. I am not their parent..."

"Do you think I have to know every member of the Jinshan Group, no matter what they do or say? I'm not an ancient daimyo with a trained ninja army!"

Although this is true, the Jinshan Group was created from scratch and became one of the direct large organizations of the Dongcheng Society in ten years. Naturally, it is impossible for all of their actions to be legal. The vast majority of them are gray areas.

However, they are not closely related to this incident, so the police are too lazy to dig up old accounts that have lasted for ten years, and are only investigating the recent events related to the Jinshan Group.

"Well, that's true... But the members of the organization involved in the case are all dead. Since you didn't know about it, how did you know how many milligrams of cyanide were sold?"

Kogoro Mori pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and asked immediately.

However, this issue is still somewhat sharp in the special environment of the courtroom and can make people shudder.

In response, Nishikiyama Akira looked towards the prosecutor's seat, and Onitsuki Hotaru at the prosecutor's seat immediately pulled out a piece of case information from the stack of case information she had brought with her, then held it up and showed it to the defense.

"The prosecutor can explain this. Mr. Maori, Mr. Nishikiyama's testimony mentioned that the relatives of the organization member had been arrested by the Kamurocho police, right?"

"Yesterday afternoon, the prosecutors went directly to the university where the relative of the organization member studied to conduct an investigation. The school specially sealed off the laboratory for this purpose, giving us time and room to investigate."

"There are a total of 50 grams of cyanide stored in this university, and only 500 milligrams of cyanide was lost. In other words, even if the 500 milligrams stolen from the university laboratory were all purchased by Mrs. Tsujimura..."

"The dosage was not enough to kill the four people in the diplomatic embassy quickly. Moreover, the cyanide bottle found in Tsujimura's home contained only about 10 grams of cyanide, which is obviously inconsistent with the facts of the case."

In the young prosecutor's hand was the certificate of lost cyanide issued by the university. This was also the evidence that the prosecutor had not immediately provided before. Looking at the official seal on it, its legal effect was naturally self-evident.

The presiding judge immediately became puzzled. Since only 500 mg of cyanide was lost from the university laboratory, why was a special bottle containing 10 grams of cyanide found in Tsujimura's house?

If Tsujimura Kimie already had 10 grams of cyanide, why did she go to the Nishikiyama Group to buy an additional 350 milligrams of cyanide? This is indeed logically inconsistent with the facts of the case...

The blond judge at the main seat thought for a moment, then suddenly looked at the blue hedgehog at the defense table and threw the question over.

"Lawyer Xiang Yuan, what do you think?"

He took a sip of coffee, winked at Yuan Guang, and then said.

"Your Honor, I will stand and watch."

"...?"

The blond judge typed a question mark. When he typed a question mark, it didn't mean that he had a question, but that he thought you had a question. Was he asking whether you were watching while standing or sitting?

After coughing twice, the presiding judge asked seriously this time.

"Lawyer Xiang Yuan, do you have any other opinions on the evidence now presented by the prosecutor?"

Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin, thought for a moment, and then spoke——————

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"Isn't this exactly consistent with what Nishikiyama Akira said about the case?"

Xiang Yuanguang said calmly, his meaning was very clear.

"Akira Nishikiyama mentioned that the top leaders of the Tojo Clan were attacked, and all the people involved died in the sudden attack. It's obvious that someone wants to pin the blame on the Tojo Clan."

"The inexplicable large amount of cyanide that has appeared in the Tsujimura family now proves this point even more. That is, the Tojo Clan was indeed used as a shield by the real murderer——————"

"It doesn't mean that the Dongcheng Clan doesn't need to bear corresponding responsibilities for selling cyanide, but it means that the Dongcheng Clan is indeed not the real mastermind behind the death of the deceased in this case."

In response to this, Kogoro Mori frowned. Although he said that, the people had already arrived in the courtroom.

If they don't solve a few problems, wouldn't it seem that the strength of their dead card duo is not outstanding enough?

Besides, a gangster like Jinshan Zhang is not a good person to begin with, so letting him go is too easy for him...

Just when Uncle Maori was about to express his opinion on this, he suddenly felt his body go numb, and then sleepiness came over him. He subconsciously took two steps back, and then fell down while muttering "Why at this time?"

In full view of the public, the famous detective Kogoro Mouri fell asleep, with a beauty that was not bound by worldly rules.

"...?"

Nishikiyama Akira slowly typed a question mark. When he typed the question mark, it was not because he had a problem, but because he felt that there was a problem with Kogoro Mori - buddy, can't you just sleep in the courtroom?

Isn't this a secret trial site? Why is this assistant lawyer so casual? And sleeping is like a sudden coma. Is this the famous detective of Beika Town?

Seeing this scene, even the two prosecutors in the prosecution seat were stunned.

Whether it was Hotaru Kizuki, who had only seen Kogoro Mouri many times, or Prosecutor Dante, who had just arrived, it was the first time they saw Kogoro Mouri fall asleep immediately, and they couldn't help but marvel at it.

Dante in particular, when he saw Kogoro Mori fall asleep, and no one in the courtroom found it strange except him, Hotaru Kizuki, and Akira Nishikiyama, he felt even more resentful in his heart.

(Isn't the court here quite tolerant of those who participate in the trial? First, Xiang Yuanguang came into the court with a sound samurai sword and no one stopped him. Then, Maori Kogoro fell asleep and showed his detective nature...)

(If it were a United States court, he would have been thrown out of the court by the collegial panel.)

"What Mr. Xiang Yuan said is correct. The Dongcheng Society is indeed not the real mastermind behind this case."

The sleeping Maori Kogoro spoke like this.

Xiang Yuanguang's gaze shifted slightly and fell on the transmitter inside Mouri Kogoro's cuff. He couldn't help but blame Mouri Kogoro in his heart for having been here for a whole day without noticing that someone had installed a transmitter on his cuff.

But this saves trouble. In the absence of Professor Agasa to help cover for him in the first row of the audience, Conan can hide his identity by speaking through his voice changer linked to the voice machine on Kogoro Mouri.

"Your Majesty, the defense does not have any questions for Mr. Nishikiyama. However, the defense does intend to invite the witness, Tsujimura Kimie, who has not yet completed the questioning phase in the previous trial, to testify in court."

The blond judge, who had heard of Maori Kogoro's title before, was not surprised, but was puzzled that Maori Kogoro did not intend to ask Nishikiyama Akira more questions.