Part 114: Episode 4, Final Day, Trial: Long Shot
Part 114: Episode 4, Final Day, Trial: Long Shot
Pretty clear direction there. But why?
(I haven't got a clue!)
What's wrong, Mr. Wright? Uh... Um...
You don't want to admit it, but it's true! Urk...quote:
Well that sure doesn't look like the correct choice so far, does it? So what happens if we select that the murderer did have to find the bullet instead? No health bar showing, so no penalty attached to this decision, right?
O-of course there was a need. That's why they took it!
Bah! What possible reason could they have had!?
Sound: Whack
We're presented with another choice here, this time with a penalty attached! Our two options:
- The bullet would be proof
- The murderer was cautious
I guess I'll try the first one? The second one doesn't look too promising.
Er... Maybe they thought that the bullet would be used as proof?
Proof...?
Sound: Realization
It was a special bullet, so they took it with them...
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Okay, first option made Phoenix say something dumb, let's try the second option.
Hey wait, this branch ends early...
Why would they only take one of the two shots fired!?
Sound: Realization
I'm going to have to penalize you!
Sound: Damage 2
And so he does. I'm not buying Karma's logic here, though. It seems a lot harder to take a bullet out of someone's heart on the fly like that.
Sound: Whoops
As you may have noticed, we take that penalty no matter which option we choose on the second prompt! So effectively there's really a hidden penalty on the first prompt! Thus why we get taken back to that first prompt now... very sneaky, game!
Music: Silence
Music: Telling the Truth
Music: Silence
Oh! Duh! The first shot struck the murderer! So the murderer didn't need to go looking for it, and just took it from the crime scene with them!
Wait, didn't Karma take a long vacation after the DL-6 Incident for no apparent reason? Was he... recovering from an injury, perhaps?
Mr. Wright?Music: Telling the Truth
Sound: Light Bulb
U-uh, well, the murderer had no intention of taking the bullet from the scene.
Sound: Realization
"Had to," Mr. Wright? What do you mean?
Well, for instance... (For instance WHAT!?)Sound: Stab
Sound: Realization
Here's my one problem with this theory - where did all the murderer's blood go? Karma got hit by a stray bullet, wandered over to the elevator, saw his enemy lying vulnerable and unconcsious, picked up the pistol and shot him, and didn't get any of his own blood anywhere? Remember the case file said there were "no clues found on the scene". The killer's blood would be a pretty big damn clue. (Maybe he really is a vampire; they don't bleed, right?)
Music: Silence
The bullet... hit the murderer? J-just saying, for instance.
It's not like you could perform surgery right there. Y-y'know?
... ...
... (Wait a second...)Sound: Realization
Let me get this straight.
Grammar nerd note - that might be the first time I've seen the word "themself" actually used correctly in media form.
And they left with the second bullet still inside of them!? Thus leaving only one bullet at the scene of the crime?
But there's a problem with that!Sound: Whack
The other two people rescued from that elevator...
So that would mean...
Sound: Realization
Music: Investigation - Core
Sound: Gallery
I've been thinking that the murderer came from outside the elevator so long I was surprised that the crowd reacted here.
Sound: Gavel x 3
Sound: Weak Gunshot
Are elevator doors easier to open from the outside or something? Weren't they stuck in there for like five hours? What was the murderer doing hanging out in the courthouse for five hours after an earthquake had knocked out power?
Sound: Weak Gunshot
Hmm.
Uh, thanks?
Sound: Fwa-Shing 2
What are you saying! Deny it! Deny it!Sound: Whack
There was no "murderer"!Sound: Whack
Hmm...
(He's right. I can't think of anyone...)
Hey, Nick.Sound: Light Bulb
Huh?
Crazy?Sound: Realization
Wait, Maya figured it out?
Wow.
It must have been quite a shock for von Karma.
Yes, an unusual event for the man.
Red text apparently means we should have paid attention to it.
Music: Silence
But took it because he was injured!Sound: Realization
Music: Suspense
Which would mean... It could only mean one thing!
He was the man who shot Gregory Edgeworth!
It was... von Karma!Sound: Guilty
I like how they're having this crazy sidebar discussion in open court.
(Oh man!)
Sound: Realization
Phoenix the guy just tased you to steal DL-6 evidence, is it that hard to imagine he was the killer?
Uh, n-no, Your Honor. Well?
Can you give us the name of your suspect?
Let's wait until after Edgeworth is declared guilty again.
(Wait... I don't have enough proof yet.)
Mr. Wright? Something the matter? I-I'm fine, Your Honor.
Tsk tsk tsk...
In other words... the verdict!
Wh-what! Not yet!Sound: Realization
Think, Mr. Wright.
Yet you cannot suggest anyone as a possible suspect! Which means your conjecture... is worthless.
Do you think Karma has any idea we're about to turn around and accuse him?
Nick!Sound: Whack
The trial's almost over!Sound: Stab
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Like the last few choices like this one, the other option just skips all that content and moves straight ahead.
Music: Silence
Sound: Desk Slam
Your Honor!
Music: Suspense
... Well, this is certainly interesting news. Very well, Mr. Wright. Who is your suspect?
(Urk! My h-hands are shaking!) V-what?Oh, this is going to be great. Settle in for a show.
Music: Silence
Sound: Desk Slam
Sound: Drama Pound
Sound: Objection
Sound: Stab 2
Music: Pressing Pursuit - Cornered
Bah. You... don't object? Hmph.
Sound: Desk Slam
Yet you pride yourself on a perfect record!
Fascinating! Prove it.
Sound: Realization
Sound: Fwa-Shing 2
Karma's real cocky there. Did he take out the bullet himself? Or... is it still in there, after all this time?
Urk... Nick!Sound: Whack
It's no use. E-Edgeworth!?
He's perfect. He wouldn't leave clues.
That would leave a doctor as a witness.Not if you kill the doctor, too! Leaving a bullet wound untreated seems... risky.
So... so what, Nick?
That's insane! No... he couldn't have.
...
Sound: Realization
Music: Silence
(What does that mean...?)
Sound: Light Bulb
Music: Suspense
Tsk tsk tsk... Well, Mr. Wright!
Uh, I don't know, can we?
(Even if von Karma did undergo surgery!) Hmph! It seems you have finally come to your senses.
(Urk!) Nick...Music: Silence
Music: Suspense
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Once again, choosing to show evidence from the start just skips Mia's ghostly intervention.
Music: Silence
Sound: Desk Slam
Alright, von Karma, I'll prove it.
Sound: Realization
Music: Pressing Pursuit - Cornered
Wh-what!? The evidence that proves von Karma was shot is...!
Probably not the Attorney's Badge, though I'm sure it will garner a few votes anyway. So if it's not that, then what evidence is the proof we need?