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Chapter 13: Turnabout Goodbyes Part 2

December 26, 9:44 AM

District Court

Defendant Lobby No. 2

Phoenix: Karma...?

Edgeworth: That's right, Manfred von Karma. He's the best prosecutor there is. He hasn't lost a case in his 40-year career. He is a god of prosecution, Wright! A god!

"And I'm going up against him?" Yang said.

Maya: Not a single case?

Edgeworth: He'll do anything to get a guilty verdict, anything.

"Like someone else we know?" Blake said.

Phoenix: Hmm. Sounds like someone else I know, Edgeworth.

"It keeps happening!" Nora said.

Edgeworth: Hmph. You don't understand. I mean he'll really do anything. Manfred von Karma is a man to be feared.

Phoenix: (That's quite a claim coming from someone who forges evidence...)

Edgeworth: He taught me what it really means to "prosecute."

"Von Karma was his teacher?" Jaune said.

Phoenix: Wh-what!?

Edgeworth: Just picture a prosecutor as vicious as me... multiplied by a factor of ten.

"I'm a bit scared now." Ruby said.

Maya: Ugh... So... so was he your teacher, then, Mr. Edgeworth?

Edgeworth: Something like that...

Maya: And now he's trying to get you found guilty!? What a creep! Oh, wait... Maybe he's planning on losing on purpose to help you out.

Edgeworth: Not a chance... He hasn't lost once in 40 years. 40 years! He's as ruthless as me, times twenty!

"Don't raise the number!"

Maya: That's pretty ruthless...

Edgeworth: Like I said. He's a god among prosecutors.

Phoenix: (I guess that's something like Mia was to me. Speaking of Mia...) Um, Maya?

Maya: Uh huh?

"Can you channel your hot sister for a bit?" Yang said.

Phoenix: We could really be using Mia's help right now... don't you think?

Maya: Oh...

Phoenix: ?

Maya: I can't. Sorry. I tried, I really tried, but I couldn't reach.

"Now she can't? That's stupid! Why now?!"

Phoenix: You couldn't "reach"?

Maya: I think it's because I haven't been training. My powers are weak again...

Phoenix: Oh man, what bad timing!

Maya: I'm really sorry. I'll try my best!

Phoenix: I hope so!

"For your own good." Jaune said.

"Okay...! Okay..." Ruby said.

"What about mine?" Ren said.

"Quiet you." Jaune said.

Edgeworth: What are you whispering about?

Phoenix: O-oh, it's nothing. Well, it's time. Let's head in...

December 26, 10:00 AM

District Court

Courtroom No. 3

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his hammer.)

Judge: Court is now in session for the trial of Mr. Miles Edgeworth.

"Hey everyone, it's me, Judge! Did you miss me?" Nora said.

"...No." Yang said.

"Shut up, gallery!"

Phoenix: The defense is ready, Your Honor.

Karma: ...

"Hooooly... Look at him!" Yang said.

"He looks so powerful!" Ruby said.

"So eeeevil." Nora said.

Judge: Err, Mr. von Karma? Is the prosecution ready?

"Wait, who's voicing him?" Jaune said.

"... How about Ruby?" Yang said.

"Huh? Me? Okay." Ruby said.

"This is going to be bad." Weiss said.

Karma: ... Fool... You seriously think that I would stand here were I not completely prepared?

Everyone started laughing.

"Perfect! Just perfect!" Yang said.

Judge: R-right, my apologies!

Phoenix: (He's even got the Judge scared!)

"Are you kidding me? I'm not going to talk back to Von Karma! He's too powerful! Even for me!" Nora said.

"That's actually worrying. I feel like I don't stand a chance."

Judge: Very well, your opening statement, please.

Karma: ... Decisive evidence... A decisive witness... What else could possibly be required?

Judge: Ah... er, nothing of course. That should be fine. The prosecution may call its first witness.

Maya: What's with this guy? Is he royalty or something?

Phoenix: How am I supposed to fight against this!?

"I feel the same thing!"

Karma: I call the detective in charge of this case, Detective Dick Gumshoe.

Phoenix: (Okay, Gumshoe's first... Let's see how this goes.)

(Gumshoe gets on the stand.)

Karma: Describe the incident. Now!

Gumshoe: Y-yessir!

Phoenix: (Detective Gumshoe looks nervous...)

"Is this what living with you father was like?" Ruby said.

"No. I think Von Karma would eat my dad for breakfast." Weiss said.

"Holy crap." Blake said.

Gumshoe: Er, please take a look at the map. The murder happened late Christmas Eve, around midnight. There was one boat in the very middle of the lake. There were two men on the boat. Now, there happened to be a woman camping here on the edge of the lake. At 12:10 AM, she heard two pistol shots. Then the boat started to move. It went towards the boat rental shop.

Karma: Hmm.

(Overhead Map added to the Court Record.)

[Overhead Map: Overhead map of Gourd Lake.]

Karma: Testify to the court about your arrest. Now!

Judge: W-w-wait! Mr. von Karma...

Karma: Yes?

Judge: Actually, I'm the one that's supposed to be handling these proceedings...

Karma: (tsks and wags his finger)

"Great, he does that too." Yang said

"But sassier!" Nora said.

Karma: Wrong. There is only one thing you need to do here. You will slam down your gavel and say the word "guilty." That is your role!

"He really is powerless." Pyrrha said.

Judge: Y-yes, of course. You're quite right.

"No he's not!" Yang said.

Phoenix: (No he's not!)

"Great, now I'm becoming Phoenix."

Witness Testimony

- The Arrest of Edgeworth -

Gumshoe: A man called into the station around 30 minutes after midnight.

We headed to the scene of the crime as fast as we could.

That's where we found Mr. Edgeworth.

Now, I didn't suspect him of anything at all.

But... the next morning, a body was found in the lake.

So we had to arrest Mr. Edgeworth.

Judge: Hmm... I see. Very well...

Karma: Begin your cross-examination, attorney. Now!

Judge: ...

"Bro, chill." Nora said.

Cross Examination

- The Arrest of Edgeworth -

"Okay... no problem... I'll just press." Yang said.

(Presses statement 1)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! You received a call from a "man"?

Gumshoe: Er... yup.

Phoenix: But you said there was a woman camping there? (points) She was the one who heard the two gunshots, right?

Karma: OBJECTION!

"What the fuck?!"

"That's what he sounds like?!" Ruby said.

"It's not really that far off from what I imagined." Blake said.

"He sounds like a human Grimm." Jaune said.

"Exactly!" Yang said.

Karma: (tsks and wags his finger) That woman and the "man" who called in the report are two different people, obviously!

Phoenix: Different people?

Karma: There were two witnesses!

Phoenix: (Urk!)

"Uhh, I thought they knew there were two witnesses." Nora said.

Karma: Their testimonies were quite similar however. Today I've summoned the woman who was camping.

Phoenix: (The woman who was camping... Lotta Hart.)

Karma: What happened next, Detective?

(Presses statement 2)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! How long was it between receiving the report and your arrival at the lake?

Gumshoe: Er, well... I'd say it was about three minutes.

Phoenix: That's pretty fast!

Gumshoe: Our motto for the month is "get there quick."

Karma: OBJECTION! (snaps his fingers)

"Snapping fingers? That's new." Yang said.

Karma: Detective!

"No one asked!"

"I still can't believe that's his voice." Blake said.

"OBJECTION!" Ruby said.

"Objection!" Yang said.

"Objection!" Nora said. Each objection became more and more evil until they became just monster noises.

Karma: You will refrain from casually revealing department secrets!

Gumshoe: Y-yessir! Sorry, sir!

Karma: Do that, and you'll be able to look forward to your next salary review.

"Does he even get paid at this point?" Yang said.

Gumshoe: So much to look forward to, these days...

Karma: This is no time for dejected daydreaming! Continue!

Gumshoe: Y-yessir!

(Presses statement 3)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! What was Mr. Edgeworth like when you saw him then?

"Giggling. He told me 'I did it for the funny lols'. Didn't know what was so funny."

"I think it's funny." Ruby said.

"Excuse me, what do you mean by 'lols'?" Nora said. Some of them laughed.

Gumshoe: Well... From what I saw, he looked pretty relaxed. Not like a murderer at all, really.

Karma: OBJECTION! Detective! The court requires the facts, NOT your opinion! How many years have you been on the force!? (snaps his fingers) Facts only, Detective! Hard, cold, objective facts!

Gumshoe: Y-y-yessir!

Phoenix: (Man, he's got his share of objections...)

"My objections are more powerful than yours! Because I'm eeeeevil!" Ruby said.

(Presses statement 4)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! Why didn't you think he was suspicious?

Gumshoe: You should know! We have a deep, trusting relationship with the prosecutors.

Karma: OBJECTION! Detective! The court isn't interested in your musings! "Deep"? "Trusting"? Poppycock! (tsks and wags his finger) I've never heard so many flippant comments from an active detective on the force!

"I'm with Von Karma on this one." Blake said.

Gumshoe: Mmph!

Phoenix: (Detective Gumshoe doesn't look so good...)

Karma: Continue! Now!

(Presses statement 5)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! Did you find any clues on the body?

Gumshoe: A single bullet was recovered from the body. He was shot through the heart... fatally.

Karma: Judge! Here's the bullet... It didn't strike bone, so its shape is well preserved.

Judge: Very well. The court accepts this bullet into evidence.

(Pistol Bullet added to the Court Record.)

[Pistol Bullet: Found in the victim's body. Fired from a .22-caliber pistol.]

"Okay, we... got something." Yang said.

(Presses statement 6)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! W-why is that?

Gumshoe: Well, we found the murder weapon in the boat.

Phoenix: The murder weapon...?

Gumshoe: A pistol.

Judge: Detective Gumshoe... That is a vital piece of information. Please revise your testimony.

Gumshoe: Right! S-sorry, Your Honor.

Gumshoe: The murder weapon we found in the boat was decisive evidence.

(Presses statement 6A)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! What about the pistol made it "decisive evidence"?

Karma: Tsk tsk tsk...

Phoenix: (Ack! He has the same evil laugh as Edgeworth...)

"Wh- wh- how is 'tsk tsk tsk' a laugh?" Weiss said.

Gumshoe: There were fingerprints on the pistol found in the boat. They were clear prints from Mr. Edgeworth's right hand.

"HUH?!" Yang said.

Phoenix: Wh-what!?

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Order! Order! So Mr. Edgeworth's fingerprints were found on the murder weapon!?

"Are you kidding me?!"

"This is very bad." Jaune said.

Gumshoe: Y-yes, Your Honor.

Karma: Judge! This is the weapon in question.

Judge: A-accepted into evidence.

(Pistol added to the Court Record.)

[Pistol: The murder weapon. .22-caliber. Fired 3 times. Bears prints from Edgeworth's right hand.]

"Okay, I accepted it! Please don't eat me!" Nora said.

"... I'll think about it." Ruby said.

'Three times?' Blake thought.

Karma: Members of the court... We now have the pistol used in the murder, and the bullet found in the body! (snaps his fingers) Detective!

Gumshoe: Y-y-yessir!

Karma: Was the bullet found in the body fired from this pistol?

Gumshoe: Yes. The ballistic markings on the bullet match the pistol.

Judge: Hmm...

Maya: Hey, Nick! What does he mean, "ballistic markings"?

Karma: Shocking! To imagine someone here does not know something as basic as ballistic markings!

"Why imagining you saying that is not strange?" Weiss said.

"I'm a gun enthusiast. And this is a hunter academy."

"Enthusiast is a weak term." Yang said.

Maya: N-Nick! He's glaring at me!

Karma: Tsk... very well, I'll explain. Actually, Judge! You do it.

Judge: Eh? M-me? ...

"Jeez, you caught me unprepared. I- I didn't know I was-" Nora said.

"Hurry up!" Ruby said, snapping her fingers.

"OK!"

"You're having a lot fun with that role." Jaune said.

"Yeah..." Ruby said.

Judge: Erm, ahem. Ballistic markings are like the "fingerprints" of a gun. The barrel leaves distinctive marks on each bullet it fires. You can examine these "ballistic fingerprints" to see which gun fired the shot. It's quite accurate.

Karma: Indeed. This leads to one, inevitable conclusion: the bullet found in the victim's heart... was, without a doubt, fired from this pistol. (snaps his fingers) This pistol which, as you may recall, was covered with the defendant's own fingerprints!

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his hammer.)

Judge: O-order! Order!

Phoenix: (This is bad... This makes it look like Edgeworth did it!)

Karma: Well, Judge?

Judge: I'd say it's almost decisive, yes. Honestly, I could declare a verdict at this point. However...

Karma: You wish to hear the witness speak, no doubt. Very well. I am somewhat fatigued, and so I will take a brief break. I will call my witness after the recess. Which will last ten minutes. Judge!

Judge: Y-yes?

Karma: What are you doing? A ten minute recess! Now!

Judge: B-but, wait, I...

Karma: (snaps his fingers) Just bang your flimsy gavel and get on with it, man!

Judge: Y-yes! Ahem. This court will take a ten minute recess.

Phoenix: (Who's running this court, anyway!?)

"Recess already? Nothing stops Von Karma." Yang said.

December 26, 11:09 AM

District Court

Defendant Lobby No. 2

Phoenix: Edgeworth!

"What the fuck?! Why are your fingerprints on the weapon?!" Jaune said.

"Am I not allowed to do mistakes?" Ren said.

"NO, YOU'RE EDGEWORTH!"

"You're also having a lot of fun with your roles." Pyrrha said.

Phoenix: What's going on here!? Your fingerprints were on the murder weapon!

Edgeworth: Uh... hmm...

Phoenix: And that foggy photo makes one thing clear... The only one who could have shot that man was the person in the photo!

Edgeworth: True...

Phoenix: Was that you in the boat?

Edgeworth: ... Yes. It was me.

Phoenix: What!?

"Why are you making things difficult for me?!" Yang said.

Edgeworth: But... you must believe me. I didn't shoot him.

Phoenix: Th-then who did!?

Edgeworth: I... don't know.

Phoenix: You don't know!? Weren't you right there!?

Edgeworth: ... I heard a gunshot from very close by. Then... the other man fell from the boat. I can't say why, but... I thought, at the time, that he had shot himself!

Phoenix: Y-you mean it was a suicide!?

Edgeworth: ... That's the only explanation I can come up with.

Phoenix: Huh... (How am I going to convince anyone of that!?)

"You could bring the gods down by just pointing at them." Jaune said.

Phoenix: Say, Maya?

Maya: Huh? Wh-what?

Phoenix: Any progress with Mia?

Maya: Oh... Sorry. It's no good.

Phoenix: Ugh...

"But I want big titties!" Nora said.

"Life's not fair!" Yang said.

Maya: I know... I'm no good for anything, am I, Nick? If I can't call my sister, I might as well not be here, right?

[No, I need you here]

[Yeah, you're useless]

Some of them started laughing.

"Noooooo, don't do that to Maya!" Ruby said.

"Don't make our goober sad!" Nora said.

"No, I would never do that. But..." Yang said.

"No." Ruby said.

"Okay."

(Picks No, I need you here)

Phoenix: No, of course not, I need you here! I can see you're always trying to help out. Even if you don't actually help... it's the thought that counts, right?

Maya: It's okay Nick, you don't have to make me feel better. I don't know anything about trials, or defense...

"To be honest, I don't even know why I'm working in a law office."

Maya: What's more, I'm a spirit medium who can't even contact spirits...

Phoenix: Aww, everyone has their off days! I mean, I've just been getting lucky lately... But you never know when my luck is going to run out!

Maya: Really...?

Edgeworth: W-w-whoa! Wright! Don't jinx this case any worse than it already is! It's bad for my heart...

"You were the one who said that in the detention center!" Yang said.

Phoenix: Oh? Oh! S-sorry... (Whoops!)

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Court is back in session. Mr. von Karma, call your witness.

Karma: Yes. Will Ms. Lotta Hart take the stand?

(Lotta Hart gets on the stand.)

Karma: Lotta Hart, you are a research student at a university?

Lotta: That I am.

Karma: Good. Begin by telling us what you saw the night of the incident. And don't add anything trivial or subjective. Understand?

Lotta: ... Y'all need to learn some manners.

Karma: (tsks and wags his finger) UNDERSTAND?

Lotta: Y-yeah, I understand, I understand!

Judge: Er... very well. Your testimony, please.

Witness Testimony

- Witness's Account -

"He looked like he was goin' to eat my soul." Nora said.

Lotta: It was Christmas Eve, just after midnight, I reckon.

I was in my car.

I heard this "bang" come up from the lake.

When I looked out the window, I saw two gents in a boat.

Then there was another "bang"...

There wasn't nary a thing on the lake but that boat.

Karma: Enough.

Lotta: Huh?

"Eh?" Yang said.

Karma: Judge! She happened to take a photo of the incident! This is that photo. Accept it as evidence.

Judge: W-well! This is a surprise! This looks like... the very moment of the murder!

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: O-Order! I will remove you from the court if I do not have order immediately!

"I will smash your skulls with my gavel if I have to!" Nora said.

Karma: As the witness testified, she looked at the lake when she heard the shot. There were no other boats on that lake! So, the man in the boat with the victim must have been the one who shot him... (snaps his fingers) Yes. It was the defendant, Miles Edgeworth!

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Order! Order! Order...! I will have order!

Karma: ... Well, Judge?

Judge: The evidence is... decisive. I have very little doubt about this case.

"Wait, what about my cross-examination?!" Yang said.

(The judge pounds his gavel)

"No, WAIT!"

Judge:Very well, this court finds the defendant...

Phoenix: OBJECTION! W-wait! Your Honor! I haven't cross-examined the witness yet!

Karma: A cross-examination? (tsks and wags his finger) We have photographic proof! What question can there possibly be!? This photo is worth a thousand words... and they all read "guilty"! You lose. Or... Do you claim to have found a contradiction in her testimony!?

Phoenix: ...!

Karma: Very well. If you have to, you may cross-examine the witness. You will only flounder and ask meaningless questions! You will fail to find anything! (snaps his fingers) And then, I will have you held in contempt of court!

Maya: Uh, Nick... contempt...?

Phoenix: "Contempt of court," you know?

Maya: I... guess I understand. Well... what are you going to do? Do you really think there was a contradiction with the facts in her testimony?

[I think there was]

[I think there wasn't]

"There has to be, right?"

"If you say so." Blake said.

(Picks I think there was)

Phoenix: I... think I noticed one little thing...

Maya: Wow, I'm impressed, Nick! I didn't notice anything! Right! Let's take him on!

Phoenix: Y-yeah... (I got a bad feeling about this...) (slams desk) I understand... I will cross-examine the witness!

Karma: Tsk tsk tsk... Very well!

Judge: I pray for your sake this isn't a waste of time.

Cross Examination

- Witness's Account -

(Presses statement 1)

"Reckon?!" Yang said.

"Don' make fun of my accent, city boy!" Nora said.

Phoenix: HOLD IT! "Just after midnight," you say? In other words, it was no longer Christmas Eve... but Christmas Day!

Lotta: Huh? Uh, yeah, well, yes.

Karma: OBJECTION! I know you want to find contradictions, but really!

Phoenix: Mmmph.

Judge: I hope your next contradiction is a little more relevant to the trial. Witness, continue your testimony.

"Hey! The time is important!" Yang said.

(Presses statement 2)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! Why were you camping there, anyway?

Lotta: I'm a research student at my university. I was taking pictures to use in my research.

Phoenix: (What research? This all sounds suspicious...)

[Press further]

[Hold back]

"Oh, I'm not letting that slide."

(Picks Press further)

Phoenix: Ms. Hart. Could you be more specific about your "research"?

Karma: OBJECTION! (tsks and wags his finger) What does the witness's motive in camping by the lake have to do with this case!? The answer "is nothing"! I object to this line of questioning! Objection sustained!

Judge: W-w-wait, now, I'm the one who says that!

Karma: Well, then say it already!

Judge: Objection sustained.

Phoenix: (Thanks for nothing, Your Honor...)

Some of them laughed.

"You're welcome." Nora said.

(Presses statement 3)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! So, you weren't looking at the lake at that time?

Lotta: Nope. I looked after I heard that noise.

Karma: OBJECTION! She's said that already! I asked you to find "contradictions"! Not leisurely chat with the witness!

Phoenix: (Urk...)

(Presses statement 4)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! (slams desk) Could you clearly see the two men?

Lotta: Just look at the picture! Clear enough for you?

Phoenix: (Uh oh...)

[Press further]

[Hold back]

"Finally, found a contradiction." Yang said.

(Picks Press further)

Phoenix: Wait a second! I wasn't asking you about the photo! (slams desk) (points) I was asking if YOU saw the two men!

Lotta: Uh, yeah, well, of course...

Karma: OBJECTION! The witness has testified that she saw them! There's also a photo! You'd best look elsewhere for your precious contradictions!

Phoenix: (He jumped in quick... He's hiding something!)

"If the photo doesn't show their faces, how could she see it. Objection!"

(Presents Lake Photo)

Phoenix: OBJECTION!

"The music didn't stop." Ruby said.

"Huh?!"

Phoenix: Your Honor! What do you think about the witness's statement?

Judge: Uh... I'm not sure I follow?

Phoenix: It clearly, er, contradicts the... um... I thought...

Judge: You don't sound very convinced, Mr. Wright. Objection overruled.

(Gets penalty.)

"Penalty?!"

"First penalty." Blake said.

Phoenix: (I don't think that won me any points with the judge...)

"Finally! I depleted your HP bar, idiot!" Nora said.

"But they're not visible in the photo! How could she see them?!" Yang said.

"She wasn't specific." Ren said.

"Huh?"

"She said she saw them, not their faces. She didn't say details." Pyrrha said.

"Oh, come on... I can hear you giggling."

"I'm sorry, but just got your first penalty. And seeing the bar, you have 4 chances left. I wonder how the rest will go." Weiss said.

"Just you wait..."

"I'm pretty sure it resets every trial." Jaune said.

"Details." Weiss said.

(Presses statement 5)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! Were you watching the very moment the shot rang out?

Lotta: Well, yeah, sure...

Karma: OBJECTION! You're asking meaningless questions! Meaningless! (snaps his fingers) "Contradictions," Mr. Wright. Not meaningless babble!

Phoenix: (von Karma, I think I hate you.)

"You think?" Blake said.

Phoenix: (He's trying to keep me from talking to the witness... To what end...?)

(Presses statement 6)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! (slams desk) Are you sure about that?

Lotta: Yeah, sure as a country gal can be!

Phoenix: (That sounds pretty sure.)

[Press further]

[Hold back]

"Yeah, sure." Yang said.

(Picks Press further)

Phoenix: How come you're so sure?

Lotta: Well, heck, I scanned the whole lake.

Phoenix: ("Scanned the whole lake"? It almost sounds like she was more interested in the lake than the boat...) Ms. Hart... you-

Karma: OBJECTION! (tsks and wags his finger) Mr. Wright! The witness has answered the question in full.

Phoenix: Mmph!

Karma: No need for further questions! Objection sustained!

Judge: U-uh, that's what I'm...

Karma: Sustained!

Judge: Y-yes, of course.

"Good boy, Judge. Good boy." Ruby said.

"I'm a good boy!" Nora said.

"Here's a snack."

"Oooh, pancakes!"

Phoenix: (Oh great... What am I supposed to do now?)

(The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Enough! I think we've heard all we need to hear, Mr. Wright.

"Come on, I was preparing something!" Yang said.

"It would probably result in another penalty." Ruby said.

"Shut up."

Judge: It seems you are unable to find a contradiction in the testimony worth noting.

"I was about to!"

"Well, I got fed so I'm ending the trial." Nora said.

Phoenix: B-but, Your Honor!

Karma: (snaps his fingers) You keep your promise!

Judge: Mr. Wright. I am afraid that I will have to penalize any further outbursts... By holding you in contempt of court!

Karma: And if that happens, you'll have to leave the courtroom immediately! Understood...?

Phoenix: Uh... uh huh.

Maya: Nick...! Lotta's testimony is fishy, Nick! Real fishy!

Phoenix: I... know what you mean. But... If I can't say anything, what can I do?

(The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: I believe we've covered the evidence sufficiently to make a decision.

Karma: Then, pass your judgment!

Judge: Very well. Mr. Miles Edgeworth, please take the stand.

HOLD IT!

Judge: Wh-who was that!?

"Yeah, who said that?" Jaune said.

Maya: It... was me.

Phoenix: (Maya!)

Judge: I-is something wrong? D-do you need to use the facilities?

Yang started laughing.

"Do you want to go to the toilet, little child?" Yang said.

"Shut up!" Ruby said.

Maya: No, I do not! Lotta Hart! Your testimony stinks! It's unclear whether you were actually looking at the lake! It's highly doubtful that you actually say Mr. Edgeworth! Tell us the truth! This is a matter of life or death!

Lotta: ...!

Maya: Lotta! Did you really clearly see Mr. Edgeworth that night!? Did you see him fire that pistol!?

(The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: You will stand down! The court does not acknowledge the defense's outburst!

"Shut the fuck up and sit down!" Nora said.

"Fuck you, old man!"

"Woah!"

"Ruby!" Yang said.

"I'm sorry, it's just came out naturally, sorry!" Ruby said.

Maya: Answer me, Lotta!

Lotta: What's the big idea, treating me like some kind of criminal!? I saw him! I swear it! I saw Edgeworth...

"Oh, there it is, there-" Yang said.

Karma: OBJECTION! Enough! Judge... Declare the defense in contempt of court!

Judge: Y-yes... yes, of course. I'm sorry, but you WERE warned. Guard! Escort Mr. Wright out of the courtroom! He is in contempt of court, and must leave.

Phoenix: (No... No...!)

Wait!

Maya: I-I was the one who made the outburst, Your Honor! Nick is innocent!

Karma: (tsks and wags his finger) Hah! What's the difference? All that remains is for the guilty verdict to be declared! Isn't that right, Mr. Phoenix Wright!?

[Wrong]

[Right]

"Uh, wrong? I like how they give me the option."

(Picks Wrong)

Phoenix: (slams desk) Wrong!

Karma: What!?

Phoenix: Did you hear what Ms. Hart just said? (points) She said she clearly saw Mr. Edgeworth! (slams desk) (points) That was not in the testimony! That changes her testimony, and I have a right to cross-examine her again!

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Order! Order! Order! Order! Order! Order!

"Oh no! The gallery has gone crazy! Bailiff, to the bunker!" Nora said.

Karma: You're in contempt of court! It's too late for wild claims! Judge! Sustain my objection!

Judge: ... ... I'm sorry, Mr. von Karma, but I cannot.

Karma: What!?

Judge: Ms. Lotta Hart has made a new testimony. The defense does have a right to cross-examine her again.

"You dare defy me?" Ruby said.

"Yes, I do! What are you gonna do about it?"

"Perish." Yang said. "He snaps his fingers and erases you from existence."

Karma: B-but he is in contempt of court!

Maya: No, I am! If you're going to arrest someone, arrest me!

Judge: Hmm... Very well. Maya Fey! You will leave the courtroom immediately.

Maya: Nick! I did what I could... You have to do the rest! Good luck!

Phoenix: M-Maya...!

Karma: Peh! I care not for this melodrama! Listen well, Mr. Wright! I do not tolerate badgering of my witnesses!

(The judge pounds his gavel.)

Phoenix: (I'm running out of time... I'd better find a contradiction in here or else...)

Judge: Mr. Wright! Begin your cross-examination!

Cross Examination

- That Last Statement -

"Okay, now I present the photo. Please be right, please be right, please be right!"

(Presents Lake Photo on statement 1)

Phoenix: OBJECTION!

"YES!"

Phoenix: Got you. Got you, Ms. Hart! Finally!

Lotta: Wh-what!? You got what?

Phoenix: Look at this photograph.

"Isn't it funny?" Jaune said. Some of them laughed a little. "Everytime I look at it makes me laugh."

"That sounds like a bad song." Blake said.

Lotta: The photo I took...?

Phoenix: The very same. There's something I want you to see in this photo... it's quite clearly visible. The fog, Ms. Hart.

Lotta: So... so?

Phoenix: This picture was taken with professional, high quality film, correct? Yet even it could not capture the faces of the men on the boat! (slams desk) Yet you claim you saw Mr. Edgeworth! (points) How!?

Lotta: Whut!? Wha-!

"What is that expression she's making? She's like 'WOAH!'." Yang said.

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Mr. Wright has a point!

Karma: OBJECTION!

"No, he doesn't!" Ruby said.

Karma: That's why I told her not to say that in her testimony! Please!

Phoenix: Yet, now she has said it, Mr. von Karma. (points) How could you possibly see Mr. Edgeworth!? Explain yourself!

Judge: Ms. Hart.

Lotta: What!

Judge: Could you see the defendant that night?

Lotta: O-of course! I said I could and I meant I could!

Judge: Then, please testify as to the circumstances of your sighting.

Phoenix: (I did it! I finally found a hole in von Karma's carefully vague testimony!)

Witness Testimony

- How Edgeworth Was Seen -

Lotta: Yer right. It was a cold night, and the fog was thick as grits.

So, once I was finished setting up my camera, I got back in the car.

Still, I brought my binoculars with me.

When I heard that noise out on the lake, I looked with my binoculars.

See? No problem!

Judge: Hmm...You used binoculars? Very well. You may begin your cross-examination, Mr. Wright.

Phoenix: (This one'd better be good!)

Cross Examination

- How Edgeworth Was Seen -

"Binoculars. And not a telescope, because you were obseeving the sky." Yang said.

"Pretty sus." Nora said.

(Presses statement 3)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! "Binoculars"?

Lotta: Yeah, binoculars.

Phoenix: Yesterday, you mentioned that you were out looking for shooting stars, correct?

Lotta: Well... yeah.

Phoenix: (slams desk) Wouldn't you need a telescope, not binoculars, for that?

Lotta: ...!

Phoenix: I've got doubts about your camera, too! (points) Was that really to take pictures of meteor showers?

Karma: OBJECTION! The camera is irrelevant to this case!

Phoenix: You can't say that for certain!

Judge: Hmm... Mr. Wright. Is the camera really relevant to this case? If you believe it is, you may continue with this line of questioning.

Karma: But know this! If you find nothing with this, there will be consequences!

Judge: Well, Mr. Wright? Do you wish to press further about the camera?

[Press further]

[Hold back]

"YES." Yang said.

(Picks Press further)

Phoenix: (This is make-it-or-break-it time!) (slams desk) The camera is of utmost importance, Your Honor. It is, perhaps, the key to this entire case! (points) Therefore, I will continue my line of questioning! (Wow! Maybe I went a little overboard there...)

"It happens." Ruby said.

(The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Very well! Ms. Hart! You will testify to the court about the camera!

Lotta: Yeah, yeah, I hear ya.

Lotta: The camera was set up to take pictures of a meteor shower.

"I think now it's the time to present this. Please no penalty..."

(Presents Lotta's Camera)

Phoenix: OBJECTION!

"Yes!"

Phoenix: You were photographing shooting stars? That's a lie!

Lotta: S-says who!?

"Me!" Jaune said.

Phoenix: (slams desk) I saw the camera you set up yesterday. It was pointed directly at the lake! (points) You have to point a camera upwards to take photos of the stars, Ms. Hart!

Lotta: Ooof!

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Mr. Wright! What are you driving at?

Phoenix: The witness was not at the lake to photograph shooting stars, Your Honor!

Lotta: ...!

Judge: W-well then, what exactly was she photographing?

[Show evidence]

[I don't know]

"Show evid- oh yeah, the article." Yang said.

(Picks Show evidence)

Phoenix: Your Honor! Take a look at this... What was Ms. Hart trying to photograph at the lake?

(Presents Gourdy Article)

Phoenix: TAKE THAT! (slams desk) Ms. Hart. This is what you were trying to photograph!

Judge: What's this? A newspaper article? "Gourdy"...? Ah, the sighting at Gourd Lake...

"I threw a pancake at the lake to see if it comes out and eats it. But a couple of ducks came first." Nora said.

"Okay-" Jaune said.

"Then I got angry. I pulled out a gun and shot them."

"... You-"

"Then the police came and arrested me."

"... May I continue?"

"Oh yeah, go ahead."

Phoenix: (points) Well, Ms. Hart?

Lotta: I... I never heard of no lake monster! You got proof or something? Let's see you prove that I was down at the lake trying to photograph this "Gourdy."

"... What do I present now? Hmm... I don't know if it's right, but I'm taking the risk." Yang said.

(Presents Lotta's Camera)

Phoenix: TAKE THAT! The proof, Ms. Hart, is your own camera!

"YES!"

'Damnit!' Weiss thought.

Lotta: ...!

Phoenix: You camera was set to take photos in response to loud noises, correct? Thus this photograph here, taken when a gun fired on the lake.

Lotta: ...

Phoenix: And here, this article about "Gourdy." According to this article... Gourdy made a loud noise when it emerged! (slams desk) Well? You were trying to photograph Gourdy, weren't you! (points) That's why you had set your camera to respond to loud noises!

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Order! Order! I see... I, too, thought it was a little strange.

Phoenix: (Yeah, sure!) Well, Ms. Hart? (slams desk) You were camping there to try and take a photo of Gourdy, weren't you?

Lotta: ... Yeah. Not bad. Are all you lawyers that smart? So, smart boy, I was down there trying to photograph Gourdy, you got me. So what?

Phoenix: Huh...?

"She's confident." Yang said.

"Well, it doesn't really change what she saw." Pyrrha said.

Lotta: That don't change what I saw, does it?

Karma: Exactly! What you just used several precious minutes of our time to prove... is nothing more than that the witness is an idiot who thinks monsters exist!

Lotta: H-hey!

Karma: But, as she so succinctly said, so what!? It changes nothing!

"Suc- sucki- sux-... how is that word pronounced?" Ruby said.

"'Succeenctly'." Weiss said.

Phoenix: (Not true! You were hiding the whole thing about Gourdy for some reason, I know it! But what could it have been...? Whatever it is, I'm getting to the bottom of this!)

Judge: Ms. Hart. Why did you hide the fact that you were searching for Gourdy from the court? Please revise your testimony.

"'Cause he told me too." Nora said.

"Shut up!" Ruby said

Lotta: ... Right. Fine, I'll testify. It won't change nothing, though.

Phoenix: (Something will change... it has to! And I'm going to spot it!)

Karma: ...

Witness Testimony

- Lotta's New Testimony -

Lotta: Actually, I'm not a research student at a university.

I'm an investigative photographer.

Imagine what a scoop it'd be if I got a picture of that monster!

That's why I was camping out by the lake.

But, that's all I was hiding.

When I heard the "bang" I looked right straight out at that lake.

There wasn't much else to look at, so I just watched that boat the whole time.

Then I saw a flash, near one of the men's hands, and I heard another gunshot.

I was looking right at that boat, the whole time, cross my heart and hope to fry.

"I can't find anything." Yang said.

Judge: Hmm... Well, Mr. Wright. You may cross-examine the witness.

Karma: OBJECTION! The witness's testimony is unchanged from before! Whether she is a research student or a photographer has no bearing on this case! (snaps his fingers) There is no need to waste more of our time with another pointless cross-examination!

Judge: Er... hmm.

Phoenix: OBJECTION! (slams desk) I claim the defense's right to cross-examine the witness, Your Honor! (von Karma's up to something, I know it! He doesn't want me to cross-examine her because... why? Was there a contradiction?)

Judge: Very well. You may begin the cross-examination. You seem sure of yourself, you must have something in mind.

Karma: Hah! That would be a first!

Phoenix: (Hah hah, very funny.)

Some of them laughed.

"Was it that funny?" Jaune said.

"No, it was the way you said it."

Judge: You understand that this is your last chance at a cross-examination, Mr. Wright? If there is no problem with the testimony this time, we will let the witness leave. I will announce my verdict at that time, Mr. Wright. Understood?

Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor.

Cross Examination

- Lotta's New Testimony -

(Presses statement 2)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! An "investigative photographer"?

Lotta: Yep. You get your photo, and sell it to the press. It's that kind of business. Hey, I was taking pictures at my sister's graduation last year... N' guess what!

Phoenix: Umm... what?

Lotta: There was a yoofoh just a' hanging in the sky!

"Yoofoh?" Blake said.

Phoenix: A "yoofoh"...?

Lotta: You know, an "Unidentified Flying Object"?

"Ohhhh, a UFO." Ruby said.

"That's what I said. A yoofoh!" Nora said.

Lotta: A yoofoh! That's when I had sort of a revelation. I knew I should become an investigative photographer!

Phoenix: I... I see. (Kind of a shaky basis for a career...)

(Presses statement 5)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! I think it's time you told us why you felt you had to hide your true purpose at the lake.

Lotta: Heck, if word got out what I was up to, the lake'd be swarmin' with competitors!

Phoenix: Competitors...?

Lotta: Yeah! Second-rate shutterbugs trying to steal my scoop!

Phoenix: Ah... Is that the only reason you were hiding the truth?

Lotta: W-well, actually...

Karma: OBJECTION! Mr. Wright! I'll not have you asking questions with no relevance to this case!

Phoenix: (Whatever you say, von Karma. I know you told her to keep quiet.)

"What do you mean irrelevant?! What? Is it a personal matter? Did it steal everything from you? Burned down your house? Murder your family?" Weiss said.

"It sucked my dick!" Nora said.

Some of them started laughing.

"Gourdy came out of the water and sucked my dick!" Yang said while laughing. "... Hold up."

(Presses statement 7)

Phoenix: HOLD IT! There wasn't "much else to look at"?

Lotta: Yep.

Phoenix: (I dunno. If she heard a bang... and she thought Gourdy was out there... I kind of doubt she'd waste any time looking at a boat.)

Lotta: What? What did I do now? What're you giving me that look for?

Phoenix: (Definitely suspicious... Maybe it's time for some evidence...)

Karma: Witness! Continue.

Lotta: Hold your hushpuppies, pops, I'm getting there.

"What?" Ruby said.

"Nothin'!" Nora said.

"I have to present something here. But what?"

"Do you have an idea of what to present?" Blake said.

"Well, as he said, she would scan the whole lake and not just the boat. At first I thought of the lake photo, but that shows the boat."

"That is a bit difficult." Jaune said.

"... I'll take the risk and present the photo."

(Presents Lake Photo at statement 7)

Phoenix: OBJECTION!

"Shit."

Phoenix: The witness's statement is clearly faulty, Your Honor!

Judge: ... I'm sorry, but I can see nothing faulty. Unfortunately, I will have to penalize you, Mr. Wright.

(Gets penalty)

Phoenix: (Ugh. I must be on the wrong track?)

"Maybe... the camera?"

"I'm not sure." Blake said.

"But I don't want another penalty."

"Well? What are you going to do?" Weiss said.

"..."

(Presents Lotta's Camera at statement 7)

Phoenix: OBJECTION!

"Fuck!"

Phoenix: The witness's statement is clearly faulty, Your Honor!

Judge: ... I'm sorry, but I can see nothing faulty. Unfortunately, I will have to penalize you, Mr. Wright.

(Gets penalty)

Phoenix: (Ugh. I must be on the wrong track?)

"What is it?!"

'Great.' Weiss thought.

"Before you present anything else, think about it again." Blake said.

"Okay. When she heard the bang, she would search the lake for Gourdy and not look at the boat... wait..." Yang said.

"You know what to present?" Ruby said.

"I think so, and if it is, I'll be angry."

(Presents Gourdy Article at statement 7)

Phoenix: OBJECTION!

"Of course it is. Of course it fucking is!"

"It was the article?"

"How did you figure that out?" Nora said.

"She was looking for Gourdy, so I picked the one with the picture of Gourdy." Yang said.

"That's stupid." Weiss said.

"The lake photo would be my first choice." Blake said.

"I know!" Yang said.

Phoenix: Ms. Hart! (points) Were you REALLY looking at that boat!?

Lotta: W-what's with you!? Course I was looking at it! It was the only thing out there! Any normal person'd be looking at it!

"You're anything but normal." Jaune said.

Phoenix: I agree, any normal person would. (slams desk) (points) But you are far from normal!

Everyone laughed.

Lotta: Wh-what!? Y'all wanna step over here and say that!?

"The fuck did ya say to me?! Wanna throw hands, city boy?!" Nora said.

"I'd love too, right now." Yang said.

Phoenix: You were camping at the lake to take a picture of Gourdy! (slams desk) Think about it- What would you do if you heard a loud noise? (points) You'd be scanning the lake for any sign of Gourdy, that's what! You wouldn't give the boat a second thought!

Lotta: Aah!

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Order! Continue, Mr. Wright!

Phoenix: You testified that you were watching the boat through binoculars! However, you wouldn't need binoculars to watch that boat! You needed them to search for Gourdy... and that's what you were doing!

Lotta: ...! ... ...

Phoenix: (slams desk) Well!?

Lotta: Hmph... Well, now that y'all mention it... I did sort of take my binoculars and kind of scan the lake a bit... I mean, Gourdy might be out there, n' all...

Judge: M-Ms. Hart! A-are you saying that you were NOT watching the boat, then?

Lotta: ... S-sorry, y'all. I wasn't fibbing, really. I was, just... I thought y'know, I could be witness to a murder n' all! I kinda got excited. I was sure I was watching that boat... till now.

"I don't know if that counts as stupidity or gaslighting."

"Both." Blake said.

Judge: ...

Some of them laughed.

"That face says everything." Yang said.

Judge: This... this is totally uncalled for-

Lotta: B-but hey! You got the photograph! You got proof!

Judge: Hmm... Still, we can't see who is shooting who in this.

Lotta: Right! Right! That's why I took this photo n'...

Karma: OBJECTION! (snaps his fingers) Witness... That's enough. You've had a long day. Shut your pie-hole.

"Oh yeah, she would enlarge the photo." Ruby said.

Lotta: Sh-shut my what!?

Phoenix: (What was she going to say? She took the photo... and what? Wait a second...)

(Flashback)

Gumshoe: She even had a photograph to prove it.

Phoenix: But you really can't tell from the photo who is shooting.

Gumshoe: That's why she said she's going to enlarge the photo. She said "it'll drop the quality a mite, but should let us see who's who!"

(End of flashback)

Phoenix: (She enlarged that photo! Why won't von Karma let her show it? I've got a hunch! I bet that enlarged photo shows something bad for von Karma! This is my chance! If I'm wrong, though, it'll mean prison for Edgeworth... or worse. What should I do!?)

[Make her show the enlargement]

[Wait and see what happens]

"The fact that he doesn't want the enlargement to be shown is because it won't help him! Why are you making this a tough choice?!" Yang said.

(Picks Make her show the enlargement)

"If the game had only one or two at the beginning, it would be fine, but NO! It's full of them!"

Phoenix: (slams desk) Ms. Hart! Look at this photograph.

"Doesn't it make you laugh?" Jaune said.

"It's a bit funny." Nora said.

"Thank you."

"Is this a running gag now?" Weiss said.

"If he says 'look at this photograph' again, then maybe." Jaune said.

Phoenix: You enlarged this photograph, did you not?

Lotta: Y-yeah! I did!

Phoenix: (points) Why has that enlargement not been presented to the court!?

Karma: OBJECTION! B-because it does not exist!

Lotta: What're y'all talking about!? You were the one who told me not to show it in court in the first place! You old fool!

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: What's the meaning of this, Mr. von Karma!

"What the fuck, bro?! You lied to me?! To us?!" Nora said.

"This has never happened before in this court!" Yang said.

Karma: Er... erm...

Phoenix: Ms. Hart! (slams desk) (points) Show the photo to the court! Show us the enlargement!

"There's the music!"

Karma: OBJECTION! The prosecution objects to the submission of this evidence!

Judge: Objection... denied. The witness will show the enlargement to the court.

"Yeah! What are you going to do about, huh! I'm the judge! Me!" Nora said. Ruby was slowly raising her hand to snap her fingers. "NO, PLEASE, I'M SORRY!"

Lotta: Here it is.

(The photo is shown.)

"We still can't see their faces." Blake said.

"Oh, come on!" Yang said.

Judge: Hmm. We still cannot see who is firing in this. It could be the defendant... or maybe it's not. Regardless, I'll accept this as evidence.

(Lake Photo added to the Court Record.)

[Lake Photo: Taken automatically on 12/25 at 12:15 AM.]

Karma: (snaps his fingers) Happy now, Mr. Wright?

Phoenix: Hmm... (There has to be something!)

"... Wait."

(Checks evidence)

"The pistol bears prints from a right hand, but the one in the photo holds it with his left arm! Yes!"

Karma: You asked for the enlargement, you got the enlargement. (tsks and wags his finger) And little good it has done any of us! That's why I requested she not show it!

Judge: Hmm... I suppose this means that the cross-examination...

Karma: Is over! Obviously!

(The judge pounds his gavel.)

"What?! No!"

Judge: Then, I would like to close the cross-examination of Ms. Lotta Hart.

Karma: And none too soon. That was a flagrant waste of my time.

Judge: Mr. von Karma, do you have anything to add?

Karma: I stated everything I needed to when this trial began. Decisive evidence. A decisive witness. What else could possibly be required?

Judge: Nothing, of course. Then, I believe it is time for me to declare my verdict.

Phoenix: (Wait... it's not supposed to go like this! There has to be a clue in this photo... somewhere! This is bad! Real bad! What should I do!?)

"Object, idiot!"

[Object to the enlargement]

[Show other evidence]

(Picks Object to the enlargement)

Phoenix: (slams desk) Your Honor! (points) There is something decidedly strange with this enlargement!

Judge: W-what might that be?

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Mr. Wright... You will show the court what you mean! What about this photo is "strange"?

Phoenix: (Okay... here goes nothing! I'll show the judge what's strange about this photo.)

"The hand!"

(Points at shooter's hand)

Phoenix: TAKE THAT! (slams desk) Here, Your Honor!

Judge: The shooter...? I'm not sure I understand. What about the shooter is strange?

Phoenix: Look at the hand holding the pistol, Your Honor!

Judge: The hand...?

Phoenix: That hand directly contradicts another piece of evidence!

Judge: This man's left hand does what...!?

Phoenix: Let me show you. I'll show you the evidence that left hand contradicts!

(Presents Pistol)

Phoenix: TAKE THAT! The evidence is clear. The man in this photograph is holding that pistol in his left hand. However! (points) The prints on the murder weapon were from Edgeworth's "right hand"! (slams desk) Ergo! The man shooting the pistol in this photograph... Is not Mr. Edgeworth!

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Now that everyone in the courtroom has quieted down... I would like to reconvene this court of law! Mr. Wright.

Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor.

Judge: You have given us definitive proof today. We now know that it was not Mr. Edgeworth who fired the pistol that night. However... This leaves us with a rather large problem. If Mr. Edgeworth didn't do it, then who shot our victim?

Karma: Precisely! As we have seen, there were no other people on the lake that night! (snaps his fingers) Who but the defendant could have shot the victim!?

[Ms Hart]

[The victim himself]

[Larry]

Some of them laughed.

"It was Larry all along!" Ruby said.

"I really want to pick it, but I don't want to get another penalty."

(Picks The victim himself)

Phoenix: There is only one explanation remaining! (slams desk) The man who shot the victim was none other than... the victim himself!

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Order! Order! So... you are saying that the victim committed suicide?

Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor. I can think of no other explanation.

Judge: Hmm... Indeed, that does seem to be the only remaining option.

Karma: OBJECTION! I'm so very, very sorry, Mr. Wright. But suicide is out of the question.

Phoenix: Wh-what!?

Karma: An examination of the victim's wound reveals the distance at which he was shot.

Phoenix: The... distance?

Karma: The victim was clearly shot from further than a meter away!

"Meter?" Ruby said.

Phoenix: A meter! Th-that's three feet!

"Oh."

Karma: (tsks and wags his finger) There is no way it could have been suicide!

"Isn't that a bit far? Even from the picture they were pretty close." Jaune said.

"So, he didn't get shot at that moment." Yang said.

(There's noise in the gallery. The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Order! Order! Mr. von Karma! Are you sure of the accuracy of your data!?

Karma: Of course! I had already considered the possibility of suicide, you see.

(Autopsy Report updated in the Court Record.)

[Robert's Autopsy Report: Time of death: sometime on the 24th or 25th. Shot from approximately one meter away.]

Judge: Hmm... I see.

(The judge pounds his gavel.)

Judge: Very well, allow me to state my opinion. Considering the situation, the shooter had to be the defendant, Mr. Edgeworth. However! The prints on the gun reveal that the shooter was not Mr. Edgeworth. This is a conundrum. Therefore, I would like to suspend proceedings for this trial for the day. The court orders the defense and the prosecution to further investigate this matter. Understood?

Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor.

Karma: ...

Judge: That is all. The court is adjourned.

(The judge pounds his gavel.)

December 26, 1:15 PM

District Court

Defendant Lobby No. 2

"That was a close one."

Phoenix: Whew, that was a close one.

"Shut up."

Edgeworth: ...

Phoenix: Hey! Don't you have anything to say!?

Edgeworth: No. I have yet to be declared innocent, Wright.

"Would a 'thank you' hurt you?"

Phoenix: Well, yeah, but... What happened out there on that lake, anyway!? If he didn't commit suicide, then who...? The shooter was about a meter away, too!

Edgeworth: ... W-what? Don't give me that look! I did not kill him!

Phoenix: I was just kidding around.

Edgeworth: Hmph.

Phoenix: Look... I'm going to go check on Maya.

Edgeworth: Oh... Wright.

Phoenix: What?

Edgeworth: Tell her something for me.

Phoenix: What?

Edgeworth: ... ... ... Tell... Tell her to watch what she says in court. That's all.

"It would hurt him." Jaune said.

Phoenix: (Yeah, I'm sure she'll be happy to hear you say that, Edgeworth. Jerk!)

Phoenix:

I requisitioned a transcript of Lotta's entire testimony. I thought it might give me some ammunition for the trial tomorrow. Of course she didn't see the shooter... So the only part of her testimony that stood was the "bang" she heard.

(Lotta's Deposition added to the Court Record.)

[Lotta's Deposition: I heard two sounds like gunshots just after midnight on 12/25.]

"Alright! That's done! Anything you want to say, Weiss?" Yang said.

"... Sure. You didn't get a game over. Good for you. So what? That was the first day. And things are going to get more difficult. And seeing you playing, well..."

"Enjoy the show while you can, Ice Queen. But remember... I'll have the last laugh."

"My victory and your failure are imminent! Now, excuse me.". Weiss got up and went to the bathroom. But everyone could still hear her evil laughter, making it pointless.

"She's enjoying this a bit too much." Nora said.

"A bit?" everyone else said.


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