apollo glared at him through gritted teeth

"I can't be wrong! Everything makes perfect sense! How could it all... just...-"

'...Strange'

said a voice, apollo popped up his head in the direction of said voice, it turned out to be from klavier, who was glaring at the screen with extreme focus

'Wh-What's strange?'

Klavier lightly shook his head

'No, it's just... Something's odd about the performance there'

Apollo stared up at the screen following klavier's shinny light blue eyes

'..."Odd"?'

"...What was Gavin saying just now...?, ...It's not much to go on, but it's all I've got! What exactly did he hear that was "odd"?"

the judge raised a brow at him

'Have you come up with something, Mr. Justice? May I remind you that everything rests on this. Can you prove Machi Tobaye pressed that switch? Let's hear your final answer! Can you prove that Machi Tobaye pressed that switch?'

apollo remembered just how perfect pitched klavier was, he found something off about the performance with the piano part, maybe their was some hope to it

'...I don't know if you call this "proof", per se... But... I can prove it was possible!'

klavier raised a brow at him, very intrigued by all of this 

'Then, as a prosecutor, it falls to me to ask you to show us evidence supporting this'

daryan scoffed

'Hah! Accept it! There's no evidence, man!'

the Judge nodded, allowing the proceedings to continue

'Let's see your evidence, Mr. Justice. On what do you base your claim that the defendant pressed that switch?'

'The basis for my claim... is music, Your Honor'

apollo just hoped he was right about this

'Music? What about music?'

'Let's listen to the piano part, around the time when the switch was to be pressed... ...right before the guitar burst into flame'

apollo took out laminor sings so they could only focus on the piano and the other musical instruments

'Hmm... I hear a piano being played'

apollo was now confident, he heard the playing as well

'But... doesn't it sound kind of simple?'

'Simple...?'

Klavier snapped his fingers

'Ah, I think I know what he's suggesting. You think Machi could have played that part... with one hand?'

the Judge stared at him

'One hand...!?'

'He only needed one hand to press that switch! He could play the piano with the other!'

Daryan scoffted

'Hah! What, so you're some kind of piano savant?'

'Um, actually no'

'Then what do you know!? You can't play a part like that with one hand!'

he challenged, apollo stared at trucy, who looked up at him 

'Yeah? You got something?'

'Mr. Wright, your father, he's a pianist! Could he...'

she looked conflicted

'honestly, i'm not so sure'

daryan chuckled underneath his breath

'So sorry... So sad for you'

he said with a fake pouty face, apollo huffed

'No. Not really'

'H-Huh...?'

daryan muttered, staggering back a bit

'That was just the easy way to prove it. There's always the hard way'

he crossed his arms

'Man... How are you going to prove whether he played it with one hand or two!? You can't!''

I admit, it will be rather difficult to prove. But it's highly likely he was playing with one hand'

'H-How do you know that?'

'The clue is what Prosecutor Gavin described as sounding "odd", What sounded odd? I'll bet we can tell by listening to a certain part of the song'

Daryan gritted his unearthed as he muttered underneath his breathe, as the judge intervnted

'Well, it seems we've come to the moment of truth at last. Let's hear what Mr. Justice has to say for himself. Show us the part that proves the defendant was playing with one hand... ...right before the guitar burst into flame!'

"Machi was definitely playing one-handed just before the guitar caught fire! And one section of the song proves it!"

Apollo then looked up at klavier

'Prosecutor Gavin... I'm sure you've realized by now... ...just what it was that sounded "odd" to you'

'As I'm sure you've realized it yourself, Herr Forehead'

the Judge darted his eyes at the two

'R-Realized what?;

apollo started up the video as he spoke

'I'll demonstrate. Let's listen to the part in question again, shall we? Pay particular attention to the "But a fleeting melody" phrase'


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