Russell isn't picking up her phone.
Blood pressure 62/28, pulse 136,
consciousness level 100.
Get ready for transfusion!
Forceps.
Kocher clamps.
Shunin, how's Aoi?
Why? Why did Aoi get shot?
I don't know.
The gun used in the murder of Yoshida Kana, known as
Cameron at the adult entertainment shop Hollywood,
has been determined by ballistics
to be different from the gun in Hatakeyama's possession.
More than likely, Yoshida Kana was
killed by someone other than Hatakeyama.
Did someone try to make it look like Hatakeyama did it?
Marukou was right, huh?
In addition, the ballistic fingerprint on the bullet used in
the murder of Yoshida Kana matches that extracted from Sergeant Nagashima.
Therefore, the gun used in Yoshida Kana's murder and
Sergeant Nagashima's attempted murder is one and the same.
The culprit is most likely the same person as well.
Why did Aoi-chan get shot?
For the honor of our Violent Crime Section,
we'll have to apprehend the culprit who shot Russell-kun.
One more pitch, and we're off to the Olympics.
Nagashima, we'll go together.
Yes, Atsuko-san.
No, I mean let's go to Hollywood and make money!
Huh? What are you talking about? We're trying out for the Olympics, right?
This is not the time to be cleaning ears.
Don't tell me what I should or shouldn't be doing!
Besides, how are you getting to the Olympics with rotten eggs?
What?
- Ah~! - For you, in honor of the Olympics,
4-year egg.
Hey... Hey!
It stinks! It stinks... Ouch!
Ow... Ow!
- Senpai. - You finally woke up.
- Where am I? - Hospital.
- It's already noon. - Why?
From the back, bang~.
- What? I was shot? - That's right.
The bullet's been removed. It's just a minor injury.
Thank God. I'm alive.
But it hurts...
She has no shame, sleeping in till noon for a minor injury, huh?
What do you mean no shame. Bullet wound is quite an injury.
It's a good thing your life wasn't in danger.
Senpai, you were worried about me after all.
If you should die on the job,
I'd have to look for a new babysitter.
So, do you have any idea who shot you?
No. But if I had to name someone, it would be Senpai?
Why would I shoot you?
You're liable to do it for investigation's sake, aren't you?
- Well, I guess, on a case by case basis. - See!
Did you incur resentment from some psycho?
I'm not like you, Senpai.
I haven't done anything to incur resentment.
Anyway, I have no idea
why I'd get shot...
Who was the last person you saw?
A high school student.
He started talking to me as I was walking.
My name is Tsukui.
His name's Tsukui-kun. He was on the boys'
softball team Atsuko-san was coaching.
- Atsuko-san? - Ah... My battery mate when
we were playing to get to the Olympics.
Ah~.
She's my senpai, Furuya Atsuko-san.
Atsuko-san gave me this matching strap.
She said, "We're battery for life."
The catcher in that picture.
Uh... actually...
I ran into Atsuko-san at Hollywood.
Mimikaki girl?
She goes by Angelina.
Oh.
Will she be discharged soon?
She needs to stay and rest for a couple more days.
I guess Russell's useless for a while.
Senpai, can I ask you a question?
What?
Senpai, are you a monster?
I've heard that line before.
You'd better watch out.
I don't know why, but you were shot.
If that person finds out you're alive, you may be targeted again.
I'll leave the security guard here.
Don't open the door until you confirm who it is.
Got that?
Yes.
Angelina, huh?
It's unusual for a woman to read sports news.
Maybe some guy forgot it?
"Tsukui"?
This high school kid Tsukui, is he famous?
Any baseball fan would know him.
He's among the 4 best catchers at Koshien,
and he's expected to be the future star of Tokyo Helios.
I'm really excited as a Helios fan too.
Tsuk-kun's good enough to contribute immediately.
Plus, he started from softball.
It's amazing he only switched to baseball in high school.
Isn't he like doing something bad on the side?
That's not possible, not with Tsuk-kun.
Anyway, as a fan, I can only hope that
he doesn't get caught up in some kind of scandal.
Cameron and Angelina's student...
Something bothering you?
No.
Anyway, we've been notified by Headquarters to
check out all the employees at Hollywood, so
please take care of it.
By the way, where's Shirato?
He went out with a bouquet of flowers that don't suit him.
Who could've done this...
It's Sasaki.
Shall I go buy a drink or something?
No, I'm fine.
See you then.
Oh, it's just Shirato Shunin.
What do you mean "just"? You have a problem with me falling in the hallway?
I'm sorry.
Aoi-chan, I was really worried.
Here, for you.
Thanks for coming.
Sorry, but is there a vase or something? Can you take care of the flowers?
Aoi-chan, let's take this opportunity
and quit hiding.
What are you talking about?
Investigation Section's official...no,
South Azabu Precinct's official couple. Let's go with that.
Couple? Who?
Aw, come on. Don't play dumb.
Aoi-chan and me.
Me and Shirato-san?
You and I went beyond the line.
Huh? When?
A month ago.
A month ago?
Good bye.
Ah~! Gimme another drink.
- Make it quick. - Aoi-chan?
- Geez, what is it? - Aoi-chan.
Who are you?
You were drunk and I took you home.
What? You took me home... You took me home and?
Chu. (Kiss)
Chu?!
Don't you remember?
Your lips were soft.
Oh, I mean, these aren't tu..
lips, are they?
Tsukui Senshu* came from this team? (*athlete/player)
Yes, thanks to him, there's been an increase in applicants.
What kind of an athlete was he?
Well, unfortunately, I never coached him.
I heard that the previous coach
is the one who drew out his talent.
The previous coach, was that Furuya Atsuko-san? The former Olympic candidate.
Yes. After she quit playing, she took the coaching position here.
Do you know what kind of a coach she was?
Ah~ I met her when we transitioned over.
For being so young, she was well grounded and passionate about coaching.
She was well liked by children and parents alike.
Do you know why she quit?
As I recall, her father fell ill, and so...
I see.
The person happiest to see Tsukui Senshu succeed
is probably Coach Furuya.
He's amazing indeed.
Then Sasaki-kun, when she gets out of the hospital,
let's have a man to man talk, okay?
See you around.
You can't go any further...
What are you doing here? It's supposed to be off limits to the media.
I'm visiting an acquaintance. Although
I had to rack my brain to remember this acquaintance's face.
You're aggressive as usual, aren't you?
Is it true that the detective who got shot is a young woman?
Why did she get shot?
Is it true it's related to the Hollywood serial murder case?
Can I talk to her for just a minute?
I'm sorry, but I can't let you do that.
- You owe me one, remember? - Well, that's...
Just kidding.
That's my precious trump card. I'm not using it yet.
I'll let it go this time.
In return, won't you have a drink with me after work?
Here. For the woman detective.
Furuya-san never fails to pay her rent.
She's a very nice person.
Did something happen to her?
- Come in. - Thank you.
Did you notice anything unusual about Furuya-san lately?
I'm not sure.
Oh, come to think of it, yesterday
she threw out a bunch of garbage.
- Garbage? - Yes.
Hashizo, wait here!
May I take a look at the garbage?
This year's most highly anticipated and promising rookie,
Tsukui Takashi Senshu, known as Tsuk-kun.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
Coach Atsuko coached me when I was a kid.
Is Coach doing well?
If you have time, is there a lady you want to have dinner with?
My softball coach when I was in grade school.
I'd like to have a nice leisurely dinner with her.
Your coach was a woman?
Yes. She was very cool.
Why are you here?
You too, Nagashima. Why?
Was she perhaps your first love?
It wasn't anything like that. She's my invaluable mentor.
Please stop working at a place like this.
Actually, I'm a police officer.
Sorry for working at "a place like this."
Furuya Atsuko, aka Angelina, and Cameron, who was murdered,
were known to be constantly fighting.
The store manager even staggered their shifts to keep them apart.
PU! Marukou, you smell like garbage!
How did it go at Hollywood?
- Don't boss me around, you stink. - Now, now...
- Now, now. Sorry. - Ouch!
We interviewed all the employees at Hollywood.
Some were using alias and were darn suspicious, but
they all checked out.
- However... - Angelina's whereabouts is unknown.
Yeah, that's right. ...or rather, how did you know?
Did she skip town?
Wah~ The stench is getting worse and worse!
I got them out of the garbage, what do you expect!
Take this over to the crime lab.
Crime lab?
Clothing of the now famous missing Angelina.
Have them check it out ASAP.
Gunshot residue was detected.
Bloodstain on the clothing is that of Cameron, Yoshida Kana.
We're nabbing Furuya Atsuko, aka Angelina, as the prime suspect.
Hey, Marukou.
Furuya Atsuko's Russell-kun's former battery mate, right?
Well...yeah.
Have you seen this person around here lately?
- How did it go? - Nothing.
- Have you seen this gal? - Nope, don't know her.
I couldn't protect her.
The young female detective who was shot
is my ex-girlfriend.
But it's not your fault that
- your ex-girlfriend was shot, right? - But still,
I wish I could've protected her.
You're so straight.
All police officers are.
But it must be tougher for her buddy, huh?
Maruoka Shunin doesn't showing her feelings.
She's an amazing person.
She's also a woman.
Another female detective?
She's a single mother, but
she goes out to investigate with this sturdy custom made stroller.
She makes things that are normally impossible
possible.
Maruoka Shunin, huh?
When I watch her, it's like my belief on things like
common sense, justice, law
gets crushed like a pancake.
But she makes arrests like crazy, and she has the best arrest rate.
She's simply amazing.
Do you admire her?
She's a demanding person, but if you can be her buddy,
she will definitely help you grow a lot as a detective.
Oh yeah?
It's Maruoka.
What did you say Furuya Atsuko was to you?
Battery.
Battery, huh?
Cameron killer is
Furuya Atsuko.
We have the evidence too.
The ballistic fingerprints matched, so the one who shot you is
Furuya Atsuko as well.
I know.
The Tsukui-kun I met
was a highly anticipated rookie with a promising future in professional baseball.
I think Atsuko-san was afraid that if
word got out that his former coach is now working
in a sex-related business,
his future would be ruined.
For Tsukui Senshu's future,
Atsuko-san committed murder.
I know Atsuko-san must have had an
extenuating circumstance to shoot Cameron-san.
For trying to kill me too.
So?
I know what Atsuko-san's thinking because we're battery.
Well, whatever, but Furuya Atsuko is currently missing.
She's been placed on the nationwide wanted list.
I'll find her and talk to her.
Huh? What are you talking about?
Furuya Atsuko shot you, didn't she?
You were almost killed by Furuya Atsuko, weren't you?
But Atsuko Senpai and I are battery mates!
Just as Senpai and I are buddies, Atsuko-san and I are buddies!
We strove for the Olympics and overcame the hard training together.
There's an irreplaceable strong bond between us.
She's an irreplaceable friend!
- That's all in the past, isn't it? - No it isn't!
If I go talk to her, I'm sure she'll understand.
That's why you were shot.
I don't believe in buddies or battery.
In the first place, working in pairs is a rule made up by management.
- Because you're a pair, there's a bond... - I have
absolutely no interest in cozy buddy-buddy relationships
like that!
I pity you
for not being able to believe in someone.
You do everything alone, acting on your own rules,
suspecting everything anyone says from the start...
Atsuko-san and I told each other everything and believed in each other,
that's how we survived together!
That's how we overcame tough times.
Our friendship was built on times you'd never
experience over your lifetime.
We cried together, laughed together, and shared our accomplishments.
Don't you want to experience that wonderful feeling too?
Man can't live alone.
Man can't live alone?
Don't make me laugh.
A buddy's there so that you can survive in critical situations!
You have to protect your own life.
Basically, man is alone.
I don't want to live like that.
A defective person like Senpai
has no right to say anything about Atsuko-san and me!
So you don't care if you get killed, huh?
Atsuko-san would listen to me.
This notion of buddy and battery that you're clinging on to,
she's already tossed it out.
I pulled it out of a pile of garbage.
Do you still believe in it?
I do.
Go right ahead. If that's what makes you happy.
This notion of buddy and battery that you're clinging on to,
she's already tossed it out.
Okay, calm down, Shirato. What happened to Russell-kun?
So I stopped by the hospital before going out to investigate,
and she wasn't here. The guards didn't know where she went either.
Are you sure she's not in the bathroom or go for a walk?
No, she didn't. Wouldn't Marukou know something?
Or rather, maybe it's Marukou's doing...
Marukou's been in her room all this time
and won't come out.
Hey, Marukou.
What's this?
Do you still believe in it?
I do.
Good morning.
Tsukui Senshu, may I take a shot of you with Helios-kun?
Sure.
So you did come.
After all, this is the beginning of the journey for your beloved student.
Atsuko-san, do you want to play catch?
Don't tell me
Russell-kun's with Furuya Atsuko.
What if she is?
She was almost killed once!
Why did you let her go by herself?
Because we're buddies.
What are you going to do if something happens?
If something does happen...
It's been a long time.
Since we faced each other on the field like this.
Do you remember? The last game against the U.S.
When we had our backs against the wall, you gave me
the sign to pitch straight up the middle.
Did I?
I was almost a nervous wreck, but
but your sign settled me down and
I was able to pitch with all my strength because I had faith in you.
I consider that to be my starting point.
That it's okay to be straightforward.
What is it that you want to say?
Atsuko-san...
Please turn yourself in.
That's certainly straightforward.
- Yes. - But sorry.
You can't get through life just going straight forward.
You already know, don't you?
Yes.
I take it that you're prepared then.
I might have been happier if I was
carefree and optimistic like you.
You did it to protect Tsukui Senshu, right?
But why didn't you confide in me
before it came to this?
We're battery mates, aren't we?
What battery mates? It's all your fault!
You went and got yourself hurt,
that's why I couldn't go to the Olympics either!
Atsuko-san...
Do you have any idea what I went through
after I gave up on the Olympics?
If not for softball, I'm just a nothing.
I was doing temp work for experience,
but that was terminated abruptly.
A civil servant like you wouldn't understand, but
when you don't have a job,
you almost feel like you don't deserve to live.
When we were playing softball, if one person screwed up
we knew the team would stand behind us, right?
But once you're out in society, there's no one to help you.
You can beg and plead, but everyone's too busy taking care of themselves.
It's a lie when they say hard work will be rewarded.
Finally, I had to ask my parents for help.
At my age, I had to depend on them for financial support...
In the end, I got what I deserved.
Dad collapsed from a bad heart.
Mom took to bed from shock.
I really didn't have anywhere to turn to.
Can you imagine yourself in a situation like that?
I bet you can't!
At that point, I didn't care what the job was.
As long as I could make quick money, I didn't care.
I had to do something for
the three of us to survive!
But you know, not being able to tell people what you do for a living
is really miserable.
It's worse than not having a job.
Just around that time,
a kid I coached on a boys' softball team
did really well at Koshien and was attracting attention.
That's when
I regretted it for the first time.
That I shouldn't have gone into this line of work.
You thought you might cause trouble for Tsukui Senshu, didn't you?
It's not simply causing trouble!
If it becomes known that he's associated with someone like me,
his baseball career is over!
I had to prevent that from happening, no matter what.
He was the reason I was able to go on.
Watching him flourish gave me reason to live.
Cameron just happened to see
an article on the draft in a sports paper her customer was reading
and found out about Tsukui and me.
She came and told me to get 1 million yen ready
if I didn't want her to sell the scoop.
1 million yen?
Say, this is
Angelina-chan, isn't it?
I can't believe that the mentor of the top baseball idol
works for the sex industry.
His budding career would be tainted, wouldn't it?
1 million yen.
Get 1 million yen for me.
Tsukui-kun's gonna be in professional baseball.
That kind of money should be nothing to him.
She doesn't even know how hard
he had to work to get there.
I couldn't let her get away with it.
She said if I couldn't come up with the money,
she'll go directly to Tsukui.
That, I had to stop.
In order to preserve his smile,
I killed Cameron.
Me too?
Did you think I was going to expose your secret too?
- That's right. - Why?
Why would you think that?
There's no way I would do that!
Why?
Why do I have to think so?
Who's to say you won't tell anyone!
Atsuko-san...
I missed last time, but I won't today.
My life might as well be over anyway.
If I can protect him in the end,
that's all that matters.
"Don't lie to yourself."
Atsuko-san, that's what you always said.
When we were battery.
When we lost and I was down,
if pitching was the problem, you got on my case.
You told me I messed up.
You said you didn't want to say something just to make me feel better.
Because that would be lying to yourself.
You were the only one who would speak frankly
to me like that.
Everyone else tried to be nice
and told me "Just try harder next time."
I was always worried that there may not be a next time.
Didn't you feel that way too, Atsuko-san?
Isn't that why you scolded me
each and every time?
But...
that day when
I got hurt and held you back from going to the Olympics too,
for the first time, you didn't say anything
and just tapped my shoulder.
I felt terrible.
I realized what I did couldn't be undone and
I was really scared.
But that night when I overhead you telling
the coach with a smile that battery mates live and die together,
I thought "Ah, what an amazing person I'd been playing with ."
I felt proud.
I caused so much trouble for you,
and this may sound strange, but...
that made me happy.
I felt very fortunate that
my battery mate was Atsuko-san.
Atsuko-san is Atsuko-san no matter what.
Is that all you have to say?
Even if you kill me,
Senpai will arrest you.
Maybe so.
But
I may be able to escape.
I sure would've liked to
play catch with you for the last time.
Here you go.
It's too sweet.
Tsuk-kun...
I'm sorry.
Nagashima...
This notion of buddy and battery that you're clinging on to,
she's already tossed it out.
Man can't live alone.
But you can't be dependent on others.
You have to each today the best you can,
stick to your belief and hang in there until you reach your limit,
and when you just go on anymore, the person you reach out to
is your buddy.
I can't believe you're sitting still and letting Russell-kun handle it.
I'm just looking forward to firing her.
I don't trust her for a second.
Daa~
I see.
I apologize deeply for what happened.
A scandal was inevitable after all.
It's also hard to take when your mentor is a murderer.
It must've been hard for Aoi-chan to arrest her battery mate.
Gotta hand it to Tsuk-kun. He's handling it with dignity.
I'm Murakami with "Shukan Bunka."
Tsukui Senshu, is there anything you'd like to say to
the suspect, Furuya Atsuko?
I want her to atone for her crime.
But that doesn't
change the fact that Coach Furuya is my mentor.
I hope those words reach Furuya Atsuko.
- Russell, welcome back! - Thank you.
You're making too much of a minor injury.
But we might have been going to a funeral tonight.
You're a full-fledged cop when you get shot.
She's got 10 years to go before she's full-fledged.
Make that a million years.
- A million years? What's that? - Nothing.
- Come on, tell me. - Excuse me.
What do you want?
Oh my. Are you a male? Or a female?
I'm otome (maiden)! (*otome vs otoko - man)
I can't believe you bring Hashizo-chan
to a shady place like this.
It can't be good for the cultivation of his aesthetic values.
What are you thinking?
What is your business here?
Don't you think it's rude to barge in while we're eating?
I waited one month.
Why haven't I heard from you?
It means I won't give you custody.
Is that right?
Oh, by the way,
while you were out of touch for the past month,
I found a good attorney and a highly capable detective agency.
I suggest you get yourself prepared.
This video also proves that you're not qualified to be a mother.
You can do whatever you want, but
you can't separate Hashizo and me, his mother.