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I was sitting in the gallery of the first courtroom of the District Court. It was a public trial in a murder case, and Judge Ishida was about to announce the outcome of the trial. The disheveled Juno Nishigaki stood in the dock. His face could not be seen from the auditorium, but I thought his face must be as pale and bloodless as before. I looked around. There were about fifty people in the auditorium, and Nishigaki's sister-in-law Sokeko Sanada was also present. Su Huizi is the sister of his wife Fuzi, who is the victim in this case. In addition, Kenzo Yajima and Shinichiro Uyama also came. The former was Nishigaki's former boss and the latter was Tomiko's father.