Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Episode 5, Chapter 9
Pazu (lon_lsama@hotmail.com)
Rise from the Ashes
Day 4 - Trial Latter
February 25, 12:06
District Court
Defendant Lobby No. 2
Phoenix: Sorry, Edgeworth.
Phoenix: I didn't mean to get you in
trouble...
Edgeworth: Hmph.
Don't worry about it.
Edgeworth: This is my problem, not yours.
Gumshoe: Hope I'm not interrupting
anything, pals.
Phoenix: ...
Edgeworth: ...
Gumshoe: Oh... Guess I am.
I'll come back later.
Phoenix: Oh, Detective Gumshoe!
What is it?
Gumshoe: You've got a lot of nerve, pal!
Making a detective run
all around while on duty,
Gumshoe: and to top it off you call me
here... I've seen happier
people at funerals!
Phoenix: I take it Lana's having you
run errands again.
Gumshoe: Let me tell you, this is the
last time, pal!
Gumshoe: Here. She asked me to give
this to you if there was a
break in today's trial.
Phoenix: "Evidence Law"?
(Edgeworth was talking about
this just the other day...)
Edgeworth: I'm sure you know the two
rules of evidence law, don't
you Wright?
Edgeworth: Rule 1: no evidence shall be
shown without the approval
of the Police Department!
Ema: I-is that right, Mr. Wright!?
Phoenix: It seems so.
Ema: You could at least study some
evidence law! Really!
Gumshoe: The Chief Prosecutor also
wanted me to give you a
message.
Phoenix: A message?
Gumshoe: She said,
"If you're planning to take
HIM on,
Gumshoe: you're going to need this
book."
Phoenix: ("Him"...)
Phoenix: (I guess I'll need to give
this book a thorough read...)
Securely slipped Evidence Law
into pocket.
[Item Description: Evidence Law]
Type: Other
Received from
Lana Skye
Gumshoe: Doesn't look like that book'll
do you any good now though.
Gumshoe: All that's left now is the
Chief Prosecutor's sentence.
Phoenix: That's where you're wrong,
Detective.
Gumshoe: Huh?
Edgeworth: Haven't you figured it out
yet?
Edgeworth: Why I'm still sitting in that
prosecutor's seat...
Edgeworth: despite all these allegations
being thrown at me?
Gumshoe: Mr. Edgeworth...
Edgeworth: The real trial today...
hasn't begun yet.
Gumshoe: What!? What else is there left
to do?
Gumshoe: Your credibility's been all
but ruined with this forged
evidence you were unaware of,
Gumshoe: Ema Skye found out she
unwittingly caused a man's
death...
Gumshoe: And now you're telling me you
want to do more!?
Gumshoe: You've gotta be kidding me,
pal!
Phoenix: You're missing the point,
Detective.
Phoenix: Lana didn't murder Detective
Goodman.
Gumshoe: ...!
Phoenix: She merely stuck a knife into
his dead body.
Phoenix: That means the real killer...
is still out there.
Gumshoe: What!?
Phoenix: (And we're going to expose
him...)
Phoenix: (No matter what it takes!)
Phoenix: (This case has hurt too many
people. It's time to bring it
to an end!)
February 25, 12:52
District Court
Courtroom No. 9
Judge: The court will now reconvene
for the trial of Ms. Lana
Skye.
Judge: Mr. Edgeworth.
Edgeworth: Yes, Your Honor?
Judge: The inquiry committee is
planning to impose harsh
penalties for your actions.
Edgeworth: Thank you for the news, Your
Honor.
Judge: Yes, well...
*a-hem*
Judge: Normally, this is where the
prosecution calls forth a
witness...
Judge: but, er...
*a-hem* *cough* *cough*
Judge: This isn't easy to say...
Judge: You see, there is some concern
that Mr. Edgeworth may have,
ah...
Edgeworth: Struck a bargain?
Phoenix: ...!
Edgeworth: You think I may have
manipulated the witnesses.
Judge: I didn't say that!
Judge: It's just, you see...
Everyone has been talking,
and...
Edgeworth: ...
Very well, Your Honor.
Edgeworth: I have a solution.
Judge: A solution?
Edgeworth: That being the case,
Edgeworth: the prosecution will allow the
defense to call forth all
further witnesses.
Judge: What!?
But there's never been a
case example...
Edgeworth: Undeniably this is an unusual
arrangement...
Edgeworth: but a very effective one.
Edgeworth: It would prove that I haven't
struck any "deals" with the
witnesses.
Judge: Hmm...
Well, Mr. Wright? What do you
say?
Phoenix: ...
(Unbelievable.)
Phoenix: (Edgeworth has found a way to
continue the trial!)
Phoenix: Very well.
The defense accepts the
prosecution's proposal.
Judge: Then it's settled.
Judge: The, uh... defense... may now
call forth the next witness!
Edgeworth: Mr. Wright.
Phoenix: ...!
Edgeworth: You do realize this is your
last chance?
Edgeworth: If you call the wrong
witness...
Edgeworth: this trial is as good as over.
Phoenix: The defense calls...
Phoenix: (The time's finally come to
bring out the real murderer!)
[E5-09-01]
A>Present incorrect person
B>Present correct person
[E5-09-01-A]
Answer: Present incorrect person
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: It appears I've overestimated
you, Wright.
Phoenix: Huh?
Edgeworth: For a moment, I actually
thought you knew what you
were doing. Hmph!
Judge: Mr. Wright! This court has
long since tired of your
questionable antics!
Phoenix: (I still don't have any
concrete evidence,)
Phoenix: (but judging by the direction
everything seems to be
pointing...)
Phoenix: (There's another person even
more suspicious!)
Phoenix: The defense calls...
Phoenix: (The time's finally come to
bring out the real murderer!)
[Return to E5-09-01]
[E5-09-01-B]
Answer: Present Damon Gant
Phoenix: Damon Gant.
The defense calls Damon
Gant to the stand!
Judge: D-Damon Gant...?
What does he have to do with
anything!?
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: As the defendant's partner two
years ago,
Phoenix: Mr. Gant has first-hand
knowledge of the crime.
Phoenix: I feel we should hear what he
has to say about it.
Judge: Hmm...
Edgeworth: As luck would have it, he
should still be in the
courthouse.
Edgeworth: He would also be the least
likely to have been
manipulated by me in any way.
Edgeworth: Wouldn't you agree, Your
Honor?
Judge: True...
Judge: All right. Bailiff!
Please escort Mr. Gant to the
stand!
Edgeworth: Witness. Please state your
name and occupation.
Gant: What is this, some kind of
practical joke?
Gant: I was just on my way to lunch!
Edgeworth: Your name and occupation, sir.
Gant: Worthy... Are you sure you
want to do this?
Edgeworth: Your name and occupation!
Gant: So...
You want to play hardball, eh?
Judge: P-please, Mr. Gant.
Gant: ...
Fine.
Gant: Mr name is Damon Gant. I'm the
acting Chief of Police.
Phoenix: Now then, Chief Gant. The
court requests to hear your
testimony.
Gant: Oh, Wrighto. What's with the
grim face?
Phoenix: First, let's clear up this
SL-9 Incident.
Gant: Oh, you mean that time when
Lana's sister murdered that
prosecutor?
Gant: Personally, I think it's been
made pretty clear already.
Phoenix: There are still some things
unaccounted for.
Gant: Oh? Like what?
Phoenix: Like the role you played in
all of this.
Gant: ...
Gant: Son...
Either you're very brave...
or very foolish.
Phoenix: ...
Gant: You are aware of course that a
police chief has all kinds of
weapons at his disposal?
Phoenix: "Weapons"...?
Gant: Sure. Take my testimony, for
example.
Gant: I don't have to give it if I
don't want to.
Phoenix: What? Is that true?
Judge: I'm afraid so...
The Chief of Police has the
right to refuse to testify.
Edgeworth: Of course, such an action
carries with it certain
risks...
Gant: ...
Gant: Don't worry.
I'm not here to hinder your
trial.
Gant: Just remember...
Gant: If this turns out to be a big
waste of time, don't say I
didn't warn you.
Judge: Very well. The witness may now
begin his testimony.
Witness Testimony
-- SL-9 Incident --
Gant: As I recall, Neil and I were
questioning him that day.
Gant: To make a long story short,
we slipped up. That power
outage didn't help either.
Gant: When I went to my office, I
found Lana there.
Gant: Apparently she had already...
"arranged" the crime scene.
Gant: As you can see, I had nothing
to do with the "forgery."
Judge: Hmm...
Is that when Darke was
arrested?
Gant: Him? He was lying on the floor
unconscious.
Gant: When Ema sent Neil flying...
it seems Darke bumped his
head.
Judge: I see...
Everything seems pretty
clear-cut.
Phoenix: (If the police chief has the
right to refuse to
testify...)
Phoenix: (Then I'd better hit him hard
and fast!)
Cross Examination
-- SL-9 Incident --
Gant: As I recall, Neil and I were
questioning him that day.
>Press
Phoenix: As I recall... a ceremony was
held at the Police Department
that day...
Gant: Yes, that's right. I guess you
could say I'm a workaholic...
Gant: After winning his award, Neil
was all fired up too.
Gant: That's probably what spooked
Darke, and made him run away
like that.
Edgeworth: Was the defendant, Lana Skye,
also present in the room?
Gant: I don't quite remember...
Gant: At the very least, she wasn't
there when Darke ran for it.
Gant: To make a long story short,
we slipped up. That power
outage didn't help either.
>Press
Phoenix: So the two of you ran
immediately after him, right?
Gant: That's right, but Darke made
it to the elevator first,
Gant: so Neil and I split up.
Gant: He went upstairs and I went
downstairs.
I guess you could say...
Gant: he got "lucky."
Edgeworth: What's this about a power
outage?
Gant: Oh, that.
Gant: The elevator stopped all of
a sudden, and I got the
shock of my life.
Gant: Well...
Gant: Probably not as shocked as
Neil was when that knife
went into his heart, though.
Phoenix: (That's not funny...)
Gant: When I went to my office, I
found Lana there.
>Press
Phoenix: Could you tell us what you
saw?
Gant: It was a shocking sight...
Gant: Neil and that serial killer
were lying in a heap on the
floor, all tangled together.
Phoenix: Darke was also lying collapsed
on the floor?
Gant: Yes, apparently he hit his
head and was knocked out.
Gant: Next to them were those two
poor girls.
Phoenix: (Lana and Ema...)
Gant: Lana was cradling Ema in her
arms.
Gant: Looking back at it now...
Gant: She must have already known
what her sister had done.
Phoenix: ...!
Gant: Apparently she had already...
"arranged" the crime scene.
>Press
Phoenix: How can you know that!?
Gant: Because of the victim's body.
It had already been moved.
Edgeworth: So that means...
Edgeworth: You found the body near Lana's
desk?
Gant: That's right.
Gant: I think you said earlier,
Gant: it was my suit of armor...
that really stabbed the
prosecutor?
Phoenix: Yes...
Edgeworth: ...
Gant: Anyway...
Gant: As you can see, I had nothing
to do with the "forgery."
>Press
Phoenix: So you're saying...
Phoenix: that the forgery had already
taken place by the time you
arrived at your office?
Gant: That's exactly what I'm
saying.
Gant: I can understand how Lana must
have felt,
Gant: but moving a body and hiding
evidence are inexcusable no
matter what the circumstances.
Phoenix: (Is that how it really went
down?)
Edgeworth: Staring at the witness won't
do you any good, Mr. Wright.
Phoenix: !
Edgeworth: If you're going to stare at
anything...
Edgeworth: you'd be better off staring at
the Court Record.
Gant: Worthy, Worthy...
Always the smooth talker.
Phoenix: (But which piece of evidence
ties Gant to the forgery...?)
Phoenix: (Lana did admit to forging
evidence...)
Phoenix: (but that can't be the whole
truth.)
Phoenix: (Somehow I've got to link Gant
to the incident!)
Gant: As you can see, I had nothing
to do with the "forgery."
[E5-09-02]
A>Present: Strip of Cloth
B>Present: Unstable Jar
C>Present: Evidence List
[E5-09-02-A]
>Present: Strip of Cloth
Phoenix: If you really had nothing to
do with the forgery...
Phoenix: then how do you explain this?
Judge: W-what's that!?
And what's that on it... a
handprint?
Phoenix: Chief Gant! Your explanation,
please!
Gant: ...
Gant: I don't know.
You tell me, son.
Phoenix: Huh?
Gant: My dear Wrighto.
Gant: Don't you know the second rule
of evidence law?
Phoenix: (Uh-oh, not this again.
Evidence law...)
Gant: Rule 2: "Unregistered evidence
presented must be relevant to
the case in trial."
Gant: Tell me, how is that rag
relevant to this trial?
Judge: It appears...
the defense was not prepared.
Phoenix: (I guess it's too early to use
this piece of evidence.)
Judge: Please accept my profound
apologies, Chief.
Judge: Would you mind giving the
defense another chance?
Gant: Well, okay. I'll do it just
this once. But only because
you asked, Udgey.
Judge: Thank you. I assure you the
defense is terribly sorry.
Ha ha ha...
Phoenix: (Yeah. Sorry I didn't nail
you...)
[Return to testimony]
[E5-09-02-B]
>Present: Unstable Jar
Phoenix: You claim you had nothing to
do with the forgery...
Phoenix: but I'm afraid that is a claim
you cannot back up.
Gant: Explain yourself.
Phoenix: Several pieces of evidence
were found in your office.
Phoenix: Take this jar, for example.
Judge: That's the Blue Badger you
showed us earlier.
Phoenix: A piece of this jar was
discovered in your safe.
Gant: ...
Phoenix: Not only that,
Phoenix: but the evidence list I
presented earlier...
Phoenix: was actually found inside your
desk!
[Continue at E5-09-02-D]
[E5-09-02-C]
>Present: Evidence List
Phoenix: You claim you had nothing to
do with the forgery...
Phoenix: but I'm afraid that is a claim
you cannot back up!
Phoenix: Take this list, for example.
Judge: That's the list Ema Skye drew
her picture on...
Phoenix: This was discovered in your
desk.
Gant: ...
Phoenix: Not only that,
Phoenix: but a piece of this jar that
was sitting in your office...
Phoenix: was found inside your safe!
[Continue at E5-09-02-D]
[E5-09-02-D]
Judge: It was found where!?
Phoenix: You see, Chief Gant.
Phoenix: These articles of evidence
uncovered in your office...
Phoenix: are both concrete proof...
that you also played a part in
the illegal investigation!
Judge: Chief Gant!
What's the meaning of this!?
Gant: Ho!
Gant: Here's a defense attorney who
may even rival Worthy!
Phoenix: So you admit to it, then?
That you were involved in the
forgery?
Gant: Who, me?
Or do you mean... you?
Phoenix: Me?
Why would I have anything to
do with that!?
Gant: Well...
Gant: You were the one who snuck
into my office when you
"found" this evidence.
Phoenix: ...!
Gant: Prosecutors aren't the only
ones capable of forging
evidence, you know.
Gant: Defense attorneys can do so
too.
Gant: Isn't that right, Wrighto?
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: However! Detective Gumshoe
was present during the
investigation!
Gant: Worthy, my boy.
Gant: Not even detectives are exempt
from the law.
Gant: Rest assured Dick will receive
his due punishment.
Edgeworth: Wh...
Phoenix: WHAAAAT!?
Phoenix: (If Detective Gumshoe's salary
drops any further, he'll end
up paying to work!)
Judge: Yes, well. In light of the
Detective's presence...
Judge: please give us your testimony
regarding these pieces of
evidence found in your office.
Judge: and their relation to the
forgery that took place at the
crime scene.
Gant: My, my...
Gant: Kids these days no longer
know how to put two and two
together...
Witness Testimony
-- Evidence & Forgery --
Gant: Let's see, what was it now?
A jar fragment...
and a list?
Gant: For all I know, you could have
planted them in my office.
Gant: Anyway, you can't prove
"when" those pieces of
evidence were discovered.
Gant: If they were found after Darke
was convicted, then they're
worthless.
Gant: There's no reason I'd
participate in a forgery.
Gant: Rearranging the crime scene
wouldn't help me out in any
way.
Judge: Hmm...
Mr. Wright.
Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor?
Judge: When investigating the crime
scene...
Judge: you should have been more
careful to observe protocol.
Gant: You do understand that I am
the Chief of Police, right?
There will be consequences...
Phoenix: Ooh...
Gant: Indeed, I believe I will press
charges... so you won't make
the same mistake again.
Judge: My apologies, Chief, but would
you mind waiting until
tomorrow for that?
Judge: Today is... well, you know...
Judge: All right, Udgey.
In return, though...
Judge: I know! I know!
That place, right?
Phoenix: (Huh? What are these guys,
telepathic?)
Cross Examination
-- Evidence & Forgery --
Gant: For all I know, you could have
planted them in my office.
>Press
Phoenix: I'd appreciate it if you'd
stop making these ridiculous
allegations.
Gant: Yes, you do have a point...
Gant: You wouldn't have the guts to
do something like that...
Phoenix: What!?
Phoenix: I'll have you know, back in
the day I once broke into a
cattle ranch, and tipped-
Judge: M-Mr. Wright!
What are you saying!?
Gant: Anyway, you can't prove you
didn't carry in the evidence,
can you?
Gant: If you have proof to the
contrary, you're going to need
it later.
Edgeworth: Later? What are you talking
about?
Gant: What else?
I'm talking about when your
fingerprints are found.
Gant: Yes. If they're found inside
my safe, they would prove your
investigation was illegal.
Phoenix: Grrr...
(I've never faced anyone as
slimy as this guy!)
Gant: Anyway, you can't prove
"when" those pieces of
evidence were discovered.
>Press
Phoenix: What do you mean by that?
Gant: This is all purely
hypothetical, of course...
Gant: but suppose I did place those
items in my safe.
Gant: Such an act...
Gant: wouldn't necessarily
constitute forgery.
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: If concealing evidence found
at a crime scene isn't
forgery...
Gant: I'm not through speaking yet,
Mr. Wright.
Gant: It all depends on "when" the
evidence was discovered.
Gant: If they were found after Darke
was convicted, then they're
worthless.
>Press
Phoenix: Are you saying this jar
fragment...
Phoenix: wasn't discovered in the
initial investigation?
Gant: It would appear not.
After all, it wasn't listed in
the evidence list.
Gant: For all we know, it could have
suddenly materialized the day
after Darke was sentenced.
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: Oh, and wouldn't that be
convenient...
Edgeworth: Wright.
Phoenix: !
Edgeworth: The Chief is talking about a
"possibility." So long as you
can't rule that out...
Edgeworth: your remarks, however clever
they may be, will only succeed
in wasting time.
Phoenix: (Tell me something I don't
know...)
Gant: Come now, Mr. Wright.
Gant: Think about it.
Gant: There's no reason I'd
participate in a forgery.
>Press
Phoenix: How can you look me in the eye
and say that!?
Gant: Because I'm innocent.
Phoenix: ...!
Gant: Remember?
Who was it that murdered Neil?
Judge: I'm not sure I care for the
word "murder" here...
Judge: but in the end the person
responsible for Mr. Marshall's
unfortunate demise...
Judge: was Ema Skye.
Phoenix: ...
Gant: Well? Now do you see?
Gant: Rearranging the crime scene
wouldn't help me out in any
way.
Phoenix: Really, Chief Gant?
Phoenix: At the very least, there is
one very large benefit you've
reaped from all this.
Gant: Oh? I wasn't aware.
What is this "benefit"?
Phoenix: That would of course be the
position you have-
Chief of Police.
Judge: Oh...
Phoenix: The resolution of the SL-9
Incident secured your
promotion to Chief.
Phoenix: That in itself is sufficient
motive!
Gant: ...
Gant: Ho! Ho! Ho!
Oh, that's a good one!
Phoenix: Huh?
Gant: Do you really think I'm that
incompetent?
Phoenix: What do you mean?
Gant: Even without that case, I was
already in line to become the
next chief.
Gant: The resolution of SL-9 merely
sped up the inevitable a
little.
Phoenix: Is that true, Edgeworth?
Edgeworth: Yes...
He was going to be made Chief
anyway.
Phoenix: Gah!
Gant: Be careful when pointing that
finger... or you might wind up
being the one pointed at!
Edgeworth: So that means...
Edgeworth: there's only one possible
motivation for you to commit
forgery.
Edgeworth: If you didn't do it for
yourself...
Edgeworth: then you did it for someone
else.
Gant: Don't be silly, Worthy.
You know me better than that.
Gant: There are only three people I
look out for:
Me, Myself and I.
Gant: ...
Gant: There, it's out in the open
now.
Gant: Udgey, would you mind if I
changed my testimony a little?
Judge: By all means, please do!
Gant: I wouldn't be anyone's
"accomplice" if there was
nothing in it for me.
>Press
Phoenix: "Nothing in it" for you?
Gant: Sorry, but the only person I
care about is Yours Truly.
Gant: That girl... Lana's little
sister, was it?
Gant: If you think I felt sorry for
her, you'd better think again.
Edgeworth: You're right...
You don't feel sorry for
anyone.
Gant: Be tough on crime and tough
on people.
That's how I was raised.
Edgeworth: You seem to be lax enough on
yourself, though.
Gant: Ho! Ho! Ho!
Gant: Oh, that's a good one, Worthy!
Phoenix: (Hmm... Could there have been
something in it for him?)
Phoenix: (Given his selfishness, would
he have helped someone out?)
[E5-09-03]
A>No
B>Point out accomplice
[E5-09-03-A]
Answer: No
Phoenix: (Bah! I can't think of how it
would help him!)
Phoenix: (That means...)
Phoenix: (He wouldn't have helped out
anyone.)
Edgeworth: Relax and take a deep breath,
Mr. Wright.
Phoenix: !
Edgeworth: Try to think "outside the
box."
Edgeworth: After all, that's what you're
good at, isn't it?
Phoenix: Think outside the box...
(I never thought I'd hear him
tell me that...)
Phoenix: (The question isn't "Who would
the Chief help"...)
Phoenix: (It's "Who would ask the Chief
for help?")
Phoenix: (If someone did that, he'd be
sure to find a way to benefit
from that person!)
Judge: It appears...
the defense has nothing more
to say.
Judge: Chief, would you please repeat
your testimony from the
beginning?
Gant: ...
[Return to testimony.]
[E5-09-03-B]
Answer: Point out accomplice
Phoenix: True, you might not help out
anyone for their sake.
Phoenix: But if it would benefit you...
you might decide to assist
someone.
Gant: ...
Judge: Mr. Wright.
Judge: It appears you're positively
determined to portray the
Chief...
Judge: as a nice man who likes to
lend people a hand.
Phoenix: (That's not what I mean...)
Judge: Very well, I'll ask.
Judge: Who is this person you believe
Chief Gant may have helped
forge evidence?
[E5-09-04]
A>Present incorrect person
B>Present correct person
[E5-09-04-A]
Answer: Present incorrect person
Gant: Wrighto, my boy.
The look on your face...
Gant: is almost enough to motivate
even me to help you out.
Judge: I hope you understand that's
not a compliment.
Phoenix: (Chief Gant would have wanted
something in return...)
Phoenix: (He must have wanted to be
able to blackmail the person
he helped!)
Judge: It appears...
the defense has nothing more
to say.
Judge: Chief, would you please repeat
your testimony from the
beginning?
Gant: ...
[Return to testimony.]
[E5-09-04-B]
Answer: Present Lana Skye
[Continue at E5-09-04-C]
Phoenix: (Gant isn't the one who
murdered Prosecutor Marshall
two years ago.)
Phoenix: (Yet I know he played a part
in the forgery.)
Phoenix: (That can only mean someone
asked him to be an
accomplice.)
Edgeworth: Damon Gant... someone's
accomplice?
That sounds unlikely...
[E5-09-04-C]
Judge: Chief Prosecutor Lana Skye...
Th-the defendant!?
Gant: ...
Phoenix: I believe it's quite obvious
in light of the circumstances.
Phoenix: Ema Skye fell victim to an
unfortunate series of events.
Phoenix: Who would want to help her
more than her own sister,
Lana?
Phoenix: And as for Chief Gant...
he would also have a reason to
help Lana if she asked him to.
Phoenix: That reason, of course, is...
self profit.
Judge: Self profit...?
What do you mean?
Phoenix: After the SL-9 Incident was
resolved...
Phoenix: Lana Skye was appointed Chief
Prosecutor at the Prosecutor's
Office.
Phoenix: The person who arranged this
job change... was you,
Chief Gant.
Gant: ...
Judge: B-but...
how would he profit from all
of this?
Edgeworth: He would be able to use the
Chief Prosecutor as his
puppet!
Edgeworth: Essentially...
Edgeworth: he would acquire unchecked
authority over all
investigations!
Judge: Do you mean to tell me...
that despite the Chief's
formidable appearance,
Judge: he plays with puppets!?
Judge: Oh, wait.
Judge: You must mean "puppet"
as in someone forced to do
his bidding... Never mind!
Phoenix: Admit it, Chief!
Phoenix: You assisted Lana Skye in
forging evidence!
Phoenix: Your motive: to appoint her as
Chief Prosecutor so you could
control her!
Gant: Wrighto, my boy. You have
quite an imagination.
Gant: Let me ask you something.
Phoenix: What?
Gant: Do you have any proof of this?
That I "controlled" Lana?
Gant: For example, is Lana
testifying that I've done such
a thing?
Phoenix: Lana...
Phoenix: (She's keeping quiet to
protect Ema.)
Phoenix: (There's no way she'd testify
against Gant!)
Judge: I'm afraid without any proof,
this all amounts to nothing
more than mere conjecture.
Edgeworth: ...
Unless...
Edgeworth: that is also what happened in
this incident...
Judge: "This" incident...?
Er... which one would that be?
Edgeworth: Of course I'm talking about...
Edgeworth: the murder of Detective Bruce
Goodman.
Edgeworth: The Chief Prosecutor has been
acting strange throughout this
entire trial.
Edgeworth: Almost as if... someone has
been "controlling" her!
Gant: Worthy...
You'd better watch your
tongue...
Gant: I wouldn't want you to get
hurt.
Judge: Just what do you mean?
Phoenix: What he means, Your Honor,
Phoenix: is that Chief Gant is involved
in the murder of Detective
Goodman.
Phoenix: Not only that...
Phoenix: but the Chief is now making
Lana take the rap to cover up
his involvement!
Judge: Wha... wha... wha...
WWWHHHAAAAAATTT!!!?
Judge: Order! Order! Order!
I SAID... ORDEEEEERRRR!!!
Judge: Mr. Wright!
You...
You can't be serious!
Phoenix: Huh?
Judge: This...
Judge: This is an affront to the
highest ranking officer in our
law enforcement agency!
Judge: To accuse the Chief of Police
of blackmail... and murder!!!?
Judge: That's i.... i...
i-i-i-i-i-i-i-IMPOSSIBLE!!!
Phoenix: ...
Your Honor, I was merely
reiterating...
Phoenix: what Mr. Edgeworth said, in
easier-to-understand language.
Edgeworth: It's too late, Mr. Wright.
Phoenix: !
Edgeworth: There's no turning back for us
now.
Phoenix: (It looks like he's the one
who's decided to go through
with this.)
Judge: Can you prove this,
Mr. Wright?
Judge: That the Chief, a high-ranking
officer of the law, is
involved in this murder!?
Phoenix: ...
(Good question...)
Edgeworth: Regardless of his rank or
title, Chief Gant is just a
man.
Edgeworth: The question is, is he a
criminal? I believe the
evidence will tell.
Judge: I see.
Judge: Alright, then.
Judge: Show us the evidence that
ties Chief Gant to the murder
of Detective Goodman.
Judge: Just remember...
It better be good!
[E5-09-05]
A>Present incorrect evidence
B>Present correct evidence
[E5-09-05-A]
Answer: Present incorrect evidence
Judge: ...
Well, Chief?
Gant: So long as Mr. Wright is
tossing out things regardless
of their relevance...
Gant: mind if I toss something too,
Udgey?
Gant: This shoe should do nicely.
I'll chuck it right at you!
Judge: You always were quite the
joker, weren't you?
Phoenix: (Oops...
Looks like I got it wrong.)
Judge: Don't "oops" me! Or I'll
be the one throwing my shoe
next!
Edgeworth: I know it's hard with all
that's gone on during this
trial,
Edgeworth: but try to think back to what
happened in the evidence room
four days ago.
Phoenix: (Now that he mentions it,
we did find something out in
yesterday's investigation...)
Phoenix: (Something that proves Gant
entered that room...)
Gant: Looks like he wants another
one of your shoes, Udgey.
Phoenix: ...
Judge: I see.
Judge: Alright, then.
Judge: Show us the evidence that
ties Chief Gant to the murder
of Detective Goodman.
Judge: Just remember...
It better be good!
[Return to E5-09-05]
[E5-09-05-B]
Answer: Present ID Card Record
Judge: This is the ID card list...
Phoenix: Yes, the one that shows who
entered the evidence room on
the day of the crime.
Phoenix: There was one ID on the list
we couldn't determine the
owner of yesterday...
Phoenix: 7777777.
Gant: Sorry, but there's no way you
can prove that's my card
number.
Phoenix: It's your number.
Gant: !
Judge: What!? How do you know that!?
Phoenix: The safe in Chief Gant's
Office requires a code to
open.
Phoenix: A seven-digit code...
Judge: Seven digits...
You don't mean...
Phoenix: I'm afraid so, Your Honor.
The code was "7777777"...
Phoenix: The same as the remaining ID
card number on that list!
Phoenix: Chief Gant!
You entered the evidence room
on the day of the crime!
Judge: Order! Order!
Judge: Chief Gant! What do you have
to say!?
Gant: ...
Nothing.
Gant: The defense's search of my
office was in violation of
regulations.
Edgeworth: And I will demand Mr. Wright
be punished to the maximum
extent of the law.
Edgeworth: But right now, this court
demands an explanation from
you...
Edgeworth: about the use of this ID card!
Gant: ...
Judge: Chief Gant!
So you admit it?
Judge: You entered the evidence
room...
Judge: on the day of the crime!?
Gant: ...
Gant: What about it? I'm Chief of
Police. Whether it's the
evidence room or the bathroom,
Gant: what's the difference? I can
go anywhere I want.
Edgeworth: Tell me.
Edgeworth: When you entered the room...
were you alone?
Gant: I always go to the bathroom
alone... as I do with the
evidence room.
Phoenix: Detective Goodman wouldn't
have happened to be with you
that day... would he?
Gant: O-of course not! Why would he
be?
Gant: I hadn't seen him in days!
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: You hadn't seen him... "in
days"? Chief Gant...
Phoenix: I'm afraid you've just undone
yourself.
Phoenix: On that day, you had to have
met with Detective Goodman!
Judge: What do you mean!?
Judge: This trial's purpose is to
determine Lana Skye's guilt!
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: No it isn't, Your Honor.
Edgeworth: This trial's purpose is to
determine the truth.
Edgeworth: If Chief Gant met the victim
on the day of the crime,
Edgeworth: then we need to determine one
thing:
Edgeworth: what transpired during that
meeting!
Judge: In that case, Mr. Wright!
I'm going to have to ask you
for evidence!
Judge: Show us proof that the
victim went to meet Chief
Gant on the day of the crime!
[E5-09-06]
A>Present incorrect evidence
B>Present correct evidence
[E5-09-06-A]
Answer: Present incorrect evidence
Phoenix: (No, there's got to be
something more solid than
this!)
Phoenix: (On that day...)
Phoenix: (Detective Goodman had to go
see Chief Gant!)
Judge: Sorry to interrupt your
mumblings...
Judge: but the court is waiting.
Phoenix: (Oops...)
Gant: Why don't you come meet with
me tomorrow?
Gant: Perhaps we could write up your
letter of... termination?
Phoenix: Regardless, you did see
Detective Goodman that day!
Judge: In that case, Mr. Wright!
I'm going to have to ask you
for evidence!
Judge: Show us proof that the
victim went to meet Chief
Gant on the day of the crime!
[Return to E5-09-06]
[E5-09-06-B]
Answer: Present Goodman's Lost Item Report
Phoenix: Detective Goodman lost his ID
card on the day of the crime.
Edgeworth: Or to be more accurate, Jake
Marshall stole it.
Phoenix: So Detective Goodman filled
out a lost item report.
Phoenix: He would have had to give that
report...
to the Chief of Police!
Gant: Yet you are in possession of
the report...
Gant: which means you can't be sure
if he filed it.
Phoenix: He filed it.
How do I know, you ask?
Phoenix: Because he needed to enter the
evidence room that day.
Judge: He needed to?
Phoenix: Yes. To transfer the evidence
out.
Judge: Oh...
Phoenix: Detective Goodman took the
form to you, Chief Gant.
Phoenix: Then...
Phoenix: you accompanied the detective
to the evidence room!
Gant: I "accompanied" him?
Phoenix: There's no other way the
murderer and Detective Goodman
could have entered the room!
Gant: Hold on. Let me guess what
you're going to say next.
Gant: I, the Chief of Police,
murdered poor Goodman!
Phoenix: ...
Exactly.
Judge: But wait!
Judge: The Chief didn't necessarily
need to accompany him to the
evidence room.
Judge: He could have just lent him
his ID card.
Gant: Yes...
Gant: Now that you mention it,
I believe I might have done
something of the sort.
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: Sorry,
but that's not possible.
Gant: !
Edgeworth: According to the record, your
card was only used once.
Edgeworth: But you showed us your ID card
earlier.
Edgeworth: If you had really "lent" it
to Detective Goodman,
Edgeworth: it would have been found on
his body!
Gant: N...
NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Judge: Chief Gant!
Y-you didn't...!
Gant: ...
Phoenix: The murder was most likely
committed on the spur of the
moment. No one in their right
Phoenix: mind would choose the Police
Department as a place to
commit murder.
Phoenix: After the murder, you
contacted Lana at the
Prosecutor's Office.
Phoenix: Why else?
To dispose of Detective
Goodman's body.
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: However,
Edgeworth: the victim's body was
discovered in the Prosecutor's
Office's parking lot.
Edgeworth: How did he manage to move it
there?
Gant: I was at the Police Department
the entire day, you know.
Edgeworth: And everyone's aware that Lana
stayed at the Prosecutor's
Office after the ceremony.
Phoenix: Everyone except me, it
seems...
Phoenix: Still, you're the Chief of
Police.
Phoenix: You have an entire police
force at your disposal.
Gant: Oh, so you think I just
ordered an officer to do it?
Gant: "Hey you. Take this here dead
body over to the Prosecutor's
Office." I don't think so...
Phoenix: Chief Gant.
You left all the evidence we
need...
Phoenix: to prove how you moved the
body to the Prosecutor's
Office.
Phoenix: (And all this time I thought
it was a useless clue just
taking up space...)
Judge: How could the Chief have moved
the body!?
Judge: Mr. Wright! Show us this
evidence!
Phoenix: To move the victim's body...
Chief Gant used this!
[E5-09-07]
A>Present incorrect evidence
B>Present Screwdriver
C>Present Parking Stub
[E5-09-07-A]
Answer: Present incorrect evidence
Phoenix: Well!?
Gant: I see...
Gant: Maybe I'll use this later...
to move your dead body,
Mr. Wright.
Phoenix: Huh?
Judge: And I'll help you dispose of it!
Phoenix: (Chief Gant stayed at the
P.D. and Lana stayed at
the Prosecutor's Office...)
Phoenix: (That leaves only one possible
way he could have moved the
body.)
Phoenix: (The only problem is, how did
he get him to do it?)
Phoenix: (Maybe that piece of evidence
really did have something to
do with this case!)
Judge: I'll ask you again, Mr.
Wright.
Judge: How could the Chief have moved
the body!?
Judge: Mr. Wright! Show us this
evidence!
Phoenix: To move the victim's body...
Chief Gant used this!
[Return to E5-09-07]
[E5-09-07-B]
Answer: Present Screwdriver
Phoenix: This is how he moved Detective
Goodman's body!
Judge: What's that?
A screwdriver?
Judge: But what does that have to do
with this case?
Phoenix: Mr. Edgeworth.
Think back to the day of the
crime.
Phoenix: What is this screwdriver doing
here?
Edgeworth: It's here because...
Edgeworth: ...
A-AAAHHHH!
Edgeworth: I... was asked to go.
By Chief Gant no less.
Edgeworth: He told me he wanted me to
keep a screwdriver at the
Prosecutor's Office.
Edgeworth: In any case, on the day of
the incident, I brought this
to the Prosecutor's Office.
Edgeworth: After the ceremony ended that
day,
Edgeworth: I didn't plan to return to the
Prosecutor's Office.
Phoenix: But you did.
Because Chief Gant asked you
to.
Edgeworth: You mean I... I...
Phoenix: The body was found in the
trunk of Mr. Edgeworth's car.
Phoenix: I think it's obvious what
happened.
Phoenix: The body was moved by that
car!
[Continue at E5-09-07-D]
[E5-09-07-C]
Answer: Present Parking Stub
Phoenix: This is how he moved Detective
Goodman's body!
Judge: A parking stub?
"Miles Edgeworth"...
Edgeworth: You mean...!
Phoenix: The body was found in the
trunk of Mr. Edgeworth's car.
Phoenix: I think it's obvious what
happened.
Phoenix: The body was moved by that
car!
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: You mean I... I...
I carried the victim's body!?
Phoenix: Precisely so.
Edgeworth: But wait!
Even you know...
Edgeworth: I didn't plan on returning to
my office...
Edgeworth: after the ceremony finished
that day.
Phoenix: But you did return!
Tell me, why?
Edgeworth: ...
A-AAAHHHH!
Edgeworth: I... was asked to go.
By Chief Gant no less.
Edgeworth: He told me he wanted me to
keep a screwdriver at the
Prosecutor's Office.
Edgeworth: In any case, on the day of
the incident, I brought this
to the Prosecutor's Office.
Phoenix: So you see...
Phoenix: what you really took to the
Prosecutor's Office wasn't the
screwdriver...
Phoenix: but the victim's body in your
trunk!
[Continue at E5-09-07-D]
[E5-09-07-D]
Judge: Detective Goodman's body...
was carried in the trunk of
Mr. Edgeworth's car!
Phoenix: Yes.
Unless, of course, you have
another explanation, Chief?
Phoenix: Why else would you have asked
Mr. Edgeworth to carry
evidence from a closed case?
Gant: ...
Phoenix: There's only one plausible
explanation:
Phoenix: to transport the body to your
accomplice...
Phoenix: Ms. Lana Skye!
Judge: Order! Order! Order!
What's going on here!?
Judge: Is there no room for rebuttal
to the defense's outrageous
accusations!?
Phoenix: Think back to the photograph
Ms. Starr took at the
Prosecutor's Office.
Phoenix: This was not a photo of
the body being stuffed in the
trunk to be taken away.
Phoenix: It was exactly the opposite...
Edgeworth: It is a photo of the body
being taken from the trunk!
Judge: Chief Gant!
Please, say something!
Gant: I believe...
your time's up.
Judge: My "time's up"?
Gant: Sorry, Wrighto, but I'm having
lunch with the District
Attorney General after this.
Gant: We have to get going if we're
going to make it in time for the
early bird special.
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: B-but...
The cross-examination isn't
finished yet!
Gant: Remember what I told you
earlier?
Gant: A police chief...
has all kinds of weapons at
his disposal.
Phoenix: ..."Weapons"...?
Gant: Like the right to refuse
to testify. I'm invoking that
right now.
Judge: What!?
That is not a right to be
casually invoked.
Judge: There are certain risks to be
considered!
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: So you're going to just run
away after all this!?
Gant: "Run away"?
Don't make me laugh, Worthy.
Edgeworth: !
Gant: "I stabbed ol' Goodman."
That's what you're saying,
right?
Gant: But if you had any conclusive
evidence, you would have
presented it by now.
Phoenix: Well I...
Gant: You think I had Lana dispose
of the body?
Gant: If so, then show your proof and
get it over with!
Judge: Hmm...
Judge: I'll say it again, Mr. Wright.
Damon Gant is the current
Chief of Police.
Judge: This court will not tolerate
any accusations against him
without concrete proof.
Judge: Well, Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: Y-Your Honor?
Judge: Do you have any concrete
proof?
Judge: Proof that Chief Gant murdered
Detective Goodman and made
Ms. Skye dispose of his body?
Phoenix: (Do I have any concrete
"proof"...?)
[E5-09-08]
A>Present evidence
B>I have no proof yet
[E5-09-08-A]
Answer: Present evidence
Phoenix: (I can't let him just squirm
his way out of this!)
Phoenix: (I've got to keep the
pressure on!)
Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor.
I do have such evidence.
Judge: Then please hurry up and
present it.
Just remember,
Judge: it better prove Chief Gant
murdered Detective Goodman
beyond a shadow of a doubt!
>Present: [anything]
Judge: So...
Er, what exactly is this
evidence?
Phoenix: It's proof. As to whether or
not it's enough to demonstrate
the Chief's guilt...
Phoenix: I'll let you be the judge!
Judge: But... I am the judge.
Phoenix: Oh, right...
Well, what do you think, Your
Honor?
Judge: What I think, Mr. Wright,
is I'm going to be late for
my meal.
Phoenix: (I guess it wasn't enough...)
Phoenix: Please, Your Honor! Give me
just a little longer to
consider!
Judge: Hmm...
Judge: I'll say it again, Mr. Wright.
Damon Gant is the current
Chief of Police.
Judge: This court will not tolerate
any accusations against him
without concrete proof.
Judge: Well, Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: Y-Your Honor?
Judge: Do you have any concrete
proof?
Judge: Proof that Chief Gant murdered
Detective Goodman and made
Ms. Skye dispose of his body?
Phoenix: (Do I have any concrete
"proof"...?)
[Return to E5-09-08]
[E5-09-08-B]
Answer: I have no proof yet
Phoenix: (It's no use showing evidence
I'm not even sure of
myself...)
Phoenix: No, Your Honor.
At present I have no
conclusive evidence.
Gant: Hmph!
See, Udgey?
Judge: In that case...
Judge: This court is forced to
penalize you for your
allegations against the Chief.
Phoenix: What?
Gant: I don't gamble unless the
stakes are high!
Gant: It seems that Lady Luck was
on my side again today.
Gant: Okay Udgey, I'll leave the
rest to you!
Judge: I warned you earlier, Mr.
Wright.
Judge: This... is an affront to a senior
officer in our nation's law
law enforcement agency.
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: WAAAAAAAHHHH!!!
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: "Lady Luck," hm?
Maybe we should have a word
with her.
Judge: Mr. Edgeworth?
What do you mean!?
Edgeworth: There's one "Lady" who knows
the real truth behind this
trial...
Edgeworth: We haven't yet had the honor
of hearing her testimony.
Phoenix: (A lady who knows the truth...
Another witness!)
Edgeworth: In the absence of conclusive
evidence, the only other
method of proof is testimony.
Phoenix: But Chief Gant has invoked his
right to refuse to testify!
Edgeworth: There's still someone else.
One more witness who can
answer all the questions
Edgeworth: raised in this trial.
Someone right in this very
room!
Judge: Mr. Edgeworth!
Who is this person!?
Edgeworth: Hmph...
Why are you asking me, Your
Honor?
Edgeworth: Have you forgotten?
Edgeworth: The defense is the one calling
witnesses today.
Judge: Mr. Wright. Does such a
witness exist?
Phoenix: (She may not be willing to
tell the truth...)
Phoenix: (But we can't just stop now!)
Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor!
The defense calls forth...
[E5-09-09]
A>Present incorrect person
B>Present correct person
[E5-09-09-A]
Answer: Present incorrect person
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: I thought we were walking the
same path together, Mr.
Wright.
Edgeworth: It appears somewhere along the
way you got lost.
Judge: You better find your way
back, Mr. Wright, or you'll
be left behind!
Phoenix: (There's another "witness"
who can expose Chief Gant's
crime...)
Phoenix: (One whom we've all
let stand at the
sidelines...)
Phoenix: (Now that I think about it,)
Phoenix: (there's only one possible
person!)
Judge: Mr. Wright. Does such a
witness exist?
Phoenix: (She may not be willing to
tell the truth...)
Phoenix: (But we can't just stop now!)
Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor!
The defense calls forth...
[Return to E5-09-09]
[E5-09-09-B]
Answer: Present Lana Skye
Judge: The defendant...
Ms. Lana Skye!?
Phoenix: She was in the underground
parking lots at 5:15 PM on
February 21.
Phoenix: Her task: to dispose of the
victim's body...
Phoenix: in accordance with a certain
someone's orders!
Judge: Hmm...
Mr. Edgeworth...?
Edgeworth: The prosecution has no
objections, Your Honor.
Judge: Very well. The court will now
take its final recess for the
day.
Judge: In 15 minutes, we will
reconvene to hear the
defendant's testimony.
Judge: This court is now in re-
???: Hold on!
Judge: Huh?
Judge: Chief Gant!
I thought you were going to
eat.
Gant: Listen good, Lana!
Phoenix: (He's talking to Lana!)
Gant: I don't think you need me to
tell you this, but if you
accept Mr. Wright's claim...
Gant: there will be terrible
consequences.
Edgeworth: ...!
Gant: That's right...
Gant: Your sister will be found
guilty...
for Neil Marshall's murder!
Phoenix: Ah!
(This isn't good!)
Gant: Of course, you'd never
support such outrageous
claims anyway... right?
Gant: Just something to think
about...
Gant: All right, then.
Gant: I've got a lunch date to meet.
Judge: ...
Okay. If there aren't any
further objections...
Judge: this court is now in recess!
February 25, 2:04 PM
District Court
Defendant Lobby No. 2
Edgeworth: Looks like we managed to stay
in the game.
Phoenix: Yeah.
Thanks to your help,
Edgeworth.
Gumshoe: That Chief...
He's something else, eh pals?
Phoenix: Detective Gumshoe!
Gumshoe: Ha ha ha.
I'm not a "detective" anymore.
Phoenix: Oh yeah. Sorry about that...
Gumshoe: Ah, don't worry. I've already
decided where to work now!
Gumshoe: At your office!
Phoenix: My office...?
Gumshoe: Sure!
Gumshoe: I'll take the place of that
top-knotted girl you used to
work with!
Phoenix: (Could he mean...
Maya?)
Gumshoe: Still...
Looks like we're all out of
moves now.
Gumshoe: Chief Gant's done it again.
How is it he always gets the
upper hand!?
Phoenix: It's not fair he has the right
to refuse to testify!
Edgeworth: Hmph.
Settle down, Wright.
Edgeworth: Remember what the judge said?
Judge: But Chief!
That is not a right to be
casually invoked.
Judge: There are certain risks to be
considered!
Phoenix: "Risks"... What did he mean by
that?
Edgeworth: It's simple.
Edgeworth: If the Chief refuses to
testify...
Edgeworth: the opposite also holds true.
???: You mean, he forfeits his
right to say anything too!
Phoenix: Ema!
Are you okay?
Ema: Yeah. When I came to, I was in
the medical office.
Ema: I've been listening to the
trial from the gallery.
Phoenix: (So she heard everything
that's been going on.)
Phoenix: Um, Ema...
I'm sorry for what I said
before.
Ema: No, don't be. It was the
truth.
Ema: You know, it's funny.
I almost feel somehow...
relieved.
Phoenix: "Relieved"?
Ema: Yeah...
Now I finally know what really
happened.
Ema: To think that all this time...
Ema: my sister was being
blackmailed by that terrible
man!
Ema: And she did it all...
just to protect me.
Edgeworth: Ever since her appointment as
Chief Prosecutor,
Edgeworth: everyone who knew her...
said she changed.
Edgeworth: Perhaps... it was easer that
way for her.
Gumshoe: What do you mean?
Edgeworth: What do you think I mean?
To follow Chief Gant's orders.
Edgeworth: She must have shut herself up
deep inside...
Edgeworth: to force herself to do
anything and everything the
Chief told her to do.
Phoenix: (That must be why she became
so cold...)
Ema: It was all my fault.
Ema: It's all because I...
I murdered Mr. Marshall.
Gumshoe: Hey. Don't go blaming
yourself, now.
Gumshoe: If you want to blame anyone,
blame society, pal!
Ema: Chief Gant may be able to fool
everyone else with his
"forgery,"
Ema: but he can't fool my memory.
I remember now. I knocked Mr.
Marshall into that armor.
Phoenix: I... I see.
Gumshoe: Well, we'd better get back.
It's time for the final act!
Phoenix: Ema, why don't you wait h-
Ema: No. I'm going with you.
Phoenix: !
Ema: I want to be there...
Ema: when Lana tells the truth.
Edgeworth: Let's go, Wright.
It's time to end this.
To be continued.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Episode 5, Chapter 10
SilverWind (silverwind9@hotmail.com)
Rise from the Ashes
Final Day – Trial Latter2
February 25, 2:21 PM
District Court
Courtroom No. 9
Judge: Now then...
Judge: Will the defendant, Ms. Lana
Skye, please take the stand?
Edgeworth: Ms. Lana Skye.
You are the Chief Prosecutor.
Edgeworth: I'm sure you're aware of what
is required of you.
Lana: But Mr. Edgeworth...
Lana: you already know
everything...
Lana: You know all that I've done
these past two years.
Edgeworth: ...
Judge: Please provide the court with
your testimony, Ms. Skye.
Judge: And remember...
you are under oath.
We want to hear the truth.
Lana: Of course... The truth...
Ema: Lana! No matter what happens,
I'll always be your sister!
Lana: ...
Judge: Now then, your testimony,
if you will.
Judge: First, tell us about your
relationship with Gant.
Phoenix: (Everything hinges on your
testimony.)
Phoenix: (You're the only chance we
have to get Gant!)
Witness Testimony
-- Gant & The Fabrication --
Lana: I worked alongside Gant for
years...
Lana: There's no truth to this
"blackmail" theory.
Lana: I fabricated the evidence two
years ago all by myself.
Lana: When I found Prosecutor
Marshall's body, I rearranged
the crime scene.
Lana: My only motivation was to get
Darke convicted. It had
nothing to do with Ema.
Judge: Hmm...
Are you sure about this
testimony?
Lana: Your Honor. I'm confessing to
a capital offense. Of course
I'm sure.
Ema: But Lana...!
Judge: If this is true, then that
means Chief Gant has nothing
to do with this.
Lana: That's what I've been telling
you from the beginning.
Ema: Please, Mr. Wright. You've got
to help her! She's sacrificing
herself because of me...
Phoenix: (But what if she's telling the
truth?)
Ema: She's not. I know my own
sister.
Ema: Whenever she speaks stiffly
like that, she's hiding
something inside.
Ema: Deep down, she's really
screaming in agony!
Phoenix: ...!
Phoenix: (Yeah... This is no time to
to start second-guessing
myself!)
Judge: The defense may now begin its
cross-examination.
Cross Examination
-- Gant & The Fabrication --
Lana: I worked alongside Gant for
years...
>Press
Phoenix: How many years, exactly?
Lana: Ever since I made senior
detective.
Lana: Let's see, I was 24 then...
so that would be five years.
Judge: Detective Gant and Detective
Skye were legendary partners.
Judge: I personally saw them testify
in numerous cases.
Phoenix: (She must have been good,
coming from the same school
as Mia...)
Lana: Damon Gant was a respectable
detective. That's why...
Lana: There's no truth to this
"blackmail" theory.
>Press
Phoenix: But think about it, Ms. Skye!
Phoenix: You didn't murder Detective
Goodman!
Phoenix: You told me as much yesterday
in jail!
Lana: You still don't get it, do you
Mr. Wright?
Lana: Any testimony you cannot
present in court is as useless
as idle gossip.
Phoenix: ...!
Lana: I stabbed Detective Goodman
with a knife.
Lana: And...
Lana: I fabricated the evidence two
years ago all by myself.
>Press
Phoenix: Did you do so to help your
sister?
Lana: Joe Darke was a serial killer.
Lana: My sister almost became his
last victim that day.
Lana: I didn't want that incident to
ruin her life.
Phoenix: But what she did was
justifiable self-defense!
Phoenix: She wouldn't have been charged
with anything...
Lana: That's not the point.
Lana: She was traumatized that day,
all because of that creep!
Lana: That's why I couldn't forgive
him.
Ema: Lana...
Judge: So that's why you fabricated
the evidence two years ago?
Lana: When I found Prosecutor
Marshall's body, I rearranged
the crime scene.
>Press
Phoenix: You say you did this all by
yourself?
Lana: Yes.
Edgeworth: Would you mind telling us what
you found when you arrived at
the crime scene?
Lana: ...
Lana: It seems I was the first
person to discover the scene.
Lana: The broken prosecutor award
knife was stuck in the
victim's body.
Phoenix: What!?
Phoenix: But Prosecutor Marshall died
from an unfortunate
"accident"!
Lana: That's only a situation you
dreamed was "possible."
Phoenix: ...!
Lana: The reality is, it wasn't my
sister who took the
prosecutor's life!
Lana: Fantasize all you want, Mr.
Wright, but I'll never change
this statement!
Edgeworth: You mean, Prosecutor Marshall
wound up being killed by
Darke?
Lana: Something like that...
Edgeworth: If that is so, what happened
to the other murder weapon?
Edgeworth: Darke was carrying a
switchblade knife.
Lana: Oh, that was lying on the
floor a little distance away.
Lana: It was probably knocked away
in the struggle.
Phoenix: (That's not how it went down!
She's trying to cover up her
lies with more lies!)
Ema: All just to protect me...
Judge: So when you found the scene
like this, what did you do?
Judge: After all, this is what
everything boils down to!
Lana: Yes...
[Continue at E5-10-01]
Lana: My only motivation was to get
Darke convicted. It had
nothing to do with Ema.
>Press
Phoenix: So you rearranged the crime
scene...
Phoenix: Are you sure you didn't do
this to keep Ema from looking
like the "murderer"?
Lana: How many times do I have to
tell you, Mr. Wright?
Lana: Ema didn't do it. Period.
Phoenix: (Are you so desperate to
hide that fact...)
Phoenix: (you're willing to risk the
death sentence?)
Ema: She's lying! She did it so I
wouldn't be blamed for what
happened!
Lana: In any case...
Lana: as a prosecutor, what I've
done is unpardonable.
Lana: There's nothing I can do to
make up for my actions.
Ema: Mr. Wright! My sister's lying!
Phoenix: Looks like she's determined to
protect you to the end.
Phoenix: She insists she fabricated the
evidence by herself.
Ema: There's no way she could have
done it alone!
Phoenix: (I've got to get Lana to talk
more.)
Phoenix: (If she's lying, then she's
bound to slip up and make a
contradiction!)
[E5-10-01]
Lana: I broke off the tip of Darke's
knife, planted it inside the
wound, then moved the body.
>Press
Phoenix: You planted the tip of Darke's
knife in the victim's wound?
Judge: And then you moved the body?
Edgeworth: But why!? Why would you do
that...?
Lana: You of all people should know,
Edgeworth.
Lana: You've always had a good head
on your shoulders.
Edgeworth: ...!
Phoenix: (My head isn't that bad... but
maybe I ought to ask for the
sake of the others...)
[E5-10-02]
A>Why did you plant the knife?
B>Why did you move the body?
[E5-10-02-A]
Answer: Why did you plant the knife?
Phoenix: But why did you do that!?
Lana: Come now, Mr. Wright. Even
you should be able to figure
it out.
Edgeworth: ...
Judge: Very well, let's add this to
the witness's testimony!
Judge: The reason Ms. Skye fabricated
the knife!
Lana: I knew the tip of the weapon
found buried in his body would
be all the proof we needed.
>Press
Phoenix: According to your testimony,
Phoenix: Prosecutor Marshall's broken
knife was the murder weapon,
right?
Lana: Yes, and leaving it at that
might point the blame away
from Darke.
Lana: I felt the most effective way
to get him convicted,
Lana: would be by having the tip of
his knife found inside the
victim's body.
Judge: So you...
Judge: you buried it inside the
victim's stab wound?
Lana: Yes.
Lana: Because I hated Darke for what
he did.
Judge: Hmm...
[E5-10-02-B]
Answer: Why did you move the body?
Phoenix: When you showed up on the
scene, where exactly was the
victim's body?
Lana: It was where you deduced it
was – by Chief Gant's desk.
Edgeworth: But the body was found by your
desk.
Edgeworth: Why did you move it there?
Lana: The reason for that is
simple...
Judge: Let's have the witness
explain this in more detail.
Judge: The reason Ms. Skye moved the
body!
Lana: The pieces of the jar that
shattered during the events
threatened my plan.
>Press
Phoenix: "Pieces of the jar..."
You mean...?
Lana: Yes. That wretched jar Mr.
Wright showed us earlier.
Lana: In order to show that
Darke committed the crime...
Lana: I felt it would be more
expedient to move the body.
Edgeworth: So...
Edgeworth: when you first found the body,
the jar was already...
Lana: Of course. It had been
shattered to pieces.
Lana: If you looked at the crime
scene, it would be clear
right away what happened.
Lana: Neil Marshall was dead, and
Darke was lying unconscious...
Lana: In other words, the jar must
have been broken during their
struggle.
Judge: I see.
Ema: ...
Phoenix: What's the matter, Ema?
Ema: Apparently the jar
shattered at the time the
crime was committed.
Ema: But I have a feeling there is
more to it than that.
Phoenix: (There must be a
contradiction here
somewhere!)
Lana:
Anyway, I committed this
fabrication completely alone.
Lana: The pieces of the jar that
shattered during the events
threatened my plan.
>Present: Unstable Jar
Phoenix: Ms. Skye, I understand how
you feel.
Phoenix: You committed that "crime"
two years ago to protect your
sister.
Judge: You mean the forgery at the
scene where Neil Marshall was
murdered?
Phoenix: If that truth were to be
exposed now, the past two
years of your life
Phoenix: will have been useless.
Even so, I am compelled to
bring to everyone's attention
Phoenix: a significant contradiction
within your testimony!
Lana: A contradiction... in my
testimony?
Phoenix: You testified, and I quote,
Phoenix: "The pieces of the jar that
shattered during the events
threatened my plan."
Lana: That's right...
Judge: Do you have a problem with
that?
Phoenix: It's a simple oversight,
really.
Phoenix: You see, a message was written
on this jar with the victim's
blood.
Lana: Yes. The prosecutor must have
written it in his final
moments.
Phoenix: Exactly so. And this is where
the contradiction lies.
Lana: !
Phoenix: In order for the victim to be
able to write his message on
the jar,
Phoenix: it must not yet have been
broken before he died!
Lana: Ah...
Phoenix: He couldn't have written
Ema's name on a shattered jar!
Judge: Order! Order!
Edgeworth: Your Honor. It would appear...
Edgeworth: more information is needed in
regard to this jar, and its
bloody message!
Edgeworth: We may be missing something
critical here!
Phoenix: (Something critical...?)
Edgeworth: Chief Prosecutor.
Edgeworth: It seems you're as in the dark
as we are...
Edgeworth: about the truth towards which
we're headed.
Lana: What...?
Edgeworth: Just tell us exactly what you
saw.
Edgeworth: We'll piece together the
information to arrive at the
truth.
Judge: Very well! The witness may now
continue her testimony!
Lana: ...
Witness Testimony
-- Jar & Message in Blood --
Lana: I immediately noticed the
blood traces on the jar,
Lana: but it was dark in the room
and I didn't have time to
check it out.
Lana: To be safe, I wiped away the
blood.
Lana: The fragments were large, so
I'm sure I got them all.
Lana: All I could think about was
wiping them clean before they
were discovered.
Judge: You mean you were the one
who wiped away this message
in blood!?
Lana: I wasn't Chief Prosecutor at
the time.
Ema: She didn't think Darke was the
real murderer.
Ema: That's why she tried to erase
the "real evidence."
Judge: Very well. The defense may now
begin its cross-examination.
Cross Examination
-- Jar & Message in Blood --
Lana: I immediately noticed the
blood traces on the jar,
>Press
Phoenix: So the jar was already broken?
Lana: It's a miracle that thing
hadn't broken earlier.
Judge: It certainly looks as feeble
as the defense's case...
Phoenix: (But not as feeble as the
judge's judgment...)
Edgeworth: You were an ace detective who
never missed a detail. Do you
really expect us to believe
Edgeworth: you didn't investigate what
was written on the jar pieces?
Lana: Normally, i would have,
Lana: but it was dark in the room
and I didn't have time to
check it out.
>Press
Phoenix: So you didn't know your
sister's name was written on
the jar?
Lana: No. If I had known...
Lana: I would have gathered all the
pieces and ground them to
dust.
Phoenix: (Well, that helps my case...)
Ema: Lana... you'd do that for me?
Phoenix: It seems you two might make up
yet.
Lana: Anyway, I just barely had
enough time to move the body
as it was.
Edgeworth: If someone happened upon the
scene, you'd lose your chance
to erase the evidence.
Edgeworth: You must have been in a hurry.
Lana: I was.
Lana: I knew I had to destroy the
evidence before anyone came.
Judge: This is rather shocking...
Lana: To be safe, I wiped away the
blood.
>Press
Phoenix: I'm afraid this action of
yours reveals what really
happened.
Judge: What do you mean?
Phoenix: If you really thought Darke
killed Prosecutor Marshall,
Phoenix: you wouldn't have wiped away
the blood.
Lana: ...
Lana: What else could I have done in
that situation?
Ema: Lana...
Lana: I only had a few moments.
Lana: There wasn't enough time for
me to do anything else but
gather up the pieces.
Lana: The fragments were large, so
I'm sure I got them all.
>Press
Phoenix: But how could you see with the
power out? It should have been
pitch black in that office.
Lana: A detective is always
prepared, Mr. Wright.
Lana: Even now I always carry a
pocket light and a camera with
me.
Ema: Even I carry my a bottle
of emergency Luminol
wherever I go!
Lana: I never miss anything.
I got every last piece.
Lana: All I could think about was
wiping them clean before they
were discovered.
>Press
Phoenix: So you illegally rearranged
the crime scene?
Lana: Yes. I don't have any excuse
for my actions.
Ema: I'm so sorry, Lana.
I didn't know...
Ema: I've treated you so badly all
this time...
Phoenix: (It's not too late.)
Phoenix: (There's still plenty of time
to make up...)
Phoenix: (After we've gotten to the
bottom of this incident!)
Judge: No doubt this day will leave a
permanent stain on the history
of the Prosecutor's Office.
Ema: More contradictions have
surfaced in her testimony.
Phoenix: Your sister's really putting
up a fight.
Phoenix: She must really care about
you.
Phoenix: Still, she's not doing this
the right way...
Ema: ...!
Phoenix: (I think I've finally figured
out the contradictions in her
testimony.)
Phoenix: (There's one final
"possibility" that might turn
everything around!)
Lana: The fragments were large, so
I'm sure I got them all.
>Present: Unstable Jar
Phoenix: Ms. Skye. I believe this jar
conceals a truth even you
were unaware of.
Lana: What?
Phoenix: We found the final piece of
this jar in Chief Gant's safe.
Lana: In the Chief's safe?
But how...?
Phoenix: (I knew it! She really didn't
know!)
Phoenix: There's something even more
disturbing about that final
piece:
Phoenix: There was still blood on it.
Judge: But the witness just
testified...
Judge: that she gathered every last
piece and wiped the blood off
of them!
Phoenix: Yes, which leaves us with only
one explanation.
Phoenix: On the night Prosecutor
Marshall was murdered...
Phoenix: you were not the first one to
show up on the scene!
Phoenix: Chief Gant got there before
you!
Judge: But couldn't the defendant
have simply missed a piece?
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: I'm afraid that's unlikely.
Phoenix: The pieces are to big for
anyone to miss, let alone an
ace detective!
Judge: That may well be, but everyone
makes mistakes. Even I once
wasted an entire day
Judge: looking for my dentures. They
were in my mouth all along!
Ha! Can you believe that!?
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: Have you forgotten,
Your Honor?
Edgeworth: When this witness arrived at
the scene, the jar was already
broken.
Judge: Oh, that...
Edgeworth: There's no way a name could
have been written on a
shattered jar.
Edgeworth: Another person discovered the
scene prior to the witness!
Judge: I hope you're not implying
this "person" was Chief Gant.
At the time, he was looking
Judge: for Darke downstairs. Besides,
even if he was there first,
why would he break the jar?
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: The question is, if he did
arrive there first, why did he
hide that fact for two years!?
Judge: ...
Phoenix: Well, Your Honor?
Can you answer us that!?
Judge: Nnnnn...
NNNNGHAAAAAAA!
Judge: Noooooooooooo!
Judge: Wait, I'm not the one on
trail here!
Edgeworth: Damon Gant arrived at the
crime scene prior to the
witness.
Edgeworth: He proceeded to break the jar,
and purposefully hid one of
the broken pieces.
Edgeworth: Question: What is this action
called?
Phoenix: Fabrication...
Judge: B-but why would Chief Gant do
that!?
Edgeworth: In light of what happened
afterwards, isn't it clear?
Judge: What happened afterwards...?
Edgeworth: Discovering the scene, Lana
Skye believed her sister Ema
killed the victim.
Edgeworth: Determined to help her sister,
she sought Gant's aid.
Edgeworth: Lending her his "aid," Gant
helped her create evidence
that incriminated Darke,
Edgeworth: sparing Ema.
And here is the reason!
Edgeworth: The reason why Ms. Skye
became the Chief's puppet!
Lana: ...!!
Lana: N-no...
I... I did it on my own...
Ema: Please, Sis!
Stop trying to protect the
Chief!
Ema: I...
Ema: I can't watch you suffer any
more for my sake...
Lana: No, you didn't! It wasn't you,
Ema! You didn't kill anyone!
Lana: Don't believe anything
Mr. Wright says!
Lana: Defense attorneys make up the
he most foul lies to defend
their clients!
Phoenix: "Foul lies"...?
(Imagine that, coming from my
own client!)
Judge: Hmm... I guess you do seem
the type who likes to twist
the truth.
Phoenix: ...!
(Wait a minute...)
Phoenix: (What if...)
Phoenix: (we're still smack dab in the
middle of Gant's trap!?)
Judge: Is something wrong,
Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: Lana... may be right after all.
Edgeworth: !
What do you mean, Wright?
Ema: So you do tell foul lies
then, Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: Ms. Skye! Please testify once
more!
Lana: But...
Phoenix: If evidence was "fabricated"
behind your back...
Phoenix: then Ema's accidental killing
of Prosecutor Marshall...
Phoenix: might also be a lie!
Ema: B-but, I do remember knocking
over Mr. Marshall...
Phoenix: Ms. Skye! If you will!
Lana: ...
I... I can't...
Edgeworth: There's nothing to be afraid
of anymore.
Lana: ...!
Edgeworth: This cross-examination may not
change a thing.
Edgeworth: However, there is a
possibility that it will,
if you tell the truth!
Lana: ...
Very well.
Lana: I'll testify...
about what I really saw.
Judge: All right. The witness may
testify once more, for the
final time!
Witness Testimony
-- Actual Crime Scene --
Lana: When I arrived, I found Mr.
Marshall's body impaled on
that suit of armor's sword.
Lana: Ema and Darke were lying
unconscious on the floor
nearby.
Lana: When I saw what had happened,
I thought she... did it.
Lana: That's why I erased all the
evidence that linked her to
the murder.
Lana: I had Chief Gant help me
remove the body from the
sword and carry it...
Lana: But if it all really was a
fabrication, Ema might be
innocent!
Judge: Unbelievable! The body was
impaled on the armor's sword?
Edgeworth: You were the only one who saw
that. If only you had proof...
Lana: ...
Lana: Actually, I do have proof.
Edgeworth: !
Lana: I gave it to Mr. Wright just
this morning.
Phoenix: What? To me!?
Lana: It's a picture I took of the
crime scene as I encountered
it.
Lana: I thought it might be needed.
Phoenix: But I don't remember receiving
a picture like that...
Ema: Lana must have known...
Ema: See. Mr. Wright? She really
does have faith in you!
Judge: Very well, Mr. Wright. Please
present this "picture"!
Phoenix: (I don't remember receiving
any pictures from Lana...)
Ema: Lana said she gave it to you
this morning, right?
Phoenix: I seem to remember getting
something from her then...
Ema: Let's check that evidence
again!
Ema: There must be a picture in
there somewhere!
>Check: Evidence Law
>Examine: Back of book
Phoenix: Hey... There's a picture here!
Ema: Oh... Oh my...
Ema: This is... the actual crime
scene...!
Lana: No other detective saw the
crime scene like this.
Lana: That's because I contacted
Criminal Affairs only after
I rearranged the scene.
Lana's picture inserted in the
Court Record.
Ema: *gasp* Mr. Wright!
Ema: That piece cut out from his
vest! Could that be...
Phoenix: (The cloth we found inside
Chief Gant's safe!)
Phoenix: What's this?
Ema: It's... a handprint.
Ema: That cloth...
It had fingerprints on it!
Ema: Whosever fingerprints those
are must be the real murderer!
Phoenix: (What!? But those
fingerprints...)
Phoenix: (They're yours, Ema!)
Ema: Why are your lips turning
all purple, Mr. Wright?
Edgeworth: Anyway, let's get on with the
cross-examination.
Edgeworth: So long as you tell the truth,
we should be able to flush
out the real murderer.
Judge: Very well. The defense may now
begin its cross-examination.
Cross Examination
-- Actual Crime Scene --
Lana: When I arrived, I found Mr.
Marshall's body impaled on
that suit of armor's sword.
.
HOLD IT!
Gant: Come now, Udgey.
Gant: This is the poorest excuse for
a trial I've ever seen!
Judge: Chief Gant...
Gant: What, now you want to make me
out as the bad guy too?
Gant: If so, I'd like to put in a
word or two in my defense.
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: I'm afraid it's too late for
that.
Gant: What?
Edgeworth: You already declined
testimony.
Edgeworth: That means you forfeited your
right to make statements of
any sort.
Gant: ...
Phoenix: (This must be the "risk" the
judge was talking about...)
Edgeworth: Just sit back, relax...
Edgeworth: and enjoy the sound of the
noose tightening around your
own neck.
Gant: GGGCCKCKCCKKKK...!
... Ah, so what?
You think I'm worried?
Phoenix: ...!
Gant: Sorry to disappoint you,
Gant: but I don't need to make any
statements.
Edgeworth: What do you mean?
Gant: The evidence will do all the
talking for me.
Gant: Even if I can't testify, I can
still present evidence.
Judge: Yes, that's true...
Wait! You mean...
Judge: you still have some conclusive
evidence?
Gant: No, I don't.
But someone else does.
Judge: "Someone"...?
Gant: So then... what's your excuse
Wrighto?
Phoenix: ...!
Gant: Why have you been keeping
quiet about it?
Gant: You do have something to show
us, right?
Gant: Something that proves who
knocked over Neil Marshall,
causing his death.
Gant: Conclusive evidence, that
leaves no room for doubt!
Judge: I-is this true, Mr. Wright!?
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: (If I show that piece of
evidence now...)
Phoenix: (Ema's sure to be made out as
the murderer!)
Judge: Mr. Wright! If you have any
more evidence, present it now!
And if you try to conceal
Judge: anything... you will be the
one appearing before the
Board of Inquiries!
Phoenix: (What do I do now!?)
Phoenix: (I'd better think this through
carefully. I can't afford to
make the wrong decision!)
Phoenix: (Should I present that piece
of evidence?)
Phoenix: (The one that shows who really
killed Prosecutor Marshall?)
[E5-10-03]
A>Show evidence
B>Cannot show evidence
[E5-10-03-A]
Answer: Show evidence
Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor. I do have
further evidence.
Ema: All right! The time's finally
come to show it to them!
Ema: Those prints have got to be
the Chief's!
Judge: Now then, let's see this
"conclusive" evidence!
Judge: The evidence that shows who
actually murdered Prosecutor
Marshall!
[Continue to E5-10-04]
[E5-10-04]
A>Present: Strip of Cloth
B>Present: Anything else
[E5-10-04-A]
Answer: Present: Strip of Cloth
Judge: That's... a piece of leather
clothing?
Phoenix: Yes. It most likely was cut
from the victim's vest,
near his chest.
Edgeworth: What's this!?
Edgeworth: There's a big handprint on it!
Gant: Surely it must have been left
on the cloth by whoever shoved
the victim into the sword.
Judge: What? Who's fingerprints are
on this!?
Gant: I'm sure Wrighto has
checked, haven't you?
Phoenix: ...!
Judge: Well? Whose are they!?
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: ...They're Ms. Skye's.
Ms. Ema Skye's.
Ema: What!?
They're mine...?
Ema: So I really did do it...
Gant: See? I told you it was
conclusive.
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: But this was found in your
safe!
Phoenix: That means it's possible you
forged it!
Gant: I don't know what you're
talking about.
Phoenix: !
Gant: I don't remember any cloth in
my safe.
Gant: Do you really expect me to
believe that?
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: But...!
Edgeworth: Give it up, Mr. Wright.
It's over.
Phoenix: !
Edgeworth: You shouldn't have presented
that...
Edgeworth: By presenting that evidence,
Edgeworth: you tied Ema Skye to Neil
Marshall's death.
Phoenix: No...
Judge: It appears we have our killer.
Phoenix: NNNO...
Phoenix: NNNO...NOOOOOO!!!
Everything hinged on that
point.
In the end, Lana was found
guilty
GUILTY
[E5-10-04-B]
Answer: Present: Anything else
Phoenix: (No... I can't!
I can't show them that yet!)
Ema: Why not?
You know which item to show!
Edgeworth: Mr. Wright.
Edgeworth: If you're not sure, then think
it through again...
Edgeworth: How can you use that evidence
to your advantage?
Phoenix: (What do I do now!?)
Phoenix: (I'd better think this through
carefully. I can't afford to
make the wrong decision!)
Phoenix: (Should I present that piece
of evidence?)
Phoenix: (The one that shows who really
killed Prosecutor Marshall?)
[Return to E5-10-03]
[E5-10-03-B]
Answer: Cannot show evidence
Phoenix: Your Honor, I don't have any
evidence I can present at this
point in time.
Gant: What!?
You lie!
Judge: Chief Gant?
Gant: You... you opened my safe!
I know you took what was
inside!
Gant: The conclusive evidence!
Phoenix: I don't know what you're
talking about.
Ema: Mr. Wright! Why don't you show
them?
Ema: We found it together!
Gant: Oh, I see. It's because you
know the truth, don't you?
Gant: You know whose fingerprints
are on it. That's why you
won't present it!
Edgeworth: What are you talking about,
Chief Gant!?
Gant: Can't you figure it out? Take
a good look at this picture.
Gant: See the victim's vest?
Notice anything odd about the
chest area?
Judge: It looks like part of it's
been cut off for some reason.
Edgeworth: You mean, you had this...?
In your safe?
Judge: What!?
That means you...
the Chief of Police...
Judge: concealing evidence!
Judge: This is going to be the
biggest scandal in the history
of the Police Department!!!
Gant: ...
Impressive...
Gant: To be honest, I didn't think
you had the gall, Wrighto.
Phoenix: ...!
Gant: Well, I can't just let you
pin me up as the murderer.
Gant: I'll tell you what really
happened.
Judge: What!? You mean you admit to
it!?
Gant: I was the first person to
arrive at the crime scene that
day.
Gant: It then occurred to me that I
could use the situation to
control Lana.
Ema: So you really were
manipulating her!
Gant: I knew Lana.
Gant: If I made it look like the
blame lay with her sister...
Gant: That when she saw the scene,
she would ask me for my aid.
Edgeworth: So you "assisted" Ms. Skye!
Gant: I told her to arrange all the
evidence.
Gant: I had her plant the knife tip
in the victim's body, and move
the body across the room.
Edgeworth: And I ended up using that
evidence to get Joe Darke
convicted!
Gant: When we rearranged the crime
scene,
Gant: I hid two pieces of evidence.
Gant: I did this before Lana arrived
at the scene.
Phoenix: Two pieces of evidence... You
mean those items in your safe!
Judge: But... why?
Gant: For insurance, of course.
Phoenix: "Insurance"...?
Gant: I was sure my plan would work,
but it's always bet to be
prepared for the worst.
Gant: I wasn't about to let anyone
blame me for a murder
that girl committed.
Judge: You mean you were calculating
that far ahead while forging
the evidence!?
Gant: Who do you take me for, a
fool? I didn't make police
chief by dumb luck.
Gant: See this jar fragment?
Gant: I hid the most legible part
of Ema's name.
Gant: I didn't expect Lana to go
and wipe the blood off all
the pieces.
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: But if you fabricated all the
evidence...
Edgeworth: what's to say you didn't
fabricate the message on this
jar, too?
Gant: Ho ho ho...
Gant: Some people just don't know
when to quit, do they?
Gant: That's why I kept one more
item for "insurance."
Edgeworth: You mean that piece of cloth?
Gant: Come on, Wrighto. Cough it
up, already. I know you have
it.
Phoenix: ...
Ema: What are you waiting for,
Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: So you admit to it then,
Chief Gant?
Phoenix: That you were hiding the cloth
you cut off the victim's
vest in your safe?
Gant: Yes, I admit it.
I didn't want to have to do
that, being Chief and all,
Gant: but it's a lot better than
being portrayed as a murderer!
Judge: Well, Mr. Wright?
What do you have to say for
yourself?
Judge: Just a moment ago, you said
you didn't have any evidence
you could present.
Gant: Foolish move, Wrighto.
You should have shown it then
before it was too late.
Phoenix: (It's been a long battle...)
Phoenix: (but the moment of truth has
finally arrived!)
Phoenix: (As long as I don't mess up
here, victory is mine!)
[E5-10-05]
A>Show evidence
B>Cannot show evidence
[E5-10-05-B]
Answer: Cannot show evidence
Phoenix: (No! It's too late to show
the evidence now!)
Phoenix: (Besides, even if I did...)
Phoenix: (it'd just expose that poor
girl's fingerprints!)
Edgeworth: Wright. Think hard over the
circumstances.
Phoenix: The circumstances...?
Edgeworth: I'm talking about "then" and
"now."
Edgeworth: There's one major difference
between the two.
Edgeworth: Weren't you waiting for that
difference?
Phoenix: ...!
(So...)
Phoenix: (Edgeworth figured out my
plan!)
Ema: Mr. Wright! This is your only
chance!
[Continue at E5-10-05-A]
[E5-10-05-A]
Answer: Show evidence
Phoenix: Your Honor, I do have evidence
to present now.
Judge: All right then, let's see this
"conclusive" evidence!
Judge: The evidence that shows who
actually murdered Prosecutor
Marshall!
[E5-10-06]
A>Present: Strip of Cloth
B>Present: Anything else
[E5-10-06-B]
Answer: Present: Anything else
Judge: ...
Mr. Edgeworth? Your opinion,
please?
Edgeworth: I think Mr. Wright's humor has
improved... at the expense of
his defense.
Judge: Better polish up your defense,
Mr. Wright!
Ema: Come on, Mr. Wright!
Ema: You remember that thing with
the murderer's handprint on
it, don't you?
Judge: There's no way around it, Mr.
Wright. I'll ask you just one
more time.
Gant: ...
[E5-10-06-A]
Answer: Present: Strip of Cloth
Phoenix: Let me verify this once more.
Phoenix: On the day of the crime,
Phoenix: you personally cut out this
piece of the victim's vest?
Gant: Oh, yes! At last you've
finally brought it out into
the open.
Judge: There's a handprint on this
piece of cloth!
Edgeworth: Your Honor! The prosecution
requests that be immediately
sent to the lab for analysis!
Edgeworth: This handprint on the
leather...
Edgeworth: There must have been a strong
impact for it to be left so
clearly!
Judge: !
You mean...
Edgeworth: It could not have been
forged. It must be authentic,
conclusive evidence!
Gant: Ho ho ho...
Gant: You're as slow on the uptake
as ever, Worthy!
Edgeworth: What?
Gant: Think about it. Wrighto had
all this time to present this
evidence...
Gant: Yet he was reluctant to do so.
Why would that be?
Edgeworth: ...!
You mean you already know?
Edgeworth: You know whose fingerprints
are on that?
Ema: M-Mr. Wright... Do you really
know?
Judge: Whoever the fingerprints
belong to must be the real
murderer!
Judge: Whose fingerprints are they!?
Phoenix: Very well. I'll tell you.
Phoenix: (It should be okay now.
Everything's proceeding as
predicted.)
Phoenix: The person whom these
fingerprints belong to are...
[E5-10-07]
A>Present: Ema Skye
B>Present: Anyone else
[E5-10-07-B]
Answer: Present: Anyone else
Phoenix: (No, it's no use lying here.)
Phoenix: (They'll discover the truth
the second they analyze
this.)
Gant: What's the matter, Mr. Wright?
Hurry up and tell us!
Judge: You do know, don't you, Mr.
Wright?
Judge: Whoever the fingerprints
belong to must be the real
murderer!
Judge: Whose fingerprints are they!?
Phoenix: Very well. I'll tell you.
Phoenix: (It should be okay now.
Everything's proceeding as
predicted.)
Phoenix: The person whom these
fingerprints belong to are...
[Return to E5-10-07]
[E5-10-07-A]
Answer: Present: Ema Skye
Judge: Ema? Ema Skye!?
Ema: What!?
They're mine...!?
Phoenix: I'm sorry, Ema...
Ema: But why...
Ema: Why didn't you tell me!?
Gant: Oh ho ho ho!
Gant: You're really something,
Wrighto!
Gant: You knew this girl did it all
along,
Gant: and you still tried to pin
the murderer on me!
Judge: So it's true. Tragic, but
true.
Judge: This girl really did shove
Prosecutor Marshall to his
death.
HOLD IT!
Lana: How could you!?
You... you monster!!!
Judge: Ms. Skye...
Lana: You knew whose fingerprints
those were all along, yet
you...
Lana: you acted like she really
didn't...
Phoenix: Ms. Skye.
It's not over yet...
Lana: What!?
Phoenix: I said this trial isn't
over yet.
Gant: Ha! But I'm afraid it is over,
boy! Not only this trial...
Gant: but your career too!
Phoenix: ...
Gant: You purposely concealed this
conclusive evidence.
Gant: That, my friend, is a serious
offense.
Phoenix: ...
Gant: I'm looking forward to
pressing charges after the
defendant is convicted.
Gant: I'll have your badge, boy!
Phoenix: ...
Gant: What's the matter, cat got
your tongue?
Gant: Aren't you going to tell us
how it feels?
Gant: How it feels to be the one who
single-handedly turned a poor
little girl into a murderer!?
Phoenix: ...
Before I do that...
Phoenix: there's just one little thing
I have to clear up.
Gant: Oh? And what's that?
Phoenix: Who really killed Prosecutor
Neil Marshall.
Judge: What!?
Phoenix: Chief Gant, you are absolutely
right.
Phoenix: This piece of cloth proves who
the real murderer is. Who
killed Neil Marshall, you ask?
Judge: It was Ema Skye, wasn't it?
Phoenix: I'm afraid that's not possible.
Phoenix: You see, this piece of cloth
contains a critical
contradiction!
Gant: What!?
A contradiction!?
Gant: What is this fool babbling
about!?
Phoenix: I'm talking about a
contradiction. One that
proves...
Phoenix: who the real killer is!
Judge: M-Mr. Wright!
This piece of cloth...
Judge: What could it possibly
contradict!?
Phoenix: (Chief Gant, your tyrannical
reign ends here!)
Phoenix: Behold! The piece of evidence
that contradicts this cloth!
[E5-10-08]
A>Present: Lana's Photo
B>Present: Anything else
[E5-10-08-B]
Gant: Oh ho ho ho!
Gant: It's fun watching you squirm,
Wrighto!
Judge: This piece of evidence indeed
seems to contradict
something...
Judge: like your outward appearance
of mental sanity!!!
Phoenix: (What am I doing!?)
Phoenix: (If this cloth was cut from
Prosecutor Marshall's vest
after he died...)
Phoenix: (Then something's definitely
not right about it!)
Edgeworth: It's too late to turn back
now.
Edgeworth: You're the only one who can
put an end to this, Wright!
Phoenix: (Chief Gant, your tyrannical
reign ends here!)
Phoenix: Behold! The piece of evidence
that contradicts this cloth!
[Return to E5-10-08]
[E5-10-08-A]
Answer: Present: Lana's Picture
Gant: And what exactly is this
supposed to be...?
Phoenix: This is the picture Ms. Skye
took. Take a good look at it.
Phoenix: See where the piece of his
vest was cut out?
Judge: Yes...
His shirt is showing
underneath.
Judge: It's hard to make out with all
the blood on his vest,
though.
Phoenix: Exactly my point. His chest
is soaked with blood. That's
only natural.
Phoenix: His lungs no doubt were
punctured. Blood poured out of
his mouth.
Judge: Oh! But that piece of cloth...
Judge: Wait...
There's no blood on it!
Gant: AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
Phoenix: Since Ema Skye's fingerprints
are on this cloth,
Phoenix: there's no doubt that she
shoved the prosecutor aside!
Phoenix: However!
Phoenix: Mr. Marshall was not impaled
on the sword!
Gant: No! Th-this is nonsense!
Phoenix: Now then, Chief Gant. Let me
ask you something.
Phoenix: Prosecutor Marshall was not
impaled when he was shoved
aside.
Edgeworth: He most likely hit his head on
the ground and was knocked
out.
Phoenix: If so, then tell me. Who could
it have been?
Phoenix: Who could have arrived at the
scene before Ms. Skye,
Phoenix: picked up the unconscious
prosecutor,
Phoenix: and impaled him on the armor's
sword?
Gant: Hnnngngghgghh...
Edgeworth: Then, to make it look like
Ema was responsible for the
prosecutor's death,
Edgeworth: said person proceeded to write
her name on the jar with the
victim's blood.
Edgeworth: Then he broke the jar on
purpose, to leave behind a
clue,
Edgeworth: and make Lana believe her
sister did it!
Gant: ...
Phoenix: Remember what you admitted
only moments ago?
Phoenix: That you personally cut out
this bloodless piece of the
victim's vest?
Phoenix: Ironic, isn't it?
Phoenix: Through the very act of
creating "insurance,"
Phoenix: you proved that you were the
actual murderer!
Gant: NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Phoenix: (It's finished...)
OBJECTION!
Gant: Heh...
Gant: Heh heh heh!
Gant: Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho!
Gant: That was close, Wrighto!
You almost had me!
Phoenix: !
Gant: Sorry, but you'll have to do
better than that. I refute
your allegations.
Judge: What do you mean, you "refute"
his allegations?
Gant: You see, that piece of
cloth... is illegal evidence!
Judge: Order! Order!
What nonsense is this!?
Gant: Illegal evidence cannot be
used to convict a suspect!
Gant: Remember, Udgey?
Gant: Earlier, ol' Wrighto here
concealed that piece of cloth!
Gant: So then... what's your excuse
Wrighto?
Gant: You do have some conclusive
evidence, don't you?
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: Your Honor, I don't have any
evidence I can present at this
point in time.
Judge: Well, that's true...
Judge: The defense did refuse to
present evidence!
Gant: At that moment, that piece of
cloth ceased to be "legal
evidence"!
Ema: But that's not fair...!
Gant: Hoo hoo hoo hooooo!
Did you actually think you
could best me in court?
Gant: It looks like the last laugh's
on you, son!
Judge: I'm afraid Mr. Gant's claim is
legally correct.
Judge: Well, Mr. Edgeworth?
Edgeworth: True... Illegal evidence
cannot be used to convict a
person...
Edgeworth: assuming, of course, that the
evidence is indeed illegal.
Judge: Hmm?
Well, Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: ...
(It seems... at last...)
Phoenix: (The time for me to reveal my
plan has finally arrived.)
Judge: Mr. Wright.
Do you admit to it?
Judge: That you purposefully and
illegally concealed this piece
of cloth?
[E5-10-09]
A>I did
B>I did not
[E5-10-09-A]
Answer: I did
Phoenix: (No! If I admit to that...)
Phoenix: (all my planning will have
been for nothing!)
Judge: It seems...
Judge: Mr. Wright didn't understand
the implication of his
conduct.
Edgeworth: If you're going to change
your position, this is your
only chance, Wright!
Phoenix: (He's right...)
[Continue at E5-10-09-B]
[E5-10-09-B]
Answer: I did not
Phoenix: Certainly, I refused to
present evidence at one point.
Gant: Aha! So the evidence is
illegal!
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: No it isn't, Mr. Gant.
Gant: Huh?
Phoenix: It's not that I "didn't"
present evidence then...
Phoenix: it's that I "couldn't."
Judge: What do you mean, you
"couldn't"?
Phoenix: There are certain procedures
involved when presenting
evidence!
Gant: No, Udgey! Don't listen to his
lies!
Gant: He's nothing but a coward!
You can't let him?
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: There is only one issue left
to be resolved in this trial:
Edgeworth: Is this evidence legal or not?
Judge: Very well. Let us settle this
once and for all.
Judge: Earlier you refused to present
evidence.
Judge: If you can prove your conduct
was not in violation of the
law, then do so now!
[E5-10-10]
A>Present: Evidence Law
B>Present: Anything else
[E5-10-10-B]
Answer: Present: Anything else
Judge: It seems...
Judge: your very existence is
"illegal."
Phoenix: Huh...?
Edgeworth: You've lost it, Wright.
All this time I thought you
were using the Chief's
Edgeworth: Knowledge of the law to trap
him. It looks like you're the
one who got trapped.
Phoenix: I guess I should just stick to
what I'm used to.
Judge: I never expected to hear that
coming from a defense
attorney.
Phoenix: (Gant's a pro at slipping
through loopholes in the
law...)
Phoenix: (Still, the law's the only
weapon I can use to beat
him!)
Judge: Very well. Let us settle this
once and for all.
Judge: Earlier you refused to present
evidence.
Judge: If you can prove your conduct
was not in violation of the
law, then do so now!
[Return to E5-10-10]
[E5-10-10-A]
Answer: Present: Evidence Law
Phoenix: This is my proof, Your Honor:
"Evidence Law."
Gant: What's this?
Phoenix: I've done my homework too,
Chief.
Phoenix: Indeed, Ema Skye's
fingerprints were on this
piece of cloth.
Phoenix: However!
Phoenix: At that point in time, this
was merely a piece of cloth,
nothing more.
Gant: What?
Phoenix: You see, it's written right
here in this book: The second
rule of evidence law!
Gant: ...!
Edgeworth: Rule 1: no evidence shall be
shown without the approval
of the Police Department!
Phoenix: I found this piece of
evidence myself... inside
your safe.
Phoenix: It goes without saying I did
not approval from the
Police Department.
Edgeworth: Rule 2: unregistered evidence
presented must be relevant to
the case in trial.
Phoenix: And here is the crux of the
matter.
Phoenix: You see, at the time it was
impossible for me to prove
the relevance...
Phoenix: between the cloth and the SL-9
Incident.
Gant: What!? What kind of nonsense
it this!?
Gant: You want "relevancy"? Just
take one look at this
picture and-
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: Sorry, but can you recall...
when was that picture
presented?
Judge: That was shown only a few
moments ago!
Gant: No...
Edgeworth: He's right.
Edgeworth: At the beginning of today's
trial,
Edgeworth: that piece of cloth was still
meaningless.
Phoenix: The person who gave it value
as evidence...
Phoenix: was you, Damon Gant.
Gant: ...!
Edgeworth: You yourself confessed to a
certain "truth."
Phoenix: Let me verify this once more.
Phoenix: On the day of the crime,
Phoenix: you personally cut out this
piece of the victim's vest?
Gant: Oh, yes!
Gant: NNNOOOOO!!!
Edgeworth: It was then that you
approved this cloth...
Edgeworth: as conclusive evidence.
Edgeworth: Yes! You, the Chief of Police,
personally approved this
cloth!
Phoenix: The only person who could have
cut this from the victim's
vest...
Phoenix: is the one who stood before
Prosecutor Marshall in his
final moments.
Phoenix: In other words, the real
murderer! And there's only one
person who that could be...
Phoenix: Damon Gant, the killer you!
Gant: N... N...
Mmph...
Gant: WA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Gant: HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH
HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH
HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH
Gant: HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO
HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO
HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO
Gant: UH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH
HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH
HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH
Gant: HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE
HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE
HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE
Gant: HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW
HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW
HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW!!!
Gant: I knew I should have gotten
rid of him...
Gant: That good-for-nothing scum!
Gant: For two years he's been
snooping around the department
trying to get something on me!
Gant: Crimes are being committed
everyday, yet he insisted on
hounding me!
Edgeworth: Well, your crime wasn't
exactly petty.
Gant: He wanted to reinvestigate
the case.
Gant: He recruited Angel Starr, then
convinced Bruce Goodman...
Phoenix: Detective Goodman?
Gant: Yeah, that's right.
Marshall: If the evidence is transferred
I'll lose my only chance to
find out the truth!
Marshall: Please, you've got to help me!
Gant: Goodman turned him down,
as he ought to.
Gant: Still, Jake Marshall didn't
know when to quit.
Edgeworth: He stole Goodman's ID card
and tried to take the
evidence!
Gant: Goodman came to me that day.
Gant: He wanted to file a lost
item report.
Gant: I went with him to the
evidence room.
Gant: Then all of a sudden he had
to speak out!
Gant: What are you talking about,
Goodman?
Goodman: Can you please reopen the
investigation, Chief?
Goodman: We can't transfer the evidence
out. There are too many
questions left unanswered!
Gant: He... told me to open up the
evidence room and take it out.
Goodman: It's not too late.
I'll hand this to Marshall!
Gant: Well, to be honest, I was a
little panicked, too.
Gant: I had a bad feeling about it,
but never knew it would come
to this.
Gant: That's when I saw it...
that accursed knife.
Gant: I couldn't just pull it out.
Edgeworth: You would only increase the
amount of blood and you couldn't
finish what you started.
Gant: Even so, the blood was just
pouring out.
Gant: I didn't know who might
stumble in, so I was wiping
it up.
Gant: I was worrying so much about
the floor, I didn't realize my
mistake.
Phoenix: Detective Gumshoe's bloody
hand print...
Gant: I used to be known as the
"crime computer"...
Gant: But everyone has to start
somewhere, I guess.
I was too nervous.
Gant: I had no business doing
any of it.
Edgeworth: Then you put the body in my
car?
Gant: I'm sorry! We couldn't think
of any other way to move
the body.
Gant: We broke the trunk, but
what's the big deal?
Gant: You pull down a lot more
than us detectives!
Edgeworth: Grr...
Phoenix: W-what does this have to
do with anything?
Phoenix: You're horrible! How could
you get Ms. Skye involved
in all of this!?
Gant: Well, she had as much to lose
as I did if the truth
came out.
Edgeworth: So you took the evidence
from Detective Goodman's
locker in evidence?
Gant: I feel bad for having to
do it.
Gant: I couldn't sit around and pick
and choose what to take.
Phoenix: Well... you left the jar
fragment and gloves.
Gant: ...
Yeah...
Gant: It looks like I was better off
being an investigator of
crimes than a committer.
Gant: They all did their best to
get in my way...
Gant: I've got to hand it to them,
they do their jobs well...
much to my dismay.
Edgeworth: Fake evidence doesn't hold up
very well upon close
examination.
Edgeworth: You must have known that...
Gant: Tell me, Worthy.
Gant: What are you doing in court?
Edgeworth: Me?
Gant: You despise criminals.
Gant: I can feel it. You and me...
we're the same.
Edgeworth: !
Gant: One day you'll understand.
Gant: If you want to take them on
alone...
Gant: you'll figure out what's
needed!
Edgeworth: ...
Gant: Well, looks like it's
time to say goodbye.
Gant: Oh, Udgey.
Judge: Wh-what?
Gant: Looks like we'll have
to cancel that lunch date.
Gant: Sorry old friend!
Judge: ...
Judge: I'm sorry too, Damon Gant.
Gant: ...
Judge: I knew you as you used to
be, long ago.
Judge: You were once a fine
investigator, and an example
to others on the force.
Judge: I'm sorry to learn that
you are no longer that
person.
Gant: Those days are gone now,
Udgey. Thanks for all the
memories, though...
Gant: Don't worry, you'll be fine!
Gant: Now you have Wrighto here...
Edgeworth: and Worthy.
Gant: With these two around, you
can't go wrong...
Gant: You see, if I listen
carefully, I can hear it
right now...
Gant: The sound of a new
beginning!
Phoenix: There are two things I want
you to understand.
Lana: Yes?
Phoenix: First, your sister never hurt
anyone.
Phoenix: Second, Damon Gant betrayed
you from the beginning.
Phoenix: You see, Ms. Skye...
Phoenix: you no longer have any reason
to keep silent.
Lana: You're right.
Lana: When this trial is over,
I'll tell everything.
Lana: All that I've done these past
two years...
Lana: from the time I had Gant help
me forge evidence, up until
today.
Judge: So...
Judge: it seems all the questions
raised in this trial have
been answered.
Phoenix: I'm sorry, Ms. Skye...
I couldn't get you out of all
your trouble.
Lana: ...
Lana: My, my. What high standards
you have... for a rookie.
Phoenix: ...!
Lana: I can see why Mia thought so
highly of you.
Lana: Who knows? A few years from
now, you just might make it to
the top.
Lana: I owe you my thanks,
Mr. Wright.
Phoenix: Ms. Skye...
Lana: And to you too,
Mr. Edgeworth.
Edgeworth: ...!
Lana: You've suffered every bit as
much as I have over these
past few days.
Lana: Believe me, I know how much of
an ordeal it's been for you.
Edgeworth: Hmph!
It was nothing.
Phoenix: (Liar...)
Lana: I was worried the pressure
might break you.
Lana: And yet...
Lana: you rose above it all and
guided Mr. Wright to victory.
Lana: You've done well,
Mr. Edgeworth.
Edgeworth: S-stop it!
I only did my job!
Judge: In light of this case...
Judge: It seems a good self-examining
is in order for all of us.
Judge: Ms. Skye.
Lana: Yes, Your Honor?
Judge: You are innocent of murder.
However...
Judge: Although the Chief blackmailed
you, the fact is you still
acted as his accomplice.
Judge: A trial will be scheduled for
these crimes at a later date.
Lana: Yes.
I understand, Your Honor.
Judge: Is there something amusing
about all of this? Why are you
smiling?
Lana: It's been a long time, Your
Honor.
Lana: A long time since I've felt
free of these heavy chains...
Judge: Well, this trial has gone on
far too long already.
Judge: Regarding the charge of
murder,
Judge: this court finds the
defendant, Ms. Lana Skye...
NOT GUILTY
Judge: That is all.
The court is adjourned!
February 25, 5:03 PM
District Court
Defendant Lobby No. 2
Phoenix: (At long last...
It's finally over...)
Phoenix: E-Ema?
Ema: ...
Phoenix: Why the long face?
Phoenix: I'm sorry your sister didn't
get completely off the hook,
Phoenix: but at least she wasn't
convicted for a murder she
didn't commit!
Ema: No, that's not it.
Ema: Just now, after the trial
ended...
Lana: I can see why Mia thought so
highly of you.
Lana: I owe you my thanks,
Mr. Wright.
Lana: And to you too,
Mr. Edgeworth.
Edgeworth: ...!
Lana: You've suffered every bit as
much as I have over these
past few days.
Lana: You've done well.
Ema: You know, I did my best too.
Ema: But... Lana didn't say a
single word to me.
Gumshoe: Hope I'm not interrupting
anything.
Phoenix: ...
Ema: ...
Gumshoe: Oh... Guess I am.
Gumshoe: I'll come back later.
Phoenix: Ah, Detective Gumshoe!
What is it?
Gumshoe: You're doing this on purpose,
aren't you? Making a detective
run all around while on duty,
Gumshoe: and to top it off you call me
here... I've seen happier
people at funerals!
Gumshoe: Hey, lighten up, pals.
I'm only kidding!
Ema: Oh...
Are you here because
of my sister again?
Gumshoe: Nope, not this time!
Gumshoe: I came today because of you,
pal!
Ema: Me...?
Gumshoe: That's right.
I thought you'd
like to see someone.
Ema: Lana!
Phoenix: Should you be doing this?
Phoenix: She's still under arrest, you
know.
Gumshoe: ...
Well, I won't tell if you
won't.
Lana: Ema... I owe you
an apology.
Ema: It's okay, Sis. Don't worry
about it.
Lana: That day, two years ago,
Ema: ...!
Lana: was the first time in my life
I ever panicked.
Lana: It was all I could do to keep
myself from screaming.
Lana: All I could think about was
keeping you from getting
wrapped up in that mess.
Ema: Sis...
Lana: I asked Gant to help me cover
up the "truth."
Lana: I thought I was doing it for
your sake...
Lana: But now I realize I was wrong.
Ema: ...
Lana: I changed after that day.
Lana: I had to... It was the only
way I could make it through
the past two years.
Lana: I knew how much I was hurting
you by distancing myself...
Lana: but I couldn't bring myself to
tell you what I did.
Lana: I... I was scared. Scared that
you'd look at me with those
eyes of yours.
Lana: I was scared of how you'd
react if you knew...
Ema: But Sis! You were only doing
it for me...
Ema: No...
Ema: Huh?
Lana: I turned my back on you that
day.
Lana: In hiding what I believed to
be the truth, I was deceiving
you!
Ema: Sis...
Lana: I'm such a fool...
It took me all this time to
realize it.
Lana: Ema...
I'm so sorry.
Ema: But Sis! You don't have to
apologize!
Ema: I'm happy now!
Lana: You're... happy?
Ema: Of course!
Ema: You know, Sis,
Ema: I always knew that one day
you'd come back.
Ema: And now you have!
Lana: Oh Ema... Ema!
Phoenix: No one can change the past.
Phoenix: The only thing we can do is
strive to make up for our
mistakes.
Phoenix: Why must we make up for our
mistakes, you ask?
Phoenix: Because in so doing...
Phoenix: we can find the way back to
our path.
And once we've found our path,
Phoenix: we can move on from our past
mistakes toward a brighter
future.
Phoenix: At least, that's what I felt,
looking at those two sisters
make up.
Lana: Mr. Wright. Mr. Gumshoe.
Gumshoe: M-Me?
Lana: Thank you both, for all that
you've done.
Lana: I'm sure we'll meet again
someday.
Lana: Isn't that right, Edgeworth?
Phoenix: E-Edgeworth...?
Lana: Stop hiding and come over
here.
Phoenix: (Where was he hiding!?)
Edgeworth: I just came to say...
Edgeworth: Congratulations.
Lana: Thank you.
Ema: Thank you, Mr. Edgeworth!
Edgeworth: Right. Well... I'll be going
now!
Lana: Mr. Edgeworth. I hope you
don't blame yourself for what
happened.
Edgeworth: ...!
Lana: We were the ones who acted
corruptly, not you.
Edgeworth: ...
It's too late for me.
Phoenix: ...!
Edgeworth: No matter what anyone may say,
Edgeworth: I realized today that I can't
change my own mistakes!
Ema: Mr. Edgeworth...
Edgeworth: Not only that, but I don't
even trust myself anymore.
Chief Gant was right...
Gant: You despise criminals.
I can feel it. You and me...
we're the same.
Edgeworth: !
Gant: One day you'll understand.
If you want to take them on
alone...
Gant: you'll figure out what's
needed!
Edgeworth: I do despise criminals.
Edgeworth: I planned to dedicate my
entire life to fighting them.
Edgeworth: But in order to fight crime
alone, one needs a "weapon."
Edgeworth: It's scary, but I've been
thinking the same thing for
quite some time now.
Phoenix: But Edgeworth...
Edgeworth: Who knows? Given enough time,
I might have tried to pull
something like Chief Gant did.
Edgeworth: That thought terrifies me.
That's why I can't continue on
as a prosecutor!
Lana: Edgeworth...
Don't you understand?
Lana: Damon Gant and your mentor,
Manfred von Karma...
Edgeworth: ...!
Lana: were both the best of the best
when it came to fighting
crime.
Lana: But they both made the same
mistake.
Edgeworth: ...
Lana: You said, "in order to fight
crime alone, one needs a
weapon.'"
Lana: That may be right, but
think back to today's trial.
Lana: You weren't alone.
Edgeworth: ...!
Lana: You were working together with
Mr. Wright.
Lana: And because of that
partnership, you were able to
present evidence that
Lana: otherwise would have gone
undiscovered.
Lana: Isn't that right, Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: Huh? What? Oh, uh... yeah.
(What is this, a pop quiz?)
Ema: Come on, Mr. Wright! Show him
what Lana's talking about!
Phoenix: (Evidence...)
Phoenix: (that neither Edgeworth nor I
would have been able to find
on our own?)
[E5-10-11]
A>Present: Evidence List
B>Present: Anything else
[E5-10-11-B]
Answer: Present: Anything else
Edgeworth: ...
Edgeworth: That might mean something to
you,
Edgeworth: but I don't see how it had
anything to do with our
partnership.
Phoenix: Huh?
Lana: Mr. Wright.
Lana: It seems you still have a lot
to learn as well.
Phoenix: (I guess that wasn't the right
piece of evidence.)
[Continue at E5-10-12]
[E5-10-11-A]
Answer: Present: Evidence List
Ema: That's the picture I drew!
Phoenix: Our counterattack began with
this.
Phoenix: You had one half of the
evidence list, and I had the
other.
Phoenix: Apart, we wouldn't have been
able to completely restore
Ema's picture.
Lana: That didn't just happen by
"chance," Edgeworth.
Edgeworth: ...!
[Continue at E5-10-12]
[E5-10-12]
Edgeworth: ...
It's time for me to go.
Ema: Mr. Edgeworth...
Edgeworth: If you'll excuse me...
Edgeworth: there are still some loose
ends that need wrapping up.
Edgeworth: Take care, Chief Prosecutor.
Phoenix: Edgeworth!
What will you do now?
Edgeworth: ...
Phoenix: Well, whatever you do, just
remember.
Phoenix: What happened in this trial
can either make or break you
as a prosecutor.
Phoenix: In the end, it's up to you.
Edgeworth: I know...
It seems I owe you my thanks
too, Wright.
Edgeworth: But what I face now...
is my problem.
Phoenix: Edgeworth...
I'll be waiting for you in
court.
Edgeworth: ...
Farewell.
Lana: I'd better be getting back
too.
Ema: Okay.
I'll come visit you!
Lana: It seems we both still have a
lot to learn.
Lana: Here, this is a little
something for you.
Ema: "Scientific Investigation"...
Lana: It's the first book I ever
bought. Study it well.
Ema: Thanks, Sis!
I will!
Phoenix: And so, another case came to
a close.
Phoenix: As for the sisters...
I have faith.
Phoenix: Faith that their lives...
Phoenix: have only just begun.
Phoenix: And as for me...
Phoenix: I think it's time I started on
a new journey of my own.
Phoenix: A journey to rediscover
myself.
Gumshoe: Well, don't go trekking off
just yet, pal!
Phoenix: Huh? What is it, Detective?
Gumshoe: There's just a little matter
to be resolved about the
Chief Prosecutor.
Gumshoe: You see, she isn't supposed to
be out of jail like this.
Ema: But...
Phoenix: I thought you said it was
okay.
Gumshoe: Yeah, well it may be "okay"
with me, but the folks at the
prison are a different story.
Phoenix: Huh?
Gumshoe: Basically, I had to bribe a
guard in order to sneak her
out for 30 minutes.
Gumshoe: Believe me, it wasn't cheap
either!
Phoenix: Huh?
Ema: Way to go, Detective! I didn't
know you had a wild side!
Gumshoe: Yeah, well... ha ha!
You see...
Gumshoe: Mr. Wright here's the one
who'll be footin' the bill.
Phoenix: Huh? Huh?
Gumshoe: What, you think I could afford
that with my salary? You gotta
be kiddin' me, pal!
Phoenix: Huh? Huh? Huh?
Ema: Thank you, Mr. Wright!
You're the best!
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: (Why is it...)
Phoenix: (I suddenly feel like I want
to scream?)
Gumshoe: Since we're all here, why
don't we all go together?
Ema: Yeah, that's a great idea!
Ema: Come on, guys!
Let's go!!!
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Lana: I arranged for a friend of
mine in Europe to take care of
Ema.
Lana: She's a coroner. I think Ema
will be pleased.
Lana: As for me, this affair has
pretty much ended my days at
the Prosecutor's Office.
Lana: Still, I'll manage to find my
way back to the field somehow.
Lana: Then I'll be able to
investigate crimes together
with Ema.
Gumshoe: Yikes! I thought I was a
goner for a moment there!
In the end, though
Gumshoe: they overlooked my
unauthorized investigation of
the Chief's office.
Gumshoe: "If we penalized you any more,
it'd be worse than firing
you!"
Gumshoe: Yep. That's what they said.
Gumshoe: It just goes to show...
You can't shake me off that
easily!
Meekins: My new mission is to guard the
main entrance and take care of
Billy!
Meekins: Can you believe it!? I've been
demoted to a security guard!
Meekins: My partner's keeping an eye on
the entrance for me today.
Meekins: I'll show them, though!
Someday I'm going to make
detective!
Meekins: Yes sir! Then I can be just
like that Dick Gumshoe!
Marshall: What is it? Can't you see I'm
havin' me a showdown with a
steak lunch, pardner?
Marshall: Miss Starr managed to sneak
this in to me. She's seeing
one of the guards it seems.
Marshall: Well, cowboy... It seems like
you did it.
Marshall: You even gave Bambina back her
smile.
Marshall: Can you make sure Billy and
the gang get their water?
Angel: Looks like we won't be seeing
each other for a while...
Angel: As a farewell gift, I put a
new meal on the menu: The
Wright Way Lunch.
Angel: The top layer tastes as bitter
as defeat, but the bottom
layer's as sweet as victory.
Angel: Kids seem to dig the turnabout
theme. It's a hot seller
around exam time!
Angel: Just make sure not to eat it
backwards!
Judge: I'll never forget what that
young defense lawyer said
after the trial.
Judge: Let's see, what was his name
again? Mr. Left...?
Judge: Anyway, he said he's been
doing, er, something or other
for, uh... how many years...?
Judge: Well anyway! I've got another
trial to get to, so I'd better
be...
Judge: Huh? Oh no! I forgot my gavel!
Sorry, gotta go!
Maya: Aaaaah! Nothing soothes the
soul like fresh, country air!
Maya: Still, sometimes I do miss
hearing Nick and his
"objections"...
Maya: Still, I can't go back until
I'm a full-fledged spirit
medium!
???: Maya! Afternoon training's
about to begin!
Maya: Coming!!!
Maya: Well, see you around Nick!
Bellboy: Uh, Mr. Edgeworth?
Bellboy: I brought you your tea...
Bellboy: ...
Bellboy: ?
What's going on?
Ema: Thanks for coming to see me
off!
Ema: I can't believe I'm going to
Europe.
Ema: Thank you, Mr. Wright!
Thank you so much for
everything!!!
Ema: I'm a little sad, but I'll be
all right!
Ema: Whenever I want to see Lana,
all I have to do is open this
book...
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