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Yeah... That's right. I'd like to hear your deductions as well.
 
Yeah... That's right. I'd like to hear your deductions as well.
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<span style="color:green">There's no mistake that the president went to the orphanage.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Agent Lang. I'd like to verify a few things that may have seemed obvious at first glance. Are we certain that the president actually went to the orphanage?
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Lang:<br>
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OK, I get it. You're saying you want proof?
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Kay:<br>
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Everyone's always demanding proof from Mr. Edgeworth, after all.
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Lang:<br>
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<span style="color:green">The stuffed toy is proof of that. He was planning to meet with Amy Marsh.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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You mean this stuffed animal? The one with the recording device.
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Lang:<br>
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That's right. Inside that toy was a recording from John's birthday mother, Amy Marsh...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Indeed. She said that she would meet with him at midnight.
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Kay:<br>
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Wow! You two are perfectly in synch! The truth is becoming clear, like you're peeling off the layers of a scallion!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Kay. A scallion doesn't have anything on the inside. Please don't make such foreboding analogies.
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Kay:<br>
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........ The truth is becoming clear, like you're peeling off the skin od a wolf!
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C-Can you stop making those foreboding analogies...? ...Ahem. Let's get back on track.
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Lang:<br>
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<span style="color:green">However, the president was kidnapped. And Cameron just happened to witness it.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I'd also like to verify the details of this point as much as possible. Mr. Cameron witnessed the president and his kidnapper near the orphanage.
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Kay:<br>
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And Mr. Cameron was standing by the snowman near the road.
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Lang:<br>
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Then, the murderer picked up a brick, snuck up on him from behind, and... WHAM!
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Kay:<br>
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Eeeeeek!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Kay. We are simply verifying what actually transpired. There's no need to be scared.
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Kay:<br>
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...That was so intense. Half the details of this case just vanished from my brain. Mr. Edgeworth. Mr. Lang. Let's carefully verify all the facts of this case!
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Yeesh... Well, if you're gonna listen, I'll talk as much as you want.
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<span style="color:green">If Cameron hadn't been there, it probably would've just been a kidnapping with no murder.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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If he hadn't been there, you say? That's an interesting theory. Care to explain in more detail?
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Lang:<br>
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It's simple. Cameron was killed because he saw the kidnapping. The kidnapping itself was a success. If he hadn't been there, no blood would've been spilled.
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{{Color|#0070C0|(Hmm... No blood would have been spilled?)}}
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Kay:<br>
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You make it sound like it was his own fault for being there.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Kay, that's not it. When Agent Lang's trying to say is... ...simply, besides Mr. Cameron, there was no other casualties at the crime scene.
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Kay:<br>
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Oh, was that all? Of course, that's obvious. The president was kidnapped, but... ...once the ransom money was paid, he was returned safe and sound.
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{{Color|#0070C0|(Hmm... That sounds like an obvious point, however, something about it bothers me. I may need to re-evaluate the evidence once more.)}}
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You done explaining things to your assistant? I still have one last thing to confirm.
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"If the eyewitness, Cameron, had not been there, no murder would have taken place..."
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<span style="color:green">Afterwards, the body was moved to the flowerbeds and a fake photo was taken.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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That's also an important point. I'd like to take another good clean look at the information.
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Lang:<br>
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Yeah, I'm with you there. Let's start with what Cameron saw before he was murdered. Cameron witnessed the president and the kidnapper in front of the orphanage.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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However, the culprit wanted to conceal the connection between the incident and the orphanage.
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Lang:<br>
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That's right. That's why Cameron's original roll of film was disposed of... ...and a fake photo was taken of them standing outside the grounds of the orphanage.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Yes. And Cameron's body was then moved to match the photo.
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Grrr...! It's finally becoming clear. The secret that was buried in the snow for 12 years...!
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Kay:<br>
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Is this the truth of the SS-5 Incident?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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........
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Kay:<br>
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Mr. Edgeworth. What's the matter?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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There is still something hidden behind this case...
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Kay:<br>
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Huh!? What do you mean?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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There is a piece of evidence that cannot be explained by Agent Lang's theory. As long as there's a contradiction, we'll have to present it in order to advance our reasoning...!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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If the eyewitness, Cameron, had not been there, no murder would have taken place... Is that really the case?
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Lang:<br>
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...The criminal's goal was only to kidnap the president. If there were no witness, there would've been no need to commit murder. Right?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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And what if Cameron wasn't the only one who was murdered? There was a large bloodstain near the flowerbeds. However, Cameron was murdered... ...near the snowman. Ergo, this bloodstain could not have belonged to Cameron! Someone else's blood was spilled. And quite a vast amount at that...
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Lang:<br>
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Lang:<br>
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......Hey, Mr. Prosecutor. Do you have any idea what you're saying?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I do... It's hard to believe, however, that is what the evidence indicates... On that night, 12 years ago, there were <span style="color:#E16935">two</span> murders.
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Lang:<br>
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Are you saying that the other murder was covered up!? Who... just who the heck could have been killed?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(A murder that was cleverly concealed. All traces of it were erased... And the incident itself was completely deleted from the case files. However, there's one thing... One piece of evidence that still remains intact after 12 years!)</span> <span style="color:green">This piece of evidence shows that something happened that night!</span>
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''Leads to:''<br>
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"The other murder incident was buried in the dark by Blaise Debeste..."
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Agent Lang. This is the piece of evidence that shows what happened on that night!
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Lang:<br>
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Hey, Mr. Prosecutor. Is that really it? That piece of evidence doesn't tell me anything at all!
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...Argh! {{Color|#0070C0|(Looks like this wasn't it... There should be one more eyewitness who saw what happened on that night. I should show Agent Lang the evidence that proves that.)}}
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Lang:<br>
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Hey, Mr. Prosecutor! Just who are you saying was killed on that night?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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The other murder incident was buried in the dark by Blaise Debeste... However, there is still one piece of evidence that remains. Agent Lang... It survived by your father's hands.
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Lang:<br>
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My old man... you say?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Please recall. There was one more thing that was hidden along with the traces of the murder. And that is, the existence of the boy who caused the fire...! Why did Blaise make the boy disappear? It's because he saw <span style="color:#E16935">something that he wasn't supposed to see</span>.
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Kay:<br>
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What was the thing he wasn't supposed to see!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Everything is drawn in this picture.
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Lang:<br>
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The drawing my old man had!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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The person drawn on the right is most likely the president. The Moozilla doll is also drawn near him. <span style="color:green">And the person standing opposite him is...</span>
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''Leads to:''<br>
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"A man with a knife and a large, black dog. He is none other than... Sirhan Dogen."
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Isn't this the person standing opposite him?
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Kay:<br>
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Is it really that person? They don't look very similar...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Given that it's a child's drawing, it can't be helped if they're not too similar.
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Gumshoe:<br>
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Even if it's a child's drawing, I don't think that's it, sir...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Nnghhoooh! {{Color|#0070C0|(To think even the detective rejected my theory!)}}
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Gumshoe:<br>
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I think the person in the picture has some unique characteristics.
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Kay:<br>
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That's right. It looks like he has a knife and a black dog with him.
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{{Color|#0070C0|(A knife and a black dog...? I think I have a hunch who that person is.)}}
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Lang:<br>
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So in the end, who's the person in this drawing?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Sorry. There's no mistake that the person drawn on the right is the president.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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A man with a knife and a large, black dog. He is none other than... Sirhan Dogen.
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Kay:<br>
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Whaaaaaaaaaat!? The assassin!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Why would an assassin appear before a president? The answer is clear. Indeed, what occurred that night on the orphanage grounds 12 years ago was not a kidnapping. <span style="color:#E16935">It was a presidential assassination!</span>
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Lang:<br>
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HOOOOOOOOOOOWL!
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Kay:<br>
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Th-Then, Ms. Roland and Mr. Blaise were...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Yes. The two were likely partners in crime. One furnished the orphanage to use as the scene of the incident... ...and the other covered up the young boy's testimony. It's likely that Mr. Cameron was murdered because he witnessed the assassination itself. After all, the kidnapping never actually happened!
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Lang:<br>
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Lang:<br>
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Stop messing around! You're saying that the president was assassinated 12 years ago? We just found his body today! He's been alive up until now!
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Kay:<br>
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That's right! I mean, we met him ourselves!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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If the president was assassinated 12 years ago, and the president's body was found today... ...that would imply there were <span style="color:#E16935">two presidents</span>.
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Kay:<br>
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Yeah! And that can't be right!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Are you sure about that? There is the possibility that there were two presidents. <span style="color:#0070C0">(That's right... Up until now, I've been getting a strange feeling from the president...)</span>
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Even so, I still respect the man. Zheng Fa is a small country. But he carried the nation with his strength.
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(The image of President Huang that Agent Lang described...)</span>
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You... you are wrong... I...
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(...He revealed his true form.)</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(...differs far too greatly from the President Huang we know! It's as if they were two entirely different people! If there were, in fact, two Zheng Fa presidents... ...exactly how would such a scenario be possible?)</span> What would make the existence of the two presidents possible?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Perhaps President Huang had a twin brother?
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If that's the case, it certainly wouldn't be strange if there were two presidents, sir!
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Lang:<br>
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Unfortunately for you... The president was an only child!
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What!? {{Color|#0070C0|(Is that so...?)}}
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Lang:<br>
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As I thought, it's impossible for there to be two presidents, isn't it?
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No. There was a possibility that there were two presidents.
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The person killed 12 years ago just happened to look like the president... If we think of it like that, wouldn't it all make sense?
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Lang:<br>
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Take a good look at the boy's drawing that you brought out! No matter how you look at it, this guy is President Huang!
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Argh! {{Color|#0070C0|(It's just as Agent Lang says...)}}
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Lang:<br>
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As I thought, it's impossible for there to be two presidents, isn't it?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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No. There was a possibility that there were two presidents.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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If we were to assume that one of them was a <span style="color:#E16935">body double</span>, wouldn't it be possible then?
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Lang:<br>
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A body double...!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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President Huang possessed immense power and authority in Zheng Fa. I'm sure there were those who envied his position and made attempts on his life. Yes. Just as he was attacked a few days ago at Gourd Lake.
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It's true, there were those who sought Huang's life from time to time. But, I can't easily believe there were two presidents. At least, not without any evidence!
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(Do I have evidence that proves there were two presidents?)</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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If you look at this evidence, you'll see that there were two presidents.
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Lang:<br>
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Hey, Mr. Prosecutor. Unfortunately, I have no idea what you're talking about! Lang Zi says: "Evidence doesn't speak!" Evidence with no meaning won't tell us anything!
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Argh! {{Color|#0070C0|(Looks like this wasn't it.)}}
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Kay:<br>
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If only we knew that the president was in two different places at the same time... ...then we could prove that there were two people.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Hmm. Let's look at the evidence and reorganize the incident again.
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Lang:<br>
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How could there have been two Mr. Huangs? As I suspected, it's impossible! If you want to say there were two people, show me the proof!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(Has Agent Lang not noticed this contradiction? Or... has he noticed it, but can't admit it?)</span>
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Lang:<br>
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What is it, Mr. Prosecutor? Don't shout something out only to suddenly clam up.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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According to the recording on the doll, the president visited the orphanage at midnight. However... that should not have been possible.
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Kay:<br>
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Huh!? Why's that?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Why? Because at the time, the president should have been at the embassy. He was together with Agent Lang's father...
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............
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(So, Agent Lang, you really did notice.)</span> He was in two places at the same time. Ergo, there must have been two presidents.
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Lang:<br>
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HOOOOOOOOOOWL!
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Then, which of the two was the real president on that day 12 years ago!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Most likely the one who died.
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Lang:<br>
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Who!? Who contracted Dogen to murder Huang?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(In order to learn that, first... ...we must have a look at the evidence that we proved was false earlier. And the piece of evidence... we know to be false is...!)</span>
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Agent Lang. Take a look at this.
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What about it!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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This is the evidence that shows who planned the assassination plot against President Huang!
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........
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Edgeworth:<br>
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...Agent Lang. I know it's hard to believe, but this is the truth.
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No. Mr. Prosecutor. I was just speechless because your reasoning was so crazy.
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Argh! {{Color|#0070C0|(He sure doesn't hold back... The person who killed the real president and took his place... That person is without a doubt the one behind this incident. I must show Agent Lang the evidence that proves who that person was!)}}
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Hey, Mr. Prosecutor. You already realized who's behind the plot, right?
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Yes. I will show you that evidence right now.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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The photo taken with Cameron's camera was taken after he was murdered. And he was murdered because he witnessed the presidential assassination... In other words, the photo must have been taken following the assassination. Given that, who is the president pictured in the fake photo? ...We must consider him to be the <span style="color:#E16935">body double</span>.
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Lang:<br>
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In other words, the <span style="color:#E16935">body double</span> had the real president murdered and then took his place!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Patricia Roland and Blaise must have cooperated in that plan.
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Hold it! Huang's body was never found! Just where could it have disappeared to!?
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The answer to that is already quite apparent...! <span style="color:green">This is where the real president's body was!</span>
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Hey, Mr. Prosecutor. Can you put the jokes aside? I can't believe that Mr. Huang's body was in that kind of place!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Gah! {{Color|#0070C0|(I guess it wasn't there... This is the place that the real president was killed. Furthermore, what was the person responsible doing here? If I think about that, I'm sure to know the location of the president's body!)}}
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Hey, Mr. Prosecutor. Where did the president's body disappear to? Maybe you really don't have an answer for that?
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No, Agent Lang. The answer to that is already quite apparent...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Last night, there was something Blaise had to unearth with his own two hands. That item was not the ransom... It was something far more important.
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Kay:<br>
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Ah! So Blaise unburied the...!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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...the real president's body! The possibility is quite high.
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Lang:<br>
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What'd you saaaayy!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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The bones from the body buried 12 years ago would have still remained. According to Mr. Powers, construction was to begin soon at this lot. That was the deadline... ...both for the movie and <span style="color:#E16935">retrieval of the body</span>.
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Kay:<br>
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Because they would've found the body when they started the construction!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Agent Lang! Let us search the footprints that Blaise dug up!
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Lang:<br>
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...Yeah. If the body was buried there, there'd be traces of it. Hey! Somebody call forensics!
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Forensics:<br>
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I have the results of the search! We've found traces in the dirt that suggest a body was buried here!
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Lang:<br>
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Tch... So, it was Huang after all?
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Forensics:<br>
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We also recovered the skeletal remains that Blaise Debeste dug up. They were in his home. In addition to the bone structure, the dental records and the bone fractures all match up. We can confirm that it was indeed President Huang!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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So the real President Huang was indeed killed 12 years ago. The SS-5 Incident was a murder.
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<span style="color:#0070C0">Monster's Footprints data updated in my Organizer.</span>
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Kay:<br>
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So the SS-5 Incident was actually a murder incident! But there's so much information, it's way too confusing...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Indeed. Let us take this opportunity to review the details of the case.
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Kay:<br>
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First, the real president came to the orphanage, right?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Twelve years ago... ...the true President Huang visited the orphanage in order to meet his son. The footsteps in the snow that we thought belonged to Mr. Cameron... ...were most likely made by the president at that time. President Huang was supposed to meet his son here... However, the one who actually showed up was the assassin, Sirhan Dogen.
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Kay:<br>
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He came here to meet his son, but was murdered instead... How horrible...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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A man like Dogen... shows no mercy. ...And after that, the second tragedy occurred.
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Kay:<br>
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You mean Mr. Cameron's murder?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Indeed. Mr. Cameron saw the decisive moment. After the real president was killed by Dogen... ...his body was carried to the rear courtyard by the team of kidnappers. Mr. Cameron must have witnessed that moment... ...from the orphanage entrance. Although, he himself believed that he had actually witnessed a kidnapping. Furthermore, by this time...
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Kay:<br>
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...the body double, who had come to meet up with Blaise and Ms. Roland... ...was already standing behind Mr. Cameron.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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And then the witness to the incident, Mr. Cameron...
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Kay:<br>
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...was killed by the body double. So, was Mr. Cameron's corpse also carried by the body double?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Yes, that seems likely.
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Kay:<br>
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But, there wasn't anything at the crime scene that looked like the body double's footprints!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Heh. I've already figured out how he accomplished that. There is a piece of evidence that would've made it possible. <span style="color:green">What did the body double use to move the body without leaving any footprints?</span>
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The double likely used this to move Mr. Cameron's body.
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Kay:<br>
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Whoa! He used that to move the body? How would that actually work?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Hmm... he... er... used trick after trick and put in a lot of effort...
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Lang:<br>
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Hey, Mr. Prosecutor. Let's be honest and recognize our mistakes, OK?
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Argh! {{Color|#0070C0|(It appears this wasn't it... The body double's footprints should have been left at the scene, but they aren't... On the other hand, the victim's footprints are clearly there... I already have the evidence to tie these two facts together!)}}
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''Leads back to:''<br>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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This is almost certainly how the body double carried Mr. Cameron's corpse. After Mr. Cameron was killed... ...the president's body double carried him into the middle of the garden. I suspect the body double was wearing the same shoes as the real president at the time. If he made sure to step precisely on top of the footprints left by the real president...
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Kay:<br>
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Ah! Since the shoes were the same... ...there would only be one set of footprints left behind in the snow. I think I've got a pretty good grasp on the SS-5 Incident now. But, there's still one thing I don't get.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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What's that?
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Kay:<br>
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Why did they need to stage the abduction?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Because Mr. Cameron witnessed the incident. He saw the president at the orphanage. He left behind witness testimony on Ms. Crane's answering machine. Even Blaise couldn't make that disappear. Ergo, the body double needed a reason for the president to have been at the orphanage.
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Kay:<br>
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And that's why they prepared the fake kidnapping charade.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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The people in the fake photo are the body double, and most likely, Patricia Roland.
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Kay:<br>
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The person in the coat is Ms. Roland? What makes you say that?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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The two would have to leave the orphanage in order to take the picture. Just like when he moved the body, the double used the real president's footprints.
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Kay:<br>
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Ah! So the second set of footprints must belong to the person in the coat!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Indeed. We originally believed that those footprints belonged to Cameron's killer. They were size 7 footprints, too small for Blaise's feet. Thus, we can presume that the person playing the part of the kidnapper was Patricia Roland. Hidden in the shadow of the presidential kidnapping was a presidential assassination...
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Lang:<br>
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I see... So that's why my old man...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Why he... what?
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Lang:<br>
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The old man must have realized that a murder had taken place. ...After all, he had the kid's drawing.
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Courtney:<br>
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However, that picture was never presented as evidence...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Your father likely took it from the young witness during the investigation and hid it.
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Lang:<br>
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He had to have known that Huang was dead. But what if he had revealed that back then?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Reveal the death of the president, the backbone of Zheng Fa? It would have caused chaos...
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Lang:<br>
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...and that's why my old man took the secret to his grave. He even took the blame for the kidnapping, knowing that would be the fall of the House of Lang!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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So this is the truth that Agent Lang's father hid 12 years ago...
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Kay:<br>
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And now, it's all become clear.
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<span style="color:#0070C0">SS-5 Incident Case Files updated in my Organizer.</span>
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???:<br>
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...Is that really the case, I wonder?
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Kay:<br>
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Huh!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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What!?
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Lang:<br>
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Who's there!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(That bell... it's...!)</span> ...Sirhan Dogen!
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Lang:<br>
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You! Why are you here!?
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Gumshoe:<br>
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How can you just brazenly show up here!? Who do you think you are, pal!?
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Dogen:<br>
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I found the conversation most intriguing, and I just... well...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Heh. Are you feeling nostalgic about an old murder of yours?
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Lang:<br>
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You're the one who killed Huang...!
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh heh. Nostalgia? I think not. You were speaking about the person I am searching for.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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You're searching for someone?
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Dogen:<br>
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I escaped from prison in order to meet with a young acolyte... The one who wore the <span style="color:#E16935">red raincoat</span>...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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The <span style="color:#E16935">red raincoat</span>!?
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Kay:<br>
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Wh-Who is this person?
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Dogen:<br>
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I suspect that it's the same person as the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span> you are searching for.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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!
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???:<br>
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<span style="color:green">Someone you've been searching for. The one in the red hood...</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(The red hood?)</span>
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Dogen:<br>
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Don't they seem surprised, Anubis? Yes, yes they are, my boy. Twelve years ago, this young acolyte saved my life...
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<center><span style="color:#E16935">-- Dogen's Savior --</span></center>
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Dogen:<br>
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Certainly, it was I who killed President Huang.<br>
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However, my life was also targeted on that day.<br>
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The body double, Blaise, and Patricia all sought to seal my lips.<br>
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Had I not been reunited with the young acolyte back then, I would have been in danger.<br>
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But alas, even to this day, I do not know what has become of the young acolyte...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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So your client was indeed the body double, who was the main perpetrator of the crime.
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh. It was a long time ago, but I remember his words even now.
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<span style="color:green">There have been countless attempts on my life. Not just once or twice. Countless! And yet, why must I be the only one to face the danger? When I stand before the people, I garner the same respect as the president does. Tell me, just what is the difference between him and me!?</span>
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Dogen:<br>
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The difference was great. While the voice and style of speech may be the same... Keh heh heh. One can mimic the body, but the heart cannot be reproduced.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(I suppose his own weaknesses cost him in his quest to become a leader.)</span>
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Knightley:<br>
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Now that Rooke's gone, I'm in charge!
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de Killer:<br>
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I'm not sure if you're as capable as Rooke was...
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Knightley:<br>
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Wh-What are you saying!? I'm totally the leader now!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(Hmph... perhaps the king and his knight were not so different after all.)</span>
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Dogen:<br>
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The double believed that the president's only weakness was a woman called Amy. To find the woman, he needed the assistance of someone from this country.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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So, he joined forced with Blaise...
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Dogen:<br>
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After determining her whereabouts, he simply waited for the right opportunity.
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Kay:<br>
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That chance came with the meeting at the orphanage.
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Dogen:<br>
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Indeed. The director of the orphanage was bribed and brought in as an accomplice.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(He must be referring to Patricia Roland.)</span>
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Dogen:<br>
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Well. Given what I've told you, do you realize the whereabouts of the young acolyte now?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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You mean the boy who saved you. But, how do you know that he is the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span>?
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Dogen:<br>
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...That day, the young one caused a fire at the garden of the orphanage.
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Kay:<br>
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Ah! You're talking about the kid who started the fire as a prank!
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Dogen:<br>
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A prank...? Keh heh heh, not at all. On that night 12 years ago, the young acolyte was hiding inside the igloo... It seems he witnessed Patricia Roland and Blaise moving the body from his hiding place. Apparently, he heard them talking during that time. It would seem that they were planning to kill me because I knew the truth. He immediately came to the main hall to tell me that. I learned this about the young acolyte some time later... It seems he was wearing a <span style="color:#E16935">red raincoat</span> at the time. He led me out of the main hall. And then, the young acolyte... ...said he was going to get rid of our footprints. So he scattered some lamp oil near the igloo over the snow. Then he boldly set the oil ablaze!
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Kay:<br>
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Ah! No way! So he set the fire in order to...!
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Dogen:<br>
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All their focus was diverted towards the burning flames. I took the opportunity to escape through the rear exit.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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So, the boy in the red raincoat is the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span> behind this case?
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Dogen:<br>
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Exactly. Isn't that right, Anubis? Yes, boy. Yes it is.
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<center><span style="color:#E16935">-- Dogen's Savior --</span></center>
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Dogen:<br>
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<span style="color:green">Certainly, it was I who killed President Huang.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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You admitted that rather easily.
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Dogen:<br>
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These days, I have long grown tired of killing. ...Keh heh heh. But in those halcyon days, I devoted myself to the path of an executioner. If one cannot admit that much, what can he admit? Right, Anubis? Yes, yes, my boy.
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Kay:<br>
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I feel like he's saying something scary, but it's kind of hard to understand him!
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This fallen priest is saying he has no feelings about the president's death. {{Color|#0070C0|(Dogen, the assassin and escaped prisoner. He should be a despicable opponent, but... ...silencing him now would be imprudent. I must keep my composure and let him talk!)}} I understand your point. ...You killed the president.
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<span style="color:green">However, my life was also targeted on that day.</span>
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Your life was targeted? You, the assassin?
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Kay:<br>
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The hunter becomes the hunted. The Buddhist becomes the Buddha.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Kay, you don't have to make up strange proverbs.
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Dogen:<br>
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...Life is transient. Especially for an assassin, whose life is always exposed to danger.
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Kay:<br>
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So, does that mean people you've tried to kill have fought back?
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<span style="color:green">The body double, Blaise, and Patricia all sought to seal my lips.</span>
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Sirhan Dogen. You are a master assassin. As such, could you not have evaded an attack from those three and fled the scene...?
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh. You greatly overestimate me. Without Anubis by my side, I would not even be able to walk about. If those three were to attack me all at once, I would not stand a chance.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I see. So even an assassin will fall to superior numbers in a frontal assault.
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Dogen:<br>
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I suppose one could say that. I, Sirhan Dogen, would have suffered a shameful defeat.
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<span style="color:green">Had I not been reunited with the young acolyte back then, I would have been in danger.</span>
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Reunited...? So, when did you first meet with him?
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Dogen:<br>
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That would be {{Color|#E16935|18 years ago, on the 24th of December}}.
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{{Color|#0070C0|(That is a rather long time ago...)}}
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On that day, our roles were reversed. I saved the young one's life. There was an unusual snowstorm on that day. The temperature was well below freezing. I took Anubis for a walk in the snow. That's when Anubis noticed something and started running. I followed after him and found a car. I had great difficulty opening the door. It had frozen shut. In the back seat... there were two young children, shivering from the cold.
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Two children?
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Dogen:<br>
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Had they remained in the car for an hour longer, they surely would have frozen to death. I brought the two of them to a nearby orphanage...
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{{Color|#0070C0|(I don't think there's anything in particular that stands out...)}} Dogen, please continue your testimony.
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There were two children in the car... you're sure of that?
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Dogen:<br>
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It may have been 18 years ago, but I remember it clearly. There were two children in the car, there is no mistaking it. Does the good prosecutor have a problem with that number?
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{{Color|#0070C0|(Right now, the number of children isn't what I have a problem with.)}}
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Dogen:<br>
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Are we done talking about this subject yet?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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What was the model of the car the children were in?
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Dogen:<br>
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The model of the car? What would you want to know that for? It was a typical mid-size car, the kind you see everywhere. Other than the freezing children sitting inside, there was nothing unusual about it.
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{{Color|#0070C0|(...Looks like the car model is of no real importance.)}}
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Dogen:<br>
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Are we done talking about this subject yet?
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"(What concerns me is...)"
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Edgeworth:<br>
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{{Color|#E16935|The 24th of December, 18 years ago}}... Are you sure about that?
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Dogen:<br>
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There is no mistake.
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Ray:<br>
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C-Could that mean...!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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{{Color|#0070C0|(I know... the significance behind that date.)}} {{Color|green|What shows the significance of the date when Dogen found the children?}}
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"That day... a certain incident occurred. A sculptor was murdered."
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Edgeworth:<br>
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This piece of evidence is connected to that date, isn't it?
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Kay:<br>
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Ummm... How exactly is it connected?
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Dogen:<br>
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I don't know what the good prosecutor brought out... ...but I can sense that there is no real connection behind it.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Nnghhoooh! {{Color|#0070C0|(Dogen saw through it.)}}
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Kay:<br>
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Mr. Dogen found the children on December 24th! Let's try looking at the evidence again with that date in mind!
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''Leads back to:''<br>
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"(I know... the significance behind that date.)"
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Dogen:<br>
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<span style="color:green">But alas, even to this day, I do not know what has become of the young acolyte...</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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And now you're searching for the boy from all those years ago? Surely, you're not saying you want to thank him for saving you?
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh... Well, who knows. However, the young one did save my life. That is the truth. Even Anubis took a liking to him. He would do tricks for him, such as "shake" or "roll over".
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Kay:<br>
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I thought that the tricks Dogen taught his dog were a little bit different from the norm, though.
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Dogen:<br>
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You are right about that. For Anubis, "roll over" means first biting the victim's foot...
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Kay:<br>
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Stop! Stop! Stop! I don't want to hear any more!
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh... There is no need to worry, I only showed the young one ordinary tricks.
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{{Color|#0070C0|(...Hmm. I get the feeling that Dogen, in his own way, felt indebted to the boy.)}}
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Kay:<br>
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Mr. Dogen and that "acolyte" seem to share a complicated relationship, huh.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Perhaps there is a hint to the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind's</span> motive hidden somewhere in his testimony. Dogen is one of the few people who knows the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span> first hand... Let's try to draw out as much information as possible from him.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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That day... a certain incident occurred. A sculptor was murdered.
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Kay:<br>
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Ah!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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During that incident, two young boys went missing. The sons of the victim, Isaac Dover, and the culprit, Dane Gustavia...
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Ray:<br>
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We never did find out where those two boys went after the case 18 years ago...
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Dogen:<br>
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Oh? They were the sons of a victim and a culprit? It all makes sense now.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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What makes sense?
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Dogen:<br>
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One of the youths was bound, so that he could not move.
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Kay:<br>
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Mr. Dover did it so that Mr. Gustavia's son couldn't come to the contest venue.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Indeed. Gustavia was using his own son as a taste tester.
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh heh. To think that was what transpired. Neither child seemed to recall what had happened.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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They lost their memories?
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Dogen:<br>
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The acolyte told me this when we were reunited 12 years ago. The pair were placed in an extreme situation, on the verge of freezing to death... That trauma led them both to suffer from amnesia. Neither could so much as remember his own name.
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Kay:<br>
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So they didn't even know that they were the sons of Mr. Dover and Mr. Gustavia.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Indeed, while we cannot say it conclusively, the probability is quite high. <span style="color:#0070C0">(However, we still don't have enough information to deduce the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind's</span> identity...)</span> Dogen... Would you please continue your story?
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh. Very well.
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<center><span style="color:#E16935">-- Dogen and the "Acolyte" --</span></center>
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Dogen:<br>
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I continued my correspondence with the young acolyte even after entering prison.<br>
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Recently, that has all come to an abrupt halt, however. It left me quite concerned.<br>
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Furthermore, those involved in the crime 12 years ago were all drawn into incidents one by one.<br>
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I grew more and more curious. And so I absconded briefly from the prison.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Those involved 12 years ago... ...were Patricia Roland, Blaise Debeste, and President Huang's body double.
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Kay:<br>
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And Ms. Roland was the warden of Mr. Dogen's prison.
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh. I blackmailed the warden. That woman had tried to kill me. Perhaps the good prosecutor has already deduced the reason?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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You murdered President Huang... However, the world still believed he was alive. If you were able to prove the president was a fake... ...both Patricia Roland and Blaise Debeste would have been in danger.
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Dogen:<br>
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That is correct. And I had heard the proof with my own ears.
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<span style="color:green">I'll be waiting in the courtyard of the orphanage at midnight on February 9th. Even if it's just once, I want John to be able to meet you. I'm sorry if I'm being selfish, but... I'll be waiting.</span>
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Huang:<br>
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...Who might you be? My apologies, but I am presently waiting for someone...
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh. I am well aware of that... President Huang. Are you not meeting with your son? However, I do not spill blood needlessly. You may relax. I seek only the president's life.
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Huang:<br>
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.........It can't be. P-Please wait. I am just about to meet my son for the first time. I'm sure this will be the first and the last time. Please, at least wait until we are finished...
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Dogen:<br>
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I had thought the president would beg for his life, but he was of a different sort. Officially, the president had no son. However, he shook his head and said... ...this illegitimate son was his, and he intended to recognize him publicly. Furthermore, he claimed that he had already made preparations towards that end... Would that son of his be the boy with horns over there by any chance?
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Kay:<br>
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Boy... with the horns? Wait, you can see John's horns?
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh. There is no need to see them. From the moment I escaped from prison until now... ...I have been closely lending an ear to your voices.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(He said that the president made "preparations" towards recognizing his son... ...but the word "preparations" alone would be insufficient for blackmail.)</span> ........That's it!
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Lang:<br>
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There was one thing that could prove Huang's words: the will held by the House of Lang. It was also proof of his trust in us. His son's existence would've been revealed to the world.
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Dogen:<br>
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The name on the recording, the mention of preparations, and the will in Zheng Fa... Keh heh heh. Together, they sufficed to make the Warden bow to my words.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(With those three pieces of information, one could prove the identity of the double... ...by using John!)</span>
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John:<br>
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..........
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Dogen:<br>
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The president blocked the first strike of my knife with something soft. As pieces of it fell atop the snow, I struck once more. This time, the blow proved fatal.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(So Dogen cut off the Moozilla doll's horn...)</span>
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Dogen:<br>
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None but I heard his final words. Only myself and that child knew of the president's secret son.
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<center><span style="color:red">Rebuttal</span></center>
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Dogen:<br>
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<span style="color:green">I continued my correspondence with the young acolyte even after entering prison.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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In other words, you contacted him from prison?
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh. That is correct. A post-office box was used.
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Kay:<br>
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A post-office box...?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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It would allow one to send and receive letters without revealing the recipient's location.
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Dogen:<br>
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I could not use a form of correspondence that would reveal the acolyte's location. ...There was someone keeping watch over my correspondences, after all.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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{{Color|#0070C0|(He must mean the prison warden... Patricia Roland.)}} Could you be more specific about the nature of your correspondences?
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Dogen:<br>
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Well. They were mainly moves from my {{Color|#E16935|correspondence chess}} matches.
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Kay:<br>
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C-Correspondence chess? If I recall, the person you were playing against...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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This might be hard to believe... but Dogen's chess opponent was...
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Kay:<br>
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Ah! Are you saying he was playing against Mr. Knightley? Wasn't it Horace Knightley?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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We certainly found the correspondence chess memo in Knightley's cell.
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{{Color|#0070C0|Correspondence Chess Memo jotted down in my Organizer.}}
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Ray:<br>
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Does that mean... Knightley-boy was the kid from the IS-7 Incident?
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{{Color|#0070C0|(Could... that really be true? Is there any evidence connecting Knightley to the IS-7 Incident?)}}
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"(This was all that Knightley left behind. Could there be a clue hidden within?)"
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Mr. Shields. I'd like you to take a look at this piece of evidence.
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Ray:<br>
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What about it? Are you saying it's evidence that connects Knightley-boy to the IS-7 Incident? Uncle Ray doesn't think it has anything to do with the incident at all, though.
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M... Mmph. {{Color|#0070C0|(Perhaps I should think it over one more time?)}}
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Ray:<br>
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Why don't you look over Knightley-boy's belongings one more time? Something related to the IS-7 Incident just might pop out!
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{{Color|#0070C0|(Knightley's belongings, huh? Let's look over them one more time...)}}
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{{Color|#0070C0|(This was all that Knightley left behind. Could there be a clue hidden within? Which should I investigate? The ring or the chessboard...?)}}
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{{Color|#0070C0|(Obviously, we should investigate the chessboard.)}}
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Ray:<br>
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Huh? Miles, what are you doing taking out the chessboard? Are you saying it's evidence that connects Knightley-boy to the IS-7 Incident? Uncle Ray doesn't think the chessboard has anything to do with the IS-7 Incident.
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Argh! {{Color|#0070C0|(He may be right... In that case, the only piece of evidence left to investigate is...)}}
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Edgeworth:<br>
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This ring is...!
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Kay:<br>
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Mr. Edgeworth, what is it?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Mr. Shields, please take a look at this ring!
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Ray:<br>
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Th-This pattern is... It's Pierre Hoquet's!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I thought so... He had Mr. Dover's seal turned into a ring. However, why would he have this? Shouldn't it have been held by the police as evidence from the IS-7 Incident?
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Ray:<br>
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After the incident, the seal was returned to the victim's next-of-kin. And Mr. Dover's only family was his son. But since no one knew where the son had gone to, it took a while to get it to him. I'd heard that the police had finally found him and delivered his inheritance, but...
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...So the seal was thereby safely delivered to his son. And then, he turned the seal into a ring and wore it on his person.
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{{Color|#0070C0|Knightley's Mementos data updated in my Organizer.}}
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Kay:<br>
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So... Mr. Knightley was Mr. Dover's son...
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Ray:<br>
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The police aren't fools. I'm sure they did a thorough check before handing over the seal.
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Kay:<br>
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If someone involved in the {{Color|#E16935|IS-7 Incident}} was his chess opponent...
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Lang:<br>
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Knightley, huh. Then that man must be the {{Color|#E16935|mastermind}} behind this case!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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But, Knightley is dead! He cannot be involved in this incident.
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Ray:<br>
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How about that. The only one who could be the {{Color|#E16935|mastermind}} was himself a murder victim...?
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Kay:<br>
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But a dead guy can't be the culprit! So there's no way that's right!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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{{Color|#0070C0|(It certainly is strange... In that case, who is the culprit?)}}
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Edgeworth:<br>
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That was your means of playing correspondence chess. You used chess notation for your moves.
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh... as expected, the good prosecutor has done a thorough investigation.
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Kay:<br>
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His chess opponent was Horace Knightley, right?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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The ring Knightley wore... Mr. Shields, please have a close look at it.
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Ray:<br>
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Yeah, there's no mistake. This is the evidence from the IS-7 Incident. The police found Mr. Dover's son and returned it to him. If you're saying that the son was Knightley, then... ...the acolyte, who was Dogen's chess opponent and the {{Color|#E16935|mastermind}}, was Knightley?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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No, Knightley has already been murdered. He cannot be at the center of the incident. There is no doubt that the {{Color|#E16935|mastermind}} is still hiding somewhere out there.
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Kay:<br>
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...Well then, Mr. Dogen. Sorry to have kept you waiting.
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Dogen:<br>
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Hmm... that was a rather interesting tale. Wasn't it, Anubis? I shall continue my story about the acolyte. Our longstanding chess match continued...
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{{Color|#0070C0|(It seems she's not much good with the assassin's dog.)}}
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Good boy, good boy, there's a good boy. ...So then. At any rate, my correspondence with the acolyte suddenly came to an abrupt halt.
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<span style="color:green">Recently, that has all come to an abrupt halt, however. It left me quite concerned.</span>
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It came to a halt? Now, of all times?
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Dogen:<br>
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Quite odd, is it not? Anubis told me again and again how odd it was.
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Kay:<br>
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That scary dog talked? Was he like, "Something's odd, woof!"?
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh. I can understand Anubis's heart, even if he does not voice his thoughts.
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Kay:<br>
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Umm... Then, there's something I'd like to ask, just in case. Your scary dog's staring at me right now... He's not saying, "I'm hungry. I want some meat", right?
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh... Perhaps.
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Kay:<br>
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P... Perhaps... Aaaaah... M-Mr. Edgeworth!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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{{Color|#0070C0|(It seems she's not much good with the assassin's dog.)}}
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Dogen:<br>
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Good boy, good boy, there's a good boy. ...So then. At any rate, my correspondence with the acolyte suddenly came to an abrupt halt.
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<span style="color:green">Furthermore, those involved in the crime 12 years ago were all drawn into incidents one by one.</span>
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That certainly does seem too much for a mere coincidence. The body double of Di-Jun Huang, the president of Zheng Fa faked an assassination plot. Patricia Roland, the prison warden, murdered Horace Knightley. And Blaise Debeste, the Chairman of the P.I.C, murdered Jill Crane. {{Color|#0070C0|(Come to think of it, as I have been investigating these cases... ...I have felt the presence of some force behind the scenes.)}}
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Keh heh heh. Even within the prison, I could tell that this was no insignificant event.
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<span style="color:green">I grew more and more curious. And so I absconded briefly from the prison.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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You absconded briefly from prison? I cannot forgive such a criminal act!
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Kay:<br>
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You stole your way out of prison? I cannot forgive such a thieving act!
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh... Relax. No one was hurt. I merely have connections that allow me to set foot outside.
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Gumshoe:<br>
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B-But even so, you can't just escape from prison, pal! Arrest him! Arrest him!
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Dogen:<br>
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That won't be necessary. Once my business is done, I shall return to my cell.
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Lang:<br>
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...You trying to make fools of us? A prison isn't the kind of place you can just enter and leave at will!
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh. The Wolf may say that... ...but one can see that the Wolf and his pack also share an interest in the tales of my past.
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Lang:<br>
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Tch...!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Agent Lang, Detective Gumshoe. There are still a few things I must ask Dogen. Please postpone matters until then.
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Gumshoe:<br>
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Yes, sir! I knew you'd say that, Mr. Edgeworth!
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Dammit all... But I'm not taking my eye off you for a second!
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Dogen:<br>
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<span style="color:green">Writing letters in braille can be a rather enjoyable pastime.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Excuse me, but you wrote your letters in braille?
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Dogen:<br>
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Indeed. For I possess the tools necessary to write in braille.
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Kay:<br>
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Wow. So you need to use tools to write in braille. I never knew.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Then, would you please tell us what you wrote?
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Dogen:<br>
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Everything. Letters, of course, and also the movements of the chess pieces.
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{{Color|#0070C0|(He wrote the movements of the chess pieces by hand? That statement is... intriguing.)}}
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Kay:<br>
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So then, how does your handmade dog piece move?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Kay, that question can wait. So then... what did you do when the letters stopped coming?
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Keh heh heh... Within the prison, I grew increasingly concerned about the acolyte's whereabouts.
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"I'm certain you said... You wrote your letters in braille."
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Kay:<br>
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OK, OK... Umm... But even so, I don't really get it. Who exactly is this "acolyte"?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Indeed. Dogen himself has not yet made that clear. <span style="color:#0070C0">(What's important is the thread connecting Dogen and this "acolyte": their correspondence. And not just the letters. We should pay attention to the means that was used as well.)</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I'm certain you said... You wrote your letters in braille.
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Dogen:<br>
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Correct. The good prosecutor must know that I am lacking in sight, do you not?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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The correspondence chess letter we found had been typed out using a word processor.
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Dogen:<br>
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What? That... cannot be.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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What do you mean...?
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Kay:<br>
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So, someone went of their way to retype the letters on a computer?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Could another person have acted as a middleman between Dogen and Knightley?
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Kay:<br>
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What do you mean?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Dogen wrote his letters in braille. However... ...by the time it reached Knightley, it had been rewritten on a word processor. ...We must assume that some middleman rewrote those letters.
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Ray:<br>
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And the reverse can also be said. That same somebody might've taken the letters Knightley wrote and redelivered them to Dogen.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Yes, that is indeed true.
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<span style="color:#0070C0">Correspondence Chess Memo updated in my Organizer.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Knightley and Dogen both communicated through a certain individual... Dogen, were the letters that reached you...
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Dogen:<br>
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They were in <span style="color:#E16935">braille</span>, of course.
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Ray:<br>
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So Knightley-boy's letters must have been transposed by that same person as well.
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Dogen:<br>
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Oh...? Then that somebody must be...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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...the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span> behind the case.
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Lang:<br>
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[[File:NotsofastDS.png]]
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Lang:<br>
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You're saying there's someone else who's the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span> behind this case!? Then who the hell is it!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Dover's son, Knightley, is already deceased. In that case, there is one more youth that we should consider to be the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span>.
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Lang:<br>
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You mean, <span style="color:#E16935">Dane Gustavia's son</span>...? But, who the heck is he?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(If Knightley is Dover's son, then Gustavia's son must be...)</span>
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???:<br>
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Well, we're the only friends either of us has had since childhood... He was... the same as me. We never had real families.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(It can't be... could it? Could it really be him?)</span>
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Kay:<br>
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Mr. Edgeworth, what is it? You've gone all pale!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I've figured it out... ...The identity of the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span> who's been controlling this case from the shadows!
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Kay:<br>
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Whaaaat!? Who in the world is it!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I don't want to believe it myself... but it is someone we know quite well. <span style="color:green">The <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span> is...!</span>
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Whaaat!? That person is the {{Color|#E16935|mastermind}}!? But, according to what we've been saying, something seems kinda wrong...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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...Naturally. This person has no relation to the {{Color|#E16935|mastermind}}, after all.
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Are they related or not!? Please take this more seriously!
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Argh! {{Color|#0070C0|(I have to think carefully... Knightley is Dover's son. In that case, Gustavia's son is...)}}
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{{Color|green|Mr. Knightley was his only childhood friend.}}
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Edgeworth:<br>
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{{Color|#0070C0|(It must be this person!)}}
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Kay:<br>
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Mr. Edgeworth! Who is the {{Color|#E16935|mastermind}} behind this case?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(The <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span> behind this case... ...sent a letter to Jill Crane, which deceived Blaise. Furthermore, he kidnapped John and eavesdropped on us. However, of all his actions, the one I have not been able to get out of my mind... ...is how he brought an unconscious Kay to the roof.)</span> ...............The Giant Monster.
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Kay:<br>
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Huh? ...Did you just say something?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(That's right. The key to exposing the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span>... is in the monster's true form.)</span>
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Simon:<br>
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Ah... I-I almost forgot! Um, if you'd like... Please come to our next show! I-I'll also... be performing in it.
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Regina:<br>
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The Berry Big Circus is always fabulous and fun for all ages!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Ms. Swift, there is something I would like to ask of you.
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Nicole:<br>
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Wh-What! Ya mean me?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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You said that you recorded the <span style="color:#E16935">sound of Moozilla spewing flames</span>.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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...Would this decisive evidence of yours be something you recorded on that tape recorder?
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Nicole:<br>
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That's Mr. Edgeworth for ya! Yer good at figurin' things out, aren't ya!? It's the sound of Moozilla spewin' out fire. This place nearly became a sea of flames!
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Nicole:<br>
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That's right. I ain't actually seen it with my own eyes, though...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Could you let us listen to the tape?
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Nicole:<br>
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Sure thing. ...There we go!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(This sound, it's as I thought...! So, it seems that my reasoning was correct. The true nature of the monster and the mastermind... all of my logic is coming together!)</span> Ms. Hart! You said that you captured a giant eye on film, did you not?
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Lotta:<br>
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Sure did, right here in this photo.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(Though we cannot confirm it like this...)</span> Detective Gumshoe!
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Gumshoe:<br>
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Yes, sir!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Lend us your film analysis device!
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Gumshoe:<br>
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OK, but... What do you want to analyze, sir?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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This photo, please!
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Gumshoe:<br>
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I'm on it!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(Is there a new clue in this photo?)</span>
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"Th-This is...!"
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Kay:<br>
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I can't really tell since the person is wearing a raincoat... ...but, this should be Ms. Crane before she died, right?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Indeed. She was Mr. Cameron's love interest. He was murdered 12 years ago.
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Kay:<br>
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And she was murdered while investigating the mysteries of that past case... I'm sure she must've been very sad and frustrated by all that happened... We're... gonna finish what Ms. Crane set out to do! Right, Mr. Edgeworth?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Indeed. That was my intention all along. Just leave it to me.
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''Leads back to:''<br/>
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"(Is there a new clue in this photo?)"
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Kay:<br>
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Ah! It's a ladder! We climbed up this ladder earlier, right!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Yes, we did. {{Color|#0070C0|(...Countless times since yesterday.)}}
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Kay:<br>
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Take a look at this ladder... It's not bad, per se, but you can see how the gap between the steps is a little too wide. And these handrails would be way easier to grasp if they were just a bit more rounded. And also, the steps don't fell quite right when you're climbing on them for some reason. Hmm. I don't want to be too critical, so I'll give it around... 198 points!
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{{Color|#0070C0|(...Out of what?)}}
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"(Is there a new clue in this photo?)"
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Gumshoe:<br>
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Th-This is...!
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Lotta:<br>
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See!? Ain't the Moozilla's eye right where I said it would be!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Heh... I see. I have finally grasped... ...the true form of the <span style="color:#E16935">giant monster</span> that was being controlled by the mastermind!
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Lotta:<br>
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.......G
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Nicole:<br>
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.....G-G
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Gumshoe:<br>
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...G-G-G
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Kay:<br>
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Giant Monster!?
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[[File:Holdit.gif]]
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Lotta:<br>
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A-Are ya admittin' it? You are, ain't ya!? Yer admittin' that the Mighty Moozilla is real!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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No... This is not Moozilla. This is the <span style="color:#E16935">eye of a different monster</span>. Please have a look at this.
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Kay:<br>
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It's a flyer for the Berry Big Circus...? Aah! Th-This is...!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Precisely. There is a rather large balloon with the head of a lion pictured here. This balloon is the true identity of the <span style="color:#E16935">Giant Monster</span>! In addition, the sound Ms. Swift recorded, which she believes to be Moozilla spewing flames...
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Nicole:<br>
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Mr. Prosecutor... don't tell me, yer gonna say somethin' that'll shatter my dreams of a scoop...
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Gumshoe:<br>
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Hot air balloons fly by using burners to hear the air, right, sir?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Precisely, Detective. The <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span> used this monster of his... ...to bring Kay to the rooftop of the Grand Tower without using the elevator!
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Kay:<br>
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Wouldn't that mean... that the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span> is someone connected to the circus?
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Ray:<br>
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He's a member of the circus, Knightley's friend, and... Dane Gustavia's son. Wh... Who'd have thunk it...!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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An apprentice beast tamer? Heh..... He's no amateur. For the beast he has tamed is none other than this entire case! Simon Keyes! He is the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span> behind this whole incident!
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Kay:<br>
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M-Mr. Keyes... was really behind it all...? N-No way...! I don't believe it! I mean, we trusted him! How could it all have been a lie!? That's just... heartbreaking...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Kay.....
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[[File:Holdit.gif]]
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Hm...? What is it?
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John:<br>
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Hey, you! Stop! Where do you think you're going!?
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Dogen:<br>
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Keh heh heh heh... The boy with horns is rather perceptive. ...The good prosecutor has done a remarkable job. Now that I have heard that, I have no further business here.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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What... Wait! Dogen!
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Grrr... *ruff, ruff!*
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Lang:<br>
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Dammit! Where'd he vanish to!?
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Kay:<br>
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Mr. Edgeworth! Are you OK!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Yes, I'm fine. However...
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John:<br>
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.....That guy...!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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...John?
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John:<br>
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That Dogen guy... he's the one who killed my dad, right?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(There is no question more difficult to answer. However...)</span> There's no use in denying the truth. Yes, John... You are correct.
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John:<br>
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He'll pay for this... I swear he's gonna pay...! I... I'll make him pay myse...
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[[File:ZamvJ.png]]
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Courtney:<br>
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John! You mustn't finish that thought! ...Prosecutor Edgeworth. Please pay us no mind.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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......
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Gumshoe:<br>
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Sir! I've put out an APB on Dogen! All available police units will be searching for him!
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Lang:<br>
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...You heard the man, kid. I don't mean to be heartless, but we need to hurry, too. So Mr. Prosecutor, where's the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span> right now?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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...Agent Lang is right. Our top priority right now should be catching the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span>. He said he would be practicing. He is most likely at the Berry Big Circus tent. But first... Agent Lang, I have a request.
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Lang:<br>
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A request...? What is it?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Now that we've identified the Giant Monster, our next order of business... is to capture it. The moment we arrive at the tent, I need you to locate that specific item posthaste. And Detective, I ask that you perform a follow-up investigation on the kidnapping incident.
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Gumshoe:<br>
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Roger that, sir!
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Kay:<br>
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Mr. Edgeworth. I wanna help out too!
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Hmm. In that case, you'll be in charge of calling for backup. If he is truly the <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span>, we may require assistance from a certain someone... <span style="color:#0070C0">(I met him so many times, yet his facade always fooled me into sympathy. He may have got the better of me in the past... but this time, I'll settle it once and for all!)</span>
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<div style="text-align: right;">To be continued.</div>
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<center><span style="color:green">April 6, 5:30 PM<br>Berry Big Circus<br>Storage Tent</span></center>
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Regina:<br>
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Ah! Mr. Edgeworth!
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Simon:<br>
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Are you guys here for the show?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Mr. Keyes... Ms. Berry...
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Simon:<br>
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You're a little early... I'm sorry, but we're still getting ready... But, I'm so happy you came! You remembered our promise!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Yes, I remembered... You asked us to come and see the show when you gave me this.
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Simon:<br>
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...I'm so happy you came! Please enjoy yourselves! I'm sure my performance will surprise you, Mr. Edgeworth!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Your "performance" has already surprised me, Mr. Keyes.
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Simon:<br>
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..........
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Regina:<br>
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Umm. But he hasn't performed yet...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Regina. Please have a look at this photo. Is this balloon the property of the Berry Big Circus?
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Regina:<br>
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Ah! I-It is! Did you see it flying around somewhere?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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It's highly likely that this balloon was used by the culprit in the case we are investigating.
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Regina:<br>
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Huh!?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Who is in charge of the balloon?
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Regina:<br>
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Well, th-that would be S-Simon, but... A-Are you saying...!?
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Simon:<br>
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.........
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Mr. Keyes. You flew this balloon in the middle of the night. Did you not?
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Simon:<br>
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...I do occasionally practice alone at night. I'm not much of a pilot though. I'm... a little clumsy.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Heh. So for practice, you'll do something as challenging as flying a balloon at night? Wouldn't that be rather difficult for someone who is clumsy and "not much of a pilot"?
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Simon:<br>
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Then... what do you think I was doing, Mr. Edgeworth?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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You brought Kay to the roof of the Grand Tower... ...in order to frame her for the murder of Jill Crane! Not a single security camera recorded Kay using the elevator. Therefore, the only way she could have gotten up there was through flight. And the only one who could have flown her up there... was you, Mr. Keyes.
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Simon:<br>
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No way... Mr. Edgeworth, how can you say that?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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That's not all. You drugged John at the garbage pickup, and kidnapped him. Wasn't that why you were late when you came to watch the trial of Patricia Roland?
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Simon:<br>
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No way... I have no idea what you're saying. There's no way I could do things like that. Please believe me... Mr. Edgeworth, please!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I wanted to believe you. However... you have broken that trust yourself!
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Simon:<br>
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Th... That's horrible. Why would you say that? Didn't you once say that you would trust me? That you'd believe in me?
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Kay:<br>
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Don't you worry about that. We're your allies! That's because... we're like birds of a feather! Right, Mr. Edgeworth?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(Birds of a feather, huh? ...I suppose that's true.)</span> We have sufficient information about your past. I doubt you had a motive to kill Knightley. Rather, you are probably the most affected by his death. And I doubt someone as timid as you could work up the courage to murder someone. Alright. I'll get you out of here. ...We'll believe in you.
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Simon:<br>
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I'm so sad... Those words were all lies...
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Kay:<br>
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I-It wasn't a lie! We really did trust you...!
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Simon:<br>
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Kay, even you? You said we were like birds of a feather, and yet... I'm hurt, Kay. You've hurt me deeply...
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Kay:<br>
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I-I-I... oooooh... Hey, Mr. Edgeworth. Maybe Simon isn't a bad guy after all...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I see. So that's how you operate. I understand now, all too well. No matter who you face, you find an emotional weakness and exploit it. You guide each person towards the outcome you desire, without them even noticing it. That... is how you were able to <span style="color:#E16935">mastermind</span> the entire case!
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Simon:<br>
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........
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I may have fallen for your tricks before... but, not this time. Simon Keyes. I indict you!
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Simon:<br>
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...........Hmm. So, it's come to this after all. You were always so full of confidence, Mr. Edgeworth. But, I rather like that. Because now... I can rip that confidence to shreds. Hah... Good work, everyone.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(Ngh..... His personality has completely changed!)</span> So, the animal tamer who could not tame animals... That was all a facade. This is the real Simon Keyes.
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Regina:<br>
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S-Simon! That's not... true, is it!?
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Simon:<br>
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Truth or lie... What difference does it make?
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Regina:<br>
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Huh!?
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Simon:<br>
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Mr. Edgeworth's just made me a little upset, that's all. Keh heh heh heh. ...You'll take responsibility for upsetting me, right?
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<center><span style="color:#E16935">-- Balloon Practice --</span></center>
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Simon:<br>
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It's true. I practiced with the balloon two nights ago.<br>
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That photo must have been taken when the balloon and I passed near the building.<br>
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I often fly around that area for advertising purposes.<br>
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There's nothing unusual about that, right?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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You often fly around the Grand Tower in the balloon?
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Simon:<br>
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Yeah. Even the circus needs to advertise.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Regina, is that true?
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Regina:<br>
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Y-Yup. It was Simon's job to advertise using the balloon. Most people who live around here should have seen it.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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That balloon was used in the crime we were investigating.
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Simon:<br>
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Like I said, it's just a coincidence. I simply happened to pass by the Grand Tower when that photo was taken.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I shall determine whether or not it was a coincidence after I hear your full story.
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<center><span style="color:#E16935">-- Balloon Practice --</span></center>
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Simon:<br>
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<span style="color:green">It's true. I practiced with the balloon two nights ago.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Was the balloon launched from this tent?
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Simon:<br>
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There's a nice, big park near the Sunshine Coliseum. I always launch the balloon there.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I see. In that case, how do you transport the balloon to the park?
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Simon:<br>
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Well, it's too heavy to carry by hand. It weighs several hundred pounds. And yet, it can fly in the sky... Amazing, isn't it?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I asked you how you transported it. Now answer the question.
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Simon:<br>
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Aww, I can't even make some small talk...? You're mean, Mr. Edgeworth. I used a truck. The balloon is loaded onto the back of the truck.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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A truck...?
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Simon:<br>
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Yeah. The last time I took the truck and the balloon out was two days ago.
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"The last time I took the truck and the balloon out was two days ago."
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Simon:<br>
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<span style="color:green">The last time I took the truck and the balloon out was two days ago.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Allow me to confirm... You haven't driven the truck since then?
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Simon:<br>
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Do you really need to confirm that? I mean, I just said it five seconds ago.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Answer the question. Or would it be inconvenient for you to do so?
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Simon:<br>
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Ha ha. That's a pretty weak provocation, coming from you, Mr. Edgeworth! What could be inconvenient about something I've already said? Fine, I get it... That truck has been parked behind the dressing rooms since two days ago. And the balloon and basket are still inside. Is there a problem?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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There's no problem. I simply wanted to express my thanks for that piece of testimony. (So the truck was parked here for the past two days... Heh! That was exactly what I wanted to hear, Mr. Keyes!)}}
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...May I continue? So then, regarding the balloon...
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"The truck you put the balloon into. Was it blue, by any chance?"
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Simon:<br>
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<span style="color:green">That photo must have been taken when the balloon and I passed near the building.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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You're saying it was simply a coincidence that you were photographed near the tower?
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Simon:<br>
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Ah, I get it. I know how you operate now, Mr. Edgeworth. You'll insist that a coincidence is impossible until you get your way. When you say it like that, everything will inevitably go your way! How scary!
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Kay:<br>
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Ugh! You're wrong! Mr. Edgeworth isn't like that...
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Kay, calm down. He's only trying to provoke an emotional response. He intends to goad us into losing our focus, in order to derail the topic at hand. ...Now, why do you think he would do that?
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Kay:<br>
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Umm, because he's a clown...? No, I mean, because he's trying to hide something, I guess?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Exactly, Kay. We must not let up on him. However, we must continue to keep our composure... Understand?
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Kay:<br>
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Yep! So, Simon. Allow me, as the assistant, to ask you a question! When you passed by the Grand Tower at that precise moment, was it really just a coincidence?
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Simon:<br>
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...We could've just left things at that. But... ...for the sake of your assistant, I shall explain my reason for being there.
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Simon:<br>
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<span style="color:green">I often fly around that area for advertising purposes.</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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So, in addition to advertising with the balloon, maintaining the balloon is also your job. Am I wrong?
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Simon:<br>
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You're a real stickler for the details, y'know. Yeah, that's right. Ask the boss if you want. ...Right, Boss?
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Regina:<br>
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Yup. Simon is in charge of cleaning and fixing and all that stuff with the balloon. I don't think anyone besides Simon has used the balloon for a while now.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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{{Color|#0070C0|(...Hmm. That confirms he was the one riding the balloon in the photo taken two days ago. However, if he is the {{Color|#E16935|mastermind}}, he must have used it today as well. Am I able to prove that?)}}
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Simon:<br>
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Looks like you're deep in thought... Is it really that hard to comprehend? Hot air balloons fly in the sky. And in other news, the sky is blue and the grass is green.
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Simon:<br>
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<span style="color:green">There's nothing unusual about that, right?</span>
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I wonder about that. You flew the balloon in the middle of the night, eerily close to a certain other incident... Would you say there's nothing strange about that, as well?
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Simon:<br>
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Mr. Edgeworth, isn't that like a really leading question? Won't you please stop being such a naughty prosecutor? It's kind of downer. It's a clown's job to put smiles on people's faces, after all.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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{{Color|#0070C0|(Hmm... He ducks and weaves around my questions skillfully. Very well. In that case, I will simply have to make use of a more direct attack!)}}
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Edgeworth:<br>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">(We still don't know much about the balloon. In any case, I must draw out more information...)</span>
   
 
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Indeed. In that case, I'll have to face him head-on!
 
Indeed. In that case, I'll have to face him head-on!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Dogen, what do you think of this piece of evidence?
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Dogen:<br>
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Ask as you will, I am still lacking in sight. However... ...if one would like to retract that, now would be the proper time to do so, wouldn't you think?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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M... Mmph. {{Color|#0070C0|(Is he trying to say I was wrong?)}}
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Dogen:<br>
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Although, if one were to retract it, perhaps one should not have brought it out to begin with. Right, Anubis? Right, boy?
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Lang:<br>
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That old man really doesn't miss a beat, does he?
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{{Color|#0070C0|(I was overwhelmed and put the evidence back into my Organizer... I should probably think things over a little more carefully.)}}
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Dogen! There is a clear contradiction in your testimony!
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Dogen:<br>
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There is no need to raise your voice. I can hear the good prosecutor perfectly well. Talking so loud only makes it harder to conceal your mistakes.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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...Argh! {{Color|#0070C0|(I guess that was his roundabout way of saying I was wrong!)}}
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Gumshoe:<br>
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You can't let an old man like that beat you, Mr. Edgeworth!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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{{Color|#0070C0|(My opponent is not an ordinary old man. However, I will prove that I can break his testimony without fail!)}}
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Dogen, there is a contradiction in your testimony!
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Dogen:<br>
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I can't see any problems, but... Anubis, what do you think? Heh... Anubis also says there is no contradiction.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Nnghhoooh! {{Color|#0070C0|(Refuted by a dog!)}}
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Kay:<br>
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He can talk to the dog, just like John can talk with the Mighty Moozilla!
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John:<br>
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Hmph... Don't put me in the same class as gramps.
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{{Color|#0070C0|(Talking with dogs aside... I need to think things over one more time.)}}
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Mr. Keyes. Could you take a look at this piece of evidence?
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Simon:<br>
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Well... what about it, Mr. Edgeworth?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Don't you understand? The significance of this piece of evidence.
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Simon:<br>
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No, I don't get it! But you don't get it either, do you, Mr. Edgeworth!?
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Gaaaargh! {{Color|#0070C0|(So it wasn't this...)}}
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Kay:<br>
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Mr. Edgeworth! Don't get caught up in your opponent's face!
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Indeed. It seems I was a bit too careless. Simon Keyes! You won't get the better of me!
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Attaboy, Mr. Edgeworth! Steal the truth! For great justice!
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Mr. Keyes. This piece of evidence...
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Simon:<br>
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Mr. Edgeworth. Why don't you take that back?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I haven't said anything yet!
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Simon:<br>
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You don't have to say anything. After all... ...the look on your face tells me you're about to make an idiotic stuff.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Nwargh! {{Color|#0070C0|(What's wrong with my face!?)}}
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Ray:<br>
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He's one tough cookie, but... Miles, you'll be okay, right?
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Edgeworth:<br>
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I'll be fine, Mr. Shields. I won't give up here.
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Ray:<br>
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He he heh. I thought you'd say that. Uncle Ray believes in you. You're an Edgeworth, after all. I'm sure you'll reveal the whole truth for us!
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Indeed. I shall expose the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!
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Simon Keyes! Your statement contradicts this evidence!
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Simon:<br>
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Really now? What do you think, Ms. Courtney?
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Courtney:<br>
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M-Me...? Prosecutor Edgeworth... I'm terribly sorry, but... ...I do not believe there is any correction.
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Edgeworth:<br>
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Gaaargh! {{Color|#0070C0|(So I was mistaken...)}}
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Simon:<br>
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Gyahahaha! Even your little support team is rejecting your arguments, Mr. Edgeworth! Just what I'd expect from the GENIUS prosecutor! There's no way I could EVER mimic YOU!
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Kay:<br>
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Simon thinks he's already won. Are you fine with that!?
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Hmph. I won't back down now. Let's silence him with evidence!
 
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Part 1 Part 2


April 6, 2:52 PM
Outside Grand Tower
Temporary Film Lot

Powers:
Uh, umm. Could you please give it a rest already?

Lotta:
The heck? I'm tellin' y'all, it's best for all y'alls sake to come clean!

Nicole:
The staff has their lips sealed shut as the reporters continue their tenacious negotiations!

Officer:
...If you're not here to cooperate with the investigation, I must ask you to vacate the premises.

Lotta:
...Put a sock in it, copper! Y'all couldn't even stop Moozilla's invasion!

Nicole:
Not only did they secretly raise a giant monster, but now the staff is tryin' to cover it up...?

Penny:
Like I said, we haven't been raising any monsters here at the film lot!

Lotta:
But ain't ya said ya done saw Gourdy yerself!?

Penny:
Sure, I saw it... but it's not like we were keeping it at the film lot!

???:
Mind if we butt in?

Penny:
Ah! Mr. Edgeworth!

Powers:
And John...!

Lotta:
Oh! Y'all come here to search for the monster too?

Lang:
We're searching for a criminal, not a monster. Lang Zi says: "The darkness inside a criminal's heart can be likened to a monster!" Well, when it comes to killing people, criminals aren't much different from monsters.

Officer:
A-Agent Lang! This is a problem! I can't let outsiders enter the crime scene...!

Lang:
These are all key figures in the case. I'd like them to be here when the investigation resumes.

Edgeworth:
Agent Lang. Regarding what you said about resuming the investigation... Where do you intend to start?

Lang:
We'll start by reviewing the case. Today, the body of President Huang was found here at the film lot. The president's whereabouts from two nights ago are still unknown.

Edgeworth:
It seems he snuck out from under the eyes of his bodyguards and ventured outside.

Lang:
And that night was the last time he was seen alive. It was when he met with you, Judge Courtney, on the roof of the Grand Tower.

John:
!

Courtney:
......

Lang:
So, why did you meet with the president?

Courtney:
That... I cannot say.

Edgeworth:
(You can't tell us, even under suspicion of murder?)

John:
...Can't say? Why not?

Kay:
Ms. Courtney! If you don't say anything, you'll be more suspicious!

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
Hah! She must have a reason to clam up! I think you're somehow involved in the president's assassination.

Edgeworth:
Objection

Edgeworth:
The president's body was only discovered today. That still leaves a blank of one whole day after Judge Courtney met with him unaccounted for!

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
Don't be so impatient. We're gonna fill in that blank right here, right now. The evening on that blank day in question is what's important... What happened here last night? So, why don't you tell us? John Marsh!

John:
Me?

Lang:
We know you were here last night.

Courtney:
Wh-What... John was... here?

Lang:
Between that little missy's testimony and the footprints we found, we can easily prove it.

Penny:
John, you were rehearsing here last night, right?

John:
...You were spying on me?

Penny:
Ah, umm, I'm sorry. I just came to check up on things. You really shouldn't be staying up so late, you know...

John:
Mind your own business.

Courtney:
John Marsh! That young lady was worried about you. You will not speak to her like that!

John:
.......Sorry.

Courtney:
How many times have I told you to be more mindful of the way you speak?

Kay:
It is just me, or does Ms. Courtney's personality seem kind of different?

Edgeworth:
She seems to be as strict with her own son as she is with those who violate the law.

Courtney:
Are you listening to me? And earlier, as well...


John:
.....

Courtney:
You should always bear that in mind, no matter the occasion...

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
...Can we get on with the investigation already?

Courtney:
Ah! ...Pardon me.

Edgeworth:
(For Judge Courtney to get carried away like that... This must be her motherly side.) Agent Lang. Do you suspect John?

Lang:
All I want is the truth. Why was the president killed...? And I want to know who killed him... I'll do whatever it takes to find out.

Edgeworth:
(It seems the president was like family to him...) John... Would it be alright if we asked you a few questions?

John:
...Sure. It's fine. I've got nothing to hide anyway.


-- John's Rehearsal --

John:
I wasn't feeling too great during yesterday's shoot, so I made a few bloopers.
They're reshooting the scene today, so...
Well, I decided to rehearse a little on my own. That's all.
I do it all the time. There wasn't anything out of the ordinary.


Courtney:
You were rehearsing alone that late at night...? John. When I called you last night, you told me you were at the hotel...

Edgeworth:
You called him? About what time was that?

Courtney:
I believe it was around 11 PM. I require him to call me every night. That's our rule whenever he stays away from home.

John:
...The truth is, I was at the film lot during that time.

Courtney:
So you lied to me...!

John:
.......... I'm sorry.

Kay:
Ms. Courtney sure is angry. I think it's admirable that he practiced on his own, even if he hid it from his mom.

Edgeworth:
I'm sure she was simply worried. Who knows what could have happened to him, out alone so late at night? And in reality, he did get caught up in yesterday's incident...

Kay:
But John said, "there wasn't anything out of the ordinary", right?

Edgeworth:
(Is that really the truth?)


Rebuttal
-- John's Rehearsal --

John:
I wasn't feeling too great during yesterday's shoot, so I made a few bloopers.

John:
They're reshooting the scene today, so...

John:
Well, I decided to rehearse a little on my own. That's all.

John:
I do it all the time. There wasn't anything out of the ordinary.

Edgeworth:
So there was nothing out of the ordinary...?

Kay:
He doesn't know anything at all about the incident. That's the impression I'm getting. But isn't there evidence that shows something did happen last night?

Edgeworth:
Yes... I don't have time to waste dealing with a child's lies. Let's present the contradiction.


Lang:
Wait up...

Edgeworth:
? Agent Lang?

Lang:
Heh heh heh. It's as I thought. Thank you, Mr. Prosecutor. This video backs up my logic.

Kay:
Huh!? Is there something in the video that's related to the case?

Lang:
Yeah... Take a good, hard look at the monster costume in the top-left.

Kay:
The Moozilla costume...?

Lang:
Try comparing it with the one over there right now.

Kay:
Hmm? It looks like it's just hanging there limply though. And the zipper on its back is zipped up tightly.

Edgeworth:
(Zipper on its back...?) Wha! (Th-This discrepancy is...!)

Lang:
Yeah. The difference is plain to see. In the video, the zipper is clearly open! That's right... Someone was inside.

Kay:
WHAAAAAAAT!

Edgeworth:
Mr. Powers! Is the costume's zipper usually...?

Powers:
It's always zipped up tightly when it's not in use...

Lang:
Mr. Prosecutor. Do you remember? My logic from before...


Lang:
Two nights ago, Courtney pushed the president off the roof and killed him. Afterwards, she snuck into the film lot to hide the body.

Edgeworth:
In here?

Lang:
Wouldn't it be easy to hide a body in costume or behind all this equipment? Then, all she had to do last night was retrieve the body.


Edgeworth:
You're saying the body... was hidden inside the costume?

Lang:
Yeah, that's right! Judge Courtney! Two nights ago, you pushed the president off the roof of the tower. You then hid the body inside the monster costume!

Courtney:
I... I did no such thing!

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
Say what you want, but you're the only one who could've done it!

Edgeworth:
Objection

Edgeworth:
That should have already been proven impossible. The film lot was locked at the time! Judge Courtney could not have entered this place!

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
...And what if there was an accomplice?

Edgeworth:
What?

Lang:
I'll tell you my reasoning, so listen up.


-- Mother and Son Theory --

Lang:
When the president was pushed off the roof, John was waiting at the film lot.
If John was an accomplice, the problem with the locks would be resolved.
The two of them then hid the president's body.
Inside that monster costume over there...


Edgeworth:
You think this crime had such an elaborate plan?

Lang:
To take the life of a nation's president. An elaborate plan is to be expected, don't you think?

Courtney:
ZamvJ

Courtney:
John would never... take part in such a crime!

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
You're the one being suspected. Your words don't carry much weight!

Edgeworth:
I wouldn't think those two had sufficient motive for something like this, though?

Lang:
Well, maybe they had a motive that we didn't know about? You were the last one to meet with the president. And you're still keeping the details secret. Don't you think it's only natural that you're being suspected?

Courtney:
......

Edgeworth:
Judge Courtney. Is there no way for you to tell us your secret.

Courtney:
M-My apologies. I just cannot, no matter what... However, when the time I can talk about it comes, I will surely let you know. So, if you could please...

Lang:
Believe you? Is that what you wanted to say? That's what all criminals say. And you, pup... If you've got an explanation, hurry up and spit it out.

John:
Hmph. I didn't do nothing. ...That's all I'm saying.

Lang:
Both mother and son won't talk. You still gonna defend 'em like this?

Edgeworth:
It's true, Judge Courtney's actions are a mystery... ...however, we still don't know whether or not that ties in with a motive for murder.

Lang:
Yeah, that's right. Their motive for murder can wait. For now, let's talk about the situation surrounding the crime. ...And the fact that these two are the only ones who could've done it!


Rebuttal
-- Mother and Son Theory --

Lang:
When the president was pushed off the roof, John was waiting at the film lot.

Lang:
If John was an accomplice, the problem with the locks would be resolved.

Lang:
The two of them then hid the president's body.

Lang:
Inside that monster costume over there...

Lang:
There's dirt inside the costume. It must have gotten there when the body was hidden inside.

Kay:
Mr. Lang's logic does seem to make sense...

Edgeworth:
Indeed, if those two were accomplices, the crime certainly would have been possible. So it would be useless to argue that point.

Kay:
In that case, what should we do?

Edgeworth:
Firstly, we should have Agent Lang explain his reasoning in more detail. Let's draw out more information.


Edgeworth:
Dirt got onto the costume when the body was hidden inside it... Is that really the case?

Lang:
You have a problem with that?

Edgeworth:
There is a fair amount of dirt inside the front of the costume.

Kay:
Yeah, that IS a lot of dirt...

Edgeworth:
However, I would like you to focus on the state the body is in. It's lying on top of the dirt, and yet there's no dirt on the front of the body. If the body really was inside the costume... ...then it's strange that the front of the body isn't stained with more dirt!

Lang:
Rrgh! Well then, how would you explain it? How did the dirt get inside the costume!?

Edgeworth:
(From the video footage, it's very likely that someone was inside the costume. But just who could it have been...?)

Kay:
Hmm... Where have I seen this?

Edgeworth:
What's the matter, Kay?

Kay:
I just feel like I remember seeing something that looked like this dirt somewhere before... ...but where was it? There were these bits of gray fragments mixed in with the dirt.

Edgeworth:
(Gray... fragments? There does seem to be something other than normal dirt mixed into it...)

Kay:
Something must've gotten stuck to it, and lots of it I might add. Hmm...

Edgeworth:
(Something got stuck to it? This may merit a closer look. Where did we see dirt that looks like what's stuck on the inside of the costume...?)

Edgeworth:
This dirt... has some gray bits mixed into it.

Lang:
Huh? And what of it?

Edgeworth:
We found an item belonging to a certain man, that was covered in the same type of dirt. That is to say, these gloves.

Lang:
Those dirt stains... certainly look the same. But, tell me... Just what exactly is this grey substance!?

Edgeworth:
This grey substance is...

Edgeworth:
This grey substance must be fragments of concrete.

Kay:
You mean... the stuff that was scattered around the monster's footprints?

Edgeworth:
Exactly. Meanwhile, who do these gloves, which are stained with the same kind of dirt, belong to?

Kay:
Oh, I remember! We found it at Blaise's place!

Edgeworth:
Earlier today, we went to Blaise's garage. There, we discovered these dirt-stained gloves. Come to think of it, there were also hammers, shovels, and other tools placed inside, as well. Why would mechanic's gloves, intended to be used on machines, be covered in dirt? If he broke the concrete with the hammer, and then dug into the soil with the shovel... ...then it's only natural for dirt like that to get on the gloves.

Kay:
Then, maybe...!

Edgeworth:
Yes. The true nature of the monster's footprints... has been made clear. It's possible that these footprints were dug up by Blaise Debeste himself.

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
It's possible...? Hmph! It's possible, you say!? Please do enlighten me. 'Cuz I honestly have no clue! Why on earth would he do something like that?

Edgeworth:
(Why did he make the monster footprints? Thinking about it, the answer must be...)

Edgeworth:
It probably went something like this. Last night at this spot, there was something that Blaise needed to dig up. For that reason, he broke the lock on the back door ans sneaked into the film lot... Using the hammer and shovel, he set to work. He placed the items he dug up into his bag, but before he could fill in the holes...

Kay:
Ah! That's when John came to practice!

Edgeworth:
Exactly. Blaise panicked, and had no choice but to hide himself in the Moozilla costume nearby.

Lang:
Grr... To think you would deduce so much from just a pair of dirt-stained gloves... However! All of this is merely a possibility! There's still no proof that he was the one who was hiding inside that costume! For all we know, he might've left the scene once he finished digging!

Edgeworth:
Objection

Edgeworth:
On the contrary. Such proof does exist, and can be seen... in the video. When this video was recorded, Blaise was definitely inside the film lot.

Lang:
Whaaaaat!?

Edgeworth:
(Though I can't blame Agent Lang for not noticing... ...the difference between the current flim lot... ...and the one in John's video. Along with the state of Blaise's garage... ...it's all too clear that Blaise was still here!) What proves that Blaise was still at the film lot when this video was recorded?

Edgeworth:
This bag placed near the costume... There was an identical one inside Blaise's garage.

Lang:
!

Edgeworth:
First, the dirt on the gloves, and now the bag... It seems there is a connection.

Mechanic's Gloves data updated in my Organizer.

Edgeworth:
And that's my proof. Blaise was inside the costume. Ergo, the president's body could not have been hidden inside it!

Lang:
Aiyaaaaaaaaa!

Edgeworth:
(It seems I was able to refute Agent Lang's reasoning.)

Gumshoe:
Someone needs to go investigate Blaise's house right away, pal! We need to know what was inside that bag!

Officer:
Yessir!

Holdit

Lotta:
Y'all pipe down and listen up! Y'all just been sayin' whatever works best for y'all!

Edgeworth:
(...And the noisy one returns.)

Lotta:
That there's the footprints of the Mighty Moozilla! They ain't just some random holes dug up by that old coot!

Edgeworth:
Hmph. I believe the true nature of these footprints has already been proven quite logically.

Lotta:
Logic schmogic, I ain't buyin' it! Say whatcha want, but I know what I saw, and I saw Moozilla!

Edgeworth:
(Is she referring to how she saw Moozilla out of the window of the Grand Tower...? Preposterous.)

Nicole:
Upon our journalist's souls, we ain't havin' none of it!

Edgeworth:
(That statement is an insult to journalists everywhere...)

Nicole:
Ah! That's right! There's more to them monsters than just those footprints! I remember hearin' that sonny over there was seen with the monster earlier! I reckon that gal over there said she witnessed it herself!

Edgeworth:
(When these two are together, all meaningful talk grinds to a halt...)

Kay:
If we only knew just what the "monster" really was, I think those two would quiet down. Mr. Edgeworth, isn't there anything you can do?

Edgeworth:
(The monster's true identity...?) We don't have much choice... Let's see what we can do.

Lotta:
Isn't there somethin' y'all ain't tellin' us about the monster!? Nicole! Ask 'em! Ask 'em right now!

Edgeworth:
Holdit

Edgeworth:
....Please settle down. Regarding the true identity of that "monster", I already know what it is.

Lotta:
Wha'd ya say!?

Edgeworth:
That's right. The video John recorded provided the hint that I needed...

Lotta:
Whatchu talkin' bout?

Edgeworth:
(Ms. Nichols saw Gourdy... ...when she went to check up on John's practice. At that times, she mistook "something" for Gourdy.) The "monster" can be seen in this photograph.

Lotta:
What!? Ain't that just some plain old souvenir photo!? Y'all don't really think ya can pull the wool over the eyes of a pro like me, do ya?

Edgeworth:
(What did Ms. Nichols really see, that she mistook for Gourdy?)

Edgeworth:
Naturally... Gourdy's true identity was... ...this camera crane!

Lotta:
Wh-What!?

Edgeworth:
The video John recorded was shot from fairly high up. A shot from this position would be impossible without a camera crane.

Holdit

Nicole:
But...! There ain't no way Ms. Nichols would mistake a camera crane for Gourdy!

Edgeworth:
Objection

Edgeworth:
I wonder about that. ...Ms. Nichols.

Penny:
Y-Yes!

Edgeworth:
Earlier, you said the prescription for your glasses didn't match your eyesight anymore, correct?

Penny:
Yes. Lately, it seems like my eyesight has suddenly gotten a lot worse.

Edgeworth:
So would you say that you weren't able to see Gourdy very clearly in the dark?

Penny:
That's right... Its silhouette was all I could make out...

Nicole:
But, remember what Ms. Nichols said!? And I quote, "Its skin was really scaly... almost like a reptile..."!

Lotta:
Camera cranes ain't got no flesh on 'em, let alone skin! It's just a bare steel frame!

Edgeworth:
That is certainly true. At least, in the case of this photo... However, last night it did have skin.

Holdit

Lotta:
Y'all just doin' whatever ya can to get in the way of our big scoop, ain't ya!?

Edgeworth:
(That was not my intention... ...but since I've come this far, it's time to put an end to your nonsense.) Gourdy's skin is right before our very eyes. This is the "skin" of Gourdy that Ms. Nichols saw!

Edgeworth:
As Ms. Nichols stated in her testimony earlier, it looked like it was going to rain last night. While it never actually rained... ...John still covered the camera crane with a rainproof sheet. Which, to Ms. Nichols... looked like a monster's skin!

Nicole:
Whaaaaaaaat!

Lotta:
Y-Ya gotta be kiddin' meeee!

Edgeworth:
Isn't that right, John?

John:
Man, you saw through it all. .....Not bad, old man.

Edgeworth:
Unfortunately, the "Gourdy" that Ms. Nichols saw was nothing more than an illusion.

Lotta:
Not again... Looks like my dream has shriveled up and died once again...

Nicole:
M-Mentor!

Kay:
Seems like things have finally settled down.

Lotta:
I really thought the boy was hidin' somethin' from me... Guess I had it all wrong.

Lang:
...Now that we've figured out the true form of the monster, everyone seems refreshed.

Kay:
Actually, there's two people here who are totally bummed out.

Forensics:
Agent Lang! The report is in, sir! We've got the results of President Huang's autopsy!

Lang:
Good! Show it to me!


Lang:
"Contusions and bone fractures found across the body, resulting from tremendous pressure." So, this was the cause of death. In other words... he was crushed to death.

Edgeworth:
(I thought as much...)

Crime Scene Notes updated in my Organizer.

Lang:
The yellow stain on his chest is currently under investigation... ...but it seems that gunpowder residue was found on his right hand.

Kay:
Sunflower residue!? I didn't know the president was into gardening!

Edgeworth:
No, gunpowder residue. Traces of it are left behind when a gun is fired. Since it has been found on his right hand, it's possible that the president fired a gun.

Kay:
A gun, huh? But we didn't find any guns when we investigated this area.

Edgeworth:
(...Unexplained gunpowder residue? I'll have to look over the autopsy report later.) Now then, Agent Lang. It seems we have our answer. The president did not die from falling off the roof of the Grand Tower. Rather, he died from being crushed under Moozilla's head!

Lang:
I can't deny it... Looks like your logic was right after all.

Kay:
This means the suspicions surrounding Ms. Courtney should be cleared up, right!?

Edgeworth:
Yes... Not only the cause of death, but the time of death proves her innocence as well. Judge Courtney met with the president two nights ago. However, according to the autopsy report, the time of death was around 11 PM last night. Moozilla's head also fell last night... It matches up perfectly.

Kay:
That's a relief!

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
...Isn't it a bit too early to be relieved?

Edgeworth:
(Agent Lang?)

Lang:
The president died after being crushed by the Moozilla's head. That, I will admit. But the problem is, who was responsible for the falling head...?

Edgeworth:
Moozilla's head fell last night. And last night, the one who was at the film lot was...

Courtney:
ZamvJ

Courtney:
What are you saying!? Surely, you're not implying...

Lang:
That's right. You killed him, didn't you? John Marsh!

John:
........

Lang:
That pup is hiding something. He was at the scene where the body was discovered last night. He also saw the "footprints". And despite that, he still claims to know absolutely nothing about the incident? Isn't that a bit too convenient?

Edgeworth:
Objection

Edgeworth:
These footprint-shaped holes have not been proven to be related to the case! Just because he saw the holes, doesn't necessarily mean that he's involved in the incident!

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
You sure about that? Take a look at the pup's face.

John:
..............

Lang:
He looks pretty shaken up to me.

Edgeworth:
(It looks like he hit the mark... but John doesn't want to talk about it.)

Lang:
If he doesn't feel like talking, then I have an idea of my own. Let's check the tape.

Edgeworth:
Agent Lang. What is your intention?

Lang:
The police have a device that lets you analyze the video footage up close and personal.

Courtney:
Agent Lang. You would suspect John enough to go that far...

Edgeworth:
(As long as John's lips are sealed... ...this may be the only way for us to get closer to the truth.) Detective Gumshoe! If I'm not mistaken you have that device with you, correct?

Gumshoe:
Mr. Analysis is ready to go, sir!

Lang:
Now we're talking!

Courtney:
Prosecutor Edgeworth. Would you please perform the video analysis for us?

Edgeworth:
(She wants me to do it...?)

Courtney:
Who knows what kind of faults that wolf-man will find in it!

Edgeworth:
(This isn't exactly my strong suit, but I suppose I have no choice... Are there any new clues shown on the video?)

Edgeworth:
(Th-This is...!)

Kay:
What's the matter? I wanna see too! ...Hm? Eeeeeeeeeek!

Lang:
Hey! What's wrong!? Show it to me!

Courtney:
Prosecutor Edgeworth! I request you submit the evidence to the court!

Edgeworth:
...Please take a look at the top right corner of the zoomed-in video.

Lang:
Th-This... This person is...! ...th-the presideeeeeent!

Courtney:
Impossible!

John:
Huh!? N-No way!

Lang:
It seems we've finally found it at last. The evidence that points to the true killer...!

Edgeworth:
(This video places John at a major disadvantage...!)

John:
Y-You're wrong! That's not right! I didn't know anything about this!

Lang:
That's not gonna cut it. It's clear that you and the victim were together at the same place where his body was later found! John Marsh! There's no doubt. You killed the president!

Courtney:
N-No! This can't be...! Why, why would you...? John... please don't tell me... Did you really kill the president?

Kay:
Mr. Edgeworth! Is this really decisive evidence...?

Lang:
Mr. Prosecutor. Looks like even you can't object to this.

Edgeworth:
(Ngh...!)

Lang:
That pup said he didn't know anything, right? And yet, the president's right here in the video!

John:
........

Edgeworth:
John! What are you hiding?

Courtney:
John...! Please tell us the truth!

John:
.......... The truth is... The truth is... It's all my fault...

Courtney:
John Marsh! What did you do!?

John:
M-M-Moozilla's head falling was all my fault!


-- During the Rehearsal --

John:
While I was setting up the equipment on the roof, I used the heater...
After that, I went down to practice, but I forgot to turn it off.
Then my mom called me, so I left the film lot.
When I came back to the lot, after the phone call was over...
Moozilla's head that was on the roof had fallen...
And right next to it was the president, lying dead on the ground...


Courtney:
H-How can that be...?

Edgeworth:
I see. There were indeed traces that something had caught fire on the rooftop.

John:
..It was just a small fire, so I was able to put it out by myself.

Kay:
So... the president's death was John's fault?

Gumshoe:
But, wouldn't that make this an accident, sir?

Edgeworth:
...And then, what did you do with the fallen head?

John:
I took it apart, brought the pieces up to the roof, and put it back together.

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
So, you put out the fire, and even put the fallen head back on the roof. Which means you were hiding evidence... We can't be having that, you naughty little pup.

Holdit

John:
I didn't do it on purpose! I really did just forget to turn off the heater...


Edgeworth:
When the legs broke, the stand would have tilted. If Moozilla's head was on top of the stand...

Kay:
...it would've fallen off! So, the head fell down because of the fire!

Edgeworth:
Yes. And if that's the case, I also have a pretty good idea what caused the fire. There's a flammable can next to the heater. It seems someone is lacking in safety awareness.


Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
...Was it really just an accident? If that's the truth, then what was the president doing here?

John:
I-I don't know! There was no one else around when I was there!

Lang:
You expect me to believe that!? The president wouldn't have just come to a place like this without a reason, you know!

Edgeworth:
(Indeed, the president's reason for coming here is still a huge mystery... Two nights ago, he met with Judge Courtney on the roof of the Grand Tower... ...and last night, he was here at the film lot. Did he meet with John...? I'll have to listen to John's testimony very carefully...!)


Rebuttal
-- During the Rehearsal --

John:
While I was setting up the equipment on the roof, I used the heater...

John:
After that, I went down to practice, but I forgot to turn it off.

John:
Then my mom called me, so I left the film lot.

John:
When I came back to the lot, after the phone call was over...

John:
Moozilla's head that was on the roof had fallen...

John:
And right next to it was the president, lying dead on the ground...

John:
I didn't know right away that he was dead. There was no blood, and his clothes were spotless.

John:
But he wasn't breathing at all when I checked, so I knew he was already dead.

Kay:
It'd be pretty scary to see a corpse just suddenly appear out of the blue like that... Not to mention the fallen monster head lying next to the body.

Edgeworth:
Panic would certainly be an understandable response to such a situation.

Kay:
But still, all things considered... This was just an accident, right?

Edgeworth:
Indeed. That is, if we decide to take John's words at face value... (I wouldn't mind having some more concrete details on the state of the crime scene...)


Edgeworth:
His clothes were "spotless"...?

John:
Y... Yeah, that's right. You got a problem with it, old man?

Edgeworth:
John. It is painfully obvious that you are desperately trying to hide something from me.

John:
Wh-Wh-What are you going on about!? I-I'm not hiding anything!

Edgeworth:
You are hiding... ...something about this yellow stain on the president's clothes, correct?

John:
!

Edgeworth:
Why did you leave it entirely out of your testimony? The fact you made no mention of it only serves to cast more suspicion upon yourself!

John:
...Ugh! Th-That's because...

Edgeworth:
I hope you have a convincing explanation.

Courtney:
ZamvJ

Courtney:
........

Edgeworth:
Judge Courtney?

Courtney:
Allow me to explain.

Edgeworth:
Why are you...?

Courtney:
The yellow stain left on the president's chest... ...is almost certainly Lion Lily pollen.

Lang:
Lion Lily...?

Courtney:
When I met with the president on the roof of the Grand Tower two nights ago... ...I brought him a bouquet of Lion Lilies. Lion Lilies are beautiful flowers with stunning golden petals. Some of the pollen from the lilies must have gotten on the president's suit.

Kay:
Huh? But... ...I didn't see any lilies in the security footage though?

Courtney:
They were simply obscured by the president's body.

Edgeworth:
Why did you bring a bouquet?

Courtney:
Th-That..... I... I cannot say.

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
Hey, hey! You're keeping way too many secrets! You won't tell us why you met with the president OR the reason you brought him flowers!?

Courtney:
.....My apologies. However, I did give him the bouquet. That much is true.

Edgeworth:
Objection

Edgeworth:
But when the president's body was discovered, we didn't find any flowers.

Courtney:
I... I honestly don't know how that could be...

Lang:
Hah! Hey, Ms. Judge! All your answers have been too vague... You "can't say" this, and you "don't know" that! Do you accept flimsy testimony like that in your trials!?

Holdit

John:
Hey! Cut it out!

Courtney:
J... John!

John:
I... threw the flowers away.

Edgeworth:
You threw them away? So, there were flowers near the body when you found it?

John:
.....Yeah, that's right. They were right on top of the president's body. They had been crushed as flat as pancakes, though...

Kay:
Ah! I see! So the flowers were squashed by Moozilla's head too...

Edgeworth:
And a large amount of pollen got stuck to the president's suit. ...That seems to be the gist of it. However, why did you go out of your way to dispose of the flowers?

John:
..........No reason.

Edgeworth:
(So John's not going to tell us anything either...)

Kay:
I guess mother and son both have a lot of secrets, huh.

Courtney:
ZamvJ

Courtney:
That is not true. At the very least, I can tell you why John threw away those flowers.

Kay:
Huh!?

Courtney:
John. You saw me leaving the house with those flowers in hand, did you not?

John:
........

Kay:
Ah! I get it! John saw the flowers and thought of his mom!

Edgeworth:
...He threw them away in order to protect Judge Courtney from being suspected.

John:
Th-That's not true. You're all wrong!

Edgeworth:
(...That was his worst lie yet...)

Bouquet data jotted down in my Organizer.

Crime Scene Notes updated in my Organizer.

Courtney:
I often decorate our house with those flowers. The bouquet must have reminded him of me.

Lang:
So the pup just happens to find the flowers from his mother's bouquet on top of the body... That's why he threw them away and kept silent about the body? Hah! That's a tidy little story if I've ever heard one.

Kay:
And what's wrong with that!? I suppose you prefer untidy, messy stories, Agent Lang?

Lang:
Don't tell me you've forgotten already, Missy? This pup confessed that he caused the monster's head to fall last night.

Kay:
Oooh... That's true, but...

Lang:
He's currently the only suspect in the president's murder!

Edgeworth:
Objection

Edgeworth:
(Hmm. It is true that there are many reasons to suspect John...) ...However! There is someone other than John who is far more suspicious!

Lang:
What'd you say?

Edgeworth:
John himself was kidnapped by that very person not too long ago.

Gumshoe:
And we rescued him from the refrigerated warehouse near the harbor, pal!

Lang:
A refrigerated warehouse?

Gumshoe:
That's right, pal! The refrigeration wasn't turned on, so he wasn't about to freeze to death... ...but if he hadn't yelled out for help, we would've never found him.

Kay:
Once the sleeping drugs wore off, he was finally able to call out for help.

Edgeworth:
Sleeping drugs... huh. If I recall correctly, when you were kidnapped...

Kay:
That's right! There was a bottle lying on the floor of the refrigerated warehouse... I think it was the same thing that was used one me not long ago. That Sleepy zZz stuff! It's super powerful!

Sleeping Drugs data jotted down in my Organizer.

Edgeworth:
How about it, Agent Lang? John is clearly a victim. There is a mastermind at work behind the scenes of this case.

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
I don't know anything about this so-called "mastermind". You say they were here last night?

Edgeworth:
I... still don't know for sure yet...

Lang:
Hah! It's not like you to be so vague, Mr. Prosecutor!

Edgeworth:
(...Indeed, I still don't have any evidence that ties the mastermind to this murder... Is there someone else? Is there anyone besides John who had the opportunity to murder the president...? That's it...!)

Lang:
...As I thought. In the end, that pup is our only suspect.

Edgeworth:
Objection

Edgeworth:
Isn't there one more suspect, Agent Lang...?

Lang:
What's this!?

Edgeworth:
Didn't we prove it earlier? Last night, there was one more person here!

Lang:
.....Blaise Debeste. You're saying he's the one who did it?

Edgeworth:
Last night, John was not alone. Blaise Debeste was here too. Shouldn't we consider him to be a new suspect?

Lang:
Blaise Debeste... killed the president!?

Edgeworth:
It's entirely possible.

Lang:
........ .....Blaise Debeste... It can't be...! The same guy from 12 years ago?

Edgeworth:
(Hm? 12 years ago? That keeps popping up...)


Lang:
......Well. A lot has changed. It all happened over 12 years ago. Back then, he and my old man were close friends, and our clan protected the president's life.


Roland:
Lang...? Don't tell me you're... the one from 12 years ago...?

Lang:
You got it. Ain't this nice? Now you're finally going to prison, where you belong. Twelve years is a long time coming for a suspended sentence. Don't you agree?


Edgeworth:
Agent Lang! What happened 12 years ago?

Lang:
.....Nothing that concerns you.

Edgeworth:
On the contrary. It might just have some sort of connection with this case.

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
.....Hmph. And I suppose you have some proof, Mr. Prosecutor? Show me evidence that there's a connection between this case and the one 12 years ago!

Edgeworth:
Evidence... you say?

Lang:
If you don't have any evidence, then there's no point in talking about it.

Edgeworth:
(Is there any evidence that connects this case with what happened 12 years ago?)

Edgeworth:
Agent Lang... Something big is happening here. Jill Crane's murder two days ago. And now, the president's murder today. There has to be some connection there. And the key to solving it lies in what happened 12 years ago, does it not?

Lang:
......You're asking me to reopen the old wounds of the Lang clan?

Edgeworth:
Agent Lang. I beg of you.

Lang:
........

Holdit


Edgeworth:
(Who was that just now?)

???:
Shifu!

Lang:
Y-You guys! What are you all doing here!?

MIB:
We followed you here, Shifu! We heard that Shifu was investigating the incident from 12 years ago...

Lang:
You idiots...! I'm not your boss anymore. Get back to your own posts!

MIB:
Sir......... We can't do that!

Lang:
What'd you say? Are you disobeying my order?

MIB:
Shifu! We also beg of you! Reinvestigate... the SS-5 Incident from 12 years ago! None of us could ever forget that case! We know you feel the same way, Shifu...

Lang:
........

Edgeworth:
Agent Lang. Even your former subordinates desire to reinvestigate the case.

Lang:
And you think you can solve the mysteries of that case?

Edgeworth:
Perhaps I can... with your help.

Lang:
Tch! ...I got it. I accept your invitation.

MIB:
Shifu! Shifu! Shifu!

Kay:
Now then! With that decided, I guess it's my turn to shine!

Edgeworth:
Kay?

Kay:
We're investigating a case from the past, right? And guess what the best tool for that is?

Edgeworth:
The Little Mr. Thief...

Kay:
Right! If we have the case files from the past case, I can re-create it!

Lang:
Unfortunately... I don't have the case files.

Kay:
Huh!? What do you mean?

Lang:
Access to those case files is restricted. It's being treated as highly classified information.

Edgeworth:
Why is that?

Lang:
I don't know, but it seems like there were a lot of things that they wanted to keep hidden. Even what I know... ...is limited to what was published in the newspapers back then.

Edgeworth:
That will not be a problem. In any case, please tell us what you know.

Lang:
Sure... The SS-5 Incident... The incident occurred on a winter day 12 years ago... It was the 10th of February. The police department in this country received a call from a group of kidnappers. "We've kidnapped President Huang" ...they said.

Edgeworth:
Kidnapped?

Lang:
The SS-5 Incident was the case of President Huang's kidnapping. They demanded a ransom of 100 million dollars.

Kay:
100 million!? ...Wait, just how much is that?

Edgeworth:
(It's such a large amount, she's having trouble visualizing it.)

Lang:
That night, my old man was the last person to meet with the president. They were together at the Zheng Fa embassy until midnight on February 10th. After that, no one knows what the president was doing up until he was kidnapped. With the president's life at stake, the Zheng Fa government frantically gathered the money. After that, the ransom was delivered and the president was returned safe and sound.

Kay:
So... President Huang has been the president since 12 years ago. That's really amazing.

Lang:
Well... being in office for so long is just a small part of how amazing the man is.

Edgeworth:
(Lang seemed a bit happy when he said that.) And, what happened to the kidnappers?

Lang:
Well, a top secret covert investigation was carried out, then a secret trial was held.

Edgeworth:
A trial? Does that mean the suspect was caught?

Lang:
The suspect was... Patricia Roland.

Edgeworth:
! Then, the reason you came to the prison a few days ago...

Lang:
Yeah. I was put on extended leave from Interpol... ...so I decided to go back and reinvestigate what happened 12 years ago. First, I had to get a look at the face of my target.

Courtney:
...So the trial 12 years ago ended with a Not Guilty verdict.

Lang:
Yeah... Back then, my old man was in charge of every aspect of the president's security. He took responsibility for the kidnapping and was relieved of his post as bodyguard... ...but he continued to investigate as a regular police officer, until... he finally found the culprit. And it was none other than Patricia Roland. There was no way she could be innocent! However, the result was a Not Guilty verdict. In the end, the case went unsolved... Crushed in both body and soul... my old man resigned from the police.

Edgeworth:
What was the basis for arresting Patricia Roland?

Lang:
There was a lot of evidence. At least, that's what I think. But, I can't see those documents for myself... ...so that's where my story ends.

Kay:
What should we do? With only this much information... ...even the Little Thief would have a hard time producing a re-creation.

Edgeworth:
(Ngh... Is there really nothing we can do...?)

Holdit

???:
Looks like you could use some help.

Lang:
Who's that?

Edgeworth:
Franziska!

Kay:
And Mr. Shields too!

Ray:
We finished up with the trial and finally managed to catch up with you guys.

Franziska:
Here, take this.

Edgeworth:
This is...?

Gumshoe:
Ah! It's the case files for the SS-5 Incident, sir!

SS-5 Incident Files jotted down in my Organizer.

Franziska:
When Roland mentioned "12 years ago" during the trial, it caught my interest. I looked into it immediately, and got it touch with Interpol.

Edgeworth:
I expected no less from you, Franziska.

Franziska:
...Don't get the wrong idea, Miles Edgeworth. I didn't prepare these documents for you, the former prosecutor. I did it for the sake of the investigator taking up the case his father left behind.

Lang:
Sis...! But, I thought information on the SS-5 Incident was restricted to the public.

Franziska:
That restriction was placed by the prosecutor in charge of the case: Blaise Debeste.

Edgeworth:
Blaise Debeste was the prosecutor in charge!?

Lang:
Him...!

Franziska:
However... ...as a result of the trial just now, Blaise's authority has been revoked. It's all thanks to his son...

Edgeworth:
Sebastian...? (By bringing down his father, the door to this past case has been opened.)

Franziska:
Prosecutor Debeste is currently wrapping things up in Patricia Roland's trial. He told me to relay this message to you. "Leave Pops and his cohorts to me. You guys just take care of the case on your end."

Edgeworth:
Heh. He's become quite reliable, right before our very eyes...

Courtney:
Truly...

Kay:
Alrighty then! This is perfect! Now that we have the files, just leave the re-creation to me!

Edgeworth:
Indeed. Well then, let us begin. According to these documents... ...it appears that the incident took place right in front of the Tower Plaza.

Kay:
Then let's head to the plaza right away!


April 6, 3:25 PM
Outside Grand Tower
Tower Plaza

Edgeworth:
Kay. Would you please activate the Little Mr. Thief?

Kay:
Right! With these case files, re-creating everything should be a snap! Where should I start?

Edgeworth:
Where indeed. According to these documents... ...it seems there was a witness to the kidnapping of the president. A freelance journalist by the name of Jack Cameron. However... ...he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and was murdered by the culprit...

Lang:
So that would mean the place he saw the president at was here.

Kay:
Here? ...At the Grand Tower?

Edgeworth:
No. The Grand Tower was only built around a year ago, Kay. Before that, this place contained mostly old abandoned buildings. However, 12 years ago, this place was...

Lang:
Hah! Now you're finally talking about some stuff that I know.

Edgeworth:
!

Lang:
Yeah... 12 years ago, at the very spot was... ...the Happy Family Home.

Gumshoe:
What's that, pal?

Lang:
It was a place where children who had lost their parents could live... ...or to put ot simply, it was an orphanage.

Edgeworth:
So the president was kidnapped at that orphanage...

Lang:
...and, the head of that facility at the time was Patricia Roland. ...Apparently, Roland always referred to it as her Home.

Edgeworth:
!

Courtney:
It seems that suspicion would naturally fall upon her...

Edgeworth:
(Patricia Roland, Blaise Debeste, and President Huang... The darkness that remains from the SS-5 Incident still casts a shadow on the present case.) Kay, I'd like you to input the investigation data from Jack Cameron's murder case. We can probably assume that he was killed by one of the kidnappers.

Kay:
So if we solve the murder case, we'll know who the kidnappers were, right!?

Edgeworth:
Precisely. I'm counting on you.


John:
Wh-What the heck is this!? Everything's green!

Edgeworth:
(I've come to expect such reactions...) This is a re-creation of the grounds of the facility that stood here 12 years ago... ...based on the documents from the police investigation.

Kay:
I re-created the scene to show what it looked like when police arrived at 7 AM the next day!

Edgeworth:
...It appears a fair amount of snow had piled up here.

Lang:
Yeah. I heard that the footprints in the snow were prime pieces of evidence. The snow fell during the day, on the day of the incident.

Edgeworth:
(So the snow only fell before the crime took place... ...which means the footprints wouldn't have been erased by any further snow. I must make sure to pay close attention to these footprints.)

Begin Investigation
Orphanage
Front Yard

(Connecting all possible Logic, examining two footprints, burnt pillar, cell phone, body, brick and camera, talking to Lang leads to:)

Edgeworth:
We've learned pretty much all that we can about the situation at the time of the murder.

Kay:
Oh! In that case, is there another scene you'd like to re-create?

Edgeworth:
Yes. Would you do the honors? I would like you to re-create the scene when the victim witnessed the president's kidnapping.

Kay:
Right! I'll re-create the scene based on Mr. Cameron's photo!


Edgeworth:
Mr. Cameron is standing in the middle of the flowerbeds...

Kay:
...and the president and his kidnapper are standing on the road.

Lang:
My old man based his initial investigation on this man's eyewitness testimony. As a result, it led him to believe that the kidnapping and this facility were related.

Edgeworth:
And that's how... he came to suspect the head of the orphanage, Patricia Roland.

Lang:
Yeah... But in court, Blaise Debeste treated this testimony as if it meant nothing.

Edgeworth:
Why would he do that?

Lang:
The president and his kidnapper were not standing inside the orphanage grounds. So a connection between the orphanage and the kidnapping was difficult to prove.

Kay:
I see. It's not like they were seen inside the orphanage, after all...

Lang:
Tch! No matter how much evidence the detectives gather at the crime scene... ...it doesn't mean squat if the prosecutor won't use it in court! Blaise Debeste had some kind of connection with Patricia Roland. I figure they had some kind of deal going on.

Kay:
In other words, you think that Blaise was (Was Blaise a kidnapper? Blaise had Patricia found not guilty. Were they partners in crime?)?

Edgeworth:
However, your father was convinced that Patricia Roland was the culprit... Your father was a highly capable investigator, I presume? Might he have had some other basis for his conclusion besides the eyewitness testimony?

Lang:
Yeah... I figure he did. But I have no idea what it was. My old man never really talked much about this case...

Edgeworth:
(Agent Lang's father, Dai-Long Lang... President Huang's most trusted confidant. The truth he discovered was suppressed by Blaise Debeste. First, we must find that hidden truth...)

Edgeworth:
The victim was holding onto the button. Furthermore, the button was stained with blood. In other words, he grabbed the button after he was attacked. For example, if we were to picture it in this way... After being struck in the back of the head, Mr. Cameron lost his balance. As he was falling, he reached out his hand towards the nearby snowman. However, it could not support his weight, and he collapsed while still grasping the button.

Kay:
Huh!? Th-That means... ...Mr. Cameron was near the snowman when he was attacked!?

Edgeworth:
Indeed. At the very least, he must have been within arm's reach, however... ...it's quite clear that he would not have been able to reach it from his current position.

Kay:
But! Mr. Cameron's footprints only lead towards the flowerbed!

Edgeworth:
Can we be certain that those footprints really are Mr. Cameron's...? It seems we'll need to investigate them one more time.

Kay:
Understood! I'll re-create the Time the Body Was Discovered scene one more time!


Kay:
These footprints should match up with Mr. Cameron's shoes, right?

Edgeworth:
Let's inspect them again.


Moment of the Incident


Time the Body Was Discovered

Edgeworth:
As I thought, it seems the murder actually occurred near the snowman.

Kay:
Both the button Mr. Cameron was holding and the murder weapon came from there...

Edgeworth:
Indeed. Also, if we assume that the killer picked up the brick near the snowman... ...and then tried to sneak up behind Mr. Cameron...

Kay:
Oh! Mr. Cameron totally would've seen the person picking up the brick!

Edgeworth:
Exactly. Kay. Please update the re-creation. Mr. Cameron was not in the middle of the flowerbeds, but near the snowman.

Kay:
'Kay! I'm on it!


Kay:
No matter how you look at it, this is strange.

Edgeworth:
All the people involved in the case are gathered in the same place.

Kay:
Did we make a mistake here or something?

Edgeworth:
(One piece of evidence this re-creation is based on is odd. If I had to choose which piece of evidence is fake... Which piece of evidence is likely to be fake...?)

Edgeworth:
Was this photo... really taken by Mr. Cameron?

Kay:
Ehhh!? What do you mean?

Edgeworth:
We have proven that whoever killed Mr. Cameron also moved the body. For what reason would they have to deliberately move his body? Perhaps the culprit wanted to falsify the scene that Mr. Cameron witnessed.

Kay:
And that's why they took a fake photo?

Edgeworth:
They made the president stand under the street light, and took a photo with Cameron's camera. It would have been quite simple.

Kay:
Now that you mention it... Mr. Cameron's camera only had one photo on it, right?

Edgeworth:
Indeed. In all likelihood, the original roll of film had been removed from the camera... ...and after loading a new roll of film into the camera, the fake photo was taken.

Kay:
I see! So, this photo must've been taken after Mr. Cameron was killed, right?

Cameron's Photo data updated in my Organizer.

Edgeworth:
Exactly. This was not the scene Mr. Cameron actually witnessed. It's likely that this photo is forged evidence!

Kay:
Then, where did Mr. Cameron witness the president and his kidnapper?

Edgeworth:
The photo isn't the only piece of evidence that indicates what Mr. Cameron witnessed...

Kay:
Ah! The testimony he left on the answering machine!

Edgeworth:
Precisely. We should listen to the recording one more time and confirm what was said. (Where else could the president and his kidnapper have been?)

Edgeworth:
Mr. Cameron said this on the answering machine... "The light just went off. I can barely see a thing now." There are only two places here where the lights are broken...

Kay:
The light by the orphanage!

Edgeworth:
Kay. Could you please update the re-creation?

Kay:
Roger!


Lang:
This is...! So the kidnapper was near the orphanage!?

Edgeworth:
Indeed. With this, we've shown the connection between the orphanage and the kidnapping.

Lang:
So that's why they moved the body and took a fake photo to create false testimony! In order to remove any suspicion towards the orphanage in court!

Edgeworth:
...Hmm. With this, the state of the re-creation has changed completely. The Time the Body Was Discovered scene has probably been greatly impacted as a result.

Kay:
Then, let's go check it out right away! Preparations are ready!

Edgeworth:
(Since the state of the re-creation has changed once again... ...I should press the Y Button and select Change Re-creation. Let's give it a try.)


Time the Body Was Discovered

(Connecting all possible Logic and deducing bloodstain leads to:)

Investigation Complete

MIB:
Shifu! I'm back! I've brought the info on the fire the kid started and a photo of the drawing in your father's office... And also...

Lang:
Oh, I've been waiting for this! Hurry up and hand 'em over!

Edgeworth:
(The information held by Agent Lang's father...!)

Lang:
This is it...! It's exactly what I remembered!

Edgeworth:
...This was the picture drawn by the child, depicting the night of the incident?

Kay:
It sure looks like it was drawn with a child's touch!

Edgeworth:
As I thought, the one who drew this... is most likely the child who started the fire.

Child's Drawing data jotted down in my Organizer.

MIB:
...Sh-Shifu!

Lang:
What now? Sorry, but it's gonna have to wait. ...Hey, Mr. Prosecutor. Why do you think my old man had this?

Edgeworth:
Perhaps he obtained it during the course of his investigation into the incident. Although I don't know why he would have concealed it... Agent Lang. Might I be able to see the details of the fire?

Lang:
Yeah, sure.

Edgeworth:
Allow me to read it posthaste. The boy who started the fire snuck out of bed on the night of the incident. Hm? It seems this boy went missing several days later.

Lang:
What? Don't tell me that he witnessed something he shouldn't have?

Kay:
That's horrible! He was only a child, after all!

Edgeworth:
(While I'd hate for that to be the case, we can't rule out the possibility entirely.)

Lang:
Huh? Apparently, the boy left some stuff behind at the orphanage, and it was taken as evidence... What's this...?

Edgeworth:
Th-That's...! (What's that doing here?)

Lang:
Hm? Mr. Prosecutor. Do you recognize this?

Edgeworth:
Yes... I know one piece of evidence that's related to it. Which piece of evidence is related to what the boy left behind?

Edgeworth:
I don't know what it's doing here... ...but, isn't that the missing horn from this Moozilla doll?

Lang:
N-No way, you mean, this came off the president's...?

Edgeworth:
You know of it?

Lang:
Yeah. I've noticed the president kept it close by as a decoration. I always thought it was strange how one of the horns was missing.

Edgeworth:
If you twist the horn... this doll will play back any previously recorded audio.

Kay:
So if we put the missing horn back in place... we might be able to hear a different recording!

Edgeworth:
Indeed... It is possible. The doll is currently on the 51st floor of the Great Tower.

Lang:
Hey, you! You heard that, right?

MIB:
Yessir! I'll be right back!


MIB:
Shifu, I've got it! The Mighty Moozilla doll!

Lang:
Well done. Give it to the prosecutor over there.

Edgeworth:
(If we insert the horn found at the orphanage into the doll...)

Kay:
It's a perfect fit!

Lang:
Well? Can you hear anything?

.......Mr. Huang. It's Amy. It's been a while. I saw the news that you would be coming to this country... I was really nervous about doing this, but I decided to send you a message.

Courtney:
ZamvJ

Courtney:
P-Please stop the playback!

Edgeworth:
(Judge Courtney?)

Kay:
Wh-What's wrong!?

Courtney:
Stop it! Now!

It's a boy... Your son. He's just been born. I'm sorry. That's all I wanted to tell you. His name is John. John Marsh... It's a fine name for him, don't you think?

Courtney:
Aah...!

Edgeworth:
M-Marsh...!?

Lang:
Did she say... John?

I'll be waiting in the courtyard of the orphanage at midnight on February 9th. Even if it's just once, I want John to be able to meet you. I'm sorry if I'm being selfish, but... I'll be waiting.

John:
No way... That was my...?

Courtney:
John...

Lang:
What's the meaning of this? Ms. Courtney...

Courtney:
John is... not my biological son. He's... adopted.

Edgeworth:
Did John know about this?

Courtney:
Of course he knew. John's mother... Amy Marsh, passed away about 5 years ago. She and I were cousins. Since we were young, we've always been really close. We were often mistaken for sisters. That's why, when she passed away... ...I thought it was only natural that I look after John. Also... There were circumstances which prevented me from revealing his father's identity. I never even told John his father's name...

John:
......

Edgeworth:
(And now it's all been revealed, thanks to the recording on that doll. Did John's mother send the doll to the president?)

John:
...Hey.

Courtney:
John...!

John:
Was he... the president, really my dad?

Courtney:
.........Yes, he was. Before you were born... Amy worked as a diplomat in Zheng Fa.

Edgeworth:
(A diplomat? So that must be how she became acquainted with President Huang...)

John:
Hang on! Didn't you tell me she worked at the orphanage!?

Courtney:
Yes. After returning to this country, Amy left her job as a diplomat. She always had great passion for charity work... so she began working at the orphanage.

John:
........

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
Hey... Ms. Courtney... ...So this Amy girl, she called the president there herself, but... ...she never showed up at the scene of the SS-5 Incident. What's with that?

Courtney:
Amy... couldn't make it. Apparently, someone had been following her the whole night.

Edgeworth:
Perhaps it was Blaise? I can't say for certain, but it's possible that it was his doing.

Courtney:
After that, Amy never got another chance to see the president again...

Edgeworth:
(So, she died 5 years ago... This conversation must be painful for John.)

Kay:
Oh right. H-Hey, John, you thirsty? How about I buy us both some juice? We can go together...

John:
I'm a part of this, too. I'll listen until the end. Besides, I can afford to buy my own juice.

Kay:
Oooh! Shot down by a kid...

Courtney:
...John. Do you understand the reason I met with the president two days ago?

Edgeworth:
(The secret meeting from two nights ago...!)

Courtney:
I wanted to tell him. About Amy's death, and... ...that you were alive and well.

John:
But... I-I.....

Edgeworth:
I see. That's why you couldn't tell us your reasons for meeting with the president until now.

Kay:
I get it... She would've had to reveal his connection with John.

Courtney:
I brought a bouquet of lion lilies... ...so that he would understand I truly did know about Amy. Those flowers are a dear memory to the president and Amy. The first present she received from the president was a bouquet of lion lilies. But now, even he has passed away. If only he were still alive... ...perhaps I could have introduced him to John.

John:
..........

MIB:
Shifu! I-I'm sorry to interrupt this atmosphere, but there's something I need to say...

Lang:
Oh, what is it now!? Can't this wait?

MIB:
Well... actually, there's one last item that's been delivered here from Zheng Fa! I have here... the president's will!

Lang:
Wh... What!?

Edgeworth:
(...The president's will?)


Lang:
My old man received a great number of special medals from the president himself... As a token of his trust, the president left his will in the protection of the Lang clan. Those medals and that will, they were the pride of our clan. Our family treasures, so to speak.


Lang:
........ Ngh... Th-This is...!

Edgeworth:
Agent Lang. Does that will have something to do with the current case?

Lang:
You bet it does. It says here... "I hereby acknowledge John Marsh as my own son."

Holdit

Courtney:
What...!? John's name is in the president's will...?

Edgeworth:
Are you certain that will was written by the president?

Lang:
Yeah. He entrusted it to the Lang clan even before the SS-5 Incident took place. They'll have to appraise it back home, but by the name of the Lang clan, this is the real deal.

Edgeworth:
(Di-Jun Huang was the president of an entire nation. The existence of his son would have caused... ...considerable controversy. However... he left behind a will, just in case.)

Lang:
This makes it doubly sure. I still can't believe it myself, but there's no room for doubt. John Marsh... You are the son of Di-Jun Huang, President of Zheng Fa.

John:
..............

Courtney:
John!

Edgeworth:
John!


To be continued.

April 6, 4:51 PM
Outside Grand Tower
Temporary Film Lot

Courtney:
...John.

John:
......So that guy was my dad...

Edgeworth:
(He found out about his own birth so suddenly. And furthermore, his new found father is no longer in this world...)

John:
I'd always been searching for my dad...

Courtney:
...John.

John:
I get it, alright! He's the president. I know it's a complicated situation. But... we even met face to face during the filming. So then, why!? Huh!? Why didn't he tell me who he really was?

Courtney:
I'm sorry. John...

John:
M... Mom, you don't need to apologize. No matter how you look at it, it's all my fault. Yesterday, I broke my promise with you and didn't even notice the fire on the roof... ...so I destroyed everything. I crushed it all. My dad... and those flowers that my mom carefully grew!

Courtney:
John! Please. For now, just don't think about anything. ...Just stay like this for a little while. Just for a little while... OK?

Lang:
..."The bond between a parent and child". That's the meaning behind Lion Lilies. I know it's not my style, but that flowers is from Zheng Fa.

Edgeworth:
(However, we have no means of protecting that bond...) Agent Lang, allow me to say this. The case won't be solved by sentimentality alone. Therefore, shouldn't we do all that we can to solve it?

Lang:
...Yeah. You're right.

Edgeworth:
The re-creation of the past has finished. Were your father's deductions correct?

Lang:
...My old man took his deductions to the grave. He never told anyone about them. So, who knows if they were right or not.

Edgeworth:
In that case, what about your own deductions? I would like to hear what you think happened based on the re-creation. In order for us to get closer to the truth of 12 years ago.

Lang:
Yeah. I was thinking it's about time. I can see it now. My old man's back, real close... I'll catch up to him for sure... ...to the truth that my old man uncovered!


-- Truth of the SS-5 Incident --

Lang:
There's no mistake that the president went to the orphanage.
The stuffed toy is proof of that. He was planning to meet with Amy Marsh.
However, the president was kidnapped. And Cameron just happened to witness it.
If Cameron hadn't been there, it probably would've just been a kidnapping with no murder.
Afterwards, the body was moved to the flowerbeds and a fake photo was taken.


Edgeworth:
(Was that what really happened 12 years ago...?)

SS-5 Incident Case Files updated in my Organizer.

Lang:
However, there's one thing I still don't get.

Edgeworth:
(Something you don't get?)

Lang:
It's this. Why did they need to take a fake photo? Why would they go through all that trouble and even make the president take part in the photo?

Edgeworth:
...That's true. However, the answer to that riddle must lie somewhere within... Once we get past the layers upon layers of deductions, we shall surely reach it.

Lang:
Yeah... That's right. I'd like to hear your deductions as well.


Rebuttal
-- Truth of the SS-5 Incident --

Lang:
There's no mistake that the president went to the orphanage.

Lang:
The stuffed toy is proof of that. He was planning to meet with Amy Marsh.

Lang:
However, the president was kidnapped. And Cameron just happened to witness it.

Lang:
If Cameron hadn't been there, it probably would've just been a kidnapping with no murder.

Lang:
Afterwards, the body was moved to the flowerbeds and a fake photo was taken.

Kay:
Is this the truth of the SS-5 Incident?

Edgeworth:
........

Kay:
Mr. Edgeworth. What's the matter?

Edgeworth:
There is still something hidden behind this case...

Kay:
Huh!? What do you mean?

Edgeworth:
There is a piece of evidence that cannot be explained by Agent Lang's theory. As long as there's a contradiction, we'll have to present it in order to advance our reasoning...!


Edgeworth:
If the eyewitness, Cameron, had not been there, no murder would have taken place... Is that really the case?

Lang:
...The criminal's goal was only to kidnap the president. If there were no witness, there would've been no need to commit murder. Right?

Edgeworth:
And what if Cameron wasn't the only one who was murdered? There was a large bloodstain near the flowerbeds. However, Cameron was murdered... ...near the snowman. Ergo, this bloodstain could not have belonged to Cameron! Someone else's blood was spilled. And quite a vast amount at that...

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
......Hey, Mr. Prosecutor. Do you have any idea what you're saying?

Edgeworth:
I do... It's hard to believe, however, that is what the evidence indicates... On that night, 12 years ago, there were two murders.

Lang:
Are you saying that the other murder was covered up!? Who... just who the heck could have been killed?

Edgeworth:
(A murder that was cleverly concealed. All traces of it were erased... And the incident itself was completely deleted from the case files. However, there's one thing... One piece of evidence that still remains intact after 12 years!) This piece of evidence shows that something happened that night!

Edgeworth:
The other murder incident was buried in the dark by Blaise Debeste... However, there is still one piece of evidence that remains. Agent Lang... It survived by your father's hands.

Lang:
My old man... you say?

Edgeworth:
Please recall. There was one more thing that was hidden along with the traces of the murder. And that is, the existence of the boy who caused the fire...! Why did Blaise make the boy disappear? It's because he saw something that he wasn't supposed to see.

Kay:
What was the thing he wasn't supposed to see!?

Edgeworth:
Everything is drawn in this picture.

Lang:
The drawing my old man had!

Edgeworth:
The person drawn on the right is most likely the president. The Moozilla doll is also drawn near him. And the person standing opposite him is...

Edgeworth:
A man with a knife and a large, black dog. He is none other than... Sirhan Dogen.

Kay:
Whaaaaaaaaaat!? The assassin!?

Edgeworth:
Why would an assassin appear before a president? The answer is clear. Indeed, what occurred that night on the orphanage grounds 12 years ago was not a kidnapping. It was a presidential assassination!

Lang:
HOOOOOOOOOOOWL!

Kay:
Th-Then, Ms. Roland and Mr. Blaise were...

Edgeworth:
Yes. The two were likely partners in crime. One furnished the orphanage to use as the scene of the incident... ...and the other covered up the young boy's testimony. It's likely that Mr. Cameron was murdered because he witnessed the assassination itself. After all, the kidnapping never actually happened!

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
Stop messing around! You're saying that the president was assassinated 12 years ago? We just found his body today! He's been alive up until now!

Kay:
That's right! I mean, we met him ourselves!

Edgeworth:
If the president was assassinated 12 years ago, and the president's body was found today... ...that would imply there were two presidents.

Kay:
Yeah! And that can't be right!

Edgeworth:
Are you sure about that? There is the possibility that there were two presidents. (That's right... Up until now, I've been getting a strange feeling from the president...)


Lang:
Even so, I still respect the man. Zheng Fa is a small country. But he carried the nation with his strength.


Edgeworth:
(The image of President Huang that Agent Lang described...)


Huang:
You... you are wrong... I...

Edgeworth:
(...He revealed his true form.)


Edgeworth:
(...differs far too greatly from the President Huang we know! It's as if they were two entirely different people! If there were, in fact, two Zheng Fa presidents... ...exactly how would such a scenario be possible?) What would make the existence of the two presidents possible?

Edgeworth:
If we were to assume that one of them was a body double, wouldn't it be possible then?

Lang:
A body double...!

Edgeworth:
President Huang possessed immense power and authority in Zheng Fa. I'm sure there were those who envied his position and made attempts on his life. Yes. Just as he was attacked a few days ago at Gourd Lake.

Lang:
It's true, there were those who sought Huang's life from time to time. But, I can't easily believe there were two presidents. At least, not without any evidence!

Edgeworth:
(Do I have evidence that proves there were two presidents?)

Edgeworth:
(Has Agent Lang not noticed this contradiction? Or... has he noticed it, but can't admit it?)

Lang:
What is it, Mr. Prosecutor? Don't shout something out only to suddenly clam up.

Edgeworth:
According to the recording on the doll, the president visited the orphanage at midnight. However... that should not have been possible.

Kay:
Huh!? Why's that?

Edgeworth:
Why? Because at the time, the president should have been at the embassy. He was together with Agent Lang's father...

Lang:
............

Edgeworth:
(So, Agent Lang, you really did notice.) He was in two places at the same time. Ergo, there must have been two presidents.

Lang:
HOOOOOOOOOOWL!

Courtney:
Then, which of the two was the real president on that day 12 years ago!?

Edgeworth:
Most likely the one who died.

Lang:
Who!? Who contracted Dogen to murder Huang?

Edgeworth:
(In order to learn that, first... ...we must have a look at the evidence that we proved was false earlier. And the piece of evidence... we know to be false is...!)

Edgeworth:
The photo taken with Cameron's camera was taken after he was murdered. And he was murdered because he witnessed the presidential assassination... In other words, the photo must have been taken following the assassination. Given that, who is the president pictured in the fake photo? ...We must consider him to be the body double.

Lang:
In other words, the body double had the real president murdered and then took his place!

Edgeworth:
Patricia Roland and Blaise must have cooperated in that plan.

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
Hold it! Huang's body was never found! Just where could it have disappeared to!?

Edgeworth:
Objection

Edgeworth:
The answer to that is already quite apparent...! This is where the real president's body was!

Edgeworth:
Last night, there was something Blaise had to unearth with his own two hands. That item was not the ransom... It was something far more important.

Kay:
Ah! So Blaise unburied the...!

Edgeworth:
...the real president's body! The possibility is quite high.

Lang:
What'd you saaaayy!?

Edgeworth:
The bones from the body buried 12 years ago would have still remained. According to Mr. Powers, construction was to begin soon at this lot. That was the deadline... ...both for the movie and retrieval of the body.

Kay:
Because they would've found the body when they started the construction!

Edgeworth:
Agent Lang! Let us search the footprints that Blaise dug up!

Lang:
...Yeah. If the body was buried there, there'd be traces of it. Hey! Somebody call forensics!


Forensics:
I have the results of the search! We've found traces in the dirt that suggest a body was buried here!

Lang:
Tch... So, it was Huang after all?

Forensics:
We also recovered the skeletal remains that Blaise Debeste dug up. They were in his home. In addition to the bone structure, the dental records and the bone fractures all match up. We can confirm that it was indeed President Huang!

Edgeworth:
So the real President Huang was indeed killed 12 years ago. The SS-5 Incident was a murder.

Monster's Footprints data updated in my Organizer.

Kay:
So the SS-5 Incident was actually a murder incident! But there's so much information, it's way too confusing...

Edgeworth:
Indeed. Let us take this opportunity to review the details of the case.

Kay:
First, the real president came to the orphanage, right?

Edgeworth:
Twelve years ago... ...the true President Huang visited the orphanage in order to meet his son. The footsteps in the snow that we thought belonged to Mr. Cameron... ...were most likely made by the president at that time. President Huang was supposed to meet his son here... However, the one who actually showed up was the assassin, Sirhan Dogen.

Kay:
He came here to meet his son, but was murdered instead... How horrible...

Edgeworth:
A man like Dogen... shows no mercy. ...And after that, the second tragedy occurred.

Kay:
You mean Mr. Cameron's murder?

Edgeworth:
Indeed. Mr. Cameron saw the decisive moment. After the real president was killed by Dogen... ...his body was carried to the rear courtyard by the team of kidnappers. Mr. Cameron must have witnessed that moment... ...from the orphanage entrance. Although, he himself believed that he had actually witnessed a kidnapping. Furthermore, by this time...

Kay:
...the body double, who had come to meet up with Blaise and Ms. Roland... ...was already standing behind Mr. Cameron.

Edgeworth:
And then the witness to the incident, Mr. Cameron...

Kay:
...was killed by the body double. So, was Mr. Cameron's corpse also carried by the body double?

Edgeworth:
Yes, that seems likely.

Kay:
But, there wasn't anything at the crime scene that looked like the body double's footprints!

Edgeworth:
Heh. I've already figured out how he accomplished that. There is a piece of evidence that would've made it possible. What did the body double use to move the body without leaving any footprints?

Edgeworth:
This is almost certainly how the body double carried Mr. Cameron's corpse. After Mr. Cameron was killed... ...the president's body double carried him into the middle of the garden. I suspect the body double was wearing the same shoes as the real president at the time. If he made sure to step precisely on top of the footprints left by the real president...

Kay:
Ah! Since the shoes were the same... ...there would only be one set of footprints left behind in the snow. I think I've got a pretty good grasp on the SS-5 Incident now. But, there's still one thing I don't get.

Edgeworth:
What's that?

Kay:
Why did they need to stage the abduction?

Edgeworth:
Because Mr. Cameron witnessed the incident. He saw the president at the orphanage. He left behind witness testimony on Ms. Crane's answering machine. Even Blaise couldn't make that disappear. Ergo, the body double needed a reason for the president to have been at the orphanage.

Kay:
And that's why they prepared the fake kidnapping charade.

Edgeworth:
The people in the fake photo are the body double, and most likely, Patricia Roland.

Kay:
The person in the coat is Ms. Roland? What makes you say that?

Edgeworth:
The two would have to leave the orphanage in order to take the picture. Just like when he moved the body, the double used the real president's footprints.

Kay:
Ah! So the second set of footprints must belong to the person in the coat!

Edgeworth:
Indeed. We originally believed that those footprints belonged to Cameron's killer. They were size 7 footprints, too small for Blaise's feet. Thus, we can presume that the person playing the part of the kidnapper was Patricia Roland. Hidden in the shadow of the presidential kidnapping was a presidential assassination...

Lang:
I see... So that's why my old man...

Edgeworth:
Why he... what?

Lang:
The old man must have realized that a murder had taken place. ...After all, he had the kid's drawing.

Courtney:
However, that picture was never presented as evidence...

Edgeworth:
Your father likely took it from the young witness during the investigation and hid it.

Lang:
He had to have known that Huang was dead. But what if he had revealed that back then?

Edgeworth:
Reveal the death of the president, the backbone of Zheng Fa? It would have caused chaos...

Lang:
...and that's why my old man took the secret to his grave. He even took the blame for the kidnapping, knowing that would be the fall of the House of Lang!

Edgeworth:
So this is the truth that Agent Lang's father hid 12 years ago...

Kay:
And now, it's all become clear.

SS-5 Incident Case Files updated in my Organizer.

???:
...Is that really the case, I wonder?

Kay:
Huh!?

Edgeworth:
What!?

Lang:
Who's there!?

Edgeworth:
(That bell... it's...!) ...Sirhan Dogen!

Lang:
You! Why are you here!?

Gumshoe:
How can you just brazenly show up here!? Who do you think you are, pal!?

Dogen:
I found the conversation most intriguing, and I just... well...

Edgeworth:
Heh. Are you feeling nostalgic about an old murder of yours?

Lang:
You're the one who killed Huang...!

Dogen:
Keh heh heh heh. Nostalgia? I think not. You were speaking about the person I am searching for.

Edgeworth:
You're searching for someone?

Dogen:
I escaped from prison in order to meet with a young acolyte... The one who wore the red raincoat...

Edgeworth:
The red raincoat!?

Kay:
Wh-Who is this person?

Dogen:
I suspect that it's the same person as the mastermind you are searching for.

Edgeworth:
!


???:
Someone you've been searching for. The one in the red hood...

Edgeworth:
(The red hood?)


Dogen:
Don't they seem surprised, Anubis? Yes, yes they are, my boy. Twelve years ago, this young acolyte saved my life...


-- Dogen's Savior --

Dogen:
Certainly, it was I who killed President Huang.
However, my life was also targeted on that day.
The body double, Blaise, and Patricia all sought to seal my lips.
Had I not been reunited with the young acolyte back then, I would have been in danger.
But alas, even to this day, I do not know what has become of the young acolyte...


Edgeworth:
So your client was indeed the body double, who was the main perpetrator of the crime.

Dogen:
Keh heh heh. It was a long time ago, but I remember his words even now.


There have been countless attempts on my life. Not just once or twice. Countless! And yet, why must I be the only one to face the danger? When I stand before the people, I garner the same respect as the president does. Tell me, just what is the difference between him and me!?


Dogen:
The difference was great. While the voice and style of speech may be the same... Keh heh heh. One can mimic the body, but the heart cannot be reproduced.

Edgeworth:
(I suppose his own weaknesses cost him in his quest to become a leader.)


Knightley:
Now that Rooke's gone, I'm in charge!

de Killer:
I'm not sure if you're as capable as Rooke was...

Knightley:
Wh-What are you saying!? I'm totally the leader now!


Edgeworth:
(Hmph... perhaps the king and his knight were not so different after all.)

Dogen:
The double believed that the president's only weakness was a woman called Amy. To find the woman, he needed the assistance of someone from this country.

Edgeworth:
So, he joined forced with Blaise...

Dogen:
After determining her whereabouts, he simply waited for the right opportunity.

Kay:
That chance came with the meeting at the orphanage.

Dogen:
Indeed. The director of the orphanage was bribed and brought in as an accomplice.

Edgeworth:
(He must be referring to Patricia Roland.)

Dogen:
Well. Given what I've told you, do you realize the whereabouts of the young acolyte now?

Edgeworth:
You mean the boy who saved you. But, how do you know that he is the mastermind?

Dogen:
...That day, the young one caused a fire at the garden of the orphanage.

Kay:
Ah! You're talking about the kid who started the fire as a prank!

Dogen:
A prank...? Keh heh heh, not at all. On that night 12 years ago, the young acolyte was hiding inside the igloo... It seems he witnessed Patricia Roland and Blaise moving the body from his hiding place. Apparently, he heard them talking during that time. It would seem that they were planning to kill me because I knew the truth. He immediately came to the main hall to tell me that. I learned this about the young acolyte some time later... It seems he was wearing a red raincoat at the time. He led me out of the main hall. And then, the young acolyte... ...said he was going to get rid of our footprints. So he scattered some lamp oil near the igloo over the snow. Then he boldly set the oil ablaze!

Kay:
Ah! No way! So he set the fire in order to...!

Dogen:
All their focus was diverted towards the burning flames. I took the opportunity to escape through the rear exit.

Edgeworth:
So, the boy in the red raincoat is the mastermind behind this case?

Dogen:
Exactly. Isn't that right, Anubis? Yes, boy. Yes it is.


Rebuttal
-- Dogen's Savior --

Dogen:
Certainly, it was I who killed President Huang.

Dogen:
However, my life was also targeted on that day.

Dogen:
The body double, Blaise, and Patricia all sought to seal my lips.

Dogen:
Had I not been reunited with the young acolyte back then, I would have been in danger.

Dogen:
But alas, even to this day, I do not know what has become of the young acolyte...

Kay:
Mr. Dogen and that "acolyte" seem to share a complicated relationship, huh.

Edgeworth:
Perhaps there is a hint to the mastermind's motive hidden somewhere in his testimony. Dogen is one of the few people who knows the mastermind first hand... Let's try to draw out as much information as possible from him.


Edgeworth:
That day... a certain incident occurred. A sculptor was murdered.

Kay:
Ah!

Edgeworth:
During that incident, two young boys went missing. The sons of the victim, Isaac Dover, and the culprit, Dane Gustavia...

Ray:
We never did find out where those two boys went after the case 18 years ago...

Dogen:
Oh? They were the sons of a victim and a culprit? It all makes sense now.

Edgeworth:
What makes sense?

Dogen:
One of the youths was bound, so that he could not move.

Kay:
Mr. Dover did it so that Mr. Gustavia's son couldn't come to the contest venue.

Edgeworth:
Indeed. Gustavia was using his own son as a taste tester.

Dogen:
Keh heh heh heh. To think that was what transpired. Neither child seemed to recall what had happened.

Edgeworth:
They lost their memories?

Dogen:
The acolyte told me this when we were reunited 12 years ago. The pair were placed in an extreme situation, on the verge of freezing to death... That trauma led them both to suffer from amnesia. Neither could so much as remember his own name.

Kay:
So they didn't even know that they were the sons of Mr. Dover and Mr. Gustavia.

Edgeworth:
Indeed, while we cannot say it conclusively, the probability is quite high. (However, we still don't have enough information to deduce the mastermind's identity...) Dogen... Would you please continue your story?

Dogen:
Keh heh. Very well.


-- Dogen and the "Acolyte" --

Dogen:
I continued my correspondence with the young acolyte even after entering prison.
Recently, that has all come to an abrupt halt, however. It left me quite concerned.
Furthermore, those involved in the crime 12 years ago were all drawn into incidents one by one.
I grew more and more curious. And so I absconded briefly from the prison.


Edgeworth:
Those involved 12 years ago... ...were Patricia Roland, Blaise Debeste, and President Huang's body double.

Kay:
And Ms. Roland was the warden of Mr. Dogen's prison.

Dogen:
Keh heh heh. I blackmailed the warden. That woman had tried to kill me. Perhaps the good prosecutor has already deduced the reason?

Edgeworth:
You murdered President Huang... However, the world still believed he was alive. If you were able to prove the president was a fake... ...both Patricia Roland and Blaise Debeste would have been in danger.

Dogen:
That is correct. And I had heard the proof with my own ears.


I'll be waiting in the courtyard of the orphanage at midnight on February 9th. Even if it's just once, I want John to be able to meet you. I'm sorry if I'm being selfish, but... I'll be waiting.


Huang:
...Who might you be? My apologies, but I am presently waiting for someone...

Dogen:
Keh heh heh. I am well aware of that... President Huang. Are you not meeting with your son? However, I do not spill blood needlessly. You may relax. I seek only the president's life.

Huang:
.........It can't be. P-Please wait. I am just about to meet my son for the first time. I'm sure this will be the first and the last time. Please, at least wait until we are finished...


Dogen:
I had thought the president would beg for his life, but he was of a different sort. Officially, the president had no son. However, he shook his head and said... ...this illegitimate son was his, and he intended to recognize him publicly. Furthermore, he claimed that he had already made preparations towards that end... Would that son of his be the boy with horns over there by any chance?

Kay:
Boy... with the horns? Wait, you can see John's horns?

Dogen:
Keh heh heh. There is no need to see them. From the moment I escaped from prison until now... ...I have been closely lending an ear to your voices.

Edgeworth:
(He said that the president made "preparations" towards recognizing his son... ...but the word "preparations" alone would be insufficient for blackmail.) ........That's it!

Lang:
There was one thing that could prove Huang's words: the will held by the House of Lang. It was also proof of his trust in us. His son's existence would've been revealed to the world.

Dogen:
The name on the recording, the mention of preparations, and the will in Zheng Fa... Keh heh heh. Together, they sufficed to make the Warden bow to my words.

Edgeworth:
(With those three pieces of information, one could prove the identity of the double... ...by using John!)

John:
..........

Dogen:
The president blocked the first strike of my knife with something soft. As pieces of it fell atop the snow, I struck once more. This time, the blow proved fatal.

Edgeworth:
(So Dogen cut off the Moozilla doll's horn...)

Dogen:
None but I heard his final words. Only myself and that child knew of the president's secret son.


Rebuttal
-- Dogen and the "Acolyte" --

Dogen:
I continued my correspondence with the young acolyte even after entering prison.

Dogen:
Recently, that has all come to an abrupt halt, however. It left me quite concerned.

Dogen:
Furthermore, those involved in the crime 12 years ago were all drawn into incidents one by one.

Dogen:
I grew more and more curious. And so I absconded briefly from the prison.

Dogen:
Writing letters in braille can be a rather enjoyable pastime.

Kay:
OK, OK... Umm... But even so, I don't really get it. Who exactly is this "acolyte"?

Edgeworth:
Indeed. Dogen himself has not yet made that clear. (What's important is the thread connecting Dogen and this "acolyte": their correspondence. And not just the letters. We should pay attention to the means that was used as well.)


Edgeworth:
I'm certain you said... You wrote your letters in braille.

Dogen:
Correct. The good prosecutor must know that I am lacking in sight, do you not?

Edgeworth:
The correspondence chess letter we found had been typed out using a word processor.

Dogen:
What? That... cannot be.

Edgeworth:
What do you mean...?

Kay:
So, someone went of their way to retype the letters on a computer?

Edgeworth:
Could another person have acted as a middleman between Dogen and Knightley?

Kay:
What do you mean?

Edgeworth:
Dogen wrote his letters in braille. However... ...by the time it reached Knightley, it had been rewritten on a word processor. ...We must assume that some middleman rewrote those letters.

Ray:
And the reverse can also be said. That same somebody might've taken the letters Knightley wrote and redelivered them to Dogen.

Edgeworth:
Yes, that is indeed true.

Correspondence Chess Memo updated in my Organizer.

Edgeworth:
Knightley and Dogen both communicated through a certain individual... Dogen, were the letters that reached you...

Dogen:
They were in braille, of course.

Ray:
So Knightley-boy's letters must have been transposed by that same person as well.

Dogen:
Oh...? Then that somebody must be...

Edgeworth:
...the mastermind behind the case.

Lang:
NotsofastDS

Lang:
You're saying there's someone else who's the mastermind behind this case!? Then who the hell is it!?

Edgeworth:
Dover's son, Knightley, is already deceased. In that case, there is one more youth that we should consider to be the mastermind.

Lang:
You mean, Dane Gustavia's son...? But, who the heck is he?

Edgeworth:
(If Knightley is Dover's son, then Gustavia's son must be...)


???:
Well, we're the only friends either of us has had since childhood... He was... the same as me. We never had real families.


Edgeworth:
(It can't be... could it? Could it really be him?)

Kay:
Mr. Edgeworth, what is it? You've gone all pale!

Edgeworth:
I've figured it out... ...The identity of the mastermind who's been controlling this case from the shadows!

Kay:
Whaaaat!? Who in the world is it!?

Edgeworth:
I don't want to believe it myself... but it is someone we know quite well. The mastermind is...!

Edgeworth:
(The mastermind behind this case... ...sent a letter to Jill Crane, which deceived Blaise. Furthermore, he kidnapped John and eavesdropped on us. However, of all his actions, the one I have not been able to get out of my mind... ...is how he brought an unconscious Kay to the roof.) ...............The Giant Monster.

Kay:
Huh? ...Did you just say something?

Edgeworth:
(That's right. The key to exposing the mastermind... is in the monster's true form.)


Simon:
Ah... I-I almost forgot! Um, if you'd like... Please come to our next show! I-I'll also... be performing in it.

Regina:
The Berry Big Circus is always fabulous and fun for all ages!


Edgeworth:
Ms. Swift, there is something I would like to ask of you.

Nicole:
Wh-What! Ya mean me?

Edgeworth:
You said that you recorded the sound of Moozilla spewing flames.


Edgeworth:
...Would this decisive evidence of yours be something you recorded on that tape recorder?

Nicole:
That's Mr. Edgeworth for ya! Yer good at figurin' things out, aren't ya!? It's the sound of Moozilla spewin' out fire. This place nearly became a sea of flames!


Nicole:
That's right. I ain't actually seen it with my own eyes, though...

Edgeworth:
Could you let us listen to the tape?

Nicole:
Sure thing. ...There we go!

Edgeworth:
(This sound, it's as I thought...! So, it seems that my reasoning was correct. The true nature of the monster and the mastermind... all of my logic is coming together!) Ms. Hart! You said that you captured a giant eye on film, did you not?

Lotta:
Sure did, right here in this photo.

Edgeworth:
(Though we cannot confirm it like this...) Detective Gumshoe!

Gumshoe:
Yes, sir!

Edgeworth:
Lend us your film analysis device!

Gumshoe:
OK, but... What do you want to analyze, sir?

Edgeworth:
This photo, please!

Gumshoe:
I'm on it!

Edgeworth:
(Is there a new clue in this photo?)

Gumshoe:
Th-This is...!

Lotta:
See!? Ain't the Moozilla's eye right where I said it would be!?

Edgeworth:
Heh... I see. I have finally grasped... ...the true form of the giant monster that was being controlled by the mastermind!

Lotta:
.......G

Nicole:
.....G-G

Gumshoe:
...G-G-G

Kay:
Giant Monster!?

Holdit

Lotta:
A-Are ya admittin' it? You are, ain't ya!? Yer admittin' that the Mighty Moozilla is real!

Edgeworth:
Objection

Edgeworth:
No... This is not Moozilla. This is the eye of a different monster. Please have a look at this.

Kay:
It's a flyer for the Berry Big Circus...? Aah! Th-This is...!

Edgeworth:
Precisely. There is a rather large balloon with the head of a lion pictured here. This balloon is the true identity of the Giant Monster! In addition, the sound Ms. Swift recorded, which she believes to be Moozilla spewing flames...

Holdit

Nicole:
Mr. Prosecutor... don't tell me, yer gonna say somethin' that'll shatter my dreams of a scoop...

Gumshoe:
Hot air balloons fly by using burners to hear the air, right, sir?

Edgeworth:
Precisely, Detective. The mastermind used this monster of his... ...to bring Kay to the rooftop of the Grand Tower without using the elevator!

Kay:
Wouldn't that mean... that the mastermind is someone connected to the circus?

Ray:
He's a member of the circus, Knightley's friend, and... Dane Gustavia's son. Wh... Who'd have thunk it...!?

Edgeworth:
An apprentice beast tamer? Heh..... He's no amateur. For the beast he has tamed is none other than this entire case! Simon Keyes! He is the mastermind behind this whole incident!

Kay:
M-Mr. Keyes... was really behind it all...? N-No way...! I don't believe it! I mean, we trusted him! How could it all have been a lie!? That's just... heartbreaking...

Edgeworth:
Kay.....

Holdit

Edgeworth:
Hm...? What is it?

John:
Hey, you! Stop! Where do you think you're going!?

Dogen:
Keh heh heh heh... The boy with horns is rather perceptive. ...The good prosecutor has done a remarkable job. Now that I have heard that, I have no further business here.

Edgeworth:
What... Wait! Dogen!

Grrr... *ruff, ruff!*

Lang:
Dammit! Where'd he vanish to!?

Kay:
Mr. Edgeworth! Are you OK!?

Edgeworth:
Yes, I'm fine. However...

John:
.....That guy...!

Edgeworth:
...John?

John:
That Dogen guy... he's the one who killed my dad, right?

Edgeworth:
(There is no question more difficult to answer. However...) There's no use in denying the truth. Yes, John... You are correct.

John:
He'll pay for this... I swear he's gonna pay...! I... I'll make him pay myse...

Courtney:
ZamvJ

Courtney:
John! You mustn't finish that thought! ...Prosecutor Edgeworth. Please pay us no mind.

Edgeworth:
......

Gumshoe:
Sir! I've put out an APB on Dogen! All available police units will be searching for him!

Lang:
...You heard the man, kid. I don't mean to be heartless, but we need to hurry, too. So Mr. Prosecutor, where's the mastermind right now?

Edgeworth:
...Agent Lang is right. Our top priority right now should be catching the mastermind. He said he would be practicing. He is most likely at the Berry Big Circus tent. But first... Agent Lang, I have a request.

Lang:
A request...? What is it?

Edgeworth:
Now that we've identified the Giant Monster, our next order of business... is to capture it. The moment we arrive at the tent, I need you to locate that specific item posthaste. And Detective, I ask that you perform a follow-up investigation on the kidnapping incident.

Gumshoe:
Roger that, sir!

Kay:
Mr. Edgeworth. I wanna help out too!

Edgeworth:
Hmm. In that case, you'll be in charge of calling for backup. If he is truly the mastermind, we may require assistance from a certain someone... (I met him so many times, yet his facade always fooled me into sympathy. He may have got the better of me in the past... but this time, I'll settle it once and for all!)


To be continued.

April 6, 5:30 PM
Berry Big Circus
Storage Tent

Regina:
Ah! Mr. Edgeworth!

Simon:
Are you guys here for the show?

Edgeworth:
Mr. Keyes... Ms. Berry...

Simon:
You're a little early... I'm sorry, but we're still getting ready... But, I'm so happy you came! You remembered our promise!

Edgeworth:
Yes, I remembered... You asked us to come and see the show when you gave me this.

Simon:
...I'm so happy you came! Please enjoy yourselves! I'm sure my performance will surprise you, Mr. Edgeworth!

Edgeworth:
Your "performance" has already surprised me, Mr. Keyes.

Simon:
..........

Regina:
Umm. But he hasn't performed yet...

Edgeworth:
Regina. Please have a look at this photo. Is this balloon the property of the Berry Big Circus?

Regina:
Ah! I-It is! Did you see it flying around somewhere?

Edgeworth:
It's highly likely that this balloon was used by the culprit in the case we are investigating.

Regina:
Huh!?

Edgeworth:
Who is in charge of the balloon?

Regina:
Well, th-that would be S-Simon, but... A-Are you saying...!?

Simon:
.........

Edgeworth:
Mr. Keyes. You flew this balloon in the middle of the night. Did you not?

Simon:
...I do occasionally practice alone at night. I'm not much of a pilot though. I'm... a little clumsy.

Edgeworth:
Heh. So for practice, you'll do something as challenging as flying a balloon at night? Wouldn't that be rather difficult for someone who is clumsy and "not much of a pilot"?

Simon:
Then... what do you think I was doing, Mr. Edgeworth?

Edgeworth:
You brought Kay to the roof of the Grand Tower... ...in order to frame her for the murder of Jill Crane! Not a single security camera recorded Kay using the elevator. Therefore, the only way she could have gotten up there was through flight. And the only one who could have flown her up there... was you, Mr. Keyes.

Simon:
No way... Mr. Edgeworth, how can you say that?

Edgeworth:
That's not all. You drugged John at the garbage pickup, and kidnapped him. Wasn't that why you were late when you came to watch the trial of Patricia Roland?

Simon:
No way... I have no idea what you're saying. There's no way I could do things like that. Please believe me... Mr. Edgeworth, please!

Edgeworth:
I wanted to believe you. However... you have broken that trust yourself!

Simon:
Th... That's horrible. Why would you say that? Didn't you once say that you would trust me? That you'd believe in me?


Kay:
Don't you worry about that. We're your allies! That's because... we're like birds of a feather! Right, Mr. Edgeworth?

Edgeworth:
(Birds of a feather, huh? ...I suppose that's true.) We have sufficient information about your past. I doubt you had a motive to kill Knightley. Rather, you are probably the most affected by his death. And I doubt someone as timid as you could work up the courage to murder someone. Alright. I'll get you out of here. ...We'll believe in you.


Simon:
I'm so sad... Those words were all lies...

Kay:
I-It wasn't a lie! We really did trust you...!

Simon:
Kay, even you? You said we were like birds of a feather, and yet... I'm hurt, Kay. You've hurt me deeply...

Kay:
I-I-I... oooooh... Hey, Mr. Edgeworth. Maybe Simon isn't a bad guy after all...

Edgeworth:
Objection

Edgeworth:
I see. So that's how you operate. I understand now, all too well. No matter who you face, you find an emotional weakness and exploit it. You guide each person towards the outcome you desire, without them even noticing it. That... is how you were able to mastermind the entire case!

Simon:
........

Edgeworth:
I may have fallen for your tricks before... but, not this time. Simon Keyes. I indict you!

Simon:
...........Hmm. So, it's come to this after all. You were always so full of confidence, Mr. Edgeworth. But, I rather like that. Because now... I can rip that confidence to shreds. Hah... Good work, everyone.

Edgeworth:
(Ngh..... His personality has completely changed!) So, the animal tamer who could not tame animals... That was all a facade. This is the real Simon Keyes.

Regina:
S-Simon! That's not... true, is it!?

Simon:
Truth or lie... What difference does it make?

Regina:
Huh!?

Simon:
Mr. Edgeworth's just made me a little upset, that's all. Keh heh heh heh. ...You'll take responsibility for upsetting me, right?


-- Balloon Practice --

Simon:
It's true. I practiced with the balloon two nights ago.
That photo must have been taken when the balloon and I passed near the building.
I often fly around that area for advertising purposes.
There's nothing unusual about that, right?


Edgeworth:
You often fly around the Grand Tower in the balloon?

Simon:
Yeah. Even the circus needs to advertise.

Edgeworth:
Regina, is that true?

Regina:
Y-Yup. It was Simon's job to advertise using the balloon. Most people who live around here should have seen it.

Edgeworth:
That balloon was used in the crime we were investigating.

Simon:
Like I said, it's just a coincidence. I simply happened to pass by the Grand Tower when that photo was taken.

Edgeworth:
I shall determine whether or not it was a coincidence after I hear your full story.


Rebuttal
-- Balloon Practice --

Simon:
It's true. I practiced with the balloon two nights ago.

Simon:
The last time I took the truck and the balloon out was two days ago.

Simon:
That photo must have been taken when the balloon and I passed near the building.

Simon:
I often fly around that area for advertising purposes.

Simon:
There's nothing unusual about that, right?

Edgeworth:
(We still don't know much about the balloon. In any case, I must draw out more information...)