Recap / Gyakuten Kenji 2

aka: Ace Attorney Investigations Miles Edgeworth 2

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Turnabout Target

Part 1-1 - Beginning

Di-Jun Huang, the President of Zheng Fa, is giving a speech at Gourd Lake about how the smuggling ring in the previous game was destroyed. As he talks about how the war against evil still isn't over, someone fires a gun at him. Panic reigns, the crowd stampede, and a call goes out to Miles Edgeworth. If anyone can solve this case, he can.

Edgeworth and Gumshoe arrive at the scene, learning that the President is currently in his plane, being attended to by paramedics. An enthusiastic reporter tries to ask Edgeworth a few questions, but he ignores her, and gets an overview of what happened from Gumshoe. The detective mentions that the park was sealed off following the shooting, leading Edgeworth to suspect that the assassin is still nearby.

After talking to Huang's bodyguards, Edgeworth deduces that the assassination attempt was planned in advance in order to avoid the heavy security around the President. He then investigates the right side of the stage, discovering a Zheng Fa flag and a large Steel Samurai balloon, both with bullet holes in them. He suspects that both were pierced by the same bullet, but he can't be sure until he knows how many shots were fired.

The reporter - whose real name is Nicole Swift - is still trying to make herself known, so Edgeworth decides he might as well question her about the shooting, but she refuses to talk unless Edgeworth tells her about the case. Edgeworth's not willing to do that, and so we get our introduction to Logic Chess, Edgeworth's equivalent of Phoenix's magatama and Psyche-Lock breaking. Edgeworth begins by questioning Nicole about her job, prompting Nicole to get defensive for a bit. Edgeworth suggests that it's surely a reputable one at least, prompting Nicole to admit that she's yet to write any articles. Edgeworth jumps on this, and Nicole admits that she's a reporter. Edgeworth guesses that she may have information about the case.

Edgeworth asks Nicole if she witnessed the shooting, but she refuses to talk, claiming that information's her livelihood. Edgeworth warns her that she may put herself in danger, but Nicole assures him that she isn't going to be scared by a couple of gunshots. Edgeworth points out that if she heard gunshots, she had to have been present at the shooting, and Nicole admits that she came to Gourd Lake to write about Huang's speech. Edgeworth deduces that Nicole still has her original research material, and asks her to show it to him, but she claims to have not found anything newsworthy. Edgeworth argues that surely she would have gathered something on the speech, to which Nicole claims that she can't just share her information with anyone. Edgeworth then asks about her job, and Nicole states that she tries her best, and always carries a tape recorder around, leading Edgeworth to deduce that she recorded something on her tape recorder.

Nicole gives in, and shows Edgeworth her recording. At first it's Huang's speech with Nicole's commentary over it, complete with a mention of declining approval ratings, but then there's a conversation between the two men stood in front of Nicole, before we get to the shooting. There's two gunshots. From this, Edgeworth deduces that one bullet hit the President, and the other hit both the flag and balloon. With this in mind, he guesses that the assassin was stood on the left side of the park's audience area, based on the trajectory of the second bullet.

Edgeworth, Gumshoe and Nicole disperse the crowd in the left audience area - Nicole mentioning that she'll deal with the subsequent mud stains on her parka by simply turning it inside out - and they begin their investigation. Gumshoe finds a dark blue bag in a bin, within which lies a plan of the President's security detail, including the positions of his two main bodyguards, Rooke and Knightley. Edgeworth notices that they're not from Zheng Fa, and Nicole explains that Huang uses a private security firm, supposedly because he doesn't trust the Zheng Fa Police. Edgeworth wonders how such a sensitive document could end up amongst the public, before Gumshoe discovers something else in the bag: a gun with two fired bullets and an attached laser pointer, the former of which leads him to suspect it was used by the shooter. Edgeworth has a fingerprint test carried out on the gun and bag, but it fails to find any prints, even when the gun's bullets are checked.

Edgeworth then discovers none other than Winston Payne, who attended the speech with the chief prosecutor, and was one of the people in the private conversation recorded by Nicole. Noticing a TV crew nearby, Edgeworth tries to get some footage from them, but learns that their camera was destroyed in the chaos. It's at this moment that Kay Faraday makes her return, with an offer of help. After pleasantries are exchanged, Kay reveals a photo she took during the shooting, depicting Huang looking shocked, and Rooke and Knightley in action. Edgeworth notices that Huang has a rather prominent red spot on his forehead, one that doesn't appear in any other photos of him.

Edgeworth deduces that the red spot is actually the light from the gun's laser pointer. Everyone wonders why the assassin would risk drawing attention to themselves by using a laser pointer, before Kay reveals that she took two more photos. The first is a selfie of Kay with the crowd and President in the background, taken before the shooting, and the second is a photo of the panicking crowd, taken just after the shooting. Edgeworth checks the first photo, and discovers a person in a red hoodie aiming a laser pointer at Payne's back. He deduces that this person is the shooter, and discovers them in the third photo, fleeing through the crowd towards the right side of the crowd area.

After having the area cleared, Edgeworth heads over. He discovers a red raincoat hidden under a hot dog stall, and a discarded red button. Noticing that the coat's right sleeve is inside out and missing its button, he guesses that the assassin was in a hurry to remove the jacket. But that doesn't explain why the left sleeve wasn't the same. Edgeworth looks at the raincoat further, and discovers a bloodstain on the inside. He deduces that the assassin had an injured left arm that prevented them from putting it in the coat's sleeve, and bled onto the inside.

Based on these details, Gumshoe goes to search for the assassin. He returns with an ice cream salesman who'd look very familiar to everyone who played Farewell, My Turnabout in Justice For All, although oddly enough, Edgeworth and Gumshoe don't recognise him. They do notice the bandaged left arm and the bloody wound on it, however. The man gives his name as John Doe, and claims to not recognise the raincoat, before giving his testimony. He agrees that the raincoat's owner is the likely culprit, but insists that there's no proof that the wearer was injured. Edgeworth squashes this claim, pointing out the bloodstain on the coat. He suggests comparing it with Doe's blood, before demanding the man confess.

Doe admits to owning and wearing the raincoat, but denies shooting the President, insisting that he was just at the park to listen to Huang's speech, though he adds that he saw the bodyguards react to the shooting before it happened. Edgeworth presses this point, showing Doe the security plan with the names of the bodyguards, and Doe shows a particular interest in Rooke, even going so far as to refer to him by his full name, Ethan Rooke. Edgeworth points out that only the bodyguards' last names are on the security plan, and demands that Doe explain how he knew Rooke's first name. Doe claims to be an acquaintance of Rooke's, and states that his name is one he'll never forget. Edgeworth suggests that they ask Rooke to validate this claim, but Doe remarks that even if he's proven to not be an acquaintance of Rooke's, it won't prove he was the assassin.

Edgeworth asks Doe why he removed his raincoat if he wasn't the assassin. Doe claims that he saw another figure wearing a red raincoat, who was aiming a laser pointer at the President, and realised that he'd be mistaken for the assassin if he didn't remove his own coat. He didn't bother mentioning this earlier because he didn't think anyone would believe him, and adds that this figure was stood behind Payne during the speech, as shown in Kay's selfie. Doe argues that there's a contradiction in the photo Edgeworth has missed up till now, and Edgeworth is shocked to discover that he's right: Nicole was able to record Payne's voice on her tape recoder, but she admitted earlier that she was stood right behind Payne when she did so...the exact same place the assassin is stood in the selfie!

Edgeworth asks that Nicole testify. She claims that she wasn't stood in one place the whole time, but was moving through the crowd while taking her recording, and suggests that Kay's photo was taken before she recorded Payne's voice. Edgeworth quickly shuts this down: Huang can clearly be seen raising his fist in Kay's selfie, and Nicole specifically mentioned him doing so in her commentary. He remarks that, contrary to what everyone thinks, she's not missing from the selfie; she's the person in the red raincoat!

Nicole insists that she never wore the raincoat, and Edgeworth agrees; the bloodstain and unworn sleeve prove the raincoat is John Doe's. He argues that Nicole was instead wearing her parka when Doe saw her, since she revealed that it was reversable earlier, and the other side of it just so happens to be red. Nicole insists that she's been wearing it the same way for the whole day, so Edgeworth asks to examine the red side of it, explaining to the very reluctant Nicole that since it was raining earlier, the red side of it should be bone dry if she's telling the truth. Nicole's claims to innocence have effectively been reduced to fake news.

Nicole denies being the assassin, but admits that she hasn't told the whole story. Before she can do so, the group is interrupted by Horace Knightley - second-in-command of President Huang's bodyguard unit, wearer of a prominent neckbrace and a spouter of chess and gun metaphors - emerging from Huang's plane. He reveals that Huang's unharmed, but Rooke - the head of the bodyguards - is dead, having bled out from a bullet to the chest. Knightley asserts that Rooke was shot while trying to get Huang to safety, making Nicole, the one who apparently shot at Huang, the murderer. Edgeworth asks that he be allowed to examine Rooke's body and talk to the President, but Knightley refuses, stating that the Zheng Fa police will be taking over the investigation now, and orders Nicole to come onto the plane with him for questioning. Nicole insists she's not the killer, and pleads with Edgeworth for help. Edgeworth admits to himself that they still don't know the whole truth behind the case, and that he could lose it if he stands by and does nothing...

...and then things suddenly escalate. Doe puts a knife to Knightley's throat, reveals himself to be Shelly de Killer, admits to attempting to assassinate Huang, and demands that Knightley return investigative authority to Edgeworth. Edgeworth goes along with it, seeing it as a way to continue his investigation. He gives Gumshoe instructions to set up a perimeter around the plane, and the group move onto the aircraft.

Part 1-2 - End

Edgeworth, Kay, Nicole, Shelly and Knightley are all in Huang's cabin on the plane. With little other choice, Edgeworth and Kay investigate Rooke's body. They observe that the bullet that killed him exited his body and is currently unaccounted for, and take note of the bulletproof attache cases Rooke and Knightley had with them, as well as Rooke's gun. Knightley mentions that the bodyguards' guns all come from Zheng Fa, and Edgeworth notes that it's the same model as the gun he found in the trash can.

Edgeworth then notices a set of security monitors in the office, discovering that one of them appears to be missing, and that there are glass shards and a stuffed toy in the alcove. He also checks the office desk, discovering a bulletproof vest worn by the President, with a bullet embedded in it. Kay argues that that doesn't match up with the number of gunshots they heard, and Edgeworth suggests that one of the bullets killed Rooke and hit the President's vest. To that end, he requests to examine the bullet and get its ballistic markings, but Knightley reveals that the bullet was flattened when it hit the vest, making getting the markings impossible.

Also on the desk are some files, including the President's security plan from last week. Oddly enough, Rooke and Knightley's positions are swapped around in the earlier plan. Knightley explains that two days ago, Shelly attempted to assassinate the President - putting Knightley in the neckbrace in the process - and might have succeeded if Rooke hadn't put a bullet in Shelly's arm. The fact that Rooke managed to do that earned him Shelly's respect, to the point that he really wants to know how he died. Knightley adds that the injury he got from Shelly left him unable to turn his head to the right, necessitating the swapping of his and Rooke's positions.

At this point Shelly becomes impatient and threatens to kill Knightley if Huang doesn't show his face and help Edgeworth. Huang does nothing, even with one of his subordinates in trouble, and Shelly decides to take his leave, though not before knocking out Edgeworth and claiming to have seen "the truth". Edgeworth wakes up to find Gumshoe on the scene, and Shelly nowhere to be found, though the assassin did leave his calling card. The prosecutor wonders what Shelly meant with his last words.

With Shelly gone, the musclebound and lionlike Huang, who seems amazingly calm for someone who was nearly killed, chooses this moment to appear. Though grateful for Edgeworth's help in the Yatagarasu case, and impressed with his investigative ability, he reminds Edgeworth that the Zheng Fa police will be taking over the investigation. Edgeworth asks for an explanation, but Huang refuses to give one, and Edgeworth is forced to hand over all his evidence. Huang and Knightley them move to detain Nicole, who desperately insists that she's innocent. By this point, Edgeworth is convinced the President is hiding something. Time for some Logic Chess!

Edgeworth first asks for confirmation that the Zheng Fa police will indeed be taking over the investigation. After a great deal of attitude, Huang confirms it, and remarks that being on the presidential plane is tantamount to standing on Zheng Fa soil. Edgeworth again asks for an explanation of why Huang wants him off the investigation, and Huang again refuses to tell him. Edgeworth remembers Huang's earlier remark, and deduces that the President wants to claim extraterritorial rights. Huang goes pale and refuses to answer the claim, and Edgeworth realizes he's right. Huang admits that he indeed wishes to claim extraterritorial rights, but insists that it changes nothing about the current situation, prompting Edgeworth to try and challenge that claim. He suggests that Huang's being a bit too forceful in arresting Nicole, but the President replies that it's not a matter of forcefulness, but authority. After all, Nicole did fire a gun at him while he was giving his speech earlier. With that in mind, Edgeworth asks if Huang's claim of extraterritorial rights is actually valid. Huang reminds Edgeworth that the presidential plane counts as Zheng Fa territory, and Edgeworth reminds Huang that, as he himself said, the shooting took place when he was outside the plane giving his speech. Therefore, extraterritorial rights do not apply here!

Huang is forced to concede defeat and allow Edgeworth to investigate. Edgeworth gets his evidence back, and he asks that Huang testify about the shooting. Despite a protest from Knightley, who argues that that sort of thing should be left to the courts, Huang grants Edgeworth's request. He claims that he was on the stage when Rooke and Knightley moved to cover him, with the first gunshot being fired soon afterwards, hitting a red balloon. Rooke and Knightley attempted to get Huang onto the plane, but then the second shot hit Rooke and Huang's bulletproof vest. Kay questions why Huang would want to interrupt the investigation into his own assassination, and Edgeworth remarks that there's a dark secret to this case that Huang and Knightley are trying to protect.

Beginning his rebuttal, Edgeworth points out that the balloon in question was shaped like the Steel Samurai, and asks how Huang could fail to notice that. Huang is taken aback by this, having assumed that the balloons were ordinary red ones, as depicted in the security plan, and Knightley explains that they were forced to use the Steel Samurai balloon - or more specifically its red hakama - as a last minute replacement. Edgeworth asks how Huang could have failed to notice that the balloon had been changed. After a slight hesitation, Huang claims that he was unable to see the balloon because a strong wind was causing the Zheng Fa flag to wave in front of it, obscuring his view of it.

Edgeworth thanks Huang, declaring that the President has helped him find a huge contradiction in the case. If the flag wasn't still, but was actually waving between Huang and the balloon, it would have been impossible for someone stood in the audience area to hit the flag and balloon with one bullet. In fact, they'd have had to be stood on the stage. And based on the bullet-holes, the only person on stage who was in position to make the shot was Knightley! Huang and Knightley deny the idea of Knightley being the assassin, and the President demands evidence that the flag was waving about during the shooting. To which Edgeworth presents Kay's photo of the shooting, which clearly shows the flag flying. He agrees however that Knightley isn't the assassin; his shot was fired in the opposite direction of the President. Knightley asks why he would fire such a wayward shot, and Edgeworth realises that the answer to that question is tied to the reason Rooke and Knightley's positions were switched around.

With a bit of logic, he figures it out; with his neck injury preventing him from looking right, Knightley would have been unable to shoot either of the balloons in his original position, hence the change. Edgeworth remembers Knightley mentioning that the change came on the President's orders, and realizes that Huang therefore knew a balloon was going to be shot, meaning in turn that he knew of the assassination attempt beforehand! It explains everything; the assassin managing to get a gun past tight security, the assassin wearing a conspicuous red hood, the use of the laser pointer, the President's calmness in the aftermath of the shooting, and last but not least, Huang's attempt to usurp the investigation from Edgeworth: the entire thing was a set-up!

Edgeworth reasons that Knightley fired off two gunshots to make it look like someone shot at the President, and that the bulletproof vest was prepared in advance to reinforce that myth. Though Huang insists that he was shot, Edgeworth suggests that they examine the bullet embedded in the vest; if the President's story is true, it should have Rooke's blood on it. That shuts Huang up for a bit, but he tries to point out the figure in the red hood who shot at him. Edgeworth reminds him that Knightley was the only one who could have made the shot in question, and guesses rightly that Nicole was in on the plan; she wore the red hood, stood in the crowd and pointed the laser at Huang. Once the panic from the shooting started, she would flip her parka around and drop the gun and security plan in the trash, making it look like the "assassin" had managed to flee the scene. The entire assassination was, in Edgeworth's own words, "...an asinine publicity stunt from a lying president!" Huang has been impeached, and he goes from a blustery, musclebound lion of a man to a flabby, sniveling pup of one.

At this point, Knightley objects (seriously, he gets an Objection! voice clip and speech bubble), pointing out that if he did fire his gun, someone in the audience would have seen him. Edgeworth has an answer; the bulletproof attache cases of the bodyguards. In the photo, Knightley had his open and covering his right hand; he could have hidden his gun behind it, fired, and the audience would be none the wiser. Knightley responds by arguing that Edgeworth still has no evidence supporting any of his theories, remarking that if only he had one of the fired bullets, he could determine whether or not Knightley did the shooting.

Nicole then admits that the fake assassination scheme was indeed real, and that she took part in it in exchange for an exclusive interview with Huang. She can't explain where the gun in the trash came from however; she just used an ordinary laser pointer and was told to come to Gourdy Park in a red hood. Regardless, Edgeworth has testimony supporting the fake assassination scheme, and Huang confirms it as well, admitting that he wanted to boost his low approval ratings. Kay asks about Shelly, and Huang suggests that the plan was leaked to the assassin, leading Edgeworth to deduce that he took advantage of it to get close to the President by posing as the red hooded figure.

Huang then brings up the question of why Rooke was murdered; his death was never part of the plan. The President admits that he regarded Rooke as the best of his bodyguards, and adds that Rooke had wanted no part in the fake assassination. In contrast, Knightley disparages Rooke; his death meant nothing in the grand scheme of things, and he was apparently too much of a coward to get involved in the fake assassination. He adds that with Rooke's death, he's now the head of Huang's bodyguards, and bitterly remarks that if Rooke hadn't died, Shelly would have had no reason to help Edgeworth continue his investigation and ultimately spoil his plan. He then argues that while he fired the first bullet, hitting the samurai balloon, the bullet that hit Rooke was fired by Nicole.

Knightley testifies that after shooting the balloon and getting Huang in the plane, he led the President into the security room while Rooke waited in the cabin. When he returned, Rooke was dead, having been hit by Nicole's bullet while getting the President inside. He argues that Nicole used the gun found in the trash. Edgeworth points out that said gun was fired twice, contrary to the number of recorded gunshots, and suggests that it was planted by the real criminal to throw off suspicion. Since they proved that the gun in the trash wasn't fired at the flag and balloon, Edgeworth can't help but doubt whether it was used to kill Rooke as well.

Knightley tells Edgeworth to go ahead and say what's on his mind, and Edgeworth does just that, accusing Knightley of murdering Rooke. He could have used the fake assassination as a cover, and was alone in the cabin with Rooke after putting Huang in the security room. In addition, the soundproof walls of the plane would prevent anyone outside hearing a third gunshot. Kay points out that Huang was in the room next door, and he claims to have not heard a third gunshot. In addition, he didn't have the security feed on, and was cowering under his bed; he hates the sound of guns, you see. Edgeworth argues that this gave Knightley plenty of opportunity to murder Rooke without Huang becoming a witness.

Knightley again tries to blame Nicole, suggesting that her gun had been fired prior to the day of the shooting. Edgeworth thinks that if he could just find the bullet that killed Rooke, they'd have all the proof they needed. He argues that the bullet's somewhere in the cabin; now that they know that the damaged bulletproof vest was prepared in advance, that bullet's currently unaccounted for. Edgeworth points out the missing security monitor and suggests that the bullet hit it, prompting the killer to hide it somewhere in the cabin to make it look like the bullet hit the vest. Huang gives permission for the cabin to be searched, and Gumshoe discovers the monitor and the bullet hidden within. A forensic report confirms that the bullet hit Rooke, and that the gun found outside has Knightley's fingerprints on it, presumably from when he confiscated the evidence earlier. According to the ballistic markings however...the bullet was fired from the gun found outside!

Nicole's in deep shit, and Knightley declares that, since the guilty gun has been determined, and he couldn't have fired it since he was on stage, all the evidence points to her being Rooke's killer. Though Edgeworth's doubtful that Nicole's the culprit, he has to admit that all the evidence points in that direction, to which Kay suggests that perhaps he should doubt the evidence. Taking this advice, Edgeworth realises that while the bullet couldn't have been tampered with since it was only just discovered, Knightley had access to the gun when he confiscated all the evidence earlier. He could have easily swapped the laser pointer between the gun and his own one. With that in mind, he accuses Knightley of doing so, stating that the gun used to kill Rooke was Knightley's, and that it was the gun Knightley gave Edgeworth when he returned all the evidence, the bodyguard anticipating that Edgeworth would want to check for ballistic markings.

Knightley argues that it's just a coincidence that both guns are the same model, and points out that there's no proof that he switched them around. To which Edgeworth presents the gun, explaining that if Knightley did indeed swap the guns, he would have had to load another bullet to disguise the fact that it had been fired three times; twice on the stage, and once to kill Rooke. Meaning that his fingerprints would be on the gun's bullets, something that should not be the case if he only confiscated and returned the evidence. The forensics officer confirms that Knightley's fingerprints are on the bullets, and Knightley is well and truly checkmated.

Knightley bitterly claims that he should have been the head bodyguard. As he's being taken into custody, Knightley warns Edgeworth that this game isn't over yet. Edgeworth replies that the game will continue in the courtroom.

Everyone meets outside of the plane, where Huang - now back in his "public" persona - thanks Edgeworth, and apologizes for his earlier deception. Edgeworth warns Nicole that she will face police action over her part in the fake assassination, and she too apologizes for her actions. Edgeworth also notes that Shelly is still at large, and has yet to kill Huang.

The events at the park make big news, and Edgeworth remarks that, despite all the furore, no-one noticed that "the game had only just began"...

Behind the Turnabout

Horace Knightley was an ambitious member of President Huang's bodyguard unit, who came up with the idea of faking a presidential assassination attempt in order to boost Huang's low approval ratings. Though Ethan Rooke, the head of the bodyguard unit, wanted no part in the scheme, Huang agreed to it, and aspiring reporter Nicole Swift also participated in it, in exchange for an exclusive interview with Huang. The plan was for Nicole to pose as an assassin by showing up to Huang's speech in a red raincoat and aiming a laser pointer at his forehead, in order to simulate someone aiming a gun at him. From Huang's stage, Knightley would then fire a shot at one of the red balloons set up for the speech to make it look like someone had shot at the President. In the inevitable chaos, Nicole would cast off her raincoat, making it look like the "assassin" had disappeared.

A few days before the plan could be carried out however, Shelly de Killer attempted to assassinate Huang for real, and injured Knightley's neck before being stopped by Rooke. The injury left Knightley unable to turn his head to the right, forcing his and Rooke's positions on the stage to be switched around in order to allow Knightley to play his part in the fake assassination scheme. But it also drastically increased Knightley's jealousy and resentment towards Rooke, and he made plans to murder him while using the fake assassination as a cover.

Prior to Huang's speech, he left a bag with a diagram of Huang's security detail and a pistol with an attached laser scope in a bin near Nicole's position, in order to incriminate her as Rooke's killer. Then, after executing the scheme and escorting Huang into his security room aboard the plane, Knightley shot Rooke in the chest, knowing that the gunshot wouldn't be heard through the soundproof walls of the room, and that Huang would be cowering under his bed with the security feed off, owing to his dislike of hearing gunshots. It was too bad for Knightley that Edgeworth got involved, and that Shelly considered Rooke enough of a Worthy Opponent to want to investigate his death...

As to the question of who hired Shelly to kill Huang, that's a story for another time...

The Imprisoned Turnabout

Part 2-1 - Beginning

Two days after the last case and the day before Knightley's trial, Edgeworth, Gumshoe and Kay are at the detention centre, hoping to talk to Knightley. He doesn't show up, and the trio soon learn that Knightley has inexplicably been found dead within the adjoining prison. A guard leads the trio to the prison workroom, where Knightley's body was found. He's sporting a bloody neck wound, and there's a portable chessboard, a pink glove covered in mud and a length of rope lying nearby, In addition, his body is partly covered by a muddy sheet. Edgeworth wonders how Knightley ended up in the prison, given how suspects are held in the detention center until their trials.

Edgeworth examines the body, and deduces that Knightley died instantly from his neck wound. He also discovers small bruises on his head and notices that his clothes are stained with dirt. Looking at the glove, Edgeworth notices that one side is covered in blood, showing that it was dropped after the murder, into the pool of blood around Knightley's neck. Deducing that the glove's owner at least discovered the body, Edgeworth questions a guard about it, learning that the gloves are used by the prisoners for labor, but are also strictly regulated. Examining the inside of the sheet, Edgeworth notices a ring on Knightley's hand that was previously hidden by the sheet, and that the sheet's also covered with blood. He notices a stack of similar sheets in the workroom.

Edgeworth remarks that they have yet to find the murder weapon, noting that such a thing would not be easy to obtain inside a prison, before a rather laid-back man in a fedora and blue tie enters the room. Edgeworth recognizes the man as Raymond Shields, but the two of them don't appear to get along well, with Ray ribbing Edgeworth over his connection to Manfred von Karma, and remarking that he hasn't forgotten about Edgeworth's "betrayal".

Ray turns out to be a defense attorney, and Knightley's lawyer. Edgeworth and Ray talk, with both men mentioning that they were planning to meet with Knightley, to which Ray expresses his surprise that Edgeworth would meet with a defendant, given his former belief that they were always guilty. Edgeworth assures him that that's a thing of the past, but Ray isn't convinced. Ray mentions that he met up with Knightley yesterday - the two of them bonding over a mutual dislike of Edgeworth - and adds that he's been regularly visiting an old acquaintance at the detention centre.

Back to the case, Edgeworth talks about the workroom. Ray informs him that prisoners carry out job training here as part of their rehabilitation. They also learn from a nearby guard about the prison's security; all of the prisoners are given electronic bracelets, and the door to the workroom - along with a few others - is equipped with sensors that look for the bracelets. If a prisoner tries to go through a door without a guard, the bracelet emits an alarm, and eventually shocks the wearer. The guard adds that no-one has used the workroom for the last few days. Edgeworth finds a contradiction; if both those things are true, there shouldn't be a prisoner's glove inside it.

Edgeworth asks the guard if there's anyone other than the prisoners and guards who can get into the workroom, but it's Ray who answers. He reveals that the prison is home to a number of animals whom are given to the prisoners to raise as pets - another part of their rehabilitation - and all of them can pass through the sensors whenever they please. Gumshoe argues that an animal would have no reason to drop a glove in the workroom, but Ray states that the possibility still exists. Once this point is explained, the group are interrupted by a large black dog with a small bell on its collar, who barks at Edgeworth for a bit before walking off. Edgeworth notes that the dog seems different from the other animals, and seems to have it out for him.

The group then decide to question people, and start with a nearby prisoner; former boxer and exercise-obsessed Jay Elbird and his pet polar bear cub Rocky. Elbird's reluctant to talk, however, so it's time for some Logic Chess!

Edgeworth first asks about Elbird's movements. Elbird tells him to get into his stance if he's looking for a fight. Edgeworth declines, and remarks that Elbird's constant bobbing and weaving must be tiring him out. Elbird claims that he didn't do a heavy workout today, but just rested quietly in his cell, prompting Edgeworth to ask why he's covered in sweat if that's the case. Elbird tries to duck the question by claiming to be getting tired, to which Edgeworth points out that that can't be the case if he just sat quietly in his cell earlier as he had claimed. He's definitely hiding something.

Edgeworth then asks Elbird what he was up to during the incident. Elbird claims that he was sleeping as part of his exercise, to which Edgeworth acknowledges that sleep is an important part of training. This earns him Elbird's approval, the boxer even referring to him as "Mr Prosecutor". To which Edgeworth points out that he never told Elbird that he was a prosecutor; the only way he could have found out is if he overheard Edgeworth talking earlier, meaning he couldn't have been asleep then. Elbird admits that he lied about being asleep and was actually exercising, but states that it makes no difference, and Edgeworth keeps his remark in mind. He then asks Elbird if he noticed anything unusual during the time of the incident. Elbird says nothing at first, before claiming that he was asleep, prompting Edgeworth to call him out on the lie and demand he just tell the truth. Elbird tells him to calm down, or he'll frighten the animals again. "Again?" Edgeworth asks, figuring that something definitely happened to scare the animals earlier.

Elbird throws in the towel, and he admits that he heard a scream earlier. Before Edgeworth can question him on this, Ray suddenly interrupts. He informs Edgeworth that he'll be observing him closely, and reporting his findings to "that person". Kay tries to ask who this person is, but Edgeworth insists she doesn't need to know; Ray can do whatever he likes otherwise. Ray tells Edgeworth that "that person" will be interested in learning how he's lived since abandoning Von Karma's teachings, adding that he'll expose Edgeworth's mistakes and not let him disappoint them any further.

That settled, Edgeworth questions Elbird. The prisoner testifies that he returned to his cell at 10AM and began his exercise, before hearing someone scream about being stabbed. Since he was unable to leave his cell, he ignored it and went back to his training. Before beginning his rebuttal, Edgeworth learns that Elbird got all of his exercise equipment from someone known as "The Supplier", a figure who provides the prisoners with stuff from outside the prison.

Edgeworth then starts his rebuttal by pointing out that Knightley died instantly upon being stabbed, and so he couldn't have screamed. Elbird is surprised upon hearing this, before admitting that the one who heard it was actually the prisoner next door. Edgeworth questions this prisoner, who states that the scream actually came from the man who discovered the body. Edgeworth still has a problem with Elbird's testimony however, namely the fact that he didn't hear the scream. Upon being questioned about this, Elbird accuses the group of suspecting him, and the mood turns ugly when Elbird and his fellow prisoners point out that they couldn't have committed the murder because they were all stuck in their cells.

Then all of a sudden, a woman in a black dress and a priest's cloak, accompanied by a very young man in a blue uniform, enters the scene and quells the riot. She wastes no time having Elbird dragged off to the disciplinary room for the night, stating that he'll be enjoying the blessings of the "Goddess of Law", before she introduces herself as Judge Justine Courtney. She informs Edgeworth that she came to see him as a representative of the "Prosecutorial Investigation Committee", a group made up of eleven people from the legal world that is dedicated to investigating and policing prosecutors, with those considered unfit for the job being sacked. Specifically, she's here to take Edgeworth off the investigation, which will now be handled by Sebastian Debeste, a rookie prosecutor and the young man accompanying her, who by this point has established himself as an arrogant, egotistical, ditzy and inexperienced prosecutor.

Edgeworth requests an explanation, and Courtney informs him that he overstepped his authority with some of his actions in the last case, namely boarding President Huang's plane and ordering a search of his staff. Edgeworth argues that, regardless of the legality of his actions, they still allowed him to discover the truth, but Courtney replies that the end never justifies the means. Edgeworth tells Courtney that he can't agree with her supporting the rules above all else, and Courtney has him, Ray and Kay removed from the crime scene. Before Edgeworth leaves, he informs Courtney that they'll meet again, and Ray reminds Edgeworth that he'll be informing "that person" about him.

Part 2-2 - Middle

The next day, Edgeworth and Kay are gathered in Edgeworth's office, Kay still fuming over Courtney and Sebastian's behavior yesterday, Edgeworth more concerned about the P.I.C's actions. He's not going to give up on this case, but before he can decide on what to do, he gets a call from Gumshoe, who tells him that Sebastian's already arrested a suspect in the case.

Edgeworth and Kay head to the detention center and meet the suspect, a timid, wimpy-looking young man by the name of Simon Keyes. Edgeworth tries to talk to him, but finds himself unintentionally intimidating the poor guy, so Kay has to step in. Simon tells her that he was a friend of Knightley's and had come to visit him at the detention center two days ago, after Knightley had requested that Simon bring him his portable chessboard. Edgeworth presents the chessboard he found in the workroom, and Simon confirms that it was Knightley's, sadly remarking that it would be just like him to carry a chessboard till the end of his days.

Kay observes that Knightley must have been close to Simon, and Simon admits that he thought so too, until he learned that Knightley was capable of committing murder. By this point, Kay refuses to believe that Simon's the culprit, and Edgeworth admits that he can't see a motive here. He questions Simon on why he was arrested, but Simon says he doesn't know; Sebastian and a cop just barged into his house and arrested him this morning.

Gumshoe shows up at this point, just as Simon's fretting over being questioned by a burly detective. With Kay convinced that Simon's innocent, Edgeworth asks him if he murdered Knightley. Simon confirms his innocence and Edgeworth agrees to help him prove it. He's got a personal stake in this case, after all. He still lacks investigative authority, so Gumshoe suggests that he borrow a defense attorney's badge again, Kay shutting this down on the basis that it would never work. Kay and Gumshoe then leave, but before Edgeworth joins them, he warns Simon that he'll show no mercy if he's proven to be the killer, though he assures him that he's on his side until then.

Edgeworth meets Gumshoe and Kay in the detention center corridor, where they run into none other than Ray, who's just taken on Simon's case. Edgeworth decides that if he can't investigate, he'll join forces with someone who can, and requests that Ray appoint him as a subordinate. Ray refuses on the basis that he doesn't take sidekicks, especially ones who were like sons to Manfred von Karma, but Edgeworth assures him that he's changed for the better since then - with Gumshoe and Kay both vouching for him. He also points out how strange the P.I.C's actions have been, suggesting that there's something else hidden behind this case.

Seeing a humbled Edgeworth practically begging for his help surprises Ray, and he agrees to take the former Demon Prosecutor on as an assistant; he wants to know what's going on in this case, and what brought about this change in Edgeworth. Edgeworth admits, in a nutshell, that it was probably his experiences in the courtroom and the influence of his old friends (presumably Phoenix). Ray adds that "that person" will also be surprised by Edgeworth's change.

With the hatchet buried, Ray reveals himself to be the head of Edgeworth Law Offices. This understandably confuses Kay, so Edgeworth explains, and we learn that Ray was an assistant to Edgeworth's deceased father, Gregory. Who's also the one Ray's been referring to as "that person". Ray explains that he took over Gregory's firm when he died and kept the name out of respect for him. He warns Edgeworth that he still doesn't trust him entirely; he'll have to prove he's changed. He claims that it's what Gregory would have wanted as well, and Edgeworth accepts.

That settled, Ray asks Edgeworth what they should do now. Edgeworth recalls that the scream the prisoners heard yesterday came from the first person to find Knightley's body, and suggests that they have a word with him. Before leaving for the prison with Ray and Kay, he instructs Gumshoe to assist Sebastian and pass on any useful information he finds. "I'm really good at leaking investigation reports to defense attorneys!" Gumshoe assures him.

Edgeworth, Ray and Kay enter the prison, where they encounter a woman in a large fur coat and guard's hat. She wastes no time taking up Ray's offer of an introductory hut - even going so far as to kiss him during it! - before introducing herself as Patricia Roland, the motherly warden of the prison. Edgeworth asks her if she was at the prison yesterday, and she informs him that she was attending an animal show held at the prison courtyard during that time, which Edgeworth remembers Elbird indirectly referring to. Patricia adds that the show lasted from 8AM to 10AM, the same time Knightley's body was discovered, leading Edgeworth to deduce that anyone who watched it has an alibi for the time of the murder.

Patricia leaves, and Edgeworth decides to resume his search for the prisoner who found the body. After questioning a nearby prisoner, Edgeworth is directed to the workroom, where he finds none other than Frank Sahwit, the first witness many of the series's fans will have cross-examined, and the first criminal they'll have caught. After a slight slip-up over the fact that he's not working as a prosecutor right now, Edgeworth begins his questioning by asking Sahwit where he was during the murder. Sahwit explains that he's currently training as a pet groomer as part of his rehabilitation, and was practicing his trade in the workroom. After saying this, he becomes visibly agitated, insisting that that's all that happened and there's nothing more he can do to help. Edgeworth immediately becomes suspicious at this, and decides to bring out the Logic Chessboard in order to find out what Sahwit's hiding.

Edgeworth quickly notices that Sahwit has far better control over his emotions than his previous opponents, and decides to look at how he phrases his words instead of his body language. He begins by asking if Sahwit's involved with the case. Sahwit says he isn't; he's an upright, model citizen who would never dream of getting involved in a murder plot. Edgeworth points out that he wouldn't be in prison if that were true, and demands he tell what he knows. Sahwit angrily denies knowing anything, before remembering himself and calming down. Nevertheless, Edgeworth doesn't press the point, and Sahwit apologizes for the outburst. Edgeworth in turn apologizes for his rudeness, but remarks how odd it is that Sahwit knows nothing about the murder, and Sahwit nervously claims that he's not the one who found the body. To which Edgeworth points out that he never told Sahwit that they were looking for that person. He asks again if Sahwit was involved in the case; the man, visibly shocked at being caught out, claims it was just a hunch he had.

For his next move, Edgeworth decides to ask about Sahwit's movements during the murder, remarking that there should be no problems if Sahwit's claims of not being involved with it are true. Sahwit claims that he was practicing his pet grooming, as he mentioned earlier. Edgeworth asks if the murder caused a panic, but Sahwit claims it didn't, mentioning that he was able to hear someone's voice. Edgeworth guesses that it was a scream, before insisting once again that Sahwit knows something about the murder. To which Sahwit responds that while he heard someone's voice, he doesn't remember it very well. Keeping this in mind, Edgeworth goes back to the subject of what was going on in the prison, this time asking what the state of the facility was. Sahwit claims to not remember, but Edgeworth points out that he had admitted to hearing someone scream earlier. Sahwit again claims to not remember the voice well, and argues that he could have been mistaken. "Enough with your lies!" Edgeworth exclaims, prompting Sahwit to briefly get angry as he denies lying. Edgeworth says nothing, and Sahwit states that in any case, he was busy with his animal grooming. Edgeworth asks about his grooming skills, and Sahwit replies that he's very good at handling the animals, to the point that he was able to calm them down after they got frightened. Edgeworth asks why they were frightened, and goes on to suggest that the scream was responsible. He asks why Sahwit's trying so hard to hide this fact, and the agitated Sahwit admits to hearing a scream, but claims he's not trying to hide it.

Edgeworth asks Sahwit when he heard the scream, and Sahwit suddenly remembers (sound familiar?) that he was attending the animal show, and therefore didn't hear the scream. Edgeworth points out that that completely contradicts everything he's said up to this point. Sahwit almost snaps again, and Edgeworth keeps silent, prompting Sahwit to mention that he found the Animal Show enjoyable. Edgeworth asks what kind of animals were performing in the show, and Sahwit claims to have seen a whale there, indicating that he didn't see the show at all. Edgeworth asks who the scream belonged to, but Sahwit claims that he was in the courtyard attending the animal show. Edgeworth reminds him that he's already rubbished that claim, and demands that he tell the truth. Sahwit insists that he didn't hear the scream of the person who discovered the body, and Edgeworth expresses surprise at this; why would he assume the scream came from that person, rather than the victim? He demands an explanation, and after Sahwit struggles to answer, he does so for him: Sahwit's the one who discovered the body and screamed.

Edgeworth requests that Sahwit testify. Sahwit claims that he was in Workroom B (the one right next to Workroom A, where Knightley was found) honing his skills, before he randomly decided to look through the window on Workroom A's door, and upon seeing Knightley's body, he screamed. He adds that he was in Workroom B for the whole day, aside from the prison roll calls at 7AM, noon and 9PM, during which times the workrooms were all searched. Commencing his rebuttal, Edgeworth points out that Sahwit could not have peeked through the Workroom A window, because his bracelet would have prevented him from being able to leave Workroom B. Kay asks if this means that Sahwit wasn't the one who discovered the body, but Edgeworth suggests they get an explanation from the man himself

Sahwit explains that there's a trick to the bracelets and sensors he didn't mention earlier; as long as you don't take the hand with the bracelet through the sensors, you can step through them without triggering the bracelet, and leave the room to a limited extent. Edgeworth asks Sahwit what prompted him to leave Workroom B, and Sahwit claims that he heard a noise coming from Workroom A, and decided to investigate it. Edgeworth points out that if that were true, he should have seen the person who made the noise. Sahwit is shaken and makes no response, but after some pressing, he claims that he saw a large black dog biting Knightley's neck.

Edgeworth presses Sahwit for more details on this, much to Ray and Kay's discomfort, and the prisoner mentions seeing Knightley's ring - specifically its snowflake insignia - on his motionless right hand, to which Edgeworth objects; Knightley's right hand was covered by the blanket, so it should have been impossible for Sahwit to see his ring in such detail, unless he entered the room and lifted the sheet up. Sahwit tries to argue that Knightley had moved his hand earlier, but Edgeworth points out that he was already dead when the dog bit him, making that impossible. He demands to know what Sahwit's hiding.

Sahwit loses it, doing his toupee throw once again, before raging at Edgeworth, who in turn argues that Sahwit has come off as very suspicious, seeing something that he shouldn't have been able to. He argues that Sahwit actually saw Knightley's body from inside Workroom A, seeing as he knew about Knightley's ring. Sahwit demands evidence that he was in the room at the time, insisting that he was next door grooming animals, even going so far as to borrow some rubber gloves. To which Edgeworth presents the pink glove from earlier, and mentions that Sahwit only seems to have one glove on him right now. Sahwit argues that the glove could have come from anywhere, so Edgeworth suggests they check the glove for prints.

Sahwit lets out a scream of rage...but Ray then mentions that something's still off: Sahwit could have easily refuted Edgeworth's arguments if he had just pointed out that he was unable to enter the workroom because of his bracelet. Yet for some reason, he didn't. After some questioning, Sahwit calms down and confesses; his bracelet was damaged when he fell over a few days earlier, and it stopped triggering the sensors.

Edgeworth informs a nearby guard of the defective bracelet, and Ray accuses Sahwit of Knightley's murder, pointing out that the aforementioned bracelet would allow him to go anywhere he pleased within the prison. Sahwit denies it, insisting that all he did was find the body and check it for valuables. When the other prisoners started to return from the animal show, he went back to Workroom B and let out a scream to deceive everyone, accidentally leaving his glove behind as he did so.

Edgeworth states that, regardless of whether or not Sahwit's the killer, there's still the question of how Knightley was able to move between his cell in the detention center and the prison. Recalling the black dog, Edgeworth asks Sahwit if there were any other prisoners who missed out on the animal show, and Sahwit answers that there's just one. It quickly turns out that Edgeworth's very familiar with this prisoner, and had suspected his involvement since he first saw the dog. He asks if he can meet with him, causing Sahwit to get nervous. When Kay asks for an explanation, Sahwit answers that the prisoner in question is the facility's oldest inmate, and a very special case, but he won't say any more than that. He warns the group to avoid him if they value their lives, but he nevertheless directs them to the special cell currently holding the prisoner.

Edgeworth, Kay and Ray head over to the special cell, where they (and we) get our introduction to Sirhan Dogen, a legendary blind assassin whom Edgeworth caught a long time ago. He's known for using sharp knives and a vicious dog as weapons, and his appearance is always accompanied by the sound of a bell, which is usually the last thing his victims ever hear. The black dog's also there; turns out he's Anubis, Dogen's guide dog and partner in crime. Dogen greets the man who bought him down as if he were an old acquaintance, and Edgeworth informs the assassin about their suspicions of Anubis. Dogen of course denies it, and Edgeworth asks for Dogen's alibi during the animal show. Dogen answers that he was in his cell, pursuing his hobby of whittling wooden carvings, of which he has a lot. Edgeworth questions why a prisoner would be allowed hammers and chisels, but Dogen claims that the warden gave him special permission to have them. He shows the group his latest work: a chessboard and a full set of pieces to go with it, explaining that he's taken up correspondence chess since the start of his incarceration. Interestingly, he's currently in the middle of one such game.

Edgeworth asks Dogen if he knew the identity of the murder victim. The assassin admits that he does, demonstrating to Edgeworth that he knows about everything going on in the prison. He remarks that Knightley may have been fortunate, since he was able to avoid being punished for his crime, but oddly enough, Dogen assumes this crime to be attempting to assassinate President Huang. Edgeworth and Kay are both understandably surprised to hear this - Edgeworth suspecting an attempt to cover-up the fake assassination scheme - which in turn surprises Ray, who was under the same impression as Dogen regarding Knightley's crime. Edgeworth realizes that the P.I.C. took him off the case in order to allow Sebastian to indict Knightley for attempted assassination, and maintain the cover-up.

Dogen isn't surprised about what happened to Knightley, having learnt of his continued insistence that he was no assassin. A short debate ensues, in which Edgeworth insists that the courts are supposed to reveal the truth, but Dogen points out that that's not always the case, even claiming that some of his fellow prisoners were imprisoned on false charges. "Leaving the truth in the care of the court is dangerous." he remarks, and Edgeworth is reminded of Shi-Long Lang's distrust of prosecutors and the courts.

Dogen states that Edgeworth's reasoning alone can't be trusted, but assures the prosecutor that he's not the only one who suspects he's behind Knightley's murder; Sebastian, Courtney and Patricia all came and questioned him yesterday. They also searched the entire prison for the murder weapon, but failed to find anything. Having said all that he wants to, Dogen has Anubis scare off Edgeworth, Ray and Kay. Edgeworth assures him that they'll meet again, and Dogen states that he'll be waiting.

Leaving the special cell, Edgeworth finds Kay cowering behind an ornamental rock, and Ray absent. Edgeworth and Kay decide to carry on the investigation regardless, with Edgeworth deciding to start by finding out how Knightley got into the prison. They head back to the detention center, only to overhear a distraught Patricia talking about Dogen refusing to co-operate with her, even after she went to the trouble of having evidence transferred from the precinct. Patricia catches Edgeworth, and explains that she meets with all the prisoners for one-to-one sessions in her office, down a hallway between the detention center cells and the huge door to the prison. She then leaves to feed Ally, one of her pets, and Edgeworth and Kay head over to Knightley's cell.

Inside, Edgeworth finds a correspondence chess sheet on Knightley's desk, and notices that the pieces depicted on it are in the exact same positions as the pieces on Dogen's chessboard, leading him to deduce that Dogen and Knightley were playing against each other. Heading over to the cell's bed, Edgeworth notices a torn newspaper, and a clean patch on the otherwise dusty floor, and figures that part of the newspaper was torn off and used as a cleaning rag for the floor. Edgeworth then sees a mirror in the cell, and noticing a reflection of a security camera in it, asks a guard to go and check the footage.

Before the guard returns, Edgeworth remarks that they've found a connection between Dogen and Knightley. Edgeworth checks the footage with the guard's "portable playback device" and sees a man walking about in the cell before getting attacked by a dark shape. Though unable to see the man's face, Edgeworth figures that he's seeing Knightley getting mauled by Anubis in the holding cell, and further deduces that the floor was wiped to conceal bloodstains. He tells the guard to get Gumshoe to check the cell for blood, and he and Kay leave to talk to the other guards.

Before they can do so, they run into none other than Shi-Long Lang, who's here for no special reason, or so he tells Edgeworth. Kay observes that he's not accompanied by his 100-man army of investigators this time around, but Lang quickly changes the subject to the whole assassination business with Huang. Edgeworth mentions his surprise that Lang's not more involved with the security of his own president, prompting Lang to explain that Huang doesn't trust the Zheng Fa police, for all the good it did him. Edgeworth asks if Lang and his huge team of subordinates could have done a better job, but Lang reveals that he no longer has them. He insists it's no concern of Edgeworth's, and proceeds to take his leave.

With Lang gone, Edgeworth talks to the two nearby guards, learning from one of them that Anubis didn't pass through the detention center. The other informs Edgeworth that one of his uniforms was stolen from his locker. That done, Edgeworth and Kay are rejoined by Ray, who brings with him some new information: Two days ago, Knightley attacked a guard and knocked him out in an apparent jailbreak attempt, with the keys to his cell disappearing during the incident. A few things are odd, however; no jailbreak by Knightley was observed, Knightley denied stealing the keys after the incident, and said keys are currently unaccounted for.

Before they can discuss it further, Sebastian and Courtney show up. After some words are exchanged about Edgeworth's current role, Edgeworth asks the duo why they arrested Simon. Courtney tries to refuse, but Sebastian takes it as a challenge and gives his reasoning behind the arrest. It turns out to be little more than "We found traces of Simon somewhere. I am the best." Edgeworth asks for more details, and after some pressure, Sebastian explains that they found Simon's fingerprints on Knightley's chessboard. Edgeworth points out that Simon was the one who sent Knightley the chessboard in the first place, so it's only natural that his fingerprints would be on it. He suggests that Sebastian was too hasty to arrest Simon. Sebastian tries to explain - after taking his sweet time figuring out what Edgeworth was saying - but Courtney cuts him off, suggesting that he instead tell Edgeworth his reasoning regarding the murder weapon.

Sebastian claims that the murder weapon was a sharp metal object, and explains that the prison tightly controls such items. Therefore, he reasoned that the chessboard was used to smuggle the weapon inside, with Simon's fingerprints proving his role in both the smuggling and the stabbing. Edgeworth examines the chessboard, and sure enough, there's a secret compartment in it big enough to hold a knife. He nevertheless points out the security gates with metal detectors at the detention center and prison entrances; anyone trying to get a weapon through them would be caught, but Courtney informs him that detention center post is checked differently, without a metal detector.

Beginning his rebuttal - or as Courtney puts it, his cross-examination - Edgeworth presses Sebastian's point about the chessboard, pointing out that no weapon was found at the crime scene. Sebastian suggests that Simon hid the weapon somewhere in the prison, but Edgeworth reminds him that he and Patricia searched the prison earlier and found nothing, and suggests that the search was poorly carried out. After some coddling from Courtney, Sebastian suggests that Simon took the weapon with him when he left the prison, but Edgeworth reminds him of the security gates at the entrances, which would have made doing so impossible. Courtney asks where the murder weapon could be if it hasn't left the prison, and Edgeworth suggests that it's still inside, with Sebastian and Patricia missing it because of their mistaken assumption that the weapon was a sharp metal object.

Courtney asks what the weapon was if that's the case, and Edgeworth presents the video of Knightley being attacked by Anubis. He argues that the murder took place in the detention center, and Knightley was moved to Workroom A afterwards. Courtney points out that he hasn't explained how Anubis could move between the detention center and prison, to which Edgeworth argues that she and Sebastian have yet to do the same for Simon...but then Courtney plays her trump card. She reveals that Simon works at the Berry Big Circus, who just so happen to be the hosts of the prison's animal show; Simon was subsequently able to enter the prison as a member of the show staff!

Edgeworth's beaten, and Courtney warns him that she was already doubting his ability as a prosecutor - never mind that he only slipped up because Courtney deliberately had Sebastian withhold information from him - and that he better not go up against her again if he values his prosecutor's badge. She also tells him to drop the defense attorney act; unlike the prosecutor's path, it requires him to trust his clients unconditionally, yet he didn't even know Simon's job. That said, she and Sebastian leave.

Talking with Ray and Kay, Edgeworth remarks that he was wrong about Simon being unable to enter the prison, and that they'll have to do some more investigating.

Part 2-3 - End 1

Edgeworth, Ray and Kay are back in the visitation room, Edgeworth admonishing Simon for not telling them about his connection to the circus and the animal show. Simon admits that he was afraid that, if he told them that he had a way of getting into the prison, they'd assume he was the culprit, especially given that he knew Knightley.

Edgeworth reminds Simon that he had promised to believe in him, and Kay asks him about his role in the circus. Simon explains that he's an apprentice animal tamer, prompting Money the Monkey to show up and use Simon as a human marionette in demonstration. Once he's done, Edgeworth asks Simon for more info about his job. Simon explains that he works under the head of the circus's animal tamer division, and that he and she were the only two circus members taking part in the animal show, making them the only ones relevant to the case.

Edgeworth then asks about Simon's movements around the prison, and Simon informs him that he visited Knightley at noon two days ago, giving him the chessboard during their meeting. He then spent the night setting up the stage for the animal show, using Workroom A as a temporary storage area. Once that was done, he and his supervisor rehearsed until midnight. Edgeworth notes that, if that's the case, Simon was the only one to enter and leave the room where the body was discovered.

He asks Simon if he knows any more about his arrest. Simon says that it probably happened because he sneaked into the detention block to check up on Knightley whilst setting up for the show. Edgeworth asks why he would do such a thing if he saw Knightley two days ago. Simon admits that he and Knightley have been each other's only friends since childhood, having never had proper families, and he felt a need to visit him. Edgeworth asks what he means, and Simon explains that he and Knightley both lost their fathers - the only family they've ever known - when they were young, a tragedy Edgeworth and Kay know all too well. Simon further adds that there were no guards and prisoners around during that time, and Edgeworth guesses that Sebastian's logic is that something happened between the pair during that time.

Edgeworth and Kay recommit to Simon's case, Edgeworth assuring him that he's convinced that Simon's innocent, on the basis that he lacks the motive or or necessary strength of character to commit murder. In fact, he's probably the one most affected by Knightley's death. This doesn't go unnoticed by Ray, who mentions that Edgeworth's beginning to sound like his father, and assures him that he's more than happy to help. He then offers Simon some candy, but the animal tamer declines, stating that he doesn't like the stuff. With the mood in the detention center rejuvenated, Edgeworth, Kay and Ray head over to the prison courtyard to talk with Simon's supervisor.

They enter the courtyard to find the stage and most of the equipment for the animal show still lying around. Edgeworth reiterates to himself that everyone who attended the animal show has an alibi, before noticing Kay getting pummeled by a nearby elephant. Luckily for her, Simon's supervisor, who happens to be none other than Regina Berry, shows up and calms down the elephant. After the introductions, Edgeworth begins his investigation of the courtyard, noticing an electrified barbed wire fence running through it, separating Patricia's office - which also overlooks the courtyard - from the prison.

Edgeworth talks to Regina, learning that the Berry Big Circus is doing well under Moe's management. She also explains the animal show: it's a love story between Astique - the nearby elephant - and Regent the Tiger, with Simon playing the part of a villainous monkey trying to split them apart. Edgeworth asks about the preparations for the show, but since Simon handled all of it, Regina can't tell him much, other than that she saw Simon working near the well in the courtyard. Aside from that, she reiterates what Simon told the trio earlier. Edgeworth heads over to the well, finding a length of rope, a 33kg weight, two pulleys and a very familiar looking striped sheet. He wonders just what all this equipment was used for.

Edgeworth and Kay then notice Sahwit in a corner of the courtyard, and head over to question him. He claims that he's helping out with the show, and trying his best to be a model prisoner, even getting his bracelet replaced. Edgeworth asks him why he didn't mention Dogen before, and Sahwit explains that Dogen is a touchy subject with the prisoners; he's practically the prison's ruler, as well as the Supplier (the guy who provided Elbird with all his exercise equipment, remember?). Sahwit informs them that Dogen extends this service to all the prisoners, and supposedly makes it work by having access to some sort of secret route in and out of the prison. Moving the subject away from Dogen, Sahwit talks about his use of mud packs on the animals, explaining that he applies them to every animal in the prison as part of his training. Edgeworth presents the rubber glove, and Sahwit explains that the mud came from when he was applying his mudpacks at around 9AM, or the start of the animal show.

Patricia shows up at this point, and Edgeworth asks her about the prison. Patricia talks about how much the animal therapy has helped out, with specific mention of Sahwit. Edgeworth asks about Sahwit, and Patricia explains that she likes him most out of all the prisoners, mentioning that "he has his eyes set on something different", a remark Edgeworth takes note of. Regarding the circus, Patricia informs them that they're always the ones hosting the animal show - owing to her liking of Regina - and urges Edgeworth to look after Simon, knowing that Regina would take it badly if he were convicted. She thanks the animal tamer for her help, before expressing her displeasure that some of the prisoners skipped out on the show. Edgeworth assumes she means Sahwit and Dogen, but Patricia informs them that a third prisoner also missed out on the show. She and Regina go off to feed Ally, who turns out to be an alligator living in the courtyard pond, and Edgeworth, Ray and Kay leave to find out about the third prisoner who missed the show.

Gumshoe rejoins the group back in the hallway, taking advantage of the absence of Sebastian and Courtney. He informs them that the forensic test in Knightley's cell picked up bloodstains on the cleaned up area of floor, and they're currently looking into whose blood it is. Ray remarks that once the test is complete, they'll be able to prove the murder took place in Knightley's cell, so all that's left to do is figure out how Anubis moved between the detention center and prison. To help, Gumshoe brings out three of his "Seven Secret Weapons": a metal detector, Missile the police dog...and a fishing rod Gumshoe bought by accident.

Edgeworth decides to use Missile, in order to find out Anubis's route between the detention center and prison. He notes that the same route would have been used to move Knightley's body, so they just have to have Missile track Knightley's scent. Taking him to Workroom A, the group notice a very faint sweet scent, which Missile tracks from the workroom to Dogen's cell, which is currently unoccupied. Edgeworth takes a look around, noticing the chessboard, a pocket-sized chisel with a bell attached, four other chisels and some tea and biscuits, which Kay thinks is a bit overboard, even for special treatment. Unfortunately, it turns out Missile was only following the scent of some chocolate cake lying in the cell, which Gumshoe decides to eat to stop Missile from doing so.

The group try again, and this time, Missile leads them to Elbird's cell, also unoccupied. Edgeworth gets a guard to open the door for him, learning that Elbird has been absent since the noon rollcall. Entering the cell, the group discover a tunnel leading to Knightley's cell hidden behind Elbird's sandbag. Edgeworth figures that Knightley's body must have had a sweet scent, seeing as that was what Missile tracked, and that the dirt on his clothes came from him being dragged through the tunnel. Having crawled through the tunnel after Missile, Kay reveals that she took a photo of the inside, which reveals a set of paw prints running through it.

After remarking that the photo will surely prove to be vital evidence, Edgeworth brings up the fact that Elbird had access to this tunnel, and fears that he might have escaped. He orders Gumshoe to find out where Elbird is, and the guards carry out a search of the prison and detention center, but fail to find him. Talking with Patricia afterwards, Edgeworth assures her that Elbird is likely still on the premises, owing to the security gates at the detention center making it impossible for him to leave, but regardless, Patricia asks Edgeworth to return to his investigation.

The results of the blood test then arrive, confirming that the blood in the detention center cell is indeed Knightley's. Now armed with a ton of evidence, the group decide to talk to Dogen. Patricia warns them to be careful, telling them that the assassin has henchmen outside the prison, whom she and the police have been searching for for ages. Edgeworth recalls the conversation he overheard yesterday, and asks Patricia about the evidence she had transferred over. Patricia explains that she's been frequently interrogating Dogen in her office, but he hasn't broken, no matter the evidence she uses. Edgeworth wonders why she would go as far as that, before his group return to Dogen's cell.

Not only do they find Dogen there, but also Sebastian and Courtney. The judge wastes no time reminding Edgeworth of the warning she gave him yesterday, and Edgeworth replies that he won't heed it if it means overlooking something important. He informs her that he's here to get a testimony, and the truth she's overlooked, and tells Dogen that he intends to prove he's the culprit. Before that can happen however, Sebastian and Courtney present their own logic. Courtney argues that Simon is the culprit, since he was the only one who could move Knightley to the prison. Before she gives her reasoning, she asks that Edgeworth agree to hand over his prosecutor's badge if it turns out that she's right, explaining that she wants to see his resolve before taking him on. Edgeworth agrees, reminding her that he's currently working as Ray's assistant, and isn't about to let the good name of Edgeworth Law Offices be ruined.

That settled, Courtney gives her reasoning. She reminds him about Knightley's attack on the guard yesterday, and argues that he used the stolen keys to escape his cell, before being hidden in a cage and smuggled into the prison by Simon. As proof, she presents an image from the security camera of Simon and Knightley chatting, in which the aforementioned cage creates a huge blind spot, which she argues would have allowed Knightley to enter the cage without being seen. Edgeworth notes that on the other hand, they can't confirm whether Courtney's suggestion is actually what happened. Kay asks why Knightley would hide in a cage, and Courtney suggests that he was trying to escape from the detention center, with Simon as an accomplice. She theorizes that their plan was for Knightley to remain hidden in the workroom and then get carried out after the animal show finished, at least until the plan fell apart and Simon murdered him.

Commencing his rebuttal, Edgeworth asks if Courtney can prove Knightley stole the keys, but Courtney argues that it's the only reason he'd attack the guard. Edgeworth counters that if her theory is true, surely Knightley would try and escape immediately rather than work with Simon, but Courtney suggests that he wanted to pick the escape route with the highest chance of success, and hid the key on his person while he waited. Edgeworth points out that the keys would have been found on Knightley's body if that were true, yet they're currently unaccounted for. Courtney isn't fazed, arguing that Knightley instead hid the key in his chessboard. Edgeworth then argues that Simon was too busy performing in the animal show to have an opportunity to murder Knightley, but Courtney responds by revealing more about the animal show. Specifically that there's a scene in the climax in which Simon is literally blasted off the stage, and doesn't reappear for 15 minutes, during which he could have killed Knightley.

Edgeworth responds that that would be possible...if the crime took place in the prison. He argues that it took place within the detention center, and presents the bloodstains he found in Knightley's cell. Though she hints that Gumshoe will face retribution from the P.I.C. for his part in arranging the blood test, Courtney has no choice but to accept the test results as fact. Then all of a sudden, Sebastian interrupts, arguing that if the security tape showed Knightley getting killed by Anubis, the bloodstains shouldn't have been wiped away. Dumbass Has a Point is immediately averted however when Dogen reveals that he taught Anubis how to do that, in order to avoid leaving behind evidence. Courtney begins to admit that Edgeworth might have a point, but she can't accept his argument without knowing how Anubis could enter and leave the crime scene. To which Edgeworth presents Kay's photo and informs her of the secret tunnel, before turning to Dogen and accusing him of using the tunnel to commit murder.

Courtney overrules him, and presents Knightley's autopsy report, which shows that Knightley was stabbed to death with a sharp metal object, clearly contradicting Edgeworth's claim. Edgeworth tries to bring up the footprints in the tunnel, but Dogen argues that they could have just come from Anubis going for a walk. Courtney hands over the autopsy report to Ray, and offers to let Edgeworth keep his badge if he admits defeat. Edgeworth flatly refuses, not willing to be threatened off his job or give up on his client, prompting Ray to remark that Edgeworth's starting to understand what it means to be a defense attorney, to the point that he's emulating his father. He acknowledges that Edgeworth really has changed since his time with Von Karma, and with a few words of encouragement, asks him to consider whether the cause of death truly negates his reasoning.

Edgeworth recalls that there were five chisels in Dogen's cell, any one of which he could have used to kill someone. He reminds everyone that the murder weapon has yet to be found, and argues that it's one of Dogen's chisels, meaning that Knightley's killer is in fact human. Sebastian brings up the security tape, and Edgeworth points out that it only shows Anubis leaping at Knightley, not killing him. Instead, Knightley was knocked unconscious and dragged through the tunnel by Anubis, straight to Dogen, who proceeded to kill him. Sebastian objects again, with Courtney pointing out that they checked all four of Dogen's chisels and found no blood traces, but Edgeworth informs them that Dogen actually has five chisels, with the pocket-sized one taken into account.

Dogen claims that he couldn't have left his cell, leading Edgeworth to figure out that he couldn't have hidden the chisel anywhere but his cell. Unless of course he had Anubis dispose of it, but then he would have no way of confirming the weapon's location. In addition, Dogen has permission to keep chisels on hand; one more appearing in his cell would go unnoticed. Sebastian objects a third time, reminding all that he searched Dogen's cell and found nothing, but Edgeworth argues that the chisel was just very well hidden. Asked to explain where exactly it was hidden, Edgeworth recalls that Anubis hasn't barked at him once today, and works it out; the chisel is hidden in Anubis's mouth!

Dogen concedes defeat, and he has Anubis give up the chisel. Courtney summons forensics, and they confirm that the chisel does indeed have blood on it. Courtney asks Dogen for an explanation, the assassin still all smug smiles despite everything. He denies killing Knightley, arguing that he had no motive to do so, or any kind of connection to the guy. As for Anubis, he only kills on Dogen's command. Regarding the supposed lack of connection between the two, Edgeworth presents the chess memo he found in Knightley's cell, pointing out that the matching piece positions prove that Knightley and Dogen were playing correspondence chess with one another. Dogen is surprised to learn that his opponent was Knightley, but he insists that it's just a coincidence, though he does admit that Anubis did indeed drag Knightley's body to his cell during the animal show. However, he was already dead then. Dogen noticed the chisel stuck in his neck and realised that he'd be suspected if he didn't do something, so he had Anubis take the body to the workroom and retrieve the chisel there, in order to avoid leaving any blood near his cell. What Sahwit thought he saw was in fact Anubis getting the chisel back, Edgeworth realises.

Ray asks why Dogen needed to retrieve the chisel, and the assassin points to the bell on it, and the identical one on Anubis's collar; his trademark as an assassin. Edgeworth recalls presenting a knife with one of the bells on it when he put Dogen on trial before, and the assassin explains that the bells are the only two of their kind in the world, with a unique sounding ring to boot. He lost the one attached to the knife when he was incarcerated; when he heard it ring as Anubis was bringing him Knightley's body, he soon discovered out what had happened, and realised that he was being set up for murder. Hence, he moved the body and retrieved the chisel, which he claims doesn't belong to him. Sure enough, a fingerprint test on the chisel finds Knightley's prints, but fails to find any sign of Dogen's prints, or any sign of prints being wiped. Dogen clearly didn't use the chisel, and he suggests that the chisel was in fact Knightley's.

Edgeworth realizes that he's been beaten once again. Courtney states that he hasn't changed anything about the case, and tells him to hand over his badge. Kay however asks why Knightley would have a chisel on his person, and how he would be able to take it into the prison. Edgeworth doesn't notice at first, still spacing out after his defeat, and Kay assures him that he shouldn't let himself be deterred just because his initial reasoning was wrong; the main thing that matters most is reaching the truth, not how you get there. Ray chimes in, reminding Edgeworth that a defense attorney never gives up, since they are responsible for the fate of their client, and the only person they can rely on, just like Edgeworth, Ray and Kay are the only people Simon can rely on right now. Their words revitalise Edgeworth, and he again recommits to the case and his resolve.

For the question of how Knightley got the chisel into the prison, Edgeworth suggests that it was hidden inside the chessboard Simon gave Knightley, the pair taking advantage of how packages sent to the detention center aren't checked with a metal detector. Courtney admits that it solves the issue of how Knightley could be the chisel's owner, but Edgeworth argues that one more issue remains: the security camera video clearly shows Anubis attacking Knightley. Edgeworth maintains from this that Dogen is the killer, but Ray points out that Dogen never used the murderous chisel, and Courtney admits that she too wants an answer to this question.

At this point, Gumshoe decides to bring out his fourth Secret Weapon: a portable machine called Mr Analysis that enables one to, well, analyse video tapes in detail. Edgeworth uses it on the security tape, and finds that he didn't exactly see what he thought he did; the silhouette thought to be Anubis actually resembles a bear cub, and the reflection in the cell mirror clearly shows a guard's hat on the victim's head. Edgeworth recalls Elbird's pet polar bear cub, Rocky, and guesses that the person being attacked might not have been Knightley. As for the reflected cap, Edgeworth notes that it wasn't a guard who was attacked, since they would have reported the incident. Recalling the stolen guard uniform from earlier, Edgeworth guesses that the uniform was worn as a disguise by the person in the video, likely a prisoner looking to escape.

He argues that the person in the video is in fact Elbird, seeing as the tunnel goes from his prison cell to Knightley's cell, and that Elbird has a bear cub for a pet. Kay points out the the bear in the video is black, while Rocky is white, but Edgeworth suggests that Rocky was simply covered in mud from Sahwit's mudpacks. Courtney suddenly tries to overrule Edgeworth's argument, but Edgeworth's way ahead of her; if the mudpacks were applied during the animal show, the video's timestamp should match up, yet it says the recording was taken about three hours earlier.

Edgeworth summarizes his findings; on the day of the animal show, three prisoners missed it: Dogen, who was in his special cell, Sahwit, who was applying his mudpacks, and Elbird, who was trying to escape the prison. Leaving Rocky in Sahwit's care, Elbird headed for his secret tunnel, but unbeknowst to him, Rocky escaped from Sahwit and ran after him. Sahwit went after Rocky, and ended up witnessing Anubis removing the chisel from Knightley's body. If his testimony about that is true, the events should have taken place at around 9AM, not the time given in the video's timestamp. Edgeworth asks Gumshoe to look at the security camera, and the detective reports back saying that the camera's internal clock was disabled when the prison had a three hour power cut. When it came back on, it was three hours behind. He then adds something else regarding Knightley's attack on the guard; Knightley had claimed that he too was attacked and knocked out. Edgeworth suggests that Knightley may have been telling the truth.

Patricia then shows up to check on the investigation, and Edgeworth updates her on the Elbird situation. Just as they figure that Elbird is currently disguised as one of the guards, Rocky walks in and latches onto the chest of one of the guards. The jig is up, and Elbird is unmasked. Before Patricia can have him dragged off, Edgeworth gets her permission to interrogate him, figuring that he knows something about the crime. After all, he did have a tunnel running between his cell and Knightley's.

Elbird lambasts the group for discovering his tunnel, before admitting that he had tried to escape on that day, donning his stolen guard uniform to that end. He figured that he was foiled when Rocky came after him, covered in mud, and he decided to return to his cell. Edgeworth asks if Dogen provided him with the uniform, and Elbird confirms it, claiming that after leaving the tunnel and donning the uniform, he would have simply walked out of the cell. Edgeworth points out that he would have needed the cell keys in order to leave the cell, and accuses him of having said keys. Elbird denies it, and claims that the cell door was already open, but Edgeworth points out that that wouldn't have been the case until Knightley's death was discovered, which happened after the animal show and after Elbird's first escape attempt; until then, the door would have been locked.

He goes on to argue that Elbird was the one who attacked the guard and stole his keys, taking out Knightley as well, before returning to his cell to wait for an opportunity to escape. As proof that Knightley was attacked, Edgeworth presents the traces of his blood they found in his cell. Kay asks why he went to the trouble to clean them up, and Elbird answers that he wanted to hide the evidence of a third attacker and prevent his escape route from being discovered. Nevertheless, Elbird is down for the count.

The beaten boxer hands over the stolen keys, and Edgeworth wastes little time informing Courtney and Sebastian that their entire line of reasoning has just been destroyed. Ray argues that this therefore means the killer had to have known about the secret tunnel, and suspicions turn to Elbird. He denies murder, claiming that neither Knightley or his body were in the cell when he made his escape attempt, and pointing out that he couldn't leave his cell, let alone enter the workroom. Edgeworth suggests that Anubis could have carried the body to the workroom, if Dogen and Elbird were working together. He argues that Elbird got Knightley's body into his cell, and from there, Dogen had Anubis drag it to the workroom. After all, the animals can go wherever they want in the prison, but they can't get into the detention center; the person who moved it from there had to be Elbird, since he's the only one who knew about the secret tunnel.

Then Elbird throws a counter: What if there was another route? He explains that he only dug the second half of the tunnel; the first half was already there when he moved into the cell, and led from the cell to the well in the prison courtyard. He also mentions that the well gave off a sweet scent, and Edgeworth recalls that Knightley's body also gave off a sweet scent. He suggests that both scents are the same, and Courtney figures out his argument; the scent proves Knightley's body was taken through the tunnel.

Edgeworth reiterates that Elbird was the only one who knew about the tunnel, and Courtney calls for Elbird to confess to being an accomplice...of Knightley's. She goes back to her "Simon-Knightley-cage" theory, arguing that Elbird lent Knightley the stolen keys to allow him to leave his cell, in exchange for Knightley not snitching about the tunnel. From there, Simon took Knightley to the courtyard, murdered him there, and dumped the body down the well, for Anubis to drag to the workroom. After all, Simon would have had time to do so during the 15 minutes he was off stage. Edgeworth tries to argue that the body could have been dropped down the well at any other time, but Courtney responds that if that was the case, Elbird would have found it as he went through the tunnel. And it was found in the workroom after the show ended, so it couldn't have been dropped after the show. The most Edgeworth can do is point out that her theory is just a hypothesis at this point, and convince her to allow him to investigate the courtyard.

Before he can do so, a prison alarm goes off. Everyone assumes the worst until Patricia assures them that it's just the dinner signal. With that being the case, she orders everyone out of the prison for the night, telling them that they can resume their investigation tomorrow. As he leaves, Edgeworth considers Courtney's reasoning about how Knightley ended up in the workroom, and Simon's role in it. Is any of it correct, or is there someone else who could have done it?

Part 2-4 - End 2

The next day, Edgeworth, Ray and Kay return to the prison courtyard to find the stage completely dismantled and packed away. In addition, there's now a grate over the well, though Kay soon discovers that the lock for it was broken a long time ago. Anyone could have dropped Knightley's body down the well. Ray wonders if this was really what happened, and the group get Missile over to try and find out. Edgeworth calls Gumshoe and asks him to bring over Missile and Regina, and as they wait, he tells Kay to bring out Little Thief; the portable heist simulator that also doubles as a crime scene recreation device.

Kay recreates the courtyard as it was after the animal show, and she and Edgeworth head over to the well. Edgeworth takes note of the 33kg weight, as well as the rope with attached metal stake and the pulleys, noticing that neither of them look like the pulley used to operate the well bucket. Kay wonders what all this stuff was used for. They also check out Astique, before Edgeworth has Kay shut down the recreation, having gotten all the information he can. Gumshoe, Missile and Regina show up, but the group immediately runs into a problem; Missile is scared stiff by Ally, and isn't going to be much use tracking. So Edgeworth asks Regina to describe the state of the courtyard during the show, in order to allow Kay to create another recreation based on that. Within the new recreation, the group soon notice that the backstage area, well and associated junk are all missing, seeing as Regina left all the preparations to Simon and doesn't know about them.

Edgeworth begins by examining a cart filled with apples near Astique's pen, observing that it was empty after the show. Regina then reveals that the cart was used to store Astique's food, and was actually empty during the show, in contrast to the recreation. It was however full the night before the show. Edgeworth deduces that Astique ate all the apples, though Regina mentions that the cart had been kept out of her reach the night before, leading Edgeworth to suspect that someone moved the cart close to Astique last night. Edgeworth also examines the stage in the mid-show recreation, prompting Regina to talk about the disappearing act of Simon's that Courtney had alluded to yesterday. She confirms that Simon was offstage for 15 minutes after his exit, and alleges that Simon came up with a trick to yank himself off the stage, in order to simulate being blown away by Astique and Regent's love. Edgeworth recalls the tools by the well, and deduces that they're part of Simon's stunt.

That in mind, Kay heads off to visit Simon, and returns with an explanation of the trick; Simon hung some weights on the well's pulley using a rope, suspending them above the well, before running the rope through the other two pulleys and tying himself to the other end of it. When the weights fell into the well, Simon would be yanked up and offstage due to the connecting rope. The rope with the metal stake was used as a stopper, preventing the weights from dropping until Simon wanted to trigger the trick. Kay updates the recreation, and Edgeworth notes that the weight on the other end of the rope would need to be greater than Simon's body weight for the trick to work. He immediately sees the problem; a single 33kg weight would not be enough, and he deduces that the rest of the weights went missing. Edgeworth takes up Gumshoe's suggestion that they use the metal detector, and the detective soon manages to find four more weights in the grass near Ally's pen. Edgeworth wonders if someone deliberately tried to hide the weights. Interestingly, the metal detector reacts when used on Ally, and Regina mentions that Ally hasn't been feeling well lately, possibly due to something she ate.

Edgeworth decides to take another look at Simon's device, and soon notices a problem; the rope that connected Simon and the weights is missing from the recreation. He recalls the rope they found next to Knightley's body, and guesses that it's their missing rope. From there, he deduces that the object on the other end of the rope was actually Knightley's dead body, since whatever was used would have ended up in the bottom of the well when Simon untied himself from the rope after pulling off the trick. The weights were subsequently hidden to hide the fact that they had been swapped out, and the only person who could have done that was the killer. Ray then points out that Knightley's blood would have dripped down to the bottom of the well if he had indeed been suspended in it, but Edgeworth answers that the killer used the striped sheet they found on Knightley's body, wrapping it around him to catch the blood. At this point, Kay starts to worry that all this evidence points to Simon being the killer, but Edgeworth assures her that if that were the case, Simon wouldn't have needed such an elaborate way of hiding the body. He argues that Simon just dropped the body down the well; the killer could have killed Knightley beforehand, and swapped the body out with the weights, with the goal of making it look like the murder took place during the animal show, when they would have an alibi.

Edgeworth figures that Dogen's not the killer; even if knew about the device, neither he nor Anubis could have used it. He recalls that Knightley could only have been substituted for the weights the night before the animal show, after the trick had been set up, and that Astique's food cart had been pushed into her reach on the same night. Kay doubts that this is a coincidence, and Edgeworth notices a door right in front of where the cart had been previously, and figures that the cart was moved to allow someone to get to this door. Inquiring further, Edgeworth learns that the door - which only Patricia has the key for - leads into the prison's power room. Remembering the out of sync security feed, Edgeworth guesses that whoever moved the cart did so to shut off the security cameras. And if it was the killer who was responsible, that means is Knightley's murderer the only person with access to the power room...

Kay ends the recreation moments before Sebastian and Courtney show up to begin their own investigation. After a somewhat hostile reunion between the two groups, Edgeworth assures Courtney that there's no need to examine the courtyard further, and he'll be shattering her reasoning to pieces. We get the familiar "Courtney threatens to take Edgeworth's badge, Edgeworth states that it means nothing" exchange, before Courtney repeats her reasoning from yesterday: Since Elbird didn't see the body as he went through the tunnel, it had to have been dropped down the well during the show, and Simon was the only one who could have done so during that time. She also gives the complete autopsy report, showing that Knightley died the night before his body was discovered, specifically around 3-6AM.

Edgeworth counters her claim that Simon's the only possible culprit by informing her of the device Simon set up for his disappearing trick, and pointing out that the weights used were swapped out for Knightley's body. And with the autopsy report placing Knightley's death in the early morning of the show, this could have been done long before the show started. Sebastian argues that this makes Simon the prime suspect, since he made the device, but Edgeworth repeats what he told Kay earlier. He then asks Regina if anyone else knew of Simon's device, and she reveals that there are others; they did have to get everything they did approved by prison officials, after all.

Courtney admits that Edgeworth's done a thorough investigation, and asks why he doesn't use his efforts for justice, instead of supporting a defense attorney. Edgeworth states that he's simply doing what he feels is the right thing to do, and that while he doesn't care if she doesn't understand that, he'll show no mercy to anyone who gets in his way. This only makes Courtney more determined to take him down a peg, and she reiterates that Simon was the only one who could have gotten Knightley to the courtyard from the detention center. After being pressed, she explains that Simon was the only one who could have moved around the prison freely, but Edgeworth reminds her that the security feed went down for three hours, during which anyone could have done as they pleased. Courtney points out that if the security feed were shut off deliberately, the killer would have needed a way to do so, to which Edgeworth informs her of the circuit breaker in the power room; anyone using it could create a gap in the security feed as they pleased. Courtney then counterargues that the killer would have a hard time getting their hands on the power room key, but Edgeworth replies that that wouldn't be the case...if the killer was one who had access to the key; the warden herself!

Right on cue, Patricia shows up, and Missile notices that she has a very familiar sweet scent. Edgeworth wastes no time accusing her of the murder, pointing out that she has the same smell as Knightley's body. Courtney's visibly shaken, having evidently come to the same conclusion as Edgeworth. She asks if it could have just been a coincidence, but Edgeworth reminds her of the scent and the access of the circuit breaker. That in mind, Courtney decides that they'll have to hear Patricia's testimony.

Patricia points out that the murder would have taken place in the holding cell if she were the killer, and that she wouldn't have been able to move the body into the prison. She also claims that she was busy working in her office until the show, and never entered the prison before then. Edgeworth points out that she could have entered the prison through the gate in the courtyard fence, if she had taken Knightley into her office; it's adjacent to the courtyard, after all. Patricia reminds him that the fence is electrified, and Courtney points out that she wouldn't have been able to shut it off from the power room, since it's located on the other side of the fence. After some advice from Ray, Edgeworth comes up with a solution; Patricia had an accomplice within the prison. Courtney reminds him of the electronic bracelets all the prisoners wear, which would have prevented them from being able to help Patricia, but Edgeworth informs her that one of the bracelets wasn't working; that of Patricia's favourite prisoner, Frank Sahwit! He argues that the warden knew of Sahwit's broken bracelet firsthand, and that they worked together to move Knightley's body into the prison. After all, they could have easily gotten round the fence and security feed by turning off the breakers.

The warden then butts in...to admit that she and Sahwit were indeed working together. But not on the subject of Knightley's murder. Instead, they did so to facilitate Dogen's role as the Supplier, after the assassin started threatening members of Patricia's family with his henchmen outside the prison - which also turns out to be the reason behind Dogen's preferential treatment. At night once a week, Sahwit would turn off the breakers to allow Patricia to enter the prison with whatever supplies Dogen had requested, without being seen on the cameras. She would then drop the goods down the well for Anubis to retrieve, while using the strict timetables that are part of prison life to prevent Elbird from finding out what was going on. The sweet scent was added to the goods to help Anubis identify them. Edgeworth further learns that this is why Patricia took such a personal interest in Dogen's case, and the warden adds that she went so far as to read Dogen's mail. Which would have included his correspondence chess letters, Edgeworth notes mentally.

Courtney asks if Edgeworth wants to keep questioning Patricia after this revelation, and Edgeworth says yes, stating that just because Dogen was coercing Patricia, it doesn't clear her of suspicion regarding Knightley's death. He points to the sweet scent on Patricia and the body, but Patricia argues that the scent could have lingered around the well and tunnel from all the deliveries she'd made previously, and been transferred onto the body. Courtney backs her up on this, adding that Elbird also noticed the scent. It seems that Edgeworth's been outwitted again...but all of a sudden, Ray interrupts. Acknowledging that he's been leaving the job of defending Simon to Edgeworth prior to this moment, Ray requests permission to ask Patricia a few more questions in preparation for the upcoming trial. Specifically, her thoughts on Simon, suggesting that, like him, Patricia doesn't seem to think that Simon's the culprit. Edgeworth realizes that Ray's trying to lure Patricia into testifying, and guesses that the warden may have been hoping to frame Dogen for the murder, what with her use of the supply route to move the body. If Dogen was thought to have committed murder within the prison, he'd be transferred to a more secure facility, never to trouble Patricia again.

Patricia agrees to share her thoughts with the group, and Ray hands defense duties back to Edgeworth. Patricia claims to have no idea what transpired between Dogen and Knightley, but suggests that they had a falling out, which led to Dogen murdering Knightley and having Anubis get rid of the body. Edgeworth asks for her opinion on the circumstances surrounding the murder, and Patricia argues that, while she didn't know Knightley too well, the neck injury he got from de Killer would have made him an easy target for Dogen. She suggests that the murder was carried out with the chisel hidden in the chessboard, and Edgeworth asks how she knew about it if, as she said, she didn't know Knightley all that well. Patricia tries to lie about it being found when Knightley entered the detention center, but Edgeworth reminds her that the chessboard was mailed to the facility by Simon, after Knightley was booked. And if the chisel was found in the parcel check, why wasn't it immediately confiscated? And nothing about the chessboard was leaked to Patricia, so how could she know about it?

At this point, Patricia confesses that she had previously questioned Knightley, and learned of the chessboard and chisel during that time. She testifies that she makes a habit of talking to all the new arrivals at the facility, and that Knightley returned to his cell after they were done. Edgeworth points out that Knightley would still be alive if that were true, but Patricia counters that she had no motive to kill Knightley, seeing as there was no connection between him and Dogen. To which Edgeworth presents the correspondence chess memo he found in Knightley's cell, detailing the game between him and the assassin. He argues that Patricia knew about the game before Knightley came to the facility, seeing as she was watching Dogen, reading his mail and doing everything she could to look for his henchmen. When Knightley arrived at the detention center with the chess memo in hand, Patricia figured out that he was Dogen's opponent, and subsequently assumed he had come to kill her. That in mind, she interrogated Knightley about his supposed boss and discovered the hidden chisel in the process, confirming her fears and prompting her to kill him.

Patricia offers no rebuttal at first, but before Courtney can declare a verdict, she interrupts to declare that there's a huge hole in Edgeworth's logic; according to the autopsy report, the wound that killed Knightley is too deep to have been inflicted by the chisel. Neither Edgeworth, Gumshoe, Ray or Kay know what to do at first, though Edgeworth tries to think what the murder weapon could be. Courtney states that they'll have to settle this in court, despite Ray's protest that this would give the killer more time to cover their tracks. Edgeworth can't help; he still can't find an answer to the murder weapon question. Before he can concede defeat, Kay interrupts, urging him to not give up on Simon, and Ray echoes the sentiment, telling him to think of his client and turn the situation around when backed into a corner, just as Gregory used to do.

Edgeworth decides to fight on, despite Courtney's warning that she'll take his badge if his logic turns out to be misplaced again. She has a point, Edgeworth admits, but her words invoke a "Eureka!" Moment in him; his logic hasn't been misplaced, but misled. He first suspected Dogen after hearing about Anubis, but what if that had been the killer's goal? If so, the chisel could have served the same purpose as a fake murder weapon. Edgeworth argues that Patricia used the chisel for this purpose in order to get Dogen transferred out of the prison, knowing that it would make anyone who saw it think of the assassin.

Courtney sees his logic, but argues that it still doesn't implicate Patricia as the killer, and Edgeworth realizes that the only chance he has of winning is to find the real murder weapon. He says as much, but Sebastian and Courtney remind him that they failed to find the murder weapon when they searched the prison, and Edgeworth reminds THEM that it would be impossible for the killer to get the weapon out of the prison due to the security gates at the entrance. Courtney replies that this would have also prevented them from bringing the weapon into the prison, so how did it get there in the first place?

Edgeworth argues that, like the chisel, the weapon must have been smuggled in somehow, and Courtney asks if he can prove that. Edgeworth recalls that Patricia had had all the evidence concerning Dogen transferred over to the prison, and argues that this would have included Dogen's knife and the bell attached to it. After doing the deed, Patricia took the bell off the knife and attached it to the chisel to further implicate Dogen. Furthermore, as the warden, she was the only one with enough authority to even get her hands on the weapon. Patricia tries to argue that the bell could have come from anywhere, but Edgeworth informs her that the bells are a unique pair; no others exist in the world. The only person who could have attached one of Dogen's bells to the chisel was someone who had access to the knife, and the only person who fits that category is the real killer; Patricia Roland!

Patricia argues that there's no evidence proving that she had the knife on her, and Courtney again calls for the proceedings to be stopped and resumed in court. With no other option if he wants to save Simon, Edgeworth decides to raise a bluff objection - an action that reminds him very much of Phoenix - claiming to know where Dogen's knife currently is. Courtney demands an answer, and Edgeworth manages to deliver; the weapon is hidden inside the very courtyard they're standing in, inside Ally the alligator's mouth! After all, Dogen hid his chisel in his pet's mouth, the metal detector reacted to Ally earlier, and Regina mentioned that Ally was feeling unwell after eating something bad. Regina gets Ally to open her mouth, and sure enough, Dogen's knife is right there. Patricia has been caught in the relentless snare of the law.

The warden, still under the impression that Knightley was one of Dogen's henchmen, states that her actions were perfectly reasonable. If only Dogen hadn't come to her beloved prison and ruined everything, she angrily remarks.

Later on, we get confirmation that the knife is the murder weapon, and Sebastian somehow manages to take full credit for the discovery...right before forgetting that they have to carry out a follow-up investigation into whether Knightley was one of Dogen's henchmen. After he leaves, Courtney tells Edgeworth that the truth isn't as important to the law as he likes to think, and warns him to prepare for the consequences if he can't accept that the law isn't his to toy with as he sees fit, before taking her leave. Edgeworth thinks to himself that while she has a point about not abusing the law, bending the truth is no better.

That unpleasantness over, Simon joins the group and thanks Edgeworth for proving his innocence, before expressing his fear that - with all the recent revelations about him - Knightley never considered him a true friend. To which Edgeworth presents the portable chessboard, reminding Simon that Knightley trusted him enough to get his help smuggling a chisel into the detention center. Simon gets all overjoyed at this, before vowing to become a splendid animal tamer for Knightley's sake. Giving Edgeworth a flyer for the Berry Big Circus, he and Regina leave.

Edgeworth and Ray thank one another for their help, and Ray asks Edgeworth how it felt to be a defense attorney, adding that it reminded him of the time he spent working with Gregory. Edgeworth hesitates to answer, unsure whether or not he enjoyed it, and Ray asks if he wants to become a defense attorney and save people for real, as his father did, to protests from Gumshoe and Kay. Edgeworth politely declines, and Ray assures him that the offer's open if he wants it, before leaving.

With Ray gone, Edgeworth considers his offer, remembering how he had defended Phoenix and vowed to follow in his father's footsteps as a child.

Behind the Turnabout

Patricia Roland was a prison warden who one day had the misfortune of playing host to legendary assassin Sirhan Dogen. Using henchmen of his outside of the prison, the assassin blackmailed Patricia into both giving him preferential treatment, as well as facilitating his role as "The Supplier"; on one night every week, Patricia would enter the prison with a bag full of contraband for Dogen, and drop it down the prison courtyard's old well, which was connected to one of the prison's cells via an underground tunnel. Dogen's pet dog/accomplice Anubis would then use the tunnel to bring the contraband to his master, with the supplies being marked with a sweet scent to enable him to identify them. To help keep the smuggling secret, Patricia enlisted the aid of Frank Sahwit, another prisoner who had accidentally broken the electronic bracelet used to restrict his movement within the facility. On the nights she was due to bring in the week's supplies, Sahwit would use the prison's circuit breakers to cut off power to the entire facility, disabling the security cameras and allowing Patricia to move about the prison unseen.

Sometime after Patricia and Dogen began working together, Dogen took up woodcarving, forcing Patricia to provide him with chisels and other tools. He also began playing correspondence chess with Horace Knightley. The newly incarcerated Jay Elbird later took up residence in the cell containing the entrance to the tunnel; he eventually discovered it - though not its true purpose - and extended it to one of the cells in the neighboring detention center as part of his plan to escape the prison. He also got a pet polar bear cub named Rocky to raise as part of his rehabilitation. Patricia meanwhile hired the Berry Big Circus to host an animal show within the prison courtyard, and Simon Keyes, one of the circus members and a close friend of Knightley's, made use of the well for a trick he intended to use in his part of the show; by suspending weights within it, he would be able to yank himself off of the stage.

Following Knightley's arrest for the murder of Ethan Rooke, he was put into the same cell in the detention center that Elbird had tunnelled to. Shortly after his arrival, Elbird attacked him and the guard in charge of him, overpowering them both and stealing the guard's keys to the cell, before heading back to the prison to better prepare for his escape attempt. He made sure to wipe away the blood left over from his attack, leaving everyone else none the wiser about both the tunnel he'd dug and his presence within the cell.

All this time, Patricia tried in vain to help the police track down Dogen's henchmen, subjecting the man to multiple interrogations, and having his knife and signature bell sent to her. By the time of Knightley's arrest, she had become severely paranoid about Dogen; when she discovered Knightley possessed a correspondence chess memo that identified him as Dogen's chess opponent, she became convinced that he was one of Dogen's henchmen come to kill her.

Things finally came to a head two days after Knightley's arrest, when Simon visited Knightley one night to deliver him a chessboard. Patricia questioned Knightley in the early hours of the morning following this visit, and discovered that the chessboard had a secret compartment housing a chisel. Reaching her breaking point, Patricia stabbed Knightley with Dogen's knife, killing him instantly. Deciding to frame Dogen for the murder in the hope that he would be out of her hair, she first replaced the knife with a chisel and tied Dogen's bell to it. Then, wrapping the body in a sheet to avoid creating a blood trail, she sprayed it with the same sweet scent she used to mark Dogen's deliveries, and then substituted it for the weights Simon was using in his contraption, ensuring that it would remain undiscovered for the time being. Finally, she hid the knife in the mouth of Ally, her pet alligator.

During the animal show the next morning, Elbird left Rocky in the care of Sahwit - who was working as an animal groomer - and made his escape attempt, crawling through the tunnel and putting on a guard uniform Dogen had procured for him, intending to use the keys he'd stolen earlier to unlock the cell door and then leave the detention center. At roughly the same time, Knightley's body was dropped down to the bottom of the well and delivered to Dogen by Anubis - a literal "dead drop" as it were - in accordance with Patricia's plan. When he discovered the contents of the delivery, Dogen realized he'd be accused of murder if someone found it in his cell, and had Anubis take the body into one of the prison's two workrooms. Sahwit was applying mudpacks to Rocky in the neighboring workroom, but the cub managed to get away from him. While giving chase, Sahwit saw Anubis retrieving the chisel and bell, and mistook the sight for Anubis killing Knightley. Rocky meanwhile went on to follow his master through the tunnel, before affectionally jumping on his chest and covering his uniform in mud, forcing Elbird to abandon his escape attempt for the time being.

The Inherited Turnabout

Part 3-1 - Beginning 1

We begin the case with Ray watching the intro for Piece of Cake, a music-themed cookery show hosted by world renowned pastry chef Jeff Master, and his assistant Katherine Hall. Once it's over, Ray looks at an old photo of him and Gregory. He remarks that tomorrow, he'll be taking Edgeworth to "that fateful place", in order to discover the truth of 18 years ago...

We cut to the next day, where Ray and Edgeworth walk into the patio of the Zodiac Art Gallery. Edgeworth asks why Ray brought him here, and Ray asks him what he knows about the IS-7 incident, the last case of Gregory's career. Edgeworth replies that Manfred Von Karma told him about it after he became a prosecutor, he reviewed the case file last night, and that he attended part of the trial for it all those years ago, witnessing his father go up against Von Karma. Seeing that Edgeworth has a good grounding on the case, Ray decides to cut straight to the truth of the IS-7 incident. As Ray gives his exposition, we go back to the 24th of December, 18 years in the past...

Gregory and a young Ray are in the detention center, waiting to meet their client. Said client turns out to be none other than Jeff Master, who was arrested on suspicion of murder. Once Gregory and Ray have introduced themselves, Gregory decides to ask Master a few questions, in order to determine whether or not he's innocent. We learn that Master loves his dessert making, and we also learn that the murder took place on Master's estate, while he was hosting his "Great Dessert Contest", a competition over who can make the best dessert - though as we learn later on, they're more akin to sculptures made of confectionary materials. The body was found in one of Master's desserts, which led to him being suspected and arrested. Master assures Gregory that he's innocent, and Gregory asks about the victim, learning that he was Isaac Dover, one of the entrants in the competition. Hearing Master lament Dover's passing, and again getting his assurance that he didn't commit the murder, Gregory is convinced that Master is innocent, and he and Ray leave to investigate the crime scene.

They arrive at Master's estate - the future location of the Zodiac Art Gallery - where they run into Katherine, or Kate for short in the patio. Kate admits that she was the first person to discover Dover's body, and that she found it during the contest's judging, after hearing a loud crash from Master's room. After urging Gregory and Ray to prove Master's innocence, she leaves to cater for the other investigators, while the two men head over to the crime scene.

Entering Master's room, Gregory and Ray see his dessert, a pirate ship and treasure chest made of chocolate, which has had its lid shattered after the ship hit it. They also see a man in dark red chef attire talking with the detective in charge of the investigation, who turns out to be none other than Tyrell Badd from the last game. After introducing himself, Badd initially refuses to allow the pair to join the investigation, out of fear that they'll tamper with the crime scene in order to help their client. When Gregory explains that he just wants to find out whether or not Master's innocent, Badd relents, on the condition that he accompany the attorney.

Beginning his investigation, Gregory examines the chest part of Master's dessert, which has since had the body removed from it, and recalls that Kate heard a crash from inside the room. He also discovers a signet ring with the letters PH on it. Looking elsewhere, he discovers that the stand that supported the pirate ship part of the dessert has been broken. He later deduces that the sound Kate heard was the pirate ship collapsing after the stand broke, and wonders how it happened in the first place.

With the examination of the ship complete, Gregory gets a photo of Dover's body from Badd, from which he deduces that Dover was beaten to death with a blunt object. Badd explains that Kate was the one who took the picture, using a polaroid camera. Gregory soon notices a contradiction between the photo and the dessert; the photo depicts a blood pool around Dover's head, yet the part of the treasure chest that had the bloodstain on it has been torn off and is nowhere to be found. Badd confirms that the forensics unit wasn't responsible, so who was? Continuing to look around the room, Gregory notices that most of the decorations in the room are actually scupted desserts, and discovers that Master's fingerprints were found on a moon-shaped teapot - that isn't made from confectionery - made by a renowned sculptor named Pierre Hoquet. He also notices a stream running along the side of the room, learning that there's one in each room, and they all go to the fountain in the center of the main hall.

Gregory also decides to talk to the man in red, who turns out to be Dane Gustavia, a pastry chef who considers the art Serious Business, and another entrant in the contest. Dual-wielding candy pumps, he tries unsuccessfully to craft a candy dragon as part of his intro, only to make something that - while perhaps better than anything 98% of the people playing the game could produce - looks far more like a seahorse than the animal he was going for. He admits that while is cooking skill is good, his design ability is somewhat lacking, and that he plans to study the subject in Zheng Fa once the furore is over. After asking Gustavia about himself, Gregory asks him about the contest. Gustavia explains that he had entered in the hope of beating Master, in order to both surpass him as the world's greatest pastry chef, and obtain something known as the "Angel's Recipe". In lieu of mentioning any more, he gives Gregory a piece of paper showing the judging procedure and rules of the contest: Contestants' rooms are judged from left to right before everyone meets in Master's room, contestants are not allowed to use non-edible materials as decorations, and contestants are not allowed to enter each other's rooms before the judging is over.

With regards to the case, Gustavia claims to know nothing about it, having not learnt of the murder until after the judging period. He informs Gregory that Master began judging at 3PM, starting from his room, before going to Gustavia's room, then to the room of another entrant called Delicia. Gustavia claims that Delicia is a dangerous woman who will do anything to achieve her goal, and that apparently she used a lot of cream in her fantasy-themed entry. Once he was done there, Master went to Dover's room, Dover's entry consisting of statues made from frozen sherbet. Badd informs Gregory that the body was found while Master was in Gustavia's room, but that Master continued to judge without knowledge of this, owing to Kate going straight to the police after finding the body; Master consequently judged Dover's entry while the man was absent. He remarks that the police have plenty of reason to suspect Master, but Gregory decides not to push his luck by objecting at this stage.

Gregory then learns that Badd and Gustavia were talking about a picture of an angel hanging on the wall, after Badd had a look at it and suspected something was missing. Gregory decides to take a look himself, soon discovering that - like the teapot - it's not a dessert. Gustavia explains that the picture is in fact the Angel's Recipe; it contains a recipe book within its frame. He adds that Master told all the contestants about it prior to the start of the contest, meaning they all knew its location. Badd brings up the missing object, and Gregory soon notices that one of the corner decorations is missing, just like the chocolate treasure chest and the missing corner. Gregory also notices fingermarks on the picture frame; Badd explains that they found them earlier, but couldn't get any fingerprints from them.

At this stage, everyone suddenly becomes aware that the room is in fact very cold. Gustavia explains that the room temperature's kept down to preserve the desserts, and directs the group to a temperature control panel, informing them that there's one of them in each room. He remarks that anyone who so much as dabbles in dessert making should know the importance of temperature in preserving desserts. Gregory also observes that each of Master's works has a piece missing from it, and taking the broken stand into account as well, he deduces that someone ransacked the room.

With the investigation over, Badd reiterates that Master is the culprit, explaining that with the exception of Master's room, all the rooms in the mansion were locked from the inside. Conversely, Master could have locked and unlocked the doors as he pleased, seeing as he had, well, the master key to the mansion. Badd argues that Master left his room unlocked to divert suspicion from himself, and broke the treasure chest lid to ensure the body would be discovered while he was busy judging. With everyone scheduled to meet in Master's room after the judging, it would create the impression that the murder occured when Master was away.

Gregory points out that it was the pirate ship's fall that broke the treasure chest, as proven by the crime scene photo, and that Kate heard it crash while Master was busy judging; he couldn't have broken it during that time. Badd replies that Master could have set the ship up to fall beforehand, though he acknowledges that he doesn't have any proof of this. Gregory asks if anyone else's prints were found in the room. Badd admits that there were other prints, but Gustavia suggests that they came from when the contestants met in Master's room to hear the rules. Gregory then asks if there were any prints on the other desserts in the room, seeing as someone had evidently tampered with them.

Badd has the desserts checked, and sure enough, someone else's prints are on them; those of Delicia! Gregory, Ray and Badd make plans to head over to talk to her, despite Von Karma being in her room right now. Ray is understandably terrified at the concept of running into Von Karma, and Gregory recalls the prosecutor's reputation for doing anything he can to get guilty verdicts, before admitting that he'll just have to follow the course of action he believes in...

Part 3-2 - Beginning 2

Gregory, Ray and Badd enter Delicia's room, and Ray quickly notices her dessert; a model fairy tale castle. Everyone notices that the temperature here's warmer than it was in Master's room. They soon encounter Delicia herself; a short and friendly Englishwoman who has a habit of calling everyone boy - regardless of the fact that Gregory and Badd are both middle aged men - and a penchant for nicknaming people, as we'll learn later. Before the trio can talk to her, Von Karma emerges from the castle to berate Badd for talking with Gregory. He's just as much of a jerk as he was - or will be - in the first game of the series, but he nevertheless agrees to let Gregory investigate Delicia's room. He assigns Badd to watch Gregory, and leaves to investigate Gustavia's room. Badd admits that he hasn't investigated the room himself, explaining to a confused Ray that the detective who investigated it earlier was one of Von Karma's colleagues.

Delicia claims that the contestants started working on their desserts at 10 o'clock, and that she stayed in her room until half past one, when she left for afternoon tea held in the estate gardens, returning to her room about an hour later to finish her dessert. She mentions that while Master and Kate were there with her, Dover and Gustavia didn't attend, since they were still working on their desserts. Gregory then points out that her fingerprints were found at the crime scene, and after a bit of shock at being found out, Delicia admits to entering Master's room. However, she claims she only did so to study his desserts; all the damage to the room was the result of her sampling them. She also sampled the pirate ship's stand, making her inadvertently responsible for the damaged chest. Ray deduces that she left the afternoon tea early to chow down on Master's desserts, and Delicia again insists that she's not the murderer.

Gregory takes a look at Delicia's dessert, which leads to a conversation between him and Ray regarding the other Edgeworth we're playing as. Gregory mentions that for a grade-school kid, his son's more interested in law books than stuff like fairy tales, and admits that he's worried that he might have trouble befriending kids his age. Ray states that he'd love to be the kid's friend, leading Gregory to remark that he'd probably count as an older brother. That Call-Forward laid down, they begin the investigation, and Badd quickly notices that the cream of the castle is melting and fragile. He and the others also notice two rocks with hexagon-shaped pedestals attached to their bases inside the castle, along with four rolls of blue cloth. Gregory also notices that the two pillars at the front of the castle each have a hexagonal recess. Examining the room's temperature control panel, the trio notice that it's turned up way too high to preserve fresh cream.

With a bit of logic, Gregory figures that the rocks are meant to plug into the recesses, and wonders why they, and the rolls of blue cloth, were hidden inside the castle. He tries to ask Delicia, but the woman won't talk; turns out that Von Karma doesn't want her blabbing to others. After seeing Ray express disappointment at not getting to learn about her stuff however, she becomes a lot more talkative, admitting that the rocks are actually lamps made from rock salt. As for the cloth rolls, they're electronically-activated fluorescent cloth. As a demonstration, she has Badd get the lab boy to rig everything up, admitting that she had hoped to show this off during the judging. The laps are plugged into the towers, the pieces of cloth are hung over the castle entrance and a number of model fairies, and voila! Delicia's presentation of her dessert is complete.

Curiously, the rock salt lamps don't seem to work, and one of the fairies doesn't have a piece of cloth hanging above it. When questioned about this last one, Delicia admits that one of the cloth rolls went missing, along with its rainbow light device (the thing that makes the cloth change color). Examining the dessert again, Gregory soon notices a problem; as nice as the lamps and pieces of cloth are, they're blatantly against the contest rules, since they're not desserts. He also notices that one of the lamps has a bloodstain on it. Remembering the condition of Dover's body, Gregory deduces that the man was beaten to death with the bloodstained lamp. Sure enough, the blood is found to belong to Dover.

Gregory figures that the fragile cream is due to the improper temperature of the room, and recalls that, surprisingly for a dessert, the knob on the castle door didn't break when Badd opened it. Turns out that the doorknob's not a dessert either. In fact, nothing in the room's a dessert; the castle and fairies are just molds coated with cream! Combining this revelation with his knowledge of the illegal lamps and cloth, Gregory figures that they should talk with Delicia. When confronted about the temperature of the room, Delicia is surprised to learn that she could set it too high to preserve fresh cream. It seems she doesn't know the first thing about dessert-making, and recalling her claim that she entered Master's room to study his desserts, Gregory deduces that she has another objective besides becoming the world's best pastry chef. In fact, she may not even be a pastry chef, and might have lied about her reason for entering Master's room. Whatever the truth is, it's clear she's hiding something.

As Badd calls a halt to the investigation, Gregory wonders why Von Karma would let Delicia be if he found the murderous lamp, and he, Ray, Badd and Delicia all return to the patio to talk to the prosecutor. Von Karma soon figures out that Gregory's found the murder weapon, but he states that its location doesn't change the fact that Master's the culprit. He argues that Master used the rock lamp and hid it in Delicia's room to frame her for the crime and take the suspicion off himself, seeing as he couldn't move Dover's body. In addition, there's no evidence at the crime scene that implicates a specific person. Gregory objects to this last claim, pointing out that a piece of cloth looking just like the ones Delicia uses can clearly be seen in the crime scene photo. He suggests that the missing cloth could have been used to wrap the body, and argues that, since the cloth and lamp originally belonged to Delicia, they have good reason to suspect her. The fact that she's clearly hiding something doesn't help.

Von Karma then claims that Master had confiscated the cloth and lamp for being against the rules, and kept them in his own room for safekeeping. In addition, Dover remained locked in his room, meaning Master was the only one who could have gotten close to him. With these two facts established, Master's the only possible culprit, or so Von Karma states. With Gregory seemingly beaten, Ray calls out Delicia for not informing them about the confiscations, and it turns out that Von Karma had pressured her into not mentioning them. Von Karma then informs Gregory that both Delicia and Master's fingerprints were found on the murder weapon; no-one else could have used it. As for the cloth, Master simply intended to return it to Delicia's room, along with the lamp. Gregory's unable to offer any kind of counterargument, and Von Karma orders him to get lost if he has nothing more to say.

And then Badd objects, claiming that there's still one piece of evidence that he has doubts over. Gregory soon catches on; the owner of the fingermarks on the Angel's Recipe frame is still unknown. If it turned out that they belonged to the killer, it would prove that the killer was able to use the lamp without leaving prints on it. Needless to say, Von Karma is none too happy with Badd for making it possible for Gregory to come to that conclusion. He argues that the fingermarks could be Master's, seeing as he always wears gloves while cooking. Gregory asks if he has proof of that, and goes on to argue that doubts still remain over Delicia's innocence. After all, despite supposedly being a dessert chef, she doesn't even know how to preserve fresh cream, and her creations today were just plastic moulds with cream on them.

Delicia admits that she's actually a pharmacist, not a pastry chef, and claims that she only entered the contest for a chance to sample Master's desserts. Even Von Karma can't think of anything to say, but Badd can, asking if Delicia was the one who left her fingermarks on the frame. She denies it, claiming that she wasn't even wearing gloves, as proven by her fingerprints being on Master's desserts. After Von Karma recovers enough to call her out on her gluttony, Gregory asks if Master's desserts were all she ate from, and Delicia admits that she also sampled Dover's desserts, seeing as his room was empty. Gregory guesses that Dover was already dead by then, before Delicia admits that she found Dover's desserts uncomfortably salty. Von Karma and Gregory head over to Dover's room, only to discover the desserts have completely vanished from the room!

The Ray of the present day remarks that further investigation was required that day...

Part 3-3 - Middle 1

We're back in the present day, and back in control of Miles Edgeworth. Ray informs him that thanks to the missing desserts, Master's trial lasted for a whole year. Everyone assumed that the sherbet sculptures melted, but Ray says that he thinks differently. He adds that Dover's desserts - or perhaps replicas of them - are being shown off today, which is what prompted him to come to the gallery, along with his obligations to Gregory.

According to a pamphlet of the gallery, the rooms used by Master, Gustavia, Dover and Delicia 18 years ago are now named the Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter Palace, respectively. After Ray initially mistakes the Autumn Palace for the Winter Palace, the duo enter the actual Winter Palace. In the center of the room are two sculptures of Taurus and Gemini; replicas of Dover's desserts from back then, while to the sides are two hollow ice blocks bearing information and depictions of certain celestial beings. Also in the room are the DeLites, and a teenage boy with a cow motif. The latter will play an important part in Case 5, but for now, he's not too important, aside from making a remark about the gallery's owner giving up her career to run the joint.

After Edgeworth examines the sculptures, Ray uses the opportunity to take a selfie with the unsuspecting prosecutor, before snapping more photos of the sculptures. He gives Edgeworth one of the copies, and thanks him for coming with him today, telling him that Gregory would have wanted him to get a look at the sculptures, and admitting that he wasn't up for going alone. Edgeworth replies that he was glad to come along, if it meant learning more about his father's last case.

Ray suggests that they leave to get some photos of the other rooms, before a loud scream rings out from the patio. Running outside, Edgeworth and Ray find none other than Larry Butz - now back in his Laurice Deauxnim persona - and a much older Dane Gustavia lying on the floor right in front of him. Edgeworth asks for an explanation, and Larry claims to have seen something that no one should ever have to see, before adding that the old man went down just now. Moments later, two very familiar looking women show up, before Ray notices poison gas coming out from the Autumn Palace. Edgeworth takes charge, ordering everyone to get away from the deadly door.

Edgeworth and Ray meet up later, Ray informing Edgeworth that Gustavia is alive, albeit unconscious, and is currently being treated in the gallery infirmary. The prosecutor then questions Larry, learning that he came here to check whether the gallery would be a good place to take Mandy, his current girlfriend. Upon being asked, he claims to have not noticed anything odd when he found Gustavia, despite his earlier proclamation. Katherine then shows up to apologise for the disturbance, and introduces herself as the gallery's owner, having given up her very successful acting career to run this gallery. Edgeworth suggests that Larry take the opportunity to practice his drawing skills while he's in the gallery, and the guy rushes off to do so.

With Larry gone, Kate informs Edgeworth that Delicia's currently treating Gustavia in the infirmary. Ray remarks that all the people involved in the IS-7 incident have ended up here today, and suggests that it's not a coincidence, before Kate serves tea to both men and leaves to check on the other guests. Edgeworth gives the exact same opinion of the tea his dad did, and Ray notices that the serving plates for the tea are warm now, despite being chilled when he had the tea 18 years ago. That aside, Edgeworth agrees with Ray's suggestion that the current situation hasn't happened by chance, and expresses a desire to be in charge of the investigation.

Kay and Gumshoe arrive on the scene moments later, having heard of the gas attack, and Gumshoe dons a gas mask and heads into the Autumn Palace to have a look around, finding two ice sculptures that look very similar to the ones in the Winter Palace, and a fallen stepladder. The floor's also wet from the room's sprinkler system, although there are no signs of a fire. Gumshoe explains that the sprinkler's alarm system can pick up fire and smoke, but that the sprinklers themselves can only be set off manually from inside the security room, lest they cause unnecessary damage to the exhibits. And no-one noticed it at first, since Kate - the only employee at the gallery - was in the recreation room opposite the security room at the time of the gas attack. Finally, he notices that the room temperature's been turned down to the same level as the Winter Palace.

With Gumshoe busy, Ray suggests they ask Larry for more information, He again claims to have seen nothing out of the ordinary, so Edgeworth decides that it's Logic Chess time. Noting how easily Larry gets agitated, Edgeworth first asks him why he came to the art gallery, and sure enough, Larry angrily accuses Edgeworth of saying he doesn't belong here. Edgeworth doesn't deign to respond, prompting Larry to offer to paint a picture of him. Which he'll then scribble over, he declares. Again, Edgeworth doesn't respond, and Larry assures him that he's joking; he would never deface one of his works of art. Edgeworth remarks that none of Larry's works could be considered art, to which Larry angrily declares that there are people who recognize his talents. Edgeworth says nothing, and it turns out that Larry's referring to Mandy when he says "people", the guy going so far as to say he'll sketch anything she likes. Edgeworth asks Larry why he's here alone if that's the case, prompting another angry remark from Larry, which Edgeworth again ignores. Larry goes on to say that he thought Mandy would be happy if he showed her a sketch of her birth sign - Gemini, leading Edgeworth to deduce that he came to the gallery to see the Gemini sculpture.

Edgeworth then decides to find out what Larry's been doing at the gallery. Upon being asked, Larry claims that he just loitered around the patio, since he didn't have a pamphlet. Edgeworth asks why Larry didn't get a pamphlet after paying his entry fee; Larry's reaction to hearing that the gallery charges entry allows him to figure out that he sneaked in without paying. Larry tearfully apologises, before explaining that no-one was at the reception booth when he entered; he therefore assumed he could just waltz in for free. "Miss Hall wasn't at the reception booth?" Edgeworth asks, and Larry confirms it, before Edgeworth guesses that she had left to set off the sprinklers. Larry sadly remarks that after all of Kate's hard work, the Winter Palace has been ruined. Edgeworth picks up on Larry's knowledge about the Winter Palace, and guesses that he was trying to get inside it in order to see the Gemini sculpture.

Larry admits to it, and Edgeworth decides to find out more about the Winter Palace. He asks if Larry managed to enter the room, but figures from his reaction that he couldn't. With some prompting, Larry explains that he didn't go into the Winter Palace after he saw Gustavia emerge from it and collapse, adding that if that hadn't happened, he'd be sketching the Gemini sculpture right now. Edgeworth figures that Larry mistook the Autumn Palace for the Winter Palace, and knowing that Larry wanted to sketch the Gemini sculpture, he asks Larry what he saw in the Winter Palace. Larry again claims that he didn't see anything, and also that he was thinking about leaving the gallery at that point. Edgeworth reminds Larry of his plan to sketch the Gemini sculpture, expressing doubt that he would give up on that so easily. He points out that Larry could have still seen the Winter Palace's interior from outside after Gustavia collapsed, and Larry claims that, while he may have caught a glimse of something, there's no evidence that he saw anything scary, right? Edgeworth jumps on this, realising that Larry did indeed see something out of the ordinary inside the Winter Palace.

Larry claims that he saw the Gemini sculpture, but Edgeworth points out that according to the gallery pamphlet, the room he actually entered was the Autumn Palace, which doesn't have the Gemini sculpture inside it. Larry admits that he'd thought something was off with the sculpture, and claims that he saw it "transform". Edgeworth asks him what he means by this, and Larry shows him a picture he drew of the scene he saw. It's a sherbet sculpture of Pisces inside a glass display case that's had its top removed and cracked. There's also a pool of some pink substance and a fallen stepladder around the bottom of the case. As an added creepy touch, the sculpture's eyes appear to be weeping blood. Larry claims that the bottom of the sculpture changed shape from Gemini to Pisces, but Edgeworth suggests that he simply confused the Pisces sculpture for the Gemini one. Ray wonders why only the bottom half of the sculpture changed shape, and Edgeworth suspects that someone tampered with the Pisces sculpture.

Gumshoe then calls to inform the group that the Autumn Palace is now gas-free, so they head inside for a look, finding that the scene around the Pisces sculpture bears a close resemblance to Larry's drawing, and that the setup in general is very similar to the Winter Palace. The detective reveals that they found a recently used gas burner inside the room, and suggests that the stepladder was used by whoever removed the top of the display case, before adding that this is what caused the gas to be released.

Edgeworth then notices the Pisces sculpture, and guesses that the other sculpture is a representation of Capricorn. Gumshoe admits that he had mistaken this other sculpture for a Taurus sculpture, due to a bit of cloth that was covering part of it. Ray recognises the cloth in question as one of the pieces of fluorescent cloth from 18 years ago, and the group soon notice that the other two sculptures in the room are covered with pieces of it. They yank them off, revealing two sculptures resembling Aquarius and Aries, the other two star signs associated with Autumn.

Edgeworth guesses that Larry's "transformation" was actually the cloth around the bottom of the Pisces statue falling off. Ray then points out that the Autumn Palace looks exactly like the Winter Palace, and Edgeworth figures that the room was deliberately disguised as such. It means more investigation...and then who should show up but Sebastian and Courtney, intending to take over the investigation once again. It's another hostile reception, with Courtney remarking that Edgeworth hasn't understood her warnings, and Sebastian angry that Gumshoe would allow Edgeworth to interfere in his (Sebastian's) business.

Edgeworth assures them both that he's only working with the police as a witness to the crime, but Courtney insists that he and his lot leave the crime scene at once, moments before Sebastian tries to arrest Larry for the gas attack. He informs the group - or rather, Courtney has to explain for him - that according to Delicia, the poison gas was created by mixing together two chemicals: Normallium - a red liquid that can be found in all manner of every day objects - and Fatallium - a white chemical that is near impossible for the common man to obtain, and can be found in a potent pesticide known as Megatoxin X. Sebastian explains that he arrested Larry because red paint's one of the things that contains Normallium, meaning he's the most likely suspect, right? It's at this point that LARRY of all people voices the opinion that Sebastian's an idiot.

Edgeworth points out that the poison came from Normallium AND Fatallium - a fact that completely escaped Sebastian's notice - meaning that Larry's paint by itself wouldn't be enough to create it. Furthermore, Edgeworth saw Larry outside the Autumn Palace when the gas appeared, but Courtney argues that Larry simply entered the Autumn Palace at an earlier time, and that there's still no proof that red paint is unrelated to the case. Edgeworth suggests that they focus on how the Normallium and Fatallium were mixed instead, and Courtney agrees, claiming that she and Sebastian would have answered that question had Edgeworth not interfered.

To answer the question, Edgeworth presents Larry's sketch, arguing that the "bloody tears" of the sculpture were actually Normallium. Ignoring Sebastian's nonsense about whether this meant a ghost set off the gas, Edgeworth explains that the tears prove that Normallium was inside the display case, and Sebastian demands proof that it was mixed with Fatallium. Edgeworth points to the pink liquid in the sketch, and gets Larry to explain; to get the color pink, you have to mix white and red, the respective colors of Fatallium and Normallium. Courtney however argues that there could be another way the pink liquid was formed, and that Larry's sketch can't be trusted, since he's the suspect. She points out that they still can't confirm whether or not Larry entered the Autumn Palace, and with Gustavia still out cold, they can't get him to testify on this matter.

Having said her piece, Courtney again tries to eject everyone from the crime scene, but Larry interrupts. After a bit of his typical dithering, he admits that he tried to get inside the Autumn Palace earlier, only to find the door locked. Courtney states that she can't trust Larry's word alone, but both Ray and Edgeworth admit that they also found the door locked earlier, backing up Larry's claims. Courtney tries to argue that Larry entered the room during the gas attack, but Edgeworth points out that Larry has shown no symptoms of inhaling the gas, and has no means of protecting himself from it.

Much to his surprise, Courtney agrees that Larry's innocent, and states that there's one more suspect they have to talk to; Delicia. Courtney explains that, as a pharmacist, Delicia would have an easy time getting her hands on Fatallium, and she and Sebastian leave to go and get her. Edgeworth guesses that Courtney suspected Delicia from the very beginning. And just like that, it ends...

Part 3-4 - Middle 2

Sebastian and Courtney return with Delicia, who quickly notices Edgeworth's resemblance to his father. Upon being questioned, she claims that she came to the gallery to visit Kate, having been her friend for the last 18 years, and admits that she knows Gustavia from the events of 18 years ago, though she hasn't been in contact with him. She also mentions that Gustavia recently won a dessert designing competition, suggesting that his time in Zheng Fa paid off. Courtney then questions her about Normallium and Fatallium, with Delicia proving very knowledgable about them...including knowing that they can be mixed together to create poison gas. She also mentions that Normallium is an adhesive liquid that becomes hot as soon as you apply heat, and that Megatoxin X is a product of the pharmaceuticals company she works for.

Gumshoe then provides some more information about the sculptures' glass cases; they have opening mechanisms in their lids, and can store things at temperatures as low as 0°F. The Pisces sculpture's case was set to 27°F, and there were traces of Normallium found on its lid. Delicia remarks that if that's the case, the Normallium would have frozen to the lid. Sebastian's still not sure what happened, and Edgeworth convinces him to let Kay use Little Thief to find things out. Despite Sebastian giving his approval, Courtney tries to stop them, prompting Ray to ask if there's something else the P.I.C. are trying to keep hidden.

Courtney denies it, and asks Edgeworth to tell her who the person who set off the gas was, as her way of checking that he's capable of helping the investigation. Edgeworth replies that it had to be Gustavia, since no-one else was inside the Autumn Palace. This satisfies Courtney, and she allows Edgeworth to join the investigation, though she warns him not to become a hindrance. Edgeworth asks himself why Gustavia opened the display case in the first place.

Kay recreates the Autumn Palace before the gas was set off, and Edgeworth heads over to the Pisces sculpture. He notes that the frozen Normallium covering the inside of the display case's lid would prevent it from being opened, and notices that the lid itself is also cracked. There's no sign of external damage, leading Edgeworth to deduce that the case's temperature was below freezing point, and that the glass subsequently fractured as a result of someone heating it up. He recalls the frozen Normallium and the used gas burner from earlier, and figures that Gustavia used it to melt the ice on the case's lid so that he could open it.

Kay updates the recreation to the moment Gustavia was trying to open the display case, and Edgeworth explains things for Sebastian; Gustavia's gas burner melted the frozen Normallium inside the case, causing it to run down the walls and come into contact with the Fatallium that was also inside the case, thereby creating the posion gas. Gustavia inhaled the gas as soon as he opened the lid, but he just managed to get outside the Autumn Palace, where he collapsed in front of Larry. Ray asks why Gustavia would want to open the display case, before suggesting that he also mistook the Autumn Palace for the Winter Palace. Delicia admits to doing the same, mentioning that the room's entrance looked just like the the entrance to Dover's room from 18 years ago.

Sebastian then moves to accuse Delicia of the gas attack. He reminds everyone that Delicia could easily obtain Megatoxin X through her background as an employee of the pesticide's parent company. He also reveals that a bottle of Megatoxin X with Delicia's fingerprints on it was found in Gustavia's pocket, and suggests that Delicia planted it on him when she took him to the infirmary. Furthermore, as Courtney points out, Delicia could have set up the gas trap within the gallery at her leisure, being a friend of curator and all. Delicia however claims that the Megatoxin X was stolen from her one week ago, and has a theft report to prove it. She suggests that the bottle that was planted on Gustavia was the one that was stolen.

Talking with Ray and Kay, Edgeworth expresses doubt that Delicia would use a murder method likely to incriminate herself if she were the culprit. He suggests that the one responsible for the gas attack is none other than Kate, as she was the only one capable of pulling off all the advance planning necessary for the scheme to work. Ray isn't surprised to hear Edgeworth come to that conclusion; in fact, he seems to have expected it.

Sebastian sends Gumshoe off to investigate the Winter Palace again, in order to try and find out why Gustavia went there in the first place, as he and the others all leave to question Kate. Upon returning to the patio however, they discover the dead body of none other than Isaac Dover floating in the fountain. Moments later, Gumshoe comes running in from the Winter Palace, claiming that the sculptures there have all melted.

Ray remarks that sherbet sculptures have disappeared in mysterious circumstances for a second time, and that everyone from the IS-7 incident is gathered here once again. He and Edgeworth reiterate that this is no coincidence, with Edgeworth stating that they'll have to look into the IS-7 incident to get to the truth of this case. To that end, Ray prepares to continue his narration from where he left off...

Part 3-5 - Middle 3

Gregory and Ray are back in the estate patio, having been ejected from Dover's room by Von Karma. Ray's understandably cheesed off with Von Karma's methods, claiming that defense attorneys and the authorities should work together to find the truth. Gregory - while agreeing with the sentiment - points out that not everyone's willing to go out of their way to ensure justice is done. When Ray asks if this excuses false imprisonment, Gregory replies that at the end of the day, the police can't help but risk making mistakes, and that defense attorneys exist to ensure that those mistakes are found before it's too late.

Kate then shows up with some chocolate sweets and asks the pair if they want to take a break. Gregory notices that they're overly sweet and a bit misshapen, and Kate admits that she's not the best at sweet-making; only really doing it for Master's sake. Gregory comments on how dedicated she is to her job, with Kate replying that Master took her in after she was abandoned as a child, treating her like his own daughter. She owes it to him, and she'd do anything to save him.

Gregory asks her about Dover, with Kate replying that while she doesn't know much about him, she did get a photo of his desserts before they melted. She presents a photo of two very familiar sherbet sculptures of Taurus and Gemini, in two very familiar refrigerated display cases. Ray soon notices that the lyre in the Gemini sculpture has its strings missing, and wonders if Dover messed up somewhere. Kate expresses doubt about this, causing Ray to wonder how she can be so sure despite not knowing Dover. Kate claims it was just a feeling she had, but Gregory suspects she's hiding something.

Kate informs the pair that Master planned to use the camera - the only one on the property - to take pictures of all the contest entries during the judging process, but ran out of film after photographing Gustavia's entry, despite supposedly having prepared enough film beforehand. Master just thought he'd made a mistake in this regard, but Gregory wonders if that's truly the case. In any event, Kate left the patio to get more film, and discovered Dover's body shortly after returning. She's kept hold of the camera ever since. After taking a photo of him and Ray, Kate agrees to lend the camera and photo to Gregory, who notices that there are only three photos worth of film left in the camera.

Moments later, Delicia and Badd reenter the patio, Von Karma having kicked them out of the room as well. In Badd's case, he was apparently getting in the way of Von Karma's investigation, something that Gregory finds cause for concern. Badd goes on to say that Von Karma's currently talking to Gustavia; apparently Kate saw him sneaking into Dover's room, and he's suspected of making Dover's sculptures disappear.

Badd then provides Gregory and Ray with a photo of Dover's room after the sculptures disappeared, informing them that he wants to find out the truth of what happened, and to hell with Von Karma. Looking at the photo, Gregory notices that the power cord for the display cases has been pulled out, thus explaining why the sculptures melted. Delicia expresses regret about not getting to "sample" more of Dover's sherbet beforehand, with the exception of the strings of Gemini's lyre, which she thought tasted very salty. She denies taking the strings from the lyre, and Gregory wonders why they tasted so different from the rest of the sculpture, before Delicia reveals that she found the letters PH carved into each of Dover's sculptures. Gregory can't help but think he's seen those letters before.

Kate suddenly exclaims that she was right; Dover did make the lyre! Gregory decides he's had enough and asks Kate if she knows more about Dover than she's letting on. Kate claims that she just admires his sculptures for being great works of art, but Gregory suggests it's more specific than that. He presents the moon-shaped teapot he found in Master's room as well as the signet ring found near Dover's body. Both of these items also have the letters PH on them, and the teapot is known to have been made by Pierre Hoquet. In fact, the letters are his signature; Isaac Dover is really Pierre Hoquet!

Badd points out that the signature could have just been faked, but it doesn't change the fact that Kate discovered that Dover was Hoquet. The detective leaves to check the identity of the body, and Gregory asks Kate if Dover's identity was the reason she entered his room. The question startles her, and Gregory asks when the photo was taken. It couldn't have been done during the judging, as the camera ran out of film before Master got to Dover's room. Kate admits that she took the photo after taking the camera to replace its film, but Gregory soon finds a new contradiction; most of the new film has already been used up. Kate admits that she used up the rest of the film taking more photos of Dover's entries after discovering his body, wanting to preserve the sculptures in photo form in case they got damaged in the impending police investigation. Badd asks if she's the one who melted the sculptures, and Kate admits to it, claiming that she accidentally yanked out the power cord while taking her photos. Gregory suspects it's not as simple as all that, but in any case he can't be certain that Kate's lying at this point.

Von Karma and Gustavia then come back into the patio, and Kate apologizes to the pair of them for destroying the sculptures. Von Karma's shocked, but Gustavia tells her not to worry, as Von Karma already knows he's innocent. Gregory tries to ask Gustavia why he entered Dover's room, but Von Karma cuts the pastry chef off before he can answer. The prosecutor then announces that he suspects Kate of being an accomplice, and hauls her and everyone else off for further questioning, leaving Gregory and Ray alone. With nothing else to do at the crime scene, they decide to head back home and see Master with their findings first thing tomorrow.

Part 3-6 - Middle 4

The next morning, Gregory and Ray head to the detention center to meet up with Master. They find none other than Kate, who's just been interrogated by Von Karma, but thankfully hasn't been judged guilty of anything besides destroying the sculptures. She apologizes for all the trouble she caused the pair yesterday, before Badd enters the room. He claims he just happened to be at the detention center, before Master shows up. The renowned pastry chef is now a broken shadow of his former self, with white hair and a Thousand-Yard Stare, courtesy of Von Karma questioning him for the whole night. A furious Ray demands an explanation from Badd about why he let this happen, but Badd replies that the detective in charge of the interrogation was the same detective who first investigated Delicia's room; it was all he could do to end the interrogation a bit earlier.

To restore his spirits - and sugar levels - Gregory gives Master some of the leftover chocolates Kate made, with Badd making sure they can be given to him. Master loves them, especially after the "tasteless" salt beef and stew he had earlier. Badd makes to head over to the crime scene, but before he can leave, he informs Gregory that Dover was indeed Pierre Hoquet, and that the guy had a reputation for being greedy and having money troubles. Gregory asks why a sculptor would enter a dessert contest, but Badd has no answer for him.

With Badd gone, Gregory informs Master of everything that happened yesterday, before asking about the other three contestants in the dessert contest final. Master explains that he planned to disqualify Delicia for using non-edible decorations, and that Gustavia did well up until the final, when his entry looked and tasted subpar. As for Gustavia's semifinal entry, Master claims that it tasted the same as Dover's entry, something he found strange. Kate offers to show a photo of the two entries later, and Master goes on to talk about how good Dover's sculptures tasted (he didn't realise Dover had been killed until after he'd finished judging, remember), having eaten the strings of the Gemini sculpture's lyre. That explains where they went, but Gregory asks how Master could have enjoyed eating the strings, since Delicia also tasted them and found them too salty for her liking.

Master guesses that he might have hypogeusia, a taste disorder that leaves one unable to taste salt, and found out now because he usually only eats sweets. No wonder he found the detention center's salt beef tasteless. Gregory advises Master to inform the police so that he can have a medical exam, but Master reveals that his mansion has a recipe for a hypogeusia cure, and asks Gregory to go and get it. Kate protests him doing this, claiming that it would mean revealing something, but Master states that it's time to stop hiding things from Gregory, and Kate agrees to go along with it.

As Kate prepares to head back to the mansion, Master tells her to stop living for his sake, so that she can make a life for herself if he's no longer around. Kate however replies that she can't live without him, and promises to wait for his return before running off in tears. Ray asks how Master can say something so mean-spirited, but Master explains that the only reason Kate does anything is to make him happy, something that deeply concerns him. He'd much rather she live for herself, rather than throwing away her life for his sake. Gregory remarks to himself that it's just like a parent to want the best for their kid, a sentiment he knows only too well.

His questions asked, Gregory prepares to leave, while assuring Master that he'll take measures against any more harsh interrogations, and warning him not to confess to anything whatever happens. "If you believe in me until the bitter end, I will definitely get you out of here." He says.

Gregory and Ray return to the mansion patio to meet up with Badd, who tries to act stoic when they thank him for his help, but it's to no avail. Badd warns them that Von Karma won't allow them to investigate anywhere but the patio, and is apparantly on edge because he hasn't recieved Dover's autopsy report yet. In addition, he's had everyone except Kate and the police removed from the premises, preventing Gregory from questioning them. Ray's once again angry at von Karma's methods, but Badd assures him and Gregory that he's still happy to help them.

Gregory heads over to talk with Kate, who's still a little in shock from what Master told her. She presents the photo with Dover and Gustavia's semifinal entries; a white unicorn with a mane and tail of red hair, and a red feathered bird on a white mountain, respectively. Both desserts also have designs of red and pink roses, red leaves, and a near identical pile of plants. Those aren't the only things they have in common either; according to Kate, both Dover and Gustavia's entries tasted the same up until the finals. Gregory asks if there was anything else that changed between the semifinals and finals, and Kate reveals that Gustavia's son had been coming to visit him throughout the contest, but was absent during the finals.

As well as the photo, Kate gives Gregory the book with Master's hypogeusia cure. It turns out to be the Angel's Recipe, the same book that was displayed in the picture frame in Master's room, and was up for grabs as the first prize in the contest. Ray realizes that the Angel's Recipe isn't just a simple dessert cookbook, and Kate explains that it's actually a recipe book containing loads of new medical drugs that have yet to be released publicly. Badd asks why such a thing would be offered as a prize in a dessert contest, to which Kate answers that Master is the heir of the late chairman of the Master Group, a major pharmaceutical company who developed the drugs. Master inherited the Angel's Recipe after the chairman's passing, and after having to deal with constant attempts by others to steal it, he decided to offer it as the contest prize to ensure he could pass it on to someone he respected.

Badd's skeptical that the Master Group would be willing to let their drug recipes be given away, but Kate replies that they weren't; they had Delicia - in reality one of their employees - enter the contest to win the Angel's Recipe back. Kate was in on the plan, and supported Delicia throughout the contest to ensure that the Angel's Recipe wouldn't end up in the hands of a rival company, knowing that Master would get in big trouble if that happened. In addition, she wanted to return the Angel's Recipe to the Master Group in a way that would not upset Master. That explains how Delicia was able to make it to the finals, but there's still the question of how Dover - another non-chef - managed to do the same. Gregory thinks to himself that the sculptures definitely prove that Dover had talent, but did he really make them on his own?

Gregory then asks Kate for some more tea, and while she leaves to get it, he and Badd investigate the fountain. The forensics officer tells them that the fountain water has traces of Master's chocolate and Dover's sherbet within it, which Badd guesses came from the water streams running from the contestants' rooms to the fountain. There's also blood in the fountain water, which Gregory guesses came from the bloodstained part of Master's dessert. Badd has a check carried out, and the blood is confirmed to be Dover's.

The investigation over, Gregory remarks to himself that they still don't know why Gustavia entered Dover's room, and there's still something off about his semifinal entry. Not to mention, how could a pastry chef with no sense of design and a sculptor with no notable baking ability win a dessert contest? Gregory tries to get Badd to contact Gustavia, but then who should show up but Von Karma. The prosecutor again refuses to let the pastry chef speak to Gregory, saying that there's no need to question him further now that he's been interrogated.

Gregory decides to ask Von Karma about the relationship between Gustavia and Dover, but the prosecutor replies that they were just competitors in a contest, nothing more. Gregory presents the photo of Gustavia and Dover's semifinal entries, and taking the very similar tastes and designs into account, suggests that the pair were working together to win the contest. Von Karma isn't surprised that Gregory came to this conclusion, and he admits that he already knew that the two competitors were in cahoots; Gustavia told him about it last night during questioning, even mentioning that they were working together until the finals. Gregory asks why Von Karma didn't tell him this earlier, to which the prosecutor replies that he doesn't give away unnecessary details outside of court.

Gregory asks why Gustavia and Dover would work together, with Von Karma suggesting that it was to cover their respective weaknesses. As for why they ended their partnership before the finals, Gustavia was seeking the title of "World's Greatest Pastry Chef", and so he wanted to win the contest on his own merits. Gregory doubts that they really ended their partnership at that time, as Delicia found Dover's finals entry to be quite tasty, suggesting that Gustavia was in part responsible for their creation. Von Karma replies that Delicia also found part of one of the sculptures to be very salty, hardly the work of a pastry chef of Gustavia's caliber.

Then Ray comes in and mentions something that's been bothering him. How was Dover able to freeze and sculpt his sherbet within the contest time limit, and still have time to work on Gustavia's entry? Gregory notes that Ray may indeed have a future in law, and figures out the answer; the sherbet had been prepared in advance. He states that von Karma was partially right; Dover and Gustavia did end their agreement before the finals, but not before Gustavia made Dover's sherbet! He then asks why Dover didn't help Gustavia in turn, wondering if it was because their partnership had turned sour. If so, it might give Gustavia a motive to murder Dover!

Von Karma asks why Gustavia would reveal his partnership with Dover if it could be linked to the murder, demanding that Gregory show some evidence. Gregory states that Gustavia sneaking into Dover's room is reason enough to suspect him, but then Von Karma presents a school photo showing Dover and Gustavia with their sons, both of whom attended the same elementary school. He claims that Gustavia entered Dover's room simply to steal it, out of fear he'd be a suspect to anyone aware he and Dover knew each other through their sons. Therefore he says, there's nothing suspicious about Gustavia, and no need for further questioning. With Gregory seemingly beaten, Von Karma states that he has no further time to waste on him, seeing as he's currently busy with an investigation.

Gregory however wonders why he needs to investigate further, as he should already have enough evidence to take Master to court. He recalls that Von Karma hadn't received Dover's autopsy report, that the bit of chocolate with Dover's blood on it disappeared from the crime scene along with his body, and that traces of Dover's blood turned up in the patio fountain, and decides to apply some logic. It would make no sense for the police to remove Dover's body right after they discovered it, and even if they did, why would they specifically remove the bloody chocolate and dump it in the water? When paired with the missing autopsy report, Gregory realizes that the body must have been hidden by the true killer, before the police could arrive and examine it!

Gregory admits to Ray that he didn't want to judge von Karma on the unsavory rumors surrounding him, but he may in fact have to. He immediately goes to confront Von Karma, accusing him of hiding the fact that Dover's body had gone missing, even going so far as to have Badd kept out of the investigation. Ray and Badd are shocked at this revelation, and Von Karma tells Gregory to stop insulting him with baseless accusations. In reply, Gregory demands he be allowed to verify the body, but Von Karma demands proof that the body disappeared. Gregory points out that the bloodstained chocolate was taken from Master's dessert and destroyed, as proven by the traces of it getting washed into the fountain. It's a move that would have been pointless if the body wasn't taken as well, and Gregory demands to know where it was really found. If the body's not missing, Von Karma should have no trouble answering.

Learning that Badd was the one who allowed Gregory to test the fountain water, Von Karma has him thrown off the case. Not that he allowed the detective to do much anyway. With Gregory having no evidence that von Karma deliberately tried to hide the body's disappearance, the prosecutor declares that the matter will have to be settled in court, with Gregory vowing to reveal the truth Von Karma tried to hide.

Von Karma just leaves, and Gregory apologizes for getting Badd thrown off the case. Badd isn't bothered, and assures Gregory he's still happy to help, finding merit in his theory. Gregory whispers something to him, and explains to a confused Ray that it'll be his trump card in court, just in case he can't prove Master's innocence. Ray is confident that Gregory will be able to win, and the lawyer resolves to defeat Von Karma to save Master...

Part 3-7 - End 1

Back in the present day, Ray summarizes what happened following the confrontation with Von Karma. The Demon Prosecutor used his influence with the police to produce a fake autopsy report for Dover, squashing Gregory's attempts to prove his body had disappeared, and later forced a false confession out of Master a year into the trial, resulting in his conviction. The one saving grace was that Badd had recorded Master's interrogation as requested by Gregory - the "trump card" the attorney told Ray about 18 years ago - allowing the defense to prove the confession had been bullied out of him, and getting Von Karma penalized for the only time in his four decade career. Of course, this only resulted in Gregory getting killed in the DL-6 incident before he could get Master a retrial, and Ray came to hate Edgeworth for betraying his father's teachings in order to cope with his own perceived worthlessness in the situation. He apologizes for this, but Edgeworth doesn't begrudge him for it, saying that such hatred would only be natural.

Getting back to the subject of the trial, Ray expresses surprise when Edgeworth claims Master was found guilty of Dover's murder, at least according to Von Karma's files. He reveals that Master was only convicted as an accomplice in Dover's murder, and guesses that Von Karma had altered the file Edgeworth got in order to discourage him from trying to learn the truth of his father's last case. Ray then goes on to say that he became Master's attorney after Gregory's death, but the real killer was never found, and thus Master was unable to withdraw his confession. As it turns out, Von Karma had threatened to charge Kate with the same crimes if Master didn't confess. Master likely didn't believe Kate was involved, but went along with it anyway to protect her. Ray reveals that on the day that Edgeworth discovered Knightley's murder, he had been at the prison to see Master, having paid the man a visit every day he could since the trial, with Kate visiting every time Ray was unable to.

With Master continuing to remain incarcerated, Ray states that he has come to the Zodiac Gallery today because he knew the sculptures of the past would be on display, and asks Edgeworth what he plans to do. Edgeworth replies that while he may be on the opposite side of the courtroom to Ray and his father, he wants to know the truth of these two cases. Remarking that Edgeworth really is Gregory's son, Ray declares that he'll support him all the way, before handing him the evidence from the IS-7 Incident, as well as his own notes on them.

Edgeworth and Kay move to begin investigating, but Sebastian reminds them that he's in charge of the case. In an effort to help, Edgeworth identifies the dead body as that of Dover, with Courtney recognizing him as the victim in the IS-7 incident. She then protests that he was killed 18 years ago, and that his body was reported to have been removed by the police, but Ray reminds them of Gregory's claim that the body was never found, despite what the prosecution said. Sure enough, Sebastian gets a call revealing that the body is indeed Dover's moments later, shocking him and Courtney, while also proving Edgeworth right and vindicating Gregory.

Courtney insists that the truth of the case is not the concern of Edgeworth and his group, but Ray objects; he was Gregory's assistant during the IS-7 incident, and the discovery of Dover's body proves that there was a miscarriage of justice in that case. And isn't it the job of the P.I.C. to investigate corrupt prosecutors? If so, it only makes sense to work with those involved in the case, unless Courtney or the P.I.C. have some hidden agenda. As for Edgeworth, he's the son of Gregory, the former student of Von Karma and one of the audience members at Master's trial. Confronted by this logic, Courtney has little choice but to allow Edgeworth and the others to stay.

With the Winter Palace still being investigated, Courtney allows Edgeworth's group to investigate the patio. Noting that they don't know where Dover's body and the Normallium were hidden, Edgeworth decides to make the latter his first priority. He recalls that it's a red liquid with a minty aroma.

Within the patio, Edgeworth finds a service cart bearing a tea set made by Dover on the right side of the area, and recalls that Kate was a huge fan of his. His and Kay's examination of it draws the attention of Larry and Kate, with Larry warning Edgeworth to be careful with the teapot, and Kate offering them tea. Edgeworth accepts, but soon notices that the aroma is different from the tea he had that morning. Kate is confused, saying it's the same tea she served back then, and Larry tells Edgeworth to stop nitpicking about Kate's tea, sounding surprisingly upset over the matter. Kay wonders what he's complaining about, and Edgeworth decides to ask him later.

Looking around near the Summer Palace, Edgeworth spots a puddle of spilled tea near the cart, along with a yellow pottery shard bearing the letters PH. Hmm, sound familiar? He also notices an empty lift trolley that's been left lying around, and observes that the surface of it is wet, before Ray recognizes the trolley as the one that was found in Dover's room 18 years ago. Remembering that it was used to transport the ice sculptures, he and Edgeworth both wonder why it would have been left here.

Examining the fountain, Kay wonders why Dover's body hasn't decayed after 18 years, with Edgeworth thinking it would have to have been preserved somehow. Kay then learns from a nearby forensics man that there were traces of Normallium and Fatallium found within the fountain water, most likely having flowed there through the streams between the Autumn Palace and the fountain. Curiously, there were also high levels of sugar found in the fountain water.

Talking to Ray, Edgeworth questions why Dover's body was never discovered until now. Ray answers that the only family Dover had was his young son, who had attended elementary school with Gustavia's son. Both boys went missing after the case, with Dover's son only being found some time later. The result was that Dover never had a funeral, and thus everyone thought his body had remained in police custody.

Edgeworth then approaches Larry and demands to know what he's hiding. Larry denies doing such a thing, but Edgeworth, recalling Larry's earlier behavior and what he found elsewhere in the patio, presents the broken pottery shard. Larry confesses that he had tried to pour Courtney a cup of tea earlier, but ended up breaking the teapot when he dropped it, and now he's afraid Kate will hate him for it. Edgeworth gets him to man up and apologize to her, but Kate accepts what happened with surprising grace for an admirer of Dover's, saying that she has a spare teapot. Larry asks if it's the one currently on the tea cart, admitting that while trying to hide the broken shards, he swapped it out for the broken one to try and hide what he'd done, much to Kate's surprise.

Aside from breaking valuable pottery, Larry also says he's spent the day working on a sketch of some "beauties". Examining it for themselves, Edgeworth and Kay see three drawings; Kate pushing a trolley, Courtney standing around, and a panicking Delicia retrieving a blue piece of cloth from the fountain. Larry explains that he'd started by drawing Delicia as part of an unrelated still life, but while taking a break from this, the sight of Kate and Courtney had inspired him to accidentally draw them on the same page, exactly as he saw them. Edgeworth however notices a contradiction within the sketch, and convinces Larry to let him borrow it.

Comparing the service cart to Larry's sketch, Edgeworth notices that the tablecloth is white in the real world, but light blue in the sketch. When questioned, Larry replies that he was the one using the service cart with the white tablecloth and tea set, as he was trying to clean up the shards of the teapot he'd broken. He was forced to hide in the middle of this when Kate emerged from the Winter Palace, and he saw her pushing another service cart with a light blue tablecloth, which he ended up sketching. He claims she took her service cart into the Summer Palace before emerging with the lift trolley, and that she left it by the door after he called out to her. Kay wonders if there could be two tea sets and two service carts, with Edgeworth replying that they'll have to check with Kate.

When questioned about the carts and the discrepancy in Larry's sketch, Kate insists that she only ever uses white tablecloths. Edgeworth asks what she was doing when the sketch was made, noting that the service cart there doesn't have a tea set, to which Kate answers that she was delivering chocolates to the investigators. She offers some to Kay after learning that she missed out, and Edgeworth notices that they've melted a bit, presumably from being in Kate's pocket. When asked how she recreated Dover's melted sculptures from 18 years ago, Kate answers that she used the photo she took of them back then as a base. Since they'd been incomplete back then, she wanted to finish them in order to make up for accidentally destroying them. Edgeworth then asks about the resemblance of the Autumn Palace to the Winter Palace. Kate claims she must have gotten the decorations confused, but Edgeworth doesn't buy it. Still, he's got no way of proving her wrong.

Recalling how the tea he drank just now smelt different from the cup he drank in the morning, along with Larry's admission of switching the teapots around, Edgeworth asks Kate if the two things could be connected. Kate admits that they could be, and when Edgeworth says that the tea had a minty aroma, Kate claims to remember serving mint tea the other day, hence the smell. Edgeworth however recalls that Normallium has a minty aroma, and that Kate looked more surprised about the teapots being switched than about one of them being broken. He guesses that Kate had been hiding Normallium within the teapot, and after getting Sebastian to confirm that the Normallium has yet to be found, he voices his suspicions about Kate, including that she was responsible for the gas attack. Kate replies that Delicia and others were also involved in the preparations for the museum's opening, and that even if there were traces of Normallium in the teapot, she has no idea how to create poisoned gas. Edgeworth resolves to shatter this excuse.

Edgeworth then gets a call from Gumshoe, who's taking advantage of all the other investigators being gone from the Winter Palace to keep his favorite boss updated. He tells Edgeworth that while both sculptures have melted, there's still some light blue liquid left within both cases, with the Gemini case having less than the Taurus case. According to the investigators, the liquid in the Taurus case contains only sugar, but the Gemini case has sugar, salt and the blood of a currently unknown person. Also, the sugar found in the fountain matches that found in the light blue liquid, which in turn matches that found in Dover's room 18 years ago. Finally, there was a rainbow light device found in the fountain as well. Gumshoe says he'll call Edgeworth once forensics identifies the blood, before hanging up and allowing Edgeworth to return to his investigation. Edgeworth reasons that he should talk to everyone involved in the IS-7 incident in order to break Kate's alibi.

Edgeworth asks Delicia about the fluorescent cloths and the rainbow light device used in the museum. The pharmacist replies that she gifted them to Kate as an apology for her rule-breaking during the Great Dessert Contest, along with the rock salt lamps. Ray suspects they may be the same decorations that turned up during the IS-7 incident, and Edgeworth recalls seeing a fluorescent cloth when Delicia was searching for her theft report earlier. He presents the one he found, and Delicia claims that she discovered it floating in the fountain shortly before being called to the Autumn Palace. Edgeworth recognizes this as the moment Larry sketched her, and Delicia explains that at first she thought it was one of the cloths she'd given Kate, but then she saw all four of those within the Winter Palace, and realized that it had to be the cloth that went missing 18 years ago. Believing that it had been used in the gas attack alongside her stolen Megatoxin X, she chose to keep silent about it in order to avoid incriminating herself.

Finally, Edgeworth questions Delicia about how easy it would be to create poison gas. She replies that any pharmacist who works with Megatoxin X would be in the know, as the pesticide comes with a specific warning to not mix it with Normallium. As for non-pharmacists, they could theoretically get the information through the Angel's Recipe, since it contains the formula for Megatoxin X, but as far as she knows, the book was taken back by the Master Group after Master's conviction. Only Delicia and a handful of pharmacists have been able to see it since.

Edgeworth asks Ray about Kate. He considers her a truly admirable woman, and he says that she had hoped to wait at Master's estate for his return, but was forced out by his family on account of not being a blood relative of his. With no family of her own, she eventually became a world famous actress with the skills Master taught her, and retired once she had enough money to buy the estate, even managing to obtain the Angel's Recipe somewhere along the way. Ray guesses that she had wanted to take back everything she'd lost as a result of the case.

With the poison gas formula being contained within the Angel's Recipe, and Kate being the current owner of the Angel's Recipe, Edgeworth and Kay realize that they have a way of showing how she could set up the gas trap. All they need to do now is expose her lies.

Part 3-8 - End 2

A forensics man reports that traces of Normallium have been detected in the teapot, just as Edgeworth suspected. Sebastian laments being beaten by Edgeworth once again, but Edgeworth tells him that for all his obsession with being the best, winning and losing isn't important when you're working a case. Sebastian is unable to comprehend the idea of not having to be the best at everything, and Edgeworth tells him that if he can't understand the lesson, he has no business being a prosecutor. This only agitates Sebastian further, but Courtney then comes to Sebastian's rescue, telling Edgeworth to stop bothering him, and assuring him that he doesn't have to listen to such things.

She sends him away to check on Gustavia, and then asks Kate for an explanation behind the Normallium. The curator claims that it could have come from the detergent she used to clean the teapot, and reiterates that she couldn't have known how to create the poison gas, but Edgeworth reveals his knowledge that she possesses the Angel's Recipe, which contains the method for doing so. Kate concedes this, but claims that simply seeing the information doesn't prove her responsible for the crime. She asks how the gas was set off, and after Courtney answers that it was due to Gustavia using a burner on the case lid, she suggests that it could have been a suicide attempt on his part. There's also the matter of the Megatoxin X, but Edgeworth argues that she could have stolen it, with Delicia recalling that she'd met with Kate shortly before discovering the theft of her own supply. Kate reasons that anyone could be the culprit there, since Delicia always carries her bag wherever she goes. As for rigging the trap and disguising the rooms, there are no guards or cameras at the gallery, meaning that anyone would have an easy time sneaking in. In fact, Gustavia did so prior to the gallery's opening.

With Kate refusing to admit to anything, Ray proposes that they use Gregory's technique of "turning things around", which Edgeworth of course recalls seeing from Phoenix. Instead of focusing solely on today's case, Ray suggests, why not see how the IS-7 incident relates to Kate? Taking this advice, Edgeworth remembers that although Kate melted Dover's sculptures in the past, they're now they're on display within the gallery today. He decided to ask Kate about her decision to open the Zodiac Art Gallery.

Beginning her testimony, Kate claims that she opened the gallery in order to maintain the mansion after buying it, and that she sourced the works of Hoquet - i.e. Dover - from around the world. Edgeworth presses the point about Dover's works, specifically asking about the Taurus and Gemini sculptures, to which Kate repeats her claim that they were recreated from the photos she took. Edgeworth however presents the liquid analysis, which shows that the sculptures in the Winter Palace were the same ones that Dover created, rather than replicas. This means that, far from melting the original sculptures, Kate secretly stole and preserved them for 18 years!

Kate says that there's no proof she stole the sculptures back then, and no way she could have done so without the police noticing. Edgeworth replies that since he doesn't know what she did 18 years ago, he can't judge how hard or otherwise it would be for her, to which Kate responds by telling him of her actions on that day. Listening to her testimony, Edgeworth realizes that she had stolen the sculptures while preparing tea for everyone, recalling that she had been pushing a service cart back then. Courtney argues that the sculptures would still have been noticed if she put them on a service cart, but Edgeworth replies that she didn't; she placed them on the lift trolley and threw a tablecloth over them, thereby disguising them as a service cart. Hence why the tea Gregory and Ray had back then was served on chilled saucers.

Kate finally accepts defeat, admitting that she stole the sculptures by using the lift trolley to hide them in plain sight, and did the same with the ice blocks Edgeworth saw in the present day Winter Palace; everything he saw there was from 18 years ago. The sculptures were swapped out for some empty glass cases, and she melted some incomplete sculptures of Dover's to make it appear that all of them had gone the same way. Kay wonders why Kate would confess so easily, and Edgeworth realizes that she knows she can't be tried in court for it. Kate admits as much, and when Kay expresses surprise, Courtney gives her a book on the Statute of Limitations, the time frame in which a suspect can be taken to court for a crime. According to the book, the statute of limitations for theft is 7 years (and 15 for murder), meaning that Kate can no longer be legally tried for what she did 18 years ago. Also of note are two ways the statute of limitations can be extended; one is if a suspect is out of the country, the other is if a suspected accomplice is put on trial. In both examples, the statute is put on hold for the duration of the thing in question. Both these things will be important in the final part of this case.

It seems Edgeworth's reasoning has been All for Nothing, but Edgeworth replies that said reasoning was done to expose a different crime; the concealment of Dover's body. Courtney asks where Kate could have hidden the body, and Edgeworth answers that it was hidden within the Winter Palace, specifically by disguising it as a cloaked figure that formed part of the Gemini sculpture. In reality this was nothing more than Dover's body, made to look like ice with the piece of fluorescent cloth. Courtney protests that the cloth would have needed a rainbow light device to produce that effect, but Edgeworth points out that there is indeed such a device - another thing that went missing 18 years ago - next to the Gemini sculpture in Ray's photo. Though they didn't know it then, Dover's body was hidden right in front of them.

Courtney asks why the body was found in the fountain instead of the Winter Palace if Edgeworth's theory is true. Edgeworth replies that Kate moved the body to another room to prevent its discovery, using the same method with the lift trolley from 18 years ago. She then dumped the body into the stream leading to the fountain, whereupon it sunk to the fountain's bottom and began to thaw. The fluorescent cloth floated to the top of the fountain to be found by Delicia, with the body following once it had thawed out. Kate however points out that there's a problem with Edgeworth's reasoning; there's no proof that she moved the body.

Kay wonders if someone could have seen Kate moving the body, and Edgeworth says that there is indeed such a person. He presents Larry's sketch, directing everyone's attention to the picture of Kate pushing a service cart. This, he declares, was when Kate moved Dover's body, as evidenced by the light blue tablecloth there. Since there are no tablecloths of that color in the mansion, the blue could well have come from the glow of the fluorescent cloth wrapped around the body. Courtney points out that the body's shape would in no way match that of a rectangular service cart, but Edgeworth argues that she could have used one of the hollow blocks of ice in the Winter Palace to get the shape right, hiding the body inside of it. Kate then argues that the color could just be a mistake in the sketch, but Edgeworth points out the chocolates she was giving out; Initially they were on top of the fake service cart, but after she got rid of the body and the ice block, the fake service cart became a lift trolley once again. Hence she had to put the chocolates in her pocket from that point on.

Courtney points out that while this explanation accounts for the lift trolley and the chocolates, there's still the matter of the tablecloth that was used as part of the disguise. Edgeworth figures that Kate is wearing it around her waist as an apron, and demands she hand it over to the police; since the tablecloth was placed directly over the ice block, an examination will no doubt reveal traces of sherbet.

Kate however tells them not to bother; conceding defeat, she admits to both stealing the Megatoxin X and hiding Dover's body. The bottle Gustavia had on him was the same one Kate stole from Delicia; she had planted it to make what happened to Gustavia look like a suicide, as well as deflect suspicion onto Delicia if murder was suspected. Ray is shocked that Kate would do something like this after all the time they've spent trying to clear Master's name, but Kate explains that while she had planned to eventually turn herself in, she couldn't allow herself to be arrested until Master's innocence was proven.

Ray asks Kate why she would go this far, to which Kate answers that she's a criminal. Not because of Dover's murder though; her crime was stealing the two sherbet sculptures Dover finished before he was killed. She had wanted to preserve them in anticipation of Master's return, and unwilling to trust the police or anyone else with them, she smuggled them into the mansion's freezer, not noticing that Dover's body was disguised as part of the Gemini sculpture. Because of her actions, Dover's body vanished, and Master - a man who had been like a father to her - ended up wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for his murder. She only learned the consequences of her actions 18 years later, when she was able to return to the mansion and discover Dover's body after examining his sculptures. By then of course, the statute of limitations had long expired, leaving her with only one way to - in her words - atone for her mistake.

Edgeworth realizes that he's had Kate pegged wrong; everything she did was to save Master. Kay notices him in thought and asks what he's thinking about, to which Edgeworth replies that all this time he's been wondering why Kate used something like a poison gas trap to try and commit murder. Not to mention the fact that she disguised the Autumn Palace as the Winter Palace, which would confuse those involved in the IS-7 incident. He ultimately guesses that Kate sought to reveal the true culprit; by putting the Gemini sculpture on display, she'd spook Dover's killer, the only other person who knew of the body's location, and perhaps lure them out of the shadows. Of course, she couldn't allow the killer to actually access the body, lest they find a way to cover their tracks, so she disguised both the Pisces sculpture and the Autumn Palace as a distraction from it. Thus, whoever attempted to open the Pisces sculpture's case would be revealed as the IS-7 incident's true culprit.

Kay, Courtney and Kate are all shocked at the implication, and Courtney asks Edgeworth if he's going to accuse the person in question. Edgeworth is initially reluctant to make a formal accusation without evidence, but he ultimately decides to reveal the truth, and names Dane Gustavia - the victim of Kate's trap - as Dover's killer. Having done that, he asks Kate if his theory is true, and Kate confirms that it is: once Gustavia set off her trap, she knew that he was the culprit. As for the reappearance of Dover's body, she figured that its discovery would prove Master's innocence.

Ray asks Kate why she never approached him about this. Kate replies that not only was she desperate to save Master after inadvertedly causing his misfortune, she didn't trust the police to be honest about the disappearance of Dover's body, seeing as they already lied once in that regard 18 years ago. Hence, she arranged for its public reveal to as many people as possible at the museum's opening. Ray apologizes, lamenting how he had been unable to protect her, Gregory and Master, but Kate replies that she's the one who should be apologizing. She says she'll accept whatever punishment she's given, but begs Edgeworth and Gregory to clear Master's name.

Part 3-9 - End 3

After Kate manages to calm herself down, Edgeworth tells her that her actions today were unforgivable, but acknowledges that they were done to prove Master's innocence in the IS-7 incident, and states that they have a duty to reinvestigate if someone else is the culprit. Courtney tries to overrule him, saying there's no evidence to support Kate's story, nor is there any other false evidence in the IS-7 files, but Edgeworth objects; with Von Karma's history of forging evidence, the case files in question are suspect. Courtney asks if he's claiming the P.I.C. overlooked a corrupt prosecutor, but Edgeworth says he doesn't care; his point is that evidence was falsified, as proven by the reappearance of Dover's body.

Courtney then accuses Edgeworth of having shades of Von Karma - which is pretty rich considering she implied moments ago that the P.I.C. would have spotted such things had they truly happened - in that he's trying to hide the truth. She presents what she claims to be the P.I.C.'s logic: Kate was the true culprit of the IS-7 incident, and while Von Karma lied about the body, he nevertheless proved Master to be her accomplice. As for Gustavia, Kate tried to murder him to pin the blame on him. Edgeworth asks why Kate would frame Gustavia specifically, to which Courtney suggests that he suspected her of being the true criminal. This can't be proven or disproven while Gustavia's still out of it however, and Courtney goes on to claim that they have enough evidence for both today's incident and the IS-7 Incident.

In response, Edgeworth presents the liquid analysis results, specifically pointing to how traces of an unknown person's blood were detected in the Gemini Sculpture's case. Until they know who the blood belongs to, he argues, the IS-7 Incident is still open. Upon learning that Gumshoe gave Edgeworth the information before it could reach Sebastian, Courtney is furious at Edgeworth for acting in such a way despite having no investigative authority, and makes clear that she'll report it to the P.I.C., but Edgeworth is undeterred. He won't ignore the truth or the wrongs of the past, so by all means she can report him, just as long as she lets him keep investigating until the bitter end. Courtney tells him that he'll have to talk to Sebastian about that.

Speaking of Sebastian, he chooses this moment to reappear in the patio, this time with a recovered Gustavia in tow. Surprisingly cheery despite coming close to death, the now white-haired pastry chef quickly recognizes Ray as Gregory's assistant, and thanks both him and Edgeworth for saving his life. Edgeworth and Ray both bring up that Gustavia's now a suspect in the IS-7 incident, and ask him to tell them what really happened 18 years ago. Gustavia goes silent, with Ray soon guessing that he's meditating, before he wakes up and denies being the culprit. Courtney is happy to back him up, and proposes that the two of them refute Edgeworth's arguments together. Edgeworth asks her if she's really going to try and conceal the truth of the IS-7 Incident, to which Courtney replies that she simply believes in the Goddess of Law's judgment. Edgeworth responds that said judgements are ultimately rendered by humans, and thus subject to the risk of error, and that he won't hold back if she wants to help hide the truth.

With that, the questioning begins in earnest, with Courtney asking Gustavia why he opened the Pisces case. Gustavia claims that he wanted to see Dover's past works, but accidentally entered the museum half an hour before it opened. Kay questions the fact that he snuck into the museum in the first place, but Courtney refuses to hear any objections not backed up by evidence. With Kate having locked all the rooms except the disguised Autumn Palace, Gustavia borrowed a gas burner and used it to open up what he thought was the Gemini Sculpture's case, claiming that he only wanted to examine Dover's art up close. Edgeworth snarks about Gustavia having such a convenient story, but as Courtney points out, there's no evidence to disprove it. Gustavia then suggests that Kate wanted to release the poison gas haphazardly, but Ray points out that she activated the sprinklers as soon as her trap was set off; her only target was Gustavia. The pastry chef asks Ray if he's willing to believe a criminal's words, to which Edgeworth replies that while Kate must answer for her crimes, so must the criminal from the past.

Gustavia then argues that, besides the lack of evidence against him, he had no motive to murder Dover. Indeed, Edgeworth says, all they can be certain of right now is that he was hit by the gas. Ray suggests they reorganize the facts, and Edgeworth recalls that while Gustavia claims he had no motive, Gregory had once argued otherwise due to how their partnership in the Great Dessert Contest fell apart. He also recalls that Delicia had denied leaving the fingermarks on the picture frame hiding the Angel's Recipe, and wonders if Gustavia sought to look at it back then. Finally, he remembers how Kate told Gregory that she'd had to change the film in the camera after Master ran out, and wonders if someone else took a few pictures.

Remembering Gustavia's earlier claim and his father's argument from 18 years ago, Edgeworth reveals his awareness of the old partnership between Gustavia and Dover, and how it ended after Gustavia provided Dover with the sherbet he'd frozen overnight in preparation for the final. The reason why the partnership fell apart could very well serve as a motive for murder, the prosecutor argues. Gustavia admits that it could, but he claims that he and Dover ended their partnership peacefully, and that furthermore he could not have murdered Dover in Master's room while Master was working there.

Looking for a point in which Master was absent from his room, Edgeworth thinks about the camera film discrepancy and the Angel's Recipe, wondering if Gustavia might have used the camera in order to take pictures of the book's pages, rather than steal the book and get the attention of the police. Ray then recalls that both Dover and Gustavia were absent when everyone else had afternoon tea during the contest, and from there, Edgeworth realizes that Dover could only have been murdered before that time, and before Delicia "sampled" Master's dessert.

Courtney asks Edgeworth if he's satisfied, to which Edgeworth replies that he isn't, now that he's finally starting to see the truth of this case. He won't need any evidence to reveal it though; instead, he's going to make Gustavia do so. Kay senses that there's Logic Chess incoming, and there is...once Gustavia stops meditating long enough to pay attention. The prosecutor recalls that the pastry chef was working solo when he made his finals entry, with Gustavia claiming that he wanted to compete on his own merits. Edgeworth argues that he wouldn't have wanted to work with Dover at all if that were true, and questions why the two of them partnered up in the first place. Cue the start of Logic Chess.

Edgeworth quickly notices that Gustavia feigns meditation when put under pressure, and begins by asking why he and Dover worked together. Gustavia answers that the two of them knew each other prior to the contest, and decided to enter it as a team to make great works together. Edgeworth stays silent, letting Gustavia talk about how his and Dover's son went to the same school, and then asks if they were going to share the World's Greatest Pastry Chef title. Gustavia goes silent, and Edgeworth, realizing he's onto something, expresses doubt that Dover was interested in that title, being a sculptor by trade.

Gustavia admits that Dover had actually sought the Angel's Recipe, a goal that coincided with his own dream of becoming the World's Greatest Pastry Chef. Edgeworth reasons that there must be a reason their partnership fell apart, and decides to inquire about Gustavia's true goal. He questions if Gustavia was only interested in the title; Gustavia insists he simply wanted to become the world's best, and talks about how he studied at Zheng Fa and watched Piece of Cake in order to sharpen his skills. Edgeworth remarks that having Master's recipes would surely have helped him with his goal, with Gustavia admitting they were indeed valuable to him before feigning meditation. Edgeworth latches on, and states that Gustavia would surely be interested in the Angel's Recipe as well.

Gustavia doesn't deny this, but but questions how it could be an issue. Edgeworth silently reasons that the contestants had to know that the Angel's Recipe only contained pharmaceutical formulas, and decides to ask what Gustavia's intentions were. He asks if the pastry chef planned to make desserts with the Angel's Recipe; Gustavia agrees, before Edgeworth gets him to admit that he knew the book's true purpose. Armed with this knowledge, Edgeworth asks Gustavia if he knew the true value of the Angel's Recipe, and calls him out when he claims it contained Master's best dessert recipies. From there, the prosecutor reasons that Gustavia was looking for information on a new medicine.

Admitting that he's underestimated Edgeworth, Gustavia claims that he was looking for a medicine that could cure an illness afflicting his son, but he refuses to elaborate on the basis that he would be betraying his son's honor. Wanting to know more, Edgeworth asks Gustavia about his son, the older man claiming that the boy always came by during the contest to taste his deserts. Another bit of feigned meditation prompts Edgeworth to bring up the son's illness, but Gustavia claims that it wasn't serious enough to prevent him from visiting. Edgeworth also asks if the illness's cure could only be found in the Angel's Recipe, to which Gustavia replies that that was indeed the case back then, hence why he was so determined to win the contest. He even ignored what the other contestants were making, but Edgeworth is skeptical: besides yet another bit of fake meditation, surely it would make sense to check out his competition. Gustavia admits that he did indeed do so, but claims that none of the other entries had any taste to them.

Armed with these clues, Edgeworth asks for the name of the illness, prompting Gustavia to get all outraged at him for asking about such a serious issue. Edgeworth reminds Gustavia that he said the illness was far from life-threatening earlier, and asks why he's being so secretive about it. Gustavia explains that the illness prevented his son from being able to taste his desserts, and Edgeworth guesses that it was a taste disorder like Master's, the cure for which was also in the Angel's Recipe. Gustavia confirms as much, but Edgeworth suspects he's still hiding something. Remembering the man's earlier remark about being unable to taste anything when sampling the other contestants' entries, Edgeworth guesses that he had the illness as well, and that he was trying to cure himself. Gustavia insists that he made his desserts all on his own 18 years ago...only for Edgeworth to remind him of his partnership with Dover. As the prosecutor puts it, Gustavia shelved his pride and worked with another in order to cure his own disease.

Gustavia admits that he's never told anyone about it, but it's as Edgeworth says; 18 years ago he developed a taste disorder that left him completely unable to discern flavor, a Career-Ending Injury for a pastry chef if ever there was one. With there being no cure for it in the past, Gustavia entered the contest in order to both win the Angel's Recipe and become the world's greatest pastry chef. He claims that he can produce good flavors without the ability to taste, but Edgeworth recalls that his finals entry was subpar in that regard, and asks about this.

Gustavia testifies that he wanted to take on Master with nothing but his own skills, and thus he made his finals entry entirely by himself; if it tasted bad, that's on him. Edgeworth is unable to find any contradictions, so instead he asks if something happened to negatively impact Gustavia during the finals. Gustavia refuses to give anything away, so Edgeworth questions if anything changed between the finals and the semis. Gustavia denies it, only for Edgeworth to present the photo of Gustavia, Dover and their respective sons, and reveal that he knows Gustavia's son wasn't at the finals (a fact that Gregory and Ray learned from Kate 18 years ago, remember?). He doubts it's a coincidence that Gustavia's dessert quality tanked when his son was away, and guesses that the kid served as a taste tester, seeing as Gustavia was secretly unable to do so. Hence why Dover's entry tasted good; the sherbet he used was prepared prior to the finals.

The aged pastry chef only laughs, insisting that he would never need to rely upon his son in such a manner. Edgeworth suggests that they ask the son about what happened, only for Gustavia to reveal that there's a little problem with that; after getting himself cured, he began training in Zheng Fa and disowned his son, having no further concern for him once he regained his sense of taste. He doesn't know where he is, and neither does anyone else, according to Ray. Courtney admits that it's a dick move on Gustavia's part, but nevertheless, Edgeworth is out of luck; as Gustavia points out, there's no evidence leftover from the IS-7 incident.

Edgeworth recalls the blood that Gumshoe reported being found in the Gemini case, the owner of which is still unknown. Ray mentions something that's still bothering him; did Gustavia only come to the art gallery to check on Dover's body? He and Edgeworth both agree that Gustavia wouldn't have needed to open the display case if that was his intention, and Edgeworth states that there's a way they can prove this, provided Gumshoe comes through for them. And speak of the (destitute) devil, Gumshoe arrives right at that moment with the results of the blood's forensic analysis. As Edgeworth suspected, it belongs to Gustavia.

Kay and Courtney both want an explanation behind the blood, and Edgeworth happily obliges; along with the blood, traces of salt were found within the Gemini sculpture's case. Recalling that Delicia found the Gemini sculpture's lyre strings to be intolerably salty 18 years ago, Edgeworth proposes that the salt came from one of the rock salt lamps; both lamps were in Master's room at the time of the murder, and both of them ended up broken when Gregory and Ray found them later. With one lamp being used to bludgeon Dover to death, the other one could have gotten Gustavia's blood on it in a similar manner, which would have implicated him if it had been discovered during the investigation. Since the desserts would not be investigated right away, Gustavia mixed the blood in with the sherbet lyre as a quick way of hiding it, but presumably planned to dispose of the evidence more thoroughly later on. Of course, any such plans were scuppered when the sculptures first disappeared, but when there were plans to put them back on display, well, better late than never.

After bursting into laughter and congratulating the other man, Gustavia finally confesses to committing the murder. He claims that Dover had it coming though; the man had betrayed him by ending their partnership during the finals, leaving him with no choice but to make his entry by himself. Well, almost by himself; Edgeworth was right when he claimed that Gustavia had used his son as a taste tester. For all his supposed "pride" as a confectionery artist, being at the top of his profession was all that truly mattered to him.

Edgeworth is disgusted that Gustavia would commit murder for the sake of his own ambition, to say nothing of abandoning his son, but Gustavia replies that it's not quite that simple. His son no-showed on the day of the finals, with Gustavia guessing that Dover had a hand in this (not that he particularly cares). His chances of winning the Angel's Recipe now reduced to zero, Gustavia entered Master's room to try and take a photo of his cure's recipe, but was caught in the act by Dover, with the other man soon learning of Gustavia's condition. Things quickly turned violent, with Gustavia getting knocked into one of the rock salt lamps and staining it with his blood, before killing Dover with the other lamp after the sculptor tried to blackmail him over his taste disorder. He then took the rock salt lamp stained with his own blood into Dover's room, and used the sculpting tools there to shave off the bloodstained salt and mix it into the Gemini sculpture's lyre.

Kate asks why Gustavia tried to pin the crime on Master, but the pastry chef denies doing so. He had actually intended to frame Delicia; he was none too fond of her entering fake desserts in the contest, hence why he hid the murder weapon and fluorescent cloth in her room. As for Dover's body, Edgeworth deduces that Gustavia intended to freeze it in order to throw off the time of death, as he would have been suspected if Dover was found to have died during the tea party. That plan became unworkable after Delicia's "sampling" of Master's dessert caused Kate to discover the body, forcing Gustavia to hide it in the Gemini sculpture instead. Kate laments being a second indirect cause of Master's conviction, but Ray assures her that regardless of what happened, an innocent person would have ended up blamed thanks to Gustavia's actions. Gustavia goes on to say that Von Karma's detective never reported the missing body to the prosecutor, meaning Von Karma indicted Master before learning it had disappeared. Ray notes that the body's disappearance would surely stand out in any official documents, causing Edgeworth to silently wonder if someone deliberately distorted the information there. In any case, as he explains to the others, Von Karma chose to cover up the body's disappearance and convict Master regardless, rather than admit he'd made a mistake and let his perfect record be marred by an acquittal.

With Gustavia showing no remorse or regret over Master taking the fall for his crime, alongside the rest of his jerkassery, a disgusted Gumshoe is ready to arrest him right there, but Courtney prevents him from doing so. Gustavia explains that since he murdered Dover 18 years ago, the statute of limitations will have been expired for three years, hence why he was willing to confess now. As if things couldn't get any worse, Courtney tells Edgeworth that they will not even be able to overturn Master's conviction despite everything that's happened today. Edgeworth insists that Master should at least have a retrial due to Dover's body being hidden, but Courtney indicates that such a thing is very unlikely to happen, causing Edgeworth to wonder if the P.I.C. is insistent on upholding Master's conviction.

Commencing his rebuttal of Gustavia's argument, Edgeworth asks him what he's been up to for the last 18 years, reasoning that some of those things might be unaffected by the statute. Gustavia answers that he left the country for Zheng Fa before Master's trial concluded, in order to perfect his design skills, and Edgeworth points out that the statute of limitations is put on hold while suspects are out of the country. Gustavia admits that he spent three years in Zheng Fa, thereby extending the statute of limitations to 18 years, leading Kay to assume he can indeed be convicted. The pastry chef only laughs however, and Ray gently shoots Kay down; it's now April, and Dover was murdered around the time of Christmas, meaning the statute of limitations would still have expired, only four months ago as opposed to three years. Gustavia is still beyond the reach of the law, and Courtney remarks that Edgeworth has simply proven incapable in this affair.

Kate despairs at this course of events, but Ray, suspecting she may try and take the law into her own hands once again, assures her that there might still be a way to defeat Gustavia legally. He reminds Edgeworth that Gustavia wasn't present for the conclusion of Master's trial, and thus may have gotten a key detail about it completely wrong, suggesting that the prosecutor check Courtney's book on the statute of limitations again. He then explains that, as Master's attorney, he cannot in good conscience use his suffering as a weapon, and thus he will leave matters to Edgeworth. The prosecutor realizes what Ray's getting at, and ultimately resolves to reveal the truth as his father would have done.

Edgeworth points out to the group that Master was only ever convicted as an accomplice to murder - in a trial that lasted a year - and that the statute of limitations can also be put on hold for trials of suspected accomplices. Gustavia is shocked at this, having evidently assumed that Master was found guilty of murder until now, and Edgeworth gives his sumnation; with Gustavia spending three years in Zheng Fa, and Master spending a year on trial, the statute of limitations for the IS-7 incident is 19 years, more than enough time for Gustavia to be convicted. And just like that, Gustavia is right on track to finally get his just desserts.

Gustavia is arrested, and Sebastian prepares to do the same for Kate, who again apologizes to the group for her actions. Edgeworth reiterates that he can't forgive what she did, but nevertheless acknowledges the injustice done to Master. Ray meanwhile offers to serve as Kate's attorney in her upcoming trial, assuring her that he's not the same young man who couldn't help 18 years ago, with Kate accepting his offer before being led away by Gumshoe.

Edgeworth confronts Courtney once the two of them are gone, arguing that the judge has been dishonest with him. He points out that whatever she might have said about Master's verdict earlier, the discovery of Dover's body was surely just cause for a reinvestigation and retrial. Courtney refuses to answer, only warning the prosecutor that the P.I.C. is watching him, and he will almost certainly have to appear in front of them after today. She then leaves, ignoring Kay's protest that Edgeworth was doing his job as a prosecutor by catching Gustavia, but Edgeworth assures her that whatever happens, he won't ever regret his actions today. Sebastian then comes up and asks Edgeworth why he always insists on getting involved in other people's cases, to which Edgeworth replies that wanting to reveal the truth is simply a part of who he is, and that Sebastian will never understand this as long as he obsesses over being the best. Sure enough, Sebastian doesn't get it, and he heads off home.

Edgeworth surmises to a bewildered Kay that Sebastian still has much to learn, before Delicia and Larry congratulate him on solving the case, with Delicia thanking him for helping Master. Larry's somewhat behind on everything that's happened, having been focused on his drawings, with Edgeworth privately - and reluctantly - admitting that those drawings helped him out on a number of occasions. He tries to thank Larry, but the artist panics after mistaking his expression for a Death Glare, and Ray lampshades that it's just like Gregory's expression. He then announces that he's going to visit Master, with Edgeworth and Kay deciding to accompany him.

As the trio await Master at the detention centre, Ray tells Kay - who's only meeting Master for the first time today - that the pastry chef continues to try and make people happy, including cooking for the inmates and guards; Edgeworth figures that this explains the chocolate cake they came across during the last case. Master then arrives accompanied by Gumshoe, who took it upon himself to escort the chef after hearing of the visit. He and Edgeworth introduce themselves, and after learning that he's speaking to Gregory's son, Master expresses regret for betraying Gregory's faith with his false confession. Ray then brings Master up to speed on everything they've learned regarding the previous case, with Master lamenting the lengths Kate went to for his sake. Edgeworth tells Master that he likely doesn't realize how much he means to Kate; to correct this, the prosecutor presents the chocolates Kate made, before revealing that she'd been making them for the past 18 years in anticipation of Master's return. With happy tears in his eyes, Master guesses that they'll be good chocolates, and Gumshoe offers to sneak some to him later on, causing Master to draw a fond comparison between him and Detective Badd.

Ray then states that Master will most likely find himself a free man soon, and apologizes for it taking 18 years to come about. Master simply offers his thanks, and remarks that it's now his turn to wait - and bake - for Kate. He asks that Ray look after her like he did Master, with Ray happily agreeing.

After Master leaves, Edgeworth thinks to himself about how the IS-7 incident - the case he inherited from his father - has finally come to a close. Ray then thanks Edgeworth for his help today, before apologizing for having the prosecutor take on the burden of that final decision. Edgeworth turns the apology down, explaining that he made his choice freely. Kay asks what the two men are talking about, and Ray explains that they could only arrest Gustavia by using Master's wrongful conviction; having originally failed to protect his client from it, Ray couldn't bring himself to make use of it. Ray then declares that he's going to try and overturn the false conviction in question, but Kay brings up the obvious dilemma; Gustavia could only be arrested because Master was though to be an accomplice to murder for a year, meaning that if Master's conviction were to be overturned, Gustavia would get off scot-free. Ray states that it's a contradiction and problem in the law alright, though he also notes that anything could happen; after all, the law evolves and grows as people do. He then turns to Edgeworth and becomes serious:

Ray: "To fight crime as a prosecutor, or to save people as a defense attorney. I want you to think carefully, about how you want to live your life from now on."

Edgeworth answers that he will, and Ray tells him that he'll always be welcome at Edgeworth Law Offices. And with that - and one last "thank you" to Edgeworth - he takes his leave, Kay end Edgeworth both noting his quick departure. Edgeworth thinks to himself that he should have been the one to thank Ray, since it was because of him that the prosecutor was able to face his father's last case. He then recalls his past; he once wanted to follow in his father's footsteps as a defense attorney, but ended up becoming a prosecutor due to Von Karma's influence. He was able to find his own path thanks to a still-unnamed Phoenix, but now there are those who would force him off that path. Perhaps this moment is the best time to consider Ray's request?

Speaking of, we then cut to Edgeworth Law Offices that evening, where Ray is telling Gregory about how they finally proved Master's innocence. With the help of Gregory's son no less, he adds, stating that Edgeworth was just like his father in his determination to find the truth. Ray admits that he's still not the attorney Gregory was, but he'll continue to uphold the convictions he inherited from the older attorney, hopefully with Edgeworth by his side.

Behind the Turnabout

Dane Gustavia was a pastry chef with aspirations of becoming the greatest in his profession, but he was hampered in this goal when he contracted ageuisa, a medical condition that left him without a sense of taste. He traveled to Jeff Master's mansion to take part in his "Great Dessert Contest" after learning that the first prize was the "Angel's Recipe", a book full of formulas for cutting-edge pharmaceutical drugs, including one that could cure his condition.

Although Gustavia had somewhat overcome his lack of taste by using his son as a taste tester, his design ability was subpar. To get around this, he teamed up with Isaac Dover - in reality a renowned sculptor under the name Pierre Hoquet - to enter the contest together. Their arrangement was simple enough; Gustavia would bake the dessert, and Dover would sculpt it into something appealing to look at. At first everything went well and the two men made it to the finals, but Dover betrayed Gustavia the night before, ending the deal right after the chef had delivered him two batches of frozen sherbet for his next entries. To make things worse for Gustavia, his son didn't show up for the final, leaving him with no way of determining how his dessert would taste.

Besides Dover and Gustavia, there was a third contestant in the finals; Delicia Scones, who in reality was a pharmacist who had entered the contest to retrieve the Angel's Recipe for the Master Group pharmaceutical company, as they were none too happy with Master giving it away as a prize. To hide her inability to cook, Delicia made her desserts by putting cream on top of plastic molds and adding non-edible props, despite all of this being against the rules of the contest. Katherine Hall, Master's assistant and co-host, secretly helped Delicia throughout the contest, not wanting Master to get into trouble with the Master Group. Master eventually discovered Delicia was cheating and confiscated two rock salt lamps she was using, stowing them in his room.

Knowing that his chances of winning the contest were now very slim, Gustavia broke into Master's room to try and get his cure from the Angel's Recipe, but Dover caught him in the act and discovered his condition. The two men had a confrontation in which Gustavia's head was knocked into one of the rock salt lamps, leaving a bloodstain on it. Dover then tried to blackmail Gustavia by threatening to go public with his medical condition, only for Gustavia to kill him with the other rock salt lamp. Gustavia hid Dover's body in Master's dessert and left the room, disposing of the bloodstain on the first lamp by mixing the bloody salt into the lyre strings of a sculpture of Gemini, one of the desserts Dover had made with Gustavia's sherbet. He then hid both lamps in Delicia's entry to frame her for the murder, considering her use of non-edibles enough of an insult to dessert making to justify this.

In the meantime, Delicia decided to go around sampling the entries of the other contestants. She tasted the salt and blood on the lyre, but didn't realize what it really was, and her sampling of Master's entry caused part of it to collapse, revealing Dover's body. Katherine overheard the collapse and came into the room to investigate, before alerting the police after discovering the body and taking a photo of it. Before the police could show up however, Gustavia managed to disguise the body as part of the Gemini sculpture using a piece of fluorescent cloth, and later planned to dispose of the bloody salt there as well. Instead, Katherine - who by this point had figured out that Dover was Hoquet, an artist she greatly admired - hid both sculptures in the mansion's basement and claimed they had melted, not wanting to see them get damaged in a police investigation. As a result, Dover's body and the evidence against Gustavia completely disappeared from the crime scene.

Master was arrested for the crime, and hired Gregory Edgeworth to defend him, while Manfred von Karma was assigned to prosecute the case. Having indicted Master before learning that Dover's body had vanished, Von Karma arranged for a fake autopsy report to be forged, but Gregory managed to see through his plan. The trial went on for a year, and ended when von Karma threatened to charge Katherine as an accomplice if Master didn't confess to the murder. Gregory managed to prove that the confession had been bullied out of the defendant, but Master was still convicted, albeit as an accomplice to the murder. The most Gregory could do was get Von Karma penalized for this, which led to the infamous DL-6 incident, in which Von Karma murdered Gregory and took his son Miles Edgeworth on as his protégé.

Gregory's assistant Ray Shields inherited his law firm, and spent the next 18 years unsuccessfully trying to get Master acquitted. During that time, Gustavia became a renowned pastry chef after spending three years learning design in Zheng Fa, and Katherine became a world famous actress, while also keeping in contact with Delicia. She bought the mansion from Master's relatives with the intent of turning it into an art gallery, but ended up discovering Dover's body in the mansion's basement and realizing what had happened all those years ago. Since the statute of limitations for the murder had supposedly run out over three years ago, Katherine decided to take matters into her own hands.

Knowing that the real killer was the only other person who would know where Dover's body was hidden, she rigged up a poison gas trap using some Megatoxin X stolen from Delicia, and a display case containing a fake Gemini sculpture. She also arranged for the Gemini sculpture to end up in the mansion's fountain, whereupon it melted and allowed for Dover's body to make a public reappearance, thereby preventing anyone from being able to cover up its disappearance. As she predicted, Gustavia came to the gallery in order to dispose of the incriminating lyre strings, and was hit by the gas, but managed to get out of the room before it could claim his life. As he was taken away for treatment, Katherine planted the Megatoxin X she had used on him, to make it look like a suicide attempt.

By coincidence, Ray Shields had also decided to come to the gallery on the day of the attack, alongside Gregory's son...

The Forgotten Turnabout

Part 4-1 - Beginning 1

We begin with a scene of Edgeworth stood in front of the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee, who announce their intentions to deliberate on his continued employment as a prosecutor. A gavel bangs down, and then we cut to a shot of a skyscraper, where Kay finds herself confronted by a figure in a raincoat. She screams, and the last we see of her is the girl falling into darkness...

Three days following the events of the last case, Edgeworth and Gumshoe are in the latter's office, with Gumshoe fretting over the P.I.C's threats towards Edgeworth's career. Edgeworth is calm, pointing out that no decision's been made on the matter, but Gumshoe replies that it may as well have been, given Courtney's words from three days ago. Edgeworth replies that he's only been ordered to attend a meeting, and suggests that Gumshoe take comfort in the possibility of no longer having to work for him, given his "troublesome" reputation.

Gumshoe replies that the problem is the P.I.C. and their false accusations, and asks if Edgeworth is truly thinking about becoming a defense attorney (an idea he personally considers anathema to the prosecutor's very being). Edgeworth considers the detective's words, recalling how his initial interest in the legal world stemmed from his father's job as a defense attorney, as well as Ray's request that he think carefully about which side of the courtroom he wants to be on in the future, before returning to the conversation and telling Gumshoe not to be a pessimist. After all, if he does get disbarred, Gumshoe might find himself facing fewer salary cuts from his replacement.

At this point the discussion is interrupted by a knock on the door, followed by a nurse walking in and asking for Edgeworth. After Gumshoe's angry insistence that she leave is mistaken for him having a tummyache, Edgeworth addresses the nurse, who introduces herself as Karin Jenson of the Dye-Young Hospital, and explains that she's accompanying someone who wants to see the prosecutor. She departs to grab the person in question, leaving Gumshoe to wonder if it's a patient who ended up hospitalized by Edgeworth's harshness.

Karin returns with a very familiar teenage girl in pink pj's and bandages. Edgeworth definitely feels like he should recognize the girl, but isn't able to put a finger on it. The girl herself is of little help; she has no knowledge of who she is, which Karin explains is the result of memory loss. She does have Edgeworth's business card though, with Gumshoe noting that this must mean she's an acquaintance of his. He and Edgeworth offer to help her, Edgeworth suggesting that if nothing else, they can figure out the girl's identity.

Gumshoe asks the girl's name, but she is unable to answer. Karin explains that she found the girl stumbling around last night, and she's been acting this way ever since. Wanting to help her, Karin looked through the girl's possessions, and found both Edgeworth's business card and a gold-colored badge resembling a three-beaked raven. Seeing the Yatagarasu's badge is enough for Edgeworth and Gumshoe to connect the dots; the amnesiac girl is none other that Kay Faraday!

That being said, the poor girl's lost memory means that she's Kay In Name Only right now; she balks at the knowledge that she once referred to Gumshoe as "Gummy", and Edgeworth telling her that she once called herself a "Great Thief" only disturbs her further. Karin reveals that she's holding onto Kay's normal clothes - casually remarking that they look like the sort of thing a thief would wear - and Edgeworth notices something stuck on them. He wonders if it has something to do with her memory loss, and Gumshoe agrees to get the clothes analysed at the lab. Edgeworth then tries to assure Kay that whatever she might have called herself before, she's not an actual criminal, but it doesn't seem to get through to her, and he decides to drop the matter for now.

Kay then asks about her past relationship with the two men. Gumshoe explains that she used to be Edgeworth's assistant, which causes her to wonder if he too is involved in crime. Edgeworth wonders what Kay was doing between now and the last time they saw each other, and asks Karin if the Yatagarasu's badge was the only thing found on her. Karin explains that it wasn't; there was also a Jammin' Ninja mask, a letter addressed to Kay, a ticket stub, and finally a torn corsage. Edgeworth decides to examine them all later.

As Gumshoe worries about how to fix Kay's memory loss, Edgeworth reveals that he already has an idea about that. He shows Gumshoe the ticket stub, which Karin recognizes as being for the viewing platform at the top of the Grand Tower - the skyscraper shown in the intro - a place she claims is a popular dating spot. The ticket stub is dated for yesterday, and Kay only having the stub means that she must have used the attached ticket back then. Edgeworth proposes that they head to the top of the Grand Tower, and Karin agrees to leave Kay in his care before returning to the hospital.

As Edgeworth, Gumshoe and Kay arrive in front of the Grand Tower, Gumshoe hands Edgeworth a pamphlet of the building he got from the reception desk. He explains that most of the building is office space; only the viewing platform is open to the public. The three of them then head up there, though not before accidentally interrupting a movie shoot being held in front of the tower entrance, involving both the bovine-esque kid from the Zodiac Gallery and Penny Nichols, a figure in Edgeworth's second trial against Phoenix. Arriving at the top of the Grand Tower, the trio see both a cherry tree and a red cotton candy stand, but Kay doesn't recognise the place. Edgeworth tells her to just tell him what she remembers, in the hope that it'll jog her memory.

Kay isn't able to say much; if anything she wonders why she would even come to such a place. Edgeworth asks if there's anything she finds familiar, and Kay manages to recall that she was standing under the cherry tree, and that she saw something red from that position. With Edgeworth's help, she recalls that it was the cotton candy stand, and claims that someone approached her from the other side of it. Edgeworth however has a problem with this; the Grand Tower pamphlet has a map of the viewing platform, and according to that map, the cotton candy stand is right on the platform's edge, making it impossible for someone to stand behind it. Kay insists that she's not lying, and goes on to claim that the person she saw was wearing a red raincoat, and went on to push her off the platform. Edgeworth doubts she'd still be alive if that was truly the case, but he nevertheless jots down the details of her story.

At that moment, a police officer arrives on the scene and reveals that a dead body has been found within the tower. Edgeworth asks for the identity of the body, and the officer replies that while they're still investigating, they have confirmed that it's a woman. A woman named Kay, that is. Cue a big "WHAAAAAAAAT!?" from Gumshoe.

Part 4-2 - Beginning 2

The location of the body also turns out to be the location of the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee's meeting room, following the P.I.C's relocation from the Prosecutor's Building. Edgeworth, Kay and Gumshoe step inside, and almost immediately find themselves reunited with Karin again, the nurse examining the body alongside a small, elderly doctor with an epic hairdo. This doctor - who has to whisper into Karin's ear to be heard - introduces herself as Dr. Bonnie Young, Karin's grandmother and the director of the Dye-Young Hospital.

Dr. Young is eccentric, but she allows Edgeworth and the others to have a look around, provided they don't disrupt her autopsy. Edgeworth and Gumshoe protest, but Karin - after giving Dr. Young's hairdo a Dope Slap - explains that her grandmother's the coroner and the one in charge here, shortly before getting a knock of her own from Dr. Young's stick. Gumshoe can't help comparing the doctor and granddaughter to a comedy act, and Edgeworth suggests they take advantage of Dr. Young giving them permission to investigate. Kay brings up the corpse with her name, wondering if it means she's not the Kay Edgeworth knows, but Edgeworth assures her that he'll get to the bottom of the matter, and that she's definitely the Kay he's familiar with.

Edgeworth questions Kay again, observing that she's forgotten the names for objects such as bookcases, statues and stained glass windows (and when asked to repeat them, instead gives similar sounding criminal activity references). He asks if she remembers anything from looking at him and Gumshoe, but she only recalls Edgeworth questioning her earlier and being hard on Gumshoe. Talking to the detective - who's too stunned by the sudden murder to have noticed anything odd - Edgeworth brings up the P.I.C.'s meeting room being located right beneath the top of the Grand Tower. The 50th floor to be exact, at least according to Gumshoe and his pamphlet. In regards to Kay, Gumshoe and Edgeworth both doubt it's a coincidence that the dead victim has her name, but they can't try figuring out the mystery until they have a chance to look at the body.

There's a uniformed police officer within the room, and Edgeworth asks him about the room's security. The officer explains that a special keycard is needed to enter the room, and adds that the body was discovered by a P.I.C. member who had arrived for a hearing due to take place today (Edgeworth's hearing, the prosecutor thinks to himself). Edgeworth also has the option to talk to Karin and Dr. Young, but they're too preoccupied with the autopsy to be of much help right now. Examining a statue of Lady Justice located behind the meeting room's table and seating area, Edgeworth notices a pool of blood at its feet, and guesses that it marks the location of the victim's death. Gumshoe points out that the body is lying on the meeting room table - where Karin and Dr. Young are currently looking at it - and Edgeworth wonders if the killer moved the body after doing the deed.

At this point, none other than Franziska Von Karma enters the room. She and Dr. Young turn out to be mutual acquaintances, and Edgeworth wonders what she's doing here, considering that she's supposed to be working with Interpol. Franziska reminds him that she's searching for all the goods stolen by the last game's smuggling ring, prompting Edgeworth to ask if she believes that case is related to the one he's currently handling. Franziska is unwilling to answer, and she is promptly called over by Dr. Young, the doctor and Karin having finished the autopsy. Edgeworth asks Dr. Young if he can join Franziska in examining the body, but the doctor refuses due to her suspicions that he's due to be sacked by the P.I.C. soon, leaving the prosecutor little choice but to ask Franziska herself to let him help. Franziska agrees soon after she learns that Kay's in a bad way, but warns Edgeworth that she'll be expecting a full explanation later.

Finally having a chance to examine the body, Edgeworth notices that it's a woman in a white pantsuit who looks to be around thirty. Gumshoe wonders if she was an office worker in the Grand Tower, and Edgeworth states that the question now is why she was identified as "Kay". That question is soon answered when he spots a notebook lying next to the body; it's the same notebook he found during his first investigation years ago, in which a young Kay and her father Byrne Faraday wrote down promises they made to each other. He wonders how it could have ended up here, and Gumshoe recalls Detective Badd mentioning that it had gone missing from police custody without a trace. Edgeworth then questions the uniformed officer, who reveals that the notebook was found on the victim, hence why they assumed she was called "Kay".

Examing the woman's body further, Edgeworth spots a bit of blood on her head, an old burn scar on her right hand, as well as a keycard being held in said hand. Remembering what the officer said about a keycard being needed to enter the meeting room, Edgeworth guesses that the woman's keycard was used for that purpose, with a check from Gumshoe confirming as such. He also notices a line of three stab wounds on the left torso area, and a bloodstained three-pronged candelabra lying near the body, its design consistent with the wounds.

Examining the suit's jacket, Edgeworth observes that its buttons are on the right side of it, despite women's jackets typically having the buttons on the left, and also finds a pair of white gloves in one of the pockets. Finally, he spots what appears to be a bit of torn purple cloth on the jacket, and discovers it to be a perfect match for the corsage found on Kay. Franziska notes that this means Kay and the victim came into contact with each other, and that the torn corsage could make her a suspect later on. Gumshoe isn't happy at the implication there, but as Edgeworth notes to himself, there's no evidence to prove otherwise.

The investigation is then interrupted by the arrival of Sebastian and Courtney. The perfectionist, prodigiously accomplished prosecutor Franziska naturally doesn't take kindly to the existence of the former - proceeding to whip him throughout the scene - but she's willing to be polite to the latter, and Sebastian and Courtney reveal the victim to be Jill Crane, an attorney and P.I.C. member. Hence why she had that keycard, Edgeworth figures.

Sebastian's once again the head investigator of the case, and Karin presents him with Crane's autopsy report before leaving with Dr. Young. He reads it out, explaining that Crane was killed with the candelabra last night, with the head wound being delivered after her death, at which point Courtney cuts him off. The pair then go on to label Kay as the culprit and call for her arrest, but Edgeworth makes clear that he won't allow such a thing, propting Courtney to declare the concerns about him vindicated. Kay tries to persuade Edgeworth and Gumshoe to stand down, admitting that since she has no memories of what happened, she may well have killed Crane and not remembered doing so, but Edgeworth insists on hearing an explanation from Sebastian and Courtney first.

Sebastian's "explanation" is that Kay broke into the meeting room to steal something, and thus she's the only one who could have killed Crane. Edgeworth informs him that the meeting room can only be entered with a P.I.C. keycard - yet another thing that escaped Sebastian's notice - and asks how Kay could have gotten inside without one. Courtney is on hand to answer though; she presents a report that reveals Crane's keycard was used to enter the room at 12:52 AM last night, and suggests that Kay accompanied her inside before murdering her there. Edgeworth points out that such logic would imply that Kay and Crane knew each other. Gumshoe denies such a thing, but Courtney overrules him on the basis that there's no evidence of that.

Franziska responds by questioning whether Courtney has evidence that Kay and Crane were connected. Unfortunately, Courtney does; during her autopsy, Dr. Young discovered a bloodstained letter in Crane's breast pocket. Edgeworth realizes that Courtney interrupted Sebastian earlier so that she could wait for the perfect moment to reveal such a piece of vital evidence, and Courtney goes on to disclose the contents of said letter;

To Ms. Crane,
Thank you so much for helping with my plan! I'm glad that we can help each other get what we want. It's like killing two birds with one stone! Please get revenge for 12 years ago!
- Kay

Courtney declares this letter proof that Kay and Crane were in cahoots, and suggests they were planning to steal something from the meeting room. Edgeworth refuses to believe this, and Courtney argues that - as stated by the latter - Kay roped Crane into helping with her plan. She then reiterates her earlier claim that Kay turned on Crane and murdered her, before implying that she wasn't aware of the presence of the letter, "which [Crane] tucked safely away in her left breast pocket".

Edgeworth jumps on this last remark of Courtney's; presenting the autopsy report, he argues that if Crane had had the letter in her left breast pocket when she was killed, it should have been pierced by the candelabra. He goes on to suggest that the letter was planted on Crane in order to frame Kay, meaning it could therefore have been forged for that purpose as well. Neither Courtney nor Sebastian can provide a rebuttal; Sebastian tries to argue that the letter was reported as being in the wrong pocket, but no-one takes it seriously, Franziska whips him (again!), and Edgeworth points out that the bloodstain on the letter is proof that it was put in the left breast pocket.

With Courtney and Sebastian unable to offer any serious resistance, Edgeworth goes on to state that there's another possible suspect in the case. He presents Courtney's keycard record, which alongside Crane's entry, also has a report of someone entering the meeting room at 10:15 PM. Franziska guesses what Edgeworth's trying to argue; the person who entered the room back then could have lain in wait to ambush and murder Crane.

Courtney declares this impossible; she was the one who used the keycard at that time. Edgeworth points out that this makes her a suspect, but Courtney demands to know what she could possibly gain from Crane's murder. Edgeworth suggests that they investigate the matter, echoing a remark of hers from earlier, but Courtney insists that she's no murderer, even if she did enter the room where the deed was done. Edgeworth asks her what she was doing in the room if she wasn't murdering Crane, and Courtney claims that she was taking care of some preparations, which she implies were for Edgeworth's P.I.C. hearing.

At this point, the discussion is interrupted by the appearance of an old, bearded man in biker gear, who's prone to filling his goggles with tears, and making remarks about people "disappearing". Courtney, Franziska and Sebastian all recognize this man; he's Blaise Debeste, Chairman of the P.I.C., a former Chief Prosecutor, and the father of Sebastian. When asked what he's doing here, Blaise explains that he'd heard about Crane's murder and Sebastian's involvement in the investigation. And even he considers Sebastian an idiot, it turns out.

Once the introductions are made, Blaise asks Courtney about the investigation. Courtney names Kay as the culprit, but Edgeworth insists there are too many unexplained factors, not least the matter of the letter. He tells Blaise that while he may be tasked with bringing criminals to justice, he won't make someone out to be a criminal without sufficient motive and evidence, prompting Blaise to remark on Edgeworth's relationship with Kay. Gumshoe points out that Kay's helped Edgeworth and the authorities multiple times in the past, but Blaise insists that's not relevant anymore, not when the Prosecutor's Office needs a quick resolution to the current case. He attempts to take Kay into custody, but while she doesn't protest, Gumshoe does, prompting Courtney to warn him that such defiance of Blaise will result in Edgeworth losing his badge on the spot. As Franziska expresses disgust at the P.I.C. using threats against prosecutor's badges to get its way, Edgeworth attempts to convince Kay to not give in, but it's of no use.

Edgeworth recalls how he once wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and save those in need, before remarking that his prosecutor's badge is keeping him from doing just that for a friend. From there, his next decision is a no-brainer; he takes off his badge and places it on the room's podium, and tells Courtney to consider it his resignation. As Courtney, Gumshoe, Kay and Franziska all react in shock, Edgeworth declares that if it's the Prosecutor's Path to turn a blind eye to the truth, then he wants no part of it.

Franziska protests Edgeworth leaving her behind once again, but her adoptive brother is not swayed. Kay, blaming herself for all that's happened, runs away, prompting Edgeworth to head after her. Before leaving though, Edgeworth tells Gumshoe not to follow him, but to do whatever he can on his end.

With Edgeworth and Kay both gone, Courtney assures a disapproving Blaise that Kay won't be allowed to escape. After Blaise leaves though, Courtney heads over to the podium where Edgeworth's badge now rests, and silently looks at it with a distraught expression.

Part 4-3 - Middle 1

Having failed to locate Kay, Edgeworth returns to his office, but he isn't able to find her there either. As he wonders where she could be, Ray shows up at the office, having seen the story of Crane's murder on the news. Edgeworth brings him up to speed on all that's happened, and admits that he had hoped Kay would've returned to his office. Ray dismisses this as unlikely, what with Kay blaming herself for Edgeworth's current predicament. Edgeworth agrees, but insists that he had no other options, and Ray lampshades how he's getting all worked-up over trying to save someone from false charges, remarking that it would be a good trait in a defense attorney.

That statement prompts Edgeworth to admit that he resigned as a prosecutor earlier, but he insists that he's not planning to join Ray's side of the courtroom. Furthermore, he adds, he and Kay have been through a great deal together, so she's more than just a falsely-accused suspect to him, and he certainly knows that she's no murderer. Ray admits that he's surprised to see Edgeworth going so far to support another, and suggests there's a bond developing between him and Kay, one much like the bond Ray had with Gregory. Edgeworth tries to downplay it, but Ray insists that something within him changed when he met Kay, and that they have to find her. After all, Ray lost his own bond with Gregory, and he doesn't want to see Edgeworth go through the same thing.

Moving onto the matter of Kay's whereabouts, Ray suggests that since they've no idea where she is, and blindly searching for her isn't likely to turn up anything, they should investigate the cause of her memory loss instead, and hope it provides them with a lead. Edgeworth agrees, and after recalling what Kay said about something happening to her at the Grand Tower, he and Ray head up there.

Beginning his second investigation of the viewing platform, Edgeworth remembers Kay's claims that she was standing under the cherry tree before she was pushed, and that her assailant came from the direction of the candy stand, meaning that she would have been pushed over at the railing closest to the cherry tree. As for the railing itself, it looks too tall for someone to fall over it by accident, and there are no damaged areas a person could fall through.

Ray suggests that Kay might have lost her memories because of something she wanted to forget, jokingly saying that it might have been Edgeworth being mean to her. Elsewhere, Edgeworth comes across Karin and Dr. Young over by the candy stand, and after he informs Karin that he's no longer a prosecutor, she asks after Kay. Edgeworth stays silent, and the other two decide to head home for the night.

At this moment, Kay suddenly falls out of the cherry tree's branches. Edgeworth remarks that remaining at a crime scene isn't a smart move for a suspect, before adding that he's been worried about her ever since her disappearance. He sternly asks what she was doing, and Kay replies that she was hoping to get Edgeworth's badge back; with her lost memories being a hindrance to him, she figured she might regain them if she returned to where she lost them. Edgeworth smiles and says that that's just like the Kay he knows...but warns that he can't approve of her recklessness, prompting Ray to interrupt the moment on account of Edgeworth's poor style.

As Ray tries to show Edgeworth how it's done, the trio are interrupted by a nearby TV broadcasting a news report about Kay still being at large, and both Ray and Edgeworth agree that it's only a matter of time before the authorities find them. Ray suggests that Kay accompany them, Edgeworth assuring her that he can hardly get into any more trouble because of her at this point. Kay doesn't object, and Ray advises her and Edgeworth to get to work proving her innocence. After all, he could lose his late mentor's law office if things go pear-shaped here, which would leave him unable to look Gregory in the eye ever again.

Looking at the TV, Edgeworth sees a shot from the media of the top of the Grand Tower, with the second floor down from the viewing platform lit up. The reporter and the announcer on the TV claim that this is the 50th floor and the P.I.C. meeting room, but Edgeworth spots an issue; the 50th floor is supposed to be the one right below the viewing platform, at least according to the pamphlet. He reasons that there could be an unofficial 51st floor within the Grand Tower.

Talking to Kay, Edgeworth asks her to repeat what she told him earlier. Kay says that she was taking shelter from rain under the cherry tree, before being approached and pushed by the person in the red raincoat. Edgeworth asks about that person, and Kay recalls seeing the moon behind them as they approached, in the same position it is now. Her recollections and past as a "Great Thief" are also bought up, but Kay is unable to provide any other useful information.

Recalling Kay's claim about seeing her assailant approach from the direction of the candy stand, as well as her claim that she saw the moon over the assailant's shoulder, Edgeworth notes that the moon's stated position doesn't line up with reality. He reasons that it's just confusion from Kay's lost memories, especially considering that a fall over the railing would have been fatal for her. Comparing the question of where Kay fell with her memory of standing under the cherry tree, Edgeworth reiterates that it's a lethal drop beyond the railing, and Ray half-heartedly suggests that Kay's fall came from the ground opening up beneath her. Edgeworth however says that he might have a point there, and proposes that they search the area around the tree.

Edgeworth spots a hatch close to the tree, and Ray guesses that it's a maintenance hatch. Recalling the possibility of a 51st floor within the Grand Tower, Edgeworth figures that the hatch leads to that floor, while also deducing that said floor must be inaccessible through normal means if no-one's noticed it before. He and the other two open up the hatch, discovering that it leads into a storeroom of sorts, and they figure that Kay must have fallen into it on the night she lost her memories. With that, Ray declares the mystery solved, though Edgeworth still remains mindful of the person in the red raincoat. Still, he can hardly disagree with Ray's suggestion that they investigate the storeroom.

Before the trio can head down, we get another old hand of the Ace Attorney cast showing up, in this case Ema Skye (between her, Penny and Franziska, this really seems like the case of returning characters, doesn't it?). Ema explains that Gumshoe told her about what happened to Edgeworth and Kay, and thus she's here to help. Introductions and reintroductions are made - and Ema expresses her own disapproval at the idea of Edgeworth becoming a defense attorney - and then the quartet head through the hatch and into the storeroom.

Part 4-4 - Middle 2

After a bit of bumbling around on the part of the quartet, Ray manages to find and flick a light switch for the storeroom, before Edgeworth explains the case to Ema, the budding forensic scientist eagerly offering her aid to him. Looking around, she and Ray notice an elevator within the room; Edgeworth admits that he's curious about it himself, but he states that they should investigate the rest of the room first. And with that, the investigation begins in earnest.

In one corner of the room is a mask rack. One of the hooks there is unoccupied though, and Edgeworth guesses that the Jammin' Ninja mask found on Kay was originally hanging there. If so, it would mean that Kay was in the storeroom at some point, which begs the question of why she would come to such a place.

On prominent display within the storeroom is the Alif Red statue that once belonged to art dealer Zinc Lablanc II, and served as evidence in one of Edgeworth's past cases. As Edgeworth struggles to figure out how it could possibly have ended up in the storeroom, he's surprised by yet another character from the previous games: photographer Lotta Heart, who rushes out from behind the statue and starts snapping photos of the quartet. She calms down a little after a short while, but her opinion of Edgeworth is not a good one - which is kinda understandable considering that the last time they met was during his Demon Prosecutor days prior to his Character Development - and she refuses to talk to Edgeworth and his group. Edgeworth decides to just leave her be for the moment.

Examining a set of shelves on the left side of the room, Edgeworth discovers that they hold pieces of evidence from the last game's final case; a bottle of Babahlese Ink, an Iron Infant doll and a lantern running on whitcrystal oil (This case might as well be nicknamed "Turnabout Call-Back" at this point). There's also a safe there, but it's not important yet. Ema wonders if the room is used by the P.I.C. to store evidence, but Edgeworth replies that legal evidence is supposed to be kept in police custody once the related trials are concluded. Examining the objects further, Edgeworth notes that they all have what appear to be price tags for large amounts of money in front of them.

Among the evidence on the shelves is the stuffed toy Edgeworth last saw on President Huang's plane during the events of Turnabout Target. Ema comments that it has a missing horn, which Edgeworth recalls was missing when he previously encountered it, before the two of them conclude that someone has been selling off old evidence here. Also on the shelves is a spot with only a piece of dusty cloth on display. Edgeworth spots a star-shaped part of the cloth that doesn't have dust on it, and after recalling that the murderous candelabra had a star-shaped base, he deduces that it must have been on display here earlier, until the killer decided to make use of it.

Checking another corner of the room, Edgeworth and Ema find a huge pile of banknotes. When combined with the price tags on the shelves, it's yet more proof of evidence trafficking taking place within the room. Edgeworth remarks that they need to investigate those dealings more closely, and Ema suggests trying to find a witness who could tell them all about it.

Having deduced the existence of the evidence tracking operation, Edgeworth brings it up with Lotta, who admits that one of her sources tipped her off about a black market auction taking place within the area. She confirms Edgeworth's guess that the bits of old evidence within the room were the goods on sale; having wanted to see the auction for herself, she hid behind the Alif Red statue yesterday, and ended up witnessing the event taking place last night. Edgeworth wonders to himself whether the auction has any relation to Crane's murder.

With Lotta more willing to open up now, Edgeworth asks her about the auction. Lotta explains that it took place beneath the storeroom, with the old pieces of evidence being the key items. She adds that measures were taken to conceal the identities of the participants; they would enter the storeroom one at a time via the viewing platform, take a mask from the rack, and then ride the elevator down to the level below, with the procedure being repeated in reverse to return the masks once the auction was over. To further protect the identities of the wearers, each mask was equipped with a voice changer. Edgeworth takes note of this before asking about the number of participants, with Lotta answering that she counted eleven.

In regards to the actual auction, Lotta says that she watched it through a crack between the elevator and the floor. Edgeworth asks if she saw the conductor of the auction, and Lotta replies that she did, though she wasn't able to get any clues about their identity, since they were wearing a mask alongside the participants. She did make out their clothes though; a white jacket with a purple flower and white gloves.Finding that description familiar, Edgeworth presents the photo of Crane from the autopsy report, and Lotta confirms that it's a match, meaning that Crane was the auction's Conductor. Lotta mutters to herself about something that the Conductor's murder might explain, but refuses to elaborate when Edgeworth overhears and asks her what she's referring to, not wanting to give away any more information about her story before she can turn a profit on it. Edgeworth is not willing to wait that long however, and thus it's Logic Chess time.

Lotta's impatient nature means that Edgeworth doesn't have quite as much time to consider his responses as his previous opponents gave him, but he nevertheless resolves to find out what the journalist is trying to hide from him. He starts by telling Lotta to calm down, and doesn't protest when she insists she's always calm. He does bring up that he met Nicole a few days ago - the younger journalist is Lotta's apprentice, as it turns out - commenting that she had a similar way of speaking to Lotta. This gets Lotta to let down her guard and start talking about Nicole; she manages to catch herself a few seconds later, but Edgeworth's already recognized her weakness. He demands that Lotta tell him what she knows; when Lotta insists that she won't talk to someone she has no connection with, Edgeworth argues that they're connected through Nicole, and Lotta admits it wouldn't do to refuse one of her friends. She starts to talk about having a scoop before catching herself once again, but just like before, it's too little too late against Edgeworth.

The former prosecutor asks if Lotta's scoop is related to the black market auction, seeing as she was trying to infiltrate the thing. Lotta insists that she heard nothing, but Edgeworth recognizes the lie and presses her on it, asking if she heard something during the auction. Lotta admits that she heard a strange sound, but claims it's no big deal. Edgeworth then asks if her scoop's related to an incident of some kind, and Lotta hesitates to answer. When Edgeworth tries to press the matter, she asks why he's badgering her, insisting that she's done nothing wrong. Edgeworth reminds her that by investigating the auction she's ended up trespassing on private property, but Lotta remarks that trespassing's hardly a big deal compared to murder. Catching this slip, Edgeworth questions if Lotta's scoop involves a murder, and Lotta denies it. She insists that she was focused on the auction and heard nothing related to anything else, but Edgeworth reminds her of the sound she admitted to hearing earlier, suggesting that it could be a murder victim's scream.

Lotta admits that she did indeed stumble upon a murder during the auction, but that's all she's willing to give up regarding her precious scoop, and Edgeworth decides to end things by confirming her information's credibility. First he asks if Lotta really did witness a murder, with the journalist not taking kindly to the implication about her honesty. Edgeworth stays silent, and Lotta makes clear that she prides herself in being "faster and more accurate than anyone", with Edgeworth filing away this claim of hers for later use. He tells her to come clean about the murder; when Lotta tries to downplay her memory of it, Edgeworth brings up her earlier claim about her journalistic integrity, before treating it as just a bit of hot air. Lotta insists she knows what she heard, and lets slip that she has "proof", before getting agitated when Edgeworth tries to bring up the latter. Edgeworth insists that Lotta's hiding something from him, but Lotta denies it, and Edgeworth points out the "proof" she mentioned having earlier. This finally gets Lotta to give up, and she agrees to show Edgeworth a photo she took.

With Lotta beaten, Edgeworth instructs her to tell him all she knows. Lotta explains that shortly after the auction started, someone won a bid, and a voice declared that the deal would be finished upstairs. She didn't quite see what happened next, but she guesses that the Conductor and the winning bidder came up into the storeroom so that the cash for the purchase could be handed over. The two people talked for a bit, before one of them suddenly started screaming, with Edgeworth guessing that this was the moment Crane was murdered. Lotta was fearfully hiding away during this, but she eventually managed to snap a photo after hearing a loud thud within the room. Edgeworth and Ema look at the photo, and see a figure in a red raincoat walking towards the storeroom's ladder, with Edgeworth wondering if this person attacked Kay on the roof after murdering Crane.

Edgeworth asks Lotta if she saw Crane during all of this, having noticed that she's not in the photo. Lotta insists that she only saw the person in the red raincoat, meaning that Crane disappeared from the crime scene. She's fairly certain this person is the killer though; their left hand has a bright red stain on it. Ema then asks about the auction, and Lotta explains that it continued on after the scene she witnessed.

Recalling Lotta's claims about observing the auction participants and not seeing Crane's body, Edgeworth figures that the body must have been hidden somehow, since the auction participants didn't notice it when they left through the storeroom. He considers the question of where it could have been hidden, before enlisting the help of Ema and her luminol to look for traces of blood in the room. Starting with the ladder - the person in Lotta's photo having been walking towards it when they were photographed - they find a pair of bloodstains on the left of it, and additional bloodstains on the inside of a wooden costume trunk as well as the lift. Edgeworth wonders if the latter is a sign of where the murder took place, and Ema notes that some of the blood there appears to have run down into the meeting room below.

Remembering the issue of the missing body, Edgeworth guesses that it was hidden within the wooden costume trunk, as evidenced by the bloodstain there. Lotta throws doubt on this theory; she examined the trunk when she first came to the storeroom, but it was locked up with a chain back then, meaning it would have been impossible to hide a body within it. Edgeworth is puzzled by this, noting that the trunk isn't locked up now.

With that, the investigation is over, and the group decide to take the lift down to the P.I.C. meeting room. It drops them right in front of the Lady Justice statue, where they are almost immediately set upon by Sebastian and a pair of cops. Fortunately for our protagonists, Franziska intervenes, before demanding to know what Edgeworth's doing here. When Edgeworth explains that he doesn't consider Kay the culprit, Franziska tells him that he lost any right to challenge her when he gave up his badge, equating it to him quitting. Edgeworth replies that his badge had been holding him back, and he'll continue to seek the truth without it. Hearing that, Franziska dares him to show her his path to the truth.

Franziska reiterates Courtney's theory that the culprit entered the meeting room with Crane and murdered her there with the candelbra, as evidenced by both the letter and the bloodstain within the meeting room. Edgeworth informs her of the bloodstain he found on the lift above; he argues that the murder was committed there, with the blood dripping down to land in front of Lady Justice, before the body was moved into the meeting room. Franziska is unfazed however; she points out that the bloodstain in the meeting room is far bigger than the one in the storeroom, which should not be the case if the murder was committed in the latter location, even if some did drip down. Edgeworth points out that a bloodstain was nevertheless found in the storeroom, and even Sebastian isn't dumb enough to think that it could have gotten there from the meeting room.

Edgeworth and Ema remind Franziska of a fact she bought up when she and Edgeworth faced each other in court; the majority of blood lost in a stabbing comes from the weapon being pulled out of the victim. He argues that after stabbing Crane in the storeroom, the killer withdrew the candelabra once the body had been moved into the meeting room, hence the larger blood stain there. When Ema asks why the killer would do that, Edgeworth guesses they were trying to conceal any connection between the murder and the storeroom, lest any subsequent investigations tumble onto the auction. He suggests that Franziska have a look at the storeroom, saying that she should be able to figure things out once she examines the contents of the place.

Franziska remarks that she's impressed by Edgeworth going so far to protect Kay, but Edgeworth replies that Kay has merely gotten herself caught up in something big. Franziska is skeptical, and Edgeworth reminds her that she's involved in a domestic case despite her current job with Interpol, the implication being that the smuggling ring has some relation to the case. Franziska then admits that she's relieved; despite giving up his badge, Edgeworth clearly hasn't lost his touch.

Though she doesn't outright say it, Franziska indicates that she's investigating the black market auction on behalf of Interpol. Lotta then butts in; after getting lashed a couple of times by Franziska - who clearly still hasn't forgiven her over the events of Maya Fey's second trial - she brings up that Crane looks just like the auction's Conductor, a revelation that Franziska is less than happy to recieve. She finally admits that she was investigating the auction, and had been hoping to arrest the Conductor, but if Crane is that person, all her work has been rendered squandered. She refuses to return with nothing to show for it though, and gives Edgeworth another challenge.

Franziska concludes that the murder took place in the storeroom, and argues that if Lotta's claims are to be believed, the killer was a participant who lay in wait for the Conductor there, before killing them with the candelabra. Edgeworth asks if the culprit could really have hidden inside the storeroom without Lotta spotting them, but Franziska replies that the storeroom had multiple hiding spots that they could have used. She goes on to claim that the murder happened after the auction ended, since as the event's organizer, the Conductor could hardly have managed things if they were dead. Edgeworth however objects; according to Lotta, the auction continued after Crane's murder, meaning she would have to have been a participant rather than the event's organizer. Cue a Big "NO!" from Franziska.

Edgeworth and Ray start laying out the facts. Before they can finish doing so though, Blaise and Courtney re-enter the room, Blaise claiming that he wanted to make sure that Sebastian was working hard. Taking out a lighter and playing around with it, Blaise comments on his good fortune in finding Kay here, and Courtney orders her arrest, with Blaise furiously demanding that Edgeworth be silent when he protests. Blaise reminds Edgeworth that a quick resolution is desired for this case, and Courtney points out that Edgeworth has both conducted an illegal investigation and helped a criminal escape justice. Edgeworth is willing to accept punishment for his actions, but tries to bring up the person in Lotta's photo as a new suspect. Courtney overrules him however; a red raincoat with Crane's blood and cherry blossom petals on its hood was found near the Grand Tower. According to Blaise, this means that the person in the photo is none other than Crane.

Edgeworth is shocked, realizing that the entire foundation of his logic would be destroyed if the person in the photo was Crane and not the killer. Courtney points out that by her own admission, Kay met with a person in a red raincoat on the Grand Tower viewing platform; if this person was Crane, the implications are clear if she later turned up dead. Edgeworth insists that Kay was attacked by the person, but Courtney retorts that there's no proof of this, and there's also the possibility that Crane could have been fighting back. Edgeworth tries to argue that it's too early to come to such a conclusion, but then Kay of all people interrupts him. She reveals that a memory came back to her when she heard about the raincoat; a memory of her looking down at the person wearing it after they collapsed before her eyes, engulfed in a pool of blood. If she wasn't the killer, why would she remember such a thing?

Courtney is willing to treat this as a valid confession - nevermind that she was expressing doubts about Kay's memory beforehand, as Gumshoe points out - and congratulates Kay for her courage. Franziska objects, but is overruled by Courtney. Edgeworth argues that the P.I.C. is pushing too hard for Kay's arrest, going so far as to declare their actions unlawful, but Courtney and Blaise both retort that they've got the law on their side. They then bring up that Edgeworth is an additional suspect. After all, he carried out an illegal investigation and aided Kay in escaping the law. Courtney tells Edgeworth to accept his punishment, and Blaise declares that his P.I.C. hearing will take place tomorrow. He notes that it's pretty much a formality by this point though, and tells Edgeworth to think very hard about what he's done. And with that, Courtney declares things adjourned...

Part 4-5 - End 1

The next day finds Edgeworth within a holding cell of the detention center, with nothing on him but his clothes and Kay's Yatagarasu's badge. The thought of it makes him think of Kay and whether or not she's okay, as he recalls her confession about murdering Crane from last evening. His musings are interrupted by a guard informing him that Gumshoe is here to pay him a visit. Though he's not particularly eager to face his former subordinate right now, Edgeworth nevertheless follows the guard.

Arriving in the visitor's room, Edgeworth discovers that his visitor is not the detective, but Courtney, who admits that she had the guard lie in order to get him to show up. As he and Courtney sit down opposite each other, Edgeworth asks what she's planning, but Courtney replies that she only wants to ask him a question. She claims that he has all the makings of a great prosecutor - and insists she's in Sincerity Mode when he accuses her of being sarcastic - and thus she cannot understand why he would go up against the P.I.C. when he clearly has no chance of winning.

Edgeworth replies that he might not have done so when he was younger and - like Courtney - thought himself righteous. In time though, a certain man - the again unnamed Phoenix - broke down his warped sense of justice and helped him to see people like Gumshoe, Kay and all the other investigators in new lights, and he goes so far as to say that he's only been able to serve as a prosecutor because of the support of people like them. Courtney listens, then claims that she now understands Edgeworth a little more, but Edgeworth retorts that someone like her - who forces their own sense of justice upon others - could never understand him.

Courtney quietly questions this, then remarks that the conversation has been very interesting. Edgeworth remains silent, and Courtney informs him that his hearing will be taking place in the P.I.C. meeting room later today. Edgeworth asks why she felt the need to tell him that in person instead of sending a messenger, and Courtney answers that she can't trust the Goddess of Law's words to others, before departing.

Edgeworth is returned to his cell following the visit from Courtney. After looking around the place, he hears footsteps, and sees Kay, Blaise and a guard stood outside the door. The sight of Kay alive and well fills Edgeworth with relief, and he tries to cheer her up by assuring her of her innocence, but Kay refuses to see herself as anything other than a murderer. Edgeworth asks why she won't believe in herself, and Kay replies that there's nothing to believe in there. Edgeworth tells her that she literally jumped into his life and left her words and actions engraved in his memories; how is that nothing? But Kay only thanks him for his words, before urging him to forget his memories of her, citing the misfortune she's caused him.

Kay leaves, and Blaise starts recalling a memory of his own youth, only to be interrupted by Edgeworth demanding to know if this is the sort of justice the P.I.C. seeks. Blaise is nonchalant about the implication, and Edgeworth wonders what the man's up to, pushing so forcefully for a resolution. Sensing that he's not going to get another chance to obtain answers, Edgeworth engages the P.I.C. chairman in a Logic Chess game. It's all or nothing now!

Edgeworth figures that he'll have to find a way past Blaise's defenses. He begins by asking why Blaise rushed Kay's arrest, causing Blaise to ask if Edgeworth understands the position he's in, before taking out his lighter and trying to get it working. Edgeworth says nothing, and Blaise explains that the blame would fall on him if the criminal escaped justice, taking out his lighter once again. Edgeworth again holds his tongue, and Blaise advises him to stay out of the matter, but Edgeworth makes clear that that won't happen. Getting tearful, Blaise laments Edgeworth's persistence right as things were starting to go well...and Edgeworth jumps on this point, remarking that he seems to want Kay's arrest far more than necessary.

Blaise insists that Edgeworth is overthinking things, but Edgeworth isn't convinced, and he decides to question whether the investigation was sufficient. He asks if Kay's arrest was under Blaise's authority, commenting that the title of P.I.C. Chairman sounds quite important, not that he particularly cares about it. Blaise acts hurt over this last bit, warning Edgeworth that he'll never regain his badge if he keeps talking like that, but Edgeworth replies that whatever status that badge gives is worth nothing to him. This makes Blaise angry - his lighter flaring up as he dismisses Edgeworth's words as naïvety - and Edgeworth jumps on this, asking him how much time he spent on the investigation.

Not quite as coolheaded as he was earlier, Blaise warns that he's starting to get annoyed, with Edgeworth assuring him that the feeling's mutual before repeating his question. Blaise remarks that it's just like young people to be impatient, warning Edgeworth that he'll regret such behaviour, but is met with only silence from the former prosecutor. He asks if Edgeworth's scared, but Edgeworth mockingly denies it. Blaise warns that he holds Edgeworth's fate in his hands, but after Edgeworth continues to be silent, he again advises the younger man to give up, saying that Kay's guilt has already been decided. Edgeworth comments that Blaise is making it sound like it was decided right at the beginning, as if the plan was to arrest her from the start.

Blaise says that it's a good theory of Edgeworth's, but he doesn't have time to debate it. Unwilling to give up, and wanting to find out whether the arrest was lawful, Edgeworth narrowly convinces Blaise to field another question. He talks about the basis of Kay's arrest, claiming that Blaise has provided none so far, but Blaise replies that that doesn't matter. Edgeworth draws Blaise's ire by chiding him for such irresponsibility, and then stays silent when Blaise warns him against it, with the P.I.C. Chairman then claiming that he's too busy to give Edgeworth answers. Edgeworth however suggests that Blaise is merely pretending to be busy in order to avoid having to talk about the case, admitting that he suspects the man due to there being no basis for Kay's arrest. Blaise reminds him of all the pieces of evidence found on Kay - the mask, letter and corsage - as well as her confession. Edgeworth doesn't object to that, but he does find it strange that Blaise would be so familiar with all the evidence.

Edgeworth asks who made the decision to arrest Kay. Blaise claims that his memory's not as good as it used to be, but Edgeworth reminds him that he was able to memorize all the evidence found on Kay, and repeats the question. After stalling by comparing Edgeworth's ability as a prosecutor to Sebastian's lack of it, Blaise remarks that Edgeworth surely already knows the answer, and Edgeworth agrees; it's none other than Blaise himself.

Blaise comments on Edgeworth acting like he committed an injustice, but agrees to stay until everything's been cleared up. Wanting to gauge how much Blaise really knows about the case, Edgeworth mentions that he seems pretty familiar with it, before questioning the wisdom of arresting Kay, to which Blaise goes silent. Edgeworth does the same, and Blaise reiterates that he's a busy man. Edgeworth tells him that he should therefore get on with it and answer him, and Blaise replies that he simply read through the case files in his spare time. Edgeworth asks how he could have done that if he's as busy as he claimed, and suggests that Blaise rescind the arrest order. Blaise then claims that Kay was found unconscious in the storeroom, a fact that even Edgeworth didn't know, and the former prosecutor wonders if Blaise knows the whole story of the case.

Edgeworth next asks how much Blaise knows about Kay. Blaise replies that he only knows she's the suspect, but having heard him mention that she was found unconscious, Edgeworth retorts that he clearly knows things not discovered in the investigation. Blaise glares at him as if in infuriated mockery, his lighter letting off a blaze of its own once again, but Edgeworth remains silent, and Blaise praises his persistence. Nevertheless, he argues that Kay is the only possible culprit, what with all the evidence "given" to her. Edgeworth questions this choice of words, which makes it sound like she didn't come into the evidence willingly, and Blaise comments on his fine eye for details.

The P.I.C. Chairman tells Edgeworth to go ahead and say what's on his mind, seeing as he's clearly found the answer he's looking for. Edgeworth does just that, declaring that Kay's not the culprit, but is being framed by them, prompting Blaise to laugh and admit as such.

Now knowing the truth, Edgeworth asks how Blaise could arrest Kay when he knows that she's innocent. Blaise replies that prosecutors are meant to arrest people, and that it won't matter if they can make Kay out to be guilty. He mocks Edgeworth for placing such value on the truth, explaining that with his position and influence, he's able to make the truth whatever he wants, whenever he wants. And even though Edgeworth knows the actual truth, there's nothing he can do with it right now.

Furious, Edgeworth demands to know why Blaise isn't pursuing the true culprit, and Blaise indicates none too subtly that it's really him. This naturally does little for Edgeworth's anger, and Blaise remarks about a heinous criminal's friends being heinous themselves, before stating that Edgeworth's just another person that he'll make disappear. Edgeworth however revolves to prove Kay's innocence in the deliberation taking place today.

We cut to the P.I.C. meeting room later that morning. Edgeworth is stood in front of the central podium, facing the P.I.C. members sat down at their table. At their head is Blaise, sat down within the throne-like chair in the center of the table. Also in attendance are Sebastian, Lotta and Kay. With everyone assembled, Blaise declares the meeting in session, with the subject of debate being Edgeworth's value as a prosecutor (presumably they're opting to disregard his resignation).

Courtney begins by bringing up Edgeworth's illegal investigation yesterday, adding that he resisted arrest and disrupted the investigation into Crane's murder, while claiming that Kay - the official killer - was arrested without sufficient evidence. She and Sebastian then recap the "official" details of the murder on Blaise's orders, and Blaise asks Edgeworth if he has any objections. Edgeworth says that he has none to the claim that he investigated illegally, but he does object to the claim of Kay being the culprit.

Both Courtney and Sebastian insist the investigation was fair, and Blaise - who claims to like the badgeless prosecutor despite everything - offers Edgeworth the possibility of a seat on the P.I.C. if he withdraws his objection. Edgeworth isn't having it, and he demands a testimony from the P.I.C. on their understanding of the case. Blaise agrees, and has Courtney return Edgeworth's evidence to him, explaining to the confused judge that he's letting Edgeworth go out in a blaze of glory.

At Blaise's suggestion, Courtney gives a summary of the case. She claims that the red raincoat - the same one from the game's first case - was one of the items up for auction, with Crane winning the bid for it and heading up into the storeroom afterwards. From there, she went out onto the Grand Tower viewing platform, where she was murdered by Kay. Having said her piece, she asks Edgeworth if he wants to concede defeat, but Edgeworth denies it. Courtney replies that she's relieved to hear that, and Edgeworth wonders to himself what she means by that, while thinking that he still doesn't know why she questioned him earlier.

Edgeworth objects to Courtney's claim that Crane went up onto the viewing platform. He points out that Lotta overheard an incident happening in the storeroom, as evidenced by the photo she took after. Courtney however suggests that the sounds Lotta heard may not have been related to the case, pointing out that the other people in the storeroom were using voice changers. In reply, Edgeworth points out the bloodstained hand in the photo as proof that the crime didn't occur on the viewing platform. He argues that if the person there was the victim, the blood could have come from them receiving a fatal wound in the storeroom, and pressing their hand against it afterwards.

Blaise admits that this argument would change a lot of things if it were true, with Edgeworth agreeing; Kay could have just witnessed Crane reaching her limit and keeling over. Courtney has a rebuttal of their own ready to go though; she reminds Edgeworth that Crane was stabbed through the heart with the three-pronged candelabra, an injury she was very unlikely to be capable of surviving. Edgeworth responds by presenting the raincoat, reminding her that the bloodstain there was found on its hood, and asking if there were any other bloodstains. Courtney admits that there were none, and Edgeworth questions why that would be if Crane died from being stabbed in the chest.

He goes on to declare this a huge contradiction, pointing out that it would mean that Crane's head wound came before her chest wound. Courtney agrees, but asks what it would change, and Edgeworth points out that according to Dr. Young's autopsy report, it's the head wound that was postmortem. With no other choice, Courtney calls for Dr. Young to be bought to the meeting room so that she can give an explaination.

While waiting for the good doctor to arrive, Courtney proposes looking at the case from another angle. She points out that despite all the investigation work done, they have no idea about the identity of the Conductor. Edgeworth however does have an idea; Blaise Debeste. Sebastian is shocked, Blaise is calm, and Courtney asks if Edgeworth really wants to cast suspicion on the P.I.C. Chairman. Edgeworth doesn't back down, accusing Blaise of trying to pin the crime on Kay by planting the mask, ticket stub and corsage on her. Courtney asks Blaise for his response, but the Chairman - after a long pause - points out that Edgeworth has no proof of such a claim.

Courtney asks Edgeworth for an explanation, with Blaise smugly adding that he wants to know why Edgeworth would finger him as a criminal. Edgeworth points out that the auction was being held in the P.I.C. meeting room, with others likely happening beforehand, meaning that the Conductor would have to be a P.I.C. member in order to have access to it. Blaise and Courtney point out that there are eleven P.I.C. members; even discounting Crane, that's ten possible candidates for the Conductor's role. This prompts a mass uproar from the other P.I.C. members over which of them could be the Conductor, before Blaise orders them all to calm down. He reiterates that Edgeworth has no evidence against him, before warning that he's no longer going to show him mercy.

Bringing the discussion back onto the matter of Crane's murder, Blaise points out that regardless of any "trivial" contradictions Edgeworth found, Kay nevertheless confessed to the crime. Edgeworth points out that Kay's memory loss makes her credibility questionable, but Blaise objects, claiming that denying the confession will do no good. Edgeworth decides to ask Kay, one last time, whether or not she committed the murder, even after Courtney warns him that things won't go well if she admits to it. However, he insists on putting the question to Kay himself. Declaring himself moved by Edgeworth's faith, Blaise allows it, but warns that Kay will be found guilty if it turns out to be a waste of time.

Edgeworth asks Kay if she remembers anything at all that might prove her innocence. Kay is moved that he would go so far for her, but admits that she's afraid that she might remember doing something truly despicable. Edgeworth assures her that would never be the case; presenting her with the Yatagarasu's badge, he states that she was a noble thief who would never resort to murder. Kay however remains fixated on the memory of herself standing over Crane's prone body, but Edgeworth insists that there's no proof besides her confession that she was responsible. He tells her to believe in himself, before asking if she's simply unwilling to believe him.

Kay replies that it's not that; she simply doesn't want Edgeworth to continue suffering from trying to protect her. Edgeworth replies that he understands now; a willingness to be found guilty out of concern for him is just like her. Kay says that he's a good person, but Edgeworth tells her not to be so sure of that. As much as it might hurt for her to watch, he's going to keep trying to save her because that's just the sort of person he is. Kay can think of nothing to say, and Edgeworth asks her to reconsider whether or not she truly murdered Crane.

Kay clutches her head with both hands - what few memories she has flashing before her eyes - before letting out a cry. Courtney asks if she remembers something, with Blaise remarking it would be just like a bad movie if she did. After a short pause though, Kay mutters the word "bull", before clarifying that she remembers seeing a stuffed bull doll lying next to Crane's body. Blaise tries to get the testimony dismissed, but Courtney and Edgeworth both reply that testimony about Crane's belongings has been lacking until now. Blaise then tries to argue that Kay's memories can't be trusted, but Courtney replies that if that's the case, they'll have to disregard Kay's confession as well, prompting Blaise to reluctantly back down.

Edgeworth notes that Courtney almost seemed to be on his and Kay's side just now. Courtney proceeds to ask Edgeworth if he knows anything about the stuffed bull, and Edgeworth presents the one found in the storeroom. Curiously enough, Courtney seems to find something familiar about it, but dismisses such a possibility when questioned by Sebastian, explaining that she was simply surprised to see such a thing. Edgeworth and Kay go on to examine the doll, and discover it to be equipped with a recording device, one that's activated when the right horn is turned. As Blaise watches in silence, the doll plays a message of someone recognizing a burn and declaring that they've been waiting for revenge, before another person lets out a cry.

Edgeworth wonders if they just heard a recording of the murder, and Lotta claims that the recording's the same thing she heard. Courtney however argues that it can't be confirmed when the voices were recorded, or if they're even relevant to the case. Lotta insists that Crane was holding onto the doll during the conversation she overheard - meaning it could well have recorded said conversation - but Courtney replies that she'll need more proof of that besides her word. Edgeworth wonders if Courtney's trying to help him with some subtle advice there, before pointing out the burn scar mentioned in the recording, and informing her that Crane was shown to have a burn scar in her autopsy report.

Blaise asks how the burn scars are even relevant, and Edgeworth replies that Kay saw the doll lying next to Crane, and it just so happened to mention a characteristic burn of hers. Sebastian argues that could just a coincidence, but Courtney is skeptical of this, and Edgeworth states that one of the recording's voices - likely the one doing most of the talking - must belong to the true culprit. He agrees with Sebastian that they can't get anything about the culprit's identity from the recording due to the voice changers however, but nevertheless, Courtney is willing to accept Lotta's recalled conversation between Crane and the culprit as fact.

Edgeworth continues by explaining that the conversation reveals a new fact. Recalling Lotta's testimony about Crane and the Conductor taking the lift up into the storeroom to conclude a sale, and the auction continuing after Crane's murder there, he explains that the Conductor must have been the culprit, since no-one else could have kept the auction going afterwards. Courtney insists on having more to go on, and Edgeworth points out the bloodstain in the meeting room, left there to divert attention away from the storeroom and the auction, and a measure the killer would never have needed to take if they were unrelated to the auction. Courtney then asks if Edgeworth has any idea about the Conductor's identity, and Edgeworth replies that they had to have been a P.I.C. member, owing to the auction's location in the P.I.C. meeting hall. And wouldn't it make the most sense for it to be the head honcho of the P.I.C.?

Blaise admits that Edgeworth's quite capable, but reiterates that he's both naïve and lacking in evidence. Edgeworth has to agree with that last point, and notes that Blaise must be aware of it as well, judging by his confidence. Courtney moves forward to announce a verdict, but Lotta suddenly comes forward, claiming to have just remembered something herself. The judge agrees to hear her out, justifying her decision to an unhappy Blaise on the basis that Edgeworth won't give up until she's snuffed out every possibility he can work with, with Sebastian supporting her (despite having little clue about what's going on).

Lotta points out that although everyone suspects that Crane was a participant in the auction, she counted eleven participants total both before and after the murder while spying through the crack. She also adds that while she heard the Conductor using a gavel prior to the murder, she stopped hearing it after the murder. The unchanging number of participants is somewhat of a bigger concern though, with Courtney stating that Edgeworth's entire line of reasoning would be destroyed if Crane turned out to not be an auction participant.

With Edgeworth having seemingly failed, Blaise prepares to draw the proceedings to a close, but Courtney stops him, coming to Edgeworth's aid once again. She points out that there's still the unexplained matter of the contradiction in Crane's autopsy report, right as Karin and Dr. Young enter the meeting room. After thanking them for showing up, Courtney asks Dr. Young about said contradiction, but Karin is adamant that her grandmother would never make a mistake in her work. Courtney therefore asks whether Dr. Young deliberately lied in her report, but Dr. Young questions why she would even do such a thing. Courtney replies that she could be trying to protect the true culprit, only for Dr. Young to deny this as well.

Courtney asks Edgeworth for his thoughts, and acts surprised when he doesn't press the doctor. Edgeworth again wonders why Courtney is helping him - in this case by taking control of the situation - but with no other choice he decides to play along. He tells Dr. Young that the contradiction in question wouldn't exist if her autopsy report was truthful, then asks her to testify on the matter. Karin tries to insist that such a thing would be a waste of time - citing the patients at the hospital - but Dr. Young agrees to do so.

Dr. Young denies making a mistake in the autopsy report, and argues that she had nothing to gain from deliberately doctoring it. Edgeworth points out the discrepancy between the stated order of injuries and the bloodstains on the raincoat, and Dr. Young replies that she did in fact notice what injury came first, but she dictated the report to Karin. Edgeworth presents the report here, and Dr. Young confirms that it wasn't written by her, prompting Karin to panic and become reluctant to relay any more of her words. Courtney decides to get an answer from the doctor herself, and repeats it to the gathering; Dr. Young informed Karin of the correct order of injuries, meaning Karin must have falsified the report when she was writing it down!

Courtney asks Karin for an explanation, but Blaise cuts in and argues that Karin just made an honest mistake while writing up the report. Edgeworth and Kay aren't buying it though, and after giving her granddaughter another bonk with her stick, Dr. Young says that she wants an answer as well. Karin gets increasingly nervous, but Edgeworth has little sympathy for her after all the trouble her falsified report caused Kay, and he demands she speak. Karin insists that she can't talk about it - a choice of words that doesn't escape Edgeworth's notice - and then Blaise comes to her rescue, accusing the others of bullying her and insisting she just made a little, irrelevant mistake. Edgeworth isn't having it, reminding Blaise that he's the one with the most to lose if Karin testifies.

Blaise tells Edgeworth that as a "former" prosecutor, he'll have to speak more clearly, and Edgeworth does so. He claims that Karin doctored the report because she was an accomplice to the murder; after all, someone would have had to have taken Crane's place after her death if Lotta indeed saw all of the participants in the meeting room afterwards. Blaise questions whether Karin could have passed as Crane, and Edgeworth replies that the two women have similar physiques; with Crane's mask and attire, Karin could easily have done so. He asks Karin if she switched places with Crane, and after she hesitates to answer, he asks for the identity of the killer. Karin claims that revealing the truth would get Dr. Young in trouble, but the doctor bonks her again and assures the nurse that she'll accept whatever misdeeds she's done, prompting her to break down screaming.

Finally accepting her guilty diagnosis, Karin admits to helping the Conductor. She claims that the Conductor had been expecting an attack from Crane on the night of her death; as part of a planned countermeasure, Karin was told to hide within the storeroom before the auction began. Lotta questions why she never saw Karin in the storeroom if that was the case - Blaise taking the opportunity to cast doubt on her honesty - but Edgeworth replies that there were plenty of places Karin could have hidden. He guesses that she picked the costume trunk, since it would explain why Lotta found it all locked up when she arrived. Karin confirms this, and adds that the Conductor locked her inside the trunk before taking the lift down to the auction hall, with Edgeworth guessing that they returned with Crane a bit later. After attacking Crane, the Conductor hid her body in the trunk and had Karin take the place of the freshly-deceased Crane.

Lotta questions how Karin could have posed as Crane without being noticed by the auction's other participants, with Edgeworth replying that she must have taken Crane's clothes to wear. Karin confirms it, but found doing so to be distasteful, so she secretly covered Crane with the red raincoat to preserve her modesty, with Lotta guessing that she took her photo of Crane in the raincoat after that. The photographer goes on to state that after taking her photo and getting a peak of the auction participants, she returned to her hiding spot behind the statue.

Edgeworth questions whether she remained hidden there until the next morning, but Lotta replies that she didn't so much "hide" as she did "stay". She tells him that shortly after she'd hidden herself, she heard a loud thumping noise; having just been party to a murder, she fainted from the shock of it. She only woke up the next day, when Edgeworth, Kay, Ray and Ema started poking around in the storeroom, but she figures that all the participants passed through it while she was out, seeing as all of their masks were returned.

Edgeworth then asks Karin about her actions following her entry into the auction. Karin tells him that she was instructed by the Conductor to win the bid for the costume trunk, in order to prevent another participant from discovering Crane's body. When they came up to the storeroom to conclude the deal, they discovered the body was missing from the trunk - presumably they thought Crane dead and didn't bother locking it - and Karin was ordered to search for it. She ended up finding Kay lying unconscious in front of the storeroom ladder, with Lotta guessing that Crane left the hatch above open after climbing through it, and Edgeworth surmising that Kay proceeded to accidentally fall through it due to her surprise at seeing Crane. Hence the sound Lotta heard that caused her to pass out.

Karin then continues her story. After finding both Kay and Crane, she put them both inside the trunk at the order of the Conductor, secretly disposed of the red raincoat, and then she and the Conductor dressed Crane up in a spare white suit in order to try and pass her off as the Conductor. She says that's all she knows, but does mention something else that's on her mind; besides Crane's clothes, she also needed a wig to pass as her. The necessary wig was placed inside the costume trunk by the Conductor, but there was another one with brown, wavy hair there as well.

Edgeworth asks if Karin truly doesn't know the Conductor's identity, and she confirms it, explaining that she never saw them without their mask on. Blaise gets all smug again, stating that Karin's revelations have changed nothing, and that Kay is still the culprit in the eyes of the law. But then, just as Edgeworth is struggling to think of what he can do next, none other than Franziska enters the room.

Franziska warns Edgeworth that she's only here to help Kay, and that she's not willing to forgive him for quitting the prosecutor's path. She then says that thanks to Gumshoe, she was able to discover that Crane suffered her head wound first...a fact that Edgeworth himself has long since uncovered and proven. Needless to say, Franziska is less than happy to find that she's wasted at least some of her time, but she cheers up when she learns that Edgeworth and the others have yet to discover the murder weapon. She reveals that she's had two independent autopsies of her own carried out on Crane, and they've determined that the fatal blow to the head was delivered with a blunt, cylindrical object. Blaise tries to protest that she's got no right to investigate this case, but Franziska informs him that she's investigating the black market auctions on behalf of Interpol, with Crane being a participant of one such auction.

Blaise is forced to back down again at this, and Franziska goes on to admit that the murder weapon hasn't actually been found yet. Now that he's aware of the weapon's shape though, Edgeworth has an idea of what it could be. He suggests that it was an auction gavel, seeing as the Conductor would have been using one during the auction. Sebastian claims that no murderous gavel was found, and Courtney states that while Edgeworth's theory is plausible, she would like to see some proof of it. In reply, Edgeworth points out that Lotta heard a gavel being used in the auction until after Crane was attacked, and argues that the Conductor had been forced to dispose of it due to being covered in Crane's blood.

Franziska agrees to have a search for the gavel carried out pronto. Blaise laughs and wishes them luck, causing Edgeworth to realize that he's certain it won't be found. As for Courtney, she calls for a brief recess while the search is being carried out.

Part 4-6 - End 2

Franziska returns to the meeting room with bad news; the auction gavel is nowhere to be found. Edgeworth and Courtney are both disheartened, and the latter declares that she's got no choice but to pronounce a verdict, with Blaise remarking that most killers wouldn't be foolish enough to leave the murder weapon behind. As Edgeworth wonders what else he can do, Blaise reminisces about past defendants who gave him all their secrets in the hopes of getting a plea bargain, only for him to have them all sentenced to life imprisonment anyway.

Courtney then passes judgment...on Blaise. As Edgeworth and Franziska react in shock, and Blaise wonders what she's up to, the judge presents documents relating to the IS-7 Incident, with Edgeworth soon realizing that they were the reason for her late night visit to the meeting room. Courtney explains to him that she couldn't tell him the truth back when he first asked her about it, before Sebastian asks why she's going after his father. In reply, Courtney brings up how Manfred Von Karma had lied about the disappearance of Isaac Dover's body during the IS-7 Incident, the news of which unsettles Franziska.

Courtney goes on to say that while the detective who carried out the initial investigation did discover that Dover's body had gone missing, a certain someone made sure not to enlighten Manfred about this. That same person later forced Dr. Young to create the fake autopsy report for the IS-7 Incident, and just so happened to be the Chief Prosecutor back then, incidentally making him the one who gave Manfred his first and only penalty as a prosecutor. And the name of this person? None other than Blaise Debeste!

Sebastian refuses to believe his dear old dad would do such a thing, but Courtney tells him that his opinion's not needed, before asking Blaise if he cares to refute. Blaise denies any involvement with the miscarriages of justice in the IS-7 Incident, and Edgeworth proposes that they talk to the other related parties. After a brief conversation with her grandmother, Karin reveals that she had been blackmailed by the Conductor into assisting with Crane's murder, with the Conductor threatening to expose Dr. Young's forgery if she didn't comply. She can't be certain whether Blaise was the person who threatened her though, but she does admit to seeing a small tattoo beneath the Conductor's mask.

Blaise then objects, pointing out that there are no tattoos on his face. Courtney warns him to watch what he says, revealing that both she and Crane have been pursuing him, and she isn't planning to let Crane's death go to waste. Blaise acts surprised to hear that Crane was after him, claiming that he didn't know her all that well, and Courtney tells him to testify about that. Blaise warns that he'll have to make every last one of them disappear, and Courtney warns Edgeworth that while she's on his side, they may not get another chance to put Blaise on trial if they fail now. Edgeworth promises to live up to her expectations.

Giving his testimony, Blaise maintains that he didn't know Crane well, and he certainly had no reason to murder her or suspect she might be after him. Sebastian continues to stick by his father, causing Kay to comment on his devotion, but Franziska states that one must learn to accept their father's crimes however much they might look up to him, with Courtney adding that all must atone for their crimes. As for Edgeworth, while it's not going to stop him, he isn't particularly happy about how Sebastian's going to take things.

Beginning his rebuttal, Edgeworth questions Blaise's point about not being familiar with Crane, with Blaise replying that he didn't even know about her burn mark. Edgeworth presses this point, asking how Blaise couldn't have noticed the thing, but Courtney remarks that Crane often wore gloves, adding that she too was unaware about the burn. Blaise suggests that Crane was always trying to hide her burn mark with gloves, to which Edgeworth points out that the recording on the stuffed bull featured a reference to one. He states that he previously thought that it was the killer noticing Crane's burn, but that can't have been the case if she was wearing a glove. Blaise argues that Crane could have taken her gloves off during the auction, but Karin - she and Dr. Young no longer fearing what Blaise could do to them - replies that Crane was wearing her gloves when she was murdered.

Sebastian asks if it really matters whether Crane's burn was visible, and Edgeworth replies that if it wasn't, the voice in the recording would have to have been Crane recognizing a burn mark on the culprit instead. Blaise asks for proof of this burn mark's location, and Edgeworth presents the Conductor's clothes, reminding him that Karin saw a tattoo beneath the Conductor's mask, and suggesting that it could have been a burn mark she mistook for a tattoo. This gets a reaction from Sebastian, but Blaise states that including him, none of the P.I.C. members have burn marks on their faces.

Sebastian is visibly uneasy and doubtful upon hearing this, and Blaise tells him to be quiet, like a good little idiot. Kay asks what's wrong with Sebastian, and Edgeworth suggests that - in a huge touch of irony - he's actually managed to figure things out. Kay guesses that it can't be easy for Sebastian right now if that's true, but Edgeworth replies that what matters most here is finding the truth, as she herself once told him when he lost faith in his reasoning. Kay states that she too wants to know the truth, but Blaise declares that there's no evidence of him having a burn mark. Sebastian hesitantly agrees with this, but Edgeworth - though understanding - warns him that he'll forever regret it if he blinds himself to the truth.

Caught between acceptance of the truth and loyalty to his father, Sebastian asks Blaise what he should do, but Blaise only mocks his son's lack of intelligence, saying that he'll have to try harder in order to save him. Sebastian insists he has tried hard; he went to the law school his father recommended, reached the top of his class like his father wanted, and won awards there in the hope of emulating his father. In response, Blaise reveals that his influence has been the only reason that all of those accomplishments came about. He goes on to say that the fact that Sebastian never realized this himself is proof that he's not worthy of being Blaise's son.

That cruel revelation is finally too much for Sebastian, and he runs sobbing from the meeting room. Blaise is dismissive of his son's anguish, noting that Sebastian was useless even when trying his best, to which Edgeworth rightly declares him despicable as a father and a law official. Both Kay and Franziska(!) feel sorry for the poor kid, and Courtney joins Edgeworth in taking Blaise to task for his attitude, but Blaise retorts that the judge is hardly one to talk, claiming that she had used Sebastian to get close to him. Courtney doesn't deny it, but maintains that she nevertheless cared for Sebastian, who tried so hard even when it led him to failure.

Blaise insists that his son's no good whatever the circumstances, and Courtney declares that she's letting Edgeworth take the guy down, a deed that Edgeworth is more than happy to perform. She asks for evidence that Blaise had a burn on his face, and Edgeworth cites Karin's testimony of finding an additional, wavy-haired wig in the costume trunk when she switched places with Crane. He points out that Blaise too has wavy brown hair, in the form of his beard, and declares the "wig" to have actually been a fake beard hiding the burn mark. Blaise denies it, but Edgeworth replies that Sebastian clearly knew the truth from his earlier behavior, meaning Blaise deliberately caused him to break down in order to drive him from the room and prevent him blabbing about it.

Edgeworth demands that Blaise remove the fake beard, but Blaise unintentionally does him one better. Enraged at being so outplayed, the P.I.C. Chairman lets his lighter flare up dangerously and set his beard on fire. It quickly turns to ash along with his hair, revealing both a bald head...and a burn mark on his upper chin.

With that, Courtney thanks Edgeworth for bringing Blaise to justice. Edgeworth replies that he should be thanking her, and Courtney has Blaise taken into custody for Crane's murder. After Blaise is taken away, and the P.I.C. members bar Courtney have left the meeting hall, Kay expresses her happiness that Edgeworth stuck by her until the very end. Edgeworth replies that he only acted as her friend.

Courtney then comes up to inform Edgeworth that Blaise is safely in the care of the detention center. However, the murderous gavel remains unfound, and Courtney also brings up two letters that Blaise claimed to have discovered during the events of the case. The first was the one on Crane that implicated Kay, and the second was a letter found on the unconscious Kay, in which Crane promised to recover the younger woman's "most precious memory". Blaise assumed from these letters that Kay and Crane were working together - a theory Edgeworth very much doubts - and thus he tried to frame Kay for the murder.

Edgeworth asks why Blaise murdered Crane, and Courtney replies that long ago, Crane had been dating a journalist who'd been looking into the evidence auctions. He ended up getting murdered before he could expose them though, and Crane subsequently hoped to avenge his death by killing the Conductor. She ended up getting killed herself, but Courtney takes comfort in being able to bring her murderer's crimes to light.

Kay then asks about Sebastian, with Courtney explaining that they've been unable to contact or even find him for a while. Kay continues to feel sorry for him, but Franziska tells her to feel sorry about how Sebastian was deceived for so long. She states that the young man will have to accept reality or he'll be unable to move on, but Edgeworth expresses hope that he can do so. Kay questions whether she too will be able to walk her own path in life, before Dr. Young and Karin approach her, the nurse apologising for how her actions led to Kay getting suspected of murder. At her grandmother's prompting, Karin asks Kay about her lost memories, and Kay admits to feeling like she's about to remember something.

Courtney then announces that she'll be departing now, seeing as she's presiding over Patricia Roland's trial. Which is going to need a new defense attorney, she adds, since Crane was supposed to have represented Patricia. There's also the matter of the missing Sebastian; he was after all the official prosecutor in charge of investigating Knightley's murder. Before Courtney leaves, Kay asks her what'll happen regarding Edgeworth's prosecutor's badge, but the judge replies that the P.I.C. has been left unable to function thanks to its Chairman's arrest, meaning the answer to that question is uncertain.

Edgeworth assures Kay that he's okay with the choices he's made to end up here, and tells Courtney that he'll keep on searching for the truth. Courtney offers to help him regain his badge, but Edgeworth declines, stating that he didn't give it up reluctantly, and Courtney remarks that they'll continue to be at cross-purposes with each other if that's the case. Nevertheless, she gives him Kay's promise notebook and requests that he return it to her, explaining that it was yet another of the lots intended for the auction. Courtney claims that with both the notebook and the two letters bearing Kay's name, Blaise identified Kay as the notebook's original owner. Edgeworth brings up that she's speaking as if Blaise genuinely found the letters as opposed to having them forged, and Courtney replies that that is indeed what Blaise claimed happened. From there, the P.I.C. Chairman would have reason to conclude that Kay and Crane were working together; Kay to steal back her notebook, Crane to get her revenge.

Edgeworth dismisses this as a misunderstanding on Blaise's part, seeing as Kay never said anything about knowing Crane to him. Courtney remarks on his trust for her, and expresses a hope for Kay's recovery before departing. Edgeworth then hands the notebook back to Kay, and the sight of it causes her to recall when she and her father came up with the promises within. The rest of her lost memories quickly follow, and with that, Kay Faraday is back!

Kay thanks Edgeworth for all his help, and Karin congratulates her on regaining her memories, before handing over her original clothes. Edgeworth asks about the analysis that Gumshoe had forensics carry out on them, but Karin admits that she didn't think to inquire about that, before helping Kay to get changed and remove her bandages; turns out that Karin was merely overzealous when it came to taking care of her. Once back to her usual look, Kay thanks Franziska as well, but the young prosecutor insists that she was only helping out on Gumshoe's behalf. That prompts Kay to ask after Gumshoe, but Franziska has no answer besides the detective possibly being too disgusted by Edgeworth's resignation to look at him. She then escorts Karin and Dr. Young away for questioning over the crimes they each committed for Blaise, Karin confident that together, she and her grandmother can endure whatever the future might hold.

Now alone with Lotta in the meeting hall, Edgeworth asks Kay what she was doing on the night she lost her memories. Kay answers that she was asked to come to Gourd Lake at night by an unknown person, whereupon she was drugged into unconsciousness by someone wearing a red raincoat. Edgeworth takes in that she saw the moon from Gourd Lake, and Kay goes on to say that she found herself on the roof of the viewing tower when she woke, whereupon the events of the case played out. She brings up seeing the person in the raincoat walking through the air, and Edgeworth guesses that seeing the moon from both Gourd Lake and the Grand Tower caused Kay's mind to confuse the two places in her memories, with the fact that both of them had near-identical arrangements of cherry trees and a food stand not helping matters. He suggests that what Kay took to be her assailant walking through the air was them just walking on the ground at Gourd Lake.

Edgeworth then wonders about the identity of that assailant, before he, Kay and Lotta all hear a beeping sound from the storeroom above. The three of them head up there, and Kay discovers the source of the beeping to be a walkie-talkie that Edgeworth finds strangely familiar. She answers it, and the voice of Shelly de Killer appears on the other end, questioning whether the case has really been solved. The assassin alludes to the presence of a "mastermind" behind events, and Edgeworth replies that he's already considered that possibility, what with someone writing a letter to Crane in Kay's name. Both Kay and Shelly deny writing the letter, and the latter admits that he's curious about who did write it.

The assassin states that he's eager to learn whether Edgeworth can reveal the truth without stepping into a courtroom, now that he no longer has a prosecutor's badge. He then warns Edgeworth against betraying his trust, before hanging up and leaving Kay even more confused. Why did Shelly consider the case unsolved, and why did he feel the need to inform her and Edgeworth of that. Edgeworth agrees that there are still mysteries at hand, and swears to reveal the truth even without a prosecutor's badge...

Behind the Turnabout

Prosecutorial Investigation Committee Chairman and former Chief Prosecutor Blaise Debeste was secretly running a black market auction that specialized in selling evidence from old police cases. He had evidently been doing this for a long time, because a photographer was killed while investigating the auctions twelve years ago. The photographer's lover, attorney Jill Crane, vowed revenge against Blaise, who eventually moved the location of the auctions to the P.I.C. meeting room on the 50th floor of the Grand Tower skyscraper. The evidence that was to be sold was hidden inside a storeroom on the secret 51st floor of the Grand Tower, right beneath the building's roof.

One night, Blaise discovered that Crane - now a P.I.C. member - planned to murder him, and came up with a counterstrategy. First he had nurse Karin Jenson hide inside a costume trunk within the storeroom; having once forced her grandmother - coroner Dr. Bonnie Young - to forge a false autopsy report for Isaac Dover during the events of the IS-7 incident, he had a means of blackmailing her into complicity by threatening to make Dr. Young's forgery a public matter. Then, after Crane won a bid for one of the lots, he took her up into the storeroom via a secret elevator, and attacked her with the gavel he was using to conduct the auction, knocking her unconscious with a fatal blow to the head. Once he thought Crane dead, he let Karin out of the trunk and had her disguise herself as the attorney in order to make it look like she was still participating in the auction. Crane was placed in the trunk, and Karin took her clothes as part of the disguise, but secretly covered her with a red raincoat formerly belonging to Shelly de Killer that Blaise had obtained following the events of Turnabout Target, wanting to at least give her some dignity in death. Finally, Karin was instructed to win the bid for the costume trunk, in order to keep Crane's body from being discovered.

After Blaise and Karin went down into the meeting room, the dying Crane got out of the trunk and climbed up onto the roof of the Grand Tower through a maintenance hatch, taking with her a stuffed bull toy that had recorded the confrontation between herself and Blaise. At roughly the same time, Kay Faraday awoke to find herself upon the Grand Tower's roof as well, having been drugged and transported there from Gourd Lake by another individual in a red raincoat. She saw Crane collapse in front of her, the attorney having finally passed away, and her shock and confusion caused her to accidentally fall through the still open maintenance hatch, knocking herself out and causing her to lose a significant portion of her memories.

Blaise and Karin learned of these events when they returned to the storeroom to conclude the sale for the costume trunk, with Blaise also discovering a pair of letters on the two women that indicated they were working together; Crane for the sake of her revenge, Kay seeking to retrieve a keepsake notebook that Blaise had obtained following the investigation into the murders of Kay's father Byrne and defendant Mack Rell. Subsequently deciding to frame Kay for his crime, Blaise and Karin first dressed Crane up in a white pantsuit identical to the one he'd worn while conducting the auction, in order to pass her off as the auction's Conductor. Then Crane was stabbed with a three-pronged candelabra from the storeroom and transported down into the now empty meeting room, where the candelabra was withdrawn to create a large bloodstain and make it look like she had been murdered there. Finally, when Dr. Young was examining Crane's body the next day and dictating her findings to Karin for the autopsy report, the nurse intentionally recorded the wounds as happening in the opposite order in which they truly occurred.

It seemed that Blaise had gotten away with Crane's murder, especially after Kay's memory loss caused her to believe that she could indeed have done the deed. Unfortunately for him though, the loyalty of a certain judge on the P.I.C. was not quite as he believed, and Kay had a friend with a burning desire to both find the truth and protect his own...

The Grand Turnabout

Part 5-1 - Beginning 1

Within the now empty meeting room of the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee, inside the deserted storeroom once used for Blaise's black market auctions, and atop the roof of the Grand Tower, the sound of loud stomping can be heard outside. As it gets louder and closer, we see a great, hoof-shaped hole within concrete, exposing the ground below, and then a gigantic, monstrous eye peering through the storeroom's window blinds. We then see the cow-themed boy from both the Zodiac Art Gallery and the front of the Grand Tower, followed by a shot of a fanged, bull-esque Kaiju so enormous, it reaches into the clouds. It lets out a roar akin to a cow's moo, and we fade to black.

Following the most recent events within the Grand Tower, Edgeworth, Kay and Lotta are gathered within the tower's plaza. Lotta asks Edgeworth what he's going to do now, seeing as he's no longer a prosecutor, and Kay correctly guesses that he's still thinking about what Shelly said about the case not being over yet. It's a sentiment that Edgeworth shares; there's the person in the red hood who kidnapped Kay, and the letter to Crane that was written by an unknown sender.

Just then, the three of them hear a woman shouting for help, before Penny Nichols comes running over. Edgeworth thinks she looks familiar, but before he can consider it further, Penny claims that there's someone who's been killed by a monster. Edgeworth, Kay and Lotta follow her to an empty lot, where they see three of the giant hoofprints from the intro, and none other than Shi-Long Lang standing next to the corpse of Zheng Fa President Di-Jun Huang, currently lying within one of the hoofprints.

Edgeworth asks Lang what's happened, but Lang - looking visibly in shock over Huang's death - replies that he's trying to find that out himself. Lotta puts it down to Huang being crushed to death by the footprint of a monster, declaring that "On this day, mankind received a grim reminder: we live in fear of the Mighty Moozilla!". Edgeworth is naturally very much skeptical about this, and he recalls Shelly admitting that he had accepted a contract to assassinate Huang back at Gourd Lake, causing him to wonder if Shelly was responsible for this.

Lang asks Penny if she was the first to discover Huang's body, and immediately gets snappy when she answers that she was, seemingly pegging her as the culprit. Edgeworth and Kay come to her aid, Edgeworth commenting that such behavior isn't like Lang, before reminding him of an investigation fundamental: check out the crime scene before randomly questioning people. That gets Lang to calm down and agree to investigate, and Edgeworth and Kay decide to join him in doing so until the police arrive.

As Lotta tries to insist that there's a monster involved - while warning Edgeworth to stay out of the way of her scoop - Penny approaches Edgeworth, having recognized him from the Jack Hammer murder case. Edgeworth in turn recognizes her, and from there guesses that the lot is related to Global Studios, the company that she works for. Penny explains that Global Studios is currently shooting a movie in the lot, and she came across the hoofprints and dead body when she arrived in the morning to set things up for the shoot. Edgeworth asks her to call the police, before beginning his investigation.

When approached, Penny apologizes for the whole debacle in front of the Grand Tower yesterday. She repeats her story of discovering Huang's body when she came to set things up at the lot, and adds that the "monster's footprints" were another thing that appeared last night. She admits that she didn't discover the body until she got close to it, speculating that her eyesight's deteriorated recently. Edgeworth asks about the movie being filmed; after disappointing him with the news that it's not a Steel Samurai work, Penny explains that it's a Revival of the Mighty Moozilla property (Moozilla being the kaiju featured in the case intro) set at the Grand Tower, hence why there was filming taking place there yesterday. Penny gives Edgeworth a flier for the film, which depicts Moozilla fighting against Gourdy, the monster said to inhabit Gourd Lake. Edgeworth also asks Penny about the lot's security. Penny explains that the front gate is secured with a chain and combination lock when the lot's not being used, with only the film crew and cast knowing the combination. She adds that it remained locked and undamaged throughout the night.

Edgeworth talks to Lang, who remarks about how bad things always seem to happen around the former. Edgeworth asks about his presence here, and Lang replies that he came into the lot from a side gate leading to the Grand Tower, having heard Penny scream when she discovered Huang's body. He's vague when asked why he was at the Grand Tower, much like in his last encounter with Edgeworth at the detention center. Edgeworth then brings up Huang's death, and Lang reveals that his father and clan were once very close to the president, to the point that they were trusted with both his protection and his will. That all came to an end twelve years ago though, when Huang suddenly became a different person with no trust in the Zheng Fa authorities. Nevertheless, Lang continues to respect Huang for all he did to safeguard Zheng Fa, and warns that even without his team of investigators, he'll stop at nothing to catch the assassin.

Heading to the side gate of the lot, Edgeworth wonders if the Grand Tower's related to this case as well, before noticing a lock attached to a piece of cut chain lying in front of the gate. Penny claims that the gate was locked yesterday - making Edgeworth wonder if Huang's killer forced their way through it - before pointing out a freshly-made dent in the fence next to the gate, with Edgeworth guessing that it came from the fence being struck by something heavy. Considering the differing locks on the lot's front and rear entrances, Edgeworth and Kay conclude that the culprit was not connected to the movie, seeing as they cut through the chain on the side gate rather than unlocking the combination lock on the main gate.

Examining Huang's body and the surrounding area, Edgeworth observes no signs of external wounds on the dead president, making Kay wonder if he really was stepped on by a monster. The pair do notice a yellow stain on the front of Huang's jacket though. They also observe that the concrete surrounding the hoofprint and body is cracked all over, and Kay brings up that there are two more hoofprints in the lot. Last but not least, they spot what appears to be a horn lying near the body; remembering the flier, Edgeworth brings up a possible connection between it and Moozilla's horns, with Kay suggesting it could be a movie prop, and wondering how it could have gotten here. They ask Penny, and she tells them that it's part of a large model Moozilla head made for advertisement purposes. She can't explain how it ended up near Huang's body though; the head is stored up on the studio roof.

Recalling the dent in the fence and the broken horn, Edgeworth guesses that the Moozilla head on the studio roof fell down into the lot last night. From there, he guesses that the head could have fallen down onto Huang and crushed him to death. He and Kay get permission from Penny to investigate the roof, but before they can head up there, Lang suddenly declares that he wants to head off and check something. He starts walking towards the front entrance, only to run into the cow-boy from earlier, the kid having just shown up at the lot. The kid - aka John Marsh - turns out to be a Bratty Half-Pint who isn't afraid of Lang, mocking the guy as an old man before Lang opts to just leave. Penny introduces John to Edgeworth and Kay, explaining that he's the lead actor of the movie. After being introduced to Edgeworth, John points out his lack of a prosecutor's badge, unnerving Edgeworth with his perceptiveness.

Edgeworth tries to talk to John, but the kid only brings up Edgeworth's lack of a badge again, prompting Kay to take over the conversation. She talks up John's career as a child actor, which does get the kid to cool off a little, but he soon gets angry again when Kay takes him to be a kid; Penny explains that despite his short stature, John's actually thirteen years old. John goes on to recognize the dead body as that of Huang, explaining much to Edgeworth's surprise that he's met the man before. He's far from a fan of his though, but remains silent when asked why, and Penny explains that Huang - a Moozilla fan who was going to make a Cameo in the film - met John when came over to have a look around the lot some time ago. John indicates that he wasn't particularly fond of having a non-professional actor show up in the film, even if he was a head of state. He then gives Penny a commemorative photo of the two of them and the Moozilla actor in costume from yesterday, claiming that he just had it on hand. Edgeworth takes note of the lack of hoofprints and dead Huang in the photo.

Talking to Lotta, Edgeworth asks why she's obsessed with Moozilla. Lotta claims that around the time she took her photo of Crane in the raincoat within the Grand Tower, she saw its eye peering through the window blinds. Kay points out that there's no sign of a kaiju eye in the aforementioned photo, but Lotta puts this down to her taking the photo a short distance away from the window. Edgeworth continues to remain unconvinced there's a kaiju involved however.

Heading up to the studio roof gives Edgeworth and Kay a closer look at the Moozilla head, with Kay immediately noticing that it has a different design to the Moozilla on the flier. Penny explains that the model's design is based on Moozilla's original look from twelve years ago, with the image on the flier being a modernized take on Moozilla. Examing the head further, Edgeworth questions how it can be moved around, and Penny explains that it can be dismantled for easier transportation. There's a specific method to taking it apart though, making it very unlikely that anyone not involved with the film could do it. Finally, Edgeworth and Kay notice the resemblance of the original design to that of the stuffed bull doll that was on Huang's plane and the Grand Tower's 51st floor, which would mean the doll was based on the original Moozilla from twelve years ago.

Looking near the model head, Edgeworth notices the remains of a broken wooden stand, on which Penny claims the head should have been placed. Noticing that two of the stand's legs are broken off and burnt, Edgeworth figures that a small fire occurred around the area, breaking the stand's legs and causing it to tilt, with the Moozilla head subsequently falling off the roof. He guesses that the fire was caused by a nearby flammable can that had been placed next to a heater, but Penny isn't aware of anyone using the heater yesterday.

With the lot now thoroughly investigated, Edgeworth states that Huang being crushed by the Moozilla head is the most likely scenario at the moment, before Lang returns to the lot with the police and Huang's bodyguards. As the bodyguards freak out over their ward's death, Lang vows to make them pay, and reveals that he's already got a suspect in mind; he presents a printout of a security camera feed from the Grand Tower rooftop, which shows Huang leaving the elevator with none other than Courtney following him. Lang claims the printout is proof that Courtney is Huang's killer, but Kay questions why Courtney's there, and Edgeworth wonders if someone like her could really be a killer.

Edgeworth asks Lang to elaborate, but Lang reveals that having been to the Grand Tower, he knows that Edgeworth's no longer a prosecutor, meaning he no longer has investigative authority of any kind. Therefore, Lang has no reason to engage him in a battle of logic. Kay retorts that Lang himself has been reduced to a single agent, and after a brief pause, Lang asks why Edgeworth's still investigating the case if he's no longer a prosecutor. Edgeworth brings up Lang's own determination to avenge Huang irrespective of his position, before telling him of the mastermind who attacked Kay and was responsible for the events at the Grand Tower. This person's still at large, and he's going to uncover the truth and find them regardless of whether he's a prosecutor, because finding the truth is his creed. This earns Lang's approval, and he agrees to let Edgeworth challenge his logic.

Lang claims that two nights ago, Courtney and Huang met up on the Grand Tower rooftop, the two of them completely alone. He argues that while they were there, Courtney pushed Huang off the rooftop, and he fell to his death within the film lot. Edgeworth points out the commemorative photo taken within the lot yesterday; were Huang to have been killed in the manner Lang describes, his body should surely have shown up there. Lang however isn't swayed from his path; he suggests that Courtney simply went into the film lot and hid Huang's body after pushing him off the roof, but Edgeworth points out that both gates into the film lot were locked and chained, making it impossible for Courtney to sneak inside until one of the chains was cut last night.

Lang continues to insist that Courtney killed Huang two nights ago; the security camera was constantly watching the elevator, only Courtney was seen re-entering it after she and Huang both rode it up, and there was no other way for Huang to have left the roof. Edgeworth objects; he tells Lang about the hidden 51st floor of the Grand Tower, and argues that Huang could have accessed it through the secret hatch, bypassing the elevator. Lang asks how Huang could even have known about the hatch or hidden floor, and Edgeworth admits it's only a possibility. He does however point out that the 51st floor was used as the storeroom for a black market auctioneering operation, with Kay admitting that she wouldn't put it past Huang to be involved in something that shady.

Unfortunately, insulting Huang's honor turns out to be a Berserk Button of Lang's, and Edgeworth remembers that while he and Kay know the truth of who Huang was, that bit of knowledge is still unknown to the rest of the world. He decides not to blow the whistle for the moment though, believing it would only make Lang more unwilling to listen, and instead apologizes to Lang. The Interpol man gives an apology of his own, and Kay does the same, before Lotta shows up to commend Lang on his loyalty to Huang. She assures him that Huang never came through the storeroom; she was camped out there during the events of the black market auction after all, and she saw no sign of him during that time.

With the storeroom closed off as an option, Lang states that not only was Huang not seen using the elevator after his meeting with Courtney, there's been no sign of him at all in the two days since then. Edgeworth maintains that Huang's body wasn't in the film lot until last night, and Lang admits he still has some questions about what happened. Edgeworth states that they'll have to investigate what happened here last night, since that's the only time the body and hoofprints could have appeared.

Huang's body is then taken away for an autopsy, and an officer informs Lang that footprints resembling those of an elementary school student were found in the dirt nearby. Kay clearly guesses who that could be, and Penny indicates that John was practicing his lines within the lot last night. She adds that she came to the lot at 10PM to check on him, and claims to have seen something resembling a long reptilian neck above his head. Lotta takes this to mean that Gourdy also showed up at the lot, but Lang and Edgeworth are less than convinced, though they both agree that in any case, they need to talk to John if he was here last night.

Lang turns to where John was standing, but sees him not there, with Penny explaining that he left during the debate with Edgeworth. Lang, Edgeworth, Kay and Lotta head off into the Grand Tower Plaza to look for him, but find no sign of him, with Edgeworth suggesting he decided to head home for the day. An unhapppy Lang argues that he might have instead done a runner, but both Kay and Edgeworth doubt that a kid could pull off a presidential assassination on his own. Lang assures them that he's not naming John as the culprit, but he does point out that the kid's their most prominent witness.

Gumshoe and a pair of cops pick that moment to show up in the plaza, but Gumshoe almost immediately runs off again. Lang is dismissive, remarking that he can hardly rely on the local police anyway. Edgeworth asks if Lang intends to keep investigating by himself, and when Lang says he does, Kay brings up the small army of investigators Lang used to have with him. Lang acknowledges them, but argues that being a "lone wolf" has the advantage of not having to worry about subordinates and partners. Edgeworth takes note of this remark, and Lang and Lotta head off to continue their investigations.

After Lang and Lotta's departures, Edgeworth and Kay notice the man in a black suit who used to accompany Lang on his investigations. They approach him, and Kay asks why he's no longer following Lang, with the man in black explaining that after Lang's unit was revealed to have been housing a dangerous criminal during the events of the last game, Lang took responsibility for the matter and the unit was disbanded, hence why he now works alone. The man in black then admits that he came to the plaza out of concern for Lang, noting that he's still chasing after some "ghosts of twelve years past". Edgeworth asks the man what he means, but the man states that he's said too much and departs.

With Lotta off on her monster hunt and Lang looking for John, Edgeworth suggests that they go and talk to Courtney about what she was up to with Huang. He and Kay recall that she was due to oversee Patricia's trial today, and the pair of them head off to the courthouse.

Part 5-2 - Beginning 2

Within Courtroom No. 3, the trial of Patricia Roland gets underway, with Justine Courtney as the presiding judge, Raymond Shields replacing the deceased Jill Crane as Patricia's attorney, and Franziska Von Karma replacing the still missing Sebastian Debeste as the trial prosecutor. After both Ray and Franziska confirm that they're happy to procced with the trial despite being called up on very short notice, Courtney calls Patricia up to the stand. The warden is surprisingly nonchalant for someone being prosecuted for murder by Franziska Von Karma, asking what she's even doing in the courtroom, but the reason for her high spirits becomes clear when Franziska moves to present her decisive evidence; the knife and chisel Patricia used to murder Knightley and frame Dogen for the deed are both missing!

Patricia mocks Franziska for not being able to hold onto her evidence, but Franziska retorts that she only just got hold of it, causing Ray to guess that Sebastian was responsible for losing the evidence. He suggests that they postpone the trial for the moment, but Courtney overrules him, and Patricia states that she wants to be declared innocent as soon as possible, smugly reminding Franziska that there's currently no evidence against her when she tries to protest. After a brief pause, Courtney - the woman who discovered Patricia's guilt firsthand - voices her agreement that the lack of evidence proves Patricia's innocence, shocking both Ray and Franziska.

Ray isn't willing to let a guilty client go free though, and he reminds Courtney that she was present when Patricia's guilt was proven. After another bit of hesitation, Courtney replies that she's not that person right now, and she can only make decisions within the courtroom based on the evidence at hand. In response, Franziska and Ray both ask for a recess - Franziska claiming that she can find the evidence she needs during it - and Courtney grants it to them.

Within the courthouse lobby, Edgeworth and Kay both discuss the now missing evidence, questioning whether it might have been stolen. Simon Keyes and Regina Berry then show up in the lobby, the two of them having come for Patricia's trial, followed by Ray and a thoroughly furious Franziska. Edgeworth tries talking to his foster sister, but Franziska is still too angry at the trouble caused by Sebastian's apparent incompetence - not to mention Edgeworth's resignation as a prosecutor - to offer anything of use. Ray is more amiable, expressing joy at Kay recovering her memories and offering Edgeworth a place at Edgeworth Law Offices, but there's still the matter of the missing evidence, and he can hardly ditch the trial to look for it.

With there being no other option, Edgeworth and Kay head off to find the missing evidence, with Ray and Franziska agreeing to try and stall the trial until they return. Simon and Regina offer to help search - the former mentioning that he'd become the prime suspect for Knightley's murder once again if Patricia got acquitted - and Edgeworth proposes they talk to Sebastian, seeing as he was the one in charge of the evidence. Simon and Regina promptly set off, and Ray and Franziska head back towards the courtroom.

Before Edgeworth and Kay can head outside though, they're approached in the lobby by Courtney, and Kay wastes no time in trying to get an explanation from her about what happened in the courtroom. Courtney again states that as a judge, she can only make decisions based on the evidence presented in court, whatever her memories or opinions on the matter. Edgeworth brings up Courtney's meeting with Huang on the roof on the Grand Tower, before informing her of his death and her suspicion in the matter. He asks what she and Huang talked about on the roof, but Courtney is just as co-operative there as she was in the trial, and Edgeworth decides it's Logic Chess time.

Edgeworth figures that he won't be able to get much out of Courtney while she's playing up her role as a judge, and decides to start by asking about her and Huang's conversation. Courtney insists it was strictly business and has nothing to do with Edgeworth; the prosecutor stays silent, and Courtney thanks him for being so understanding. Edgeworth brings up her past involvement with the P.I.C. and trial investigations, which Courtney explains as being obligations of her job, and Edgeworth asks if her meeting with Huang was another of those obligations. Courtney says that it was, stating that she would never act outside of her professional duties, but Edgeworth reminds her that she returned Kay's notebook to him following the events of the previous case; that had nothing to do with her job.

Courtney dismisses such an act as immaturity on her part, and Edgeworth changes the subject of the conversation to Huang's death, talking about how he was supposedly killed by a monster. Courtney is shocked at this, and surprisingly manages to connect the information to the Moozilla film, claiming that Sebastian had told her about the film's production earlier. Edgeworth is curious about both her reaction and the missing Sebastian, and decides to target her secret through another line of questioning.

He asks about Sebastian and the missing evidence, but Courtney reiterates that a lack of evidence on the prosecution's side necessitates an acquittal. Edgeworth holds his tongue, and Courtney repeats that she can't let personal feelings affect her verdicts, causing Edgeworth to ask if she's not at all bothered about Sebastian's disappearance. Courtney states that she is, but also hints that she's worried about someone else, and Edgeworth asks if the person in question has anything to do with her earlier actions in the courtroom. Courtney tries to deny it, insisting that she's a follower of the Goddess of Law and won't be swayed by personal feelings, but Edgeworth reminds her that she's human before anything else, making such a thing truly impossible. This gets Courtney to finally cave and admit to being worried about someone - and thus unable to hand down an impartial verdict right now - before she goes into into a state of pure panic. Noting this reaction, Edgeworth decides to try and learn who she's worried for.

When asked if she's concerned about Sebastian, Courtney reminds Edgeworth of the circumstances behind Sebastian's disappearance, indicating that the kid might have to work things out regarding the revelations about Blaise by himself. Edgeworth keeps silent, and the judge goes on to claim that Sebastian could return whenever he pleased, and Edgeworth asks if the other person she's worried about is able to do the same. Courtney refuses to say, but indicates that the person in question is a child, and panics when Edgeworth calls attention to it.

Edgeworth also asks if she's searching for Moozilla, citing her earlier reaction to the news, but Courtney claims she was only surprised to hear that Huang died at the film lot. Edgeworth questions why the location bothers her, and Courtney replies that since film lots are where dreams are made, it might have been better if the movie's cast and crew remained unaware of what happened. Edgeworth replies that the secret's already out thanks to Penny and John, causing another wave of panic within Courtney, with the ex-prosecutor noting that they seem to happen whenever the Moozilla staff are bought up.

With both of the known guesses exhausted, Edgeworth tells Courtney to just say who she's worried about. Courtney refuses to answer, and Edgeworth brings up her earlier mention of a child as a possible indicator. Courtney admits that the person in question is a boy, but claims that he's got nothing to do with Edgeworth or Huang, to which Edgeworth points out her earlier behavior regarding Moozilla. He suggests that the missing kid has something to do with the film, and a distraught Courtney asks how he can know such a thing, thus confirming Edgeworth's suspicions.

Courtney steels herself for further questioning, and admits that she's currently looking for John, but refuses to say why. Wanting to learn the truth, Edgeworth asks if she's one of John's fans, and Courtney jumps on the opportunity and claims that she is. Edgeworth lets her talk about how the film lot had been on her mind because of John's involvement in the film, and how she knew that John was there last night. She adds that John claimed he would be filming there all day today, and Edgeworth asks if John told her that in person. Courtney is shocked, and Edgeworth expresses doubt that John would be so casual with a fan, prompting Courtney to hastily agree and ask that he disregard her earlier remark. Edgeworth has no such intentions, of course.

Edgeworth asks if Courtney knows John. Courtney claims she knows him through his career and reputation and becomes judgmental when Edgeworth replies that he's never heard of the kid until today. Edgeworth doesn't reply, and Courtney apologizes for the outburst, with Edgeworth commenting that such things tend to happen when John's bought up. Courtney insists that in any event, John doesn't know about her, but Edgeworth reminds her that she and John had spoken regarding his filming schedule earlier, causing Courtney to freak out over letting such a thing slip. Keeping this in mind, Edgeworth brings up Lang's own search for John and asks Courtney if she knows where the kid is. Courtney denies such a thing, and Edgeworth replies that he already knows she's acquainted with John, before offering to help her find him. Courtney claims that "the person who knows where that child is" won't allow such a thing, and from there Edgeworth figures out the truth; John has been kidnapped!

Courtney admits that Edgeworth's deduction is correct, and Edgeworth asks how John getting kidnapped relates to her. The judge reveals that she's John's mother; as proof, she presents a tabloid clipping about John that she uses as a good luck charm. She tells Edgeworth that she got a call from John's kidnapper prior to the start of the trial, with the kidnapper demanding that Patricia be found innocent. Hence why Patricia and Courtney acted the way they did in the courtroom, Edgeworth deduces. Courtney sadly claims that she's not fit to be a judge if her composure and impartiality can be compromised through her son, but Kay and Edgeworth both assure her that such behavior is only natural for a good parent; the people working in law are only human, after all.

Though grateful for their support, Courtney states that she can't abandon the judge's bench right now, shortly before a baliff arrives to bring her back to the courtroom. Before Courtney leaves, Kay tells the judge that her father was a prosecutor, and that if he were in Courtney's position, he'd most definitely try to find his daughter rather than let himself be coerced into acting unjustly. She and Edgeworth offer to go and find John for Courtney, and the judge gives them her blessing to do so, while also handing over her cellphone in case the kidnapper makes another call. She also agrees to help Ray and Franziska stall the trial until John is found, but warns that she'll only be able to buy them two more hours at most - meaning until 2PM - before returning to the courtroom. And with that, Edgeworth and Kay return to the Grand Tower Plaza to begin their investigation.

Within the plaza, they find none other than Will Powers, former defendant of Edgeworth's and a Steel Samurai actor. After the two men get reacquainted and Kay introduces herself, she and Edgeworth ask Powers about the case. Powers - who's portraying Moozilla through the use of another full-body costume - admits that he's largely worried about the film right now; apparently Global Studios will only have access to the film lot for a little while longer, since there's construction work due to be carried out there soon. He also indicates that Lotta's been lurking around and blathering on about her kaiju theory. On the subject of John, Powers admits that the kid tends to disappear whenever there's a break in the filming, but adds that he last saw John leaving the film lot and getting into a trailer being used by the film crew, only he wasn't there when Powers came by to check the equipment later.

The trailer in question is currently parked within the plaza. Edgeworth and Kay notice a collection of filming equipment lying on the ground nearby, and Powers reveals that a box went missing from the supplies earlier today. Nothing else disappeared though, causing Edgeworth to wonder if someone wanted to use the box to hold something. Checking the trailer itself, Edgeworth discovers a tape on John's seat, and discovers it contains footage from last night of John privately rehearsing. Powers notes that John is able to operate the film equipment on his own enough for basic filming, before the three of them notice that he ran off while being recorded. No-one else is shown in the footage.

Also parked within the plaza is a taxi. Edgeworth questions the driver, who admits that he picked up a pair of men in black earlier today, but didn't see John with them. A police officer is stationed near the taxi; when talked to, he states that no vehicles came through the plaza besides the taxi and a blue truck parked nearby. Heading over and examining the truck in question, Edgeworth places a hand on it and finds it cold to the touch, meaning it's been parked here for a while.

By now it's half past twelve, giving Edgeworth and Kay no more than one and a half hours to find John. They then notice Lotta and Nicole close by, and Edgeworth reluctantly decides to question them. Talking to the younger reporter, Edgeworth asks why she's not being questioned about the late Huang's fake assassination scheme, and Nicole answers that the authorities just stopped asking her about it all of a sudden, and later let her go with a warning to keep her mouth shut about the matter. Edgeworth guesses that she was released in order to make things line up with the official story about Knightley attempting to assassinate Huang, and Nicole admits that she's been trying unsuccessfully to get her article published since the events at Gourd Lake. Edgeworth however can't be sure if this was due to the publishers being pressured to stay silent on the matter, or because of them simply not being interested in Nicole's use of dramatic license.

Edgeworth then asks what brought Nicole to the grand plaza, but Nicole again insists on an exchange of information before spilling. Edgeworth presents the commemorative photo of John, Penny and Moozilla (presumably Powers in his costume), and Nicole immediately guesses that he's looking into a kidnapping incident, much to the shock of Edgeworth and Kay. When asked about how she knows, Nicole admits that she saw a kid being taken away by a pair of men in black, but didn't see where they went afterwards. Edgeworth and Kay guess that these were the same men the taxi driver picked up earlier, but Edgeworth notes that the taxi driver didn't see John with them. Remembering the missing box Powers told him about, Edgeworth deduces that the kidnappers stole it in order to smuggle John out of the plaza. He questions the taxi driver, who confirms that the two men did indeed have a large box with them when they requested his services, and offers to drive Edgeworth and Kay to the same place he took them.

Edgeworth and Kay accept, and are driven to the entrance of a home garage belonging to none other than Blaise Debeste. Edgeworth wonders if that makes Blaise John's kidnapper, before recalling that Blaise was arrested prior to Edgeworth's encounter with John. Finding the garage unlocked, Edgeworth and Kay search for John inside. They notice a motorbike that Blaise presumably maintains as a hobby, a green box that's no doubt the one stolen by the kidnappers, a pair of dirt-covered mechanic's gloves with "DEATH" spelled out on the fingertips, and finally a shovel and sledgehammer mounted on the wall.

The investigation is then interrupted by the sound of banging coming from elsewhere in the garage. Thinking it might be John, Edgeworth and Kay rush to investigate the source of the noise, but instead find a bound and gagged Sebastian. Edgeworth wonders how the kid could have ended up in such circumstances within his family home, and tries to question him once Kay gets him untied, but after everything that's happened to him today, Sebastian's in far too much shock to co-operate. With little other choice if he wants to get to the bottom of this latest mystery, Edgeworth decides to engage him in Logic Chess, while making sure not to cause him any more emotional damage.

Edgeworth quickly figures that he's got little choice but to hear Sebastian out and answer his questions, and begins by asking him what's wrong. Sebastian is skeptical that Edgeworth would willingly listen to him, but as Edgeworth holds off on mocking or berating him, the young prosecutor gradually reconsiders this stance. Crying, Sebastian asks what he's supposed to believe in, now that he's discovered all of his achievements to have been the result of his father. Edgeworth encourages the kid to at least believe in himself, and offers to share his wisdom, but Sebastian questions whether he's too "inculpable" to even be a prosecutor. Edgeworth guesses that he means "incapable", but assures him that judging one's own ability is never easy.

Sebastian calms down a little, and Edgeworth decides to try and learn about the kidnappers. He asks why Sebastian was tied up in his own home, but the kid's unable to answer, and Edgeworth keeps silent before asking if the kidnappers said anything to him. Sebastian states that they told him to blame the house's owner for his predicament, and Edgeworth points out that Blaise owns the property, prompting Sebastian to suggest that the kidnappers wanted to use him as a hostage against Blaise. Edgeworth doubts this, but keeps the connection between Blaise and the kidnappers in mind as he asks Sebastian about the kidnappers' identities. Sebastian insists he doesn't know anything about that, but Edgeworth guesses that Blaise was behind the kidnapping, causing Sebastian to question whether Blaise was going to kill him. Edgeworth is doubtful; after all, suspicion would fall on Blaise if his son was found dead in his garage. He figures there has to be a reason as to why Blaise had Sebastian kidnapped.

Edgeworth asks Sebastian if he knows the kidnappers' motive. Sebastian argues that they could have just wanted a ransom, but Edgeworth reminds him that this wouldn't make much sense if the kidnapper was the victim's father. He asks if Sebastian noticed anything strange when he got kidnapped, and Sebastian replies that the kidnappers grabbed him as soon as he answered a question of theirs. Edgeworth asks about this question, and Sebastian tells him that he was asked if he knew Courtney, causing Edgeworth to realise that the kidnappers had intended to grab John Marsh as part of the plan to protect Patricia. Sebastian was only kidnapped because the kidnappers mistook him for John.

Sebastian reacts as if he's suddenly remembered something, but when Edgeworth tries to press him on the matter, he starts to fall apart further, leaving the ex-prosecutor with no choice but to try and calm him down while getting his answers. Sebastian denies remembering anything when asked, but does let slip that it involves Blaise, and Edgeworth calls attention to it. Sebastian remarks that he's finally seeing the difference between himself and a real prosecutor, and Edgeworth asks him why he even became a prosecutor in the first place. The kid claims it doesn't matter, since he's not fit to wear the badge, and Edgeworth holds off on agreeing. He insists that Sebastian must have some reason, but Sebastian claims that it's an insignificant one. When Edgeworth continues to stay silent, Sebastian elaborates and says his reason was also a personal one, to which Edgeworth replies that that's something they have in common. Sebastian is surprised, pointing out that Edgeworth's a successful prosecutor whom Blaise would surely have been proud of, causing Edgeworth to guess that Sebastian was seeking his father's approval. Sebastian confirms it, and also adds that he wanted to help Blaise however he could, causing Edgeworth to ask if he's still trying to protect his father. Sebastian denies such a thing, but Edgeworth reminds him of what he just said, and Sebastian admits that he wants to be useful to his father just once, and help him regain his "repetition". Edgeworth figures that he actually means Blaise's "reputation".

Edgeworth asks Sebastian if he truly wants to continue helping Blaise after everything that's happened, encouraging him to instead turn on his father. That gets Sebastian to calm down again, and Edgeworth asks if he knows about any connection between Patricia and Blaise. Sebastian admits that they sometimes interacted during work, but his behavior leads Edgeworth to suspect there was something more. He presses, and Sebastian adds that Blaise was the one who recommended Patricia for her prison warden position. Edgeworth asks why Blaise would do such a thing, and Sebastian guesses that he actually cared about Patricia. The ex-prosecutor stays silent, and Sebastian goes on to say that Blaise has known Patricia since before he became chief prosecutor, prompting Edgeworth to ask what Blaise was like during those days. Sebastian comments that Blaise would look over every bit of evidence that came through the Prosecutor's Office.

Edgeworth asks about the evidence against Patricia that was due to form the cornerstone of today's trial, reminding Sebastian that taking care of it was his responsibility. Sebastian denies losing the evidence, and Edgeworth stays silent, causing the young prosecutor to explain that he'd intended to keep it in the safest place he knew. Remembering the remark from earlier, Edgeworth takes this to mean that Sebastian gave the evidence to Blaise, and tells him that he's been betrayed by his father in that regard. Sebastian asks why Blaise would hide the evidence, and Edgeworth answers that he was trying to protect Patricia.

Although Edgeworth has the matters of both John and the missing evidence to attend to, one look at Sebastian - who's now crying over the realization that he's screwed up Patricia's trial - convinces him to stay and help the kid sort through his baggage. He asks if Sebastian wants to continue being a prosecutor, but Sebastian questions whether he even has the right to do so. Edgeworth tells him that's a decision he'll have to make on his own, and Sebastian admits that he doesn't want to give up on it, figuring that he'll regret doing so for the rest of his life. Edgeworth also asks if he plans to follow Blaise's example and ignore the truth, but Sebastian isn't interested in his ''putty''. Edgeworth corrects him and admits he was once like Sebastian, in that he deliberately ignored the truth until a friend of his helped him realize his mistake. Sebastian replies that he doesn't have anyone like that in his life, but Edgeworth offers to be such a person, provided Sebastian has the guts to stand up. Hearing this, Sebastian declares that he doesn't want to be like Blaise.

Concluding that Sebastian wants to be a different prosecutor to his father, Edgeworth asks him what he plans to do now. Sebastian answers that first he's going to return the jacket he got when he graduated, seeing as he never earned it, and "clothes fake the man" after all. Edgeworth guesses that he means "clothes make the man", and encourages him to become a prosecutor worthy of that jacket. He then keeps silent when Sebastian eagerly declares he won't let anyone make fun of him again, but when Sebastian struggles on what he can do to be accepted, Edgeworth reminds him of his desire to be a different prosecutor than his father, and thus his path should be clear. It seems Sebastian is ready to move on with his life...and then he immediately runs off crying. Edgeworth and Kay have little choice but to return to the Grand Tower Plaza, by which point it's now 1:15, giving them 45 minutes to recover John and the evidence. They decide to at least touch base with Ray regarding everything that's happened and all they've learned.

Ray and Franziska meanwhile are continuing to drag out the trial, but Patricia's starting to cotton on to what they're up to. Edgeworth calls Ray over the phone and suggests that Blaise may know the whereabouts of the missing knife and chisel, seeing as Sebastian gave it to him, and Ray agrees to call Blaise to the stand and cross-examine him there. Edgeworth meanwhile states that he'll continue looking for John and the evidence, but silently wonders how much longer Courtney's going to be able to hold up.

Edgeworth admits to Kay that even with Blaise on the stand, he doesn't know how things are going to play out. As they look through all the evidence they've found that's connected to Blaise - the motorcycle gloves found in the garage and the IS-7 Incident case files - Sebastian then chooses that moment to emerge from the Grand Tower, before running off again after Kay calls out to him. Curious about what he was doing in the Grand Tower, Edgeworth and Kay return to the skyscraper's roof, and find that the hatch to the 51st floor has been left open, presumably by Sebastian. They head down, and discover that the safe on the shelves has been opened. Looking inside, they find a folder containing both a photo of Knightley and a report on him, in which the writer states they plan to interrogate Knightley and confirm he's one of Dogen's henchmen, and tells the reader to retrieve something "he laid to rest near the flowerbed 12 years ago". Edgeworth and Kay guess that based upon the report's contents and where it was found, the report had to have been written by Patricia to Blaise, and thus proves a connection between the two of them. Edgeworth also adds that it shows a connection between the pair and Dogen, one that's likely related to the current case.

Examining the contents of the safe further, Edgeworth and Kay discover the ring Knightley had been wearing when he was found dead, as well as the chessboard that was found near him. All the evidence from the second case in other words, except the knife and chisel, the two pieces they're actually looking for. Edgeworth recalls the warning Knightley gave about the game not being over when he was caught, and resolves to see it through to the bitter end.

With their check of the 51st floor complete, Edgeworth and Kay return to the roof of the Grand Tower, where they find none other than Shelly de Killer manning the food stall there. Shelly asks if Edgeworth's figured out the meaning of the message he left after Blaise's arrest, causing Edgeworth to realize the assassin's been observing him and Kay during their time in the Grand Tower. Edgeworth asks if Shelly murdered Huang, but Shelly denies it, explaining that his contract to do so has expired. He remarks that Huang is somewhat famous for Assassin Outclassin', resisting attempts on his life - including the one that Shelly himself made - through both top level security and body doubles. He also claims that thanks to Rooke foiling him, he was saved from having to kill a target of no value, explaining that he was misled on that matter by his client, which he's naturally taking very personally.

Shelly indicates that he's now searching for the client in question to exact punishment, and while he's still not willing to betray their identity entirely, he hints that it's likely the same person Edgeworth's hunting. He also reveals that Dogen escaped from prison three days ago, almost as if he was expecting a visit from his fellow assassin sooner ot later. This causes Edgeworth to wonder if Dogen's the person Shelly's currently hunting, before Shelly departs to continue his search.

Returning to the Grand Tower Plaza, Edgeworth and Kay get a call on Courtney's cellphone (which has a Moozilla ringtone, bless). Answering it, Edgeworth finds himself speaking to an unknown person using a voice changer, who addresses the ex-prosecutor by name, and admits to being the person in the "red hood" who abducted Kay. Edgeworth puts the phone on speaker mode to allow Kay to listen in on it, and the culprit - after remarking that they hadn't expected Kay to get amnesia - reveals that they also ordered Blasie to kill Crane. They then thank Edgeworth for catching the corrupt P.I.C. Chairman on their behalf, admitting that they kidnapped Kay solely to get her involved in the case of Crane's murder, knowing that Edgeworth would swiftly involve himself if she was threatened.

The culprit also claims that Blaise wasn't the one who had John kidnapped; when Edgeworth asks how they know this, they merely comment on how he and Courtney aren't so different, even mentioning the visit Courtney paid Edgeworth when he was incarcerated in the detention center. They then reveal themself to be John's kidnapper - and express a wish to see the surprised faces of the pair - before mockingly encouraging Kay to get him back, perfectly echoing her assurances to Courtney. Edgeworth wonders how the culprit could possibly know all that they do in such detail, before the culprit admits that they can hardly blame Edgeworth for his mistake; after all, Blaise tried to kidnap John as well, even if he did get his son by mistake.

Edgeworth demands to speak with John as proof of the kidnapper's claims, but the culprit claims that he's currently asleep. Edgeworth then asks if the caller's trying to get Patricia declared innocent as well, but the culprit denies it. They won't reveal their true objective though, and dare Edgeworth to bring them to justice if he can before ending the call. Right as they're about to do so though, Edgeworth and Kay hear an explosion-like noise on the other end of the line.

Kay expresses her frustration at knowing nothing about the culprit, who at the same time seems to know everything about her and Edgeworth. The ex-prosecutor agrees that it's strange, and that they should figure out how the culprit obtained such information. He starts by recalling all that the culprit spoke about; his meeting with Courtney in the detention center, Kay's exchange with the judge within the courthouse, and a desire to see Edgeworth and Kay's faces. Based on that last point, he deduces that the culprit planted a bug on one of them, as they would have been able to see Edgeworth and Kay's reactions if they'd tailed or taken photographs of the pair. From there, he figures that the bug was planted on the Yatagarasu's badge, since that was the only thing besides his clothes that he had on him during the meeting with Courtney. He and Kay examine the badge, and sure enough, there's an electronic bug stuck to the inside. Edgeworth guesses that the culprit planted it after attacking Kay, and from there they were able to overhear everything that happened between Edgeworth and Kay.

Kay proceeds to grab the bug and loudly issue a challenge to whoever planted it. She and Edgeworth then hear a sound from nearby, and run over to find Nicole down on her ass, having fallen over due to shock from hearing Kay's shouting. Kay prepares to vent about the whole bug business, but Edgeworth cuts her off, and Nicole asks about the investigation into the kidnapping. Edgeworth then shows her the commemorative photo again, specifically pointing out John, and Nicole admits that Sebastian was the one she saw getting kidnapped, meaning that Edgeworth and Kay have been waylaid by her once again, and they'll have to start their investigation into John's kidnapping from scratch. And with only twenty minutes left before 2PM to boot.

Kay brings up the explosion that she and Edgeworth heard during the recent phonecall, and Edgeworth admits that it could be a clue to the killer's location, before he and Kay then decide to let Nicole down with the news that they're investigating a different kidnapping than the one she saw. Not that things are entirely her fault, Edgeworth tells her; after all, he and Kay made the mistake of relying upon a questionable source. Nicole doesn't take kindly to the implication, and decides to tell them about a scoop she's been looking into; proof that Moozilla exists.

Edgeworth is ready to head off, but Nicole claims that her proof is a recording of Moozilla spewing flames, and plays it for him. Kay is convinced, but Edgeworth questions whether she actually saw the flames, or even noticed Moozilla. Nicole admits that she wasn't present, and that she recorded the sound of flames by wirelessly wiretapping the area around the Grand Tower, having been investigating the black market auctions alongside Lotta. Edgeworth and Kay both figure that she didn't see anything, and Edgeworth goes on to deduce that she heard Kay's shouting through the bug. Nicole states that she didn't bug Kay, and reluctantly hands over her recording.

Simon and Regina choose this moment to reappear at the plaza, and Edgeworth lets them know that while they haven't yet found the knife and chisel, they have found Sebastian. He and Kay then question Simon about his and Regina's search, and Simon admits that they checked around the Sunshine Coliseum, having figured that Sebastian might have gone to a festival being held there. He mentions that there were fireworks and food stands at the festival, and Edgeworth recalls the explosion he and Kay heard during the phonecall with the culprit, guessing it might have been a firework. From there, Kay deduces that the culprit was near the Sunshine Coliseum when they called, but unfortunately that's still too big an area for her and Edgeworth to search on their own. If only the police could help them out, Edgeworth thinks.

Looking around the plaza further, Edgeworth and Kay find Gumshoe hiding behind the taxi. When questioned, he admits that he's continued investigating even after Edgeworth's resignation; after all, detectives don't just investigate for the sake of prosecutors. Recalling Franziska's claim that Gumshoe helped her out in regards to Crane's autopsy report, Edgeworth questions the detective about it, and Gumshoe explains that he went to the detention center to check on Kay, and subsequently overheard Blaise reveal his true colors to Edgeworth there. He proceeded to look over the evidence himself, and thus Franziska ended up arranging her own autopsy reports. Having explained himself, Gumshoe prepares to head off and prove he can investigate on his own, but Kay assures him that he's already proven that, and Edgeworth - speaking as Gumshoe's friend, rather than his boss - asks Gumshoe to help him with his his investigation. Gumshoe agrees, asking only that Edgeworth not bow to him.

In regards to what he's learned, Gumshoe reveals that the analysis on Kay's clothes he had carried out earlier has revealed traces of a potent sleeping drug named "Sleepy zZz". He also says that he's checked the security camera footage for the Grand Tower elevator, but has seen no hint of Kay ever entering it, making Edgeworth wonder how else she could have been transported to the skyscraper's roof. Edgeworth also brings up the missing John Marsh, and Gumshoe claims he saw the kid heading towards the garbage pickup area for the Grand Tower earlier, with Edgeworth subsequently deciding to check out the area himself. There, he and Kay find a milk carton that John had been drinking from earlier, as well as a sign claiming that garbage is picked up at 11AM, with Kay and Edgeworth noting that bulk waste would have been collected as well today, without being crushed by a garbage truck's compactor. Remembering what Gumshoe said, Edgeworth guesses that John was abducted from the garbage pickup area.

Recalling what he heard from the officer in the plaza earlier, Edgeworth deduces that the blue truck observed leaving the scene was transporting garbage. He notes however that the officer made no mention of the blue truck specifically being a garbage truck, and guesses that it was an ordinary truck taking bulk waste to the garbage dump. Kay questions whether the truck driver might have been the culprit disguised as a garbage collector, but Edgeworth points out that the pickup area is kept locked, and only a legitimate garbage collector would have been given a key. He and Kay deduce that if the kidnapper stashed John in a box and mixed it with the rest of the bulk waste, the garbage collector would unknowingly transport John to a garbage dump, and then the kidnapper could claim the box back by saying it was thrown away by mistake. Unfortunately though, there are two garbage dumps in the area that John could have been taken to.

Recalling the sound of fireworks during the call with the culprit, Edgeworth guesses that John was taken to the Dawn Waste Center, since it's right next to the Sunshine Coliseum. By now it's 2PM; with there literally being no time left to lose, Gumshoe and Kay head off to search for John in the vicinity of the Dawn Waste Center, while Edgeworth heads to the courthouse to buy what little more time he can.

Entering the courtroom, Edgeworth finds Blaise at the stand, the P.I.C. Chairman claiming he had no reason to hide the knife and chisel. Franziska brings up that Sebastian testified to giving Blaise both pieces of evidence, but Blaise denies it, saying that he can't see why Sebastian would state such a thing. Edgeworth then offers to provide evidence of a connection between Blaise and Patricia, but Blaise encourages Courtney to refuse him, and the judge is unable to respond with anything beyond reluctant silence due to her missing son. With help from Ray, Edgeworth manages to at least hint to Courtney about Gumshoe and Kay's search for John, and Courtney agrees to let him speak.

Edgeworth presents the report on Knightley, informing Courtney that it was written by Patricia and found in the storeroom where Blaise was storing the lots for his black market auctions. Blaise objects; he states that it has yet to be legally proven he was behind the auctions, with the not-so-subtle implication that he'll be able to escape the charge when it does get to court. He also drops an implied threat regarding John, and Courtney has little choice but to overrule Edgeworth.

Blaise then tries to get Courtney to declare Patricia innocent, but before the judge can even respond, Sebastian bursts into the courtroom. For various reasons, Franziska, Courtney and Blaise are all less than happy to see him right now - Franziska hasn't forgotten his disappearance, Courtney's not happy about the interruption to her trial, and Blaise is of course a dick - but despite initially wavering under their glares, Sebastian manages to compose himself and explain that he has come to present new evidence. Blaise notes the increased backbone within his son, but isn't particularly bothered about it, even when Sebastian tries to order him to stay at the witness stand. Edgeworth, Ray and Franziska all try to back Sebastian up, but unfortunately for them, Courtney - the one in charge of the trial - is still hamstrung by Blaise's threats towards her son.

At that moment however, Edgeworth, Courtney and Ray's cellphones all start going off. Both men take the calls, and learn that it's Gumshoe, John and Kay all calling with the news that John's been discovered safe and sound. Edgeworth hands Courtney's cellphone back to her so she can talk to John, and the judge expresses her gratitude at hearing her son's alive and well. She reminds him to thank his rescuers and stay safe, before hanging up and turning her attention back to the courtroom.

Now secure in the knowledge that her son's out of Blaise's clutches, Courtney wastes little time taking control of the trial from the now furious man. Franziska cedes the prosecutor's bench to Sebastian, and Courtney asks him to present his evidence. Sebastian starts talking about the knife and chisel, but admits that he didn't actually find them; he just saw Blaise with a crumpled-up newspaper he was planning to throw into the trash, and heard the sound of Dogen's bell come from it. When he learned what his father had done, he raced to the garbage dump to search for the knife and chisel, with Edgeworth realising that this was what Sebastian was up to when he and Kay encountered him in the Grand Tower Plaza earlier. He wasn't able to get much for his efforts though, aside from the now dirty, rolled-up newspaper that Blaise threw away.

Blaise proceeds to mock his son once again, but Ray suggests it's still too early to dismiss the evidence. He suggests that Edgeworth examine the paper, and Edgeworth discovers Dogen's bell within it. Unfortunately, there's nothing they can get from it, and Blaise dismisses the bell as useless. But thanks to Edgeworth's earlier words of advice, Sebastian's unwilling to back down, and his surprising bit of intuitiveness in regards to the newspaper was very much not a fluke. Echoing Edgeworth's own thoughts, he states that the newspaper itself should be examined as well, and he and Edgeworth discover both a conspicuous handprint and traces of motor oil on the other side of it. Edgeworth calls for a fingerprint analysis, but forensics finds nothing besides confirmation that the handprint comes from a glove, and Blaise mocks his son for thinking a criminal would be dumb enough to not wear gloves when disposing of evidence.

Blaise proceeds to berate Sebastian for his idiocy - even after being called out on it by Ray - reminding his son how all his so-called genius only came about due to people like him and Courtney. Unlike in the P.I.C. meeting room though, Sebastian eventually stops taking it. He points out that Blaise smells, and he's not meaning it as a childish insult; he tells Edgeworth to take a good sniff of the handprint, and Edgeworth notices the distinct smell of oil there. Sebastian states that the smell proves that his father tried to dispose of the evidence, but his newfound backbone chooses this moment to desert him; even now, he's not ruthless enough to destroy his father.

Edgeworth encourages Sebastian to not give up, reminding him of the path he chose for himself earlier, and telling him that it's a prosecutor's duty to reveal the truth, even if that involves going up against one's father. His words and another assurance of support prove to be the encouragement Sebastian needs, and in a brief moment of being playable, he presents the gloves from Blaise's garage. He and Edgeworth point out that the newspaper handprint and gloves both have traces of motor oil, as well as the letters "DEATH" on the fingertips. Blaise tries to argue that anyone could buy a pair of those gloves, but neither Edgeworth nor Sebastian can be stopped now; Edgeworth points out that the letter "A" is half-faded on both the newspaper and the gloves, and both items also have dirt stains on them. He calls for a comparative analysis of the two; if the dirt on each is shown to come from the same source, it'll prove Blaise used the gloves to dispose of the evidence.

As Courtney gives orders for the examination to be carried out, Blaise roars and rants about how he can't be taken down by Edgeworth and Sebastian, even as his son continues to condemn him. Blaise then asks Sebastian if he thinks he can survive without his father, but Sebastian isn't fazed. He admits that while he used to do little more than seek his father's approval, he was shown another path by Edgeworth following his kidnapping, and now he's no longer the person he used to be. He assures Blaise that he's always looked up to him, and thanks him for everything before saying goodbye. Blaise screams that Sebastian has never been able to do anything besides depend on him, before crashing and burning for good right afterwards.

With Blaise's attempt to dispose of the knife and chisel decisively proven, Courtney is confident that a search of the garbage dump will eventually locate them. When that happens, Knightley's killer will no longer have any chance of escape, Edgeworth assures a now far less smug Patricia. The prison warden doesn't take her impending defeat well, ranting about how Blaise failed her even after all his claims of being able to create his own truths and verdicts. With that, Courtney prepares to adjourn the trial, but before she can, Lang chooses this moment to make his own entrance into the courtroom.

Lang claims that things aren't over yet, before introducing himself to Courtney. He assures her that he's got no issue with the trial; if anything he's glad to see Patricia going down. The warden seems to recognise him, nervously asking if he's the same Lang from twelve years ago, and Lang confirms it before taunting Patricia on how she's finally let justice catch up to her. Edgeworth asks Lang what he's talking about, and Lang explains that he's referring to the SS-5 Incident, a case from twelve years ago. He says it's a case that he'll never forget, and Edgeworth remembers the earlier conversation he and Lang had about how Huang distanced himself from the Lang clan around the same time, wondering if the case in question is related to all that.

Lang meanwhile turns to Patricia and Blaise, accusing them of killing the Lang clan back in the past, before telling Courtney that he's not actually here to address that particular matter; right now he's after her and someone else, moments before John enters the courtroom with Kay and Gumshoe. Courtney breaks down upon seeing her son in the flesh, before Lang proceeds to name both John and Courtney as suspects in Huang's murder. Edgeworth starts to ask what evidence Lang has, but Lang assures him that he just wants to re-inspect the crime scene with both his suspects in attendance. Nevertheless, Edgeworth wonders if Lang was able to find something to implicate John and Courtney, and accepts Lang's invitation to accompany him to the film lot in order to look into the matter himself.

Remembering Lang's words about the case not being over, Edgeworth acknowledges that there are still a lot of unanswered questions in regards to Huang's murder, including whatever Lotta and Nicole mistook as a monster, and the identity of the person who kidnapped both John and Kay...

Part 5-3 - Middle 1

Led by Lang, the investigation party - Edgeworth, Gumshoe, Kay, Courtney and John - arrive at the film lot, where they find Nicole and Lotta pressing Powers and Penny for details on Moozilla and Gourdy. After explaining things to Nicola and Lotta, Lang decides to resume the investigation by reviewing the events of the case; Huang was found dead within in the film lot earlier today, having previously vanished in unexplained circumstances, with the last confirmed sighting of him being from two nights ago, just prior to his meeting with Courtney on the roof of the Grand Tower. John is suddenly nervous at this, but Lang instead decides to focus on asking Courtney why she met with Huang. Once again though, the judge refuses to elaborate on this matter, even though she's now being suspected of murder.

John questions his mother on why she won't speak, and Kay warns that it'll only look suspicious if she refuses to answer. Lang goes so far as to suggest she's involved in Huang's murder, but Edgeworth objects, reminding Lang that Huang's body only appeared in the lot that morning, and they still don't know what happened between that moment and the meeting with Courtney. Lang explains that he's getting to that; the important question is what happened at the lot last night. He proposes that John answer that question, seeing as his late night rehearsal meant that he would have been around for the events in being discussed. John doesn't take kindly to the discovery that Penny was spying on him last night, but Courtney - in full-on judge mode no less - warns him to behave himself. She proceeds to scold him further - Edgeworth getting a good look at her motherly side in the process - until Lang calls a halt to it so that the investigation can actually continue.

John admits that he was rehearsing alone last night - and lied to Courtney about where he was during that time, the naughty boy - but claims that nothing unusual happened. Edgeworth objects, pointing out the hoofprints in John's practice tape and the Moozilla head that fell over, but John replies that he took the hoofprints to be part of the set, and there's no proof he had anything to do with the falling head. Lang then interrupts the discussion and thanks Edgeworth, explaining that having had a chance to see John's footage for himself, he's noticed something interesting there. He points out the unzipped Moozilla costume within the shot, and then directs the others to the costume as it is now. Unlike in the footage, it's zipped up, and Lang claims the open zip in the video proves that Courtney hid Huang's body within the costume last night. Courtney denies it, and Edgeworth reiterates his argument that the judge could never have even accessed the film lot, but Lang has a counterargument; what if Courtney had an accomplice?

Lang theorizes that John was waiting at the film lot when Huang was killed, whereupon he unlocked the gates for his mother so that the two of them could hide Huang's body within the costume. After another unsuccessful attempt to get Courtney to spill the beans about her meeting with Huang, Edgeworth presses Lang's point about the costume, pointing out that the tape doesn't actually show the inside of it. Lang proposes that they check the inside the costume for traces, and they find a large amount of dirt on the front of it, despite the costume supposedly being washed after Powers was done with filming yesterday. Kay suggests that the dirt was transferred from the hoofprint to Huang's body, and then to the inside of the costume from there, but Edgeworth objects; despite all of the dirt within the costume, there's none on the front of Huang's body.

Lang questions how else the dirt could have gotten inside of the costume. Kay then points out some gray fragments within the dirt, and Edgeworth recalls seeing them on Blaise's gloves as well. He shows the gloves to Lang, and guesses that the gray fragments are bits of concrete from the cracked pieces of it around the hoofprints. He also remembers the sledgehammer and shovel that he saw within Blaise's garage, and guesses that Blaise used both items to create the hoofprints, getting dirt and concrete on his gloves in the process. As for why he would do such a thing, Edgeworth figures there was something in the film lot that he needed to dig up. He goes on to argue that Blaise broke into the film lot to do so last night - cutting through the chain on the side gate - but was forced to hide in the Moozilla costume when John showed up to do his late night practicing, hence why the dirt and concrete ended up there as well.

Lang argues that Edgeworth's theory is merely a possibility, and that Blaise could have just left the scene once he was done digging. Edgeworth however claims there's proof that Blaise was still in the lot when John arrived; he points out a black, white and red duffel bag lying next to the Moozilla costume in the footage, having recalled seeing the exact same bag in Blaise's garage when he and Kay found Sebastian the next morning. He points out that Huang's body could not have been hidden within the costume if Blaise had been hiding there, and Lang realises he's been beaten.

Gumshoe calls for an officer to head to Blaise's house so that they can check the bag, but Lotta and Nicole interrupt the proceedings. Unwilling to accept the truth behind the basis for their kaiju-related scoop, they point out that Penny herself admitted to seeing something resembling Gourdy last night, leaving Edgeworth little choice but to refute their arguments as well. Observing that John's practice footage was shot from a high angle, Edgeworth argues that Penny merely mistook the film lot's camera crane for Gourdy's neck, since it would have been positioned above John's head for the shot, and she herself admitted that her eyesight was deteriorating. Nicole and Lotta however point out that Penny recalled seeing something with scaly skin despite her poor vision, but Edgeworth replies that Penny could have just seen some vinyl sheets wrapped around the camera crane by John to protect it from rainfall. John admits that he did indeed wrap sheets around the crane - while also showing Edgeworth a degree of respect for figuring it out - and just like that, Lotta and Nicole's big scoop is gone.

With the matters of Moozilla and Gourdy resolved, a forensics officer arrives on the scene with a report on Huang's autopsy. It confirms he was crushed to death, and while the yellow stain on his chest has yet to be identified, traces of gunpowder residue were detected on his right hand, suggesting that he fired a gun during his last moments. Kay points out that no gun was found in the area, and Edgeworth silently agrees that he'll have to look into the matter later. He then tells Lang that the autopsy report proves both Courtney's innocence and his theory of Huang being killed by the Moozilla head; besides the manner of death, the report also places it as happening at 11PM last night. Lang has little choice but to concede that Edgeworth's correct, but he advises the others not to rejoice just yet, for it now means that Huang's killer was whoever caused the Moozilla Head to fall from the studio roof last night. And just who was at the film lot around that time?

Courtney realises what he's getting at, before Lang accuses John of killing Huang. He reiterates that John was at the scene of the crime last night, and that he admitted to seeing the so-called hoofprints. Yet he's claiming to have no knowledge about the incident whatsoever? Edgeworth points out that the holes Blaise made aren't relevant to Huang's murder, but Lang points out the now shaken expression on John's face in turn. He then proposes that they check last night's footage with Mr Analysis, and Edgeworth agrees, seeing it as the only way to discover the truth if John won't talk.

Examining the footage in greater detail, Edgeworth inexplicably catches sight of Huang within the top right corner of the shot. Lang takes it as proof that John's the killer, seeing as it puts him and Huang in the same place just before the latter's death, but as Courtney panics, John insists he had no idea Huang was there. With Edgeworth having no way to refute Lang's argument, he and Courtney both urge John to tell them the truth...and John finally breaks and admits responsibility for the falling head.

John states that he turned on the studio roof heater while setting up the equipment for his shoot, and forgot to turn it off afterwards. He then left the lot in order to take a phonecall from Courtney, and found both Huang's body and the Moozilla head on the floor when he returned. Edgeworth recalls seeing evidence of a fire on the studio roof, and John admits he had to put a small fire out there. Gumshoe then questions whether Huang's death should be treated as an accident due to the circumstances, but Edgeworth questions John about what he did with the fallen head afterwards, and John admits that he moved it back up onto the roof. Lang takes both this and John's extinguishing of the fire as an attempt to conceal evidence, but John insists that he never meant to cause the fire, as Edgeworth recalls how it would have ultimately caused the Moozilla head to fall from the roof. John also repeats that he had no idea Huang was in the lot, but Lang questions why the president would even come to the lot in the first place.

Cross-examining John's testimony, Edgeworth presses him about the state of the body. John quietly claims he didn't get a good look at it in the dark, but Edgeworth senses he's hiding something and presses him further, questioning how he was sure Huang was dead. John eventually admits that he went up to the body and checked it, adding that he didn't figure things out at first due to the lack of blood on Huang's clothes; indeed, they were spotless. Edgeworth however objects to this claim, citing the yellow stain on Huang's chest, and questions why John didn't mention it himself. Surprisingly though, it's Courtney who speaks up; she tells Edgeworth that the stain is most likely pollen from Lion Lily flowers, explaining that she brought along a bouquet for Huang when they met on the Grand Tower's roof. Kay points out that there's no sign of any Lion Lilies in the security camera footage, but Courtney replies that they were hidden by Huang's body there.

Edgeworth asks Courtney why she brought the Lion Lillies, but Courtney again refuses to explain, only admitting that she gave them to Huang. Edgeworth points out that no flowers were found with Huang's body, and Courtney is unable to answer how that could be, prompting Lang to call her out on her continuously vague responses. John however comes to his mother's defense; he admits that he found the flowers crushed against Huang's chest when he was investigating his body, and subsequently threw them away. He won't say why he did so however, and Courtney guesses that he saw her leaving their house with them earlier, leading Edgeworth to realize John was trying to protect her from being tied to the dead body.

Lang then points out that regardless of John's story about the flowers, the fact is that he's currently the most likely culprit in Huang's murder. Edgeworth objects; he tells Lang of how John was kidnapped earlier, with Gumshoe and Kay adding that they found him in a refrigerated warehouse, along with evidence that he too had been drugged with Sleepy zZz. The ex-prosecutor argues that there's a mastermind behind the events of this case, but Lang questions whether such a person was at the film lot last night, and Edgeworth acknowledges that he has no evidence of that. He has however proven that Blaise Debeste was at the lot last night, and argues that he's just as likely a suspect as John, causing Lang to quietly question whether it truly was "the same guy from twelve years ago".

Having noticed yet another connection between Lang and the events of twelve years past, Edgeworth asks him what happened back then. Lang claims it doesn't concern him, and when Edgeworth suggests that those events might be tied to the present day's case, he asks for proof of such a thing. In reply, Edgeworth shows him both Patricia's report on Knightley, in which she asked Blaise to retrieve something from twelve years ago, and the letter Crane got that encouraged her to take revenge for what happened twelve years ago. He then points out that Crane and Huang have both been murdered over the last two days, and argues that the key to finding out why is related to the events of the past, but Lang only asks if Edgeworth really wants him to reopen the old wounds of the Lang clan. Moments later though, some of Lang's old subordinates arrive at the lot and urge him to reinvestigate the SS-5 Incident from twelve years ago, saying that whatever happened then has been weighing on their minds no less than it has his. That wins Lang over, and he agrees to help Edgeworth.

Kay offers to use Little Thief to recreate the events of the SS-5 Incident from its case files, but Lang admits that he doesn't actually have access to them, since the details of the case are considered highly classified information. He settles for explaining what he knows; on February the 10th twelve years ago, the police got a call that Huang had been kidnapped for ransom, with Shi-Long Lang's father being the last person to see the president beforehand. The ransom money was successfully exchanged for Huang, and a covert investigation into the kidnappers was carried out later, with Patricia getting suspected and put on trial during the course of it. Lang explains that he came to Patricia's prison following Knightley's murder to get a look at her for himself; having been put on extended leave from Interpol following the events of the previous game, he decided to reinvestigate the SS-5 Incident.

Edgeworth correctly guesses that Patricia was acquitted at her trial, and Lang explains that his father had been looking into the matter of the kidnapping as an ordinary policeman, having been relieved of his post as Huang's head of security following the incident. It was he who identified Patricia as one of Huang's kidnappers, and he supposedly gathered a good deal of evidence on her, but Patricia ended up going free, the kidnappers remained unidentified, and Lang's father retired from the police as a broken man. He can't say exactly what the evidence against Patricia was though, since that's part of the classified information.

It seems that the investigation into the SS-5 Incident will end before it even begins, but then Franziska and Ray arrive at the film lot, the two of them having finished up with Patricia's trial. With them, they have the SS-5 case files, with Franziska explaining that Patricia's reference to twelve years ago inspired her to look into the matter. Not for Edgeworth's sake, mind; she just wants to help Lang get to the bottom of his father's unsolved case. Lang asks Franziska how she was able to get hold of the files, and she explains that Blaise - the prosecutor in charge of that case - was the one who originally had access to them restricted. Now that Sebastian's foiled Blaise's most recent attempt to hide evidence though, all the authority he ever held has been revoked, and that includes control over the SS-5 files. Franziska adds that Sebastian's currently handling things in regard to Blaise and Patricia, while trusting in Edgeworth and the others to solve matters on their end, causing Edgeworth and Courtney to comment on how much he's improved this morning.

Back to the investigation, Edgeworth begins going through the case files, noting that they specify the incident as having taking place in front of the Grand Tower Plaza. After the group heads over there, Edgeworth sees in the files that a freelance journalist named Jack Cameron witnessed Huang's kidnapping, and was later murdered for it by the kidnappers. He and Lang go on to add that the Grand Tower and the attached plaza weren't around during the SS-5 Incident; back then the area was occupied by the Happy Family Home, an orphanage run by Patricia, with Courtney noting that her being in charge of the murder location would naturally make her look suspicious.

Kay enters in the parameters for Cameron's murder and activates Little Thief, visually transforming the Grand Tower and plaza into the Happy Family Home (and freaking out John in the process). Specifically, it's the orphanage garden when the police found Cameron's body. Edgeworth takes note of the large amount of snow, which Lang explains only fell prior to the kidnapping and murder. He also adds that footprints within the snow served as prime pieces of evidence, and Edgeworth makes a mental note to pay close attention to them during his investigation.

Approaching Lang, Edgeworth notices him muttering to himself, and asks what's up. Lang admits that he feels like he's seen the exact scene of three flowerbeds and snow somewhere before, but can't recall the specifics, and Edgeworth decides not to press him on the matter. Beginning his look around, Edgeworth finds that there are two sets of footprints in total. The ones on the left are larger than average - Kay figures them to be size 11's - and end near Cameron's body, with Kay noting that they were thought to belong to him. The ones on the right lead to and from the body, and Kay notes that they were believed to belong to the culprit. Unlike the other footprints, these ones are of average size, making it unlikely that they'll be of use in identifying the culprit.

Investigating Cameron's body - or rather, a recreation based on a photo the police took - Edgeworth notices he's lying face down with a bloody wound on the back of his head, and Kay informs him that Cameron was hit there with one of the bricks from the garden, before handing him the man's autopsy report. Observing the body further, Edgeworth notices something within its right hand, and Kay tells him that he was found holding onto a black bloodstained button, causing Edgeworth to wonder if he tore it from the culprit's clothes when he was murdered. He also notices a cellphone lying nearby, and Kay explains that during the kidnapping, Cameron used it to call his girlfriend about what he was seeing. The call went to his girlfriend's answering machine, and mentioned a light going out, before ending with a thud-like noise. Lang guesses that Cameron was attacked at this moment, and adds that his girlfriend was none other than Crane, meaning that avenging his murder was the reason she joined the P.I.C. to get to Blaise. Edgeworth suspects that she either wanted revenge for Blaise's attempts to cover up the kidnapping, or thought that Blaise was involved in the crime himself.

Looking around further, Edgeworth notices that Cameron had a camera on him when he was killed. Kay informs him that Cameron was found to have only taken a single photo on it, and shows it to him. It depicts Huang being held at gunpoint by a figure in a fedora and trenchcoat just outside of the orphanage garden entrance, with Edgeworth assuming this person to be Patricia based on the logic of Lang's father. Also in the photo is a snowman positioned right at the side of the garden entrance, with a handprint over where its right eye would be. Edgeworth guesses that Cameron was killed before he could take any additional photos. Finally, Edgeworth notices the bloodstained brick that was used to murder Cameron, with Kay noting that there are bricks like it all over the garden.

Heading over to the entrance of the orphanage's main hall, Edgeworth notices scorch marks around and on one of the pillars flanking the entrance. Kay tells him that according to the files, one of the orphanage children caused a fire there as part of a prank. Exploring the rest of the garden, Edgeworth examines one of the three flowerbeds there, this one bearing a large yellow flower. Kay notes that the orphanage has three gardens in total; the one in front of the main hall where they are now, one to the left of the hall and one to the right of it. Each garden also has an arrangement of three flowerbeds, with Edgeworth finding something familiar about the arrangement on the left garden. He then comments on the yellow flower, in bloom despite the winter season, and Franziska mentions that it's a Lion Lily, just like the ones Courtney gave to Huang. She adds that it comes from Asia, and is said to represent the bond between a parent and their child.

With a bit of logic, Edgeworth remembers where he's seen the flowerbed arrangement in the left garden before; the hoofprints in the film lot - also located to the left of where the Happy Family Home once stood - form the exact same pattern, meaning Blaise was digging up the areas where the flowerbeds used to be. Recalling Patricia's instructions to find something from twelve years ago near a flowerbed, Edgeworth guesses that Blaise was doing just that, and dug three holes because - as evidenced by the content of the instructions - neither he nor Patricia knew which flowerbed contained what they sought. Kay then asks what exactly Blaise and Patricia were trying to find.

Having found out everything he can about Cameron's murder, Edgeworth asks Kay to recreate the moment when Cameron saw Huang getting kidnapped. As per Cameron's photo, the recreation shows Cameron stood within the garden's flowerbeds, and Huang and his assailant stood on the road, just outside the orphanage garden. Lang notes that his father suspected the orphanage was connected to the kidnapping due to Cameron's presence there, but Blaise dismissed the possibility on the basis that Huang and the kidnapper weren't seen standing within the orphanage grounds. He remarks bitterly that evidence gathered by the detectives doesn't mean squat if the prosecutor's unwilling to use it, and figures that the connection between Blaise and Patricia was some kind of deal, with Kay guessing that he thinks Blaise was in on the kidnapping as well. Edgeworth then questions whether Lang's father suspected Patricia for another reason besides Cameron, and Lang answers that he likely did, but he never mentioned it to his son. Edgeworth determines that they must discover this reason for themselves.

Remembering Blaise's digging up at the film lot and Lang's suspicion of him being involved with the kidnapping, Edgeworth deduces that Blaise was likely looking for something related to it that had been hidden back when the crime was committed. Kay suggests it could have been the ransom money, and Edgeworth admits that it's a possibility. Investigating the snowman with Edgeworth, Kay notes that it had melted by the time the police discovered Cameron's body, and one of the buttons used for its eyes was missing. Remembering the bloodstained button found in Cameron's hand, Edgeworth deduces that he grabbed it off of the snowman, with Kay confirming that the design matches. Edgeworth continues by saying that there's a huge contradiction if the button came from the snowman's eye; if Cameron did grab it from the snowman - presumably while trying to brace himself after he was struck from behind - that would put him near the snowman and away from the flowerbeds when he was attacked.

Kay points out the footprints leading towards the flowerbeds, but Edgeworth questions whether they really belong to Cameron. He checks the feet of Cameron in the recreation of when he was found dead, and sure enough discovers that his shoes have been changed by that point, meaning the large footprints belonged to someone else. Kay then suggests that the other footprints belonged to Cameron, but Edgeworth doubts it; even with the change in footwear, his feet are still too big for them. He suggests that Cameron was carried and placed between the flowerbeds after he was killed, making it a question of where he was killed if not there.

Re-examining the now melted snowman, Edgeworth discovers another flowerbed outside of the garden, and notices it has a brick missing from the row surrounding it. He deduces that the missing brick was the one found near Cameron's body that had been used to murder him, and from there confirms his theory that Cameron was attacked and murdered near the snowman, before being carried to between the flowerbeds. After all, besides the brick and button both coming from that same location, Cameron would have seen his killer picking up the brick if he'd truly been at the flowerbeds.

By now, the area near the snowman is becoming fairly crowded during the recreation of Huang's kidnapping, what with Cameron being murdered there, and Huang supposedly being kidnapped there according to Cameron's photo. Edgeworth guesses that the photo is actually forged evidence, taken by the kidnappers with Cameron's camera after he was murdered and his body moved in order to conceal what he truly saw. Kay questions where the confrontation between Huang and his kidnapper took place if not at the garden entrance, and Edgeworth guesses that it was near the burnt pillar at the main hall entrance, seeing as one of the lights there is broken, and Cameron mentioned a light going off in his call to Crane. There was indeed a connection between the orphanage and the kidnapping, one that the kidnappers tried to conceal by moving Cameron's body and taking the fake photo.

Edgeworth has Kay bring back the recreation of when Cameron's body was discovered, and re-examines the area where it was found. He notices that despite it now being confirmed that Cameron was murdered elsewhere, there was nevertheless a substantial bloodstain reported near where he was originally thought to have been killed. He guesses that this blood must have come from someone else, and that Blaise had lied about it being Cameron's when he was prosecuting the case. Kay asks why Blaise didn't just clean up the bloodstains, and Edgeworth replies that even if he had, forensics would have investigated the scene once Cameron's body was discovered and discovered its presence with luminol. It would have been far easier to just change the results once the blood had been tested. Kay then notices that Cameron's clothes were soaked in blood, meaning that the bloodstains hadn't yet dried when he was murdered and moved. Edgeworth notes that there's yet another contradiction; part of the bloodstain looks to have been caught up in the nearby fire, meaning the former would have appeared before the latter. Which begs the question; since the child who set off the fire would surely have noticed the bloodstain and dead Cameron, why did they not come forward as a witness?

Lang calls on the man in black to gather everything he can find on the fire, and also orders him to contact the Lang Clan within Zheng Fa and have them check his father's old room. When Edgeworth asks what he's up to, Lang explains that he's just remembered why he recognizes this scene; a long time ago, he saw a child's drawing that resembled it within his father's room. Noting the choice of words, Edgeworth guesses that the drawing's artist might have been the one who started the fire, and the man in black races off.

With everything investigated, Kay turns off Little Thief, and the man in black returns soon afterwards with the items Lang requested, including a photo of the drawing in his father's room. It depicts Huang and a very familiar bald man and dog within the orphanage front garden, but for now Edgeworth's largely focused on how the artist was almost certainly the kid responsible for the fire. The man in black also tries to bring up something else, but Lang puts him on the back burner and asks Edgeworth why his father might have obtained such a drawing. Edgeworth guesses that he came across it during his investigation, but questions why he would keep it secret before asking to see the details of the fire. Lang hands them over, and Edgeworth reads that according to them, the kid responsible for the fire was a boy who snuck out of his bed on the night Huang was kidnapped, and disappeared without a trace several days later. Lang and Kay wonder if he was made to disappear because he was an unwanted witness, and Edgeworth thinks to himself that, unpleasant as it may be, it's not impossible.

Lang goes on to say that the boy who disappeared left behind his possessions, including a small horn that Edgeworth immediately recognizes as belonging to the old Moozilla doll Huang once had. Lang recalls that Huang kept the doll close at hand all the time, adding that he always found it odd how one of the horns was missing, and Edgeworth remembers that the doll can record and play back audio when its horns are twisted. The doll is promptly retrieved from the Grand Tower and the horn replaced; when twisted, the doll starts playing a message to Huang from someone named Amy. All of a sudden, Courtney pleads for the others to stop the playback, but no-one listens, and Amy goes on to name John as her and Huang's son. She adds that she'll be waiting for Huang within the orphanage garden at midnight on the 9th of February - shortly before Huang was kidnapped - in the hope that he can meet his son just once.

Lang turns to Courtney, who admits that John is her adopted son, rather than a biological one. John always knew this, and Courtney explains to the others that she and Amy were cousins, and had been very close to each other since they were young, to the point that she adopted John after Amy passed away five years ago. She adds that there were circumstances that kept her from telling John anything about his father, but Edgeworth notes that the truth's out anyway thanks to the doll, wondering if Amy sent it to Huang. John is all tense at the news - being a teen who's just learned his father was a recently assassinated head of state will do that to you - and Courtney tells him that before taking up a job at the orphanage as he had been led to believe, Amy worked as a diplomat in Zheng Fa, hence how she came to know Huang. Lang then brings up that Amy wasn't present at the orphanage on the night of the SS-5 Incident, and Courtney replies that someone had been following her that night and prevented her from being there, with Edgeworth suspecting Blaise to be responsible. She adds that she had met with Huang on the Grand Tower roof in order to try and tell him about Amy and John, and had bought along the lion lilies to remind him of her, seeing as a bouquet of lion lilies was the first present he ever gave Amy.

John silently looks away at this, before the man in black interrupts with the thing he wanted to bring up earlier. He explains that Huang's will was among the things he bought over - Edgeworth recalling that Huang had once entrusted it to the Lang clan - and Lang gives it a read, whereupon he discovers that Huang named John as his son there, despite the scandal such a thing would cause. Lang and Courtney are both shocked, but Lang confirms that the will is indeed genuine, having been entrusted to the clan long before the SS-5 Incident. Hearing this further confirmation of his father's identity is enough to make John bolt, and Edgeworth runs after him.

Part 5-4 - Middle 2

Edgeworth and the rest of the group find John back at the film lot, specifically the spot where Huang was found dead. John's still struggling to cope with it all, a sentiment not helped by how Huang never told him who he really was during the filming. Courtney starts to apologize, but John replies that it's his fault; he broke a promise to Courtney, caused the fire on the roof, and ended up crushing both his father and the flowers his adopted mother had gotten. As Courtney tries to comfort John, Lang comments on how Lion Lilies come from Zheng Fa, before Edgeworth turns to him and suggests they focus on solving the case. He asks if the investigation into the SS-5 Incident proved Lang's father correct, but Lang admits that his father never told anyone what exactly he discovered. Edgeworth therefore proposes that Lang offer up his own thoughts on the matter.

Lang argues that Huang went to the orphanage to meet with Amy after getting her message via the doll, and got himself kidnapped there. He also remarks that if Cameron hadn't been present as well, there wouldn't have been a murder that night. Edgeworth objects, pointing out the bloodstain found where Cameron was supposedly killed, and suggesting that someone else was murdered during the SS-5 Incident. As further proof, he presents the drawing found by Lang's father, arguing that the boy who drew it was recording something he had witnessed, and Blaise made him disappear to try and bury all knowledge of the event in question. He identifies the two figures in the drawing as Huang and Dogen, declaring the assassin's presence to mean that, far from being kidnapped, Huang was assassinated twelve years ago!

Edgeworth goes on to argue that Patricia furnished the orphanage to serve as the crime scene while Blaise covered up the boy's testimony, and that Cameron was murdered because he witnessed the assassination. Lang questions how Huang could have been alive all this time if Edgeworth's theory is true, and Edgeworth suggests there were two President Huangs in the past, recalling how Lang's memories of the man didn't match up at all with the figure he encountered at Gourd Lake. He proposes that Huang had a body double as a precaution against assassins, but while Lang admits that Huang's life was often targeted, he still wants proof of such a thing. Edgeworth presents the SS-5 files, noting that on the midnight Huang was supposedly off to try and meet Amy, Lang's father also recorded him as being at the Zheng Fa Embassy, putting Huang in two places at once. He deduces that the real Huang was the one assassinated by Dogen, and the one who had him killed was the body double, as evidenced by the fake photo of Huang that was taken with Cameron's camera after his murder. He argues that after the original was killed - no doubt with Blaise and Patricia's help - the body double would have been able to take his place.

Lang then points out that Huang's body was never found, and questions where it could have disappeared to. Edgeworth reminds him of Blaise's late night digging last evening, figuring that Huang's remains had been the thing buried within the film lot that he'd been searching for. After all, the construction work due to start there necessitated that Blaise retrieve the remains before they were discovered by the construction workers. Lang has the hoofprints searched, and sure enough, traces of a buried body are detected there. In addition, skeletal remains confirmed to be those of Huang are discovered at Blaise's home, confirming Edgeworth's theory.

By now, Kay's struggling to keep up to date with everything that's been revealed, and Edgeworth proposes they review the events of the case as they know them. First, Huang came to the front garden of the Happy Family Home to try and meet John, with the large set of footprints belonging to him. There he was confronted and murdered by Dogen, with the supposed kidnappers taking his body to the left garden to bury it there. Cameron - who was by the front garden entrance at this time - witnessed them carrying Huang away and mistook what he saw for a kidnapping, before being approached from behind by the body double, likely on his way to meet with his co-conspirators Blaise and Patricia. The body double killed Cameron and carried his corpse to where Huang had been assassinated; since he was likely wearing the same shoes as the late Huang, he could have stepped in Huang's footprints to avoid leaving any of his own, before putting those shoes on Cameron to make the footprints look like his. By now though, Cameron had sent Crane a message about what he'd seen; Blaise, Patricia and the body double were subsequently forced to stage a kidnapping outside of the orphanage, with the body double playing Huang, and Patricia posing as the kidnapper. The body double could have stepped within Huang's footprints once again, while Patricia was the only member of the trio with feet that were the right size for the second set of footprints found.

At this point, Lang says that his father must have realized what had really happened back then, seeing as he had the boy's drawing of it. Courtney mentions that the picture was never presented as evidence, and both Lang and Edgeworth conclude that Lang's father had chosen to hide the truth to protect Zheng Fa, due to how Huang was practically carrying the country on his shouders prior to his murder. It would have been chaos if word got out that he had died, and Lang's father judged the fall of his family to be a worthwhile sacrifice to prevent that.

Edgeworth and Kay remark that the truth Lang's father concealed twelve years ago has now become clear, before a very familiar voice questions whether that's really the case. Everyone looks around to see Dogen and Anubis within the film lot, the assassin explaining that he overheard them talking about someone he's currently searching for. A "young acolyte", to be precise, and the same person who wore the red raincoat and has been masterminding the events of the case. He testifies that the acolyte saved his life twelve years ago; once he had murdered Huang, Blaise, Patricia and the body double planned to have him killed as well, but they were foiled by the efforts of the acolyte. He confirms that he had been hired by the body double, who resented having to constantly fear for his life in Huang's place, and that the body double had gotten in contact with Blaise to locate Amy, suspecting her to be Huang's only weakness. Once Amy had been found, Patricia was bribed to have her orphanage serve as a location where Huang could be lured and murdered. He goes on to reveal that the acolyte was the same boy who started the fire at the orphanage entrance; after Huang was killed, the boy - who had been hiding within an igloo in the garden - overheard Blaise and Patricia discussing their plans to murder Dogen as they were moving Huang's body. He subsequently warned the assassin, before leading him away and setting off the fire to dispose of their footprints, with the fire also distracting Blaise and Patricia from Dogen's escape.

Cross-examining Dogen's story, Edgeworth notices him claim that he was "reunited with" the boy back during the SS-5 Incident. When pressed, Dogen explains that he first met the boy on Christmas Eve eighteen years ago; while taking Anubis out for a walk during a snowstorm, the pair discoved him and another boy trapped inside a car after the doors had frozen shut. They would have been dead from exposure had Dogen arrived an hour later, but instead he was able to get them out of the car and drop them off at a nearby orphanage. Edgeworth notices that the date of these events is the same as that of the IS-7 Incident, when Dane Gustavia murdered Isaac Dover and both their sons went missing. He and Ray doubt it's a coincidence, and Dogen agrees that the boys he saved being the two missing children makes sense; one of them was bound and unable to move when he found them. Edgeworth and Kay briefly explain their involvement in the IS-7 Incident, and Dogen admits that during the SS-5 Incident, he learned from his savior that both boys had lost their memories due to the trauma of nearly freezing to death, unable to even remember their names.

Edgeworth notes that while the two boys are quite likely the sons of Dover and Gustavia, they still don't know enough to deduce the mastermind's identity, and asks Dogen to continue his story. Dogen says that he stayed in touch with the boy who saved him even after entering prison, until the boy suddenly stopped writing to him. Combined with how all the conspirators in the SS-5 Incident started getting drawn into murder cases one after the other, this made him curious enough to break out of prison and investigate for himself. He adds that he had blackmailed Patricia during her prison warden days not by threatening her family, but by threatening to reveal the truth about of her crime through John. When he confronted Huang in the orphanage garden, the president told him about his illegitimate son, Huang begging only that he be allowed to meet him before his death, and admitting that he had made preparations for John to be revealed as his son. Edgeworth and Lang both realize that Huang had been referring to the will he had left in the Lang clan's care, which would have proved both his trust in them and John's heritage. Along with Amy's recording on the Moozilla doll - which had been brought to the meeting by Huang and damaged when Dogen attacked him - these pieces of information would have been enough to prove the body double's true identity.

Edgeworth presses Dogen on his staying in touch with the boy/mastermind, with Dogen explaining that their communications went between the prison and a post office, in order to keep Patricia from learning the mastermind's address through the letters. They mostly played correspondence chess with each other, and Edgeworth recalls the correspondence chess memo he found in Knightley's cell at the detention center. Ray asks if this means Knightley was one of the missing kids from the IS-7 Incident, and Edgeworth sees that the ring of Knightley's he found in Blaise's safe is actually Pierre Hoquet's seal converted into a ring, with Ray admitting that he heard it was eventually returned to Dover's next of kin once the police tracked him down. That would make Knightley Dover's son, and Kay and Lang take this to mean that Knightley is the mastermind, but Edgeworth reminds them that he's been dead for the last couple of days. Dogen then remarks that he enjoys writing letters in braille, but Edgeworth points out that the memo he found was typed up using a word processor. He takes this to mean that someone got Dogen's letters prior to Knightley, redid them in the word processor and sent them onto Dogen, before doing the reverse for Knightley's letters to Dogen. It's this middleman who's the mastermind, he and Dogen conclude.

Lang asks who the mastermind could be, and Edgeworth points out that there's one other candidate if Dover's son is dead, with Lang correctly guessing it to be Gustavia's son. With growing unease, Edgeworth remembers a certain someone claiming he and Knightley had no real families and were each other's only friends since childhood, before declaring that he's figured out the mastermind's identity. He recalls the mystery of the "monster", and how Kay was somehow transported to the Grand Tower roof without boarding the skyscraper's elevator. He remembers the Berry Big Circus flier he was given after solving Knightley's murder, and the sound of spewing flames Nicole recorded. Finally he remembers Lotta claiming to have photographed Moozilla's eye in her shot of Crane, and asks to see the photo again. Putting it into Mr Analysis, he sees that there is indeed a big, monstrous eye peering through the blinds, but it belongs to a hot air balloon resembling a lion's head featured on the Berry Big Circus flier, with the sound Nicole recorded being its burner. He argues that the mastermind used the balloon to fly Kay to the Grand Tower roof, and Kay points out that this would make them someone connected to the Berry Big Circus. And the only member who fits that category, while also being an old friend of Knightley's and the son abandoned by Dane Gustavia...is none other than Simon Keyes!

Kay really doesn't want to believe that one of her friends and a person they saved is responsible for everything that's happened. Edgeworth starts to say something to her, but he's interrupted by John calling out Dogen for trying to slip away. Dogen commends both John's perceptiveness and Edgeworth's work in unravelling the mystery, before explaining that he has no further need to be present after everything he's heard. Edgeworth shouts at him to stop, but ends up getting tackled by Anubis; by the time he recovers, both Dogen and his dog are gone. John is less than happy; having learned that Dogen killed his father, he now wants revenge on him, much to Courtney's distress.

Gumshoe puts an APB out on Dogen, and Lang - not unkindly - tells John that they have other things to worry about, before asking Edgeworth where Simon is right now. Agreeing with Lang, Edgeworth says that Simon will most likely be practicing at the Berry Big Circus tent, but before they head over there, he instructs Lang to look into the matter of the monster's true form once they arrive, and instructs Gumshoe to carry out a follow-up investigation into John's kidnapping. When Kay offers to help as well, Edgeworth puts her in charge of getting backup, explaining that they might need a certain person's help if Simon truly is the mastermind.

With his plans put into motion, Edgeworth recalls how Simon was always able to convince and win him over with his act, before resolving to bring him down once and for all...

Part 5-5 - End

The group arrive at the Berry Big Circus tent to find Simon and Regina - the former now in his costume - in the middle of prep work. Simon expresses joy at seeing his new friends there, and voices his confidence in surprising Edgeworth with his performance, but Edgeworth states that he has already done so. He confirms with Regina that the Lion Balloon is owned by the circus and looked after by Simon - while also telling her of its involvement in his case - and then asks Simon if he took the balloon out for a midnight flight a few nights ago, all while implying none too subtly that he's onto him now. Soon realising what's going on, Simon asks Edgeworth what he thinks happened, and Edgeworth points out that Kay could only have gotten onto the Grand Tower roof in the manner that she did if Simon flew her there in the balloon, before claiming that Simon also drugged and kidnapped John earlier.

Simon denies the accusations and pleads with Edgeworth to believe him, but Edgeworth is no longer willing to do so after everything he's learned, and Simon proceeds to claim that Edgeworth and Kay's trust in him when he was being prosecuted for Knightley's murder was a lie. Kay assures him that they truly did trust him at the time, but this just gets Simon to sadly ruminate on how even Kay has turned on him. Seeing his heartbroken state, Kay starts to question if Simon truly is the mastermind...

...and then Edgeworth objects. He's realized that this is how Simon operates; he looks for emotional vulnerabilities in others that he can exploit to his own ends, making the people in question act as he desires. That's how he's been able to mastermind the events of the case. He warns that he's not going to fall for it again, and indicts Simon.

Simon:...Hmm. So, it's come to this after all. You were always so full of confidence, Mr. Edgeworth. But, I rather like that. Because now... I can rip that confidence to shreds.

With that, Simon reveals his true self, his demeanor shifting from that of a goofy clown to a villainous, dark-hearted harlequin. Who's also more capable at taming animals than he previously let on.

Beginning his testimony, Simon admits to using the balloon on the night of Crane's murder, but claims he often flies around that area for advertising purposes. Edgeworth asks if he launches the balloon from the circus tent, but Simon answers that he uses a truck to drive it to a big park near the Sunshine Coliseum. Edgeworth points out the blue truck he saw parked in front of the Grand Tower, before Lang and three of his men enter the tent whilst being accompanied by Ema; turns out she was the person Edgeworth wanted Kay to bring in. Lang tells Edgeworth that - as per the ex-prosecutor's request - he's found the lion balloon being stored in a blue truck parked nearby, with Edgeworth stating it's no doubt the one he saw earlier.

Simon objects (yes, just like his old friend Knightley, he gets an Objection! voice clip and speech bubble), arguing that it could have been another blue truck Edgeworth saw in the plaza. Kay protests, but Simon - impersonating Edgeworth for little reason other than to be a Troll - tells her that there's no evidence it was his truck they saw. Edgeworth proposes they check Simon's truck for fingerprints; he placed his hand on the truck from earlier, so if Simon's truck has his prints on it, it'll prove the two of them are the same. Sure enough, he and Ema find a print of his, but Simon tries to argue it's just a coincidence that two vehicles associated with him were in the presence of two different kidnap victims. He questions whether Kay and John's kidnappings were even connected, and Edgeworth points out that Sleepy zZz was used in both incidents, but Simon retorts that that doesn't prove a connection. He accuses Edgeworth of being just like other prosecutors and the police; making up evidence solely to see innocent people convicted.

Edgeworth's at a loss for what else to do, but Ray has Kay come to his rescue with an impromptu Simon impersonation, buying him more time to figure something out. Deciding to look for something not related to the kidnappings that's tied to the mastermind's identity, Edgeworth presents Knightley's correspondence chess memo, telling Simon of his deduction that he had Knightley and Dogen play each other at correspondence chess by acting as a middleman between them. Simon questions why he'd need to do such a thing, and Edgeworth suggests it was to make Patricia think that Knightley was connected to Dogen, thereby prompting her to murder him. Simon denies being capable of that kind of manipulation, and Edgeworth suggests they search his room in the hope of finding a letter from Knightley. Simon however replies that he throws letters away once he's read them, meaning they won't find anything...but then Regina chimes in and reveals that a letter from Knightley just arrived for him. Edgeworth and Kay take a look at it, and find it to be the late delivery of another correspondence chess memo, this one a response to Dogen's last move and dated to the day before Knightley's death. The connection between Simon, Dogen and Knightley has been proven.

As Simon curses Knightley for being a Spanner in the Works, a distraught Kay questions how he can act against his only friend in such a way. Simon claims that he stopped considering Knightley a friend following the IS-7 Incident; as he was on his way to the Great Dessert Contest, Knightley - who had been intimidated into doing so by his father - ambushed him and tied him up, making him the bound kid discovered by Dogen and Anubis. As a result, the two of them almost died in the snowstorm...and Simon's father was later murdered by Knightley's father. But hold on; wasn't Knightley the kid of the IS-7 murder victim?

Simon turns out to believe himself to be Dover's son, explaining that thanks to the trauma from his near-death in the snowstorm, he didn't learn the truth of the IS-7 Incident until later on. He did know that his father was being set up by Knightley's father, and thus took Dover to be his father after he turned up dead, with Knightley being a willing accomplice in the murder. He claims that being the son of a killer, it's only natural that Knightley would get himself killed, but Edgeworth informs him of the truth via Knightley's ring, explaining that it had once been a seal used by Dover's Pierre Hoquet alias, and was later returned to his son. The realization that he's therefore the son of Gustavia shocks Simon to his core; it turns out he had decided to follow Dogen's example largely because he didn't want to share the fate of "his" father. He says as much, and Edgeworth declares it proven that he's the mastermind.

Bursting into mad laughter, Simon admits that he is indeed the mastermind. He then goes into his motive; after he was discovered to have been in the orphanage garden during Huang's assassination, Patricia interrogated him ruthlessly, prompting him to run away. Blaise of course tried to have him hunted down, and with his and the body double's combined influence and resources, Simon was constantly on the run and afraid for his life, unable to trust in anyone but Dogen. In time, he reasoned that if he emulated the assassin, he'd be able to put an end to those seeking to do the same to him. Edgeworth questions why he didn't go to the police, but Simon replies that Blaise would have destroyed anything that could implicate him if he had, citing his attempt to get rid of the decisive evidence against Patricia earlier today. He remarks that he knew something like that would happen from the start, leading Edgeworth to surmise that he had John kidnapped to try and force Courtney to declare Patricia guilty during her trial. Simon won't admit to it, but he argues that he had no choice other than to act the way he did in order to defeat Blaise, Patricia and the body double. Edgeworth retorts that he's no different from them, given that Blaise also tried to have John kidnapped in order to influence Patricia's trial, but Simon refuses to admit to his own crime, and claims he's actually grateful for the chance he got to take his revenge on the people who wronged him.

Edgeworth comments on this motive, but Simon replies that he never actually took any lives himself, he just sent a few letters that led to things conveniently working out for him. Two of these were for Crane and Blaise, exposing their secrets to the other and subsequently leading to them trying to kill each other. Another was a letter to Knightley, detailing the fake assassination plan that led to Knightley murdering Rooke and getting imprisoned for it. And then of course there was making Patricia think that Knightley was an associate of Dogen's through the correspondence chess memos and the hidden chisel he had sent to his old friend, thereby driving her into the same maddening paranoia she and her cronies had once made him experience. Finally, he argues, he took advantage of Edgeworth's desire to emulate his defense attorney father by saving people from wrongful convictions and fingering the true killers, though he admits that getting pegged as Knightley's murderer wasn't part of his plan. Kay insists that Edgeworth was nothing but selfless back when he was solving those cases, but Ray assures her that Simon's just become unable to comprehend the idea of someone helping another, and thus he projects his own worldviews onto others.

Regardless, Simon argues that while everyone he wanted revenge on met with a much-deserved fate, there's no proof that he specifically instructed any of them to kill each other in the letters he sent them, and thus he can't be convicted of anything. There's not even any proof that he was involved in Kay's kidnapping, he adds, before indicating that he'll sic the circus animals on them - or try and take John hostage - if they continue "trying to frame an innocent man for murder". Edgeworth tells him that Nicole overheard the taunting call he made to him and Kay - in which he admitted to ordering Blaise to kill Crane - through his bug, but when Nicole tries to play her recording of it, the tape has nothing but silence. Simon reveals that he can turn off the bug remotely, and that he did so while making his call, having deduced that Nicole was tapping it when he heard her mention the kidnapping in her initial conversation with Edgeworth. He mocks Edgeworth for not realizing he would have overheard the conversation, before declaring that there's still no proof he directly told anyone to commit murder.

A despondent Nicole asks if there's truly nothing useful in her recording. Ray asks Kay if she has any ideas - the bug having been planted in her badge - but Kay is unable to provide anything. Franziska points out that Kay's the only one who came into contact with the culprit, before Simon interrupts and insists they move on to another topic. Edgeworth notices this eagerness to change the subject, and recalling Franziska's remark from moments ago, he asks Nicole how long she's been recording. Nicole replies that she's been doing so since two nights ago, and Edgeworth asks that she play the recording from two nights past, when Simon would have been flying Kay up to the Grand Tower's roof. Nicole does so, and the group hear the familiar sound of the balloon's burner, followed by a gunshot and a loud clanging sound. Edgeworth reveals that the body double was found to have fired a gun due to the gunpowder residue on his hand, and states that both he and Courtney would have been on the Grand Tower's roof at the time the gunshot would've been recorded, with Courtney confirming as such and admitting that the body double ordered her to leave the roof after noticing something odd. The ex-prosecutor argues that the gunshot could've happened after this, but Simon insists that's just conjecture. Lang points out the clanging sound in the recording, and Edgeworth guesses that the bullet hit the Lion Balloon's basket. They examine it, and sure enough there's a bullet hole there.

Simon compliments Edgeworth on being able to figure things out, and testifies that it's just as Courtney and the ex-prosecutor say; two nights ago, he was flying up near the Grand Tower's roof when he saw Courtney and the body double there, at which point the body double ordered Courtney to leave before firing off a shot at him. He suggests that the body double had planned to kill Courtney after she told him about John, seeing as she'd essentially revealed she had proof that the body double was a fake. He then goes on to claim that his presence there was just a coincidence, but Edgeworth questions what he did after the body double shot at him. Simon initially answers that he fled in the balloon, but after Edgeworth points out that he would've had to land on the roof in order to unload Kay, he claims that he stuck around just long enough to see the body double slip through the roof hatch. Edgeworth objects to this, citing Lotta's testimony, with Lang explaining that the body double would've run into her if he moved through the hidden storeroom, seeing as she was staking the place out at the time. The ex-prosecutor argues that the body double instead left the roof via the balloon, but Simon reminds the group that Lotta fainted when Kay fell into the storeroom, suggesting that the body double could've simply hidden on the roof until then, at which point he'd have been able to depart through the storeroom without being spotted.

It seems Edgeworth's been outplayed, but Simon's not done yet. He claims that he told the body double about John, and that this prompted him to try and murder the teen at the film lot the next day, only for John to kill him instead. Edgeworth retorts that John had no motive to commit such a murder, but Simon claims that he wrote John a letter as well, telling him all about his real father. Both John and Courtney deny such a thing, but Simon isn't willing to back down, arguing that in any event he had no reason to give the body double a ride in his balloon, and the body double was crushed by the Moozilla head John made fall. Edgeworth's at a loss for what to say to defend John, but Ray encourages him to stay calm and consider how the body double could've gotten on the balloon, rather than whether or not he did.

Beginning his rebuttal, Edgeworth argues that rather than being crushed by the monster's head, the body double was killed by Simon landing his balloon's basket on top of him, in response to the other man shooting at him. Once he had done that, he could have loaded the body double's corpse into the basket and carried him away. Simon reminds them that Huang's autopsy report puts his time of death at last night, long after the events at the Grand Tower roof, before going on to mockingly thank Edgeworth for taking down Blaise, Patricia and Gustavia. The mention of the IS-7 Incident's culprit serves as a reminder for Edgeworth, and he proposes that Simon - much like his father did with Dover 18 years ago - froze the body double's corpse in order to throw off his time of death. After all, he had access to a refrigerated warehouse which he used to hide the kidnapped John. An agitated Simon tries to argue that there's no connection between him and Gustavia, but Ray reminds him of his earlier admittance to not liking sweets in the detention center, which he guesses was the result of Gustavia's sudden disappearance. Furthermore, Edgeworth points out, both Simon and Gustavia are willing to sacrifice others for the sake of protecting themselves.

Simon lets out a scream, seemingly beaten...but no, it turns out he's just continuing to be a Troll. He claims to the investigators that there's no evidence connecting him to John's kidnapping, before asking if Edgeworth's just going to forge some, accusing the man of only seeking truths that are convenient for him. With Edgeworth and the others unable to refute, Simon claims victory and bursts into laughter...right before Gumshoe arrives on the scene and reveals he's confirmed that the Berry Big Circus was renting the warehouse where John was imprisoned. Simon tries to downplay this, but Edgeworth questions Regina, who admits that she let Simon handle all matters related to the warehouse, which was intended to store the food for the animals. With this link between Simon and John's kidnapping established, Edgeworth argues that while Simon initially hid the body double's corpse in the warehouse, he eventually decided to take it back to the Grand Tower, since suspicion would've fallen on him if it was discovered in the warehouse (hence why it turned up away from there).

Simon's not off the tightrope yet though. He argues that there's no evidence he killed the body double with his balloon, to which Edgeworth proposes that they check the balloon again. Simon asks what he expects to find, and Edgeworth - encouraged by his friends and fellow investigators - reminds him that the body double would've been carrying a bouquet of Lion Lilies when he was killed, and thus traces of them might have ended up on the balloon's basket. Ema does a check, and sure enough, there are traces of yellow flower pollen on the basket.

Edgeworth summarizes the events of the body double's murder. After killing him, Simon used the balloon to transport the corpse to the warehouse, not wanting its discovery to disrupt his plan to have Blaise and Crane try to kill each other that night. Of course, he couldn't keep the body double in the warehouse indefinitely, so he flew the corpse back towards the Grand Tower last night, and subsequently saw the fire and fallen Moozilla head caused by John. This gave him the idea of framing John for the body double's murder, and so he used a rope to lower the corpse down into the film lot, hence why "Huang" was featured in John's recording.

As the curtain closes on Simon's performance, the circus animals start to get ornery at the realization that he never truly cared for them, and Edgeworth tells him to go back to being a simple clown. Finally beaten, Simon recalls how he was abandoned by his father, betrayed by Knightley and unable to turn to the people of the law, all while insisting that Blaise, Patricia and the body double were the true villains of the story, and that Dogen was the only one willing to help him. He states that it's because of Dogen that he chose to use everyone else, at which point the animals proceed to beat him into a pulp.

As Simon's reeling from his Villainous Breakdown, Shelly arrives on the scene and declares the game over, before congratulating Edgeworth for uncovering the mastermind's identity. He then draws a knife on Simon, none too happy with the guy's attempts to manipulate him by lying about "Huang's" true identity (while also putting him in danger via providing false information). Everyone else is in too much of a panic to act (with Courtney and John huddling close together), but before Shelly can carry out his revenge, both Dogen and Anubis show up, prompting a standoff between the two killers for hire. The older assassin asks that Shelly spare Simon's life, assuring him that Simon will atone for his crimes in prison, while also warning that he will not allow Simon to be killed so easily. Shelly agrees, deciding his revenge isn't worth fighting Dogen to the death over, and vanishes from the scene, Lang racing after him in pursuit.

With Shelly and Lang gone, Dogen thanks Edgeworth for putting a stop to Simon's schemes. He then declares his intention to return to prison, but John calls him out for his assassination of Huang twelve years ago. Amused at this turn of events, Dogen tosses John a knife and offers to let the kid avenge his father. Courtney and Kay both urge him against doing so, while Simon encourages it, explaining that with revenge comes a numbness that nullifies one's pain and suffering. John replies that Simon may be right, but he ultimately decides against revenge, since him committing murder would cause pain and suffering for both his mother, and everyone else who cares for him. He won't forgive Dogen, but he's happy to leave the assassin's punishment to Courtney and Edgeworth. Accepting this turn of events, Dogen takes Simon to prison, or as he puts it, their home.

Two days later, Edgeworth is examining the statue of Lady Justice in the P.I.C. meeting room when Gumshoe, Kay, Courtney and Ray approach him, the ex-prosecutor having called them all here. Edgeworth tells Ray and Kay that he gave up his prosecutor's badge within this room, and reiterates a saying of Phoenix's about how a defendant's attorney was their only ally. He tells the others that although he remembers the sight of both Phoenix and his father in court well, he intends to remain a prosecutor rather than follow their examples. Ray accepts the decision, but asks Edgeworth why he made it, and Edgeworth replies that he wants to save people as a prosecutor. He reminds the others that Simon committed his crimes because he was unable to trust in the law, with Courtney noting this was thanks to Blaise manipulating it for his own ends. She states that the fact that the law can be used to both protect and harm others is yet another contradiction of it, and Edgeworth explains that by being a part of the legal system, he can put himself in a place to correct such contradictions.

Behind the Turnabout

Brace yourselves, this is gonna be a long one.

18 years ago, the son of Dane Gustavia was kidnapped by his best friend, the son of Issac Dover, as part of a plan to sabotage Gustavia at Jeff Master's Great Dessert Contest. Dover's son shut Gustavia's son and himself in Dover's car, but a blizzard froze the doors shut, trapping both boys inside. The pair of them would have surely died from the cold were it not for the appearance of legendary assassin Sirhan Dogen, who rescued them and dropped them off at the nearby Happy Family Home orphanage.

Neither boy was claimed by his father, as Gustavia murdered Dover and - taking his son's absence at the contest to be a deliberate betrayal - didn't bother looking for him. With no means of identifying them, Dover's son was named Horace Knightley, and Gustavia's son was named Simon Keyes. The trauma from their near-death experience distorted their memories, so that Simon assumed that Dover was his father, and that Gustavia was Knightley's father. He subsequently assumed that Knightley had conspired with Gustavia to murder "his" father, and secretly harboured a bitter grudge against him.

Seven years later, one of the body doubles of Zheng Fa President Di-Jun Huang, resentful of having to endure the risks of the President's job without getting to reap the benefits, conspired with Blaise Debeste and Patricia Rowland, then the Chief Prosecutor and owner of the Happy Family Home orphanage, respectively, to kill Huang off and take his place. As Huang went to the orphanage to meet John Marsh, his illegitimate son with a diplomat, Dogen - who had been hired by the three conspirators - approached him and stabbed him to death. Freelance journalist Jack Cameron witnessed Blaise and Patricia carrying Huang's body away afterwards, and mistaking it for a kidnapping, sent a voicemail message of what he was seeing to his girlfriend Jill Crane, shortly before the body double found him and fatally brained him with a brick. Learning of Cameron's voicemail, the conspirators used his camera to stage a kidnapping to make things line up with the "facts", as well as to deflect suspicion away from the orphanage, with the fake kidnapping coming to be known as the SS-5 Incident. They also intended to have Dogen killed as well in order to eliminate a potential witness, but Simon overheard their plans, and remembering how the assassin had saved his life all those years ago, he set a fire off in the front yard to distract the conspirators and help him escape. also

Dai-Long Lang, the father of Shi-Long Lang, investigated the SS-5 Incident and eventually managed to discover the truth of what had happened on that night. He didn't make it public however, fearing that the truth would cause nothing but trouble in Zheng Fa. He did however attempt to convict Patricia for Cameron's murder, but Blaise tampered with his evidence, ensuring Patricia's acquital and destroying the Lang clan's reputation, and also leading to Shi-Long developing his hatred for prosecutors and the courts.

At roughly the same time, Patricia subjected Simon to a barrage of harrowing interrogations regarding his involvement in the case, and he eventually ran away, terrified for his life. He would spend the next few years desperately trying to hide from Blaise and the body double. Since Blaise controlled the police via his position of chief prosecutor, Simon was unable to go to them for help, and this eventually morphed into a massive distrust of the legal system, and an inability to trust others.

Life moved on over the years. Blaise eventually became head of the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee, using his authority to prevent anyone investigating the SS-5 incident. The body double distanced himself from the people of Zheng Fa to prevent them discovering his true identity, while also allowing Quercus Alba's smuggling ring to cause strife for the country. Patricia got a job as a prison warden after her orphanage closed down, courtesy of Blaise's influence. Dogen was caught and convicted by Miles Edgeworth and incarcerated in Patricia's prison, where he threatened to reveal the truth of the SS-5 incident in order to blackmail her. Crane joined the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee to investigate her boyfriend's death, along with her best friend Justine Courtney. Knightley joined the security firm the body double hired for his protection, becoming one of the "president's" bodyguards. And Simon stayed in contact with Dogen, and got a job as an animal tamer at the Berry Big Circus.

And that's the backstory. Time for the events of the case.

Learning that the body double would be coming to Japanifornia to make a speech following the destruction of Alba's smuggling ring, Simon set in motion a plan that would allow him to take his revenge on Blaise, Patricia, the double and Knightley. First he convinced Knightley to stage a fake presidential assassination attempt, while also arranging for Shelly de Killer to try and kill the double for real, thereby setting in motion the events of Turnabout Target. After Knightley was arrested, he arranged for him and Dogen to play correspondence chess with each other, and mailed him a chessboard with a chisel in a secret compartment, thereby setting in motion the events of The Imprisoned Turnabout. Of course, this nearly backfired when he was suspected of Knightley's murder, but fortunately Edgeworth was around to bail him out. Finally he sent letters to both Blaise and Crane that exposed each of their secrets, before he kidnapped Kay, planted a fake letter from Crane on her, and used the hot air balloon he'd been given to advertise the Berry Big Circus to fly her to the roof of the Grand Tower, thereby setting in motion the events of The Forgotten Turnabout. If Blaise killed Crane before she could kill him, Kay's presence would ensure Edgeworth's involvement in the case, Simon reasoned. In order to follow the events of the case, he planted a remote-controlled bug in Kay's Yatagarasu badge while kidnapping her.

On the night Crane was to die however, Simon found none other than the body double waiting for him on the roof of the Grand Tower, along with Courtney. The double had Courtney leave, before firing at Simon with a pistol. In response, Simon landed his balloon on the double, crushing him to death. To prevent the dead double from throwing a wrench in his plans, Simon hid him in the warehouse he used to store the food for the circus animals, using the refrigeration systems there to throw off the time of death. He later dumped the body in a nearby film lot, hoping to frame John - who now worked as a child actor - for the double's murder, an idea that came to him when he saw a Moozilla head prop fall from a roof as a result of John's actions.

Finally, as Patricia was being tried for Knightley's murder, Simon kidnapped John and imprisoned him in the warehouse in order to blackmail Courtney - John's adoptive mother - into convicting Patricia, correctly anticipating that Blaise would attempt to sabotage his cohort's trial. Sure enough, Blaise also tried to have John kidnapped, only for his cronies to grab Blaise's own son, Sebastian Debeste.

Simon managed to manipulate damn near the entire cast of the game, and take revenge on the four who had made his life hell. It was just too bad that he was unable to tame Edgeworth's determination to find the truth...

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