Kurata Hideki is saying he doesn't want to see you.
-I see. -I'm sorry you're
making all these trips for nothing.
Kurata Shuji-san still hasn't...?
No, he hasn't been here.
It's been 2 years since Kurata Hideki was imprisoned here, but
his father has yet to visit him.
I see.
Thank you very much.
You're here again?
-Hello. -I haven't seen that guy lately.
Is that right.
See you.
Yes, Himekawa.
Shunin, where are you? Don't tell me
you're walking around that wall again.
What's the big deal? It's only when I'm on standby.
It's not a big deal, but Chief's been asking "where is she"
he's been looking for you...for a while.
Okay, okay.
-I'm hanging up. -Hello. Shunin?
Kurata Shuji-san, right?
Nice to meet you. I'm Himekawa with MPD's First Investigation Division.
-What do you want? -I'd like to
-ask you a few questions. -That's why I'm asking what you want.
This summer,
Azuma Teruo,
Ooba Takeshi,
and Yasui Goro died one after another.
Please give me your thoughts on
these three fatal incidents.
3 months ago. -Good morning.
I'm Hayama Noriyuki, reporting from Hiroo Precinct
upon receiving reassignment orders to First Investigation Division, Section 10.
It's too hot, let's not bother with the stuffy greeting, huh?
-I'm Ishikura. Nice to meet you. -I look forward to working with you.
-I'm Kikuta. Nice to meet you. -I look forward to working with you.
Oh, Kikuta. Got a newbie?
Looks like Missy
goes for the looks.
Go ahead and use that desk.
-Morning. -Good morning.
Kikuta, that chocolate you gave me yesterday isn't gonna cut it.
-How come? -I'm tired of it already.
You get tired of things too fast.
Don't you have better prizes?
I'm Hayama Noriyuki, starting my assignment here today.
I'm Himekawa. Nice to meet you.
-I look forward to working with you. -Hayama Noriyuki...
Nori, okay?
Good morning. Shunin.
-Morning. -A love letter for you.
-Love letter? -Yes, with big hearts.
-What is it? -It's from Kunioku Sensei.
-Oh, I'm Yuda. I look forward to working with you.
I'm Hayama. Nice to meet you.
Really, that Kunioku Sensei. Talking crazy again.
"It's hard to believe these two cases occurred in succession by coincidence."
"It seems too good to be true that they got divine punishment."
Is Kunioku Sensei suspecting criminal activity?
What did Sensei send you?
This is
the guy who confined and killed 3 high school girls 5 years ago.
-Do you remember? -5 years ago
is when I was at the East Shinagawa Precinct.
-What was that case? -The suspect, Azuma Teruo,
kidnapped high school girls, and after confining and assaulting them for 2 weeks,
killed them.
He was found innocent on grounds of insanity.
A guy who did all that got off on insanity plea?
The experts' opinion was divided as well, and it caused quite a stir.
And Azuma died in a car accident.
This one is
Ooba Takeshi, arrested 6 years ago for assault-murder of young girls.
-He was released after serving 2 years. -Just 2 years?
The Juvenile Act was applied.
Oh, he died of drug overdose last week.
That means the 2 guys who were protected by the Juvenile Act
and Penal Code died in a row.
Oh well, it's probably just coincidence.
The local precincts determined there was nothing to indicate criminal activity as well.
-Yes, Himekawa. -Go to the crime scene.
Thanks.
-Chief, we're coming in. -Come on in.
Cause of death is stab wound to the heart. He died in one stab.
The victim must've used this to fight back.
It's very possible the culprit sustained injuries.
I'll go talk to the local precinct first. I'll leave the rest to you.
What do you think?
The drawers were opened from the top in order.
-I don't believe a professional did it. -Correct. It's very amateurish.
Let's start with making inquiries in the area.
Hold this. Kikuta. -Yes.
From this area to around here. Go with the local precinct.
Kikuta-san, you got lucky. The area's close to the scene,
-something might come up. -I sure hope so.
Tamotsu-san and Kouhei, the block east of here.
Excuse me, we're the police.
-Can we ask you a few questions? -Yes.
Thank you very much.
Now that you mention it, I guess a pair did come in last night.
They bought bandages and antiseptic and left in a rush.
Is the security camera video being recorded?
Yes, of course.
Bull's eye.
-Yes? -Nothing. May I see the video please?
I heard you found him?
I tried to let you guys get the credit. Look.
You can't see his face.
Look at this.
This is...
I'm sorry to crash your party.
Run!
I'm gonna kill ya!
I'm gonna kill ya.
What are you doing!
We won't get the death sentence anyway!
You bitch. When I get out, you're the first one I'm coming after!
Don't mess around with me!
Shunin, you're going overboard.
Is it okay for cops to use violence!
-Let go of me! -Shunin!
Three youths, ages 17 and 18.
Yes. But even if we catch punks like them,
they'll be back out right away, not even repenting what they did.
There are cases they get worse when they get sent to
-juvenile correctional facilities. -Even if we catch them,
it's meaningless.
It's a question of who is it that the Juvenile Act is protecting.
It's the most crucial growing up period.
All we can hope for is that they repent and get themselves straightened out.
If they're not punished properly and they don't repent,
it would be too unbearable for the victims and their families.
Of course, for us who arrested them too.
-Okay, I'm going home. G'night. -Good night.
This Ooba and Azuma, shall we check them out?
What Kunioku Sensei said is starting to bother me.
What he said about dying from divine punishment?
Although I think Sensei's overreacting.
Tamotsu-san and Kouhei, take Ooba.
Kikuta and Nori, you guys take Azuma.
I'd like to be excused.
-This isn't a case yet, right? -It's a cop's job to dig up
cases on your own too.
On standby days I'd like to study for my promotion exam.
-Hayama. -That's fine.
Sure, I understand.
-How's it possible. -What is?
That a police sergeant won't listen to an assistant inspector.
-What's he thinking? -He just got here, you know.
Even then.
It's not good for your skin if you fret too much.
-Huh? Kikuta, did you say skin? -Yes.
-Skin? -Yes.
-Skin? -What is it?
-Kikuta said skin? -Yes.
The 13th of last month when Ooba-san died,
-did you see anyone? -I don't really remember.
It can be anything. Like you heard a strange noise.
Ooba was particularly obsessed with elementary school-age girls.
Especially girls in uniforms.
He's a complete wacko.
And sexual tendency doesn't change that easily.
-Every day? -Yes.
Every day, after the incident until he was arrested?
Up until then, Azuma-san's son kept to himself
in the house and I hardly ever saw him, so
I was wondering where
he was going every day.
Have you ever seen this man?
-I'm not sure. -Good bye.
-What's this? -Don't grab it.
Stop it.
Have you seen this man?
-No~. -We haven't, right?
-No. -He looks scary.
-He's creepy. -I'm scared.
-Creepy. -Gross.
Welcoming Nori to our team.
Cheers.
Thank you very much.
-Ah~ Good. -Beer in the summer's
-the best, huh? -Ah~ I feel alive again.
So did you find out anything?
No suspicious individuals were witnessed on the day Ooba died.
However, the amount of drug he took far exceeded the lethal dosage,
so the local precinct had a hard time deciding whether to call it accident or incident.
Ishikura-san, it's from a woman, right?
-Huh? -You have a dirty look on your face.
-Is it really a woman? -Ishikura-san,
-there's more to you than meets the eye. -No, it's not what you think. Look.
It's my daughter. See?
Oh, she's cute.
-Let me take a better look. -What?
-No way, no way. -Why not?
Ah~ Well, anyway. Did you find out anything else?
Right after he was released from prison, Ooba
attempted to molest a girl. She was almost
dragged into a construction site late afternoon on her way home.
-What a bastard. -There may be
more victims.
Maybe.
In regards to Azuma, we found out he was
frequenting the library subsequent to the incident until he was arrested.
-To do what? -Yes.
This is the list of books Azuma searched for.
"Mental Disorder 911" "Evaluation of Psychoanalysis"
The reason Azuma wanted to learn about mental disorders is...
So that he could pretend to be mentally incompetent.
If the judge and psychiatrist who performed the psychiatric evaluation
knew that Azuma was studying up on this subject,
-he probably wouldn't have been found innocent. -That's unforgivable.
If the same thing happened to my daughter, I'd be out for revenge.
What these 2 had in common was that
both were possible repeat offenders but they were set free.
It's as if someone's handing down divine punishment.
-Kikuta. -Yes.
See if you can get a list of criminals who got off with a light sentence for their crime.
-And what happened to them subsequently? -Right.
There may be others who got the divine punishment.
Aren't you jumping the gun a little?
I'm sure there is. I feel it in my bones.
-Hey Yuda. -Yes.
We're going this way, good night.
-Good night. -Good night.
Alright, let's go.
I finally got assigned to the First Investigation Division I dreamed about.
Why do I have to work for a woman.
A bossy young woman wearing high heels she can't even run in
ordering me around.
...Is what you're thinking, right?
No, I...
I thought so too.
When I first met Shunin, I was pretty pissed.
How did this broad, who's a non-career,
climb up the ladder so fast and become my boss, I thought.
But before I knew it,
I found myself acknowledging her.
Why is that?
I admit she has something that's different from other women.
But having someone like her at the scene is, like, troublesome.
You know what I mean. It's not right for a woman
who we should be protecting to be at a dangerous crime scene like that.
Why are you getting so wired.
I heard
you were going to a private school that would've lead you
straight into college, but you chose to enter the police force.
How come?
What do you mean?
The promotion exam will probably be easier if you went to college.
It's because righteousness rarely prevails in this world.
Because I believe a police officer can do that.
I think Shunin had similar thoughts when she joined the police.
Hayama, try to forget that Shunin's a woman for a while.
You might see things in a different light.
This is the list of those who got light sentences in the past 5 years
due to the Juvenile Act. Just to be sure, I'm also checking for
-those who were found not guilty under Article 39 -I knew I could count on you.
I've marked the three
who were already released.
Then let's split up and find out what these three are doing now.
You coming?
Kikuta, we're going.
-Hey, Hayashi. -Yes.
Hayashi's mended his ways and he's working diligently.
Imagawa Hiroki-kun.
I'm Imagawa.
What, a cop,?
You got off easy, but
-ended up being a punk, huh? -What?
-Come here for a sec. -Hey, what is it?
Yasui Goro. Three years ago,
he held a middle school girl captive and killed her.
-What was the sentence? -The Juvenile Act was applied
and he was released in a little over 2 years.
Disgusting.
Yasui Goro-san, correct?
We want to ask you a few questions.
I got nothin' to do with cops.
I said I want to talk to you.
-Can't hear ya. -Reach.
You bastard, whatcha mean reach, hey.
-Whatcha doing, hey. -You.
I heard you beat up on your buddy
who snitched on you, huh?
What?
Why did your buddy Kurosawa
get hurt that badly and taken to the hospital on the day he met you?
-Did that bastard say I did it? -Of course he didn't.
He doesn't want to get beat up again.
You're not doing anything to young girls again, are you?
You got evidence? Go ahead, nab me if you want.
What's the deal? You're the one who called me out.
-Morning. -Good morning.
Shunin, did you hear? That Yasui died last night.
-Yasui died? -He jumped off the rooftop
of his apartment but no one witnessed anyone suspicious
and there were no signs of struggle.
Accordingly, the local precinct wrote it off as a suicide.
There's no way Yasui would commit suicide.
I agree. This could really be divine punishment.
Yasui Goro, Azuma Teruo, Ooba Takeshi.
If these three were actually murdered, who has the motive?
We met with the family of the victim who was killed by Ooba.
They said they were relieved that he died, but
there were no indications that they did it.
-Good morning. -Morning.
Did you hear? The 3 kids we arrested the other day for murder-burglary
were sent to the prosecutor's office, but according to the prosecutor,
they'll only be sentenced to about 1 year and 8 months.
-That's all? -The fact that they came from a bad
family environment was taken into consideration.
That really pisses me off. Even if we bust our butt to catch them,
our investigation doesn't mean anything if they're gonna be released.
We'll just have to do what we can.
If the same criminal killed all three,
there's got to be some common ground.
Do a thorough check to see if the three has anything in common,
if they have any common acquaintances.
So where's this landlord who was arguing with Yasui?
Oh, right around the corner after the light.
Thank you very much.
Could this have been the man who
-co-signed for Ooba's loan? -I don't remember.
Excuse me, I'm with the police.
We'd like to talk to Mori-san in your maintenance department.
I want you to find the whereabouts of a guy called Takagi Yasui was hanging out with.
He might have ties to Ooba too.
Got it. I'm going to check out his co-workers at that time now.
No common grounds yet.
Looks like it.
Found it.
The three guys' common ground.
All three of them were arrested by the same investigator.
Investigator, huh? That was a blind spot.
An investigator by the name of Kurata Shuji handled all three cases.
Looks like Gantetsu was on Ooba's case too.
How come it's not coming up?
Shall I try it with my ID?
-Please. -Alright.
This is strange.
-You sure you got the right password? -I'm positive.
-Why isn't it coming up? -Strange, huh?
That's right. Should we try rebooting?
Yeah, give it a try.
The name's on statements. It's gotta come up.
-Shall I give it a try?
When that happens, you can access it from the local precinct.
Good thinking, Nori.
-This is odd. -What?
The data for this investigator Kurata Shuji
-can't be accessed. -Is it locked?
Yes.
Himekawa, come see me for a minute.
Chief, I have something to tell you too.
Himekawa, is it true you're re-investigating the cases
that were already determined to be accidents?
I'm getting calls asking what's going on.
-Are you getting complaints? -No,
they're not complaining. It's just that they have their pride too.
-That means they're complaining. -Don't take it so personally.
I'm not.
Besides, I do understand why the local precincts would want to complain.
And so, did you find any evidence?
No, nothing to indicate criminal activity.
However, Ooba, Yasui, and Azuma committed heinous crimes, and
died in succession.
All three got light sentences for their crime or
was found innocent by psychiatric evaluation, and they're back in society, but
there's a possibility they continued to commit battery and assault.
Was there anything suspicious about their death?
No, there wasn't.
Then...
Chief, do you know a detective by the name of Kurata Shuji?
What about Kurata Shuji?
The detective who arrested them was Kurata.
That's the only thing the three have in common.
I thought this detective might know something.
All you have is circumstantial evidence.
Why is Kurata's data locked?
I don't know anything about it. Anyway,
leave this case alone.
The same thing might happen again.
Himekawa. Preventing crimes an important part of police officer's job too.
I can understand you wanting to get one under your belt too.
But what's the point if you're just spinning your wheels.
Everyone's been sent to the task force in Okachimachi Precinct.
The next task force will be yours.
Get ready and stand by.
-Chief. -Himekawa.
This is an order. Got it?
-What are you doing in my territory? -I have something to ask you.
Preferably not here.
Hey, take a good look. The fledgling missy
is calling her veteran senior out.
Let me warn you guys. You can forget about promotions
with this kinda attitude.
I hear you're asking around and digging up
the case that I sent Ooba to the slammer.
You pickin' a fight with me?
-No, I'm not. -Yes you are.
I want you to tell me.
About the police officer by the name of Kurata Shuji
who worked with you at one time.
I searched in the database, but his records were locked
and couldn't be viewed. Why
is it locked? Did Kurata Shuji
-do something... -How come you're
investigating about Kurata?
I'm askin' how come?
You're just gonna take the info and take all the credit yourself?
Listen. When you ask something from someone,
you're supposed to have something to give in return.
Or are you thinkin' "I'm the queen bee,
all you drones have to do is bring me the honey."
Fine. Take a look at this.
Azuma, Ooba, Yasui.
They're all perverted bastards.
Take a look at the name of the investigator who arrested them.
So what?
Those three men recently died in succession.
I was looking for their common ground.
And the only thing I found was
the name of this investigator.
I see.
So you're saying a police officer's involved in the series of incidents.
Do you know what that means?
Yes.
I don't wanna be involved with a guy like Kurata.
He's a nut case.
What do you mean by that?
He's the kind of guy who'd stick a cocked gun in a suspect's mouth.
On top of that, he casually says things like
"As a general rule, murder means death sentence, right?"
Meaning, pay for the life you took with your own?
I figured you'd understand, Himekawa.
You have the same look in your eyes.
There's one guy you'd like to kill too, right?
Kurata ain't
the kind of guy you can handle. Don't go there.
But we're talking about possibly more victims.
Where's Kurata?
Please tell me.
Please.
That guy Kurata
quit the police 3 years ago.
Quit? Why?
Murder.
His son killed someone. It's ironic, ain't it?
The son of a detective's a murderer.
What do you mean murderer?
Himekawa.
You owe me one. Don't you forget it.
Here's Kurata Hideki's statement on the murder case.
Thank you.
Kurata Hideki stabbed his girlfriend Shimada Ayaka, a high school student, to death, right?
Yes.
But why is Headquarters' First Division looking into it now?
-Is this Kurata Hideki? -Yes, that's him.
Is this all the statement you have?
-Excuse me? -It's not much for a
murder case, don't you think?
Are you saying there was an oversight on our part?
-I'm not saying that. -Kurata Hideki
admitted to his crime without protest, and
also testified that argument over breaking up was the motive.
No objections were raised at the trial either. I don't see where there's a problem.
Where is Kurata Hideki now?
He was given a 2-year sentence and he's imprisoned at Kawaguchi Juvenile
-Correctional Facility. -Is that right.
-Yes. -Mizumoto.
-Yes.
Excuse me, but are you
thinking of buying this house?
Oh, you're with the media? Yes, of course. Wow, Hermes...
-You look like you are... -No, I'm not. Kurata...
Is this Kurata Shuji-san's residence?
Yes, yes, yes, yes, it is. But it's been vacant for a while.
See, the house is for sale too.
That's what it looks like.
I can understand why people won't want to live here after what happened.
When you say what happened, do you mean his son's incident?
That too, but the mother was, you know,
killed in this house.
Whatever the circumstances, no one's going to buy a house where a murder occurred.
Kurata-san's wife was murdered in this house?
Yes. Obviously, it was misdirected resentment of the father of
the girl the son killed.
Really, so many shocking things happened.
Shunin. This is the former Assistant Inspector Kurata.
I got it from Kurata's colleague when he was at the local precinct.
Are you saying that this former police officer
is somehow involved in the deaths of the three men?
We don't know yet. But without a doubt,
he's the only individual who knew the three dead guys directly.
He left the police force, right?
Yes. He resigned from the police to
take responsibility for his son who killed his girlfriend.
Subsequently, the father of the victim, took revenge by stabbing and killing
the offender's mother, Kurata's wife.
So he lost his family and his job all at once.
Shunin, there's a possibility
Kurata knew that Azuma was pretending to have mental disorder.
-What? -On my way back from picking up this picture,
I stopped by the library Azuma used to frequent.
The librarian testified that Kurata was there inquiring about Azuma.
The former assistant inspector was exterminating the pests, huh?
But it would be foolhardy to nab him based on that alone.
-We have no evidence. -We can't even get him to come in voluntarily.
Don't you feel...
What is it, Nori?
don't you feel that everything's meaningless?
We became police officers to enforce justice, but
someone who's no longer a police officer's punishing the bad guys.
And we can't do anything about that either.
"As a general rule, murder means death sentence, right?"
he says.
Don't you feel that everything's meaningless?
We became police officers to enforce justice, but
someone who's no longer a police officer's punishing the bad guys.
Kurata Hideki's saying he doesn't want to see you.
His father, Kurata Shuji-san, has he been visiting him?
No, I don't see any record
-of his visit. -I see.
Excuse me.
Yes?
I'm sorry for the abrupt question, but
have you ever seen this man in the middle in this picture?
-Ah, this man. -I've wondered about him.
-You've seen him? -He always
walks by here, but he goes to that corner of the prison,
stops there for a while, then turns around and leaves.
But it's odd. He does that two, three times a month.
When was the last time?
Maybe about half a month ago?
What's that man doing?
I'll go ask him, so
please fill out the form and wait.
I'd like to see Kurata Hideki-san.
Hello.
Have you seen that man lately?
Haven't seen him since the last time. It's hot,
have some cold tea. Onigiri's good too.
I'm hanging up.
Hello, Shunin?
Kurata Shuji-san, right?
Nice to meet you.
I'm Himekawa with MPD's First Investigation Division.
-What do you want? -I'd like to
-ask you a few questions. -That's why
I'm asking what you want.
This summer, Azuma Teruo, Ooba Takeshi, Yasui Goro
died one after another.
Please give me your thoughts on
on these three fatal incidents.
First Investigation Division must have lots of free time lately.
To come all the way out here for something that's not even case-related.
No, we're busy as always.
So I only come here on my days off or when we're on standby.
Today's not your first time?
No. I just couldn't get a hold of
your current address, so I've been here 10 times or so.
Well, that must've been a lot of trouble.
I think so too.
Don't tell me you're suspecting me of
carrying out the capital punishment on those three in place of the legal system.
I do.
-Where's the evidence? -There's none.
This is ridiculous.
I think so too.
But the motive...
-You think you found it? -Yes.
At first, I thought you killed those three
out of overzealous sense of justice.
You believe that
if you kill someone, you should pay with your own life.
I thought that's why you couldn't forgive
those criminals who didn't even repent and escaped punishment.
But that wasn't it. You didn't
kill those three purely for the sake of justice.
I'm not saying justice didn't play a part in it, but
more than that,
you killed them to drive yourself into a corner.
Drive myself into a corner? For what purpose?
So that you don't waver in your resolution.
The resolution to punish your son, Kurata Hideki, with your own hands.
I couldn't figure it out.
The reason why you came all the way here
on numerous occasions, but didn't visit Hideki-kun even once.
All you do is walk around the wall.
When I saw you stopping at that corner earlier, I was convinced.
That's because
if you see Hideki-kun even once, you'll forgive him.
If you see any hope that Hideki-kun might mend his ways,
your resolve to punish him with your own hands will waver.
So that you don't turn back,
to stick t