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The Skulkins and Gregson are on the stand again. They say that just before the gun shot they heard a voice yelling out "Gimme that gun!" which is weird because Windibank got shot in the back. Nash said Windibank was holding a gun when he yelled that out. Wait, what?! Why is Windibank holding a gun? Nash says Windibank and Gina were pointing guns at each other so now there are three guns at the scene and one is missing? It would have been nice if we asked Gina what happened. Like in a lot of cases the defendant doesn't really know much about what went on. But, it seems like Gina should have had useful information for untangling this mess of a testimony. In any case, this contradicts the photo of Windibank not holding anything and also Windibank was shot in the back not the front.

The Skulkins change their story again. Windibank confronted the Skulkins while holding a gun and threatened to shoot if they didn't drop their weapon. This shows that the Skulkins did have a chance to attack Windibank. Ryunosuke now has a proposed solution to the closed room. Windibank fled back into the store room and was shot in the back at the same time from the Skulkins in the main area. Gina then locked the store room from the inside the protect herself from the Skulkins.

Van Zieks isn't buying it. The fact remains that the two guns (I guess the Skulkins were lying about the third) were each shot once and we know the Skulkins shot Sholmes. That means Windibank must have been killed by his own gun. He also takes this chance to bring up the music box disk to discredit Gina's character. That means it's "luminol" time. The blood is green! So the blood on the calendar is Benedict's not Sholmes! I was wondering how that could have worked considering Sholmes was shot in the stomach and the answer was that wasn't the same bullet! With that said, why didn't Sholmes leave any blood behind after getting shot? In the end, the jury finds Van Zieks convincing so we get six Guilty votes again. RIP.

The judge kicks off the Summation Examination since he knows Ryunosuke will ask for it anyways. One thing that bugs me. Why are people treating Gina like a thief for trying to get McGilded's disk? Gina got the coat redemption ticket and password from McGilded. She paid Windibank the proper amount to pay for the coat. The coat, and whatever is in it, should rightfully be hers! During the Summation Examination, we find out Juror No. 4 was Sholmes's surgeon. He needs help from a ballistics expert like Vilen. "Those two statements clearly contradict the idea that all I do is pit jurors against each other!". I found that amusing. We work out the the bullet likely hit Sholmes's pouch which we now get from Van Zieks. After examining the pouch, we find a third bullet! We have two guns that fired one bullet each and three bullets that were fired that night. That's a problem. While we don't convince any Jury members to change their vote, we do convince the judge to continue to trial anyways.

Nash, Ringo and Gregson take the stand yet again. Van Zieks asks the Skulkins if they had an accomplice and they deny it. Ryunosuke thinks they are lying and tries to push that point. Now Van Zieks is suddenly against the idea even though that's what he was suspecting just a moment ago. He wants proof but that's okay. The defense is ready! We use the green blood on the music box disk and calendar to show that Benedict was at the scene of the crime. I'm not sure why magic "luminol" is admissable but it apparently is! Wait, no it isn't. Van Zieks say shady magic chemicals shouldn't be admissable as evidence. Iris says it doesn't matter what Van Zieks thinks and that it is up to the jury. We get four Not Guilty votes so the trial continues! I do feel bad for Van Zieks there. He's right that it isn't well tested enough to be considered as evidence. Iris's stuff likely does work but something like this can be abused by McGilded types.

The judge would like to call Benedict to the stand but there's a problem. The name is an alias so they don't know where to find him. Fortunately, there is a photo of him from the security cameras that Sholmes installed. Also, as luck would have it, Benedict is a co-worker of Juror No. 5. So it looks like we can call in Benedict after all!

Trial Part 2 done!

It looks like we're finally making progress but at the same time it feels like there's still a long way to go. Is Sholmes going to be all right? It sounds like he was pierced by a shard of glass and his surgeon left it inside him. Or maybe he didn't. If he did, surely there would be complications by now, right? The mysterious music box disk has been around for a while now. What could possibly be on it that is so important. Gregson also hinted that government officials were trying to cover up the disk as well.
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