The Forgotten Turnabout

Episode 4: The Forgotten Turnabout is the fourth case of Gyakuten Kenji 2. When an unknown person attempts to kill Kay Faraday by pushing her off the roof of the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee Headquarters, she lost her memory, leading Miles Edgeworth and Dick Gumshoe to investigate. However, the case turned from a case of attempted murder into a murder case of someone else, and a resignation of a prosecutor. As usual, Hakari Mikagami and Yumihiko Ichiyanagi appeared but this time Yumihiko's father, Bansai Ichiyanagi became one of the lead investigators. Ema Skye and Franziska von Karma made reappearances as Edgeworth's partners. Lotta Hart makes an appearance in this case.

Intro
The Prosecutorial Investigation Committee was having a heated discussion. He was being evaluated for repeated "aggressive investigation". A gavel was slammed.

Meanwhile, Faraday was confronting someone with a red jacket at the top of a skyscraper. Cherry tree petals were scattered on the location. She appeared on edge and, as she tried to discover who the stranger was, she fell into darkness.

Investigation
The High Prosecutor's Office, Room 1202, April 5th, 1:23 PM

Edgeworth was waiting for the results of the Review Board with Detective Gumshoe in his Prosecutor's Office. A nurse with his business card came to visit him with a girl who had lost her memory. The nurse, Tōko Mutō, said she had found it among the girl's belongings along with a Jammin' Ninja mask, a Big Tower ticket stub, a purple flower, a letter and the Yatagarasu's Badge. The girl was quickly revealed to be Kay Faraday, although she didn't recognize the name. The letter said:

''Ms. Kay, if you want your "precious memories" back, come see me. Kagome''

Also, Mutō revealed the clothing worn by Faraday was being examined by a forensic expert. She told them she would return to the hospital. The three of them decided to investigate the Big Tower, their only lead. When they entered the building, they got a thin brochure with a top view of the lookout part. They also noticed a filming location right before the entrance, where they briefly meet a boy, whom they seen before, apparently part of the filming crew.

Big Tower, Rooftop Observatory, 2:18 PM

At the Big Tower rooftop lookout, Edgeworth cross-examined Faraday. She first claimed she doesn't remember anything, but when pressed she recalls something about the cherry trees. She saw someone come from the other side of the stall. A person in a red coat, who walked from across the Steel Samurai stalls and then disappeared.

Then, a policeman appeared. He told them that a dead body of a female had been found in the building. And more importantly, the her name was... Kay. They immediately headed to the crime scene.

Deliberation Room
2:36 PM

The crime scene was the very room where Edgeworth was being evaluated. He started the investigation on the spot. The nurse from earlier, Mutō, and a coroner, Otome Itami, were there to identify the corpse. Edgeworth asked the policeman about the security and found out that a keycard is required to access the room. Each committee member had one. He then examined the statue of Themis in the back of the room. There was a blood puddle underneath, and from the blood stain he assumed the victim was killed there.

Then, Franziska von Karma appeared. She said she was still with the International Police, investigating smuggling rings, but no further details. Edgeworth described the situation and decided to examine the corpse of "Kay" more closely.

It was clearly not Faraday. She looked like a woman in her 30s. She was wearing a white jacket for males. She held a keycard in her right hand, which had traces of burns. Edgeworth combined the "security" and "keycard" logic pieces. It seemed she had three fatal wounds in the chest. She also had a head wound which was, according to the autopsy, done posthumously. A three-pronged candlestick found nearby matched the wounds and was assumed to be the murder weapon. She had worn a corsage on her chest. To this, Edgeworth presented the purple flower he got from the nurse. It was torn off the victim's bouquet.

Some notes were placed next to the corpse. It seemed like they were the victim's belongings. However, after a closer look, it turned out it was Faraday's "promise notebook" - a book where she wrote all the promises she had made to her father at an early age. It should have been in police custody, as evidence of a previous case. How could it go missing or why was it in the victim's possession was a mystery. The victim was mistaken to be Kay Faraday because of the name on the notebook. Then, Yumihiko Ichiyanagi and Hakari Mikagami appeared.

Mikagami revealed that the victim was Tsubasa Kagome, a defense attorney and also a member of the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee. She also affirmed that Faraday was the killer. Itami then handed over the finished autopsy record:

''The body of the victim was discovered in the Committee room. Estimated time of death: around midnight, yesterday. Stabbed with a candelabra in the chest. Posthumous head wound. A burn scar on the hand. Coroner in charge: Otome Itami''

Itami and Mutō left and Edgeworth confronted Ichiyanagi and Mikagami who claimed Faraday to be the killer.

Ichiyanagi's Logic
The supposed motive in Ichiyanagi's testimony was that Faraday broke into the room to steal the investigation report on Edgeworth. Edgeworth presented the keycard. The room could only be accessed with it and Faraday had no such card. However, Mikagami presented a record of all keycard usage the day before:

Keycard Records, April 4th 32461983 | 22:15 | 53792291 | 24:52 | Tsubasa Kagome

She claimed Faraday went into the review room with Kagome. As evidence of a relation between them, she presented the letters they had been apparently exchanging:

''Thank you for cooperating in my plan Kagome! We get to help each other out. I am pleased to get vengeance for 12 years ago! Kay''

Mikagami then testified about the letter.

Kay's Letter
In her testimony, she claimed the proof of her motive was the letter, which they had found in Kagome's left breast pocket. However, Edgeworth presented the autopsy record. Since she was stabbed in the left part of her chest, the letter would have been torn. The letter was undamaged, therefore it had to be placed on the victim after the murder was committed. Mikagami still claimed it had to be Kay, since there's no evidence of an another suspect. Edgeworth presented the keycard record. Someone went to the room at 22:15. Someone may have entered before and ambushed Kagome then.

But Mikagami denied it. Because, the person who entered the room was Mikagami herself. She had been preparing for Edgeworth's evaluation, which has been collected in the article. Then, an old man in a red dress appeared. He revealed himself as Bansai Ichiyanagi, a prosecutor, the head of the Committee and also Yumihiko's father. His wife, Yumihiko's mother, was known to be missing. Von Karma was acquaintanced with him, but it was his first meeting with Edgeworth.

Bansai claimed the case was unworthy of his time and forced the suspicion of Faraday. Moreover, the amnesiac Faraday followed obediently. Edgeworth still opposed it. Mikagami and Bansai warned him that if he were to resist further, he would lose his prosecutor's badge.

Edgeworth was faced with a choice. In the past, he wanted to be like his father. He wanted to help people in need. Now it was either his badge, or a precious friend's life. The two don't even compare, he thought to himself. He picked the badge he kept in his pocket and placed it on the table.

"Miles Edgeworth"

- My mission is to seek the truth. If it's the fate of a "prosecutor" to overlook the truth right in front of his eyes... Then I have no attachment to the title of "prosecutor"! I... I believe in the path I follow. ...a place like this will not stop me!

And with these words he gave up his badge. Edgeworth's behavior surprised everyone and the conscience-stricken Faraday fled the scene. Edgeworth chased after her, but he had lost sight of her. With that, he reluctantly returned to his office.

Middle
The High Prosecutor's Office, Room 1202, 5:58 PM

Edgeworth was waiting in his office when Tateyuki Shigaraki appeared before him. He revealed that the murder of the attorney at the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee had been covered in the news already. The case seemed to be rushed and Shigaraki wanted to talk about it with Edgeworth. He joked that he must have had a "special bond" to Faraday to give up his badge for her sake. Edgeworth said he felt responsible for her, since she was his assistant, and he had not believed her to be the criminal. Shigaraki was put on her case. Not only was there still incriminating evidence, but her own memory loss made the case more difficult. He also wished to determine the cause the amnesia, so Shigaraki suggested he and Edgeworth investigate the rooftop observation area to get the whole picture.

Investigation
Big Tower, Rooftop Observatory, 6:42 PM

On the rooftop, Edgeworth briefly spoke to Itami and Mutō, before Itami decided to go away. He then examined the observation deck's fence under the sakura trees to determine where Faraday was standing. According to her testimony, she saw someone come from the stall while standing under the cherry blossoms. There he found her, sitting under the sakura tree. Edgeworth didn't expect to find her there. She said she wished to help Edgeworth get his badge back and herself to regain memories.

Edgeworth then checked the monitor. Apparently, a helicopter was reporting live from the Big Tower:

''Breaking news! A murderer happened in the Big Tower. According to the police, a young girl who was seen at the crime scene is the perpetrator of the incident. Her whereabouts are being tracked.''

At this point, the police were searching not only for her but also any accomplices. The amnesiac Faraday was confident she had nothing to lose. There was something to lose for "uncle" Shigaraki, he noted. On the monitor, they saw that light was coming out from the top floor, the review board room, as expected. However, there was an another floor right above it, a 51st floor, even though the brochure stated that there were only fifty.

Edgeworth then talked more to Faraday. The person in the red raincoat came from opposite the stall. She saw the moon in the same direction. Furthermore, she confirmed that the moon was in the same position as it had been the day before. Edgeworth combined the "Moon" and the "Fence" logic pieces. She claimed to see him come from the stall, but then the moon would have been on the opposite direction. The fence would have prevented her from falling from the observation deck, so she must have to fallen elsewhere. He combined the logic "where she fell" and "where she stood". He checked under the sakura tree and he found a maintenance hatch right next to the fence. The only possibility was that she fell down the hatch. He finally combined this piece of logic with the "51st Floor". The hatch must have been the access to the hidden floor. With that they completed the observation deck investigation and they decided to open up the hatch. And right then, Ema Skye appeared on the deck. She heard about about the news and rushed to see for herself. She then agreed to cooperate with them and they entered the hatch together.

51st floor, Warehouse, 7:08 PM

After successfully turning the lights on, the group found themselves in some sort of warehouse. They found various pieces of evidence put on display with price tags attached to them, evidence from Edgeworth's old cases too. A plush toy resembling some sort of bull with one of its horns missing was there too, the same plush they had seen before in Teikun Ō's private jet. Wads of cash were stacked in the warehouse. Connecting the logic pieces Edgeworth determined that someone must have been selling the evidence to potential buyers - in other words, this is where they were auctioning evidence.

Then, while checking the Alif Red statue in the middle of the room, Lotta Hart suddenly popped up and started taking pictures of the startled Edgeworth and Skye. Edgeworth introduced her as an acquaintance, remembering her as a decisive witness and self-proclaimed photographer in Manfred von Karma's case. He was not exactly overjoyed to see her. She had been hiding in the room, in the trunk in the back, right in front of the Samurai masks. Edgeworth examined the mask rack. There was a total of 11 masks, among them the mask of Global Hero Onyankopon, Captain Saipan, the students of the Starry School, the Pink Princess, a missing mask, the Steel and Samurai, the Evil Magistrate and finally the Proto, Pink and Blue Badgers. He presented the Jammin' Ninja mask as the one which was missing.

Hart claimed she waited until nightfall for the auction to start, wanting to get her "big scoop". The auction was held from the last night until dawn. The murder happened on the same night. The participants were wearing voice-changing masks and they would enter one by one, from the observatory to the warehouse and then leave on the opposite side, going down the elevator. When they returned, they put the mask back on the rack and went up the ladder to the observation deck. Hart had been counting them one by one, and she found out that there were a total of 11 customers. When asked about the auction master, she said they were dressed in a white jacket with white gloves and a three-piece set of purple flowers. They also had a mask on his face. The age and gender was unknown. Edgeworth realized she described exactly what the victim was wearing. It was apparent that the victim was the auction master.

However, Hart seemed to be hiding something, even though she claimed otherwise. So there was no other choice than to confront her in Logic Chess.

Logic Chess
First, Edgeworth confronted her over what she had to hide. He asked how she got the information. She got a tip from her apprentice, who was also going for the scoop. When she mentioned a scoop, Edgeworth asked her what this scoop was about, how was it related to the illegal auction. She was gathering information on the article, when she heard some noise so she snuck in. She asked whether it was the problem. Burglary certainly was a problem, Edgeworth noted and told her the scoop got involved in a murder scandal. He then wondered what noise she heard while covering the data. He confronted her over the credibility of the information, waiting for more details on the incident. She mentioned an encounter, but she said she had been hiding. The account was not accurate, since she couldn't have met anyone yet. She finally admitted that there were two people before the auction.

She did not see directly but she heard them speaking. Then she suddenly heard a cry and a loud noise. And in that moment she took a picture. The person was wearing a red raincoat. Edgeworth wondered if it was the person who attacked Faraday. With that came up the possibility that the murder occurred in the warehouse and the victim disappeared somewhere. Edgeworth connected the "disappear victim" and "auction customers" logic pieces. When the customers entered the warehouse, they also had go back through the warehouse. Therefore, to keep them unaware the culprit had to hide the body, the question being where? If the crime really occurred there, there should be bloodstains somewhere. So, Skye jumped into action. They could find any blood traces with the help of luminol spraying.

They examined the left of the ladder, the lift and the bottom of the chest. All of them showed luminol reactions to concealed bloodstains. Connecting the logic pieces, Edgeworth determined that the victim was hidden in the chest with the chain coil. He then looked at the evidence displayed on the shelf. There was a price tag with no evidence. The traces in the dust indicated that something round used to be placed there. Edgeworth remembered the three-pronged candlestick. The stand matched the dust trace. Therefore, the weapon likely brought to the deliberation room from the warehouse. With the investigation finished, the group got onto the elevator and went down to see where it goes.

Deliberation Room, 7:43 PM

The elevator stopped in the floor right below, in the Committee's deliberation room in front of the Themis statue, much to the surprise of Detective Gumshoe and Yumihiko Ichiyanagi. They soon got surrounded by police officers who came to arrest Faraday. Gumshoe protested while Hart was wildly taking pictures of the scene. The chaos was quickly interrupted with a few whippings for Ichiyanagi and Gumshoe. Franziska von Karma arrived again. She asked what "ex-prosecutor" Edgeworth was doing there. With that Edgeworth confronted her reasoning.

von Karma's Logic
In her first testimony, von Karma claimed that bloodstains had been found in the deliberation room, so she was determined it was where the murder happened. Edgeworth presented the blood traces found on the hidden elevator. The bloodstain in the room were left there to hide the existence of the hidden warehouse. The may have been killed in the warehouse and then the body was transported with the lift and the blood spread from there. But only small traces of blood were in the warehouse, while a large puddle of blood was in the deliberation room. Skye explained that most of the blood loss occurs when the murder weapon is pulled out. Therefore, the killer had probably pulled out the weapon in the deliberation room. Hart's testimony confirmed the person had been killed during the illegal auction.

Von Karma then continued and claimed the criminal was in the warehouse waiting for a product from the victim. Edgeworth pressed this, asking when she thought the crime happened and she said it was after the end of the auction. Based of Hart's testimony, Edgeworth insisted that Kagome must have been customer, not the master of the auction. After all, when she was killed, someone hid the body so that the auction could continue.

Then, judge Mikagami and Bansai Ichiyanagi appeared. Mikagami presented the red raincoat which was seen on Hart's photo. She also revealed it was worn by the victim as evidenced by the bloodstains and fingerprints on it. It was also covered in sakura petals. Edgeworth was convinced it was the culprit. According to Mikagami, Kagome met in the raincoat with Faraday who then killed her. Once again, she rushed her arrest.

Also, Edgeworth was accused of illegal investigation without his badge. Furthermore, he was an accomplice to the fugitive. Although von Karma objected, all evidence was to be seized and Edgeworth taken as a suspect in the detention center to await deliberation.

Jailed
Detention Center, Jail Cell, April 6th, Unknown time

Edgeworth was arrested for helping a potential suspect and Faraday was taken by the police. All evidence, except the Yatagarasu's badge had been confiscated. The theory that Faraday tried to commit suicide out of guilt when she murdered the victim didn't help the case either. The truth of the was lost forever. A guard told him someone came to meet him, so he expected detective Gumshoe.

Detention Center, Interview room

However, to his surprise, judge Mikagami came instead. He asked her why she was there. She wondered why Edgeworth abandoned his badge for the girl, why did he fight against the Committee and behaved so recklessly. Edgeworth, in the past, believed in his self-righteousness. But the self-centered man changed, he said. He became an another person who cares for others. To fulfill the job of a prosecutor, he the support of people around. For example, detective Gumshoe, the many crime scene investigators, and also... Kay. He said that he'd prove her innocence regardless of the title of prosecutor, and that to uncover the truth was his "mission". Mikagami found Edgeworth's words "very interesting". She said that the Committee's evaluation would take place that day and left.

Edgeworth returned to his jail cell to wait for council to begin. After examining his cell for a bit, Faraday came to visit him, accompanied by a guard and Bansai Ichiyanagi. She was taken in for cross-examination. She hadn't changed her idea about trying to kill herself. She told Edgeworth to forget about her, that he shouldn't concern himself with her as it brought him only misfortune, and was taken away by the guard. Then he had a conversation with Bansai. He said the arrest of Faraday was too sudden. Bansai must have had a reason for that. So to find it out, he confronted him in Logic Chess.

Logic Chess
First, Edgeworth asked why he rushed the arrest. He waited for a bit, when Bansai mentioned something was "going well". Then he asked whether he thought the investigation was adequate. Bansai claimed Edgeworth investigated in his own judgment. He replied prosecutors do not need their badges to do so. He asked how much time they spent investigating when Bansai slipped up and said he "had decided". So the whole arrest was a setup! Edgeworth confronts him about the legitimacy of the arrest. On what basis did they arrest her? He presented no evidence. Was it the talk about the incident? He continued to ask about whose decision it was. It was Bansai's of course. There was only one last chess piece left - how knew about the case. He claimed he was "awfully familiar". But he said a while ago he was busy. Edgeworth asked about Faraday, whether she knew the full picture of the incident. If it was given to her, then when? He knew Faraday was no criminal. Bansai finally gave up. He laughed and he admitted he bent and twisted the truth to his needs, making Edgeworth angry. There was an another person who was the real culprit. The evidence and events hinted to this. Bansai willingly accused Faraday, while knowing the true criminal. Edgeworth protested but he couldn't do anything about that. Bansai left, and Edgeworth now had to face the Committee's deliberation.

Deliberation Room, 8:30 AM

Edgeworth appeared before the Committee, with all 10 remaining members, including Bansai and Mikagami. Faraday and Hart were also there, as well as Yumihiko Ichiyanagi. Bansai as the presiding member announced the legal issue was the illegal investigation and assisting Faraday in her escape, as well as to evaluate the claim that she was not the criminal. The red raincoat presented earlier was updated and identified as the same one which was found as evidence in the attempted assassination of the president of Zheng Fa. Edgeworth was given back the confiscated evidence and confronted Mikagami.

Mikagami's Testimony
First, Mikagami talked about the case summary. According to her, Kagome went to the building's observatory deck, where she was hit by Kay Faraday. Edgeworth presented the Hart's photo. Hart heard a loud noise in the warehouse which indicates the incident happened there. But the sound alone wasn't definite proof. And the person used a voice-changing mask. Mikagami claimed it was the victim who went up to the lookout, as evidenced in the picture with the ladder. However, Edgeworth pointed out the blood on the persons left arm. From this, the incident had to happen in the warehouse. And the picture showed the state of the victim immediately after the noise.

Mikagami testified again, about Edgeworth's contradictions. His claims were inconsistent. She said the victim was stabbed to death with the three-pronged candlestick, which was then found in the deliberation room. Edgeworth presented the red raincoat. There were no stab wounds and bloodstains were only found in the hood area, none of them were on the chest area. When asked to point out which evidence proves this inconsistency, he presented the autopsy results. According to them, the victim was stabbed first, the head injury was done posthumously. An unlikely result as the red raincoat the victim originally wore proves the information is false. She was hit on the head and after her clothes were changed, stabbed with the candlestick. The coroner in charge of the report, Otome Itami is to be brought before the Committee to clarify the issue.

Before her arrival, Mikagami wants to explore an another problem. The identity of the "master", the person who was in charge of the illegal auction. In the case, there was one person who had odd remarks about his involvement in the incident, knowledge of the evidence and of the true criminal. Edgeworth asked for the testimony of... Bansai Ichiyanagi. The auction meeting place was the very deliberation room. Only committee members with keycards had access. Therefore the incident may have involved only the members, except Kagome.

Bansai's Testimony
Bansai, however, had not changed his mind, to him the culprit was still Faraday. Edgeworth called him out on this. He told him he realized Faraday was innocent, but Bansai denied talking to him and there were no witnesses. The suspicious part in his testimony was when he said that thinking about it, Faraday even tried to "kill herself". Edgeworth pressed this statement. Bansai objected - Faraday herself should speak to this once again, but should he fail to change her mind, the verdict is going to be guilty. Faraday again became frightened and afraid to remember. He was to prove to her that she couldn't do it, so he presented her Yatagarasu badge, reminding her of her true identity. She regained her belief in her innocence. And at that time, she also remembered something else - the victim had that stuffed cow from earlier! She saw it dropped right next to the burned hand. Bansai attempted to dismiss this testimony, but Mikagami accepted it.

Edgeworth examined the cow doll. He pulled its right horn, the doll started making noises and it revealed a message containing a strange conversation of someone, mentioning a burn and "chance for vengeance". He was then interrupted by Mikagami. He had to prove that it had to do something with the crime, so Edgeworth presented the autopsy record. He then pointed out the specific part in the record - "burn scar on the hand". Then to point out what do the new facts lead to - the identity of the criminal was the "master", whom he believed to be Bansai. He confidently continued, to deduce this master criminal, he pointed out the bloodstains in the deliberation room. Bansai had access to it and could have transported the body there. However, Bansai then objected - he asked for evidence. And the evidence of him being the culprit was... none to present. What is more, Hart interjected afterwards. She said there were 11 people before the murder, which apparently occurred during the auction, and then she saw 11 people walk out again. Also, with that, Bansai decided to finish the deliberations, which were being stretched out by Mikagami.

Fortunately, right then a police officer came to announce that Itami and Mutō had arrived, as requested. After some complaining, and pressing by Mikagami, they gave their testimony.

Itami and Mutō's Testimony
At first, Itami denied that the autopsy had a problem, there was no way she would have written them wrong. So Edgeworth pressed this. The results were obviously wrong. They amended the testimony. Itami told Mutō everything herself and she believed it to be correct. Edgeworth presented the autopsy results again. Mutō was told the verbal autopsy result but she had written them differently. He asked himself if she had a more important role in the incident - she had to be an accomplice of the case! The reason why there was need for an accomplice - the number of customers did not match She started sweating and broke down soon afterwards, slapping on Itami's hair bun. After she regained her composure, Edgeworth was to prove his theory. To point out where she was hiding he presented the chest with the chains, exactly on the opposite of where Hart was hiding. The master came from the elevator with Kagome to chest, the nurse went out and they hid the body there instead, leaving with the elevator again. However, Hart interjected and said she never saw anyone in a nurse outfit. Edgeworth pointed out that Mutō stole the victim's clothes and dressed like her. She'd be wearing a mask and a wig and she had the same eyes as Kagome, so none could tell the difference. However, she also noted she saw the red raincoat go to the ladder, not to the elevator. So, Mutō got the clothes and participated in the auction by bidding on the chest where she hid the body, meanwhile there was an unconscious victim in the raincoat on the rooftop, Faraday saw them, fainted and fell into the hatch which was left open. And at that time, Kagome was wearing the master's clothes to impersonate his identity later on. Mutō's testimony with the strange things about the victim was added to Edgeworth's organizer, yet they reached a stalemate.

And then they heard a familiar objection - Franziska von Karma returned, though somewhat outdated on the state of the investigation, continuing where she left off. Also, the autopsy reports were updated:

''The body of the victim was discovered in the Committee room. Estimated time of death: around 23:00, yesterday. Beaten to death by blunt object with a cylindrical head. Postmortem chest wound. A burn scar on the hand.''

So the murder weapon was believed to be a separate one, a blunt object used by the auction master. Edgeworth pointed out that it was the auction hammer, and presented Hart's testimony as evidence to support his claim. The thump she heard was the hit of the hammer. However, the weapon was nowhere to be found. The perpetrator could not be identified that way, so Mikagami ordered a search everywhere the killer might have hid it.

End, Part 2
They searched all over the Big Tower and the weapon was not found, as von Karma reported. Edgeworth thought it was going to be all over for him. The culprit may have been Bansai, but without the weapon there's no way to accuse him, much to his joy. And so, without hesitation, Mikagami slammed down her mallet...

"Hakari Mikagami"

- The judgment is to be said. Please, receive the Word of Law with respect. The defendant... Bansai Ichiyanagi! I accuse you!

...and much to everyone's surprise, she accused Bansai. More precisely, he was to be prosecuted for his involvement in the IS-7 case 18 years ago. Mikagami brought up the IS-7 article - as she revealed, the reason why she went to the deliberation room herself, the day of the murder. The article examination reasons were that 18 years ago, the prosecutor in charge, Manfred von Karma forged the evidence. However, the initial investigation before detective Shirase took over reported the corpse was missing. Nevertheless, the fact was never said to von Karma. At that time, director Itami was asked by some person to write a fake autopsy report.

"Hakari Mikagami"

- A person... who was Chief Prosecutor at that time. In other words, Bansai Ichiyanagi! You!

And Mutō knew the fact. She had to cooperate with the master because he threatened to sue her grandmother! She said she didn't know his face under the mask. He wore a mask similar those worn by the auction members, covering most of the face. However the lower part of his face was exposed and she saw a part of some "tattoo". Looking at Bansai, the tattoo was missing. And with that began Bansai's testimony on Tsubasa Kagome.

About the victim
Edgeworth first pressed the statement where Bansai claimed he had no personal relationship with the victim. He then said he didn't even know about the burns on her hand until then. Edgeworth pressed him again and he said Kagome regularly wore gloves and they hid the burns. There, Edgeworth presented the stuffed cow doll. In the recording, the voice talked about hiding the burns. It was when the victim was killed, so it was assumed that the culprit was speaking. Kagome's gloves where swapped later by Mutō. Before that, the burns were hidden, so culprit did not see them. So Edgeworth turned the idea upside down. The speaker in the recording was Kagome herself and she was talking to the culprit. In other words, it was him who was burned!

Bansai got angry and asked what evidence he had to prove that the perpetrator was burned. So, Edgeworth presented the master's features again. In her testimony, Mutō said the master had a strange "tattoo". Rather than a tattoo, she may have actually seen burn marks. All that was left was to determine the location of the burns... However, then Yumihiko interjected, responding on the burns. He was visibly upset and must have known something about them. He spoke directly with his father. He said everything he done so far was for him. But Bansai wouldn't have any of this, he quickly dismissed all his efforts. He told Yumihiko that he only received all of the good grades and awards he was so proud of thanks to his personal connections and influence. To him, his son was cumbersome and useless. Unable to take all this, Yumihiko ran away.

Everyone in the room disapproved of Bansai's behavior. However, he was unmoved. Mikagami ordered the confrontation to continue. She asked Edgeworth for the final piece of evidence to prove that the culprit's face was burned. Edgeworth presented Mutō's testimony. It said that there were two types of wigs in the chest. One was wavy and the other with straight hair. She used the latter to impersonate Kagome. And the other wig... was on Bansai Ichiyanagi's head! All the time, he was wearing a wig with a fake beard - what Yumihiko realized. If they were to take it off, it would reveal the hidden burn mark and then the master's clothes would be compared to Bansai, he would be recognized as the auction master and therefore, the culprit. Bansai finally lost it and broke down, releasing a blazing flame out of his lighter, which caught on his beard and burnt it all down along with the hair, revealing it all to be fake, just as expected. With that, Mikagami ordered to take him away as a suspect in the murder case of Tsubasa Kagome. Thus, Kay Faraday's innocence was proven.

Aftermath
Deliberation Room, 9:44 AM

Bansai was taken to jail and the hammer weapon was eventually found. It was assumed that Faraday's letter was actually Kagome herself impersonating her. Mikagami revealed she wanted revenge for 12 years ago, when her boyfriend, a photographer was killed. The journalist had been tracking the auction, so she had always suspected Bansai to be the perpetrator, and had been investigating him ever since then. Mikagami also said she would dispel the darkness in the Committee. There was also concern over Yumihiko Ichiyanagi, who ran away and vanished. With that, Mikagami left, preparing for Miwa's trial. She said she was willing to cooperate with Edgeworth to help him get the badge back, but only if he changed his half-hearted attitude to the law. He had to know the "Law of God", yet Edgeworth refused.

Since Faraday's involvement in the case was disproved, the promise notebook was no longer needed as evidence. Edgeworth reached out to gave it back to the rightful owner - and then Faraday remembered how she gave it to him as a child. And with that, all the promises she made to herself and her father came back to her:

Always greet people with a smile, even people you don’t know.

Never cry in front of strangers.

And as her memories resurfaced, she remembered her final promise:

...always try your hardest to learn about things you don’t understand.

And she put her hands on her head and screamed as she remembered it all.

"Kay Faraday"

- I am... The Great Thief who steals the truth, Kay Faraday! The second Yatagarasu and Edgeworth's assistant!

Finally, Faraday was back to her old self. Mutō said that the head injury was likely not that large. Faraday was swathed in bandages only as a precaution, so she gave her her original clothes back. Von Karma was also glad she regained her memories, but she killed the mood and said Mutō was still an accomplice in the incident and so she would be taken away, as well as her grandmother, for her involvement in IS-7, which Mutō accepted.

After they left, Edgeworth asked Faraday about what happened to her, now that she got her memories back. She revealed that the day of the incident someone called her and wanted to meet at Gourd Lake. At night, she came to the meeting place, near the Steel Samurai hot dog stands. When she saw the moon there, a person in a red raincoat came from the stall and drugged her, making her lose consciousness. When she opened her eyes, she found herself on the top of the Big Tower building. She then remembered seeing the person in the red raincoat lying dead under the sakura tree. Then she saw them again on the opposite site, "a person walking through the air", and the red raincoat rose up to her. She was confused and dazed then stumbled backwards and fell into the open hatch, causing the memory loss. Edgeworth asked himself what caused her confusion, so he pointed out that in her memory was in two different locations. He pointed out either the stall or the sakura tree. She said she saw the moon, so she had to be on the stall site. But then she found the body and stumbled backwards into the hatch, so she had to be under the tree, facing the stall with the moon behind her back. And there was also the second letter placed next to Kagome. All the facts implied the red raincoat knew Faraday. However, the incident as the persons goals remained shrouded in mystery. Then suddenly they heard a beeping sound. It came from upside so they went there.

51st floor, Warehouse, 9:53 AM

Hart, Edgeworth and Faraday entered the hidden warehouse again. They located the source of the sound - it was coming from a transceiver, evidence from a past case. Edgeworth reluctantly picked it up, and he was shocked to hear that the voice coming from it was that of Shelly de Killer himself. He asked for a "Mr. Attorney". He first congratulated Edgeworth on resolving the case. But then, he asked if they could really call it a resolution. He asked if Edgeworth hadn't noticed the presence of a mastermind, someone who had been pulling the strings in the case. When prompted to provide evidence for this theory, Edgeworth presented the victim's letter. Bansai denied writing the letter, so who was it? De Killer said it wasn't his work either. He said that to clarify all this, he to reveal the truth, he had to stand in the courtroom. So he advised him to regain the prosecutor's badge. Edgeworth asked how he knew about the person and why he betrayed him. However he refused to answer, so he excused himself and ended the conversation. De Killer's true intention remained a mystery, and it seemed the incident was not over yet...

References to other cases

 * The evidence in the hidden warehouse includes:
 * Redd White's desk seen in the Bluecorp offices (Turnabout Sisters);
 * the broken head of "Mr. Monkey" (Turnabout Samurai);
 * the dancing Blue Badger (Rise from the Ashes);
 * Shelly de Killer's transceiver (Farewell, My Turnabout);
 * Tender Lender's management philosophy (Recipe for Turnabout);
 * Rhoda Teneiro's suitcases and the Alif Red statue (Turnabout Airlines);
 * Kay Faraday's promise notebook and Calisto Yew's perfume (Turnabout Reminiscence);
 * the Iron Infant, Babahlese ink and the silhouette lantern from (Turnabout Ablaze);
 * the stuffed Borumosu doll (Turnabout Target).


 * The voice-changing masks in the warehouse include (from top left to bottom right): Global Hero Onyankopon, Captain Saipan, the students of the Starry School, the Pink Princess, the Steel and Nickel Samurai the Evil Magistrate and finally the Proto, Pink and Blue Badgers. The Jammin' Ninja mask is featured as evidence.
 * There is a Steel Samurai stall selling cotton candy on the Big Tower rooftop observation deck. Also, Faraday met her kidnapper at Gourd Lake, next to the same hot dog stall that was featured in Turnabout Goodbyes.