Preliminaries[]
- 9:15 a.m.
In Defendant Lobby No. 3, Apollo Justice introduced Athena Cykes, who was nervous about her first time on the bench, to his "Chords of Steel" voice exercises. Phoenix Wright also showed up, donning a blue suit. He would only say that he thought that he would be needed in court in the near future.
- 9:30 a.m.
In court, Justice watched as the prosecutor, Simon Blackquill, entered the courtroom, having been escorted from his prison cell. Justice saw Blackquill's psychological capabilities at work as he manipulated the judge into giving the opening statement.
"Cross-Examining Fulbright"[]
Bobby Fulbright was summoned to testify on the prosecution's argument. Rex Kyubi had been slipped a sleeping drug of some sort, as was revealed in the autopsy report. It was argued that the victim had awakened after being stabbed, and he had struck his killer with the small fox-and-demon statue found on the scene, which was stained with Damian Tenma's blood. Justice pointed out that no fingerprints had been lifted from the statue, but Blackquill countered that the green cloth found at the scene also had Mayor Tenma's blood, which meant that it had been used to wrap the statue.
Cykes suggested that the real killer had planted the feathers and tracks from the crime scene, while Blackquill and Fulbright argued they were part of the defendant's plan to demoralize the anti-merger movement by making it look as if Tenma Taro had killed the alderman. Blackquill further argued that Mayor Tenma had murdered Kyubi upon finding out that he was the Amazing Nine-Tails. To explain why Kyubi had created the Amazing Nine-Tails persona, Blackquill presented a blackmail letter that had been found in Kyubi's pocket, threatening the life of "his dearest" if he did not go through with the merger. Recognizing this as the blackmail letter that Mayor Tenma had mentioned, Justice wondered whether the killer had transferred the blackmail letter from Mayor Tenma's person onto Kyubi's while both of them were incapacitated.
Justice then realized that the supposed order of events implied by the prosecution's argument was impossible. The very existence of the bloody tracks, as well as the presence of the feathers on top of the pool of blood, showed that they had to have been planted after the murder. Justice concluded from this that there was a third person at the scene, and identified the Tenma Taro figure that Jinxie Tenma had seen as that individual. Although Filch had claimed that he had not seen this figure, Justice called him to the stand for further scrutiny.
"Cross-Examining Filch"[]
When Filch testified about his security duties, Justice felt his bracelet when he mentioned not believing Tenma Taro. However, Blackquill's pet hawk Taka prevented him from focusing on Filch for tells. Justice settled for contradicting Filch's statement that he had been keeping watch during the time of the murder. Justice knew that Filch had been watching a wrestling match during that time. Moreover, the direction that the TV was facing made it impossible to watch the foyer and the TV at the same time.
Filch explained this by claiming that he would have heard the Tenma Taro figure, even if he could not see it. He said that Tenma Taro carried a staff, which he definitely would have heard. Justice pointed out that the Yokai Legend Scroll did not depict Tenma Taro carrying anything, and the fact that Filch mentioned a staff proved that he had, indeed, seen the Tenma Taro figure. However, Filch still would not admit to seeing Tenma Taro due to the village superstitions. Justice concluded from this that the killer had taken advantage of the superstitions by dressing up as Tenma Taro so that no witness would admit to seeing him.
Furious at what the witness had cost him, Blackquill had Taka chase Filch out of the courtroom, and broke his shackles. He asked Justice why Jinxie had not seen Tenma Taro when she was in the Fox Chamber. The judge decided to declare a ten-minute recess to let both sides regroup, though Blackquill insisted on the recess lasting three minutes.
"Jinxie's Mood Matrix"[]
- 10:43 a.m.
Jinxie Tenma was summoned to the stand. At first, she testified that she had seen many yokai in the Fox Chamber. Cykes told Justice that Jinxie was seeing hallucinations triggered by extreme fear. Using Cykes's Mood Matrix, Justice explained to Jinxie what each yokai really was. Jinxie realized that she had not seen any yokai, breaking Justice's claim of Tenma Taro being there.
Jinxie then testified that she had been so frightened that her legs had given out, but Justice noticed that her fear lessened when she mentioned this. He guessed that Jinxie had seen a Nine-Tails Flower, and Jinxie confirmed that she had seen a small case with a picture of such a flower on it. The judge ordered her to produce the case, and when Blackquill opened it, he found the missing master key to Kyubi Manor. This placed the master key at the scene of the crime, and thus Jinxie, possessing the only other key to the Fox Chamber, was the only person who could have opened the Fox Chamber doors.
"Who's That Masked Man?"[]
Justice rethought the whole situation. He asserted that the killer had locked the door from outside, then entered the air duct from the hallway and dropped the master key back into the Fox Chamber. Blackquill pointed out that the security camera in the foyer had not seen any Tenma Taro, and its only blind spot was a cliff-side window. With no other options available to him, Justice claimed that Tenma Taro could have flown out the window, as was seen in the papers.
Blackquill then gave his own explanation: Jinxie Tenma had been Tenma Taro the whole time. She had planted the feathers and tracks and concocted her encounter with Tenma Taro in order to draw suspicion away from her father. At this, Damian Tenma suddenly became possessed by Tenma Taro, and he claimed that he had left the feathers and tracks, and had flown out the window and returned after a while. Blackquill decided to run with this confession, since Tenma Taro was either Damian or Jinxie anyway, and the mayor was guilty either way. He aggressively pushed for a verdict, but he suddenly felt a powerful shock. Fulbright had planted an electric shock device on his shackles in order to keep him under control.
At this point, although the prosecution's case was strong, the defense still had the argument that a third person could have used the master key. The judge decided that this case needed further investigation, and so he adjourned the trial for the day.