"The True Culprit"

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Daryan groaned in annoyance

'Man, man, man! How many times do we have to listen to the same thing?'

Apollo shot him a look with a little smirk playing at his lips

'You're right. Enough of that!, Let's listen to another section, shall we?'

'Another section...?'

'The guitar burst into flame at the end of the second verse. Let's listen to the same spot... in the first verse. Pay attention to "O that night in your embrace"...!'

he played the music to the court, the judge eyes widen as he gasped

'Ah...! P-Play verse two again!'

apollo paused a few more lyrics were sung

'There! Did you hear that?'

the Judge nodded his head

'They "feel" the same, true... ...but they're clearly very different!'

Daryan glared up at them all

'Whaaat!?'

apollo grinned

'Well put, Your Honor! The phrase in verse two is quite simple... But the same phrase in verse one has high and low notes! You'd have to use two hands to play that for sure!'

'W-What's that prove?!'

daryan demanded, klavier raised a brow at him

'I would think you'd know that by now'

he rolled his eyes

'This is why I hate dealing with amateurs, man... So the two verses had different arrangements! Happens all the time'

'Not this time, Daryan'

klavier said speaking up

'There's no point in changing an arrangement if you can't hear it clearly. And that wasn't the point. I had him play specifically so that the piano would stay in the background, That was what I noticed. "Why should the same phrase sound slightly different?" I asked myself'

'Now ask yourselves why Machi changed how he played... and there's only one answer! He needed a free hand in order to press the switch!'

apollo added, daryan growled as he slammed down his one fist on the witness stand, shaking in fury as the court started to murmur , the judge slammed down his gavel to silence everyone

'Order! Order!! Order!!!!! I believe this ties all the facts together... Well, Prosecutor Gavin?'

'Yes, quite. Though, personally, this comes as a terrible disappointment'

klavier said shaking his head, apollo was just about to celebrate when he saw daryan lips twitching up at the corners of his mouth, he suddenly felt a sinking feeling in his chest, he then started to laugh

'Heh... Heh heh heh... Ah ha ha ha ha ha haaaah! Good show, Sleeves. No, great show!'

he said clapping his hand, 

"I don't like it when he looks so... so happy"

Daryan cheered as he glared over at gavin with a knowing smirk

'You tell him Gavin. Tell him what's so disappointing!'

apollo looked over to see the disappointment in klavier's eyes, though his face was the same, his eyes told him his true emotions

'Personally, I'm terribly disappointed... ...in you, Herr Forehead'

apollo felt a red blush of shame playing at his cheeks, ..it really stung in his heart to hear klavier say that to him

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