Ace Attorney (逆転裁判〜その「真実」、異議あり！〜)

During the channeling ritual in Kurain Village,

the spirit Maya summoned committed a murder.

Amidst a desperate trial,

I pointed out the possibility that the woman in the photo might not be Maya.

And the highly unusual spirit trial

was extended to a second day.

Ace

Attorney

Ace Attorney

June 21, 2:31 PM Spirit Mountain Railroad

Reunion and Turnabout — 3rd Trial

Is it good?

Yes!

So this is one of those station lunches people talk about.

You were a huge help today.

What did you think of your first trial?

Mystic Maya looked so small... and helpless.

I see...

And that woman...

How rude can you be?

Bullying Mystic Maya like that!

You mean Prosecutor von Karma?

Yes!

I'm going to whack her tomorrow!

Come to think of it, I never asked what you were doing at the time of the murder.

Huh?

Where were you when the ritual began?

What's wrong?

D-Does it really matter wh-what little old me was up to?

You can whisper it to me.

I won't tell anyone.

That day, when Mystic Maya's channeling began,

I was playing in the Winding Way.

And then, I... I ended up breaking it.

Breaking what?

The village's treasure, the Kurain sacred urn!

Ami

The spirit of Mystic Ami, founder of the Kurain School, resides in that urn.

It's said her protection maintains the Fey family's spiritual powers.

And yet...

Ami

I let Mystic Maya's spirit fly away!

You didn't tell your mother?

I'm a bad girl...

I thought maybe they'd banish me for breaking a village treasure.

But the broken pieces were pretty big, so...

You thought you could reassemble them, and no one would notice?

Yes...

I was fixing Mystic Ami's urn in the Winding Way.

The channeling had already started, so I didn't think anyone would walk by.

I was focusing so hard.

When I'd finally put it together and taken a deep breath,

I saw you guys in the Channeling Chamber.

That must've been when we heard the gunshots and rushed to the scene.

Until then, Pearl was in the Winding Way the whole time.

Um, Nick...

I'm going to get banished, aren't I?

I really don't think that's going to happen.

I mean, I bet Mystic Ami's happy to be out of that cramped urn.

Really?

Also, you did your best for Maya today.

You're pretty amazing.

June 21, 3:24 PM Kurain Village

Thank you for bringing me all the way home.

Oh, no...

I also had some things I wanted to check.

Pearl!

How could you leave the village on your own?

Do you know how worried I've been?

I'm sorry, Mother...

You! Tricking my Pearl like that!

You will be cursed! Cursed, I say!

C-Cursed?

Mother! Nick didn't do anything wrong!

I just really wanted to help Mystic Maya...

Yes, I know.

You are a kind soul...

Now, into the manor you go.

Yes.

I heard you did well today.

Huh? Oh, yes...

I am terribly sorry I could not attend the trial today.

With the head gone, I had to oversee the student training.

The head is...

Mystic Maya's mother, isn't it?

Misty Fey.

She is a brilliant medium.

And she is—

Missing.

Yeah, Mystic Maya told me.

About sixteen or seventeen years ago,

Mystic Misty failed at channeling a certain important spirit.

And after that, she simply disappeared.

I do not believe she will ever return to this village.

And in a few years' time, her name will be forever erased from the village.

What do you mean?

Anyone who's been away from the village for a long time is considered dead.

When that happens, a new head is appointed.

And that would be Mystic Maya?

Naturally, that's how it was supposed to be,

but with this murder, I'm afraid...

I shall take my leave.

If you need anything, feel free to ask any of the manor helpers.

A-All right.

Thank you.

Also, stay away from my daughter!

Are we clear?

Excuse me.

That must be the Kurain sacred urn that Pearl mentioned.

What the heck?

IAM

"I am"?

The spirit of Mystic Ami, founder of the Kurain School, resides in that urn.

Ami

Pearl...

She may not look it, but I guess she's surprisingly clumsy.

IAM

That reminds me.

She said she found the Channeling Chamber key

in that incinerator, right?

What was it doing here? Maya was supposed to have it.

This is from Maya's costume!

I get it now...

The key wasn't dumped in the incinerator.

It was burned in here, along with the costume it was in!

Lotta?

Stay away!

What are you doing?

Don't look at me!

Your eyes will turn to rust!

Stay away!

What was that all about?

This is...

Lotta?

A clothing box?

This hole...

A similar hole was in the Channeling Chamber's folding screen, too.

Could there be a connection?

What are you doing?

I'm a filthy woman who was blinded by a scoop...

I have no idea how to face you!

I have no face!

And that's why you're hiding in there?

Maybe I should wear this costume and undergo hellish trainin', too.

Maybe!

But before that, could you help me out?

I'm an evil, disloyal woman who betrayed you guys.

What else is new?

Sometimes, you really know how to rub salt in a wound.

Tell me everything you know.

O-Okay...

The one I suspect is that occult freak.

You mean Ini Miney?

Aye.

It's true,

you and Morgan were with me, so you couldn't have done it.

And Pearl couldn't have committed murder.

Actually...

The reason I suspect her is 'cause I got a certain piece of information.

Information?

You wanna know, right?

Of course you wanna know!

It'll cost ya, and it'll cost ya a lot!

Lotta, you're being a stereotypical southern cheapskate again.

Ini Miney was hospitalized until six months ago.

Remember that accident her sister, Mimi, was in?

Apparently, Ini was also in the car.

Mimi burned to death inside the car.

Ini, who was in the passenger seat, somehow escaped,

but her face was burned like bad toast.

After major surgery, it was fixed.

But it took her six months to be discharged.

This is the photo doctors used as a reference for her face

durin' the reconstruction surgery.

A driver's license?

You can have it.

Now, I've repaid you!

We're even!

Right...

There's a rumor that the doc set up that accident,

putting Ini through hell.

Now ain't it obvious who killed him?

You may well be right, but...

Could Ini have pulled it off alone?

Is this the police?

I am Morgan Fey.

I would like to tell you something concerning the murder...

When the murder occurred,

Ini was sleeping in this side room. Or so she says.

But there's nothing to back up her claim.

In other words, she has no alibi.

Still, I can't jump to conclusions and assume that she's the killer.

Oh?

If it isn't, like, the attorney.

Are you okay?

Ini...

You're still here?

Well, this is, like, the Mecca of spirit channeling, y'know.

I'd like to take my time and investigate it.

R-Right.