02x18 - Bridge to the Turnabout – 2nd Trial

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Hazakura_Temple,Sign: Hazakura Temple

PW: Hazakura Temple is a spiritual training spot in the mountains.

Hazakura_Temple: ,Hazakura Temple

PW: When I accompanied Maya there,

PW: I met someone who made me doubt my eyes.

PW: It was Iris, a nun who looked just like Dahlia Hawthorne.

Dusky_Bridge,Sign: Dusky Bridge

PW: Maya went to the Inner Temple across Dusky Bridge to train.

PW: And then, it happened.

Sign: Gyaaah!

PW: Picture book author Elise Deauxnim

PW: was m*rder*d in the main Hazakura Temple grounds.

PW: What's more, an opportune lightning strike burned Dusky Bridge down,

PW: leaving Maya stranded on the other side.

PW: And then, I...

LB: Nick!

m*rder_at_a_Moun: ,m*rder at a Mountain Retreat!!

PW: The police went on toarrest Iris for Elise's m*rder.

PW: And I entrusted my best friend Miles Edgeworth with the investigation,

PW: and my defense attorney's badge.

Title Card: Ace Attorney

Title Card: Ace Attorney

Title Card: Season

Sign: February — : PMDusky Bridge

Title: Bridge to the Turnabout — nd Trial

ME: As I'd heard, it is pretty cold here.

ME: So this is it. Dusky Bridge...

Gum: Oh, Prosecutor Edgeworth!

ME: Detective Gumshoe...

Gum: Long time no see, sir!

Gum: I begged to work on this case because I heard you were coming!

ME: As ridiculous as ever, I see.

Gum: d*ck Gumshoe will be at your service all day!

ME: Is that so? Thank you.

ME: By the way, Detective, there is something I must tell you first.

Sign: Objectiooon!

Gum: Objection!

Gum: What are you saying?

Gum: You're going to defend Sister Iris?!

ME: Well, it somehow turned out that way.

Gum: You're Prosecutor Edgeworth because you're a prosecutor!

Gum: "Prosecutor Edgeworth, Defense Attorney" just sounds plain weird!

Gum: It's contradictory!

ME: Anyway, give me a sitrep on the investigation.

Gum: B-But I'm a cop, and you're the defense. I don't know if I can say anything.

ME: That's not for you to worry about.

ME: All you need to do is leak your information to me.

Gum: Roger that! I'm a leaky faucet now!

ME: R-Right, that's the spirit.

ME: Is the Inner Temple where Maya is stranded on the other side?

Gum: Yes. The air's really turbulent right now, so we can't do an aerial extraction.

Gum: No one's gonna be able to reach it until tomorrow.

ME: Will she be all right in this cold?

ME: How did this bridge burn down, anyway?

Heavenly_Hall_,Sign: Heavenly Hall

Gum: A lightning strike.

Gum: It snowed after three days last night, and there was lightning. The whole works!

ME: Is there a mountain shack that way?

Heavenly_Hall_,Sign: Heavenly Hall

Gum: Well, then...

Gum: Let me take you to Hazakura Temple, where the eyewitness is.

ME: There's an eyewitness?

Gum: Yeah! It's that Bikini lady!

ME: "Bikini"?

Hazakura_Temple,Sign: Hazakura Temple

ME: I'm afraid I don't see any bikinis.

Bi: My, my, my! I'll have you know I'm quite the looker!

Bi: Especially in the summer.

Gum: Um, Prosecutor Edgeworth. This is the head nun, Sister Bikini.

Bi_ki_ni,Sign: Bi ki ni

Gum: She's the witness.

ME: Why didn't you tell me that sooner?

ni,Sign: ni

ME: This is why you never get a raise.

Gum: Sorry, sir.

ME: Then...

ME: I'd like to ask you about last night.

Bi: Last night, I accompanied the trainee to the Inner Temple.

ME: The trainee? You mean Maya Fey?

Bi: Yep.

Bi: Training lasts all night long, and the head nun must be in attendance throughout.

ME: Throughout the night?

ME: Didn't the incident occur in the courtyard here?

Bi: That's right. I came back for a bit.

Bi: Iris took my place.

ME: Iris did?

Bi: I've got a bad lower back.

Bi: Iris came to the Inner Temple to check on me.

Bi: And she told me to get some rest in my room.

Iris: At PM, I rang the bell for lights out.

Iris: After that, I stayed in my roomuntil it happened.

Bi: When I headed back tothe Inner Temple after my break,

Bi: I... I saw it! In the courtyard!

Gum: What did you see?

Bi: No! I can't say it!

Bi: Iris... Iris!

ME: Did you see Iris in the courtyard?

Bi: Yes! That's right!

Bi: Why did that gentle girl do something so heinous?!

Bi: I let out a scream and passed out.

Bi: I came to when the boy with the spiky hair stepped on my belly!

ME: That matches Wright's story.

ME: She doesn't seem to be lying.

Gum: Gross, pal!

ME: Is there anything else you'd like to mention?

Bi: Come to think of it, there is.

Bi: I can't find Pearl!

ME: "Pearl"?

Bi: A tiny little girl who was with the trainee.

Bi: I haven't seen her all day.

Bi: It seems she visited Elise's room last night.

Gum: What?

Bi: It's all my...

Bi: My creaky old back's fault!

Sign: February — : PMHazakura Temple Courtyard

Gum: I've arranged a search for Pearl Fey, sir.

ME: Good work.

Gum: This is where the m*rder took place.

Gum: Other than removing the body,we left everything else untouched.

ME: Is that the m*rder weapon?

Gum: Yes, sir. It's a sword called the Shichishito.

ME: What do we know about the victim?

Gum: Elise Deauxnim, picture book author. Her real name is unknown.

Gum: And so is her past up until she won that writing award last year.

ME: That's rare in this day and age.

Gum: The estimated time of death is between and PM last night.

Gum: Cause of death was blood loss resulting from a stab to the back.

ME: That's terrible.

Gum: Also, the victim's entire body was covered in bruises.

ME: Bruises?

Gum: Yes, sir. They're consistent with falling from the height of a two-story building.

ME: That would be the same height as that room, correct?

Gum: Way to go! That just happens to be the room the victim was staying in last night!

ME: So she was pushed down from that roomand then stabbed with a sword?

ME: What's that?

Gum: The victim's cane.

Gum: Her fingerprints were found on it.

Gum: Oh, speaking of fingerprints...

ME: What is it?

Gum: The m*rder weapon had the accused's fingerprints all over it!

ME: That's some decisive evidence.

Gum: Right... You're the defense attorney...

ME: A desperate situation, huh?

ME: Is this how Wright always felt when he took to court in the defendant's corner?

Gum: Are you seriously going to be the defense attorney?

ME: Yes.

Gum: But what if they find outyou're a prosecutor?

Gum: You're pretty famous, you know?

ME: That's why I arranged a different judge for tomorrow's trial.

Gum: Actually, we can't get in touch with Prosecutor Godot, who's handling this case.

ME: No problem. I've already arranged for a prosecutor as well.

ME: What?

Gum: You're amazing, Prosecutor Edgeworth! You can do everything!

ME: Let's go.

Gum: I didn't know there was a shack over here.

February______,Sign: February — : PMMountain Shack Heavenly Hall

LB: You're finally here...

LB: Edgeworth!

ME: Larry.

LB: What took you so long? What were you doing?

ME: Right back at you.

ME: What are you doing here?

LB: Dude, I was sketching, obviously!I'm an artist!

ME: An artist? You?

Gum: It seems he was that picture book author's apprentice.

ME: An apprentice? This dolt?

LB: D-Don't call me that!

LB: I'm Laurice Deauxnim!

LB: I'm sketching Dusky Bridge!

Heavenly_Hall,Sign: Heavenly Hall

LB: So, has Iris been released yet?

ME: She's being put to trial tomorrow.

Gum: The odds aren't in her favor.

LB: What? Are you kidding me?!

LB: The k*ller was someone else, obviously!

ME: What makes you think so?

LB: A girl that cute can't possibly be a m*rder*r!

ME: I knew it.

LB: But man...

LB: Iris is a girl. She shouldn't be taking risks like that.

ME: What?

LB: Oh no, never mind! It's nothing!

Gum: By the way, you were the one who called the police last night, right?

ME: Were you?

LB: Huh? Oh, yeah.

LB: I was so shocked.

LB: I mean, the lightning came like, "Crash! Bang!"

LB: The bridge was all, "sizzle, sizzle"!

LB: And then Nick went tumble, tumble!

ME: Please, talk to me in a language I can understand.

LB: Anyway, I called the police after Nick told me to.

LB: I was panicked as hell, too.

Gum: Well, you had lightning, a fire, and someone falling.

Gum: Anyone would've been shocked.

LB: Oh, nah. Compared to that crazy thing I saw before...

LB: Ack.

ME: What crazy thing?

LB: Okay, I've told you everything I know. Get going now.

ME: Larry, you're hiding something, aren't you?

LB: I-I'm not hiding anything!

LB: We're pals! Can't you tell?

ME: I can tell. That's why I'm asking.

Gum: Hide anything from Prosecutor Edgeworth, and you're going to jail!

LB: I don't care!

Gum: Hey, get back here!

ME: Larry...

ME: I suppose I'll have to drag you to the courtroom to hear the whole truth!

Sign: February — AMDistrict Court — Courtroom No.

J: Court is now in session for the trial of Hazakurain Iris.

ME: The defense is ready, Your Honor.

ME: It is a prosecutor's job to doubt people.

ME: But today, I am a defense attorney.

ME: My friend said that a defense attorney's jobis to believe in people until the end.

ME: Am I really up to the task?

ME: I shall show you that I am!

J: How about the prosecution?

Fran: My whip told you all you need to know.

J: Y-You are...

Fran: Franziska von Karma.

Fran: This case is now mine.

J: v-von Karma?!

J: You wouldn't be the legendaryManfred von Karma's...

Sign: Franziska von Karma

Fran: Legends are a thing of the past.

Fran: I now carry the von Karma name!

ME: A girl who went to America and become prosecutor at thirteen,

ME: she is the daughter of my mentorManfred von Karma.

Karuma__Sending,Sign: von KarmaSending

Sign: I'm glad you're here, Franziska!

J: Very well. I-I understand.

J: By the way, defense.

ME: Yes, Your Honor?

J: I feel like I've met a prosecutor who looks a lot like you.

ME: Must be your imagination.

J: Oh? What do you say, Prosecutor von Karma?

Fran: Just your imagination.

J: Just my imagination, huh?

Fran: I was expecting to go up against Phoenix Wright in this trial.

Fran: But perhaps I had been waiting for this moment all along...

Fran: For this chance to crush you, Miles Edgeworth!

J: Then, Prosecutor von Karma, your opening statement, please.

Fran: The m*rder victim is Elise Deauxnim, a picture book author.

Tenryusai_Elise_,Sign: Elise Deauxnim (Real Name Unknown) Age: Unknown Occupation: Picture Book Author

Fran: Her body was found in the Hazakura Temple's courtyard.

Fran: She had been stabbed through the torso by a ceremonial sword from a golden statue.

J: H-How awful.

Fran: It is clear that the m*rder was carried out by Sister Iris.

Fran: After all, there is a decisive eyewitness to her crime.

J: Very well.

J: Please bring this witness to the stand.

ME: And so it begins.

ME: My first and my last trial as a defense attorney.

Fran: Witness.

Fran: State your name and occupation, please.

Bi: I'm the head nun of Hazakura Temple.

Bi: My name is Bikini, okay? Bikini.

J: But I don't see any bikinis...

Fran: The courtroom is a sacred place of judgment.

Fran: Those with lechery in their hearts should leave this sanctuary at once!

J: Y-You want me to leave?!

Bi: No need to get your bikinis in a twist! I am a sight to behold in summer!

ME: In any case, witness.

ME: You saw the crime take place on the night in question, did you?

Bi: That's right.

Bi: I still can't believe my dear little Iris...

J: Please testify to the court, then.

J: First, tell us about your own movements that night.

Sign: Witness Testimony

Bi: That night, I was helping a trainee with her training in the Inner Temple.

Bi: At around PM, Iris came for me,

Bi: so I left her to help the trainee and returned to Hazakura Temple.

ME: Hold it!

Bi: That can't be right.

Bi: The defendant never went to the Inner Temple that night.

Bi: Isn't that right, defendant?

Iris: Yes. I was in my room in Hazakura Templeuntil the incident happened.

Bi: B-But I did see her.

Bi: She was dressed exactly the same as at dinner!

ME: "Exactly the same"?

Bi: That's right!

Bi: The same robes as always, and the same hood!

ME: Unfortunately, that can't be right, either.

ME: Iris...

ME: What had you done with your hood that night?

Iris: I gave it to Mr. Wright before ringing the bell for lights out.

Fran: What?

ME: Indeed. That night,

ME: the defendant wasn't wearing her hood.

ME: Given that, who did the witness really see?

Fran: Hah! Are you saying the defendant's doppelganger showed up there?

Fran: And who would that be?

ME: We do not know at this moment.

ME: However...

ME: I demand that the witnessbe precise with her testimony.

Bi: Th-That's weird. I know what I saw...

ME: She doesn't appear to be lying.

ME: I should keep this mysterious contraction in mind for later.

J: Well, witness, continue with your testimony.

J: And give every detail with precision.

Bi: Okay.

Bi: After resting a bit in Hazakura Temple, I started back for the Inner Temple at .

Bi: On the way, I heard a noisefrom the courtyard.

Bi: That's when I saw it!

Bi: Iris holding the sword, which had been plunged to the hilt in Elise's back!

J: You saw something truly horrifying.

Bi: That's the last thing I remember.

Bi: I passed out after that.

ME: Are you certain it was the defendant?

Bi: Yes, I'm sure.

Bi: She wasn't wearing a hood,

Bi: but that was Iris.

Bi: And when I came to, Elise was beneath the golden statue.

Fran: Game over, Miles Edgeworth.

Fran: The witness's testimony is decisive.

Fran: Also, the defendant's fingerprints were found on the Shichishito, the m*rder weapon.

J: What? Her fingerprints?

Fran: This proves that she did it.

Fran: The prosecution requests a guilty verdict.

J: What do you say, defense?

ME: So this is what it's like to be a defense attorney? Not bad.

ME: Very well.

ME: I'll turn things about in my own way.

Sign: Objection!

ME: Objection!

ME: If the sword had been plunged in to the hilt,

ME: then its entire blade would be stained in blood.

ME: But look at the crime scene photo.

J: Only the tip is covered in blood!

ME: One more thing.

ME: Is it even possible to stab a person all the way through with this sword?

Fran: Th-That's...

Bi: But I saw it!

Bi: The sword was plunged in to the hilt in Elise's back!

J: Hmm... What is the meaning of this?

ME: There is but one conclusion to draw.

ME: It's possible that the Shichishito wasn't the m*rder weapon.

Fran: Say what?

ME: And if it really wasn't the m*rder weapon,

ME: then the defendant's fingerprints on it

ME: don't prove that she committed the m*rder!

ME: It seems the prosecution's claimshave been blown out.

Fran: You're good.

Fran: I'm amazed you hit upon such a major contradiction going off the sword alone.

J: Who would've thought it wasn't the m*rder weapon?

Sign: Objection!

Fran: Objection!

Fran: Then answer me this, Miles Edgeworth.

Fran: If it wasn't the Shichishito,

Fran: what was the real m*rder weapon?

ME: We don't know yet.

Fran: Figures.

Fran: And no matter what the m*rder weapon was,the conclusion remains the same.

J: What do you mean?

Fran: After all, this witness clearly saw it.

Fran: The moment Sister Iris stabbed and m*rder*d the victim that night.

Fran: Isn't that right, witness?

Bi: Oh, please. I never said anything like that.

Bi: The sword was already in Elisewhen I saw them.

Bi: And Iris was holding it.

ME: You mean to say you didn't see the defendant stab the victim?

Bi: Yeah, exactly!

Fran: What?!

ME: However...

ME: Assuming there was a different m*rder weapon,

ME: where did it go?

Fran: What are you talking about?

ME: The police would've obviously searched the area after the incident.

Fran: Naturally. They were very thorough.

Fran: But nothing of the sort was found in the vicinity.

J: That is certainly very strange.

Fran: There is one secure hiding place.

ME: What?

Fran: Just one place where it would never be found.

J: Where is that?

Fran: Eagle River.

ME: The river?

Fran: There was a snowmobile bythe Hazakura Temple's main gate.

Fran: One could've taken it to the bridge and thrown the m*rder weapon into the river.

Fran: Given the current, it would never be found.

Bi: Th-The snowmobile?

ME: This is baseless conjecture.

Fran: No, I have proof.

ME: No way!

Fran: There were snowmobile tracks fromHazakura Temple to Dusky Bridge that night.

Fran: It makes sense if you assume the k*ller went to dump the m*rder weapon in the river.

Fran: Witness!

Fran: Who could have usedthe snowmobile that night?

Bi: I-It would have to have been Iris...

ME: Wh-What?!

Bi: There is only one key, and she had it.

Bi: Did you take it, Iris?

ME: Iris.

ME: I'm sorry.

ME: I cannot answer that.

J: Order! Order in the court!

Fran: It's really game over this time, Miles Edgeworth.

ME: Why won't you answer, Iris?!

Fran: Your Honor, her silence is practically a confession!

Fran: I demand that you hand down the verdict right now.

J: You're right.

J: I don't see any need to continue this trial.

Sign: Objectionnn!

LB: Objection!

J: Wh-Who are you?

LB: I can't bear to watch, Edgeworth.

ME: Larry!

LB: I'm not Larry. I'm Laurice Deauxnim!

Fran: Deauxnim?

LB: I saw what happened that night.

LB: For Iris's sake, I'll tell you everything!

Sign: Ace Attorney

Sign: Season

PW: Objection!

PW: Laurice Deauxnim's, a.k.a. Larry's, appearance turns the case on its head.

PW: His sketch provides information that shocks the whole courtroom.

PW: Defense Attorney Edgeworth defiesFranziska von Karma's relentless questioning.

PW: What is the contradiction he finds?

PW: And I make my comeback!

PW: It's now my turn!

PW: Leave the rest to me, Edgeworth!

PW: Find the contradictions!

PW: Reach out to the truth!

PW: Next time: "Bridge to the Turnabout — rd Trial"!

Next_Episode,Sign: Next Episode

Northward__Turna,Sign: Bridge to the Turnabout — rd Trial

PW: Take that!