Since Judy did what she did to prove Tangaroa innocent, you believe that the IS-7 incident should be reinvestigated. Predictably, Gavèlle objects, claiming that no false evidence from the incident is in the case files. You object to this, given von Karma's record of forging evidence. Gavèlle claims that you are trying to act against the C.P.E. and obscure the truth.
Gavèlle's Argument: The Committee's View[edit | edit source]
- The Committee is willing to accept that Mr. von Karma falsified Mr. Frost's autopsy report.
- Even still, Mr. von Karma only managed to have Mr. Tangaroa convicted as an accomplice.
- I personally have come to believe that the real culprit behind the IS-7 Incident is Ms. Bound.
- Her plan to poison and kill Mr. Gusto today was her attempt to frame him for Mr. Frost's murder.
Rebuttal: The Committee's View[edit | edit source]
Press the fourth statement. Why would Judy have tried to frame Gusto? Gavèlle believes that Gusto thought Judy was the culprit, and fell for the poison trap while investigating what he believed to be the Gemini sculpture. Of course, she can't prove any of this unless Gusto wakes up, but claims that she has enough evidence regarding both the IS-7 incident and today's case. She adds two more statements:
- We have all the evidence we need to explain both the IS-7 Incident and the poison gas attack.
- We have therefore determined that there is no need to investigate either case any further.
Present the Gemini Case Analysis Results on either of these statements. The identity of the blood found in the melted Gemini sculpture remains unknown, and until it is identified, the case cannot be closed.
Winner returns after this, accompanied by Gusto, who has finally recovered. You ask Gusto to reveal the truth behind the IS-7 incident that von Karma tried to conceal from his father. Eddie tells him that, since he fell for the poison gas trap, it points to him being Artie Frost's killer. Gusto doesn't respond well to this (after a brief period of not responding at all), but Gavèlle objects to what she calls your "speculating". She asks Gusto to explain why he opened the case to the sculpture. He says he came to view Frost's works but arrived thirty minutes before the museum was to open. He opened the case to take a closer look at the sculpture. You're not convinced, and Gavèlle has problems with his statement as well, but she says there is no evidence to the contrary. Gusto then claims that he had no motive to kill Frost.
Eddie says that for Gusto to be the killer, he must have had some motive; you receive the Murderer's motive logic. He also reminds you of Gregory and von Karma's argument about Gusto's motive, in which Gregory pointed out the possibility that Frost and Gusto's partnership soured; you receive the Cooperation ended? logic. You now think back on everything you've learned about the IS-7 incident, starting with the finger marks left on the frame of the ultimate cookbook. Were they left by Gusto? He may have been trying to view the recipe, so had Gusto wanted the cookbook? Finally, you recall Judy's camera, which had less remaining exposures in it than was expected.
Now to put all this information together. Connect the Remaining exposures to Wanted the cookbook?. Gusto may have used Tangaroa's camera to take photographs of the contents of the Angel's Recipe. This probably occurred during the afternoon tea, during which both Gusto and Frost were not seen. Assuming Frost was killed before Delicia snuck into his room, it appears likely that he was dead before the afternoon tea had ended. Connect Murderer's motive to Cooperation ended?. Gusto and Frost worked together until the day before the final of the contest. Gusto prepared Frost's sherbet the day before, but Frost must have refused to help Gusto in return. The reason behind this could have served as a motive. Gusto claims that it was a peaceful parting of ways, and also says that he could not have killed Frost in Tangaroa's room during the contest, since Tangaroa would have been there making his dessert. You receive the Timing of the murder logic. Connect this to Afternoon tea. Frost was alive when the tea break began, meaning this was the only time at which the murder could have occurred. Gusto isn't going to give in easily, though, meaning you'll need to use "that" to break him down.
Mind Chess: Carmelo Gusto[edit | edit source]
You want to find out why Gusto and Frost decided to collaborate in the first place. It seems that Gusto pretends to sleep when he doesn't like where the conversation is going. When this happens, consider your move carefully.
Start by asking Why did you collaborate with Mr. Frost? Gusto says he and Frost were acquaintances before the contest, and since Frost was interested in the contest, they decided to enter it together. Was he not confident enough in his abilities? He doesn't respond well to this and claims that they wanted to make "the most perfect creations possible" together.
Bide your time. Gusto and Frost's children went to the same school. Gusto says that he got on well with Frost. You ask if he would have shared the title of "world's greatest confectioner" with Frost, but receive no response.
Choose Wake up! Frost was a sculptor by trade - why would he have wanted to be known as the world's greatest in another field? Gusto says that Frost's true goal was the ultimate cookbook.
Pawn defeated
Gusto has grown impatient, meaning your time limit will decrease quicker than usual. Next, you need to learn about what his goal was. Choose Did you want more than just the title?. He angrily declares that his only goal was the title.
Bide your time. Gusto announces that his design skills have improved greatly since 18 years ago thanks to his training in Zheng Fa.
Bide your time. He says that he used to watch Tangaroa's TV show with his son and studied his desserts. You suggest that if he obtained Tangaroa's recipes, it would have been a large step towards his goal. Gusto merely replies "maybe", and meditates again.
Choose So you were interested in the book, too? If he was trying to become the world's greatest confectioner, shouldn't he be more interested in the grand prize - the ultimate cookbook? He admits that he was interested in it.
Bishop defeated
You know the true contents of the ultimate cookbook. Now, you need to ascertain what Gusto wanted the book for, since he should have also known this. You have two options:
- Did you know what the book was really worth?
- Did you need it to help you make your sweets?
First, choose Did you need it to help you make your sweets? "What else?", he replies. You mention that you know the book is very valuable. Gusto says it was "worth more than money" and meditates.
Choose You know more than you're letting on. Gusto says it was explained to each contestant at the beginning of the contest. Therefore, he must know that it contained formulae for medicines. Remember this clue...
Choose Did you know what the book was really worth? He says it was a collection of Tangaroa's recipes. Really? Time for that clue.
Choose Except, you knew that's not what's really in there! Did he want access to the medicines?
Choose You needed medicine, didn't you? He admits that he wanted to obtain the ultimate cookbook to find a cure for his son's illness. You need to ask him some more questions about that.
Rook defeated
Here, you are given three choices:
- What was the name of your son's condition?
- Tell me more about your son.
- Was the book necessary for him to get better?
Start with What was your son like? Gusto says his son loved his desserts. He says you cannot understand how much he wanted to cure his son's illness.
BIde your time. Until the semi-finals, Gusto's son always went to the contest venue to play and visit him. He always wanted to be the first person to taste his father's creations.
Choose So he wasn't too sick to join you? Gusto admits that the illness wasn't life-threatening. This sounds like a useful clue for later.
Choose Was the book necessary for him to get better? At the time, the ultimate cookbook was the only source for the cure, but since then, it has become widely available. Gusto says he was so concerned with winning that he lost interest in the other contestants' creations.
Choose But you cared about Mr. Tangaroa's work! Gusto already told you earlier that he was interested in Tangaroa's desserts. He claims that the other contestants' desserts were all flavorless. How could that be true? Remember this for later.
Choose What was the name of your son's condition? He refuses to discuss it. Time to play one of your clues.
Choose But it wasn't life-threatening, was it? Gusto says that because of the illness, his son couldn't taste his desserts.
Choose Did he have a taste disorder? One of the cures in the ultimate cookbook is for a certain taste disorder, also contracted by Tangaroa... Gusto is shocked to learn that Tangaroa "had it, too". Gusto admits that his son also had a taste disorder. But it seems he's still hiding something... You'll need to use another clue to get him to talk.
Choose You were sick yourself, weren't you? Was his true intention to obtain the cure for himself? Gusto says that he made the desserts by himself 18 years ago... His lies are finally unraveling.
Choose But weren't you working with Mr. Frost!? Gusto finally owns up - it was not his son who had the taste disorder, but Gusto himself. Gusto claims that he wanted the ultimate cookbook to cure himself, but he was still interested in the title and was confident in his confection's flavors. But you remember that his entry in the final was rated poorly for taste, and ask him to testify about it.
Queen defeated
Checkmate
Gusto's Testimony: My Entry for the Final[edit | edit source]
- Frost and I were working together right up through the semifinal. I handled the flavor, he did the designing.
- But I wanted to face Tangaroa in the final on my own. No help. Just me and my skills.
- So I helped Frost with his entry, but mine, I did alone.
- If it didn't taste good in the final, that's on me. What can I say? I lacked training.
Rebuttal: My Entry for the Final[edit | edit source]
Press the fourth statement. Gusto simply says his "sense of taste" failed him during the finals. You're not going to get much more, so when asked if you want to change the topic, choose to Ask about the semifinal. Gusto adds another statement to his testimony:
- The only difference between the semifinal and the final was that Frost wasn't helping me.
Present the Family Photo on this statement. Wasn't his son also missing during the final? His son must have helped Gusto somehow... Choose To taste your creations. Gusto couldn't taste his confections and he wanted to keep this fact a secret, so he had his son taste them instead. Gusto calls this an insult and laughs it off since you have no proof - not even Gusto's son, who he hasn't seen in several years. The only thing that can save you now is Gumshoe, with the results of the tests on the blood found in the Winter Wing... and luckily, Gumshoe finally arrives at that moment.
Gumshoe reads out the report: the blood belonged to Carmelo Gusto. Gusto tried to conceal this blood by hiding it within the Gemini sculpture. There was also salt detected, though, which probably resulted in the flavor Scone picked up on. So where did this come from? Present the Salt Lamp. There were two lamps, both of which were broken - one was used to kill Frost, but no one knew why the other was broken. The other lamp likely had Gusto's blood on it. Gusto knew that, if his blood was found at the crime scene, he would be suspected, so he removed his blood from the lamp - by mixing it into the sorbet lyre. The real reason Gusto returned was to dispose of this evidence.
Gusto finally admits his crime - he killed Artie Frost 18 years ago. Frost refused to help him in the final. Without Frost or his son, Gusto had no chance of winning, so he went to Tangaroa's room to take photos of the cure to his taste disorder. However, Frost caught him in the act and tried to blackmail him. Gusto responded by killing Frost. He did not, however, plan to frame Tangaroa - rather, he wanted to frame Scone since she had cheated in the contest. Gusto planned to freeze the body, but Judy had discovered the body before he had a chance to. Why would Gusto have needed to freeze the body? To obscure the time of death and avoid suspicion himself. Gusto is still laughing about the situation and says you can't arrest him. Why? He testifies about this.
Gusto's Testimony: Why You Can't Arrest Me[edit | edit source]
- I killed Frost 18 years ago.
- The statute of limitations for murder in this country is fifteen years.
- You do the math! You can't arrest me!
- You think I'd have confessed otherwise!?
Rebuttal: Why You Can't Arrest Me[edit | edit source]
Press the second statement. Gusto says he has nothing left to hide and will tell you anything you want to know. You decide to ask him what he was doing over the last 18 years. He talks about having his taste disorder cured and going to Zheng Fa a year after the incident. When asked which of these topics to follow up on, choose His training in Zheng Fa. Gusto adds another statement to his testimony.
- I later went to Zheng Fa to train, and I finally became the best in the world.
Present the Statutes of Limitations Book on this statement. One of the conditions states that, if a suspect moves to a foreign country, the time limit is put on hold until they return. Gusto spent exactly three years in Zheng Fa. That, however, only brings the deadline to December of last year - four months ago. Eddie has one last idea, though, and tells you to check the book on the statute of limitations again. One of the conditions states that if a possible accomplice is put on trial, the time limit is put on hold until the end of that trial. Since Tangaroa was convicted of being an accomplice, that would extend the time limit by another year. Eddie, being Tangaroa's attorney, can't make himself use his client's imprisonment as a weapon, and so he passes the buck to you. When asked, choose to Raise an objection. Gavèlle asks you to present evidence that will allow you to have Gusto arrested. Present the IS-7 Incident Case File and choose the "Suspect Data" page. Gusto was unaware of the verdict that was reached and failed to account for this possibility. That makes the total time limit for this case 19 years - the case remains open and Gusto can be arrested.
What really happened[edit | edit source]
18 years ago, the confectioner Carmelo Gusto contracted the taste disorder ageusia. For a confectioner such as Gusto, who sought to overtake Samson Tangaroa as the world's greatest, to lose his sense of taste would have meant the end of his career. He learned of a cure which was contained within the pages of Tangaroa's famous "ultimate cookbook". The ultimate cookbook was the prize offered by Tangaroa to whoever could best him in a confection-making contest. Gusto knew, however, that with his poor design skills and failing sense of taste, he would never win the contest alone. To solve this, he decided to collaborate with Artie Frost, better known as the world-famous sculptor Paul Halique, while Gusto's son served as his taste-tester. His son visited him during every round of the contest to taste his confections and advise his father on what he needed to change to make them taste perfect.
This arrangement worked flawlessly up until the day before the finals. Frost was known for his exorbitant spending and had planned from the beginning to use Gusto only to ensure that his entries would taste good. Frost's goal from the beginning was to win the contest himself and obtain the highly valuable ultimate cookbook, which he intended to sell. Once Gusto had finished preparing the sorbet for Frost's entry, Frost betrayed him, knowing that Gusto would have no hope of winning without his design skills. Even worse for Gusto, his son had failed to show up for the contest, leaving him entirely helpless.
Gusto, having lost his chance at obtaining the cure for his ageusia, went to Tangaroa's room where the ultimate cookbook was kept during the contest and used a camera to take photographs of the pages containing the cure for ageusia. Frost followed Gusto and quickly figured out the real reason why Gusto had been allowing his son to taste his desserts - Gusto was unable to taste them himself. Frost mocked Gusto about his disorder and demanded an extortionate sum of money in exchange for keeping Gusto's condition a secret. Gusto responded by attempting to attack Frost, but Frost managed to land the first blow, causing Gusto to hit his head on one of Delicia Scone's rock salt lamps, which Tangaroa had placed in the room after confiscating them. Gusto responded by killing Frost with the other rock salt lamp.
Gusto then set about trying to frame Scone for the murder. He did not want Tangaroa, who he respected, to be suspected of the crime, but had no problem with letting Scone, who had cheated and been disqualified, take the fall. He cleared his blood off the rock salt lamp by mixing it into the lyre of Frost's sculpture, hid both lamps inside Scone's dessert, and hid Frost's body in the treasure chest of Tangaroa's creation, wrapped in one of Scone's sheets of luminous cloth. He had planned to freeze the body to throw off the time of death and then dispose of the lyre containing his blood, but this plan never came to fruition. Scone had entered each contestant's room and ate parts of their desserts, including the base of Tangaroa's chocolate ship. This weakened the base, eventually causing it to collapse, breaking open the chocolate chest in which Frost's body was hidden.
The noise of the ship collapsing was heard by Judy Bound, Tangaroa's assistant and adopted daughter, who went to investigate and discovered Frost's body. She also saw the seal next to the body and realized that Frost was Paul Halique, whose works she greatly admired. She took a photograph of the scene and called the police to report the discovery. Gusto then removed the body and hid it in the Gemini sculpture. He also removed the piece of chocolate stained with Frost's blood and threw it in the fountain. Before the police arrived, however, Judy went to Frost's room with her camera, where she took several photos of his final works. She then removed the sculptures, fearing that the police would damage them during their investigation, and hid them in the mansion's freezer. She then unplugged the glass cases' coolers, making it appear as though the sculptures had melted.
Judy's discovery of the body, however, ruined Gusto's plan to frame Scone. Because the body was found in Tangaroa's room before Gusto could freeze it, Tangaroa himself was arrested for the crime. But by the time the investigation began, the body had been removed, making it impossible to carry out an autopsy. The detective in charge of the initial investigation, Ian Sideman, failed to inform Prosecutor Manfred von Karma of the body's disappearance until after von Karma had indicted Tangaroa. For von Karma, to admit he was hasty in indicting Tangaroa would have meant surrendering his 25-year perfect winning streak, an impossibility for a man obsessed with perfection.
To ensure his case would proceed as planned, von Karma acquired a forged autopsy report. He used this in the ensuing trial to defeat attorney Gregory Edgeworth's argument that the body was never found. The trial dragged on for a year, until December 28, 2001, when Tangaroa finally gave in and confessed to being an accomplice. At this point, Edgeworth finally used his "ace in the hole", which he had obtained from Detective Tyrell Badd: a recording of Tangaroa being forced by the police to confess. As a result, Sideman was dismissed from the police force and von Karma received his first and only penalty from the Chief Prosecutor. Tangaroa, however, did not withdraw his confession and was found guilty of being an accomplice. It was later discovered by Eddie Fender, Edgeworth's apprentice, that Tangaroa confessed because he was told that Judy would be arrested and tried for the same crimes if he did not. The identity of the actual murderer was never discovered by either von Karma or Edgeworth and the case went unsolved for the next 17 years. Edgeworth left the courtroom with his young son Miles, hoping to obtain a retrial for Tangaroa, but was later discovered dead in an elevator - the case that became known as the DL-6 Incident.
About a week before Tangaroa's verdict was handed down, Gusto moved to Zheng Fa, where he spent the following three years studying design. Having obtained a cure for his ageusia, he eventually became recognized as the world's greatest pastry chef. In the process, however, he abandoned his son entirely. His son's whereabouts remain unknown to this day.
Eddie later became a fully-qualified defense attorney, taking over the Edgeworth Law Offices from his late mentor. He also took over Tangaroa's case and spent the following 17 years struggling to discover the truth behind the case.
Judy was evicted from Tangaroa's mansion by his relatives. Over the next 17 years, she became a world-famous actor, eventually obtaining enough money to buy Tangaroa's mansion herself. She then retired from acting. At some point, in the mansion's cellar, she found Artie Frost's body, hidden inside his final work, the Gemini sculpture. She created a plan to lure out Frost's real killer since he would be the only other person in the world who knew where Frost's body was. She converted the mansion into an art gallery, dedicated to the works of Paul Halique, and its star attraction was to be his "lost" final works - the Gemini and Taurus sculptures. Judy knew that if the real killer heard of this, they would return to the mansion to try and dispose of the evidence linking them to Frost's murder once and for all. She stole a bottle of Infesticide Ultra from Scone, which contained Asphyxion as its active ingredient, and placed drops of it on the Gemini sculpture. She then put Ubiquium on the underside of the case's lid and froze the lid shut. To complete the setup, she disguised the Autumn Wing as the Winter Wing and left only it unlocked. If the killer wanted to gain access to the case containing Frost's body, they would have had to first melt the Ubiquium. The Ubiquium would have mixed with the Asphyxion, creating a toxic gas. The killer would then have inhaled the gas when they opened the case to remove Frost's body.
In the event, Judy's plan worked - Carmelo Gusto went to the gallery upon hearing of the Gemini sculpture's exhibition, and acted exactly as she expected. He inhaled enough of the poison gas to cause him to fall unconscious, but not before he managed to drag himself out to the fountain room, where he was found by the "artist" Laurice Deauxnim (a.k.a. Larry Butz). Judy then planted the bottle of Infesticide Ultra on Gusto's person to make it appear as though he had attempted suicide. Also at the scene, however, was Gregory Edgeworth's son Miles, who managed to piece together the information his father learned 18 years earlier and what he learned in the present, and discovered that Gusto was responsible for Frost's murder. Gusto came to and was confronted by the younger Edgeworth. However, he believed that the statute of limitations on the IS-7 Incident had expired and taunted Edgeworth about this. Luckily, Edgeworth managed to find loopholes in the law which enabled him to have Gusto arrested for Frost's murder, finally closing the book on his father's final case.
Epilogue[edit | edit source]
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Gusto is taken into custody. Judy, having set the poison gas trap, must also stand trial for her crimes. Eddie offers to defend her in court and promises to get her off the hook. You accuse Gavèlle of being dishonest - she knew that a retrial was required as soon as Frost's body was found, but she refuses to answer you. Instead, she warns you that you are being targeted by the C.P.E., who will almost certainly order you to appear before them. You, however, have no regrets, since your path led to the truth. Eddie, you, and Kay all go to visit Tangaroa. Tangaroa doesn't see what he did to "deserve such devotion" from Judy, but you have something that shows how much she cares about him. Present the Chocolates. Judy has been making these chocolates for the last 18 years, hoping to give them to Tangaroa whenever he was released. Tangaroa says that now it is his turn to return the favor to her. Eddie plans to have Tangaroa cleared of his false conviction - but a "legal contradiction" would mean that Gusto would be freed since the statute of limitations would be reduced to 18 years. Eddie again asks you to consider which path you want to follow and leaves.
At the Edgeworth Law Offices, Eddie again "speaks" to Gregory and tells him about how his son helped solve his final case. He promises to always carry on the convictions and ideals his old mentor taught him and hopes that someday, you will decide to follow in your father's footsteps as well. You, meanwhile, have a lot of soul-searching to do...
