【Chengyu】Turnabout: Bloodline

"Name and occupation."

Xigami showed a lot of respect for the tone of the next witness.This is most likely because the man sitting in the wheelchair behind the witness stand is his immediate boss.

"Mitsuken Reiji, the occupation is the chief of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Bureau."

"Thank you." The stern-looking samurai prosecutor nodded at Edgeworth, and then turned to the judge, "Bald, I know you want to ask him what he has to do with this case. But I can't answer that question because Chief Edgeworth He is a witness for the defence, and he will assist the defense in furthering the prosecution of Mr Harold Crispin, thereby clearing Benjamin Ward of all charges."

"So, do you agree to let him do that?" the judge asked.

"Well. As prosecutors, we must convict the truly guilty. The truth is our only creed."

Wright saw Xigami look at his superior with some meaningful eyes, and then made a gesture of please start the testimony.Edgeworth still clutched the notebook, his fingers clenching the pages so hard that his knuckles were almost white.

"On May 5 this year, I suddenly passed out in this court and was sent to the hospital. It was later found out that it was a coma caused by a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. The doctor saved my life through an emergency operation. But the sequelae still persist. Seriously affected the movement ability of my legs." The chief inspector cleared his throat, and gently stroked the worn paper in his beloved notebook with his thumb, "Therefore, I stayed in the hospital for a few days. Just During this period, Nurse Polly Ward was murdered. Although I have no new information on Mrs. Conclusive evidence. I have one more…uh…unorthodox but crucial piece of evidence to present.” His cold gaze turned to Wright, and the defense attorney had a confident smile on his face, affirming that Nodded for him to continue. "But allow me to start with the testimony of Director Crispin's true face."

"Of course." The judge made a small gesture to ask Yu Jian to wait for a while, "but if you need to stop and take a break, please don't mind and tell us directly. You have just undergone such a major brain operation. Being here has shown you to be a very brave and responsible man. If I could, I would like to pay tribute to you on behalf of the entire court system. Personally, it is a great pleasure to see you back."

Yu Jian's face was obviously flushed, and he quickly opened the notebook and flipped through it, murmuring a few words of thanks.

Wright couldn't help laughing.To this man, compliments were a scourge.He smiled helplessly and leaned against the defense table, watching his lover flip through the notes in a panic.Wang Nixi beside him gave him an anxious look.

"I don't know what you're up to, Wright-san," he whispered, "but I won't forgive you if this all goes wrong before our eyes."

"Don't worry, it won't. We have conclusive evidence that Crispin poisoned Yu Jian, and it can also explain his motives for doing so...Even if you don't believe me, you have to trust Yu Jian, okay? Cheng Butang reached out and patted his back lightly, "Stop pouting."

The Attorney General cleared his throat and glanced at Wright through his glasses, subtly cueing him to keep his voice down.Wright shut his mouth immediately and flashed him a playful grin.

"After emergency surgery, as an inpatient, a doctor was assigned to my post-operative recovery. This person was originally Dr Benjamin Ward, but after the murder, the job was handed over To Director Harold Crispin. I'm a little surprised to be honest, medical directors don't usually take on a particular patient - why not hand me over to another doctor on call?"

"Could it be because of your special status?" Xi Shen asked, "After all, you are a celebrity."

"Although I don't want to admit it, what you said does make sense." Yu Jian rubbed his thigh with an uncomfortable expression. "Anyway, Director Harold did become my doctor. At first, I recovered well, just a general wound pain, and no other serious adverse reactions. And the lawyer over there, Wright Wright, witnessed My condition deteriorated."

The referee looked expectantly at the defense bench.

"I was visiting him, Your Honor. The Attorney General's room was drawn and he was drinking from a glass. He had been lucid and talkative until Director Crispin examined him, but suddenly In between, the situation took a turn for the worse. Less than 10 minutes later, the witness barely responded to the conversation, and then began to vomit violently. There was another person who was there at the time, and she could confirm what I saw." Wright Wright Walking to the table and standing by the witness stand, Edgeworth looked up at him gratefully. "Allow me to repeat, there was only 10 minutes between those two states."

"Isn't this the result of the operation?" Xi Shen asked desperately, as if he knew what kind of answer he would get, and he was happy to hear it.

"No. I took a sample of the water he drank and tested it. Hours later, another friend of Edgeworth's, Prosecutor Karma, also tested his water. The two samples were not From the same jug of water, but it all turned out to be very high in arsenic." Wright gradually settled into a rhythm he was familiar with. "How likely is it that two different glasses of water in two different jugs have a lethal dose of arsenic at the same time? I don't think it's too high."

"So you think Director Harold Crispin poisoned the water in Yujian?" The head referee widened his eyes.

"That's right. During the visit of Shaman Ming, the witness fell into a coma again after drinking water."

"She has a bit of a cleanliness obsession and is worried that the environment in the hospital is not clean enough. When she sent the second cup of water sample for testing, she never suspected that I was poisoned." Yu Jian straightened his scarf, obviously admiring twice in a row. The victim felt a little unwell, "It turned out that her test results came out an hour earlier than Wright's. Wright's sample was taken from my drinking water the day before, and Ming's was taken the same day. It happened one after another. There were two poisoning incidents."

"Both test results are on file." Wright added, "I want to clarify that both times Dr. Harold Crispin provided water, which is the corridor surveillance video leading to Edgeworth's ward. Proved. Dr. Crispin entered the witness's ward twice, at different times, with a jug of water."

There was a growl of anger from the dock, and Dr. Benjamin Ward was doing his best to keep himself from leaving the seat and away from Crispin.Crispin was equally furious. He stood up and slammed his fist on the railing, and then two bailiffs dragged him back.

Cheng Butang played the surveillance video on the screens on both sides of the judge's bench through the tablet on the defense bench. "As you can see, Director Harold Crispin personally delivered water to Edgeworth's ward several times. It was actually completely outside of his remit. After talking to the nurses who took care of the patients' meals, it was revealed that it was Dr. Crispin insisted on doing it himself. He insisted that he take responsibility for Edgeworth's needs. I have their testimony."

"Isn't this easy? Or is it a special treatment for the Chief Prosecutor?" The chief referee pondered, but such an explanation was obviously not convincing at all.

"I doubt it very much." Wright raised his chest and looked up. "He poisoned Edgeworth with the intention of killing him quickly. If the witness was so thirsty that he drank the entire glass of water in one gulp, he would have died long ago." Your Honor. There was enough arsenic in that glass of water to kill an elephant—it was no accident. It was deliberate, and Harold Crispin was fully aware of the consequences."

"But why use arsenic? There should be a lot of quick-acting poisons in the hospital pharmacy." Xishen said in a deep voice, his eagle-like eyes fixed on the chief physician.

"May I have a word?" Edgeworth stopped him before Wright could answer, his hand firmly grasping Wright's wrist, "I think I know the answer to this question."

"Please go ahead, Mr. Yujian." The chief referee nodded.

"The poison I was poisoned was pure arsenic, not a poison mixed with other ingredients like insecticide or rat poison. It is a pure compound, and it is difficult to pass other drugs except for drug research experiments. common way to purchase.” Yu Jian paused to ensure that the judge followed his train of thought, “The eighth floor of this hospital is a toxicology laboratory, which has been working on the research of Technology related to poisons. Arsenic is one of them.”

"There are two safes in the hospital pharmacy that keep a record of the identity of everyone who uses them. One of them is a controlled drug, or CD locker for short, which stores drugs that are only licensed under special licensing laws and that may be abused. and drugs that sell at high prices. The second cabinet is of little practical value to medicine and contains such poisons as arsenide, cyanide, and even strychnine."

"I asked the criminal police in charge of this case to investigate the use log of the poison storage cabinet. During the days I was hospitalized, except for the director of the hospital's research department, only one other user logged in to open the poison cabinet. That person was Dr. Benjamin Ward .”

There was a murmur of discussion in the courtroom, and a desperate voice came from behind the dock: "That's not me..."

"I know that's not you, Dr. Ward," Edgeworth looked back at the man who was still in shock. "When that user logged in, you were already in police custody as a suspect in this case. It's just Mr. Harold Crispin A clumsy little trick in a clever attempt to frame you again for a crime you didn't deserve."

"But why?" Dr. Ward asked back, "Why did he do this to me? He has already taken my wife and her life, why should he kill you? You clearly have nothing to do with this matter. It doesn't matter at all!" The young doctor collapsed on the chair, shaking his head and scratching his hair. "Polly, what on earth have you done?"

The judge struck the gavel to signal silence in the courtroom, then folded his hands and placed them on the table. "Dr. Ward has a point. While it's clear that the chief of internal medicine poisoned Edgeworth, I'd like to know his motives for doing so. Mr. Crispin?"

"How can I admit it! This is complete nonsense from a disabled prosecutor with schizophrenia!" Crispin roared angrily, "I have the right to remain silent."

"Very well," Wright said indifferently, "then we can proceed to the next step without interruption."

"That's right," Yu Jian looked down at the notebook, and slowly closed the pages. "I guess it's time to start, huh?"

Cheng Butang nodded. "You'll be fine. I promise."

"While I'm not worried about my family tree being shown on TV," Edgeworth said, avoiding a camera that was streaming live to viewers watching the trial from their home, "I'm worried about what she might do, or… …at least try to do something."

"I've already prepared the tape. As long as there is no problem with you, Maya can go over at any time."

"Lawyer Wright? Prosecutor Edgeworth?" the referee called, "While it is indeed quite nostalgic to see the two of you working so closely together, our time is tight. Do you have any proof of motive?" evidence?"

"Of course, Your Honor." Cheng Butang nodded and put his hand on Yu Jian's shoulder, making him relax as much as possible. "For that, we need to call another witness."

"Do you need time to prepare?" The judge frowned impatiently.

"No need. We'd rather let the witnesses go to court before making preparations." The defense lawyer glanced between Wang Nixi and Xishen, then turned to face the auditorium behind him, and waved for Maya to come over. "Your Honor, in fact shortly after that emergency surgery, Edgeworth began to experience blackouts from time to time—mere loss of consciousness to himself, but not at all to anyone else present at the time."

As soon as Maya approached, Yu Jian looked up at her.She gave him the thumbs up, shaking nervously and trying to force a smile.

"He will suddenly become a completely different person, which is what Dr. Crispin said just now 'split personality'. But in fact, the hemorrhage in his brain is not the direct cause of this abnormality. In fact, his main injury is the area that controls the movement of the legs."

"So what happens during the period of unconsciousness?" Xi Shen leaned forward, leaned on the table and stretched his neck to avoid missing any details.And Yin jumped off his shoulders, bouncing back and forth along the prosecutor's seat, his paws collided with the wooden table, causing a crisp crackling sound.

"This fainting is the result of Edgeworth's bloodline. Usually, this bloodline does not work in men. But Edgeworth has awakened by this accident. Its ability to summon the undead to its own body."

The entire court fell into a silence that could hear a needle drop, not even a bird's cry came in, and Yin also stopped restless steps.The judge still looked a little confused, but Wang Nixi and Xishen listened so dumbfounded behind their respective desks that they almost forgot to breathe.

"OMG" Wang Nixi heaved a sigh of relief, "This is impossible!"

"The Patriarch Ayari Maya of the Cangin-ryu psychic path has the same bloodline as me." Yu Jian announced, "The previous Patriarch Ayari Maiko and Yu Jianxin are our common biological parents."

Cheng Butang returned to the lawyer's seat, called up the birth certificate from the tablet, and projected it on the big screen.

"Mitsuken Reiji is the second child of Mitsuken Nobu and Ayari Maiko. He was abandoned by Ayari Maiko when he was born and sent to the city to be raised by his father. After he woke up from the coma after the operation At that moment, a special spirit attached to him. Her name was Polly Ward."

"How dare she!" Director Crispin shouted, "Why is she so haunted!"

"What did you just say?" Dr. Ward covered his mouth. "The prosecutor is now a psychic? Because of that operation?"

"That's right." Maya finally interjected, "I think there is a 'plug' in the males of the Ayari clan. This 'plug' can prevent them from being able to sense the soul, and some women also have it. But once this 'plug' If there is a slight looseness in the lock of the lock, then this person will have a certain degree of induction to the soul. Through practice, we can further expand this looseness and enhance the ability to sense the soul. If there is no such plug at all, then the distance The closest and most determined soul can directly and fully control Yujian without being summoned by anyone."

"That sounds like a complete fantasy!"

"Quiet, Mr. Crispin!" the judge said angrily, "Miss Lingli, please continue."

"The moment Edgeworth woke up was also the moment when Polly Ward was transferred from the land of the living to the land of the dead. At this moment, her soul power was at its strongest, so she happened to be attracted to An 'open door' - that is, in Edgeworth's psychic passage. My guess is that she couldn't wait to reveal the truth, but her soul was full of anger and resentment. Plus Edgeworth herself Her brain is also in chaos, and the two work together to prevent her from saying anything at all."

Edgeworth cringed as the tape wrapped around his wrist and secured it to the armrest.Xi Shen felt that he had never been so dazed in his life, but he seemed to have reached the edge of understanding all this.

"Do you remember the Ye Yingyuan case?" Wright asked, getting down on his knees and tape Edgeworth's ankle to the wheelchair bracket.

"I... remember." The chief referee murmured, and suddenly raised his eyebrows at the scene in front of him.

"It's the same as back then. The souls of the dead were summoned by the psychic Ayari clan. It's the same with Yu Jian, but he has never received systematic psychic training, and just happened to have his brain removed during brain surgery. 'Stop'. The soul controls the body of the psychic, and can speak or move at will."

"So that's why you..." The judge waved his hand vaguely, unable to utter a complete sentence.

"Polly Ward, just like what I just said, is a soul full of resentment and anger." Maya nodded, "Every time she controls Yu Jian, she is a complete lunatic, so we Can't take any chances."

"Okay." The chief referee sighed, and touched his forehead with his hand, "Okay, then let's start when you are ready, Miss Lingli."

"Are you really going to take that in court?!" Crispin looked like he was going to explode, and the bailiff held the man firmly on the shoulder. "No! Let the girl rest in peace!"

When Maya knelt in front of Mitsurugi and crossed her fingers, Mitsurugi was almost trembling. "Just do what I say, it's fine." She whispered, "You can do it, bro."

He looked down at his fingers, carefully crossing them like Maya did.She put her hands together, closed her eyes and began to say some incantations.Edgeworth would also have wanted to imitate her posture if he hadn't been tied up.

"Okay, don't talk, concentrate on opening your mental channel, and imagine Polly Ward. She should be easy to respond to you, just like you have always done in the past." Maya spread her palms and pressed them on his On the knee, "That's it, it's like calling her."

Edgeworth nodded, closing his eyes and concentrating.After waking up from surgery, for the first time, he was suddenly able to think clearly, to go into the depths of his consciousness, to find the core of himself, and tried to call Polly there to meet him.He pictured a dimly lit room with drawn curtains that looked like a hospital ward, but with only one chair in the center—an outpatient room, perhaps?Counseling room?

At first he thought it was his imagination, but soon he realized that he was not the creator of this room.

"sorry."

Edgeworth looked around the room and finally saw Polly sitting in the chair opposite him.Before hearing that ethereal voice, the chair was obviously empty.She looked tired and haggard, and compared to Yujian, she was lifeless.She seemed to want to put on a smile, but the smile was empty, and there was no trace of a smile in her eyes.

"I suppose you might rather dislike me."

"It's not particularly..." Yu Jian replied cautiously, wary of the behaviors she showed when controlling his body - he didn't know if she would suddenly jump up and punch him, or push him to the ground Step on a few feet.

"Really?" Polly put her fingers on her chin. "Even if Director Crispin made up so much nonsense about me?"

"What did he make up?"

"I slept with him. I had an affair with him. He even spread rumors all over the hospital."

"So... what about that sex//love video?"

"The person in there is not me." Polly smiled, and pulled up the fabric of her shirt——

Edgeworth watched calmly as the dead nurse exposed her breasts to him, but there was nothing to see except for two scars cut horizontally along the softly raised breasts.

"I had a double//mastectomy in my teens. The woman in the video has nipples///heads, so whoever she is is a lucky enough dude - at least not before 20 suffer from breast cancer."

"So, he acted...?"

"Even Ben didn't know about the mastectomy thing. So it's no surprise he didn't notice it when the video came out in court. I didn't take off my bra in front of him...  Never, I think."

Edgeworth nodded, putting a finger to his lips as he thought. "Then our previously speculated motives would be thrown out of the blue completely. Oh—sorry, I didn't pay attention to the wording..."

"It's all right. About half the distance, I knew I was going to die, so I calmly accepted the fact." Polly tucked her shirt back into her jeans and crossed her legs. "His motive was..." She paused After a moment, he clenched his arms, "Is he a complete lunatic, okay? Damn...he's been killing so-called 'problem patients' all these years. He injects them with large doses of morphine and dies naturally Falsifying medical reports as an excuse and lying to grieving families."

Yu Jian sat up straight and raised his eyebrows: "Do you have evidence?"

"That syringe he had in his pocket, the one he tried to insert into your vein during that messy channeling, contained pure morphine. If he injected that whole dose into you, you It wouldn't be on the other side of the Styx now." Polly sighed heavily, "I really wanted to tell you that Crispin did it to your boyfriend, but he's got the syringe out and I can't let you Because I lost my life, I had to give up."

Edgeworth was momentarily unsure whether to question why or how Polly came to the conclusion that Wright was his boyfriend.But when she looked him in the eye, he realized the question didn't make much sense.It wasn't just his eyes, it was hers too.

"I never slept with that bastard. He tried to rape me, but I kicked his balls. Then he demoted me from surgeon to ward nurse. He also said it was okay to continue working under him. My pleasure, bastard." Her fingers tightened with intense hatred, "He killed me because I had evidence of him killing patients."

"Where is the evidence now?"

"My phone." Polly swallowed. "I have a camera installed in one of the wards on the second floor...in...your...room."

Edgeworth blinked.

"As far as I know, it should still be there."

"Why do you go to such lengths to closely monitor a ward in violation of the hospital's regulations?"

Before answering the question, Polly wrung her hands and kept touching the wedding ring on her ring finger.

"There was an old man who had a stroke, he had dementia, so he was very difficult to deal with. He didn't know where he was, and kept asking when his wife was coming to pick him up. His wife had been dead for 10 years. He His family members did not answer the calls from the hospital. He was treated by Crispin as a troublesome patient because the old man slapped him during a check-up. Due to staff shortages, Crispin had to be directly responsible for several wards, and the long-term brain injury ward is one of them."

"Harold Crispin killed the patient," Edgeworth concluded.

"Yes, and I recorded it. Crispin turned off the vitals first, then grabbed a pillow and smothered him so the machine wouldn't call the police for the patient's death. Clearly, he was furious, Just giving him a shot of morphine and calling it a day wasn't enough for him, he wanted to kill that guy himself."

"Do you still have that video?"

"I forgot my phone at home that day and it was still charging. As long as Ben didn't do anything to it, it should still be there."

"Given that your husband is in custody on suspicion of murdering you, I suspect your phone may have been tampered with." Edgeworth considered all the information Polly had provided, then leaned forward, fingers crossed. "Although I do have the blood of the Ayari clan, I have never received training related to psychics, so every time you try to control my body, you mess things up, but..."

"But, you want to try again and let me testify in court...?"

"Yes."

"Well, in fact, if your subconscious doesn't reject me, then it's very easy. As long as you are willing to let me control your body, I think we can cooperate very well."

"You know Cangyuanliu psychic medium." Yu Jian said.

"Yes, I know. It's quite an interesting... topic? My husband and I have spent a lot of time following and discussing this since hearing about the Ye Sakurain incident. Whatever! As long as you stay calm, I'll do it Take the helm for a while until I'm sure I'll send Crispin to the gallows." Polly grinned, stood up from her chair, and clenched her fists excitedly. "let's go!"

Edgeworth nodded, closed his eyes, and let the darkness completely envelop him.

As Yu Jian's upper body suddenly leaned against the back of the wheelchair, Maya let out a soft breath.The hook jade on her chest flashed a strange light, announcing that the summoned soul had entered the body in front of her.She immediately noticed that Yujian's suit had a lot of wrinkles, because the thin body inside was obviously not enough to fit it.From the top of the heaving chest came a weak but exhausted breath, and that voice definitely belonged to a woman.

"Polly!" shouted Dr. Ward from the dock, struggling from his seat, clutching the railing.The bailiff quickly approached him, but he didn't have the slightest intention of resisting. "Polly—oh, my God, it's you! It's really you!" His voice seemed choked with tears.Next to him, Crispin fell into an uncharacteristically dead silence.

"WTF??" Wang Nixi on the defense bench widened his eyes, "Sang Butang?"

Cheng Butang glanced at his subordinate with some guilt, then also knelt down beside Maya, staring intently at the soul who had placed high hopes on Yu Jian's body.Except for her hair and clothes, the person sitting in that wheelchair is a completely different person—her face is a little thin but still soft, completely different from Yu Jian's sharp-edged side face and thin lips full of seriousness and oppression. It's a world of difference.

"Polly?" Maya said with a brisk smile, "Have you chatted with Reiji for a long time?"

"Yes," she whispered, looking up at all the shocked faces in the courtroom. "I'm here on a mission. I can't let him down."

"Polly!"

"Ben?" She twisted in her chair, not seeming to mind the restraints.She may have anticipated this situation. "Hey honey!" she laughed. "You don't look too good."

"Sorry." Dr. Ward squeezed out a wry smile, turned his head to wipe away the tears flowing down his cheeks, "You too, especially this outfit."

The chief referee tapped the gavel, but the sound was very soft. "Can we go on? Miss Ward, dead or alive, you are our witness now. So, may I ask you to start your testimony?"

Polly paused, then turned to face the judge. "For this... I need my phone."

"I'll take it!" her husband yelled. "The battery is dead, but I can replace the battery on my phone, okay?"

Perfect cooperation.Cheng Butang raised the corner of his mouth and watched the defendant frantically take out his mobile phone under the watchful eyes of the bailiff.What a match made in heaven - they seem to totally support each other, boost each other, and enjoy every second they have together no matter the circumstances around them.

Wright smiled to himself, sliding his thumb over the metal watch chain that protruded from his breast pocket.If this is what Edgeworth and I look like in court, then there is no doubt that we have been honest with everyone about our feelings—except with each other.

The entire courtroom was silent.

Everyone watched as Crispin spent a full 10 minutes smothering an old man to death.This is really... so cruel, it is simply unbearable to look directly at.Even Xi Shen had to lower his head for a while.However, Wright somehow felt respect for all of the audience because of the complete silence they maintained during the final moments of the unknown old man.They could have had an argument, they could have questioned and cursed Crispin angrily, but none of them did.Long after the video recording ended, the screen turned black, and the entire courtroom was still silent, and needles could be heard.

It was Polly who broke the silence.She nodded to Dr. Ward behind her. "That's why I was killed. Because I had evidence against him. That's why he tried to frame my husband, because he wanted him to never find it."

Wang Nixi lowered his head, closed his eyes, and covered his mouth with his hands.

"When I tried to convey this information through Mr Edgeworth's body, Crispin recognized my voice and tried to silence him. But considering this guy is a well-known prosecutor, if he dies suddenly Yes, the police will definitely launch a detailed investigation. Moreover, Crispin does not know how I got the evidence of his murder. In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, he adopted a safer and more secretive method. He decided to use the COSHH cabinet Edgeworth was slowly poisoned by the arsenic in it, which was then perhaps blamed on an infection from the surgery."

Xi Shen shook his head and crossed his arms.Silver rubbed his beak against his face, as if trying to comfort him that way.

"Although I'm dead and can't do anything else, I know Crispin will never let it go. I try to remind them. I must not let Edgeworth fall into his hands. You know? Although Edgeworth No, but I could smell the poison - the arsenic in his cup reeked of garlic disgustingly. I tried to explain to Mr. Wright over there, even though I was screaming uncontrollably Crazy, but luckily he got my point. I was really relieved."

Wright just smiled at Polly, who was wearing Yujian, and put his hand on his chin.The burden on his shoulders seemed to be slightly lessened at this moment.

"I've never had any inappropriate relationship with Harold Crispin. He made up that rumor just to tarnish my name so that it would be less easy for people to believe me. But once, he really Tried to rape/rape me, didn't succeed. He pinned me on the table but I managed to kick him in the sore spot and escaped. Then he went so far as to accuse me of assaulting him and got me demoted to ward nurse .This man not only ruined my reputation and took my job, but took my life and the lives of many other patients."

Maya lowered her head sadly.

"...I'm sorry Edgeworth nearly died because of me, Mr. Wright."

The defense lawyer straightened his back and nodded firmly.

"If you can forgive me from the bottom of your heart, forgive me for scaring you to death, forgive me for what I have done to your lover, then I can rest in peace." Polly smiled, but her eyes were wet, and the cold tears flowed down her cheeks. Sliding cheeks. "I'm really sorry."

"I forgive you." Wright knelt before her again, squeezing her slender hands, ignoring her statement that he had made his relationship with Edgeworth completely public. "You have done more for me and Edgeworth than you can imagine. It took your life to get us to this point. Your death was not in vain, and I know Edgeworth will forgive Yours. You saved him."

Polly choked up, and wiped her nose with Yujian's cuff: "...maybe, huh?"

"Polly."

"Book?"

Dr. Ward stretched his hand over the railing of the dock as far as he could. "I'll miss you," he said staccatoly.