Good work! I'm here to relieve you.
- Thanks. - Thank you.
Hello, this is Takamine from Investigations.
No, this is just a periodic check in.
Yes, if you happen to remember anything
- let us know. - Why are you calling now?
Have you made any progress?
I'm very sorry. The investigation is ongoing.
So then, you have no time to be making phone calls.
Stop slacking off and go investigate.
We aren't slacking off...
Can't be helped. They're taking out their frustration on the police.
To be honest, there are very few unsolved cases that actually
have been reopened for investigations.
If there's no new evidence or testimony,
those cases just continue to gather dust here.
- Tsukamoto-san. - Hmm?
- Do some work. - No.
This kind of job isn't fit for a detective.
It's so dusty in here.
Wonder why.
A detective is supposed to go on investigations.
A detective who can't make any progress on an
- unsolved case is useless. - Useless.
Well, when I'm on the front lines,
I guess I could solve about half of these cases.
How reliable you are, Tsukamoto-san.
Oh you were listening to my story then?
He's just slacking off.
Hey bro, is this where Investigations is?
That's right.
They've got them housed in this crumbling government building?
Excuse me! Authorized personnel only!
If you're the gatekeeper you should know who's in the same business as you.
I'm very sorry!
Did you get any new information?
No, they kept asking if there
were problems with the first investigation.
I didn't get any answers.
They wanted to talk directly to the person in charge.
This is a necessary part of our job.
Excuse me. I'm Murayama from Onishi Station,
could you show me to the person in charge?
What business do you have?
I have a request to make.
- That little girl isn't here. - Little girl?
We left her here to learn. That slow one.
Please help move the evidence. It takes strength to do it.
It's like you to make
- an appeal like a weak girl. - That's not it at all!
You! Slacking off and talking to some guy!?
Murayama-san.
We didn't put you here to slack off Sakuragi!
I wasn't!
- You know him? - Yeah, from my previous post.
I was your mentor everyday!
She crashed a patrol car into a wall on her first time
and cried when she stepped on dog poop during an investigation
she was just like that back then.
Stop it! What is going on?
I have something I'd like to reopen and be investigated on.
The Serial Breeding Grounds Killer.
It's been two years and no sign of a suspect.
We've had the 14th incident in our jurisdiction two days ago.
I was wondering if you could help out in our search too.
- Even with your latest incident? - Yes.
All we can do is make a formal request for help anyway.
I'll do whatever I can to help though.
So you want to use the data we have here?
Only if you'd agree to help.
Murayama-san. Is there something special about this case?
Onishi Second Elementary School.
When that happened I was still out on patrol.
Last week it was Nakano Elementary. Before that, Itabashi. Quite a range of places.
So rampaging all over the city's schools?
- Terrible guy. - How terrible
you have to be to attack schools. Why haven't we got him yet?
All the places are scattered,
without cooperation there can be no good investigation.
You'd think that each place would want to help with whatever they can.
Killing animals and causing property damage.
At the first place two years ago,
this caused quite a stir.
- Which place? - Chiyama.
Remember? The attack at the Chiyama Children's Cultural Festival.
Today in Chiyama District's
municipal grounds, a Children's Cultural Festival
was suddenly attacked by a man holding a knife, stabbing people at random.
From the current information,
it is confirmed that 6 out of the 8 children are dead.
They released the names of the 8 dead at Chiyama
on May 5th, 2005.
Then 3 years, on the same day, May 30, 2008.
The first animal attack at Chiyama Middle School.
8 rabbits were killed. The same number of victims.
That's what a variety show said!
A copycat crime.
Just two months after Akutsu Masashi got his sentence,
the attacks began.
What a bastard, that guy.
To let a crime go like this for
- 2 years, that's ridiculous. - It must be hard to get an investigation ready.
The locations are all spread out. The time of attack makes witness accounts hard to find.
Well, we won't be taking on the case anyway.
- But, it's an unsolved case. - Property damage is not our job.
If we went after every small crime,
- we'd never rest. - I guess so.
Well, goodbye.
- Work hard, okay? - What!?
Everyone, listen up.
We're reopening the Serial Breeding Grounds Killer.
But that's not in our jurisdiction though.
Takamine. What's the danger in leaving this unchecked?
It may escalate from attacks on animals
to anger and attacks on people.
Every location has delayed their formal investigations.
In order to stop another attack,
we'll take the lead on the investigation.
And Rookie.
- Another challenge? - An investigation.
You're in charge of the Serial Breeding Grounds Killer case.
Zettai Reido (Absolute Zero) - Case 5
- Find something? - If you keep overdoing it just because
you're in charge, you're gonna get tired.
The young have plenty of horsepower.
It's impressive that she got evidence
from 10 crime scenes in one day.
Although we don't have much data to get.
Even the written reports. Each district wrote so little.
Well there's a little difference in each of the killed animals.
Okay, got it.
These red points are the crime scenes.
From the first incident at Chiyama all the way to the newest one at Onishi.
The lock to the cages were broken by an iron hammer.
And then there are some fibers from a towel used to keep the blows quiet,
footprints from the scenes match up,
there's no doubt all 14 were by the same person.
There are 4 types of footprints.
So there were 4 attackers,
maybe they took turns attacking?
- Yeah. - Yes?
But wrong! The criminal just bought new shoes.
Who has the same shoes for 2 years?
Yeah, true.
The shoes were all men's of the same size.
Height is probably between 165 and 180cm.
No hits in the database for those footprints.
Lots of planning for attacking animals.
That's terrible! What a waste to go after animals and children.
Oh man, what an honest thing to say Oomori-san.
Isn't it most
interesting when adults go after
each other? Right?
What are you saying?
Any other clues about the attacker?
The type of weapon?
Oh, I didn't hear we needed to run an autopsy on the rabbits.
Oh! This reminds me of an autopsy we had
- on a bunny girl a few years back. - So there are no clues...
Don't talk like that! The bosses are expecting something good.
No they aren't. I'm only here
because I have a link to the jurisdiction.
Well, then use this first time in charge to make a name for yourself!
Yeah! So...what do you do when you're in charge?
You can't do this.
Why do I have to go?
Yeah, well...
Shiraishi-san is in forensics,
so there's no one else. Please.
Understood.
Well, I'm going to meet up with Sakuragi at the school,
I'll leave the rest to you.
Is it okay to have Sakuragi in charge?
No it isn't. She can't even get information yet.
Don't worry. With me there, I'll take care of everything.
I wonder which one I should worry about.
Usually the child in charge of
cleaning and feeding the animals and a few kids are here that early.
The day of the incident, the child in charge was late.
In the end that was for the best.
She didn't run into the attacker.
- Um... - Before the incident,
were there any strange men around?
If it's possible, we'd like to speak
with the child in charge, the first one to find them.
It was a big shock. They're still taking a break from school.
Then maybe a contact address?
You're completely different from the other detectives who came.
They were so businessless like, they got what they needed and left right away.
We're from a different jurisdiction but we're putting in a lot of effort here.
Start from the beginning please.
From the police point of view,
this doesn't look like a big deal but,
the children have been very affected by this.
There's nothing left to clean up in the animal pen now.
What are you guys doing?
I said you can't be near the animal pen.
Yamamoto-san too? Aren't you taking a day off from school today?
It's my fault.
I forgot it was my turn so I was late...
- That? - It's my fault they died.
I'm with the police.
I'm looking for the person who did this.
It's not your fault.
It's the fault of the person who did this.
So you can't think that this was your fault.
I'm definitely going to arrest the person who did this.
I've decided.
I just cannot forgive this crime.
- Hurting those children! - Yeah.
I'm going to do whatever I can to finish this, it doesn't matter if I'm in charge.
- So please, Tsukamoto-san let me...ouch!
Had to do that. Why would I leave everything to you? Stupid.
I was being serious...
All of this talking is making me constipated.
Tsukamoto-san? Where are you going?
I'll head on back first. I was just stopping by.
You can't just stop by like that!
It's fine.
I said no! I'm in charge of this investigation.
Didn't you say it didn't even matter if you were in charge?
Tsukamoto-san!
You bought flowers. Why?
Tsukamoto-san. Explain!
- Here it is. - Huh?
Two adults and six children were murdered.
This is where the Chiyama attack occurred.
Arrest him!
Get his weapon! Hold him down!
This is where it happened 5 years ago.
I was part of the first responder group, so I remember it well.
Hearing Fukuzawa talk about it reminded me.
Figured I would bring some flowers.
Tsukamoto-san.
Hey Sakuragi.
I'm going to catch whoever killed those animals.
What the hell, a copycat crime?
I hate all these unsolved crimes.
I said it before.
The job of a detective is to solve crimes.
An unsolved case is always a failure.
Okay.
- Well I'm refreshed. Let's go home. - Refreshed...
Why so slow lead detective? Let's go!
- Are you a high schooler? - So what?
This is me.
- Miyata Yuki. - Huh?
My name.
School?
I came to meet a friend.
Let's go.
Hey.
Are you still investigating
- the attack here? - Yeah.
Make sure you look harder.
They haven't caught the person who did it yet.
What?
What do you mean?
Miyata Yuki?
Tsukamoto-san, should we go after her?
Starting tomorrow we'll go visit each
crime scene and gather information.
There's not a lot of evidence so make sure to get testimonies.
- Be diligent. - Okay.
Sakuragi, the crime scenes are so spread out
so there's a chance they have a car or bike.
Make sure to ask about that.
- Okay. - Put yourself in the
criminal's mindset and follow their path. That'll make for an efficient investigation.
Okay.
Bring 500 yen for snacks.
Tsukamoto-san, let's talk about tomorrow's search.
Oh sorry. Go with Shiraishi-san tomorrow.
- What's up? - There's something I need to check on.
The Chiyama incident huh?
Maybe that girl was making fun of him?
She knows that no one has been caught yet.
It didn't seem like a joke to me.
Tsukamoto-san's been acting weird since then.
Don't worry too much about that.
- Focus on your investigation. - I know.
Leave the talking to me now.
I remember the jurisdiction issues from the Guniya case.
Haven't heard about that in awhile.
Young people nowadays wouldn't bother with such troublesome methods.
They don't even have those pawnshops anymore.
Murayama-san taught me that way.
You can't do your job if you can't move your feet.
Pretty good boss!
Not at all!
Always angry, crude and violent.
If you make a mistake, he would tell everyone.
Terrible.
Oh! There's always good information to have here.
Okay, my turn. I got it!
Beautiful!
- A girl? - Yeah.
Not anyone around here,
I thought it was pretty strange with the timing.
Around 2 in the morning, right?
Do you remember anything else?
A middle or high school aged girl.
She had long hair. And a red hair ornament.
Clothes looked cheap though.
You knew that much? Even that late at night?
It's the nature of my business.
Understood. Thank you very much.
It's been awhile since you've been here! You've grown up quite a bit.
- Not really. - The first time she came here
she had stepped on dog poop. Smelled so bad, haha.
Thank you very much.
- Thanks for your time. - Yep.
You really did step on dog poop, huh?
Hit and miss with that old guy. Not what I expected.
So according to the only testimony, it's a girl.
There's no connection. The footprints were a man's
there's nothing here to do with an underage girl.
What are you up to Tsukamoto-san?
Just something for the investigation.
That isn't our data though.
Oh, a secret investigation.
- They're relying on me. - Oh!
But things'll get complicated if it gets out. So keep it a secret from everyone.
The next time we go out, I'll treat you to dinner.
It's okay. I have no time to go out.
I'll try again another time.
Answering machine again.
Sorry to call suddenly. This is Fukuzawa
from Investigations.
- Good work today. - Good work.
Do you want some?
Thanks.
Any news on the investigation?
Right now,
I'm just supporting Sakuragi.
So things are that simple right now?
And what about the Suginami case?
I gave that to Fukuzawa.
I see. I hope there will be progress.
For the family. And for the detectives in charge.
All right, drink up. It'll give you energy.
Thank you very much.
What?
Nothing.
Yes, Investigations.
What?
Come on guys, won't you tell me your story?
Don't be afraid. I'm a policeman, Sakuragi from Investigations.
- Who is Sakuragi? - Ah.
Sorry everyone. Thanks!
Hey.
I heard there was a detective
using the Investigations' name and
- questioning elementary schoolers. - Who squealed?
Conducting an investigation outside of your jurisdiction is against the law.
Come with me.
You don't have to take my arm!
They'll think we're a couple.
Well, in any case I would be the one more disgusted with that thought.
What were you thinking?
Calm down! All I wanted to do was to help with the investigation.
Using our name and position is
- not helping, it's interfering. - That's right.
If you want to help, there are better ways.
Sakuragi.
Murayama-san, the next time you want to operate outside jurisdiction, let us know.
We're taking responsibility for this investigation
so if you want us to continue, cooperate with us.
I'll take the responsibility.
We can't have you running around wildly. Please understand!
If you take your time it'll happen again!
I'm sorry.
I guess this isn't something in my jurisdiction after all.
Murayama-san.
I heard a rumor from some kids at one of the scenes.
A girl with red ornaments in her hair killed the animals.
Red hair ornaments?
The eyewitness testimony from Guniya?
Well, I figured it was just some silly kids' rumor.
You think it's an actual eyewitness account?
But the footprints at the scene were from a man.
There's a chance that's all a diversion.
Look into it. I'll leave the rest to you.
Make sure to do a thorough investigation.
Please.
Murayama-san.
Sorry to cause such trouble.
Is something going on?
It's very strange how you're obsessed with this case.
Isn't it natural for a detective to obsess over a case?
I just want it to be solved.
Hey did you hear? Yoshida's
- story about the girl with red hair ornaments? - What's that?
You don't know it? Yuki-chan's ghost!
When the animals here
were killed before.
It was Yuki's ghost who did it.
Before the killing, I definitely saw her!
A girl with red hair ornaments hanging around.
You lie. Why would a ghost kill animals?
Well, Yuki,
she died 5 years ago at Chiyama.
She used to really love animals and was always in charge of them,
if they die they won't have to be kept anymore.
She's taking them to her world.
She's doing it the same way it happened to her.
A stab with the knife!
What are you doing?
If you don't tell 3 other people after you hear it, you'll be cursed!
Stop it! Stop!
Run away!
Yuki-chan. Just an urban legend.
Like the girl with the torn mouth or the dog with a person's face.
Because the first animal attack is
a copy of the Chiyama attack, that legend was created.
And it's not really clear if any of the eyewitness
accounts are true or not.
- Takamine-san. - What is it?
I think I saw her!
Huh?
Yuki-chan's ghost.
Excuse me. You're Kadokura-san from the third station?
Yes. You are?
Tsukamoto from Investigations.
There's something I want to ask about the Chiyama attack from 5 years ago.
- Chiyama? - Do you remember?
About the victim Miyata Yuki?
How did Yuki get involved in the attack?
What do you mean?
She said she wouldn't go
to this year's festival.
She was heading to the school just to look after the rabbits.
So why did she...
After considering all the evidence
and from the testimony, there was only one culprit in the attack.
It was just by accident that she got involved.
Please.
Please find out why she
was in such a place.
Please!
Why are you going after the Chiyama attack?
There's something going on
with Miyata Yuki's involvement. The investigation
then focused too much on Akutsu, they didn't look into
Miyata Yuki at all! That's why!
The third station made a formal complaint.
You're digging things up on an already solved case and
you even bothered Kadokura directly!
- Boss, it isn't completely solved. - You can't decide that
- all by yourself. - Excuse me, Boss.
I want to look into those involved with the Chiyama attack also.
I believe the girl that Tsukamoto and I met has a
connection with the animal attacks.
That's just a wild guess.
That girl was probably just making a bad joke. She has nothing to do with this.
That's what I thought at first.
But maybe there's a special meaning behind her
using Miyata Yuki's name?
We should observe that girl's behavior and get her testimony.
We shouldn't leave her alone I think.
I think there is a connection
between Chiyama and the animal attacks.
Takamine, what do you think?
If there are no other leads, there is value in looking into her.
Got it. You have my permission to interview those
connected to Chiyama to find her.
But we're looking for links to the animal attacks.
Don't lose sight of the point.
Okay.
Spending the night again Rookie?
Sorry. After I read this I'll head out.
- Reading what? - It's about the Chiyama attack.
That was a terrible incident.
I had only become a police officer 5 years ago,
I only knew what the news told me.
That's probably the easiest way.
It's tough for those involved and those investigating it.
But, looks like I did get involved.
You've got to toughen up.
You're going face off with the pain of all these crimes.
- Pain? - Besides the scope of
the crime or even if its solved or not,
there's always people carrying the pain of that crime.
Each person carries the pain in their own way.
You can't try and carry it all for them.
But even for detectives,
those who get involved and worry about it,
they have to solve the case in order to release that pain.
Get involved and worry?
Murayama-san is like that now.
Huh?
Murayama-san.
What do you want now?
Why didn't you tell me?
I heard from the Chief. You're retiring next month.
That Chief is a bit more of a talker than I thought.
I'm getting old, I have to go.
I didn't want you to feel like
- you were forced into it. - That's horrible.
You've been causing trouble for years
and then you're going to go crazy on this last case and just leave?
When did you think you could look back on all this with pride?
Quite the thing to say.
Why is it this case?
These animals being killed, you could have just let the stations there investigate it.
That's exactly why.
I've been watching over cases for years now.
I thought some were small, how stupid.
If you don't look into them all, they became unsolved. That's terrible.
So I figured I would go out with a bang.
But I'll have to pass it off to you. Please do your best.
- Please. - Well, then tell us
- all about this girl of yours. - Um...
You want a clue, right?
She had 2 eyes, like this.
- And then what! - Oh, she wore a school uniform.
Start from the face.
The face. Double eyelids.
Long hair but the bangs were up to here.
- What's up? - The girl from before,
did she look like this?
Hmm, I think so.
- Really? - Yes, definitely.
Thank you.
Sorry. Did you see a girl like this around here?
- No. - Thank you.
Sorry.
Have you seen a girl like this around here?
- No, I don't know. - Thank you.
Thanks for waiting.
Here's the information on the animals the schools were raising.
Thanks for your help. This will
make it easier for us to prevent another attack.
Please. These attacks
have been a big hit on the Tokyo School
Animal Raising program also. Right Taniguchi-kun?
If the police don't do their jobs,
it'll just keep causing more pain to all the children.
Thanks for your honest opinion.
We'll be going now.
What's the point of attacking schools that raise animals?
There doesn't seem to be a pattern in all of the attacks.
Keep trying. There has to be a key in figuring out the next target location.
What are you up to Master?
It's a message board about mistreating animals,
there's some strange comments I found.
Oh, so you are going to the festival?
No, school. I need to take care of the rabbit.
- By yourself? - Probably.
Seems tough. Why not go with a friend?
It's okay. I like taking care of them!
Okay.
Don't come back home too late.
- We're having curry today. - Okay, see you!
- Bye! - Bye!
When I make curry now
I feel like Yuki is coming home.
It's been 5 years. Strange huh?
She always loved animals,
she would bring back these puppies and kittens.
I told her we couldn't keep them here,
so she would go all over the neighborhood to find a place for them.
Seems like a very nice girl.
Please.
Excuse me.
I left it the way it was.
So cute and sparkly!
How is it? Like it?
Yeah! Thanks Yuki-chan.
I'm glad.
I looked hard to find something that suited you!
And then...
Look! I have the same kind.
You're right! It's cute!
I figured I should get something that matches
your birthday present.
What would be good?
It's still early! My birthday is in November.
I'll start thinking now! Look forward to it!
Yep.
No results.
There!
Tailing her?
- Wait, where are you now? - In Chiyama.
She came to a net cafe.
I'll have Fukuzawa and Shiraishi-san meet up with you.
- Don't do anything stupid. - She left! I'll call back.
Damn it Sakuragi don't hang up!
You're terrible at this.
Come over here.
Do you live here?
Look it up, that's a detective's job.
There's something I want to ask.
The attack?
The animal attacks at schools all over the city.
I figured you might know something about it.
Oh, that one.
Did you look into the Chiyama attack?
You should arrest the person who did it soon.
Who are you?
Miyata Yuki-chan's friend?
What do you want to investigate? Miyata Yuki-chan is...
I killed her.
Huh?
I killed Yuki-chan.
So then, will you arrest me and give me the death penalty?
I'm going home Detective.
I'm sorry, I lost track of her.
Write up a written apology.
Okay.
- It's cause you don't know how things work. - Don't blame her.
It's not like she recognized her and
ran away.
Figured out who that girl was.
Sawai Haruna, 16 years old. A local high school student.
She was a classmate of Miyata Yuki at Chiyama Elementary School.
- And middle school... - South Chiyama Middle School.
The location of the first animal attack.
The first one to find them was Sawai Haruna,
who was in charge of the animals.
Looking more like the suspect.
She's a material witness for now.
She's a minor, so treat her carefully.
- Okay. - Did you visit her house?
Yes, she hasn't come back home yet but,
we told the mother to call us right away when she gets back.
So an interview is dependent on her getting back.
Sakuragi, for now, finish up that note of apology.
Okay.
She hasn't come back yet? It's already 12.
Well, she usually comes back home late.
Aren't you worried? She is a high schooler.
We believe in letting her live her own life.
I understand.
Just call us when she comes back, anytime during the night is fine.
Goodbye.
What's wrong with parents nowadays?
Hey Sakuragi.
I'm going to take a nap. If the phone rings, wake me up.
- Tsukamoto-san. - Hmm?
So Sawai Haruna did it?
What is this now?
I spoke with her tonight. She found me while I was tailing her.
What! Are you serious? Then she knows that
we're looking for her!
She hasn't come home, she probably is on the run!
Do you remember when we first met her?
- Huh? - She already figured out that
we are the police
and told us to look into the Chiyama attack.
She even used the name of a victim.
If she was really involved, she wouldn't have said that.
Stupid! She probably said that
because she had something to hide!
And what about the animal attacks?
There's eyewitness testimony!
When I saw her, she didn't seem like a criminal.
I don't really know why but,
I just know.
That's just a guess. She's probably run away now.
I don't really know what you were thinking,
you've just been in the way ever since you took charge of the case.
Investigations.
Oh man, I think I found a clue.
- Huh? - If I'm right,
there will be an attack tonight. At...
- Here? - So he said.
I'll take the back. You take the front.
- Okay. - Get serious now.
You!
Give me the knife.
That girl.
- Don't go Sakuragi! - But Tsukamoto-san!
Don't chase her.
Tsukamoto-san.