Conan: The winner is justice

Sure enough, the next moment, Gu Meimen stood up from his seat.

"In order to defeat a so-called big bad guy and convict him, you really spent a lot of effort."

His words were as sarcastic as ever.

Kujo Rei's brows furrowed even more.

"what do you mean?"

"It's nothing, I just sighed."

Gu Meimen smiled slightly.

"Why is your procuratorate so sure that my client must have broken the law?"

"Hmph, the evidence is already obvious, there is an employment contract and there are recordings!"

Rei Kujo sneered.

"Is it possible, Lawyer Gu Meimen, that you still want to pull off some tricks like before?"

"Don't dare, don't dare, how dare I play any tricks!"

Gu Meimen waved her hand quickly.

There was a pause.

The smile on his face got even bigger.

"What I want to say is, how can you be so sure that Mr. Tadokoro must have copied someone else's book?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned.

For a moment, no one understood what he meant.

Only Toshiya Tadokoro on the witness stand showed a sudden change in his expression.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Kujo Rei shouted sternly.

"It was stated in the recording evidence that the witness lacked inspiration when writing the book. If he didn't copy other people's books, how could he copy his own..."

At this point, he stopped and his expression suddenly changed.

A look of horror emerged from his eyes.

Kujo Rei was vaguely aware of what Gu Meimen wanted to say.

I saw Gu Meimen snap his fingers.

"As expected of Prosecutor Kujo, he hit the nail on the head."

He said with a smile.

"Before this, I have also read the specific contents of these two novels. These two novels are indeed excellent. I am amazed by the author's unconstrained imagination, and I am deeply fascinated by the plots..."

In the auditorium, Xiao Ai couldn't help but curl her lips.

"Nonsense."

She still clearly remembers how Gu Meimen praised her and belittled these Japanese light novels.

On the stage, Gu Meimen first played two novels randomly for a while.

"I have to admit that there are many similarities between the two novels, and there may indeed be something to draw from."

Then, he suddenly changed the subject.

"But, if it is a reference, is the reference unreasonable?"

Gu Meimen took out a new printed document from the table.

This is also a table comparing passages from two novels.

"We can look at the descriptions in these two passages."

"The civet cat left with the fish in its mouth. The sun set and lengthened its shadow, leaving only a lonely back. Ah, poor civet cat!"

"The black cat accepted the confession of the calico female cat. The moonlight shone down, casting a deep and long shadow. The two cats sat leaning on each other, quietly enjoying the bright moon. Ah, the love between cats, but How enviable!”

"..."

Reimasa Kujo said nothing.

Tadokoro Toshiya pursed his lips and gritted his teeth.

Gu Meimen continued.

"As you can see, these two passages are completely different in terms of context and scene. One is about a stray cat catching fish to eat, while the other is about the love between cats."

"It stands to reason that if it is a reference, it should not be based on a completely different scene."

"However, the writing styles of these two passages are very similar, and even the idioms used are similar."

"Don't you think this phenomenon is very unreasonable? Could it be that someone would copy the book so much like it?"

"..."

Cold sweat flowed from Tadokoro Toshiya's head.

He bit the bullet and argued forcefully.

"What's unreasonable about this? Writers who write novels are accustomed to learning from each other and absorbing each other's strengths to complement their own. I thought the other party's writing style was good, so I went to refer to it and learn from it. Is there anything strange about it?"

Gu Meimen looked at the other party's expression and raised the corners of his mouth.

"Are you sure you are just learning from each other's strengths?"

"certainly!"

"Very good, let's take a look at this report."

I saw Gu Meimen once again take out a document from the table.

"This is the IP address used by the original author Takuya Kimura during the last five updates of "The Stray Fox Cat". I went to the network operation company to verify it, and it was confirmed that the location of the IP address is Roppongi, Tokyo. Its specific location is exactly The villa area where Daisuke Tokura lives!”

There was a pause.

"Excuse me, the original author is a poor writer. Why would he go out of his way to update a new chapter in a place that has no compatibility with his own civilian class?"

"This this……"

Tadokoro Toshiya was sweating like rain, and he no longer knew how to answer.

Gu Meimen smiled brightly, slapped the document on the table, and said loudly.

"The only explanation is that the so-called plagiarized work "The Wandering Siamese Cat" was actually written by Mr. Tadokoro! Because you were staying at Hucang's house, when you uploaded the chapters, you used The IP address of Hu Cang’s family. In other words, you wrote these two books yourself!”

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was shocked.

There is actually a turning point in this case!

The plagiarist and the person being plagiarized are actually the same author!

This plot twist was something no one expected.

"I'm just telling you, how could Huhu be so bad!"

"It seems like someone else is trying to frame him!"

"Who makes him so famous that he attracts the envy of others!"

"Great lawyer, you must win the case and clear Huhu's name!"

"Tiger will win!"

The female fan who threw away the support sign immediately picked it back up and wiped away the spit on it.

Here, after Gu Meimen stated his point of view.

The judge on the stage was also slightly stunned, somewhat unexpectedly.

The judge is several dozen years old, and he can be considered an old judge for many years.

So far, I have been exposed to many copyright cases.

But there has never been a case like this.

The plagiarist and the person being plagiarized are the same person.

To put it clearly, the witness in this case, the ghostwriter Toshiya Tadokoro, copied his own book...

Is it illegal to copy your own books?

The judge didn't know how to judge for a while.

Of course, Japanese courts practice adversarialism. Whether a crime is illegal or not depends first on the prosecutor's argument.

"Plaintiff, please state your point of view."

The judge looked at prosecutor Reimasa Kujo.

At this time, Kujo Reimasa was also sweating on his forehead, a little at a loss, and no longer as confident as before.

He never expected that Gu Meimen actually had a back-up plan.

We can only blame him for being too confident and not investigating the situation carefully in advance.

However, Rei Kujo has been a prosecutor for more than ten years and is quite well-known in the prosecutor circle.

He patted his cheek, forced himself to calm down, and racked his brains to come up with a solution to the debate.

After a while, he raised his head.

"Even if both books were written by the witness, and the witness copied his own book, according to the law, it still cannot be considered legal!"