Gyakuten Kenji 2/Episode 1: Turnabout Target/End

"Thanks" to Shelly de Killer taking Knightley hostage, you are now allowed to continue your investigation, inside the president's plane. Rooke's body is lying on the floor in a pool of blood, and the president himself is nowhere to be seen. For now, you have no choice but to press ahead with the investigation. For this chapter, and for most of the rest of the game, Kay will work with you as your partner. Like with Gumshoe, you can ask her if she has noticed anything unusual, and present evidence to her to hear her thoughts on it.

Investigation: President's Plane - Office / 捜査　～西鳳民国大統領専用機～
Begin by examining Rooke's body. Examine the bullet wound to receive the Bullet that pierced through (連発した弾丸 Renpatsu shita dangan) logic, and the Crime Scene Notes evidence (死体の所見メモ shitai no shoken memo). Next, examine the opened briefcase to the right of the body. It's the same bulletproof case Rooke can be seen holding in Kay's photo. The Bulletproof Attaché Case (防弾アタッシュケース bōdan atasshu kēsu) will be added to the Organizer. Finally, examine the gun in Rooke's right hand. It's fully loaded, meaning Rooke never got a chance to shoot back at the assassin. Rooke's gun (外城の拳銃 Tojiro no kenjū) is added to your Logic. Now, use your Logic to connect Rooke's gun to Six-shot revolver (６連発の拳銃). The two guns appear to be the same model.

Next, examine the desk to the right. Examine the bulletproof vest on it to receive the Bulletproof vest logic (防弾チョッキ Bōdan chokki). Now examine the blue folder above it. Inside is a copy of the security plan - but something seems off about it. Highlight either the red or blue chess piece icons (the knight and castle, respectively), and deduce from your copy of the Security Plans (警備プランの資料) that the plans were changed the day before the incident - Knightley and Rooke changed positions. The plans were changed by order of the president, because de Killer tried to attack him two days ago while disguised as a bodyguard. The change of plans was done to prevent a similar plot by de Killer. This event also resulted in Knightley's neck injury - he cannot turn his head right. You receive the Knightley's position (内藤の立ち位置 Naitō no tachi ichi) logic.

Lastly, examine the security monitors to the upper right. Examine the stuffed toy to the left - one of the monitors appears to be missing. The Security Monitors (監視カメラのモニター kanshi kamera no monitā) are added to the Organizer. You can now use Logic to connect the Bulletproof vest (防弾チョッキ) to the Bullet that pierced through (連発した弾丸). You know of the bullet that deflated the Steel Samurai, the bullet that killed Rooke, and the bullet that struck the president, so it's reasonable to assume that two of those are the same bullet. Edgeworth suggests sending the bullet for ballistic marking analysis, but Knightley disagrees, saying the bullet was flattened when it struck the vest. The Bulletproof Vest (大統領の防弾チョッキ daitōryō no bōdan chokki) is added to the Organizer.

After this, de Killer claims to have "grown weary" of the investigation, and asks if there is anyone in particular you want to speak to regarding the incident. He's referring to the president himself, of course. However, the president refuses to show himself. Suddenly, the lights go out, and de Killer flees, deciding to leave the rest to you. Everything fades to black...

Edgeworth comes to a few minutes later. Apparently the police failed to capture de Killer again. De Killer also left you with a parting gift: his infamous Calling Card (カード kādo), this time without any drawings of defence attorneys on it. Why is he leaving this here if nobody died by his hand, though?

Meanwhile, the president has finally decided to grace you with his presence. He has been watching the investigation via his security cameras, but now, with de Killer gone, he wants you to relinquish investigative authority to the Zheng Fa police again. He refuses to give you an explanation, and forces you to hand over all of the evidence you have to Knightley. Clearly, he's trying to hide something, but without your evidence, there's nothing more you can do... or is there?

Rebuttal: President's Testimony / 追究 ～王の証言～
Present the Steel Samurai Balloon (トノサマンバルーン) on the third statement. It wasn't just any red balloon that burst - it was the Steel Samurai, Warrior of Neo Olde Tokyo, and Edgeworth is keen to ensure that the president remembers that fact. It turns out that the Steel Samurai was drafted in as a last minute replacement, after the original red balloon burst, and the president was never informed. But surely he would have noticed just by looking at it...? He claims that his view of the balloon was obscured by a flag. Is there a problem with this statement? Choose There is a problem (モンダイがある Mondai ga aru). It contradicts a certain piece of evidence in your files. Present the Bullet's Trajectory (弾丸の軌跡). If the flags were flying in such a way as to block the president's view of the balloons, then your original deduction regarding the bullet's flight-path was incorrect. This means you can now tell who fired the gun. Present Horace Knightley's profile (内藤　馬乃介). The president isn't convinced, though, and wants more evidence. Present Kay's Camera Data (美雲の写真). Where, exactly, is the flag? Present the flag, which can be seen to the right of Knightley. Does this make Knightley the assassin, though? Choose Not the assassin (暗殺者ではない Asashin dewa nai). He was on the stage at the time, so it would have been impossible for him to have shot Rooke and the president.

It's now time to tie up the rest of the Logic. You first receive the Knightley shot the balloon logic (内藤がバルーンを撃った Naitō ga barūn o utta). Connect this to Knightley's position (内藤の立ち位置). It appears that the security plans were actually altered in order to make it possible for Knightley to shoot the balloon. You receive the Change in the security plans logic (警備計画の変更 Keibi keikaku no henkō). Connect this to the logic you obtained right back at the beginning: Assassination attempt (大統領暗殺事件). What if the president actually knew about the assassination attempt from the beginning? The only way for everything you know about the case to add up is... if the entire assassination attempt was a set up! Knightley shot the balloon to drive the crowd into a panic, and then fired another shot to create the illusion of a shot hitting the president, which would have been made to look real by a bulletproof vest that had actually been shot days ago. Nicole, meanwhile, was set up to take the blame, by pointing the laser beam at the president. The whole thing was really a publicity stunt from the beginning.

At this point, President Huang begins to feel quite deflated - literally. However, Knightley steps in, and asks you a question. How did he conceal his actions from the audience? Present the Bulletproof Attaché Case (防弾アタッシュケース). As Kay's photo shows, all he had to do was hold it up to conceal his right hand. Unfortunately, however, you lack the decisive evidence that proves this is what transpired. Luckily, Nicole decides to speak up about her role in the affair. She says she was offered an exclusive interview with Huang, if she agreed to take part in the scheme. Knightley still refuses to speak, but Huang finally admits that the assassination attempt was planned. He knew nothing about de Killer, though. One question now remains: how did Rooke die, if the assassination was fake? Knightley suggests the possibility of a third assassin, other than de Killer and the fake, and tries to point the finger at Nicole once again. You'll need to hear him out.

Rebuttal: Knightley's Testimony / 追究 ～内藤の証言～
Present the Assassin's Revolver (凶器の拳銃) on the fifth statement. The gun you found was fired twice, so the total number of shots fired doesn't add up. Edgeworth suggests that the gun found in the bin may actually be a red herring, planted to make it appear as though the assassin was in the audience. So, who really shot Rooke? Present Horace Knightley's profile (内藤　馬乃介). Knightley's plan was to kill Rooke, and pin the blame on the "assassin" who targeted Huang.

Knightley now argues that the gun found in the bin was one bullet short to begin with. He wants more decisive evidence. If you can find the bullet that killed Rooke, and compare it to the ballistic markings of Knightley's gun, it would be enough. Do you actually have this evidence? Choose I don't have it (手元にはない Temoto ni wa nai). You don't have it on you... but you know where to look for it! Present the Security Monitors (監視カメラのモニター). Remember how one of them was missing? It must have been hit by the bullet that killed Rooke. Gumshoe is sent to search for the missing monitor. A few minutes later, he returns, and produces the Bloody Bullet (血痕のついた弾丸 kekkon no tsuita dangan) that likely killed Rooke. Shortly after, the forensic tests on the bullet are complete - the blood matches Rooke's, and Knightley's fingerprints were found on the "assassin's" gun, but the ballistic markings... match the "assassin's" gun! Knightley, now with the upper hand, argues his point of view.

Rebuttal: Knightley's Logic / 追究 ～内藤の推理～
Press Knightley's first statement. Kay suggests that if the evidence seems to contradict the facts, then maybe you need to doubt the evidence instead. Which evidence do you doubt? Choose The gun (拳銃 Kenjū). You only just found the bullet, so it can't be that. Instead, what if Knightley, when he took your evidence away, switched this gun with his own? If that's true, then who is the real owner of the gun you have now? Present Horace Knightley's profile (内藤　馬乃介). Knightley's Revolver (内藤の拳銃 Naitō no kenjū) will be updated in your Organizer.

Present Knightley's Revolver (内藤の拳銃) on the second statement. From what you now know, Knightley must have swapped his gun with the one found in the bin, and attached the laser pointer to his own gun. But can you prove it?

Rebuttal: Knightley's Logic, Pt. 2 / 追究 ～内藤の証言②～
Present Knightley's Revolver (内藤の拳銃) on the fourth statement. This is your proof! If you press his third statement (though this is not necessary to proceed), you'll learn that he reloads his gun every time he fires it. Knowing this, what traces did he leave on the gun that prove it's his? Choose The fingerprints (指紋 Shimon). If you examine the gun thoroughly for prints, his should be on the gun, somewhere where they shouldn't be - where? Examine the gun's chamber, and then examine the bullets. His prints are on the bullets! Edgeworth has the forensics officer report again regarding the fingerprint test. Knightley's prints weren't just on the outside of the gun - they were indeed on the bullets as well.

With this, Knightley finally cracks and admits his guilt, after being assaulted by various objects you might recognise from earlier cases in the series.

What really happened / 何が本当に起こった
The assassination attempt was, in reality, all an act. President Huang’s approval ratings among the people of Zheng Fa had been falling recently, so he decided to ask his bodyguard, Ethan Rooke, to help him set up a fake assassination attempt. Huang believed that, if he became known as a survivor of an assassination attempt, it would reignite his popularity among his people. However, Rooke refused to participate in the scheme, so Huang instead turned to Rooke’s subordinate, Horace Knightley, who agreed to take part. Huang was nervous about asking Knightley, having noticed his hatred for his superior, but decided to proceed with the plan anyway. In the days before Huang’s speech was due to take place, everything was put into place: the president’s bulletproof vest was shot at, to give the impression that Huang had actually been hit; the security plans were redrawn to account for Knightley’s neck injury, which would have prevented him from shooting the balloon if it was to his right; a staff member at the Zheng Fa embassy approached Nicole Swift and asked her to point the laser beam at Huang, promising her an exclusive interview with the president after the event; and Huang planned to claim extraterritorial rights in order to prevent anyone outside Zheng Fa from investigating the incident.

At the speech, the fake assassination went ahead as planned: Nicole, wearing the red side of her reversible parka, pointed the laser pointer at Huang, and Knightley shot the balloon beside him to create the illusion that a gun had actually been fired at Huang. During the commotion that ensued, Huang’s bodyguards ushered him into the presidential aeroplane, while Nicole changed her parka to make the red-hooded “assassin” disappear. Huang immediately hid in an extra-secure room in the plane, leaving Knightley and Rooke alone in the main room of the plane. At this point, Knightley killed Rooke. His plan was to claim that Rooke had been hit by the “assassin” while attempting to stop the bullet from hitting Huang.

In actuality, Knightley hated Rooke, and was jealous of Rooke’s position as leader of Huang’s bodyguards, and the level of trust Huang placed in Rooke, and so he intended to use the fake assassination attempt as a means to eliminate Rooke while avoiding blame. However, Knightley failed to predict the presence of another red-hooded would-be assassin at the event, namely Shelly de Killer. A few days earlier, de Killer was contracted to assassinate Huang. He had already attempted to kill Huang once, but was foiled by Rooke, resulting in the former’s arm injury, and his respect for Rooke. When Knightley came to take Nicole in for “questioning”, de Killer took Knightley hostage in order to force him to allow Edgeworth to investigate inside the plane, so that de Killer could learn the truth behind the death of Rooke, a man de Killer greatly respected.

Epilogue / 結語
Outside the plane, back on the stage in Gourd Lake Park, Huang has regained his composure. He thanks Edgeworth for solving Rooke's murder, apologises for having proposed the fake assassination in the first place, and says that if Edgeworth ever wishes to visit Zheng Fa, he will be most welcome. Nicole also thanks Edgeworth for getting her off the hook, and also apologises for agreeing to take part in the plan. Edgeworth then says that the case is not actually over yet... Present Shelly de Killer's Calling Card (カード). De Killer was hired to kill Huang, but again has failed to do so. It's likely that he will return to complete his mission... It seems the "game" is only just beginning.