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Time to begin E2-5: The Grand Turnabout

The intro to this case is maybe the weirdest one yet, as it turns out that the character who I kept thinking was 1-3 Cody is actually a new bratty kid, who also seems to be some sort of human/demon/cow kaiju. Thank you to my readers for not spoiling this for me by pointing out how wrong I was.

Case 5 picks up almost immediately after Case 4. Lotta, Edgeworth and Kay are leaving the Grand Tower, when Penny Nichols shows up, saying that theres yet another dead body. Defund the police, they obviously aren't doing shit anyway. We walk to a temporary film lot near the Grand Tower, where we see genuine kaiju footprints all over the place. We also see Agent Lang (absent since a brief cameo in case 2) standing over the body of the President of Zheng Fa, who Im just reminded is named Di-Jun Huang (a pun on mustard) (maybe?).

Seeing the kaiju prints reawakens Lotta's paranormal leanings, and she is quick to identify the cause of death: hes been stomped on by the "Mighty Moozilla." Even though there are a bunch of giant monster prints strewn about, this is not likely, but this gives Edgeworth a chance to remind himself (and me) that De Killer was originally hired to assassinate this dude. Given that we just found his walkie-talkie at the end of the last case, it would stand to reason that De Killer has succeeded in his contract. However, there's no calling card to be seen. Lang - who is really having a bad two weeks or so, having lost his team and his President - is quick to suspect Penny; but we convince him to investigate first.

But Lotta wont let go of her Moozilla theory. She claims to have seem him last night! Is this before or after you fainted? I forgot to mention this earlier, but maybe the most unbelievable aspect of E2-4 was the fact that nobody saw Lotta the entire time. She's not exactly known for being quiet! Lotta claims to have seen his giant eye in the blinds of the evidence room. Talking to Penny, we realize that the movie being shot is Moozilla vs. Gourdy, (out now in theaters, localized in the U.S. as Godzilla vs. Kong).

Meanwhile, Lang tells us about how his father was once a member of the Zheng Fa secret service and how protecting the President runs in the family. Oops. 12 years ago, the President cut off ties with the Lang clan. This is most likely a reference to whatever the phony letter from case 4 is talking about. Also, it does not go unnoticed that the last Moozilla movie was also 12 years ago, so lets just assume already that its all connected. Maybe there's a frozen corpse hidden in the Moozilla costume.

We examine the body, which is in its non-flabby form. Theres something yellow on his shirt (eww) and Moozillas horn lies next to his corpse. Some of the logic we gather here doesnt quite make sense. Edgeworth assumes that since the front gate was still chained up with the combination lock and the back gate was smashed in, the culprit has to be someone who didnt know the lock combo. Thats faulty logic Edgeworth. We also assume, from the dented fence and Moozillas horn, that the Moozilla head rolled off the roof onto the ground. Again, quite a leap! And then he surmises that the President was crushed by the Moozilla head! I mean... maybe... but okay fine, let's just go with it.

Next: Cow boy appears

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