Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/The Kidnapped Turnabout/Part 3-2 - Middle 1

Even though we're chased out, Edgeworth insists on finding the true murderer. Our first order of business is to find the real crime scene. Gumshoes will arrive and inform us about a witness at the stadium. There's no one here...except Ema Skye, someone you should know from the first game. She was a witness in one of Edgeworth's cases. She is studying abroad to become a forensic scientist and is only in the country for spring break. Talk to her:
 * Ema Skye: Ema will mention something about a footprint spray. That could be useful.


 * The witness: Ema didn't witness anything, though she did say that Gumshoe had called her there.

Examine the Pink Badgermobile. The Pink Badger will run to the stadium. There's nothing to do but to talk to her. It turns out that she is Wendy Oldbag, a character from past games and someone who adores Edgeworth!


 * Wendy Oldbag: Nothing useful to you. If you want to know more, play the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy to get to know her better.


 * The witness: Oldbag says she did see the murder!

Rebuttal: What Oldbag Witnessed
Press on all the statements. Wendy Oldbag doesn't remember any of their features because she thought they were too uninteresting. Kay will now show us a weird new gadget that she claims is her secret weapon. After inputting some information into the device, she projects the image over the whole area. She will introduce us to Little Thief, a projection device that can simulate any situation! This could show errors in a witness' testimony.

Investigation: Stadium Re-creation
An investigation in a re-creation is exactly the same as normal. Just walk up to things and examine them. Examine the victim's body. Edgeworth will say that this scene contradicts the facts of the murder. Present the Mr. Deacon's Murder Notes. There's no blood on the floor, but Wendy isn't someone who would lie to Edgeworth. You will get the Why is there no blood? logic.

Now go into Logic Mode and connect Victim was kidnapper? with Why is there no blood?. If the victim was a kidnapper and was shot while wearing a costume, it can explain why there isn't any blood on the crime scene. If only we could prove that he was wearing a costume, though we need to find footprints, and we can't see any. Well, there is one person who could help us out with that. Talk to Ema Skye.


 * Footprint analysis: Ema agrees to help us find footprints using her science kit.

After some spraying, Ema detects footprints. They aren't visible to the naked eye, though they are when wearing Ema's special glasses. The victim was wearing a costume at the time he died. Victim's Costume will be added to your organizer. Kay will update her re-creation with the footprints, and that marks the completion of our investigation! Edgeworth will note that there's something that he's suspicious of. We will hear Oldbag's testimony again.

Rebuttal: What Oldbag Witnessed
Present Victim's Costume at statement 2. How did she know that the victim and the killer were men if they were wearing costumes? And why didn't she mention about the costumes in her testimony? Ms. Oldbag will say she made the mistake as she witnessed it from the second tier seats of the stadium. She says she couldn't see what they looked like because they were in the stage's shadow. You will get the In the shadow of the stage logic. Now we can resume our investigation.

Investigation: Stadium Re-creation
First, examine the stage. It looks like they broke the stage down since you last saw it. You will get the Stage was packed up logic. Now go into Logic Mode and connect Stage was packed up with In the shadow of the stage. If Ms. Oldbag's testimony was true, the murder must have happened before the stage was broken down. Kay will update her re-creation and...aha! A blatant contradiction! Unless the killer could move through solid metal, he couldn't have been standing there. Ms. Oldbag will claim that she did saw the killer standing on the stage when he or she shot the victim. Kay will update the re-creation again. There's something not right about this scene, but our investigation will be cut short as Agent Lang arrives. He will instruct his men to recreate the scene in reality. He still asserts that Officer Meekins was the killer.

Rebuttal: Agent Lang's Logic
Present Mr. Deacon's Murder Notes on statement 3. The bullet entered his body in the abdomen and exited through the shoulder. The bullet couldn't have traveled like that if the killer was standing on the stage! There is one parameter that was flawed in the virtual re-creation, and that was The killer's and victim's locations. The victim was the one standing on top of the stage! As the footprints now lead to where the killer is standing, it can be safe to assume that the killer was also wearing a badger costume. That means that the murderer could have been another kidnapper. Agent Lang still doesn't accept Officer Meekins innocence.

Rebuttal: Another Bit of Proof
Present the Blue Badgermobile at the second statement. The Blue Badgermobile could not have left the marks behind the stadium. Present the Blue Badgermobile's tires. The tires don't have any mud on them. The Pink Badgermobile and the Proto Badgermobile could've made those marks, but since Ms. Oldbag probably isn't related to the case, that leaves the Proto Badgermobile as the one responsible for leaving those marks. Suddenly, a man walks near the stadium calling for help before collapsing. He says he was held at the Wild, Wild West Area and escaped through the underground floor. He also recalls that the kidnappers were wearing costumes when they escaped, and that one of them was a woman. Agent Lang will once again chase us off the crime scene, and keeps Ms. Oldbag and Ms. Skye for questioning. The chapter will now end.