Someone has appeared saying they did it. Former mechanic, Oguri Taichi.
It's the machine used in the Suginami murder.
It was the machine that removed all the oxygen after 72 hours.
I heard from the Chief... that he and Takamine-san
still carry pain from the Suginami case.
You killed a perfectly good citizen.
I overestimated my profiling abilities.
Doing this is the only way I can think of paying them back.
End the case?
So we're just going to put a lid on this case again?
The Suginami Case is an embarrassment for the police!
Why did she... have to die?
Miyukidai. She went multiple times.
He had the habit that Hatanaka described. I was just a little curious.
- Where are you? - Miyukidai...
Zettai Reido (Absolute Zero) - Case 9
Get any clues?
No. Couldn't find anyone who saw Sakuragi.
We'll go out and ask again tomorrow.
Once we get permission from the jurisdiction to go in there.
Do you understand the 'rocket' hint from Oguri?
No, not at all.
Why did that idiot go off by herself?
That's just how she is.
Once she hears we're worried, she'll come back.
Is that Sakuragi?
This is Investigations, Takamine here.
Hello?
Sakuragi? Is it you?
Put Sergeant Sakuragi's boss on.
It's Kurada. Put a trace on the phone.
Who are you?
What if I said there's someone who should be punished for Motoya Shoko?
You're... the Suginami killer?
Fulfil my demands and she can go.
Demands?
The Suginami case isn't over yet.
Keep the investigation open and make an official announcement.
Is Sakuragi fine? Let me hear her.
If I don't hear anything on the evening news tomorrow
she will pay the price.
Hey! Put her on!
No good. Too many foreign relay points.
What's his intention?
There's no point in going over the case again.
What do you think Takamine-san?
Huh?
A profile.
Can't say anything. There's not enough data.
There never is enough data. That's what profiling is for!
Are... you frightened now?
Hey! Takamine!
Tsukamoto, quit it!
We have to spend every minute to try and rescue Sakuragi.
- Yes. - Yes.
You're the Suginami murderer?
Did you ever imagine...
one day you possibly could lose your life?
No one ever does.
Do you understand what you did?
Your crimes have hurt so many people.
- And the person you killed... - No one knows how the dead feel.
They say... the dead don't speak.
Starting now, every second is ticking to your death.
I'd like to see if you can stop it.
What do you have Master? Get anything?
- Master! - Hey! I can't focus here.
- Just go to the bathroom Omori-san! - Huh?
All this pacing, is it because\You don't want to go?
Don't be stupid! I'm worried about Sakuragi.
That's surprising. Omori-san worried about someone.
It'd be a shame to see\Such an interesting person die.
So they call that worry?
Everyone has their own way of loving.
Got it! A match for the Suginami murderer's voice.
- Master, your hand's shaking. - Oh, it is!
Oh, it's so rare to see you nervous. Your face shows you're worried too.
It's just an unconscious reaction.
Each person has their own way of loving.
I'm sorry to cause you\Worry, Commissioner.
Is it really the Suginami murderer?
The voice matches.
He's demanded we say tomorrow\We're keeping the Suginami case open...
We can't comply with that!
Get him before the press conference.
Don't let the media find out about this.
- If this leaks... - Of course it won't.
All it took was the spreading of rumors for my detective to be kidnapped.
Goodbye.
Ah, I remember her.
She was looking for a place where you could see the same sunset as the photo she had.
A sunset photo?
I remember seeing chimneys in the photograph so it must've been from high ground.
But she was kind of vague in her questioning.
Was she really a detective?
She is for now anyway.
Sorry to bother. Thank you.
She can't even question properly?
And because of that we found someone who remembers her.
She's making the police look bad.
Everyone will think detectives are stupid like her.
She wasn't joking about finding something.
Well, we won't be letting her go out alone anymore.
Another suspect?
You said that Oguri had acted alone.
What is this?
Well... Actually...
one of our detectives
was kidnapped by someone we believe was involved.
She was in Miyukidai looking for a place to see a sunset.
Do you know something?
- Sunset? - Yes.
Wait, that detective...
Sergeant Sakuragi.
That's... probably this sunset.
What is this?
I got this from my daughter.
But I told Sakuragi I didn't know where it was taken.
It's my fault.
My fault Sakuragi is...
Don't blame yourself.
Why do you say that?
She was probably kidnapped at the spot with the sunset!
It's not your fault.
This happened as part of the investigation.
How about it Motoya-san?
Does this place remind you of anything?
No, nothing.
There's some factory chimneys here too.
It's a sunset, so the chimneys should be in the east then.
You have the time when it was taken right?
July 20, 2004. 5:45 PM.
Calculating the location of the sun,
it must've been taken... around here.
Isn't that Oguri's hint?
Ah, so this is the rocket.
Shiraishi-san.
It's Sakuragi's.
I'll have to keep my eye on you.
Huh? Won't you give it back?
There's a lot of important messages, addresses, numbers, on it.
Worry more about yourself than your phone.
I don't need to worry.
I'm not that good but
there's a bunch of great detectives in my department. They will...
definitely arrest you.
Impossible.
I have no link to the victim's family.
Huh?
Oguri was the only one who knew me.
So no matter how much they investigate, they'll never get to me.
Come on! Isn't the air conditioner broken? I'll fix if you let me drink here.
It's too broken.
It's fine. I may not look like it, but I'm a mechanic!
I've worked with a lot of different brands.
I can easily fix a simple 1 volt thing like that.
Oh, so you're that important?
Come on. I haven't had money since I was laid off.
You're really annoying.
I'll pay for your drinks.
- If you can fix it. - Huh?
You're a rare one.
Paying money to see me fix an air conditioner.
- This is a test. - Huh?
You fix it, I'll introduce you to a better job.
Took us some time to get this photo.
Had to ask an old friend of yours for it.
That car, it was yours 3 years ago right?
The used car dealership has your signature on the contract too.
You said you never saw a blue van like this before.
- You don't know if that's my car. - Stop messing around!
Using violence to force a confession, I'll sue you.
Just try!
There's no value for a neck like yours!
They just told me to keep an eye out for that girl.
You won't fool me you know with your simple lies!
It's true! That day, I heard she was going to appear near the school.
But she didn't come.
She went on a different road.
I was just the decoy.
Oh, Oguri? That girl's here in Miyukidai again.
She seems to be looking for someone's place.
She comes to Mukidai weekly when she doesn't have school activities.
Other than that, she just goes to home and school.
Oh, she's moving. I'll call you again.
Do you know anything about the woman your daughter was looking for?
Why are you asking me that?
It seemed like, you had some idea.
Is there... something you're hiding?
Ridiculous!
I'm the victim's family here.
Why am I being investigated now?
Motoya-san, I'm only thinking of arresting the person
who murdered your daughter and getting some justice.
So, even if there's a small chance of getting the person,
I'll do whatever I can.
And it doesn't matter...
who I have to deal with.
There's no way my daughter would've known.
I had a mistress in Miyukidai.
Someone your daughter resented?
Impossible.
I actually broke up with her before the murder.
Her father took ill and she went back to Shikoku.
So the trouble started with her?
To avoid scandal I just met her at her place.
Did anything ever happen?
Think carefully.
There was one time...
a threatening letter for me arrived at her place.
But as it wasn't unusual for me to get them for work,
it never crossed my mind.
Maybe it is related to the kidnapping?
We'll look into it.
There's no way they're connected.
How did Shoko find out about her?
Got it. She's still living in Shikoku.
And the letter?
Like Motoya Takuro said.
The woman was never affected.
- It's bad outside. - What is it?
The media is gathering. It seems they've found out about the Suginami press conference.
Right after Miyama's article came out. How quick.
Probably from talking with Sakuragi before she disappeared.
Sakuragi's sixth sense is a double edged sword.
When she makes just a prick it bursts wide open.
Well, she's usually wrong anyway.
- Yeah. - But she...
still takes the chance even if there's danger.
Maybe she goes too far, but that's not a bad thing.
It's strange to hear you talk like that.
You've just noticed?
How long are you going to stand still Takamine-san?
All right.
Using muscles I never do. I'll be sore later.
Of course not.
If it was a movie, I could get out there.
Huh?
Something stopped.
It hurts!
Oh, such a lot of childhood drawings.
Tanuki's letter.
"Papa, I love you".
Papa?
Of course, he has a kid.
Hey, time to go soon.
Okay.
- I'm glad it's sunny. - Yeah.
- Hurry and get in. - Okay.
That door is auto locking.
Can't be opened without this key.
You're having trouble breathing.
That tanuki's* letter is from your daughter.
* Japanese raccoon dog
You saw it?
If you have a daughter, you must know the pain of a kidnapped child.
- So why did you... - You don't understand!
If your daughter knew what you did, she would be in pain.
How do you know what she feels?
Of course you don't.
Damn! What's going on?
I have no idea why this person would commit this crime.
We're running out of time before the conference.
What should we do?
We need to focus on Sakuragi maybe we should see what the criminal wants.
If we comply with the demands we'll get more investigation time.
- Yes. - I agree.
It was a lie in the first place that we closed it.
Isn't the real criminal the one who took her?
Chief, this will get us some more time.
It's the only way we can get him.
I disagree.
- What are you saying? - The first call,
he didn't answer any of our questions,
all he did was make requests.
With that kind of pride,
he'll do things as he pleases
and move whenever he wants to.
If we accept his demand,
it looks like Sakuragi will be safe but,
then he gets the edge
and it will make this case harder to solve.
Why are you saying this now?!
I thought you didn't have enough profiling data?!
It's like you said... I was scared.
If I was wrong, Sakuragi would be killed.
Because of that... I kept quiet.
But, I want to save her. So...
What would happen if we didn't give in?
It would unravel things and cause a disturbance.
That's how the Americans do it too.
They'd throw him off giving them a chance to arrest him.
We can cause the biggest disturbance if we don't put any stories in the evening paper.
They're all going to the press conference for Suginami.
It'll be hard to keep it out of the papers.
Tsukamoto... Get Michio and Mitsui.
Everyone, please take one.
- Thank you, miss. - Thanks a lot.
Okay Michio?
Just look at Miyama. You don't need to do anything else.
He'll understand.
The chief is waiting for you.
What's with the curious turn of events?
Calling me? Maybe today's press conference has some big development attached to it?
Hurry up and tell me. Afterall, you called me Nagashima-san.
One of my investigators was kidnapped by the Suginami murderer.
Huh?
My mistakes from 6 years ago are still coming back to haunt me.
You want a story? I'll tell you.
But I have a condition.
Let me control it when it's released.
I don't want the media getting any wind of the story now.
- What are you saying? - My superior
wants to close the Suginami case. That's what the press conference is about.
- But that's... - Don't be ridiculous.
I don't know what's going on but I can't control all the media.
Do something.
And I can't just sleep on some big story like this.
Yeah, usually.
Please.
Take the focus off
the Suginami case at today's press conference.
Don't bow your head at me.
There's no merit here.
You're just doing this to save the police, right?
Goodbye.
My hands hurt.
My throat is dry.
I'm hungry. Banana!
I want to sleep on my futon!
I'm going to die like this.
We will begin the press conference now.
About the high school girl murder in Kodo.
Can I ask about the Suginami case?
There are no new developments with the Suginami case.
Just recently, a suspect died during the investigation.
There are rumors that it disrupted the investigation.
Is the case really closed?
It sounds like there is a coverup.
Our investigators made no mistakes.
Did you investigate him too much?
What are you going to do?
Chief...
There's a rumor President Kudo evaded taxes, is it true?
How is the prosecutor going to react?
Is that a real story?
No crimes recently.
But with this trace system, even if it's abroad, we'll get them over the internet.
Master, you're using this?
I got it from my grandma. I don't believe in God but...
this charm has been useful.
Now this is why I like you.
State Police Investigations Office.
Now you've done it.
So you're going to keep the truth of the Suginami case buried?
I figured you would like that better.
There is no way we can arrest you now.
So you don't care about your investigator?
What's your purpose?
Why are you doing this?
It has nothing to do with you!
You return Sakuragi an we'll listen to your demands.
You think I can trust you?
It's over.
She'll end up the same way as the girl from Suginami.
You've got 2 hours.
If you can find us, you'll save her.
If you can't find her, then every second leads to her death.
I'm not killing her. It's you.
And... Motoya Takuro.
Motoya?
So you're going after Motoya Takuro?
- Chief! - Sakuragi.
I've been in your debt for a long time.
Shut up!
I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble.
The song is the tako's (octopus) view point!
What are you saying Sakuragi?
Thank you very much.
Sakuragi!
Trace got him. A 1km radius of the third district
- We'll go through all of it. - Okay.
Wait!
I don't need a knife to kill you.
The air conditioning's stopped.
In two hours all the oxygen will be gone.
I told you it was an auto lock.
I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble.
The song is the octopus' view point!
Right here.
The song is the octopus' view point!
The view point of the octopus?
Some kind of message?
Hey Fukuzawa...
You have a high IQ you should know something.
So thinking is tough for those with a low IQ?
The view point of the octopus?
Maybe she found the answer to the puzzle?
Chief, do you know what it means?
She's using her answer to my puzzle to send a message.
Maybe take out the "wa" and "ta"?
Wa and ta...
Kono Mika?
I don't know her.
She was someone who lived near your acquaintance in Miyukidai.
Like I said before, we never really went out together.
So where did you go when you did?
Maybe, someone saw the two of you out then?
Somewhere people could've seen us?
- Hospital. - Hospital?
Almost there. Sorry!
Please look at her.
She started feeling pain during dinner. Must've eaten something bad.
Please wait over there.
Can't you see her pain? Let's go.
There's a queue.
Understood. Thank you.
I got onto the hospital in Miyukidai.
The same day Motoya Takuro attended so did a 16 year old patient, Kono Mika.
High schooler?
How are the two related?
I'm getting her clinical records faxed over.
Death by subdural hematoma?
What is this?
Kono Mika's address is within the trace area.
Look for the father.
- Okay - Okay.
- Mama, this is for you! - Thanks.
Mom? Yeah. Just stopping by.
Hey, Mom. Is Dad late today too?
The election is coming up.
It's fine. He'll win.
I will tell everyone at my club to vote for Motoya Takuro.
Yeah.
Found this in the study.
- No mistake now. - There's little time.
Let's look for other clues.
You don't need to be angry.
I didn't mean for the case to end.
You're just going to... die like this?
It doesn't matter.
How do you feel about the Suginami case being closed?
It's unfortunate that there's no criminal prosecution. But...
I'm glad that finally the truth of the crime was released.
My wife and I can finally move forward.
What a joke. The truth?
He's the one who should be judged!
He doesn't know anything.
Does it hurt?
Not anymore.
How embarrassing though. Falling down the stairs like that.
That place has some real steep stairs.
Even when Mom was around the three of us would go and I'd still fall.
Hitting your head is nothing to laugh about.
But, coming to the hospital is such a big deal.
Where are we in line? t's been 30 minutes already.
Sorry, not many of the doctors work at night.
Kono-san. Kono Mika-san.
Ah sorry, here's my daughter.
- Let's go. - This way.
This hospital will be taken care of by me.
You don't need to worry.
- Hey, watch it! - It's okay. Let's go.
I'm fine.
She looks really bad.
I'm sorry.
Was he a councilman?
I'm sure that was his mistress with him.
I'm disappointed.
I thought Motoya Takuro had a clean image.
I just don't get people.
- Dad. - Hmm?
My head hurts.
Mika?
Mika. Are you okay?
It hurts, Dad!
- Mika? - Dad!
- We'll go back to the hospital! - Yes!
Kono Mika-san fell down some stairs.
She sustained a subdural hematoma from it.
When you arrived, her symptoms were mild
so they headed back home.
On their way there, she had a sudden attack.
On the return trip to the hospital,
she started to have difficulty breathing.
So it was my fault?
That girl's mother died at a young age.
The despair he felt of being left all alone,
caused him to plan all this.
So this was just simple revenge?
Stupid.
So this was all my fault?
Because of me... Shoko...
Use it if you want. It'll delay the inevitable for a bit.
Do you really think you can...
escape from the pain you caused?
Are you really not affected by it?
What was the point of all this?
I can ask you the same thing.
Have you ever lost something precious and no one cared?
I lost my Mika that day.
You're wrong.
I'd rather live on to never forget...
that important person's smile...
rather than seek my revenge.
No cliches.
Can you remember...
Mika's smiling face?
Oh man, God is here!
What? Did you finally break down?
Hey, listen to this.
Fulfil my demands and she can go.
- Demands? - Hear it?
- What? I don't get it. -No?
Let me clear up the noise then.
Excuse me, Mochizuki Cleaning.
Probably a delivery to the house of one of his neighbors.
Look up all the stores in Miyukidai, get destinations...
Why are you so inefficient! Tell investigations!
Okay!
It's over.
We've contacted every investigator.
We found a secondary residence. Report to 7th district in Miyukidai, house 5.
- Tsukamoto, take the back. - Okay, heading there.
You looked so sad.
Stupid. Why are you saving the criminal?
Don't misunderstand.
This isn't for you.
There's someone...
out there who wants to see you arrested.
That's why...
you can't die now.
What are you doing?
You idiot!
I want to go to Mika! There's no point in me living!
Hey! Come on!
Hey!
Chief.
Chief, excuse me.
Takamine-san.
- It hurts Dad! - Mika?
- We'll go back to the hospital. - It hurts!
Hang on a little longer.
Mika... Mika!
Answer me. Answer me!
Chief... that's enough.
Mika! We're here.
Mika! Mika!
Mika!
Sakuragi!
Sakuragi?
Ah, Chief.... I... got him.
You idiot!
Chief.
Come here!
- Here. - Okay.
My Dad's mistress?
"Just looking at the sunset before going home"
Congrats on solving the case.
Miyama.
I heard you gave the family the daughter's belongings.
As always, you find out first.
Any comments on your feelings about closing the case?
Why did you do that for me at the conference?
You don't remember what I said?
I told you, there's no merit in what you asked.
Then why?
I just wanted to see you win something for once.
I figured you would catch him.
Thanks to you, his arrest is my top story.
You're as cynical as ever.
One of the qualities of a great reporter.
I'll give you 5 minutes then.
- Good morning. - Hey,
is Sakuragi coming back today?
Yes. That last case took a toll on her.
She definitely causes a lot of trouble.
But aren't you glad to have the Suginami case off your shoulders?
It was Sakuragi's fault, I was afraid of my abilities as a detective.
Huh?
It made me realize the fear of possibly losing somebody.
The pain of losing someone important in your family is great.
That's why I decided I have to continue as a detective.
We have to make up for the pain of the crime.
Right.
Why are you here?
Ah, it seemed a bad time to come in.
Everyone, the big troublemaker is here.
Good morning.
I'm truly very sorry, to have caused everyone so much trouble.
Sakuragi....
- Give me the debrief by the end of the day. - But before that,
put away all the Suginami evidence.
And before that, put all the audio data on paper.
Oh before that, give me a massage, my shoulders are stiff.
Before that, buy my breakfast.
Is this how you recover?
Hurry it up.
Okay.
Were you afraid when you were there?
I believed you would save me. But...
But what?
To be honest, it was scary.
When I think about that time, my hands still shake.
That's natural.
But that pain will help you out eventually.
I believe that.
Okay.
I'd like to go back to that place in Miyukidai one more time when I get off.
Hmm? What's there?
There's one thing I don't get yet.
She was looking for her father's mistress,
so what was thinking when she saw that sunset?
So it won't be over until you figure that out, huh?
Yeah.
That's so like you.
Oh, that was a nice move too.
Using your answer to pass on a message.
At first I didn't understand "Takowasa Kawasaki" at all.
Ah, I forgot something.
A new test.
This one is hard.
- It's heavier than before. - Complaining?
Well, to be honest, it's kind of a bother.
- So then what? - Huh?
Rookie, let's go one more time.
Okay.
I'll definitely hit the next one.