Mimi Miney was a nurse who died in a car accident.
During the channeling ritual to summon her spirit, tragedy struck.
The spirit that possessed Maya's body committed murder.
And now, a truly unprecedented trial begins.
Ace
Attorney
Ace Attorney
Courtroom No. 2
June 21, 10 AM District Court — Courtroom No. 2
Reunion and Turnabout — 2nd Trial
Court is now in session for the trial of Ms. Maya Fey.
Are the prosecution and defense prepared?
What's with this girl?
Mr. Phoenix Wright...
You must be a little shocked because I am a woman, correct?
I am Franziska von Karma, the prodigy.
Prosecutor Prodigy — Franziska von Karma
Right...
Did she really just call herself that?
I gave up a promising career in America
and came to this country for one sole reason.
Revenge.
Revenge? Is this about your father?
Papa?
Er, Prosecutor von Karma...
Using a whip in court is somewhat probl—
No problemo.
That is not an issue.
Am I right?
R-Right, you are!
No problemo!
Oh, please! It's a whip!
Pretty big problemo!
It can't be helped.
After all, they do call the United States "the land of the free."
There's a limit to free—
If you get in my way, my whip will speak for me.
Please speak with your mouth like a normal person.
Make no mistake. I will defeat you.
Prepare to go down, Mr. Phoenix Wright.
She's more confident than her dad, if that's even possible.
Mystic Maya, I will help in any way I can.
Pearls...
Prosecutor von Karma, your opening statement, please.
This murder took place during spirit medium Maya Fey's channeling ritual.
Spirit medium?
Those weirdos who summon spirits?
Wait, does that mean the murderer is a ghost?
Yes, this trial has no precedent.
It's a "spirit trial" that concerns a murder committed by a ghost.
H-However, spirit channeling is hardly the most real—
This happened in reality. Get used to it.
Possessed by a ghost or not,
the fact remains that a spirit medium took a man's life.
And the defendant must pay for her crime!
U-Understood!
Then, I shall call my first witness.
I trust there are no objections, Mr. Phoenix Wright?
Could you please stop calling me by my full name every time?
Witness Testimony
Witness, your name and occupation?
Yes, ma'am!
My name is Dick Gumshoe.
I'm a detective—
Get to the point.
What point? I was answering your quest—
Enough. Explain the details of this murder already.
Y-Yes!
This is absurd.
Channeling Chamber Side Room Meditation Room Winding Way
Then, if everyone would look at this map.
The channeling chamber, where Turner Grey was murdered,
is windowless, and its only door was locked.
At the time of the murder, only the victim and defendant were in the room.
What were they doing in there?
They were channeling a spirit, sir.
Order!
Continue your testimony, witness.
Yes, sir!
A few minutes after they started,
gunshots were heard coming from the room.
A few of the witnesses broke the door down and rushed into the room.
They found the victim already dead.
Gunshots?
Was the victim shot to death?
First, the killer stabbed the victim in the chest.
The wound was severe but not enough to cause instantaneous death.
So the killer used a pistol to finish him off.
And the pistol...
It belonged to the victim.
He'd procured it on the black market for self-defense.
Then it actually was real...
And the murderer snatched the pistol and shot the victim with it?
That's right.
Due to the stab wound, the victim was powerless to resist.
The victim was shot once in the forehead, from point-blank range.
Gunpowder burn was detected on the victim's temple.
Gunpowder burn?
When something is shot with the muzzle placed directly on it,
the heat from the gunpowder explosion leaves a burn around the bullet hole.
And that burn acts as proof of a point-blank shot, yes?
Also, we found the defendant's fingerprints on both murder weapons.
Nick...
This is bad.
I don't see any flaws in the testimony.
Allow me to make a suggestion to the defense.
Plead that it was justifiable self-defense.
How does that sound?
Justifiable self-defense?
Good point.
The victim had a pistol, so if you plead justifiable self-defense,
that would reduce the sentence.
Pleading self-defense is basically confessing to murder.
If we did that, Maya would forever be labeled a murderer.
I can't let that happen!
Thanks for the suggestion, but no thanks!
The defense will accept nothing short of complete acquittal!
Nick!
As of this moment, your fate is sealed.
Detective!
M-Ma'am!
Present the final part of your testimony, the final strike.
The other piece of evidence that fully incriminates Maya Fey.
What?
The other piece of evidence?
Take a look at the costume the defendant was wearing during the ritual.
That's Maya's robe.
As you see, it's covered in blood that was splattered at the time of the murder.
In other words, the defendant,
who was wearing this, likely carried out an act of one-sided assault.
What do you say, defense?
Fingerprints on both murder weapons, and blood splatters on her clothes...
Could this situation get any worse?
There must be some clue that lets me turn this desperate situation about!
Staring a hole through the evidence will not help you, Mr. Phoenix Wright.
What is this?
Please take a look at the costume's sleeve.
The sleeve?
There is a tiny hole here.
T-True.
This is a bullet hole, caused by a gunshot.
Wh-What?
This certainly is a bullet hole.
This means the defendant was shot at during the murder.
Yes, I found it!
A literal hole that the prosecution overlooked in its case!
Why are you smiling, Mr. Phoenix Wright?
Surely you cannot have thought I would overlook such a big hole?
Wh-What?
I certainly did.
The only thing that bullet hole proves
is that the victim shot at the defendant during the murder.
That's right.
That means the testimony about the act being one-sided is mistaken!
You are the one who's mistaken.
Whether it was a one-sided act of murder
only matters with a plea of justifiable self-defense.
But earlier, you turned that down to seek a complete acquittal.
You made the wrong choice, Mr. Phoenix Wright.
The moment you pled not guilty, this bullet hole lost all evidentiary relevance!
Nick!
Are you okay?
It was a trap?
Those of von Karma blood have but one fate. That is perfection.
And that is how I prosecute, Mr. Phoenix Wright.
Now, Scruffy!
Tell the court what transpired that day,
adding the newly acquired information.
I'll give it a shot, ma'am!
Testimony
During the channeling, the defendant stabbed the victim in the chest.
Of course, the victim used the last of his strength to fight back.
While the two were fighting, the victim took out his gun.
He then shot from close range, but he missed.
The defendant took that chance to grab the pistol and end it.
That scenario does make sense.
But of course.
That can't be true. They're just saying whatever they want.
Yeah.
There must be something... Something!
It seems the defendant's role in the murder has been proven without doubt.
Then—
Hold it!
Take another look at this bullet hole.
The two were fighting, and the victim fired from close range.
Is that correct?
That would be the natural assumption.
But in that case, we're missing something.
Missing something?
Gunpowder burn.
While testifying about the victim's forehead wound earlier,
you said this.
That a shot fired from point-blank range leaves a burn.
So why isn't there a trace of any burn on this costume?
Your testimony is contradictory!
Order! Order!
Hooray!
Ah, this must be a miracle of love.
You are a smart man, Mr. Phoenix Wright.
Now I know why Papa had a tough time.
You amuse me.
Very well.
I shall call my next witness.
Next witness?
June 21, 11:43 AM Kurain Village — Fey Manor
Is this really, like, the time to be chilling?
Everything is proceeding smoothly.
Your concern is unnecessary.
Well, excuse me!
Pearl...
Witness, your name and occupation, if you please.
Hey, Wright!
Long time no see!
Lotta? Why are you here?
Sorry, fella.
With such a big scoop in front of me, I just couldn't control myself.
Yeowza!
Name and occupation.
Wh-What in tarnation?
Hey, judge! This here is violence against my fair self!
That's fine.
That ain't fine!
That's a whip! And she's whoopin' me with it!
Just hurry up and testify about the murder.
I haven't even gotten to say my name and job yet...
I'm Lotta Hart, a photographer,
Witness Photographer Lotta Hart
and I'm here to testify.
These two are a dangerous combination.
At the start of the ritual,
Testimony
only the doc and Maya went into the channelin' chamber.
We were waitin' in the main hall and then...
Bang!
We hear this gunshot.
Wright and I broke the door down and entered the room.
Testimony
Inside was the dead doc. And Maya, waving a pistol around.
And the next moment, I instinctively took a photo!
I'm a professional scoop photographer, after all.
Allow me to present that photo to the court.
The moment of truth... What will that photo show?
This isn't the defendant! It's a completely different person!
Of course.
In the Kurain School of Channeling,
a spirit medium changes her appearance into the one she summons.
Th-That's ridiculous!
Isn't that right, defense?
Y-Yes, that's right.
I know how Maya's spirit channeling works.
I can't lie about it!
I find it hard to believe.
But as long as the defense accepts it, we must consider it fact.
Exactly.
Prosecutor von Karma... She even looked into this?
I told you. I am perfection.
I'm not sure about the face,
but this costume is clearly the one the defendant was wearing.
During the ritual,
the victim and defendant alone entered the crime scene, the channeling chamber.
Thus, the woman pictured is the defendant in the midst of a spirit channeling.
In other words, this proves the defendant committed the murder!
Very well.
Then, your cross-examination, defense.
Yes, Your Honor!
Cross-Examination
Fool.
Lotta...
Are you absolutely certain only two people were in the room?
Huh?
Maybe someone was hiding in there?
Don't look down on a journalist.
There wasn't anyone behind the door or the foldin' screen!
D-Did you check under the flooring?
Defense, it seems you were there all along.
Then, answer this!
Were there really only two people inside?
Yes.
I only saw two.
H-Hey, now...
Why are you testifying against the defendant?
Go spend the rest of your life under the flooring,
Mr. Phoenix Wright!
Nick!
Even I think that was a bad idea.
Same. That was clearly an awful idea.
So, what do you say, defense?
Is there anything else?
You admit it, then?
That this woman is the murderer
and none other than the defendant, Maya Fey?
Yes,
I know very well that Maya's appearance changes during channeling.
But I get the feeling I'm overlooking something.
Something very important!
Dig through your memories once more!
Yeah, that's it!
That's enough!
Looks like a complete acquittal was out of the question, Mr. Phoenix Wright.
Objection!
Prosecutor von Karma,
it looks like your case wasn't so perfect, either!
What?
This photograph contains a fatal contradiction.
Contradiction?
What are you saying?
Take a good look at this woman.
It's really strange.
Something that should be there is nowhere in sight!
That should be there?
This ornament was used in the ritual that day.
R-Right...
A "medium headdress," a sacred ornament that's always used in channelin' rituals.
When she entered the channeling chamber,
the defendant was, without doubt, wearing this.
Yeah, yeah! I saw her wearing it, too!
But in this picture, it's missing.
This contradiction points to only one conclusion.
The defendant is not the woman in this picture!
Wait a second.
I-It could have easily fallen off while the defendant and victim fought.
That's impossible.
Pearl?
The medium headdress fits tightly in your hair.
It would never fall off that easily!
Pearls...
And if this isn't the defendant, that means the real murderer is someone else!
Order! Order! Order!
Objection!
The defense's argument is a complete mess.
What part of it?
All of it.
Listen... The door to the crime scene was locked.
It was a closed room.
Am I right?
R-Right.
Then how did your "real murderer" get in?
One more thing.
The witness has said that the victim and murderer were alone at the crime scene.
Correct?
C-Correct...
If this isn't the defendant,
then where did she vanish to?
Don't ask me!
As you can see, the defense's argument is full of holes!
From the start of the ritual to the moment of the murder,
no one entered or left the crime scene.
As long as that fact doesn't change,
the defense's argument holds no water!
That's enough of your futile resistance.
This trial is over.
If the defense has no objection,
it seems we have reached our conclusion.
That's it. That's exactly the look I wanted to see,
Mr. Phoenix Wright.
Nick...
Damn it.
And here I thought I finally had a lead to turn things about!
Wright,
an attorney can't make that kind of face.
Th-This voice...
Mia!
An attorney ought to smile in desperate situations!
S-Sis!
Looks like Pearl summoned me, but her clothes are too small in the chest.
D-Defense!
Who is that woman?
She was a little girl until just now—
Your Honor.
Y-Yes?
It's just your imagination.
Is that so—
Ow!
Your cheap tricks will not work!
The defense is cornered, and that hasn't changed one bit!
Okay, let's do this.
B-But how?
Turn your thinking about.
Turn it about?
Instead of thinking about how someone entered or left that closed room,
look for proof that someone did enter or leave.
Proof that someone did enter or leave...
That's right. You already hold the key to unlocking this mystery.
Lotta, do you recognize this key?
That's the key to the channelin' chamber, right?
Maya had it in her sleeve at the ritual's start.
A key in the sleeve of the costume?
Yeah, that's why we had to break down the door.
That key's one of a kind, after all.
One of a kind, you say?
Wait, Mr. Phoenix Wright.
Then why is that key currently in your possession?
G-Good question.
After the murder, this key was found in the courtyard incinerator.
Incinerator? Why was it there?
I don't know.
But—
Yeah, that's hella weird!
When we barged into the scene, that granny caught Maya immediately!
Oh, a granny did?
In other words, after the murder,
the defendant couldn't have dumped the key in the incinerator.
S-Say what?
That leaves us with but one conclusion.
There's a chance the defendant left the channeling chamber before the murder.
If not, I wouldn't be holding this key right now!
No!
Order! Order!
It seems we have come to an impasse.
This picture has clearly captured the face of the murderer.
However, is this person the defendant or not?
So long as that doubt persists,
I cannot declare a verdict.
Don't think you've won yet, Mr. Phoenix Wright.
I will get my guilty verdict in the next session.
That ends today's trial.
Court will reconvene tomorrow at 10 AM. Are we clear?
Yes, Your Honor!
That is all! Court is adjourned!
Lobby No. 2
That's Nick for you!
The moment I thought I was done for, you were staging a turnabout!
Yeah.
Thanks, Maya.
You know, I've secretly felt all along
that you're the best attorney in the world at breaking into a cold sweat!
Yeah, I know.
Mystic Maya, I'm glad you're all right.
Thanks, Pearls!
I can't believe you channeled my sister!
That's about all I can do.
That's amazing!
Hey, Nick, did you know?
Who else could've done it?
Say, Maya...
Do you really not remember what happened during the channeling?
No, I don't. Sorry.
Oh, but I think I had a dream.
A dream?
After the ritual started?
Yeah. I don't remember it very clearly, but it was a dream about my sister.
I felt warm, and I was enveloped in a very nostalgic scent.
A dream?
This incident might have been planned all along.
Both Dr. Grey's death and your getting framed for it.
Wh-What do you mean, Nick?
At long last, I get my chance.
How long have I waited for this day?
I hope you're ready, Misty.
Ace Attorney
Objection!
Could Pearl hold the key to the whole case?
Meanwhile, her mother, Morgan, emits a suspicious aura.
What's more, Ini Miney continues to act in a puzzling manner.
Amidst the complicated web of their schemes,
who will testify, and how, during the trial's second day?
Just when the gavel comes crashing down,
Mia descends upon us!
Find the contradictions!
Reach out to the truth!
Next time: Reunion and Turnabout — 3rd Trial!
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