Eddie has reached the end of his story. In the end, von Karma won the trial - despite the defense having enough evidence to prove Tangaroa's innocence, von Karma's dirty tactics caused the trial to run for an entire year. Von Karma produced a fake autopsy report to defeat Gregory's argument that the body was never found and Tangaroa confessed. Then, Gregory played his "ace in the hole" - he had obtained a recording of Tangaroa's interrogation from Detective Badd, in which Tangaroa could be heard being forced to confess by the police. The detective in charge of the case was fired and von Karma received the first and only penalty of his career. Unfortunately, Tangaroa had given up entirely and was found guilty anyway. Your copy of the case file states that he was found guilty of murder. Eddie remembers differently, however - in reality, Tangaroa was only convicted as an accessory to murder. Von Karma had altered the case file to make it appear as though he had solved the case. Eddie shows you his copy of the case file, which clearly states "accessory to murder".
Eddie gives you the evidence and files from the IS-7 incident that he has collected: the IS-7 Incident Case File, Ultimate Cookbook, Frame Finger Marks, Salt Lamp, and Family Photo. You plan to investigate further, in case there are any clues left behind from 18 years ago, but Winner and Gavèlle object, since they're trying to identify the body Kay found in the fountain. You already know who it is, though... Present Artie Frost's profile. Winner has never heard of him, but Gavèlle has, and she even knows about the IS-7 incident. Winner receives a phone call - the body is confirmed to be that of Artie Frost. This proves once and for all that Manfred von Karma forged the autopsy report presented during Tangaroa's trial, and Eddie uses this to convince Gavèlle to allow you to investigate the Fountain Room.
Investigation: Zodiac Hall - Fountain Room[edit | edit source]
Your priority is to identify the source of the Ubiquium. As you may recall, it has a distinct Minty fragrance. Move to the left side of the area and examine the tea cart. Judy's tea set is set out on it. Examine the crescent moon-shaped Teapot to add it to the Organizer. Larry shouts at you and tells you to be careful with it. Kate comes over and serves you some more Ceylon tea. However, The tea smells different... Larry seems upset about something...
Examine the stain on the ground near where Eddie is standing. It's a tea stain, with a Ceramic Fragment in the middle. The design on it looks familiar... Go to the opposite side of the room and talk to Larry. Present the Ceramic Fragment to him. He finally agrees to talk to you.
- What are you hiding: He tried to pour a cup of tea for Judge Gavèlle, but he dropped the teapot and it broke. Larry grovels to Judy and apologizes. She goes to tidy up the mess, and also takes your Ceramic Fragment. Larry says that when he broke the teapot, he swapped it with another, identical, one. You receive the Switched teapots logic. Larry agrees to show you what he was doing: sketching "ravishing beauties".
- Your sketches: It's a drawing of Judy, Gavèlle, and Scone. Larry says he drew it exactly as he saw it, which makes you notice a contradiction between the drawing and Judy's service cart. Larry's Sketches are added to the Organizer.
Examine the service cart again and deduce from Larry's Sketches that the color of the cart's tablecloth has changed. Larry says that when he broke the teapot and was cleaning up the mess, Judy came out of the Winter Palace with another service cart - one that had a light blue tablecloth. She went to the Summer Palace with it and came out with the lift trolley. Now that you've collected some Logic, it's time to tie it up. Connect The tea smells different to Switched teapots. The different fragrance of the tea is probably because Larry swapped the pots. Judy agrees and says that she served peppermint tea with the second pot yesterday. You receive the Teapot's leftover aroma logic. Connect this to Minty fragrance. Judy seemed more concerned with the fact that the pots were swapped than that a pot was broken. Maybe she was trying to hide the existence of the second pot? She may have hidden some Ubiquium in it. You speak to Winner, who says he's had the entire museum overturned but still hasn't found the Ubiquium. You have an idea of where it might be, though - the teapot. Judy asks if you suspect her of setting the poison gas trap, and says others could have done it as she wouldn't have known how to create the poison gas.
Talk to Judy:
- The two carts: She says she only uses tablecloths that are pure white. At the time when Larry drew the sketch, she was doing her job, as normal.
- Your work: At the time of Larry's sketch, she was handing out chocolates to the people helping with the investigation. She gives you some Chocolates as well. Like father, like son - they're a little too sweet for your liking.
- Poison gas incident: She used her photos from 18 years ago to create replicas of Frost's sculptures. She's still hiding something, and you need to prove it with evidence... which you don't have yet.
Examine the fountain. The forensics officer reports that Ubiquium and Asphyxion were both detected in the water. There was also a large quantity of sugar. Just then, you receive a call from Gumshoe. He informs you that the Gemini case contained less water than the Taurus case. The Taurus case contained only sugar, but the Gemini case contained sugar, salt... and blood. The sugar found in the fountain matches that in the cases in the Winter Wing. The Gemini Case Analysis Results are noted in the Organizer. Also, a light-emitting device was found, which was used to disguise the Autumn Wing as the Winter Wing. You should hear what Scone has to say about that. Talk to her:
- Gallery decorations: The luminous cloths and light-emitting device were presents that she gave to Judy. She gave Judy four sheets of luminous cloth, but you've seen another one somewhere recently... Present the Luminous Cloth. She agrees to tell you more about it.
- Making poison gas: Everyone familiar with Infesticide Utra knows not to mix it with Ubiquium. But anyone who has seen the ultimate cookbook would also know how to set off the poison gas, as the method is In the ultimate cookbook. Plus, she mentions Coldkiller X. Ace Attorney fans might recognize that name from "Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations" first episode involving a certain attorney's mentor.
- Luminous cloth: Delicia found a luminous cloth floating in the fountain. She says that this cloth is the one that vanished 18 years ago.
Next, talk to Eddie:
- The two incidents: Nobody realized Frost's body went missing because the only family he had was a son, who also vanished after the incident. He was found years later, and his inheritance was delivered to him.
- Judy Bound: Eddie describes Judy as a "real brave trooper" who has waited for the last 18 years for Tangaroa to be freed. She was evicted from the mansion by Tangaroa's relatives but went on to become a successful actress. Eventually, she had enough money to buy both the mansion and the ultimate cookbook. You take note of Bound's actions in your Logic.
Go to your Logic and connect In the ultimate cookbook to Bound's actions. The method for setting off the poison gas is contained in the ultimate cookbook, and the current owner of the ultimate cookbook is Judy, so she would have been able to learn how to set off the gas. Finally, examine the lift trolley next to Eddie. Eddie says that it was in Frost's room during the IS-7 incident. Just one trolley like this would be enough for one person to be able to transport Frost's sculptures. The surface of it appears to be wet, indicating that it was used recently. The Lift Cart is added to the Organizer.
With that, your investigation is over. Now, you just have to wait for the results of the tests on the teapot...