Transformative Justice: The Darkness Trial

Phoenix

The prosecution claims my client assassinated the victim with her transformation ability, but there's a crucial contradiction in their timeline!

Edgeworth

Objection! We've established the defendant's unique ability allows her to create blades from any part of her body. The murder weapon matches her exact molecular signature.

Kuroko

But the security footage shows the victim alive three minutes AFTER the alleged murder time! Someone's tampering with evidence!

Yami

(These humans think they understand my powers... but they're missing something crucial about that night.)

Phoenix

TAKE THAT! The real killer used a stolen sample of my client's DNA to frame her! The true murderer is...

Edgeworth

Interesting theory, Wright. But what if I told you the defendant wasn't the only alien assassin in that room that night?

Kuroko

(Wait... the molecular signature... it's not just hers. It's... Judgment's?)

Yami

Perhaps... the real question isn't whether I killed him, but why someone wanted him dead badly enough to hire TWO alien assassins.

Phoenix

(The badge... my attorney's badge just hit the floor. That's never happened before.)

Yami

You're all looking at the wrong Darkness. The one who killed him... isn't me.

Edgeworth

What in the—The court records show TWO identical molecular signatures at the crime scene!

Kuroko

(That's impossible. Only a Level 5 esper could create a perfect molecular duplicate... and Darkness isn't even from this world!)

Phoenix

TAKE THAT! The real killer created a clone using stolen alien technology. Darkness, you're protecting someone—who is it?

Yami

(They'll never understand. The real Darkness—my sister—was hired by someone in this very courtroom. Someone who knew about the victim's connection to...)

Edgeworth

How fascinating. Tell me, Wright... what if I told you the person who hired the second assassin... was the victim himself?

Phoenix

(The victim... hired his own assassin? But that would mean... it was suicide by Darkness?)

Yami

He wanted to die as an assassin's target... to protect someone. But my sister... she couldn't complete the contract. So I took her place in this courtroom... to find out why.

Kuroko

(The victim's Judgment badge... it's reacting to Darkness. They weren't just connected—they were partners. And the real killer... is still in this room.)

Kuroko

(The badge... it's not supposed to do this!)

Edgeworth

What the—this energy signature... it's identical to the defendant's, but corrupted!

Yami

Everyone down! She's not supposed to be here!

Phoenix

(A second Darkness? But that would mean—)

Kuroko

OBJECTION! The real killer was never the defendant—it was her sister, the one who completed the contract!

Yami

(Finally found you, prosecutor. The one who hired us both... to kill yourself.)

Edgeworth

So the truth comes out. I hired them to kill me because I discovered... I'm the one who murdered the victim five years ago. I just... didn't remember.

Phoenix

TAKE THAT! The victim wasn't dead—he was YOU, Edgeworth! You hired the assassins to kill your past self, creating a time paradox!

Kuroko

(The timeline... it's unraveling! If past Edgeworth dies here, none of us will exist!)

Phoenix

OBJECTION! Both of you—look at me! The timeline's unraveling because of this paradox!

Edgeworth

(What's happening? I hired assassins to kill... myself?)

Yami

The contract—it wasn't just to kill. It was to create a loop. Your past self needed to die so your present self could exist.

Kuroko

(The Judgment badge... it's showing me every possible timeline where Edgeworth wins and loses simultaneously.)

Phoenix

The real truth—you didn't hire assassins. You hired PROTECTION from yourself! The victim wasn't your past—it was your FUTURE!

Edgeworth

(The victim was me... from the future. I hired Darkness to stop myself from becoming the killer I already was.)

Yami

The contract is complete. I was hired to kill the future version... but the payment was your past memories. You never forgot—you were never supposed to remember.

Kuroko

(The circle... it's not just past and present. Every defendant we've ever defended or prosecuted is here. This trial never ended—it just loops.)

Phoenix

TAKE THAT! The real verdict isn't guilty or not guilty—it's that we were all the victims AND the killers! This whole trial... was Darkness's way of finding her sister's true killer: the courtroom itself!

Yami

Congratulations, attorney. You've won the case... but lost the war. The next trial begins... in the space between seconds.