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The trial for Soseki begins! Juror No. 1 is Fairplay and I think Juror No. 3 is Furst? No.4 is Joan Garrideb of all people. The first person to take the stand is Gregson who tells us the victim's name might be Olive Green and that she hasn't woken up yet. We get to examine the knife used in the attack which oddly has no blood on it. I guess they wiped the blood off the knife for some reason. Van Zieks once again says that at the time of the incident only Soseki and Green were in the area. No one else could have committed the crime. We try to nitpick some details regarding the book store Soseki went to that day but ultimately make little progress. The jury has seen enough. We get 6 Guilty votes in the blink of a eye. It was actually pretty cool how they bothered to put in some voice acting for all the jurists casting a Guilty vote.

It's time for a summation examination but nothing really sticks out as being wrong. We manage to come up with the possibility that Juror No. 6, who was near Yore Books at the time while wearing a green coat, might have been the person Soseki saw. Also, there was some construction that may have caused Soseki to avoid the crime scene altogether. That's enough to make the trial last a bit longer but Van Zieks tears it apart afterwards. It's kinda weird how Japan uses Metric and Britain uses Imperial units but I guess that fits with the time period. I'm a bit curious how well known a Yard would be even in modern Japan. Van Zieks calls up the next witnesses.

Roly Beate and his wife Patricia Beate take the stand. This series sure loves its "patrol" puns. Anyways, Patricia unambiguously claims she saw the victim fall then explicitly saw Soseki run away from the scene of the crime. This is backed up by Roly who is a police officer. I'm of the impression that these two are telling the truth and aren't hiding anything at all. It seems unlikely they are mistaken about what they saw as well. So it'll be tricky to figure out how to work around it because it means Soseki really was there and that there really wasn't anyone else.

One oddity does arise from Patricia's testimony. Somehow the victim got a hold of Garrideb's burned copy of the book "The Lion's Pride". I'm not really sure what to make of that. Like it does tie the fight the Garridebs had to the case. But, it makes no sense that the book made its way to the crime scene. I guess somehow the burning book must have been thrown outside and across the street. Maybe a knife was as well? But ultimately, this line of reasoning isn't going anywhere since the only possible culprit is still Soseki. The jury is fed up and wants to vote Guilty. So they do! 6 Guilty votes. RIP.

Next up, Summation Examination Round 2!

I find it hard to believe that Roly or Patricia are lying about anything. They just seem way too trustworthy for that. It's not like Soseki is claiming a different version of events either. Soseki is also of the opinion that there wasn't anyone else there when the victim was attacked. So I think he really was there and we were wasting our time trying to suggest he wasn't. The Garridebs are now connected but it isn't clear how that helps. The playing card themed person, the first floor tenant, also hasn't shown up yet so maybe he'll reveal something useful when he does.
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My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
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