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I never thought Lana would do something like that.
"I killed him and I confessed, so there's no use to ask anything more, Ema."
She was so cold that made everything not related to me at all.
What happened to her since two years ago?
"Lana, you said we could find Mia Fey, right? I'll go and find her."
I said that and ran away, realizing her face was somewhat hard to read.
It was the first time to feel alone.
"It's all right, Ema. I'm still here."
Lana said that in our parents' funerals.
She was a rookie detective at that time, and I just nodded blankly.
Two years ago, she suddenly became hard to get along.
Then she was promoted to chief prosecutor and did something unrelated to her pervious job.
But she cared about me from the bottom of her heart. I could feel it.
But she was never so extreme like that.
I just felt everything was not so simple.
If not, Lana wouldn't call me at that time.
"Ema, I got into some trouble and got involved in a murder case, but I didn't kill anyone, and the muffler..."
She only said those words, and I couldn't contact her after that.
When I got back home, I only met a few people from police department.
"Are you Chief Skye's sister? She was arrested for murder, and the trial is the day after tomorrow."
"Well...who's her defense attorney?"
"...She already confessed to her crime and said there was no need to find one. So far, we also have a witness. However, if Mia Fey comes, she would also willing to request."
"Can I visit her?"
"Sorry about that. It's after hours. Chief Skye specially said that she didn't want you to visit her."
"I see. I'll visit her tomorrow."
Mia Fey? I heard this person was a few years under Lana, and they got along well.
I found one business card in the drawer, "Fey Co. Law Offices."
"I have my own law office now. If you have anything, please contact me soon."
The handwriting was very neat.
That Mia Fey must be a meticulous person.
So it was all right if I use that address to visit that person.
When I got into that address, I realized something.
I only found a man with spiky hair, pink tie and blue suits.
Was that the person Lana mentioned? I felt a little strange about that.
"Where have you been? My sister's trial is tomorrow!"
His face was totally blank.
He finally realized something after I mentioned that name.
"First, Mia is a woman. Also, she no longer...works here."
He paused for a long time in the last part.
"So you are...?"
"I'm Phoenix Wright...a defense attorney, but I'm not taking cases right now."
"Mr. Wright, please! Help my sister!"
I nearly cried out, and he finally agreed to go to the detention center with me.
But I really didn't know that the case was not related to Lana, but also Mr. Edgeworth.
Lana mentioned him to me before, so I took him as my idol.
But the first time I met him was because of SL-9 Incident.
Such a young and promising person, so even Lana was so solemn, she still spoke highly of him to me many times.
Comfortable sofa, tidy desk, neat shelves, delicate tea sets, and red&blue chess.
I hope I could be at the same side as Mr. Edgeworth, but Lana was my sister.
Adverse evidence piled up, and the mystery went deeper.
I remembered what happened soon after SL-9 Incident.
I just waited for Lana to have dinner, but then I nearly lost my life.
I didn't remember clearly about the details. My only clear memory was after I woke up from Lana's arms.
That was the rare time that Lana was so scared, so I had such a strong impression.
"Ema, you finally woke up. I...really worry about you."
Lana didn't tell me much about the incident, but I already knew most of it.
If I couldn't describe in words, it was good to draw.
I found one piece of paper and drew the black shadows on it.
A few days later, I heard that I needed to testify.
"Are you Ema Skye? I'm prosecutor Miles Edgeworth. Could you explain that to me?"
My first impression was red suits, cravat and cold glare.
"This is my first big case, so I want to solve it as soon as possible."
In the end, that person was excuted, but only that.
Lana got promoted to the Prosecutor's Office, and many detectives got laid off, even rumors started about Mr. Edgeworth.
But I never believed in such rumors.
I didn't know much about forgery, but it was impossible to control the witness.
If so, why didn't he do so to me? I was so vulnerable at that time.
Anyway, Lana and Mr. Marshall nearly changed to another person.
I really wanted to know, but they wouldn't tell me even I asked them.
So this case was the only way to know the truth.
Talking about that, Mr. Wright also worked so hard to prolong the trial.
More importantly, evidence room also had an accident at the same time.
The victim's name was the same as our case.
“In any case, this is a serious error, a gross negligence of duty on your part, Worthy.”
It was so rare to see Mr. Edgeworth at a loss of words, but he was more unwilling and helpless.
Although the suspect was already arrested, that timid person couldn't be the killer.
Evidence room had lots of blood and a strange jar.
I suddenly felt a little familar, but I didn't know where it came from.
In next day's court, I suddenly got the files from SL-9 Incident.
"Ema, why is your name in here?"
:Mr. Wright just asked casually, so I also had a look of the files.
"Victim: Neil Marshall."
I realized everything after I saw this.
I rushed off the courthouse with tears, thinking about the next action.
Maybe it was a good idea to collect the fingerprint again. Maybe something got wrong last time.
It turned out nothing changed.
When I came back to court, the judge nearly handed down his verdict.
Even so, Mr. Wright still managed to find contradiction.
How much did Lana hide from me? First SL-9 Incident, then this sudden confession.
I told everything to Mr. Wright, hoping it could help him with the case.
Mr. Edgeworth even wrote his resignation letter. Maybe he faced such great pressure.
I couldn't do anything, but the resignation letter made the detective take us to the Chief's office.
During the investigation, Chief Gant was more and more suspicious.
The broken shard and the cloth with fingerprints confirmed it.
Maybe that was the killer's fingerprint, but Mr. Wright looked pale after he found out the result.
"It seems the prints are too old. They aren't clear enough to get a match."
Then I had to stay to talk about testimony, so at last I only had time to call Mr. Wright and told him about that.
I didn't expect the development later.
That drawing and my memory were all in such a mess.
What I thought was totally wrong?
No matter Lana's testimony or whatever, but we got closer to the truth.
I just didn't know Lana sacrificed so much in order to protect me.
Her only motivation made her change her personality so much.
Finally it came to the end. Even Chief Gant mentioned about the evidence.
"Why don't you show them?"
I shouted to Mr. Wright, but he was so hesitated.
"Your Honor, I don't have any evidence I can present at this point in time."
After Chief Gant admitted to cover up the crime scene, Mr. Wright finally submitted that evidence.
"Ema, the fingerprints are yours, very clearly."
So we got back to the beginning.
"But because of the cover-up in the crime scene, it proved your innocence."
Thanks to the Evidence Law, this case finally came to an end.
I also got relieved by Lana's long-lost smile.