Ace Attorney: Secrets beneath Secrets

The Falsified Turnabout, Part 5

April 2

Courtroom No. 3

10:30 AM

Deirdre Brigit

~ Witness Testimony ~

~ The Mysterious Woman ~

- "Around the time the note arrived at the prison saying the victim was guilty, a strange woman appeared."

- "She wanders around and doesn't speak to anyone. She also wears all black."

- "She appears and disappears seemingly at random, meaning it's hard to track her down."

- "To my knowledge, nobody has gotten her to open up about who she is or what she's doing there yet."

- "She was at the prison on the day of the murder, meaning she could be related somehow."

- "I heard nearly everyone at the prison was spoken with when the police arrived, or at least everyone in the immediate area."

- "I highly doubt you got to see her though... I don't know what she was doing at the time."

"It sounds like we really do have a mystery on our hands," Judge Diaphan frowned. "Does anyone know anything else about the odd woman?"

"We ran into her yesterday. She showed us to where one Prosecutor Niamh Wood was located within the prison. She's not part of the investigation team since she isn't on the case, but she was dropping in briefly to give the prosecution something," I explained. "I wish I could tell you more about her, but she disappeared before I had the chance to get her to tell me much of anything."

"I mean, we couldn't get her to say anything to us period. She seemed to have one goal, and it was leading us to Prosecutor Wood. Once that was done, she thought her job was finished, so she ran off," Yuri continued.

"I didn't know there was someone like that at the prison," Chief Prosecutor Bespoke declared, playing around with something around his belt. I realized it was the knife he carried with him everywhere.

Despite what he was saying about not having known about someone like this at the prison, I got the feeling something was wrong. Once again, there was something off. He had said earlier he wished he had known about this sooner and acted upset, but he was obviously faking it. Now, he was saying he didn't know anything, but it seemed like he did somehow. Was it possible he was related to the woman and her strange room?

"What are we supposed to do about this mysterious woman?" Judge Diaphan asked. "Until we have her name, it will be hard to get her to come on down here. Besides, it would be hard to track her even if we had a name. Without a general location, finding her would be nearly impossible."

"We need more details like I already mentioned. The more we can hear about this woman, the better. When we break for investigation again later on, we can get her to talk more easily since we'll know more," Chief Prosecutor Bespoke explained. "For now, I believe we should have the defense start their cross-examination of the witness' testimony. We may not be able to do much now but this is a good place to begin, wouldn't you agree?"

Judge Diaphan nodded. "I must agree with you there... Defense, you know what you must do," she said firmly.

"We'll get right to it," I assured her.

~ Cross-Examination ~

~ The Mysterious Woman ~

- "Around the time the note arrived at the prison saying the victim was guilty, a strange woman appeared."