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History
Once upon a time, there was a Great Detective called Sherlock Holmes. ...That's right, That Sherlock Holmes. The great pride of Britain, known to all in the world (or so he would claim).

The pre-game history of Sherlock is relatively similar to most Sherlock canons; he cracked certain cases with his trusted partner. The cases solved by the two of them include, but are not limited to 'The Adventure of the Silver Blaze', 'A Study in Scarlet' and 'A Scandal in Bohemia'. The case files were maintained and archived by Sherlock's partner, as Sherlock himself had trouble keeping facts straight for too long. As these adventures all happened before Iris was born, the two of them stopped taking on the more hardcore cases together ten years before the start of the game (when Sherlock was only 24 years old).

** The second game in the series reveals quite a few shocks about this particular timeframe. For one, despite the implications of the first game (and standard Holmes canon), Sherlock's partner was not John H. Watson. Sixteen years ago, when Sherlock was only a young novice, three law exchange students came to London from Japan. These three students were Seishiro Jigoku, Genshin Asougi and Yuujin Mikotoba. Researching forensics, Yuujin needed a place to stay that was close to the hospital. However, as rent around the area was expensive, he was introduced to Sherlock and they became housemates. At this time, Holmes was 18 years old and Yuujin was 27. The two ended up going around solving mysteries together. The one who wrote all the casefiles was Yuujin Mikotoba.

** Ten years before the start of the game they were faced with the Hound of the Baskervilles case. This mystery revolved around a serial killer known only as the Professor, who would target nobles by sending a diabolical hound after them. The hound would go straight for the victim's throat. The fifth and last victim of the Professor was Klimt van Zieks, the brother of Barok van Zieks. The one who found the decisive evidence by forcing dissection of the victim was, in fact, Tobias Gregson. The one who was in charge of the autopsy was John H. Watson, with Yuujin and Courtney Sithe assisting him. With that, the Professor was identified as Genshin Asougi. Over the years, Genshin had become a close friend of the Van Zieks's and he was also the father of Kazuma Asougi. In fear of an international incident, Genshin was forced by the police to wear a metal mask that would hide his identity from then on. During the trial, both Yuujin and Seishiro did their best to prove that their friend was innocent, only to fail. Hart Vortex had initially been the prosecutor for this case, only to step down and be replaced by Barok van Zieks at the man's own insistence. Genshin was sentenced to death by hanging, but it didn't end there.



The night after he was buried, the supposed Professor 'revived' and dug his way back out of his grave. He was spotted by graverobber Enoch Drebber, who then witnessed the man getting shot in the chest by someone standing behind him. With that, Genshin was dead for good and the case of the Professor was closed, or so everyone believed.

** That's not all. Just before his execution, Genshin had asked Yuujin for one last favor: to visit a certain address. Yuujin did as he was told and found a woman there about to give birth. He helped deliver the baby, but the mother died shortly after. Seeing a chest with a certain crest on it (a B) in the corner of the room, Yuujin realized one more dreadful thing. The baby he was holding was the child of Klimt van Zieks and a Baskerville woman. As he had to return to Japan, he left the baby in Sherlock Holmes's care. This baby was named Iris.

There's no doubt he did his best and that is how Iris came to be a bit of a prodigy. Sherlock's brilliance rubbed off on her, training her in deductive (or should we say abductive?) reasoning and inventing things. She got a medical PhD at the age of only ten years old and grew to see through Sherlock's tricks as well. Furthermore, she discovered the old case files left by Sherlock's partner and began to turn them into novels, tweaking them wherever necessary to make for a suitable juicy story. These novels were published in the so-called Strand Magazine. It was only after this that Sherlock truly grew famous, as people fell in love with the somewhat fictional version of him.

By the time Dai Gyakuten Saiban begins, Sherlock is the sort of person who Scotland Yard will run to the moment they have trouble cracking a case (much to Tobias Gregson's dismay).

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November 19th
John H. Watson is murdered in a restaurant in Japan. A student, Ryuunosuke Naruhodou, is apprehended at the scene of the crime. His best friend, Kazuma Asougi, takes on the case as defense attorney.



November 22nd
The trial for the murder of John Watson takes place in a Japanese courtroom. The defendant takes on the role of his own defense, leaving Kazuma as nothing more than a guide. Ryuunosuke proves that Dr. Watson was murdered by a woman called Jezail Brett, with the use of poison. Her motive remains unclear. Ryuunosuke Naruhodou is cleared of all charges.

January 9th
A shocking discovery is made aboard the S.S. Alacrey/Alaclaire (unsure how to romanize this), a large Russian steamship headed from England to Japan: Kazuma Asougi is found dead in his cabin. The door, which was locked from the inside, had to be busted open by the crew. Sherlock Holmes promptly invites himself into the crime scene to investigate and discovers the stowaway, Ryuunosuke Naruhodou, fast asleep in a closet. Ryuunosuke is arrested and placed under house arrest.



Shortly after, Sherlock finds that Ryuunosuke and his companion, Susato Mikotoba, plan to investigate Asougi's murder on their own accord. He allows it and even cooperates with them at some points, while doing some doublechecking of his own at other times. Together, they discover that the cabin next to Asougi's is inhabited by a young ballet dancer called Nikomina Borschevic, Niko for short. Posing as a grown Russian man, Niko is attempting to flee Russia and seek asylum in America. She claims not to have any involvement in Asougi's death. Sherlock and the others agree to keep her identity and presence on the ship a secret and continue their investigation. Furthermore, they agree not to say anything about her pet (whose identity is kept secret), as animals are not allowed aboard the ship.

As it turns out, Niko does have a connection to the murder. She was smuggled aboard the ship in the middle of the night, while all the passengers had been drugged into a deep slumber by the crew. The only one who was awake at the time was Asougi, who had avoided eating the chicken. While Sherlock first deduces that she owns a pet snake which killed Asougi, this theory is debunked with the help of Ryuunosuke and Susato. It's ultimately revealed that Niko owns a cat who fled into Asougi's room through the ventilation shaft. When her attempts to lure it back with a toy failed, she headed over to his room and asked for his assistance. When Asougi recognized her as the famous ballet dancer, she was forced to explain her situation to him. While he had no intention of blowing her cover (and probably even hoped to help her), Niko flew into a state of panic when she thought Asougi would alert the captain of her presence. At the same time that her cat tripped him up, she gave Asougi a hysterical shove, which led to an unfortunate fall and a broken neck. Mitrov Stroganov helped her rearrange the crime scene and forced an emergency stop on the ship, causing the latch of the door to shut, all in order to frame Ryuunosuke.



With the true culprit arrested, Sherlock frees Ryuunosuke. Detective Hosonaga, who'd been assigned to be Asougi's bodyguard by the government, informs the group that with the young man's death, the exchange project will have to be canceled. Susato would have to return home to Japan. Sherlock is the one who offers that all they need for the project to continue is a defense attorney, and Ryuunosuke promptly offers himself up for the position. With only forty days left until they arrive in England, studying for the job would be an arduous, but not impossible task.

** DGS2 reveals that unbeknownst to most others, Asougi didn't die. Sherlock figured out that the young man had survived the fall and, at some point, resuscitated him. There were some unfortunate side-effects, such as amnesia, but Asougi would live. Sherlock then forces the crew to hide this fact and instead pretend to drop a dead body off during a stop in Hong Kong. While the crew agrees, amnesiac Asougi wakes up in time to leave the ship on his own accord in Hong Kong. He proceeds to go missing there and would not turn back up for quite a few months. Sherlock is not informed by the crew that Asougi vanished from the ship.

February 15th
The infamous omnibus murder occurs. Cosney Megundal is arrested on the scene of the crime after allowing Gina Lestrade to escape.



February 17th
** A woman called Viridian Green visits the Garrideb apartment building and laces a lantern with strychnine, because she suspects one of the tenants murdered her fiance (who previously lived there).



However, on her way out she stops to pick up a book and receives a knife to the back around 5 PM on Briar Road. Natsume Souseki flees the scene, but is spotted by two witnesses, Patrick and Lola O'Malley.

February 18th
Ryuunosuke and Susato arrive in London. Sherlock does the same, but as they were no longer traveling together, it's hard to say for sure whether he was aboard the same train. Regardless, as he arrives at the station early in the morning, he's met by an officer of Scotland Yard who was waiting for his return. Sherlock is taken to the crime scene investigation at Briar Road and promptly solves the case in Scotland Yard's stead. He guides the officers to Natsume Souseki's apartment and, while spouting some rapid-fire reasoning, the man is arrested for attempted murder. However, not once has Sherlock claimed that Souseki was the culprit. He was tasked to figure out the identity of 'the man who fled the scene of the crime', so that's what he did.

** Meanwhile, former convict William Petenshy hopes to search Souseki's apartment while he's under arrest, but because the Garrideb apartment complex and surroundings are swarming with police, he can't get in there. (Petenshy had already been plotting to murder Souseki in order to get into his apartment and recover treasure that was hidden there by a man named Selden.)

Also meanwhile, Ryuunosuke is immediately given a test by the Chief of Justice, Hart Vortex; he has to head down to Old Bailey to take on the defense of a man who's been forsaken by all other attorneys. If Ryuunosuke can get a 'not-guilty verdict' on this trial, he'll be allowed to substitute Asougi in the exchange project.

Sure enough, Ryuunosuke agrees to the test and faces off against Barok van Zieks in a British court for the first time. Van Zieks is known as 'the Reaper of Old Bailey' (occasionally translated as 'Death Bringer'), as every defendant he's prosecuted has died without fail. Regardless of the verdict, even if the defendant were to go free, they would still die of mysterious circumstances. Not knowing these details, Ryuunosuke does his best for Megundal's sake. A full trial of turnabouts and shenanigans later, Cosney Megundal is given his not-guilty verdict. This is mostly thanks to the testimony of Gina Lestrade, a teenage pickpocket girl who witnessed the murder Megundal supposedly committed. Once the trial is over, Iris Watson makes a brief appearance in the defendant's lobby, having tracked down a smoke gun that was stolen by Gina. However, she fails to introduce herself and promptly leaves, Gina in tow.

Afterwards, the Reaper's 'curse' seems to strike. Before he can even leave the courthouse, Cosney Megundal dies in a mysterious fire aboard the Phoenix Wright Omnibus, a doubledecker carriage which served as the crime scene and doubled as evidence.



February 19th
Ryuunosuke is assigned to defend Natsume Souseki in the trial that would take place the next day. Together with Susato, he begins an investigation and is eventually told that Sherlock Holmes is the one who discovered the identity of the suspect. The two of them pay a visit to 221B Baker Street in hopes of asking Sherlock some questions, but as he isn't home, they're greeted by Iris Watson instead. Ever the prodigy, Iris immediately deduces that Ryuunosuke and Susato are visiting because 'they're defending a fellow Japanese man in court tomorrow and would like to question Sherlock about the arrest'. Furthermore, Susato is shocked to learn that Iris is the author of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Eventually, Iris explains that Sherlock is still investigating the case in question and can be found at the boarding house where Souseki has been staying.

Sure enough, the two of them find the Great Detective in Natsume Souseki's apartment, reading the man's books. Sherlock explains that he came to three 'truths': Natsume Souseki fled from the scene, a witness testified that they saw Souseki commit the crime and lastly, Souseki's landlord is hiding something. Whether the third truth is related to the incident or not, he doesn't yet know. That is why, when Ryuunosuke and Susato confront the landlord, Mr. Garrideb, Sherlock once again appears to join them. While Sherlock initially deduces that the man was keeping a lion in his apartment, which went rampant with hunger, Ryuunosuke helps him come to the correct conclusions: On the night of the incident, Mr. Garrideb had gotten into a fight with his wife Joan, who suspected him of adultery and had thrown a fit over it. After the three of them once again meet with Souseki in prison and have another talk, Ryuunosuke officially accepts the case.

(also, at some point they run into William Petenshy, who's having a fight with Decargo Mieterman in front of the Garrideb apartment. Not knowing who this guy is or what he's been doing, they ask Petenshy about the argument and about Souseki, only to get very few answers.)

February 20th
Another whirlwind trial occurs at Old Bailey. It takes a bit of needling and squirming for the truth behind the incident to finally be revealed: The victim was in fact 'stabbed' in the back by a knife that Mrs. Garrideb had tossed towards her husband, which had then fallen out the window just as Miss Green had bent forward to pick up a fallen book. The whole thing had been nothing more than an unfortunate incident, further complicated by Patrick O'Malley tampering with the crime scene. (The crime had taken place in Patrick's district, meaning that he would've had to investigate all night when he wanted to celebrate an anniversary with his wife Lola. For that reason, he moved the body of Miss Green across the street, into a different district.)

After the verdict's been announced, Souseki announces that in fear of the Reaper's curse, he will return to Japan in the near future. Sherlock finally arrives at the courthouse, explaining that he overslept. As it turns out, he had a talk with his landlady that morning (we can only assume he took another nap after that...?) and had Iris clean out the attic of their building in Baker Street, meaning Ryuunosuke and Susato could rent the place if they so desire. With that, it's decided that the two of them move into 221B Baker Street, where the Naruhodou Legal Consultation office will be set up in the attic.

** That evening, with Souseki released and free to return to his apartment, Petenshy realizes that he must resort to his original plan of murdering him. Just as he did with the previous tenant, Duncan Ross, he blows into the mouth of the gas pipe by his lantern which would kill all the lights and fill Souseki's apartment with gas. However, as Viridian laced it with poison a while back, Petenshy almost dies.

** February 21st
Ryuunosuke, Susato and Holmes go to see Viridian Green in the hospital. Meanwhile Petenshy's currently lifeless body is found in his apartment and Souseki is once again pinned as the prime suspect. The gang is summoned to the scene and Holmes does a bit of rapid-fire deduction with Ryuunosuke's help. Unfortunately, all this does is prove that Souseki was at the scene of the crime at some point after he'd been freed from prison. Tobias Gregson promptly places him under arrest. It is then revealed that Petenshy is Not Quite Dead Yet, as he gets up from his chair and prances around a bit, only to collapse again. It's not a case of murder, but severe poisoning nonetheless. Ryuunosuke takes the case and investigates with Holmes's help, then takes it to court where Souseki is prosecuted by Van Zieks a second time.

** February 22nd and 23rd
In a trial that takes up two days, it is eventually revealed that Petenshy was once in prison with a murderer named Selden. Having cared for the guy on his death bed, Selden gave Petenshy the key to a treasure that was hidden in his old apartment (which had since been taken by Duncan Ross). Petenshy moved into the other apartment and waited for an opportunity to search the place for Selden's treasure. Initially, Petenshy had only wanted to drive Ross away from the apartment with the trick of filling the room with gas. However, this ploy turned more lethal than expected. After his request to move into the other apartment was denied by Garrideb and Souseki took the place instead, the intent to murder had become quite real. Viridian Green, in turn, was pretty much a willful murderer as well, as she had prayed her poison would take the life of Ross's murderer.



Ultimately, Selden's key is used by Ryuunosuke and the gang to find Selden's treasure. What they uncover is a large, jewel-covered dog collar with the letter B embedded on it. Sherlock immediately tells them that they need to stop investigating, and that Iris can't turn this case into a story. With that, the whole incident is hushed up due to its connections to the Hound of the Baskervilles. Having had enough of England, Souseki announces that he will return to Japan and focus on his writing. The Baker Street gang adopts Souseki's cat, Wagahai.

April 15th
After almost two months of no court cases for Ryuunosuke, the peace is broken by two different things in the morning. First, a telegram is delivered that has Susato behave oddly. Second, Sherlock is moping to the point of depression because he 'can no longer make beautiful music with his partner, the Stradivarius'. After Susato points out that it's in fact not a violin at all, rather a viola, Sherlock realizes the two must've gotten switched at the pawn shop down the street. (Pawn shops work rather like banks at that day and age in Britain, where people leave treasured items in exchange for money, then attempt to buy the item back within two months' time if they've made a profit. If not, the item becomes property of the pawn shop owner, who will sell it for their own profit.)

Sherlock takes Ryuunosuke and Susato along to the pawn shop down the street so they can confront the owner, Hatch, about the misunderstanding. The viola is exchanged for Sherlock's prized Stradivarius. After taking another look around at all the curious items on display, they realize that Gina Lestrade has entered the shop as well. She withdrew an item that she'd left there two months earlier, a large dark-brown coat. From within the pockets, she'd retrieved a music box disc that she then attempted to pawn off, only to be told that it's worthless. Gina insists that it must be worth a lot of money, but refuses to say why that would be. Another mysterious gentleman then enters the store. He introduces himself as Egg Benedict (f-fft) and claims to be the real owner of the coat, as well as the music box disc. Sure enough, he knows the special password that was agreed upon with Hatch, which would be proof of ownership. Both the coat and the disc are handed over to him, but the coat doesn't quite seem to fit him and Gina keeps insisting that the items are hers. Along with that, Benedict claims that there should be another item that was left with Hatch two months ago. Sherlock then butts into the argument to offer his deductions on the scene that had been unfolding: Benedict had been hiding his true motive for visiting the shop all along. Furthermore, Benedict was planning some sort of 'mammoth crime'. While both conclusions appear to be on the mark, judging by Benedict's reaction, the actual path that led Sherlock to these conclusions is dead wrong. His reasoning is that Benedict came to apply for a job with the pawn shop, which would be just a ruse for the man to tunnel his way into the bank across the street.

Ryuunosuke once again sets Sherlock's reasoning straight and as it turns out, Benedict is not the true owner of the items at all. He had with him an accurate description of Gina Lestrade and the password, written on a scrap of paper. Furthermore, the coat tearing near the sleeve seams proves that it doesn't belong to him. After examining the music box disc, they find some baffling words: "To Megundal". As it turns out, the coat and the disc both belonged to Cosney Megundal, and were left with the pawn shop on the very eve of the omnibus murder. With his lies exposed, Benedict draws a gun and attempts to take the items by force, but Tobias Gregson arrives on the scene to break up the ruckus. Egg Benedict flees and Gregson insists that he has to confiscate the evidence. Sure enough, the music box disc is handed over by Sherlock, but not before he quickly presses it up against some salty caramel bars to create a mold. (the coat is deemed worthless by the inspector and handed back to Gina.) After inviting Gina to dinner that night, the group returns to 221B Baker Street.

Later that day, Ryuunosuke and Susato once again descend the stairs to Holmes' apartment, only to be told by Iris that he's busy and 'blind to the world' ever since they returned from the pawn shop. It's at this point that Iris finally tells them about her real father, John H. Watson, who was Sherlock's original partner and the author of the original case files her stories are based on. Apparently, Sherlock had no intention of telling her up until the day when she found the files in question and confronted him about it. He had then told her that her father, his trusted partner, had left to some faraway country to work on a case of theirs, leaving Iris in his care. (Iris's mother died when she was born.) Ryuunosuke wonders if this John H. Watson who wrote the case files is the same as the one who was murdered in Japan, but makes an agreement with Susato not to bring this up to Iris.

At that point, Sherlock finally realizes that they're there and proudly shows them what he's been working on; a recreation of the music box disc. However, as they don't know what sort of music box would play this disc, he has no choice but to import lots and lots of boxes until he finds the right one. The topic then shifts on to the unpublished manuscript of the latest Sherlock Holmes novel, which is supposedly being kept at the pawn shop as well. While Iris only refers to it as "Baskervilles", Susato promptly blurts out the full title; The Hound of the Baskervilles. A deadly silence falls and Iris asks how Susato could possibly know that. Following that, Susato falls silent and refuses to answer the question. A convenient distraction arrives in the form of Gina Lestrade, who showed up for dinner after all. The Baskervilles mystery is forgotten for now and a fun time is had by the entire group, who has to suffer through Sherlock's violin solo and is also taught by Gina how to pick pockets. The young pickpocket is then allowed to spend the night at Baker Street.

Late in the evening, after 9 P.M. Susato finally explains to Ryuunosuke in private what the telegram was about. Apparently, Chief Vortex requested her presence at his office the next day, and she's to show up there alone. Iris and Gina then arrive in the attic for some more pleasant banter, but Iris's real motive is soon revealed; she wanted to once again ask Susato why she knows about the Hound of the Baskervilles. Susato apologizes and asks for a bit more time to think things over. Iris explains that she writes stories based on her father's case files all the time, but for some reason, the Baskervilles manuscript is special. When she asked Sherlock to read it, all the color drained from his face and he told Iris that the time wasn't right to publish it yet. However, he did promise that one day, he would tell her everything. Gina, however, insists that Sherlock must be lying and sold the manuscript off behind Iris's back. Otherwise, someone like Susato couldn't possibly know about it. Iris admits that she had some doubts about Sherlock's claims, but would never believe he'd do something like that. With that, everyone retreats to bed.

April 16th
Around 1 AM, Ryuunosuke is awoken by Sherlock, who tells him that Gina's no longer asleep in her bed. They glance out the window to see that the lights are still on in Hatch's shop despite the time of night, leading Ryu to wonder if Gina headed over there to prove that the Baskervilles manuscript is gone. They wake Susato and speed down there, to find that the door is indeed open. Inside, the group encounters two shady individuals. A gunshot rings through the shop and Sherlock falls to the ground, having been hit. Ryu attempts to chase after the two burglars, but loses sight of them and runs into a police officer instead. He returns to Hatch's shop, officer in tow, to find Susato tending to an injured Sherlock.



Still conscious, the Great Detective tells Ryuunosuke to check the door leading to Hatch's back room. While it's locked, there's a small hatch that Ryu can open to peek through. Inside the back room are Hatch's corpse, face down on the floor, and an unconscious Gina Lestrade. The police refuses to consider the option that the two burglars might've killed Hatch and instead arrest Gina as the prime suspect for murder. Sherlock is taken to the nearby hospital so that he can undergo surgery. (there was no exit wound, so the doctors assume that the bullet must still be inside his body.) It isn't until the early hours of the morning (and with special permission from Gregson) that Ryu is allowed to return to Baker Street and inform Iris of the situation. With that, the two of them decide to thoroughly investigate the crime and find the real killer(s).

Naturally, since this is Ace Attorney, Ryuunosuke offers to defend Gina in court, but she turns extremely unhelpful and rejects his aid, even going so far as to lie about why she was in the pawn shop. In the end, all she does is give Ryu a picture that was in Megundal's coat. The back of it doubles as a claimticket for a 'small box' that was left with Hatch on February 13th, two days before the omnibus murder. Shortly after, Ryuunosuke and Iris head to Vortex's office to meet up with Susato. There, they overhear the reason why she was summoned there in the first place: Susato's father collapsed with a high fever ten days ago and his situation is worsening. Because of that, she has to return to Japan as soon as possible. Vortex has arranged passage for her on a steamship that would depart the next day- the same day as Gina's trial.

Once again, the group confronts Gina in prison and inform her that Susato will depart. As a last request as legal assistant, Susato begs Gina to tell the truth about a certain 'lie' that was told, and so it is that the young pickpocket explains the truth behind the omnibus murder. Cosney Megundal was acquainted with the victim, Mr. Mortar, and they were up to shady business inside the carriage. Megundal ended up taking the man's life and when he realized Gina was hiding in the bus, he blackmailed her. The carriage driver was asked to deposit Megundal's coat (with the music box disc and another claim ticket inside) at Hatch's pawn shop in exchange for ten guinea. Gina was then given five pounds along with the following order: "Sometime in the next two months, I shall come to collect the claim check for the pawn shop. You will hold on to it until then. In the outlandish event I fail to appear, I would like you to go to the pawnshop and extend the claim period." Furthermore, he told Gina exactly what sort of lies to tell during his inevitable trial.

A full day of investigation, bloodstain comparison and stereoscope shenanigans later, the day reaches its end with very little news on Sherlock's condition. Gregson tells the group that there were some troubles with the anesthetic during surgery and now the Great Detective is still fast asleep. Ultimately, Ryuunosuke manages to convince Gina to accept him as her defense attorney.

April 17th
Just after midnight, Susato manages to pay a secret visit to Sherlock in his hospital room and asks him for a favor. He promises her that he'll take care of it, and they say their farewells. Come morning, Susato has left for the steam ship.

What follows is an incredibly complicated, backwards trial. The jurors are all familiar faces: Mr. Garrideb from case 4, a woman employed with a telegram company who was also a juror in case 3, a juror from case 4 who's a fan of stereoscopes, a Russian revolutionary who was referenced in case 2 and the surgeon who treated Sherlock (also a juror in case 4). One of the things revealed in the trial is that while Sherlock was indeed shot upon, the bullet never entered his body at all. Instead, it hit a vial in his pouch, which exploded and caused injury that way. This means the surgeon cut him open to search for the bullet in vain, as the little object was still wedged into Sherlock's pouch. Furthermore, the two burglars, known as the Tinpillar/Tinplar/Templar(?????) brothers are called to testify. Eventually it turns out they were employed by Egg Benedict to help him locate a certain item within the pawn shop. Egg Benedict, as it then turns out, is in fact called Rupert (or Robert...?) Crogley. Along with that, he's the son of Thrice-Fired Mortar, the victim of the omnibus murder. Long story short, Rupert is employed with the telegram company and was selling secret government information to Megundal as a spy. The information was embedded onto two music discs, one of which was given to Megundal on the 13th of February. The second disc was to be handed to Megundal on the 15th, with Thrice-Fired Mortar handling the deal in Rupert's stead. However, the situation escalated and Megundal ended up murdering Rupert's father. Rupert took his revenge by tricking Megundal into entering the omnibus after the trial and then having it set on fire, but still needed to retrieve the two discs before they could fall into the wrong hands. This is what eventually led to the confrontation in the pawn shop, and the second confrontation which led to Hatch's death.



However, Ryuunosuke has no means of proving that Rupert was responsible for the murder on Hatch, as he's missing conclusive evidence. It's delivered to court by a mysterious bailiff, who turns out to be Sherlock in disguise. Apparently, Susato asked him to deliver it when she visited in the middle of the night. Shortly after handing it over, Sherlock once again collapses from his injury and is removed from the courtroom. (The evidence is a cat door maker that Iris invented, and which Susato used on the door to Hatch's back room while Ryuunosuke was chasing after the burglars. Before Susato used the device on the door, there was no little window through which Hatch could've been shot from behind, meaning the bullet was fired just as Hatch was closing the door to protect himself and Gina. Which, I know, still sounds confusing but it makes sense in the convoluted context of what Ryu was trying to prove.)

So it goes that Egg Benedict is arrested for two murders, along with spy activities. Gina is declared not-guilty, but will still need to face punishment for perjury and whatnot. Still, she intends to turn her life around. In the defense lobby, they once again meet up with Sherlock and Iris. As it turns out, due to heavy rainfall, all the boats are departing half a day later than they should, meaning the group could still catch up with Susato before she leaves. Sherlocks explains he's already called London Station and 'arranged for a special train' to take them to the port.

As they speak their parting words, Iris is idly translating the morse code message that was played in the courtroom; the information that Crogley was attempting to sell to Megundal. As it turns out, it's Japanese morse code that Susato can translate. What she finds hidden in the message is this: "K. Asougi, A. Sasha, T. Gregson, J. Watson. The above four-" Sadly, that's all that Iris managed to overhear and write down. And so, with yet another unsolved mystery to add to the pile, Susato boards the ship to Japan, vowing to return.



** Ryuunosuke is left with Sherlock and Iris. However, following an official examination, he's disbarred from the courts for six months. With that, the Naruhodou Legal Consultation office basically goes out of business for a while.

** Everything from here on out is definitive Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2 terrain!

August 13th
In Japan, Susato takes on the guise of 'Ryuutaro Naruhodou', a faux cousin of Ryuunosuke, in order to stand in court as a defense attorney. Her friend Haori, a girl who'd once studied under John Watson, had been arrested for the murder of Jezail Brett and must now face trial. Susato is guided in her disguise venture by her father Yuujin, who aids her in court. Familiar faces in this trial are not only Jezail herself, but Detective Hosonaga and Natsume Souseki as well. Both of them served as witnesses to the crime.

To make a long story short, the truth behind the case is that Jezail Brett was murdered by a nosy journalist called Heita Mamemomi. In an attempt to find the truth behind Watson's death, Mamemomi snuck onto the beach where Brett was spending her last day in Japan and confronted her. However, he was met with such a nasty attitude that he snapped and poisoned Brett using a concoction he'd stolen from the university and hidden inside a fountain pen. Finding out later that the poison would cause obvious physical side-effects such as contracted pupils, he stabbed her in the back through a parting in the reed wall, in hopes her death would prevent the poison's effects from showing. Souseki and Hosonaga walked in right as Haori pulled the knife from Brett's back, leading to her arrest.



After the trial, Susato confronts her father about the fact that he was evidently never sick and it must've been a lie to call Susato back to Japan. As Souseki reveals after Yuujin has left, they'd spoken about the second incident that the man had been involved in, which had been hushed up by Sherlock Holmes, and Yuujin had sent his telegram to England the very next day. Another thing of note is that Mamemomi barges into the defense lobby to throw in some foreshadowing about Asougi's death, only to be forcefully interrupted by the judge (Seishiro Jigoku). When all is said and done, Susato writes to Ryuunosuke, telling him to go through the records of that second case with Souseki again.

-- This is where the game flashbacks to the events that occurred in February, involving the almost-murder of William Petenshy, how Viridian Green tied into it and what sort of treasure Selden had hidden away.--

October 22nd
A terrible accident occurs at the World Fair. While demonstrating a device that was supposed to allow for teleportation, an explosion takes place and the test subject dies (though he does appear to have been teleported). The victim is called Elyder Meningen, a man who was charged with several crimes only a brief while ago, only to receive a not-guilty verdict after most likely bribing the jurors. As Barok had prosecuted the case, this is viewed to be another case of the Reaper's Curse. Even so, the scientist in charge of the experiment, Benjamin Dobinbough, is arrested. Having just regained his rights to stand in court as a defense attorney, Ryuunosuke takes the case and heads to the World Fair with Iris Watson. Here, we find out that Tobias Gregson has been training Gina Lestrade to become an investigator. Gina can't take the conventional route because she can't read, so Sherlock apparently convinced Gregson to take her under his wing.

At this time, Holmes is also at the World Fair, but for entirely different reasons. Having taken on a part-time job from Madam Rozaic, proprietor of the House of Wax Dolls, he has in fact been spending most of his time pretending to be a wax doll himself. Added to that, he is later asked to track down a doll that'd been stolen from the museum. The stolen doll is revealed to be that of a serial murderer; the Professor. Sherlock explains to Ryuunosuke that the Professor's last victim was Klimt van Zieks.

October 23rd
Near the end of the first trial day, Susato arrives at long last to lend her aid and it's basically revealed that the teleportation device was one big trick. Dobinbough had enlisted the help of a known swindler scientist called Enoch Drebber. Court is adjourned in favor of more investigation.

Around this time, Sherlock has tracked down the body of the Professor's doll. The head, however, is still missing. Later, Ryuunosuke and Susato confront Sherlock about an important fact: Barok is now being accompanied by a masked disciple who bears a striking resemblance to Kazuma Asougi. There's not a doubt in their mind that it's him, which means that Sherlock should've noticed it on the steam ship back then. The only reply that Sherlock is truly willing to give on the matter, at that point, is that 'even a Great Detective tells lies sometimes' and they decide to leave it at that. Some investigation leads the gang to Enoch Drebber, who would need to testify in court the next day. Within Drebber's workshop they find the missing head of the wax doll, which is donning a helmet that cannot be opened. It becomes quite clear that the wax doll of the Professor was used to help create the illusion of teleportation. Questioning is cut short as the gang finds out a bit too late that Drebber attached a time bomb to the device at the World Fair and it explodes, barring any further investigation.

October 24th
Another whirlwind trial day happens and in the midst of it all, Sherlock encourages Naruhodou to pursue the truth, no matter what. That is exactly what happens. Having ruined Drebber's life ten years ago with a ludicrous article about his encounter with the revived Professor, Meningen's murder was driven by a thirst for revenge. Not only that, but a forensic scientist known as Courtney Sithe was roped into being an accomplice. She'd been blackmailed for years by Meningen due to her misdiagnosis of the Professor's death and Drebber knew this, which gave her more than enough motive to play along.



Finally, Barok calls Ryuunosuke and Susato into the courtroom to reveal to them the truth of the Professor. He unlocks the wax doll's helmet, showing them that the Professor was a Japanese man. While Susato admits that she recognizes the face from somewhere, it's the masked disciple who ultimately confirms his identity. Having regained his memories at that very moment, Asougi removes his mask and calls out to the Professor's doll as "father". Ryuunosuke returns his sword to him and it's used to slice the wax doll in half. With that, Asougi leaves the courtroom behind, claiming that he has matters to tend to.

November 1st
Eight days later marks the beginning of the fourth case in the game. At this time, Seishiro Jigoku and Yuujin Mikotoba have arrived in London for a special forensics symposium. They're informed of Asougi's fate by Ryuunosuke and Susato. Meanwhile, back in Baker Street, Sherlock had accidentally turned his hair red (don't ask...) and used it as a means to infiltrate the Red-headed League in hopes of earning some extra money. Unfortunately, the Red-headed League had recognized him as Sherlock Holmes and refused to let him join. Out of sheer spite, Holmes had them arrested, which is the moment when Ryuunosuke and Susato walk in. They ask him about his lies regarding Asougi once more and this time, Sherlock gives more answers. ((See the January 9th Footnote for details.)) Holmes is then visited by a woman called Ann Mitermont(?), who's searching for her missing husband Everyday (seriously his name, yes). Sherlock accepts the case and they start tracing Everyday's whereabouts. That is, Sherlock makes Ryuunosuke trace the whereabouts, as he himself is too embarrassed by his hair to leave the house. Ann claimed that Everyday worked at Berkley prison (right by Lowgate cemetery), but the chief currently in charge (Harry Barricade) informs the gang that Everyday was fired ten years ago after doing something wrong regarding an execution.

As Ryuu and Susato are about to inform Holmes (his hair is now blue) of their findings, Gina Lestrade comes to the Baker Street home in a panic to inform them that Gregson was found dead in a small room near the edge of London. This room belonged to a man called Hugh Boone. Gregson had a red wig with him and appears to have been shot. Barok van Zieks, the only other person in that room, was cornered by three witnesses and ends up arrested. Upset by the turn of events, Sherlock runs off to the crime scene while Naruhodou and co. head to the gaol to visit Barok. Kazuma Asougi is revealed to be the prosecutor for this case and while initially rejecting the offer, Barok eventually agrees to let Ryuunosuke defend him.



November 2nd
The trial, as it turns out, is held in secret with no jurors. Dragged onto the witness stand are not only the three witnesses to the crime ("Venus", "Sandwich" and "Gossip", three incognito drifters) but also two gentlemen from the Red-headed League who Holmes had arrested the previous day. The most important facts to come out of the first trial day are the following: "Gossip", a man with a twisted lip, is also known as "Hugh Boone". His true identity, however, is Everyday Mitermont. Afraid to tell his family he was fired from his job, he took on a double life on the streets and earned his money through begging and shady jobs. One day, Gregson approached him and offered him a deal. Mitermont would on occasion create a fuss somewhere in Gregson's name, so that Gregson himself would have an alibi.



Not only that, but Gregson began to use 'Hugh Boone's' apartment for his secret activities related to the Reaper's Curse. The deal went wrong very recently when the faux Gregson approached the Red-headed League, only to be captured by them. Mitermont had Gregson's ID taken from him and he spent a night in captivity. With all that established, Asougi asks Mitermont one final question: What happened ten years ago that got him fired? At first, Mitermont doesn't remember, but traumatic memories are jogged. It's revealed that the man jumped out of a window in sheer desperation after realizing that he'd 'let the Professor escape'. Mitermont collapses in the courtroom and the trial is adjourned.

During the investigation stage, many more facts are uncovered. For one, Hart Vortex is not amused that the trial is still continuing and blames this fact on Asougi. (Vortex likes things to work perfectly and as he planned, like the gears of a well-oiled machine of his making.) Furthermore, Barok's Reaper curse took its first target ten years ago, shortly after the Professor's trial. A crime organization boss was prosecuted by him, only to receive a not-guilty and be crushed by debris at a construction site three days later. Barok himself, however, believes that the "Reaper" is an organization of people plotting these deaths behind the scenes. Having a suspicion that Gregson was at the center of this organization, he began to investigate the man and that's how he ended up on the crime scene. That's not all. While Gregson must've been the 'brains' to investigate the target and figure out the best method of taking their life, the one who actually did the deed was most likely an assassin called A. Sasha. This was the true name of Jezail Brett.

Ryuunosuke and Susato go to speak with Yuujin Mikotoba, to inform him of their findings about Jezail Brett. When Yuujin exclaims that 'she was the one who took his friend's life', Susato hastily pulls Iris from the room, so as not to let her know that John H. Watson is dead. Ryuunosuke wonders whether that man was Iris's father, to which Yuujin replies that he never asked Watson whether he had children. There is one thing that Yuujin knows for certain; the man who died was not the Great Detective's partner. Ryuunosuke wonders vaguely whether it was a different John Watson, then. After this, Yuujin asks Ryuunosuke to return to Japan once this case is over, as they 'need a defense attorney like him'. The request is taking into consideration and Sherlock pops into the room, revealing that he'd been eavesdropping on the entire conversation. He's come to a deduction which he 'prays is mistaken' and decides to send an emergency message to Japan.

A conversation with Everyday Mitermont reveals the following: He hadn't been the one to help 'the Professor' escape. He'd only been meant to check on the body, nail the lid on the coffin and sign off on it. The night Genshin was executed and Mitermont went to check on the coffin, he found something odd: the lid had already been nailed on. He didn’t think too deeply about it, assuming the vice-chief had come and checked it already, then signed off on it. Furthermore, Mitermont had once spoken with Genshin and asked him whether he'd truly killed all those people. The response had been this: "I am... most certainly an unforgivable felon who took people’s lives." Lastly, Genshin had written a will before he was executed. The whole thing had been three pages long and had disappeared after the execution. Harry Barricade gives Ryuunosuke two of the three pages.

At this point, it's also revealed how Asougi managed to leave the Alaclair and find his way to England, where he ended up meeting Vortex at Scotland Yard. It turns out that while Yuujin had told the Asougi household that Genshin had died of an illness, one day Asougi received a letter which told him the truth behind Genshin's death. Unable to show it to Yuujin, who'd told him the illness lie in the first place, Asougi instead showed it to judge Jigoku, who laughed it off. Still, Asougi came to England to find the truth about his father's death. While firmly believing that Gregson was indeed part of the "Reaper" organization, he also believes that someone else must've been directing this group. According to Asougi, that person would be Barok.

As suggested by both Asougi and Barricade, they go to have a talk with Maria Goullyone, the teenage daughter of Courtney Sithe. She was the one who handled Gregson's autopsy. Apparently, she was told by Vortex to leave the time of death blank, but elaborates on the details when Ryuunosuke compares her to her mother. Gregson's body had not yet begun to rot when it was brought to her, so she assumed his time of death matched with the time of the gunshot and the witnesses, but one thing stood out as curious: The fish and chips in his coat pocket had begun to rot, leaving the impression that someone might've tampered with the body to falsify the moment of death. The conversation turns to the autopsy of Klimt van Zieks, the Professor's last victim. Maria reveals who the three coroners were and that there was decisive evidence to implicate Genshin. The autopsy report was last taken out two years ago, when Sherlock Holmes came to ask about it, and hasn't been seen since. Iris, who'd accompanied them during investigation, hastily leaves the scene. Also, they go to the crime scene to meet with Gina, who got her hands on Gregson's suitcase. Apparently, 'Sandwich' had stolen it from the scene when the murder was first discovered, hoping that he could sell it. There's some valuable clues inside, but before those can be examined properly, Toby (Gina's dog) goes berserk and attacks Ryuunosuke. He blacks out.

Case 4 (Twisted Karma and his Last Bow) concludes with one final twist. Susato brought Ryuunosuke back to their room in Baker Street. When they go downstairs, they find Yuujin unconscious on the couch and Iris looking quite guilty. One bit of Joint Reasoning later, it's uncovered that Yuujin attempted to open the box of casefiles, only to be knocked out by a boobytrap that Iris had installed inside it. Furthermore, Iris was the one who'd stolen Klimt's autopsy report two years ago. Recognizing the handwriting on it from the casefiles, she'd stolen the report and taken it home to compare. She'd seen the signature at the bottom, “John H. Watson”, and that was the day she'd taken that name for herself. After Iris leaves to 'tend to the herbs' (a very poor excuse), Susato picks up the report and notes that it's her father's handwriting. Sherlock points out that of course it is; Yuujin was an assistant to Watson during that autopsy, and as an assistant he would have taken the notes. Watson would sign at the end only after confirming everything. With that, Ryuunosuke finally puts two and two together, asking whether that makes him Sherlock's old partner. Sherlock is glad to see Ryuunosuke's finally got a solid grasp on logic and decides to introduce them to the one man who could possibly be his best friend and partner: Yuujin Mikotoba.

November 3rd
The next day, the trial for Barok continues. Before it all begins, Iris hands Ryuunosuke a rabbit keychain, telling him to pull on the ears when they feel stuck, as it will bring them 'good luck'. Once inside the courtroom, it's revealed that Hart Vortex will be taking over as the judge for the trial. Gina Lestrade takes the stand to testify about Gregson's whereabouts before the faux time of death and things get tricky. Supposedly, he went to some shady club called the Barabrook, but Ryuunosuke points out that the Barabrook is actually the name of a ship- the very same ship that Yuujin and Jigoku arrived on the other day. Gregson went there on the 31st of October to murder Jigoku (as evidenced by a notebook) while the ship was docked in France. After all, ten years ago Jigoku had been prosecuted by Barok because he'd implicated himself in an attempt to protect Genshin, meaning the Reaper's Curse had yet to strike. Not only that, but it's revealed that Asougi accompanied Gregson on that mission. However, he'd had no intention of killing anyone and refuses to comment on the fact that the tip of Karma's blade was found slashed into the side of Gregson's trunk. As Jigoku's whereabouts are currently unknown, the court takes a recess to try and locate him.

Back in the lobby, Ryuunosuke pulls the ears of the rabbit charm. With that, it's revealed that the keychain is in fact a two-way communication device, with Sherlock holding onto the half (a little mouse). At that very moment, Sherlock and Yuujin are on the Barabrook, investigating Jigoku's whereabouts and what occurred on the 31st of October. They run into Mabtov Stroganov, brother of Mitrov, and find out through some epic Joint Reasoning that he's purposely hiding Jigoku. Not only that, but a bullet hole is discovered in the wall of the cabin- the very cabin that Jigoku had occupied during the trip to England. While the man refuses to testify, Yuujin hands him a subpoena that cannot be easily ignored. With that, court must continue the next day, as it'll take time for the man to return to London.

That evening, it's revealed that Iris had eavesdropped on the conversation about Sherlock's true partner and for a moment, she'd almost believed that Yuujin was her father. She knows, however, that such a thing couldn't be true. The identity of her real father remains a mystery. Furthermore, Sherlock elaborates on the list of four names, as he'd done a bit more digging. One year ago, this list had been sent to someone in the Japanese government by someone in the English government. The person who'd received the transmission was Jigoku, but who sent it remains a mystery. Initially, Sherlock had assumed that all four names were meant to be targets. For this reason, he attempted to have Gregson moved overseas with Gina in order to protect him. Unfortunately, his theory was proven wrong when he heard that A. Sasha was the one who'd murdered J. Watson. With that, he had to adjust his reasoning and concluded that the four names were two pairs: Two victims and two assassins. Following that reasoning, K. Asougi was meant to kill T. Gregson.

November 4th
Last trial day! One of the first things that's established is that in order for Asougi to be sent abroad, Jigoku made him agree to assassinate Gregson. However, he insists that he didn't do so and left the ship in Dunkirk. It is, however, proven that Gregson was in Jigoku's cabin by means of a pocketwatch knob, which was found on the ship by Sherlock and Yuujin. It's reasoned that the culprit shot Gregson on the ship, hid his body in the freezer while it made its way from France to England, then moved him off the ship and into Hugh Boone's room in Jigoku's suitcase. Gregson had been shot during a very particular evacuation training to ensure the crew wouldn't hear, which could only have taken place after the ship had left Dunkirk, proving that Asougi was not the killer. Jigoku explains that the assassination message he'd received was less of a request and more of a demand, which was why he'd sent Asougi to England to murder Gregson. However, after Asougi 'died', it was up to Jigoku himself to fulfill Japan's part of the assassination exchange. Gregson appearing in his ship's cabin (as willed by the Reaper's curse) had been the perfect opportunity. There was a scuffle and Jigoku knocked Gregson unconscious. At first, Jigoku had intended to strangle the man to avoid leaving traces of a murder behind, but that had been foiled when Gregson regained consciousness. Shooting him had been the best option. It wasn't until Jigoku arrived in England that he found out Asougi, the assassin who should've taken care of the job, was still alive.

With that, the trial is seemingly over, as Gregson's murder's is solved. However, the matter of the mastermind in the English government remains and Jigoku refuses to say who it is. Vortex prepares to pass judgment, but Asougi objects, blurting out that Barok is the mastermind. Apparently, when confronting Gregson, the man let slip to Asougi that there was a secret behind Klimt's autopsy and the evidence was forged. However, Gregson truly believed that Genshin was the Professor and that they'd done the right thing. Ryuunosuke takes the trial up a notch by accusing Vortex of being the mastermind. Things turn very nasty here, as Vortex refuses to have Yuujin testify about Klimt's autopsy and he demands that Asougi produce proper evidence of Barok being the mastermind. Sherlock appears in court and gets the gallery all riled up by asking them whether they're only there to 'bow their heads to the distinguished'. With that, the gallery begins to demand more testimony, leaving Vortex with no choice but to obey. Sherlock leaves the courthouse again, reminding Ryuunosuke to pull the bunny's ears if he needs help.

Yuujin Mikotoba and Maria Goullyone take the stand to testify about Klimt's autopsy. Klimt's death didn't fit the Professor's M.O. at all, as he hadn't been attacked by a dog. Instead, Genshin's ring was 'found' in Klimt's stomach, as if the man had swallowed it in an attempt to implicate his killer. Yuujin had noted back then that there should've been damage to Klimt's esophagus, but Watson had basically shut him down, increasing the suspicion that the ring had been planted. Asougi claims that Barok would've had the best opportunity to steal said ring and have it dawn as evidence. However, this ring had been stolen from Genshin by thugs just after Klimt's death, or so Barok insists. In order to prove that Genshin had already been aware of an escape plan and thus had accepted his verdict with as much determination as he had, Barricade and Mitermont are called in for testimony. Barricade confirms that he'd received an order from the Prosecutor's Office to help with the plan. Not only that, but it's revealed that Klimt had written a will as well, which had been taken by Genshin.



The fact that the will had been written right before his death (ink stains on his fingers) implies that Klimt had chosen death. From here, the ball really gets rolling. The suggestion is thrown into court that Klimt had, in fact, been the real Professor. Not only that, but Klimt had owned a dog called Balmung, which had worn a jeweled collar (see February 23rd) which had been a gift from the Baskerville family upon his marriage. That's right, Klimt van Zieks's wife had been a Baskerville.

This is the point where Vortex comes clean about a lot of things. Genshin had realized that Klimt was the Professor and approached Vortex for help, but nothing could be done as there had been no evidence. Genshin took matters into his own hands and challenged Klimt to a duel, killing him. In order to 'protect Britain', Vortex struck up a deal of sorts with Genshin. As no one could ever know that the Professor had been a noble himself, Genshin took the fall as the murderer with the promise that he could escape and return to Japan to see his family.



With that, Vortex reveals that he has the third page of Genshin's will, a message for Asougi. "The truth is within the darkness, and only Karma can drive away that darkness. Just think. Take this excellent sword in your hand, and think deeply." There is some wordplay there, meaning that the hilt of Karma needed to be twisted to reveal the truth. Within the sword, they find Klimt's will. In it, it's revealed that someone found out about his initial crimes and forced him to continue killing certain targets for his own gain. This someone was Hart Vortex. It's also revealed that Vortex and Jigoku had both been waiting in the graveyard to help Genshin escape ten years ago, but when Drebber appeared at just the wrong moment, Vortex egged Jigoku into shooting Genshin.

Despite all the evidence that Vortex was the mastermind, he manages to win the gallery's support by claiming that all he’s done was simply to protect the order that they’d all worked so hard for, and to prevent London from returning to the near-lawless age of a century ago. The gallery cries out their support for him. It becomes clear then and there that Vortex is pulling all the strings and there's nothing they can do to stop him. Ryuunosuke pulls the ears of the bunny keychain, causing a hologram of Sherlock to appear in court. As it turns out, the keychains don't only transmit sound, they transmit images as well. Sherlock has basically been livestreaming the entire trial at Buckingham Palace. Vortex is stripped of all his powers by the Queen herself and will be publicly tried at a later date.

Some more loose ends are wrapped up, such as who Iris's real parents were. Iris herself remains unaware, but decides that it doesn't matter. After all, she already has the best father of them all: Holmes. Asougi continues study as a prosecutor under Barok's guidance while Ryuunosuke and Susato return to Japan with Mikotoba. Sherlock announces that he'd like to go to Japan some day soon and when he does, he'll expect to see his hospitality returned.