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

Yazaki Yasuji's face just blushed slightly, then he lowered his head shyly, but did not refuse.

"Teacher, since there was no lunch box in the plaintiff's schoolbag and no disposable lunch box in the trash can, the defense believes that Yazaki Yasushi did not eat his lunch box in the classroom during lunch break, but went to the cafeteria to eat!"

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya spoke loudly at this time, and even Conan remained silent at this time - although all this was within his expectations, it was the situation he led.

Teacher Kobayashi nodded, agreeing with Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's suggestion, and then spoke.

"I heard that Mr. Maori went to the cafeteria to investigate with the students on the defense side. So, can Mr. Maori be invited as a witness in this case to explain the results of the investigation in the cafeteria?"

Uncle Maori felt a little troubled. He just jumped out because he was simply annoyed that the Junior Detective League was going around in circles. He originally wanted to sneak back, but now it seems that it is impossible.

He looked down at the table in front of him with the words "Witness Stand" on it. Thinking of the times he had spoken in the witness stand in the courtroom, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart——————

As expected, detectives are attracted to cases. Even if it is just a class referee as a joke among students, he, a famous detective, will be attracted to the witness stand to make inferences.

Thinking of this, Kogoro Maori couldn't help but run his hand through his hair. Then, he raised his head confidently, facing the admiring (or what he thought was admiring) eyes of everyone, and spoke loudly.

"Well, since things have developed to this point, then as Tokyo's super detective, I have no choice but to help the Junior Detective Team solve this big problem!"

Uncle Maori said loudly.

"The witness is Kogoro Mori! Come in!"

Chapter 505: An Extra Yen

How come this guy has a natural comedic effect...

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Xiang Yuanguang, who was standing behind the members of the Junior Detective League, curled the corners of his mouth. If he didn't know that Mouri Kogoro had no idea that this was a rehearsal, he would have thought that this was the entrance lines that Mouri Kogoro had prepared in advance.

But it doesn't seem too bad at the moment. At least Kogoro Mouri's appearance and speech will definitely make other parents convinced that this sudden incident was a rehearsal for the school referees.

Conan at the prosecutor's table pushed his glasses subconsciously, trying to maintain his indifferent face. He was a professional detective trained in Hawaii, and he would not laugh no matter how funny the things were.

Unless you really can't help it.

"Pfft——cough, cough, cough, cough."

Genta looked at Conan with some confusion. Conan seemed to have laughed out loud just now, but immediately held back his laughter, causing him to cough due to shortness of breath. He didn't know what was so funny.

In his impression, Kamen Rider appeared in this way. As a great detective and hero in reality, isn't it natural for Uncle Maori to have similar appearance lines?

"Anyway, to make a long story short, I will briefly and clearly explain the results of my investigation with the Junior Detective Team in the cafeteria. Yazaki Seiji did go to the cafeteria to eat during the lunch break."

Kogoro Maori said affirmatively, with an unquestionable momentum.

"I talked to a staff member at the food delivery window. Yazaki Yashiro was the only child who went to the cafeteria to order food that day, so the staff member had a deep impression of Yazaki Yashiro."

"Then, when Yazaki Yasuji paid the bill in the cafeteria, he used a 1,000 yen bill directly. The bill was taken out of an envelope he brought with him, and he also gave 700 yen in change."

"This is what I found out in the cafeteria."

Hearing this, Conan pushed up his glasses. He went over the situation in his mind, thinking about how to guide the Junior Detective League to speak further, and then he spoke.

"Unfortunately, even if Uncle Maori said so, it is still impossible for Yazaki-san to eat in the cafeteria, because there are only 9,000 yen bills in his envelope, and one is missing, leaving only 8,000 yen bills."

Conan pointed to the evidence presented by Yazaki Yasushi on the evidence table - [an envelope containing living expenses], and as soon as he said this, Uncle Maori instantly realized that something was wrong.

"That's not right? If there's only 9,000 yen in the envelope, then Yazaki Yasuji lost 1,000 yen and spent 1,000 yen in the cafeteria, so there should be 7,000 yen in the envelope!"

Kogoro Mouri was shocked. He scratched his hair and thought that there must be something wrong in the process of his investigation of the incident. If Yazaki Yasuji really spent 1,000 yen in the cafeteria and lost another 1,000 yen.

Then there should be 7,000 yen in the envelope, not the current 8,000 yen. In this case, either the cafeteria staff is lying, or the plaintiff in the case, Yasushi Yazaki, is lying.

Frankly speaking, he thought it was Yazaki Yasushi who lied————-

"Besides, Uncle Maori, you don't have a photo of Yazaki-san. If you can only describe her based on her physical features, I think you would probably just say that she's wearing a Teitan Elementary School uniform and then gesture to show her approximate height."

"But all the students of Teitan Elementary School are wearing Teitan Elementary School uniforms today, and Yazaki-san's height is average among us, and it's not necessarily that only Yazaki-san's parents didn't attend the parent-teacher meeting."

"So, the prosecutors believe that Mr. Maori's testimony cannot be used as correct testimony?"

Conan unceremoniously handed the knife to Uncle Maori, which immediately hurt Uncle Maori. He thought to himself, is his level of detective not as good as the elementary school student living in his house?

Seeing that Uncle Maori was speechless after being confronted by Conan, the members of the Junior Detective League became very anxious. At this time, Xiang Yuanguang leaned over and whispered.

"Before the class judges began, I told you that as lawyers, you must believe that your client is innocent and use this as the basis for your thinking and reasoning. When other testimony and evidence contradict this..."

"You need to rely on your own logic and reasoning to find the mistakes, and use your words as bullets to smash those false testimonies and evidence."

Hearing what Xiang Yuanguang said, Guangyan asked nervously, "Then, then Uncle Xiang Yuan, what should we do next?"

He smiled at Genkou, patted Mitsuhiko on the shoulder, and then said.

Kogoro Mouri may seem unreliable, but he is very clear about investigating and collecting evidence. He is just misled by Conan and led into a trap. He is the only witness of this incident and definitely knows more information.

The expressions of the members of the Junior Detective League became serious. Kojima Genta hesitated briefly and then spoke loudly.

"Then we demand that Uncle Maori be [questioned] now!"

Asking...?

Kobayashi Sumiko was a little surprised. This was not what she expected. After all, the class judges were not a real trial court, and it was impossible for them to follow the trial court's procedures. Therefore, they originally planned to let students debate freely.

However, now that the members of the Junior Detective League have proposed to enter the questioning stage, it seems that she has no reason to refuse the Junior Detective League's request.

So the head teacher nodded and said seriously.

"Then please let the students on the defense side start questioning!"

Kojima Genta thought of the reminder that Xiang Yuanguang had just given them - [When you feel that things are at a loss, you might as well ask the witnesses' testimonies one by one to buy time to think.]

So, as the leader of the Junior Detective Team and the only reckless person in the team, he asked loudly.

"Uncle Maori, was it really Yazaki-san who went to the cafeteria window to order food?"

Kogoro Mouri was frowning. Is there any need to ask this? Didn’t you go to the cafeteria with me?

"I think so. After all, I haven't seen a second student whose parents didn't attend the parent-teacher conference."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expression of Yazaki Yasushi in the plaintiff's seat suddenly dimmed a little. Xiang Yuanguang took in the change in the other party's expression. He turned around quietly, took out his mobile phone, and sent out another text message.

Of course, the members of the Junior Detective League did not know what Genmi Mutsuki was doing behind the scenes. Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya was also very confused about what Genta said. He felt that there was no need to ask too many questions about such matters, so he directly asked about the most crucial point.

"Uncle Maori, can you repeat what the staff member said?"

"Oh? Oh, let me think about it. I remember he seemed to say..."

Uncle Maori was a little stunned, then he touched his chin, thought hard, and finally gave an answer.

"Ah, I remember now! He said [The child came to the cafeteria alone and looked very pitiful. When he bought his lunch, he took out a 1,000 yen bill from his envelope to pay for it. I saw there were about ten bills in the envelope?]!"

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya was stunned for a moment. He and Genta looked at each other, then looked at Ayumi, and then exclaimed in unison.

"It appears! An extra thousand yen!"

Chapter 506: Picking up yen on the road and handing it over to the patrol uncle

"An extra thousand yen, what... ah!"

Kogoro Mouri suddenly realized that what the staff told him at that time was that [there were about ten banknotes in the envelope], which means that the number of banknotes in the envelope was very likely to be more than nine!

Moreover, if you think about it carefully, how could there be such a coincidence that there happened to be no parents to take them to the cafeteria to order food, and they happened to use envelopes to pack their living expenses, and the living expenses happened to be 1,000 yen bills...

"What were you talking about just now? The only person who could have brought the envelope without his parents could have been Yazaki Yasushi! Because there is no way there could be another student who is exactly like Yazaki Yasushi!"

Uncle Maori said loudly, directly shattering Conan's previous scenario assumption. Conan pushed his plain glasses and decided to stop for the time being to see what would happen next.

Now, Kogoro Mori and the Junior Detective League have proved that Yazaki Yasuji did go to the cafeteria to buy food, and the number of banknotes in the envelope is likely to be more than the nine that Yazaki Yasuji said, and the situation suddenly becomes clear.

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya slammed his left hand on the table, and then he felt pain in his left hand. He subconsciously raised his hand and blew it twice. When he realized that others were looking at him, he pretended to be calm and said.

"Because the student the cafeteria staff was talking about was indeed Yazaki-san, and the number of bills in the envelope he saw was most likely more than nine, so it makes sense that Yazaki-san used 1,000 yen to buy food!"

"If you want to prove this, all we need to do is look inside Yazaki-san's pocket to see if there is 700 yen in change! Yazaki-san, can you please let us see your pocket!"

Mitsuhiko's words left Yazaki Seiji silent. Then he reached into the pocket of his school uniform and pulled it out. Nine hundred-yen coins fell to the ground with a sound.

Obviously, just like Yazaki Yasuji stayed in the classroom and did not go out before, the other party's statement that there were only nine bills in the envelope was also a lie, otherwise there should be seven bills in the envelope now.

When Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya saw this scene, he felt that his logical thinking was directly opened up. He became even more excited. He looked at Genta and Ayumi, and after getting the support of his companions, he spoke with certainty.

"Yazaki-san, there aren't actually nine 1,000 yen bills in your envelope, there are actually ten 1,000 yen bills! You used one in the cafeteria and lost one, so there are only eight bills left!"

The situation is obvious. If there were only nine banknotes in Yazaki Yasuji's envelope, then the lost banknote that the other party mentioned must be the 1,000 yen banknote that he spent in the cafeteria.

In other words, if we consider it from this perspective, Yazaki Yasuji's behavior is to use a banknote that he spent with his own hands to slander a classmate who also behaves in an unsociable manner - and the Junior Detective Team has never thought of this possibility.

Whether it was Mitsuhiko, Genta or Ayumi, they all thought that Yazaki Yasuji lied about the number of banknotes in the envelope, and did not suspect that there might really be only nine banknotes in the other party's envelope.

(As expected, they are all good kids. Otherwise, this class refereeing might turn out to be like the one Phoenix Wright experienced as a child, where those who were wrongly accused of theft or lost their belongings would be targeted by everyone.)

Xiang Yuanguang touched his nose. He knew that Kobayashi Sumiko asked the students to resolve this emergency through the class referees because she trusted her students, but the scene that was happening now in reality still made him sigh.

(It seems that they did not disappoint the teacher's trust. A good teacher brought out a group of good students... Yazaki Yasushi said that there were nine bills in his envelope instead of ten bills, which was probably a show effect created by Conan.)

After this result came out, Conan from the prosecutor finally nodded in agreement, and he continued to ask.

"If that's the case, then there should have been ten bills in the envelope at first. But after spending one bill in the cafeteria, there's still one bill missing. So, where is that bill?"

Normally, this question should be answered by the police, but unfortunately, the 1,000 yen bill was really lost, so no one can answer this question.

However, as a former partner in the court, Xiang Yuanguang knew very well that Conan would not do something without reason. Since the other party dared to ask this question, it meant that the court could indeed get the answer to this question. So, where is the lost 1,000 yen bill?

Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin. He was thinking, and the members of the Junior Detective League were also thinking, but the members of the Junior Detective League had no idea at all——————

"I know! The missing 1,000 yen bill is right here!"

Several more students in the audience raised their hands and spoke loudly, attracting the attention of others. Even Conan's eyes flashed a hint of surprise, as if this situation was beyond Conan's expectations.

In fact, this was indeed beyond Conan's expectations, because Yazaki Yasuji said that he had stayed in the classroom and did not go out, so the one thousand yen could only have been dropped on the way to school, so the other students left the school to investigate.

Conan judged that Yazaki Yasuji's 1,000 yen was lost on the way back from the cafeteria to the classroom, so the only ones who could find the lost 1,000 yen bill were the Junior Detective Team, and no one else.

But now, those students who had left school and had no chance of finding the lost one thousand yen said at this time that they had found the lost one thousand yen. How could Conan not be surprised?

This scene was beyond everyone's expectations, except the parents who had no feeling about it at all. They just thought it was a deliberate effect for the show, otherwise there would be no such coincidence.

Kobayashi Sumiko hesitated for a moment, then nodded and asked them to speak.

And a student pulled a crumpled 1,000 yen bill out of his pocket and spoke loudly.

"On the way to school, we asked the patrolman nearby if anyone had found a 1,000 yen bill. The patrolman took us to the nearby Koban (police box) and gave it to us!"

"This is the bill that the patrol uncle was given by an elementary school student he met on the road today! I think this should be the 1,000 yen bill that fell out of the envelope of Yazaki-san!"

“…Is that so?”

Yazaki Seiji was stunned. He spoke in a stammering voice, looking a little at a loss.

In fact, he was really at a loss, and he had checked the amount of money before buying things in the cafeteria. Therefore, he could conclude that the one thousand yen bill he lost was definitely not dropped on the way to school.

But now, several classmates said with certainty that a student picked up a 1,000 yen bill on the road and handed it to a patrol police on the roadside, and then the patrol police returned the 1,000 yen to these students.

In other words, could it be that he really had dropped a thousand yen on the road, and then was careless and didn't count it clearly, which eventually led to this blunder?

Chapter 507: Rejecting the "Not Guilty Verdict"

Yasushi Yazaki's thinking is not unreasonable, because many people do subconsciously ignore some things that need attention, which leads to a series of blunders.

However, Conan felt that such a thing could not happen in this place. This 1,000 yen bill conflicted with the previous testimonies and evidence. Therefore, he believed that this 1,000 yen bill was most likely not the lost one.

However, this is just Conan's feeling. He cannot produce evidence to prove that this one thousand yen bill is not the one thousand yen bill that Yasushi Yazaki lost. This is what the defense should do.

He would raise questions about it when the members of the Junior Detective League really believed that the 1,000 yen bill found by other classmates was the 1,000 yen bill that Yasushi Yazaki lost.

"I actually found a 1,000 yen bill on the street? This is really beyond my expectation."

Teacher Kobayashi's face was a little surprised, but since the 1,000 yen bill was found, Haibara's innocence could be completely proved, thus ending the rehearsal of the class referee.

So, Sumiko Kobayashi, the class teacher and presiding judge, nodded, knocked on the table, and spoke immediately.

"Then let's submit the 1,000 yen that the students found into the court records as evidence."

Evidence collection——————【A thousand yen bill lost on the road】.