Takaoka-san, do you have children?
- No. - A child's cheeks are
soft and warm and gentle.
When I rub my cheek against his, it makes me cry.
My beard must hurt him. Dirty too.
But he asks me,
"Dad, why are you crying?"
There's nothing left to do but apologize.
"Sorry for being such a bad dad."
I'm sorry for making you listen to my story.
I'm prepared to go.
- Mishima-san... - Please, leave now.
I don't want you to get involved.
Please, I beg you, go!
What makes you think this torso doesn't belong to
- Takaoka Kenichi? - It's been confirmed
from the medical chart that Naito Kazutoshi had several scars on his chest
from the accident 13 years ago.
But this torso only has a scar from gall bladder surgery.
Doesn't that just mean your theory on Takaoka and Naito's switch
was mistaken?
No. When you consider the fact that Naito Kimie
was the beneficiary of the 50 million yen...
Then who does this torso belong to, and where is Takaoka?
This is Tobe Makio.
- Tobe? - Takaoka Kenichi
killed Tobe Makio.
- Look here... - More than likely, Tobe
threatened Takaoka about his past and some kind of trouble ensued.
And Takaoka ended up killing Tobe.
Then how do you explain the left hand?
From the fingerprints, it's Takaoka's hand without a doubt.
If Takaoka killed Tobe, why was Takaoka's hand found on the ground?
- In regards to that... - Listen, DNA analysis
concluded that the right hand and the torso belonged to the same person.
So in regards to that,
I can only presume that there was some kind of mix-up.
Mix-up? Where? The ID team? Crime lab?
That's why I asking that you immediately...
Come in.
Mishima Kosuke is here.
I'll be right there.
I'll accompany him to identify the body.
Himekawa, we'll continue this talk after I'm done.
What do you think? Is this Takaoka-san?
It's Pop.
- There's no mistake? - There's no way I could be mistaken.
We were like father and son.
- Mishima-san. - It's Pop.
Alright.
Kusaka Shunin.
- What. - Please tell me how
Mishima Kosuke reacted when he identified the body.
That body isn't Takaoka Kenichi. How could Mishima Kosuke,
who was like his son, not know that.
I can only assume that he's lying.
Mishima Kosuke himself said they were like father and son so
there's no way he could be mistaken, that it was Takaoka.
How can that be...
Like father and son.
Those words came up frequently in testimonies from people around them,
but it's the first time I heard Mishima Kosuke say it.
It was powerful.
Parent child relationship, for better or worse, is powerful.
He's gonna die.
I'm gonna kill him.
Reiko, I'm sorry.
Your father's a coward.
It's Pop.
Hello, Kusaka. Yeah.
Yeah, you did the right thing. Okay.
So you didn't get caught by Himekawa?
- I did get caught. - That's what I thought.
So how do you like working with Himekawa again?
It's very exhausting.
Actually, I'm a little worn out myself.
After this case, please give me a break from her for a while.
You're happy to see her once in a while?
That might work with Himekawa, but not with your family.
They treat it like an accident
- and take the insurance money, right? - Matsu-san, that's...
What do you mean the same as my dad?
- Kosuke. - Matsumoto-san,
what do you mean wait for the right time and fall off the scaffold?
What do you mean dumping people in deep trouble
on Kinoshita Kougyou? Matsumoto-san!
- Well, that's... - Cut it out, Kosuke.
Did you know about it too, Pop?
You told me you were a friend, but were you part of them too, huh?
Cut it out. Hey, I said cut it out!
Ko-chan, no matter what, you can't
- talk like that to this man. - Matsu-san.
Let me tell him!
Listen Ko-chan, this guy did
all kinds of things for you that
even real parents can't do.
Right before he died, your dad talked about you.
He said he just couldn't get himself to hit you in the face.
That he ends up caressing your face.
To be told something like this,
I imagine you're like, what the heck.
I'm so sorry I couldn't stop him.
It's alright.
The truth is, Dad was just a pathetic guy.
He thought he could only take responsibility for his action
by dying. It's so pathetic I can't even cry.
But you know, Kosuke. Your dad must've agonized and agonized...
And took the easiest way out.
He found relief for himself but didn't even think about me...
Isn't it delicious?
The King of Strawberry Mouse I stood in line 2 hours to get.
The one you're eating now is the Amaou strawberry.
"Amaou"
Mm~ It's sweet~.
Hime, have one too. This one's the pink "Nyohou" strawberry.
- I'm fine. - I stood in line
for the first hour so I can have one too, can't I?
Ouch! That was for real. Ow.
You go away.
Ioka!
So this bloody left hand
was found in a plastic bag, huh?
Yes.
There was quite a bit of blood
in the plastic bag.
The torso is definitely someone else's. But yet...
Why did the DNA match, is that it?
It's probably due to the blood in this plastic bag.
- What do you mean? - When it's left soaking in different blood type
for a long period of time, that blood seeps in from this cut surface.
That's it.
- Is it something as simple as that? - Nonbelievers may leave.
- Ioka. - Sensei, I believe you after all.
But using this kind of hit-or-miss plan to cover up a crime
is taking a terribly dangerous chance.
- That dangerous? - That dangerous. As soon as
you draw blood from the finger tip and test it, poof, it's all over.
Then you just want me to pass this on
- to Oyama at the crime lab, right? - Can I ask you to do that?
I want you to ask me. If it's for Hime's sake.
Well, it's also for the sake of the deceased who was electrocuted.
- Electrocuted? - Electrocuted.
Didn't you notice from the abrasion on the skin?
But isn't this that? That is,
it was reported that they were marks left by fishes.
You mean that's a mark left by electrical current?
No damage to internal organs were found during autopsy, right?
But was there such a
high voltage current strong enough to electrocute a person at that scene?
Depending on how you do it, household appliances
- can cause electrocution too. - Yes, yes, yes, yes.
What's more, there were industrial tools there.
Tools, tools. Judging from the electrical mark,
the tool was plugged in to an outlet, and the exposed electrode
was held in the right hand like this...
This....this.
Will you please hurry up and arrest him. Whether he gets thrown in the slammer
or gets sentenced to death, I really don't care anymore.
By the way, do you know if Tobe-san
ever got sick and required surgery?
- Surgery? - Yes.
Oh, he did mention he had his gallbladder removed.
Do you know when that was?
It was right before we started going out, so about 3 years ago?
Have you seen that scar?
Detective, that was a really dumb question.
- Take a look at this. - Oh gosh, what is this?
It's a human torso. It was in water so
it's bloated, but you can see there's a scar here.
This is...why?
Is this Tobe-san?
No change?
No. Where's Ioka?
I had him sneak into the crime lab. Where's your partner? Making inquiries?
Yes. And you, Shunin?
I need to talk to her.
Is it about Tobe?
It occurred to me that maybe it was for her sake that Mishima Kosuke
went to Kinoshita Kougyou to check up on Tobe.
Yes, that's probably it.
Mishima got his strength and compassion from Takaoka, huh?
Maybe.
I'm sure he must've wanted to watch Mishima Kosuke from close by,
So where did he disappear to?
It's all the more heartbreaking because now he's even
discarded his identity as Takaoka Kenichi.
I want Takaoka to start his life all over again.
Is this everything you ordered?
Yes.
Hey, she's cute.
- I guess. - What do you mean "I guess."
If you really like her, you'd better treat her right.
Yes, I know.
Okay.
But who would've thought, huh?
I wanted Pop to know.
That regardless of how we met,
I'm serious about her.
What is it this time?
You don't have to be scared of Tobe anymore.
- Hey, what is this? - Come on,
tell me. Fate brought us together here.
I have to find evidence that
- Takaoka is Naito. - Yo, Hayama.
Oh, Shadow No. 2's with you.
Katsumata-san, I take offense to that No. 2.
What can I say? Since your female shunin
constantly has that Kikuta clinging on to her.
That makes you No. 2. Right?
Hey, Hayama. Remember, no matter how hard you try,
as long as you're on Himekawa's team, you'll never pass Kikuta.
No matter how hard you try, Shadow No. 3's the best you can do.
Please don't be concerned.
Oh, that's right.
If I remember correctly, your private tutor in middle school
had the same as Himekawa, Reiko, huh?
Ah~ I just thought it's a pity you had to experience such a terrible thing.
- Sorry to bother you at work, No. 2. - That alright. See you around.
Hey, what did Gantetsu say to you?
Nothing much.
- We're taking this... - Kusaka-san.
I got a hold of the doctor who operated on Tobe.
He said he can see us in an hour at the hospital.
Alright.
I told you, I don't have anything more to say.
I was 17 at that time.
I was stabbed with a knife and raped.
If I fought back, I'd get stabbed some more.
That's what I thought, and I had no choice but to submit to that sleazeball.
So my life was spared,
But I...
I died inside.
I despised the criminal. But more than that, I cursed myself.
I wished I could disappear from the face of this earth.
But a certain person taught me that
I had to live on.
That I had to fight in order to go on living.
That I had to fight to overcome the criminal and myself.
I want you to fight too.
I want you to fight so that you can live facing straight ahead.
I wasn't like you.
I...
I took off my clothes myself.
I did it time and time again.
In front of Tobe, time and time and time again.
No. No, I did it.
You did nothing wrong. Tobe is the one to be blamed.
You did nothing wrong.
But...but...
It's okay, go ahead and cry. You couldn't cry, right?
Your dad's debt was bigger than I thought.
The insurance money's all gone.
So you have no money left.
But...
The rent for this apartment, the school tuition,
the company put up the money for everything.
So the company's gonna be in a bind if you don't pay back.
So I'm telling you to borrow money in your name.
That'll take care of everything.
Sign and stamp here.
- No. - Aw, come on. Put your stamp here.
No.
- I'm telling you to stamp it! - No!
Stamp it! What the hell are you doing.
Hey, wait. Hey, hey.
You think you can get away?
Okay, take your clothes off.
If you take everything off in front of me, we'll call it a wash.
If you want, I can take care of you until you graduate. Huh?
Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?
You want to be a beautician, don't you? It's your longtime dream, isn't it?
Either way, it's up to you.
After that, Tobe would come at night.
I thought if it meant I could go to school...
if I could be a beautician, who cares anymore.
But a month ago, Mishima-kun came to the restaurant.
He told me that Dad didn't die in an accident,
that he might as well have been killed by the company.
So that's how you really met Mishima-kun?
Did you tell Mishima-kun about Tobe?
Nakagawa-san?
Mishima-kun knows nothing. Nothing.
That day, the day of Takaoka-san's incident,
did you and Mishima-kun perhaps meet Tobe?
No, we didn't. We didn't meet him. I'm not lying.
Tobe Makio-san, right? Here it is.
It's this torso.
What do you think?
- How did it go? - Reiko Shunin, you were right.
Alright. Bring the paper with you and come back right away.
Got it.
As suspected, the torso does not belong to Takaoka.
Himekawa, why did you do this?
It was not my true intent to resort to this method.
- However... - Not your true intent?
Are you saying it wasn't your true intent to hand over
- the investigation material to Kunioku Sensei too? - However,
- the cause of death and weapon was... - You...
you remove yourself from this task force right now.
- I just wanted the truth... - People who don't understand
the workings of an organization aren't needed here.
I cannot allow the investigation to proceed in the wrong direction.
I deeply regret the method I used, and I'm also prepared to be disciplined.
However, I cannot concede the truth.
Are you unveiling your usual groundless speculation?
- I'm getting really sick and tired of your... - Director.
Himekawa's discipline is discipline. However,
can you consider the truth as truth?
- Himekawa. - Yes.
The outset of this case
lies in Naito Kazutoshi, alias Takaoka Kenichi's deep paternal love.
Naito Kazutoshi went as far as abandoning his life as
Naito Kazutoshi to leave insurance money for his son Yuta.
And once again, this time he abandoned his life as
Takaoka Kenichi by pretending to be the victim.
Again, he did it for the insurance money, but
at the same time, he did it to protect his loved ones from Tobe Makio,
who continued to take advantage of that paternal love for his misdeeds.
Because of that, Takaoka killed Tobe.
Where's the evidence?
Did you have Tobe Makio's DNA testing done on your own too?
If you did, I don't see anything on here.
Director.
The torso was Tobe's.
Tobe's common law wife, Kobayashi Mikako, along with
Tobe's doctor, Ando Wataru, testified that
this torso belongs to Tobe Makio.
We got a sample of Tobe's hair from his residence
I request your permission for DNA analysis.
So that means Mishima Kosuke lied when he identified the body.
I apologize for not noticing that Mishima Kosuke was
all shook up at that time.
Have you heard from the police since?
No.
Don't worry. You have nothing to do with it.
Look, he walked away on his own, didn't he?
So you have nothing to do with it.
Let's just keep it to ourselves. Okay?
Hey, open the door. Open the door!
You stay away from her.
Who the hell are you?
You're the kid from Takaoka's place.
Don't come here anymore.
I know you used the change from the insurance money
you defrauded to keep her bound to you. You're damn petty.
What the...
You talk like you know everything, don't ya?
Yeah, I'm one of those who got condolence money from you.
To a kid, that 100,000 yen was a godsend.
Besides, there was no way I'd know it was all set up.
You're the kid from that time?
That's right. I did give you the condolence money.
Didn't I? Yeah, I did.
Yeah, that's right.
I'm that kid whose dad was killed by you.
Are you serious? But why? You in love with that broad?
You know that broad? She's the kind
who'd go on doing anything for a mere 1 million yen.
- What~? For that slut you... - Shut up.
She has the nerve to get all weepy every single time.
No! Don't!
He'll die if you don't stop.
Then you'll be ruined.
You'll be ruined!
Tobe and Mishima Kosuke,
Nakagawa Michiko got into some kind of disagreement
and it's thought that Tobe headed for Takaoka's garage after that.
I don't know what transpired
between Takaoka and Tobe there, but
something must have happened to Takaoka, who found his reason to live
through Mishima Kosuke, that once again threw him into despair.
After Takaoka killed Tobe and dismembered the body,
there was one more thing he had to do.
That was to cut off his own left hand.
Unless he was the victim, he'd be unable to
leave the insurance money to Mishima Kosuke and his son, Naito Yuta.
He won't be able to protect his loved ones. That was the only thing on his mind.
After he dismembered Tobe's body, he left his
left hand soaking in Tobe's blood and placed it under the vehicle.
So that we would find it.
While it's misdirected paternal love, to Takaoka
it was the best he could do as a father.
- That's all from me. - Kusaka.
- Yes. - What do you think about Himekawa's report?
As usual, it's emotional and
I'm appalled that it's filled with imagination.
- Hey. - However, she determined the victim to be Tobe Makio,
and the offender to be Naito Kazutoshi, aka Takaoka Kenichi.
I'm in complete agreement with that.
Director, what do you think?
Since Tobe's dead
and as long as there's a possibility that Takaoka's alive,
I guess we'll have to pursue Takaoka.
Mishima Kosuke knows Takaoka better than anyone else.
We need to get him here and interrogate him again.
- I know. Kusaka, you got that? - Yes.
- Director. - What.
May I be allowed to sit in at Mishima Kosuke's interrogation?
Don't be ridiculous. You're
coming to see me first thing in the morning. Your violation of standing order...
Director, can you please put that on hold?
- What? - I request Himekawa's presence
at Mishima's interrogation.
- But don't even think about interfering. - Yes.
Alright.
The police?
What did they want?
They want me to come again tomorrow.
- Don't go. - I have to.
You promised you won't leave me alone. That you'll be my Takaoka-san.
I want to be.
I do.
If you're home, go to the hospital...
I just came back for change of clothes.
Mom doesn't say anything, but I'm sure she wants to see you.
Mom said
she dreamed that I killed someone.
Will a mother normally have such a dream about her daughter?
But I guess she's right.
There is someone I want to kill.
After that incident, I realized that's what I was thinking and I got scared.
That maybe I was going crazy.
Reiko.
But you're the one who saved me, Dad.
You were crying in the middle of the night, gripping the kitchen knife for me.
You were killing him for me.
I realized, Ah, it's okay to feel this way. That it's a natural emotion.
Were you watching?
Yeah.
I couldn't control my feeling any longer.
Your mother was much stronger.
She never cried.
She said crying would be disrespectful to Reiko.
It's disrespectful to Reiko who's desperately
trying to move forward.
I'm sorry, Reiko. I'm sorry.
It's alright. It's alright.
You're alright.
Mishima-kun.
I'm going with you.
No, they want me to come.
I'll go and tell them about myself.
About Tobe and that night.
I'm coming with you.
Thanks.
But those words are plenty for me.
I'm just happy that you've become stronger and you're here with me.
So leave it to me.
Okay?
I'll be waiting at home.
What? I can hardly hear you.
Nori's report the other day. About the guy who came from Rokugou...
What? Nori's what?
What Nori said the other day was, like,
stuck in my mind. So, um...
I came to the other side of the river.
Then I heard this guy from Rokogou had money to burn
and was passing it out wanting to join the crowd.
And this homeless guy was saying something like
he sold himself. Thanks, but I'm on duty.
I really don't have time now. Later.
The body we had you identify the other day was Tobe Makio.
You know him, don't you? Tobe Makio.
Yes.
- Takaoka Kenichi killed him. - No, I killed him.
I was angry about what he did to my deceased father, so
- I met Tobe that night and... - Mishima-san.
- You should not be lying. - I'm not lying.
- I really... - That would be a slap in the face to
Takaoka who raised you to be upright.
Do you know a person by the name of Naito Kazutoshi?
No.
Naito Kazutoshi is Takaoka's real name.
Takaoka-san~
Takaoka Kenichi-san, long time no see.
Hello.
Is that all you gotta say!
What a surprise that was, Takaoka-chan.
That young fella that works for you.
I hear he's the son of Mishima that I got rid of.
Why are you doing this? You being spiteful?
You think you're in a position to be doing that? Huh?
No you're not!
You know that
you don't have any right to walk under the sun without my permission.
Isn't that right!
Pop did that?
Regardless of his unfortunate circumstances,
Takaoka stepped into the wrong path.
He chose to do so himself.
And in that hell, he found his hope in you.
Hey, Takaoka-chan.
That Mishima's son you're raising pretending to be Mr. Nice Guy.
He's doing terrible things to me, you know.
That punk's messing around with my pet woman.
Actually just the other day, that broad's dad too,
went down at our site.
What's she thinking, huh? I even canceled out her dad's debt.
Why don't you have a little talk with that kid?
To back off from her.
Okay?
And you back off from that kid too. You know, don't you?
That you have no choice but to do as I say.
I'm the one who rigged Naito Kazutoshi's suicide and
had a talk with your sis so that your son could
get the insurance money, right?
I'm the one who let you have Takaoka Kenichi's identity
and got you a job at Nakabayashi Construction, right?
You're alive thanks to me, right?
If you betray me,
let me see what I can do to Mishima's son.
I can easily make fake papers
and sink your sis into deep debt too.
Or else, you want me to yank out a few tubes
outta your son? You bastard.
Say something.
I'll let you choose.
Tell me, huh?
I said say something!
So he cut off his left hand
to leave money for me.
To protect me from Tobe.
To hell with that. I'm not a kid anymore.
Why did he decide all this by himself.
He's no different from my dad.
What he did doesn't make me happy at all.
Yeah.
It was just Takaoka's self-gratification.
If he really cared about the people around him,
there were other paths he could have chosen.
But you know.
People aren't that clever.
He just
wanted to protect, he just simply loved unconditionally.
There's nothing more awkward than
a father who feels that way.
He's selfish and clumsy, and
can't even give a big hug.
His heart is filled with feelings, but
he just can't do it.
Takaoka and your father were like that too.
Mishima-san.
We have to find Takaoka.
Do you have any idea where he might go
or where he might be hiding?
I'd like to know too if there's such a place.
Are you Mishima-san's son?
Is it good?
Do you remember me?
- It's been a long time I laughed like this. - We're alike.
Are you interested in being a carpenter?
I am.
Here. Birthday present.
This is sure warm.
Kosuke, thanks.
He's surely not gonna die
just because he cut off a hand, is he?
If he exerted himself
physically by moving Tobe's body after he cut off his hand,
that's a possibility.
Unfortunately, so far
there's no sign that he took himself to a hospital.
Does that mean he's suffering by himself somewhere?
What's the matter?
I had met him.
Himekawa.
Let's go to Takaoka-san's place.
Himekawa!
I'm so stupid.
He must have quite a back splash of blood on him.
It would be hard to avoid people's attention.
What if he didn't dispose of the body but he's hiding it at home or something.
That homeless guy said something about
- how he sold himself. - I had met him.
The feeling that I have to go on living
for my daughters is stronger. I have to be alive and support them.
I had met him.
I'm sure he must've wanted to watch him from close by.
So where did he disappear to?
It's even more heartbreaking because now he's even
discarded his identity as Takaoka Kenichi. I'm so stupid, I had met him.
Pop?
Pop. Pop!
Pop! Hey, Pop.
Pop. Pop.
Pop~.
Dad, I want to go home.
Sorry, but I'm not Dad.
What happened?
Don't be surprised and yell, okay?
Mom,
I'm already strong enough to give you a big hug.
I became strong.
Remember that. Gotta get back to work.
What a strange child.
Why am I crying?
It's okay to cry.
She was warm.
That child.
She was warm.
Do it over.
Hey, what's wrong with the report?
The explanation on how we found Tobe's head
30 cm in the ground under Takaoka's body leaves a whole lot to be desired.
Spelling errors, omissions, and grammatical errors
are marked in red.
Hello. What happened?
What? How bad is the other party's injury?
How's Yoshihide doing?
Yeah, I still have work to do.
Wait, I'm heading home now. I'll be home by 9:00.
Don't worry about it. Gotta go now.
Sorry, but I have to go home.
Tell Chief that I'll make sure
mine isn't the only late report.
Alright. Did something happen at home?
Apparently my son got fed up with the bullying and caused a stir.
Make sure you take care of that.
That was a slip of the tongue.
Don't tell Chief what I just told you.
Got it.
- What are you doing? - How about celebrating your suspension?
- Huh? - I'm asking you out
for dinner.
Then why didn't say so to start out with.
Are you perhaps feeling bashful?
How many years do you think we've been together?
I can easily read your next move.
Do it again at work, and I'll kill you.
Hey, Hayama-kun.
- How did you know? - Coincidence. Pure coincidence.
Shochu. With hot water. Potato.
Shall we stuff our face with meat?
I feel more like Japanese than meat today.
Japanese food.
There's this place I know.
Hello. Do I still have time to reserve a table for two?
Yes. Thanks.