In Japan there are 60,000 cold cases. Or in other words, unsolved mysteries.
On November 2, 2009, police headquarters established a special department to deal with these cold cases. With limited evidence, vague memories from those involved, but now new technology, they hope to solve these cases.
- Here. - I asked for champagne.
Huh, Tagami-san you asked for beer.
Kiyomi, can we talk a little bit later?
Sorry, I'm a bit busy later.
You're late Kiyomi! What's going on?
Sorry. Just 15 seconds left.
I really wonder if we'll be okay.
Well, we can't go back now.
I really believe it will be a great millennium.
- 10...9... - Hiroshi! Takami-san, hurry!
7...6...5...
4...3...2...1...
Happy new millennium!
Help me! Please help me!
Hey, get over here!
- Yes, Sakuragi. - We have an incident Sakuragi!
- Where is it? - Looks like we have a new product.
New product? What about the incident?
My allergies are terrible. They've got a new shrimp burger.
- I really want one. - Ah well...
I'm almost at the...
I'm almost at...
I'm at the office.
Good morning!
You're still out right? Could you buy me one?
Uh, Tsukamoto-san?
- Thanks. - Thank you very much!
Hello? Tsukamo...
I've only got 15 minutes left before I'll be late!
I stayed here overnight and I'm still late!
This is Takamine.
How rare to see you eat fast food Takamine-san.
- Quite the head there. - Huh?
My kid is collecting these toys.
I haven't been around recently...skunk please.
Trying to please someone?
Someone asked me to buy something. Can we order together?
You're a detective right? Follow the rules of society.
Excuse me.
- Kurata. - Yes.
- For you. - You bought them again?
Please stop it.
- Chief, you can't keep smoking! - It's only been a week.
If I give up now, it will have been all for nothing.
Yesterday at the Okutama Skyline construction site,
- they found a skeleton. - Yesterday? Why us?
There's a big chance that's the remains of Sakota Mai.
I see. The first incident of the millennium.
I've got the forms to reopen the case.
- I'll leave this to you. - Understood.
Ah, also give this to the rookie.
Yes.
Appreciate the hard work!
They're letting a lot of murderers go.
There isn't any trail at all, I wonder
what headquarters is thinking.
Excuse me Shiraishi-san.
Information on those involved in the Hachiko case.
Oh, I'll go there later.
Michii-chan, Michii-chan!
How about we go to my favorite
- sports gym together next time? - I'm interested.
- Really? - Sakamoto-san.
- You're late! - Made it...hey, my money!
- Sakuragi. - Yes!
Can you go to the evidence locker?
- Reopened case? - Yes.
We're reopening the 300 million yen Tokyo Bank case.
Zettai Reido (Absolute Zero) - Case 1
2000. 2000.
Here.
According to the police statement,
the whereabouts of 300 million yen is still unknown,
police are beginning to treat this as an embezzlement case.
Sorry, sorry.
I'm sorry to have caused all the trouble.
Police headquarters
have been unable to account for the whereabouts
of three Tokyo Bank workers from the Nakanohashi branch after the incident.
A country wide search is out for Oonuki Kiyomi, Ijima Tomoe, and Sakota Mai.
Sakota Mai? That skeleton is her?
Evidence found at the scene proved that it's her.
We're just waiting for official word.
They pulled off a beautiful crime. It was a big topic back then.
Maybe they split up the money amongst themselves.
It looks like they were close friends.
The motive for all of them was money. Money caused the friends to fight.
Motive motive motive.
Sakota Mai's boyfriend had debts.
Ijima Tomoe loved brand names and got into credit card debt.
The main suspect, Oonuki Kiyomi's mother had debts too.
The main suspect?
They found the software virus that took the money at her home.
An unknown gunshot wound.
Looking at statistics, there's a small chance that one of the women used a gun.
The other 2 probably had someone else involved in it.
Make sure to investigate every possible angle.
I'll head over to forensics. We'll get answers soon.
I'll go too!
- Oh, Sakuragi. - Yes?
Another task from the chief.
Still?
- Just say if it's a bother. - No no! I'm going.
What is this?
18 years ago, there was a robbery at a Mexican zoo.
The office was torn up
and dirt plus footprints were found there.
The chief wants me to do a profile.
That's big!
Ah, if I look at the Guinness Book I might figure it out.
Why are you looking at me like that? I'm just joking!
Farewell!
Comparing the results, we agree that the skeleton is that of Sakota Mai.
Getting in touch with the parents is always trouble.
Telling them the body is their child's.
Parents are never happy to hear that.
You want make people happy do something else.
I guess so.
- Seems the murder weapon was a gun. - From the autopsy report,
looks like it came from close range.
Brain must've got all sloppy.
- Ugh... - They love that face
on a girl.
So then it all points to a shooting.
The victim was looking up at the gun.
So the murderer had to be someone tall.
I see. If you calculate the angle of the shot,
- they had to be 3.8 meters. - Big!
Go look in the Guinness Book.
The murderer probably shot her while
- she was kneeling. - Terrible.
Looks like she was killed 10 years ago.
So she was killed right after the robbery?
Perhaps.
See the wavelike pattern on the bone here?
Indicative of someone in their mid 20s.
At the time of the incident, Sakota Mai was 25, right?
Same age as me.
Your bones look just like this then.
We found a memo in the lost articles.
- Scan it in. - Sure.
What is this?
Ah! I understand what the numbers mean!
It reads "Wajimakouta."
It's from pocket ball.
When I was in elementary,
my mom would leave it for me as messages. What number is it though?
The real criminal?
So then "Wajimikeuta" makes more sense.
Ah, that's true.
It's Fukuzawa.
Just like you thought, the numbers in the memo are a bank account number.
Whose account?
Happy new millennium!
Millennium!
This year you'll pay off your debts right?
Don't say such things.
It'll definitely take off! And then let's get married.
Sure.
And then owner, a special offer for our viewers?
Those who come in for dinner,
will be treated to a free glass of champagne.
Fukuzawa-san, I came up with some questions to ask.
You just stay quiet and take notes like always.
- Okay, we're good! - Good work.
I'm sorry.
I have another shoot so I don't have much time.
- So you're a talent? - Not at all.
Anyway, has there been progress in the case?
No, nothing. We're just doing a periodic check.
You haven't found Mai yet, huh?
I'm wondering if she's ever got in touch with you.
No, not at all.
If it got onto TV, maybe things get a little tough for you.
Back then your store had a bunch of debt, right?
I almost lost everything, but I kept working honestly to get here.
Working honestly?
This is your bank account number right?
A half year after the embezzlement, some account named Millennium
paid you 5 million yen.
And then right after, your debts were paid in full.
Sakota Mai got 5 million yen,
did you kill her for the rest of the money?
Don't be stupid? What are you basing this on?
Yesterday we found Sakota Mai's remains.
This memo was with her there.
Mai is dead? There's no way that could happen.
There's no way that could happen? You must know something.
No, just shocked from hearing that she got killed.
I thought I would see her again someday.
I love her. Even now.
I did suddenly receive 5 million yen.
It was a godsend at that moment as my place was going to close.
I don't really know who gave me that money.
Is that so? We'll come back again.
If you remember something about
Sakota Mai's murderer, don't forget it.
Excuse me.
Wait a second!
I remember something.
No, I'm a little worried.
Sorry to bother you at such a tough time manager.
- Something up? - Just a little work thing.
- I'm fine. - Hiroshi! Where did you go?
- Time to go Mai. - No! We still have time!
- I want to be with Hiroshi. - Hey Mai!
Get a hold of yourself! You want to ruin everything?
- Where you going Mai? - Secret! See you.
- No! - We're going.
So Sakota Mai was dead drunk
and because she was a burden she was killed.
But that's tough! Having someone you love be killed.
That's right.
Huh? You still suspect him?
Miyamoto hid evidence. You trust him so easily?
We'll corner that guy eventually.
Such a bad personality.
Hey boss! I found something very interesting.
Can you stop using such polite language when it's just the two of us?
In the old days you always were yelling at me Shiraishi-san.
You say that but,
I'm still below you. - Stubborn.
As equals, let's watch!
Please use this window. Thank you very much.
- Excuse me. - Yes?
- Kimura Yukinobu, right? - That's right.
I'd like to talk about the 300 million yen embezzlement case.
- Let's stop! - Don't be
- a good girl now. - It's fine.
I didn't tell anyone. So please.
We'll split the next five hundred thousand yen equally, okay?
This is getting really bad!
You want to cure your mother, right Kiyomi?
And you haven't told Takami-san about your debts at all.
If you want to get married don't you want to solve this all quickly?
But this is definitely...
Then how do you plan to pay
back 20 million yen in debt?
You get it right? There's no other option.
Okay? See you.
Did you take the money?
Five hundred thousand yen disappeared then.
I guess it was the end of summer.
I had the best intentions.
If the 300 million yen embezzlement got out, I would be fired in a flash.
So I stayed quiet.
On the night of the millennium, Oonuki called me.
And? What did you talk about that late at night?
That year's New Year's Eve was a big deal.
You remember the year 2000 problem.
She was worried about that so she contacted me.
I don't believe that. You really
conspired with Oonuki Kiyomi to embezzle the 300 million yen.
Please be serious! I'm the victim here.
I'll never forgive those 3.
They made me take responsibility since I was in charge. Then I got transferred to this rural location.
Doesn't look like Kimura has anything to do with this.
If he had something to do with the embezzlement he wouldn't be that depressed.
He kept playing with his button.
Huh?
When someone plays unconsciously with something,
they're usually under a lot of stress.
That button was hanging off.
So it's a sign he always does that.
Letting off stress like that
is a sign that they're hiding some crime.
There's a big chance he's involved in the embezzlement.
Officer Takamine, the amazing profiler as always.
Maybe you've got it.
Wow, this is quite the find.
I looked through so many crime
- mania threads too. - I had to go into
the secret boards too to find it.
That's the old timer. You can even investigate on the internet.
As long as I have jurisdiction on the internet,
the master has much to do.
Sure gives you a lot of free time.
It's pretty impressive how fast you
pick things up even at your age.
Oonuki Kiyomi. Her facial features match.
A wound on her leg but doesn't look like she's dead yet.
Of course they didn't include the important part.
End of the line.
Well, there has to be someone who took it and someone who spread it around.
Well, I'll let you figure out where this is. See you tomorrow morning.
I can't figure it out in such a short time!
I thought you were the master? It's the least I could expect.
He's good.
- This is Fukuzawa. - It's Shiraishi.
It seems Oonuki Kiyomi was probably killed.
Looks like things got interesting. I'll get the details later.
Something up?
- I'm going back to the office. - But we're still gathering information.
- Oonuki Kiyomi's mother? - I'm leaving it to someone else.
I can go by myself?
I left it to Takamine-san.
Getting my hopes up!
Excuse me. While your daughter was living here
the factory your husband managed filed for bankruptcy and he disappeared.
Did you daughter do something
- to pay off the debts? - It was the two
- of them right? - For you,
your daughter stole 300 million yen right?
There's no way my daughter could do such a thing!
Just how hungry are you?
That's not it!
I was thinking of your kid.
Sorry. Thanks for thinking of us.
We already have this one.
Actually, I'm just looking for advice from a superior!
This is what this is for? How makeshift.
You don't have to talk to me like that!
Can you let me do the questioning?
- You must hate taking notes. - No!
Just wondering what I'm doing here.
I've been here for 3 months.
All I've been doing are reading reports and taking notes.
I want to contribute to an arrest!
Please.
No good.
Even spent 2000 yen on those animals.
Oonuki Kiyomi was probably killed.
- Huh? - Haven't heard yet?
There's an image of her with a gun shot wound
we found on the internet. Could you keep that from her mother?
- Yes. - The purpose of the interview
is to see if her daughter got in touch over the last 10 years.
- Okay? - Thank you very much.
I'm in the middle of work.
Sorry to bother you while you're busy. I'm Sakuragi from the Police Headquarters Investigation Unit.
I'm Detective Takamine.
We'd like to ask some questions about the incident 10 years ago.
What do you want with that now?
We found the remains of Sakota Mai yesterday.
- My daughter did it, right? - Huh?
You can just tell me the truth.
Well, we're still investigating that.
After the robbery,
did your daughter ever get in touch with you?
Did something turn up during your investigation?
I can't talk about that.
You can't talk about your investigation
but you expect me to talk?
It's been 10 years. And suddenly you come here.
This is pretty selfish of you.
I haven't heard from my daughter over the past 10 years.
I have nothing to do with her now.
Maybe it's better if she was dead.
I have to go back now.
Excuse me.
You don't believe she's innocent?
You were each other's only family! No matter what happens
a mother has to always believe!
Why would say such terrible...
I had to take on my daughter's sins.
She's a criminal. And now probably a murderer.
Wait! Oonuki-san! Let go of me!
She's not going to talk anymore.
That's your power. Learned something?
Huh?
Did you notice?
You said you want to help arrest the criminal,
but with that ego I wonder.
The people who kept calling her daughter a criminal
is us, the police.
And then for 10 years,
can you imagine how she must have lived her life?
The wounds of those involved in a cold case run quite deep.
Remember that.
Oonuki Kiyomi was murdered and
this leaves Ijima Tomoe as the criminal.
Ijima Tomoe's parents were already dead,
- she has no relatives. - She'll be hard to track down.
What about Kimura Yukinobu?
In my opinion, Kimura seemed
to be trying to relieve a lot of stress.
Letting off stress like that
is a sign that they're hiding some crime. Like you said,
we should look into every possibility, we should keep looking at Kimura.
Takamine what do you think?
Same opinion.
Sakuragi. Did you get anything from Oonuki Kiyomi's mother?
Sorry, nothing new came up.
Takamine-san. Kimura's analysis was really yours wasn't it?
A guy who is all muscle couldn't come up with that.
It doesn't really matter whose opinion it is.
Do you have no confidence in your own profiling abilities?
Looks like the rumors are true.
The trauma of the Suginami Accident
caused you to quit being a profiler and go back to being a detective.
Forget about the past.
The wounds of those involved in a cold case
run quite deep.
I'm terrible.
Hey rookie. Are you staying here tonight again?
Good work today Chief.
Figured out the answer to what I gave you this morning?
Not yet. I even got the Guinness Book.
Looking for this big footprint...
Wait, a gorilla?
Nope.
- Come with me. - Huh?
You've been here for three months. How is it going rookie?
I'm a terrible detective. I failed today too.
As usual, the stubborn rookie.
Stop calling me rookie!
Don't just swing the bat wildly rookie!
- Huh? - Think about what you're hitting at.
If you do that, then at least you'll swing with purpose.
Investigations are the same way.
Don't let a simple failure stop you.
Ah, I'll give you a hint for that thing.
"Can't see the forest for the trees." Okay, see you.
"Can't see the forest for the trees?"
Why so loud first thing in the morning? No way, here all night?
I figured out where the video was shot! I'm awesome, huh?
Shiraishi-san got to you again? He's good at that.
I'm learning from him!
I'll spare no effort. I'll keep working
in order to find out the truth.
Oh man, I just said something really cool.
So you did all this for a cool catch phrase?
Says the 30 year old with the cold heart.
- This is Tagami Shinji? - Yep.
There was an image of him on the bank security camera.
Tagami, Oonuki Kiyomi's boyfriend?
Miyamoto was his junior back in university.
The person who gave Miyamoto 5 million yen was Tagami.
We get Tagami then we can get what we need on Miyamoto.
We got the location where the video was shot!
It has to be around Tanazawa.
So then we'll find Oonuki Kiyomi's remains there.
- Yes. - Tsukamoto and Fukuzawa.
- Look for Oonuki. - Okay.
There's a chance the remains have already been found.
- Shut up! - I'll look into that then.
I'll look for the person who put up the video.
Please. You two,
- go talk to Tagami. - Right.
If you come across anything
- let me know. - Okay.
This way.
This is the sample data
from the new DEE system.
An engineer gave it to me for some money.
Thanks! I'll win the competition with this.
Ah, here's a little bonus on what you asked.
She's been going to a hotel with this guy a few times.
Doesn't look like she's studying after all.
Actually, this makes things easier.
What could she be up to?
You want me to look into him?
I have no interest in him.
So you got married half a year after the embezzlement?
Then you started this company right after.
Yes, with my wife's father,
I was able to raise the money to start it up. Please.
You got over her pretty quick.
Just half a year before you were going out with Oonuki Kiyomi.
Looks like you are going after a man in the past.
The way I lived my life then was depressing.
By the way, Miyamoto Hiroshi,
do you know how he paid off his debts?
Right around when you got married.
I don't know. I haven't seen him in years.
You met him a lot before the embezzlement.
Even for a school junior you really looked after him a lot.
Relationships change over time.
Was it really because of time?
When Miyamoto-san was paid 5 million yen,
the ATM camera took this shot.
- Looks like you. - Coincidence.
That's a popular excuse.
No good, huh?
Back then I had Miyamoto do a lot of dirty work for me.
He threatened to expose it all to my wife's father.
So you gave him 5 million?
I just wanted to marry and live a quiet life.
What was the dirty work you had him do?
To avoid revealing my identity,
I had him do backroom deals for me. And then...
Your flight is at 2 tomorrow huh?
You don't have to worry about it.
I won't see you for 3 months though.
Oh, Dad wants to hear about your big plans.
You talked to him? Thanks!
Okay, tomorrow.
Shinji?
My mom said she wants to meet you.
You talked to her about me?
Yeah. I said there's someone I want to marry.
You can't come?
Hey, Kiyomi.
- Maybe we can take a break? - Huh?
I'm going to New York for 3 months.
I want to think about getting married.
Why?
Sorry, I haven't finished getting ready yet.
I have to go.
- I don't want to break up. - We'll talk next time.
I want to make a happy family with you!
I'm sorry. See you.
Why! Hey? I did it all for you!
Hiroshi? Hey.
I need you to do something. I just broke up with someone.
Yep, it's Kiyomi.
Ugh. He had Miyamoto take those pictures of her fooling around just so he had a breakup story ready.
But if Oonuki Kiyomi was under watch then,
Miyamoto probably knows something about the embezzlement.
What's with that serious face? Are you hungry?
- If I tell you, you won't get angry? - What is this?
You got angry yesterday so I just want to be careful!
As long as it's not annoying hurry up and tell me.
Oonuki Kiyomi stole 300 million yen
- for a person right? - Huh?
Well, her dream was to make a happy family.
So then five hundred thousand goes missing right away.
That person must have something big happen.
Well, then there would be proof.
I guess so but...
- Find anything? - Not a single
- sign of any remains. - You?
There's a chance that Miyamoto knew about the embezzlement before it happened.
If that's worth anything.
Tokumei 4, this is Sakuragi.
Huh? They found the remains.
Oonuki Kiyomi was killed then.
No, we found Ijima Tomoe.
What do you mean?
Five years ago, a search party near the lake
found an unidentified skeleton, someone killed by gunshot.
DNA tests confirm it is Ijima Tomoe.
All three were killed?
You surveilled Oonuki Kiyomi,
you knew about the plan for 300 million. And then you killed them.
Be serious. I have nothing to do with this.
Really? How long are you going to play dumb?
The famous restaurant owner
now a suspect in stealing 300 million yen and a perverted stalker?
That'll be quite a story.
Are you threatening me?
But it's true. You did watch her.
I knew. I knew about their plans.
But all I did was just wait for word from Mai.
I was waiting to hear word that she was alive.
Kiyomi, is your body all right?
It's fine. I'll figure it out.
Are you just going to leave your mother?
She'll understand. She was the same way.
Besides that, you really think we can get away?
That video of us being killed,
it'll get placed on whoever takes blame for the money.
They'll never figure it out.
You think it'll be that easy?
For a fresh start, there's no other choice.
Kiyomi killed them.
She's still alive.
She killed the two of them and she's still alive!
Hmm. So the video of Oonuki Kiyomi
was just a decoy.
She got shot in the leg just for a decoy?
For 300 million, a leg is a small price to pay.
Just in case, I'll have
forensics check if it's real.
Miyamoto is definitely part of this. I'll see if I can get something else.
- He let us question him... - Oonuki Kiyomi was worried about her body.
- Illness? - There's no evidence.
- Let's push him around. - Blunt as always.
I'll make sure never to follow your lead.
- Oh, so the smart detective... - Oonuki Kiyomi and her mom,
what's the same about them?
What about the source of Oonuki Kiyomi's video?
I'm sorry. We need some more time.
I see. Well, let's come back tomorrow.
- We'll look at everyone again. - Okay.
Sakuragi.
Good work today.
- Hey Sakuragi! - Yes yes!
Go home today. You're off tomorrow right?
There are a few more things I want to research.
Rest is part of your job too. Forget about the case for once.
- But even if I go home... - Sakuragi!
- Yes. - That's enough today. Go home!
Yes! I will go home. For sure.
Okay. I've said what I could.
I stayed overnight again.
Hey rookie! You've really made this your home, huh?
I'm sorry.
Good morning Chief.
There was something I had to research.
Here all night? You figured something out?
No. I couldn't get anything.
Haha. This refreshing talk does suit you.
Chief. What kind of times do you think cause a parent to abandon their child?
That's sudden.
They won't say anything but there's always a reason.
Go back to your nest sometimes rookie.
I'm sorry for saying such rude things before.
Please, I don't need your help.
There's one thing I want to ask.
Did you daughter have an illness?
Illness?
Do you know something?
She didn't but...what is this?
You can't answer huh? It's your investigation.
No matter how much I think about it, I can't figure it out.
Why would your daughter steal 300 million yen?
And, if there's no reason,
I can't imagine her leaving your side completely.
I'm the same.
When I was small my parents divorced,
and my mom raised me all alone.
There's no way I could ever leave my mother behind.
I'm sure Kiyomi felt the same way.
She has to be there for you...
I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
Sakuragi-san. That is your name right?
And many shoppers are back
getting end of year goods like every year...
Oh, what?
Hey. Do you ever regret giving birth to me?
What is this all of a sudden? Such a strange girl.
Well, it was tough to raise me alone, right?
It was tough.
But, when you were in my womb,
I thought I wanted to meet this girl.
I did and I was happy.
So, I don't regret it at all.
I see.
Something up?
Nope.
I'm going. My friends are waiting.
Yeah. Oh, I'll make some new year dishes.
I'm sorry Mom.
Hmm?
I believed my daughter was innocent.
But the media and the police kept calling her a criminal.
I just remembered that day.
She probably intended to commit a crime.
So she apologized to me then.
But, if I could see her again...
I'll find her. And find out if anything happened to her.
Are there any clues?
Nothing now. But I will find her.
I'm sorry.
Oonuki Kiyomi made herself look like a victim.
It started here with the fake video.
Oh, Tsukamoto?
I know who put up the video of Oonuki Kiyomi's murder.
Miyake Suguru, 29 years old.
He works part time at a used PC store.
Miyake! Stop!
What are you thinking running away?
All I did was put up a video
I found on some laptop that I bought!
Shut up you pervert!
We've got enough on you.
Who gave you that laptop?
Running on a path full of obstacles but she didn't fall down.
She planned her footsteps carefully.
Just like Miyamoto said, the video
was a fake after all.
She didn't fall on any of
the obstacles along the way,
but why did she fall on some level ground?
She really thought she would be killed.
Here.
It was all a performance up to here.
But...
After that Oonuki Kiyomi really started to run.
She thought she was really going to be killed.
She didn't worry about her footsteps.
Oonuki Kiyomi didn't know where she was going.
Protecting something until the end.
- What is it? - Aren't you off today?
Oonuki Kiyomi isn't alive anymore.
I went to the video location and figured it out.
The video was planned to be a diversion.
But in the middle, it turned into a real murder.
Please, we need to look for her remains again.
There's a chance that it's still there!
We can't.
She was pregnant.
- DNA test? - She
was worried about giving birth.
It might be the child of someone she didn't want.
So that's why her OBGYN
introduced her to a lab for testing.
- Did you figure out the father? - No.
Just my guess but she probably told him.
About giving birth.
Oonuki Kiyomi is buried with that child for the past 10 years!
So I want to find her soon!
- A search party please! - Enough with this!
Nothing came up in that area.
There's no proof of her being pregnant nor can we search such a large area!
We know how the murder video got out.
- Yeah. - Kimura Yukinobu.
Kimura erased the video data and sold his laptop
to a used store, but a worker there recovered it.
He took part in the 300 million yen embezzlement.
And maybe killed them.
We've got evidence. Go get Kimura.
Yes.
Can you please stop that noise?
I don't really remember.
Why that video was on my computer.
Please, detective.
Seriously! Can you please stop with the noise?
It's been 5 hours. Kimura's stubborn.
We're bound by rules of voluntary interviews.
He keeps denying it, we'll have to let him go.
Sakuragi-san, the DNA results.
You get it right? There's no other option.
Okay? See you.
Stop it!
You don't want me to let it out, right?
- Okay? You'll be fired! - No!
I see. So she had a grudge.
She put the video on my computer.
That must be it! She's just rubbing it in.
Going to play innocent to the end?
Hey Sakuragi!
Oonuki Kiyomi was pregnant. With your child.
She was going to give birth.
She was sure.
She wanted to meet her child.
No matter the father.
What a stupid woman.
Do you understand how she must've felt when she decided to give birth!
- Sakuragi! - Where's the body!
Be serious!
What evidence do you have?
If you have it, show it to me!
From forensics.
Sakuragi. Go look for Oonuki Kiyomi's remains.
Yes.
It's simple.
You refuse, I'll tell the bosses all about it.
Just give me five hundred thousand yen and you can use that 300 million yen to start a new life.
So the answer is simple, right?
Sorry Oonuki-kun.
Don't touch it!
Sorry Oonuki-kun.
We got the voice from the original data we recovered.
Analysis shows that it's your voice.
Your daughter was involved in the embezzlement.
And the ringleader killed her.
Kiyomi-san had a baby inside her.
She thought about following in your footsteps,
raising the baby all alone.
Kiyomi-san wanted to really apologize about
the fact she was going to disappear
from your side to raise the baby.
So stupid...
You really are a stupid girl.
You were going to do it all alone?
You were buried for 10 years...
It must've been tough Kiyomi.
It must've been tough Kiyomi...
Hey, how about a drink?
Ah, Michii-chan, Michii-chan!
The person who had their eye on Kimura from the beginning
- was me. - Oh, wow.
Right? Haha...
- Muscle bound idiot. - Fukuzawa!
I separate my work and personal lives.
Mama is coming home early for once.
What do you want to eat? I'll make anything.
Good work today.
Sakuragi. You better go home tonight.
- Good work today. - Shiraishi-san I'll go with you!
So did you end up making a letter of apology?
They probably gave you a good scolding for almost contaminating the scene.
I'm sorry.
Uh, Chief.
We got the criminal and know the truth,
but I still don't feel satisfied.
I'm actually feeling worse.
So then you saw the mother show emotion?
- Huh? - In a cold case,
those affected are frozen in the pain of that time.
All we can do is solve the case,
and give them a chance to move on from the pain.
So we are helping victims?
I don't know.
But, if we quit,
the tragedy they suffer just disappears.
That's the end.
So, we have to keep going.
Even if you don't know if you're actually helping.
- Yes. - And?
Figure out the answer to my problem?
Yes. So the footprints were of a gorilla.
- So the criminal was a gorilla? - No, it was a person.
They used something to make a gorilla footprint,
as a diversion.
- Reason? - The footprint.
If it was a gorilla, there would be footprints outside.
But from the pictures of the scene, there were only people's footprints.
Can't see the forest for the trees, right?
You noticed.
I'll look for a new problem.
- There's more? - A complaint?
No no.
Okay rookie. See you tomorrow.
- Mom? - Huh? Izumi? Something wrong?
What are you saying? Just calling!
I'm always complaining that you never call.
I guess I'm spoiling you then.
Haha, such a stubborn child.
It's fine! I am your daughter.
- What's up? - Nothing really. I'm doing really well.
I see.