Chapter 685: It’s impossible that the dead person walked back by himself?

What? The heart lock didn’t work? Was what Arakura Yumiko said true?

Xiang Yuanguang raised his head, with surprise visible on his face.

It was the first time for him to encounter a situation where the first witness he questioned was the real murderer.

What is this? The easiest first case in every Ace Attorney game?

However, Prosecutor Sugiura did not follow… Does this mean that there is something wrong with this answer?

“…Hmm? Xiang Yuan, your expression doesn’t look right. Is she telling the truth?”

Sitting next to her, the somewhat bored Nanatsuki Koshimizu noticed the change in Genmi Mitsuki’s expression.

She was also aware of Xiang Yuanguang’s ability to judge whether something was true or false based on what the other person said.

So when the hedgehog’s expression changed, she asked in a low voice with some curiosity.

“Is this true? Is this case so simple?”

“…The truth.”

Xiang Yuanguang said in the same soft voice, then he reached out and touched his face, then asked again.

“Is the change in my expression so obvious? I thought I disguised it well…”

Koshimizu Nanatsuki:?
The gaze from a high school girl detective who has expired.

“Ahem… I get it. Stop looking at me like that.”

Xiang Yuanguang coughed twice, turned around and looked serious.

Yumiko Shinkura felt a little confused about the change in the hedgehog-headed man’s expression.

She had heard of the name Xiang Yuanguang, who was said to be a legendary lawyer in Tokyo.

Legend has it that Xiang Yuanguang has the ability to see through people’s inner thoughts and can always find the real murderer in the court, but now it seems that this legend is a little unreliable…

At least Yumiko Shinkura felt that this hedgehog-head looked a little silly.

However, after Xiang Yuanguang’s expression became serious, the sense of oppression spread silently.

To put it in the terminology of the acting world, it means “getting into the role in one second.”

This kind of performance by the veteran actor coupled with the sense of oppression immediately made Yumiko Shinkura serious.

“Ms. Shinkura, since you think you are the murderer in this case.”

“Then please tell us the whole story of this case.”

Asked Yuan Guang seriously.

“Ah… ok, ok…”

Yumiko Shinkura nodded.

——

[~ Testimony about the murder of Yasushi Komiyama~]

[Testimony begins]

“I have never had a good relationship with the deceased, Mr. Komiyama.”

“Because Mr. Komiya has been trying to pester me and date me. He already has a wife, but he still wants to do this outside…”

“So, I hated him and always rejected his requests for dating.”

“But I didn’t expect Mr. Komiyayama to do something like that that night…”

“He rushed into my room and tried to force me to have a relationship with him. I was terrified…”

“So, I was groping around to see if I could grab something to protect myself, and I happened to touch the vase on the table, so I lifted the vase and hit Mr. Komiyama on the head.”

“Then… I left because I was too panicked and scared.”

“I just thought Mr. Komiya was just unconscious, but I didn’t expect that I would hit him to death with a vase… So, I am the real murderer of this case…”

[End of testimony]

——

After saying this, Yumiko Shinkura waited anxiously for Genkou’s next question.

But what was unexpected was that this legendary lawyer, who was always known for his sharp words and every sentence that touched people’s hearts, did not ask any questions at this moment. He just subconsciously pointed his finger at his forehead.

There is no other reason.

Xiang Yuanguang didn’t see what was worth asking here. The cause, process, result, and psychological activities of the case were all explained very clearly.

According to conventional logic and the results displayed by the heart lock, Yumiko Arakura should be the real murderer of this case, but… isn’t it a bit… for a girl to pick up a vase and hit someone to death with one blow?

Xiang Genguang turned his head and glanced at Koshimizu Nanatsuki beside him.

Oh, it seems to be a normal thing.

After all, the weak woman next to her can kill an adult with a hammer, and then jump from the second floor without any cushioning and remain unharmed. It doesn’t seem surprising that the actor can do it with a heavier vase.

After all, this is a world of science, and using common sense to reason doesn’t make sense.

“…Why are you looking at me like that?”

Nanatsuki Koshimizu thought of the file contents of “Detective Koshien” that she had seen in the game Noah’s Ark.

Although she felt that Xiang Yuanguang most likely did not know the contents of the document.

However, Nanatsuki Koshimizu always felt that Genkou turned to look at her at this time.

It is closely related to the content of “Detective Koshien”.

“You don’t think it’s surprising that I can do it?”

She asked in a dangerously low voice.

“How could that be? Impossible, absolutely impossible.”

He coughed twice at Yuan Guang and replied.

He turned and asked the police officer next to him.

“Excuse me, Mr. Policeman, the murder weapon that Yumiko Shinkura mentioned just now…”

“May I ask if your company has included it in the list of evidence?”

Facing the legendary lawyer’s question, the police officer said somewhat flattered.

“Of course, Mr. Xiang Yuan, more than just the vase that Miss Xincang mentioned was included in the list of evidence.”

“We have included all other similar vases in our list of evidence, so we don’t need this one!”

…other vases of the same kind?

Xiang Yuanguang was a little confused.

What does it mean?
Could it be that the police suspected that Yumiko Shinkura would hide the vases after using them to kill people, so they couldn’t bring all the vases from the crime scene at once?
That’s really professionalism.

Without pursuing this matter for the time being, Xiang Yuanguang asked Arakura Yumiko with some curiosity.

“Excuse me, Ms. Arakura, you used the vase to attack Mr. Komiyama.”

“What exactly happened? Did Mr. Komiyama bleed? Or was the vase broken?”

“Normally, if a vase is smashed on a person’s head with a force that could cause death, the vase will most likely break, and Mr. Komiyama will bleed a lot, right?”

“If this is really the case, Ms. Arakura, your sentence may be more severe. After all, in this case, you are sure that Mr. Komiyayama may die because of your defensive behavior…”

“If no action is taken afterwards, the situation is more serious…”

Yumiko Shinkura’s words interrupted Yuan Guang’s words.

“No.”

“The vase is intact, and Mr. Komiya-san didn’t bleed…”

“He didn’t die in my room, but in Mr. Komiyama’s own lounge…”

…Hmm? Didn’t you say you hit Komiyama Taishi and left?

Why did Yasushi Komiyama appear in his own lounge?
Xiang Yuanguang’s expression changed slightly.

If Yasushi Komiyama was already in his room, it would seem a little strange that Yumiko Arakura rejected his request and then used a vase to smash him to death.

But if Yasushi Komiya died in Yumiko Arakura’s lounge, but was found in his own lounge, it means that Yumiko Arakura later returned to the scene and moved the body, which contradicted Yumiko Arakura’s words…

“Weird…”

He said.

“Is there a third person or accomplice at the crime scene?”

“It’s impossible that the dead person walked back by himself, right?”

(End of this chapter)