Chapter 2237: There Is Always Only One Truth (Ben Cat's Skill Breaks Through the Sky)

The crowd returned to the courtroom once more, and this time, Beatrice, sitting on the witness stand, reached out with both hands, covering her face as she burst into tears.

“It’s not like that, it’s not like that, it’s not like that……”

Saying this, Beatrice suddenly stood up and grabbed Fang Zheng by the collar.

“Why? Why weren’t you there at that time? If you were there at that time… if you were there…”

However, in the face of Beatrice’s accusation, Fang Zheng remained calm.

“Even a deity does not necessarily have to save everyone. They made their choice, they must bear the consequences.”

“………..”

Hearing this, Beatrice slowly backed away a few steps before finally collapsing to the ground, while Fang Zheng turned around and walked up to Phoenix Wright, taking a diary out from his pocket.

“This is the final piece of evidence.”

“What is this, Mr. Fang Zheng?”

Looking at the diary in front of them, both Conan and Phoenix Wright curiously leaned over.

“It’s the diary of Yoshitsugu Yodaimiya, recording everything that happened on Rokugashima back then.”

“……Huh?”

Hearing Fang Zheng’s answer, everyone was stunned, and Conan looked at Fang Zheng even more incredulously.

“Wait, wait a minute, you had this, why didn’t you bring it out earlier!”

“Are you an idiot?”

Fang Zheng glanced at Conan as if looking at a fool.

“The saying goes that a solitary piece of evidence is unconvincing, do you understand what that means? This is the diary written by Yoshitsugu Yodaimiya, the only survivor of the Rokugashima incident. Do you just take it as the truth? What if she intentionally wrote this diary to make herself appear as a victim? After all, she was the only survivor on Rokugashima, and social opinion has always regarded her as a suspect. You want me to completely believe the story in this diary, now that would be truly stupid.”

“Uh……”

At this, Conan found himself speechless, and this time Fang Zheng turned to look at Beatrice.

“Alright, now comes the final judgment. Conan, after reading through all this, I think you should have an answer, right?”

“Ah……yes…”

At this moment, both Conan and Phoenix Wright had finished going through the remaining materials Fang Zheng left. Conan furrowed his brow with a serious expression.

“Well then, first let’s solve the mystery of Rokugashima.”

Fang Zheng snapped his fingers.

“The killer who slaughtered everyone on Rokugashima is…?”

Faced with Fang Zheng’s inquiry, Conan remained silent for a moment.

“It’s the second son of the Yodaimiya Family and his family—Rufu Yodaimiya and Kyrie Yodaimiya, along with Saito Yodaimiya.”

“………”

Hearing this, Beatrice’s body trembled slightly, but she said nothing, while Phoenix Wright continued.

“According to the account written in this diary, back then, all the adults of the Yodaimiya Family solved the puzzle and reached the secret room, where they saw the gold. They then got into an argument over the distribution of the gold. During the quarrel, Yoshitsugu Yodaimiya’s gun accidentally went off, hitting Natsuki Yodaimiya, killing her. In a bid to avenge his wife, Krauss attacked Yoshitsugu, and then was killed by Hideki, who was protecting Yoshitsugu.”

“Up to this point, it could only be regarded as a tragic accident.”

Conan continued.

“But what followed was a planned murder. Rufu Yodaimiya and Kyrie Yodaimiya suddenly struck out, taking the opportunity to kill Louza Yodaimiya, Hideki Yodaimiya, and Yoshitsugu Yodaimiya… but Yoshitsugu wasn’t fatally hit, only fell unconscious.”

“No, no…”

Hearing their narrative, Beatrice trembled while refuting, but her refutation was so powerless.

“It’s not like that, it was me, it was the Witch…”

“And Yosuke Yodaimiya, Shizuka Yodaimiya, Maria Yodaimiya, and other servants died one after another. From this, we can deduce………..”

Saying this, Conan paused for a moment and looked at Beatrice.

“The main culprits of the Rokugashima massacre were indeed Rufu Yodaimiya’s family, specifically, Rufu and Kyrie were the main perpetrators, and Saito was the accomplice!”

“No! It’s not like that!!”

Hearing Conan’s deduction, Beatrice leaped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

“Mr. Saito is not a criminal, he didn’t kill anyone!”

“Wait!”

However, at that moment, Phoenix Wright’s voice rang out, as he slammed his hand on the table, staring at Beatrice.

“I’ve been puzzled since the beginning, since this diary mentioned Beatrice, but she was already killed by Kyrie Yodaimiya. Suppose, for argument’s sake, she wasn’t killed by Kyrie, then a question remains: as Beatrice, why are you going out of your way to conceal the truth? Usually, only a perpetrator would want to hide the truth, but you’re not the perpetrator, yet you’re desperately trying to conceal it. This presents a contradiction, and now, that contradiction has been unraveled.”

Saying this, Phoenix Wright abruptly extended his hand, pointing at Beatrice.

“The reason you are trying to cover up the truth of Rokugashima is to hide the fact that Saito Yodaimiya is the killer!!”

As Phoenix Wright spoke, a sudden gust of wind arose, forming a heavy blow that struck Beatrice in the chest, causing her to grunt and stagger back a few steps.

“So the situation is very clear now. Perhaps the whole Rokugashima incident began as an accident, but thereafter it became a premeditated murder. Rufu Yodaimiya, Kyrie Yodaimiya, and their son Saito killed all the others on Rokugashima, but were then blown up by a bomb. We never understood why you would protect a murderer, but from your recent reaction, we finally know the conclusion.”

Conan looked towards Beatrice.

“You… you like Saito Yodaimiya, so you don’t want him to be the killer, do you?”

“No, it’s not like that, that’s not the truth!!”

Beatrice shook her head desperately.

“And didn’t you all say? That diary was written by Ehua Yodaimiya, so why couldn’t it be her and her husband’s handiwork, then pushing everything onto the dead?”

“Indeed, that is a possibility as well.”

Phoenix Wright nodded.

“But according to the evidence, the likelihood of Rufu and his wife being the culprits is greater!”

“……Evidence?”

“Although there’s no direct evidence, I still collected information on the family’s situation through the Umbrella network.”

Fang Zheng casually tossed a stack of documents onto the table.

“Indeed, Krauss, Eha, and Kanon all have financial issues, but personally, they haven’t done anything majorly wrong. Krauss is indeed suspected of embezzling from his father’s assets, but at most, it’s a family internal conflict, while Eha and Hideyoshi’s business dealings, though aggressive, are still within legal bounds. As for Kanon, not to mention, it’s just plain bad luck.”

At this point, Fang Zheng showed a hint of a smile and then patted the files in his hand.

“But as for the Rufu Yodaimiya family, heh… extortion, intimidation, and blackmail, they’re simply scum of the earth, and to say that Saito Yodaimiya knows nothing of his family’s business is too strange. Given their background, it’s not surprising they’d do such insane things. Saito Yodaimiya is already eighteen, not a kid like Maria Yodaimiya, wouldn’t you say that’s possible?”

“No, it’s not!”

At this moment, Beatrice also came to her senses and loudly refuted again.

“Alright, I admit, this diary is indeed real, and initially, I did plan to kill everyone. But what I didn’t expect was that they solved the epitaph first, and then what happened matched the diary… I wasn’t dead at that time, though Kyrie tried to kill me, but what she used was a blank bullet I loaded on a whim. I was shot in the shoulder but didn’t die. After that, I searched the whole manor attempting to find any survivors, but everyone was dead except the killer. When I returned to the underground chamber, Sento stood there, dumbfounded by everything that had happened. I heard the culprit’s footsteps, so I took Sento away and hid in a secret cove on the island. Sento knew nothing and initially even thought I had killed everyone! He wanted to take me away from Rokugashima in the end, but… I had committed a crime, and to atone, I chose suicide, while Sento tried to save me…”

“Is there evidence?”

However, facing Beatrice’s testimony, Fang Zheng quietly responded with a question.

“……Eh?”

“Evidence, we won’t believe only your word, evidence; only evidence is the foundation of everything. The story you told is indeed touching, but without evidence to prove it, it’s like the previous games, just something you imagined. In fact, you might have been killed by Saito Yodaimiya when you returned to the chamber, and because you don’t want to believe this, you constructed this series of moving scenarios… Yet, like the witch’s murders, you have no evidence to prove it.”

At this point, Fang Zheng also pointed his hand at Beatrice.

“You say Saito didn’t kill anyone, but the fact that you didn’t witness him committing murder means there’s a possibility that Saito Yodaimiya is responsible!”

“This also explains why the previous game ended so abruptly.”

Conan followed up closely.

“At that time, because Fang Zheng suggested Kinzou Yodaimiya might be killed by Krauss Yodaimiya, it led to a dispute, and fearing a repeat of what happened in the diary, you appeared suddenly and killed everyone, abruptly ending the second game.”

“…….”

“As for the third game, it’s similar. In the end, though not the final ending, judging from your reaction and the sudden end of the second game, I can ascertain indirectly the truth in the diary written by Eha Yodaimiya.”

At this point, Fang Zheng patted the diary again.

“Even if not 100% accurate, it’s at least over 50% correct, belonging to the ‘trustworthy’ range.”

“Then, according to you, if they killed, why were they also blown up?”

“It’s simple because you activated the bomb.”

“……Eh?”

“This is also just a hypothesis.”

Conan adjusted his glasses.

“As you just said, you initially intended to kill them, so maybe you set the bomb wanting to wipe them all out. After all, you were alone, and the others were numerous and included young and strong men. For you as a woman, killing them all was challenging, so you set up insurance. But what you didn’t expect was that they started killing each other first, and you fell victim to them. Since you were dead, the killer naturally wouldn’t know about the existence of the bomb. They might have been planning to wait for daylight after the storm calmed, then leave the island with the gold in their dreams. What they didn’t expect was, in the end, the bomb exploded, and they all died in it, except Eha Yodaimiya, who barely escaped by hiding on the island’s edge.”

“From this perspective, Eha Yodaimiya isn’t bad.”

Fang Zheng glanced again at the old diary.

“She even adopted Rufu and Kyrie’s daughter, Enju, although our intelligence indicates she wasn’t very nice to Enju, you can understand. After all, she’s the child of those who killed her husband and son; if there were no barriers, it’d be a soap opera. As for Enju’s eventual suicide, it’s likely because she read Eha Yodaimiya’s diary, despairing when realizing the truth.”

“No, that’s… not how it is…”

“Next, here’s the final mystery.”

Fang Zheng completely ignored Beatrice’s murmuring and snapped his fingers.

“And that is, who exactly is Beatrice… Of course, whether or not we solve this doesn’t matter much, because we’ve basically reconstructed the truth of the Rokugashima incident. While there’s no direct evidence to prove our theory—since the place was leveled by the explosion—but by indirect evidence and all we’ve seen in this world, it’s enough to illustrate the issue. Still, just for fun… you want to?”

“I’ll do it.”

Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s question, Conan rolled his eyes helplessly. He’s not really fond of this kind of deduction, but following Fang Zheng, it’s hard to properly execute a deduction when he wants to. Even if it’s just entertainment… might as well indulge his craving for deduction a bit.

So, Conan stepped up, cleared his throat, and looked at Beatrice.

“Beatrice, the Golden Witch, your real identity only has one answer, and that’s Sayo Yasuda—simultaneously, you’re also Sayo and Kanon! And I suspect you’re the child thrown off the cliff by Natsuki Yodaimiya nineteen years ago, the child of the second Beatrice and Kinzou!”

Saying this, Conan pointed at Beatrice, and at this moment, a golden light suddenly emerged from Conan’s fingertip, transforming into a beam, directly hitting Beatrice!

“Whoa aaaahhhh!!!”

Under the shine of golden radiance, Beatrice emitted a scream, falling to the ground. Next, everything on Beatrice started to crumble, like the first snow melting under sunlight.

Moments later, what appeared in front of everyone was no longer the Golden Witch with golden hair dressed in luxurious attire, but someone with Sayo’s face and Kanon’s physique… a male? Female?

“Mr. Fang Zheng, this is…”

Seeing this, Naruhodo was also shocked, while Fang Zheng shrugged.

“Probably a boy with feminine features? Who knows, the world is truly fascinating.”

“Ugh… ah…”

As the two talked, Beatrice suddenly seemed to be in pain, clutching his chest with a face full of suffering. The next moment, Beatrice’s body burst, and a light orb radiating a murky color emerged heavily from within, then fell to the ground with a thud.

Immediately after, the entire world shattered, collapsing.