Part 29: Episode 2, Day 2, Investigation: Red White Blue
Part 29: Episode 2, Day 2, Investigation: Red White Blue
Off to Bluecorp! Today's update is dedicated to our villain, Mr. Red White Blue!
Apparently we're allowed to just waltz right into the CEO's office. Is that Grossberg's painting up there?
... (What's with the surreal décor...?)
Ugh, I forgot this guy talked like that.
(What the...?)
Is this guy posing his smiles?
I was just inquirably asking the title that you go by. Uh... Wright. Phoenix Wright. ("Inquirably"...?) Mr. Wright, is it? Right, I see... Splendiferous.
Yes, so giant you have to make up words to add to it...
(What is this guy's problem!)
That's...not what that stands for, Mr. Vocabulary.
My business dealings bring me into contact with the elite of the elite.
This guy's got on eight rings and a giant diamond on his lapel. He is even more fake than Miss May!
And every expression he makes is just cringe.
(What a fruitcake!) Hmmm, let me guess... You are an attorney fresh out of law school, are you not?
My youthful face and proudly-displayed attorney's badge had nothing to do with it, I'm sure.
(What does he mean by that?) No matter.
(Yipes! This guy's arrogance meter is off the scale!)Music: Investigation - Core
I'm kind of surprised this guy doesn't get his own music, to be honest. Well, let's look around.
So what's up with Mr. White having Mr. Grossberg's painting?
Music: Silence
...?
That right there is a bona fide original! Worth five million, for sure. Hmmm...I see the price went up since yesterday.
Music: Investigation - Core
This trophy collection could be interesting...
An impressive line-up of trophies. "Judges Special Runner-up" "Best Participation"
Hmm. The words "Judges" and "Special" kind of stand out.Are these just bribed trophies? And he either thinks no one will notice, or he wants everyone to know he can just buy whatever award he wants?
This office is just so ridiculous.
A statue of a man holding up the world. The "Bluecorp" sign certainly stands out enough... The model for the man is, of course, Mr. White.
Yeah, something like that.
(I think it's a little too "beautacious" for just about anyone to appreciate.)
This is the top floor of a 20-story building. The view is quite... presidential.I still don't know how we were able to just get in here like this.
All right, let's look at the most outrageous thing here.
I'm guessing this is supposed to be a desk? My my... This is quite the... thing. It is modeled on my body, see?
No, just...no.
Ugh I guess we need to talk to this guy some more, we still have nothing.
Miss May is an employee of Bluecorp, is she not?
What a shock it was to hear what she has done! "What she has done".. You mean the wiretap?
Yeah, I'm sure she came up with that idea all on her own, too.
She does gather information for us as part of her duties. But, I assure you, we do not condone illegal methods! It is ineffable that she would do this.
Can I just accuse this guy of murder yet?
My motto is: "Don't worry, be happy!" Still, Mr. White...
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If you want me to speak, put me on the witness stand! Although I doubt you'd be capable of doing that. (Hmm. He raises a good question, actually...)
(He should have "seen" the same thing as April May!) Oh hoh hoh. The police... The courts...
Well that's not a great sign.
For some reason we're able to ask about the painting now, but let's keep going down the list in order.
What kind of company is Bluecorp, anyway? Ah, excellent question! We buy and sell various kinds of information.
(Sell... information?) In just 10 years, I've built this business up into the grand office you see now.
I wasn't wondering, but you do seem obsessed with it.
I, Redd White of Bluecorp, as founder and CEO, named it so! And why, you ask? Because I like the color blue of course!
His fake words irritate me to no end. This game really does excel at making wonderfully hateable antagonists.
Okay, give me something...
Uh... there's something that's been bothering me. Yes? What might that be?
Oh geez. After the last prompt with Miss May leading to a relatively wild branch, I'm more nervous about these now. I feel like doing a subtle probing approach here.
Say, when did you get that painting? ... Hmm... no idea! I forgot!
Music: Silence
Why do I find that painting here today?quote:
It's a gorgeous painting, of course, but what about it?
On this branch, we're brought back to the "Talk" screen and don't get a check mark. We need to select the same topic again and try a different option...
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How about the direct approach - we saw that painting yesterday, so how did Mr. White get it?
Music: Silence
From here, we proceed the same as with the option we chose...
... Mr. Wrong, was it? Wright.
I ask again. Who are you? Umm... huh? A lawyer?
Worth nothing. Zilch. Zippo. Nada!
(Wh-what!?)
Did he just...?
Music: Suspense
Charge away, I welcome it! For it is YOU who will be found guilty! What...?
And you thought the system was rigged against us before...
(So you say...) (But I wonder... Is that kind of control really possible?)
... You came here from Grodyburger's, I presume? Mr. Grossberg's... yes.(We get this line even if we only stopped at Grossberg's to pick up the photo, pressed Miss May hard to open up Bluecorp, and then never actually went back to Grossberg's to talk to him.)
Perhaps then he will tell you?
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Have we bitten off more then we can chew here?
Music: Investigation - Core
Any further attempts at conversation, including presenting evidence, are futile this point.
Let me put it in language you are sure to understand: Shut up and get out! I have nothing more to say.
Some of the examination text is a bit different now.
This painting was, until yesterday, hanging in Mr. Grossberg's office. Why does White have it now? It's not hard to imagine a few possibilities.
An impressive line-up of trophies. "Judges Special Runner-up" "Best Participation" "Judges Cooperation Award" "Special Good Try Prize" Hmm. The words "Judges" and "Special" kind of stand out. He probably strong-armed them into giving him something.
The globe and the desk are technically different as well, but the new text is the same as the old with Mr. White's lines removed. Anyway it would seem we need to head back to Mr. Grossberg.
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We can present evidence before having these conversations, but not much happens. Most items get a generic reaction:
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The wiretap gets a bit more, though:
...She did?
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One more - if we manage to keep the photo of Mr. White by pressing hard on Miss May and then going straight to Bluecorp without seeing Mr. Grossberg, we can then present the photo directly to Mr. White:
Almost had him there!
Before we go, a mundane profile of our killer.
Music: Silence
Anyway, first we'll take a quick stop at the Detention Center.
I doubt they'll let me talk to her today.
I've guess we've done everything we need to do with her. The bellboy is still cleaning the shower, and the crime scene is still abandoned, so we're left with just the one option. Time to get Grossberg to talk!