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Chapter 16: Turnabout Goodbyes Part 5

It's been 15 minutes. The kids returned from the cafeteria, after leaving the two sisters inside to "settle" their differences. At first, they were a bit hesitant to open the door, but Weiss finally opened it. And what they saw was... expected.

"Hey guys, sorry about that..." Ruby said.

"Yeah, we're cool now." Yang said. Both of them were full of bruises and carrying each other by the shoulders. And behind them, the room was a mess. And for that, they both earned a smack on their heads by Weiss. After that, she ordered them to clean their mess so they can continue the game.

"You're lucky you didn't mess with the computer. This thing cost me THOUSANDS. Otherwise, you would face my ice cold wrath." Weiss said.

"Sorry..." both Ruby and Yang said.

December 27, 2:11 PM

Wright & Co. Law Offices

Maya: What was Mr. Edgeworth talking about...?

(Flashback)

Edgeworth: A memory of a crime... that I committed. A memory... of a murder.

(End of flashback)

"Wait, when did that happen?" Yang said.

"When you were staring at each other." Blake said.

Maya: Do you really think Mr. Edgeworth killed...?

Phoenix: ... I don't believe it. Not Edgeworth. Some painful memory has been troubling him recently... But he'd never take someone's life! Never!

Maya: Nick...

"He gets on the stand tomorrow and confesses." Jaune said.

"This is definitely where the story is heading." Ren said.

"Your Honor, I killed my father." Ruby said.

"I love Phoenix Wright." Yang said.

"DON'T START AGAIN!" everyone else said, making Yang sad.

"I love you, Your Honor." Nora said, making most laugh. "Oh, I thought you'd never say that!"

"Why are you laughing at this, but when I do it it's annoying?!"

"Because you're toxic." Weiss said.

"(T_T) I hate you guys..."

"We could do it on my pancake bed! It will so hot! Covered in syrup, you shoving your huge finger up my bum." Nora said.

"Please stop." Ren said.

Butz: Yo!

"Why is he still here?" Blake said.

Butz: How's everyone doing? Whaddya think of my performance today? I had 'em swooning in the aisles! Huh, Maya?

Maya: S-swooning? Me? Oh... Oh, yes. I do remember feeling faint.

Butz: Right on! Tell me the truth, it was like love at first sight, right? Right, Nick?

Phoenix: H-huh? Me!? I... uh, well, maybe my heart skipped a beat or two...

"Why does everyone want to hurt me today?!" Yang said.

Butz: ... I think you can do better than that! C'mon! I saved Edgeworth in there, dude! Edgey! You guys should be bowing before me! Yeah! Bow before your hero!

"Well, hero, do you have a cool badge like mine?"

(Presents Attorney's Badge)

Butz: Woo hoo, I was hot in there. Hot!

Phoenix: (I'm glad someone's happy about how this case is going... He seems too happy to care about anything I show him.)

"No reaction." Jaune said.

"Hey, new talk options." Ruby said.

(Talks about Today's trial)

Phoenix: Larry... You really helped out in the trial today.

Maya: You did! If you weren't there, Larry, I'm sure Mr. Edgeworth would have been found guilty!

Butz: Hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah! But, seriously, Nick. That boat shop caretaker guy is pretty suspicious... But Edgey ain't off the hook yet!

Maya: Way to spoil the mood, Larry.

Butz: Hey, I'm just a guy sitting in the audience, you know? But from where I was sitting, Edgey seemed pretty... edgy.

Yang started laughing.

"You're really easy to amuse, you know that?" Weiss said.

Butz: I mean, can you really know he's telling the truth about that night?

Phoenix: ...

Maya: Nick?

Phoenix: I don't know. But... what I do know is... I'm going to believe in you two until the end.

Butz: Us two?

Maya: Edgeworth and... who else? You mean me right?

Butz: Nah! He means me! Right, Nick?

Phoenix: Yeah, you, Larry.

"What? For real?" Yang said.

Maya: Not... me? ... B-but why you, Larry!?

Butz: Huh? Um, actually, yeah. Why me, Nick?

"Even he's baffled." Jaune said.

Phoenix: ...

Maya: Hmph. Enough with the silent treatment!

(Talks about Edgeworth)

Maya: Nick... Why do you trust Mr. Edgeworth so much? I mean, he's changed recently, true. But when we first met him, he was kind of jerk, don't ya think?

"That's enough reason to leave him rot in prison." Ruby said.

Phoenix: ... You didn't know him back then. Back when he wanted to become a defense attorney.

Maya: Wait... Was that when you two were classmates?

Phoenix: Yes. In grade school... They saved me... Miles... And Larry. They saved me and I'll never forget it. That's why I became a defense attorney, you know.

Maya: Whaaaat!? Hey, hey, Larry. What's he talking about?

Butz: Huh? Uh... umm... Er, sorry. I kinda forgot.

Maya: Hmph. Okay, Nick. Out with it! I'm going to hear this story today, and that's final!

Phoenix: Okay, okay. It's kind of a long story, so hang in there. ... It was the beginning of Spring, 4th grade. I was on trial. A class trial.

Maya: A c-class trial!?

"There was a murder in the classroom." Jaune said. Everyone started laughing.

"It's always murder!" Ruby said.

"He's only in murder trials!" Pyrrha said.

"I'll be surprised if one of the cases is not for murder." Yang said.

(Talks about The class trial)

Phoenix: You remember, Larry? Spring, 4th grade? A kid in my class got his lunch money stolen.

Maya: Lunch money?

Phoenix: Our school was really small. Every month, kids would bring in an envelope with money for lunch from home.

Maya: Huh, I see.

Phoenix: Anyway, this kid's envelope disappeared. With $38.00 still inside.

"38?! Wait, how much lien is that?" Ruby said.

"I think it's 380." Weiss said.

"Whoa, so much money for lunch."

Butz: Oh... Yeah, now that you mention it, I do remember that!

Phoenix: I can see why you'd forget, though. You were out of school that day. Anyway, the envelope had been stolen during PE class. I was coming down with a cold, so I'd skipped PE that day. I was the only one not in class.

Maya: So... they thought you did it?

Phoenix: Yeah. The kids in class said I should be put on trial.

Maya: Trial...?

Phoenix: So the next day we held a classroom trial, with me as the defendant.

(Flashback)

Phoenix: "I... I didn't do it!"

"Guilty!" "He did it!" "Guilty!" "It was you! "Thief!" "Give me my money back!" "You're such a meanie!" "No one play with him!" "Just admit you did it!" "You can't hide the truth!" "Tell us the truth!" "We're not gonna play with you anymore!" "Yeah, and no borrowing my eraser!" "He shouldn't be allowed in the relay race!" "Or on the library committee!" "Give me back the 50 cents I loaned you!" "Hey, did you rob that bank the other day?"

"Kids can be really mean." Jaune said.

"Yeah..." Yang said.

Teacher: "Now, Phoenix, you know you shouldn't steal people's money! It's not right."

Phoenix: In the end, even the teacher thought I'd done it.

Teacher: "Apologize to the class, Phoenix."

"Was he born with spiked hair?" Weiss said.

Phoenix: I... I didn't know what was happening. I was so sad... I couldn't stop crying. Everyone was staring at me like I'd done it... I tried to apologize. I went over to where the boy was sitting... ... That's when it happened.

OBJECTION

"Was that Edgeworth?" Yang said

"Wait, can you keep the voice as it is?" Nora said.

"But he's a kid." Ren said.

"But it's funny!"

"Fine."

"He shouldn't have to apologize! The only thing that belongs in a trial is evidence! Anything else has no place! You should all be ashamed... amateurs!"

Teacher: "M-Miles?"

"Oh my gosh, look at him!" Ruby said.

"He even wears a little bowtie!" Nora said.

"And his hands are still big." Yang said.

Edgeworth: "It wasn't you who stole my money, was it?"

"And the image is ruined with that voice." Blake said.

"I imagine him coming out of the womb, crying in that voice. Wahhh wahhh."

"Wearing a little suit?" Nora said.

"Yeah, exactly!"

Phoenix: "No..."

Edgeworth: "Then you shouldn't apologize! Everyone's been shouting you did it, but no one has any proof! That is why, Your Honor, this boy is innocent!"

Teacher: "B-but Miles, it was your money that was stolen!"

"Yeah yeah!" "He did it! He's the one!" "We don't need proof!" "Make him say he's sorry!"

"Why don't you all just shut up!"

"Oh, it was Larry. Wait, he said that he wasn't in school that day."

Butz: "This is always how it is, everybody ganging up and picking on one person. Just think how he feels! He said he didn't do it, so he didn't do it!"

...

Teacher: "Very well. I will replace the money myself. This class trial is over."

(End of flashback)

Phoenix: That's how it happened. After that, the three of us were always friends.

Maya: Wow... I had no idea!

Butz: Yeah... I had no idea, either! I mean, I forgot.

Phoenix: That's what I learned what it meant to be alone. Totally alone, without a friend in the world.

Maya: You did a good thing, Larry!

Butz: Um, yeah, well... I was just lucky that I took the day off from school. If I'd been there they would have thought I'd done it! So, I took it kind of personally, see.

"But we just saw him there!"

"It probably happened the next day." Blake said.

"Oh."

Phoenix: ("When something smells, it's usually the Butz.")

"But imagine if Larry actually did it."

"Phoenix would be like Son of a bitch! It was you?! Guilty!" Jaune said.

(Talks about Edgeworth's goals)

Phoenix: Anyway, Edgeworth and I talked after that class trial. That's when I heard his father was a defense attorney. I remember, his eyes would shine when he talked about his father.

(Flashback)

Edgeworth: "I'm going to become a defense attorney, just like my Dad! A famous defense attorney!"

(End of flashback)

Phoenix: Then, a few months later, he suddenly transferred to another school.

Maya: The DL-6 Incident...

Phoenix: Right. I'm not sure, but the transfer probably had to do with his father's death.

Maya: That's so sad!

Phoenix: ... It was several years later when I heard Edgeworth's name again. There was an article about him in the newspaper. The headline was something like "Dark Suspicions of a Demon Attorney." Fabricating evidence, manipulating testimonies, covering up facts... The article said he'd do anything to get a guilty verdict. Anything.

Butz: But why? What happened!? I mean, that's not the Edgey I used to know at all!

Phoenix: That's what I thought too. I tried to get in touch with him I don't know how many times... He never replied.

Maya: I guess he didn't want to see his old friends...

Phoenix: I couldn't just drop it, though. I wanted to meet him, to know why he had become who he became. That's when I decided.

Maya: ...! Wait... You don't mean...? That's why!? That's why you became a defense attorney!? To meet Edgeworth!?

Everyone was watching Yang struggling so hard not to say something gay.

"Don't say anything." Weiss said.

"I'm trying...!" Yang said.

Phoenix: If I was a defense attorney, I knew he's have to meet me whether he wanted to or not. In court. ... Edgeworth believed in me, and I believe in him. He's in pain... And no one's on his side. I'm the only one who knows the real Edgeworth. I'm the only one who can help him.

Butz: Whoa... Nick. S-so, is that why you helped me out for free?

Phoenix: Uh... yes. I helped you because I believed in you. (Except I don't remember saying I'd do it for free...)

Butz: Aw, Nick! Nick!

Maya: Nick! We have to save Mr. Edgeworth if it's the last thing we do, okay?

Phoenix: Right. (It very well may be...)

Maya: First, there's that rental boat shop caretaker. We need to find out who or what he is!

Phoenix: I'd settle for who.

"What else could it be?" Weiss said.

"Gourdy?" Ruby said.

"It all makes sense now!" Nora said.

Phoenix: (I guess I can clean out some of this evidence I no longer need... ...) Okay, let's go!

"Do I go to the lake or visit Edgeworth?" Yang said.

"We haven't visited Edgeworth in a while." Jaune said.

(Moves to Detention Center)

December 27

Detention Center

Visitor's Room

Edgeworth: ...

Phoenix: You look grim as always.

Edgeworth: Hmph.

"No, I don't, hmph. Do I look like one?" Yang said.

"Do I look like I have black fur and a bone mask?" Nora said.

Maya: Um, Mr. Edgeworth? I heard the story about the class trial...

Edgeworth: Class trial? What do you mean?

Maya: You... don't remember?

Edgeworth: No, I don't.

Maya: Your lunch money was stolen, wasn't it? In 4th grade...?

Edgeworth: Lunch money...? ... Oh... Oh, right. Yes, I seem to remember something like that.

Maya: Nick. I think you're the only one who really remembers.

"That's kinda sad." Yang said.

Phoenix: Well, it probably only really mattered to me anyway.

Maya: Mr. Edgeworth, didn't you know? That trial was the reason Nick became a defense attorney!

"Yeah, say that loudly to embarrass me." Jaune said.

Edgeworth: ... Ridiculous!

Phoenix: (Gee... thanks.)

"You're welcome." Ruby said.

Edgeworth: That said... It does sound like that kind of thing you'd do. You haven't changed a bit, have you, Wright? So...simple. To a fault, even.

Phoenix: Well, maybe yeah, but... I think you changed too much, Edgeworth.

Edgeworth: ... Perhaps.

(Talks about Why prosecute?)

Phoenix: Hey, Edgeworth. Why did you become a prosecutor, anyway? You used to look up to your dad... You said you wanted to be a defense attorney, right?

Edgeworth: ... I couldn't let myself deny reality like you.

Phoenix: What do you mean?

Edgeworth: My father was taken from me, and you want me to defend criminals? I'm sorry, Wright, but I'm not that good of a person!

Maya: One suspect was apprehended in your father's murder, right?

Edgeworth: Yes. The man trapped in the elevator with my father. His name... was Yanni Yogi. He had to be the shooter, any way you look at it! Yet... he was found innocent. That defense attorney got him off the hook!

Phoenix: (That would be Robert Hammond...)

Edgeworth: On that day, 15 years ago... The three of us were trapped in that elevator for five hours. When we were rescued, we all suffered oxygen deprivation. I had lost all memory of the murder.

Phoenix: Lost your memory?

Edgeworth: Even now, I can't recall what happened in that elevator. That was the crux of Yogi's argument in court. He claimed Yanni Yogi had been "not of sound mind" due to the oxygen deprivation. Yogi was released due to a lack of evidence... innocent. That's when I changed my mind. I started to hate defense attorneys.

"I can see why he would hate defence attorneys." Yang said.

"I would become a prosecutor too in that situation." Weiss said.

"Of course you would." Blake said.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing."

"..."

(Talks about Prosecutor von Karma)

Phoenix: What's your relationship with von Karma?

Edgeworth: He's my teacher, and a man who deserves respect. I learned everything I know of courtroom techniques from him.

Maya: So, he's like my sister was to you, Nick.

Edgeworth: He is a perfectionist in all things. In court... In his personal life... He is obsessed with doing everything perfectly.

Maya: Perfectly, huh?

Edgeworth: In all the cases he has taken on, none were left unsolved. And not one suspect was declared innocent. Ever.

Maya: But... but that's...

"What about the innocent ones?" Ruby said.

"What ABOUT the innocent ones?" Ren said.

"It's been a while since played along with a skit." Nora said.

"I thought I could try it again."

Edgeworth: I know. It's possible some of the suspects were indeed innocent. However, it is impossible for us to accurately determine that in every case. All von Karma does is his job, to find the suspect guilty, perfectly. In any case... It's nigh well impossible to find a weakness in him. Should a weakness appear, he would do everything in his power to make it go away.

Phoenix: Um, Edgeworth? If what you're saying is true, you're headed for a guilty sentence tomorrow!

Maya: H-he's right! Now's no time to be praising the enemy, Mr. Edgeworth!

Edgeworth: Mmph... It's a strange situation in which I find myself, I'll admit.

Phoenix: (No kidding.)

(Moves to Gourd Lake Entrance)

December 27

Gourd Lake Park

Entrance

Gumshoe: Hey, pal! Long time no see!

Maya: Oh! Detective Gumshoe!

Gumshoe: Close one today, eh! I got so worked up, I snapped my tie in half!

Phoenix: Uh... Sorry about that.

Gumshoe: No prob, pal! Thanks to you, we now know who really did it!

Maya: You mean, the boat shop caretaker?

Gumshoe: Look, I'll make you a promise. I'll have that scoundrel in my custody by trial time tomorrow! Come what may! It's my duty to you as a police officer! Now, I'm off to catch me a criminal!

Maya: ... Detective Gumshoe sure is... active today.

"It's like he's a detective or something!" Yang said.

Gumshoe: Oh, one other thing!

Maya: Eek!

"Stop scaring me!" Ruby said.

"No, it's funny."

Gumshoe: No one can go into the woods today.

Maya: The woods?

Phoenix: (Where Lotta was camping?)

Gumshoe: The woods are off-limits to camping, and apparently the park ranger found out. He got pretty mad. No one can go in for a while.

Maya: I guess Lotta's in a 'lotta' trouble...

Yang started laughing. But everyone else couldn't contain their smile, because it was stupid.

Gumshoe: Anyway, I'll be seeing you tomorrow!

(Moves to Gourd Lake Public Beach)

December 27

Gourd Lake

Public Beach

Phoenix: Huh? The Steel Eyesore is missing...

Some of them laughed.

Maya: "Eyesore"!?

Phoenix: Looks like the hotdog stand is closed, too.

Maya: I guess Larry's been too busy with the trial to show up for work...

(Moves to Boat Rental Shop)

December 27

Boat Rental Shop

Maya: That old caretaker got away...

Phoenix: Yep.

"Thank you for stating the obvious."

"Shut up." Ruby said, while laughing.

Maya: I never imagined he might be the real murderer! ...

?: *Ah-HHHHEM!*

Phoenix: ...! (I'd know that clearing-of-the-throat anywhere!)

"You took the words out of my mouth." Jaune said.

"But you still said it." Nora said.

Grossberg: Ah hah, hello! What might you be doing here? Out for a walk, hmm? "Ahh... the days of my youth... like the scent of fresh lemon..." you see.

Maya: Mr. Grossberg! This is no time for idle reminiscing! Mr. Edgeworth's trial ends tomorrow!

Grossberg: Er... that is true, yes. But, from what I saw of today's trial, Edgeworth should be fine, right?

Phoenix: Well... I'm not so sure about that.

Grossberg: Ho ho! What do you mean by that?

Phoenix: Well... I'm not sure.

Grossberg: Hmm... If you find anything out, come by my office at once. I may be able to offer you some assistance.

Phoenix: Thanks... (Bye...)

Maya: What do you think Mr. Grossberg was doing here anyway?

Phoenix: Who knows...

(Moves to Caretaker's Shack)

December 27

Caretaker's Shack

Phoenix: ...

Maya: Nobody's home.

Parrot: "Hello! Hello!" *squawk*

Maya: Hey! It's Polly! I wonder where your owner's gone, Polly?

Parrot: "Hello! Hello!" *squawk*

"Your best role so far." Yang said.

"I know." Pyrrha said.

Maya: I can't believe he'd run off and leave his poor parrot to fend for herself!

Parrot: "Hello! Hello!" *squawk*

"Well, now that he's not here, we can check the safe." Ruby said.

"You're right." Yang said.

(Examines Safe)

Maya: That reminds me, Nick! Polly here knows the number to this safe, right?

Phoenix: Yeah, that's right.

Maya: Polly, what's the number to the safe?

Parrot: "1228"! *squawk*

Maya: Let's open it, Nick! C'mon!

Phoenix: I'm sure there isn't any money in there.

Maya: Aww...

"That girl is a menace." Jaune said.

Maya: But, hey! He keeps it locked, right? So there must be something of value in there!

Phoenix: I'm not so sure...

Maya: Okay, Nick, let's see what's in there!

Phoenix: (I guess there might be a clue or two...) ... The only thing in here is a letter.

Maya: A letter? Aww... boring!

Phoenix: (Hmm... There's no name or signature on this thing. It's handwritten in very precise, clear letters...) ... "Get your revenge on Miles Edgeworth..."

"HUH?! WAH?! EHHH?!" Yang said.

"A letter with instructions for revenge?!" Blake said.

"That old man really is Yogi!" Ruby said.

"But who wrote the letter? That's the question." Ren said.

Phoenix: Edgeworth!

Maya: N-N-Nick! Why would Mr. Edgeworth's name be on here...?

Phoenix: How should I know!? I'm going to read the whole thing...!

"Get your revenge on Miles Edgeworth..." It also says: "This is your last chance! Now is the time to get revenge on the two men who ruined your life!" ...

Phoenix: (The rest of the letter goes on to describe the murder plot in detail! How to kill Robert Hammond, and frame Edgeworth... ...Calling Edgeworth out to the lake, getting on the boat... firing twice! This is exactly what I figured out today in court! It's all here... in perfect detail!) ...

"It is very detailed! Too detailed actually." Weiss said.

"And the fact we managed to figure that out by bullshiting through the entire thing." Yang said.

Maya: What do you think it means, Nick?

Phoenix: I don't know... but it looks like these are instructions for that caretaker. When he killed Robert Hammond and called out Edgeworth, he was following instructions!

Maya: But who could have written that letter? And... what does it mean, to "get revenge on Miles Edgeworth"...?

Phoenix: Look, I don't know, okay? But one thing's for certain. This letter is an amazing clue!

(Added Letter from the Safe to the Court Record.)

[Letter from the Safe: "Get your revenge on Miles Edgeworth." This note details the murder and set up.]

"Do I need to check anything else?" Yang said.

"I think we're fine." Blake said.

(Moves to Boat Rental Shop)

(Moves to Gourd Lake Public Beach)

(Moves to Gourd Lake Entrance)

(Moves to Criminal Affairs Dept.)

December 27

Police Department

Criminal Affairs

"Why go to the police department?" Weiss said.

"To talk to Gumshoe." Yang said.

"But Gumshoe is still out." Jaune said.

"Oh yeah."

"When are we going to return the metal detector?" Nora said.

"The what?"

"The metal detector."

"We still have it?" Blake said.

"... That's right, we still have it!" Yang said, after checking the court record.

Phoenix: (Hmm... Looks like Detective Gumshoe hasn't gotten back yet.)

Police: Gumshoe? He won't be coming back today.

Maya: Oh... really?

Police: He said there was some guy he had to arrest by tomorrow.

Phoenix: (The boat shop caretaker...)

Police: He shouted something about "catching him if it's the last thing I do, pal!"

Phoenix: (Good luck, Gumshoe!)

(Moves to Detention Center)

"Let's see if he reacts to the letter."

"Of course it will, it's about him!" Weiss said.

(Presents Letter from the Safe)

Phoenix: Edgeworth... See this letter?

Edgeworth: Hmm?

Phoenix: This came out of the safe in the shack where that boat rental caretaker lives.

Edgeworth: I see... ...! Revenge... on me?

Maya: Who is that old guy, anyway!?

Edgeworth: I... I don't know.

Phoenix: Could he be an innocent defendant you got declared guilty or something?

"Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?" Ren said, making everyone laugh.

Edgeworth: Nice, Wright. But I don't remember that old man. Not at all.

Maya: So, he was following this letter, then?

Edgeworth: Which means there was someone else behind it!

"Now is your time to get revenge on the two men who ruined your life!"

Edgeworth: Two men... meaning myself and Robert Hammond?

Maya: It also says: "This is your last chance!"

Phoenix: Last chance...? Wait, maybe... Maybe he's talking about the statute of limitations on the DL-6 Incident!

"I like how whoever sent the letter told him to do it at the last days and not, like, 5-10 years ago." Yang said.

Edgeworth: ... Wait... Wait, that old man...!

Maya: Wh-what is it!? Do you know who he is!?

Edgeworth: Yogi... Could he be Yogi!?

Maya: Yogi?

Edgeworth: The suspect in the DL-6 Incident. The one who was found innocent.

"New talk option."

(Talks about Yanni Yogi)

Edgeworth: Yanni Yogi was a court bailiff at the time. We just happened to be in that elevator together 15 years ago. The quake was incredibly strong... Before I knew it, everything was dark. We were there for so long, it felt like forever. The air thinned... and the darkness closed in on us in that little box. We became... unsettled.

(Flashback)

"H-help! I can't breathe!"

"Quiet! I said quiet! You're not making this any easier!"

"Oh wait, who will voice Gregory?" Ruby said.

"I guess I'll do it. It's only for this case anyway." Jaune said.

"I want to get out! Help! Get us out!"

"Don't shout! You'll just use up more oxygen!"

"...!"

(End of flashback)

Edgeworth: That's all I remember... When I came to, I was in a hospital bed, staring up at the ceiling. In court, Yanni Yogi's mental condition was called into question. They claimed the oxygen deprivation and stress had caused temporary insanity. In the end, the claim passed the court, and Yogi was found innocent.

Maya: Huh... But, isn't that strange? This letter tells him to "get revenge on Edgeworth"... Why would he want to take revenge on you?

Edgeworth: ... Wright.

Phoenix: Yeah?

Edgeworth: There's something that's been troubling me these last few days. I... didn't know whether or not I should tell you.

"Don't. Stop. Cease." Ruby said.

"Okay... I won't say anything." Yang said.

"You were ready to say something."

"No, I wasn't."

"Hmm..."

Phoenix: You mean the nightmare?

(Flashback)

Edgeworth: It's... a nightmare I've had. A memory of a crime... that I committed.

Phoenix: A crime you committed?

Edgeworth: ...A memory... of a murder.

(End of flashback)

Edgeworth: I think... I think the time has come to tell all.

(Talks about The nightmare)

Edgeworth: For the last 15 years, I've had the same dream almost every night. I wake up in a fearful sweat, every time.

Maya: What kind of dream?

Edgeworth: It's a dream about my father's killing... in the dark.

(Flashback)

"H-help! I can't breathe!"

"Quiet! I said quiet! You're not making this any easier!"

"I want to get out! Help! Get us out!"

"Don't shout! You'll just use up more oxygen!"

"I... I can't breath! You... you're using up my air!"

"Wh-what!?"

"What is that vocal range, Vomit Boy?! It's great!" Yang said.

"Thanks." Jaune said.

"Stop breathing my air! I'll... I'll stop you!"

"Aaaah! Wh-what!? What are you...!?"

"Stop breathing my aaaaair!"

(No! Father! He's attacking Father!)

Edgeworth: Then I see the pistol lying by my feet. I don't know if it was evidence from that day in court, or the bailiff's... In a daze, I pick up the pistol...

Edgeworth: (Get away...! Get away from my father!)

*BANG*

Uuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

(End of flashback)

Everyone was speechless.

"So he threw the gun to protect his father and it fired accidentally..." Ruby said.

"And shot him in the heart..." Ren said.

"That's awful. No wonder he has nightmares." Yang said.

Edgeworth: And with that scream... I wake. It's a bone-chilling scream. A scream that has rung in my ears for the past 15 years.

"And hearing your father's scream before you pass out!... Wait, how was he able to scream? He was shot in the heart."

"You're right... Who screamed then?" Pyrrha said.

"Yogi?" Ruby said.

"No. He wouldn't even be considered a culprit if he was injured." Blake said.

"Then who screamed?" Yang said.

"Someone from the outside?" Jaune said.

"There was a bullet hole on the elevator door window." Blake said.

Maya: ... B-but... That's just a dream, right? Right?

Edgeworth: ... That thought is the only thing that has kept me sane for the last 15 years. But what if I'm wrong? What if it's real? They say that sometimes people shut out memories in self-defense. Maybe it was I who killed my father!

Maya: What!?

Edgeworth: If you think about it that way, this letter makes sense. "Get your revenge on Miles Edgeworth." Think about it. Yogi was really innocent. That's why he wanted revenge against me!

Phoenix: Wait, Edgeworth! You... you mean...!

Edgeworth: It was me. I was the true criminal of DL-6. I shot my father!

Phoenix: This is bad...

Maya: What are we doing to do, Nick? What can we do!?

Phoenix: I don't know... I don't think there is anything we can do. Like it or not. If there's someone else who knows a lot about the DL-6 Incident, maybe...

Maya: ...! There is, Nick! There is someone else who knows about DL-6!

"To Grossberg's." Yang said.

(Moves to Grossberg Law Offices)

December 27

Grossberg Law Offices

Phoenix: M-Mr. Grossberg!

Grossberg: Ah, hello there. What's wrong? You look troubled.

Maya: No kidding! I can't believe you're not!

"She sounds upset."

"Who wouldn't be after heraing that story?" Ruby said.

Grossberg: M-my my my... Just calm down and tell me what's happened, hmm?

Maya: It's M-Mr. Edgeworth! He... He... *sob*

Grossberg: I see... So, Edgeworth dreamt he shot his own father?

Maya: It's o-only a dream! Only a dream!

Grossberg: ... I wonder...

Maya: W-what...?

Grossberg: If that's the case, then why do you two look so troubled, hmm?

Maya: W-well...

Grossberg: Also, consider this. Yogi quite certainly holds a deep grudge against Miles Edgeworth. So deep, he'd want to frame him for murder. This leads me to surmise... That Mr. Edgeworth's dream was NOT a dream. It was real. As you imagined. Miles Edgeworth threw the pistol to save his father... the pistol fired... and the deed was done. ...

Maya: N... No! I don't believe it!

Grossberg: Yogi was suspected of murder, and his career as bailiff was irrevocably wrecked. Thus, he sought revenge on Miles Edgeworth. This was his last chance, of course, with the statute of limitations so close.

(Talks about Gregory Edgeworth)

Phoenix: What do you know about Edgeworth's father?

Grossberg: ... He was a defense attorney without peer. It sounds trite, but it's true. Well, he may have had one peer now that I think about it. Your mentor, Mia Fey.

Maya: My sister...?

Grossberg: Gregory Edgeworth was very disapproving of Mr. von Karma's techniques.

Phoenix: (That's no surprise...)

Grossberg: von Karma is an extreme man. Forged testimonies and evidence are nothing to him. The result: he has a perfect win record in court. To beat him, Gregory Edgeworth tried to call attention to his methods.

Maya: And...?

Grossberg: He lost. And died in despair, as it were.

"Bruh." Yang said and everyone laughed.

"Yeah, that's a proper reaction." Nora said.

Maya: I see...

(Talks about The spirit medium)

Grossberg: When Gregory Edgeworth was killed, the police called on a spirit medium. That was your mother, Misty Fey.

"I am Gregory Edgeworth... I have been killed... The one who shot me... was the bailiff... Yanni Yogi."

Grossberg: Yet Yogi was found innocent.

Maya: That's when my mother left us. Everyone called her a fraud.

Grossberg: That's right. Everyone thought she was, you see. Yet... now that I think about it. It seem the one who lied was Gregory Edgeworth's ghost... Gregory Edgeworth must have known who shot him.

"His ghost lied to protect his son?!" Ruby said.

Phoenix: I don't believe it... So you're saying he falsified his "testimony"? That Edgeworth's dad lied to protect his son...?

Grossberg: It's only a possibility, mind you. But... a possibility nonetheless.

"Is that it?" Yang said.

"Maybe you should present the letter." Blake said.

"Right."

(Presents Letter from the Safe)

Grossberg: So this is the letter? It does seem that Yogi was following this letter... when he killed Hammond.

Maya: But, why kill Robert Hammond?

Grossberg: Hammond was a skilled defense attorney. But... he defended clients not for their sake, but for his own.

Phoenix: Huh? His own sake?

Grossberg: He never trusted his clients, that one. The only thing he trusted was his own ability.

Maya: But, he got his client found innocent. So why should it matter?

"At what cost though? He had to call him mentally handicapped to prove him innocent." Weiss said.

Grossberg: Actually, my dear, it's quite different. He won that innocent verdict for no one but himself. Yogi was a free man, but socially, he was ruined.

Phoenix: (Huh...?)

Grossberg: You'll understand soon enough. ... Wait!

Phoenix: What is it?

Grossberg: This letter... I've seen this handwriting somewhere before... a long time ago! Whose handwriting was this...? Do you have any idea who wrote this?

[Miles Edgeworth]

[Yanni Yogi]

[Manfred von Karma]

"..."

"Why is von Karma one of the options?" Ruby said.

"Don't tell me he wrote the letter." Yang said.

(Picks Manfred von Karma)

Phoenix: Hmm... could it be Manfred von Karma?

Grossberg: von Karma? Why would he have something to do with this?

Phoenix: Um, well, I'm not sure...

"Yeah, how did he come up to that conclusion?" Blake said.

Grossberg: ... Hmm? von Karma... von Karma... W-wait! You're right, my boy! This is von Karma's handwriting, I'm sure of it! I used to see it all the time on court reports...

Maya: Whaaaaaat!? But... but that means...! Th-the one who told Mr. Yogi to kill was...

Grossberg: Correct. Manfred von Karma, himself!

Phoenix: What does this mean, then? Why would von Karma want to frame Edgeworth...?

"He had a grudge maybe?" Jaune said.

"Guys, what if he also killed Gregory? He's also the one who screamed!" Yang said.

"I don't know. If he was the killer, Gregory would've said that it was von Karma, and not Yogi." Blake said.

"What if he passed out by then?" Pyrrha said.

"That's very possible." Jaune said.

(Talks about Prosecutor von Karma)

Grossberg: If it truly was von Karma who wrote this letter, then he would know the truth. He would know that Miles Edgeworth had accidentally killed his own father.

Phoenix: ...!

Grossberg: He'll say as much tomorrow in court, I should think. He'll press the point until the court finds Miles Edgeworth "guilty."

Phoenix: Oh no!

Maya: B-but how could von Karma know about Mr. Edgeworth's past like that? Even Mr. Edgeworth thought it was just a nightmare!

Grossberg: Hmm... That, I do not know. Yet I do know that von Karma is both persistent... and a perfectionist. He may be seeking to satisfy a grudge against Gregory Edgeworth by hurting his son.

Phoenix: What do you mean?

"It really was a grudge." Blake said.

Grossberg: It was fifteen years ago... von Karma met Gregory Edgeworth in court, and von Karma did win... But he didn't make it through the trial unscarred.

(Talks about Gregory vs. Manfred)

Phoenix: What happened in the trial between Edgeworth's dad and von Karma?

Grossberg: von Karma got the "guilty" verdict he wanted. He won the trial. But Gregory Edgeworth accused von Karma of faulty evidence. And though he lost the trial, Mr. Edgeworth's accusation stood.

Maya: Faulty evidence?

Grossberg: It was the only penalty von Karma has ever received in his career as a prosecutor. Gregory Edgeworth dealt a blow to his perfect trial record.

Maya: Wow.

Grossberg: It must have been quite a shock for von Karma. He took a vacation for several months after that, you see.

Phoenix: A vacation...?

Grossberg: Yes, an unusual event for the man. That was the first, and the last vacation he's taken in his many years of prosecuting.

Maya: Really!? He doesn't take vacations!? Like... go to the sea, or, uh, to the mountains? Don't tell me he's never been to Europe!?

"What is Europe? It sounds like a nice place." Ruby said.

Phoenix: You have strange ideas about vacations, Maya.

Grossberg: In any case... That was the only time he took a vacation from work. I believe the penalty upset him quite a lot.

Phoenix: (Odd... If he wanted to keep a perfect record so badly... why would he take such a long vacation?)

"Very sus." Nora said.

Maya: What do we do, Nick? von Karma is going to bring up DL-6, you can bet on it! What if Mr. Edgeworth pleads guilty to DL-6!?

Phoenix: I won't let him!

Grossberg: Erm, yes, Mr. Wright... I hate to say this... But even accidental murder is murder, you know.

Phoenix: I know that! ... I... I just believe in Edgeworth's innocence! I can't believe he'd kill someone!

Maya: B-but, Nick! Mr. Edgeworth admits it himself! His father must have lied to protect him, beyond the grave...

Phoenix: I don't care! I know he's not guilty!

Grossberg: ... Mr. Wright... If you say so, I suppose I could go check again. The police files might hold something of interest.

Phoenix: Mr. Grossberg... thank you!

Grossberg: I can't promise anything. In fact, I think the chances of finding something are slim.

Phoenix: I understand. (The police materials... hmm.)

(Moves to Criminal Affairs Dept.)

December 27

Police Department

Criminal Affairs

Maya: There's hardly anyone here...

Phoenix: Everyone must be out looking for the old guy... Yogi.

Police: Ah, it's you. I don't think Gumshoe'll be coming back today. He's staying out late looking for someone.

Maya: Sounds like Detective Gumshoe is pounding the pavement for real! Um, we were wondering if we could check out the Records Room again...

Police: Well, now, I can't have just anyone wandering around in there. But... I guess Mr. von Karma is in there now, anyway.

"von Karma is there?! Oh no." Yang said.

Police: You can go in as long as he's there.

Maya: von Karma...?

Police: Yes. He just arrived actually.

Phoenix: (von Karma's in the Records Room!)

Maya: N-Nick! Let's hurry!

(Moves to Records Room)

December 27

Police Department

Records Room

Maya: Dusty as always!

Phoenix: We were only here just yesterday. I'm sure they just haven't had time to clean... ...

Maya: What's wrong, Nick?

Phoenix: Nothing. I was just noticing that he isn't here. von Karma...

"Hey, that drawer is open." Ruby said.

"No shit, I was about to examine it."

"Jerk."

(Examines Open drawer)

Maya: Huh? One of the drawers here is open.

Phoenix: Someone must have been looking in it recently.

Maya: The label says, "Unsolved Cases: Evidence"

Phoenix: Hmm... "Unsolved cases"?

Maya: Nick! The file for DL-6... it's completely empty!

"He took everything?!"

Phoenix: Wh-what!?

Karma: What are you doing in here!

"Oh no..." Yang said.

"His front portrait looks creepy."

Maya: Eeek! v-v-von Karma!

Karma: You...! ... How do you know my name?

"And your vocal range too, sis." Yang said.

"It's really difficult to go from aaaaa to grrrrr."

Maya: Huh?

Karma: Have we met?

"Does he also suffer from dementia?" Nora said.

Maya: W-w-what are you saying!? We see each other every day, don't we? We're Miles Edgeworth's defense team!

Karma: Defense team...? Ahem. I beg your pardon, you see, I rarely remember defense attorneys. They are like bugs to me. Needless things, to be crushed.

"He's so eeeeeeeevil!" Nora said.

Phoenix: (I can see how this guy was Edgeworth's mentor.)

"Do you want to see my badge?" Yang said.

"Grabs it and eats it." Jaune said.

"That's how I will devour your soul." Ruby said.

(Presents Attorney's Badge)

Karma: Fool. You think I, a prosecutor, would give you, a defense attorney, information? Bah!

Maya: (Creep!)

"No reaction." Yang said.

(Talks about Edgeworth)

Maya: Uh, umm... Mr. Edgeworth was your student, right?

Karma: ... A romanticist who could never shed that veneer of amateurism. Just like his father. Always second rate.

"Wow, not even a compliment for the person you taught and raised."

Phoenix: Mr. von Karma... You had an axe to grind with Mr. Gregory Edgeworth, didn't you?

Karma: Me? A grudge against a mere defense attorney? Why?

Phoenix: Because he dealt a blow to your otherwise perfect trial record?

Karma: Hmph.

Phoenix: So you did... but what I don't get is... Why did you take his son under your wing afterwards? The son of your most bitter rival?

Karma: ... That, my dear attorney, is none of your business.

(Talks about Tomorrow's trial)

Karma: Tomorrow will be the last day of this trial. It's been a while since I've had a defense attorney last this long. Still, you will lose in the end. Miles Edgeworth will admit his own guilt.

Phoenix: His guilt of 15 years ago, you mean?

Karma: ... You're quite the researcher. If you've done your homework so well, then certainly, you must understand. You know what Miles Edgeworth will tell the court tomorrow.

Phoenix: (We were right... So von Karma is going to bring up DL-6 in court tomorrow.)

"What do I do now? There's nothing left. Unless..."

"No... If that's how the story progresses..." Blake said.

"Are you supposed to present the letter?" Jaune said.

"When will he learn?!" Nora said.

"Here goes..." Yang said.

(Presents Letter from the Safe)

Phoenix: Mr. von Karma, have a look at this.

Karma: ...

Phoenix: This was you, wasn't it? You instructed Yanni Yogi to commit murder.

Karma: ... Yanni Yogi... How many years has it been since I've heard him called by that name. He's a fool. I told him to burn it after he read it.

Maya: ...! S-so you admit it! You... you wrote Mr. Yogi this letter!

Karma: Yes, my dear defense attorney. Thank you for taking the trouble to bring it to me. You've saved me from a lot of needless hassle.

Phoenix: Wh-what!?

Weiss started clapping her hands slowly. "Bravo. Bravo. Congratulations, Phoenix, you did it again." she said.

(von Karma pulls out a taser.)

"Whoa, a taser?!" Yang said.

"He's going to attack them!" Ruby said.

"Aren't there surveillance cameras?!" Pyrrha said.

Maya: N-Nick! What is that thing!?

Phoenix: A stun gun. For self defense... usually.

"Said Phoenix, calmly." Nora said.

Karma: Indeed. 600,000 volts will course through your body like a dog touching an electric fence.

"That's nothing."

"For you, not for them." Ren said.

"Oh, right."

Phoenix:

Six hundred thous...!?

Karma: Oh, don't worry. People don't die from it, usually. Now, give me the letter.

Phoenix: (No!)

Maya: Nooooooooooo!

Karma: Whoa! What are you-!?

Maya: N-Nick! Run!

(Maya gets hit)

Maya: Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!

"He shocked Maya!" Ruby said.

Phoenix: M-Maya!

Karma: Out of my way!

(Phoenix also gets hit.)

Phoenix: Waaaaaaaaaaaah!

... ... ...

"This is the police station! Why isn't anyone doing anything?!" Weiss said.

Phoenix: (Ugh... he got us. The letter's... gone, of course. And he took the DL-6 evidence... all of it. Back to having no clues. Wait... Maya jumped first. Maya...! Is she okay? ...) Ma...Maya!

Maya: ...

Phoenix: Maya! Open your eyes!

Maya: ...

Phoenix: Maya!

Maya: ... The letter! Did he take it?

Phoenix: Huh!? Oh... yeah. A-are you okay!?

Maya: ... I... I couldn't stop him. I jumped as fast as I could, but one shot from that thing knocked me out cold. I'm useless. I'm not good as a lawyer, or a medium! I can't even call my sister. Not even now, when we need her the most. I wish I hadn't woken up at all.

"Aww, Maya, don't be like that!" Ruby said.

Phoenix: Maya! (Grr! There has to be some way I can help her! I'd better do something about her self-confidence, first.) ...? (Maya... She's holding something! What is that? A bullet?) "DL-6 Incident, Evidence No. 7 Taken from the heart of Gregory Edgeworth." I remember... von Karma was holding this when Maya jumped him.

(Put DL-6 Bullet in pocket.)

[DL-6 Bullet: Taken from Gregory Edgeworth's heart. Still bears clear ballistic markings.]

"She's definitely not useless." Blake said.

Phoenix: (I'll prove it to you, Maya. You're most definitely not useless! I'll prove it to you in court tomorrow!)

"Yeah!" Ruby said.

To be continued.

"Oh boy. Now... it's the final trial." Yang said.

"The final act." Weiss said.

'This is my last chance. Everything will be decided here. If I fail now, it's all over.''

'You're not going to win this, Xiao Long. You've been lucky to reach this far. But your luck runs out now.'

'Let's do it.'

'Let's do it.'


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