Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/Turnabout Ablaze/Part 5-2 - Middle 1

We return to the Theatrum Neutralis just in time to witness a humorous cutscene involving Agent Lang. He isn't too happy that we're here, and he won't even grant us permission to investigate the Allebahstian embassy. He will explain that Allebahst has very strict immigration regulations, so getting permission to enter it is difficult. He will also mention an "incident" that happened at the Allebahstian embassy.

Agent Lang will be interrupted by the elderly ambassador of Allebahst, Quercus Alba. He will say that he only gave Agent Lang jurisdiction over the investigation in the Allebahst side to minimise any disruptions, but Ambassador Palaeno will arrive to help persuade Ambassador Alba. We finally get to investigate the Allebahst side of the embassy, but Kay and Gumshoe will have to stay behind. Before we do that, we should get a bit more information about the smuggling ring.

Talk to Ambassador Palaeno. Edgeworth will thank him for helping. He will even generously give us Babahlese ink, made from whitcrystal oil. The Babahlese Ink will be jotted down in your organizer.

Talk to Franziska. She will mention the reason Babahlese ink is not allowed to be brought out of Babahl is because of a batch of counterfeit bills from Zheng Fa made with this ink, making them almost impossible to distinguish from the real ones. Babahlese Ink will be updated in your organizer. She determined that Manny Coachen is the head of the smuggling ring because of the documents of his ink smuggling and the fact that he runs the embassy's printing press. However, neither the bills, the ink nor the press was found in the Babahlese side of the embassy, so Franziska hopes she will find something in the Allebahstian side. The Counterfeit Bills will be added to your organizer.

Now that we're fully prepared, lets enter the embassy! Kay will inform us that she will search for more clues at the Babahlese side, so maybe we'll find something new once we're done with this side.

An old friend
Right after entering the Allebahstian ambassador's office, the Steel Samurai suddenly runs into Edgeworth! After some spanking from Franziska, this mysterious superhero will reveal himself to be...Larry Butz, Edgeworth's childhood friend! After a brief conversation, Larry will reveal that he is once again a murder suspect. Agent Lang will soon join in and say that the victim is a person who sneaked into the embassy, who calls himself the Mask DeMasque II. Surely enough, the dead body on the floor is wearing a costume that should be familiar to fans of the series.