People are wreaking havoc in Tokyo, ladies, please stay put!

"Thank you, Your Honor." Erin Hayes bowed slightly and turned around. "Next, I would like to question the suspicious points in the evidence in the case. I would like to ask if the witnesses present in the case, Kaede Karen and Sakura Kurumi, are here?"

Masami Miura raised his head and looked at the clerk.

The court clerk stood up and said:

"Your Excellency, due to an emergency involving a major case, Kaede Karen and Sakura Kurumi are temporarily absent from the witness stand."

"I received a message from Deputy Fenghua Lian that she will be coming to the court soon."

"That's okay. We can wait for Deputy Maple Flower Love. Now, I'd like to question another witness who was present at the time." Irene Hayes smiled at Miura Masami, and pointed the blood-red nails on her small hand at her. "That's you, Justice Miura Masami..."

"So, defendant's lawyer, what do you want to ask me?" Masami Miura said lightly.

At this moment, Fang Zuo, who was regulating his breathing, received three text messages from women at the same time...

The questions asked are exactly the same...

Chapter 326 The fight for favor of the beautiful daughter-in-law starts today

Inside the courtroom of Japan's Supreme Court.

The audience present were all high-ranking Japanese judicial figures and Onmyoji families who had good relations with the Miura family.

The live broadcast account is also on the Supreme Court’s own APP, and those who have viewing accounts are all people at the top of the Japanese pyramid.

All high-ranking officials were witnessing the century-old feud between siblings of the Miura family, a powerful Japanese judicial clan.

"I would like to ask Justice Miura, what is your relationship with my client?" asked Irene Hayes.

"Immediate family relationship!" replied Masami Miura.

"Can you be more specific?"

"We are siblings!"

"So, how do you usually get along at home?"

"I object to the opposing counsel raising such inquiries that have nothing to do with the case." Hojo Sakura decisively stood up and interrupted the other party. "I object to such roundabout questions that waste everyone's time."

"Your Honor and the jury, I guarantee that the questions I raise are absolutely relevant to this case!" Erin Hayes turned to face the jury and said, "The family identity and relationship between my client and the witness can effectively prove the key doubts in this case."

"The objection is valid!" Miura Masami looked deeply at Irene Hayes. "Defendant's attorney, this courtroom isn't your place for a performance. You must state your doubts and the basis for your argument as concisely as possible."

"Well, let me ask my client, Governor Miura." Erin Hayes turned to look at Governor Miura and said, "Excuse me, Governor Miura, are you and Masami Miura on good terms?"

"Of course. My father is quite strict with her. Every time he scolds my sister, I'm the one who stops him." Governor Miura pushed his gold-rimmed glasses and agreed with Irene Hayes, but his eyes turned to Miura Masami.

"From childhood to adulthood, if I hadn't been there, my dear sister, I don't know how many beatings you would have received from your father, right?"

"Excuse me, Your Honor, do you agree with what my client, Governor Miura, said?" Irene Hayes turned around and looked at Masami Miura.

"Defendant's defense attorney, I warn you again. Please state your questions and what you want to prove directly in court," Miura Masami said in a deep voice. "If you continue to question me in such vague terms, I will cancel your time."

"Yes, Your Honor, I understand. Let me ask you directly." Irene Hayes nodded and said, "Do you and my client have a blood feud?"

"No..." replied Masami Miura.

"Really?" Erin Hayes stared at Miura Masami, "What about the revenge for my father's murder?"

With a 'clang' sound.

It was like being hit on the head.

Miura Masami imagined the view from the balcony: her father's eyes were fixed on her, blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth...

For a while.

Masami Miura was a little dazed and his heart was beating violently.

What does this woman know?

Did her brother tell her everything?

Masami Miura looked to Governor Miura on his right.

Her own brother was staring at her intently at this moment, pushing his gold-rimmed glasses, with a sinister smile on his lips.

"Objection!" Hojo Sakurana noticed that Miura Masami's face was a little off, and she stood up again. "The opposing defense attorney has repeatedly raised such irrelevant questions, which is extremely unprofessional. I suggest that the court disqualify her from defending the case."

"Of course I know there's no vengeance for your father's murder. Everyone knows your father's death was an accident..." Without waiting for Masami Miura to speak, Irene Hayes quickly said, "Because of this, one of the charges against my client, the attempted murder of Masami Miura, is not established."

Irene Hayes turned to the jury and the audience behind her and said affirmatively:

"My client has a very good relationship with his biological sister. This can be attested to by the relatives, friends, and disciples of the Miura family, both present and absent. And just now, our Chief Justice Miura Masami did not object."

"This fully demonstrates that my client, Governor Miura, had no motive to kill his biological sister, the current Chief Justice Masami Miura."

"If that's the case, how can there be a charge of attempted murder? It's illogical."

The audience at the back murmured among themselves, and one could vaguely hear words like "That's indeed the case" and "The Miura family has always had harmonious relations among its relatives."

The chaotic noise woke up the dazed Masami Miura.

"Quiet!!!" She banged the gavel to silence the chaotic noise. "I must remind everyone to abide by the order of the court. If you make any noise and disrupt the court proceedings again, I will immediately expel you."

After saying that, she glanced at Hojo Sakura who was sitting in the accusation seat on her left.

"Objection." Hojo Sakura immediately stood up after receiving the gaze and said coldly, "I disagree with the other defense lawyer's point of view. Just because the two of them were close, there was no motive for murder. This is absolutely absurd and illogical."

"Defendant's defense attorney, I'm not exaggerating when I say that I can identify murder cases in Japan over the past decade, and a large percentage of them involve a very good initial relationship between the murderer and the victim."

"Even direct relatives, and even worse, fathers and sons, and mothers and sons, but what's the result? The result is that there are still many tragic murders, and some even involve torture and murder."

Hojo Sakura sneered and said, "The defendant's lawyer's argument based solely on this one point is not enough to overturn Governor Miura's charge of attempted murder, let alone serve as direct evidence to prove her point."

"The objection is valid." Miura Masami regained his composure, banged the gavel, nodded, and said, "The opposing defense attorney's opinion can be included in the court record and can be included as a reference for the jury, but it cannot be used as direct evidence to overturn the conviction."

"Defendant's counsel, do you have anything else to say?"

"Of course, Your Honor." Erin Hayes didn't care that her opinion was overturned. As if she had known this all along, she smiled confidently and continued, "What I want to prove is that my client had no intention of killing his sister, Miura Masami. He had no basic motive for murder."

"Next, I would like to ask about the prosecutor of the other side, Hojo Sakura."

Irene Hayes glanced at Hojo Sakura, picked up the complaint and said:

"There's a very important point in your indictment against my client. In the witness testimony, my client attempted to kill Miura Masami with a chainsaw, right?"

"Yes." Hojo Sakura nodded.

"Thank you. Then...Mr. Governor Miura, why do you have a chainsaw in your home?" Irene Hayes turned to look at Governor Miura and asked.

"Because I'm not only a professor of law at several universities, I'm also a creator of large-scale wood sculptures." Governor Miura adjusted his wire-rimmed glasses. "My work has been exhibited in many art exhibitions, and you can find it in various news reports."

"Excellent, thank you, Governor Miura." Irene Hayes took the stack of photos from her assistant and handed them to the clerk. She then took out another photo and showed it to the audience and jury. "Your Excellency, Chief Justice and Jury, my client is, as he said, a creator of large wood sculptures."

"What I have in my hands are pictures of his works in exhibitions, as well as various news reports about his sculptures over the years and photos of some of his works."

"What do you want to say by submitting this to the court, Attorney Irene Hayes?" Masami Miura took a look at the materials that had just been submitted and flipped through them casually.

Of course she knew that her brother liked carving, so she didn't need to look at any of this.

"It's very simple. It's perfectly normal for my client to be holding a chainsaw at the time. What I want to point out is that it's perfectly reasonable for this chainsaw to be in the room, and even in my client's hand."

"It was not, as the prosecution claimed in the indictment, that it was taken out with premeditated intent to commit murder."

"Objection." Hojo Sakura immediately stood up. "Defendant's defense attorney, I need to remind you that, with the exception of specially manufactured weapons like pistols, the weapons used in all murders are almost all everyday tools."

"In a recent murder case I prosecuted, a person even used a bamboo chopstick to stab the victim's throat, causing him to bleed to death."

"I agree with Prosecutor Hojo Sakura," said Erin Hayes. "I think Prosecutor Hojo Sakura misunderstood. I didn't say chainsaws can't be used to kill people. But what I want to say is that my client didn't hold a chainsaw with a strong intention to kill, as the complaint alleges."

"It's just a tool he uses to create his work, just like if you're arguing with a butcher and he's waving his knife, you can't say he's trying to murder you..."

"I object. I object to the other defense attorney mixing completely different scenes together to mislead the jury and the judge." Hojo Sakura said:

"In the accusation of this case, Miura Masami was tightly bound by Governor Miura using Yin-Yang magic, and had a strong intention to kill him."

"Governor Miura's words included phrases such as 'neatly cut' and 'buried in the backyard', which were clearly threatening and completely different from the alleged butcher argument."

"Of course the scenario is different." Erin Hayes quickly took over Hojo Sakura's words: "Because my client has ten thousand ways to kill the other party, and they don't require a so-called chainsaw."

"My client is an Onmyoji," Erin Hayes said. "There are quite a few Onmyoji here listening and watching. They should understand that if an Onmyoji wants to kill someone, they don't need to go through so much trouble. There are countless methods that can achieve the effect of a chainsaw, and some are even more direct and cruel."

"Why did he need to pick up a chainsaw? This just shows that my client had no intention of killing his sister."

Irene Hayes reached out, took the document from the assistant, and handed it to the clerk.

"Here are the cases of murder committed by Japanese Onmyoji in the past 10 years that I have counted. Almost all of them died from Onmyoji magic, which proves my point."

"To summarize, my client is a respected figure in Japanese upper-class society, a universally recognized law-abiding citizen of high moral character, and a kind and honest person. His career is free of any criminal blemishes."

"On the contrary, he actively participated in charitable causes, quietly donating large sums of money to the International Red Cross and UNICEF. He is a professional with great compassion."

"The judicial students he taught are now active in various branches of the Japanese judiciary and are contributing to this country."

"He had no motive to kill his own sister, with whom he had a very good relationship, especially after his father's accidental death."

"As for the chainsaw he was holding, it was just a tool he often used in his amateur creations. It was not, as the indictment alleges, a weapon with obvious murderous intent."

"What's more, he is also an Onmyoji. If he really has this motive to kill, he has countless ways to kill his own sister."

"From the prosecution testimony, we know that most of these conversations revolved around their father, and every sentence was about his death."

"This is consistent with his usual values ​​of morality. He simply missed his father too much, and tying up his sister, and those words were nothing more than a little joke caused by his mental disorder."

"And his sister, Justice Miura Masami, did not suffer any additional damage. This is simply impossible for an Onmyoji who can easily take the lives of ordinary people."

"This is sufficient to show that my client had no intention of harming his sister at all."

"It was just a misunderstanding, that's all."

"Objection, objection!! I object to using the other defense lawyer's closing statement as evidence." Hojo Sakura stood up and said loudly:

"Your Honor, members of the jury, tying up a person and verbally threatening them with a weapon clearly demonstrates murderous intent, and this cannot be overturned by his usual moral standards and work habits."

"When we judge whether a person attempted murder, it should be based on whether he had a strong intention to kill and whether this intention was terminated by external forces."

"If it weren't for the bullet fired by Sakura Sora Kurumi-cho Masaru that hit Governor Miura's arm, perhaps Miura Masami would have died at his hands."

"I object. I object to the prosecutor using this kind of speculation to deduce the outcome of the incident. It's extremely unfair to my client." Irene Hayes also said loudly:

"And, Prosecutor Hojo Sakura, you have to admit that the evidence I have presented cannot directly overturn your accusations.

"However, it is sufficient to prove that there are doubts in your accusation. My client does not have a strong intention to kill as your indictment claims, because he has no motive to kill."

"He didn't have a motive that led to an obvious murder weapon, and he restrained his usual killing techniques as an Onmyoji. Even Miura Masami wasn't injured, right?"

Erin Hayes looked at Miura Masami and said in an increasingly loud voice, "Your Honorable Justice, members of the jury, based on the principle that the benefit of the doubt is given to the defendant, I believe that the charge of attempted murder cannot be established."

The court was silent for a moment.

Knock knock knock! !

Miura Masami knocked the gavel: "Now, I declare that since the witness Kaedekaren has not arrived yet, the court is temporarily adjourned..."

In the judge's lounge.

Chief Justice Masayoshi Miura took off his robe and put his glasses on the table.

He supported his forehead with both hands and kept rubbing his eyebrows.

The image of my father's death kept flashing through my mind.

Hojo Sakura walked in.

"It seems like this barrister has made sufficient preparations."

She said as she sat down in the chair next to Miura Masami.

"That's normal. If this continues, there's a high chance that she will be cleared of this charge." Miura Masami said with a wry smile to Hojo Sakura.

"It's mainly about the cases involving the bodies in the backyard..." Hojo Sakura's face was a little serious: "Governor Miura must not be allowed to get away with this..."

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Asami Takigawa didn't put on makeup immediately after getting up.

Instead, she was wearing pajamas, in her room, staring at the sexy black lace underwear in a daze.

This was the piece that the man tore off behind her and she hid it in her windbreaker pocket without taking it out.

She has been wandering between nightmares and sweet dreams these days.

I often dream about the expression of Junichiro Koizumi's death.

I dreamed that I returned to the night when I met Fang Zuo.