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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/Turnabout Reminiscence/Part 4-3 - End 1

We are now in the Defendant Lobby No. 1. Overhearing a conversation between Kay and Detective Badd, it appears that Kay found something. She leaves the room and you are free to look around. Talk to Detective Badd. Edgeworth mentions a strong fragrance that he smelled as soon as he entered the lobby. Badd says that its the smell of Ms. Yew's perfume, which she spilt. Ms. Yew's Perfume is added to your Organizer.

 * During the recess: Until Detective Gumshoe's arrival, Badd and Yew were in sperate locations. They were only together after Badd assigned Gumshoe to guard duty. Detective Badd also reveals Ms. Yew and his connection with the KG-8 Incident.
 * KG-8 Incident: Mr. Faraday and Detective Badd were on the trail of a smuggling ring. The sole witness of the smuggling incident, Cece Yew, was killed. Colin Devorae was arrested as the smuggling group's ringleader. In reality, he knew nothing about the group but confessed anyway. Manny Coachen was acquitted of the murder of Cece Yew. Badd was supposed to keep Mr. Faraday's evidence which was stolen by an unknown individual. Badd himself has even been involved in a gunfight that left the very bullet holes in his jacket.
 * Relation to Yew: Badd first met Ms. Yew at the end of the KG-8 Incident's trial. She holds obvious resentment towards him and Mr. Faraday as they couldn't protect her sister. They met her again during a trial involving the smuggling ring. Yew was the defense attorney, though she really became one just to find out more about the ring.
 * Relation to Faraday: Badd met Mr. Faraday when he was still a rookie and was acquaintances with him when Kay was born. They worked on the Yatagarasu case together and gathered a lot of information. Badd was called to testify during this trial about the Yatagarasu.
 * Yatagarasu: There are three reasons why the Yatagarasu always eludes capture. First, the Yatagarasu always knows the exact location of the target object. Second, the Yatagarasu always knows exactly how to disarm the security system. Finally, the Yatagarasu never leaves evidence behind. However, in this case, evidence of the smuggling ring was directly sent to the police by the Yatagarasu. Whenever the Yatagarasu wants to publicize a piece of information, it sends it with a special white card.

The bailiff comes and informs us that the Judge is transferring all the evidence we need to us.

Bad Ending Four: If you run out of logic here, Badd believes the investigation has run for too long and has to force Edgeworth and Franziska to leave.

Bad Ending Five: If you run out of logic with the Judge in the courtroom, the Judge announces that he has to prepare for his next court hearing but will arrange for Gumshoe's arrest. Edgeworth protests, but the Judge sees no need to further prolong the issue and adjourns the court. Does this sound familiar from Ace Attorney courtroom dramas? The Judge has a quirky personality after all.

Bad Ending Six: If you run out of logic while talking to Gumshoe or Kay, Yew and Badd comes in to arrest Gumshoe due to having enough evidence to warrant it.

New evidence
We arrive in the courtroom and prepare for the evidence transferral. Ms. Yew is still busy with her investigation, so there will be no lengthy discussion or analysis. All the evidence is placed on the prosecutor's bench.

Examine the evidence. We have the knife, the gun, the documents related to the trial, and Mr. Faraday's organizer! Examine the organizer. It seems that Mr. Faraday was sure that Rell was the killer and that he wasn't the Yatagarasu, as well as having a definitive piece of evidence called the Yatagarasu's Key. Mr. Faraday's Organizer is jotted down in your Organizer. There is also a picture of the Yatagarasu's Key. Yatagarasu's Key is added to your Organizer.

Now examine the knife. Mr. Faraday never mentioned anything about the knife in his organizer, so what was it doing in his evidence bag? However, there was a mention of something else that no one has seen. Present the Yatagarasu's Key. The key might just be the knife! You automatically examine the knife. Check the handle of the knife. The handle can, in fact, be opened up into a key! The Yatagarasu's Key is updated in your Organizer.

Since it appears that even Mr. Faraday was not aware of this feature, that means that the killer must have a bigger understanding about the evidence the Yatagarasu sent than Mr. Faraday, none other than the Great Thief themselves! That also rules out Rell as the killer of Mr. Faraday, as he couldn't have known about the hidden blade. The Knife is updated in the Organizer.

Now examine the documents and gun to notice that the surveillance video of the murder presented at the trial is still missing. The Judge says that it isn't found in Mr. Faraday's bag, so maybe it is somewhere in the crime scene.

Back at the scene of the crime, we witness Badd talking with another officer. His theme music and attitude should be familiar to you. Badd says that he is Agent Lang from the Republic of Zheng Fa, who is still a rookie cop. Talk to Badd and present either the Knife or the Yatagarasu's Key. It appears that neither Badd nor Faraday knew about the key's trick.

 * Time of the murder: Badd is getting tired of repeating his testimony, but we'll still get to find out something from him with a confrontation.

Rebuttal: Det. Badd's Movements
Press statement 3. Badd says that he heard nothing weird before the gunshot. You get a new piece of testimony.

 * ...I didn't hear any other strange sounds... until that gunshot...

Present the Balloon Piece. The Judge clearly heard the balloon pop while he was in the hallway, so why didn't Badd hear it when he was in Defendant Lobby No. 1? Badd says that the walls, doors and curtains of the courthouse are soundproof, meaning that he couldn't hear the balloon popping if he were inside the lobby! Using that logic, that means Gumshoe and Badd couldn't have heard the gunshot because the walls were soundproofed.

Edgeworth now recalls the states of the crime scene. The window in Defendant's Lobby No. 1 was open for Dissipating the smell of Yew's perfume. There is a Very loud television in the Defendant's Lobby No. 2. There is a piece of Missing evidence, the surveillance video, which wasn't found in the evidence bag.

Armed with these new pieces of logic, you automatically enter Logic Mode. Connect the Lobby No. 2 window with Dissipating the smell. Since the perfume can be smelled in Lobby No. 2, that means that incorporeal objects can pass through the bars of the lobby windows! You get the Open windows logic. Now connect the Very loud television with the Open windows. Since smell can past through the window, so can sound! The windows of Lobby Nos. 1, 2 and the hallway were all open, so the sound of the gunshot could be heard by Gumshoe and Badd. You get the Gunshot could be heard logic. Finally, connect the Missing evidence with Gunshot could be heard. The video captured the exact moment of the murder, including the gunshot, so it can still be left in this very room! Edgeworth says that we should examine the television.

Investigation: Defendant Lobby No. 2
You automatically start in a close-up scene of the television. Examine the video player. There is a tape inside, and it is confirmed as the missing tape! The Surveillance Video is added to your Organizer.

Deduce the open window and present the Surveillance Video. Because the windows in both lobbies and the hallway were open, some witnesses heard the gunshot. The killer purposely opened the window to manipulate the perception of When the crime took place. The gunshot that the detectives and Yew heard was from the surveillance video, and the murders must have happened during the recess but before Gumshoe's guard duty. The killer is someone without an alibi during that period.

The bailiff now tells us that Ms. Yew has uncovered the real murderer and wishes to clarify something with us. She is waiting in the courtroom. This case is close to being solved, and the confrontation with Ms. Yew will likely yield the truth.

The chapter now ends.


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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/Turnabout Reminiscence/Part 4-4 - End 2

We arrive in the courtroom, and after a brief encounter with Kay, we take the stand. Ms. Yew says that her investigation confirmed that there was no way to escape from the hallway and so concludes that Gumshoe is the killer. We already know that and a lot more, so we should be able to find the real murderer. The stage is set for a faceoff between prosecutor and defense attorney, but this time, we're on the prosecutor's side.

Rebuttal: Ms. Yew's Argument
Press every statement. We don't really need to reveal what we know right now, and Ms. Yew might have a hidden trump card. Pressing the statements yields nothing new, so it's time we present our own trump card. Edgeworth asks about the alibis of everyone before Gumshoe arrived, but Ms. Yew dismisses it, saying that Gumshoe's the only person who could've committed the crime when the gunshot sounded.

Edgeworth now presents the possibility that the timing of the gunshot was manipulated. Present the Surveillance Video. As we learned in the previous chapter, the video was used to fabricate the gunshot and the murders happened much earlier.

Ms. Yew now says that the courtroom walls were soundproof, so using the tape's gunshot would not have mattered because nobody could hear it. When prompted, choose The window was open. Again, we know that the sound can be passed through open windows. The window in Lobby No. 2 was opened by the killer, but the window in Lobby No. 1 also happened to be open. Someone did something that caused that window to open because they wanted to have witnesses that heard the fake gunshot. This person is our killer, and said killer is Calisto Yew! Ms. Yew isn't intimidated by our accusation and presents a rebuttal.

Rebuttal: Ms. Yew's Rebuttal
Present Ms. Yew's Perfume at statement 1. Ms. Yew spilled the perfume while she was with Detective Badd in Lobby No. 1. She probably knew that Badd was going to open the window to let out some of the strong smell. In fact, the reason she called Badd into Lobby No. 1 could be to set up an alibi for herself. Ms. Yew says she is getting tired of this and gives us one last piece of testimony.

Rebuttal: Why It Couldn't Be Me
Press statement 4. Ms. Yew's logic hangs on the fact that she doesn't know where the knife came from. She knows the only thing Mr. Faraday didn't present in the trial was a key. We already know about the trick with the Yatagarasu's Key, but Ms. Yew revealed something much more important. You get another statement out of her.

Present the Knife or the Yatagarasu's Key at this statement. The key can turn into the knife used in the murder, so as long as Ms. Yew knew about the existence of the key, she could've committed the murder. More importantly, not being a member of law enforcement, she shouldn't even have known about the key in the first place. It was sent to the police by the Yatagarasu and only Badd and Faraday could've known anything about it. Ms. Yew claims that Mr. Faraday told her about the key and the trick within it, but how could he have told her when Mr. Faraday himself did not know this trick? Badd also didn't know, so it's not something Mr. Faraday would purposely hide from Ms. Yew. There was only one person who knew about the key-changing trick, and that's the Yatagarasu. Ms. Yew is the Great Thief Yatagarasu!
 * There was a key in his evidence bag, but you can't kill anyone with a simple key!

Yew breaks down into a fit of laughter. She finally confesses to both being the Yatagarasu and committing the double murders. She also reveals that her real name isn't even Calisto Yew. Mr. Faraday had discovered her identity as the Yatagarasu and she needed to silence him from telling the world about it. She made Rell accuse Mr. Faraday of being the Yatagarasu to land him in jail but didn't expect him to be dragged off during the recess. She feared that her plan and her identity would be revealed, so she killed them both. She predicted that Mr. Faraday would bring and use the key to prove that Rell wasn't the Yatagarasu, thus giving her a convenient murder weapon. She entered Lobby No. 2 pretending to be curious about the knife, and while her hand was in the evidence bag she transformed it into a knife and used it to stab Mr. Faraday. She had Rell set up the crime scene and tape, then ended his life with a bullet. She finally reveals that she is also a member of the smuggling ring and ordered the assassination of Deid Mann.

Her guilt is now certain, but yet the Yatagarasu remains calm. She reveals the reason the symbol of the Yatagarasu has three legs is that it has more than one way of doing its razor-sharp work. She holds out a pistol and almost shoots Edgeworth but misses thanks to a sudden warning by Kay. However, she escapes with the Yatagarasu's Key, chased by Badd and Kay. One final gunshot rings outside the courtroom.

Bad Ending Seven: If you can't beat her arguments, Yew laughs hysterically leaving Edgeworth losing his cool. Gumshoe gets arrested and Yew declares that she's done with this case.

What REALLY happened

Calisto Yew is actually the Great Thief Yatagarasu, who infiltrates companies to publicize corrupt dealings. Hypocritically, she is also a member of the smuggling ring involved in the KG-8 Incident. Mr. Faraday learned about her true identity while he was investigating both cases, so Yew had to eliminate him.

Yew ordered Mack Rell to assassinate Deid Mann, a witness of the smuggling ring at the Cohdopian Embassy. She also infiltrated the embassy on the same day and sent the Yatagarasu's Key to the police, knowing that it can be turned into a knife. Rell was caught soon after the murder due to being caught on tape but Yew offered to be his defense attorney. She made him claim that he was the Yatagarasu, thus causing Mr. Faraday to bring the Yatagarasu's Key to the court as evidence.

During the trial, Yew made Rell accuse Mr. Faraday of being the Yatagarasu to try and get him arrested. However, she didn't count on Faraday dragging Rell into his office. She feared that her plan would be ruined if Rell was with Mr. Faraday for too long but she still had the key as part of her backup plan. She entered the lobby pretending to be worried about something, silently turned the key into a knife and stabbed Mr. Faraday while the knife was still in the evidence bag, killing him and collecting his blood in the bag.

Yew then ordered Rell to help set up the crime scene by scattering the bags, setting up the tape and opening the window. She killed Rell afterward with the very gun that he used to kill Mr. Mann to remove the sole eyewitness. Yew had a plan to set up an alibi for herself. With the surveillance tape of the footage running and thirty minutes before the gunshot in the tape was fired, she left the room and noticed Detective Badd with Gumshoe. She dragged Badd into Lobby No. 1, making Gumshoe stand guard outside Lobby No. 2.

While standing guard, Gumshoe met Kay Faraday who was looking to buy a snack for her and her father. However, they didn't have enough money to buy the cheapest item on the snack machine, the $6 Swiss rolls. Gumshoe decided to pool his money and Kay's and buy it together. Kay had to exchange the coins she had with a dollar bill, which was how we met her the first time. While enjoying the Swiss rolls, Kay popped her balloon on purpose, which startled Gumshoe and made him drop his Swiss roll. The Judge heard the sound while in the toilet facing the hallway, mistaking it for a party popper or a gunshot.

As the tape was about to reach the part with the gunshot, Yew purposefully spilled her perfume. As the perfume had a strong smell and spread very quickly, it overwhelmed Badd and made him open the Lobby No. 1 window to let out the perfume. Now both the Lobby No. 1 and 2 windows were open and the tape had reached the part with the gunshot. The sound of the shot was absorbed by the thick walls of the courthouse but it did manage to pass through the windows in both lobbies. Badd heard the gunshot, thinking it was the real deal, and hurried to Lobby No. 2 where he found Faraday and Rell dead. Yew also created a false alibi for herself and a witness that could account for her location during that time.

Epilogue
Badd failed to catch Yew but the precinct has already set up a perimeter around the courthouse. Gumshoe is, of course, found innocent. Badd notes that we might meet again before returning to investigate. Gumshoe thanks us for saving him. Edgeworth recalls that Kay left Gumshoe a present, something that signifies their friendship. Optionally, you can present the Swiss Roll. It was bought by Gumshoe and Kay, and while the roll she saved never reached her father, she did make up for dropping the one Gumshoe was having. Gumshoe now declares his loyalty to Edgeworth, which remains evident even to the present day. Back at Gatewater Land, seven years later, we have encountered Kay once again. She explains that she went to live with her mother's relatives after the death of her father, so she couldn't visit very often. Edgeworth immediately questions why Kay calls herself the Yatagarasu when the real Yatagarasu killed her father. Kay reveals that she found her father's diary while combing through his bookshelves and discovered that he was actually the Yatagarasu. Mr. Faraday also had the Little Thief which he used during infiltrations. Despite this, the Yatagarasu has been recently spotted again, as they sent a calling card to the Cohdopian Embassy. Could this mean that Yew has come out of hiding? Kay sought Edgeworth out to get his help in catching Yew at that embassy.

We're now left with more questions. Who is the real Yatagarasu, Calisto Yew or Byrne Faraday? What caused the Yatagarasu to re-emerge after a seven-year break? Now that we've made our promise with Kay to capture Yew at the embassy, we might finally unravel the truth.

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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/Turnabout Ablaze

"Two cards. One of a black raven, one of a white raven. Two countries. One in the west and one in the east. When those which were split were made whole again, the truth will reveal itself." We see someone lighting a room on fire. The Yatagarasu has been spotted, and a spotlight reveals her silhouette. Edgeworth is seen outside a burning building, shouting for Kay. How did all of these events transpire? Eight hours before this madness began...

Case Information

 * Time of Crime: March 14, ?
 * Location: Theatrum Neutralis - Lobby and Babahlese Embassy - Secrectariats Office
 * Victim: Manny Coachen and Ka-Shi Nou
 * Cause of death: Stab wound and Blunt force trauma
 * Murder weapon: Yatagarasu's Key and Allebahst's Primidux Statue

Prosecutor
Miles Edgeworth The character you control in this game, Edgeworth is a prosecutor who strives for the truth. He is very intelligent and has very intimidating tactics of interrogation. He tends to be a little of a perfectionist. Due to an incident in his childhood he has a deep fear of earthquakes and elevators.

Victim
Manny Coachen The murder victim in the Babahlese embassy and Colias Palaeno's secretariat. He was involved in the KG-8 Incident. Ka-Shi Nou The murder victim in the Allebahstian embassy. Alias "Mask Demasque II". A fake "successor" of the original Mask DeMasque.

Suspect
Kay Faraday The daughter of Byrne Faraday and claims to be the second Great Thief Yatagarasu.

Witness
Shih-na A mysterious woman that serves as Shi-Long Lang's assistant. She led the investigation in Babahl.

Other Characters
Byrne Faraday Kay's deseaced father and the victim from Edgeworth's first case seven years ago. Calisto Yew Bryne's killer and the one who claimed to be the Yatagarasu. Where is she now? Dick Gumshoe Homicide detective at the local precinct. Helped with the investigation in Babahl. Franziska von Karma The daughter of the feared Manfred von Karma. She is investigating about an international smuggling ring. She helped with the investigation in Allebahst. Shi-Long Lang A high-ranking Interpol agent from Zheng Fa who has a hatred for prosecutors. He is on the trail of the smuggling ring that affected the economy of his country. He led the investigation in Allebahst. Tyrell Badd A detective on the trail of the Yatagarasu. Yatagarasu The Great Thief Yatagarasu, a mysterious thief who stole evidence of a company's corrupt dealings and made them public. Calisto Yew claimed to be he Yatagarasu seven years ago, but Kay says it is actually her father, Byrne Faraday. Colias Palaeno The ambassador of Babahl. He is feverishly promoting Babahl's tourism industry and hopes for a peaceful unification of Cohdopia. Quercus Alba The ambassador of Allebahst and former ambassador of Cohdopia. His self-pity and frail appearance hides his history as a fearsome general. Wendy Oldbag An old lady who fancies Edgeworth. She is called in as a last-second replacement for the actress of the Pink Princess after she called in sick. Larry Butz A clumsy, troublesome friend of Edgeworth who plays the lead role in the Steel Samurai show at the event.


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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/Turnabout Ablaze/Part 5-1 - Beginning

Edgeworth relaxes in his office, recalling the events that happened over the last few days. First, he found himself involved in the murder of an Interpol agent on his return flight, then he had to investigate a kidnapping and a murder at Gatewater Land. Finally, in the early hours of this morning, his office became the crime scene of yet another murder, the one of Detective Buddy Faith, along with a thief that made off with a file for an old case.

Just when Edgeworth is finally going to get a rest, Kay bursts in about the Yatagarasu. Edgeworth mentions that the thief he met earlier could be the Yatagarasu, but Kay believes she will appear at the Cohdopian Embassy today. The Yatagarasu sent a calling card to the embassy, which is odd considering how the card is usually only sent to the media after the Yatagarasu has made off with a secret. The card looks to be the real deal, but Edgeworth recalls that there was another card with inverted colours that we found in the first case. Time to investigate.

The Cohdopian Embassy
We're at the Theatrum Neutralis, where a Steel Samurai play is being shown. Edgeworth and Kay mention how this embassy is shared by two countries with the theatre as the neutral zone. The Steel Samurai show was sponsored by the Kingdom of Allebahst. Another show, the Jammin' Ninja, is being sponsored by the Republic of Babahl. (Check out Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All if you want to know more about these two!) The embassy is holding an event called "The Kingdom of Allebahst versus The Republic of Babahl Goodwill Jubilee". Edgeworth explains how both countries used to be a single country called the Principality of Cohdopia. It was recently split into two due to civil unrest. If you recall, Manny Coachen, the suspect of the murder case of the KG-8 Incident, was a staff member of the Cohdopian Embassy seven years ago, and so was Deid Mann.

Both countries had bad relationships with each other, but they're trying to make up for it with this event. Each country also claims to own the real Primidux Statue so they're having them publicly evaluated today. With nothing else to do until the Yatagarasu makes its move, go around and examine your surroundings. You can even find our old acquaintance Lotta Hart making a cameo appearance here! If you talk to the guards, you'll notice how Allebahst has stricter procedures for entry, while the Babahl guards are friendlier and more welcoming. Check the pile of pamphlets beside the two women to learn more about the embassy. Embassy Guide is jotted down in your Organizer.

Suddenly, the Steel Samurai makes an appearance along with his son, causing a great hubbub. Talk to the Steel Samurai. While he doesn't speak to you, he does give you his autograph. Steel Samurai's Autograph is jotted down in your Organizer. He then enters the Allabahstian side of the embassy to meet with the ambassador. Now the Jammin' Ninja segment will begin, who will later enter the Babahl side and meet with its ambassador.

Before we can go any further, though two officers run out of the Allebahstian Embassy and announce that the Yatagarasu has been spotted there! Kay attempts to go there but is stopped by the guard. She then runs over to the Babahlese side to try and climb over the wall and into the Allebahstian side, despite Edgeworth's objection.

At the Babahlese side, Kay is nowhere to be seen, but the fence looks too high to scale across. However, there's a larger problem here. The embassy is on fire and Kay could be trapped inside!

A murder
We enter the Babahlese secretariat's room to find that Kay is being captured by Shih-na! Gumshoe is also here, and he directs our attention to a dead body. Kay says that she found the person already dead and she only ran into the room after seeing a suspicious person enter it too. That person had a long black coat and a hood over their head.

Shih-na thinks that Kay committed the murder and there's nothing we can do about it. The crime happened at the Babahlese Embassy, meaning that anything that happens there is subject to jurisdiction by the Babahlese law system, giving them extraterritorial rights. Franziska arrives with the ambassador of Babahl, Colias Palaeno. Edgeworth requests to join Franziska's investigation as her assistant and she eventually agrees. Because Franziska is working with Interpol and we're now her assistant, we can start investigating!

Investigation: Secretariat's Room
Edgeworth starts by asking why Gumshoe is here. It turns out that he was on guard duty for the embassy to watch out for the Yatagarasu. Examine the dead body. The victim is Manny Coachen, a familiar name. His death was caused by a stab to the neck from behind. Luckily, the fire did not reach the body. The Notes on Coachen's Body are added to your Organizer. You now enter a close-up scene of the corpse.

Examine the knife. Tests have shown that the blood on the knife matches the victim's, so it might be the murder weapon. The handle has an exquisite butterfly motif. You get the Motif on knife handle logic and have the Knife added to your Organizer. Now examine the object in the victim's pocket. It's the Yatagarasu's Key, stolen seven years ago! Gumshoe doesn't know about its secret, so show it to him. Examine the tip of the handle to turn it into a knife. The Yatagarasu's Key is added to your Organizer. The knife-edge has been cleaned, and Edgeworth recognizes the vine motif on the knife. Franziska suggests talking to Ambassador Palaeno to find out more about Cohdopia.

Talk to Ambassador Palaeno. He offers you some coupons, which Edgeworth recalls as part of Babahl's feverish tourist industry.

 * Manny Coachen: The victim was the secretariat of the embassy, in charge of most tasks in the embassy, one of which is printing. The embassy has its own printing press because of its need to produce coupons and flyers to promote Babahl's tourism. Ambassador Palaeno also reveals that Mr. Coachen was involved in the KG-8 Incident but soon recovered and worked enthusiastically before he was killed.
 * Renovations: The embassy was to undergo renovations to give visitors a better impression of Babahl, but the man in charge was the victim.
 * Cohdopia: Ambassador Palaeno concludes that the key/knife is from the period when both embassies belonged to Cohdopia. It has the motif of the butterfly and the flower, Cohdopia's national symbols. You get the Key used at Embassy logic.

Talk to Franziska. She is supposed to be working with Interpol around the world, so why is she here? You get the Franziska's return logic.

 * The murder: The Yatagarasu appeared in the Allebahstian Embassy too, but it didn't cause a fire there. Agent Lang is there protecting the ambassador.
 * Yatagarasu: Franziska doesn't recognize Kay until Edgeworth reminds her about the case seven years ago. Gumshoe brings up the fact that the Yatagarasu is here to steal the embassy's dirtiest secret. You get the Stealing of secret logic.

Go into Logic Mode and connect Franziska's return with Stealing of secret. Franziska thinks that the head of the smuggling ring is right inside this embassy. You gain another dialogue option.

 * Smuggling: Franziska was indeed on the trail of the smuggling ring and they put the embassy as a prime investigation spot because of a document. It is only part of a set of documents and it's printed with paper only made in Cohdopia, so someone in Allebahst or Babahl must be the head! The Cohdopian Paper Document is added to your Organizer.

Now, examine the butterfly symbol on the wall, which appears to be the national symbol of Babahl. You get the Butterfly of Babahl logic.

Examine the gold statue. It might be the Primidux Statue Kay mentioned, and it bears a resemblance to the Steel Samurai. The Babahl's Primidux Statue is added to your Organizer.

Examine the safe near Kay. It's locked and we need to use a key to open it. You get the Locked safe logic.

Examine the knife rack. The knife rack can be found on the wall on the right side with the burnt shirt and the souvenirs. One of the knives is missing and Palaeno explains that the handle can be removed.

Now go into Logic Mode and connect Motif on knife handle with Butterfly of Babahl. The knife appears to be part of the Babahlese Embassy, so it may have come from somewhere in this room. Connect Key used at embassy with Locked safe. The key was used in the embassy before and was found in Coachen's pocket, so it might open his safe. And it turns out it does!

There's nothing in the safe, and it looks like we just hit a dead end. Examine the piece of paper at the bottom part of the safe. It seems to be stuck in the safe. This might mean that it has two compartments. The safe does look a bit too shallow compared to its thickness. There don't appear to be any other locks or keyholes, or are there?

Deduce the hole at the safe's edge and present the Yatagarasu's Key. It opened the first compartment, but the key doesn't look like it would fit in the hole. You'll automatically inspect the key and present the tip of the blade. The knife isn't just a sharp tool, it serves as a well-disguised key to unlocking the safe's second compartment!

Inside the second compartment are objects that Franziska recognizes as treasures stolen from various countries. More importantly, examine the papers that were stuck on the edge earlier. They seem a bit familiar. Deduce these papers and present the Cohdopian Paper Document. The smuggling document is in fact one of this set of documents. Franziska deduces that Manny Coachen was the head of the smuggling ring and that he was smuggling large amounts of Babahlese ink.

With that, our investigation is complete!

Shih-na still tries to arrest Kay since we didn't find anything to prove her innocence. She is stopped by Edgeworth. Here comes a testimony.

Rebuttal: Why Arrest Kay?
Press statement 3. Shih-na explains that Kay wanted to steal the documents related to the smuggling case so she killed Coachen to get the key. You get a new statement.

 * She wanted to steal documents regarding smuggling, so she killed Mr. Coachen for the key.

Present the Yatagarasu's Key or the Cohdopian Paper Document at this statement. The key was still on the victim's body when the victim was found and the documents were left untouched. That means the Yatagarasu didn't come here to steal the smuggling documents. Shih-na presents the possibility that Kay accidentally killed Manny Coachen, or that Kay simply did not figure out the key to the second compartment. She even claims that she saw Kay with the murder weapon in her hands when she found the body.

Testimony: Shih-na
Kay reveals she followed a suspicious person into the room. It was pitch black when she entered and she felt something on the floor with her hand. After turning on the lights, she let out a scream that alerted Shih-na.

Rebuttal: Definitive Evidence
Present the Babahlese Knife on statement 2. There's blood all over the blade but none over the handle. The handle is removable, and since there is no blood on it, this suggests that the knife handle has been switched. Examine the knife's center to disassemble it. The killer wanted to trick us into believing that they used the Babahlese knife to kill the victim! The Babahlese Knife Handle is added to your Organizer. Shih-na counters by saying Kay could've switched the knife, but that's not possible. Examine the symbol on blade handle. The symbol is a flower, not a butterfly. Present the Embassy Guide. The flower is the symbol of Allebahst, which means that the knife was taken from there! Kay could not have been able to transfer a knife from one side of the embassy to another.

We've successfully cleared Kay's name, but now the biggest question: is how did the knife get here? Before we can ponder about the question further, Shih-na interrupts us once more. She says that we still didn't disprove Kay of being the Yatagarasu and that she could have caused the fire. We need to investigate the Allebhastian embassy to get more clues and find out how the knife was smuggled over.

The chapter now ends.

Bad Ending One: If you fail to establish Kay's innocence once your logic runs out, Shih-na stops Edgeworth from interrupting the investigation and takes Kay into custody. Franziska tells Edgeworth to expect no mercy from her.


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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/Turnabout Ablaze/Part 5-2 - Middle 1

We return to the Theatrum Neutralis just in time to witness a humorous cutscene involving Agent Lang. He isn't too happy that we're here, and he won't even permit us to investigate the Allebahstian embassy. He explains that Allebahst has very strict immigration regulations, so getting permission to enter it is difficult. He also mentions an "incident" that happened at the Allebahstian embassy.

Agent Lang is interrupted by the elderly ambassador of Allebahst, Quercus Alba. He says that he only gave Agent Lang jurisdiction over the investigation in the Allebahstian side to minimise any disruptions, but Ambassador Palaeno arrives to help persuade him. We finally get to investigate the Allebahstian side of the embassy, but Kay and Gumshoe have to stay behind. Before we do that, we should get a bit more information about the smuggling ring.

Talk to Ambassador Palaeno. Edgeworth thanks him for helping. He even generously gives us Babahlese ink, made from whitcrystal oil. The Babahlese Ink is jotted down in your Organizer.

Talk to Franziska. She mentions the reason Babahlese ink is not allowed to be brought out of Babahl is because of a batch of counterfeit bills from Zheng Fa made with this ink, making them almost impossible to distinguish from the real ones. Babahlese Ink is updated in your Organizer. She determined that Manny Coachen was the head of the smuggling ring because of the documents of his ink smuggling and the fact that he runs the embassy's printing press. However, neither the bills, the ink, nor the press were found in the Babahlese side of the embassy, so Franziska hopes she will find something in the Allebahstian side. The Counterfeit Bills are added to your Organizer.

Now that we're fully prepared, let's enter the embassy! Kay informs us that she will search for more clues at the Babahlese side, so maybe we'll find something new once we're done with this side.

Two old acquaintances
Right after entering the Allebahstian ambassador's office, the Steel Samurai suddenly runs into Edgeworth! After some spanking from Franziska, this mysterious superhero reveals himself to be... Larry Butz, Edgeworth's childhood friend, much to Edgeworth's chagrin. After a brief conversation, Larry reveals that he is once again a murder suspect. Agent Lang soon joins in and says that the victim is a person who sneaked into the embassy, who calls himself Mask☆DeMasque II. Surely enough, the dead body on the floor is wearing a costume that should be familiar to fans of the series.

Of course, Gumshoe worked on the original Mask☆DeMasque case with Phoenix Wright and Maya Fey last year. Play that case to see who claimed to be the real Mask☆DeMasque.

Who's Larry Butz again? There's a saying: when something smells, it's usually the Butz. He is also Phoenix's childhood friend and has a very bad track record with murder cases, which you can see as far back as the series' first-ever case! Larry also appeared in the Mask☆DeMasque case.

As bumbling and useless as he is, Larry isn't someone who would commit murder, so we have to prove that he is innocent. One investigator identified the victim, but Agent Lang won't give us the report. Detective Badd arrives and asks for the file. He is still chasing after the Yatagarasu after these seven years. You automatically talk to him.

 * Initial investigation: As soon as the Yatagarasu made herself known, Badd and Lang stopped guarding the embassy and started directing things around the crime scene. DeMasque II sneaked in during this period of chaos to steal something valuable but was killed when he was discovered by someone.
 * Suspect: Larry just happened to be the first person they suspected, he's not actually under arrest. Ambassador Alba was to give a speech at the courtyard tonight, but then the Yatagarasu appeared. One person was absent when the Ambassador spoke, and that was Larry. The Steel Samurai cast was to wait in a separate room, but around the time of the murder, Larry was seen on the roof, with one foot in the chimney that leads to this room.

Larry sure has a way of getting into trouble. Without further ado, let's start our investigation!

Investigation: Ambassador's Office
First, Examine the knife rack. An Allebahstian knife was used to kill Manny Coachen, so it must've come from here. Examine the three knives. One of the knives is missing its blade, which matches up with the blade we have. There's another peculiar contradiction in this scene. Deduce the spear and present the Steel Samurai's Autograph. The spearhead is misshapen, which Larry explains was bent because he was spinning the spear around and hit a wall. He also reveals that the spear is just a prop and isn't strong enough to be used as a weapon. The Samurai Spear is added to your Organizer.

Now examine the victim to enter a close-up scene. Examine their head. The victim was merely a fake successor of the first DeMasque. His real name is Ka-Shi Nou. He died to a hit on the head from behind. Examine the orange paper in his hands. There are instructions on how to get to the statue, and it seems that someone requested the victim to steal it. DeMasque II's Note is added to your Organizer. Examine the sword. It belongs to the Steel Samurai, and the blood means it might be the murder weapon. The Samurai Sword is added to your Organizer. Talk to Larry to hopefully get answers to some burning questions.

 * Steel Samurai: After his previous appearance last month, Larry quit being an artist and took up a job as the Steel Samurai to get close to an actress in the show.
 * Time of murder: Larry was up on that roof to emulate Santa Claus despite it being March, but when he tried to climb down the chimney he found that smoke was coming out from it. You get the Smoke from chimney logic. It might be the silliest reason to be on the roof ever, but at least it's not murder.
 * Murder weapon: Larry left his sword behind after shaking hands with the ambassador.

Now examine the small table beside the fireplace. There is a photo of the Steel Samurai shaking hands with Ambassador Alba. The Photo with Steel Samurai is added to your Organizer.

Examine the statue. It looks the same as Babahl's, but there was only one statue before both countries were split, so one must be the fake. Allebahst's Primidux Statue is added to your Organizer. There's something odd about this statue. Deduce the statue and present the Photo with Steel Samurai. The statue had been moved around the time of the crime! Allebahst's Primidux Statue is updated in your Organizer.

Examine the window to the right of the room. There are two flowers planted here, which Franziska recognizes as Passionflowers. Passionflowers are added to your Organizer. Looks like our investigation is complete!

Suddenly, the Pink Princess enters the room. Talk to the Pink Princess, who reveals herself to be Ms. Oldbag! She was trying to sleep in the other room but came in here after hearing a lot of noise. After running into her two days in a row, looks like Edgeworth is no luckier than Larry!

 * Pink Princess: Ms. Oldbag was called in by the studio to replace the original Pink Princess actress at the last minute. The Stand-In Request is added to your Organizer. However, she also says that she received a letter from a stalker. Whoever wrote it got her name wrong, but Edgeworth seems to recognize the handwriting. The Letter from a Stalker is added to your Organizer.
 * Time of the murder: Around the time of the crime, Ms. Oldbag was by the fireplace in the next room, warming her hip. You get the Used the fireplace logic.

An assistant enters the room to deliver a police dog called Missile. Franziska requested for one to help trace the smell of the Yatagarasu. He goes straight to the fireplace and finds some kind of hot dog, which Edgeworth says is a Samurai Dog. He eats the whole thing up, so we can't use it as evidence. Missile also found some kind of women's undershirt. The Lady's Undershirt is added to your Organizer.

Missile the police dog? Doesn't he look familiar? Well, the other time you see this dog in action is the first game. If you bring the dog to Gourd Lake with a Samurai Dog stand, he eats all the hotdogs, leaving Larry broke! What a laugh!

Given the circumstances, the undershirt can only come from one person. Talk to Ms. Oldbag and present the Lady's Undershirt. She confirms that it is hers and that she used the fireplace to dry the sweaty undershirt after the show. Oldbag doesn't seem to be telling a lie, so why did the undershirt end up here? You get the Undershirt from next door logic. Ms. Oldbag also confirms that the Samurai Dog was hers.

 * Samurai Dogs: The Samurai Dogs are a gift from the studio to the embassy, and Larry had to pile them into a cart just to deliver them to the embassy. Ms. Oldbag just decided to sample one after the show but managed to finish about half a dozen boxes. The Samurai Dogs are added to your Organizer.

Now go into Logic Mode and connect Smoke from chimney with Used the fireplace. Because the fireplace in this room was never used, that would mean that the smoke that came out of the chimney in Ms. Oldbag's room next door, which means that these two rooms share a chimney. You get the Shared chimney logic.

Then, connect the Undershirt from next door with Shared chimney. Because Ms. Oldbag's room and the Ambassador's office share the same chimney and Ms. Oldbag's undershirt was found in this room, the two fireplaces must be connected.

There's an X in the fireplace here, which makes the wall turn, opening up a passage to the other room. You get the Connected fireplace logic.

With that, our investigation is complete!

Now we need to prove Larry's innocence. Agent Lang is confident that he can counter our arguments, so we'd better come up with a good one. First, we need to find the truth behind Larry's lie. We get some testimony from him.

Testimony: Larry Butz
Larry is still lying, and he claims the reason behind that is because of something embarrassing.

Rebuttal: Up on the Rooftop
Press statement 5 and choose to Raise an objection. Santa delivers presents to children, and Larry was certainly intent on delivering something to someone. When asked who that is present Ex-Security Lady. Of course, Larry couldn't have wanted to see Oldbag that bad that he would climb in through a chimney, but what if he didn't know that it was Ms. Oldbag? Present the Stand-In Request. Ms. Oldbag was called in at the last minute to replace Mindy, a woman that Larry fancies. Larry tried to sneak into the Pink Princess' room because he thought it was Mindy in the costume. Larry still asserts that that is not the truth.

Rebuttal: Larry's Assertion
Present Letter from a Stalker at statement 1 or 5. Larry was the one that wrote the letter and was going to "descend upon her from the heavens" if it wasn't for the smoke. Larry had actually intended to meet Mindy, and this letter is proof of it. Present the recipient's name. Larry had written the name "Mindy" so badly that it looked like "Wéndy"! Larry claims that the letter isn't his, but we can find out if it is through handwriting analysis. While Larry refuses to write anything for us to analyse, he already gave us a piece of his handwriting! Present the Steel Samurai's Autograph. Larry wrote this for Edgeworth after the show, so we can use it for the handwriting analysis!

Larry finally confesses and tells the truth to his embarrassing mistake. After seeing the Pink Princess carried by a stretcher, Larry was concerned for who he thought was Mindy. He wanted to visit her but was stopped by the doctors. He then decided to sneak in through the chimney, but not before slipping a letter through the door so that the room's occupant won't be too surprised when he comes down. Although we now know why Larry was on the roof, Agent Lang reminds us that he still is a suspect due to the murder weapon, the Steel Samurai's sword. Looks like we have to deal with Lang, who claims to have got some trump cards from Larry's testimony.

Rebuttal: Why Larry?
Press statement 2 to get a revised statement and a new statement.

 * Beside him was the Samurai Sword... covered in the victim's blood.
 * I suspect he beat the victim to death with that thing.

Present the Samurai Spear at the second new statement. The spearhead is bent because Larry accidentally knocked it against a wall. That means that all of the weapons used in the show are hollow, and thus cannot be used to deal a life-ending blow. The sword doesn't even have a dent on it. The Samurai Spear is updated in your Organizer. Lang is still not convinced, so we need something that he can't refute.

Rebuttal: Why Larry? Pt. 2
Press statement 3, and choose to Raise an objection. Lang claimed that his men examined everything in the embassy, but there is one thing they couldn't inspect. Present Allebahst's Primidux Statue. Because only the ambassador and the secretariat of the embassy are allowed to touch it, it means that Lang and his men had never laid a finger on it. The photo of the Steel Samurai also shows the statue facing a different direction, which means the statue may very well be the real murder weapon. Lang sends an agent to request permission from the ambassador to let us investigate it, but is denied. Since he isn't here, no one will mind if we investigate the statue ourselves.

Edgeworth suggests running a test on the statue using Luminol. The test shows that there is blood on the head of the statue, but that doesn't mean that Larry is innocent. We now examine it in the same way we examine evidence in our Organizer. Check the bottom of the statue. There is a handprint underneath the statue, which can be analysed to reveal the true killer. Let's just hope Larry wasn't the one that left it there when he was messing around.

After the test concludes, the forensics technician reveals that the fingerprints on the statue belong to the victim of the Babahlese embassy murder, Manny Coachen! If Mr. Coachen's fingerprints were found on the statue, that might mean that the two Primidux Statues were switched!

Larry is now innocent, but we're left even more confused than ever. Manny Coachen was killed in Babahl with an Allebahstian knife, while DeMasque II was killed in Allebahst by Babahl's Primidux Statue. There's also the appearance of the Yatagarasu. How do all these facts tie together?

The chapter now ends.

Bad Ending Two: If you fail to prove Larry innocent, Lang ends up arresting him for the murder.


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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/Turnabout Ablaze/Part 5-3 - Middle 2

Edgeworth is now at the outside of the Babahlese embassy next to the stage. He has left Franziska with the Allebahstian investigation. Now we need to check out the Babahlese statue to see if there are any clues about them being moved. We are greeted by the ambassador, Kay, and Gumshoe, though they've not made any progress thus far. Edgeworth gives the Stand-In Request, Letter from a Stalker and Lady's Undershirt to Gumshoe for keeping since we don't need those pieces of evidence anymore. Edgeworth also discards the Steel Samurai's Autograph. All of our remaining evidence has also been rearranged. If we try to enter the crime scene we find that it's blocked, so we can only spend some time looking around this open-air stage.

Talk to Ambassador Palaeno.

 * Open-air stage: The stage is used to host events to promote Babahl. Palaeno planned to give a speech too, after being suggested by Manny Coachen, but the fire prevented that from happening.
 * Primidux Statue: The statue was said to be a symbol of sovereignty, which is why both countries claim the statue they possess is real.
 * Manny Coachen: The victim was very good at his job, so good that even Palaeno didn't realize he was involved in a smuggling ring. After Palaeno was selected as the representative of the Country Unification Council, Manny had been working extra hard. Palaeno also reveals that both countries were to merge back to one tonight if not for the events that had transpired.

Present Allebahst's Primidux Statue. Palaeno has received the news from Franziska and confirmed that the statue in the Babahlese embassy belongs to Allebahst. He also reveals that Allebahst has the real statue and that the rulers of Babahl wanted him to negotiate with Ambassador Alba to fake the results, claiming that the real statue could not be identified. Now talk to Detective Gumshoe. He didn't find anything new in his investigation so far.

 * Investigation update: Gumshoe reveals that Ambassador Palaeno gave him a lantern. The flame is green because the fuel used for the lantern is whitcrystal oil only found in Babahl. There are cutouts on the sides of the lantern that create silhouettes. The Silhouette Lantern is added to your Organizer.

Edgeworth now recalls all the facts of the case and determines that the person that smuggled the murder weapons across both countries must be the fake Yatagarasu, who made her appearance in both embassies. Ambassador Palaeno tells us that the Yatagarasu was first spotted in Allebahst's rose garden where Ambassador Alba was to give a speech. Kay gives us something she found that looks like a guitar pick. It is slightly wet, but there isn't any water around here. The Pick is added to your Organizer. Kay also gives us Ms. Yew's perfume bottle that she found and kept seven years ago. Ms. Yew's Perfume is added to your Organizer.

Now that we've just about wrapped up things at Babahl, let's continue our investigation at Allebahst, where the Yatagarasu was first spotted.

Investigation: Rose Garden
Edgeworth meets up with Franziska back at Allebahst. After exchanging some information, Franziska reveals that the silhouette of the Yatagarasu appeared just as Ambassador Alba was to give a speech. After that, the Babahlese fire started. Without further ado, let's get started!

Talk to Agent Lang. He says that he was called back to the Interpol Headquarters for some urgent matter, but he isn't leaving until the murderer is found.

 * Yatagarasu's appearance: Lang said that he witnessed Yatagarasu's shadow at the same time as the others. The spotlight went on, the shadow was revealed, and the lights went off. When Lang and his men managed to get the lights back on, the Great Thief had vanished. He later found out that the reason the lights went off was that the cord for the electronics was unplugged, either on purpose or by accident. Lang also says that it couldn't have been someone else's shadow, since that shape is unique.

Examine the pool. Franziska mentions that the pool's water is used to put out fires. Edgeworth also observes that the pool automatically refills until it reaches its normal level. That means the pool must have been used recently. The Fountain Spouts are added to your Organizer.

At this moment, Larry suddenly emerges from the pool! He says that the reason he was there was to find the lost Iron Infant doll, which he lost around the time he shook hands with the ambassador. He then swims back into the pool.

Examine the left statue. Edgeworth notes its similarity to the Primidux Statue. Examining the right statue reveals that its the statue of a queen. Not much information for us.

After you've done all that, Edgeworth says that he has figured out how Yatagarasu's shadow was created. Present the left statue. It doesn't look like the shadow, but that's because the statue is only part of the shadow. Present the right statue. The Yatagarasu's shadow is in fact, a combination of the shadow of two statues. Some spotlights have been moved during the confusion when the shadow appeared, which is why it no longer shows the shadow.

Edgeworth attempts to recreate the shadow. Combining them looks nothing like the real shadow, so what did we do wrong? The king's statue shadow makes up most of the shadow's shape, but whoever created the shadow only needed part of the queen statue. Present her left hand. The missing portion from the king statue's shadow has five, thin lines which resemble hands. Rearranging the spotlights so it only shines on the hand makes it look exactly like the shadow we saw. That means the Yatagarasu wasn't in Allebahst tonight, only in Babahl, though we can assume she has an accomplice in Allebahst to set up the shadow. And with that, our investigation is complete!

Bad Ending Three: If you run out of logic here, Lang decides that it's too late at night. He asks Edgeworth to go home and get some rest as Lang himself is just playing around.

Back where we started
Detective Badd joins us, saying that he left the murder investigation to Agent Lang and wants to focus on catching the Yatagarasu. He said that a woman who claims to be an international journalist (Ace Attorney fans might deduce her to be Lotta Hart) gave him a photo. It was taken from a nearby building after the fires and shows a shadowy figure flying over the wall. The Photo of Yatagarasu is added to your Organizer. This is not the first time in the series where we have dealt with flying people. The figure flew from the Babahlese side, so that's where we should head for.

Returning to the theatre, we are joined by Kay. Go right into the Babahlese side. The staff had finished cleaning up the secretariat's office, so maybe we'll be able to get some new clues we previously missed. First, we need to compare the state of the room before and after the fire. Then we need to find out who the mysterious man Kay saw is. Kay seems to recognize the shadow in the photo we just received as that suspicious person. Let's get down to investigating!

Investigation: Secretariat's Office
Talk to Ambassador Palaeno. He reveals that two fires broke out tonight. The first broke out during the Jammin' Ninja show and only affected the fourth and fifth floors of the embassy, but was kept secret to avoid causing panic. Detective Badd also mentioned the first fire when he gave us the photo, which means it was taken right after the first fire. The Photo of Yatagarasu is updated in your Organizer. The second fire occurred on the third floor, alleged to be caused by the embers on the upper floors after the first fire. The Fires in Babahl are added to your Organizer.

 * Morning activities: Palaeno was to shake hands with the Jammin' Ninja, but Manny Coachen wanted to turn it into a photo op, so they spent the morning tidying up Manny's office. The event couldn't be held in the ambassador's office because it was being renovated. You get the Renovations logic. That is also why the knife set and the Primidux Statue are in the secretariat's office. Palaeno also says that he used the fireplace during the cleanup, accidentally spilling some Babahlese ink on the back wall. He also forgot to clean the ashes in the fireplace. Amb. Palaeno's Testimony is added to your Organizer.
 * Afternoon activities: Manny and Palaeno were together that afternoon, until the start of the Steel Samurai show. Palaeno had to return to his office to get ready for the photo op at the end of the show. After that, he went back to his office, but then the fire broke out and he had to escape down the stairs. This means that Palaeno did not see the victim at all after the Steel Samurai show.

First, examine the table to enter a close-up scene. Examine the ink bottle. It is still quite full, and the fire couldn't burn away any of it. Palaeno notes that something is odd about the ink. Talk to him about it.
 * Mr. Coachen's ink: Manny Coachen was worried about his office when the second fire broke out, so he rushed in. Ambassador Palaeno tried to follow him but was stopped by an inferno of green flames when he tried to enter the office. The flames could only have been caused by the whitcrystal oil in the ink, so he was quite surprised when there was still a bottle of ink on Manny's desk.

Back at the close-up scene, examine the open drawer to open it a bit more. Now that you can see what's in the drawer, deduce the orange paper and present DeMasque II's Note. The shape and color of the note look exactly like the one we have. Palaeno says that its a souvenir from somewhere in the country. He also confirms that the handwriting on the note is Manny's. That means Manny ordered DeMasque II to steal Allebahst's Primidux Statue! Talk to the ambassador again.

 * Job for DeMasque II: Babahl's Primidux Statue was a fake, as we were previously told. Palaeno was concerned about this fact when the statues were to be examined at the end of the event. After consulting the victim, he probably wrote the note. Why did Manny want to ensure Palaeno became the ambassador of the reunited Cohdopia as he himself was more capable?

Detective Gumshoe enters the room, saying that he has all the information about the office before the fire. With this information, Kay can use Little Thief to recreate the state of the room before and during the fire!

Bad Ending Four: If you run out of logic here, Shih-na ends the investigation and asks Edgeworth and Kay to vacate the premise.

Recreation: Secretariat's Office
First, examine the grandfather clock. It seems like it was flush against the wall before the fire, but was moved afterwards. Detective Gumshoe finds a length of wire inside the clock that prevented it from chiming. The Wire is added to your Organizer. Someone, likely Mr. Coachen's killer, tampered with the clock.

Now examine the knife rack. It appears that one of the knives had already gone missing before the fire.

Examine the flames. Since the flames were out by the time Kay entered the room and because Ambassador Palaeno could not do the same when the fire was burning, we can assume that the only people that entered after the fire started was Kay and the mysterious person. There is one thing that could be the source of the fire, even though it's not as large. Present the Silhouette Lantern. The lantern burns with whitcrystal oil, which is probably what caused the fire. Palaeno was mistaken about the source. Present the Babahlese Ink. The ink also consists of whitcrystal oil, which was why Palaeno mistook it as the fuel for the fire. We know that the victim smuggled a lot of ink, which could be used to create something flammable, something that could cause such a large fire. Present the Counterfeit Bills. Manny Coachen was counterfeiting the bills used in Zheng Fa, and whoever started the fire used the bills as fuel. Counterfeit Bills are updated in your Organizer.

Now talk to Gumshoe. He says that the first fire took him by surprise and he tried to escape using the elevator, but it was being used by someone, so he had to use the stairs. The ambassador mentions that all staff members are warned to use the stairs, so who used the elevator? We have examined everything in this office, but there is still something that bothers Edgeworth. The office looks very similar to Ambassador Alba's. Ambassador Palaeno reveals that both embassies are bilaterally symmetrical. You get the Bilateral symmetry logic.
 * During the fire: A mysterious person wearing a long coat was spotted in the embassy, causing quite some panic. It seems to match the figure that Kay saw.
 * What you saw: Gumshoe couldn't chase the Yatagarasu because he was lost, but soon encountered Kay being arrested by Shih-na. Gumshoe also mentions that he saw Shih-na coming out of the next room when he was nearing Kay's location. You get the Shih-na's location logic.

Now go into Logic Mode and connect Bilateral symmetry and Connected fireplaces. If the building is symmetrical, that means this room's fireplace might also have a hidden passage. The killer likely used this passage to escape. You get the Revolving fireplace used? logic.

We are now in a close-up scene of the fireplace. Sure enough, there is an X that activates the revolving wall, but something is missing from this scene. Deduce the logs and present '''Amb. Palaeno's Testimony'''. Ambassador Palaeno said that he forgot to clean up the ash after burning some files this morning, so where did they go? You get the Missing ashes logic. Kay inputs some new information into the recreation, so now the fireplace has the missing ashes.

Go back into Logic Mode and connect Revolving fireplace used? with Missing ashes. Ambassador Palaeno also mentioned that he spilt some ink on the back wall, but we can't see any trace of it. This indicates that the revolving wall was used and that both sides had been switched. The Revolving Fireplace Wall is added to your Organizer. That means whoever killed Mr. Coachen escaped through the fireplace. You get the Escaped through revolving fireplace logic.

Finally, connect Shih-na's location with Escaped through revolving fireplace. Since Gumshoe witnessed Shih-na coming out of the next room, it could mean that she used the secret passage, and that might make her Manny Coachen's killer!

With that, our investigation is complete!

The truth about Manny's murder
Edgeworth now recalls the time Kay was arrested. Shih-na came out of the next room as soon as she heard Kay scream and instantly accused Kay of the crime. However, we need to do something else before confronting Shih-na. Edgeworth requests Gumshoe to run a handwriting analysis on DeMasque II's note. He also makes Gumshoe try and fit through the passage, through the ashes.

We might have figured out who Manny's killer might be, but there are still a lot of unanswered questions. Gumshoe returns from the next room. His jacket is dirty from the ashes and ink, but we now know that someone can move through the passage. We still need the results from the handwriting analysis, though that would take a bit of time. For now, we should wait at the Theatrum Neutralis with Agent Lang and Agent Shih-na.

The chapter now ends.


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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/Turnabout Ablaze/Part 5-4 - Middle 3

Having deduced the killer of Manny Coachen in the last chapter, it is now time for us to confront Shih-na. We meet Agent Lang, Franziska and Ambassador Alba in the Theatrum Neutralis. It appears that they have yet to find out that the fuel for the fire is the counterfeit bills. Lang is noticeably frustrated because he couldn't catch the leader of the smuggling ring before he died. We still need to question Shih-na. Detective Gumshoe enters the theatre with the results of the handwriting analysis and confirms that the handwriting on DeMasque II's note is indeed Manny Coachen's. DeMasque II's Note is updated in your Organizer.

Edgeworth now demands that Shih-na explains how she didn't see the Yatagarasu when she was only in the next room. Lang steps in to prove Shih-na's innocence, so if we need to find the truth, we'll have to confront him. First, we need to establish that the Yatagarasu visited the Babahlese embassy and find out who was the mysterious person Kay saw.

Kay now gives us a testimony about the suspicious man. She saw the person around the open-air stage, but they ran into the embassy after she called out to them. She chased the person onto the third floor but lost track of them when they went around a corner. She tried her best to catch up, just in time to see the person enter the secretariat's office. When she entered the room and turned on the lights, the person had disappeared.

Edgeworth asks Agent Lang how the person escaped. While Lang says that they slipped past Kay in the darkness, that couldn't be possible. If the person did escape that way, Yatagarasu would have bumped into someone. Present Shih-na. Because Kay alerted Shih-na in the next room when she screamed, anyone who tried to escape through the door would have run straight into her. Even if the person managed to elude Shih-na, they would still have bumped into Detective Gumshoe, who was running towards Kay's position from Shih-na's opposite.

Agent Lang still doesn't know about the revolving fireplace in Babahl, so we should keep that a secret for now. He states the window as another possible escape route and says that the photo seems to prove it. Whoever in this photo could not have been the person that Kay saw. Present the Photo of Yatagarasu. This photo was taken after the first fire, whereas Kay saw the person during the second fire. Lang demands an explanation for the person's escape route, but Edgeworth requests Shih-na, the investigator in the Babahlese side, to explain for him in his stead. Shih-na takes the challenge, so we'll start with her movements in the embassy.

Testimony: Shih-na
She doesn't quite believe in Kay's testimony, so we must prove its existence.

Rebuttal: Shih-na's Movements
Present the Revolving Fireplace Wall on the fourth statement. As we've ruled out all the other possible escape routes, that leaves the fireplace as the only possible path for the suspicious person to take. If Shih-na was in the other room, she should've seen the person. The only explanation for that is that Shih-na was the person Kay saw, and she led her into Coachen's room, escaped through the fireplace and arrested Kay.

The laugh
We've cornered Shih-na, and she seems to be out of words. She suddenly laughs in a very familiar fashion, reminding you of someone seven years ago. Shih-na says that our accusation is merely speculation, with no proof to back it up. We do have proof that the fireplace passage was used recently, though. Present the Revolving Fireplace Wall or '''Amb. Palaeno's Testimony'''. Ambassador Palaeno burned some files with Mr. Coachen that morning but forgot to clean up the ashes. The ashes weren't in the room when we investigated it because whoever used the fireplace passage pushed the ashes to the opposite room. Shih-na is still not convinced and says that the next testimony will be her last.

Rebuttal: Shih-na's Rebuttal
Present the Counterfeit Bills or the Wire at statement 5. We found the wire in the grandfather clock at the crime scene. Not only that, but we also found out that someone had burned counterfeit bills in that office! That means that her thorough investigation was not very thorough at all. There is also one place that Interpol failed to inspect. Present Shih-na's room. She was the only one investigating there, so it is possible that she hid something from us. Gumshoe goes to inspect the next room immediately.

Remember that Edgeworth had Gumshoe pass through the fireplace passage into the other room and how his coat got covered in ash and ink. Gumshoe returns from his investigation with three pieces of evidence: some make-up, a coat, and a pair of shoes. Shih-na claims that those belong to her, so they can't be considered evidence. However, they are quite significant to the investigation, and Agent Lang permits us to examine her belongings. Choose the Coat. It is stained with ash and ink, but Shih-na claims that it was the soot from the first fire she helped put out. She is probably lying, and we know what is really the dark substance on the hem of the coat. Present the Babahlese Ink. Ambassador Palaeno said that he spilled some Babahlese ink on the back wall of the fireplace and Gumshoe got some of it on to his coat when he tried to pass through the passage. If we can prove that the substance on her coat is ink, that will prove that she used the fireplace! Choose to Burn the coat.

Edgeworth takes a piece of the coat and lights it on fire, which burns with a green flame. Babahlese ink is made up of whitcrystal oil, which produces a green flame when burned. Edgeworth now accuses Shih-na as being Calisto Yew, the fake Yatagarasu! Present Ms. Yew's perfume. Kay had preserved the bottle Yew spewed almost perfectly for the last seven years, which means that Yew's fingerprints should still be on it. By conducting a fingerprint test, we can prove if Shih-na really is Calisto Yew.

Shih-na lets out an even longer laugh and finally confesses to being the Yatagarasu. She was sent by the smuggling ring to be a spy, intentionally thwarting all of Interpol's efforts to find their leader. She suddenly holds Kay hostage, saying that she is the true Yatagarasu and asking Edgeworth why the Yatagarasu has three legs. Edgeworth now recalls a conversation with Detective Badd. The Yatagarasu is always one step ahead because it always knows the exact location of an object, always knows how to disarm the security system, and never leaves evidence behind.

Edgeworth suddenly realises the real identity of the Yatagarasu. Choose Neither person. The Yatagarasu is not one person, but it is actually a team that consisted of Calisto Yew and Byrne Faraday. The Yatagarasu knows the exact location of its target because Yew was able to find out corporate dealings by being a lawyer. The Yatagarasu always knows how to disarm a security system because Mr. Faraday should know the ways of a criminal, being an experienced prosecutor. That leaves us with the final skill of the Yatagarasu: it never leaves any evidence behind. Detective Badd has overheard the commotion and has his gun pointed at Shih-na. He reveals that the reason the evidence was never found is that he, being the lead detective in all the cases involving it, hid them away. Yew has had enough of this whole ordeal and pulls the trigger.

Suddenly, Agent Lang shoves Kay away from Yew and blocks a bullet from Detective Badd. Even if she is a murderer or a spy, she is still his subordinate, which he has a duty to protect. He requests Franziska to conduct a full-body search to check for other weapons with help from Gumshoe. He finds a blade without a handle, a vital piece of evidence that happens to fit perfectly with another piece of evidence. Present the Babahlese Knife Handle. It was taken out from the handle when the blades were switched, so Edgeworth requests Gumshoe to return the handle and blade to Ambassador Palaeno. The blade is concrete proof that Yew is the killer of Manny Coachen.

Shih-na (or Calisto Yew) killed Manny Coachen with an Allebahstian knife, swapped the handle of the blade with one from Babahl and took its original blade with her. Then she lured Kay into the office to try and pin the crime on her. Yew reveals that she wanted to capture Kay to take the Little Thief. Mr. Faraday infiltrated this embassy seven years ago using the same device and stole the key. Yew also reveals that the only reason she killed Mr. Faraday was that the smuggling ring she belonged in was worried about the Yatagarasu. She hints that the real ringleader is still alive and yet to be arrested, and also reveals that she was the one who started the fires.

Just before Shih-na is taken away, Kay stops her. She says that she found some hair sticks that Shih-na dropped when she was shoved by Agent Lang, but Shih-na lets her keep the hair sticks. Shih-na also claims that she wasn't Manny Coachen's killer. Lang says that he will return even with a wounded leg, saying that the case is now a personal one to him.

Bad Ending Five: If you run out of logic here, Lang believes it's a waste of time and taking Edgeworth off the case.

Epilogue?
Kay lets Edgeworth keep the hair sticks for her, which Edgeworth observes have a bit of soil at the ends. The Hair Sticks are added to the Organizer.

Detective Badd is relieved that the whole legend of the Yatagarasu is over, saying that he can finally retire. He returns some files on the KG-8 incident back to Edgeworth, meaning that he was the thief we encountered in the first case!

Badd reveals that the Yatagarasu started after the KG-8 Incident. After evidence was stolen and Manny Coachen was found Not Guilty, they decided that the law has a limit. They vowed to reveal the truth behind any companies dealing with the smuggling ring. Just as they were about to find out the identity of the smuggling ring's ringleader, Calisto Yew betrayed them and killed Mr. Faraday. After his death, Badd looked into Yew's past and found out that Cece Yew never had a sister. "Calisto Yew" was merely another fake name.

Badd says that he stuck a trump card under a photo in the case files. This card is actually a directives card that Coachen possessed at the time of the KG-8 Incident and had Cece Yew's blood on it. The reason they called themselves Yatagarasu was because of the three-legged raven used by the ringleader of the smuggling group. The cards were orders sent by the boss of the ring and members that received it were required to burn it, producing a green flame. Mr. Faraday miraculously obtained the card, so the team decided to use a card with inverted colors as a warning for the smuggling ring. The Trump Card is added to your Organizer.

He also gives us the stolen evidence from the case, which was stolen and hid away by Ernest Amano and only found after his arrest. The Video Tape is added to your Organizer. Amano had prepared to overthrow the ringleader and had the videotape as insurance. He also instructed Jacques Portsman to steal the video and to infiltrate Edgeworth's office to take the trump card. These two pieces of evidence are, therefore, illegal, but Badd says they will be useful against those that are "above the law". He now requests Gumshoe to arrest him, the last remaining member of the Yatagarasu.

The legend of the Yatagarasu has finally ended, but the case is still not over. Who killed both men, and who is the ringleader of the group?

The chapter now ends.


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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/Turnabout Ablaze/Part 5-5 - End 1

Even though we have solved the mystery of the Yatagarasu, we still have to find out the truth behind the two murders, such as how the murder weapons crossed borders. Both Allebahst and Babahl have strict regulations on immigration, so it can't be easy smuggling them across. Edgeworth now re-arranges his evidence and removes some that are no longer useful.

Gumshoe plays the tape Detective Badd gave us on a nearby TV set. It shows Manny Coachen entering a building with a knife and a card in his hands. Franziska deduces that it is the apartment building of the victim of the KG-8 Incident. Someone stole this tape during the trial for the incident. It is important enough that the ringleader of the smuggling group actually wanted it hidden, so there must be something in this video that ties it to the ringleader.

Edgeworth tells Gumshoe to pause at one scene. It shows a car, and this car does have some relevance to the current case. Present the flag near the front lights. The flag belongs to the Principality of Cohdopia, which means a Cohdopian government car stopped there, but why?

Bad Ending Six: If you run out of logic here, Lang proclaims that no-one can take the case away, forcing Edgeworth and Franziska off the building.

Ambassador Alba now enters the Theatrum Neutralis. He requests us to stop our investigation temporarily, as the jubilee is still being held. Agent Lang now returns to the embassy searching for us. He says he knows the culprit behind the Allebahstian murder and accuses Franziska on the spot! He says that Alba called Franziska to his office before the speech and that Franziska moved freely between both embassies during the investigation. He requests Alba to let us inspect his office to prove Franziska's guilt.

We must now prove that Franziska didn't commit the murder, or else we won't be able to continue with our investigation at all!

Rebuttal: Border-Crossing Weapons
Present Babahl's Primidux Statue or Allebahst's Primidux Statue at statement 3. Not only was the knife and Babahl's statue smuggled over, but the one in Allebahst was also smuggled to Babahl.

Agent Lang insists that only Franziska could've done it, but there is someone else who crossed the borders tonight. Present the Photo of Yatagarasu. Whatever was the thing in the photo went to the other side above the wall between the embassies. Agent Lang says that it isn't humanly possible for someone to fly over it, but why must it be a human? Present Allebahst's Primidux Statue. Shih-na could've dressed the statue in clothes and launched it over the border, but how?

Edgeworth now requests Franziska to testify about her movements when she was called into Ambassador Alba's room.

Rebuttal: Movements in Allebahst
Press statement 4 to get a new piece of testimony.

 * When I arrived, Ambassador Alba was watering the flowers on the windowsill.

Press this new statement to get another piece of testimony.

 * There were four large passionflowers in full bloom in the flower box.

Present the Passionflowers at this statement. Franziska recalls seeing four passionflowers, but there were only two when we investigated the office earlier. Edgeworth now investigates the flower box in closer detail.

Examine the passionflowers. There are clearly only two passionflowers in this flowerbox, so is Franziska lying? Choose to Show evidence when prompted. Present Hair Sticks. Shih-na was holding these sticks when she was in Babahl, but they look exactly like the plant supports for this flowerbox! It was also smuggled over the border, but for what reason? Present the crossbow. These support sticks can also be used as crossbow bolts! Agent Lang says that these sticks could never carry a statue across the border.

Rebuttal: Border Crossing, Pt. 2
Press statement 2 to get a new piece of testimony.

 * If it wasn't a statue that was tied to the arrows, then what did the crossbow launch...?

Present the Wire at this statement. The wire was tied to the sticks then launched to Babahl's secretariat office, so Allebahst's Primidux statue can be ziplined to the other side. That still doesn't explain how Babahl's statue managed to reach Allebahst, having to move two floors higher on its own. There is a certain form of motion that makes this possible, however. Present Rotary motion. Two ends of the wire were sent to Babahl to form a pulley system, so both statues could be transported simultaneously.

Someone shot a wire from Allebahst to Babahl, creating a pulley system to switch both statues, with Shih-na staying in Babahl to help smuggle the statues. Another arrow was fired carrying the other end of the wire into Babahl, where Shih-na hid it in the grandfather's clock.

Agent Lang says that this is still not enough to prove Franziska innocent, but Edgeworth says that there is a piece of evidence in this very room that can be used to provide the rotary motion used for the pulleys. Present the ceiling fan. There are fans in both rooms with Primidux Statues, which can be used as pulleys.

Bad Ending Seven: If you run out of logic here, Lang arrests Franziska, as he's tired of waiting for everyone to solve this case.

Whoever planned this trick must be someone familiar with the offices of both embassies and know that the support sticks could be used as arrows. It should be obvious who the mastermind is, but a simple accusation will become a major international incident. Present the Crossbow Arrows or Passionflowers. The arrows used for the crossbows were hidden as passionflower supports, and someone spent the time to grow those passionflowers until even Franziska couldn't recognize it. Whoever did it is also very familiar with the layout of both embassies to know about the ceiling fans. The culprit is Ambassador Quercus Alba!

There is one peculiar thing about the plan if the ambassador hatched it. Present Allebahst's Primidux Statue. If the statue in Allebahst is the real deal, why swap it for a fake? We now examine the Primidux Statue.

Examine the head of the statue. Edgeworth notes that there is a gap at the neck, which opens it and reveals a bronze object. Examine the object. It is actually the plates used for the printing of the counterfeit bills! The Counterfeit Plate is added to your Organizer.

Since only the ambassador or the secretariat of an embassy is allowed to even touch the statues, a fake hollow one could be used to conceal something. After receiving the statue, Ambassador Alba ran into DeMasque II, who is coincidentally out to steal the statue. Ambassador Alba tried to intimidate the thief and accidentally killed him with the statue.

Bad Ending Eight: If you run out of logic here, Alba forces everyone to vacate the premises.

Ambassador Alba admits to smuggling the statue and killing DeMasque II by accident, but he asserts that he is not the ringleader. Agent Lang reveals that he was always suspicious of him but he needed his permission to investigate the room. He accused Franziska just so he could investigate the office one more time. Alba now says that we don't have any proof that he is the ringleader, nor do we have any evidence suggesting that he knew about the counterfeit plates.

We're now faced with a difficult choice. We can use the proof that Detective Badd gave us, but that would mean presenting illegal evidence. You'll be given a choice, but you will be forced to present them either way. These two illegal pieces of evidence are what will prove Ambassador Alba as the ringleader of the smuggling ring!

Back at the Theatrum Neutralis, Gumshoe plays the videotape for us again. Now we need to prove that the card was used to give directions. Present the black card in Coachen's hand. It looks the same as the one we have, and we can prove that it is the same card. Examine the bloodstain. The blood on the card belongs to the victim of the KG-8 Incident. We fast forward to another piece of footage, the one with the car. The image is magnified so we can see the person in the car. We can't see his face, but there is one thing that connects this case with Cohdopia. Present the card in the person's breast pocket. The shape of the pocket and the card in it confirms that Coachen arrived on that car that day.

Ambassador Alba now reveals his true self, turning from a weak, elderly person to a fearsome ex-army man. He says that Cohdopia no longer exists, so we don't have any records to confirm that Manny Coachen was on that car that day. We can still prove that he was on it though. Present the reflection of the medal on the opposite window. The medal reflected off the window in the picture matches the one Alba is wearing right now!

Alba now confesses to killing DeMasque II out of self-defense. He says that the man attacked him so he struck back. He shows us the wound around his shoulder as proof. Alba hid DeMasque II's weapon after the murder, a pair of shears. '''Amb. Alba's Wound''' is added to your Organizer.

He still says that the smuggling and counterfeiting were all done by his secretary without his knowledge. He also says that he can only be tried at Allebahst due to his extraterritorial rights. Even if he is driven out of this embassy, he can continue ruling another in a different country, continuing his smuggling activities freely! How do you lay down the law on a man that's untouchable?

This battle of wits has only just begun.

This chapter now ends.


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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/Turnabout Ablaze/Part 5-6 - End 2

Looks like it's the end of the road for us. Ambassador Alba's extraterritorial rights basically grant him diplomatic immunity, so even if we have the evidence to prove he is guilty, we can't arrest him. Agent Lang leaves us for a moment to take care of some business. We've come this far, so let's not stop here! Gumshoe will investigate Babahl while Franziska will go investigate Allebahst, so we're left with the Theatrum Neutralis. Before we start our investigation, Edgeworth erases the now useless Passionflowers data from our Organizer.

Investigation: Theathrum Neutralis
Edgeworth recalls how Ambassador Alba seems to be agitated over something. You get the Agitated Alba logic. Mr. Coachen apparently counterfeited bills using the embassy's printing press because of the extraterritorial rights. You get the Coachen's counterfeiting op. logic. Alba himself has a special kind of extraterritorial rights that protects him if he commits any crime in this country, so unless we can somehow remove his status, we can't harm him.

Go into Logic Mode and connect Renovations with Coachen's counterfeiting op.. The ink and the plates for the counterfeiting must've been stored in a secret location, but once the embassy renovations started, Mr. Coachen had to find a new hiding spot or dispose of his tools. So who was most able to benefit from this? Select Quercus Alba when prompted. If Manny Coachen was dead, Alba would have all evidence of the counterfeiting erased, ensuring that he would never be caught for this crime. You get the Motive to kill Coachen logic.

Next, connect Agitated Alba with Motive to kill Coachen. If what Ms. Yew said was true, Alba might be the killer of Manny Coachen, which could also be the reason he was trying to stop our investigation. Mr. Coachen could have been the one to betray Alba by hiring a thief to steal the real Primidux Statue, so the ambassador killed Mr. Coachen as a result. Now we must find out how he did it.

Examine the photo near the flower wreath. It shows the Steel Samurai with the two ambassadors before they presented him with the bouquets. Examine Alba's bouquet. Edgeworth hasn't seen the yellow flower in the picture before, but he feels like it resembles something he has seen. Deduce the yellow flower and present the Allebahstian Knife. The handle of the knife blended in with the flowers, which could be how it was carried over to Babahl! The Commemorative Photo is added to your Organizer. The knife in the photo and the knife we have are both missing one petal, meaning that it is the same knife! The Allebahstian Knife is updated in your Organizer.

Edgeworth concludes that Alba was afraid that we will find out where Mr. Coachen was really killed. This has to be a place where the Allebahstian ambassador and the Babahlese secretariat can be at the same time. Present the Theathrum Neutralis. It is the only place he could've done the deed, and if it did happen here, it would remove one of his extraterritorial rights of committing a crime on Allebahstian soil!

Our next move would be to check out the immigration records of both countries. Franziska is already one step ahead of us, though, having obtained the security footage from both embassies. The Security Footage is added to your Organizer.

We'll check Allebahst's footage first. There was no one there during 5:21 PM, Ambassador Alba walked through there during 5:22 PM and the Steel Samurai followed at 5:23 PM. Choose to investigate the 5:23 PM footage and examine the cart. Edgeworth notes the odd shape of the bulge underneath the doll, but we won't be able to find out anything unless we have the real thing to inspect. The Pushcart is added to your Organizer.

Next, we'll inspect Babahl's footage. No one passed through there after the show, which means Mr. Coachen never returned to his embassy. With that, our investigation is complete!

Stalling the ambassador
Ambassador Alba enters the Theatrum Neutralis. He claims that he is "overcome with regret" and is taking a plane home to Allebahst. We can't do anything about it, but Ambassador Palaeno comes to help convince him to stay a little longer. Alba only lets us ask one more question, so Edgeworth asks about his alibi during Manny Coachen's murder.

Bad Ending Nine: If you fail your logic here, Alba forces Edgeworth out. He says that we won't meet again but he will pray for success. This is before you finish the investigation.

Rebuttal: Ambassador Alba's Alibi
Press statement 2 to get a new piece of testimony.

 * In that case, what motive would I have had to kill my co-conspirator?

Present DeMasque II's Note at this statement. Mr. Coachen had planned to steal the Allebahst Primidux Statue and replace it with the old one. If he was killed, Alba could pin all the evidence and guilt of smuggling on him. Alba says that it is still a hypothesis and that he has already answered our one question. Even Palaeno's efforts to persuade him are in vain.

Kay now steps in to stall Alba from leaving. She tries to intimidate him by claiming she has evidence of the smuggling that her father obtained when he snuck into the Cohdopian embassy. Although she's simply bluffing, it is enough to force Alba to go against us one more time, but this is the very last time he'll let us do that.

Testimony: Quercus Alba
Alba now doubles the punishment to our health bar if we press a wrong statement or present the wrong evidence. Avoid pressing any of the statements, or you will be striked.

Rebuttal: Alba's Alibi, Part 2
Present the Commemorative Photo at either statement 1 or statement 4. It shows that Alba bought the knife to the theater, meaning that he killed Manny Coachen there. Alba doesn't care at all, as he still has extraterritorial rights even if he did murder in this neutral area. All hope seems lost...

Not so fast!

Agent Lang arrives just in the nick of time! He announces that Quercus Alba's diplomatic immunity has just been revoked. He had Interpol request that the imperial house of Allebahst relieves the new Mr. Alba of his status as an ambassador, effectively removing the second layer of his extraterritorial rights!

Mr. Alba is still not willing to surrender. He says we still don't have enough evidence to prove that he killed Mr. Coachen. The bouquet was left at the hall, so anyone could've used it to kill Coachen. He also says that we don't have a way of explaining how Coachen's body ended up in Babahl. It looks like we have a chance to make him testify again.

Rebuttal: Alba's Alibi, Part 3
Present the Pushcart on statement 4. From the security footage, the pushcart had an unnatural bulge in it. Present the Notes on Coachen's Body. It was likely Mr. Coachen's body that was causing the bulge. Alba says we don't actually have the pushcart, so it is all just a theory.

Hold it!

Gumshoe suddenly arrives with the very pushcart we need! He says he found the cart at the edge of the open-air stage but didn't the Steel Samurai family only visit Allebahst? You now inspect the cart in detail. Examine the bloodstain inside the cart. It is likely Mr. Coachen's, which proves that his body was moved using the pushcart by the Steel Samurai! Alba moved the body into Allebahst, where he could tamper with it, then smuggled it across the border and into Babahl. Let's hear what he has to say for himself.

Rebuttal: Movements in Allebahst
Press all the statements, but you won't find any contradiction. We still couldn't bring Alba down after all...

Hold it!

Larry and Ms. Oldbag make a timely appearance... but what can they do? Larry did find the Iron Infant doll, but it is completely wet. He says he found it in Babahl, in the middle of the pool. He lost it in the Rose Garden but found it in Babahl. It somehow managed to move across the border! We've just uncovered another smuggling route. As for how this is possible, choose Bilateral Symmetry when prompted. Since the embassy was built with bilateral symmetry, searching Babahl's counterpart to the Rose Garden can let us find something out! Present the area near the wall where the pool should be.

Gumshoe phones Edgeworth after going to investigate the open-air stage. He reveals that there is a reservoir under the stage in Babahl! Since the infant managed to move between these two bodies of water, that means they are connected somewhere underground. Lang points out that while a doll could move between the two pools, saying that a dead body could do the same is too much of a stretch. Alba did have Shih-na as an accomplice who could've helped move the body. One problem with this theory is that the pool is too deep, so if she were to attempt that, she would've drowned.

It seems that Alba has won again, but we can still figure out how the body was moved. For Shih-na to move the body over from Allebahst, she would need to get rid of all the water. There was an opportunity for this, too. Present the Fires in Babahl. The water in the reservoir was used to put out the two fires in Babahl, which could drain the reservoirs enough to let Shih-na use the connecting pipe. Alba says that the pools are very deep, though, without any ladders or footholds to help move a person up or down the pools.

But there is a way for a person to move up and down in the pools. Present the Fountain Spouts. The level of the water can be controlled using these. The fires and the fire-fighting efforts directed by Shih-na were all part of the plan to empty the pools!

Alba turned off the fountain spouts in advance, then pushed the cart with the body into the pool in the rose garden. Shih-na started the fire then stayed in the pool until the fire-fighting efforts begun, which lowered the water level in both pools to let her down to the bottom. She then pushed the cart into Babahl and waited for Alba to open the fountain spouts once more, which returned the pool to its normal level while letting Shih-na and the body float to the top. After that, she moved the body into the secretariat's office and escaped using the fireplace passage.

Alba still says we have no proof that the connecting pools were used, but we do have evidence that can prove that. Present the Pick. We found this slightly wet pick near the open-air stage, but it isn't a pick at all! Present the Allebahstian Knife. The flower on the handle of the knife lacks a petal, and the "pick" fits perfectly in that position. That proves that someone smuggled the body, along with the murder weapon, across the border using the pools!

Alba is still not convinced that we've created the perfect argument. He does not intend to ever surrender, so we'll have to use every piece of evidence to bring him down. This is the end of the line, and we'd better be prepared to fight to the finish!

The chapter now ends.