Mizusawa Sakura.
In the corner of a police station...
...she continually listens, day and night, for the complaints by residents about fugitives from justice.
But this woman understands what are lies and what are truths regardless of age or gender in those streets.
Yes, her ears...
Heiwa Fansubs Presents
...will never miss the truth.
~The Woman Who Hears Incidents~
Good morning, Komagome!
Everyone, have you gotten your start off with a good feeling?
Starting right off with today's letter, with the radio name of "K-san."
"Kokoro-san, hello there!"
"I've been at a far-off place for four years..."
"...but just recently, I returned to Komagome."
Episode 9:
I Want to Protect My Family! The Darkness Behind the Silence!
Oh! Welcome back! How was Komagome after so long?
"I feel I want to have an honest life once again..."
"...here in this nostalgic town."
I feel I want to have an honest life once again
here in this nostalgic town.
"The song I want to request is..."
Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree
"Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree."
That song really does bring back memories, doesn't it?
I wonder what sort of memories this will bring?
Ookina kuri no kino shita de Under the spreading chestnut tree
Now some news for K-san and everyone else in Komagome.
Tomorrow, Saturday, in Nakayoshi Square...
Shimofuri Shopping District
Everyone gather at the
"Shimofuri Shopping District" is organizing a "One-shot Arts Convention."
Maybe I'll go see it, too!
I see! Kokoro-san will be going, too...
What was that?!
One-shot Arts Convention
Shoulder throw! Damn...
Next is the two-step arm throw!
Thanks for your hard work!
Hey!
Thank you very much!
No, it's a two-step throw...
Kokoro-san! Kokoro-san!
Were you watching, Kokoro-san?!
Thanks for your hard work.
Hey!
Onee-chan.
"Kokoro-saaan!"
Stop it.
Truth is, you long for him...
No teasing me this area.
Ume-san!
Sakura-chan, Kaede-chan, are you enjoying it?
Yes.
Quite crowded, isn't it?
It's been a long time since we had this many people gather in town, isn't it?
All of this is thanks to President Uozumi and Adachi-san.
President Uozumi, Adachi-san! Over here!
This is President Uozumi of "Komagome Construction Co."...
Komagome Construction Co. - Managing Director Adachi Kazutoshi
Komagome Construction Co. - President Uozumi Takashi
...and its Managing Director, Adachi-san.
They run the restaurant "Umekoma-tei" in the shopping district.
Ume-san, Sakura-chan and Kaede-chan.
I'm Uozumi. Nice to meet you.
I'm the Managing Director, Adachi.
If your shop needs to be remodeled...
...you can ask for them.
Know that Adachi-san was born and raised here in Komagome.
That's right. It was at the Shimofuri Shopping District., too...
...that I used to play when I was a child.
Is that right.
By doing this, we thought we could get to see everyone's smiles.
And we thought it would give them strength, even if just a little.
Let's enliven the downtown area together!
Thank you very much!
Hey, hey, hey! On that topic...
A beautiful woman came to visit my home the other day.
"Shimofuri Shopping District redevelopment plan briefing session."
Shimofuri Shopping District Redevelopment Plan Briefing Session
Notice
She brought that to my home, too.
To mine, too.
Takase Develop Co., Ltd.
"Takase Develop Co., Ltd."
"They want to build a large apartment complex in the shopping district..."
"...so they're calling in people from the region get them active in it."
Did you know about this?
We haven't heard about it, right?
What is this about?
These kinds of redevelopment projects do take place in various locations.
But they often target obsolete shopping districts, right?
If you have any questions...
...you can talk to us later about it afterwards. We won't mind at all.
Ah, really? That's reassuring.
Police HQ Komagome Central Police Station
I was contacted by the New York Police Dept. this morning.
Eh?
They want to borrow your power.
Complicated cases have been increasing over there for the last few years...
...so they want to convene experts in criminal psychology.
"We'd like a reply as soon as possible,' they say.
I felt I wanted you to work here at this place a little longer, Mizusawa.
In that case...
But it was your psychology teacher from your New York days...
...who seems to be recommending you to the New York Police Dept.
I also think this would be...
...a good experience for you as well.
Think carefully about your decision.
Thank you very much for gathering today when you are so busy.
I am the "Takase Develop" Representative, Takase Kumiko.
"Takase Develop" Representative Takase Kumiko
Currently we are...
...attempting to start up a redevelopment project...
...with the goal of re-activating the Shimofuri Shopping District.
On the shopping district's land, we would erect two tower apartment buildings.
To the first and second floors...
...we would move all of your precious businesses.
And then, all of your residences would be transferred to apartments on the third floors...
...and we would prepare an equivalent exchange for the land that your shops currently take.
Um, if we're too old to be in business anymore...
...you're saying you'll lend us one in spite that?
Of course.
What you mean is...
...you'll be demolishing our current shops?
If you could think of it as rebuilding...
Um, please rest assured.
Because we will, without fail, have prepared more facilities than what we have mentioned so far.
That's not the problem.
Of course there are the irreplaceable memories of your building that you have...
...and we understand how you wouldn't want those feelings to be demolished.
But, for us...
...as the shuttering of shopping districts continues across the entire nation right now...
...if only for the sake of Shimofuri, too...
...we feel we want you to live happily in this town.
Please, please.
We pray that you will consider this positively.
That was a pretty good story, wasn't it?
It was.
We should ask Adachi-san and President Uozumi about this, too.
We should ask them.
Thanks for your hard work.
Thanks for yours, too.
Good morning! This way.
The identity of the corpse is Uozumi Takeshi, 55.
He was President of the Komagome Construction Co.
The cause of death was due to a brain contusion from being beaten on the side of his head.
The estimated time of death was between 11 pm and 1 am last night.
He was abandoned here after being killed somewhere else, huh?
Chief, this was discovered in his hair.
Glass...
Pieces of the weapon, huh?
Chief, in the vicinity last night during the estimated time of death...
...it seems there was a person who visited Uozumi-san at the Komagome Construction Co.
I took the testimony of the building's security guards.
We are creating a portrait of the person right now.
Here is the portrait based upon the eyewitness testimony.
Chief, this is...
Kudo Hiroyuki
Do you know why you were called in?
Last night, President Uozumi of the Komagome Construction Co. was murdered.
Where were you last night?
At Komagome Construction Co., there are people who saw you there.
I wouldn't go... to such a place.
You... murdered him?
Oi! Kudo!
I don't... know anything about it.
Chief... Kudo is...
I arrested Kudo four years ago.
4 years Ago - 2014
Where he was working part-time...
...a man named Tsujimura got drunk and was hitting on a woman...
...and he took the opportunity to meddle...
...and got in a fight with the guy.
Mind yer own business!
Kyaa!
You okay?!
Shut up!
Tsujimura was struck in a bad spot and...
Kudo...
I'm very sorry!
Kudo served time in prison without objection for killing a man through lethal injuries.
He was only just released from prison two weeks ago.
Is that right.
He had sincerely repented for the crime he had committed.
You want to believe in Kudo, don't you?
It was the company the man killed last night, Uozumi, ran...
...that was where Kudo was working four years ago.
Kudo is hiding something about this current case.
Very well. I'll dig around.
Kaoru-san, aren't you going out for lunch?
There's an all-you-can-eat dim sum place really close by!
All-you-can-eat?!
Yeah.
Hmm... Okay! I'll start my diet tomorrow!
How about you too, Sakura-san?
You can start your diet tomorrow, too!
C'mon, c'mon, let's go!
Wait, I have some...
Ah!
Such a scatterbrain...
This man...
Kurogame Construction Co. President Murder Case
Someone you know?
Uozumi Takeshi-san (55)
I'm Uozumi, nice to meet you.
Hurry already! We have to get going!
Dim sum!
You guys clean this up.
We're sorry!
Dim sum! Dim sum!
Komagome Construction Co.
It can't be...
...that such a thing happened to the President...
I just can't believe it.
Who are you at the company right now?
I'm acting as President for the time being.
Had there been any changes around President Uozumi recently?
Maybe someone he was having trouble with.
There wouldn't be.
The President was a really nice, caring man.
He was always thinking about others before himself.
That's the sort of man he was.
You know Kudo Hiroyuki, don't you?
Yes... He was with our company before.
What was the relationship between him and the President?
Let's see...
It wasn't all that good.
Why is that?
Kudo-kun didn't behave well when he was drunk.
The President frequently scolded Kudo-kun about that.
His efforts were in vain on Kudo-kun though...
...and then he caused that incident.
Why do you ask me about him?
Who the papers are calling a material witness...
Don't tell me... it's Kudo-kun?!
Kiritani-san!
I can't imagine him killing President Uozumi!
During the four years Kudo spent in prison...
Kudo's Wife Kudo Sayuri
...in all the letters he sent, he was worried about me and our daughter.
"I repent my crime and when I'm released from prison..."
"...I want to have an honest life once again," he wrote.
I want to believe that, too.
Kiritani-san...
It's for that sake, too, that I want to reveal the truth of this case.
Have you had any contact from Kudo?
On the day he was released from prison, he phoned to tell me about it.
He is not a bad person!
I'll contact you once we've found out something.
Please do so.
It can't be...
Was it because of what I said...
Kudo's Daughter Kudo Hanoka
First with rock, paper, scissors...
Then look this way... Yeah!
Hanoka.
It's your Mama.
Mama!
Were you able to have a proper talk with Chief Kiritani?
Thank you very much.
Be careful.
Ookina kuri no kino shita de Under the spreading chestnut tree
Anata to watashi You and me
Nakayoku asobi mashou Let's play and get along together
Ookina kuri no kino shita de Under the spreading chestnut tree
"I've been at a far-off place for four years..."
"...but just recently, I returned to Komagome."
During those four years in prison...
...in all the letters he sent, he was worried about me and our daughter.
"I feel I want to have an honest life once again..."
"When I'm released from prison, I want to have an honest life once again."
"The song I want to request is 'Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree.'"
Ookina kuri no kino shita de Under the spreading chestnut tree
Anata to watashi You and me
"With the radio name of "K-san."
Kudo-san is "K"?
It can't be...
It was because I said that...
I heard the relationship between Kudo and the murdered President Uozumi wasn't good.
What are Kudo-san's wife and family doing now?
His wife lives with their daughter at her parents home, which is an contracting firm.
After that incident four years ago, it seems his wife's father tried to get them divorced...
...but it seems his wife didn't get herself taken off Kudo's family register.
I... heard his wife's voice and it's bothering me.
Huh?
She... might be hiding something.
It was because I said that...
Mizusawa, couldn't you investigate that?
Eh?
Kudo is hiding something, too.
I want to reveal the truth of this case for the Chief's sake, too.
All right.
Please allow me to infiltrate Kudo-san's family's "Ioka Contractors."
I'm sure his wife holds the key to this somehow.
Very well.
Thank you very much.
And have you thought about the matter of the New York City Police Dept.?
I will consider that once this case is over.
Kaoru-san! Um, well...
You don't have to tell me; I know. From Sakura-chan, right?
Yes.
Let's see, today we have...
Time Off Request
Last night I had a dream about my dead Grandpa.
"Go North," he said.
So I'm going.
So I'm going
Farewell
Farewell.
Have a good time!
Don't catch cold!
Ioka Contractors
Okay...
Here we go.
Ioka Contractors - President Ioka Toshiki
Are you okay, Sakura-chan?
I'm fine.
Watch out, watch out.
Are you okay?
Here you go.
Ah, thank you very much.
Thank you for your help.
For having you sign on for such cheap terms...
...I'm sorry about this.
No, don't be.
It's been very difficult for us, too.
President! It's those guys again!
Even though they came yesterday, too...
You guys again.
Our President was pissed off at us for coming back empty-handed yesterday.
Couldn't you give back at least the 6 million yen in interest?
Please wait. Why is the interest so much?!
Oi! Those who go past their repayment date can't go making complaints!
Mama!
Hanoka!
Go inside the house.
Ala, little miss...
...what Christmas present did you get this year?
Couldn't you give that to us?
We really want cash.
This child has nothing to do with that!
Couldn't you wait one more month?
Please! Please!
How many times do I have to say it until you're satisfied?!
Dad!
Hey! You guys act responsibly!
Huh? What was that?
Who are you?
What are you doing?!
What is it, old man?
Stop this violence or I'll call the police.
Huh?!
Stop it. We're trembling.
Well then, we'll come again.
Oi, let's go! Oi!
Are you okay?
Yes...
You, too?
Adachi-san, why are you here?
In regards to President Uozumi's incident...
...I heard about Kudo-kun from the police.
I became worried and stopped by.
I'm sorry you had to see something so unsightly.
No... Are you okay?
We're fine.
Thanks. Hanoka-chan, let's go, okay?
For having worried you...
...I'm truly sorry.
No, no...
This may seem impertinent of me, but...
...is the management of Ioka Contractors in a bad situation?
Yes.
Have you heard anything from Kudo-kun about the President Uozumi incident?
No...
Is that right...
I'm very sorry for any inconvenience Kudo may have given you.
No, no...
I don't think Kudo-kun murdered President Uozumi.
And in that incident four years ago, it was the other person who was at fault.
"When things are difficult, let's help each other out."
That was what the President taught.
First and foremost, if Ioka-san is in need...
...I will act accordingly and introduce you to some work.
Really?
Thank you very much!
Ah, no...
Please... don't do that.
I will contact you again.
Sayuri-san.
A moment.
Excuse me.
Yes?
You don't need to worry about that at all.
Just leave these guys up to me.
Don't worry.
Just leave these guys up to me.
Don't worry.
Just leave these guys up to me.
Don't worry.
Um, could I ask you one thing?
What is it?
That person who came earlier today...
He's Adachi-san of Komagome Construction, Co., isn't he?
You know him?
I saw him at the Shimofuri Shopping District event.
Ah... is that right.
Has Ioka Contractors had a long relationship with them?
My husband originally worked for Komagome Construction Co.
And then, for some work, my husband and I met...
...and then we got married. Then, for awhile...
...we were given preferential work from Komagome Construction Co.
You say "were given"... What about now?
A few years ago, my husband caused an incident.
After having to quit from Komagome Construction Co...
...that relationship was cut off, too.
Naturally, that was only natural.
Because my husband was wrong...
Umekoma-tei
Ah... I'm exhausted!
Such serious work after so long!
Thanks for your hard work.
This is good nutrition to make you strong.
A dish of chicken and yam garnished with white hair spring onions.
Thank you, Sabu-chan.
Sakura-chan, let me introduce you to my new business partner.
Ah, me? Nice to meet you; I'm Nanri.
Nanri-chan here is amazing in IT.
IT Venture Enterprise - President Nanri Yusuke
I'm not amazing at all.
At Nanri-san's suggestion, Toshi's greengrocer store...
...has recently started home delivery of vegetables for the elderly.
Ehh... Is that right?
For the elderly...
...many of whom are still not handy with computers...
...they are able to make orders automatically over the phone...
...and then having that data show up on the computer at Hosono-san's shop...
...is how the system works.
Ehh... that's incredible.
Because I receive orders from my customers that way...
...it's incredibly nice.
I should get together with you next time and think about what I could do.
Of course. Totally, of course.
When I happened to pass through this shopping center by chance...
...it felt so nostalgic to me.
I thought this was an incredibly nice place.
So if I can help the people of this shopping center even a little...
...I would be quite happy.
What do you think, Sakura-chan? A great guy, isn't he?
He's still single. How about being his marriage partner?
Eh?
They only just met. What are you saying?!
Still, if as you say, it boosts the shopping center...
...that would be a happy feeling.
Right, Ume-chan?
Ah, welcome.
Good evening.
Did you hear anything from Kudo's wife?
About Kudo-san, not yet...
But I did hear, "I don't think Kudo-kun murdered President Uozumi"...
...from Adachi-san of Komagome Construction Co.
"I will give work to Ioka Contractors whenever your management grows worse."
I see...
I did hear Adachi-san's voice that bothered me.
Just leave these guys up to me.
Don't worry.
I thought he was talking about work...
...but somehow...
Right now the Detective Division is reconsidering whether President Uozumi had some kind of trouble occur.
I'll try investigating Adachi-san...
...while you continue investigating what "something" Kudo and his wife are hiding.
Yeah.
Police HQ Komagome Central Police Station
We've put a hold on dealing with this.
But, you're not completely cleared from suspicion.
Kiritani-san...
You're going to believe in me, aren't you?
I understood that from the expression on your face during my interrogations, Kiritani-san.
I...
...didn't kill Uozumi-san.
That is the truth.
Excuse me.
Chief, we've found a guy...
...who was recently causing trouble for the slain President Uozumi.
Sayama Shiyuhei, a gangster.
The sound of your construction in the mornings is too loud and is giving me a neurosis!
Gangster Sayama Shiyuhei
Pay me compensation!
He was claiming that the construction work Komagome Construction Co. had undertook...
...was making too much noise.
What's more, Sayama and the man Kudo had gotten into a fight with four years ago, Tsujimura...
...were both members of the same motorcycle gang.
On the day President Uozumi was killed...
...Sayama had an appointment to see the President.
President? What's the matter?
Sayuri's not around.
Eh?
I did see she had left a call saying she was going somewhere...
...but where she went wasn't on the call.
We'll come again.
Um... I'll go look around for her a little.
Thank you.
Thank goodness. You got out safely.
I was worried.
Because I had told you, "We aren't getting work from Komagome Construction Co."...
"...so it's been hard on us," like that.
And because what happened to President Uozumi occurred the next day...
...I wondered if something had happened to you.
Was it because of what I said...
And so have you had any contact from Komagome Construction Co.?
Adachi-san said that if some work comes up, he'll turn to us again.
"If work turns up?" It shouldn't be like that.
He said he would act accordingly.
Have the debt collectors been harsh?
If we don't at least pay the interest by next month...
All right.
I'm going to go once more to Komagome Construction Co.
Eh?
I'll ask if there's work we can have right away.
Hiroyuki-san...
Don't worry. I'll do something about it.
He definitely better keep his promise.
He has to do just as I say.
He has to do just as I say...
I killed Uozumi?!
Don't joke around!
I just went 'cause the sound of their construction was too loud!
I just went to tell him to be careful about it.
Is that really all it was?
Wasn't it you who did it?
I told you I didn't, so don't be so obnoxious about it!
Do you know a Kudo Hiroyuki?
Huh?
Of course I do.
I'll never forget the guy who bumped off Tsujimura-san.
Did you know Kudo was recently released from prison?
Have you met with Kudo since his release?
I haven't.
But I do intend to get revenge someday.
On that day, Sayama...
...went in to make a claim against Uozumi...
...and over-enthusiastically killed him.
And that was seen by Kudo.
Sayama knew it was Kudo and may have threatened...
...to bring harm to his family...
...if Kudo told what he saw to the police.
Kudo remained silent in order to protect his family.
Ah, I just met with Adachi-san.
There's work on the construction of a building in north Komagome for us.
It'll be okay now.
Thank goodness...
Yeah. Thank you.
What's that about work?
Dad! I was contacted by Hiroyuki-san just now...
...and he said Komagome Construction Co. will introduce us to some work.
Hiroyuki-kun did?
It seems he was worried about us and so went to ask.
So we'll be getting a big job.
I'm really thankful.
Ah, good morning!
Good morning.
Who are you?
We're Ioka Contractors. We'll be working with you starting today!
Ioka?
Um... We were told by Adachi-san of Komagome Construction Co. that we were to enter this site today.
I haven't heard anything like that from Senior Manager Adachi though.
Eh?
Well, but...
This is a problem, geez. Because we've entered and started construction...
...we don't have any work for other contractors.
What? What do you mean?
Even though that guy promised.
All right. I'll do something about it.
Hello? This is Kudo.
What's this about?!
Did he properly confirm it with Komagame Construction Co.?
"Adachi-san gave us work," he said. "He promised me."
He definitely better keep his promise.
He has to do just as I say.
Promise...
Just as I say...
I tried contacting Hiroyuki-san just now, but I couldn't get through...
What is this about?! I'm going.
Ah, it's Hiroyuki-san!
Hello!
Eh?!
Hanoka... was kidnapped?!
Sayuri! I heard.
I'm going to tell the entire truth.
No...
Sayuri-san, has something happened?
I heard Kudo-san's voice.
"He definitely better keep his promise."
"He has to do just as I say."
What does that mean?
Does it have something to do with Hanoka-chan's kidnapping?
Please tell me! Please!
I will absolutely save Hanoka-chan.
What is it about Kudo-san?
Takeuchi-kun, I know who the culprit is that killed President Uozumi.
It's the something Kudo-san was hiding.
Trace Kudo-san's cellphone via GPS.
Kudo-san and Hanoka-chan are in danger.
Where is Hanoka?!
Give back my daughter!
Otherwise...
...I'll take this to the police.
It has both your fingerprints and President Uozumi's bloodstains on it!
It's a piece of the glass.
Please wait. I will bring a profit to this company...
Don't mess around! Doing it that way...
...would affect the confidence in us and be a problem!
I won't approve of it!
President!
You're wrong. Just listen to me properly...
Wait!
Kudo... I want us...
...to get along well from here on.
You didn't keep your promise.
You pledged that my family would be safe!
When did I break that?
I haven't done anything to your family!
Look.
Papa!
Hanoka!
Nothing will happen to your daughter.
This is because you flew off the handle and needed to cool down a little.
Even if you go to the police, you'll be arrested as an accomplice.
I'm sorry about that matter of the North Komagome Construction work.
It was a subordinate's mistake.
I didn't know another construction company had already gone in there.
Next month instead.
I'll give work to Ioka again.
Can I trust that?!
I see...
In that case, this can't be helped.
This is because I have to avoid risk.
Do it!
Please wait!
Komagome Central Police Station, Life Safety Division...
...Crime Prevention Clerk, Mizusawa Sakura.
I'm Takeuchi of Crime Enforcement.
I heard everything from Sayuri-san.
Adachi-san.
You got into a dispute with President Uozumi at the company and killed him.
At that time, having come in search of work...
...Kudo-san happened to witness that.
Adachi-san...
Don't tell this to anyone.
Eh?
If you say something to the police...
...I'll use my network...
...and prevent Ioka Contractors from ever getting anymore work.
You treasure... your family, right?
As long as you keep quiet...
...I'll make sure Ioka gets work.
I'll have a huge job for them soon.
Okay?
Promise me.
That you will protect...
...Ioka Contractors, no matter what.
Of course!
But you didn't keep your promise, so to seal Kudo-san's mouth...
...you kidnapped Hanoka-chan.
False words and true words...
This ear can clearly discern between them!
It's that idiot President's fault!
Even though I was going to bring profits to the company...
Be silent!
You murdered President Uozumi...
...and you took advantage of Kudo-san's love for his family...
...in order to hide your crimes!
I absolutely cannot forgive that!
Deal with all of them at once!
Let's withdraw!
Hanoka!
Ah!
Kudo-san!
Okay!
Hanoka!
Don't move!
Move and I'll kill the child!
Adachi!
That way!
Papa!
Hanoka!
Taking children hostage is the lowest!
Well done!
Onee-chan, let's go!
Yeah.
Takeuchi-kun, please take care of the rest.
Yeah!
Takeuchi!
Chief.
Adachi Kazutoshi. We'll hear the details from you at the station.
Kudo...
Kiritani-san...
I'm very sorry.
I have a daughter, too.
Don't let go of her hand this time.
Yes...
Thank you very much.
Takeuchi!
You did great!
Chief.
About the matter of going to New York.
Could I have just a little more time?
Mizusawa...
I'm sorry.
Look, thanks to Nanri-chan here...
...my shop appeared in this magazine this time around.
My, that's incredible.
What? Are you jealous of that man?
And, once that apartment complex is built here\nand the number of people increase...
...our orders will increase again!
What are you saying?
In that redevelopment case, not everyone has given their OK yet.
Redevelopment?
That's the story that's appeared.
Ehh... I like things the way they are now.
Right? Takeuchi-kun fully understands.
Thank you very much!
Because Kokoro-chan really loves this town, too...
...I'll absolutely protect it for her.
Was that your confession of love to Kokoro-chan?
Yes. Since that's how I feel, I have no problem with that.
What's that? You haven't even seen her face, have you?
But I can imagine it.
Oh, I see it.
I can see her; I can see her. She's a beautiful woman.
Nothing but a beauty.
Grandma.
What is it?
There's a little something I wanted to consult with you about.
I'm sorry.
Takeuchi-kun?
Hello...
Kudo is...
Eh?!
Kudo...
Kudo!!
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There are Two Murders Involved?!
Final Episode Guest Star
Sato Jiro
Final Episode Guest Star
Tsutsui Mariko
In order to Investigate The Truth
Infiltration of the Ginza Club Starts!!
This Drama is Fictional