Ace Attorney: Secrets beneath Secrets

The Falsified Turnabout, Part 4

April 2

Defendant Lobby No. 3

9:30 AM

Deirdre Brigit

The next morning, I arrived in the defendant's lobby on the earlier side. I began to look through the case details, Yuri at my side. She had come with me that morning to get to the courthouse, giving us a chance to talk about things in more detail.

"I don't think we can really consider this case closed in one day," Yuri told me as we sat down on the couch. "I mean, we need to find a way to investigate that door."

"If we arrive on the earlier side, maybe we can catch that woman before she goes inside. If we can do that, then we may be able to convince her to let us inside. Even if it winds up being unimportant, it's something worth checking out, wouldn't you agree?" I asked.

"I think so too. If she tells us what's on the other side of that door, we can look around and see what it is she's hiding inside. Bringing up this door should be a good idea, don't you think?" Yuri prompted.

I hesitated here. "I don't know... I mean, if that's the case, then we could wind up with police officers surrounding it. I think all we need to do is point out that the woman exists and was lurking around the prison. If we're lucky, maybe we can get the prosecution to admit they didn't get to question her. That would leave a point open for us to look into at a later date, which is just what we want," I said.

"That sounds like a good idea too!" Yuri chirped. "All we need at this point is for Victoria to come. We can tell her about our maniacal evil scheme when she arrives."

I sighed and shook my head. "Maniacal evil scheme? I don't think that's anywhere close to what we've been getting up to," I frowned.

"Maybe not, but it sounds cooler saying it that way than calling it a courtroom strategy. Wouldn't you tend to agree?" Yuri questioned.

Hesitantly, I let out a small laugh. "You may have a point there," I admitted, putting one hand on her hand to ruffle her hair. Yuri giggled in response.

"Good to see you two are having a nice time."

I gasped upon seeing Mr. Morix appear in front of us. He was standing with Chrysalis, who was silent as usual. I was somewhat surprised to see her here. After her odd disappearance, I didn't expect to see her here of all places.

"Hey there," Yuri grinned, getting to her feet. "Chrysalis, Mukuro was looking for you yesterday. Where did you go?"

Chrysalis shrugged. "I guess I was around," she said simply. I could tell by her tone that she wasn't planning on saying much of anything beyond that. If there was one thing I knew Chrysalis to be, it was secretive.

"Can you tell us?" Yuri pressed. "I promise we won't tell anybody else!"

Chrysalis opened her mouth, but she never got the chance to speak. She was ultimately cut off when Victoria suddenly, and rather loudly burst into the room.

"Sorry I'm late!" Victoria cried, running towards us. "I got stuck in traffic, and after that there weren't any parking spaces. I didn't mean to hold you guys up because I messed things up."