Private forensic scientist, Nagareta Enishi's lover, Emiri...
...was shot dead three years ago.
Regaining consciousness at the scene of the crime,
...Enishi had no memory of the last 12 hours.
In the present time, shot with the same gun as Emiri,
...Chiyoda Forensic Research chief, Maki,
...who was in a critical condition for one hour,
...has finally regained consciousness...
...and confessed that the person who made Enishi go to Yamanashi...
...on the night Emiri was killed was none other than herself.
Maki established from Fujiharu's testimony...
Shuuei University
...that, at Shuuei University's Ichinose Laboratory,
Ichinose Laboratory
...a new variety of wheat had been created.
New wheat variety KH04
This shows a tendency towards gradual addiction.
Addiction
This degree of risk--
Do you understand...
...what you're saying?
The professor immediately dissolved the laboratory.
Kusukami's accidental death, Professor Ichinose's suicide, Emiri's murder...
Accidental death
Suicide
Murder
...and Ooshima's kidnapping.
Kidnapping
The people connected with KH04 gradually disappeared.
In the shadows, the existence of the Babel Co., who formerly provided sponsorship...
Babel Co.
...money to Ichinose Laboratory has come to light. Furthermore...
Professor Ichinose didn't commit suicide?
...right? I found it by chance and thought it was cute, so if I got it...
January 2009
...the name "Emily" would be appropriate.
There was only one in the shop with the same name as me,
...so it really must be fate!
I immediately bought it and stuck it in my notebook.
Hey, are you listening?
Nagareta-san, you're definitely not very popular, are you?
What?
You don't listen to what people are saying and don't care about anything except work.
I'm fine with not being popular if you're here.
Huh?
What's this, suddenly?
Just that. As I said.
Umm...
I'm...
...unexpectedly troublesome.
I get angry if you forget anniversaries.
I say, "You must eat your tomatoes."
That certainly is a pain, isn't it?
Yeah, right?
Nah...
I'm gradually getting used to it.
Well then...
...from today.
From today.
Please.
Memories are things you will naturally forget some day.
Slowly the recollections diminish.
Even why you try to recall them, they somehow become vague...
...and then you suddenly realise you've forgotten.
No matter how much you want not to forget,
...that time will always come along someday.
What about hate?
Like memories,
...I wonder if someday it'll suddenly disappear.
Enishi?
Chief.
KH04 refutation data?
Emiri may have entrusted it to me...
...during that 12-hour period of memory loss.
So you're looking for it.
It wasn't at home. So I'm looking here just in case.
Ah, I see.
Damnit, what's going on?
What?
My memories.
Lately I've heard stories from you and Fujiharu...
...and those missing hours are starting to be filled in.
But despite that, there's no sign of the essential memories returning.
I guess I'd better get to work.
Emiri...
...wanted to live with me.
Are you alright?
What?
When you turned round you had a scary face...
...and glared at me.
It was probably your imagination.
Really?
Fine then.
Oh, a re-investigation request is coming from Kashiwagi tomorrow.
It's a formal request from the police, so...
Re-investigation?
They're re-examining Professor Ichinose's suicide.
Maki-san, congratulations on your discharge from hospital.
Thank you.
Applause, applause! That's it!
I've made a reservation at a 3-star French restaurant.
It's a hugely popular restaurant that's fully booked six months in advance.
We'll have a recovery celebration there tonight.
I'm delighted. I'm sure they'll let me go,
...right, Enishi?
Me? The chief has to go on a date once in a while.
Have no concern. Don't worry about it.
Really? Then I won't hold back.
As usual, he can take a lot of punishment.
There's already a relationship. He's the masochist.
No, he's just thick-headed.
I can hear everything you're saying. How about lowering your voices a bit?
Oh, are these them? The documents you received.
Oh, sorry, yes.
I sent for the on-the-spot investigation documents related to Professor Ichinose's suicide...
...from Nagano Prefectural Police.
Excuse me.
Oh, it's alright, isn't it?
Are you, by any chance, Professor Ichinose's...
I'm his wife. My name is Ichinose Suzuko.
Conclusive Evidence
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I was surprised. The police suddenly contacted me last night.
They said, "We're re-investigating your husband's suicide."
Actually, new testimonies have come up.
There's a chance that your husband didn't actually commit suicide.
Yes, I heard.
I've asked before that they re-investigate it.
"For my husband to commit suicide...
...It's impossible," I told them.
After all, my husband had contacted me the night before.
"What would make a good souvenir?" he said.
For...
For someone planning to commit suicide to say something like that, I thought.
But in the end the re-investigation never came about.
There was a suicide note.
My husband was a devout Christian.
To Suzuko.
A grain of wheat has fallen to the ground and must die......
I am with the Archangel Michael.
I wish Saint Martinez' divine protection upon you.
Yohannes
Ah, then this last part is...
Yohannes.
My husband's Christian name.
Christian name.
It's the name you're given in Christianity when baptised.
Yes.
What sort of thoughts was my husband having in his last moments?
No matter how many times I re-read it, I don't understand it at all.
I thought that, if it's come to something like this,
...I should have been taught more varied things.
From now on, if there's anything at all, don't hesitate to consult with us.
Oh... Thank you.
Saying "It was suicide."
...and saying, "Maybe it wasn't."
I apologise for this situation.
Please... Raise your head.
The station isn't far,
...you don't have to walk me there.
It's alright. Actually, I'm going to do a bit of shopping in front of the station.
Thank you.
You're all good people, aren't you?
You're too kind.
You know, I was a little worried.
What?
Lately I've finally...
...come to be able to accept it.
The reality of being without my husband.
Back there, I thought that I didn't want to stir up a fuss,
...but I was at ease, meeting with everyone.
Oh, it seems our company's Nagareta is going to the scene of the incident in Nagano tomorrow.
Nagareta-san was...
...the person who listened to my story?
Yes.
I see.
There's something that bothers you?
He looked at me with very sad eyes.
Sorry I troubled you. There's nothing bad about him.
Maybe it's because he understands.
How you feel.
Do you know Nagatomo Emiri-san?
Yes.
She was a student at my husband's laboratory, wasn't she?
She was caught up in some kind of incident, or something.
Yes. She was a very important person to Nagareta-san.
It seems it was about 20 years ago that Babel Co....
...started to put effort into crop research at the genetic level.
The only people they were doing joint research with in Japan was Shuuei University.
Please take a look at the last page.
This is a financial newspaper that was on sale in December 2010.
Around the time Professor Ichinose died?
Yes.
Scoop
B a b e l C o.
New grain breed.
It seems it was a scoop.
Due to the reporter's story, at the time, Babel Co. apparently...
...put pressure on them not to publish stories.
After that there was no new information.
Is this KH04?
If that's the case, then since information had leaked out,
...maybe Babel Co. wanted to officially announce it...
...before they could be overtaken by another enterprise.
But the existence of the refutation data was an obstacle to that.
So that data was circulated.
Now three people are dead...
...and one is in prison.
And the whereabouts of the remaining Ooshima Ryuuji are unknown.
If we assume that he was kidnapped by Babel Co., as Fujiharu said,
...it's also dubious whether or not he's still alive.
It looks like it would be good to look into Ooshima as well.
Ooshima
Ryuuji
Ayami
I don't plan to divorce him.
With him being kidnapped, my real feelings haven't really come out.
So, today...
Actually, because of a case we are investigating,
...it has become necessary to confirm your husband's safety.
Could you lend us a photograph from around time he went missing...
...and something he often had about his person?
So that, should he be found,
...his fingerprints or DNA can be compared to confirm his identity.
I understand.
Are you alright?
I'm sorry.
I didn't know of his well-being,
...so I was able to believe...
...that maybe he was alive.
Mr Ichinose, sir.
15th December 2010, Nagano
Mr Ichinose, sir!
Mr Ichinose, sir. It's after checkout time by two hours.
- We have no choice, let's go in. - Yes.
Hello, is this the police?
To be honest, I thought it must have been a joke.
The police came and there was an uproar.
This is a small town. Rumours spread quickly.
Since then this hasn't been used as a guest room.
It would seem it's a store room now.
Guests probably wouldn't like it.
I see.
Well, if there's nothing else...
Thank you.
According to the police on-the-spot investigation,
...on 13th December 2010,
...Professor Ichinose visited Nagano for an academic conference.
He checked into room 702 at 17:20.
After that he ordered room service at about 22:30.
The estimated time of death was late at night between 2am and 4am.
The corpse was discovered the next day.
The cause of death was poisoning.
There were no traces of resistance on the professor...
...and no signs that the room was ransacked.
The suicide note was the decider. The conclusion was suicide.
According to the autopsy results,
...the alcohol content of the professor's blood was 0.02 percent.
Approximately of one glass of wine.
Then where did the rest of the wine disappear to?
Is something wrong?
No, it's nothing.
You're too close, Tasaka-san.
- Move away. - Huh?
You're hard to see.
Oh! That was a shock!
You're too close, Enishi.
- What? - It's better if it's bigger, isn't it?
- What?
What sort of DNA analysis can you even do?
You can't even use something this simple.
Shut up!
Communication...
...is something done in the flesh, face to face!
Not with you!
Well, Enishi isn't surprised by it. It's not a problem.
In other words, before Professor Ichinose committed suicide,
...there was another person he drank wine with?
Yes.
For example, someone who forced the professor into the suicide.
But there are no eyewitness reports of any suspicious characters.
What about the security cameras?
- There's not really anything. - Oh.
Well, the search at the time,
...considering things like the corpse, the state of the room, the suicide note, came to the conclusion...
...that there was no foul play.
But, assuming someone like that was there,
...why did the professor write a suicide note?
Could he have been forced to write it?
I want you to look into seeing if there are any traces of doubt about this.
I'm going to go over the room again.
"To Suzuko.
A grain of wheat has fallen to the ground and must die."
The first sentence...
...is a verse in the Gospel according to John 12:24.
Gospel according to John - Explanation
This "wheat", it has a hidden meaning.
A grain of wheat...
Isn't it KH04?
What does the second half of this part mean, I wonder.
What the... I'm reading it!
"I am with the Archangel Michael.
I wish Saint Martinez' divine protection upon you."
Archangel Michael Saint Martinez
Saints of The Bible
About The Bible
Summary of the Saints
Existence of Angels
Patron Saints of Wine
The professor certainly was a devout Christian, wasn't he?
Summary of the Saints
Saint Martinez
Archangel Michael
Michael is the "angel who oversaw the final judgement."
Archangel Michael
The angel who oversaw the final judgement.
And Martinez is the "guardian deity of wine."
Saint Martinez
Known as the guardian deity of wine
KH04.
Final judgement.
Wine.
I don't really understand it.
I don't get it.
For what it's worth, I'll send a mail to Nagareta-san, shall I?
Yeah.
[The Gospel according to John]
[Final...]
[Final judgement]
[Wine]
[...deity]
The Gospel according to John 12:24
Final judgement
Guardian deity of wine
I'm back.
Welcome back.
Is something wrong?
You look kind of odd.
You're the odd one.
It's not that.
I have a kind of uneasy feeling.
Did something happen?
It's Matsui
To Nagareta-san
It seems the phrase "a grain of rice" appears in the Gospel according to John 12:24.
We found out that "Archangel Michael" is the angel who oversaw the final judgement
and "Saint Martinez" is the patron saint of wine.
If we find out anything else we'll contact you.
Matsui Jotaro
Final judgement...
Footprints?
Aren't you happy, Woota?
The landlord has made you a house.
We've been together a month already, me and Woota.
We're already like family.
I was unintentionally thinking about Woota.
- Say, landlord-san... - Hm?
Next time come and have dinner at our house.
I want to thank you.
Oh, you're inviting me?
- Yep! - I'm happy!
You were being watched by someone?
Yes.
Not just today.
Three times in a week.
They were all times when I was with Kurumi-chan.
Since about a week ago...
...would have them appearing from the day I was discharged from hospital, right?
Oh... Surely...
Kashiwagi, the other day you said,
Just as Chiyoda-san acts, the culprit also starts to move.
Unless she was under surveillance, something like that would be impossible.
In other words, after Chiyoda-san was discharged from hospital,
...the culprit resumed monitoring again.
Maybe they didn't find what they were looking for when they searched the place.
That's why they started monitoring me again.
What they're looking for is the refutation data, isn't it?
Huh?
Before you were shot, you contacted Fujiharu.
Didn't you learn the secret of KH04 there?
That's what the culprit thought.
- Excuse me, I'll get the car. - Alright.
Thank you for coming over.
How is Nagareta looking?
What is it you want to ask?
If I killed the culprit, could I get a little comfort?
I'm enduring it,
...so that I'm not swallowed by the hate.
Does this mean you're worried about Enishi?
Please don't misunderstand me.
It doesn't mean I've cast aside my suspicion of him.
You'll hurt yourself with such kindness.
What does that mean?
You can never forgive Enishi for not being able to save Emiri-san.
You can't forgive yourself either, for the same reason.
For you, that's the only reason Emiri's existence was special.
As a friend...
Please don't speak as if you understand.
Excuse me.
These are the scene photographs that were sent by Enishi last night.
[Photograph]
These are stains from wine that had been splashed about.
The curtains and carpet have a similar colour...
...so you can't really notice the stains, right?
Things are starting to go in our favour.
After the incident, the room was used as a storage room...
...and it wasn't cleaned out.
Yeah. Which means that evidence is still there...
...as it was at the time.
Even so, this is pretty amazing, isn't it?
Well done finding it in a place like this.
Matsui!
It looks like that mail you sent had the clues.
- Huh? Me? - Yeah.
This "Archangel Michael" is the angel who oversaw the final judgement.
The "final judgement" was the punishment God bestowed on humans.
On the other side, "Saint Martinez" is the patron saint of wine.
So, if you bring the two meanings together,
...it can naturally be interpreted as "punish with wine".
In other words, the professor threw the wine at the culprit.
- Well then, we'll verify the stains. - Yes.
Tasaka-san. Matsui-kun.
On your marks...
Rock, paper--
Ahh! I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!
You say that, but it doesn't show.
Okay, we'll change the curtain and mat.
We'll continue after we've changed to the new ones.
What?
I'm sick of the way you're always looking down on me!
That's the first time I've seen you smile like that.
Tasaka-san, I'm sorry!
Hey, hey! That's enough, isn't it?
It's more than enough. Thank you.
Ah, well. It's for an investigation so it can't be helped.
Even though could have just used a dummy...
You guys! You knew that and made me do this!
Hmm... So in other words it's like this...
Professor Ichinose was standing like this...
...and, with a strong force, threw the wine onto the person in front.
Damnit.
If you measure from standing position, it can be concluded that...
...the height of the other person in the room was between 170cm and 180cm.
But even if you know the height, that's not tied to a particular person, is it?
It doesn't really get us a conclusive answer.
But even if it only tells us there was someone else in the room, it's progress, isn't it?
Just this stain bothers me.
Only this one has a different shape.
Certainly,
...no stain like that was left in the experiment, was it?
It can't be helped.
- Tasaka-san. - What?
Can we please do it again?
Cut it out! You do it!
Hey Enishi, everyone is horrible. I was repeatedly splashed and scrubbed clean.
This...
Hm? What is it?
It might have the culprit's DNA.
What?
Let's go.
Ah! Yes!
Well then, shall we get looking for some other clues?
Yes.
Here's a coffee.
Oh. That's a pretty famous verse, isn't it?
The New Testament
The Gospel According to John 12:24
Huh?
The spelling of "Yohannes" written in Professor Ichinose's suicide note...
Started with "Y", didn't it?
Huh?
So it did.
Did he make a mistake?
He was a devout Christian, wasn't he?
Would he get his own Christian name wrong?
J 1 2 2 4...
Oh!
What the hell? We're working here!
- Please read this! - We've found something!
Professor Ichinose's dying message!
What?
I'm going to tell you the outcome of our investigation.
First, this.
My husband's suicide note?
Yes.
An important message was hidden in this suicide note.
On the day your husband passed away...
...there was a person other than him in his hotel room.
Another person?
Yes.
Information related to that person was written in this suicide note.
Yohannes.
What about it?
I didn't notice this either,
...but the proper spelling of "Yohannes" isn't with a "Y",
...it apparently starts with "J".
I think the professor wanted us to notice the "J",
...and that he'd intentionally written the name with a different spelling.
It's a school registration number.
Shuuei University's school registration numbers are such that...
...you can see things like students' departments...
...and affiliated laboratories at a glance.
"J" represents Professor Ichinose's laboratory.
It seems that Professor Ichinose intentionally spelled it incorrectly...
...to let us know that someone in his laboratory was connected with his death.
And the verse the professor quoted from the Bible,
...the Gospel according to John 12:24.
If you adapt this number...
J1224.
That's this person.
Ooshima-san?
Yes.
There was no indication of a fight in the room,
...so the professor was probably threatened by Ooshima Ryuuji,
...and forced into suicide.
Nevertheless, he wanted to somehow leave a clue to the culprit.
At that time, the professor...
...thought of quoting the Bible in his suicide note.
The suicide note wasn't the only evidence.
Have some shame!
These are Ooshima Ryuuji's personal belongings.
When we compared DNA from the flakes of skin detected on a part of the arm of these spectacles...
...with that of the flakes of skin remaining on the hotel curtains from the scene,
...they matched.
The person in Professor Ichinose's room on that day was, without a doubt,
...Ooshima Ryuuji.
Why do you think...
...my husband had to die?
That's all we know at this stage.
It should become clear little by little from here with investigation.
He must have been heart-broken.
To be threatened...
...and to have to give up on life.
There is just one certain thing.
Excuse me.
Say it in your own words.
You were the one who discovered the truth.
You might also want to tell her.
Yes.
Your husband wrote,
"A grain of wheat has fallen to the ground and must die."
Those words have a continuation.
Continuation?
"Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
...it remains alone;
...but if it dies, it bears much fruit."
Your husband probably...
...stuck to his faith and made himself a sacrifice...
...in order to protect many people's lives from the "seed of calamity".
That was his intention.
I think that shows he didn't give up on life.
What would make a good souvenir?
Umm... maybe wine.
[Note: Nagano is one of the major wine-producing regions of Japan, producing Shinshuu Wine. Shinshuu is an old province of Japan, which is now present-day Nagano Prefecture.]
If you say "Shinshuu" you think wine.
Got it.
Let's drink it together when I get back tomorrow.
To Suzuko
I desperately thought that it couldn't be suicide,
...but at the same time I had set my heart on the fact that it was.
While thinking that,
...I realised that, unpleasant as it is,
...no matter what I do, my husband won't be coming back.
My heart aches.
Three years have passed with thoughts like this.
I miss my husband.
I want to see him and drink wine together.
Thank you...
...very much.
The police will most likely catch the culprit.
They will, won't they? I believe that.
Are you alright?
I'm fine.
Nagatomo Emiri-san...
...was one of my husband's students, wasn't she?
Yes.
We'll surely be able to get over this.
Human beings are strong.
Honestly,
...you agree, don't you?
First, you have to accept the forgotten grief.
For your own sake.
If you can do that, you'll surely be able to see something.
I think you'll surely be able to see something.
Alright, it's Wednesday, the middle of the week.
Let's eat!
She's made a mistake.
She's completely forgotten about it because of the Ooshima thing.
Huh? Where's Enishi?
He's excused today.
Here you go.
An arrest warrant was put out for Ooshima, apparently,
...for the suspicion of forcing Professor Ichinose into suicide.
Even though we thought Ooshima was one of the victims.
To think that he was the perpetrator.
Enishi must be frustrated.
He must be frustrated.
What with?
He's finally able to see the face of the man who seems to be the culprit.
It's good that we pinned down the culprit,
...but we can't do anything from here.
All we can do is leave it to the police.
That must be agonising.
You look melancholic, all alone.
There's still some tempura left.
Sorry, I'll go back soon.
I'm joking.
It's a bit cold up here.
I wonder if Nagareta-san is alright.
Huh?
It looks like you're thinking that.
I know, but...
...there's not really anything I can do.
Haven't you noticed?
What?
Enishi is changing.
Lately he's been taking everything upon himself.
I've reached the point where I believe I can depend on everyone.
I've noticed it doing this job.
Face-to-face meetings with people and the science.
If you get involved, change will happen.
One impetus for him to start changing...
...was you.
Besides, you've changed as well.
Me?
At least, Enishi has noticed it.
What?
Isn't that why he made you talk to the client?
First, you have to accept the forgotten grief.
For your own sake.
Human beings are strong.
Someday they're able to get over things.
Even hate.
They have that strength.
But from the moment they overcome the hate,
...they may start to slowly forget...
...about someone important.
Excuse me.
Do you mind if we ask you some questions?
Have you noticed this man around here?
Umm... I haven't really seen him.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Umm... No, I haven't seen him.
I see, thank you.
Thank you for your cooperation.
We can't get any eyewitness testimonies at all.
He was observing Chiyoda-san's people.
He has to have been near here.
But it's rare to get a lack of response like this.
It's like we're continually chasing someone who doesn't exist at all.
Here?
Hmm... Not quite.
No? About here?
Yes, yes, exactly there. OK!
- Shall we attach it, then? - Yes.
Ah, I'll do it.
Can you?
Yes, it's fine, it's fine.
Say, do you know where Kurumi is?
Huh? She was with Sakurako-chan out front playing with Woota earlier.
Shall I call her mobile?
Huh? She's not answering.
Hello.
Is this Chiyoda-san? It's me. Kashiwagi.
What the... Kashiwagi. Don't startle me like that.
Sorry, I'm in the middle of something right now.
He had cosmetic surgery. Ooshima.
What?
No matter how much we looked into it, we couldn't get any eyewitness reports at all,
...but when we sent Ooshima's photograph to Kanto area's cosmetic surgery, we got a hit.
I'm sending a photograph of the cosmetic surgery now by fax.
Understood.
Is something wrong?
It seems that Ooshima Ryuuji has had cosmetic surgery.
Ah damnit! So that's why they couldn't find him no matter how much they searched.
The fax coming through is the face Ooshima has now.