Romein LeTouse

Romein LeTouse was a Borginian Interpol agent who investigated a case of illegal cocoon smuggling from his home country. To this end, he became the manager, bodyguard and interpreter for singer Lamiroir. Unfortunately, the case resulted in his death.

LeTouse's Interpol ID was IPXX314206.

Smuggling case

 * Main article: Turnabout Serenade

Three months before his death, LeTouse was investigating a case of Borginian cocoon smuggling, which lead him to Lamiroir. Suspecting that Lamiroir or her piano accompaniment, Machi Tobaye, was involved in the smuggling, he offered to become Lamiroir's manager. Later, they met Klavier Gavin, who was moved by Lamiroir's singing and asked her to come to America as a special feature of one of his concerts with his band, the Gavinners. The two composed a song together, and LeTouse came up with the name The Guitar's Serenade for the song.

During the concert, when Gavin and Lamiroir were singing their duet, LeTouse confronted the client who wanted the cocoon, the Gavinners' second guitarist Daryan Crescend, in Lamiroir's dressing room. Crescend managed to steal LeTouse's .45-caliber revolver and shoot LeTouse in the shoulder. He then left to perform in the concert and to set up his alibi. However, due to a magic trick being used during the duet, Lamiroir was in the air ducts near the room and had heard the killer's voice.

Defense attorney Apollo Justice and Detective Ema Skye later found LeTouse, who was now dying due to blood loss. LeTouse told him that the "siren", Lamiroir, was the key to solving the case before dying. Tobaye was accused of the murder, and Justice came to his defense. Indeed, Lamiroir recognized Crescend who, as a detective, had been assigned to the investigation of the death. Justice was able to prove that Lamiroir's testimony against Crescend was valid. He also convinced Tobaye to admit to his involvement in the smuggling, which would seal Crescend's fate; Tobaye would have been sentenced to death for his crime in Borginia while he could avoid such a punishment in America.

Name

 * The Japanese name comes from "Romaine Lettuce".


 * Other language versions use a corrupted spelling of Romaine lettuce to form their names. Shu Takumi happened to see romaine lettuce listed in a recipe when coming up with the bodyguard's name.

Trivia
LeTouse is one of two victims in the series that turned out to be Interpol agents, the other being Akbey Hicks. Like Hicks, his involvement with Interpol was not revealed until well into the case.