Ace Attorney (逆転裁判〜その「真実」、異議あり！〜)

The Silver Star Special Express

was hijacked by the fugitive Avery Richman.

His demand?

A retrial of the murder case in which he was found guilty.

I happened to be on the train

and took the role of defense lawyer in this unprecedented trial.

But a passenger who could've been a crucial witness was murdered,

and the corpse disappeared right before our eyes.

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Season 2

Northward, Turnabout Express — Last Trial

Court is now back in session for the trial of Avery Richman.

This trial can't go any further.

Mr. Gale was murdered, and he vanished.

And there is no other new testimony to hear.

Our last hope is gone!

How could this be?

Mr. Richman...

Hold it!

Hold it, pal!

Detective Gumshoe?

Regina?

I'm so sorry, King!

This man insisted...

I heard everything.

I'm Dick Gumshoe, a police detective.

A policeman?

Gale Gaelic's body didn't vanish, pal!

What?

It actually just showed up!

G-Gale?!

How?

The body teleported?

What? That's impossible!

But it showed up here just now.

It fell through the ceiling.

The ceiling?

Also, you guys are the ones who vanished!

Huh? What do you mean?

I'm in Car 3, and it's connected to the engine!

Car 1 and the dining car disappeared somewhere!

N-No way!

We disappeared?

Sheesh, first whole cars disappear, then a missing corpse falls from the ceiling,

and then there was the flying human soul...

Human soul?

That's Maya's field.

My field is spirit channeling!

Anyway, hear me out.

It happened when the lights went out.

Far away, I saw a raging flame drifting in the dark...

A soul? Ridiculous.

I saw what I saw!

A flame in the dark?

Nick, didn't we see a flame, too?

Yeah, that could be it.

What? You guys saw a soul, too?

No. What we saw was a birthday cake.

A birthday cake?

Ah!

Yes. A little past 8 PM,

a birthday party was held here in the dining car.

Oh, a show's beginning!

Look, Nick!

Happy birthday, Grandmother.

My! Thank you so much, Vega.

Thank you all as well.

I feel so fortunate to have made it to eighty-seven.

Oh, my! You're putting on a wonderful show!

O-Oh no! Get a fire extinguisher! Hurry!

What now?!

Yes, that did happen.

A raging flame in the dark...

That might've been what Gumshoe saw.

Impossible! He couldn't have seen the fire in the dining car from Car 3!

But if that was what he saw,

that'd explain the disappearance of our cars.

Elaborate.

The cars didn't vanish.

They were rearranged.

R-Rearranged?

Railroad Report Vol. 10

This railroad used to be a small local line.

And it still has remains of old freight stations that were used for lumber transport.

First, the lights were turned off,

making it impossible for us to see what would happen.

Then the train was slowed down before it reached the Point B,

and the couplings in front of Cars 1 and 3 were disconnected.

The train split up!

This was when the fire broke out,

and that's what Gumshoe saw...

Our cars running along a parallel freight line.

And right when we fell behind Car 3,

Point B arrived.

We switched!

After that, the Silver Star came to a halt.

Other than to let you board this train,

that stoppage had one more objective.

How was that?

Yes, we needed to stop to reconnect the coupling between the cars.

I knew I picked the right lawyer.

I'm deeply impressed.

You really rearranged the cars? Why do something so crazy?

You'll find out eventually.

It was just a rich man's whim? I knew it'd be something pointless.

No, there very much was a point.

What?

Thanks to it,

I've identified Gale's killer.

Killer?

The answer is quite simple.

If the body before Gumshoe right now is the real Gale,

that'd obviously make the one we saw before a fake.

The killer murdered Gale right there and hid his body in the ceiling!

Th-This is the crime scene?

That lightning just now... that's what made the corpse fall out of the ceiling.

I'm sure the killer didn't expect that to happen.

Just when was this man murdered?

It's quite likely that it was before the cars were rearranged.

But I've been here the entire time!

There was a point in time when nobody was in the car, remember?

That's right! Dinner!

Ah!

True. Nobody could've seen it happen if it was during dinnertime.

Then you mean the corpse we saw in Car 1 was...

A fake.

Gale had already been murdered and hidden in the ceiling by then.

But the victim was a Car 1 passenger,

and nobody passed through the dining car while we were eating.

Still, Gale and the killer must have moved there.

Nonsense. Speak in facts, not conjecture.

Is there anyone who can testify the victim went through the dinner car around then?

Of course, nobody would remember everyone they passed in the train.

But in this case, just pointing out the possibility is enough.

Because...

There is only one person who could have done this!

Wh-Who is that?

The killer... is you,

Tristan Turnbull!

The killer is Prosecutor Turnbull?

What?

This isn't even worth arguing.

It could only have been you.

I rushed there after I heard a body had been found.

Later, the body vanished.

That's all I know.

But that corpse was a fake.

In fact, that guy wasn't even dead!

He wasn't dead?

Someone dressed like the victim and played dead.

It was your accomplice!

That would explain everything.

You were the one who checked the body back then.

You didn't let us get close to it

and then closed the door to "preserve the crime scene."

While you were buying time by the door,

the "corpse" took off the victim's clothes

and hid behind the door, where nobody would check.

When Mr. Richman eventually opened the door, the corpse was gone.

And while we stood there shocked, he sneaked out from behind the door.

B-But that's such a cliche!

And just who was this accomplice?

Back then, there was someone who wasn't nearby when we were outside,

but suddenly showed up when we went in.

It was you, Rick!

Is it true, Rick?

Rick?

I was wondering if there was anything I could do to help.

It was Rick?

Why, Rick?

Why would you do this?!

I'm terribly sorry, King.

I've been cooperating with American law enforcement since a year ago.

What?

A year ago...?

Fool.

I was asked to procure a gun with your fingerprints on it for a large sum of money.

Gun? You don't mean...

I did as I was told.

And a few days later,

Secretary-General Cashanova was shot during that ceremony, and you were arrested!

That whole murder was a setup to get rid of me?

Yes. The one who shot Cashanova was Gale Gaelic.

He fired from near you on purpose,

and the cops who frisked you planted the evidence on you...

Calling the pistol I stole the murder weapon.

N-No way! The United States Prosecutor's Office hatched a conspiracy like that?

Do you have anything to say?!