Morix: Web of Mistrust

Turnabout Abduction, Part 10

September 15

Courtroom No. 5

12:00 PM

Victoria von Graye

"It seems to me that we've come to learn the truth about what happened the day of the crime," Prosecutor Shield declared, a frown on his face. "The victim was a criminal who was killed when he attempted to somehow hurt his target, one of the witnesses of this case. The culprit, Nevada, arrived on the scene and broke the glass of the display case by throwing her backpack. As the glass shattered, the shelves the trophies were sitting on collapsed, causing a trophy to fall on the victim's head, killing him instantly and offering a chance for the culprit to escape with the victim's target."

"There are still a few things that I don't understand about this case," I confessed with a shake of my head. "Who could have sent the victim after Chrysalis in the first place? We still haven't found any evidence to point to who would have wanted to wish harm upon her or why. There isn't anything that could show who did this, but if you ask me, that's one of the most important aspects of this case."

"The victim was hired to commit a crime, and judging by the fact that he hadn't been caught until his death, he was rather talented in his field," Prosecutor Cruz muttered. "The one who hired him is a criminal as well for asking somebody to deliberately harm an innocent person, and we need to continue investigating this case until we can figure out who the victim's client was."

"At the very least, we were able to uncover the truth behind the victim's death," Lily announced. "It was an accident caused by the victim resorting to violence, and the actions of the culprit were all out of self-defense and a need to escape from the scene of the crime."

Judge Frost nodded, and he turned his gaze down to where Nevada was standing at the witness stand. "You saved someone's life the day of the murder, and you helped us to catch the victim for his crimes in the process," he commented. He didn't say anything further, but it was clear as could be that he was relieved in a way that Nevada had done what she did. I know for sure that I was. I didn't even want to imagine what could have happened if she hadn't appeared to get Chrysalis out of that awful situation.

Nevada sighed and shook her head. "I did what I had to," she muttered bitterly. "Can I go now? I've served my purpose." There was something odd about her, and I frowned as I watched her carefully. Her tone seemed oddly self-loathing and upset, something I never would have expected from Nevada given how confident and self-assured she was at a first glance. 

"I think that it's time for a verdict to be declared on this case anyways," Prosecutor Burke said. "We know what happened, and the defendant couldn't have killed the victim. We can go on and release her from the detention center since she's no longer the object of our suspicion."

Nevada shuffled away from the witness stand before taking her place on the witness bench soon afterward. Chrysalis followed her, and she continued to watch Nevada with something nervous blossoming in her eyes. She didn't seem to know how to approach talking to Nevada, so she chose to avoid the subject instead. When Nevada glanced her way, Chrysalis stared down at the ground. They were dancing around each other in their own awkwardness, and I had to admit that it was almost hard to watch. 

Mukuro took her place at the witness stand after Nevada and Chrysalis left. There was a smile on her face, and I could tell that she was beyond relieved to have her name cleared at long last. She did her best to hide how giddy she was, but she wasn't doing a splendid job of it. Then again, it wasn't as if any of us could really blame her. This truly was a situation worth celebrating, especially for Mukuro given that she had been the suspect in the first place.