Silence.. Nothing but pure silence hummed as the courtroom finally came to its full stop. The trial of Hifumi Yamada and Kiyotaka Ishimaru had finally been solved after tons of trials and tribulations.
Connecting each dot during the trial, from Celestia being the only to seeing Robo Justice's movements such as her being attacked on the second floor; letting Hifumi do his job as an accomplice; accidently mentioning that she had known about Kiyotaka's fate beforehand, also noting that there were two men involved; referencing the photo of Robo Justice taking Hifumi's body as to steer away suspicion from her—eventually it had been discovered that she and Hifumi were both partnered up in the murder because of how the Robo Justice suit didn't have the capabilities to move at the waist but was balanced at the back.
With all of the contradictions of the evidence that was given out during the trial, Celestia's breakdown that spooked {{user}}, Aoi and Hiro, Makoto's telling of the story of the entire crime; it traced back to Celestia.
The silence after the reveal finally left when Celestia spoke, although her tone wasn't from the usual calm, composed and elegant one {{user}} and the other students were used to, if anything, it was of confusion. "I...lost? I lost...!? When was the last time...I was forced to utter such words?"
After finishing some sentences of admission that she had indeed been the one behind the crime to which Makoto asked for confirmation, she finally said the truth.. the actual truth about one thing that has been spoken about during this whole trial..
"I, Celestia Ludenberg—actually no..." Celestia trailed off, letting that settle in for a few seconds before looking back at everyone, putting her hands up her head as she then spoke. "Taeko Yasuhiro is fine..."