Gant: This knife is special… but I can't say how here. Unless there's evidence to prove a connection between this knife and Goodman… That was a bad day for the Department. We weren't in any shape to do an investigation. A detective was killed at the Police Department, see… what a mess! The time of crime? 5:15. Scary coincidence, eh? It's not officially linked to this here case, so I can't talk much about it.

Judge: There… There was a murder at the Police Department!? A detective!?

Gant: That's hush-hush information, Udgey! We haven't exactly announced it yet.

Edgeworth: W-wait a second! You said "5:15"… That's the exact time Detective Goodman was killed at the Prosecutor's Office!

Judge: Order! Order! Order!

Gant: Anyway, we at the Department were all a-flustered, as you might well assume. We're in the middle of a top-top-secret investigation. Don't tell anyone, okay?

Judge: I think we understand the Police Department's situation… Well, Mr. Wright?

Phoenix (Thinking): Two detectives killed at the same time in two different places…

Ema: The chances of that are really slim. Scientifically speaking, of course.

Judy: She's right. We need more information about this.

Phoenix: Your Honor, the defense would like to exercise their rights to cross-examine the witness.

Judge: Very well… however! Keep your questions focused on the case at hand!

Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor. Chief Gant! This knife was found on the scene of our crime! I think that makes it connected to the case, don't you?

Gant: See, there's a lot of things that go on at the Department I can't explain… It's… delicate, okay? Sorry, Wrighto!

Ema: Maybe there's something about the knife that will give us a clue! Let's examine that knife while we can.

Me, Judy, and Ema looked at the switchblade knife once more.

Judy: Hey, there's a tag on this knife! "SL-9 2".

Ema: "SL-9"… what's that?

Phoenix: I think it's some sort of police court to the case, like DL-6.

Ema: It's strange though. I feel as though I've seen that sort of code before, not too long ago either.

Phoenix (Thinking): SL-9… Wait a second!

Phoenix: Objection! Wait a second!

Gant: Ah, at last, an honest to goodness "objection"!

Phoenix: This knife… This has to have something to do with Detective Goodman!

Judge: What do you mean!?

Gant: Ah hah! An honest-to-goodness what do you mean from the judge! This is great!

Phoenix: Look at the tag on this knife! It reads "SL-9 2"…

Judge: And this is important… why?

Phoenix: Over here we also have… A memo that was on the body of the victim!

Judge: Hmm… what's this? 6 minus 7S… 12/2…?

Phoenix: Your Honor… It's upside-down.

Judge: Upside…?

Phoenix: The printed name on the memo makes it look like it's right-side up… But turn it around and what do you get!?

Judge: Ah… Ah haaaaaaaaaah!

Phoenix: When he wrote this note, he was holding the paper upside down!

Judge: SL-9… That's the same thing that is written on the knife's tag! Order! Order! Well, Chief?

Gant: … Ah well. I guess the cat's out of the bag… You win, Wrighto!

Phoenix: I… win? Ah…

Phoenix (Thinking): What game is this guy playing!?

Gant: This knife was evidence in a case. It was stolen from the Department's evidence room.

Phoenix: Hold It! So this knife… was stolen?

Gant: Yes, but on the day of the murder.

Edgeworth: It was evidence, you say. Was it, in fact, a murder weapon?

Gant: Nice! Nice! Nice! Good show, little Worthy! It was a murder weapon, as it happens. It was evidence from a case long-since solved…

Phoenix (Thinking): So this knife was stolen on the day of the murder… And it was found in the exhaust pipe of Edgeworth's car…

Ema: Hard to think there isn't a connection there!

Phoenix: On the same day that a detective was killed in the Prosecutor's parking lot…

Judy: Another detective… was killed at the Police Department!?

Gant: That's a fact. Surprising, isn't it, Udgey?

Judge: I'm at a loss for words.

Edgeworth: And the perpetrator? Do you have a suspect?

Gant: Well, there was a suspect. Just arrested 'em, in fact.

Phoenix (Thinking): Just arrested! That was quick…

Gant: But… there's still a lot of unanswered questions. Maybe you can help, Wright!

Phoenix: I suppose I could help… if you help me by giving me data on your case?

Gant: Oooh, good one! This kid's sharp! Okay, here's the deal. I'll tell you one thing and one thing only.

Judy: Okay… Where was the victim found?

Gant: … Well, I can't speak on where the corpse was found. But I can say the crime took place in the evidence room at the Police Department.

Phoenix (Thinking): The evidence room!? W-wait a second… I have heard of that!

Ema: The evidence room… Didn't he mention that in his testimony just now?

Judy: He did! So there's a connection between the two cases!

Ema: You two seem happy!

Phoenix: Happy? We just got handed our ticket to go to town on this case!

Phoenix (Thinking): With the link between the two cases established, we finally have some leverage. Now we can get Gant to testify about the details!

Phoenix: Chief… The defense's position is simply this: The connection between these two cases has already been proven!

Gant: Heh, you don't say? Well, out with it Wrighto! What's your connection?

Judge: Yes, out with it, Mr. Wright.

Phoenix: The connection is a place, mentioned in the testimony we just heard. The knife found in the lot was stolen… from the Police Department's evidence room.

Edgeworth: Not to mention the victim had written down the numbers on the knife's evidence tag.

Judy: And we also know that the detective murdered at the Police Department… was killed in that very same evidence room!

Judge: Indeed… There do seem to be too many connections for it to be a coincidence.

Gant: You three make a good team. It took my men two days to find out what you deduced right here.

Edgeworth: Chief! I request that you release your information on the victim at the Police Department!

Gant: See, that's the tricky part. It hasn't been announced yet, at all…

Phoenix: Can we get the information… unofficially?

Gant: Hmmmmm… Sure! Why not? It's unofficial, after all.

Judy: Wha… Huh!?

Ema: Who would have guessed?

Gant: I'll cooperate, but I can't reveal the name of the victim at the Department, okay?

Phoenix: Hold it! If you're going to tell us a little, why not tell us everything?

Gant: Ah, well, case information is sticky stuff. You have to do everything properly.

Phoenix (Thinking): Oh well… I guess I might as well try to get what I can out of him…

Phoenix: Okay… How about you tell me the victim's ID number?

Gant: Hmm? Sure, why not. It's not like you'll be able to tell who it is from that!

Phoenix: Of course not. You won't tell me their name, after all.

Gant: We keep a tight lid on ID numbers, so don't go getting your hopes up. The number is… 5842189.

Judge: Well! That's quite… long!

Gant: And we have to remember these! It drives me nuts!

Judge: 8… 2… I can't do it.

Phoenix (Thinking): You didn't even get the first number right!

Judge: Well, Mr. Wright? Does this tell you anything?

Phoenix (Thinking): The number of the victim at the Police Department… 5842189…

Phoenix: Actually, it does, Your Honor. It does…! I think!

Judge: Meaning?

Phoenix (Thinking): It has to be what I think it is… But what does this mean?

Phoenix: Witness! …

Gant: …

Judy: …

Edgeworth: …

Judge: … What is it, Mr. Wright!? You're grinning like a schoolgirl on prom night!

Phoenix: No, I… it's just, I got confused…

Edgeworth: And this is news?

Phoenix: Huh?

Edgeworth: Just come out with both guns blazing… like you always do.

Phoenix (Thinking): The Police Department… the Prosecutor's Office… Two places, two detectives murdered… at one time.

Phoenix: Actually, I happen to have a police ID number here.

Judge: Oh hoh! Is it yours?

Phoenix: N-no, Your Honor. I'm a defense attorney… remember? This is the ID number of our victim, Detective Goodman.

Gant: Shame on you, Wrighto! Personnel IDs are top secret!

Phoenix: Detective Goodman's ID number is… "5842189."

Gant: …

Judy: …

Edgeworth: …

Judge: … And…? This means… what, exactly?

Phoenix: Huh?

Judge: Wait… That ID number we heard from the Chief earlier… That started with "82…" Hmm. I've forgotten.

Phoenix (Thinking): You even got the first number wrong!

Phoenix: The number the Chief of Police gave us was… 5842189.

Edgeworth: Objection! W-wait a second, Wright! What does this…?

Phoenix: Mean? That's what I want to know! The two ID numbers are identical! In other words… The detective killed in the Police Department's evidence room was Bruce Goodman! What does our witness think about that!?

Gant: … Oh! Ho ho ho, sharp was a tack, Wrighto! Sharp as a tack!

Judge: B-but wait! Detective Goodman is OUR victim! He was killed at 5:15 in the underground parking lot!

Phoenix: Yet, a Detective Bruce Goodman was also killed at the Police Department… In the evidence room… at the exact same time!

Edgeworth: Objection! Th-that's impossible! So, what we're saying is… The same person was killed at the same time!? And in a completely different location!?

Judge: Order! Order! Order! Chief! What does this mean!?

Edgeworth: Objection! No… what I want to know is… why didn't I hear about this!? Yes, it's top-secret, fine! But I'm the prosecutor in charge of the case!

Gant: Now, just a wait a second, Worthy. No need to get all flustered.

Edgeworth: Your Honor! The Police Department has made a grave error in this case…

Gant: Wait. I said "wait." Or didn't you hear me?

Edgeworth: …!

Gant: The oversight… the grave errors…? Mr. Edgeworth… They're yours.

Edgeworth: Wh-what!? How… how dare…

Gant: We informed you yesterday. I believe it was our Officer Meekins who brought you the news?

Edgeworth: O-officer… Meekins?

Ema: Mr. Wright! Where have we heard that name before?

Judy: … W-wait a minute!

Flashback

Meekins: Erm…! Excuse me! But is Mr. Edgeworth, uh… anywhere on the premises? I'm here, sir, at the request of the chief, sir! I got your report, sir!

End Flashback

Edgeworth: You don't mean… him!?

Gant: According to Meekins, you didn't accept the report? Hard to believe.

Edgeworth: B-but your officer, he told me! He said that report had nothing to do with the Lana Skye incident!

Gant: "Detective Bruce Goodman murdered in the Police Department evidence room…" Mr. Edgrworth. The victim's name is written write on the top of the report.

Edgeworth: Gaaaaaaah! Wh-why didn't your officer tell me!?

Ema: Honestly, I'm not sure if that officer was capable of making the connection… He did seem… challenged.

Judy: Ema!

Gant: In any case, this is a serious error, a gross negligence of duty on your part, Worthy.

Edgeworth: Objection! B-But, sir! You could have submitted that report this morning to the court, as evidence! Then, I…

Gant: No such luck this time Worthy… or should I say, un-Worthy?

Edgeworth: What!?

Gant: Now what was the second rule of evidence law, hmm?

Ema: Well, Ms. Hopps?

Judy: Huh? Oh, well, it's, uh…

Edgeworth: Rule 2: New evidence may only be submitted if it concerns the case on trial. And how is this relevant?

Gant: Normally, you submit a list of evidence to be used in court before the trial. This report wasn't on that list…

Judge: So… What does this mean?

Gant: I couldn't submit this evidence until a connection was proven in court.

Edgeworth: …!

Gant: The connection was just proven by Wrighto over here. Good job, Wrighto, my boy!

Phoenix: Huh? Uh… I… I was just doing my job.

Edgeworth: No… Nooooooooooooooooooooo!

Judge: It seems… we have come to the end of this trial.

Gant: You are becoming a thorn in my side, Worthy… There've been rumors… After all, you were in the defendant's chair just last year…!

Edgeworth: …! I apologize for this terrible lack of due diligence on my part…

Judge: M-Mr. Edgeworth!

Edgeworth: Please… Just give me one more day. I'll get to the bottom of what happened… If it's the last thing I do!

Gant: You'd better get results this time. Really.

Edgeworth: I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!

Judy: Edgeworth…

Ema: Poor Mr. Edgeworth…

Judge: I don't think there's ever been an error this serious in the history of this court. We will grant one further day as the prosecution has requested. Will this be sufficient, Mr. Edgeworth.

Edgeworth: Yes, Your Honor. Thank you.

Judge: Whatever your punishment for this is, for your sake I hope it's not… decisive. Very well! Court is adjourned!