Everyone returned to the courtroom once more. This time, Beatrice sat in the witness stand with both hands over her face, weeping uncontrollably.
"It wasn't like that, it wasn't like that, it wasn't like that..."
As she spoke, Beatrice suddenly sprang to her feet and grabbed Fang Zheng by the collar.
"Why? Why weren't you there then? If you had been there... if you had..."
However, Fang Zheng remained calm in the face of Beatrice's accusation.
"Even gods are not necessarily obligated to save anyone. They made their choice, so they must bear the consequences."
"..."
Hearing this, Beatrice slowly backed away several steps before finally collapsing to the floor. Fang Zheng turned and walked over to Ryūichi Naruhodō, pulling a diary from his coat.
"This is the final piece of evidence."
"What is this, Mr. Fang Zheng?"
Conan and Ryūichi Naruhodō both leaned closer, curiously examining the diary before them.
"Ushiroomiya Eva's diary. It records everything that happened on Rokkenjima."
"...Huh?"
Everyone was stunned by Fang Zheng's answer, and Conan stared at him in disbelief.
"W-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 he were looking at a fool.
"Do you know what it means when they say a single piece of evidence cannot stand alone? This was a diary written by Ushiroomiya Eva, the sole survivor of the Rokkenjima incident. You're just going to accept it as the truth? What if she deliberately wrote it to make herself look like a victim? She was the only survivor of Rokkenjima, and public opinion had always considered her a suspect. If you expect me to blindly believe everything in this diary, that would be stupid."
"Uh..."
Conan had no response to that. This time,