The Inherited Turnabout

Episode 3: The Inherited Turnabout is the third episode of Gyakuten Kenji 2. Its "past" case is chronologically the earliest playable case in the Ace Attorney series, a title previously held by Turnabout Reminiscence. In a format similar to that of Turnabout Succession, one half is a flashback that focuses on one of Gregory Edgeworth's final cases as he attempts to clear the name of chef Issei Tenkai, while the other half focuses on Miles Edgeworth and Tateyuki Shigaraki in the present as they try to solve an attempted murder in the same place 18 years later. However, the case has also attracted the attention of Yumihiko Ichiyanagi and Hakari Mikagami.

Intro
It all starts with a show with Issei Tenkai and Tsukasa Oyashiki singing and dancing as they bring in the icing and the cake, then when they come closer, the cake was beautfully created with Issei holding Tsukasa. The song kept on playing until someone closed the TV.

Meanwhile, Shigaraki talks about a certain case, while looking at a photo. The case where he and his idol, Gregory Edgeworth, investigated last, before it came to a halt. Now he was going to visit "that place" with Gregory's son...

Beginning, Part 1

 * 12 Constellations Gallery, April 2nd, 10:05 AM

Upon entering the Fountain Plaza, Miles Edgeworth asked Shigaraki dragged him why the latter dragged him to this place. Joking around, Shigaraki said the Miles was free, and he figured they could talk about how romantic the stars are. Hearing this, Miles said he would rather go back home. Shigaraki apologized, and questioned the prosecutor if he heard about his father's last case, the IS-7 Incident.

Miles explained that after he had became a prosecutor, he asked his mentor Manfred von Karma for the files on the case. He also took another look at those files after the defense attorney invited him to the gallery last night. And finally, he revealed he had vague memories of actually being present at the trial for the incident, a trial where the elder Edgeworth took up the defense against von Karma, only for the trail to end in a guilty verdict.

Seeing that Miles already knew some of it, Shigaraki began to explain what he knew as the truth of the events eighteen years ago, a time where Shigaraki had yet to become an attorney himself.


 * 18 Years Ago, Detention Center, Visitor's Room, December 24th, 5:00 PM

Gregory and Shigaraki were in the visitor's room, awaiting their client. Shigaraki remarked how the request came in quickly, while Gregory said that their client contacted them after he was arrested. Shigaraki was expressing how unhappy he was with somebody getting murdered on Christmas Eve when someone entered the room singing. It was their client, who was expressing his joy through song, surprising both lawyer and assistant.

Gregory both introduced himself and his assistant to their client, and asked him for his name. The client gave his name as Issei Tenkai, causing Shigaraki to shake in awe. The assistant managed to ask if he was the Tenkai who was refered to as Tenkaichi, aka "The Greatest Pastry Chef in the World," and Tenkai confirmed it. This only serves to make Shigaraki more excited, and starts praising Tenkai's works. This leads to both Shigaraki and Tenkai singing the main theme to Tenkai's Dansweet show.

Wanting to get back on track, Gregory asked Tenkai to explain more about himself. Tenkai admits he enjoys making sweets, and seeing his sweets making others smile is something he finds the most joyful. Gregory then asked about the incident that occurred at his mansion. Tenkai explained that he was holding a dessert contest in it, and a dead body was discovered in one of the desserts he created. It was due to that the detective heading the initial investigation arrested him, but Tenkai swore he wouldn't take another's life. Gregory asked if Tenkai knew anything about the victim, and Tenkai said that the victim was Isaku Hyoudou, one of the participants of the contest. Tenkai was sadden by Hyoudou's death, saying the man made delicous sweets. Gregory ended their discussion by asking if Tenkai did or did not kill the victim, to which Tenaki said no. With that, both Gregory and Shigaraki headed off to the crime scene.


 * 18 Years Ago, Contest Hall, Fountain Plaza, December 24th, 6:00 PM

After getting inside the building, Gregory and Shigaraki were greeted with another singing voice, this one being female. The duo walked around the fountain to encounter a young woman in a green dress handling a large cart. The woman whipped a cloth off the cart to reveal a tea set, only to inadvertently spook Gregory due to the suddenness of her movement. After apologizing, asked if the duo were the attorneys. Gregory introduced themselves, and the woman introduced herself as Tsukasa Oyashiki, caretaker of the mansion and Tenaki's assistant.

Shigaraki was in awe again, having recognized Oyashiki from the Dansweets show. Oyashiki was glad to hear that Shigaraki was a big fan of it. Gregory asked what was Dansweets all about. Shigaraki explained that Dansweets was a show on TV that's popular with kids at the moment. One the show, Tenkai and Oyashiki dance and sing while making desserts of all sorts. This lead to Shigaraki singing the theme again, only this time with Oyashiki. Oyashiki realized she wasn't a good host, and thus offered Ceylon tea both guests. Gregory found the tea delicious, noting that the tea's citric aroma seems to aids one's focus. He then noticed that the saucer for the cup was chilled, leading Oyashiki to explain that it's for those who prefer their drinks to be cooler. The lawyer then took note of the design, and Tenkai's assistant said she imported them from France, and the cups were sculpted by someone named Paul Holic. Oyashiki apparently was a follower of Holic's works.

Gregory then got back to business and questioned Oyashiki about the incident. Oyashiki revealed she was the one to find Hyoudou's corpse inside of one of Tenkai's desserts. It was during the middle of judging that she heard the sound of something breaking from Tenkai's room. She peeked inside, thinking that Tenkai was in there, only to discover the dead body. Other than that, she had nothing more to say than to ask Gregory and Shigaraki to save Tenkai. She's certain Tenkai's not someone who would commit murder. Oyashiki then left to deliver tea elsewhere, while Gregory and his assistant headed to where the body was found.


 * 18 Years Ago, Contest Hall, Tenkai's Room, December 24th

Once inside Tenaki's room, Shigaraki remarked on how everything here was made out of chocolate, only to follow up with a sneeze once he realized the room was chilly as well. The sneeze got the attention of a man dressed in black and wearing a grey jacket on his shoulders. The man said he didn't expect a lawyer to show up so soon. The man revealed himself to be Detective Tyrell Badd. After writing about Badd's personality on his notepad, Shigaraki tore the page with the info on it and ate it. Gregory explained to a shocked Badd that it's a habit of Shigaraki, as he thinks he would memorize things by eating the notes he takes. Gregory then asked Badd for permission to investigate, to which the detective replied in the negative, saying attorneys use false testimony to obtain not guilty verdicts. Badd doesn't want such people to mess up his crime scene. Shigaraki defended his mentor, saying Gregory wouldn't make his client give false testimony. Badd replied by stating he will never believe anything a lawyer says. Gregory said he needs to investigate because he wants to know if he's correct in believing in Tenkai. Seeing that the lawyers won't leave, Badd gives them permission, but he'll be beside them every step since he doesn't trust them.

Gregory checked over where Hyoudou's body was found. There was a treasure chest made out of chocolate, with the half of the lid broke off, exposing the interior. A bow of a chocolate ship rested on top of the exposed chest, while the interior revealed police tape marking the outline of the body that was once inside. Badd confirmed that the body was inside there and that the police already removed it. Peering inside, Gregory found that something was dropped into the chest, a seal engraved with a symbol and a person's initials. Badd took custody of the object, unsure if it was the victim's. Looking elsewhere at the display, Gregory found one of the stands that supported the chocolate ship was broken, apparently the reason the ship toppled over the chest. Gregory then asked Badd more information about the victim's death. Badd answered that the victim was struck with a blunt object, and that they had a picture of the body in the chest. In regards to the murder weapon, Badd said that the lawyer would have to ask the prosecutor in charge. Gregory then asked for the picture and Badd gave it to him, revealing that Oyashiki took it with her instant camera. It was then Gregory found a contradiction between the picture and the crime scene, namely that the picture depicted the victim's blood in the chest but there was none at the scene. The chocolate that the blood was on seemed to have been removed. Badd inquired with forensics if they cleaned up the blood as well, only to learn that none of the technicians touched the blood. Gregory was left to wonder who actually was responsible for the blood's removal.

Gregory then took a look at the counters used by Tenkai for his cooking. Among the wares was a moon shaped teapot similar to what was used by Oyashiki earlier. Badd notes that the tea set was the only thing on the counter with Tenkai's fingerprints, as all the cooking tools had been washed.

After that, Gregory approached the person who Badd was speaking with earlier, a man in a red chef's outfit. He was Yutaka Kazami, another participant in  the dessert contest. In his introduction as a candy maker, he shapes a seahorse out of dough, which impresses Shigaraki, but then admits he struggles with design, since it's supposed to be a great dragon. He's planning to head for Zheng Fa once the incident is over in order to improve his designing skills. As for why he's still here, the police kept him around as a consultant on the sweets in the mansion.

Upon Gregory asking the chef about himself and his tools, Kazami explained the tools by his side are "Candy Pumps", and their purpose is to pump air into candy so it can be shaped. Shigaraki notes that they are like swords. Kazami agreed with him, saying that he's been scarred and burned ever since obtaining those pumps. That's why he wears red, so he wouldn't fear getting stains on his clothes. In regards to the contest, Kazami explains that the goal of the contest is to craft artistic works made entirely out of sweets. Tenkai was a master in both taste and design, and no one become the victor unless he or she can surpass Tenkai in both. Whoever does will obtain the title of "The Best Confectionist in the World" as well as the Tenkai's "Angel's Recipe." Gregory was given a copy of the rules that explains the contest in its entirety.

''Rules: 1) Judging will proceed starting from the leftmost room, heading right, with everyone meeting in Tenkai's room at the end. 2) All art pieces must be crafted from sweets and nothing else. Stands and equipment will be provided. 3) Until the judging is finished, no one is allowed to enter the rooms.''

As for the incident itself, Kazami claims to know little about it, as he didn't learn of it until after the judging had completed. Tenkai began judging at 3 p.m., where he began with second leftmost room, Kazami's, Tenkai's own room being on the left of him. Going clockwise, he then visited Delicy Scone's and Hyoudou's. Kazami referred to Scone as a woman who would do anything to win. Her sweets were said to be cream-based. As for Hyoudou, his works were sculptures made out of frozen desserts. Badd chimed in with the fact the body was discovered while Tenkai was judging Kazami's works. Tenkai didn't know of this and continued to judge the rooms of the other competitors, including the now dead Hyoudou's.

Gregory then inquired on what Badd was talking about with Kazami. The detective was intending to ask about the chocolate frame on one of the walls, as some felt off about it, but the lawyers interrupted him before he could do so. Everyone decided to examine the frame and the surrounding candy. Shigaraki noticed an incredibly nice piece of art inside the frame, and wondered if Tenkai really made that. Kazami explain that's actually the "Angel's Recipe," as Tenkai showed the contestants before hand. Badd asked Gregory if he thought something was missing from the frame. Gregory pointed out that their was a leaf on the bottom right corner of the frame, but not the bottom left, where a leaf shaped cavity was. In fact, it seems like every dessert in the room had something missing, which is considered odd, considering Tenkai's skills. Gregory then asked about the handprint on the frame. According to Badd, it is unidentified, as no fingerprints were found with it.

Due to the cold temperature of the room, Shigaraki sneezed again, and remarked about the temperature. Gregory was prepared to lend his jacket, but Shigaraki said he's fine, and besides, Gregory promised earlier to only give that jacket when Shigaraki became a lawyer. Badd asked why the room was cold, and Kazami explain that was to maintain the temperature of the chocolate. Near the chocolate frame, a control panel for temperature and lighting was hidden beneath the wall. It's currently set at 15 degrees Celsius, the proper temperature for chocolate. As for candies and cream, cream has to be kept at 10 degrees Celsius, while the chef only need to avoid moist air and high temperature for candies.

With nothing else to investigate, Gregory began piecing what he knew so far. The sound that Oyashiki heard was most likely the ship crashing into the chest as the result of the broken stand. As for why the stand was broken, Gregory surmised it was for the same reason the other candies in the room had something missing. Someone took a part of each candy in the room. That person may be the real culprit.

Badd declares that it is clear to him that Tenkai to be the real killer. All the rooms in the mansion are lockable from the inside. There's only one key that unlock them from the outside, and only Tenkai had it. Gregory noted that Tenkai's room was still unlocked.

Badd's Logic
Badd noted that if the body was found in a locked room, Tenkai would be the most obvious suspect. Tenkai purposely left his room unlocked, and destroyed the lid on the chocolate chest, so the body could be seen. The contestants were to meet in Tenkai's room after he was finished judging after all. It was all plan to make the murder look like it happened while he was judging. But it all went wrong, and Oyashiki found the body.

Gregory pointed out that the body was inside the chest, and that Oyashiki only entered the room after hearing a sound. That sound has to be the ship crashing. Badd claimed that Tenkai was the one to destroy the lid, but the picture shows that it was the ship that broke the chest open. Tenkai was judging when this happened. Badd rebuts by saying that the Tenkai could have designed the stand to break while he judged. Gregory asked for proof it was done that way, and Badd says the police are still investigating. When asked about fingerprints, the victim's and Tenkai's were found on the doorknob. Kazami pointed out they could be earlier from when Tenkai showed everyone the prize inside. Gregory asked about the if the damaged sweets had fingerprints. Badd wasn't sure, so he asked forensics to dust for prints on them. In the process, Scone's fingerprints were discovered.

Badd decides to question Scones, and Gregory asked if he could accompany the detective. Badd said it's not his duty to permit that, but since he was the one who found the truth of the crime scene, he won't stop them if they follow him. One of the policemen remind them that the prosecutor is currently in Scone's room, and he's not happy if this happens. Badd just states that he and the prosecutor thinks differently. Shigaraki wondered who the prosecutor is to provoke that reaction. Badd said it's Manfred von Karma. Both lawyers were shocked at this. Gregory knows of the man and his reputation, but never met him in person. Knowing von Karma's involved won't deter him though.