Over the past few days, I started The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles case 2-4 and wrapped up the first investigation phase last night.
At first it was all fun and games. I saw the obvious reference to the Red Headed League from the original Sherlock Holmes stories and Herlock's dyed hair was so over the top for him. But Sholmes will do anything to solve the greatest dilemma (where the rent is coming from.)
But it quickly became serious and dramatic when Ryunosuke and Susato went asking about the missing prison warder, Daley Vigil. The guy was fired from his job and it happened ten years ago! And apparently his wife Evie didn't know. (But she might be lying.)
Mr. Vigil was involved in the Professor case. He was the one who was supposed to walk The Professor to the gallows.
And who else was involved?
Inspector Gregson!
And before we could find out anything else about the case of the missing warder, we hear from a very tear-eyed Gina that Gregson was shot and killed. And Barok van Zieks has been arrested for his murder.
(Gina is not the only one grieving Gregson either, all the other officers on scene are also mourning him and speaking highly of him. He was as much of a legend as Herlock Sholmes.)
But if I look at the facts, it looks like a lot of people involved in the case ten years ago are disappearing one way or another...
Dr. Courtney Sithe - Arrested and awaiting a separate murder trial after she failed to frame Professor Harebrayne for her crime.
Enoch Drebber - Arrested for being an accomplice to murder.
Odie Asman - Murdered during the Great Exhibition by Sithe and Drebber.
Daley Vigil - Missing and not found yet. He apparently tried to help a convict escape (likely Genshin Asogi) and was fired for it.
Genshin Asogi - Sentenced to death ten years ago and apparently shot after he "rose from the grave."
Considering what happened to Gregson and Van Zieks just now, I think it's safe to assume that there's a massive cover-up taking place, and a gag order isn't enough. Someone wants people permanently silenced. And Lord Stronghart has a big hand in a lot of these deaths, arrests and disappearances.
He's behind it all. I know he is.
And it's even worse when you consider that he has a pattern of bringing a prosecutor against a defendant with whom they have an axe to grind: First Barok van Zieks against Genshin Asogi and then Kazuma Asogi against Barok van Zieks, respectfully.
I feel like the Lord Chief Justice is not only pulling the strings, but happily making new ones and getting everyone to dance to his tune.
But it's hard to know why Kazuma agreed to prosecute this trial.
I thought Kazuma wanted revenge on Van Zieks for his father's execution, but if he really wanted it that badly, he could have just faced a hopeless public defender or even went forward with Van Zieks having no legal defense at all! But he doesn't do that. Instead he tells Ryunosuke what little he knows about the man he was an apprentice to, and hands him a photograph of Barok in the good old days before this decade old tragedy.
This photograph is enough for Van Zieks to finally let down his walls and accept Ryunosuke's legal counsel.
Kazuma wants to face Ryunosuke in court for...what?
The honor of a fair trial his father never got?
Playing the long game in exposing the cover up (and only trusting Ryunosuke to do it?)
For amusement??
I suppose I'll see when I get to the first part of the trial. I've never been so eager to start up a game again!
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I do not remember drawing these but considering i made a note that they were drawn the day after surgery im not surprised FJDSKLH anyways heres a little asoryuu nutcracker au i thought up while i was thinking more about my regular dgs ballet au ^_^
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