-Chapter 4-
Technological Turnabout Part 1
-Feb. 4th 2028, 9:50 am-
People Park
Woohoo! I can't believe that my first case went so well. Not just that, but I've even met with the legendary attorney himself, Phoenix Wright and he invited me to his law agency! This is like one-in-a-chance life opportunity! Today is the day I meet him at his legendary law agency, the Wright Anything Agency, so I better just stay calm and cool…still, I am so OVER joyed!
I walked down the street, passing through People Park until I stopped and stood near a building.
-Feb. 4th, 9:51 am-
Wright Anything Agency Building
(This is it) I thought nervously. (Just like the address on this card says. This is Mr. Phoenix Wright's law agency, Wright Anything Agency! It's kind of a weird name for law agency, but who cares! It is owned by Mr. Wright himself! Alright, enough waiting. It's time for me to take my one step for myself, one step for bright future career!)
I stepped forward as I opened the door and saw a stairway going to the second floor. I walked up slowly, but surely upstairs and walked little bit down through the narrow hallway. I stopped at front of the door, my destined goal.
It was a plain door, at least for most people's perspective, but to me, it was a door to my future, and gateway to whole new adventures. I breathed in and out slowly to calm my nerves one more time before I touched the doorknob. I backed off from the knob first before I touched it again and rotated it to open the door.
The door opened as bright light sucked me in. I closed my eyes, feeling a bit blinded, but my vision returned shortly. What I saw inside was something…unexpected.
The room was messy with much stuff on the couch, but something that doesn't relate with law agency. The stuffs I see were blue cape, black piano on the wall with some golden rings attached together like those Olympic rings, portrait of some magician, the magic box used for cutting person's body part into three parts, and some other stuff related with magic.
(Aaaahhh…am I at the right place?) I asked to myself.
"HELLO, audience!" I jumped in shock when a random young girl appeared in front of me out of nowhere.
"Waaaaah!" I gasped.
"Well, 'waaaah' to you, too, good sir!" She greeted in a bow.
"Ummm, nice to meet you, too," I said as I bowed back to her.
"Now, sir, pick a card, any card." She showed me five cards.
"Oh! Ummm, I guess I will pick this one…" I picked the five of heart card.
(Who is she? Is this part of a test or something?) I thought.
"Good choice, sir! Now, feast your eyes on the great power of Trucy Wright's magic, as I will turn the card you choose into a baby duck and turn it back into a card!" She exclaimed as I looked confused and sort of doubtful if she could actually pull it.
She crunched the card into her hand. Using her wand, she flicked at her gripped hand and counted by three.
"One…Two….Three, presto!" She stated. She released her gripped hand slowly until it revealed something yellow and feathery.
"Piii, Piii," cried a baby duck.
"Wooh!" I was amazed, but couldn't believe my eyes. I couldn't help, but gave a round of applaud.
"Thank you, thank you, but I am not done yet! Now, I will turn this baby duck back into the card you choose before," she said.
However, suddenly, the baby duck jumped off from her hand and ran off outside the office.
"Hey, wait! Come back, baby duck! That's not part of the act!" She shouted as she chased after the little, yellow troublemaker.
Now, there was some peace and quiet, but I was still in a bit of shock, but mostly confused.
"What…just…happened?" I asked as I said it aloud.
Then, I heard somebody coming upstairs. I moved away from the door, so that whoever coming can get through.
"Oh! Hey, Eren, you've arrived early!" The man himself noticed me.
"Um, yes sir! I hope that I am not intruding or anything!" I said hesitantly.
(Idiot! He's the one who invited YOU) I nagged to myself mentally.
"Sorry if the office looks like a mess," said Phoenix, scratching the back of his head as he looked embarrassed.
"Oh no! It's, um, completely fine," I replied.
"Really? Well, thanks. Let me introduce you to my two employees and teammates!" Phoenix Wright said.
The first person was a young man who may be older than I am by two or three years. His hair was brown with two strands pointing up to the side. He wore white shirt with crimson red suit over the shirt, blue tie, pair of red pants, and black shoes. He had his attorney badge attached on the left collar of his red suit.
The second person was a very young, pretty woman. Her orange hair had a big bang swept to her right side with one, long ponytail tied to the opposite side with a blue ribbon holding it. Her right ear was pierced with an earring shaped of crescent moon. She wore an unbuttoned yellow jacket with white shirt and light blue tie, one black, fingerless glove for her right hand, yellow mini-skirt, pair of black pants with white color mixed in, and pair of white, blue boots.
"This is Apollo Justice and Athena Cykes." Phoenix introduced them to me.
"It's nice to meet you, Eren. If that is OK with you by calling your first name," said Apollo.
"Huh? Oh! Yes, it's nice to meet you, too and it's completely O-kay to call by my first name, sir!" I replied nervously.
(I am not good at being calm and cool…)
The trio looked at each other and laughed.
(Huh? Why are they laughing? Oh no…they must think I look like an idiot) I thought.
"Relax, Eren." Athena spoke. "We know you're nervous on your first day and all, but everything will be fine. I know I was, but we are friendly here, so just be yourself."
"Oh, um, thank you, Ms. Cykes," I replied.
"And you don't have to be so formal, too. Or you have to pay me one million dollar," she warned.
"What!?" I gasped.
"Just kidding," she said as she giggled.
"Oh, thank goodness…" I sighed in relief.
"Hey, don't forget about me!" I heard a girly, yet robotic voice.
"Oh sorry," said Athena. "Eren, please meet my AI partner, Widget."
She showed me the tiny blue ball-shaped device with a face.
"Greeting, Eren Case. I am Widget, Athena's AI partner and portable computer. I hold Athena's important notes related with cases, store data, and compute witnesses' emotions as well as express my owner's emotions at certain circumstances," Widget stated.
"Um, yeah, it's nice to meet you, too," I replied.
"I detect both nervousness and feeling of awkward in you, especially now that you are in unfamiliar environment, but you are also feeling excitement due to one person being here," Widget said.
(Woah! This thing do know how to read other people's emotions. Sort of neat and kind of scary…Oh uh! I hope it's not reading my mind either!) I thought.
"I think you will do great here, Eren. When I met you yesterday, not only I was impressed you won your first case or saved Pearl, but I had this feeling that there was something special about you and that you can help a lot of people if you join us," Mr. Wright admitted.
I looked at him, feeling both honored and sort of flustered.
(Mr. Wright…)
"Of course, it is your choice. Eren Case…" He said as he stood straight at him. "Would you join us as lawyer at the Wright Anything Agency?"
(I already know the answer to this, and it is one that I've been dying to answer to!)
"Yes, Mr. Wright! I will be a lawyer here, and work for you!" I said strongly and determinedly.
He nodded as the other two smiled.
"Congratulations, Eren! Now, you are one of us. I'll show you how to do my 'chords of steel', sometimes," Apollo said.
"Congrats, Eren! Now that you're on board with us, let's do our best, okay?" Athena grinned as Widget turned flashing color as if it was congratulating me.
Well, it seemed that this went better than I thought. I was nervous at first, but with Mr. Wright, Apollo, and Athena on my side, I have a feeling I will do great here. And then…it happened.
Suddenly, a door opened and we all turned to see who it was. A young child, a boy in childish clothes came in, sweating and breathing hard as if he ran to get here. He wore that typical, colorful pinwheel hat, toy blaster held on the side of his belt, and red sneakers.
"Whoa! Where the heck did this kid come from!?" Athena gasped.
"Hey! Is this a lawyer's office? I'm here to look for a lawyer!" The kid shouted.
"Um, yeah, this is the Wright Anything Agency, a lawyer's office. My name is Phoenix Wright and I am in-charge around here. What is wrong, kid?" Phoenix asked calmly.
"Oh! You are that famous lawyer guy, the guy with the head that looks like a hedgehog!" The boy pointed.
That single comment drowned Phoenix in disappointed mood. Athena covered her mouth from laughter while Apollo sweat-dropped and smiled awkwardly. I was confused, but curious as to why this kid showed up rush fully here.
"I know what!" My new boss, Mr. Wright turned to me. "Eren, why don't you take of this ki…, um, this young man's issue?"
"Huh? Oh! Yes sir!" I accepted.
After a minute, my new, very young client and I sat at the couch to discuss about his reason for intruding into the office. Athena made us teas and snacks to calm our client down.
"So, first thing first, what is your name, young man?" I asked.
"My name is Mitchie Harringway and my older brother got arrested," said Mitchie.
"Arrested? Do you know the reason why?" I asked as I took a sip of the drink.
"The police said he murdered someone at his job!" Mitchie revealed, which caused me to gulp the tea I was drinking, leading me to get choke.
I coughed for moment until it went through my throat safely. "Really?" I asked, with a cough. "Why did the police arrested your brother?"
"I don't know. That is the reason why I came here!" Mitchie exclaimed as he began crying.
"Hey, hey, don't cry now." Athena comforted him by sitting next to the boy, giving him a tissue.
He sneezed the tissue. "Thanks."
"So, um, about your brother, you mentioned that he got arrested at his job. What does he do, exactly?" I asked furtherly.
"He works at Cyber Land," he said.
"Cyber Land?" I repeated.
"Whhhaaaaatt!?" Athena gasped. "You big brother works at Cyber Land!?"
Her AI partner turned into greenish yellow color, which could indicate that surprise and excitement.
(She's too close to his face!) I thought.
"Umm, yeah. His name is Walter and he works as a janitor there," Mitchie explained as he sweated nervously.
"That is so awesome! Man, working at Cyber Land must be like a dream! I always wanted to go there!" Athena said excitedly as she spun herself around.
"Yyyeah…So, what is Cyber Land exactly, Mitchie?" I asked.
"Whhhhaaaat!?" She zoomed in front of my face now. "You don't know!?"
The widget now had a surprised expression and then it showed with an angry face as Athena's face met with mine too closely.
"Athena, give the new guy some personal space!" Apollo ordered as he pulled her face away from me. "You see, Eren. Cyber Land is a technology-based theme park that was built like a month or two ago, and since it opened, it became the most popular theme park in the entire LA."
"Really?" I looked surprise. "It must be really fun."
"The most fun place ever!" Athena exclaimed excitedly. "I really want to go there, but it is expensive to go! I try to persuade both these guys to go with me, but they are not interested."
Athena puffed her cheeks and looked madly at Phoenix and Apollo, respectfully.
"Hey, like you said, getting that ticket is harder than it looks, alright!" Apollo argued. "Anyway, back to the subject, Mitchie, is there anything else that you know? Do you know when they arrested him or when he will have his trial?"
"Well, the police said to me that my big brother will have his trial tomorrow. They also said they will take him to some place called Detention Center. So, please Mr and Miss Lawyers, please help my big brother!" Mitchie demanded.
I nodded. "Of course, Mitchie. I won't let you down."
"That's a good answer, Eren." Mr. Wright stated. "The next step I suggest you to take is investigation. I recommend you to go to Detention Center with Mitchie and Apollo. He will show you around on how we do things on the job. Think of it as your training."
"Yes sir, Mr. Wright," I said.
"What!? But I want to go with him!" Athena complained before she changed her word. "Ah, I mean I want to go because I…want to help Eren! I mean, I mean his senior after me, after all. Ha, ha, ha!"
(She's only saying that because she really wants to go to Cyber Land, isn't she?) I thought, asking to myself.
"You're only asking that just because you want to go to Cyber Land," Apollo deduced easily.
"What?! No way, silly Apollo. I am not saying that because I just want to go there." Athena shrugged.
"I really want to go! I really do WANT TO GO!" Widget exclaimed as it revealed the owner's true emotion.
"Widget!" She yelled.
(See! I knew it.)
"Well Eren, I know we were just introduced and stuff, but we have a job to do. Let's help Mitchie's case. How about let's go to the Detention Center first?" Apollo suggested.
"Yes sir, I mean…yes, let's go then," I declared. I grabbed my stuff and headed out with my new senior, Apollo and our client, Mitchie while Mr. Wright stayed with upset Athena with a disappointed expression and puffed cheek.
-Feb 4th, 10:45 am-
Detention Center
Accompanied with my client and senior, we arrived at the Detention Center. I asked the help desk lady to meet Walter Harringway, Mitchie's older brother. She led us to the room, accepting our request and giving us 30 minutes to talk with him.
(So, this is the Detention Center. I hate to be anyone comes here for the reason why Mitchie's older brother is here.) I commented in my mind as I looked around and noticed a surveillance camera watching over us.
"Do you feel nervous, Eren?" Apollo asked.
"Huh? Oh! Well…to be honest, sort of," I admitted.
"Don't worry. We're here to talk with our client. By being confident and trusting in our client, everything will come to pieces. Remember to trust your client," he advised.
"Um, yes sir! I will keep that in mind," I replied.
Just then, the door at the other side of the mirror opened with the guard coming in with our client. He looked a bit older than I thought! His face didn't look related to Mitchie at all, plus he didn't look too happy either, which I don't blame him.
"Mitchie? Is that you?" The man spoke.
"Big brother! It's me, Mitchie! Are you OK?" He asked as he had his face and hand over the mirror.
"Don't worry, Mitchie. I'm doing alright. Say, who are these two guys you're with?" He asked with suspicious, yet scary and angry look.
"Oh! Sorry to not introduce our selves, sir. My name is Eren Case, a defense attorney. This is Apollo Justice, my, um, co-worker," Eren introduced.
"Hello, Mr. Walter Harringway. We heard the story from your young brother, Mitchie here. He hired us to help with your case, so he came to see you. It would be much appreciative if we hear more stories about it," said Apollo professionally and kindly.
(Wow. What a profession! Mr. Wright trained him well, I guess.) I felt impressed.
"Is that true, Mitchie?" He asked his young brother in softer tone.
"Yup! That's right, brother. You are safe now, big bro," said Mitchie happily.
"Hey Eren. Why don't you do the interrogation now? Ask him questions about his case, and anything that is helpful to know and learn." Apollo whispered to me.
"OK," I replied in the same whispering tone before I turned back to the client. "Mr. Harringway, just like my co-worker said, we would like to hear more details about your case. Could we ask why they arrested you in the first place?"
"Well, that's the darn strange part! The darn police arrested me for murdering my boss, Mr. Springs, the owner of the place I work at," he explained, with a tone of anger in his speech.
"That's just horrible. Do you know exactly the reason for it?" I pressed as I stayed calm and not be afraid, even though I am already sweating.
"They found one of my precious antiques, a stone statue, rare kind that belonged to me. I don't who or what used my antique to kill the owner, but they will get what's coming! If I get out of this place that is…" He said.
"I see." I rubbed my chin, thinking. (So, the murder weapon is an antique stone statue that belonged to him. That sounds very…definitive. This is gonna be hard to prove this guy's innocence.)
"Do you remember when your boss, Mr. Springs, was found?" Apollo asked.
"They found him dead about few hours ago, man! It happened right after a power outage, actually," he stated.
(Power outage? That's something noteworthy.) I thought as I wrote that information down in my notebook.
"So, I learned from your brother, Mitchie here that you work as a janitor at Cyber Land. Why do you work at Cyber Land?" I asked, wondering.
"Huh? That place of gizmo trash? Ha! I only applied janitor there because it was close to my home and the pay was not bad, but man, I hate that place!" He angered.
"Oh, why do you hate your job?" I asked, although afraid to.
"I just don't get it at all, man! I don't get how you younger people enjoy that little tiny device you called Smartphone, computer, or all those junks! It's so stupid and just so confusing to use!" He lashed out in anger as he took out an already broken walkie-talkie and then smashed it.
"Eeek!" I gasped in shock.
(OK, now I'm officially scared of this guy, no offense.) I sweated in fear.
Walter went on and on as he argued about how he hated technology. Fortunately and unfortunately, visiting hour was over, so the trio left out of the Detention Center.
(Well…That was kind of useless. We only got few lead, but not much about the murder or even the murder victim.) I moaned.
"Sorry about that, Mr. Lawyers. My big brother doesn't like modern technology. He's into old stuff, like antique and stuff," Mitchie said.
"It's alright, Mitchie. Although he was angry, we did learn a lot and got some useful information," Apollo said.
"We did?" I questioned aloud. "Ah, I mean, we did."
"Eren, it's OK if you didn't get it or not at first time. We now know the name of the victim, how he was murdered, and what happened before the murder," Apollo reviewed.
"That's true," I said as I thought up the details.
"So, would it help my brother tomorrow?" Mitchie asked worryingly.
"Don't worry, Mitchie. Eren here won't let you down, right Eren?" Apollo grabbed me with his arm around me, tangling me.
"Um, yeah, that's right! We will do whatever we can to help your big brother, Mitchie," I responded quickly.
"Thank you, Mr. Lawyers! I'm glad to hire you guys." He smiled when suddenly his watch went on an alarm. "Oh uh! That's the time for me to head back home."
"Oh! Do you want us to help you get back home?" Apollo offered.
"No thank you. I know how to get back home on my own. I have my own phone to help me get back there." He showed off his smartphone for proof. "Thank you so much! I will see you guys tomorrow at the court place."
Mitchie ran off with hope in his eyes. I just hope that I can keep that hope alive.
"So, the next and last thing to do is head to the crime scene itself. Shall we head to Cyber Land now?" Apollo said.
"Yes, we should," I replied. Then, we got on the near bus and headed to Cyber Land.
-Feb 4th, 11:10 am-
Cyber Land Main Entrance
Apollo and I arrived at the Cyber Land Entrance. I noticed the police cars parked nearby, and some officers guarding the entrance. The gate had a huge "Cyber Land" welcome sign on the top, but the most interesting part was the gate was made of sleek white metal with streaming blue lines across it. It looked very futuristic, but the biggest feature of the park was that it was a giant dome structure, like stadium.
(It's like a gateway to the future, and is this really a theme park? It's more like a sports stadium or something!) I thought.
"Hey, you two! What are you doing here?" We were approached by a person who seems to be the detective around here.
The man was big, and burly. He wore an old green jacket with pair of black slack, black shoes, and white shirt with collar and red necktie. His hair was black with three bangs spiked up forward, but noticeable layer of gray hair behind his around his ear and behind his head.
"Sorry, pals, but the theme park is closed for under police investigation. I'm afraid I have to ask you two guys to leave now," ordered the detective.
"Um, actually, we have these." I said as I showed him my attorney's badge.
"I'm with him, too." Apollo presented his own badge, too.
"What!? You guys are an attorney? I didn't hear about this, but then again, I haven't seen an attorney coming to nose around in police investigation in a while. Aaah, good time…" The detective mesmerized as he showed with a goofy smile.
"Hey Eren, I have a feeling that this detective guy is very…easy to manipulate. Maybe we can get some information out of him by asking him some questions about the case," Apollo whispered.
(As much as I don't like to make person spill out the bean, I better listen to my senior and hope he knows what he's doing.) I decided.
"So, Mr. Detective, first off, I don't think we were introduced…" I said.
"Huh? Oh yeah, that's right, pal!" He recognized. "I'm Detective Gumshoe of the Criminal Affairs Department. Nice to meet ya, pals!"
"My name's Eren Case, an attorney for Mr. Walter Harringway," I introduced.
"And I'm Apollo Justice, Eren's senior and attorney, too." Apollo introduced.
"Oh, so you're defending the criminal…ah, I mean, the defendant, huh? Well, good luck with that, pal," he said, covering his words quickly and well.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked with curious, yet worried look.
"Well, I may not be an attorney or prosecutor, but I can see that badge of yours still shiny and stuff, which means you're new, that's what," he explained.
I became down in the weather. (Am I really that look new? I only graduated recently, so I guess…)
"Since you're beginner and all, I can give you the autopsy report and the map layout of this place," he said as he just gave Eren the report and map layout.
"Wait? Really? You would just hand this stuff to us so...easily." I asked in unsure tone.
"Don't sweat it. You're gonna eventually get these stuff tomorrow during the trial, anyway. It would save me the trouble," said Detective Gumshoe. "If you have any questions, Rookie, you can always ask me."
"Oh, why, um thanks!" I thanked him kindly. (This guy is nicer than he looks. Although, I have a feeling that he is also a bit not too smart, either.)
"But, if you two pals are gonna investigate this place, then I have to accompany with you two," he admitted.
"Oh, um, should he, Apollo?" I asked to my senior.
"Hmmm, I guess it is fine. We wouldn't allow us to investigate without his permission. This may be our only chance," Apollo stated.
"OK, Detective Gumshoe, you may accompany us on our investigation," I said.
"Really? Ah, I mean, good! I don't want you two pesky attorneys to mess around and get in the police's way, you know," Detective Gumshoe said strictly.
Detective Gumshoe accompanied with us as we entered Cyber Land. There were many fun and cool looking amusement rides everywhere inside this "dome", and all of them looked very techy and futuristic. The detective showed us to the security room. There were many cameras all over the place.
"There sure are a lot of cameras all over the place," I commented aloud.
"I did notice some when we went through the entrance and even around the theme park," said Apollo. "Do you know anything about, Detective Gumshoe?"
"Sorry pals, I can't answer that. I don't know much about technology nowadays, anyway," he said, shrugging as he scratched behind his head.
"I'm really curious as to what these security cameras have seen," Apollo wondered aloud. "Is there someone here we can ask who knows about this camera, like one of the employees or somebody?"
"Well, there is the owner of the Cyber Land. You can ask her," Detective Gumshoe answered.
"Owner? Her? But, I thought the victim, Dudley Springs, was the owner," I said.
"Yes, that's him, but his receptionist took over after he was murdered. She's at the director's office," said the detective.
"I see. Then, we should have a talk with her," Apollo suggested. Then, we heard phone ring vibrating.
"Hang on a second, pal. I'm getting a call." Detective Gumshoe took out his phone from his pocket and picked it up. "Hello? Oh, hey there, Mr. Edgeworth, how are you doing?"
(Mr. Edgeworth? Why is that name sound so familiar?) I asked in my head.
"What's that? OK, I will be there right in jippy!" He stopped the call there. "OK, you two pal. I've had to go now, but while you two are here, you better not make any mess or do anything strange, got it?"
"Yes sir," we said at the same time, showing off with innocent look.
"Good!" He nodded. "I'll be back as soon as possible!"
Then, he ran off to who knows where, probably going to meet a person named "Edgeworth" who sounds so familiar to me.
"Woo, now that big bear is gone, we can roam freely around here," Apollo said. "Lucky for us, right Eren?"
"I guess so," I nodded in agreement. "So, I think we should meet the receptionist that Detective Gumshoe mentioned, right?"
"Yup. Let's meet her," said Apollo.
- Feb 4th, 11:30 am -
Cyber Land Director's Office
We came to the director's office, which was a big room. There was even a shelf that had many kinds of trophies, and of course, typical receptionist desk.
"What a fancy office," I commented.
"Yeah. It makes me kind of jealous. I wish we can have an office like this at our agency," Apollo admitted.
"Hello there!" A voice scared us as we jumped in surprise.
Suddenly, a woman appeared in front of us from nowhere. She wore regular green sweaters, and light brown slack. She also wore big eyeglasses, and brown hair tied in bun, but some strands were sticking out. She was also shaky while holding a mug of coffee with both hands.
"Um, hello. Are you the new owner of Cyber Land?" I asked.
"That's right! My name is Irene Toore, the new owner of Cyber Land, the most magical place on Earth, I hope you enjoy your stay here, want some coffee?" She said hyperactively.
"Ummm, no thank you. My name is Eren Case, and this is my co-worker and trainer, Apollo Justice." I greeted.
"Oh, so you are Mr. Harringway's attorney! Well, nice to meet you, I do feel sorry for Mr. Harringway, but murder is murder, too bad, Ha, ha, ha, want some coffee?" She said in fast tone.
"No, no. We're OK," I denied.
"No, thank you either," said Apollo.
(How many times did she drink coffee today?) I wondered.
"So, what do you need, boys?" She asked in shaky tone.
"If you don't mind, we would like to ask some questions relating with the case," said Apollo. "Also to add, we would like to request some copies of security images."
"Sure thing!" She agreed quickly as she quickly worked on the computer and printed out the images. "Here ya goes, sir!"
She handed us the security images.
"Thank you for the images. So, what happened today prior to, well…discovering Mr. Springs?" I asked first.
"Well, it was like any other normal day like before! I met him this morning, same as usual and make coffee for us, just like every day! Mr. Springs was found right after the blackout!" She said.
"Blackout?" I repeated.
"Yeah! It happened at around 8:30ish or something! The park was going to open today at 10 am, and everyone was preparing for it in the morning, but when that blackout happened, boy it was scary!" She exclaimed.
"I see According to the autopsy report, Mr. Springs was discovered next to… "Hyper Driver"?" I asked.
"Oh yeah! That is one of our rides, the most popular one actually! It is our famous roller coaster that goes really SUPER fast! Like fast like a speed of light fast! Ha, ha, not really! But, it is fastest roller coaster ever made!" She explained quickly.
"I see…" I said as I just sweat-dropped. (I think she really needs to lay off the sugar in that coffee.)
"WHOOP-SEE!" She gasped. "I forgot that I am not supposed to say this stuff until tomorrow's trial! Silly me! Sorry to spoil you guys! HA, HA, HA!"
"Ha, ha…right." I laughed awkwardly. "But wait, why are you not supposed to say more about the crime?"
"Oh I can answer that!" She said. "I was ordered by that big, dopey detective guy. He told me to not tell anything that would go against the prosecution, yeah!"
(Figure much…) I guessed.
"Hey Eren." Apollo whispered to my ear. "Why don't you ask more about the victim and Walter Harringway, such as what he's like at the job? That may help us more with the investigation."
"OK." I nodded. "Excuse me, Miss Toore."
"No need to be former, Mr. Attorney! Just call me Irene!" She exclaimed.
"Oh! Um, OK…Irene," I said. "What was Mr. Springs like in person?"
"Oh! Well, he's pretty good and proud guy! You see all those trophies on the shelf?" She pointed to the very same shelf Apollo and I saw when we entered the office.
"Are they belonging to him?" Apollo questioned.
"Yup! All of them are his trophies and awards he won for opening this park! He got them from all of big business people, whose most of them are our sponsors for this park!" She explained.
"Wow. That's impressive," I praised as I wrote the information down in my notebook. "What about Walter Harringway? We met him prior to coming here, and…he seems to be not a fan of technology, which is ironic since he works at a theme park with a theme of, well, technology."
"Ah yes! To be honest, I really don't like that guy because I think he has such a temperament! Plus, he looks quite old for his age, too! Not as cool and handsome like Mr. Klavier Gavin! Aawwwwww…." Drool dripped down from her mouth as her face was bright red like tomato.
"Aaaaah…OK…" I responded.
(I don't want to know what she's exactly thinking, but I think I heard about Klavier Gavin before. Wasn't he that guitarist in a band called Gavinners or something?") I asked to myself, and then noticed my senior's face, which showed a disgust look. (I take it that my senior is not much of a fan of the guy…)
"Well, thank you for all the help, Irene. We will go and continue with our investigation." I said.
"Good luck with that, boys! Oh! Before I forget…" She went over to her desk and then came back to us, giving us something. "These are special VIP passes! They are used for, well VIP, but I take it that you might need these for ID, at least for now until this is all resolved."
"Why, thank you." We accepted the pass.
"If Athena hears about this, she will be really jealous," Apollo commented as he snickered a bit.
Meanwhile, back at the Wright Anything Agency, Athena sneezed loudly just right after Apollo commented about her.
We said our goodbye to kind, yet addict Miss Toore for now and headed to the crime scene. While heading there, I looked into the security images and found one that looked…troubling.
"Apollo, look at this one." I said, handing him the photo. It showed the defendant going into the Breaker Room with the time showing it just before the blackout happened.
"This is not good. This photo will definitely going to incriminate Walter tomorrow in the trial. Let's investigate the Breaker Room instead," Apollo said.
"Alright!" I agreed.
-Feb 4th, 12:00 pm-
Cyber Land Breaker Room
"So, this is the Breaker Room," I said.
"It seems that the police haven't investigated this room yet, so this is good opportunity for us. Let's search every inch of this area for any evidence!" Apollo stated.
"Right!" I nodded as we began searching.
There were many wires intact to the walls in the room, with one giant machine in the center. While searching around, I found something shiny on the hard metal floor.
(What's this?) I picked up the object. (It's a gold coin, but it doesn't look modern. It looks old, much older than today's coin.)
"Hey Eren!" Apollo called out to me.
"Yes, Apollo?" I responded.
"Look at this!" He showed me what he found. It was a bottle of medicine with the word "painkiller" printed on it.
"A painkiller? Why would that be here?" I asked.
"I don't know, but something is fishy going on here. I think this is important evidence we found here," he stated.
"Well, I found this old gold coin on the floor." I showed him it. "Whatever it is, I think it is some kind of antics."
"Maybe it could be belong to Walter, but for now, let's keep these both as evidence. As part of the job at Wright Anything Agency, if we found something that the police haven't found, keep it and use it in trial. It will be our…secret weapon."
"I see…" I nodded as I understood what he meant. "Shall we investigate the crime scene next?"
"Unfortunately, I think we can't. I did notice a lot of police officer and other detectives around it, so I don't think they would allow us to, even with our VIP pass," Apollo said. "I think this is the best we can do for today, and just prepare for the trial tomorrow. It's going to be a tough day, so we better head back to the office and report this to Mr. Wright."
"Alright," I replied, feeling a bit disappointed.
(However, nonetheless, this investigation didn't end not bad. We did learn more about the case, at least and gathered as much evidence as possible, including something that we can use! One of those images does definitely make Walter looks guiltier. I wonder if he is the one behind the blackout, could he? Then, what about the painkiller my mentor Apollo found? And what about this old gold coin I found? Well, the only way to find out is the trial tomorrow. No matter what, I will find out the truth, and I won't let Mr. Wright, Apollo, or our client down!)
-Court Record-
Autopsy Report-The victim was stabbed by an antic stone statue, which belongs to the defendant. The location of death was at the ride called "Hyper Drive" of Cyber Land Theme Park. There is a report of blackout occurred on the day of the murder, at 8:30 am. The victim died at the time of the blackout, which lasted about 15 seconds. The murder weapon is the antic stone statue.
Cyber Land Map-This is the map layout of the theme park. The breaker room is in the middle of the park, near the Hyper Drive ride. The main entrance is at the south side of the park while the director's office was at the west side of the dome.
Security Images-One of them show our client, Walter Harringway, entering the Breaker Room.
Painkiller-My senior, Apollo Justice and I found this at the Breaker Room. I wonder why it was in the room in the first place.
Old Gold Coin-I found this also in the Breaker Room. I wonder if it belongs to the defendant.
VIP Pass-This is the VIP pass given from now-present director, Miss Irene Toore. With this, it will allow us to investigate and go to any rides, and restricted areas in Cyber Land.
Attorney Badge-My own attorney badge. Never leave this home!
-Profile-
Phoenix Wright-Age: 35. The legendary Defense Attorney and my idol. Now, he is my boss and recently hired me to join his agency.
Apollo Justice-Age: 24. One of my seniors and mentor for my new current case. He seems to be the eldest employee at the Wright Anything Agency. He said that he will teach me the "chord of steel".
Athena Cykes-Age: 19. The youngest member of the agency, and my other senior (despites her age). She has an AI partner she wears around her neck like a necklace, named "Widget", which can read other people's emotion (and apparently her as it blunts about it).
Trucy Wright-Age: 17. A strange, young girl I met when I arrive at the Wright Anything Agency. She surprised me at first, but she said her last name is Wright, like Mr. Phoenix Wright. Are they related?
Mitchie Harringway-Age: 8. A young boy in very childish clothes, and the young brother of the defendant. He intruded the office and hired us to defendant his brother.
Walter Harringway-Age: 36. The defendant of the case and our client. He works as a janitor at the popular theme park, Cyber Land. Ironically, he hates technology despites the theme of the theme park. He looks like an old man, even though he is in his mid-30.
Ireene Toore-Age: 28. The victim's receptionist and currently active director of Cyber Land. She is a bit of coffee addict as she always carries her mug of coffee.
Dudley Springs-Age: 30. The victim of the case. He was murdered near at the ride called "Hyper Drive", a roller coaster ride at Cyber Land. According to Miss Toore, he was a very business-orientated man, winning a lot of trophies from their sponsors.
Detective Gumshoe-Age: 50 – 60? He's a detective in-charge of the investigation. He is a nice person, but sort of look light-headed guy if you know what I mean. He seems to know a person named "Mr. Edgeworth", which sounds someone familiar, but I can't remember at this time.
Hello guys. Welcome back to a new update to the new Ace Attorney story I am working for the original author, OPFan37! I got some new information about the new case from him, so I hope I met his expectation by writing this new chapter of the second Turnabout.
Thank you for everyone who posted the review and followed/favorite this. I hope you are enjoying reading the story as much as I am writing it. In the next chapter, the second part of Technological Turnabout, the trial begins and we will meet a new character, a rival prosecutor to Eren Case. See ya then!