Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Part #113 - Episode 4, Final Day, Trial: Phantom Bullet

Part 113: Episode 4, Final Day, Trial: Phantom Bullet

Part 113: Episode 4, Final Day, Trial: Phantom Bullet

Ok that isn't what I was expecting. I thought we'd be using the last page of the DL-6 case file. But I'll show you why later.

Anyway, there are two gunshots pictured in this photo - one to Gregory Edgeworth's heart, and one through the elevator glass window in the door.

Music: Silence

So, there was only one gunshot?

Yes. I'm sure of that.

Then everything faded.

I see...

^{Sound: Realization}

Music: Objection!

...

And in it, lies a clear contradiction to Mr. Edgeworth's testimony.

But what do you mean, a "contradiction"?

Ouch, harsh.

In case you picked the photo by accident, the game wants to be really sure you know what's going on here.

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

As should be obvious, the contradiciton is here.

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

Your Honor!

^{Sound: Objection}

One shot hit the victim, the other hit the elevator door.

I ask you, then!

quote:

The only other item of interest in the photo is the victim, Gregory Edgeworth himself.

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

The contradiction is... here, Your Honor.

You mean the victim, Gregory Edgeworth?
^{Sound: Realization}

Gregory Edgeworth was shot once, fatally.

What is contradictory about that?

(Maybe I need to be a little more specific...)

Again, Mr. Wright.

Not quite right, but we get a free retry, as there's no penalty on this decision.

quote:

Clicking anywhere else in the picture gets a generic failure:

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

The contradiction is... around here, I think!

...

Mr. Wright.

Yes?

Your eyes have a habit of shifting back and forth when you're uncertain.

Try taking a deep breath, and think this over once more.

R-right, Your Honor.

From there we're brought back to the photo to try again, without penalty.

You know Karma isn't going to let us get away with that one that easily.

However, when was the hole in the elevator made?

It might have been there before the incident occurred!

^{Sound: Fwa-Shing 2}

Urk...
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Mr. Wright!

We do, but this option is funnier.

(Grr... I didn't think of that.)

I, uh, don't have proof.

Hah! As I suspected!

Hmm...

Nick! Take a look at this!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

The Court Record...?

Wh-whoa! (She's right! That is strange!)
^{Sound: Realization}

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I like that branch just because Maya gets to help out. If we claim to have proof from the beginning, we just skip the prior lines and continue straight to the next scene.

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

Music: Silence

Your Honor. I think I will be able to show you proof.

Wh-what!? Impossible!
^{Sound: Whack}

Music: Logic and Trick

Very well, Mr. Wright. Show us your proof.

What do you have that proves the bullet hole in the door was related to this incident?

All right, this time we're using the last page of the case file.

You do enjoy dragging out that file, don't you?

I don't accept this evidence! Unless... you can tell us what page it's on!

Another penalty here, but it's the only page we haven't shown so far. In fact, I'll display it again here since the Court Record is available.

Look at the "Victim Data" in this file!

^{Sound: Realization}

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Either presenting the wrong evidence, or picking the wrong page from the case file, results in some mild scolding from the judge and a penalty.

Mr. Wright...

Please, think how we feel having to look at this evidence time and time again.

Every time you show us ridiculous evidence, I feel, well, mocked.

Hah hah... Uh, I mean, I really don't mean any harm by it, Your Honor.
^{Sound: Realization}

"Not meaning any harm"...

and "not doing any harm" are two different things, Mr. Wright.
^{Sound: Objection}

Try again, Mr. Wright.
^{Sound: Damage 2}

Take that, stubborn posters who keep insisting I present the attorney's badge everywhere! We're brought back to the evidence prompt either way, assuming we haven't taken too many penalties.

^{Sound: Gallery}

Edgeworth must be so confused right about now.

^{Sound: Gavel}

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

Music: Silence

Miles Edgeworth only heard one gunshot!

^{Sound: Objection}

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By now, you've probably realized that this entire sequence can play out in reverse by presenting the DL-6 case file first, and the incident photo second. While a lot of the dialogue is repeated, a lot is unique as well, so I'll play out this alternate timeline for you:

Music: Silence

Are you sure you only heard one gunshot?

Yes. I'm sure of that.

I heard the shot, and the scream...

Then everything faded.

I was unconscious until the rescuers came.

I see...

No, Your Honor, unfortunately, you don't.
^{Sound: Realization}

Music: Objection!

Look at this file one more time.

This plainly contradicts the witness's testimony.

You do enjoy dragging out that file, don't you?

I don't accept this evidence! Unless... you can tell us what page it's on!

Which page contradicts Miles Edgeworth's testimony?

We get the same prompt for the three pages here, and select "Victim Data", of course.

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Getting the page wrong when presenting the file first has different dialogue to it.

Tsk tsk tsk... Looks like your luck has run out.

Mr. Wright...

This page has no contradictions that I can see!
^{Sound: Damage 2}

There goes the penalty.

W-wait! There is a contradiction in the file!

^{Sound: Fwa-Shing 2}

Then show us the right page! Even my grandchild could do better than you!

Which page contradicts Miles Edgeworth's testimony?

And we loop there.

Look at the "Victim Data" in this file!

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

It says it quite plainly: "the murder weapon was fired twice"!
^{Sound: Realization}

^{Sound: Gallery}

^{Sound: Gavel}

Miles Edgeworth only heard one gunshot!

Yet, the murder weapon was fired twice!

The first shot was the accidental firing when the pistol was thrown.

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

So... who fired the remaining shot!?
^{Sound: Objection}

^{Sound: Gallery}

^{Sound: Gavel}

Hmm...

Was there, perhaps, another shooter who fired that second shot?

Your Honor. As I'm sure you're aware...

This incident occurred fifteen years ago. The evidence is dated...

The pistol did fire twice.

However, we do not know WHEN that second shot was fired.

It might have been fired the day before the incident!

^{Sound: Fwa-Shing 2}

There is no proof that the second shot had anything to do with this incident!

(What...!)
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Hmm... I see, I see.

You do have a point. Mr. Wright?

The murder weapon was fired twice, as we have heard.

One of those shots was fired by the defendant, a boy at the time.

Do you have any proof that the other shot fired had something to do with the case?

We're asked for proof again, and the lines are the same as before for answering "Yes" or "No" or for presenting incorrect proof, so I'll just skip ahead to presenting the incident photo as our proof:

Music: Logic and Trick

Look at this photograph.

Music: Silence

This is a photograph of the scene of the crime, fifteen years ago.

I can see that the victim lying there is Gregory Edgeworth...

This proves the murder weapon was fired twice, at the time of the incident!

This photo proves it!
^{Sound: Realization}

...

...

So, let me get this straight. This photo proves two shots were fired? Where?

(Y-Your Honor, please... Please get a clue!)
^{Sound: Whoops}

We point out the obvious bullet hole...

Music: Logic and Trick

Music: Silence

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

As should be obvious, the contradiction is here.

I see... a bullet hole in the door...

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

Your Honor!

Gregory Edgeworth was killed by a shot from the pistol!

Yet, there is also a bullet hole in the elevator door!

We also know that the murder weapon was fired twice!

Thus...

Someone other than Edgeworth fired that second shot!
^{Sound: Drama Pound}
^{Sound: Objection}

After a slightly different dramatic reveal, we merge back with the main timeline below...

Music: Objection!

^{Sound: Gallery}

Wiggle your way out of that, Karma!

^{Sound: Gavel x 3}

O-order! Order!

^{Sound: Whack}

It's simple, Your Honor.

At the time of the incident, two shots were fired.

The other hit the elevator door.

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

In conclusion...

M-Mr. Wright! But who could that someone else be!?

^{Sound: Realization}

Music: Silence

...

Mr. Wright...

Try the "Case Summary" page.

Look what is written there!

Okay, fine, I'll look!

...?

^{Sound: Realization}

Music: Suspense

...!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

If the pistol had indeed been fired two times...

This logic seemed pretty tenuous when I was playing through it, but thinking about it now, it makes sense that after they discovered that the pistol had been fired twice, the police would have torn that crime scene apart looking for that second bullet. So where did it go?

He does have a point.

That second bullet has never been found!

^{Sound: Fwa-Shing 2}

Why?

Because the second bullet does not exist!

That is the truth of this matter. The whole truth.

^{Sound: Gallery}

^{Sound: Gavel x 3}

Order! I will have order!

...

Mr. Wright has proven one thing to us quite clearly...

However!

It is highly unlikely that the police merely overlooked this second bullet.

Music: Silence

^{Sound: Gavel}

So, all we have is the single bullet fired.

Bullshit! No one found the bullet fifteen years ago so we have to pretend it doesn't exist! Now what!?

Tsk tsk tsk...

Oh, fuck you. You probably stole the bullet and falsified the case file.

(Gah! How did this happen!?)

(Was I wrong?)

(Have I been wrong about this whole incident?)

What are you doing, Nick!?

Music: Suspense

...

I'm sorry, Maya.
^{Sound: Realization}

What?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

I... It looks like I was wrong.

Nick...?

N-no...

^{Sound: Whack}

...

I'm sorry...

I was so certain of it. I thought I'd won!

But now...

I was wrong to think it could be that simple.

Nick...

^{Sound: Gavel}

Pay no attention to the second bullet, it must not exist, the gun fired a blank or something. That somehow put a hole through the elevator door. Argh!

Only one bullet was found at the scene of the crime.

That shot was fired by Miles Edgeworth.

Precisely.

Have you been paying attention to the trial so far?

Yes, Your Honor.

Do you have any objections?

No... No, I do not.

...

Yes, I did.

...

Oh no...

Music: Silence

...

Very well.

Therefore, I must pronounce a verdict on the defendant today, right here...

^{Sound: Fwa-Shing 2}

Music: Suspense

Right now!

Indeed.

(I've been here before...)

(It's just like my first day in court...)

(But my mind's gone blank, I can't find the words...)

Uh, I've got nothing.

(This is really the end.)

(Edgeworth... I'm sorry.)

What was it that I had been doing all this time?

Wasn't my whole life leading up to today?

Mia... I'm sorry.

Music: Silence

!!!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

^{Sound: Wipe}

Music: Suspense

Maya...?

What?

Music: Silence

^{Sound: Wipe}

Music: Suspense

(What's happening to me...? I have to think...!)

(Wait... Don't think... Act!)

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If we had decided to object up-front, we would have skipped all that fun and moved straight ahead.

^{Sound: Objection}

Your Honor!

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

I... I object!

Tsk tsk tsk.

Oof!

Nick...?

(I... I don't know! His case is perfect!)

Oh no...

Grah!

Music: Silence

!!!
^{Sound: Shock 2}

Okay, sure. Let's reason this out a bit. We know the gun fired twice. So that second bullet must exist. But... where did it go?

^{Sound: Wipe}

Music: Suspense