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Chapter 822 A Dragon-like Reversal (60)

"Majima, you bastard..."

Shimano Tai turned to look at Majima Goro, his eyes filled with a fierce rage.

However, Majima Goro merely glanced at him, completely ignoring Shimano Tai's expression. The only reason he followed Shimano Tai's orders was because Shimano Tai was his direct superior.

However, to say that he had great respect for Shimano, let's not get into those empty platitudes.

Because everyone knows that Goro Majima has no respect for Tai Shimano and will not be threatened by him, whether he takes the blame or not depends entirely on Goro Majima's own moral bottom line, just like Kazuma Kiryu took the blame and went to jail.

Shimano stared at Majima Goro for a while, but in the end, he didn't say anything more.

Although he understood Majima Goro's personality and knew that the guy was quite stubborn and unlikely to change his stance based on a few words from him, the probability of that happening was low but definitely not zero.

Unless absolutely necessary, it's best not to challenge someone's morality with your own crimes.

Xiang Yuanguang gently touched his forehead with his finger.

His gaze swept over Goro Majima and Tai Shimano, completely ignoring Sayoko Iwai on the prosecutor's bench, even though the two were nominally opponents in this trial...

However, in reality, both Hikaru Mugen and Sayoko Iwai knew very well that the real clash in the courtroom was never between Hikaru Mugen and Sayoko Iwai.

Xiang Yuanguang and the Tokyo Regional Headquarters of the Japanese Public Security Bureau.

Perhaps Sayako Iwai was quite capable when she was a junior prosecutor in the Ministry of Public Security, but now that she has become a chief prosecutor, her abilities in all aspects have declined considerably.

Even if they rely on their previous foundation, they can still recover some of their prosecutorial skills by taking advantage of the courtroom environment.

However, given the circumstances surrounding Xiang Yuanguang and the current court proceedings, the portion of Iwai Sayoko's recovered abilities are insufficient for her to participate in the upcoming psychological battle.

Although it is impolite to say this, that is the actual situation.

Iwai Sayoko simply couldn't keep up with Kou Gen's reasoning.

"Although the witness is unwilling to answer, this court feels... that this incident did indeed occur?"

The blond judge watched closely the changes in Goro Majima's facial expressions.

He spoke somewhat uncertainly, but glancing at the large audience in the courtroom's gallery, who were buzzing with discussion, he coughed twice to prevent the media from taking his words out of context and attacking the court's impartiality, and then asked.

"Attorney Xiang Yuan, can you prove that this actually happened?"

"After all, all inferences in the trial must be based on existing evidence and testimony. If there is no evidence or testimony, no matter how convincing Attorney Xiang Yuan's statements are, this court cannot use them."

The presiding judge has just finished speaking.

Before Kou Minamoto could reply, Yuya Kazami, standing on the other side of Goro Majima, had already spoken up.

"Of course, this did happen."

"On the afternoon of the day Sera Katsu was murdered, Inspector Shiratori Ninzaburo of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was dispatched to investigate the scene. He led a team to find lawyer Mukai, who was an eyewitness, to take a statement."

"During this time, Shiratori Ninzaburo happened to run into Majima Goro, who was exchanging ideas with Mukamoto Hikaru."

"According to Shiratori Ninzaburo's case report, they went to the sniper position with Mukamoto Hikaru and Majima Goro to check the situation. The agreement that Mukamoto Hikaru mentioned happened during that time period."

Kazami Yuya turned his head to look at Majima Goro standing behind the testimony platform, and then said, "It was a promise made to Mugen Hikaru when Majima Goro left the sniping point."

“All the agreed-upon details are recorded quite clearly and are basically consistent with what Attorney Xiang Yuan said. Therefore, the evidence that Attorney Xiang Yuan just presented is credible and legally valid.”

—So it seems the Japanese Public Security Bureau also noticed that statement?
He nodded slightly to Yuan Guang.

Although Iwai Sayoko was used to a life of luxury and could no longer keep up with him in terms of professional skills, Kazami Yuya, who had always worked on the front lines, still possessed that keen insight.

Now that Kazami Yuya has brought it up, there's no need for him to bring it up again.

Upon hearing Kazami Yuya's testimony, the presiding judge nodded, acknowledging the veracity of the testimony he had just given to Minamoto Mitsu, and expressing surprise that the two had actually made such an agreement.

However, he did say something with some doubt at this moment.

"Attorney Xiang Yuan, if the agreement you just mentioned is indeed true..."

"That means that Goro Majima made a promise to you to return the child to you, but he didn't. The child was only found and returned after the Japanese police arrested Goro Majima."

"Doesn't that mean that Goro Majima broke his promise to you?"

The presiding judge finally steered the conversation toward the breach of contract.

Upon hearing this, Goro Majima frowned slightly, while Tai Shimano breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Regardless, at least up to this point, no testimony or evidence has yet surfaced that could be detrimental to him during the trial. Now, the presiding judge is clearly attacking Goro Majima for his unreliability in keeping his promises.

This is good news for Shimano Tai.

After all, a yakuza who doesn't keep his promises is obviously more likely to be a suspect than him, and the credibility of Goro Majima's testimony would be greatly reduced, as would the case of Ai Haibara's kidnapping.

The only real witnesses and suspects are him and Goro Majima.

If the credibility of Goro Majima's testimony decreases, the presiding judge will only accept his testimony, and the final result will be that Goro Majima's guilt becomes a foregone conclusion.

However, while Shimano was happy, he also had some doubts.

Because he was puzzled.

Xiang Yuanguang has clearly already positioned himself against him, so why is Xiang Yuanguang still steer the conversation in this direction? Doesn't Xiang Yuanguang, as a legendary lawyer, realize that this is actually detrimental to the image he wants to project?
The answer is yes.

Xiang Yuanguang gently touched his forehead with his finger.

He is fully aware of the current developments in the case, and if Shimano Tai is asked to testify next, he will most likely not be able to say anything that can be used to attack him.

So, the next person to be questioned will be Goro Majima.

This is where the techniques I learned from Ryunosuke Naruhodo come in handy —

The biggest difference between the courtroom in Ace Attorney and a modern courtroom is that the testimony table in Ace Attorney's courtroom can allow multiple witnesses to be present at the same time, and the testimonies between related witnesses may lead to inconsistencies in the testimonies of other witnesses.

—This is the attack strategy for Yuan Guang going forward.

(End of this chapter)