Ryunosuke Naruhodo/Synopsis

The story of Ryunosuke Naruhodo from The Great Ace Attorney.
==Before The Events Of The Game==
When he was only 5 years old, Ryunosuke sprained his ankle when playing with crutches but he also caught his only cold he had at the time at that age too and was the only cold he would have until his trial for the murder of John Wilson.
==The Adventure Of The Great Departure==
On November 19th, 1899, Naruhodo and Kazuma Asogi both visited each other at the La Carneval restaurant to discuss Kazuma being chosen as the defense attorney that will visit London to learn about their educational system. Once Kazuma left, Naruhodo noticed John Wilson who was a professor at the university he attended. After chatting for a short while, Naruhodo was leaving, but noticed a handgun on the floor and decided to pick it up. Upon hearing a gunshot, it was revealed that Wilson had been killed and because Naruhodo was holding a gun, everyone believed he did it and was arrested by detective Satoru Hosonaga.
On November 22nd, Naruhodo's trial was about to begin with Kazuma deciding to be his defense attorney, but a professor of the university named Yujin Mikotoba encouraged Naruhodo to choose to represent himself by revealing that if Kazuma defended him and failed, then he would lose his exchange opportunity. Once Kazuma arrives, Naruhodo tells him that he does not want him to represent him. Kazuma thinks Naruhodo has no confidence in him as a lawyer, which forces Ryunosuke to tell Kazuma about what Yujin said about his role on the trip being put in danger. Kazuma told Naruhodo that he did not tell him about that because he did not want him to worry, but Naruhodo decided to represent himself in court with Asogi deciding to be his assistant.
At first, Naruhodo was heavily nervous due to his inexperience with the courtroom proceedings, but he gains the upper hand throughout the trial, managing to prove that Kyurio Korekuta and Iyesa Nosa both lied about witnessing the murder and that Wilson was with a British exchange student named Jezaille Brett who Naruhodo claimed to see.
Brett was summoned to court and asked to give testimony with Satoru Hosonaga translating her words to the rest of the court. Brett revealed herself as a xenophobic person when Naruhodo started to see through more and more of her lies, eventually leading to her revealing that she knows the Japanese language and that she considers the Japanese inferior calling them "insignificant island boys" but Naruhodo proves that the bottle of carbonated water was poisoned thanks to the curare research book that judicial assistant Susato Mikotoba had delivered to help Kazuma in the trial. While Brett drank some of the water to try and prove that the water is harmless, Ryunosuke revealed that the poison only takes effect if it enters the bloodstream of the drinker, which was possible for Wilson as he had a tooth removed earlier before arriving at the restaurant. Brett smashed the bottle so that no one could find traces of the poison, but Naruhodo still proved she was the culprit as he remembered her plate having blood on it and that Iyesa Nosa must have swapped the plate's around when he stole Korekuta's hoei era coin and that she had fired the gun at Wilson after Naruhodo picked up the gun to frame him as Wilson was already dead from poisoning.
Brett admitted to the crime, but did not reveal her motive as she knew she would get off scot free due to diplomatic immunity, which made Naruhodo and Kazuma's victory bittersweet, but Kazuma and Naruhodo decided to celebrate by Kazuma making a request to smuggle Naruhodo on the trip with him so he could visit London too.
==The Adventure Of The Unbreakable Speckled Band==
Two months later, Kazuma decided to bring Naruhodo with him on his trip to London so that he could study law with him and so that Ryunosuke could realize his true potential as a lawyer. Ryunosuke had to hide in the room's closet for almost the entirety of the trip as they never knew when someone could come into the room and Kazuma fed him with leftovers but this would cause another disaster for Naruhodo. Kazuma decided to bring Ryunosuke a whole chicken as Kazuma was not fond of it so Ryunosuke decided to eat the entire chicken and then passed out shortly after.
When he was awoken, Ryunosuke found himself with handcuffs on and noticed that Kazuma had been killed and that he was the main suspect of the case. Detective Herlock Sholmes had decided to investigate the case and was the one to find Naruhodo inside the closet which lead to Susato Mikotoba accusing Naruhodo of being the murderer as she was a devoted fan of the detective. Naruhodo proved that he could have committed the murder but still needed to prove that it was possible for another person to commit it as the door was locked and the door's lock was unpickable.
Ryunosuke and Susato met Satoru Hosonaga on the boat again and decided to help them gain entry into the neighbor's cabin by asking the captain for permission which lead to Hosonaga getting a black eye but he told them to investigate the room anyway. During their investigation of the cabin Herlock Sholmes entered the room and engaged in a dance of deduction with Ryunosuke in order to find out the real facts of the case. It was revealed that the neighbor who was apparently a man was actually a 15 year old named Nikolina Pavlova who was being smuggled on the ship by the crewmen who had poisoned the chicken with a sedative agent so that everyone would be unconscious so they could sneak her onto the ship with no one noticing.
Herlock then decided to deduce how someone other then Ryunosuke could have committed the murder which was eventually proven with help from Ryunosuke and Susato that Nikolina's cat had snuck through the ventilation system and climbed into Kazuma's room which led to her asking for him to help her find the cat. Kazuma helped her but unfortunately he recognized her as Nikolina Pavlova and wanted to get a third party opinion on the subject by opening the closet for Ryunosuke but Pavlova thought he was going to ring the notice bell and call the captain which lead to her pushing him and he landed on the floor headfirst and seemingly broke his neck and suffered memory loss but unknown to Ryunosuke and Susato, Kazuma was not actually dead and was just unconscious leaving the case in a stalemate for Ryunosuke and Susato.
After the case was done, Hosonaga said they needed to return to Japan as there was not a defense attorney anymore but Ryunosuke said he would take Kazuma's place and would study law everyday despite there being only 40 days left before they arrived in London. Hosonaga reluctantly agreed as Herlock managed to convince him that Ryunosuke was capable and Susato decided to help him with his studies as well becoming his judicial assistant.
==The Adventure Of The Runaway Room==
After arriving in London, Ryunosuke and Susato decided to visit the Lord Chief Justice of London Mael Stronghart in order to prove that Naruhodo was worthy of taking Asogi's place. Stronghart decided to immediately appoint Naruhodo to a murder case with the requirement of getting a not guilty verdict or else he will not be allowed to take Asogi's place. Unknown to Naruhodo, Stronghart was aware that the defendant was guilty and he appointed Naruhodo to the case in hope he would fail and the defendant would get a guilty verdict.
Once they both arrived at the courtroom, the defendant revealed himself as a man named Magnus McGilded who sympathised with Naruhodo on being an immigrant just like him. Despite being a well liked businessman, no one wanted to take his case as the prosecutor of the case was Barok Van Zieks who had a fearsome reputation as whoever was the defendant in his trials would end up dead shortly after whether they were acquitted or convicted.
During the trial, a lot of the evidence pointed towards McGilded as the murderer but Naruhodo did not want to believe it as the majority of the juror's were voting for a guilty verdict as Barok pointed out that McGilded was not an honest man and was secretly a loan shark. McGilded simply said it is not his fault his client's got themselves into debt and Susato revealed to everyone that the summation examination while it had not been used for nearly a century, it was never dismissed and Ryunosuke decided to take a summation examination to convince the jury that McGilded was not guilty of the murder.
Naruhodo managed to convince 4 out of 6 juror's that McGilded was innocent and the trial continued. During the testimony of Bruce Fairplay and Lay D Furst, It was revealed that the two must have killed the victim Mason Milverton and thrown his body through the skylight in order to frame McGilded but Barok said that McGilded must have tampered with the evidence as a smoke explosion was made by a pickpocket named Gina Lestrade which caused everyone to evacuate the courtroom but while Ryunosuke doubted McGilded's innocence, there was no decisive proof that the scene had been tampered with and that led to McGilded getting a not guilty verdict.
Ryunosuke was conflicted on whether or not they did the right thing but McGilded came and offered to pay him well for defending him but Ryunosuke turned him down. McGilded then revealed that he had been called to investigate the carriage further but the carriage caught on fire shortly after he and Susato left, which ended up killing McGilded before he could escape.
==The Adventure Of The Clouded Kokoro and The Memoirs Of The Clouded Kokoro==
After the events of the previous trial, Ryunosuke told Stronghart that he was conflicted on the verdict but Stronghart told him that McGilded had passed away regardless and decided to make Naruhodo into an official lawyer with his next case involving a Japanese exchange man named Soseki Natsume who had been charged with stabbing Olive Green in the back with a knife. Tobias Gregson was the detective of the case but proved to be unhelpful towards Ryunosuke so he and Susato decided to investigate Herlock Sholmes flat on Baker Street so they could get some assistance.
Herlock was not home at the time so instead they met his assistant named Iris Wilson who recognized that they were not from London after a brief dance of deduction moment. The two then visited John Garrideb who was the landlord of the flat that Soseki lived inside. When Herlock arrived, he and Naruhodo deduced that John's maid was actually his wife named Joan Garrideb and that they had both had a heated argument which involved Joan throwing a knife at John with an open window.
During the trial, Joan was chosen as the 4th juror and everyone decided that Soseki must have been the killer due to overwhelming evidence with Barok countering every argument that the two made but Ryunosuke managed to prove that a patrolman named Roly Beate had moved the crime scene around so that he did not have to report it and could spend time with his wife Patricia Beate. Ryunosuke proved that Joan was the culprit once the crime scene had been changed to outside the Garrideb's flat due to the knife blade perfectly matching the handle that was found in Olive's back and that Joan had thrown a book out the window which Olive bent over to pick up leading to Soseki being acquitted.
After the trial was done, Naruhodo and Susato met Iris and Herlock again who decided to let them stay with him and Iris while they were in London which they both accepted to and they celebrated Soseki's not guilty verdict.
Unfortunately this was short lived as not even a day after his acquittal, Soseki was charged with an attempted murder of William Shamspeare which lead to Naruhodo needing to defend him once again. Naruhodo managed to prove that the gas pipes in the building were flammable if someone blew into them. Naruhodo realised that the curse Soseki was talking about with him nearly burning down due to a ghost was actually Shamspeare trying to get him out of the room so Shamspeare could get the 1,000 treasure inside the room where Soseki was staying in. In the process, Naruhodo also proved that Shamspeare had killed Duncan Ross who was Olive's fiancée with the same method but could not get the treasure as Soseki moved in right afterwards. It was proven that Olive had poisoned the pipe with Strychnine to kill Shamspeare in revenge and the two were both convicted with Soseki being acquitted again.
After the trial Ryunosuke, Susato, and Herlock decided to find the treasure inside the room which the previous owner Selden who was a friend of Shamspeare had left behind. They found it in the ceiling using Herlock's skin print tool and it was revealed to be a bloodied collar with a B insignia on it but it was left a mystery at the time. Iris was not allowed to publish a story on the case at Herlock's demand and Gregson confiscated the collar shortly after.
==The Adventure Of The Unspeakable Story==
Two months after Soseki's trials, Naruhodo and Susato go to the pawn shop with Herlock in order to collect his cello from the owner Pop Windibank but as they are there, Gina and another man named "Eggert Benedict" are arguing over who Gina's jacket belongs to along with the disk inside which has "Magnus McGilded" written on it. After a dance of deduction, Sholmes and Ryunosuke deduce that the jacket belonged to McGilded but it was given to Gina for an unknown reason which forced Eggert to hand over the coat and the disk. He refused to do so however and pulled a gun on them, demanding the items back, until Gregson stormed inside and forced Eggert to flee the scene.
When they return home, Gina is offered to come with them which she accepts and the five of them spend the afternoon teaching each other pickpocket tricks from Gina and drinking tea with Gina sleeping over for the night. Unfortunately, this would start the first big case Naruhodo would get himself into as Iris told Gina about not being able to publish one of her stories and was doubting whether or not Herlock sold it instead. Not being able to sleep without knowing the truth, Gina sneaks over to the pawnshop and picks up Windibank's gun threatening him to open the back door so she could see if the story was still there or not. Then 3 men came into the store and Windibank told Gina to give him the gun and to hide inside the backroom with Windibank managing to shoot one of the men but the man pulled out a gun of his own and shot Windibank dead with Gina passing out presumably from shock.
The men then planted the gun on Gina and while one of them got out in time, the other two were not so lucky as Ryunosuke, Susato, and Herlock came into the store with one of the men shooting Herlock and Naruhodo deciding to pursue them but they get away. Realizing they need his help, Ryunosuke returns to the store and looks inside the backroom using a hole that Susato had secretly made with Iris's cat flapomat and sees Gina with a gun in her hand next to Windibank's dead body.
The next morning, Herlock is sent to the hospital and Gina is arrested for murder with Susato disappearing to meet Lord Stronghart and afterwards leaving to go back to Japan to see her father who had fainted from an illness, leaving Ryunosuke and Iris to investigate the case themselves. After some investigating, Iris reveals that she has a gun that can detect a certain person's blood by firing at stains of blood which they use to see the blood type of the man that Windibank shot and they both deduce that Eggert Benedict was one of the men that came there as the blood from the gunshot and the disk from when he scratched himself were both green. This gave Naruhodo an idea to go and use the gun on Gina's jacket to see if a fact was true or not.
Once at the prison, Naruhodo asked Iris to use the gun on Gina so they could see if there was any blood on it. Iris decides to do it and it turns out there is a lot of blood on the jacket that was camouflaged due to the dark colour the jacket was. This made Naruhodo realise that McGilded was the culprit behind the murder of Mason Milverton and makes him feel extremely disappointed in himself but he decides to focus on trying to become Gina's lawyer so he can defend her. Naruhodo and Iris eventually convince Gina to let them take her case and the two attend the court the next day.
Once the trial began, two of the men from the store were brought in named Nash and Ringo Skulkin who both believed that Gina was the murderer. Naruhodo manages to reveal all their lies and the court starts getting impatient of the two committing perjury so casually that Barok starts to give them death threats but this does not stop them and they lie that Windibank took the gun in the room with him but Naruhodo shows everyone a picture showing that Windibank is not holding a gun. Everyone decides to use a stereoscope to see if anything was taken from the store and they see that a box was moved slightly, so they decide to bring the box to the courtroom as evidence with Eggert being summoned as a witness to the murder now that his involvement had been confirmed with the green blood.
Eggert was brought to the court and revealed his real name as Ashley Graydon and explained that he had no motive to steal the disk but Naruhodo proves that Mason Milverton was Graydon's father who had been helping him steal and sell government information for McGilded for money and the disk which had McGilded's name on it which gave him a motive to kill Windibank to retrieve the disk before he could be tried for treason and that he must have been the one that killed Windibank in order to retrieve the disk but Graydon gave a testimony that was impossible to destroy and previously Gina was being given a guilty verdict as tests on the coat found the blood of Mason Milverton on it which made everyone think Gina was the one who killed Mason. Gina felt bad for committing perjury and Naruhodo was in trouble for unwillingly presenting forged evidence which destroyed their argument over Graydon's but Sholmes shows up and gives Naruhodo an important piece of evidence which was Iris's cat flapomat.
Naruhodo was then given one chance to prove that Graydon was lying about seeing Gina inside the back room or else the trial would end. Naruhodo proved that the hole in the door was made after Windibank was killed which made Graydon look suspicious and Naruhodo decided to figure out how Graydon knew about the hole in the door when he never saw it which is found out that Gregson made a deal with Graydon that Graydon would give Gregson the disk and in return Gregson would tell Graydon about the hole in the door.
Gregson refused to admit to the crime so Naruhodo played the music box which was used to reveal government secrets so he could coerce Gregson into admitting the crime. Gregson is forced to admit his crime which leads to Graydon calling him a traitor and he attempts to kill Gregson by strangling him with his cane. It is revealed that Graydon stole government secrets to sell to McGilded and that his father went in his place as he was worried for his son's safety, ending in him getting killed which made Graydon want revenge for his father's death. He paid people to help him set up McGilded's death by posing as bailiffs and asking McGilded to investigate the carriage after dousing it with paraffin and they burned McGilded to death.
After the trial was over, Naruhodo and Barok had a talk where Barok explained he was impressed by Naruhodo's skills and that he had grown to respect him. Naruhodo asked why did he hate the Japanese so much but Barok told him he will find out when the time comes.
After the trial, Gina thanked Ryunosuke for defending her before she was arrested for trespassing and the others went to see if Susato had not left just yet due to the trains being delayed. Susato was still at the dock, getting ready to throw her book into the ocean as she felt she was no longer worthy of being a judicial assistant because of her actions at the pawnshop but Ryunosuke convinces her that her actions were what made Gina's acquittal possible which convinces her to not give up being a judicial assistant over this action.
Iris then says 4 names which were said in morse code from McGilded's disks the first name being K. Asogi the second T. Gregson. the third J. Wilson and the fourth A.Shin they could only figure out 3 of the names but decided to focus on saying goodbye to Susato with Naruhodo asking her to be his legal assistant when she returned which she agreed to do.
==The Return Of The Great Departed Soul==
Six months after Gina's trial, Naruhodo had his legal license suspended due to the events of McGilded's trial so he decided to keep himself busy by studying british law even further, researching Holmes's past cases for tips, and reading about Soseki's 2nd case with Iris.
When his license was finally reinstated, Naruhodo was chosen to defend Albert Harebrayne who had been accused of killing Odie Asman in an accident. Herlock was trying to get money by letting Esmeralda Tusspells make a wax mold of him in the Wax Museum where Naruhodo learned a bit about 'The Professor Killings' and that a man named Enoch Drebber was a part of it as he had witnessed the professor's dead body rise from a grave. and that the last victim was the brother of Barok named Klint Van Zieks.
During the first trial, Naruhodo managed to do fine against Barok despite his lack of experience for 6 months and after having to make a difficult choice, Susato appeared to help him with the rest of his investigation into the case. Upon meeting Barok in his office, they both noticed Barok had a disciple who wore a mask to protect their identity but they saw that he reacted to the name Kazuma which made the two doubt whether or not Kazuma was actually dead or not. The group then decided to find out where Drebber's workshop was so that they could question him about the case's details as he was the one who built Harebrayne's machine. After Gina and her police dog named Toby find the location of Drebber's workshop, the group investigates it and eventually find him hiding inside a safe. Not wanting to be arrested, Drebber tells him that he was planning to blow up the workshop with him hiding in a bomb proof safe but now that they have found him, they will all die together in the explosion. Herlock defuses the bomb with a few seconds left and the others decide to question Drebber on the case's details and decide to bring him in as a witness for the trial.
After a lengthy cross examination, Naruhodo comes to the conclusion that Drebber must have blackmailed a coroner named Courtney Sithe into killing Asman in case the fall did not kill him but Naruhodo says that Courtney did it on her own free will after deciding to continue the case and that she had a motive to kill Asman as he was blackmailing her for money which leads to her being arrested for murder and Drebber being arrested for attempted murder after he gives his story as to why he attempted to kill Asman but people call him out on his hypocrisy as while Asman ruined his life, he attempted to do the same to Harebrayne which Drebber realises and seemingly feels remorse for his actions.
After the trial is done, Barok asks Naruhodo and Susato to enter the courtroom so that he can show them the true identity of the professor which is revealed to be Genshin Asogi who was Kazuma's father. This causes Barok's disciple to break down and reveal himself as Kazuma himself who had survived the events on the boat which made Naruhodo and Susato glad he was still alive but Kazuma asked Naruhodo for his sword back and thanked him for taking care of it. after talking to him. Naruhodo agrees but is disappointed that he never had an opportunity to draw it.
==Twisted Karma And His Last Bow And The Resolve Of Ryunosuke Naruhodo==
After the events of Harebrayne's trial, Ryunosuke and Susato decided to visit Seishiro Jigoku and Yujin Mikotoba getting off the boat from Japan so that they could question them about Genshin being the professor and they wanted to question Sholmes on why did he lie about Kazuma's "death". Sholmes said he knew Kazuma was not dead, but did not expect him to regain his memories and travel to London by himself. Ryunosuke and Susato decide to look into a man named Daley Vigil after he had been apparently kidnapped, but it is revealed by Gina that Gregson had been killed and that Barok had been framed for the murder which caused Ryunosuke and Susato to both visit him in his cell.
Despite Barok initially being dismissive of Naruhodo, he eventually accepted his request and made him his Lawyer for the trial and Kazuma was going to be the prosecutor for the case.
During the trial, Kazuma showed signs that he had changed, being hypocritical and relentless with his attacks but Naruhodo proved that the 3 witnesses were lying about what they saw and that Gregson was killed in another area due to the time of death being thrown off. One of the witnesses is revealed to be Daley Vigil in disguise and he confirms that he has been helping Gregson by pretending to act as him with his I.D. badge and that he was the one that Fabien De Rousseau and Peppino De Rossi had kidnapped and gave him the red mark on his neck that led to him being caught due to having a rope tied around his neck, and losing his job as chief warder at the prison and wanting to keep it a secret from his wife Evie Vigil, as she believed he still worked there. Kazuma asked Daley to try and remember what happened during the professor's imprisonment and execution, but Asogi caused him to remember a time when Daley attempted to kill himself after being fired from his position causing him to collapse in court and be sent to the hospital.
After the trial, Iris decided to assist Ryunosuke and Susato in their investigation by gathering more information about the Professor killings and what "secret weapon" Genshin had in his last moments. And Barok informed them that Gregson was not as innocent as he seemed as he was a a part of the reaper who was not just one person, but a syndicate of assassins and it was revealed that Jezaille Brett's real name was Asa Shinn and that she was an assassin of the syndicate too. Ryunosuke also learns that Kazuma has developed a burning hatred for Barok as he was the prosecutor for the trial that got Genshin executed.
Before going to meet Kazuma, Ryunosuke is told by Yujin that there is a severe lack of defense attorney's in Japan at the moment and that he would like Naruhodo and Susato to come back to Japan with him in order to help with this issue. He lets Naruhodo decide as it would mean leaving behind all the friends that he had made in London.
After returning to Baker Street, they all learn that Iris had stolen the autopsy report of Klint Van Zieks that they had been searching for due to wanting to compare the writing of John Wilson to see if he was truly her father but in the process, she had learnt that the person who had truly written the report was Yujin himself who was involved in professor killings case alongside Barok.
During the next trial due to the professor killings being brought up, the Queen decided to appoint Stronghart as the judge of the trial so that he could have full authority over the case. The trial involved Naruhodo and Kazuma arguing about Gregson's involvement with the reaper of the bailey and that he had gone on a ship named the S.S. Grouse in order to meet with someone who was an assassin. That person turned out to be Kazuma, but despite attacking Gregson causing the tip of his sword to break in the process, he could not go through with the assassination of Judge Jigoku and decided to leave the ship before it departed.
Seeing that Jigoku was now a potential suspect, the trial had to be suspended for the day so that they could bring him to court to testify about Gregson's murder. Sholmes and Yujin who was revealed to be Sholmes's partner, both boarded the ship that Jigoku was on and brought him back to London for questioning. During a feast with Susato, Sholmes, Yujin, and Iris, Naruhodo learnt about a plot to kill Gregson with Kazuma as the assassin, which Sholmes reveals that is why he lied about Kazuma dying so he would be unable to carry out the task and that Naruhodo would replace him instead.
During the second trial, Naruhodo proved that Jigoku killed Gregson on the boat, then froze his body to throw of the time of death, then carried his body inside his suitcase where he bought a large amount of firecrackers so he could fake a gunshot and frame Barok for the murder. Now that Barok was proven innocent, Kazuma was determined to prove that Barok was the leader of the reaper of the bailey and the assassination exchange.
The others convinced Kazuma that he could not let his emotions get the better of him and that he needed to focus on finding the real culprit which Kazuma agreed to. Naruhodo and Barok deduce that Stronghart is the reaper of the bailey and the mastermind behind the assassination exchange. Stronghart attempted to end the trial, but Sholmes came in and convinced everyone that Stronghart needed to let the trial continue. This allowed an opportunity for Daley, Barry Caidin (who was the warden of the prison that kept the professor), Yujin and Maria Gorey who was Courtney Sithe's daughter who the latter was also working with Stronghart to testify. After gathering all the information from the witnesses, Naruhodo deduces that Klint's autopsy was a fake as others believed he swallowed his ring in an attempt to incriminate his murderer but there was no damage to his esophagus or throat which made it impossible for him to have swallowed it. Stronghart wants to end the trial as he believes there is nothing else to discuss about the incident but he makes a mistake by saying "the three penned will" while there was only two pages in Naruhodo's possession. Yujin reveals that he has the third page and gives it to Naruhodo which is revealed to be a haiku poem.
After inspecting the poem more carefully, Susato figures out that the will must be inside Kazuma's sword as the poem said "Kazuma... the truth is shrouded in darkness. A darkness only our clan's great sword can pierce. Mighty Karuma, Twist thy head and watch them fall, All thy mortal foes. Which lead to Susato thinking that Genshin's secret weapon that was revealed to be Klint's will is literally inside the head of the sword. Naruhodo decides to open the head of the sword and Klint's will is inside of it, which makes Stronghart panic and attempts to forbid the will from being read out but is stopped by Kazuma and Barok with the former telling him to read it aloud. After the will is read, all of Stronghart's misdeeds are revealed with him blackmailing Klint into killing the third and fourth professor victims but he manages to convince the audience that he is a good guy because if not for the reaper, then there would be a lot more criminals still alive.
Ryunosuke and Susato manage to get a hold of Sholmes, who is revealed to be at the Buckingham Palace as he knew that the case would come to this eventually and that the Queen has heard everything that has gone on in the trial. The Queen writes down that Stronghart should be removed from his position as Lord Chief Justice immediately and be charged for his crimes with the regular judge appearing and giving Barok a verdict of 'Not Guilty'.
After the trial, Yujin revealed he had one last request from Asogi before his death and that was to go to Klint's wife named Ayame and help her deliver her child. While the child was delivered successfully, Ayame was killed in the process, leading to Yujin going to Sholmes and asking him if he would adopt the child which Sholmes agreed to. Naruhodo also learned that the child was named after her mother and that the name Ayame is also the name Iris, which leads to everyone realizing that Iris is Barok's Niece. Naruhodo then showed gratitude towards Barok and Asogi, before leaving to have a celebratory party with Susato, Sholmes, Iris, Yujin, and Lestrade.
Naruhodo eventually made up his mind about returning to Japan, and told Yujin he would be coming back with him as while he became an attorney for Asogi's sake, he now had to follow his own path and asked if Susato would help Kazuma as his assistant instead.
A few days later, Naruhodo and Yujin got ready to leave for Japan but Susato asked if it would be ok if she could come with him as she asked Asogi if it was ok for her to do so. He allowed Susato to come back with him to help him as his judicial assistant and Kazuma offered him Karuma as he did not trust himself with it due to believing that he wanted to kill Gregson on the boat which Naruhodo accepted and the two drew their swords as a sign of respect. Naruhodo then told Kazuma he will see him in court again one day. After saying goodbye to Iris, Sholmes, and Asogi, the three returned to Japan with Ryunosuke and Susato both starting their private law firm together.
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