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...
...will never miss the truth.
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~The Woman Who Hears Incidents~
Let's do it!
Yes!
Ah... Ow!
All right! I've done it!
The two-step throw is perfected!
Changing Residence Fraud?! The Happy Couple Attacked in a Skillful Trap!
Episode 6:
Ah... it happened at last!
And in a straight line.
Ah, did you know there's a physical strength contest next week in Komagome?
A physical strength contest?!
You compete over the number of sit-ups and push-ups you can complete...
...and so decide who Komagome's number one muscle man is.
What's that? I dare you to say that again!
It will decide who Komagome's number one muscle man is.
Komagome's number one muscle man?
Has that season come again this year?
What? What's with this sensation?
Motojima-san was the king of sit-ups during last year's competition.
The king, huh?
Wanna do it?
What's that?!
The king, huh?!
Ready...
Go!
Ala? What's the matter, Takeuchi?
What's this about you winning five consecutive judo championships?
For a newbie, you're pretty good.
Too fast!
And the strongest is...
Komagome FM!
Good morning, Komagome!
Are all of you wide awake?
Just because it's colder doesn't mean you can stay in your futon forever!
Today's lucky item is...
Croquettes!
Damn...
I should have gotten croquette bread instead. I lost at this, too.
Hurry and change clothes. We've got a case.
Yes sir!
There are marks of a blow to the back of his head.
The ID found among his belongings shows him to be Tsuyama Shin'ichi, 39.
Tsuyama Shin'ichi?
Chief.
Seems these had fallen near the corpse.
Croquettes?
Thanks for your hard work.
Thanks for yours.
Ah... Why croquettes today?
Ah. I heard a beautiful voice yesterday.
I bought your favorite croquettes on my way home today, Kumi-chan.
Your favorite croquettes on my way home today, Kumi-chan.
Don't worry. I didn't buy too many.
I said, "don't worry."
Somehow it just had this happy family fragrance to it.
And his smile was sooo nice!
Hmm...
Ah, will you be okay for time?
Eh?
Ah... I'd better get going!
Have a nice day!
Good morning!
Good morning.
Kaoru-san, am I Safe today or Out?
Obviously you're OUT, aren't you?!
That's true, isn't it?
She's in a bad mood?
A devil?
Who's a devil?!
Ah...
I, uh...
Sakura-chan, it'd be better if you could come in earlier.
We had work first thing this morning, you know.
Eh? Someone came in for a consultation already?
Ah... this man...
I bought your favorite croquettes on my way home today, Kumi-chan.
She said her husband didn't come home last night.
He's only been gone overnight! Yet she wants us to do a search for him.
Ah, she was such a pain...
Nabeshima Kumiko
He's only 65 years old. He can stay out overnight, right?
Name: Nabeshima Yasuaki
Age: 65
The things women think about.
I'll go listen to her story for a bit.
Hey, wait... Leaving me alone again!?
Hey, wait... Sakura-chan!
Geez...
Tsuyama Shin'ichi. A real estate broker who had had damage reports filed against him...
...and was hated as a swindler.
Section 2 was on the verge of issuing a search warrant on him.
This is a list of his victims.
Fraud Victims List
All elderly people, wasn't it?
He was the worst, wasn't he?
Seems there'd been a case against him for real estate fraud in the past that was sent to the Prosecutors...
...but he was given a suspended sentence at his trial.
Many of his victims had to give up in frustration.
Do we follow the line that this was a grudge killing?
Nabeshima
Nabeshima Yasuaki's Wife Nabeshima Kumiko
You heard my husband's voice?
Yes.
He was in front of the butcher's shop while on his way home yesterday.
It was a very happy voice.
Did your husband come home that time?
He didn't return.
I've called over and over, but he won't pick up his phone.
So then you got worried and contacted the police?
If something's happened to him...
Do you have some sort of idea what it could be?
It may be about the house...
Are you moving?
Truth is, we'll have to vacate very soon.
From this house.
Vacate it?
Could you tell me your story?
From the fingerprints taken off the bag of croquettes...
...a match was found in our database.
Nabeshima Yasuaki
Nabeshima Yasuaki, 65.
He's a victim of Tsuyama's who had recently issued a damage report for real estate fraud against him.
When we examined the forged documents he had brought with him at that time...
...he also submitted his fingerprints.
Change of residence fraud?
We're too far from the train station here.
So we were always feeling the inconvenience of that.
Just then, a business man came from the Go club.
A Go club?
Since my husband had retired, he plays Go as his hobby.
I heard from your husband.
...that you have rheumatism and that your knees are bad.
But with this property, you'd be only three minutes from the station.
And what's more, it's barrier-free.
All homes barrier-free
I think you would enjoy your stay there in comfort.
At this price, this sort of apartment is a miracle.
I think if you sold this place, you'd have plenty for the balance.
Actually, yesterday...
...we had a couple who were applying for a listing...
When I contacted them earlier about it though...
...this listing with such favorable terms on it...
...hadn't come in yet.
We'll sign the contract. Please push forward with the procedures right away.
Thank you very much!
Real Estate Sales Agreement
But, when we actually went to the apartment...
Who are you?
Eh?!
A double contract?
That's a malicious fraud, isn't it?
The deposit money as well as the money from the sale of this house all went to that man.
You already reported this to the police?
Yes.
But he had already vacated his office.
We have no idea where he is.
We've been robbed of all our property.
My husband has been brooding over that.
We're with the Komagome Central Police Station.
Ah!
Mizusawa.
Takeuchi-kun. Endo-kun.
Is Nabeshima Yasuaki-san at home?
No.
I haven't been contacted by my husband since last night.
He hasn't contacted you?
Your husband, Yasuaki-san, has emerged as an important witness to a certain incident.
May we hear your story at the police station?
Do you know this man?
Yes! This is the man who cheated us!
We are viewing your husband...
...as having murdered this man...
...in a grudge over being defrauded by him.
Eh?
There's no way he could do such a thing...
From articles left behind at the crime scene...
...your husband's fingerprints were detected.
That can't be...
You suspect Nabeshima-san because you detected his fingerprints from articles left at the crime scene?
That's not the only clue we have.
The figure of Nabeshima following after Tsuyama...
...appeared on a security camera near the crime scene.
We're searching for Nabeshima Yasuaki.
Hello?
Eh? It's Nabeshima?!
I was late.
Thanks for your hard work.
Thanks for yours.
Nabeshima was discovered under this veranda...
...and this handrail had his hand print on it as well.
Seems he jumped on his own, huh?
Why would he do that here?
This was Tsuyama's house.
After Nabeshima Yasuaki killed Tsuyama...
...he snatched his key and broke into his apartment...
...to look for his money; hoping to get back what he could.
And when he found none, he became desperate and jumped to his death.
I can't deny the possibility.
Oi. How's Nabeshima's condition?
He is currently in a coma in serious condition and being treated.
Please!
Please let me see my husband! Even just a glance is fine!
I'm very sorry.
Say, what are my husband's injuries?
Please tell me what his condition is! Please!
Please let me see him!
It's certain he was brooding over it.
But he's just not the sort who would murder someone!
He was always concerned over me.
He's a gentle man.
Before coming home...
...he would always phone me.
I bought your favorite croquettes on my way home today, Kumi-chan.
He was the same as always yesterday as well.
Even though he should have gone to the Go club...
Why...
Why would he do such a thing...
You want to infiltrate a Go club?
I just can't believe a man who was speaking so happily to his wife...
...would then go and cause a murder right after that.
Right after that he might have spotted Tsuyama and murdered him in a rage.
That voice wasn't of someone who would fly into a rage.
You don't know that, now do you?!
There's evidence Nabeshima was there at the scene from the croquettes he had dropped.
Just because he was there at the scene doesn't necessarily mean he killed Tsuyama.
And besides...
Just then, a business man came from the Go club.
The timing with which Tsuyama came with his business was just too good.
Someone had deliberately fed him information about the Nabeshima home?
I want to infiltrate in order to confirm that.
But Chief. There's video showing that Nabeshima was following after Tsuyama.
And it's a fact he was in Tsuyama's home.
That's true.
But...
Mizusawa is stuck on this, right?
Yes.
And you want to infiltrate, right?
Yes.
Ala? Wait, Chief...
Takeuchi-kun, cooperate with her.
Huh?!
You're joking, right? It can't be it's going her way.
I'll allow the infiltration.
There, it came out!
All right!
Your face.
Something has come for delivery from Sakura-san.
You've changed your perfume, haven't you?
That's right! I switched it for the favorite fragrance of the guy I met at the Go-kon! So long!
For pete's sake...
Request for Time Off
(Sakura is punning left and right here)
"Yesterday, while baking sweet potatoes with some fallen leaves, I baked my eyebrows."
"After hurriedly splashing water on them, I caught a cold."
(a person having thin eyebrows)
"I'm totally like Maro."
My condolences.
Shouldn't I be getting condolences?!
Oh...
I'm defeated.
Owner, you hired an amazing girl, didn't you?
At first I thought she was too young to be an Instructor...
...but she's the right answer!
Actually, my dead Grandfather and I played Go quite a lot.
Ah, Buchi-sensei, you came at a good time!
Sensei?
You're a lawyer?
Yeah. Because he'll happily consult with us on anything...
...we're grateful to him.
You don't have to be grateful for that.
Lawyer Iwabuchi Katsumi
I also played Go with my Father ever since I was a child.
And so I unintentionally got a leg up on it.
Though young, you're quite cautious, aren't you?
The way you play resembles Nabeshima's.
Nabeshima-san?
Yeah. He's a regular here.
He's Sensei's rival.
No, we're nothing like rivals.
Since I have the far greater losses than him.
Is this "Nabeshima-san" that strong at Go?
Nabeshima-san is always calm, whatever the situation on the board is.
I often saw he had a balance and flow to his stones.
Always calm, huh?
Me? I get impatient right away.
Ala? Where's Nabeshima-san today?
Ah, haven't seen him yet today.
Maybe his condition worsened?
He didn't seem very healthy ever since then.
"Since then"?
He got caught up in some fraud.
A change of residence fraud.
How about it? I do think it's quite the property.
Just three minutes from the station and at this price?
Right.
And barrier-free, too.
Yes. It's a miracle property which hardly ever comes on the market.
Well, this certainly is cheap, isn't it?
Ahh... If only Buchi-sensei had been here that day.
I was out in the district for work just then.
By the time I had returned from my business trip, I couldn't contact him afterwards.
Is that right?
Even though he's normally a person who places his stones down carefully...
Sensei, isn't there something you could do?
If the criminal is found...
...there are means of getting his money back.
Takamatsu-san, you have a partner for a game.
Ah, I'll be right there. So long.
Owner, see you again.
Ah, thanks, thanks.
Come again, okay?
You're worried about this Nabeshima-san, aren't you?
If he had at least consulted with me before signing the contract...
...he wouldn't have gotten deceived by Tsuyama.
Umekoma-tei
Ala? It's already this late.
I have to get back soon.
You're leaving?
I have to cut back on expenses this month. Economizing, economizing.
Yes, that'll be 7 million ryo.
Yes, 7 million ryo.
Okay, here.
Yes.
If you're in that much trouble, why not take your watch to the pawnshop?
Don't say fool things. This is a keepsake of my Father's.
If I pawned this, he'd come and punish me.
Still, at our age, we have to rely on pawnshops, don't we?
Right? It's not just anywhere that will lend to us elderly, is it?
Is that right?
It's a tough world we live in. So long; I'm going home, too.
That's 7 million ryo.
Yes, yes.
What is it?
Lawyer Iwabuchi Katsumi
It wasn't only this Iwabuchi-sensei.
All of the patrons there told me so.
That Nabeshima-san was calm at all times.
That's why I don't think he's the type who would fly into a rage.
Like I said... You can't know that, now can you?
When the guy who stole his entire fortune appeared right before his eyes...
And what's more, it's true Nabeshima was following after Tsuyama.
I'm sure he did that just to locate where he was living.
I think it was because he intended to notify the police.
Don't you think so?
I think if I were Nabeshima-san that's what I would have done.
Tsuyama's associates...
Could you check into them once?
I just can't believe a man who loves his wife so much...
...would ever leave his wife to grieve like this.
I think he decided to change residences for his wife's sake.
Please.
There is definitely someone behind this incident.
That's why you ate fried rice, isn't it?
Eh?
That's my handmade one.
Eh?!
Huh? Eh? What? This is?
Yes.
Looks delicious.
It's something that came from my Grandmother's restaurant.
Please be sure to eat it and cheer up, okay?
For your husband's sake, too.
Thank you.
Sakura-san...
Your husband really is a gentle man, isn't he?
He can't readily say what he wants to say, though.
Even so, he's bad at keeping secrets.
He tried lying to me about his secret savings.
Secret savings?
Though he said he didn't have such a thing...
...I knew he was making use of money from somewhere after we'd been defrauded.
Money?
Even if it was just a little...
...it did help with the family finances...
That's what I thought.
If you're in that much trouble, why not take your watch to the pawnshop?
Why don't we try looking for...
...your husband's voice?
My husband's voice?
Any luck?
His old watch is missing.
A watch?
Yes.
Could it be he left it with a pawnshop?
Come to think of it, there was a flyer in the mail about one not long ago.
A pawn ticket from "Marutoku Pawnshop"?
Marutoku Pawnshop
100,000 yen for an old watch?
($845)
Old Watch
"I'm defeated."
Takamatsu-san?
Pawn
You have some business with me?
I was taking her for a walk when my Tama came in here.
Oi.
Ah...
Ow...
Shall we hear what you have to say inside?
No thanks.
Hey, what's that there?
What is it? What is it?
Should we call someone? Should we call someone?
Ow...
Are you in pain?
I'll be fine. I just twisted it a little.
Please don't overdo things.
Are you really okay?
You should say things clearly when you're having a hard time of it.
It's my duty to listen to your voice, after all.
Thank you. But it really is okay.
Mizusawa! What's this about you being attacked?
I was about to be attacked.
Huh?
There's a pawnshop I'm a little anxious about.
A pawnshop?! What? Are you in trouble over money?
It's not that.
Anyhow, because you're weak...
...you shouldn't be fecklessly sticking you nose into things.
Wha... what's with that way of speaking?
Still, this is great.
You came flying over here 'cause you were worried about her.
HUH?! I wasn't worried about this fellow one little bit!
What's with the "this fellow"? I'm the one who'd refuse you.
Looks like they're having a lovers' quarrel.
Takes two to tango.
And to get along together.
Well... You saw a strange thing.
I'm sorry; it was just by chance.
Three months ago, I didn't have enough money for my Mother's funeral expenses...
...when just then a flyer came in the mail.
A flyer?
Come to think of it, there was a flyer in the mail about one not long ago.
It said they would pawn anything...
...and there was nowhere else I could rely on.
They would take anything?
Rather than pawning something, they would take my pension as security...
...and when I received the money, I had to sign an automatic withdrawal statement.
From your pension?
That pawnshop went and transferred out almost two months worth of my pension for payment.
Their interest rates are just ridiculous.
Eventually though, since I didn't have enough to cover my living expenses...
...I reluctantly...
Took out money from them again?
Yeah.
Detective Section Reference Room
Tsuyama Shin'ichi Concerned Persons Notes
Marutoku Pawnshop
Marutoku Pawnshop...
Pawnshop...
There's a pawnshop I'm a little anxious about.
Tsuyama...
Tsuyama Shin'ichi Other Persons
Name: Tsuyama Shin'ichi
Sagara Shuji
Sagara...
Marutoku Pawnshop
A counterfeit pawnshop?
Yeah.
Black market pawnshops that take in things and lend money out at illegal interest rates.
In addition to Nabeshima...
...Tsuyama's other fraud victims were using this Marutoku Pawnshop.
Eh?
After having been depleted of their entire fortunes, the victims would be in trouble over living expenses...
...thus creating a situation where they had little choice but to go to pawnshops.
Such cowardly behavior.
That's why those flyers appeared with such good timing.
There's no doubt but that Tsuyama had links with this pawnshop.
It might be...
...that after Nabeshima-san bought those croquettes...
...I wonder if he didn't see Tsuyama coming out of this pawnshop.
And then after that...
It was then that he witnessed Tsuyama being murdered...
And in order to shut him up, he was taken to that apartment...
But who on earth was it?
It might be Sagara is involved.
Sagara?
Sagara Shuji.
He currently works as the President of the money lending shop, "Heartful Financial."
He's a former leader of the Akabi Gang.
Sagara was involved in some financing fraud Tsuyama had set up before.
Then, those two were still conspiring at fraud?
There's a high probability of it.
It might be...
...those two had a falling out...
And then Nabeshima-san saw the crime...
Sagara Shuji?
Yes. Though ostensibly they were different managers...
...Sagara picked a fight with him behind the counterfeit pawnshop.
And then he used this Nabeshima as his pawn.
Then Nabeshima happened to see Tsuyama there...
And he followed them to a place out of the public eye where Tsuyama was struck.
They were connected.
So Chief, there's a possibility Sagara pinned the crime on Nabeshima.
What was Sagara's motivation for murdering Tsuyama?
Perhaps there was some trouble between the two of them.
Even if the two of them had had a falling out...
...Tsuyama was an important, top money bringer.
What reason would he have to kill him?
The loan fraud that Tsuyama had started also involved Sagara.
Please. Let me bring in Sagara.
First comes Nabeshima. Don't go off on solo investigations after this.
Will it be okay leaving that counterfeit pawnshop just as it is?
That's not the job for those of us in criminal enforcement.
Heartful Financial
Sagara...
Who are you?
Oi!
Oi.
Wait you! Wait!
I'm with the Komagome Central Police Station. There's something I want to ask.
Oi, withdraw.
What's this out of the blue about?
You know this man, don't you?
Who is this?
Don't play dumb!
You pinned the crime on him.
A crime, huh?
You murdered Tsuyama, didn't you?
Tsuyama?
Ah...
Please stop with the false accusations.
I haven't met Tsuyama in over a year.
I know you and Tsuyama were conspiring with that counterfeit pawnshop!
Pawnshop? I haven't been involved in that recently.
Do you have...
...a warrant?
Who told you to go investigate Sagara?!
I'm sorry.
Takeuchi, I'm taking you off this incident.
Go cool your head a little.
Let's go.
Yes.
If the Chief finds out you're doing such things, there'll be trouble.
There's absolutely no doubt but Sagara is involved in this!
Here.
These are the registration documents for the companies Sagara has been concerned with so far.
Geh. All he does is go changing businesses.
Though ostensibly he has turned to legitimate businesses...
...he's just shy of doing illegal acts, isn't he?
Tsuyama Shin'ichi
Sagara Shuji
Just when he's about to be traced, he switches over to the next one, huh?
Tsuyama Shin'ichi
Sagara Shoji
They haven't met for over a year?
Like I thought, he and Tsuyama have been connected all this time.
Ah but, for this one company he created two months ago...
...Tsuyama's name isn't on it.
Tsuyama's name isn't on it?
Yes.
Was it simply that Tsuyama was left out?
Some new person was put down as the officer of the company.
A new person?
Nabeshima
Kumiko-san, you play Go, too?
My husband bought that a little while ago.
He said if I'd learn, we could play it together.
Your husband, huh?
I think he was anxious about me.
Since I can't get out much anymore due to my rheumatism.
But... I wouldn't have thought such a thing would happen...
If that Koyama man hadn't appeared...
Koyama?
Ah...
You called him "Tsuyama," right?
Because he introduced himself to us as "Koyama."
I see...
Here he was "Koyama"...
Excuse me.
Hello?
I found out who the guy pulling the strings was.
I knew it.
That man, huh...
Chief. Nabeshima has returned to consciousness.
Let's go!
Yes.
Iwabuchi-san.
Sakura-san?
You back then...
Komagome Central Police Station, Life Safety Division...
...Crime Prevention Clerk, Mizusawa Sakura.
Of the same. I'm Takeuchi of Crime Enforcement.
The police?
What is this about?
Iwabuchi-san.
You joined with Sagara and Tsuyama...
...and had a hand in various crimes targeting elderly people, didn't you?
One of those was at the Go club.
You approached the elderly there...
...and found out that Nabeshima-san was considering selling his house.
You then passed that information on to Tsuyama to perform his change of residence fraud.
But just when we were on the verge of arresting the wanted Tsuyama, you guys interfered...
...by making plans to cut Tsuyama out and move to some other place.
This is the registration for Sagara's newest company.
The Auditor is Iwabuchi.
Iwabuchi Katsumi
Auditor
It's your name.
And when Tsuyama found that out, the two of you quarreled.
But that situation...
...was seen by Nabeshima-san.
Most likely, Nabeshima-san...
...witnessed Tsuyama at the Marutoku Pawnshop.
After that, he followed him.
Are you intending to cut me out?
Since it's too unpleasant to accept you as a fellow traveler.
Don't jerk me around! In that case, I'll expose everything!
And that everything was according to your instructions.
You okay with that...
Sensei.
It was there that Nabeshima-san had witnessed the crime scene.
And then the crime of killing Tsuyama was pinned on him.
They were all crimes by you and Sagara.
Please stop this.
I've never even met this man Tsuyama.
To begin with, when that man came to the Go club on his business...
...I had gone off on a business trip.
You had directed it to be that way.
What evidence do you have?
Tsuyama used a variety of aliases when he was performing his frauds.
To Nabeshima-san he used the name Koyama.
I'm Koyama Seiichi. Nice to meet you.
And yet, who you told me had deceived Nabeshima-san...
...was Tsuyama.
If he had at least consulted with me before signing the contract...
...he wouldn't have gotten deceived by Tsuyama.
Tsuyama was going by the name "Koyama" at the Go club.
Though no one there knew the name "Tsuyama"...
...you didn't call him "Koyama," but "Tsuyama."
That's the best evidence you were taking part in the fraud.
False words and true words...
This ear can clearly discern between them!
Sagara, do it.
Oi!
Ah, violence...
Not again...
Stop!
Kaede!
That's weak...
Okay!
Iwabuchi!
Ah!
Well done! I, Sakura, have clearly heard out this case!
Those people who trusted in you...
...and yet who you calmly betrayed...
You aren't qualified to wear the badge of a lawyer.
The law, which you have used as your shield until now...
...will now judge you firmly.
Does it still hurt?
No. It's fine now.
But, please don't overdo things.
Yeah.
There.
Hey Sabu. Show her you're a man.
Um, Sakura-san.
Huh?
If you'd like, on your next day off...
Safe! Though I thought today wouldn't work out for sure...
...I'm equipped with electricity. I'm super-lucky!
He really is a guy who can't read the atmosphere.
He's the worst.
Hey, this isn't a cafeteria for police officers.
What's that Mizusawa? Still trying to pass as an injured person?
What's with the "trying to pass"?!
This? All of it, look, look, nothing hurts at all anymore!
In that case, what's with all the bandages?
Sakura can't read the atmosphere either.
She's the worst.
Good evening.
Oh!
Senpai, you did a great job!
Thanks for your great work, Junior!
Saburo-san, you're the same as me and Senpai.
Ah, geez... You guys who can't read the atmosphere around you.
Try eating this.
My air cooking. For you, a piping hot nabeyaki-udon.
(boiled noodles served in a pot with a broth)
And for you, piping hot pork buns.
Now, have a hearty meal of hot air.
Whaa! Looks delicious!
People who can't read the atmosphere around them can't see it.
Huh?!
Whaa! Yummy! Yeah!
Hot, hot, hot, hot...
Ah! This is juicy!
How like you, Endo-kun!
Thank you very much.
He can't read the air around him, so he can't see it.
I can see it!
I can see it, so give me some of yours.
Hot, hot, hot...
Grandma, you made a great atmosphere there, didn't you?
Sorry, Sabu.
Eh?
There's persimmons and oysters in here!
Ah! There's even a pearl in it!
There's no way there could be a pearl!
Ala? You can't see it? If you can't see it, you can't read the air around you!
I can see it!
Our last letter for today.
Radio name: Croquette.
"Kokoro-san, in order to play Go with my husband in the mornings recently..."
"...I have been taking some special training at gobang."
(game played on a Go board involving lining up the stones)
Yes, 49!
Forty... nine...
Yes! 50!
It's fine doing all sorts of things in the morning, isn't it?
And so, go all out again today...
...and get going!
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Know where she Can Be Found?!
Episode 7 Guest Star
Miura Rieko
And The New Case Is...
In Order to Uncover The Truth
Infiltration of the Suspicious Research Firm Starts!!
This Drama is Fictional