An unprecedented murder occurred during a channeling ritual.
And the trial, with Maya as the accused, continued to a second day.
Morgan Fey, who appeared as a prosecution witness,
revealed something I didn't know.
Mystic Maya suddenly thrust me away and escaped the room.
And now, Franziska von Karma's final witness takes the stand.
Ace
Attorney
Ace Attorney
Witness — Ini Miney
Witness, name and occupation.
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Um...
Okay, so my name is Ini Miney!
I'm, like, a college student, researching parapsychology.
Parapsychology?
It refers to, like, what most people call the "occult."
Occult?
Look it up when you get home.
Okay, Judge?
Okay.
Okay?
Now, witness, after the murder occurred,
you spoke with the defendant, Maya Fey, who had fled the scene.
Is this correct?
Sure is!
I was, like, sleeping in the Side Room.
And my sister totally showed up!
S-Sister?
The spirit Maya Fey summoned,
Grey Hospital Nurse Mimi Miney, was her sister.
Yeah, she died after Dr. Grey framed her for medical negligence.
How sad...
She told me, like, something totally terrible.
Terrible?
"I didn't die in an accident.
I was killed by Dr. Grey.
That's why I took my revenge."
My poor sis!
I still can't believe it.
But there seems to be no doubt
that this was revenge, carried out by a spirit possessing a medium.
Thank you for your understanding.
Will the defense cross-examine the witness?
It's true. Kurain Channeling transforms a person's appearance and voice.
Like this.
That was a well-constructed fabrication.
But that's all it was.
Let's unravel this tapestry of lies!
We can, can't we?
Yes!
Of course, we will cross-examine the witness!
Very well.
Cross-Examination
What did you do when you heard what your sister said?
I tried to convince her that revenge was, like, wrong.
And she totally got it.
I suggested we, like, go apologize to Ms. Morgan.
After that, I took her to the Channeling Chamber via the Winding Way.
Such beautiful sibling love...
I don't know why,
but something seems off.
The Winding Way?
So, what do you say, Mr. Phoenix Wright?
That was a well-constructed fabrication.
But that's all it was!
Stealing my lines, are we?
Ini...
While taking your sister to the Channeling Chamber,
did you find anything unusual?
Well... I didn't, like, notice anything.
Sorry to break it to you, but that can't be true!
Like, what do you mean?
I'd like to show you someone.
This is Pearl, Morgan Fey's daughter.
She certainly looks smarter than you. But how is this child relevant?
At the time of the murder, she was in the Winding Way.
The very Winding Way you said you passed through, Ini!
What?
Please look at this.
Channeling Chamber Side Room
Meditation Room Winding Way
If you passed through here at that time, you should've run into her!
O-Oh, but I was focused on my sister.
Y-Yes, anyone would miss a tiny, plain girl like that.
Objection!
Except you couldn't have missed her.
Also, Pearl is neither tiny nor plain—
Proof! Show me proof.
The proof is this, right here.
Mystic Ami's urn!
IAM
"I am"?
This is the Kurain Village's sacred urn,
AMI
a treasure that's been passed down for years.
And Pearl broke this urn before the channeling ritual began.
Thankfully, the broken pieces were large,
so she decided to reassemble them in the Winding Way.
The Winding Way?
Don't tell me...
From the time of the murder until the police inspection's end,
she was sitting in the passageway, working hard to fix the urn.
If you missed that, I'd have to declare you legally blind!
Now, Ini...
Tell us the truth!
A-About what—
About where you really were at the time of the murder!
The witness has already testified to that!
Th-That's right.
I was, like, sleeping in the Side Room...
And I've already proved you're a master liar!
We cannot trust your word alone!
Since you have laid it on the table, Mr. Phoenix Wright,
you answer the question!
Where was the witness at the time of the murder?
She was here, of course!
Channeling Chamber Side Room
Meditation Room Winding Way
Why, that's the Channeling Chamber.
Isn't that the crime scene?
Indeed.
At the time of the murder, Ini was at the crime scene.
Objection!
Listen to yourself!
The victim and accused were alone in there when the ritual started!
Ini had been hiding in the room since before the ritual started!
Don't be ridiculous!
Where exactly could I hide myself in that room, you stupid jerk?!
Stupid jerk?
We're starting to see her true colors.
Does the defense have an answer?
I'm finally starting to see the whole picture.
All of the pieces are falling into place!
Ini was hiding
in here!
What are you saying?
That clothing box was in the storeroom.
It has nothing to do with the murder!
True, I saw it in the storeroom, too.
But at the time of the murder,
it was behind the folding screen at the crime scene.
Foolish fool... What gives you that idea?
Look at this.
Those are...
Bullet holes?
There was another, on the Channeling Chamber's folding screen.
The height matches perfectly.
At the time of the shooting,
the clothing box was sitting behind the folding screen.
And it was pierced by the bullet!
Ini!
You were hiding in the clothing box,
waiting for the ritual to start.
You were wearing a medium costume, waiting for a chance to switch!
Th-Then, Mr. Phoenix Wright,
what about yesterday's photo?
Are you saying Ini Miney is the woman in it?
Precisely.
Ini Miney,
you planned and carried out this murder.
You are the true culprit!
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Once the channeling ritual began,
Ini emerged from the box,
drugging my client first.
Then she stabbed the victim,
and put the defendant's sleeping body in the clothing box.
She probably planned to leave the room then,
to make those outside believe the murder happened during the channeling.
But that's when an unexpected thing happened.
The victim wasn't actually dead.
With the last of his strength, he fired at her!
But the shot missed her,
and hit the folding screen, the costume's sleeve, and the clothing box instead.
In a panic, Ini grabbed the pistol and finished him off.
At that moment, she overlooked something important.
As a result, she wasn't wearing the medium headdress...
when we saw her.
I cannot stand to listen to any more of this foolishness.
But it does make sense.
Ridiculous!
To begin with, one person could not do all that alone!
That's right!
Ini had an accomplice.
An accomplice?
Only someone from Kurain Village could have procured the costume.
And only one from the Fey family could have obtained that box.
The accomplice to this crime was you,
Morgan Fey!
When we heard the shots and barged into the channeling chamber,
Ms. Morgan chased us out, ordering us to call the police,
and stayed behind at the scene alone with Ini.
The two then changed Maya into the bloodstained costume,
putting her fingerprints on the weapon.
Storeroom Mediation Room Winding Way Fey Manor Map (Partial)
Channeling Chamber Side Room
Incinerator
Afterward, Ini must have carried the box to the storeroom.
Simultaneously, Morgan
burned the costume Maya was wearing in the incinerator.
That must have been how the Channeling Chamber key got there.
Storeroom Mediation Room Winding Way Fey Manor Map (Partial)
Channeling Chamber Side Room
Incinerator
Meanwhile, Ini returned to the Side Room via the courtyard.
That's why she didn't notice Pearl in the passageway.
The defense presents the burned cloth found in the incinerator as evidence!
It's part of a costume that's used during Kurain Channeling rituals.
Now, Ini, what do you have to say?
You murdered the victim, Dr. Grey, didn't you?!
You truly are a simpleminded fool, Mr. Phoenix Wright.
What?
Did you really think a von Karma would accept defeat so easily?
Your argument lacks one crucial thing.
What?
A reason for this specific MO.
If this witness is the real murderer,
why would she go to all this trouble?
Working with a medium, disguising herself,
hiding in the chamber to swap places with the defendant.
What reason would she have to do such foolish things?
Th-That's right! That's just what I was gonna say!
Also,
why would she kill the victim?
Where is her motive?
Yeah, why would I murder that quack surgeon?!
Th-There is one plausible motive.
You lost your sister because of Dr. Grey—
Revenge? Are you serious?
There's no proof that he set up that accident. It's just a rumor.
W-Well, yeah...
That was a well-constructed fabrication.
But it appears that is all it was.
As Prosecutor von Karma says,
this witness had no reason to carry out such a complicated crime,
nor does she seem to have a motive for murdering the victim.
Also, Morgan Fey, an accomplice?
What reason could she have to help to murder a man?
Oh, my...
It's all, like, crashing down. Isn't it, Mr. Smith?
How did this happen?
I thought I had her for sure!
Believe in yourself, Wright.
Mia?
Yes, it does sound like a ridiculous plan for murder.
However, Ini Miney still carried it out.
Everything happens for a reason.
There must be one for why she needed to kill Dr. Grey.
And that is also the reason she had no choice but to do it this way.
How about it, defense?
Can you prove this witness had a motive?
Can I prove it?
At this point, it doesn't matter whether you can or not.
Because you have no choice.
Your Honor!
Please let me cross-examine Ini one last time!
Wh-What the heck?
It's too late—
Interesting!
Let us see you try, Mr. Phoenix Wright.
As long as you have the will to fight, I shall knock you down!
Cross-Examination
The Nightmarish Highway
When thinking about the witness's motive, we must consider
the car accident from a year ago.
What state was your sister, Mimi, in at the time?
Do you even have to ask?
She was worn out.
She'd been blamed for medical negligence
and had to deal with police investigations, media reports, and rumors.
I think she was at her limit.
In that case,
why didn't you drive?
You had a driver's license, too.
You could drive, right?
A-Ah, l-like...
What is your answer?
Oh, right! Sis wouldn't, like, let me!
She wouldn't let you?
That's right.
She'd finally gotten her hands on a shiny, bright American luxury car.
My sis was a car nut, so she loved it with all her heart.
Oh, an imported luxury car?
Why, yes, one would treasure it!
Ini, tell me again what happened at the time of the accident!
You were asleep in the passenger seat.
And then, like, it went boom!
Totally... Boom!
When I came to, the car was a sea of flames.
So I, like, opened the passenger door and escaped—
Stay right there!
She opened the passenger door on the left side and got out.
There doesn't seem to be a problem, does there?
No, but that's only
if the car were right-hand drive!
Earlier, the witness clearly testified...
A shiny, bright American luxury car.
American cars are left-hand drive.
The driver and passenger sides are switched!
Which means, at the time of the accident,
you were in the driver's seat!
What is all this about?
What are you even saying?
The older sister, Mimi Miney, was the one in the driver's seat!
Objection!
Which of the two survived the accident?
And who is the person currently on the witness stand?!
We've had it the wrong way around!
This witness's real name isn't "Ini Miney."
She is Mimi Miney, who was thought to have died last year!
Objection!
O-Of all the foolish dribble.
Look at this!
The one standing here is clearly Ini Miney!
Apparently, the person rescued from the crash was badly burned
and had lost all of her facial features.
So they used a picture for the facial reconstruction.
This picture!
What?
Mimi Miney died.
That's what everyone thought.
However, that wasn't true.
Then, the body found at the crash site...
That was the real Ini Miney's body!
What do you say to this,
Mimi Miney?
N-No!
What is the meaning of this, Mr. Phoenix Wright?!
Dr. Grey wanted to summon a dead person's spirit.
The spirit of his nurse that died in the crash, Mimi Miney.
However, that wouldn't have been possible.
Because Mimi Miney is, in fact, still alive.
And the channeling would've exposed that.
This witness had to stop that from happening
at any cost!
A-Are you saying that is why she killed Turner Grey?
In a cruel twist of fate,
Dr. Grey consulted this witness about channeling the dead.
And in that moment, his fate was sealed.
Seems I've been found out.
W-Witness?
Yes, my real name is
Mimi Miney.
I was so close to finally ditching that name.
So, so close.
But why?
Why go so far to throw away your identity?
The medical negligence, right?
The tragedy at Grey Hospital,
in which fourteen people died,
Director Grey
Fourteen Dead at Grey Hospital!!
was actually caused by you, yes?
Soon after, you killed your little sister in a car accident.
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Did the nurse make a mistake?
It was too great a burden to bear.
That accident burned everything.
My sister's corpse, my face...
I thought it was my last chance.
It was all his fault!
If only he hadn't thought of that channeling mumbo-jumbo!
When I heard what Grey was planning, I visited Kurain Village.
And I made a plea to a certain person,
asking her to fool him without summoning a spirit.
But then, she said...
I have a better idea.
I had to carry out her plan,
or she'd make everything I'd told her public.
Then, the one who planned this murder was Morgan?
A-Aunt?
Why, Aunt?
Aunt!
Maya...
Mimi Miney and Morgan Fey will be tried at a later date.
Regardless, I believe one thing has been made clear to this court.
Defendant, step forward.
Yes, Your Honor.
I shall hereby hand down the verdict for Ms. Maya Fey.
Not Guilty
Not guilty!
Th-This...
This is preposterous!
I, Franziska von Karma, have lost?
I was one step away.
The one fit to be Kurain head is my daughter, Pearl.
That was your real objective, wasn't it?
I am not about to concede.
June 23, 10:16 AM Kurain Village — Fey Manor
We can't do any channeling for a while.
June 23, 1:35 PM Spirit Mountain Railroad — Kurain Station
Later.
Bye.
Are you really sure about this, Mystic Maya?
Yeah, I can't go with him.
But...
Pearls?
I really think you should stay by Nick's side!
Maya, you're gonna kill me...
Take care, you two!
You, too, Pearls!
Jeez, you're such drama queens!
I can't even sleep.
Lotta?
We forgot all about her.
Jeez, I thought Kurain Village would be in the middle of nowhere,
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but it's actually pretty close.
You can visit her anytime ya want!
You're right!
That dream Maya had then...
A dream?
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.
Pearl told me on the sly
that inside that clothing box
was Mia's costume from when she lived in the village.
It must have been an irreplaceable scent of home.
Ace Attorney
Objection!
On a snowy night, a circus leader is murdered.
The one arrested is the popular, gorgeous Max Galactica.
Unbelievably, they say the murderer must have flown to do it.
But Max maintains his innocence.
Wild-animal training, ventriloquism, clowns, ball riders, et cetera.
See the truth hidden within the garish circus.
Find the contradictions!
Reach out to the truth!
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