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The start of Part 3 shows the crime scene more clearly. Gina is passed out and holding a gun while Windibank has a gunshot wound. The storeroom is locked from the inside so this is another closed room! Ryunosuke heads back to meet up with Iris and fill her in on what's going on. Windibank is dead and Gina is the prime suspect for the murder. Sholmes is in the hospital for the gunshot wound. I suspect there's at least one more Great Deduction in this case so he'll probably show up out of nowhere at some point. Susato is still away being questioned by the police so Ryunosuke gets to go investigating with Iris this time!

We head off to go see Gina in prison. Gina still has a lot of trust issues so she has been turning away the public defenders that have been sent to represent her in court. Does this mean the prosecutor won't be Van Zieks? If it was, no one would want to take Gina's case, right? Gina sure like Iris a lot. She is still lying about her reasons for going to the Pawnbrokery to protect Iris. Gina tries to claim it was for money but that's obviously not the case. Gina also mentioned an unforgivable lie but won't say what it was. In the end she gives us another Windibank's redemption ticket that she found in the coat. It's for a small box so maybe it was the music box that goes with the music box disk?

I try to see Sholmes as the hospital but he isn't in his room since he's about to have his operation. Next I want to go to the pawn brokery but I take this chance to reload an older save file to explore the place from before the crime. This actually reveals that there is only one key to the storeroom and Windibank always keeps it on his person. Ryunosuke also says Sholmes would be the prime suspect if the pawnbrokery is ever burgled but It doesn't quite turn out like that. >_>

Back in my current file I meet with Gregson and find out I can't examine the crime scene until Gina names us as her official representatives. One thing I've been wondering, can Gina read? It seems unlikely she ever attended school but maybe someone else taught her. Being asked to sign papers you can't read would be a problem. Gregson calls this case simple as well to keep the trend going but as always I have my doubts! We find out from Gregson that the two mysterious persons from last night have been caught. Also we find out that Susato is waiting for us to pick her up after her meeting with Stronghart so next we go to do that.

Susato needs to head back to Japan because her father is sick. That's unfortunate but I'm sure I'll see her again. She's leaving tomorrow so there's not much time left. It also means Susato won't be there for Gina's trial. We fill Susato in on what's going on before heading off to see Gina again to get those papers signed.

Susato and Ryunosuke try to get Gina to open up a bit and she finally does. Ryunosuke thinks that the lies Gina told were related to the McGilded case from 2 months ago and Gina confirms this. I thought she was mostly telling the truth during the trial. Oops. So it turns out the Mason and McGilded boarded the omnibus together. At the time, McGilded had the coat and music box disk as well. McGilded paid Beppo 10 guineas to deposit the coat (which had the music box disk in it) at Windibank's. McGilded told Gina to go get the ticket and make sure the two month time limit doesn't lapse. McGilded also goes over how Gina should rig her testimony in court. He threatens Gina so she had no choice but to do what he says.

Gina says that's why she isn't a person worth trusting. Naturally, Ryunosuke responds by asking her to sign the representation papers for court tomorrow. He says he needs them to investigate and Gina can still back out later if she wants to. Gina is also informed that Sholmes got hit with a bullet. Gina seems to like Sholmes a lot as well since can't keep up her tsun act and is visibly worried about him. In the end, Gina does sign the papers so we can investigate but still says she doesn't need a lawyer.

Part 3 ends and there's going to be a part 4.

There are still some things that don't make sense with G1-3. Like why was the storage compartment filled with tools again only to remove them later? Gina was definitely there and definitely hiding under the seat. I also didn't quite catch how Gina was supposed to get the redemption ticket from Beppo. I guess she can just steal it but then she won't know the password. Gina also repeatedly mentions a "thud" sound in regarding to Mason but she never mentions Mason crying out in pain after getting stabbed. None of the other witnesses do either.
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