Chapter 53: The First Trial Begins

After dinner, Wright took Zero to the scene of last night's crime, Ayari Law Firm.

However, by this time, the entire office had been cleaned up, and the so-called "crime scene" was gone.

Entering the door of the office's office, Zero surveyed the room. On the left side of the office is a sofa and coffee table, on the right is a desk and office chair, and behind the desk is a bookshelf full of folders. There is a window on the wall directly in front of it, and the window is on the right halfway between the sofa and the desk. In the front right corner of the wall is a vertical bonsai.

Wright felt a little embarrassed, after all, the scene didn't exist, so how could he talk about investigating?

Zero asked Wright, "Are there any pictures or anything like that?" The police must have taken pictures. ”

"The police did take pictures, but how could they give them to me?"

"Then tell me about the specific situation at that time."

"At that time, the body fell by the window, and there was a broken standing lamp on the ground, and the fragments of the lamp were scattered near the right side of the body, which must have been cleaned up by now...... Originally, the lamp was placed next to the desk. ”

"The cause of the victim's death and the murder weapon, you should know this."

"Chihiro-san was hit in the head with a blunt object and died. The murder weapon was an alarm clock in the shape of a thinker, which was quite heavy, and it landed next to the corpse of Sister Chihiro. ”

"You must have made some effort yourself, right? What's the catch? "Zero remembers that Wright was also running around after Maynight's arrest, and this afternoon he came to see the Maori detective and himself, so he should have been running around in the morning to investigate the incident.

"This morning, I first visited the director of the Star Shadow Law Firm, the Star Shadow Universe Nosuke, who was Chihiro-sama's senior when she first entered the legal profession, and I hope that he will defend Maya-sama. He initially agreed to my request, but not long after I left the office, he called again to say that he had changed his mind and would not defend Miss Maya, and that the other lawyers at the Star Shadow Law Firm would not defend Maya. I think it may be because the prosecutor at the time of this trial was Edgeworth's mercy, and since he became a prosecutor at the age of 20, he has a nearly 90% success rate in the four years since he became a prosecutor, and he is a talented prosecutor with outstanding talents. When Lawyer Xingying heard his name, it was normal for him to be resigned. ”

Zero naturally knew that the reason for Starshadow's change of mind was not Edgeworth, but she didn't plan to say much about it at the moment. And from Wright's words just now, she heard something strange.

Edgeworth's win rate is close to 90%? But how do you remember that before meeting Wright, the other party had a winning record in the four years he had been a prosecutor.

"Did the Edgeworth prosecutor lose?" Zero asked Wright.

"I've heard that he has had several defeats against lawyer Lady Young, who is known as the Queen of Law."

Is that so...... Hehe, maybe that's the beauty of a hybrid world.

I just don't know if the demon hunter, known as the "legendary prosecutor" and who has not been defeated in his career for more than 40 years in the original work, has ever fought against Fei Yingli.

Wright walked to the window and said to Zero, "There was a witness at the time of the incident, Miss Matsuchiku Meishi, who was a guest in room 303 of the opposite hotel, and she claimed to have seen what was happening in this office through the window of her room. ”

Zero walked to the window, and a few meters outside the window was the exterior wall of the hotel. The law firm is on the second floor, and the other party is in a room on the third floor of the hotel, and you can really get a glimpse of the office from the top down through the window on the hotel wall.

"Did that witness say that Miss Maya Ayasato killed Miss Chihiro Ayasato?"

"I don't know much about the conversation between the witnesses and the police, and I guess I can only see the real thing when I go to court. But I've entered room 303 and found a cufflink and a bug, but it probably has nothing to do with it......"

Zero wanted to complain, no matter how you look at it, it's an illegal act of collecting evidence, but in the original work, when Cheng Butang presented the bugging device as evidence in court, no one thought his behavior was abnormal. I don't know if his set will still work in this mixed world?

"Is that all you find?"

"I went to the office this morning and picked up Maya's mobile phone, which recorded a call between her and her sister."

Zero wanted to complain again, such a big piece of evidence could be left at the scene, are the police officers in charge of collecting evidence all eating dry food?

"Can I listen to the recording?"

"Okay, okay."

Wright turned on his phone, and a woman's voice came out of it: "Can you come to the office at nine o'clock tonight?" ”

The voice seems mature and calm, it should be the voice of Chihiro Ayari.

"Would you like to treat me to something to eat? Miso ramen is good, so why don't you treat me to it! ”

This time, the voice is cute and lively, and it should be Maya Ayari's voice.

I listened to some conversations, all of which were sisters' small talk, but at the end of the day......

"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. This is Chihiro's voice.

Zero asked, "The alarm clock that Miss Chihiro mentioned just now is the murder weapon." ”

"Yes, that alarm clock is the murder weapon."

Zero touched his chin and thought, although he knew the real culprit of this incident, but there was no evidence that could find out the other party at the moment. I know that the breakthrough is in the witness Matsutake Meishi, it seems that I still have to follow the original plot and let Songzhu Meishi show his flaws in the court tomorrow.

"Have you hired a lawyer to defend Miss Maya tomorrow?"

"Not yet, after being rejected by the Star Shadow lawyer, I also thought about asking lawyer Fei Yingli to appear in court to defend me, but the other party's offer was very high, and I couldn't afford to pay the lawyer's fees......"

This is also normal, and the Star Shadow lawyer initially agreed to defend Maya because he had an old relationship with Chihiro, so he was willing to take care of his deceased sister. And Fei Yingli and you are not related, if you want to entrust her, you will naturally have to pay lawyer fees, and as the top lawyer in China, the lawyer fee will naturally not be low.

"Then why don't you defend Miss Maya yourself?"

"But I only have one defense experience, and this time my opponent is that genius prosecutor Edgeworth......"

Wright seems to be very unconfident, and it's no wonder that in the original work, he didn't decide to defend Maya himself until he was forced to do so.

Zero encouraged him: "You have to have confidence in yourself, I think you have a lot of potential, and you will definitely become a legend in the legal profession in the future, surpassing Chihiro Ayari, and even surpassing Fei Yingli." A Edgeworth servant will never be able to win you. ”

Wright felt that Zero's words were too good, but he reluctantly smiled and thanked him.

"By the way, Miss Kanedaichi, do you have anything else to investigate?"

"As far as the current situation is concerned, it is impossible to find out the real culprit before the trial starts tomorrow, with all due respect. That's why I asked you to help Miss Maya defend herself in court, and only by surviving tomorrow's trial will you have a chance to reverse the situation. ”

Wright was hesitant when he heard this, his face changed several times, and finally he said, "If I am allowed to appear in court, I hope Miss Kanedaichi will be by my side to help me." ”

When Zero heard this, he was a little confused: "Can you stand next to the defense bench casually?" ”

"I said you're my assistant, you should be fine."

Is it really okay to be so casual? However, Zero immediately thought that whether it was Ayari Maya in the original work, and Ayari Harumi later, it seemed that they were all casually standing on the defense seat, so it should be no problem for him to stand next to Wright.

But this is a mixed world, not a simple "Reverse Referee" world, and Zero is still a little uneasy.

"Please!" Wright folded his hands and pleaded.

"That's it, I'll accompany you tomorrow. But first of all, if I'm kicked out by the bailiffs tomorrow, then I can't help myself. ”

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July 28, 9:50 a.m., Tokyo District Court, Court No. 1.

Zero and Wright were already standing in the defense seat, Edgeworth was ready on the other side, Maya was sitting in the dock with a listless look, and twenty or thirty "spectators" were sparsely seated in the auditorium behind them.

However, at this time, the focus of these "audiences" is not on the defendant Ayari Maya, but on all of them focusing on Zero.

Where did this big beauty come from, it's so eye-catching! Have you ever heard of such a young and elegant figure in the legal profession?

Edgeworth's mercy tried to keep himself from looking at Zero, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at Zero once in a while.

Zero, on the other hand, observes Edgeworth generously, checking its attributes by the way.

Edgeworth's Mercy - Force: C-, Intelligence: A-, Intimacy: E.

On the whole, the intelligence evaluation is still worthy of the title of genius prosecutor, although it still can't be compared with a perverted character like Conan.

Maya in the dock was also watching Zero, although Wright came to tell him early this morning that he had found a very powerful person to help, but he didn't expect it to be such a beautiful girl, and he didn't know if he could be relied on.

At ten o'clock, the court session began on time.

The judge sat in the bench, looking a little more dignified, if he ignored his shiny bald head.

I saw the judge knock on the gavel and said, "Now that the trial of the murder of Chihiro Ayari begins, are both sides ready?" ”

"The prosecution is ready." Edgeworth said.

"The defense is ready." Wright then said.

The judge nodded and said, "Then I will ask Prosecutor Edgeworth to state the facts of the case first." ”

Edgeworth bowed, then began to speak.

"Victim, Chihiro Ayari. Suspect, Maya Ayari. The two are sisters. ”

Along with Edgeworth's statement, a picture of Chihiro and Maya was also reflected on the screen next to the courtroom.

"The prosecution has conclusive evidence of the suspect's criminal conduct, as well as conclusive witnesses. Sitting in the dock, Maya Ayari is guilty, this is an indisputable fact. So, let's take the first witness. ”

A man in a dark green coat walked in and stood on the witness stand.

"Witness, tell me your name and occupation."

When the other party heard Edgeworth's words, he immediately spoke: "My name is Keisuke Itosa, and I said that it was the criminal police officer in charge of the murder of Chihiro Ayasato. ”

The habit of this Itosaw-saw detective is to add a "said" at the end of each sentence.

Edgeworth continued, "Witness, please make sure that your testimony is accurate...... So, please start testifying. ”