The trial of Machi Tobaye has now concluded. The rest of the trial went as follows:
Before calling him in to testify, Gavin reiterated that he doesn't believe Crescend could ever do it. The two practically grew up together, being bandmates and practicing detective work and prosecutor work together for over seven years.
Crescend began by introducing himself, a member of criminal affairs, division 3; the international division to be exact; as well as the second lead guitarist for The Gavinners. He began his testimony by calling out Lamiroir as a liar, saying she never heard his voice, and the fact that she fumbled the words to the gunshots doesn't make sense if Skye heard the gunshots later while Crescend was on stage.
Justice asked if those were really gunshots or not, since all we know is it was a gunshot-like sound, and presented the court with another igniter, nearly identical to the first one, and some weird, broken fragments. Testing was done on those fragments, finding gunpowder, which concludes they were some kind of firecracker. Both were found hidden on the crime scene. Justice claimed they could've been what made the gunshot-like sounds that he and Skye heard, and Crescend asked how would the person with the remote know when to set them off, when he was on stage at the time. Gavin brought up a possibility regarding the headset found on the ground in front of the dressing room, suggesting that it was deliberately placed there so someone could hear people in the hall.
Gavin said that although this is a possibility, it's still just a theory that the gunshots were faked. So Justice would need more proof that the shooting took place during the second set.
Justice remembered the fact that Lamiroir heard them while being hooked up to a microphone, and took some time to get back out the mixing board. They took a closer listen to the song, right before she forgot to sing, and the whole court heard a gunshot faintly in the recording.
Now Lamiroir's testimony of hearing gunshots during the second set was confirmed true, and Crescend didn't have an alibi for where he was at the time. Gavin remembered how later in the concert Crescend missed a cue on their song "Guilty Love", and since he knows how good of a musician Crescend was, he thought it was weird how he missed such an easy cue. But now, remembering that the weapon could hurt the shooter if unused to firing it, he theorized Crescend hurt his arm during the murder. Crescend reminded him that he is a trained police officer, and is used to handling firearms. He asked Justice what decisive evidence he has, and testified again.
He asked what motive would he even have, since it was Lamiroir & Letouse's first time in the country, and how on earth would Crescend know the two of them beforehand?
When asked about a potential motive, Justice presented the court with a strange piece of evidence, which he told the court is a replica of a cocoon.
But not specifically a replica of a "Borginian Cocoon." It's silk being a key ingredient in a powerful medicine, but illegal to take them out of the country at all, due to slightly changing the process can make it become a deadly poison. The ban used to not be so strict, but there was a black market incident which caused the reinforcement of the laws to be so strict that anyone caught sneaking one out of Borginia is to be put to death. The ban is strictly enforced by Interpol, among other groups. And since Letouse was an Interpol agent, he was likely trying to track down someone trying to smuggle a Borginian Cocoon.
Crescend testified on why he would try to smuggle one, due to Interpol getting a memo to be on watch for them a while back, so trying to sell one on the black market would be way too risky.
Justice asked why not sell it to someone he knew would buy it, and presented the court with today's newspaper, talking about the Chief Justice's son, who's been diagnosed with Incuritis, a terminal disease. But the medicine made from the cocoon isn't just any old medicine, it's specifically the only cure for Incuritis. Crescend would have known about the Chief Justice, and the two would have easy contact.
Crescend asked how he could even attempt to smuggle it, when customs checks every little nook and cranny of everything that gets in there, and presented him with Gavin's charred guitar. Prosecutors sometimes work on cases out of the country, so they have a special mailing system to move evidence to insure it won't be tampered with. Gavin was lovingly gifted Lamiroir's guitar when he first met her, and pulled some strings to have the service used to transfer the guitar back home in perfect condition.
Gavin added on that it was wrapped and sealed in several sheets, leaving it untouched from Borginia until the day of the concert, which Justice said that meant it would be perfect to hide a small cocoon in.
Justice reminded the court of the igniter hidden inside the guitar, which would've been perfect to burn the cocoon to a crisp if the plan went awry.
First thing that happened to Gavin that morning is his keys went missing, which were likely stolen to gain access to his guitar. The smuggler didn't expect the guitar to be wrapped, and unwrapping it would've been too suspicious. And Letouse, who had been searching for the cocoon, likely would've checked a guitar sent over from Borginia. So the jig was up, and the smuggler had to eliminate the cocoon, the guitar, and Letouse. Crescend asked how the hell he could've done all this without an accomplice, and Justice pinned Tobaye, his own client, as Crescend's accomplice.
Justice said he's defending him for the murder of Letouse, but not for smuggling. The Judge asked why the accomplice couldn't be Larmoir, and Justice pointed out that the transmission wouldn't be able to go that far into Gavin's guitar, due to the stage being raised while Larimoir was in the vent. Crescend asked to view the concert footage one last time, where he laughed about how it couldn't be Tobaye, due to his piano playing still sounding perfect. But Gavin pointed out it still sounded somewhat strange, and he and Justice took one last listen to the mixing board.
Justice pointed out that it sounded strangely simple in one section, which Gavin agreed that it sounds like it could've been played with one hand. Taking a very close listen, they were able to identify a section that could've been played with one hand on the keys and the other on the igniter switch.
Although it seemed like a culprit and accomplice were made, The Judge asked Justice for more decisive evidence, and that the evidence he has shown has not been decisive enough. Justice asked to call in Tobaye as a witness, who, if he cooperated, could prove that he was an accomplice to Crescend's crimes.
Crescend laughed, asking why would Tobaye admit his guilt, when smuggling a cocoon means death. But Justice said that if Tobaye doesn't admit to the smuggling here, then he'll be in trouble in the future, when he goes back home to Borginia. Due to smuggling being a much lesser crime in this country, he'll be tried by our laws, and the news of him being a smuggler will reach his home country sooner or later.
Crescend screamed, begging Tobaye not to talk, before Tobaye came up to the stand.
Tobaye admitted to the smuggling, and that he needed the money. The Judge is considering this case represents some much-needed changes to our legal system, and Machi Tobaye has been declared Not Guilty for the murder of Romein Letouse, with Daryan Crescend being found as the real killer. Tobaye's trial for the smuggling will be set at a later date.
