I have something I'd like to reopen and investigate.
The Serial Breeding Grounds Killer.
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.
Make sure you look harder.
They haven't caught the person who did it yet.
I think there is a connection between Chiyama and the animal attacks.
A girl with red ornaments in her hair hanging around.
There's something going on with Miyata Yuki's involvement.
Who are you? Miyata Yuki-chan's friend?
- I killed her. - Huh?
I killed Yuki-chan.
- Oh man, I think I found a clue. - Huh?
If I'm right there will be an attack tonight. At...
You!
That girl.
- Don't go Sakuragi! - But Tsukamoto-san!
Don't chase her.
Tsukamoto-san.
The back gate is closed.
Sakuragi.
I'm sorry. It happened again. All the rabbits are dead.
I see.
I'm sorry.
What, you weren't with Tsukamoto?
There was still a chance the culprit was nearby so I was looking around.
I got it. I'm heading back, write up a report as soon as possible.
Sorry to bother you so early. Is your daughter in?
Not right now.
She didn't come home at all last night?
She came back about an hour ago, but left right away.
Why didn't you contact us?
We asked you to contact us right away if she came home.
Don't just barge in.
Haruna, what are you up to?
You've been leaving in the middle of the night.
You're not really going to school. I spoke to your teacher.
- Haruna. - Leave me alone.
I'm worried about you.
Even if I did something bad?
Get out. Get out.
Understood.
Search the room with the mother's consent.
She must be definitely protecting her daughter.
Hey.
- Hey Tsukamoto-san. - Ow! Stupid...
You're not going to report your injury?
- It hurts! - Sorry.
It's fine. It's just a scratch.
- But what about Sawai Haruna? - I told you,
she was acting strangely.
Detective!
She ran away, she wasn't there to attack.
But it was an attack!
- And she was carrying a knife. - You said so before,
you didn't think she was the one.
But if we had arrested her earlier, none of this would have happened.
Such a newbie.
Whatever, I'm not reporting my injury.
Something unrelated happened on the way to the crime scene.
I heard a story that the culprit might've been in the area.
Sakuragi-san, a guest to see you.
Murayama-san.
I heard. It happened again.
- I'm sorry. - Yeah, enough with the apologies.
It's because you hesitated at the scene!
You need to give 100%!
Didn't I tell you how to investigate with your feet?
It's a gift for you. Get to work.
Get going!
There's no new information from the things left behind.
The fibers picked from the shoe prints are the same as the previous samples.
Another man's footprint.
Oh? Did the master find a clue?
An announcement of the crime.
Ah, if only I noticed it earlier!
There's this... and this... and this... and this... and this.
First is the date, then the address. Finishing with the number of dead animals.
All the numbers match up with an attack.
The message board changes with each attack
- so it's not easy to find. -Do you know where the post started?
All the posts go through a foreign server.
Why is he announcing the attacks?
Someone who craves the limelight?
Someone who can't be caught and is taunting us?
I'm going to investigate.
Oh, she's got some spirit now.
She's worked up. She thinks she made a mistake
so now she can't stop
because it's become a constant worry to her.
I'm Sakuragi from Investigations. Have you seen this girl?
Hmm? Not sure.
- Can I take a look around? - Sure.
Reporting live from the scene.
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.
- No! - From the current information,
it is confirmed that 6 out of the 8
- Haruna. - children are dead.
Haruna! Oh, where did you go?
I was going to go look for you!
- You were at the ground. - I was at school.
I was in charge of the animals.
Really? Great! Oh...
The names of the 8 dead, Miyata Yuki-chan...
Ever since the attack, she's changed.
She's always alone.
Two years ago, when she witnessed the animal attack at South Chiyama Middle School,
it appears she was also absent from school.
Yes. Because the shock from the attack back then was so strong, she rested here at home.
Tell me... did she kill those animals?
- We're still investigating. - I see.
Do you know where she may be?
I'm sorry. I don't know what's she thinking.
Takamine-san, here.
She's been placed at the crime scenes and though she's disappeared, with the PC data
there's a very big chance that Sawai Haruna is involved with these attacks.
We've given some of her clothes to forensics for testing.
On the day of the attack Miyata Yuki said she was also in charge of the animals at Chiyama.
So she was in charge with Sawai Haruna too?
I checked with Chiyama Elementary about the two of them. On that day,
the person in charge of rabbits was just Sawai Haruna.
So then why did Miyata Yuki lie to her mother
- and go all the way to the festival? - That has no connection to the present case.
The search for Sawai Haruna now is about solving the animal attack cases.
Looks like he's been defeated.
Take a picture of Sawai Haruna and go to each of the crime scenes.
Let's break for the day. Who will stay behind here?
- I'll do it. - You haven't slept since yesterday.
I'm fine.
Got it. Let me know right away, if anything comes up.
Yes.
Hey Rookie, have you eaten?
Act reckless and you won't be able to move when it counts.
I'm afraid the attacks would happen again if I went home.
I see. Here.
Thank you.
I thought I would see this case all the way to the end
but I feel like I've been hit with a counter punch.
- You're that depressed? - I'm not depressed.
I just feel responsible.
Listen Rookie. Reflection and regret are completely different.
If you're reflecting, you can stop for a little.
You can still get moving and step forward.
But if you have regret, you always look back then nothing gets settled.
Yeah.
At least take a nap Rookie.
Has this girl come here?
Hmmm? Yeah. I think she's here now.
- Over there. - Hey you! Wait!
Wait! Wait!
- Let go of me! - Calm down!
Let go!
This way.
I'll take over Boss.
This way.
Boss, please let me conduct her interview.
Interviewing minors is difficult.
- It's still too early for you. - I'm in charge of this case. Please.
Boss, I'll back her up.
Okay. Sakuragi,
don't forget she's only here as a witness, so conduct
- the interview that way. - Okay.
Zettai Reido (Absolute Zero) - Case 6
Why were you carrying a knife there?
There are eyewitness accounts placing
someone like you at the other animal attack locations.
Your laptop even had data on schools in the area raising animals.
I think you are connected to everything.
If you know something, say so.
Did you kill the rabbits?
Detective.
What?
Do you get the death penalty for killing animals?
Huh?
So you kill someone and you don't get the death penalty?
- Get them the death penalty and I'll tell you everything. - Stop joking!
- Sakuragi. - What do you think of life?
- Sakuragi! - But this girl...
That's enough for today.
We'll talk more tomorrow. Your mother is waiting outside.
What about the Chiyama attack?
You've looked into it, right?
That's enough for today.
Tsukamoto-san...
Detective. Do people who do bad things but
aren't caught, eventually receive the punishment they deserve?
If they do, why do people keep doing bad things?
Thanks for waiting.
Haruna...
We're letting her go for today, but we'd still like to talk with her tomorrow. Is that okay?
Yes, I understand.
- Show them the way out. - Yes.
There's something of animal origin on the shoes.
- Probably rabbit blood. - You know that?
Human blood reacts differently.
Human blood has a positive reaction
but this blood has no reaction.
If you look in a microscope too, you'll see the chromosomes are different.
Some of the grass we took from Sawai Haruna's place also contains trace elements of animal blood.
The blood is a bit different.
No conclusion there.
We even have DNA samples of the killed animals.
But the culprit has to be Sawai Haruna.
The problem is the knife. It has type B human blood on it.
It seems like quite a strong slashing motion was made.
There it is, a person is the target now.
So it just wasn't animals.
Oh, whoa.
A match for the blood found on the knife is in the database.
What were you thinking!?
I decided it was not a big injury.
I didn't want to make a fuss over something that was barely assault.
The problem is that you didn't report it.
Now there's a chance citizens and even other investigators are in danger.
- We're sorry. - Both of you write apology letters.
- I hope this is the last one. - Yes.
Sakuragi, this is her second one?
There's just no rational judgment.
Fukuzawa, the result from forensics?
It may just be circumstantial evidence but there's a high chance Sawai Haruna did this.
There wasn't any animal blood on the knife though.
She could have multiple weapons.
If she did it, then those footprints were definitely a distraction.
There's a chance a man is involved too.
What should we do Boss?
Get a confession? Arrest her?
We'll continue the interview tomorrow.
Divide up the rest of the work and get some eyewitness accounts to back this up.
- Yes. - Yes.
What kind of student was Sawai Haruna?
She didn't really notice her surroundings,
I remember her taking care of the animals quietly by herself.
She loved the rabbits?
I'm guessing the attack was a big shock.
I was her homeroom teacher so we would talk every now and then.
Thanks a lot.
Hello.
Oh, you're that guy from before.
Hello.
Some kind of inspection?
Just checking things at each school's breeding center.
Sensei, I saw that rabbits at another school had their ears tied as a prank.
Please be careful here.
Understood. We'll watch out.
If these attacks continue on the animals,
it will have a bad influence on the children.
We're sorry. We did our best
- but the attacks continued. - Sorry.
It's sad to see children with broken hearts.
There's even a girl who 2 years ago
witnessed an attack and still doesn't come to school.
And she put her heart into her animals.
You know something?
What's wrong? Something with the rabbits?
It's almost... May 30.
The day my friend died.
She... really loved animals.
The 30th... the Chiyama attack?
Yuki-chan...
died because of me.
- Probably survivor's guilt. - Survivor...
Survivor's guilt.
In an accident or disaster where many die,
the people who survive feel guilty about the fact that they were saved.
She probably feels some responsibility seeing Miyata Yuki was attacked.
She couldn't protect her friend.
That girl told you both that the Chiyama attacker wasn't caught yet.
Was she talking about herself?
I don't know.
Well, we need to figure out her state of mind.
Sakuragi, I'm leaving the rest of the investigation to you.
Okay.
Haruna, I'll leave your dinner here.
I don't believe
that you have done anything wrong.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Good morning.
- Please wait here. - Okay.
Well, let's head on in.
- Can I have a second? - Yeah.
- Have you seen this girl? - Yeah.
Are you sure?
I think so, yeah?
Yeah, I've seen her.
When?
Sorry for all the trouble my daughter has caused.
We don't know if your daughter has done anything wrong yet.
Please sit.
I believe her but...
She seems like she's hiding something.
It's natural for children to hide things.
My daughter likes to hide things too, but not for long.
- You have a daughter? - Yes.
The daughter of a detective is probably raised the right way.
Nothing like this would happen with her.
I wonder.
Could I unconditionally trust my daughter?
What?
The longer I've been a detective
the more I've come into contact with criminals and
I've learned they aren't always special people.
So, there's still a chance that my daughter can be a victim or a criminal.
You're so strong.
I'm just a normal mother.
There are still things that cause me worry.
If you keep quiet you'll forget how to talk.
It wasn't such a big injury.
I was really surprised then.
I was wondering what you were doing there.
Well, maybe you can tell me about Yuki-chan? You were best friends, right?
What about Yuki-chan?
So cute and sparkly!
How is it? Like it?
Yeah! Thanks Yuki-chan.
And, look. I have one the same!
You're right! It's cute!
I figured I should get something that matches your birthday present.
It's still early! My birthday is in November.
I'll start thinking now! Look forward to it!
Okay.
- Does it look cute? - It does!
All right.
There are no eyewitness reports from the first attack to the fifth.
The girl with a red hair ornament only starts showing up after the sixth.
So she was very careful up to the fifth attack?
She might've started wearing that red ornament from the sixth.
Then I guess, Sawai Haruna did do it.
You don't think so?
She felt so guilty about Miyata Yuki's death
that I figured she couldn't do it.
Baseless emotional arguments are trouble.
Facts and evidence is the only way to catch criminals. It's natural...
Or not natural?
- Fukuzawa-san? - Oh, nothing.
Good work today.
- Working late again tonight? - Huh?
Your face looks like you haven't slept. Just like Sakuragi's.
Not at all.
So you think Sawai Haruna did it?
I guess we caught her red handed. She did it.
Sounds like you don't think so.
- You know something? - Nothing yet. Just a feeling.
A feeling?
But I'm not going to act on feelings.
You can't settle everything with logic.
I'll go ahead and do things my way.
- If you'd like? - Oh, thanks.
- Just one. - Of course.
So friendly!
I don't need one.
Sakuragi.
- Yes. - What night is this?
Uh....
- Do I smell? - Etiquette says
you should pay attention to the others around you.
I make sure to prepare myself accordingly.
Sorry.
Takamine-san, are you also spending the night to investigate?
- That doesn't seem like you. - How rude!
And after I got you your data.
I guess so. I just figured we had something in common.
Good work today.
Keep going like this, you'll burn out Rookie.
There's no way I'll burn out before this case is solved.
You've got spirit!
Making any progress?
Actually, I'm more confused about Sawai Haruna now.
I thought she wasn't the culprit at first.
But, seeing her run away from the scene, I wonder if I made a mistake.
The evidence and testimony all point towards Sawai Haruna too.
Rookie, is something bothering you then?
I just want to know what kind of pain is she holding in.
She really wants us to look into the Chiyama attack.
Pain?
I don't know if it has anything to do with the animal attacks.
But I know that, I don't think I can face her.
Every May 29th, there's a place
where a lot of the victims from the Chiyama attack meet.
The 29th. Tomorrow?
Not many attend there on the 30th.
It's been about 5 years, but the pain from that day is still deep within those affected.
Dealing with pain is tough, Rookie.
People's pain is even tougher.
Get ready for it.
- Chief. - Hmm?
Do you have some personal pain that's hard to face?
Naturally. I'm a detective.
What is it Master? Found any info on the next attack?
Hits and misses. The usual sites have nothing on them.
Enough excuses, get searching.
Please Master! Tomorrow is May 30th!
Two years since the first attack! And there was an attack last year.
There's a big chance he'll attack tonight.
Fukuzawa, what are you doing?
There's something wrong.
Sawai Haruna only started showing up at the crime scenes after the sixth attack.
Why didn't she appear until then?
Maybe she was just being more careful in the beginning?
That's what I thought too.
But if she was careful she would've targeted places away from her home.
Strange. She even attacked her own middle school.
Yeah. And then, what's the reason behind appearing after the sixth attack?
Well, maybe she was trying to find out which schools had animals?
I don't know which schools around me have animals.
Wouldn't she have been seen so many times when checking out the schools?
She must've gotten quite bold.
That's not normal.
If you're not guilty, there's no need to be so secretive.
It was natural she would be seen.
I'd like an explanation why she would wear such a characteristic hair ornament.
Crime scene reunion.
Sorry, there's something I'd like to ask. Is that okay?
That day no one saw Miyata-san at the festival
Yeah. We heard later. We were so surprised.
Why Yuki-chan?
But Yuki-chan said she wasn't going to come.
Yeah, but we would've known if she came.
There were volunteers and we were playing over there too.
She might have entered from the back.
Thank you very much.
If the footprints belong to the culprit then we're looking for someone else.
But there's no evidence of it being a man.
Yeah. Though if it is we may find some at the next scene.
We found nothing at the other scenes.
So a ghost with a red hair ornament and now an invisible man?
Invisible man? There's a chance for that too.
He's actually considering it?
Someone who would blend in at a school. Or...
Someone who you didn't need to check up on.
The day of the attack, Miyata Yuki-chan entered by back gate.
No one noticed her as she went in here.
A secret?
She saw the attacker here and was killed.
What was Yuki-chan doing here?
Something that was here that day.
Playground things, boxes with candy...
bags of those here at the festival.
After the attack, Haruna really changed.
Yeah. She stopped smiling.
I figured it was a shock about Yuki-chan.
Oh, what about that boy?
Oh, what what his name?
Don't resist. You're a suspect in the serial animal attacks.
We looked through a 100 sites to predict where you'd next attack.
He wouldn't be noticed.
He works for the animal care program, there was no need to check him out.
Don't run!
Tsukamoto-san!
- Why are you here? - We suspected him too.
She was going after the attacker too.
She was trying to stop this attack. Right?
Hey! Stop this rough treatment!
- I didn't want to kill anyone! - What?
Killing animals is only a maximum of 3 years right?
There's no need to make it a big deal!
- You... - Why?
How can you do this?
How can you... do something so terrible?
Because... you were crying back then.
Crying... about your friend who died in the Chiyama attack.
I figured by killing the rabbits, more would be sad.
I gave it a shot.
Just like Akutsu,
I killed many things weaker than me.
So I killed the rabbits.
I killed the rabbits...
- because I wanted to see more children sad. - But why!
It was interesting.
Tsukamoto-san!
So seeing people in pain is that damn interesting!?
- Tsukamoto-san, you can't do this! - You bastard!
Get me a lawyer! That detective just violated my rights!
I'm different, completely different from Akutsu!
It's just animals! What's so wrong about it!
Why did you think to go after the attacker?
I hated it. Killing weak things like that.
You put yourself into danger.
If I died, it would become a murder case,
and the police would actually investigate.
And you...
I'm beyond help anyway.
Takano Yuya-kun?
You remember him.
He was next to you in 5th grade.
His parents kept it.
You didn't give it to him yet?
Well, there's no good time!
You should slip it into his desk or shoe box.
But if there are other kids around when he finds it, it'll be embarrassing!
Hmm. I see.
Okay, then should I give it?
- Really? - Yeah, at the festival.
When everyone is playing, I can easily sneak in and put in his bag. No one will see me.
- Is that okay? - It'll be okay! I'm good.
So, can you take care of the animals that day for me then?
Okay!
I was afraid.
I figured no one would understand. I never told anyone.
Yuki-chan went there for me.
After the attack, my mother and my friends were so nice to me.
It hurt me so much.
Because... I killed my friend.
I killed Yuki-chan.
You said we hadn't caught the Chiyama attacker, right?
Sawai Haruna. You're under arrest for the murder of Miyata Yuki at Chiyama.
Isn't it enough now?
You've been in pain for long enough.
You should forgive yourself.
Yuki-chan...
I'm sorry.
- Does it look cute? - It does!
All right!
- I'll take care of it! - Yeah, take care of it!
Murayama-san.
Great work.
- For everyone. - Thank you.
Please come in. I'll get you tea.
It's fine! I don't have any jurisdiction here.
You didn't come here to make a rude entrance about some case then?
Oh, you're here.
Just saying hello. Thank you very much for all this.
She did a great investigation as the lead.
I wasn't really that helpful.
It's okay. I didn't expect you to be anyway.
I get it.
We solved the case, but it's still a little complicated.
Huh?
The scars in the hearts of the children affected can't be erased so easily.
That's true. Detectives aren't gods.
But, you helped save my heart.
- Murayama-san. - Get back to work.
I'm going back to being a boring old guy tomorrow.
Sergeant Sakuragi Izumi,
I leave the rest to you.
Murayama-san.
Good work.
- Boss, the materials. - Oh, thanks.
Excuse me, this is Takamine from Investigations.
Just a periodic check-in call.
Just wondering if you may have remembered anything.
Ah, well just wondering if you have anything to say. What?
Well, if you're saying that you're the one speaking strange!
Yeah! Yeah! Hello?
Hello!
Tsukamoto. Get to work in the warehouse.
Tsukamoto isn't reliable!
No! Wait! Michii-chan! Michii-chan!
The Suginami case?
Yes. A case that's gone on for six years now, and the pain hasn't gone away.
Well, not just me. Takamine too.
The pain from that can't be erased or even lessened.
I guess we're stuck in the same place.