Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Episode 5, Chapter 9
Pazu (lon_lsama@hotmail.com)
Rise from the Ashes
Day 4 - Trial Latter
February 25, 12:06
District Court
Defendant Lobby No. 2
Phoenix: Sorry, Edgeworth.
Phoenix: I didn't mean to get you in
trouble...
Edgeworth: Hmph.
Don't worry about it.
Edgeworth: This is my problem, not yours.
Gumshoe: Hope I'm not interrupting
anything, pals.
Phoenix: ...
Edgeworth: ...
Gumshoe: Oh... Guess I am.
I'll come back later.
Phoenix: Oh, Detective Gumshoe!
What is it?
Gumshoe: You've got a lot of nerve, pal!
Making a detective run
all around while on duty,
Gumshoe: and to top it off you call me
here... I've seen happier
people at funerals!
Phoenix: I take it Lana's having you
run errands again.
Gumshoe: Let me tell you, this is the
last time, pal!
Gumshoe: Here. She asked me to give
this to you if there was a
break in today's trial.
Phoenix: "Evidence Law"?
(Edgeworth was talking about
this just the other day...)
Edgeworth: I'm sure you know the two
rules of evidence law, don't
you Wright?
Edgeworth: Rule 1: no evidence shall be
shown without the approval
of the Police Department!
Ema: I-is that right, Mr. Wright!?
Phoenix: It seems so.
Ema: You could at least study some
evidence law! Really!
Gumshoe: The Chief Prosecutor also
wanted me to give you a
message.
Phoenix: A message?
Gumshoe: She said,
"If you're planning to take
HIM on,
Gumshoe: you're going to need this
book."
Phoenix: ("Him"...)
Phoenix: (I guess I'll need to give
this book a thorough read...)
Securely slipped Evidence Law
into pocket.
[Item Description: Evidence Law]
Type: Other
Received from
Lana Skye
Gumshoe: Doesn't look like that book'll
do you any good now though.
Gumshoe: All that's left now is the
Chief Prosecutor's sentence.
Phoenix: That's where you're wrong,
Detective.
Gumshoe: Huh?
Edgeworth: Haven't you figured it out
yet?
Edgeworth: Why I'm still sitting in that
prosecutor's seat...
Edgeworth: despite all these allegations
being thrown at me?
Gumshoe: Mr. Edgeworth...
Edgeworth: The real trial today...
hasn't begun yet.
Gumshoe: What!? What else is there left
to do?
Gumshoe: Your credibility's been all
but ruined with this forged
evidence you were unaware of,
Gumshoe: Ema Skye found out she
unwittingly caused a man's
death...
Gumshoe: And now you're telling me you
want to do more!?
Gumshoe: You've gotta be kidding me,
pal!
Phoenix: You're missing the point,
Detective.
Phoenix: Lana didn't murder Detective
Goodman.
Gumshoe: ...!
Phoenix: She merely stuck a knife into
his dead body.
Phoenix: That means the real killer...
is still out there.
Gumshoe: What!?
Phoenix: (And we're going to expose
him...)
Phoenix: (No matter what it takes!)
Phoenix: (This case has hurt too many
people. It's time to bring it
to an end!)
February 25, 12:52
District Court
Courtroom No. 9
Judge: The court will now reconvene
for the trial of Ms. Lana
Skye.
Judge: Mr. Edgeworth.
Edgeworth: Yes, Your Honor?
Judge: The inquiry committee is
planning to impose harsh
penalties for your actions.
Edgeworth: Thank you for the news, Your
Honor.
Judge: Yes, well...
*a-hem*
Judge: Normally, this is where the
prosecution calls forth a
witness...
Judge: but, er...
*a-hem* *cough* *cough*
Judge: This isn't easy to say...
Judge: You see, there is some concern
that Mr. Edgeworth may have,
ah...
Edgeworth: Struck a bargain?
Phoenix: ...!
Edgeworth: You think I may have
manipulated the witnesses.
Judge: I didn't say that!
Judge: It's just, you see...
Everyone has been talking,
and...
Edgeworth: ...
Very well, Your Honor.
Edgeworth: I have a solution.
Judge: A solution?
Edgeworth: That being the case,
Edgeworth: the prosecution will allow the
defense to call forth all
further witnesses.
Judge: What!?
But there's never been a
case example...
Edgeworth: Undeniably this is an unusual
arrangement...
Edgeworth: but a very effective one.
Edgeworth: It would prove that I haven't
struck any "deals" with the
witnesses.
Judge: Hmm...
Well, Mr. Wright? What do you
say?
Phoenix: ...
(Unbelievable.)
Phoenix: (Edgeworth has found a way to
continue the trial!)
Phoenix: Very well.
The defense accepts the
prosecution's proposal.
Judge: Then it's settled.
Judge: The, uh... defense... may now
call forth the next witness!
Edgeworth: Mr. Wright.
Phoenix: ...!
Edgeworth: You do realize this is your
last chance?
Edgeworth: If you call the wrong
witness...
Edgeworth: this trial is as good as over.
Phoenix: The defense calls...
Phoenix: (The time's finally come to
bring out the real murderer!)
[E5-09-01]
A>Present incorrect person
B>Present correct person
[E5-09-01-A]
Answer: Present incorrect person
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: It appears I've overestimated
you, Wright.
Phoenix: Huh?
Edgeworth: For a moment, I actually
thought you knew what you
were doing. Hmph!
Judge: Mr. Wright! This court has
long since tired of your
questionable antics!
Phoenix: (I still don't have any
concrete evidence,)
Phoenix: (but judging by the direction
everything seems to be
pointing...)
Phoenix: (There's another person even
more suspicious!)
Phoenix: The defense calls...
Phoenix: (The time's finally come to
bring out the real murderer!)
[Return to E5-09-01]
[E5-09-01-B]
Answer: Present Damon Gant
Phoenix: Damon Gant.
The defense calls Damon
Gant to the stand!
Judge: D-Damon Gant...?
What does he have to do with
anything!?
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: As the defendant's partner two
years ago,
Phoenix: Mr. Gant has first-hand
knowledge of the crime.
Phoenix: I feel we should hear what he
has to say about it.
Judge: Hmm...
Edgeworth: As luck would have it, he
should still be in the
courthouse.
Edgeworth: He would also be the least
likely to have been
manipulated by me in any way.
Edgeworth: Wouldn't you agree, Your
Honor?
Judge: True...
Judge: All right. Bailiff!
Please escort Mr. Gant to the
stand!
Edgeworth: Witness. Please state your
name and occupation.
Gant: What is this, some kind of
practical joke?
Gant: I was just on my way to lunch!
Edgeworth: Your name and occupation, sir.
Gant: Worthy... Are you sure you
want to do this?
Edgeworth: Your name and occupation!
Gant: So...
You want to play hardball, eh?
Judge: P-please, Mr. Gant.
Gant: ...
Fine.
Gant: Mr name is Damon Gant. I'm the
acting Chief of Police.
Phoenix: Now then, Chief Gant. The
court requests to hear your
testimony.
Gant: Oh, Wrighto. What's with the
grim face?
Phoenix: First, let's clear up this
SL-9 Incident.
Gant: Oh, you mean that time when
Lana's sister murdered that
prosecutor?
Gant: Personally, I think it's been
made pretty clear already.
Phoenix: There are still some things
unaccounted for.
Gant: Oh? Like what?
Phoenix: Like the role you played in
all of this.
Gant: ...
Gant: Son...
Either you're very brave...
or very foolish.
Phoenix: ...
Gant: You are aware of course that a
police chief has all kinds of
weapons at his disposal?
Phoenix: "Weapons"...?
Gant: Sure. Take my testimony, for
example.
Gant: I don't have to give it if I
don't want to.
Phoenix: What? Is that true?
Judge: I'm afraid so...
The Chief of Police has the
right to refuse to testify.
Edgeworth: Of course, such an action
carries with it certain
risks...
Gant: ...
Gant: Don't worry.
I'm not here to hinder your
trial.
Gant: Just remember...
Gant: If this turns out to be a big
waste of time, don't say I
didn't warn you.
Judge: Very well. The witness may now
begin his testimony.
Witness Testimony
-- SL-9 Incident --
Gant: As I recall, Neil and I were
questioning him that day.
Gant: To make a long story short,
we slipped up. That power
outage didn't help either.
Gant: When I went to my office, I
found Lana there.
Gant: Apparently she had already...
"arranged" the crime scene.
Gant: As you can see, I had nothing
to do with the "forgery."
Judge: Hmm...
Is that when Darke was
arrested?
Gant: Him? He was lying on the floor
unconscious.
Gant: When Ema sent Neil flying...
it seems Darke bumped his
head.
Judge: I see...
Everything seems pretty
clear-cut.
Phoenix: (If the police chief has the
right to refuse to
testify...)
Phoenix: (Then I'd better hit him hard
and fast!)
Cross Examination
-- SL-9 Incident --
Gant: As I recall, Neil and I were
questioning him that day.
>Press
Phoenix: As I recall... a ceremony was
held at the Police Department
that day...
Gant: Yes, that's right. I guess you
could say I'm a workaholic...
Gant: After winning his award, Neil
was all fired up too.
Gant: That's probably what spooked
Darke, and made him run away
like that.
Edgeworth: Was the defendant, Lana Skye,
also present in the room?
Gant: I don't quite remember...
Gant: At the very least, she wasn't
there when Darke ran for it.
Gant: To make a long story short,
we slipped up. That power
outage didn't help either.
>Press
Phoenix: So the two of you ran
immediately after him, right?
Gant: That's right, but Darke made
it to the elevator first,
Gant: so Neil and I split up.
Gant: He went upstairs and I went
downstairs.
I guess you could say...
Gant: he got "lucky."
Edgeworth: What's this about a power
outage?
Gant: Oh, that.
Gant: The elevator stopped all of
a sudden, and I got the
shock of my life.
Gant: Well...
Gant: Probably not as shocked as
Neil was when that knife
went into his heart, though.
Phoenix: (That's not funny...)
Gant: When I went to my office, I
found Lana there.
>Press
Phoenix: Could you tell us what you
saw?
Gant: It was a shocking sight...
Gant: Neil and that serial killer
were lying in a heap on the
floor, all tangled together.
Phoenix: Darke was also lying collapsed
on the floor?
Gant: Yes, apparently he hit his
head and was knocked out.
Gant: Next to them were those two
poor girls.
Phoenix: (Lana and Ema...)
Gant: Lana was cradling Ema in her
arms.
Gant: Looking back at it now...
Gant: She must have already known
what her sister had done.
Phoenix: ...!
Gant: Apparently she had already...
"arranged" the crime scene.
>Press
Phoenix: How can you know that!?
Gant: Because of the victim's body.
It had already been moved.
Edgeworth: So that means...
Edgeworth: You found the body near Lana's
desk?
Gant: That's right.
Gant: I think you said earlier,
Gant: it was my suit of armor...
that really stabbed the
prosecutor?
Phoenix: Yes...
Edgeworth: ...
Gant: Anyway...
Gant: As you can see, I had nothing
to do with the "forgery."
>Press
Phoenix: So you're saying...
Phoenix: that the forgery had already
taken place by the time you
arrived at your office?
Gant: That's exactly what I'm
saying.
Gant: I can understand how Lana must
have felt,
Gant: but moving a body and hiding
evidence are inexcusable no
matter what the circumstances.
Phoenix: (Is that how it really went
down?)
Edgeworth: Staring at the witness won't
do you any good, Mr. Wright.
Phoenix: !
Edgeworth: If you're going to stare at
anything...
Edgeworth: you'd be better off staring at
the Court Record.
Gant: Worthy, Worthy...
Always the smooth talker.
Phoenix: (But which piece of evidence
ties Gant to the forgery...?)
Phoenix: (Lana did admit to forging
evidence...)
Phoenix: (but that can't be the whole
truth.)
Phoenix: (Somehow I've got to link Gant
to the incident!)
Gant: As you can see, I had nothing
to do with the "forgery."
[E5-09-02]
A>Present: Strip of Cloth
B>Present: Unstable Jar
C>Present: Evidence List
[E5-09-02-A]
>Present: Strip of Cloth
Phoenix: If you really had nothing to
do with the forgery...
Phoenix: then how do you explain this?
Judge: W-what's that!?
And what's that on it... a
handprint?
Phoenix: Chief Gant! Your explanation,
please!
Gant: ...
Gant: I don't know.
You tell me, son.
Phoenix: Huh?
Gant: My dear Wrighto.
Gant: Don't you know the second rule
of evidence law?
Phoenix: (Uh-oh, not this again.
Evidence law...)
Gant: Rule 2: "Unregistered evidence
presented must be relevant to
the case in trial."
Gant: Tell me, how is that rag
relevant to this trial?
Judge: It appears...
the defense was not prepared.
Phoenix: (I guess it's too early to use
this piece of evidence.)
Judge: Please accept my profound
apologies, Chief.
Judge: Would you mind giving the
defense another chance?
Gant: Well, okay. I'll do it just
this once. But only because
you asked, Udgey.
Judge: Thank you. I assure you the
defense is terribly sorry.
Ha ha ha...
Phoenix: (Yeah. Sorry I didn't nail
you...)
[Return to testimony]
[E5-09-02-B]
>Present: Unstable Jar
Phoenix: You claim you had nothing to
do with the forgery...
Phoenix: but I'm afraid that is a claim
you cannot back up.
Gant: Explain yourself.
Phoenix: Several pieces of evidence
were found in your office.
Phoenix: Take this jar, for example.
Judge: That's the Blue Badger you
showed us earlier.
Phoenix: A piece of this jar was
discovered in your safe.