Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Part #162 - Episode 5, Final Day, Trial Latter 2: Perfect Timing

Part 162: Episode 5, Final Day, Trial Latter 2: Perfect Timing

Part 162: Episode 5, Final Day, Trial Latter 2: Perfect Timing

So the Nay's have it. But why?

Well, let's hold back on this one.

Your Honor,

Music: Silence

I don't have any evidence I can present at this point in time.
^{Sound: Realization}

What!? You lie!
^{Sound: Damage 2}
^{Sound: Whack}

Chief Gant?

The conclusive evidence!
^{Sound: Objection}

^{Sound: Realization}

Music: Investigation - Core

Mr. Wright! Why don't you show them?

We found it together!

Oh, I see. It's because you know the truth, don't you?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

What are you talking about,

Chief Gant!?
^{Sound: Whack}

^{Sound: Wipe}

It looks like part of it's been cut out for some reason.
^{Sound: Realization}

You mean, you had this...?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

In your safe?

^{Sound: Stab}

have been concealing evidence!

^{Sound: Drama Pound}

^{Sound: Gallery}

...

Music: Silence

Impressive...

^{Sound: Realization}

...!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Well,

I can't just let you pin me up as the murderer.

^{Sound: Whack}
^{Sound: Clapping}

Music: Damon Gant ~ Swimming, Anyone?

What!? You mean

you admit to it!?

It then occurred to me that

I could use the situation to control Lana.

I knew Lana.

If I made it look like the blame lay with her sister...

^{Sound: Realization}

So you "assisted" Ms. Skye!

I told her to arrange all the evidence.

^{Sound: Drama Pound}

When I tampered with the crime scene,

I hid two pieces of evidence.
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

This was before Lana arrived at the scene, mind you.

^{Sound: Objection}

But... why?
^{Sound: Whack}

For insurance,

of course.
^{Sound: Realization}

"Insurance"...?

You mean you were calculating that far ahead

while forging the evidence!?
^{Sound: Whack}

See this jar fragment?

^{Sound: Realization}

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

But if you fabricated all the evidence...
^{Sound: Whack}

Music: Silence

^{Sound: Objection}
^{Sound: Drama Pound + Objection}

Ho ho ho...

That's why I kept one more item for "insurance."

^{Sound: Realization}

^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Music: Suspense

...

What are you waiting for, Mr. Wright?

So you admit to it then, Chief Gant?

but it's a lot better than

being portrayed as a murderer!
^{Sound: Realization}

Got you. Everyone catch what happened there?

^{Sound: Gavel}

Well, Mr. Wright?

What do you have to say for yourself?

^{Sound: Light Bulb}

(It's been a long battle...)

^{Sound: Wipe}

Penalty here, and I animated it so you could see what it looks like more clearly. Anyway, now is the right time to show the strip of cloth. Gant has admitted to being the one to cut it away from Neil Marshall and hide it in his safe. We're going to look bad at first, but Gant won't be able to escape what's coming.

quote:

If we instead decline to show our evidence a second time...

(No! It's too late to show the evidence now!)
^{Sound: Stab}

(Besides, even if I did...)

(it'd just expose that poor girl's fingerprints!)

Wright. Think hard over the circumstances.

The circumstances...?

I'm talking about "then" and "now."

There's one major difference between the two.

Weren't you waiting for that difference?
^{Sound: Realization}

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

(Edgeworth figured out my plan!)
^{Sound: Damage 2}

Weird penalty timing on that one.

Mr. Wright! This is your only chance!

Your Honor,

I do have evidence to present now.

We actually continue from here just as if we'd agreed to show our evidence on that second prompt.

^{Sound: Gavel}

All right then, let's see this "conclusive" evidence!

Hang on everyone, it's going to be okay.

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

Music: Silence

Let me verify this once more.

On the day of the crime,

Oh, yes!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}
^{Sound: Clapping}

At least you've finally brought it out into the open.

There's a handprint on this piece of cloth!
^{Sound: Realization}

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

This handprint on the leather...

^{Sound: Objection}

!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

You mean...

^{Sound: Objection}

quote:

Getting the evidence wrong here...

...

Mr. Edgeworth? Your opinion, please?

Music: Silence

I think Mr. Wright's humor has improved... at the expense of his defense.
^{Sound: Realization}

Better polish up your defense, Mr. Wright!
^{Sound: Damage 2}

A more traditional penalty there.

Come on, Mr. Wright!

You remember that thing with the murderer's handprint on it, don't you?

^{Sound: Gavel}

Music: Suspense

There's no way around it, Mr. Wright. Now, let's try this one more time.

...

Your Honor,

I do have evidence to present now.

We go back to the judge asking for our "conclusive" evidence from there, with another chance to get it right.

Music: Telling the Truth

^{Sound: Gallery}

Ho ho ho...

You're as slow on the uptake as ever, Worthy!

What?

^{Sound: Realization}

...! You mean you already know?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

M-Mr. Wright... Do you really know?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

^{Sound: Gavel}

Whose fingerprints are they!?

Very well. I'll tell you.

^{Sound: Wipe}

Penalty on this choice, but you haven't really forgotten, have you?

This whole setup stinks, but we have to bait Gant even further here.

Ema?

Ema Skye!?
^{Sound: Objection}

quote:

I tried claiming the prints belonged to Gant, but no luck...

(No, it's no use lying here.)
^{Sound: Stab}

(They'll discover the truth the second they analyze this.)
^{Sound: Damage 2}

Phoenix gave himself the penalty there.

What's the matter, Wrighto?
^{Sound: Realization}

Hurry up and tell us!

^{Sound: Gavel}

You do know,

don't you, Mr. Wright?

Whoever the fingerprints belong to must be the real murderer!

And we get the same lead-in to picking out the owner of the fingerprints from there.

Music: Silence

^{Sound: Stab 2}

I'm sorry, Ema...

But why...

^{Sound: Drama Pound}

Because it's more dramatic this way!

^{Sound: Gallery}

^{Sound: Gavel x 3}

Oh ho ho ho!
^{Sound: Damage 2 + Clapping}
^{Sound: Whack + Desk Slam}

Music: Damon Gant ~ Swimming, Anyone?

You're really something, Wrighto!

^{Sound: Whack}

and you still tried to pin the murder on me!
^{Sound: Realization}

So it's true. Tragic, but true.

^{Sound: Objection}

^{Sound: Drama Pound}

Ms. Skye...

you acted like she really didn't...

Ms. Skye.

It's not over yet...

What!?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

I said this trial isn't over yet.

^{Sound: Whack}

but your career too!

...

That, my friend,

is a serious offense.

...

I'll have your badge, boy!
^{Sound: Whack + Clapping}

...

^{Sound: Realization}

Aren't you going to tell us how it feels?

...

Music: Silence

Before I do that...

there's just one little thing I have to clear up.

Oh? And what's that?

^{Sound: Realization}

What!?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Chief Gant, you are absolutely right.

It was Ema Skye, wasn't it?
^{Sound: Whack}

I'm afraid that's not possible.

^{Sound: Realization}

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Before we spring our trap on Gant, let's go all the way back to the start of this update. What if we'd just shown our evidence from the very beginning? At first, I thought it'd just shortcut and skip ahead to the same place, but... well, you'll see.

Yes, Your Honor. I do have further evidence.

All right! The time's finally come to show it to them!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Those prints have got to be

the Chief's!

Yeah, that's what I thought when we first found it, too...

^{Sound: Gavel}

Now then, let's see this "conclusive" evidence!

The evidence that shows who actually murdered Prosecutor Marshall!

We get another evidence prompt here, and present the strip of cloth...

It's...

a piece of leather cloth?

Yes. It most likely was cut from the victim's vest, near his chest.

We see Lana's picture here, showing the crime scene and the hacked-up vest.

What's this!?
^{Sound: Whack}

^{Sound: Wipe}

Music: Silence

There's a big handprint on it!
^{Sound: Drama Pound}

Here we see a close-up of the cloth with the handprint...

Surely it must have been left on the cloth by

whoever shoved the victim into the sword.
^{Sound: Realization}

What? Whose fingerprints are on this!?
^{Sound: Whack}

I'm sure Wrighto has checked,

haven't you?

...!

Well? Whose are they!?
^{Sound: Whack}

...

...

...They're Ms. Skye's. Ms. Ema Skye's.
^{Sound: Realization}

What!?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

They're mine...?

So I really did do it...

See? I told you it was

conclusive.
^{Sound: Realization}

Music: Damon Gant ~ Swimming, Anyone?

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

But this was found in your safe!

That means it's possible you forged it!

I don't know what you're talking about.
^{Sound: Realization}

!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

I don't remember any cloth in my safe.

Do you really expect me

to believe that?
^{Sound: Realization}

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

But...!

^{Sound: Desk Slam}

Music: Silence

Give it up, Mr. Wright. It's over.

!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

You shouldn't have presented that...

By presenting that evidence,

you tied Ema Skye to Neil Marshall's death.
^{Sound: Realization}

No...

It appears we have our killer.

NNNO...

NOOOOOO!!!
^{Sound: Drama Pound}

The last line is shown in front of a silent gallery...

^{Sound: Guilty x 6}

^{Sound: Guilty}

Guilt trap! Presenting the cloth too early = instant game over! Now, compare that with how presenting the cloth goes with Gant having admitted to cutting it off and hiding it in his safe...

quote:
Presenting something other than the strip of cloth here is actually a way to change our mind...

Music: Silence

(No... I can't! I can't show them that yet!)
^{Sound: Stab}

Why not? You know which item to show!
^{Sound: Whack}

Mr. Wright.

If you're not sure,

then think it through again...

How can you use that evidence

to your advantage?
^{Sound: Realization}

Music: Suspense

(What do I do now!?)

From there we repeat Phoenix's self-debate leading back into the first decision on whether or not to show the evidence, and we're back at the start of the update. No penalty for getting cold feet here...