At month-end, you will be released from your duties at the Criminal Investigation Division
and effective the 1st of next month, you will be assigned to the Accounting Department.
Thank God for small favors. Fine. I'll accept with pleasure.
It'd be nice to spend the rest of my career as a police officer in peace and quiet.
I've seen more than enough bloody scenes.
Masaki Sensei, do you still have work to do?
Yes. I got a hold of a small dead animal, so
I'm going to see if it will dissolve in pressurized hot water.
Oh, but I can manage by myself.
See you tomorrow then.
Good night.
= KAIBUTSU = MONSTER
Next, we bring you election news.
With the official announcement for the election pending in 2 weeks,
Dojima Akira-shi, the oldest son of Dojima Yuzuru-shi, former Minister of Defense who retired this year,
declared his intention to run in the election.
Dojima Akira-shi, 35 years old, will be taking over his father, Yuzuru-shi's constituency
and making his first bid in the election.
I came to the realization that I, too, want to devote myself
to this country like my father, and
decided to declare my candidacy.
I am filled with desire to dedicate myself to protect
this beautiful country to the best of my ability.
Until now, Dojima Akira-shi
has not been involved in politics. However, at the press conference,
he stated he will focus on countermeasures for the declining birthrate,
and that he will work towards a society where parents can raise their children...
Who the heck are you?
You killed Kurumi-chan, didn't you! Huh!
You bastard, you killed an 8-year old girl!
Kozai, stop it! Wait! Kozai!
Why do you insist on obsessing over Dojima Akira!
Please. Let me handle it.
- An 8-year old child was victimized. - Kozai!
- I've had enough of your egotistical behavior! - I'm not doing this for myself!
Dojima...
The strength of the nation lies in the number of its citizens.
Countermeasures for the declining birthrate are the solution to the problem.
As my father, the former Minister of Defense,
always said,
"Children are the nation's treasure." To create
a bright future and a nation of hope for the children!
I would like to make that my mission.
Akira-kun. The way you talk, your facial expression,
you're just like your father. Very impressive indeed.
Thank you.
You have the dignified manner and the looks to go with it.
- You can count on women's votes. - I don't know about that...
That's an important factor, Akira-kun.
Independent women voters are important in the urban area.
- Dojima-san! - Yes?
Dojima Akira-san. Do you remember me?
We met 15 years ago.
Well...did we?
You may have forgotten, but I haven't forgotten you.
Of course, Endo Kurumi-chan too.
I'm Kozai from Kouwan Police Station.
A bright future for the children?
You, who crushed Kurumi-chan's future?
15 years have passed. But you know, statute of limitations for murder
was repealed.
You've got to atone for your crime.
Anybody there? A drunk person got in. Get him out of here!
It's this man.
He's the crazy one...
Don't think I'm done with you. I'm not drunk.
Just a warning from an old-timer to a candidate.
What the hell were you doing? Our station chief received
a complaint directly from Dojima's election committee.
What did you smell on Dojima Akira?
What did you smell this time?
Smell...
This isn't what Endo Kurumi-chan wants either.
The case is closed already!
15 years ago, who the hell was it that made it impossible to
approach the suspect we finally uncovered.
So why now... I'm sick and tired of
getting pushed around by your self-serving creepy assumptions.
I'm sorry for causing trouble.
Ishikawa!
Yes!
Finish off this case with Kozai.
Missing...Chief, looking for missing person is the Community Safety Section's job.
- It's not the Criminal Investigation Division's... - I know it's not our job!
I still think it's odd, don't you? Kozai-san. For us to look for a missing person.
Never mind.
It's too bad you got stuck babysitting a cop who's been designated for assignment
The missing person's name is Hashizume Yukio, 47.
A business rep at Tokoh Office Service, a building maintenance company, for 5 years...
The last company Hashizume Yukio-san visited on the day he disappeared
is Japan Circulatory Environment Laboratory... Hm? This appears to be
a waste treatment plant rather than a company. They're still in the experimental phase though.
- By the way... - Yes, what is it?
Don't wear short skirts.
What a pain. Yes, I'm a useless mid-career hire anyway!
Are you sure this is a waste treatment plant?
The address is definitely here...
- Didn't you verify? - I did. I called the company.
Are you Ishikawa-san?
- Ah, Saito-san? - Hello.
I talked to you earlier on the phone.
I'm Saito with Japan Circulatory Environment Laboratory.
- Thank you. - I'm Kozai.
- The person you're looking for...Hashizume-san? - Yes.
Apparently, he visited one of our research scientists.
Excuse me, but I don't see any chimneys. Where do you burn the waste?
We're not here to ask about that.
- That's okay. - I'm sorry.
This way please.
Most people find that strange and ask the same question.
That's right. We don't use fire. We treat it with water.
- Water? - Yes. Anyway, come this way please.
This is the most advanced technology for waste treatment.
- It uses pressurized hot water. - Pressurized hot water?
Yes. May I?
Pressurized hot water...
It can dissolve all organic matters and liquefy them.
Is that something... like a pressure cooker?
Yes, that's it! If you can think of it as a huge powerful pressure cooker,
it's easier to understand. Yes, a pressure cooker that can even dissolve bones.
That's it over there.
It's true! A gigantic pressure cooker!
He's the research scientist here, Masaki.
It appears Hashizume Yukio-san from Tokoh Office Service
may have paid a visit here. Do you know anything about it?
22 megapascals of pressure is applied to water, and
the temperature is raised to 374 degrees. The water is beyond the boiling point, but
can't vaporize because of the pressure.
It's neither liquid nor vapor.
A state that's neither liquid nor vapor?
Yes. That's what we call the critical point of water.
It has tremendous destructive power. Organic matters are destroyed down to the molecular level.
DNA is chopped up to bits too. After treatment, the water can be used as fertilizer.
It's ecological and clean.
Ecoclean?
Please come in.
Excuse us.
This is a video of an experiment dissolving a cow's thigh bone and muscles.
Pressure and temperature is rising. It will reach the critical point shortly.
This is the critical point.
The red...is that blood?
No. At the critical point, the molecular movement is intense.
It just looks red because only the longest wavelength of red can get through.
It isn't blood then, right?
Oh, it disappeared.
Does that mean it's dissolved?
To be precise, it's been reduced down to the DNA level.
Does that mean humans can be reduced down to the DNA level as well?
Yes. Humans are just organic material too.
Hashizume-san left after watching this video.
Kozai...Excuse me. Thank you for your time.
The database of prior criminal records and convictions is ready.
See if Masaki Ryo has any criminal record.
No hits...Kozai-san. What do you find
suspicious about Masaki Ryo-san?
One more. Try Hashizume Yukio this time.
You mean Hashizume-san, the missing person?
I got a hit! He has a criminal record!
Hashizume Yukio. Arrested in 1993 for financial fraud.
Here it is. Hashizume...
"Between 1990 and 1993, Hashizume Yukio and a number of executives,
declared bankruptcy intentionally after selling fictitious financial products to individual investors.
Financial damage was more than a billion yen. Many victims were persuaded to invest,
and were subsequently saddled with a large debt.
Last month, on October 9th, it even led to a suicide..."
- October 9th, right? - Yes.
Found it. This is it.
"Suicide due to financial product fraud.
Man and woman commits suicide by drowning. From the suicide note,
they were identified as Mr. and Mrs. Masaki Yasuo, business owner, of Koutou-ku, Tokyo..."
Masaki?
"Masaki-san and his wife were deceived by a fictitious investment deal 6 months ago."
"They reportedly had a debt of over 50 million yen."
"The couple planned a family suicide, but desisted
and only their son was left behind." Son...
Ishikawa. Go get a copy of Masaki Ryo's family register.
- I want to verify something. - Verify?
Hashizume was killed. In that research lab.
Masaki Ryo's the one who killed him.
He actually has a motive too. Revenge for his parents.
No way. You're jumping to conclusion.
- Just go get the family register! - It makes no sense to me.
Masaki Ryo killed Hashizume Yukio and disposed of him in that treatment room.
He even minced up the DNA and obliterated him completely.
How can you be so sure?
Is that your conviction? Or your detective's instinct?
No...it's nothing like that.
If you want evidence, go trace Hashizume's movement.
Find out if Hashizume went somewhere after he left Masaki's lab.
If all trace is gone,
- it means Masaki lied. - But...
However, that's nothing more than circumstantial evidence.
Only by collecting evidence one by one like that
can we finally search the premise. But if we still can't find any material evidence,
the giant entity called the police must come to an abrupt halt.
The criminal goes scot-free.
I don't know what dreams you had when you joined the police, but
that's the reality of the police.
Excuse me.
- You're Kozai-san, right? - Yes.
- You're...? - I saw you at Dojima Akira's gathering.
I'm Fujiidera Risa.
15 years ago,
I, too, was kidnapped by Dojima Akira.
15 years ago, when I was 9.
2 days before the Kurumi-chan incident,
on my way back from school, a young man driving a white car
forced me into the car...
Why didn't you report it to the police at that time?
My mother didn't want everyone to know...
And shortly after, the Kurumi-chan incident occurred.
Even when the police came to make inquiries, I kept quiet.
When I found out that culprit was running for an office...
Can we allow a man like him to become a politician?
I felt I had to speak out.
I went to the gathering hall intending to expose
everything he did 15 years ago.
But I couldn't.
As soon as I saw that guy,
I froze.
I couldn't even talk.
I'm pathetic.
But then...you appeared.
I found out there was a detective who was still pursuing that case.
I felt as if I saw a light.
Statute of limitation for murder was repealed, wasn't it?
Crime must be brought to justice.
I'm going to sue him.
On here...
I wrote down what Dojima did to me.
- But... - I know.
The statute of limitations for what he did to me is over.
But
I want you to use that to investigate Kurumi-chan's case once more.
The guy's father is a politician and a former police bureaucrat.
It's very unlikely that things will go as well as you think.
I'll take it to the media then.
He's considered the prince of the political world.
If anything, he could say you're a publicity seeker. Actually,
in the worst case, he may sue you for defamation of character.
What Dojima did to me is true.
I believe you.
I've been thinking for the past 15 years.
Why that happen to me.
Because I left myself open for it. Because I did something wrong.
At that time, you were still a 9-year old child...
I'm sorry.
I'm
afraid of being touched by men...
"On October 2, 1997, an 8-year old girl,
Endo Kurumi, disappeared on her way home from school."
"On October 7, 5 days after her disappearance,
Endo Kurumi's belongings, along with burned human bones,
were delivered to her residence."
"As a result of DNA analysis, it was determined to be Endo Kurumi."
"Kouwan Station and MPD changed the charge from kidnapping to murder, and
launched an open criminal investigation."
"Inquiries led to the revelation that there was a suspicious individual
who was approaching the girl from a month before the incident."
"From eyewitness testimonies, the presence of a young man driving a white car surfaced.
From the model of that car, the name of Dojima Akira, college student, was identified."
15 years ago
Dojima's father is a congressman. On top of that, he's a former police bureaucrat.
- I know. - Let's proceed with caution.
Excuse us. We're from Kouwan Police Station.
We're going around making inquiries in this area.
Can we ask for your cooperation?
You mean that Kurumi-chan incident?
Hey, Kozai! Wait a minute!
- I'm sorry. Excuse me. - Hey!
What are you doing? That's rude.
I can tell.
You killed Kurumi-chan, didn't you! Huh!
- Sugiura-san, this is the crime scene! - What's going on?
A certain smell lingers at the crime scene.
Smell?
A unique headache-inducing nasty smell lingers.
- Wait a minute. Who the heck are you? - You bastard, you killed an 8-year girl!
Hey, hey...Kozai, stop it! Wait! Kozai!
Wait, I said! Stop!
Kozai, I said stop! Stop it!
What did you smell on Dojima Akira?
What did you smell this time?
Smell...
That's ridiculous.
Why do you insist on obsessing over Dojima Akira?
I can tell.
Dojima Akira killed Kurumi-chan. The crime scene is his room.
Please, let me handle it. An 8-year old child
- was victimized. - Kozai! Don't force your assumption on us.
It's not an assumption! I really did smell
- the scent emitted only by murder victims! - Enough is enough!
Smell?
Where in the world can you find police that makes arrests based on that kind of nonsense.
I'm sorry...
Kozai-san, I got a copy of Masaki's family register.
Masaki's parents' names were the same as the couple who committed suicide by drowning.
What? What do you mean you'll leave it to me?
If we let a bastard like him be a congressman,
Japan's police and legal system will go to hell.
First of all, let me give you fair warning that this isn't a police investigation.
The police has nothing to do with it. It's just between you and me.
It's our secret plan.
What do you want me to do?
We're going to frame him.
You just have to make him talk about the things he did to you 15 years ago.
Of course, you're free to turn me down. You're under no obligation to do it.
No.
If I can make him regret what he did,
I'll do anything. Please continue.
The fence is a little too high to legally punish Dojima Akira.
It will take some time too. So we're going to jump over the fence.
He's having an autograph session tomorrow for a book he wrote.
You're going to approach him there.
Once the official announcement is made,
it will be difficult to approach him.
This is our last chance.
I wish you luck. I'll be rooting for you, Dojima Sensei.
Your name?
You did terrible things to me when I was a child.
Pardon me?
15 years ago, you did terrible things to be when I was 9.
Inside the white car.
I want you to apologize.
The clothes with your fingerprints and body fluid...
I still have it carefully stored away.
I'll be waiting for you here tomorrow.
I'm sorry, your name one more time?
It's Fujiidera Risa. If you can write "To Risa."
I'm setting up a camera in the hotel room we called him out to.
Once he admits what he did to you,
Dojima Akira will be ruined. I'm putting that video up on the internet.
I won't let him be a congressman no matter what it takes.
Risa-san.
Can we go over something in the other room?
Remember this shot well.
I'll be capturing Dojima in this picture. Make sure you stay out of it.
What you told me yesterday, I flatly deny everything.
But this is an important time before election.
If it's money you want, I figured I'd give it to you.
It's not about money.
For what you did to me, for what you did to Kurumi-chan,
apologize right now.
Don't confuse what happened to you with Kurumi-chan's incident.
That's that. And this is this.
You'd be smarter to quietly accept the money.
Do you know how I felt these past 15 years?
How Kurumi-chan must have felt?
If you won't apologize, I'll submit the evidence to Court.
You're just gonna disgrace yourself.
There's no feeling of disgrace left in
my heart that's been shredded apart by you!
How insolent.
That's why I don't like grown women.
Good. Dojima's starting to get agitated.
That's right. That's why you can only deal with
children who will do as they're told.
You're a pathetic person who can't grow up!
Society will never acknowledge someone like you!
Don't force it.
I don't know what you're misunderstanding, but
I made a special exception to come out here!
Do you understand that!
Move away!
Dojima!
He's dead.
It's my fault.
What happened?
He started getting on me,
I pushed him off.
Then...
I'll...call the police!
No! You didn't do anything wrong.
- But I did it! - You'll be questioned!
About every detail. By the police and the prosecutor.
About what happened 15 years ago too!
- But still, I...! - You'll be on the news too!
They'll write up stories about you whether they're true or not.
This bastard deserved to die!
There's no need for you to suffer anymore for a bastard like him.
You don't know him.
He doesn't know you either.
You never came here.
- He never came here either. - No, we can't do this.
You don't know me. I don't know you either.
No! Please don't leave me out!
The worst thing I did the past 15 years was keeping quiet.
Because of that, Kurumi-chan died.
C'mon, please. Let me protect you. Please.
What's so important that you'd come all the way to my house at this hour?
I have a strange power.
A unique headache-inducing smell lingers in the crime scene.
Smell?
A smell of death that only murder victims emit.
I have that useless special power to sniff out that smell.
Special power.
There's no smell if the death's from a natural cause.
Only with abnormal deaths...well, mainly murders.
I don't know why. Nor do I know why it's me.
This is only the second time I've told this to anyone.
I smelled that in your lab.
You killed Hashizume in your lab, and dissolved him in pressurized hot water.
A perfect crime where not even DNA remains.
Smell of death?
If that's true, you're
a monster.
Bye now.
You have a motive to kill him.
20 years ago, your parents were victims of financial product fraud.
Unable to withstand the burden of their debt, they committed suicide.
The mastermind behind that fraud was Hashizume Yukio.
Shall I call the Crime Lab over to your office?
The body may have dissolved completely, but
there's bound to be physical evidence at the murder scene.
How did you kill him?
Did you stab him? Give him drugs? Poison? Beat him to death?
- Body fluid, blood, poison... - Why are you in such a panic?
Just come right out and ask me.
Can you do it?
Easily.
This guy was evil. He deserved to die.
Trying to justify yourself?
As powerful as this is, it won't dissolve metal.
Please set him down here.
It's over, Kozai-san.
Please dispose of these yourself.
You're a detective, you know what to do, right?
Saito-san.
Masaki-kun. Experimenting in the middle of the night again?
Yes.
Crime...
- Kozai-san. - This is the message center.
The party you are calling is unavailable at the moment.
Please leave a message.
The whereabouts of Dojima Akira-shi, who recently declared his candidacy,
has been unknown since the evening of the day before yesterday,
as testified by a member of his staff.
Early evening on the 23rd, Dojima-shi left, saying that he had urgent business to attend to
and would be back in an hour. He never returned and has been unreachable since.
Would you like to go out for lunch?
- No thanks... - I have information on Masaki too.
I entrusted Masaki's matter to you. You're on your own.
Kozai-san, what happened?
You were so sure about Masaki.
You were so sure Hashizume was killed by Masaki...
Masaki...san.
Masaki-san.
What can we do for you?
I came to report a missing person.
Who's missing?
- It's Saito. - You mean...
Yes. From our company... Saito-san lives alone, that's why I'm here.
Are you sure he's missing? Maybe he had an urgent business or something.
No...he disappeared.
He's nowhere to be found.
Did you dissolve him?
What are you talking about?
Nothing...
Are you talking about Saito-san?
Kozai-san. In this world, there are people who want to disappear,
and people whose disappearance is desired by others.
What do you suppose human beings are?
Basically, human beings are just base sequence of DNA.
Humans are just vessels used by DNA to duplicate themselves.
Kozai-san, are you perhaps being tormented by a sense of guilt?
You're such a fool.
Pressurized hot water can even break down DNA into pieces.
It goes beyond the territory of vessels in the form of humans.
- I...! - That night,
you came in touch with something you shouldn't have.
Oh please, don't give me that look.
Risa-san, however, is doing just fine.
Hello, this is Fujiidera Risa. Please leave a message.
Risa-san, this is Kozai. Please call me back.
Be careful of a man by the name of Masaki Ryo.
If he should appear, run away.
For the sake of your safety.
Fujiidera-san.
Risa-san.
Why...?
Thank you...for today.
Sorry. I rushed it, didn't I?
We'll overcome this together. Okay?
I'll be by your side, so don't worry.
When you feel anxious, give me a call anytime.
A week has passed since the former Minister of Defense Dojima Yuzuru-shi's
oldest son, Dojima Akira-shi was heard from.
No clues have been found yet, and
the police investigating the case is reportedly exploring other measures
such as increasing the number of investigators.
Dojima Akira-shi disappeared
just when he declared his candidacy for the House of Representatives election,
for which intentions are currently being officially announced.
The family and staff, who can't think of any reason,
are obviously worried.
You like sweets, don't you?
I don't know if they're good or not, but...
I baked some cookies.
Risa, I love you...
Wait...
Wait!
There's something I have to tell you.
It's all right. Trust me.
Kozai-san!
You're working hard staking out.
How did it feel to watch her become mine?
- I wish I could've shown you until the end. - The end?
Fujiidera Risa's naked body. Would you like to see it?
- It's a joke. - You bastard!
You're such a trusting guy.
Fujiidera Risa isn't the kind of woman you think she is.
Hey!
Hey, what's that supposed to mean!
I heard you told Risa.
That she didn't do anything wrong. To let you protect her.
But with time, Risa's sense of guilt intensified.
Risa went to the police station several times to see you.
That's where I found her.
You know, the day I went to report that Saito-san was missing.
Is something the matter?
Would Detective Kozai happen to be here?
He's here.
Risa told me all kinds of things.
About the time you approached her with a plan to frame Dojima too.
As she listened to your plan, she made a certain decision in her heart.
What decision?
That Dojima Akira...had to be killed.
- No, that was an accident! - Now, now...Calm down and listen.
Risa had it ready. The murder weapon.
That's impossible!
She was going to stab Dojima with that knife and then run away.
She even made a plan to pull out the knife where you couldn't see her.
Do you know how I felt these past 15 years?
How Kurumi-chan must have felt when you...
If you won't apologize, I'll submit the evidence to Court.
There's no feeling of disgrace left in
my heart that's been shredded apart by you!
You're a pathetic person who can't grow up!
Society will never acknowledge someone like you!
I don't know what you're misunderstanding, but
I made a special exception to come out here!
Do you understand that!
But you left that tormented Risa
all alone, as if you were disgusted with her.
So it was easy to take advantage of her feelings.
Shall I guess what you just thought?
That you should just dissolve me now.
That you should pretend this horrible reality never existed.
Shut up.
What are you afraid of?
Huh...huh, Kozai-san. Huh!
The one who's going to be dissolved tonight is you.
Go ahead and do it. It's better to be killed than to kill.
- You're a hypocrite. - I'm not a hypocrite!
I'm not like you.
Rather than live as a monster,
I'll choose to die as a human. I mean it.
Monster...Is that me?
Monster.
When Dojima fell, I understand you declared him dead just by looking at him.
Is that because...
- you sensed that smell of death? - That's right.
What's so funny?
If you had felt for his pulse at that time, Dojima might still be alive.
- If you had called for an ambulance, he may have been saved.
He was dead!
If you had done that, Fujiidera Risa wouldn't have been a murderer!
Say...
Was there anyone in the past who believed in your smell of death?
Not a single person believed you.
Why do you think that is?
Because it isn't scientific.
Now then, what exactly is science?
Science is...
objectivity.
The results of one person's experiment matches that of someone else.
Only then is it recognized as the truth.
If there's no objectivity, it's nothing more than an illusion.
You're wrong. It's not an illusion!
You despised Dojima. Enough to want him obliterated from this world.
A bastard like him... A bastard like him
- can't be allowed to become a congressman! - See?
That's why you had Dojima dissolved.
By taking advantage of the situation and illusion.
You know what?
Don't touch me!!
The person you actually despised badly enough to want him dissolved is
you, yourself, who became obsessed with the smell of death and got isolated
from human society, with nowhere to go!
I know that better than anyone else!
But then again...
what do you think was the worst thing you did?
It's the fact that you dragged Risa into the world of evil.
Ah, that's right. Risa also said this.
When she heard of your plan to frame Dojima, she felt a thrill.
She said Kozai-san released her from thing that was binding her.
The thing she was released from.
That's the judgment to tell right from wrong, isn't it?
It's okay to do anything in the name of revenge.
Kozai-san, that's what you ended up teaching Risa!!
I did?
Don't worry, he's not drunk.
See you.
How did your work go?
Perfect.
- Were you shocked? By what I told you. - No.
I don't like to be pestered.
I'm sorry.
Oh, that's right. The detective you told me about...
Kozai-san, was it?
Why do you think he protected you?
The lonely monster
fell in love with a lovely, pitiable princess.
But the lovely, pitiable princess
fell in love with another man.
The lonely monster
jumped off a cliff and died.
The end.
But then again, what do you think was the worst thing you did?
It's the fact that you dragged Risa into the world of evil.
It's okay to do anything in the name of revenge.
Kozai-san, that's what you ended up teaching Risa!!
It can't end yet.
Ishikawa.
- What are you trying to look up? - Leave me alone.
The database is up.
Submission of missing person?
Wow! There's that many?
A microcosm of a stressed out society.
Say. Can you narrow this down?
Sure.
Tokyo. Koutou-ku, Shinagawa-ku.
Okay.
First...Koutou-ku.
That's where the Japan Circulatory Environment Laboratory is.
Shinagawa-ku.
That's where Masaki-san lives, right? Kozai-san.
Thanks.
Oh boy...
Can you back up a bit? Down.
Look. Over here.
This address, if I remember right...
Just as I thought.
Kozai-san! That Yamamoto Teruo-san.
Masaki lives in the same condo!
Name of missing person - Yamamoto Teruo
Wife - Yamamoto Yukiko
- Good morning. - Morning.
Yuki-chan. Are you getting enough sleep?
- Yes, I'm fine. - Are you sure?
It's worrisome, isn't it? That there's no clue as to your husband's whereabouts.
Haven't you heard from the police at all?
Not a single phone call.
Plus, when I went to file the report,
they said there's nothing to investigate if he's just missing.
Oh my, the police said that?
I guess that's how they are.
Where did he disappear to? Seriously.
When I try to call my husband on his cell,
it does ring.
What the heck, he's alive then.
Sorry, that didn't sound good.
No, that's okay.
Oh, maybe I'll try calling again.
Well?
No answer?
Don't worry too much.
You have to be patient.
He might even come back tomorrow.
Thank you.
- Thanks for the coffee. - Thank you.
There's no mistake.
Masaki made the resident of the his condo, Yamamoto Teruo, disappear.
He's just a
psychopath who finds pleasure in the disappearance of human beings.
I can't turn a blind eye to Masaki.
I'll make him realize that he's nothing more than a psychopathic criminal.
I'm Kozai from the Kouwan Police Station.
It's in regards to the missing person report you submitted.
One moment please.
Yes?
I'd like to take a look inside.
Wait a minute.
I didn't say you could come in.
I want to know where your husband disappeared to.
My husband hasn't been back here for quite a while!
Where's your husband's bedroom? Where is it?
Are you really with the police?
You're lying, aren't you! I'm calling the police!
You sure you can call them?
Who are you?
Yuu, go to your room.
- What is it? - Just go. Now!
Stop it, please! Yuu!
It's this room.
You killed him in this room, didn't you?
Which of you did it?
Was it you?
You don't have to answer him!
Something's wrong with him.
No matter what you do,
there's a smell you can't erase. Do you know what that is?
It's a smell only murdered people emit.
That smell is hanging in the air in this room.
Who the heck are you?
I told you. I'm Kozai from Kouwan Police Station.
Did you kill your own father?
Isn't it painful?
Yuu, don't say anything. Don't say anything.
How well can amateurs clean up anyway!
The crime lab can find evidence right away.
Did you strangle him?
- Did you kill him? - Please stop!
Shut up!! Look at my eyes, punk!
Where did you hide the weapon?
Did you stab him with this?
What are you talking about! So what if you found a screw driver!
What did you do with the body?
My husband's cell phone rings.
My husband's missing, but he's alive.
Did you ask someone to get rid of the body?
What are you talking about?
I'm talking about Masaki.
I know nothing!
Masaki's and your parking spots are next to each other.
You got to know Masaki here.
I did a little research.
Your husband had debts from gambling
and physically abused you.
That's why you sought refuge in Masaki.
There's plenty of room for sympathy.
You have an intimate relationship with Masaki, don't you?
Masaki-kun's a pretty boy, isn't he?
I have no intention of arresting you or your son.
As long as you admit that Masaki got rid of your husband's body and
bring me your husband's personal effects.
Masaki must have returned your husband's personal effects to you .
You've been unable to dispose of them and have them hidden somewhere.
There are no such things.
- Where are you keeping them? - My husband's just missing!
Don't take it upon yourself to assume that he's dead!
Ah, yes. When you call his cell phone, it rings, right?
- Yes. - Then try calling.
I bet you can't, huh?
You were just pretending that you were connected to
a phone that wasn't even ringing.
That's not true! It really does get connected.
What are you doing!
20 years ago...
your parents committed suicide here.
At that time, you had just turned 10.
You saw your parents disappear into the water.
That was unfortunate.
And your life changed after that.
Are people really that simple?
In your locker,
this was found.
I'm surprised you found it. How did you find it?
It's the smell of death you mocked as illusion.
This will get the investigation going.
It will become clear how many people were made to disappear by you.
It's true I dissolved Yamamoto Teruo's body.
But you won't be able to use that as evidence.
Because that cell phone isn't Yamamoto's, but mine.
Stop making things up.
This is the phone that rang when a call was made
from Yamamoto Yukiko's cell to her husband's cell.
Yukiko doesn't know anything.
She was calling my cell phone.
That's nonsense!
I bought the same cell phone as Yukiko's husband's.
I secretly brought up
Yukiko's husband's contact information on her cell phone.
And I entered my phone number there.
I'll go take a shower first.
You edited the phone number?
In other words, that's my cell phone.
You can't use it as evidence.
Why did I do that?
I wanted to do an experiment.
Experiment?
A resident of the condo I live in disappeared.
There's no way you wouldn't get suspicious.
You'll go to Yukiko's place for sure.
I knew that's what you'd do, so I took advantage of that and experimented.
I wanted to find if your so-called smell of death was an illusion or real.
I wanted to see if you could get another crime scene right.
I heard from Yukiko.
Congratulations, Kozai-san.
It's been proven that your smell of death isn't an illusion.
You're a real honest-to-god live monster...
You're a freak!
What are you then?
You had a monster like me dispose of Dojima.
There's no such thing as an answer.
There's a lot of people who want to disappear.
My parents were like that too.
By the same token, there are many people whose disappearance is desired by others.
That's why I've been helping them!
Hashizume heard about me and approached me.
A hopeless domino effect...
The chain reaction goes on and on...
On and on, on and on, on and on
endlessly and just when I was getting sick and tired of it...
Rather than live as a monster, I'll choose to die as a human!
You're...an amusing person, Kozai-san.
To thank you for keeping me entertained for the past month,
I'll leave Risa alone.
You can have her.
Have her?
You don't want my hand-me-down?
Recording?
Don't you get it yet?
Whether I get caught or get the death sentence, it's not a big deal to me.
What happens to you isn't a big deal to me either.
I just wanted Risa to hear your true intention.
Believe it or not, I'm a cop.
I won't be deceived twice.
Believe it or not, I'm a cop.
I won't be deceived twice.
Yamamoto Yukiko's husband's personal effects
were conveniently found in your locker.
I thought it was strange.
It goes against your rule.
That's why I went along with your trap
and had you expose
your true intention with your own mouth.
How does it feel to be set up?
You're not dumping Risa.
Risa's dumping you.
I'm sorry, Kozai-san.
I finally realized
why I was drawn to him.
We're the same kind of people.
No...the same monster.
What are you saying, Risa...
I'm a monster who
pinned all the guilt of my crime,
the crime of murdering Dojima on you and held my tongue.
When I confessed that to him,
he listened to me without being shocked.
He accepted me.
Everything's premeditated. Don't you understand that?!
You're the one who don't understand, Kozai-san.
A nice guy like you wouldn't understand.
He and I have something way darker and uglier...
something that would make you want to look away.
Risa...
I'll go with him to the end...
To the very end of the domino effect...
- He's a murderer! - I'm a murderer too!
This guy...
Weren't you listening?
This guy doesn't have an ounce of affection for you.
Risa...
You looked pathetic to me.
You were really pitiful.
You're still young, yet
you looked like you were stuck in darkness where time had stopped.
I wanted to save you.
No, that's not it...
I wanted you save me.
I wanted you to understand me.
I'm a nice guy? Why...
I had a person dissolved!
But why am I not being punished? No one...
no one's being punished...
Can that be allowed?
No it can't, Risa!
This guy
will kill you some day.
He's that kind of a guy. I can tell.
I know everything about this guy!
Kozai-san.
I understand you too.
I understand you more than anybody else!
Like hell you do!
Kozai-san, stop it!
Stop!!
Masaki...
This is the end of the end for you and me.
Let's go together.
This way, everything can come to an end...
Why don't you come to our side?
Laws and police are powerless.
You know that... better than anyone else, don't you?
Hi.
What did you want to talk about?
Our Criminal Investigation Division will be helping out with the search for Dojima Akira.
He's the prince of the political world indeed. A wide-area search, huh?
Excuse. A piece of that cake please.
Certainly.
Kozai-san. Dojima Akira was once a suspect in
Kurumi-chan's case 15 years ago, wasn't he?
I guess he was.
Immediately after Dojima Akira declared his candidacy,
you appeared at his gathering.
Why?
It was just on a whim.
The day before he disappeared, there was a young woman who approached him.
Fujiidera Risa...
Several people heard her identify herself by that name at
Dojima's autograph session.
Kozai-san...
I haven't told that to anyone in the Division yet.
Isn't there something you know?
I'm a detective too. I believe in justice.
At the time of Kurumi-chan's incident,
you fought by yourself, believing in justice...
There's no such thing.
The truth won't be exposed forever.
Do you know why?
Why?
Because there's no physical evidence.
What's more, you're too nice and talk too much.
Good luck.
No physical evidence.
Laws and police are powerless.
You know that... better than anyone else, don't you?
In this world, there are people who want to disappear, and
there are people whose disappearance is desired by others.
Kozai-san, why don't you come to our side?
Because there's no physical evidence.
Hashizume Yukio disappeared...
Dojima Akira disappeared...
Saito-san too...
Does that mean
humans can be reduced down to the DNA level as well?
Because there's no physical evidence.
Yes. Humans are just organic material too.
Because there's no physical evidence...
It's Saito-san. He disappeared.
He's nowhere to be found.
Disappeared?
Kozai-san! That Yamamoto Teruo-san.
Masaki lives in the same condo!
I said wait, Yuu!
Yuu! Wait!
Excuse me...Is Detective Kozai here?
Kozai-san? You're...?
- Yuu, wait... - My father, Yamamoto Teruo.
I stabbed him to death with this!
Stop it! Stop...no...
He didn't do it! I did it.
I asked someone to make my husband's body disappear.
Have it disappear?
A man called Masaki...
Detective Kozai knows everything.
In the near future...
I might have something for you to dispose.
All right.
Kozai-san.
Hello.
What happened, Ishikawa? Calm down and tell me.
What? Pressurized hot water?
Kozai-san.
why....
What's a monster, huh?
Nietzsche said,
"Whoever fights monsters
should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster."
"And if you gaze long enough into an abyss,
the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Kozai-san...
you're wrong.
Let's go eat.
= KAIBUTSU = MONSTER