Mask of Deceit

Mask of Deceit is the fifth story in the Golden Future of Law series. It is written by AceAttorneyFan. The overall plot involves the actions of the Masked Gentleman, a criminal who steals police information related to the Shinokage.

The Scholarly Turnabout
A student is killed at Ashbrooke Boarding School and gifted linguist Jeff Wasntme is accused of the crime. Tenniswood and Yuri defend him for the crime. Niamh Wood stands as the prosecutor for the case, as she does not want to see her old friend arrested for a murder he did not commit.

Turnabout Lockdown
Dana Caputo is arrested for the murder of a fellow prison guard, Gene Rochester. Lily and Chrysalis hear about the case and decide to defend her. Lily's older brother Roberto is pushed into being the prosecutor by the prosecuting assistant Niamh Wood. The four of them also meet the Masked Gentleman for the first time, however the encounter is breif.

The Defensive Turnabout
Edward Kenway, the boss of Kenway Law Offices, is accused of killing a journalist that visitied his office. James Devine seems to know him in some way and is the one who requests a defense attorney, with Tenniswood and Yuri accepting the offer. Polly Bloom, along with her adopted son Anton Burke, are the prosecutors for the case.

Turnabout Business
A teenage girl by the name of Peko Pekoyama is arrested for the murder of a fellow employee at GatherLaw Incorporated, a business which gathers information on legal matters. Cotoli and Tenniswood decide to defend the bodyguard prodigy. Meanwhile, prosecutors Amy Kalles and Niamh Wood also learn that the company's owners have a bigger link to the latter prosecutor than they originally thought.

Turnabout Regrets
Another murder has taken place at the local prison; however, this time the body was found in a hidden evidence room. This room is owned by Chrysalis Starr, which leads to her becoming the main suspect in the murder. Cotoli, along with the help of James, defend her without hesitation. With Nevada and Roberto being the case's prosecutors, the truth behind the devious Masked Gentleman is finally revealed.

Main Characters
Niamh Tenniswood - A lawyer at Morix Law Offices. She defended Jeff Wasntme in the first case of the story alongside Yuri. She is also the lawyer in the third case and the assisting lawyer in the fourth case. Tenniswood's psychology knowledge helps greatly in the courtroom.

Lily Shield - A lawyer at Morix Law Offices. Along with Chrysalis, she defends the accused in the second case and is one of the first people to come face to face with the Masked Gentleman. She is a spirit medium and owns a Magatama which allows her to see Psyche-Locks.

Yuri Rinko - A defense assistant at Morix Law Offices, who is also a detective in training. As Tenniswood's investigative partner, she helps the lawyer investigate the crimes to expose the real culprit. Yuri has the ability to detect truth from lie, a skill she inherited from her family.

Niamh Wood - A prosecutor student who works with the local Prosecutor's Office. Having recently discovered that she had dissociative identity disorder, she became more nervous and wary of the people around her. She prosecuted the first case on her own, although she acted as Roberto Shield's assistant in the second case and Amy Kalles' assistant in the fourth.

Nevada Wood - Wood's sadistic alternate personality. She appears for a brief moment in the first case and took over as the assistant for the second half of the second case. She plays a key part in the fifth case, tampering with the scene of the assault to help shift blame away from the defendant.

Julia Kirigiri - A mysterious agent working with Interpol, first introducing herself as D. She first appeared in the second case to assist with the murder investigation, although she appeared to be more concerned with catching Nevada, who is known to the public as Genocide Jack.

James Devine -  A high school student and Wood's closest friend. He requests the defense of the defendant in the third case and assists Cotoli with the investigation in the fifth case. He's very fond of and admires his older brother Albert, who vanished from home when James was ten years old.

Toby Erikson - A detective at the local precinct who investigates most of the cases in the series. Unlike most other detectives, he does not strictly work with the prosecution and will also aid the defense as he cares for finding the truth. He's very protective about his friends, especially his daughter.

Mukuro Erikson - A young detective in training and the daughter of Toby. She acts as Toby's assistant in many cases, although she has investigated a few cases on her own. A peppy teen girl, she is skilled with physical combat. She's also a good friend of Aiden Healy, a fellow detective.

Cotoli Morix - The owner of Morix Law Offices and the older half brother of Chrysalis and Sora. Cotoli defends the defendant in the fourth case and fifth case. He is aided by James Devine in the fifth case and ultimately reveals the truth about the Masked Gentleman.

Chrysalis Starr - A defense assistant at Morix Law Offices and the younger half sister of Cotoli and Sora. She is the Oracle of the Law, a legal spy. This role lands her in the defendant's chair in the fifth case, as the murder took place in the evidece room of the Oracle.

Sora Lin - A prosecutor at the Prosecutor's Office and is the middle half sibling between herself, Cotoli and Chrysalis. Like her siblings, she possesses a Magatama to detect Psyche-Locks. She makes a brief appearance in the middle of the third case to discover another personality of Wood.

Polly Bloom - A strict and serious prosecutor who works at the Prosecutor's Office. She is also the adoptive mother of Anton. She stands as the prosecutor of the third case. She still harbours a dislike towards Wood for an unknown reason.

Anton Burke - A prosecuting assistant and the adopted son of Polly. He assists Polly in the third case, befriending James Devine in the process. He is shy and sensitive, stuttering often in his speech, although it is implied that the stutttering stops when he is happy.

Ghastly Bespoke - The Chief Prosecutor of the local district and the adoptive father of Wood. Alongside Sora, he appears in the third case to discover Nalani, Wood's third and more timid personality.

Vera Stanhope - A detective who works in the local precinct and a friend of Toby. She often assists him with investigations and is the logical voice who calms him down whenever he is worried, mostly about Mukuro.

Aiden Healy - A detective who works in the local precinct, the assistant of Vera and a friend of Mukuro's. He usually has a somewhat collected attitude, although he can grow frightened easily and will cling to something out of fright. He also has an extreme fear of ducks.

Roberto Shield - A prosecutor who works in the local district, the older brother of Lily and the investigative partner of Nevada. He prosecuted the second and fifth cases alongside Nevada. He has a deadly serious and no-nonsense attitude, although he deeply cares about his sisters and other friends.

Stevie - Made by Ghastly, Stevie is a robot that works around the Prosecutor's Office, often recruited by Cotoli to follow Chrysalis and watch her after a major event involving her has happened. They are oddly obsessed with romance because of Chrysalis, although they have shown to be rather loyal to Nevada, referring to her as 'Dark Lord Nevada'.

Masked Gentleman - The main antagonist of Mask of Deceit. A confident and cocky individual, he first appears in the second case and again in the third case, showing early on that he has ties to the Shinokage and, more importantly, James Devine. He is the culprit of the fifth case and is also revealed to be James' missing older brother Albert.

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Summary
Once again, Morix Law Offices are back to combat the evil of crime in the local district! Lawyers and prosecutors work together to find the truth and the real culprits behind many plots. However, a new threat rises from the ashes to challenge the law. A mysterious individual who calls himself the Masked Gentleman suddenly appears to cause chaos! He appears to be after secret police information involving the assassination group called the Shinokage... but why? The lawyers, alongside their colleagues and friends, are determined to uncover the ultimate truth behind the Masked Gentleman and the Shinokage to finally close the curtain on the secrets behind the assassination group! In order to uncover the truth, the mask of deceit must first be removed...