Ke Xue: An outlaw, a maniac who sets out to usurp the throne! Chapter 069

Seeing this, Conan couldn’t help but rub his forehead, then frowned and glanced at Jiang Heng.

This lawyer… interfered in his case again, and he was surprisingly the defense lawyer for Akio Nishimoto, not Mrs. Nishimoto?

“I’d like to ask—” Jiang Heng turned his head and looked at the prosecution.

“When you considered the witnesses, did you not consider… the issue of trespassing?”

“This…” The prosecution’s pupils involuntarily constricted.

Cold sweat broke out on their foreheads: “After all, they are a group of children.”

“We didn’t trespass!” Genta Kojima retorted excitedly.

“We are the Detective Boys, we were just exploring.”

“Exactly, and before we went in, we didn’t know anyone lived there…”

Ayumi Yoshida couldn’t help but nod, then chimed in.

“Besides, if it weren’t for us, that big brother might still be imprisoned.”

“What’s more, we even solved the case from five years ago!” Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya also nodded and said.

As for Conan, he sighed silently.

Strictly speaking, everyone did trespass…

If this had happened to Shinichi Kudo a few years ago, Shinichi Kudo would only have thought—

As a detective, sometimes you have to be flexible to solve cases.

But now, with Jiang Heng, who is very good at finding people’s “faults,” Conan was at a loss.

The most crucial thing was that Conan couldn’t figure out how Jiang Heng would defend Akio Nishimoto.

Could it be… by directly clinging to the trespassing issue?

“The act of a person unauthorized by the homeowner or without legal procedures by a competent authority entering another’s residence without permission is trespassing.”

Jiang Heng looked deeply at the children, his tone serious.

“I—” Genta Kojima and the others bit their lips.

“I object!” The prosecution couldn’t sit still and immediately stood up.

“What the plaintiff’s lawyer is saying now… is irrelevant to this case.”

“Alright, then let’s talk about something relevant.” Jiang Heng shrugged.

As for these mischievous children… they were easy to deal with: “Putting aside the effective components of children’s testimony—”

“There’s a question I want to ask you, and I hope you can answer truthfully.”

“We definitely won’t lie!” Ayumi Yoshida said firmly.

“Then, when you saw Akio Nishimoto, what was his state?”

Jiang Heng stared into the children’s eyes, saying without hesitation,

“This…” Genta Kojima and the other children instinctively exchanged glances.

They pondered: “He was very agitated at the time, kept saying he was the one who killed him.”

“And he said it was all his fault or something…”

Hearing this, Conan subconsciously nodded, then chimed in.

“He also said he wanted to surrender!”

No matter what, the crime of surrendering would definitely be lighter than being directly caught!

“This means that Akio Nishimoto’s mental state wasn’t very good at the time?”

Jiang Heng raised an eyebrow, his tone meaningful.

“Being locked up for five years, I definitely couldn’t stand it…” Genta Kojima mumbled subconsciously.

Conan’s brow, however, twitched, and his bad premonition suddenly deepened.

“Please do not say anything irrelevant to this case.” A reminder sounded.

Jiang Heng directly raised his hand, letting Miyano Akemi distribute the materials he had prepared.

“This is the mental health evaluation report I requested for my client, Akio Nishimoto. The report shows—”

“After five years of dark imprisonment, my client’s mind has collapsed…”

“This means that my client is now a mentally ill person completely lacking criminal capacity.”

Upon hearing this, the prosecution, after a brief discussion, immediately raised an objection. (To read thrilling novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

“According to the information from back then, Akio Nishimoto’s mental state was normal when Mr. Nishimoto was murdered.”

“Therefore, the prosecution believes that Akio Nishimoto committed the murder in a completely conscious state.”

“This means that Akio Nishimoto’s act of murder at the time was completely voluntary.”

Staring at Jiang Heng and raising an objection under pressure, it must be said, was quite stressful.

“I did not mean to suggest that my client committed a crime due to mental illness.” Jiang Heng suddenly chuckled. []

“However, the testimony of a mentally ill person… at most only has reference value.”

“It cannot be fully adopted for conviction.”

Jiang Heng paused, then directly took out the materials submitted by the prosecution for Akio Nishimoto’s conviction.

His gaze was sharp: “Regarding the case from five years ago—”

“Aside from the testimonies of my client, Akio Nishimoto, and Mrs. Nishimoto, there is no substantive evidence…”

“As for the vase that was used as evidence back then, as far as I know, it also has many people’s fingerprints on it.”

“And both Akio Nishimoto and Mrs. Nishimoto, as the owners of that house, would have left fingerprints on it.”

“And as for the testimony—”

Jiang Heng gave Mrs. Nishimoto a meaningful glance: “My client, needless to say, is now completely mentally ill.”

“As for Mrs. Nishimoto… someone who imprisoned my client for five years, I don’t think her testimony can be adopted.”

“But, Mrs. Nishimoto is Akio Nishimoto’s mother.” The prosecution frowned.

“Exactly! It’s precisely because Mrs. Nishimoto is Akio Nishimoto’s mother.” Jiang Heng stared at the other party.

“A mother… under the guise of ‘doing what’s best for you’—”

“To prevent her son from surrendering, she locked him in a dark basement for five years.”

“Doesn’t anyone find that absurd?”

Hearing this, everyone present was stunned.

Yes… yes, that approach sounds rather abnormal.

After all, judging from the crime scene photos released earlier, the environment of the basement where Akio Nishimoto was imprisoned was actually not very good…

Didn’t you see, Akio Nishimoto was driven crazy by Mrs. Nishimoto?

“If I were to judge—” Jiang Heng then added.

“I’m more inclined to believe that Mrs. Nishimoto herself killed Mr. Nishimoto.”

“But Akio Nishimoto discovered it, perhaps out of the last bit of familial affection…”

“Mrs. Nishimoto didn’t silence Akio Nishimoto, but instead imprisoned him in the basement.”

“And, just in case, she directly psychologically hinted to Akio Nishimoto that he was the one who killed Mr. Nishimoto.”

“Until… she drove my client, Akio Nishimoto, insane.”

“As far as I know, Mrs. Nishimoto minored in psychology when she was in college!”

This… how is that possible?

Conan’s pupils contracted, and he looked at Jiang Heng with some absurdity.

Jiang Heng’s reasoning completely overturned his own speculation and Akio Nishimoto’s testimony.

However, it also seemed to carry a hint of absurd truth.

“I object! This is just your baseless speculation.”

The prosecution took a deep breath, gritting their teeth as they looked at Jiang Heng.