Arriving in Los Angeles, Chu Yunxuan got off the plane and settled the four of Lan Ya in the hotel, and while the four of them were resting in the hotel, Chu Yunxuan set off to meet with Instructor Sherlock and Bai Yang. When he arrived at the rendezvous, he discovered that Cecilia was also here, intending to work with them.

Chu Yunxuan and Cecilia were in a group, and Bai Yang and Sherlock Instructor were in a group, and they investigated separately.

"Looks like Instructor Sherlock is really angry this time." Cecilia looked out the window in the co-pilot, pouted, and said, "It's the first time I've seen Instructor Sherlock so anxious and depressed. ”

Chu Yunxuan shrugged: "No wonder, after all, if he stayed at that time, he could have prevented this tragedy from happening." He must have blamed himself for it, thinking it was his fault. But in reality, there is no way around it. After all, there was a more important task at that time, and it was not just a matter of three lives. ”

"Yes, but the line of investigation is clear. They're in charge of the police, and we're in charge of the local ......residents," Cecilia said, looking at her memo, "We're mainly looking at the four witnesses who gave their statements, a little girl in the same grade as the three suspects, a young boy who claimed to be a friend of the victim and witnessed the murder, and two forest inspectors who found the scene of the murder." With such a simple case, we shouldn't need to come out, right? ”

"Then you'll have a chance to see Instructor Sherlock get angry." Chu Yunxuan pursed his lips and said, "In short, let's start with those two forest inspections." ”

The investigation did not take much effort, after all, the people involved in this case are ordinary people. Soon they gathered all the evidence, and the day after arriving in Los Angeles, the four of them also had a jet lag, and everyone went to the local courthouse in the town where the crime occurred to assist the two suspects in filing a lawsuit in court.

"Sit down later, don't talk after the trial, don't walk around the courtroom." Chu Yunxuan instructed.

Lan Ya and the four nodded obediently, and then Chu Yunxuan came to the front, reconciled with Instructor Sherlock, Bai Yang, and Cecilia, and began to wait for the court to begin. Went through the motions according to normal procedure. Soon it was time for the plaintiff to present evidence.

The first is that the girl named Xia Li goes to court. "Sebastian always wears black, likes to read books about black witchcraft, and listens to some heavy metal rock. I once heard him threaten a boy at school to gouge out his heart as a tribute. He was also seen drinking the blood of a young boy......"

"Lying." At this time. Sherlock, who was sitting in the lawyer's box, suddenly interjected. The expression on his face was a mixture of anxiety and trepidation. She looked very frustrated, a little annoyed and frustrated, "She didn't see Sebastian drink the blood at all, she just wanted to be more noticed." I just want to be more popular in school. Liar, liar. ”

"Mr. Sherlock, please note that you have no say here, and if you wish to speak, please do so through the defendant's lawyer." The judge frowned at this point and reminded, Sherlock waved his hands as if he was a little confused, "My fault, Your Honor, I'll take care of it." ”

So the hearing continued, but the girl was already a little panicked, and her speech became stumbling and incoherent.

"Please describe the situation when Sebastian forced the little boy to offer him blood." The plaintiff's lawyer pleaded with the little girl, and the sixteen-year-old said, "Uh...... He...... Sebastian gave the little boy a razor blade...... Let him make a slash in his arm, and then ...... Uh, let the blood flow into the cup......"

"But the container you said last time for blood was a sealed bag, not a cup." The defense lawyer immediately raised questions.

Xia Li was even more panicked and explained, "No, that's right, it's a sealed bag, I'm just a little nervous......"

"Please continue." The defendant's lawyer said lightly.

Then Xia Li's words and her previous testimony had many inconsistencies, and under the repeated questioning of the defendant's lawyer, she completely broke down and cried and was invited out of the courtroom, of course, her testimony this time cannot be regarded as valid.

The second witness was Vicky, a local woman in her thirties, and it is worth mentioning that her son Michael was the child who "witnessed the killing of three victims" and claimed to be a friend of the victims.

"I invited Jimny to my house one day to help me weed, and I knew that he had a good relationship with Sebastian and Johnny, so I told him that I was fascinated by black witchcraft and wanted him to bring Sebastian to my house to meet me." Vicky said with a calm face. The defense lawyer continued: "So, what did he tell you? ”

He ...... I drove me to a party where there were a lot of people who claimed to be witches, and they did some worship ritual together, and then they started undressing, fornicating with each other, and then ......" Vicky said unhurriedly, when Sherlock suddenly spoke, "Where is the ceremony?" ”

Vicky raised an eyebrow and said, "Uh...... I don't really know, he drove me there. ”

"He drove you there? What car? What color? Sherlock said, still looking unusually anxious.

"Well, a black Ford ......" Vicky nodded and affirmed, "yes, it's a black Ford." ”

Sherlock scoffed, still not looking at Vicky, as if he was afraid that she would stain his eyes: "Lie, none of Sebastian has a driver's license, and neither he nor his relatives and friends have a black Ford. His family still depends on social assistance, where to get a car? ”

"Uh...... Maybe he stole it? Vicky began to panic, "I don't know what to do, anyway, ......"

Sherlock continued, "Also, did you know that everything described in your testimony is exactly the same as a cult ritual in a book called 'The Exorcist'? Description of the cult scene, Black Ford, cultists fornication. ”

"Uh...... This one...... Well, I guess at least it's a coincidence. But the panic on Vicky's face didn't look like a coincidence at all.

"Coincidence, huh? Can you explain why you were prosecuted for drug trafficking before testifying. And then after you and your son testify separately, the police drop your case? Isn't it too much of a coincidence. Sherlock's expression looked unusually depressed and sad, and the muscles at the corners of his mouth twitched.

"That's ...... Police...... I...... I don't know, I'm not sure......" Vicky's language was completely confused, and she said something that didn't know why.

At this time, the judge spoke again: "Mr. Sherlock, I know that you are an agent sent by the U.S. Supreme Court to assist in the investigation, but please abide by the laws of the United States, you can speak on behalf of the defendant's lawyer, but please follow the judicial process." Otherwise I'll arrest you for contempt of court, no problem, right? ”

"No problem." Sherlock shrugged. Looking out the window on one side, the back road.

The next person to testify was a police officer. This time, it was the defense lawyer who asked the question.

"Officer Fischer, as far as I know, you received a report before the bodies of the three victims were found. Witnesses claimed to have seen a young white man running through the alley covered in blood. Right? ”

Officer Fischer looked a little nervous. Nodding in the affirmative. The defendant's lawyer continued: "The bodies of the two victims were found near the river. The young white man who was found was soaking wet with mud on his trouser legs and blood on his body. So there's a big suspicion, right? As far as I know, you collected blood samples from the scene. ”

"Uh...... Yes, I collected blood samples. Officer Fischer nodded stiffly.

"So, what about the results of the blood sample? I didn't mention anything for the sake of the people. The defendant's lawyer asked puzzled.

Fischer played with his fingers and said nervously, "Because...... I accidentally lost the blood sample. ”

"Lost?" The defense lawyer asked incredulously, "The time when this suspect was found, as well as his characteristics, are very related to the three victims, I can reasonably think that he was the biggest suspect at that time, right?" ”

Fischer tried to argue: "But at the time, other evidence showed ...... And Charlie and ......"

"Please answer yes or no." The defense lawyer interrupted him, and Fischer had to say dejectedly, "Yes." ”

"And you actually lost such important evidence?" The defense lawyer continued to ask.

Fhischer angrily hammered himself on the leg: "Yes, it was my personal fault. ”

"Your Excellency, on the basis of this, I have reason to doubt the competence of the police, and I ask you to allow me to re-examine and ...... the witnesses who submitted the evidence," the defense lawyer said, interrupted by the judge.

"The verdict is upheld." The judge said lightly, ignoring the current many doubts, and made a final decision.

"But! Your Excellency ...... the defendant's lawyer said incredulously, but the judge raised his hand to stop him, "Now the evidence is conclusive, and your actions are creating doubts rather than raising existing doubts, and the court refuses to accept them." ”

Sherlock spoke again: "yes, yes. You must not know that Judge Lu Dao is still in a hurry to see his eighteen-year-old little mistress after work, and it will be a waste of time to delay it any longer, and it is not worth the suspicion for the sake of these three little punks, so it is better to hurry up and go to his beautiful little mistress. Your Excellency, that's what you think, right? ”

A hint of embarrassment and panic flashed across the judge's face for a moment, and then he quickly calmed down, hammered the table, and said, "Mr. Sherlock, I will arrest you for contempt of court." Bailiff. ”

"yes, come on, capture more innocent people and put them in the electric chair." Sherlock scoffed, as if his long-suppressed anger had finally been uncontrollable, "Isn't that what you do best?" ”

Several bailiffs surrounded him, and Chu Yunxuan and Bai Yang stood sideways in front of Instructor Sherlock at this time.

"Do you want to resist?" Several bailiffs hurriedly took out their guns from behind their backs and pointed them at Chu Yunxuan and Bai Yang and asked.

"Look what you've done." Sherlock said, his fingers running over the people in the room, "To attract the attention of his peers and make himself more welcome, to eliminate his chances of committing crimes, to cover up his negligence in losing important evidence." ”

Sherlock said bitterly: "You imposed the charges on these three teenagers, locked them as suspects and even stopped looking for other suspects when there was no hard evidence in the first place, just because these three teenagers are not social, they are freaks in your eyes, just because you don't like them. Do you want proof? Okay, I'll give you proof. ”

said. Sherlock waved his hand and said in a very calm tone, "Boys, show them the evidence." ”

Chu Yunxuan nodded, took out a stack of reports from his arms, and began to speak: "First of all, Xia Li? Kopfil, based on the evidence she provided, I conducted an investigation at their school and found out that Sebastian never interacted with anyone other than Jimny and Johnny at school, and that many of the children in the school had bullied them before. ”

"So, in between. The Sebastian trio are in a vulnerable group. The claim that the three of them forced a boy to self-harm and drink his blood is impossible to hold. And the evidence ......," Chu Yunxuan said, taking out a videotape.

"Fortunately and unfortunately, a teacher at the school illegally placed surveillance cameras in the school's boys' toilet in order to monitor the boys' smoking and drug use. In exchange for not filing a lawsuit. He provided me with this tape. Enough to topple Xia Li? What Kopfil said. The three suspects drank blood in the toilet. ”

Yoshizawa and Cecilia also stepped forward: "Also, this is the lawsuit that Vicky was filed for theft before. She and her son testified that the lawsuit was dropped. We searched based on her testimony......"

Cecilia showed the crowd a list: "This is the owner of all the black fords in this town, there have been no thefts, and according to the surveillance cameras at the intersection, we can also determine the location of all the black fords during the time period that Ms. Vicky said, and none of them carried her to some remote place of opportunity." ”

As she spoke, Cecilia made another list: "In addition, based on the fact that the meeting place provided by Vicky is an open space with a dead tree in the center, we have used satellites to scan the area around this area and search for possible places, here are pictures of the scene. But nowhere did it show that there were frequent gatherings, nor did she find any of the pentagram and religious symbols that Lady Vicky had spoken of, but found a DVD in her house that she had seen the other day. ”

Chu Yunxuan showed several other photos: "And this is a photo taken from the content of the DVD, which is exactly the same as the scene that Ms. Vicky said. Coupled with what Ms. Vicky said, the day she was taken out of the party by the Sebastian trio, we found footage of the three Sebastian trio passing by from the surveillance probe at the gas station in the east of town. ”

Bai Yang showed another set of photos of a trio resembling Sebastian crossing the street.

"Based on the evidence provided above, it is unlikely that the Sebastian trio would have stolen a black Ford at this time and location, rushed to Ms. Vicki's house, and taken her to the party. So we can be sure that Ms. Vicky just watched the old movie and told the picture from the movie. Bai Yang said, taking the photo on the table.

"Also, about Ms. Vicky's son, the child who claimed to have witnessed the prisoner kill the victim." Chu Yunxuan continued, "He gave testimony in the form of video, in fact, we don't need evidence to find out that many of the details that this kid said do not match the situation of the two victims at the crime scene. ”

"According to Ms. Vicky's son, the two victims were simply disemboweled, but in fact the two victims were beaten and their skulls were slightly shattered." Cecilia shrugged her shoulders and said, "Also, Lady Vicky's son is not friends with the two victims, and he doesn't even know the nicknames of the two victims. ”

Chu Yunxuan explained, "Considering Ms. Vicky's motives, I believe this is not difficult to explain, right? The worst of all, then, is the dereliction of duty on the part of the judiciary. Regarding this, the first is that Officer Fischer lost important evidence and then ......"

"The police initially identified the three teenagers as suspects, and then began to collect evidence against the three of them, without even searching for other possible suspects. Although they are aware that there are many loopholes in the existing evidence. Bai Yang said, pulling out a stack of testimony reports, "The testimonies I have compiled are enough to prove that the police made a hasty decision." ”

Cecilia turned to the judge in the last round: "Of course, the negligence of several police detectives is inevitable, but the judge's negligence is also self-evident. I have a copy of the call record here, and some photos of you cheating on your part from the detectives hired by your little mistress, which are enough to prove that you went to find her after the case was closed that day, and almost ran a red light on the way, so I can't wait. ”

"I ...... You can't ...... I have ......" The judge seemed to be trying to defend something, but found that he could not say anything, and he looked like he was about to have a heart attack.

It was the plaintiff's lawyer who relieved him: "Even so, you have only proved that most of the evidence we have provided now is invalid, and they are still the three most suspicious people at present." The three of them had been in contact with the three children before the victim was killed, and the characteristics of the religious murder matched their horrific hobby. ”

The judge seemed to have grasped at the straw: "That's right! Until other suspects are found, they ......"

"The real murderer has been caught." Chu Yunxuan said lightly, and put another pile of reports on the table, "Now he has been handed over to the police for processing, and he is recording a statement." It's not some religious murder, it's organ trafficking. We have intercepted their car inside California and found the missing organs of the two victims from the vehicle. ”

After speaking, Chu Yunxuan ended with a sentence of "above", bowed slightly with Cecilia and Bai Yang, and retreated to Instructor Sherlock's side. As a result, no one spoke at the scene, and the entire courtroom, more than 80 townspeople, more than 20 jury members, as well as a dozen police officers and a few witnesses, were all silent and deadly silent.

On the way of Chu Yunxuan and the three of them to explain the evidence, Instructor Sherlock kept looking very anxious, shaking his legs inadvertently, biting his nails from time to time, looking around, as if he was holding back to prevent himself from crying.

It was only then that Instructor Sherlock's expression finally calmed down and turned into an indescribable sadness and helplessness, and he spoke softly and clearly, word by word.

"Everyone on the scene must remember, because you are only trying to make yourself more popular, to get yourself out of trouble, to make up for your mistakes, your selfishness, self-reliance, the ugliness of these human beings layer by layer, resulting in this tragedy. It was you who sent an innocent boy to the electric chair just because he was not social, just because you didn't like him, just because he worshipped your Lord, the enemy of Jesus. ”

Speaking of this, Sherlock stood up and pointed his finger at the people on the scene and looked around: "Every single one of you, you, you, you, you, and you, are all murderers. You, the murder of a sixteen-year-old boy. ”

The townspeople, the judiciary, and the jury dodged Sherlock's finger as if it was radiating a deadly ray at them.

"I'm a little curious, when the Lord you believe in, Jesus, know this, do you think you will go to heaven or hell?" Sherlock asked, crying and laughing, "And the innocent man who was murdered by you on trumped-up charges because he believed in Satan is in the same place as you?" ”

"Remember Sebastian? The name Kaminarimon, because it will be an indelible stain on your life, if the medical examiner re-examines him, he will find that he was murdered, and each and every one of you is a murderer. ”

With that, Instructor Sherlock turned and left the courtroom without looking back.

Before leaving, Chu Yunxuan explained to the people at the scene: "Please wait for a while, and then several witnesses, the police officer in charge of this case, and the judge will be dealt with for perjury and dereliction of duty respectively, I wish you all a good afternoon." ”

Chu Yunxuan and the three of them bowed slightly, turned around and left. Chu Yunxuan hooked his fingers to the four girls of Lan Ya who were sitting in the back row, and the girls quickly stood up and followed.

"Oh, that's heavy." As soon as he went out, Chu Yunxuan let out a long sigh and said.

"yes, I'm almost out of breath, and Instructor Sherlock is very good at creating all kinds of atmospheres." Cecilia also bent down and breathed a long sigh of relief, her long golden hair pouring down like a waterfall, "You know what he said the last words, right?" ”

"Yes, psychological hints, these people will never forget for the rest of their lives." Chu Yunxuan shook his head and said with some sympathy. (To be continued......)