Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Part #81 - Episode 4, Day 1, Investigation: Police Loyalty

Part 81: Episode 4, Day 1, Investigation: Police Loyalty

Part 81: Episode 4, Day 1, Investigation: Police Loyalty

Oh man, I remember the giant box computers and monitors.

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Hey!
^{Sound: Damage 2}

^{Sound: Objection}

Detective Gumshoe!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Well that doesn't sound like it went well for us.

(I get the feeling we're in for some bad news...)

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If we come here before meeting Lotta Hart, Gumshoe is still in the meeting and we get a different scene...

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Looks like Detective Gumshoe isn't here.

Something wrong, miss?

Hmm? Turning yourself in?

Okay, what did you do? Shoplifting? Larceny? Public indecency...?

N-no! None of those things!
^{Sound: Damage 2}

We're looking for Detective Gumshoe... Is he around?

Gumshoe?

Oh yeah. He's in a meeting right now.

I don't think he'll be out any time soon.

Okay, we'll come back.

You do that.

Oh, and go straight home and stay out of trouble.

No more shoplifting, you got that?

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Do I look like a criminal or something?

Don't take it personally, Maya. These people think everyone is guilty of something.

Music: Dick Gumshoe - Detective Gumshoe, Pal

All right, let's look around.

Starting with this character. He looks a bit like Winston Payne, that prosecutor we faced back in the tutorial.

This must be the chief of detectives here.

He's glued to his computer screen.

"Gourdy sighted"!!! I don't believe it!

(Shouldn't you be reading something more important...?)

Maybe just a relation to Mr. Payne then. He seems about as competent.

A poster of a female police officer...

On display for the whole office, below the clock everyone has to look at, right behind the chief's desk. Really selling this character already.

The chief also has a stuffed animal on display? Is he a giant child?

Hey, is that the police department's mascot...?

That's the "Blue Badger"!

Oooookay then.

I... see. How nice.

I'll get him assigned mascot of the Criminal Affairs Dept. if it's the last thing I do!

Um, good luck!

These are the detectives' desks.

I guess the detectives don't spend a lot of time at their desks.

Only one other guy hanging around.

That must be one of the detectives.

He's mumbling something to himself.

"All right, hands against the wall, all o' you..."

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He must be doing image training for arrests.

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This conversation changes depending on when you examine him. If we visit before meeting Lotta Hart (so Gumshoe is still stuck in his meeting), this guy is on a different training topic.

That must be one of the detectives.

He's mumbling something to himself.

"...your mama could see you know she'd be cryin'..."

"...a break and spit it out, you lowlife scumbag..."

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He must be doing image training for interrogations.

Let's see if Gumshoe will tell us any more about what's going on now.

Do you know anything about the victim yet?

No, no... Still can't I.D. him.

Not a word.

Now that's odd. We have no idea who the victim is still. We learned that fact pretty early on in every other episode.

So, how did the meeting go?

Oh come on, we're not going let that get in the way now, are we?

T-true...

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Y'know...

Sure, Mr. Edgeworth's human like you or me.

Still...

He would probably line up to prosecute himself.

That's just the kind of guy he is.

^{Sound: Super Shock}

So, they think that Mr. Edgeworth did it...?

I see...

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Umm... hey, in the end you did tell us about the meeting!

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Y-yes, sir!

And... do me a favor!

Stand by Mr. Edgeworth!

^{Sound: Whack}

I'm sure we won't have any choice in the matter anyway. But he still won't even talk to us.

I'm sure he's got some reason why he won't talk to us.

Thanks, Detective Gumshoe.

New topic!

Detective Gumshoe...

Well, I'd think that was obvious.

We got a strong working relationship, us two.

That's not how I remember half of his testimonies.

A "working relationship"?
^{Sound: Realization}

Almost every time, now.

Yeah, his methods might be a little extreme at times.

But... there's a reason!

That trust is... horribly misplaced, from what I've seen.

That's why I work extra hard, pal.

I see...

^{Sound: Damage 2}

And you have my word on that!

After all that, we're finally allowed to ask about the autopsy report.

I was wondering, did you ever get that autopsy report?

Oh, that? Yeah, I made a copy for you.

^{Sound: Select Jingle}

That time of death is awfully vague.

Thank you.

...Nick?
^{Sound: Realization}

Huh?

Music: Silence

Nope, don't recognize him.

That face...!

Someone you know?

I... I don't know.

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Music: Dick Gumshoe - Detective Gumshoe, Pal

Maybe if we ask about the autopsy report again, Maya will remember some more?

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(Maya seems lost in thought.)

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(Guess not.)

Time for the evidence parade!

No luck with the badge this time. The camera is a bust, too.

This autopsy report, however...

Thanks, Detective.

Also a bust, but Gumshoe is adorable.

We've got a new piece of evidence with that autopsy report, let's show it around.

Music: Silence

I don't even need to present it to Maya, we get this scene for free upon returning to our office.

What is it?

Oh.
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

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^{Sound: Shock 2}
^{Sound: Whack}

Some of the plot triggers this episode would be pretty tricky if I weren't practicing good adventure game habits. Clicking on everything, showing everyone everything, going everywhere every time something changes...

This guy!

This episode is going to be all kinds of tangled, isn't it? Our client is our former enemy with whom we have some kind of past connection. Now our victim has a connection to our former boss, and the victim two episodes ago?

Music: Investigation - Core

I met him once when I went there to hang out with Sis!

That office...?

Wait!