Part 107: Episode 4, Day 3, Investigation: Raising the Stakes
Part 107: Episode 4, Day 3, Investigation: Raising the StakesNow, we got this incriminating letter describing the entire murder plot last time. Pretty obvious where we should take it.
To show Larry, of course!
Yeah... I know.
Well, no time to waste! Let's get going!Music: Investigation - Core
Okay, so Larry disappears after we find the letter, but we get to talk to Maya instead!
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It's actually possible to go get the letter before talking to Larry, in which case he'll still be here until we get all the information about the class trial, and only be replaced by Maya on our next visit afterwards. He still doesn't have any reaction to the letter, though!
However...
Stop showing me stuff and let's get cracking!Sound: Whack
Maya's too impatient to look at any of our evidence.
We have the usual topics to explore with her, though!
What do you think we should do now, Maya?
You would know best, Nick!
...Thanks.
Well? Had any good ideas? This is all tied to the DL-6 Incident...
(Something that happened back then has a hold on Edgeworth and it won't let go.)
Okay, fine, let's show Edgeworth the letter.
Music: Detention Center - Jailer's Elegy
I have a good feeling about this one.
Edgeworth... See this letter?
Hmm?
I see...
...!Music: Silence
Sound: Realization
Music: Suspense
Who is that old guy, anyway!?Sound: Whack
I... I don't know. Could he be an innocent defendant you got declared guilty or something?...Or something.
So, he was following this letter, then?
Which means there was someone else behind it!Music: Silence
Sound: Shock 2
Sound: Shock 2
Music: Suspense
It also says: "This is your last chance!" Last chance...? Wait, maybe...
... Wait...Music: Silence
Wait, that old man...!
Sound: Light Bulb
Yogi... Could he be Yogi!?Sound: Realization
Yogi?Music: Detention Center - Jailer's Elegy
We have to leave the evidence screen and go back to talking to continue. Edgeworth has been suppressing the DL-6 Incident his entire life, will we finally get to hear more about it from him?
Yanni Yogi was a court bailiff at the time.
Music: Silence
Sound: Roar
We're treated to a lovely flashback of the courtroom shaking for several seconds.
Music: Recollection ~ The DL-6 Incident
We were there for so long, it felt like forever.
We became... unsettled.
Sound: Guilty
The speakers are implied here, so I'll make it explicit:
"I want to get out! Help! Get us out!"
"Don't shout! You'll just use up more oxygen!" "...!"
That's all I remember...
They claimed the oxygen deprivation and stress had caused temporary insanity.
Yeah, but that trial result doesn't really explain why the police would be ashamed about using a psychic who found the wrong person. Maya's mother found the right person, but they just weren't legally responsible. At least according to the official record...
Music: Silence
Huh... But, isn't that strange?
Why would he want to take revenge on you?Sound: Realization
... Wright. Yeah?
I... didn't know whether or not I should tell you. You mean the nightmare?Music: Detention Center - Jailer's Elegy
A memory of a crime... that I committed. A crime you committed?Sound: Realization
I think...
Well get on with it, already!
I wake up in a fearful sweat, every time. What kind of dream?
Music: Recollection ~ The DL-6 Incident
"Quiet! I said quiet! You're not making this any easier!" "I want to get out! Help! Get us out!" "Don't shout! You'll just use up more oxygen!"
We fade away to return to the same scene, apparently some time later?
"Wh-what!?" "Stop breathing my air! I'll... I'll stop you!"Music: Silence
"Stop breathing my aaaaair!"Sound: Guilty
(He's attacking Father!)
I don't know if it was evidence from that day in court, or the bailiff's... In a daze, I pick up the pistol...
Sound: Guilty
Oh that poor child threw it. When I first recorded this scene, I thought he just missed in the dark or something. But it must have hit something and discharged? Or...did Yanni Yogi catch it and fire it?
Sound: Guilty
Sound: Weak Gunshot
Sound: Stab 2
It's a bone-chilling scream.
... B-but...
...
And that's why we repress memories.
But what if I'm wrong? What if it's real?
Maybe it was I who killed my father! What!?
"Get your revenge on Miles Edgeworth." Think about it. Yogi was really innocent.
Yeah but he didn't actually get convicted of it?
Wait, Edgeworth! You... you mean...!Sound: Whack
It was me.
Maybe. I know that two minutes ago that was my theory too, but... It didn't look like he was pulling the trigger there. More importantly, is our defense tomorrow going to require Edgeworth confessing to the DL-6 Incident, right before the statute of limitations is up? Is that our killer's true reason for the timing of the Christmas Eve killing?
This is bad...
I don't know... I don't think there is anything we can do. Like it or not. If there's someone else who knows a lot about the DL-6 Incident, maybe... ...!Sound: Light Bulb
There is, Nick!Sound: Whack
That's right.
Music: Detention Center - Jailer's Elegy
It's time to go confront Grossberg.
Music: Silence
Music: Marvin Grossberg ~ Old Age, Regret, Retribution
Sound: Light Bulb
Ah, hello there. What's wrong? You look troubled.
Sound: Damage 2
M-my my my...Sound: Stab
It's M-Mr. Edgeworth! He... He... *sob*Sound: Stab
Music: Silence
I see...
This conversation is less confrontational than I was expecting.
Music: Investigation - Core
It's o-only a dream! Only a dream!Sound: Whack
... I wonder...Sound: Realization
W-what...?Sound: Light Bulb
W-well... Also, consider this.
So deep, he'd want to frame him for murder. This leads me to surmise...
As you imagined.Sound: Wipe
the pistol fired... and the deed was done.Sound: Weak Gunshot
... N... No!
I don't believe it!
There's Yogi's motive, spelled out more clearly. And he must have blamed his defense attorney for how it all played out, too. But Grossberg isn't reacting how I expected here. Have I read this all wrong?
Thus, he sought revenge on Miles Edgeworth.
Intro over, let's show him our stuff.
Er... quite sorry.
Almost the same generic "don't care" reaction as before.
You bet it's good!Sound: Whack
(I can't believe the fiendish planning that went into this murder...) (And we almost fell right into his trap!)
What a creep!Sound: Whack
Ah, she was a beautiful woman...
Sound: Realization
Huh? Sorry about what? ... (I think I'll stay out of this one...)
This incident took place 15 years ago tomorrow.
All thanks to the statute of limitations. However...
Gregory Edgeworth...? He was a gifted man. His death was truly a loss.
I should probably wait and talk to Grossberg first, but let's just jump straight to the point here.
Oh ho! So this is the letter?
when he killed Hammond. But, why kill Robert Hammond? Hammond was a skilled defense attorney.
Music: Silence
Huh? His own sake?Sound: Realization
The only thing he trusted was his own ability.
Actually, my dear, it's quite different.Music: Investigation - Core
He won that innocent verdict for no one but himself.
Sound: Realization
(Huh...?) You'll understand soon enough. ... Wait!Music: Silence
What is it? This letter...Sound: Realization
Music: Suspense
This case just has me chasing my tail. I was convinced Grossberg had sent the letter ten minutes ago. Hell I'm still not sure he's not just playing us.
Whose handwriting was this...?
How does this game keep getting me!? It was fucking Karma!? And now we have to prove he's the killer while he's fucking prosecuting us? I'm just going to go jump out a window right now.