"Your turn," Layton said.

Layton adjusted his top hat. "An enigma, Luke. But look closer. The pins are coated in soot, and the plastic is warbed by heat. This has been inside a device that nearly burned."

She explained: years ago, a brilliant but bitter puzzle designer named Bronev (no relation to the infamous family—or so she claimed) created the Specter’s Call as a control system . The ROM, when inserted into a modified DS, didn’t just display puzzles. It emitted a low-frequency signal—one that resonated with a massive automaton hidden beneath the lake.

Luke grabbed Layton’s sleeve. "That’s not a puzzle. That’s real."