02x03 - The Stolen Turnabout – 2nd Trial

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PW: My name is Naruhodo Ryuichi,

PW: attorney-at-law.

PW: The Kurain Village's sacred urn was stolen by the phantom thief, Mask DeMasque.

PW: When Amasugi Yusaku-kun said he was him and surrendered, I took up his case

PW: and began investigating.

PW: However, that didn't sit right with Mayoi-chan.

PW: And thus, I ended up going into the trial alone.

_yen,Sign: yen

Chocolate_Banana,Sign: ChocolateCoveredBananas

yen_each,Sign: yen each

Chocolate_Banana,Sign: ChocolateCoveredBananas

Postcards,Sign: Postcards

Cotton_Candy,Sign: Cotton Candy

PW: What's going on here?

PW: I had no idea Mask DeMasque was so popular.

PW: There are even postcards.

Takoyaki,Sign: Takoyaki

Maya: Naruhodo-kun...

PW: Mayoi-chan might like one of those...

PW: No, I'm alone today.

PW: I've gotta focus!

OP Card: S

OP Card: Ace Attorney

OP Card: Se

OP Card: Sea

OP Card: Seas

OP Card: Seaso

OP Card: Season

Sign: Courtroom

Title: The Stolen Turnabout — nd Trial

J: Court is now in session for the trial of Amasugi Yusaku.

PW: The defense is ready, Your Honor.

J: What about the prosecution? Are you ready?

God: What a stupid question.

God: Let me ask you, then, Your Honor. Are you ready?

God: Are you ready to pass judgment?

J: What? N-No, I'm not.

J: I will pass judgment after I hear arguments from both sides.

God: Well, if you're not ready yourself, you shouldn't expect others to be.

God: That's a rule to live by.

J: Uh, who are you?

God: I am Godot, legendary prosecutor. I've never lost a case.

J: Oh? What kind of cases have you dealt with so far?

God: I've never prosecuted a case before.

PW: N-Never? But you said you've never lost before.

God: Every prosecutor starts off undefeated.

J: Quite arrogant for a beginner, aren't you?

God: Every mighty redwood begins its life as a mere sapling.

PW: Why does every prosecutor have to be a headcase?

God: So we finally meet, Maruhodo Ryuichi.

PW: Huh? My name's Naruhodo...

God: I must do battle with you.

God: That is why I've returned from the depths of hell.

PW: What is he saying? Does he know me?

J: Well, let's hear from the accused.

J: H-Hey! We're in the middle of a trial here!

God: Blacker than a moonless night,

God: hotter and more bitter than Hell itself... That is coffee.

God: I'm sure you can grant me at least this much.

J: I understand.

PW: You do?!

Ama: Um, I'm Amasugi Yusaku.

Ama: M-Mask DeMasque, phantom thief? That's me.

God: Kid, you say you're Mask DeMasque, and that you stole the Kurain urn.

God: Is that right?

Ama: Yes, I did it.

Ama: So pronounce me guilty right now, please!

Sign: Hold it!

Sign: Hold it!

PW: Wait... Wait a second, please!

J: What is it, defense?

PW: Since Yusaku-kun's hidden identity is up in the air,

PW: all I can do is try to prove that Mask DeMasque didn't steal the urn.

PW: Are we sure that this crime was committed by Mask DeMasque?

J: You mean to say it wasn't Mask DeMasque who stole the Kurain urn?

PW: I believe we should clear that up first.

God: Interesting.

God: Give me your best shot.

God: I hope it's as eye-opening as this coffee.

PW: Have a look at this.

PW: It's security-camera footage from the Lordly Tailor's basement warehouse.

PW: I have here a piece of reference for Mask DeMasque.

Ama: A postcard of me?

PW: Take a close look.

PW: The thief that broke into Lordly Tailor is missing the broach on his chest!

J: What?

PW: In other words, it's likely that this was a fake.

God: The broach you're talking about...

God: Do you mean this?

PW: Th-That's...

God: I found it hidden in the shadow of the big gold statue.

PW: Y-You found it on the crime scene?

J: It seems that was the real Mask DeMasque after all.

God: You're quick on the uptake, gramps.

God: I like that.

PW: No! If that was the real Mask DeMasque, I don't have a case!

God: Giving up already? That was quick.

God: My coffee hasn't even cooled a bit yet.

Maya: Hold it!

PW: M-Mayoi-chan?

Maya: The defense has brought a new witness!

PW: A-A witness?

Sign: Witness — Security Guard — Yahari Masashi

LB: Yo, Naruhodo!

PW: Y-Yahari? Why are you here?

Maya: Actually, yesterday...

PW: Wait, aren't you...

PW: Yappari-san?!

LB: Huh? Mayoi-chan?

PW: He went to Yusaku-kun's place?

Maya: Hear him out! His testimony will come in handy!

LB: I'll help ya out.

LB: We're pals, aren't we?

PW: But nothing good ever comes from you...

LB: The thing is, I found that the other day.

Ama: Hey, that's my wallet!

LB: There was a license and stuff inside.

LB: So I had to get it to him. That's what anyone would do, right?

PW: A photo of Mareka-san?So that's why he went, huh?

Maya: Anyway, when did you find that wallet, again?

LB: Oh, it was two days ago.

LB: I found it outside my workplace late at night.

PW: Why was Yusaku-kun's wallet there?

LB: Nothing weird about that. He works there, doesn't he?

PW: He does?

LB: I found something else in the wallet.

LB: A KB Security key card. That's where I work.

LB: Each serial number has logs.

LB: And that card was used to enter and leave the building that night.

PW: Logs?

PW: At what time?

LB: I think it was around AM.

PW: AM, two nights ago?

PW: That's when the urn was stolen!

J: Defendant, are you an employee of KB Security?

Ama: W-Well, kind of. I used to be, until a year ago.

PW: You used to be?

Ama: Yes. I was fired.

PW: Yahari, how far is KB Security from the Lordly Tailor?

LB: Thirty minutes away, I'd say?

PW: Thirty minutes?

PW: Then he couldn't have stolen the urn from Lordly Tailor at the same time!

PW: That is...

PW: The defendant can't be Mask DeMasque!

God: You're pretty good, Maruhodo.

J: But why did you go there when you don't work there anymore?

J: And so late at night, too.

PW: Yusaku-kun...

Maya: Naruhodo-kun!

PW: What is this?

Maya: I found it at Yusaku-san's place.

PW: What is this?

Maya: I read that and remembered something.

Mar: There's more to this case than meets the eye!

Mar: Please! I beg you!

Maya: So I decided to believe what Mareka-san said.

PW: Mayoi-chan...

Pearl: I'm really sorry about yesterday.

Pearl: You two ended up fighting because of me.

Maya: No! I was the one in the wrong!

PW: Mayoi-chan, Harumi-chan.

PW: Thank you.

PW: Your Honor!

If_you_don_t_wan,Sign: If you don't want your secret identity revealed,bring me million yen.I'll waiting in the CEO's office of KB Security at AM, September th.If you don't have the money, sell offthat red diamond you stole recently.

PW: The defense would like to present a new piece of evidence!

Ama: Ah! Th-That's...

If_you_don_t_wan,Sign: If you don't want your secret identity revealed,bring me million yen.I'll waiting in the CEO's office of KB Security at AM, September th.If you don't have the money, sell offthat red diamond you stole recently.

PW: "Bring me five million yen."

PW: This is blackmail.

PW: At the time of the theft, Amasugi Yusaku-san was dealing with the blackmailer...

PW: in KB Security's CEO's office!

God: By the way, do you have proof that the kid entered the CEO's office?

PW: Well...

Maya: Oh, we do!

Maya: Right, Yappari-san?

LB: Yeah.

LB: Look up the key card logs. It'll tell you exactly who entered where and when.

PW: Yahari, you...

J: What do you say, Prosecutor Godot?

God: Well, that's a passing grade.

God: These are the access logs for KB Security's CEO office.

God: There's a record at AM on the night of the crime.

God: And it was probably that card right there.

PW: W-Wait, you knew about this?

God: I'm meticulous with my ground work, both in investigations and coffee.

PW: Were you testing me, Prosecutor Godot?

God: "If you don't want your secret identity revealed," huh?

God: What could this be about?

Ama: M-Mask DeMasque, of course...

PW: Anyway, the defendant wasn't the thief that night!

God: Very well.

God: Amasugi Yusaku was clearly at KB Security at the time of the crime.

God: The prosecutor's office is ready to admit that as a fact.

Maya: You did it, Naruhodo-kun!

Ama: N-No... But I am the phantom thief.

J: But then, who stole the Kurain urn?

PW: Only someone who was in the basement warehouse back then could've stolen the urn.

PW: Who was there at the time?

PW: Don't tell me!

PW: There's one person I can think of.

God: Oh? And who's that?

PW: It's...

PW: It's the prosecutor's witness for today,Ace Detective Hoshiidake Aiga!

Luke: Greetings, ladies and gentlemen!

J: Witness, state your name and occupation.

Luke: My name is Hoshiidake Aiga, Ace Detective and rising star that illuminates the heavens.

God: Would you dispel the darkness within my cup with your light?

Luke: Certainly, Sir Prosecutor.

Maya: We've got two real pieces of work here now.

PW: What's worse, I feel like they'd make the perfect pair.

Luke: Unbelievable, Sir Lawyer.

Luke: You indict me, the Ace Detective?

Luke: You're ignoring the laws of society yet again!

Pearl: W-Will you be okay, Naruhodo-kun?

PW: I've got no choice but to go for it.

PW: Aiga-san...

PW: Remember what you said yesterday?

Luke: Yes! And, Ace Detective that I am,I laid a trap and waited for him alone.

PW: In other words, it was possible for you to steal the Kurain urn.

Ama: Th-The detective stole the urn?

Luke: Sadly for you, Sir Lawyer, that picture speaks louder than a thousand words.

Luke: Yes! And it points to Mask DeMasque as the culprit!

Luke: By the way, that footage was captured by a Lordly Tailor camera.

Luke: It could not have been tampered with.

PW: There was no need to.

Luke: What?

PW: You could pretend to be on guard duty as a detective

PW: and steal the urn as a phantom thief!

PW: Aiga-san!

PW: You are Mask DeMasque!

Luke: Gurk!

J: What do you have to say, witness?

J: Witness?

Luke: Mask DeMasque's M.O. is pure genius!

Luke: And so am I, Ace Detective Hoshiidake Aiga!

Luke: Perhaps only I could be the man behind the mask.

Luke: Wouldn't you say so, ladies and gentlemen?

J: You're admitting it?

Maya: Naruhodo-kun!

PW: Hoshiidake Aiga-san!

PW: I indict you as Mask DeMasque...

Sign: Objection!

God: Objection!

Maya: Wha...

God: Godot Blend #.

God: It's on me.

J: P-Prosecutor Godot!

God: "The Ace Detective is actually an Ace Thief"?

God: A very sweet fairy tale,

God: but reality is far more bitter.

J: But it makes sense to me.

God: Too much sense, in fact... Maruhodo.

God: The lonely wolf became a thief?

God: That's fine.

God: But you'd better show us the proof of your claim.

God: And it had better be as bitter and hot as that coffee!

Luke: Indeed.

Luke: If you have no proof, you're merely rambling.

Luke: And you won't even catch a dog with that, let alone a wolf.

Luke: Well, Sir Lawyer?

PW: I'd love to settle things right here and now, but...

J: Defense?

PW: I don't have any proof yet.

God: That's the way.

God: A man has to hold his head high no matter how bad things get.

PW: This is no good! I've got to stay on the attack!

PW: I'll never get another chance to prove that he's the thief!

Luke: Came up short when it counted, huh?

J: It seems the cloud of suspicion surrounding this witness has lifted.

Mar: Hold it!

Sign: Hold it!

Ama: Mareka-chan!

PW: Mareka-san!

Mar: Look at this, Ryuichi-kun!

Kyoko,Sign: Kyoko

J: Th-That's...

Maya: Ah! The Kurain urn!

Kyoko,Sign: Kyoko

PW: Where did you find that?

Mar: Isn't that obvious?

Mar: In that shady detective's office!

PW: Detective Aiga's office?

PW: Could it be?

Mar: I wanted to help Yusaku-kun in any way I could.

Pearl: This must be the power of love.

Luke: D-Dear...

PW: You'll have a hard time weaseling out of this one!

PW: You're the one who stole the urn!

Sign: Objection!

God: Objection!

God: Not so fast!

God: You're Amasugi Yusaku's wife, aren't you?

Mar: And what if I am?

God: The lengths that a woman is willing to go to save her husband are truly inspiring.

Mar: What are you insinuating?

God: It'd be the easiest thing in the world for you to bring the urn...

God: ...from the kid's room.

Mar: N-No! I found it in his office!

God: This town is already filled to the brim with lies.

God: We don't need any more.

Mar: You're wrong! I would never...

J: Point taken.

J: So long as the urn isn't proven to have been in the witness's office,

J: I cannot accept it as evidence!

God: It's impossible to prove.

Sign: Objection!

PW: Objection!

PW: That urn was in Detective Aiga's office,

PW: and I can prove that...

PW: ...by the fingerprints on it!

God: Fingerprints?

Luke: Oh, come on.

Luke: You're making me laugh, Sir Lawyer.

Luke: Fingerprints? Really?

Luke: Now, it would be perfectly understandable if my fingerprints were on the urn.

Luke: After all, it was I who was guarding it in the first place!

PW: Unfortunately for you, I'm not presenting your fingerprints as evidence.

PW: Aiga-san, do you recall the events of yesterday?

PW: The Kurain urn was in that bag, huh?

Luke: I-Impossible...

PW: Sure, I didn't look in the bag.

PW: But, back then,

PW: I did touch what was inside!

Luke: Wh-What?!

PW: Your Honor!

PW: Please examine the fingerprints on that urn.

PW: If my fingerprints are on there,

PW: then it proves that the urn was in Detective Aiga's office!

Sign: Objection!

God: Objection!

God: Can you prove that your fingerprints were put there at that time?

PW: I can.

: The person in charge of the exhibition said this:

AA: But I did my best to polish it so it'd look more valuable!

PW: She must've removed any and all fingerprints on it.

PW: And the only chance I had to get my fingerprints on it after that was yesterday.

PW: At the Aiga Detective Agency!

God: This blend... Godot Blend #...

God: I've decided that it's a little too bitter.

J: Bailiff! Take this urn and...

Kyoko,Sign: Kyoko

Luke: There's no need for that.

Luke: Precisely. I already know Sir Lawyer's fingerprints are on the urn.

J: Wh-What are you saying?

PW: I've finally broken him down!

Luke: Take a good look, everyone!

Luke: Unable to find a rival worthy of my genius, I was forced to create one by myself!

Luke: Here I am! The tragic clown...

Luke: It was me! I am the only and only Mask DeMasque!

Luke: I hope you all enjoyed my little performance!

J: Well...

J: Prosecutor Godot,what's Hoshiidake Aiga's condition?

God: He's still in the lobby, laughing like a madman.

God: I wish I could laugh like that, really.

J: I shall hereby hand down the verdict for Amasugi Yusaku!

Sign: Not Guilty

J: Not guilty!

Sign: Lobby

Mar: Ryuichi-kun!

Mar: Thank you so much! I don't know what to say!

PW: I couldn't have done it without you.

Maya: Yeah! That was the coolest thing!

Pearl: I hope to be like her someday!

PW: And thank you too, Mayoi-chan, Harumi-chan.

PW: You were a huge help.

Maya: Naruhodo-kun!

Mar: What is it, honey?

Mar: I did my best for you, Yusaku-kun.

Ama: I-I know that, and I appreciate it, Mareka-chan.

Ama: But...

God: It's too early to celebrate.

PW: Prosecutor Godot! What are you doing here?

God: I just came to give my thanks.

Maya: Th-Thanks?

God: Early this morning, the body of KB Security CEO Busujima Kurobei was discovered.

God: He was m*rder*d.

God: The estimated time of death was AM on September th.

PW: AM? You don't mean...

God: That's right, amigo.

God: At the same time a cheap little urn was being stolen,

God: there was a m*rder happening over at KB Security.

PW: So, then... what brings you here?

God: Did you forget what we worked together to prove today?

PW: We worked together?

God: On September th at AM,

God: Amasugi Yusaku was in KB Security's CEO's office...

God: The scene of the m*rder.

God: After getting that blackmail letter,he must've been imbrued with utter rage.

God: That's right. We proved in today's trial the kid's alibi...

God: Or rather, his anti-alibi.

May: Anti?

God: The defendant didn't steal the urn.

God: Because he was at a m*rder scene at that time!

Mar: No! That can't be!

Ama: I-I didn't... I-I'm only a thief...

God: We'll have to detain you for a while longer.

God: On a different charge, though.

God: This time, it's m*rder.

Maya: What's going on?

Maya: A m*rder?!

PW: Was this your goal all along?

God: I'm looking forward to another exciting showdown, Maruhodo.

PW: Just who is this guy?

PW: I sense a quiet but deep hatred coming from him!

Mar: No!

Mar: Yusaku-kun!

PW: Yusaku-kun? A m*rder*r?

PW: What the hell is happening?

Sign: Ace Attorney

Sign: Season

PW: Objection!

PW: The case of the stolen Kurain urn took an unexpected turn.

PW: Yusaku-kun was declared not guilty,

The_Great_Albatr,Sign: The Great Albatross Strategy

PW: but now he's accused of m*rder!

Kyoko,Sign: Kyoko

PW: This must be a setup!

PW: And after being revealed as Mask DeMasque,

PW: the enigmatic detective Aiga's behavior has been troubling, too.

PW: Who's pulling the strings in this case?

PW: Find the contradictions!

PW: Reach out to the truth!

PW: Next time: "The Stolen Turnabout — rd Trial"!

Sign: Next Episode The Stolen Turnabout — rd Trial

PW: Take that!