Chapter 98 Chapter 98 Respecting Others' Preferences

Judge:"……"

After all the twists and turns, he still had to make the decision. After all, the jurors could only play a supporting role. Fortunately, most of the jurors were unanimous on this matter, so he said casually, "Since the majority of the jurors believe that the lawyer's rebuttal is unreasonable, then dismiss it."

Robin tutted, then said to Milo, unconcernedly, "What a shame, Milo, the jury isn't on your side. Why don't you humbly ask for a letter of forgiveness from the victim?"

"Are you humiliating me?" Milo asked back.

"How is that possible? If you don't want to, forget it. Think about it." Robin sighed. "If you could figure it out yourself, I wouldn't have to go through all this trouble."

Milo believes that the court is just going through the motions and that they are not truly repentant at all. Robin has seen many such clients. Some cannot endure the agonizing process of waiting for the result, while some appear to have endured it but are not actually truly repentant. However, those are the light sentences that Robin has tried his best to obtain for them.

There are also people who don't want a letter of apology, but when the judge sentences them heavily, don't blame them for not trying their best.

He tried his best, but you made a mistake and didn't admit it. Who can help you?

Judge: "So that's all he's guilty of? Are there any other crimes?"

Marie Kazama: "Yes, there is, but we have to wait until Alice's trial is over."

And that witness was more for Alice.

Judge: "Based solely on his current crimes, this guy is already heinous enough. But are there other, perhaps even more, crimes he has committed?"

Neither Kazama Jasmine nor Robin denied this.

After Kamohashi finished testifying about Milo's case, the judge, taking into account the jurors' opinions, gave a fair verdict. Of course, everyone present knew that this verdict was just an appetizer, and the real big deal would be the case involving Alice in a few days.

However, since Alice is a minor, there will not be a public trial in that case.

But her case...I'm afraid it will be a big deal.

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Isshiki Totomaru breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the courtroom. "The atmosphere in the courtroom is really serious."

"It's nothing, it's a court after all," Kamohashi Ron said, "Standing in the witness stand is a different feeling."

"...Prosecutor Kazama is very oppressive. She feels completely different from her usual self, but also a little bit the same..." Isshiki Totomaru was a little unsure. He looked at Kamohashi Ron, who just said:

"She's an excellent prosecutor, probably all excellent prosecutors are like that. And didn't we already see her language skills in that self-defense case?" Kamohashi Ron said. "...But now that I think about it, her claim of self-defense as the reason for her acquittal might have been a lie."

"He was acquitted because the victim wasn't dead, but we clearly saw a body at the time, and you confirmed he wasn't breathing, right?" Isshiki Todumaru said, "Or maybe there's some other trick you can pull that can fool you."

"No, no trick can deceive me. The only thing that can deceive me is the truth. That means the body I saw was real... So, what case was that body from?!"

Kamohashi Ron originally planned to have dinner with Isshiki Totomaru, but he turned around and took Toto's hand and went straight to Kazama Mari.

"Why do you take action as soon as you say so?!" Although Isshiki Todumaru complained, he did not oppose Kamohashi Ron at all in his actions. He let Kamohashi Ron hold his hand and turned to find the prosecutor of this case.

Because they were in the UK, the two of them originally planned to find the best French restaurant... In fact, Kamohashi Ron preferred to go home and cook, but considering that he didn't really want to see his clingy parents, he finally decided to go to the restaurant for dinner.

But now there may be more important things.

"It's not my style to leave such questions unanswered, Dudu."

"That's true. I'm also very curious about what kind of case Prosecutor Kazama used the corpse for."

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Kazama Marie: "So... you came here specifically to ask this? I mean, it's normal for prosecutors to have the bodies of several unknown death row inmates, right?"

"Of course this is normal, but the bodies of executed prisoners usually don't have neck injuries from strangulation, but rather injections or gunshot wounds," Kamonohashi said. "Why, are some of your executions still carried out by hanging?"

"That's not the case," Kazama Mari said after a moment's silence. "That man's death was the result of a riot inside a prison. He was strangled to death by another death row inmate... No, to be precise, the victim you saw at the beginning wanted to sneak into the prison and kill the other person, but he didn't expect to hit a wall."

Kamo no Hashira: "What's that iron plate? Let me hear it."

Isshiki Totomaru: "Also, could Prosecutor Kazama tell us a little bit about this?"

Kazama Jasmine: "..."

These two people are devils. Doesn’t she have any dignity by just listening to gossip here?

Then Kazama Mari happily talked about the gossip at the beginning. In fact, it was almost the same as what she said, but Kazama Mari explained the identities of the two and how she found out about it. At this time, Kamohashi Ron suddenly recalled that in a certain emotional live broadcast, a young lady seemed to have said that there was an accident in a prison very close to him.

Only Isshiki Todumaru suddenly started to worry:

"On the other hand, I remember that witness Prosecutor Kazama mentioned wrote some pretty terrible things during your emotional livestream... There's no way Prosecutor Kazama sent this on purpose. Prosecutor Kazama knows you so well, wouldn't it be bad for her if you were to get to the bottom of this?"

Kamo no Bridge Theory: "..."

Kazama Jasmine: "..."

In the end, Kazama Mari coughed and avoided the topic: "I have to go eat first. Anyway, I won't be the prosecutor who accuses Alice..."

Isshiki Totomaru: "Is that a route that takes us to dinner?"

"That's the closest authentic English restaurant. It's decent enough for British people, but for foreigners... forget it," Kamohashi said expressionlessly. "Respect other people's preferences."

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Thus, the reputation of Mari Kazama for her food choices disappeared, but this was just a minor episode. In the end, Isshiki Totumaru still went to eat French food with Kamohashi Ron and talked about the case ten years ago.

"Those involved in the Plateau Hotel case were all invited by my father to a French restaurant. Of course, their assistance was rewarded with an emerald... Now that I think about it, Tiger was probably the only unlucky one, right?" Kamonohashi Ron thought for a moment and said, "It seems he was the only one who sincerely believed that my father wanted to kill or kidnap Dr. Goya."

"Now think about it, did your uncle fake his death and run away at that time?" asked Isshiki Todumaru.

"No, I don't think so." Kamohashi Ron said, "I still have some memories from my childhood. At that time, I had the impression that I saw him being shot with my own eyes."

Of course, the shooting is now in question. The main point of that incident was that Elliot deceived the whole world - even Romi didn't know the truth, otherwise Romi's mother would not have forced Elliot to accompany her on a very long trip around the world.

A little while later, Kamonohashi Ron received a message from the communication expert—

"I hacked into their system and found out that Alice's prosecutor is...Principal Aimee."

Kamo no Bridge Theory: "..."

Seriously? Principal Aimee?

"Uh... Sorry, my mistake. Principal Aimee rejected the case because Alice attended Blue, so she doesn't plan to appear in court as Alice's prosecutor." The communication expert took a deep breath. "So who will appear in court then?"

"We'll find out soon anyway. After all, there are quite a few prosecutors who aren't actually involved with Blue. It's impossible for them to let you be involved."

Communication Expert: “…”

He decided to ignore Kamohashi for a while; the guy could be a little crazy sometimes.

A little later, Kamonohashi Ron and Isshiki Totomaru said, "When Prosecutor Kazama was talking about that victim, I remembered a while ago on a live emotional broadcast where a client said her boyfriend had an accident in prison and was receiving treatment. Could that be the incident Prosecutor Kazama mentioned?"

"Huh? The timing doesn't match?" Isshiki Totsumaru said, "I remember that Miss Kazama Marie's self-defense case seemed to have been resolved not long after we met, but that young lady said it happened after we returned from that uninhabited island. Now that you mention it, I'm a little curious about what happened that time."

"That audience member seemed to say that the man is still receiving treatment. Maybe the Metropolitan Police Department knows something about the situation." Kamohashi Ron said.

"Is that so? I'll call Senior Amamiya to ask." Isshiki Totomaru said, and then he called Senior Amamiya directly. The other party answered the phone quickly. After listening to Isshiki Totomaru's doubts, Officer Amamiya said helplessly:

"What is it, Isshiki? You called to ask about this? Something did happen back then, but to be more precise, it was similar to the situation when the CIA took the dolphin pendant... except that this time it was the guy from the swimming pool who came back."

"...A guy from the same organization as the Communication Expert? How is he related to this guy?!"

"Oh, but don't worry. Although it was a chaotic situation, the international prosecutors who arrived after hearing the news have taken control of the situation. He also obtained the relevant evidence he needed from them. After all, this is an international case, and the Metropolitan Police Department has to cooperate." Amemiya said, "Come to think of it, that guy looks familiar. I feel like I've seen him somewhere."

"Did he tell me his last name?"

"He said his last name was Akechi."