In another world... Phoenix Wright has the dubious honor of being the most successful attorney in America, having proudly defended people like Redd White and Matt Engarde. Not even a disbarment frame-up could stop him, and he got his badge back quickly. But seven years after that, just as it seems he would be defeated by his eternal rival, Miles Edgeworth...

After the fiasco that was Matt Engarde's trial, a fired Dick Gumshoe and a broken Phoenix Wright turn into a team of private detectives to live a new life. But they are dragged back to Los Angeles and forced to face their worst fears following a strange case of theft.

A fic expanding the characters of Manfred von Karma and Ernest Amano, as well as showing the consequences and origins of their actions (but mostly Manfred von Karma).