Ace Attorney (逆転裁判〜その「真実」、異議あり！〜)

Last time, I had the chief by my side.

But today, I must fight alone to save Maya!

Objection!

Objection!

Ace Attorney

Turnabout Sisters — 2nd Trial

April 6, 10 AM District Court — Courtroom No. 1

Defense Lawyer — Phoenix Wright

Prosecutor — Miles Edgeworth

I'm up against Miles Edgeworth,

the unprecedented genius prosecutor...

Defendant — Maya Fey

Judge

Court is now in session for the trial of Ms. Maya Fey.

The prosecution is ready, Your Honor.

The defense is ready, Your Honor.

Mr. Edgeworth, please give the court your opening statement.

Certainly, Your Honor.

Victim: Mia Fey (27) Suspect: Maya Fey (17)

The victim is Mia Fey.

And the suspect, Maya Fey.

The two of them were sisters.

The prosecution has evidence the defendant committed the murder,

and we have a witness who saw her do it.

The prosecution sees no reason to doubt her guilt, Your Honor.

Thus, let the first witness take the stand.

Witness, please state your name and profession.

Sir! My name's Dick Gumshoe, sir.

I'm the detective in charge of homicides down at the precinct, sir!

Witness: District Police Detective Dick Gumshoe

Detective, I believe you are already aware of this,

but keep your testimony concise and to the point.

Y-Y-Yes, sir!

Witness Testimony

First, describe the details of the murder.

Very well. Let me use this floor plan of the office to explain.

The body was found here, by this window.

Body

And the cause of death?

She died instantly due to being struck by a blunt object, sir!

The murder weapon was a statue of The Thinker, correct?

Yes, sir. It was found lying next to the body.

You immediately arrested Ms. Maya Fey, who was found at the scene.

Can you tell me why?

I had hard evidence she did it, sir.

Receipt April 2 Antique glass light stand

Before she died, the victim wrote the killer's name.

Maya

The word "Maya" was clearly written in blood!

Right there!

Maya

Maya

Test results showed the blood belonged to the victim.

That's hard evidence!

So the victim identified her killer right before she died?

Yes, sir! That's exactly it—

Objection!

Objection!

Hang on a second!

There's no way the victim could've written that bloody message!

Amateurs would do well to keep their mouths shut, pal.

This is your department's autopsy report, Detective.

And it says the victim "died instantly due to blunt force trauma."

That's right, pal.

And after the blow instantly killed her, she used her last ounce of strength—

Wait, there was no ounce or pound! She was dead!

Huh?

But...

No butting your way out of this one!

Th-That certainly is strange...

The prosecution's evidence is contradictory!

This could work!

What's so funny?

My, my.

That won't do, defense.

Autopsy Report

That autopsy report is outdated.

Wh-What?

Yesterday, a second autopsy was performed, which changed the report.

From "died instantly"

to "died pretty much instantly."

P-P—

P-P-Pretty much?

Which means that the victim could have written that message.

After all, she didn't die instantly...

Indeed. The defense really ought to peruse the evidence beforehand.

P-Please wait!

I haven't heard anything about a second autopsy!

Well, I did only receive the results this morning.

Apparently, there was a mistake in the paperwork.

Isn't that right, Detective Gumshoe?

Huh? But I didn't...

Regardless, the defense seems to have dug its own grave.

Y-You're playing dirty, Edgeworth.

Allow me to dispense some advice.

In court, proof is everything. Without it, you are nothing, amateur!

It seems our upstart defense attorney

is "pretty much" DOA.

So it was a trap...

Mr. Lawyer...

The prosecution would like to call its next witness.

This poor, innocent lady saw the murder with her own eyes!

Sorry to keep you waiting, my dears!

Witness, please state your name.

April May!

At your service!

Witness — April May

The witness will refrain from wanton winking.

Yes, Your Honor!

She's already captured the heart of every man in the court.

Testify to the court about what you saw on April 3rd, the night of the murder.

Sure thing.

Witness Testimony

I saw it all happen with my own eyes...

Testimony

That night, I just looked out the window.

And then,

I saw a long-haired woman being attacked in the building across the street!

The one attacking her was the mousy girl

seated in the defendant's chair!

N-No!

I didn't...

Witness, do you recall the exact time?

Yeah.

I, like, heard a voice.

Testimony

It's 8:50, I think...

The murder weapon spoke?

Yes, at a glance, it doesn't appear to be a clock.

It's a fact the witness couldn't know unless she saw the moment of the murder.

Yes, we should consider her testimony to be true.

With the bloody message the victim left behind

and the eyewitness testimony to the crime,

the prosecution believes the defendant's guilt has been proven beyond doubt.

Beyond a shadow of a doubt!

What should I do?

Hold it!

Hold it!

Wait a minute!

What is it, defendant?

That clock couldn't have gone off—

Who said you could speak, defendant?

O-Oh, right...

Objection!

Please inspect the inside of that Thinker, Your Honor!

Th-The inside?

It's quite empty...

On the night of the murder, it was missing its clockwork, so—

It could not have gone off, yes?

It is empty inside.

Anyone could have drawn that conclusion.

Well, I didn't.

The question is when the clockwork fell out.

Fell out?

Yes, when the clock was used to strike the victim, it spoke the time.

It's 8:50, I think...

And then, the impact broke the base, and the clockwork fell out.

B-But what about the clockwork?

It was found at the crime scene, on the floor.

What of it?

Hmm... That does make sense.

It is futile, my amateur defense attorney.

I use every piece of evidence the police find for my deductions.

I overlook nothing!

Wh-What?

The only way to prove me wrong

would be to prove when and how the clockwork was removed.

But I can state without a doubt that is impossible.

Impossible. Without doubt.

When the clockwork was removed?

What evidence could prove that?

A piece of evidence Edgeworth isn't aware of.

Maya

Oh, I know!

Objection!

Objection!

What's with that cute cell phone?

This is the defendant's cell phone, found at the crime scene!

What?!

And it contains a recording of

the conversation between the victim and defendant on the day of the murder!

This wasn't brought to my attention.

Well, I, uh...

Detective Gumshoe, look forward to next month's evaluation.

Order! Order!

Oh, but at the moment, the clock doesn't talk.

I had to remove the clockwork.

I put some papers inside instead.

Is that the evidence, then?

Sharp as always.

Conversation recorded. April 3, 9:27 AM.

In other words, on the morning of the murder, the clockwork was already gone.

So it couldn't have gone off that night.

Ms. May...

Your testimony contains a clear contradiction!

N-No way.

That call was recorded?

What did you just say?

"That call was recorded"?

Did you know about their conversation—