Ace Attorney (逆転裁判〜その「真実」、異議あり！〜)

The one who took Mia's life was Redd White, president of Bluecorp.

I barged into his office for a face-to-face confrontation.

But instead, I ended up getting arrested and accused of Mia's murder.

Ace Attorney

April 7, 9:52 AM District Court

You don't have a lawyer, Mr. Lawyer?!

Turnabout Sisters - Last Trial

White must've thrown his weight around.

Anyway, court will be in session soon.

B-But...

It's okay. I've got an idea.

One way or another, this case will be decided today.

Yeah.

April 7, 10 AM District Court — Courtroom No. 1

Well, then.

Since court was adjourned yesterday,

it seems things have drastically changed due to the prosecution's findings.

Correct?

We believed the victim was murdered by her sister Maya and indicted her.

But yesterday's emergence of a new witness and new evidence

highlights the one we believe to be the true culprit!

The suspect is Phoenix Wright,

the attorney standing over there.

This is truly shocking.

The original suspect's attorney was the real culprit all along?

While it may be unprecedented, the prosecution seeks to prove the guilt

of Phoenix Wright, the defense attorney.

But then...

Who, exactly, will defend him?

Don't worry.

I will defend myself.

Wh-What?

Your Honor, the defense, Phoenix Wright, is ready!

Nice. That's the way.

You may begin, Mr. Edgeworth.

Without any further ado,

let the witness who saw Phoenix Wright commit the murder take the stand!

Bluecorp President — Redd White

My name is Redd White. But my friends call me Blanco Nino.

I am the CEO, or to use a more common term, the President, of Bluecorp.

Allow me to ask you this first:

have you ever visited the Fey & Co. Law Offices, the scene of the crime?

That would be a negatory! No, I have not.

The night of the murder, you were at the Gatewater Hotel.

Is that correct?

Yes.

And you witnessed the murder from there?

Uh-huh. I see you've done your homework.

Wait a second!

What is it, Mister Criminal?

Yesterday's witness, Ms. April May, was in the same room that night.

Oh, Miss Wiretapper?

She didn't say a word about seeing me at the crime scene!

Well, she's one lying miss...

That's why I'm here to reveal the truth, Mister Murderer.

You may begin your testimony.

Okay!

I hope you've made your peace, Mister Spiky Criminal.

Having spiky hair isn't a crime.

Let's shut that smirky, shiny scumbag up!

Witness Testimony

Let's see.

It was about 9:00 PM, I believe.

Testimony

I was perusifying... "reading" some papers by the window.

Then I heard a bedlam coming from outside!

Crash!

What?

What's going on?

It was then I saw him: a spiky-haired man attacking a woman with long hair!

What was that noise?

Terrible impaction!

Then it was all over.

My God!

I could never mistake that spiky hair.

No... That can't be true!

I mean—

That certainly was conclusive testimony.

It's almost like they're reading off a script.

Everything's proceeding too smoothly toward my conviction.

Now, defense, your cross-examination.

Yes, Your Honor.

Cross-Examination

Um, are you sure about the time?

I am always abso-posi-lutely perfect.

At 9 PM, I was startled by hearing that thing fall

and looked at the window across the way.

You heard "that thing fall"? What thing?

Um... Right, the glass light stand!

You compendrestand?

Yeah, it does seem to have fallen over.

Then his testimony contains no contradiction.

Wait...

That's odd!

If he heard it fall and only then looked at the window,

he couldn't have known what it was!

It broke into pieces when it fell!

Then how did he know about the light stand?

He said he'd never visited the crime scene.

R-R-Remove your impertinent gazes from me!

It was visible through the hotel window.

I saw it before it fell over!

So there are no contradictions, after all.

Objection!

Objection!

What is the problemo?

The big problemo is that your testimony contains a total contradiction!

S-Say what?

Look at this.

If you were to look at the office from the hotel window,

Body

this is the area you would be able to see.

Well?

Note that the stand is not within the visible area!

On the night of the murder, the light stand was only visible from here,

inside the Fey & Co. Law Offices!

That means you were at the scene of the crime when the stand fell...

When the murder took place!

What?!

There is only one conclusion to be drawn from this, Mr. White!

You saw the light stand fall when you struck the victim with the murder weapon.

You are the one who killed Mia Fey.

The true culprit!

You did it, didn't you?

A-Accursed attorney...

Hold it!

Hold it!

I think the time has come for you to confess your crime, witness...

Wh-What?

Yes, confess to the murder—

What in the world are you talking about?

The crime I advocate confessing to is this.

Isn't that the wiretap that was placed on the phone at the crime scene?

Objection!

But April May already admitted to eavesdropping on the calls yesterday!

The question isn't who was listening in,

but when this wiretap was placed in the office and by whom.

Whoever did it sneaked into the Fey & Co. Law Offices beforehand.

And naturally, they would have seen it then...

The glass light stand at the scene.

If that beautiful stand were etched in their memory,

then on the night of the murder,

that's the first thing they would think of upon hearing the crash.

Yes! You are most correct, Mister Prosecutor!

I was a bad, bad boy.

I tried to scapegoat that kitten.

What do you mean?

I was the one who placed the wiretap!

And to do it, I broke—waltzed— into the Fey & Co. Law Offices.

Y-You what?

I remember it all now.

That was when I saw that beautiful glass stand!

That means there is nothing wrong with the witness knowing about the stand!

Thus, the defense's baseless conjecture has come crashing down...

Order! Order in the court!

You mean to say that you realized the crash you heard was the light stand falling over

because you'd seen it back when you sneaked into the office?

Yes, I do.

That's exactly right, Mister Judge.

He will be tried for that on a later date.

I understand.

It seems there is no problem with his testimony about the night of the murder.

P-Please wait!

What now?

The defense isn't done with its cross-examination!

Damn it, I can't let him get away with this!

Good luck, Mr. Lawyer.

When did you place the wiretap?

I think it was toward the end of March, so around two weeks ago.

Do you have proof?

April May knew the details of the victim's phone conversation,

so it was there before the murder.

Oh, I see.

Were you really the one who placed the wiretap?

Of course. Ask Miss May about it.

Unidentified fingerprints, several days old, were found at the scene.

They probably belonged to the witness.

Edgeworth was hiding that those fingerprints were discovered.

Why did you tap Mia's phone?!

Objection!