Chapter 9: The First Battle of the Trial (1)
A cold sweat broke out on Conan's forehead.
This guy, you can see at a glance that he has a recording device on him?
How is this possible! In the eyes of others, he is obviously just a child! Where did this man come from?
"Don't worry, I'm not going to come and grab something from your pocket."
Gumeimen's smiling voice came from the front.
"Because, it's not necessary?"
Conan said tentatively.
"In this case, the recorded audio is illegal evidence collection and will not be accepted by the judicial authorities, so you don't have to worry."
"Looks like you know a little bit about the law, kid."
Gumeimen winked at him.
"Of course, that's only one aspect...... You can take out your recording device and look at what you just recorded. ”
Conan looked at him and took out his voice recorder suspiciously.
Open it.
The conversation between Gu Meimen and the female college student was played.
Listen, Conan's face changed.
The recording inside is missing an extremely important part, which is how Komimon lures Sanae Sugida to change her testimony!
Conan remembered that Gu Meimen was talking to the girl's ear just now.
Because the sound was so quiet, the recording was not recorded!
"Got it? Little friend, I won't leave anyone a chance. ”
Komimen smiled and patted Conan on the head.
The latter's face at this time, like boiling water in a cartoon, was red and white, and it looked particularly pleasant.
"Alright, I still have a lot of things to do, goodbye, Conan-kun."
Gumeimen stood up and was about to leave here.
"Wait!"
Conan, who was behind him, stopped him at this moment.
Gu Meimen turned his head and looked at him with a smile: "Is there anything else?" ”
"Don't you know the truth of the matter? No, you should know, Uncle Sakaguchi, that man killed someone. Conan's eyes looked at him, "Uncle, why are you doing this?" Why help a murderer? ”
"The truth of the matter?"
Gu Meimen turned his back to him and didn't look back.
"I'm sorry, I'm not interested in that stuff. A lawyer's duty is to protect the interests of his clients, win every lawsuit, and earn a high remuneration. As for the rest? Not...... What's the matter with me? ”
Conan stood silently in place, watching the back of Gumeimon's departure.
The hand in his trouser pocket rattled the recorder.
He would never agree with this man.
Just to make money, ignoring human life, using all kinds of means to defend the murderer's innocence, and allowing the murderer to go unpunished?
No kidding!
In this case, there is no justice in this world!
No matter what the reason for killing, the murderer must stay in prison to atone for his crimes, which is a concept that Conan has always believed.
The lenses on Conan's glasses reflected for a while, and after thinking about it, he quickly spread his legs and ran out of the Italian restaurant.
He was going to go to Miss Sanae Sugita and persuade her to let go of the idea of changing her testimony and not to listen to this lawyer!
……
Outside the restaurant, Gu Meimen, who was hiding behind a car on the side of the road, sneered at the back of Conan running away.
"Hehe, it's just a futile move."
Judging by Komimon, this detective must have gone to Sanae Sugita.
However, it is useless.
Because Sanae Sugita had reached five levels of favorability toward herself by the time she left.
Human beings are changeable creatures, and their positions will change with the change of certain interests, and they will not always be firm.
Witnesses who are on one side certainly do not stay on that side all the time.
They will always defect for some reason, or be bought at a higher price, or threatened with something they hold dear, especially in court.
In Gumemon's experience, generally speaking, when the opinion level reaches five squares, it is difficult for the witness's position to change.
Just now he made a double lure to Sanae Sugitada, and in this case, it was a fool's dream to want Conan to change her position with just a mouthful of words.
"Go home!"
Humming a new song by Yoko Okino, Komimen walked in the direction of his apartment.
Furumon lives in Tokyo's Edogawa district.
Edogawa Ward is located in the easternmost part of Tokyo, and although it is not the center of Tokyo and is not as prosperous, there are some old shopping streets that have been preserved, and it is one of the most densely populated areas in Tokyo's 23 wards.
Take the subway, get off at Edogawa Ward, and after a short walk, you will come to the door of a single apartment.
Took out the key and opened the door of No. 204, which was a room of more than 30 square meters, with simple equipment and no toilet, only a few tables, chairs, cabinets and other simple furniture.
Although it is small, it has plenty of sunlight and most importantly, the rent is cheap, only 20,000 yen a month, which is several times cheaper than other lots of the same area.
Why? Because there have been deaths here!
It's good to rent a house in this world, there are murderous houses everywhere, and the rent is very cheap.
Of course, Gumeimen won't stay here forever.
When you make money later, sooner or later you have to move out, and then buy a house bigger than Sakaguchi's house.
After a while of washing, Gu Meimen played Nintendo NS games for a while, sorted out the paperwork and information he got today, and went to sleep.
The next 20 days before the trial were simpler.
Gumeimen is all three points and one line.
In the morning, I went to the detention center to see Sakaguchi's justice, in the afternoon I went to Sakaguchi's house to tease the dog for a while, and came back to sleep at night.
In this way, the days passed quickly, and the day of the trial was about to come.
Japan's judicial adjudication system is based on a four-tier, three-instance system.
The courts, or courts, are divided into the following four levels, from highest to lowest.
They are the Supreme Court, the High Court, the District Court, the Family Court and the Summary Court.
Summary and Family Courts are at the same level and deal mainly with civil, minor criminal and family cases.
The local court, which is where Gumeimen litigated this time, hears almost all types of civil and criminal cases.
All three of the above courts were first instance.
The High Court is responsible for the second instance of appeal from the above courts.
The Supreme Court is the ultimate court, hearing appeals from second-instance judgments, as well as some high-profile cases.
Because this dog training homicide case is a relatively common homicide case in the world, it is only accepted in the local court.
In this world, there is at least one local court in Japan in every area below the municipal level.
In particular, Rice Flower Town, a place where homicides are frequent, has even set up three local courts.
Well, there are too many suspects, and the lawsuit can't be ranked.
On this morning, Komimon woke up early, washed up, dressed up, and took the subway to the Yonekacho No. 3 District Court.
Soon, the scene was reached.