Part 112: Episode 4, Final Day, Trial: Crossing Our Client

Part 112: Episode 4, Final Day, Trial: Crossing Our Client

Music: Suspense


^{Sound: Gallery}

We last left off with Edgeworth confessing to the DL-6 Incident, which of course got the crowd buzzing again.


^{Sound: Gavel x 3}

Order! Order!

This is certainly unexpected!



A crime for which the statute of limitations runs out today!

I'm not really sure how I should deal with this...

Bah!

It's obvious.




^{Sound: Fwa-Shing 2}

We try this man for his crime of fifteen years ago!

Now we get to the real reason for the precise timing of Mr. Hammond's murder. Karma gets to try Edgeworth now for the DL-6 Incident, with a single-day trial and no time to investigate. Good thing we already have everything we need... I hope.


^{Sound: Gallery}

The crowd: "Wow we get two trials for the price of one ticket today! What a deal!"


^{Sound: Gavel}



During this time, I will consider the appropriate course of action to take.

Court is adjourned!


^{Sound: Gavel}



Note the suspenseful music hasn't actually stopped yet.





I've just wasted all of your effort.

...

Even Gumshoe is here with his hangdog face.



I mean you... kill your dad?



But... it's the truth. I deserve to be punished.

Murder is murder, no matter the circumstances.

Did Karma spend the last fifteen years brainwashing Edgeworth into this punish-the-guilty attitude just to set him up for this self-flagellation today?


^{Sound: Damage 2}

...

Looks like everyone has given up.

Music: Silence


^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Everyone, except one person, that is.

Huh? Oh...



I'm getting my case ready.

Your case... for what?



Music: Telling the Truth

...!
<sup>Sound: Light Bulb


Sound: Damage 2</sup>



He confessed that he did it! In court!

I'm sorry, Edgeworth.



Every time we think we learn a little bit about this case, it turns out to be another false trail laid by Karma. It's time to really solve this case.

Wh-what!?
^{Sound: Realization}

It's just a dream. It's not real.

The truth is right here in this Court Record.



I'll prove you're innocent. Trust me.

W-Wright...






^{Sound: Gavel}



Judge!



Let us begin by hearing his testimony.



Thanks, dick.

The statute of limitations on the DL-6 Incident runs out today.



I bet you would. Still a dick.



I see.

Does the defense have any objections?



No, Your Honor.



Even when he loses, he wins. Up until right now.



Very well.


^{Sound: Gavel}

Music: Silence

Will Miles Edgeworth take the stand?





Will the witness state his name and profession.



Mr. Edgeworth.



Is this correct?

...
^{Sound: Realization}

It is correct.

Then testify about this matter to the court.



(One detail didn't quite fit.)
^{Sound: Realization}

Really? I missed it. I guess I'll see what Edgeworth actually says in his testimony.



Please... Please...




^{Sound: Testimony 2}

Music: Questioning - Moderato



As we went to leave, an earthquake struck, trapping us in the elevator.



Just then, something heavy fell at my feet.




^{Sound: Weak Gunshot}

It was a terrible scream. I remember it to this day.

That's all.

Music: Silence



Hmm...



We were stuck in that elevator for five hours.



Bah! The same claim Mr. Yogi has made!

Very well.





Yes, Your Honor.




^{Sound: Testimony 2}

Music: Questioning - Moderato

(There it is!)



I think I know which part, but not exactly which evidence. Still, not like there are a lot of options.

(But I don't know what it means...!)

(I'd better find out, and quick...)



Anyway, we'll press on to try and learn more.

That day, I had gone to the courtroom to observe one of my father's trials.



What was the trial your father was involved in on that day?

I don't remember things very clearly.

Only two things...



Well that much lines up with what he heard from Grossberg.


<sup>Sound: Gallery


Sound: Gavel</sup>

Mr. von Karma? You were handling that case?



Like hell you don't.

(That was when Edgeworth pointed out the problem in von Karma's evidence...)



We're going to have to watch our back after we win this one, aren't we?

As we went to leave, an earthquake struck, trapping us in the elevator.





Yes. Myself, my father, and Yanni Yogi.

We were fine at first...





My father and Mr. Yogi lost their composure, and began to argue.



What did you do then?



I was scared... Trembling, in the corner.

But then...



Just then, something heavy fell at my feet.



What was it?

A pistol.

I assume it was the bailiff, Yanni Yogi's.



And you picked it up. What happened next?



I picked it up, and threw it at Mr. Yogi. I wanted them to stop fighting.



Did you know it was a pistol when you threw it?

I think I knew. I knew it was dangerous.




^{Sound: Fwa-Shing 2}

So, you're saying that you threw the pistol at Mr. Yogi.

I was... in a daze.



A moment later, there was a single gunshot, then a scream.



The gun fired once?

Yes...



We've spent a lot of time talking about how many times a particular pistol was fired in this episode. Do we have something that says it was fired more than once fifteen years ago?

Since then...

They've echoed in my head, every day.



The scream...
^{Sound: Realization}



It was a terrible scream. I remember it to this day.



"To this day"...?

Yes. I can practially hear it now.



Well, that's all we have.



This line has the only real fact in his testimony. But what could contradict it?