Chapter 54: Confrontation at trial

"First of all, please take a look at the floor plan of the site." The detective pointed to the screen as he spoke, "The body fell near the window, and the cause of death was a blow with a blunt object, and it was said that he died immediately." ”

"Is the murder weapon an ornament in the shape of a 'thinker'?" Edgeworth interjected.

"That's right, it was said next to the body."

If you don't look closely, this alarm clock can easily be mistaken for an ordinary decoration. Wright listened to Edgeworth and Itosaw's question-and-answer, and thought to himself about the fact that they might not have discovered that the "thinker" was the alarm clock.

Edgeworth continued, "Is there any basis for your direct arrest of Maya Ayari at the crime scene?" ”

"That's because there is conclusive evidence that before the victim died, he wrote the words γƒž, ヨ, and γ‚€ in blood on a piece of paper, which is the name of the suspect, Zhenxiao! According to the results of the analysis, the blood on the note is the victim himself, so it can be concluded that it is the death information left by the victim, and it is also conclusive evidence! ”

"Dissent!" Wright suddenly let out a loud shout, startling the Zero on the side.

"Detective Itosaw, as you just said, the victim died immediately after being hit with a blunt object. If it is an immediate death, how can there be a time to dip it in blood and leave a message of death? Therefore, the name on that note could not have been written by the victim! ”

Hearing this, Zero nodded secretly, Wright's courage in the courtroom was really very different from yesterday, and he was worthy of being a man born for the courtroom......

One of the major court features of "Reversal of Judgment" is that when there are different opinions, it will point at the other party and shout "dissent". This behavior is quite handsome in the game, but now in the real world, I feel that it is extremely secondary, isn't this considered a disruption of the court order? At least in ancient China, it was rare to punish a sin of roaring in court. I don't know if the lawyer Fei Yingli, who is known for his calmness and composure, has shouted "objection" like this in court.

Questioned by Wright, Itosaw was also confused, scratching the back of his head with his right hand, and muttered, "This ...... Truly...... It's strange to say......"

At this moment, Edgeworth let out a cold sneer.

"Is there anything ridiculous?" Wright asked.

"I'm sorry, Wright, but the 'immediate death' forensic report is invalid. The medical examiner conducted a second investigation, and according to the latest report, the phrase 'immediate death' was revised to 'possible immediate death', which means that it is possible for the victim to leave a message of death. ”

"Wait a minute, I haven't heard of any secondary investigations!" Wright clapped his palms on the defense bench in front of him and shouted at Edgeworth.

Edgeworth said calmly, "This is because this report only came out this morning, and it may not have been delivered to you yet, anyway, you just got carried away, Wright." ”

"Cut, what a dirty trick......"

"Let me tell you, evidence is everything in court, you layman."

Wright was said to be a layman by Edgeworth, and his whole expression was a little broken.

While Wright wasn't going to be struck by Edgeworth, Zero felt the need to make a sense of his presence rather than stand beside Wright like a mascot. I just heard her say to Edgeworth, "Prosecutor Edgeworth, that new forensic report is a bit far-fetched. As we all know, what stands out in forensic reports is rigor. For Chihiro Ayari's death report, either she died immediately or died after a period of time, which is a rigorous forensic report. The use of the phrase 'may die immediately' in a forensic report only means that it is an unqualified forensic report, and such an unqualified report, in my opinion, is not qualified as evidence. ”

"It's not up to you to decide whether or not you have the credentials to be used as evidence," Edgeworth glanced at Zero, then looked away and said to the judge, "Your Excellency, do you think this brand new report can be presented as evidence?" ”

The bald judge thought for a while, and finally said, "I think this forensic report is acceptable." ”

Hearing this, Zero "cut" a sound.

"That...... Miss Kanedaichi, did you just disrespect me? The judge asked, looking at Zero.

Zero replied in a stick-read tone, "No, Your Excellency, you heard me wrong. ”

At this point, Edgeworth continued, "The death message left by Chihiro Ayari can be used as ironclad evidence. However, in addition to this ironclad evidence, we also have a witness who can confirm Maya Ayari's crime! Now, let's call a second witness to testify. ”

Detective Itosaw stepped back from the witness stand and stood aside, and a young woman with pink hair and a delicate appearance, wearing a pink coat, a short white skirt, and pink high heels, entered the witness stand. The woman's collar was low, the furrow on her chest was visible, and her skirt was so short that the thighs could almost be faintly visible.

"Hello everyone, I'm Songzhu Meishi, please take care of me!" The woman spoke in a very sinister voice with a cute expression.

According to the past situation, as long as he shows this posture, he will immediately gain the attention of all the men in the audience. However, at this time, she found that there were very few men who set their eyes on her.

How so? Matsutake Meishi was puzzled, but she soon found out why.

There was a girl on the other side of the defense bench, who didn't put powder or gestures, and just stood there quietly, so that all the men could fall in love with her.

How can it be! How can there be a woman in this world who is much more beautiful than Mei Shi! Mei Shi looked at Zero in disbelief, and his face collapsed on the spot.

"Witness, don't waste time, and please give a statement as soon as possible about what you saw the night before." Edgeworth said to Mei Shi.

Mei Shi took a few deep breaths to calm down his mood, and then began to state his testimony: "That night, I sat on the chair next to the bed in the hotel, and casually looked out the window, but I unexpectedly saw that in the room on the second floor of the building opposite, a long-haired woman was attacked, and it was the little girl who was sitting in the defendant's dock who attacked her! ”

"No, I didn't ......," Maya wanted to retort.

Edgeworth interrupted Maya and asked Mei Shidao, "Witness, do you remember the specific time?" ”

"Yes, I heard the sound of the time from the murder weapon held by the defendant - 'It's 8:50 p.m.'"

"The murderous weapon spoke!?" The judge asked, surprised.

"That's right." At this time, it was Edgeworth who made the explanation, "Although the murder weapon looks like an ornament, it is actually an alarm clock with a voice time signaling function. It can be said that if it were not for the moment of witnessing the crime, this 'thinker' would never have been recognized as an alarm clock. Therefore, the testimony given by Miss Shochiku is completely credible. ”

Turns out that Edgeworth already knows that 'Thinker' is an alarm clock...... Wright thought to himself.

"Indeed......," the judge nodded toward Edgeworth, "the testimony just now can be considered as the truth." ”

"The death message left by the victim and the eyewitness testimony of the witness Takeshiku Meishi about the moment of the crime have perfectly proved the defendant's criminal behavior." "Your Excellency, please make a guilty verdict against the defendant." ”

Wright sweated on his forehead, pondering how to deal with the situation in front of him.

At this moment, Zero whispered a message next to Wright: "Mobile phone recording." ”

Wright suddenly became enlightened, and just as the judge was about to strike the gavel, he stretched out his finger and shouted, "Dissent! ”

The judge was taken aback and asked, "Is there anything else, Wright?" ”

"At the time of the crime, the mechanical core of the alarm clock had been removed and would not ring at all!"

"Is that so?" The judge looked surprised.

Edgeworth smiled coldly and said, "The mechanical core was found to have fallen on the floor at the scene, and it is very likely that it fell at the moment when the suspect used it to attack the victim. In other words, the witness, Miss Taketake, first heard the alarm clock chime, and then the mechanical core fell off, and that's it. Listen, layman, my reasoning is based on all the evidence, and there can be no mistakes. To refute my reasoning, you have to produce evidence of when and how the core of the clock was 'removed'. But I assert, you can't take it out at all! ”

Edgeworth, Edgeworth, you talk so much, aren't you really afraid of being slapped in the face...... Zero couldn't help but complain in his heart again.

"Of course I have proof!" Wright said as he pulled out Maynight's phone, "Here's the proof!" ”

"What kind of evidence is that phone?"

"This is the defendant's mobile phone dropped at the scene, which contains a recording of the call between her and the victim before the crime!"

"What!" Hearing this, Edgeworth's eyes widened, and then he looked at the Itosaw detective on the side, "Can such an important piece of evidence be missed?" You can wait and see for me next month's salary assessment! ”

"No...... This one...... I ...... "The Itosaw detective is very discouraged.

There was also a storm in the auditorium because of the appearance of mobile phones, and the "audience" began to whisper, and the judge hurriedly raised his gavel and knocked it a few times: "Silence! Quiet! ”

After the scene was quiet, Wright pressed the play button, and the recording was played in public.

The previous content is negligible, but the last sentence is undoubtedly the crux of the matter.

"Oh, by the way, I have a thinker-shaped alarm clock here, and it will tell the time when the time is set...... But now that the alarm clock doesn't speak, I removed the mechanical core inside and replaced it with other documents. ”

With Chihiro Ayari's words, Edgeworth's face gradually became more and more ugly.

After the recording was played, Wright said: "This recording is ample proof that the mechanical core was no longer in the alarm clock before the case. So on the night of the crime, it was impossible for this alarm clock to go off. Miss Shochiku Umeyo, there is a problem with your testimony! ”

"Noβ€”it can't beβ€”that conversation was recorded?"

"Y-What did you just say?" Wright reacted immediately, "You said 'that conversation'...... Does that mean you know what the conversation is going on between the two? ”

"Dissent!" Edgeworth hurriedly stopped Wright, "What you're asking now has nothing to do with this case, so there's no need to dig deeper!" ”

"That's not going to work!" Wright didn't back down, "From Miss Shochiku's words just now, one thing can be deduced, and that is that she tapped the telephone communications of Ayari's law firm!" ”

Wright said as he pulled a bug from his pocket.

"This is what I found from the hotel room where Miss Shochiku is staying, and what you said just now, Miss Shochiku, can completely prove that you have eavesdropped, which is undoubtedly a crime!"

"Wait a minute, the evidence obtained by that means ......"

Edgeworth wanted to continue arguing, but he didn't expect Songzhu Meishi to hold back first, only to see her face change greatly, and roared fiercely: "Ahhing, annoying people, hateful hedgehog head!" What's wrong with my eavesdropping, I'm just ordered to listen to the law firm's communications, what does it have to do with a murder or something? In short, it's the little girl who killed her, you hurry up and make a verdict! ”

"Who the ......hell is it that you were ordered," Wright said, remembering the cufflinks he had picked up in his hotel room, so he took them out and asked Shochiku, "Could it be that the owner of this cufflink ordered you to eavesdrop?" ”

"That's it!" Edgeworth interrupted Wright before turning to the judge, "Your Excellency, a new case has emerged, and the prosecution has requested an adjournment for a reopening tomorrow in order to investigate further." ”

"The Chamber accedes to the Prosecution's request and orders the Prosecution and the Defence to continue their investigation. The trial has concluded today and is now adjourned. ”