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Case 4 begins on the eve of Stronghart's Symposium, with our Japanese characters arriving in London. The Professor, now known as Genshin Asogi, and Kazuma are also still in the foreground. The game's not holding its cards back! I thought this stuff might be saved for the finale, though we could be in for a Dual Destinies scenario where the last two cases are basically two halves of the same one.

Mikotoba and Jigoku arrive with new outfits. It still feels surreal to see a judge out and about in the world, like seeing a teacher outside of school. I wonder why Seishiro exists in this game, and is continuously mentioned alongside Yujin. He must fill some narrative role that Yujin cannot or he'd be completely extraneous, maybe he'll be a future victim or maybe we'll need two judges at one point or something.

Yujin acknowledges that he knew of Kazuma's missing body, but doesn't offer us much more than that. He does tease his own backstory, mentioning that something awful happened 16 years ago right as Susato was born that resulted in him abandoning his family for Britain. And he tries to ask Ryunosuke for a favour but we're interrupted before he gets it out. He's not seeming overtly villainous, so maybe I was on the wrong path earlier, but I'm keeping my eye on him!

Stronghart also offers an explanation for Kazuma, and I don't buy that one for a second. He found a completely unidentifiable eastern man and just decided to make him van Zieks's apprentice? After he enquired so thoroughly with us about Kazuma last game? Nah. I like him here, though, he's as sinister as ever but any fury he has towards us or Barok is unspoken, he claims not to resent us for taking down Sithe. I might believe him on that one, given that she only went down because both Ryunosuke and Barok were the lawyers in that trial, and that both of us were only there because he personally ordered us to take on the case. What is your game plan, Mael? I believe him when he states his goal about becoming Attorney General and making Britain's judicial system a world leader, but I don't see how his actions behind the scenes are leading to that.

Sholmes also also tells us something about Kazuma, but not really. I like you, Sholmes, but the eventual explanation had better be fantastic for you to have unnecessarily traumatised Ryunosuke and Susato like that for so long (and continue to lie to us). Oh, he is a redhead, now, too. The Red Headed League will come into play later, I guess, though the introduction of the two characters isn't very promising (and wow Gina has completely become a cop with no empathy for those on the side she was once on, a shame).

London is a very small place, we see more jurors wandering around every day. Evie Vigil introduces herself as looking for her missing husband Daley, who works at the prison where the Professor was held and killed. After a bit of back and forth with Yujin we talk to his boss Barry Caidin and learn that he hasn't worked in the prison for 10 years, and was made to leave after helping an inmate escape the gallows. ...How exactly did the Professor wind up in that grave, then? Hmm.

During proceedings we find out some more about Genshin. His Japanese compatriots didn't understand the killings, but we're told by Stronghart that he targeted 'blights' of society and was celebrated by some. Oh hell yeah, he really was the Reaper 1.0! Now this could be great.

The first explanation I thought of is that Kazuma has killed Daley because of his role in his father's death. Kazuma regained his memory 8 days ago and disappeared 2 days ago, and Daley disappeared yesterday. But now that we know Daley helped Genshin escape, that seems very unlikely. Still, both of them disappearing together isn't a coincidence, I'm sure.