The Impossible Dream

The Impossible Dream is a case featured in Criminal Case as the one-hundred twenty-first case of the game. It is the sixth case of the game's World Edition (Season 3) and also the final case to take place in Europe.

Plot
Previously on Criminal Case, the player had discovered that the Promethians had planned to bomb several major monuments in Europe in order to sway the results of the referendum on European unification. Chief Ripley admitted that Jacqueline Proust was the Bureau’s only lead given that Brother Klaus had went up in flames. She told the player and Jack Archer that Jacqueline was laying low in the countryside in Spain due to the Semana Santa holy week carnival.

The team left for the countryside only to find Jacqueline burned to death in the bronze bull. As they investigated, they had to flag Armand Dupont as a suspect due to finding his pocket watch at the murder scene, let alone placed him in custody for being part of the cult. Cardinal Salieri, Sofia of Girona, and Cassandra Papadakis were also incarcerated for being involved with the Promethians. The pressure the team had before increased when a television reporter announced that the referendum to vote Europe into unification had been moved to the next day, signifying that the cult would detonate the bombs within hours.

Despite the pressure the team endured, the evidence pointed to Archibald Gilchrist not only as Jacqueline’s killer, but also as the Promethian leader. The team, disguised as Promethian cult members, addressed Archibald as their great leader, to which the latter disapproved of due to him not being in costume. The banker had Papadakis lure Jacqueline to Park Güell with a postcard. When Jacqueline arrived, Archibald had ambushed her and dragged her out to the countryside, and he branded her with the word “traitor” written in Aramaic. As he saw Jacqueline as a traitor, he also felt that Prince Albert and Demetrios Metaxas should not have stood in the Promethians’ way, so thus he light a fire under the bronze bull, burning the victim to death. Jack and the player then revealed themselves and took Archibald to trial.

Judge Nigel Adaku told Archibald that he would be lenient in his sentence if the latter revealed where to find the detonator. However, Archibald refused, saying that he acted to get rid of the victim and would control Europe with an iron fist. The Promethian leader was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Jacqueline Proust and endangering the lives of thousands.

To make up for being involved in the Promethian Cult, Armand accompanied the player to Park Güell where they found a note leading them to the countryside. There they found a cell phone which listed all of the locations the bombs were located with a “detonate” button next to each of them. Fortunately, Elliot Clayton was able to disable all of the bombs, thus saving Europe from a huge threat. Meanwhile, Jack accompanied the player to get help from Princess Sofia on how to stop the referendum. After the team returned her crown, the princess agreed to make a phone call to the President of the European Commission to arrange a meeting for the player. After the player proved to have a solid argument against the unification of Europe, the President agreed to postpone the referendum.

After accomplishing the two tasks, the team celebrated at Park Güell. Unfortunately, as they were celebrating, Chief Ripley was hit by a blow dart and collapsed to the ground. As Carmen Martinez rushed the chief to the hospital, Jack found the dart she was shot with and sent it to Lars Douglas, who confirmed it was a poison dart. Lars also confirmed that the feather fletching on the dart was from Morocco, located in North Africa. As Jack and the player reported their findings to Ingrid Bjorn, she told the team that the chief did not make it. As Jack and Carmen lamented about the fallen chief, Ingrid told the player that they needed to report to Morocco in order to find her killer.

Victim

 * Jacqueline Proust (found burnt in a bronze bull)

Murder Weapon

 * Bronze Bull

Killer

 * Archibald Gilchrist

Killer's Profile

 * The killer reads Aramaic.
 * The killer drinks sangria.
 * The killer plays chess.
 * The killer wears a mask.
 * The killer has a moustache.

Trivia

 * While one task in Europe in Crisis required a star to talk to the European Commissioner, he was not accused of any wrongdoing, and him showing up on the suspect list during Europe in Crisis should be considered incidental.