Part 149: Episode 5, Day 3, Investigation: Light Burglary

Part 149: Episode 5, Day 3, Investigation: Light Burglary



Before we leave Gumshoe behind, I never looked at his ID. Neither he nor anyone else around has any reaction to it, but we can take a closer look.



Detective Gumshoe isn't very photogenic, is he?

Whatever you do, just don't say that to his face.

Look, his eyes are half shut!

Yeah... and his mouth is half open.


^{Sound: Light Bulb}

And he's got the narrow end of his tie in front.

...

I think this goes beyond being a "photogenic" issue.

...None of those things they mentioned are reflected in that picture at all. Well, off to the Chief's Office!

Music: Silence



And we're back!

Here goes, Mr. Wright.


<sup>Sound: Tap 3


Sound: Beepers</sup>



Music: Damon Gant ~ Swimming, Anyone?




If anyone finds us now,

Detective Gumshoe's a goner.
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Music: Silence



Gumshoe you big dork, what are you doing in here?

EEEEEEEEK!
^{Sound: Stab 2}

GAAAAAAAAH!
<sup>Sound: Damage 2


Sound: Thwap</sup>





I didn't even know you could slap a ghost.

AAAAH! Detective Gumshoe!
^{Sound: Whack}

What are you doing sneaking up on us like that!?
<sup>Sound: Damage 2


Sound: Whack</sup>

so I came too.
^{Sound: Realization}

If you're here, then what's the point in giving us your ID card!?
<sup>Sound: Whack


Sound: Select Jingle</sup>

Hahaha destroying his ID seems a little harsh.


^{Sound: Damage 2 + Stab 2}



Music: Damon Gant ~ Swimming, Anyone?

I hardly ever get a chance to come in here,


^{Sound: Whack}

Besides, we're all in this together now.

You really do want to get fired, don't you?


^{Sound: Light Bulb}

(I've got a bad feeling about this...)

Not me, let's snoop around!



First, Gumshoe has some more to say to us.

That desk on the other side of the room... Was that your sister's?



on that day two years ago.

Is anyone using it now?

No sir. This is entirely Chief Gant's office now.



(That's a strange reason to leave it there...)


^{Sound: Realization}

He told us so himself at our New Year's party.



Now I'm trying to imagine how Gant could be even weirder while drunk.

I see.

So ever since Lana left,

no one ever touches that desk?


^{Sound: Light Bulb}

I guess we won't be lifting two-year-old fingerprints here.

(Still, two years have passed since that incident.)

(There can't possibly be any clues remaining.)



Can I ask you something?
^{Sound: Realization}

Sure.



I mean, that's your only reason for coming here, isn't it?

... Why do you ask?



Gumshoe are you suspecting Gant, too?

...

No, there's no way.

Never mind. Don't worry about it.
^{Sound: Realization}

Okay. Now then, let's look around a bit more.
<sup>Sound: Light Bulb


Sound: Whack
Sound: Damage 2</sup>

Huh? What is it?



You don't just let it go at that!

S-sorry. (This guy's starting to get on my nerves.)

You shut your mouth.

Okay, so what's bothering you?

You two don't think...

Music: Silence


^{Sound: Realization}

What!?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

He's right, Mr. Wright! What do we think of him?





(Perhaps it's best I don't divulge my feelings... yet.)
<sup>Sound: Light Bulb


Sound: Realization</sup>

Music: Damon Gant ~ Swimming, Anyone?

Well that was fun. Closest the game has really come to confirming our suspicions so far.



A couple items have different reactions now.

This knife belonged to the murderer, Joe Darke, right?



The broken tip of the knife was found inside the victim's body.

(Ever since that case was solved, this knife's been in Detective Goodman's locker.)





Not only that, but it was wrapped in Lana's scarf.



What's even more mysterious,



Answer me that, pal!



Now I know where I saw that before...


^{Sound: Realization}

"Here"? You mean, in the Chief's office?



I used to stare at it while being forced to listen to that organ.

You would stare at it?



Telepathy would be an interesting explanation for how the jar broke...

Your telepathy...

Hey, there it is!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}





Oh yeah.
^{Sound: Realization}





The only thing left to see is Gumshoe's new generic reaction.

If I'm fired, I won't be able to give you any information!


^{Sound: Whack}

You understand, don't you?

Don't be so negative, Detective!

We do want you to share your information, though.



Argh! Got... to stay... positive!
<sup>Sound: Realization


Sound: Spritz x 3</sup>

With the evidence out of the way, I'm going to move on to the luminol testing next. To my surprise, the suit of armor didn't have any reaction. However we do get something down here...


<sup>Sound: Photo Snap x 3


Sound: Stab</sup>

Is this from that incident?

It must be. When Prosecutor Neil Marshall was murdered.



(So a murder really did take place here.)



Now let's tear this office apart.

The Chief's organ sure is a sight to behold.



(That's on the 2nd floor, and this is the 15th floor of an entirely different building!)



and makes them listen to the organ for hours.


What's so bad about that? Music soothes the soul!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

After that,



(So it's an instrument of punishment... literally.)

But aren't the Chief's ears affected?

...



(That's beside the point...)

That's gotta violate some kind of union rule.



This mark looks like some kind of flower.



"Prosecutor's badge"...?
^{Sound: Realization}

Yeah, like the one hanging from your collar.

What!? They have badges too!?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}



Now that you mention it, it does look all pointy and kind of painful.

But Mr. Edgeworth never wears a badge.

That's because he's a sharp dresser.


^{Sound: Realization}

Well, can't fault that logic.

So sharp dressers don't need to wear badges?
^{Sound: Realization}

I guess everyone just kind of lets it slide.

(I don't see how that's supposed to signify severe punishment...)

Have we seen any prosecutor wearing a badge?



Wow! Look at the size of Chief Gant's desk!

(Speaking of that, when we were here earlier...)





Chief Gant!
<sup>Sound: Light Bulb


Sound: Realization</sup>



I wonder what he was reading?


^{Sound: Realization}

A list of evidence?



Hey, look at the case name!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Music: Silence


^{Sound: Realization}

Hold on, Detective! What did you just say?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

I said,
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

"I wonder what..."

No, about evidence lists. Normally they're twice as long?

Music: Suspense



(A half-sized list of evidence...)





Most lists...

run twice as long.





Other half!? Up until that moment I'd thought it was just another copy of the same shortened list, with some things left out. Gant literally tearing the list in half and only giving one half to Edgeworth seems sloppy.



It would appear so.

Music: Silence


^{Sound: Select Jingle}

Music: Damon Gant ~ Swimming, Anyone?



We can still look at the desk again.

Wow! Look at the size of Chief Gant's desk!

We found this inside the drawer.

A list of evidence from the SL-9 Incident.



(What would this list be doing here...?)

(We'd better look a little more into this list.)
^{Sound: Realization}

Good idea!



Unfortunately the list isn't actually readable.



Flip it over, though...



That looks an awful lot like what Ema saw the night of the incident. Was this the drawing she did? Why would it be on here?

I wonder what this is? (It looks like someone drew some kind of sketch here!)


^{Sound: Light Bulb}

(I can't make it out. I'd better keep quiet about it for now.)

Huh? Oh. No, it's nothing.



(I'd better not forget about this picture!)



The evidence doesn't actually get updated, but finding that picture on the back feels like the first time we've really needed to use this examine-evidence system to figure something out. Let's present this thing to Gumshoe now.

That's what the Chief was reading before, wasn't it?

You know, when we first came in here?

Yeah. It looks like the right side of the form's been torn off.


^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Something else is buggin' me more than that.



(The back...?)
^{Sound: Realization}

A nice hint to look closer at this list. Appreciated since it's been awhile since we've really been able to use that system, and I'm not sure we've ever really needed to use it.



I could've sworn this guy was going to have blood on his knife/short sword. But either the incident didn't really go down that way or Gant swapped it out? Finding the blood pool all the way on the other side of the room kind of makes it less likely that anything happened over here. Maybe it's just meant to be distinctive, to prove that the "team picture" on the other side was really taken in here?

This is the real deal, isn't it? This armor and these weapons?



First the pipe organ, now this armor...

Do you know how many taxpayer dollars must have gone into this room?
^{Sound: Realization}

What? You mean we're paying for this!?
^{Sound: Whack}

Eh, they were probably "donations" from the likes of Redd White, anyway.



Good luck in prison!

(You don't have any taxes to pay.)

Ssh!

Be careful of what you say!



I don't think he'd fit in there.
^{Sound: Realization}

Even if he did, he'd never be able to get back out.
^{Sound: Realization}



I already know the man's stare is terrifying, at least.



You can see pretty far from 15 stories up.





Okay, I love how they don't even let Ema finish that gag here.

Really? Why didn't he?



Oh.

(Stained glass or not, it's a huge window...)



That safe looks entirely too interesting, let's try the rest of the room first.



Here's that picture again...





(The day Joe Darke ran out of the questioning room and tried to kill Ema...)





then went along with Chief Gant to question Darke.

I know! Manfred von Karma killed Neil Marshall, for taking his award!



(Gee, you think?)



This was Lana's desk. It sure is tidy.



There's not even any dust on it! Looks like someone's still keeping it clean.

Does Lana ever come back here?

No.



They were the stuff legends are made of!

(Does he keep it in memory of her, or in memory of the crime...?)

Way to make it creepy, Phoenix.



These shelves are mostly empty.

Lana must have cleaned them out when she transferred over to the Prosecutor's Office.

There's a small picture frame on the left shelf.

Hey!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}



...

...That was weird.



Look at that giant window...



Uh, this is the 15th floor.
^{Sound: Realization}

I know! I was just saying...
^{Sound: Whack}

(Saying what?)



Jumping through a window? Or hurling yourself from a 15-story building?



So long as he doesn't go crashing through that window when he gets fired.

Don't say that!
^{Sound: Whack}



Looks like all that's left is this safe.

This is a safe, isn't it?



Uh, okay. If you say so...



Music: Silence







I don't even need to check our list of numbers to remember this one.

Do you know what it is?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

I have a hunch...


<sup>Sound: Light Bulb




Sound: Photo Snap x 4</sup>



Music: Logic and Trick



There's only one seven-digit number that we know about. Gant isn't really that dumb, is he?



Well. I guess we've confirmed who has that ID number now.


^{Sound: Ching}

Bingo.
^{Sound: Realization}



Music: Silence


^{Sound: Whack}

Whose birthday was that, pal?
^{Sound: Whack}

"7777777." The final ID card number on that record.
^{Sound: Realization}

What?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Music: Suspense

The number of the mysterious "executive officer" who entered the room that day.

You mean,
^{Sound: Whack}



I think you're one "seven" shy this time.

This can only mean one thing: That's Chief Gant's ID number!
^{Sound: Objection}

And he's really bad at password security!


^{Sound: Whack}



We have to examine the open safe now...


^{Sound: Whack
Sound: Damage 2}

Is that why Gant can always loan out $50? I figured it was more the corruption, myself.

Look! It's a... a...
<sup>Sound: Light Bulb


Sound: Realization</sup>

Hmm, now why would he have that here?

(This somehow looks familiar. Where have I seen this before...?)
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

There's something else in here too.


^{Sound: Realization}

Two-for-one!






^{Sound: Whack}

You think the Chief made up the design?
^{Sound: Drama Pound}

Uh... I don't think so.
^{Sound: Realization}

Oh. Well, it was just a thought.


^{Sound: Whack}

Apparently so. It's empty now.

Music: Silence



They look like pieces of evidence.


^{Sound: Realization}

I'm afraid I can't just let you take them.


^{Sound: Whack}

Music: Damon Gant ~ Swimming, Anyone?

(Great. Now I have to prove their "relevancy" to get them.)

(How are these two items related to the SL-9 Incident?)





Ema's last line there is a hint that we need to present something. One of them is easy...



We found a shard that looks a lot like it came from this jar.

Detective Gumshoe. Could you have another look at this jar?



(It's kind of early to be nostalgic.)

Wasn't this jar a piece of evidence from that case?



If only one shard had an evidence tag on it, does that mean the jar was intact after the incident and shattered some time later? Otherwise wouldn't every shard have an evidence tag?

Doesn't this ring any bells? You know, that fragment we just found?


^{Sound: Realization}

Yes, that one... that was in the safe.
^{Sound: Realization}

...

Music: Silence

!
<sup>Sound: Light Bulb


Sound: Whack</sup>



It's just one shard, how bad could it be?

Here, let me see that shard. I'll take a crack at this.


^{Sound: Realization}

Mr. Wright! Here's some glue!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

(If I can piece this together again...)

(it'll prove Chief Gant was knowingly hiding evidence!)

(Here goes...)


Music: Logic and Trick



More of the jar assembly mini-game, but just one piece to wrestle into place.



Interesting mark there. That's not just normal blood spatter.


Music: Silence


^{Sound: Realization}

Chief Gant willingly and knowingly hid a piece of this jar in his safe.
^{Sound: Realization}

!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Music: Suspense

In other words, he concealed a piece of evidence from the SL-9 Incident.

But...


^{Sound: Whack}

What is it?



it's different from the others!
<sup>Sound: Realization






Sound: Wipe</sup>



Okay now what the hell is that?


^{Sound: Light Bulb}

(A reddish line...)

(That's blood!)
^{Sound: Realization}

Well no shit. But how or why did it leave a mark like that?


^{Sound: Stab}

Music: Silence

Why would Chief Gant hide this in his safe?
<sup>Sound: Realization


Sound: Select Jingle</sup>

I'll go more into the jar later, but for now, we have one other thing we found in that safe. So what should we show to Detective Gumshoe for the piece of cloth?