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The inside was surprisingly put together and you wouldn’t even suspect it was the scene of a crime if there wasn’t a bunch of police officers around. I wonder who the detective is. It’s probably either Detective Gumshoe or Ema, Phoenix thought, looking around to see if he could spot who could possibly be the detective.

“So, where do we start, Boss?” Athena asked, tapping her earring. Apollo, Maya, and Lynne looked at him expectantly as well.

“Well, I was thinking that we could possibly start with finding and talking to the detective so we can learn more about the case and get their permission to investigate as well,” the older defense attorney answered. Just then, a forensic officer ran past them but Phoenix managed to stop him before he could completely run off.

When the officer came back to them, Maya asked, “Do you know where the detective for this case is? And if so, could we talk to them?”

“Huh? Oh yeah, you can talk to her,” the officer stated. “Follow me, and I can take you to where she is. I have to deliver something to her anyways.” As they followed the forensic officer, Phoenix thought, So it’s a ‘she’? It could have a chance to be Ema then.

The forensic officer brought them into the kitchen of the restaurant to which they stopped, indicating that they were at their destination in the restaurant. But I don’t see anyone else in here besides us, so where could the detective be? He thought, looking around at the empty kitchen.

Just then, the forensic officer shouted, “Detective Faraday! I got the things you wanted!” ‘Faraday’ huh? I don’t recognize the name but I’m fine with a detective we haven’t met before, as long as they’re cooperative, Phoenix thought.

There was a pause before a voice said, “Oh sweet! Be right there!” And the owner of the voice then proceeded to jump down from… somewhere, startling everyone except the officer who handed her the stuff he was holding to which she grabbed it before turning her back on them, not even noticing the five extra people as she looked over the report, muttering to herself.

“Alright, thank you, you can go now,” the detective said eventually, still having her back to them and the officer opened his mouth to say something, probably about them, before she spoke up, saying, “Don’t worry, I noticed them, and I’ll talk to them.” All of them were completely stunned by this as well because before this point, she hadn’t shown any hints that she had noticed them and that she knew he was going to speak before he said anything. The forensic officer closed his mouth and just saluted before walking away. The detective then turned around, her black hair and tan trench coat waving slightly as she did so including the… key in her hair?

“So, what do you lot need?” she asked with a slightly bored but also curious and cheerful expression.

“Well, first of all, let us introduce ourselves. My name is-” Phoenix began but was cut off by the detective.

“Oh, I know who you three defense attorneys are. After all, you three are probably the most famous defense attorneys in the city. I want to know the other two’s names if you are to introduce yourselves,” she stated.

“Oh, well, my name is Maya Fey,” Maya said and then gestured with her hand to Lynne while saying, “And this is Lynne. Could you please introduce yourself to us now?”

“Oh, yeah, of course!” the detective exclaimed, her more bored and annoyed expression quickly switching into a cheerful one. “I’m Detective Kay Faraday!”

“Well, nice to meet you Detective Faraday. Is it alright with you if we could ask you a few questions about the case?” the blue-clad defense attorney asked, a bit taken aback by how cheerful and energetic this woman is.

“Sure! I need something to do today besides investigate, so ask away!” Kay told them cheerfully.

Phoenix nodded before asking, “Well, starting off simple, could you possibly tell us about the victim?”

“Yeah, I can do that!” she replied before switching her facial expression to a more thoughtful expression as she crossed her arms and had her pointer finger on her cheek as she said, “The victim’s name was Ginger Brett. She was the dessert co-chef here and was killed due to a single and deep stab wound to her chest. The autopsy report states that the knife wasn’t long enough to have done anything fatal but it still killed her because it appeared to have been taken out, causing her to die of blood loss. Speaking of which,” the detective then brandished a manilla envelope before saying, “here’s a copy of the autopsy report.”

She then held up a hand next to her mouth and whispered, but loud enough for all of them to hear, “Don’t tell Mr. Edgeworth I gave you guys the autopsy report or any crucial information about the case or else I don’t think I’ll ever see the light of day again.”

“Wait, so is the prosecutor, Chief Prosecutor Edgeworth?” Apollo asks.

But, to their surprise, Kay shakes her head and says, “No, they’re not, even though I would’ve loved to work with him. Instead it’s the prosecutor I’m assigned to who also knows Mr. Edgeworth really well. But even though he is a lot less intimidating than Mr. Edgeworth is, he still won’t be happy if he learns that I gave you guys information and I’d prefer not having my salary cut, thank you very much.”

“Uh, alright. Have you guys arrested a suspect yet?” the blue-clad defense attorney asked.

“Yeah. His name is Russell Sprout and he’s the co-chef for the main courses. He was arrested because not only were recent prints of his found on the murder weapon, but the murder weapon actually belonged to him. We’re still trying to figure out a motive though,” the detective explained. Alright, now that we know for certain that they arrested a suspect, we also know their name so we can go talk to them once we’re done, he thought.

“I see,” Phoenix said with a small nod before thinking. Soon enough though, he decided to ask, “Is there anything else you could tell us about the crime scene Detective?”

Kay nodded before her expression changed to a thoughtful one as she said with crossed arms, her pointer finger on her cheek, and eyes closed, “Yeah, though it’s kinda strange. In the main dining room of the restaurant, the forensic guys were able to find some blood on the ground and then a lot more was found in the freezer along with the dead body so we don’t really know how long ago the victim died. But, I haven’t said this to anybody else yet, I suspect that the victim was killed in the main dining room because some things in this case are reminding me of a couple similarities from a case I worked on with Mr. Edgeworth back in 2019.”

“Wait, you worked with Mr. Edgeworth in 2019?” Athena said, surprised.

“Yeah! Those were some fun days. Let’s see, I rescued Mr. Edgeworth when he got kidnapped, caught the woman I’m never going to forgive, not going to expand on that one, solved a fake assassination on the fake Zheng Fa president, solved a murder in a prison, helped Mr. Edgeworth solve the last case his father did, got kidnapped, that part actually wasn’t fun, and then helped two other people who got kidnapped and helped solve another cold case incident! Though the one I’m being reminded of is the one where I helped Mr. Edgeworth solve the last case his father did,” she summarized cheerfully. Wow, that’s… a lot, Phoenix thought, shocked.

“Wait, how so is this case reminding you of that other case?” Lynne asked, looking off into the distance with a finger on her chin.

“Oh, just the fact that I’m pretty sure the victim was killed somewhere else and then their body was frozen by being in the freezer. Not everything is the same but one or two things are very similar,” the detective stated. She then let out a sigh as she said, “That’s why I haven’t told anybody else yet that I think the victim was actually killed in the dining room and that her time of death is different so honestly, I think the defendant is innocent. But… I think I might be able to convince the prosecutor tomorrow to let me add a statement in my testimony about how I think the victim was killed in the main dining room.”

The defense attorney gave a slight nod before asking, “Speaking of which, could you tell us a little more about the prosecutor?”

She just gave them a shrug as she said, “Sure, why not? The prosecutor is someone who has known Mr. Edgeworth and me since 2019 and was basically Mr. Edgeworth’s apprentice for a while. Though, like I said earlier, he’s a lot less intimidating than Mr. Edgeworth is, no matter what he thinks. But to be fair, I don’t get intimidated easily and if you don’t believe me, then I’m going to tell you that I’m not scared of and kinda best friends with Franziska von Karma and Prosecutor Blackquill doesn’t scare me either. I’ve only ever called one person scary and that was Manfred von Karma but I was like, ten.”

“But anyways, the last thing I can say about the prosecutor is that, if he makes a mistake with either mixing up a word or something else, correct him politely because he’s still a bit used to being corrected not nicely even though that was about ten years ago since the last time but I know from seeing Mr. Edgeworth that trauma doesn’t ever really go away so, be polite and kind when correcting him,” she finished.

“Alright, I’ll try to,” he responded and Kay gave a satisfied nod.

“Okay, I think that’s about all I can tell you for now. If you are to go and see the defendant, then do it first before coming back to investigate. I’ll most likely still be here in case you find anything,” Kay told them before walking off to another part of the restaurant.

“So,” Maya began, “I’m guessing we are going to be heading to the detention center to meet the defendant?”

The older defense attorney nodded before saying, “Yeah, we are. Come on, we’re going to be going right now. The more time, the better.” He then began walking towards the entrance door of the restaurant with Maya, Athena, Apollo, and Lynne following after him.