I know Chapter 3 of Jewel Joker is out, but I couldn't find a translation of it. So anyways, here's Chapter 6 of Space Academy! I don't have much to say, so let's hop into it! Minna no Kokoro: UNLOCK!
The court case was held on Saturday, and the entire grand hall has been converted to a courthouse. Rui was the judge.
"I call the court to order. Prosecution, please read the indictment."
Yaya, the prosecutor, spoke up. "Indictment: The defendant Trent Slacks has been accused of stealing the heart eggs of three…" Yaya paused to count the number of victims. "Yeah, three people. Four including Roboty."
"Very well. Defendant, are there any errors in the prosecutor's judgement."
Trent spoke up. "I didn't steal anything! I wouldn't go around stealing my own bandmate's heart egg!"
Rui looked at the defense. "Defense, tell me what do you have to say about it."
The defense was Otto Palla, Character Changed with 8-Ball. "I'm his best friend! He would never do something like that!"
"Prosecutor, please present your first argument."
Yaya chuckled. "I'd like to present Exhibit A!"
Yaya showed everyone her notebook. A camera showed it to everyone. Unfortunately, she accidentally flipped to a drawing of Tadase in a skirt.
Yaya blushed furiously. "No wait! Not that one!" She quickly flipped to the page she was looking for, the list of accused names.
"I have narrowed the suspect down to five people. Out of all of these, Trent is the closest one to all of them."
"Objection!" Otto called out, "How do you know that those are the suspects? For all we know, you could've just written down five random names!"
"Oh, you want proof? I call upon my first witness!"
Yaya's witness was Tsukasa Amakawa.
"So, Tsukasa. You gave us the information, right?"
"Yes. The culprit used a signal jammer to cover their trails. Fortunately, the jammer only activates in a certain radius. Using this information, we were able to get a list of possible suspects by finding everyone within the radius in both cases"
"An interesting deduction. But you have, like, four other suspects. Why do you keep jumping to conclusions?"
"Well, with no other evidence, we are led to believe that Trent is the culprit, as he is the closest one to the victims. Guilty until proven innocent!"
"Objection!" Otto said, "Let me give you a reminder of what happens if you believe that. I call Utau Hoshina to the stand"
At that moment, Utau Hoshina walked into the witness stand. After she was found to be innocent, she was invited back into the Space Academy.
"Why is she there! She isn't even a witness!" Yaya cried.
"Objection!" Otto spoke again, "She does have a part to play in this storyline. If you remember, your hair ribbon was found inside Roboty's chest compartment when his heart egg got stolen, right?"
Utau nodded.
"So everyone put the blame on you. But it turns out you weren't guilty at all!"
"I'm sorry, Palle," Rui said, "But if Hoshina wasn't there to witness the event, then we must kindly force her to leave."
"Objection! Because she remembers who took her hair ribbon! Don't you, Utau"
"... Actually, I don't."
"Oh come on."
"Well, thank you for your time, Utau."
"Of course," Utau said, before walking off the witness stand.
"Well obviously, whoever framed Utau must be close to her enough to know where her room is, and you're really the only suspect listed in the Dopey Moons, Trent!"
"Just because we're friends, doesn't mean I was the one who did it!"
"I have something to say." Otto spoke up, "Whoever stole Roboty's heart egg must've known that Roboty contained one, something that only the robotics club knows. I call upon Kohei Hayasaka, leader of the robotics Club"
Kohei walked up to the stand.
"How familiar are you to the Dopey Moons?" Yaya said, "Trent in particular."
"Well, Kura-chan is in the robotics club with us."
"I'm more like their mascot." Kura-chan said.
Yaya spoke up. "Maybe Kura-chan is an accomplice"
"What?!" Kura-chan cried, "I swear I haven't told anyone outside the robotics club about the contents of Roboty!"
"Hey, Mami was also in the robotics club, right?"
"Now that I think of it, Kanon was also pretty close to Kura-chan," Hippo said, somehow with Rui.
"What are you doing next to me?" Rui asked
"I'm here to offer moral support."
"What if Kura-chan's the real culprit?" Il said.
"I'm not even in the book of names!"
At that point, Yaya made a claim. "Maybe Trent is just being used by Kura-chan to get people's heart eggs for her!"
"You can't just say that!" Kura-chan complained.
"Besides! It's not me!" Trent spoke.
"We failed to account for the fact that the culprit might be working for someone."
Rui slammed the gavel onto the table. "Order! Order!"
"We are getting nowhere with this case!" Amu told Moca. She looked at Saburo, the stenographer for this case.
"How's your stenography going, Saburo?"
"I'm trying to concentrate."
"Oh, okay"
Suddenly, Trent raised his hand up. "I have to go to the bathroom."
Rui stared at him. "Can't it wait?"
Trent shook his head. "I drank a bit too much soda beforehand"
Kura-chan also raised her hand up. "I have to go too."
Rui sighed. "Fine then. Court is recess. Once Hosho and Akano return from their restroom break, we will return to business as usual." She slammed the gavel down.
As Yaya was sitting on a bench outside, Tadase walked up to her.
"Uh… why do you have a drawing of me wearing a skirt in your?"
Yaya blushed. "I'm really sorry! It's just that… uh… well…"
Mimi Character Changed Yaya and she immediately calmed down. "It's… because I like you."
"As a friend?"
Yaya shook her head. "It's a shame you had to find out that way."
"What do you mean?"
Mimi flew up to Tadase. "What Yaya is trying to say is that she has a crush on you."
Tadase was astounded. "W… What?"
"That someone you liked, Tadase…" Yaya said, "I really wish it was me…"
"Yaya… is it true?"
"It's the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."
"Wow… I never knew you thought about me that way. All this time?"
Yaya nodded. "Ever since that day all those years ago."
Tadase stared at her, who simply smiled at him. "Yaya…"
At that moment, Jun ran up to them.
"Ah! Jun! What's up?"
"It's Trent! His heart egg has been stolen."
Yaya broke out of her Character Change. "Wait, what?!"
The crime took place in the boys bathroom, so Yaya opted to stay just outside.
"If I had a nickel for every heart egg theft that happened in a bathroom, I'd have two nickels," Tadase said, "Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice."
"So does that mean Trent is innocent?" Otto said.
"Who knows?" Tadase said, "For now, let's just assume that Kura-chan did it."
"She did ask to go to the bathroom at the same time as Trent," Jun said, "though I wonder what her motive was?"
Hippo clapped. "Well, it looks like court is back in session! And this time, we have a new defendant."
So court was back in session.
"Since Kura Hosho is closer to the victims than Akano, and also due to Akano's heart egg being stolen, she is up for trial." Rui said.
"Why me?!" Kura complained.
Yaya looked at her notes. "According to these notes, your Guardian Character allows you to locate anyone and anything."
"My job is to guide those who are lost." Méduse said.
"The current story is as follows: For whatever reason, you decided to steal Kanon's heart egg, which was easy since you have gained her trust. Using your knowledge in the Robotics club, you also stole Roboty's heart egg, and framed Utau due to jealousy. You then became jealous of Lucia, so you asked Trent to steal her heart egg, while also stealing another fellow Robotics club member's heart egg. Finally, to dispose of the evidence, you stole Trent's heart egg."
"I did no such thing!" Kura complained.
Tsukasa spoke up. "You were standing right at the center of the jamming radius. In addition, the jammer was found in one of the trash cans in the girls bathroom. Bring in Exhibit B."
The broken signal jammer was brought in.
"It only makes sense that a member of the robotics club is able to build this!" Yaya said.
"Objection!" Otto said, "Kura-chan wouldn't hurt a fly! She wouldn't do that?"
Rui stared at him. "That's barely enough evidence."
"You want evidence? Tsukasa! How big is the radius of the jammer?"
"It's about ten meters, covering half this room."
"So, it isn't far away to reach the bathroom?"
"You're correct." Tsukasa said.
"So, in order for it to reach the bathroom, it needs to be moved."
"How do you know that Kura-chan didn't move the jammer this time? She was right next to Trent this time."
"Then we'll see the bracelet tracking information!" Otto looked at Tsukasa. "Tsukasa, can you head into the security room and collect the location data for the duration of the recess?"
"Of course." Tsukasa walked away.
While Tsukasa was away, Kura-chan noticed Sayaka talking to some friends. She went over to Otto.
"Hey, Otto. Can I tell you something?"
Otto looked at her.
Kura-chan started speaking in a whisper. "Sayaka seems to be acting weird."
Otto made a confused face. "Sayaka?"
"I feel like she has been following me around."
"Pfft. Don't be silly."
"No! I saw her! What if she's the thief?"
"You're such a worry wart, Kura-chan."
"Wasn't she one of the suspects?"
"Even if she did it, we have no way to prove that right now."
Little did she know that her Guardian Character Octavia was watching them, she flew over to her.
Tsukasa finally returned. "Okay, I have the data. It shall be displayed using a hologram drone. Behold! Exhibit C!"
A drone displayed the information to everyone. It showed Trent and Kura-chan heading for the bathroom before the signal jammer activated sucking them in the radius.
"That's not enough evidence!" Yaya "We know that the signal jammer can be remotely activated."
They continued watching, when something caught Otto's eye.
"Wait! Play that again, but slower"
Tsukasa rewound the recording, and played it at five times the speed, and everyone saw it. For a split second, while the radius was moving, what was clearly Kura-chan's ID escaped the radius before immediately being scrambled into the abyss.
"See that? Kura-chan wasn't at the center of the radius! She isn't the one with the signal jammer!"
"Well that does it." Rui said, "Case closed. Kura Hosho is innocent. Court dismissed"
Rui slammed the gavel one last time, ending the court session.
While everyone was leaving the grand hall, Tadase walked over to Yaya.
"It's okay. We still have four more suspects. We'll find the culprit soon enough."
Meanwhile, the remaining Dopey Moons were gathered.
"Well, how about we all go to the robot restaurant in celebration tonight." Utau said.
"Yay! Dinner with friends!" Misaki cheered.
"I'm down." Izuru said.
At the restaurant, the seven Dopey Moons were talking.
"Once Lucia and Trent get their heart eggs back, let's all host a concert!" Nanami suggested.
"Oh, it's been a while since we had one." Otto said.
Meanwhile, Kura-chan was lost in thought.
She got up from her seat. "Uh… I have to use the bathroom again."
"Okay, be quick." Homura said.
Kura-chan left the robot restaurant.
"Wait, do you think we should have someone check on her?" Misaki said.
Once Kura-chan was outside, she Character Changed with Méduse and focused on finding Sayaka. She felt… unusually close.
"She's right behind me, isn't she?"
She turned around to see Sayaka Character Changed.
"I can't let you get away with this."
Kura-chan screamed as Sayaka drained her energy away.
Homura ran outside, but all she saw was Kura-chan lying motionless on the ground.
