Within a matter of minutes, Lucina already had a lawyer, and the trial was already beginning. It was a court in Los Angeles, which definitely isn't Japan, of all places! "How did we even get here so fast?" pondered Chrom, who was a witness.
"Is the prosecution ready?" asked The Judge.
"The prosecution is always ready, Your Honor," responded Miles Edgeworth.
"Is the defense ready?"
"The defense is ready, Your Honor!" answered Phoenix Wright.
"Let the trial of Lucina d'Ylisse begin."
First, Edgeworth called up his detective, Dick Gumshoe to debrief the court of the crime. Immediately, Phoenix objected, citing the autopsy report. But little did he know that just before the trial, Edgeworth received crucial information. To counter Phoenix's objection, Edgeworth had updated the autopsy report. What would Lucina's lawyer do now?
Gumshoe finished debriefing the court, and left the stand. It was time for the first witness. "Rohan Kishibe, please take the stand." Chrom's eyes sharpened. Stand? 「STAND」!?
"Tell the court what you saw."
"Well, it all happened so fast. First, Garfield fought Smol DIO, which was understandable as Smol DIO had been trespassing. Smol DIO was soon ready to surrender, but next thing I knew, Lucina had burst in and shot him! I remember how she wiped his blood off her pale skin, grinning maliciously…"
Maya turned to Phoenix. "Nick, his testimony seems pretty good. Time to bluff your way through this!"
Phoenix began pressing every statement, but he just couldn't find any contradictions. Was he really going to lose this case already? As he held his head in his hands, a voice rang out. "OBJECTION!", since that's the only way to interrupt things in Ace Attorney and not something normal like "hey guys hold on a second."
Gumshoe burst through the doors. "Mr. Edgeworth, we've recovered some new evidence from the crime scene. It's this weird book." FeRobin gasped in the crowd. That was her camera tome she bought from Anna! It must have recorded the whole thing!
Phoenix examined the tome. Unable to find anything on the cover, he opened it. But then, he saw what the camera tome had recorded. And then he knew. "OBJECTION! Your honor, take a look at this!"
The judge watched the video. "I'm sorry, Mr. Wright, but I don't see any problem. Could you please point it out to the court?"
"With pleasure. Look at Lucina here as she holds the gun. Or should I say, 'Lucina'? As you can see, that skin is clearly bubblegum pink, not pale flesh!" The courtroom burst into chatter.
"B-but this means nothing! What matter is the color!?" Rohan stammered. "I must've just been mistaken because of the lighting."
"But that's where you're wrong. Look at this lighting. Everything is illuminated-there's no way you could have been mistaken!" Rohan began to sweat. Phoenix continued. "This skin color difference is too significant. The only conclusion can be...the person who shot Smol DIO isn't Lucina!"
Edgeworth recoiled. Was he losing this case? Impossible! The judge glared, and slammed his gavel. "Order! Order! This new information turns this whole case over. The court will have a fifteen minute recess for the prosecution and defense to adapt their case. Court dismissed!"
