September 7th, 2016
Grossberg's Law Offices, 6:45PM
Phoenix's POV
Grossberg: … … …
Phoenix (Thinking): Huh? I don't think he's noticed me standing here. Maybe I should… clear my throat?
Phoenix: Aaa-HHHEM!
Grossberg: Jumping Jehosephants! Oh! You!
Phoenix: What's wrong? You look so pensive… like an old man at the end of his days.
Grossberg: Hmm? I'm not senile yet! I was just thinking about this whole mess…
Phoenix (Thinking): Something's really bothering him, that much is clear.
Phoenix: So, me and my friends paid Bluecorp a visit.
Grossberg: Oh? Oh, I see.
Phoenix: Mr. Grossberg… I have to admit, something has been really bothering me.
Grossberg: Oh? What is it? Well, out with it, my boy!
Phoenix: You see, I thought it was strange. Here was Maya, your apprentice's little sister, in desperate need… Accusing of killer her own sister no less, and you wouldn't take the case! I finally realized why. You and Redd White are connected. He's was blacking mailing you, wasn't he?
Grossberg: …! I don't… I don't know what you're talking about!
Phoenix: Mr. Grossberg, sir. There was a giant painting hanging right there the other day, was there not? The one you said you had "no intention of parting with"? Well I saw it. Today. It was in the CEO's office at Bluecorp. Redd White's office.
Grossberg: … So… you noticed. I suppose I should have guessed you would. It is a large painting…
Phoenix: Mr. Grossberg… tell me what happened.
Grossberg: Very well. You've come this far. I see no reason to hide it in anymore. Redd White is a man who makes his living through intimidation. Bluecorp is a company that excels in finding people's weaknesses, I'm afraid. I've been paying them for 15 years now…
Phoenix (Thinking): 15 years!
Grossberg: All because of the "DL-6 Incident," as you may have guessed.
Phoenix (Thinking): The names on the back of those photographs!
Grossberg: As you suspected, I could not stand in defense of Maya because of this. White would have destroyed me if I did.
Phoenix (Thinking): So that's the connection!
Grossberg: It is hard for me to tell you this, my boy. But arresting Redd White will be nigh on impossible.
Phoenix: Impossible!? Why!?
Grossberg: He has information on everyone. It gives him an iron grip! He owns judges, attorneys, prosecutors, police… and politicians.
Phoenix: What!?
Grossberg: They are bound, unable to do harm to themselves, and therefore, to him. Don't look at me like that. What you see is nothing more than the weight of many years.
Phoenix: What is the "DL-6 Incident"?
Grossberg: "DL-6" is nothing more than the sorting code the police gave the case. It was 15 years ago now… I received a request from a medium. A spirit medium.
Phoenix (Thinking): A medium…?
Grossberg: Her name was Misty Fey.
Phoenix: Fey!
Grossberg: Indeed. She was Mia's mother. She had been investigating a murder at the bequest of the police. And… she failed. As a result, the police called her a fraud.
Phoenix (Thinking): This is what Nick was telling me on the way to Mr. White!
Grossberg: I did all I could for her, and in the end, cleared her of wrongdoing. That murder case, however remains unsolved to this day. That case, is the DL-6 Incident.
Phoenix: But why were you blackmailed over this, Mr. Grossberg?
Grossberg: The DL-6 Incident was top-secret at the time. It made sense. The police didn't want people to know they were using a medium! They couldn't let people know. But one person found out. I… I told him.
Phoenix: You told White?
Grossberg: He offered me riches… It is an embarrassment to me now. Because I talked, the police were mocked far and wide. In secret, they began looking for the one that sold them out. Of course White heard about it, and he came to me. Only this time, the offer was blackmail.
Phoenix: … I see.
Grossberg: … White controls the law of this country as he sees fit. Yet if you would still challenge him… Have a close look at Mia's office.
Phoenix: Mia's office…?
Grossberg: She followed his every move for years. She may have recorded something of what she found.
Phoenix: Thank you, Mr. Grossberg.