My name is Nagareta Enishi.
Private forensic scientist, Nagareta Enishi.
When Metropolitan Police Department forensic scientist colleague...
...and lover, Nagatomo Emiri...
...was killed by someone in a Yamanashi warehouse, Enishi survived.
Regaining consciousness near the corpse,
...Enishi had no memory of the last 12 hours.
Three years passed without the investigation progressing.
During this time, Chief of Chiyoda Forensic Research, Maki...
...met with Fujiharu, a man serving a prison sentence, and immediately afterwards...
...was shot with the same gun used to murder Emiri and was left unconscious.
Kusukami Tamon.
That laboratory worker...
...caused the workings of Ichinose Laboratory to break down.
That same Kusukami and Fujiharu...
...were formerly affiliated with Emiri...
...as members of Shuuei University's Ichinose Laboratory.
Here.
Huh?
Huh? Why? What about "thank you" or something?
Hey, savour it more than that.
I got up at 5am to slave away making that.
Enishi, what about the tomatoes?
I can't eat something that grotesque.
What's grotesque about them? They're tasty.
What? I don't understand why you don't understand.
The insides are sloppy and wet.
Not only do they taste like grass but they're also weirdly sour.
Their very existence is unpleasant and disgusting.
You don't have to go that far.
These tomatoes were grown by someone I know.
They're a stable variety, apparently.
Not interested.
You know, stable varieties...
No matter how many generations you grow from seeds, the same properties are passed down.
Depending on the climate and weather the taste and appearance are different...
...but they have depth to their flavour.
That's probably normal.
Too bad - no it's not.
The ones you can buy from shops are generally F1 varieties with generation limits.
The flavour and appearance is almost always the same.
They were developed to be easy to harvest and easy to buy from shops.
Oh?
But I like the stable varieties.
The flavours and appearances are different but they're all individual.
Just like people, right?
Here. If you think of it that way you'll want to eat--
Hey. Even though someone's talking...
Hmph.
What?
Nothing.
What? I want to know.
Kusukami
Tamon
Permanent residence: Yamanashi Prefecture
Yamanashi.
Yamanashi station
I haven't set foot in Yamanashi since the Emiri incident.
You can give me the proposal answer another time.
Sorry.
Emiri, are you alright?
You've been off work for two days, I'm wondering if you're unwell.
I'm worried.
Also, about the proposal...
I'm fine with it now.
Well, I'll get in touch later.
The incident was three days after the proposal.
Checking...
No new messages
Nagatomo Emiri
Even today, the 12-hour blank space in my memory still hasn't filled.
It's clear from the station security camera footage and eyewitness testimonies...
...that Emiri went to Yamanashi for her own reasons that night.
3 beers, 2 whiskeys on the rocks
Start to drink in the bar
And I went after her.
For what purpose did Emiri go to Yamanashi?
And what was my reason for following her?
In this case of memory loss and losing the sense of reality,
...at this point, little by little, there are traces of clarity.
Regain consciousness
Could that be a sign that the lost memory fragments are becoming complete?
Yamanashi station Leave train
Old man!
Who are you falsely accusing? Don't screw me around!
You don't know when to give up.
You're guilty. You've been fooling around.
It's your underwear,
...so women other than your wife--
You've been caught!
This is the official report.
And also... We'll return this.
I... This doesn't mean I was having an affair.
I'm divorcing you.
I have the proof of your affair.
I'm calling a lawyer and I'm going to get as much settlement money out of you as I can.
Please send the bill to my husband.
See ya.
- You're planning to swallow that?! Oi! - What?!
Make him cough it up! He's trying to destroy the evidence!
Enishi, don't just sit there, get your hand into his mouth!
Why me?
They're fighting. They're fighting.
- Huh? - Don't look. Don't look.
Since when did you like watching fights?
As acting chief, I must see all requests until the end with my own eyes. Right?
For the acting chief, homework should be the most important job.
Here, here. Go.
Don't look. Don't look. Don't look.
Business is picking up, bit by bit.
The old atmosphere is back again, isn't it?
Yes.
Now if only the chief would come back.
Huh? Kashiwagi-san?
It seems Nagareta-san sent for them.
He said he has something to discuss about the Emiri case.
Spit it out!
Nagareta-san, Kashiwagi-san is here.
I'm in the middle of something. Wait a minute!
Hey!
Conclusive Evidence
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Nagatomo's former teacher committed suicide?
Yeah.
Two months before the Emiri incident.
He was called Ichinose Eizou, a professor at Shuuei Uni's Department of Agriculture.
Is there a causal relationship between that suicide and the Nagatomo incident?
There's no positive proof,
...but Emiri was a member of his laboratory.
I heard that some shady research was done there.
Shady?
To prevent information getting out,
...it seems the researchers were meticulous in their care to clear everything away.
To the extent that it must have been research that would have an effect on the whole of society.
The researcher at the centre of this...
...was Kusukami Tamon.
Sacrifices are an accompaniment to great creation.
Humankind can become gods.
Gods?
This research ends here.
From here on...
...is a sanctuary into which...
...humans must not trespass.
Become gods?
How arrogant.
Discord with Kusukami caused the professor to discontinue the research.
As far as Kusukami was concerned, his partner let all that research go to waste.
Emiri idolised a professor like that.
Then, three years after the research was discontinued,
...those two lost their lives one after the other.
And there's just one more thing that bothers me.
What's that?
Kusukami's birthplace was Yamanashi.
Are you saying that the person who took Nagatomo's life was Kusukami?
If Kusukami is the culprit, what was his motive for shooting the chief?
There's a high chance that Emiri-san's perpetrator was the same, isn't there?
Surely there's some connection between Kusukami and the chief.
There is.
Kurumi-chan's father was born in Yamanashi, just like Kusukami.
It seems that Chiyoda-san's younger sister...
...moved to Yamanashi...
...in order to live with Kurumi-chan's father.
Nagareta-san?
Look at this a minute.
The first thing is Kurumi's DNA from the time we investigated the Hamada case.
And the other thing...
...is the DNA detected on that toothbrush.
These are parent and child.
He's Kurumi's father.
Yes.
If this person was Kusukami...
Huh?
Kurumi-chan's father...
...is a suspect in the chief's and Emiri's cases?
Kurumi-chan?
This is Emiri's laboratory.
He is Professor Ichinose.
This is Kusukami.
This man is--
Fujiharu Bakutou.
You know him?
Yeah.
He's a convict in Kitaura prison.
On the day Chiyoda-san was shot...
...she went to meet with him.
What does that mean?
We don't know yet.
He's still keeping silent.
He's the key to the connection between the three.
Himself, Chiyoda-san and Nagatomo.
I'm going to see him again.
Alright.
Let's keep each other informed if there are any developments.
Got it.
I have a bit of a favour to ask.
I want you to let me go to Yamanashi.
Yamanashi?
I haven't been since the Emiri incident,
...but I think the time has come for me to face it.
Kurumi's father, Kusukami, and Emiri.
They were all connected to Yamanashi.
If I go there now,
...I may be able to recall those lost memory fragments.
I want to get my hands on the truth.
I may be causing you all trouble, but...
You're worrying about silly things again.
Don't worry.
It's only my lonely cactus that doesn't like me doing overtime.
As I tell my brothers and sisters,
"We're all in this together."
Hmm, how do you plan to return this favour, I wonder.
With more than just donuts, I hope.
- Goodbye. - Bye.
Oh, say... Did Kurumi-chan come back?
Huh? No.
Is something wrong?
I saw her this afternoon.
When those police officers were here. Around that time.
Kurumi-chan kind of...
...looked like she was worrying about something.
I was a bit concerned.
She looked worried?
Kurumi-chan's father...
...is a suspect in the chief's and Emiri's cases?
Thank goodness.
You were here.
Let's go home. It's late.
Say, what you were talking about this afternoon...
Huh?
When I came down to the office, I could hear your conversation.
That Kusukami person is the culprit?
We don't know yet.
That person...
...is my father, isn't he?
Why would my father do something like this to Maki?
Kurumi-chan, it's not confirmed yet.
But it might be true, right?
Even though, until now, I've never really thought about my father.
Why are the police here?
On the night Chiyoda Maki met with you, someone shot her.
You showed some reaction.
Do you know something about why she was shot?
No idea.
I see.
Then how about this?
Eight years ago you were at Shuuei Uni's Ichinose laboratory.
What about it?
The professor who was the laboratory supervisor committed suicide on 12th December 2010.
In February of the following year, Nagatomo Emiri, of the same laboratory, was murdered.
Furthermore, one month later, in March,
...you were captured at a jewel robbery and imprisoned here.
And three years later,
...on the night Chiyoda Maki visited you,
...someone shot her.
What's more, the gun that was used...
...was the same one that killed Nagatomo Emiri.
These four incidents are connected by one line.
Tell us everything you know.
What benefit is it to me to cooperate with the police?
If none, then I have no obligation to cooperate.
Don't be impatient.
We're still assessing things at the moment.
I was astonished.
To think that Professor Ichinose would commit suicide.
He wouldn't have.
Huh?
Fujiharu-san, will you look into it with me?
Professor Ichinose wouldn't have committed suicide.
What are you saying?
This is punishment.
For committing a sin.
Stop joking around.
But weren't we complicit in this?
Sorry, but I don't want to be concerned with such troublesome things.
Oohira station
According to station attendants' testimonies, it was confirmed that, on 23rd February 2011 at 22:45,
Yamanashi
...I boarded car 123 of the last train of the limited express bound for Koufu from Tokyo.
My destination was Yamanashi Prefecture station.
I arrived the following day, 24th, at 00:31.
After that I transferred to the local line and got off the train at 00:40 in the town of Oohira.
I got a taxi near the station.
A taxi from here...
Nagareta-san!
There's a taxi stopped over there.
A taxi! Over there!
Why are you here?
Don't worry about the minor details.
Come on, we don't have much time. Let's get the taxi.
Nagareta-san!
From the driver's testimony,
...we know that I got out of the taxi at 00:55 in the neighbourhood of district 5 of Oohira...
...and there's an eyewitness report from someone walking their dog...
...some time after 1am in neighbourhood of district 4 of Oohira...
...and after that there's no further information.
Then there's an 8-hour blank.
What could I have been doing during that time?
I woke up at 9 o'clock in the morning...
...after having lost the last 12 hours of memory.
Emiri and I were discovered in this warehouse.
Umm, Nagareta-san.
Hmm?
That café we passed earlier...
I bet their omelette-rice is really good.
Really thick and syrupy from the eggs they collected this morning.
If we come to this area...
...and go back without trying it I'll regret it and complain about it forever on the 'net.
Why don't we have something to eat first?
How irritating.
Oh, sorry for being a glutton.
No. It's not that.
Why are you angry then?
Because I thought something.
Huh?
Because I thought, "I'm glad I'm not on my own."
Huh?
Hey... Why are you running away?
Excuse me.
These are the documents from Fujiharu's robbery case three years ago.
We're requesting a re-investigation. Can I leave it to you?
Why is it being re-examined after all this time?
Fujiharu is still keeping silent.
There might be a clue to this case in what we can get out of him.
On 30th March 2011 at around 21:00,
...the shop-keeper of the Cougué jewellery shop, Ootani Osamu-san, 53 years old,
...was preparing to close up the shop...
...when suddenly, a man wearing a hood broke in.
Put all the jewels in that bag! Do it fast!
When you're done, everything from the main display case.
According to the shop-keeper's testimony,
...the most expensive goods in the shop had been put away in the inner safe,
...but a witness who saw the man break in had called the police on 110.
Soon after, a policeman rushed to the scene...
...and Fujiharu was caught in the act.
Here it is.
That's strange.
Hello, this is "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Chiyoda Forensic Research.
What? Matsui?
Yeah.
About the Fujiharu robbery case...
I'm at the scene now.
Oh. Have you found something?
The 110 call... It was from a public phone, wasn't it?
Yeah. According to the testimony, while they were making the call,
...Fujiharu could be seen waving a knife around inside the shop.
I'm calling from the public phone closest to the jewellery shop,
...but I can't see into the shop.
What does that mean?
I'll analyse the 110 call. I'll run it through the spectrogram.
Delicious.
What is this? Thick and syrupy.
Thick and syrupy.
Wow, it really is. What is this?
That staff member is Vietnamese so he must be skilled.
That was very perceptive.
What?
Even though I'd planned to come prepared,
...there are unexpected and difficult things.
When taking a step forward.
In some ways, maybe I still don't believe in myself.
Damnit.
It's difficult so everyone worries about me.
What?
You discussed it with everyone, right?
They said, "You shouldn't let him go on his own."
That's why you came with me.
I'm sorry to say, but that's not right.
What?
Unexpectedly, everyone wasn't worried about you.
Well, lately we've had all sorts of encounters, haven't we?
Huh? Are you disappointed?
Really... They were worried about you?
At your age?
That's not true.
Then why did you come with me?
For Kurumi-chan's sake.
What?
The truth is, she said, "I don't want to make everyone worry, so don't say anything."
Why would my father do something like this to Maki?
Kurumi-chan, it's not confirmed yet.
Even though, until now, I've never really thought about my father.
I'll check.
What?
I don't know how much I'll find out,
...but I'll try to look into this Kusukami person.
Kurumi heard?
Yes.
Yet I say that while not knowing what to do.
Yamanashi is Kusukami's birthplace, I thought.
So that's why you came with me?
Yes.
Yo!
Welcome back. How did you go?
I got what we wanted today.
Oh?
I got three bottles. That's premium stuff.
Ah, seriously? Awesome!
Umm, sorry if I'm mistaken, but...
Yes?
23rd February 2011, late at night.
Excuse me!
Excuse me.
What is it?
Do you know Imaoka Plantation?
Huh? Yeah, I know it.
Please tell me where it is. I'm looking for someone.
What's happened? At this hour...
There's no time!
Please tell me! Please.
If something happens to my girlfriend...
"If something happens." He said that?
Yeah, that's right. He had a wild expression on his face.
He suddenly turned up late at night. I was really surprised.
Oh, that's right. Were you able to find your girlfriend?
Umm, excuse me.
May we ask where that plantation is?
Yeah. Let's see...
If you go left at this road...
...then go right at the second set of lights and walk for about 100 metres...
Why did I go to a plantation before the warehouse?
February three years ago?
Oh, that's right. That incident.
That poor thing. A corpse was found in a warehouse.
It seems that the girl who was the victim came here that night.
That can't be right. This place is run by family.
Nobody knew the victim.
If they had they would have told the police.
Is there anyone other than family who comes in and out of this plantation?
Nope.
Oh...
We rented out a section for a short while. Yeah.
They said, "I want to use it for agricultural research so please rent it out to me."
Agriculture?
Yeah.
Do you know the person's name?
It was an unusual name.
If I remember rightly...
Ku su ka mi--
Kusukami Tamon?
Ah! Yes, yes. That was the name.
Emiri came to meet Kusukami.
If that's the case, then...
Do you know where Kusukami Tamon is now?
Sound spectrogram
Something's happening! There's a robbery!
It's at Meguro ward, in the 7th district of Juugaoka. It's the Cougué jewellery shop.
Oh! The robber is waving a knife around!
Something's happening! There's a robbery!
It's at Meguro ward, in the 7th district of Juugaoka.
Something's happening! There's a robbery!
It's at Meguro ward, in the 7th district of Juugaoka.
Something's happening! There's a robbery!
It's at Meguro ward, in the 7th district of Juugaoka. It's the Cougué jewellery shop.
Oh! The robber is waving a knife around!
Hurry! Come quickly!
This voice...
...was processed, wasn't it?
That's just too much.
Something's happening! There's a robbery!
It's at Meguro ward, in the 7th district of Juugaoka. It's the Cougué jewellery shop.
Oh! The robber is waving a knife around!
Hurry! Come quickly!
That's the 110 call of someone witnessing the jewellery store robbery.
That's your voice, right?
You you used pre-processed voice data...
...and reported the crime yourself before you did it.
In other words, it was all a performance for your apprehension.
Am I an idiot?
How would I benefit from doing that?
Again with the "benefit"?
You know Mikami Naomi, right?
She's the girl who was your lover until just before you committed the crime.
She knew Nagatomo Emiri.
You watched the news about the Nagatomo incident together, didn't you?
Do you remember that?
It seems you were very agitated.
A few days later, a thief broke into the apartment where you lived with your girlfriend.
From that day you disappeared from your girlfriend's life.
After the Nagatomo Emiri incident...
...you were being targeted, right?
The thief that broke into your apartment was an indication of that.
So you carried out the jewellery robbery...
...and took refuge in prison.
If you did that, you could keep away from your girlfriend, killing two birds with one stone.
Protecting yourself and your girlfriend at the same time.
Just the other day...
...it seems there was an assault in the vicinity of your birthplace.
The motive was the same.
If you left the safety of prison, your life would be in danger again.
It's pointless.
As if we can be together.
Mikami Naomi is waiting for you.
Why did he disappear?
I still don't understand that.
Even if I go to meet with him, he won't see me.
I can't just give up and stay like this.
If you cooperate with us, the police will protect you both with everything we have.
Or are you afraid to set foot outside?
Excuse me.
Yes?
We'd like to ask you about a man called Kusukami Tamon...
...who spent some time here.
Kusukami.
Hm?
Huh?
He kind of looks like a different person, doesn't he?
I mean, in the laboratory photo he was more expressionless and gave a sort of cold impression.
Tamon-kun was the children's hero.
Even after he left here he would often come to play with them.
Oh, I'm the the kindergarten head, Moriwaki.
Sorry to bother you while you're busy.
Oh, no, that's fine. Please...
For someone to come asking about Tamon-kun...
Are you friends of his?
Well, something like that.
I see.
I'm glad to hear that.
Tamon-kun had friends as well.
What sort of person was he?
He was mistreated by his mother. She abandoned him.
Because he was a child who couldn't really depend on anyone at home,
...he was always alone.
But even though he didn't let people get close to him,
...he was kind and thoughtful. More than most.
He really was a mysterious child.
Everyone.
Have you finished drawing...
...your wishes to Santa?
Yeees!
You're drawing lots of amazing bikes.
- Is that a girl? - Mm.
How cute!
Tamon-kun, if you like, how about putting some sweets on it?
Why?
Apple seed
But just a seed...
Surely it's lonely.
But if you eat it, that's the end.
What?
God kept the secret of life in a seed.
Eventually I gave Tamon-kun an apple seed.
But, to be honest, I thought...
...it would be impossible for a child to grow it.
Surely he'd soon decide to give up.
But he didn't give up.
He studied in his own way, improved the soil, added fertiliser,
...looked after it with all his might,
...and grew it into a fine tree.
This is the apple tree that Tamon-kun grew.
When the apples were ready he would come...
...and pick them with the children.
Not just for himself, he wanted everyone to eat them.
Tamon-kun was that sort of person.
Some day I will definitely...
...create an apple tree that will save the world.
As a matter of fact,
...it looks like I'll be able to take a huge step forwards very soon.
If that goes well, I'll be able to help out a lot of people.
An apple tree that will save the world?
Is that your dream?
It's not a dream.
It's my role.
I don't know what sort of big step forwards...
...it was that he was going to take.
But that motivation took great kindness.
His desire to help people was genuine.
That's why I always want to...
...protect this apple tree from now on,
...together with the children,
...to take Tamon-kun's hopes into the future.
Where is he now?
We need to meet him as we have some things we really need to ask.
You didn't know?
What?
Tamon-kun has already passed away.
About three years ago.
Around October.
The university laboratory he belonged to closed down or something.
It seems he made his living as a bartender after that.
Umm... How...
In a fire at a bar he worked at.
I heard it was an unfortunate accident caused by a gas leak.
If he died around October of 2010,
...then that tells us Kusukami can't be the culprit in the chief's and Emiri's incidents, doesn't it?
To be honest I thought it would be someone more scary.
If it's for the sake of research, you can't be unwilling to make sacrifices.
Even if it's someone's life.
It's like that.
Kusukami wasn't that special.
If you want to help people,
...then it's fine to stay here.
I have the feeling he would have been able to receive recognition that way.
There are other people who feel that way.
Surely Kusukami singlemindedly thought,
"I want to help people. That's my role."
However, because he was more genuine than most,
...he tried to cross a line that mustn't be crossed.
Because the result was something Kusukami didn't expect,
...perhaps that research gave birth to a crime.
In the end it was fruitless, huh?
Huh?
We came all the way to Yamanashi and we're back where we started, huh?
I don't think so.
We learned something really important, didn't we?
What?
Have you forgotten?
At the omelette-rice café, didn't the owner say...
There's no time.
Please tell me! Please.
If something happens to my girlfriend...
"If something happens to Emiri-san."
Nagareta-san, you said that.
To say that...
...means you were going to try to save Emiri, doesn't it?
Nagareta-san, you didn't betray Emiri.
Even if you only learned that, don't you think that's enough?
Hey. Even though someone's talking...
Hmph.
What?
Nothing.
What? I want to know.
Even though you were just looking at a document,
...you didn't listen to anything that was being said.
Ahh, it's the usual story. Am I really surprised?
Sorry.
It's because there was something that was really bothering me.
It's your calling, isn't it? Surely.
What?
Your job is your calling.
Well, if I think of it like that,
...then it can't be helped if you don't always listen to what I say.
You're a sarcastic person.
Stay as you are.
Hm?
Helping people with science is your role.
Being as you are,
...you'll help people.
Got it.
Then what's your role?
Me?
Mine is...
...making you eat tomatoes.
What?
No way. Impossible.
Too bad.
I already made you eat some.
What?
I put some in a sandwich!
And you totally didn't notice!
Is that why you were laughing before?
Yep!
Donuts... What the... Why would...
What?
What the...
Where?
This sandwich.
Once someone is hurt they become timid,
...afraid of being hurt again,
...and is unable to take new steps forward.
However, when they know their own role,
...perhaps they can overcome that weakness,
...and fulfil that role for someone important.
That sense of purpose...
...becomes the courage to take a new step forward.
Emiri,
...no matter what it takes,
...I will get my hands on the truth.
Freeing you from the darkness...
...is a role that remains with me.
Sorry,
...I didn't find out whether Kusukami was your father or not.
But he wasn't the person who did those terrible things to the chief and Emiri-san.
He wasn't the culprit.
He was a kind person.
I see.
Fujiharu did?
Yeah.
He said, "I'll tell you everything."
About Ichinose Laboratory, about Kusukami, and about the research.
Really?
The condition is that we take you.
Why me?
Don't know.
Anyway, be there tomorrow.
Alright.