What we're looking at,
are fragments of the truth.
What you've been told is far from the truth.
I only want to know the absolute truth.
I've had enough and seen my limit of...
the distorted truth.
This is the identity of the mystery woman who instigated the bombing.
Higashi was formerly with the PSB.
Some truths you're better off not knowing.
I want to know.
The absolute truth.
I am Wakamatsu of the PSB Division Two. I will command the investigation.
Are you saying you want to take command of this investigation?
No,
I think the section is purposely dragging their heels.
Use your power to sweep away the darkness from the PSB?
There he is.
You have lost things precious to you.
Stop tormenting yourself further.
Until I know the truth about what happened,
I'll remain empty inside.
Both shrikes and I are driven by the same impulse, right?
Why are you crying?
You are all eternally cursed. By me, that is.
I've seen Dharma.
Inspector, do you believe in Dharma?
Yes, though I don't know the truth behind its existence.
Operation GLARKE Alpha.
Five years ago, Inspector Kuraki's late wife was
on special assignment from the PSB.
I never talked to my wife about that.
Why did my wife have to die?
That's the only thing I want to know.
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The task this time will be an
operation, conducted under the highest secrecy.
This so-called 'Dharma' has appeared in many people's dreams.
Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you have heard about it.
Normally, it would be considered an urban legend, though underneath this image,
lies our, the PSB's, top secret program.
In the late eighties, the PSB tested a prototype of this program.
From then on, the system expanded as usage increased of
cell phones, emails, Internet, cloud networking, so forth.
This system monitored conversations for the purpose of intelligence gathering.
So to speak, it was a tool for observing citizens.
Naturally, the Government won't acknowledge its existence.
The system was still in its infancy and consequently under absolute secrecy.
Though eight years ago,
someone hacked the system and subsequently controlled it.
For a long time, we've been secretly investigating.
Finally, intelligence from a credible source has come in.
Our task is to recapture this system,
or if possible, completely annihilate it.
However, if your efforts fail,
the nation will be unable to rescue you,
and won't acknowledge the existence of this operation.
Just prepare yourselves for that.
You will infiltrate their location.
This operation's name is
GLARKE Alpha.
Who's the person meeting with Superintendent Wakamatsu?
It's our actual target.
You know who it is?
I can't eliminate my suspicions yet.
Let's wait.
It's Higashi!
We've got them in one place, restrain them.
It's okay.
Let's have it play out.
Why?
Because otherwise, all your efforts will have been in vain.
They've gone home?
Yes.
What happened?
We're being investigated by NPA Special Investigator, Senior Superintendent Tsuki.
Tsuki, huh?
We're being watched by this troublesome guy.
What should we do?
When were these taken?
Around the time I had left you with the security plan.
Underneath here, your desk mat can be seen.
What did you say?
And this woman here,
is the mystery woman who met Kakehi in the cafe the day of the bombing.
Hey,
Is this some sort of mistake?
No.
The one who put the bomb into Kakehi's bag was...
my wife.
Why would she?
I don't know when the photo was taken,
or who that person is she's with.
Just what is going on here?
I don't know, either.
How much does Tsuki know?
He should know about your involvement.
No need to worry.
Even if he does know, he can't act on it.
What's wrong?
No,
it's nothing.
Let's leave.
Huh? But.
What are you doing?
She was an excellent PSB officer.
Though, I pushed her too far into darkness.
Since we got married,
all I've done is work.
I never made much time to communicate with Chihiro.
Kuraki...
Though, that didn't seem a big problem.
What really started to tear us apart happened...
after Chihiro,
participated in that GLARKE op.
Since that mission,
Her appearance and behavior became stranger by the day,
And I could do nothing for her.
Then, as if in salvation, Shizuku was born.
However...
One day, Shizuku got injured and during the blood test,
I found out Shizuku was not my biological child. Since then,
distance grew between Chihiro and I.
Chihiro became mentally ill.
The one who drove her into a corner was unmistakably me.
I never asked Chihiro what happened to Shizuku.
And she never said a word about it.
You're wrong.
It wasn't you who drove her into a corner.
That operation,
GLARKE Alpha was an infiltration op.
We needed intelligence
and sent six elite officers to infiltrate the facility.
One of those officers was Chihiro, right?
Yes.
However,
the operation failed.
It was a trap.
All investigators who infiltrated the company,
were captured by the enemy.
72 hours elapsed, while the company tried to learn their true identities.
Yet nobody confessed because the operation was of absolute secrecy?
That's right.
Five investigators were executed.
And yet,
Chihiro was the only survivor.
Exactly what happened to Chihiro?
I don't know.
Why she was the only one to return alive?
What happened?
She remained silent until the very end.
She became mentally ill because of that mission, yes?
In order to maintain absolute secrecy,
deaths of the investigators who were killed
could not even be treated as deaths in the line of duty.
As individual in charge of that operation, I take full responsibility for the outcome.
I'm terribly...
sorry.
The infiltration you mentioned,
where was it into?
That's the one thing I cannot divulge.
Please understand.
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'Shrike' Season 1 - Cries of the Night
Why brings you here, you simpleton?
I shall revenge Kazuhiko.
I will kill all of you myself.
I'm not the Shingai Kazuhiko you knew.
I'm his brother.
Thanks to you, my memory has revived.
So he didn't have a younger sister?
Even though my name is Hiromi, no.
You're a funny fellow.
You've finally restored it to me.
I removed myself from this matter.
To them, I settled this business with you.
Give up the ghost.
I'm not the one you should target.
Why, do you think, the explosion occurred at that time?
Why can't I be caught?
See you.
Don't try to chase me.
Oh yeah.
You can have this back.
Ciao!
But...
Why would your wife...
I kept those documents stored in my house.
I didn't want Superintendent Wakamatsu seeing them, only the upper echelon's.
Your wife was a collaborator-
No. She may have been used,
by Higashi and Superintendent Wakamatsu, right?
That's something Superintendent Tsuki ought to know.
Does that mean, photos of security plans were part of the package
given to Kakehi for the plot to assassinate the president?
Assassinate the president?
The reason we were gathered here today was...
because you have proof of that, right?
I do have something to show you.
This is what we've heard from Superintendent Wakamatsu.
So you two did the interrogation yourselves, huh?
Please don't think badly of us.
There IS something called the chain of command.
Superintendent Wakamatsu sent Higashi on a mission to
erase people considered inconvenient to the country.
He was contracted to take part in illegal activities for the 'dark side' of the PSB.
Aren't those internal crimes?
Correct.
In order to observe those activities,
we tagged Superintendent Wakamatsu.
Please playback the footage.
We have no intention of going public with this.
However, if you do not take this opportunity to tell the truth,
we must restrain you and will
have no choice but to push this matter through official channels.
Understood.
Kakehi's aim was to?
He shared a common cause with Saldonian terrorists,
and requested means from them to assassinate the president.
That's why he desired the bomb and photos of the security plan.
And the proof he was a threat?
News came in that Kakehi had stolen confidential information from the PSB,
which was on the IC Chip.
How did you obtain the bomb?
We trusted Higashi with that.
He bribed a customs officer.
Also, while you were made plans for the transactions with Kakehi,
you ordered Shingai, an underworld killer, to kill Kakehi.
Yes.
To destroy more evidence, you tried to dispose of Shingai Kazuhiko?
That guy knew too much.
Well,
we intended to use him from the start, but...
This is as much as you'll see.
Superintendent Wakamatsu coerced Kakehi
and used Inspector Kuraki's wife.
All to take photos of security plans for next month's Saldonian Presidentail visit.
Are you mistaken about that?
No.
Even if that were the case, why did he go so far?
And involve Kuraki's wife in the transaction?
Superintendent Wakamatsu needed a person he was familiar with, right?
You omitted key parts of the story.
What are they? Those key parts?
Why did Superintendent Wakamatsu use MY wife?
And why did my wife activate the bomb?
Those are your own, personal, queries.
There's plenty of other things too.
If they hired Shingai to kill Kakehi,
there should have been no need for the photos and the bomb.
Unless they faced a time limit, correct?
I'll say it once again.
The truth behind the bombing is clear.
Superintendent Wakamatsu coerced Kakehi into making arrangements
to obtain security plan images, as well as the explosive,
though that same day, the bomb exploded and Kakehi died.
Shingai Hiromi, while trying to kill Kakehi, retrieved said photos and IC chip.
However, Superintendent Wakamatsu's decision to kill Shingai Kazuhiko,
caused the situation to deteriorate rapidly.
Moreover, in the shadow of Shingai Kazuhiko,
was the actual killer, Shingai Hiromi, who temporarily lost his memory.
This became a downward spiral. Information about what happened
grew more tangled and complicated.
The truth behind the bombing is clear.
End of story.
How do you plan to deal with Superintendent Wakamatsu?
He shall remain as commander of the investigation's HQ, as before.
Why is that?
Wakamatsu still has duties to perform.
Then you don't intend to go public with this matter?
It does not matter how many times I say it, does it?
Now this incident has been swept into the shadows, huh?
I won't let that happen.
Did you figure something out?
Yes.
The person who is the mastermind.
What person?
Hey!
Who is it?
Hey!
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I swiped this from Shingai.
People are wicked.
There was never any confidential information entered into it, right?
I could tell that much as soon as I saw your face.
The one who ordered the retrieval
was Wakamatsu.
His independant decision, right?
He should have checked in advance.
I'll disappear for the time being.
Senior.
No matter what the conditions, you always come here Friday nights?
Assistant Commissioner Muroi.
Kuraki?
Let's talk someplace else.
No.
It has to be here!
Why did you use Chihiro?
Kuraki...
What are you thinking?
Only answer the questions I ask.
Why did you use Chihiro?
Just stop.
Why!?
Answer me!
Hear me out...
Why did you use Chihiro?
Confess in front of your daughter!
You...
Why did Chihiro have to get involved?
It was your fault!
It was because of you, Kuraki!
Inspector Kuraki!
Please get away from Assistant Commissioner Muroi.
I answered you! Kuraki!
Dammit!
Nooooo!
Getting straight to the point with my inquiries.
You were the mastermind behind the Tokyo bombing, true?
Yes, that's true.
This originated after...
Kakehi obtained the IC chip.
We have since analyzed the contents.
As there are only numerals, deciphering it is impossible.
What do you think Kakehi would do with something like that?
He probably thought encryption was part of PSB's confidential information,
though there is no logic to those numerals.
I see.
So this 'threat' was really just a charade you fostered, right?
Correct.
When security plans for the presidental visit next month were being fine tuned,
we received intel that Kakehi and Saldonian terrorists shared a common goal,
and planned to assassinate the president.
Then you anonymously sent the IC Chip to Kakehi,
and misled him into thinking it was an important item.
Within your scheme, of handing over the IC chip to gain his trust,
you tricked him into receiving the bomb and security plans, yes?
I also used Higashi and Superintendent Wakamatsu to prepare the explosives,
and Kuraki Chihiro to prepare the security plans.
You miscalculated that Superintendent Wakamatsu
decided to use Shingai to liquidate Kakehi.
So it seems.
You skillfully deceived all your colleagues.
You're one to talk.
Actually, with Inspector Kuraki and company,
I intended them to believe Superintendent Wakamatsu was the mastermind.
Though Kuraki foiled that plan when he concluded it was actually you
and I lost the ability to conceal your involvement.
Now, hey.
You can't believe a word that guy says!
The real issue at hand.
You wanted Kakehi to make a terrorist attack.
Correct.
Why did you want a terrorist attack to occur in Japan?
There's no need to answer.
Since I already know.
I don't know.
Hey!
You're not in a position to know.
I have nothing more to answer. This ends the inquiry from me.
Please answer Inspector Kuraki's inquiries.
Otherwise, I cannot guarantee your safety.
Why was Kakehi carrying such a photograph?
Ever since I began coercing Kakehi, he had been continuously
spying on me.
Sorry for the wait.
That's why,
I purposely let him take a picture of me with her somewhere.
In order for him to remember the person who would make the transaction.
How were you able to use Chihiro?
She was a former subordinate.
Moreover, she was mentally ill.
Persuading her to become my collaborator,
wasn't too difficult.
Not just your former subordinate,
but also your former lover?
That's right.
You couldn't of been able to order Chihiro to activate the bomb.
So why did she detonate the bomb?
I also don't know why.
I never saw that coming.
You of all people should know if I'm lying, right?
You had the security plan documents close at hand.
So why did Chihiro have to get involved?
For insurance.
Insurance?
That's right.
You said it was my fault, didn't you?
Yeah, because of you.
Because you're an outstanding inspector.
The only person who could have interfered with the plan was you.
That's why she had to be involved.
In order for you to be blinded by your loss.
It was all done in order to change this country.
I couldn't let personal feelings interpose there.
Those two things weren't even comparable in scale.
What concept made you consider going this far?
The future.
The future?
For your daughter's sake?
That's not it.
For this country's sake.
Inspector Kuraki, that's enough.
Allow me one final question.
Who is Shizuku's father?
You know, don't you?
Answer me!
Inspector Kuraki, this is over.
Inspector Kuraki!
Assistant Commissioner Muroi, you've been sufficiently helpful, you may depart.
Though you can be arrested at any time and lose your standing.
Don't forget that.
Hey, wait a minute.
That guy is a violent criminal, who knows if he's still up to something?
I'll go public with the truth!
I won't allow such a thing.
Respect for the police in this country would crumble.
Even so, like hell I'll be silenced!
Society doesn't want to know the truth.
I don't know what you aim to do,
though, is this all for now?
Yes.
I'll prepare a car for you.
Investigation of the Ginza, Izutsu store, bombing.
The report completed by the Crime Scene Investigative unit.
...combing the scene of the explosion, we found a
messenger bag and an H226 wristwatch, made by a Swiss company, Pisaro,
both have been identified.
This Pisaro brand wristwatch is known for use in time bombs
as discovered by Interpol.
It has been used in fourteen terrorist incidents abroad.
Twelve incidents involved Islamic extremism or national coup d'état.
Two others were used in disputes by the Deiba drug cartel in South America...
The assassination conspiracy, owing to current events,
still cannot be made public.
Therefore, I have decided to detain and isolate Shingai Hiromi.
It's you, huh?
What do you want?
Didn't you consider what would happen after such stupid behavior?
I couldn't consider anything.
Animals and myself share the same impulsive behavior.
I couldn't stop it, my impulse.
Have you caught the mystery woman?
That woman...
was my wife.
My wife had no motive or reason to detonate the bomb.
And yet my wife,
was the one who activated the bomb and placed it into Kakehi's bag.
I don't know the reason why.
Did you come here thinking I could answer that question?
You're also a strange guy.
Do you understand why?
There's no reason for instinctive compulsions.
Do you know about the shrike, as in the bird?
Yes.
The shrike skewers their captured prey on branches.
And then they immediately fly away without eating them.
For what reason the shrike has to carry out this trait is still unclear.
What of it?
The reason no theories can explain it is...
because it's the shrike's impulse.
So are you trying to say it was my wife's impulse to detonate the bomb?
How can I grasp a concept like that!?
You will never understand as you are now,
what our impulse is!
Hey.
Hey!
I will avenge Kazuhiko!
I shall kill all of my enemies!
I cannot be stopped from avenging Kazuhiko!
Don't think these chains will stop me!
Hey!
About Athena Security,
Higashi and those related to his company have gone missing
and everything has been dismissed.
Superintendent Wakamatsu's scheme from the start
was to orchestrate some of Higashi's actions as a human puppet.
There's no causal relationship with the company.
About my father...
You're still not in a position where you're able to know.
September 9th 1999
These are the words we're going to exchange from now.
Nation.
Organization.
Individual.
No one expects you to assume responsibility.
Once again, you won't have to assume responsibility.
Well then, I'll ask you a number of questions which I hope you'll answer.
Out of the investigators sent to infiltrate,
you were the sole survivor.
All other personnel were executed.
Please tell me why.
Why were you the only one left alive?
Why were you the only one who returned?
During the seventy-two hours you were illegally restrained,
what happened, exactly?
Next time, on the penultimate episode of Shrike.
Do you know about Omelas?
It's a short story about Utopia.
Omelas was naturally blessed.
Without a class system, without kneeling before a tyrant.
No one lived in poverty.
It was a peaceful city.
Even so, somewhere in that city
where light never penetrated,
was a basement, locked and shut.
That basement was a sewer,
where one child had been imprisoned for a long time.
That child was denied decent food,
its body smeared in excrement.
Living the same filthy life it had always lived.
Truth was, all citizens of Omelas knew about the child's existence,
No one tried to rescue him.
The reason being because keeping the child imprisoned
was a condition they had to follow if they wanted to preserve Utopia.
Omelas's natural beauty and good fortune
depended entirely on this child's abominable misery.
Everyone understood that.
If everyone else's bliss and happiness meant
that one child had to be confined in a basement,
then citizens turned a blind eye.
Until peaceful times for Omelas came to an end.
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