I am Toyama Kinshiro, the new chief of Kitamachi Police Station.
Chief, why are you in your casual clothes again?
You're just a detective who takes orders. Shut up!
Call your chief! I want to see him!
(Metropolitan Police Department)
I vow in the name of the sakura that I won't connive any crime.
- I apologise for making you wait. - Thank you.
Please enjoy your food.
It looks delicious!
Thank you for the food.
I'm sorry. Are you hurt?
No. Sorry.
Thank you.
Here you go.
Please wait a moment.
If you don't mind, please have this.
Please give me the first cake.
I can't do that.
I'm not picky with desserts.
I'll accept your kindness then.
Thank you.
(Shiroyama Nobuo)
Thank you very much.
Please take care.
(Shiroyama)
(Kitamachi Police Station, Metropolitan Police Department)
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Your glasses are foggy.
These are the reports from last night. Please sign these documents.
All right.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
Chief, you're already here?
Yes.
Would you like to try morning yoga too?
It helps you de-stress,
and you'll no longer get irritated by trivial matters.
I do need that.
Wait. No, I'm not irritated by you, Chief.
An old man who was living alone is unconscious due to gas inhalation...
and was sent to the hospital.
Yes. It could be an accident or was done on purpose.
So Senior Minami has gone to the hospital to look into it.
"Shiroyama Nobuo"?
Thank you.
(Shiroyama Nobuo)
Can you describe the situation when you found your father last night?
At around 8.15 PM last night, I went to my father's house.
The house was full of the smell of gas, and my father was unconscious.
Dad!
(Minami Yozo, Inspector)
Shiroyama-san, can you come with me?
Okay.
Please excuse me.
Was it an accident or foul play?
The son was at a company gathering when the incident occurred.
If it was done on purpose, the criminal should be someone else.
Investigate both possibilities.
- Let's go check out the scene. - Yes, Sir.
How is Shiroyama-san?
Chief.
Are you following us to the scene again?
Yes. I've met him before.
So how is he?
He's still unconscious.
What do you mean by "you've met him before"?
Well...
We met again.
You're the person who gave us the cake yesterday.
We're from Kitamachi Police Station.
Are you a relative of Shiroyama-san?
I'm working at a nursing facility Shiroyama-san seeks help from.
I'm Okuda Yuriko.
I thought you were his daughter.
You two seemed to get along very well.
I heard something happened to him. I was shocked, so I came...
What are you doing here?
How dare you come?
Calm down.
What do you mean?
This woman hurt my father in order to get his assets.
If my father passes away, she'll be the largest beneficiary.
She tried to kill my father!
They make up less than 0.1 percent...
of the total number of police officers.
They have a high chance of becoming the superiors of the organisation.
We call them...
elite bureaucrats.
(Offbeat Chief Police)
You were with Shiroyama-san yesterday, weren't you?
I sent Shiroyama-san home at around 3 PM...
and helped him clean his house.
What did you do with the gas shutoff valve?
It's dangerous for him to use the stove, so I always turn it off.
I left at around 6 PM yesterday.
Did you lock the door?
Yes. I have the keys to his house.
May I know why Shiroyama-san left his assets to you?
I also have no idea.
I only looked after him.
Did you know Shiroyama-san changed his will?
I didn't.
Regardless of that, he's out of danger now, right?
I believe he'll recover. We just have to wait.
I have to get back to work.
Thank you for your cooperation.
We might visit you again to talk about this incident.
If she knew about the will,
she would the motive to kill Shiroyama-san, doesn't she?
But she just said she didn't know about it.
No suspect would tell the truth right from the start.
But you shouldn't suspect her too.
Where are you going?
To go check out the scene. Let's all go.
Why is the chief doing our job?
Thank you for your hard work.
Has the chief come to observe us again?
He's causing us trouble.
Just ignore him.
- Report the situation. - Yes, Sir.
Shiroyama was sleeping here when the gas leak happened.
And there were no signs of a struggle here.
What's this?
I think it's a stain from the paints.
Look. It's Okuda Yuriko-san.
Where's the gas shutoff valve?
It's here.
It would be hard for him to turn it off when he's in a wheelchair.
I wonder if it was a coincidence,
but the gas leak alarm placed up there was unplugged.
Is this medicine?
"Three times daily for seven days a week, before and after meals."
He did take his medication after dinner yesterday.
His son visited him at around 8 PM last night.
If someone tried to suffocate him with a gas leak,
it would have happened between 6 PM to 8 PM.
Someone? But there was no sign of the house being broken in.
Okuda Yuriko could have done it.
She could be after his assets.
She would inherit assets worth 50 million yen if he's dead.
Something feels weird.
If Yuriko-san really was the criminal,
after she left here at 6 PM,
she would have to come back right after that.
Why would she bother to do that?
Can you please stop criticising our investigation?
We're investigating Okuda Yuriko!
- Yes, Sir! - Yes, Sir!
Senior, the chief is following us.
Ignore him!
He's right. Don't mind me.
(Futaba Garden. Short-term care centre. Day care centre.)
(Home-care centre. Home help service centre)
Onokura-san!
Not here, it's over there!
Let's go take a bath.
The job is tough. I definitely would be able to do this.
Hi. May I help you?
Excuse me. We're from Kitamachi Police Station.
Kitamachi Police Station?
We'd like to talk to Okuda Yuriko regarding Shiroyama Nobuo-san.
Please wait a moment.
Okuda-san!
Some people are looking for you.
We think...
there's a high possibility someone tried to murder Shiroyama-san.
You said you had left his house at around 6 PM.
Where did you go after that?
Are you suspecting me?
I apologise. We have to question everyone.
Where did you go after 6 PM?
I...
She was with me.
I asked her to bring me out for a stroll at a park nearby.
This is Kogure Taomi-san, he's one of the residents here.
When did you go for a walk?
From 6 PM to 8.30 PM.
She has an alibi then.
Why didn't you tell us that before?
I was actually not working yesterday.
I was looking after Shiroyama-san and Kogure-san on my own time.
That's against the rules.
Okay.
An elite is indeed different when it comes to paperwork.
No, this is nothing.
By the way, has Minami-san and the others made any progress...
in the Shiroyama Nobuo investigation?
There's a suspicious woman,
so they're investigating based on the assumption of attempted murder.
- Attempted murder? - Yes, Sir.
Place your seal here.
Please stop interfering with their investigation.
I had to find a lot of excuses to cover up for you...
No, I mean, to assist you. I already...
(Safety)
Chief!
Okuda Yuriko, 35,
had a tough time as her parents passed away when she was little.
She started working at Futaba Garden three years ago.
She doesn't really have any friends or acquaintances.
Is she in debt? Is there any financially related issue?
She's not in debt,
but for a nurse who earns only 180,000 yen per month,
her clothes look very nice.
Perhaps she cut down on other living expenses?
Is that why she's after the old man's assets?
What do you want?
It's nothing. I just found out Okura Yuriko-san...
is still considered a suspect, so I was concerned.
Okuda Yuriko is the most likely suspect.
But she has an alibi that night, doesn't she?
She secretly made the old man, Kogure, lie for her.
I'm sure she seduced him.
She does give off a sexy vibe.
Aikawa-san would never be able to pull it off.
An adult woman's attraction.
What you just said could be considered as sexual harassment.
Anyway, Kogure must have been seduced by her.
This is dangerous.
If you investigate a case with such a preconception,
you might wrongly imprison an innocent person instead.
So do you mean Okuda Yuriko is innocent?
It's just my hunch as a police officer.
Senior!
Okuda Yuriko-san's alibi has been proven to be false.
She didn't go to the park as she claimed.
I guess your hunch is wrong.
Question Kogure Taomi and Okuda Yuriko again!
- Yes, Sir! - Yes, Sir!
I'll tag along.
Is there anyone who can prove that you were at the park?
Well...
I'll be glad if you can find such a person for me.
You'll be glad?
You weren't at the park nor were you at Shiroyama-san's house.
You were somewhere else, weren't you?
Why do you think so?
Because I don't think you're the culprit.
But it's the police's job to suspect us.
My job is to protect the citizens.
So please help me prove your innocence.
Prove my innocence?
Where were you that night?
I'll come here every day until you tell me the truth.
You seem to have a lot of free time, Sir.
I'll help you with your work too. As volunteer work of course.
You meet the suspect and tell her you would prove her innocence?
Are you serious?
Very much so.
You're going to interfere with our investigation!
It would be too late to act after an innocent person is convicted.
This is my first time working as a helper. I'm nervous.
Aren't you, Aikawa-san?
I only came because Senior told me to.
Sir,
why do you think that person isn't the culprit?
She can't provide a decent alibi.
That means she did something she doesn't want others to find out.
You also think she's the culprit, don't you?
A completely unrelated outsider became the beneficiary.
I do think it's suspicious.
Good morning!
Good morning.
At this care facility,
some of the elderly are here are long-term residents...
while some only stay here during the day.
We provide both services.
This care facility really helps people a lot.
But we can't accept the elderly who need higher level care.
Let's go upstairs.
- Does it hurt? - No.
Towel him off like this instead.
I see.
Is it delicious?
Aikawa-san, please get me some tissues.
- They're over there. - Yes, Sir!
Extend your left leg.
That's right.
- Just a little bit more. - Right leg.
Keep going.
- That's right. Come on. - Left leg.
You can do it!
Well done!
Kogure-san?
You leg must hurt a lot.
- What happened? - No. I'm fine.
Please excuse me. Get move aside.
My goodness.
Thank you for your hard work.
- Thank you. - Please excuse us.
Are we really investigating the case?
I apologise so much.
We don't have enough staff here. You really helped us a lot!
No, we learnt a lot too.
But it is tough being a care facility worker.
But you still take good care of your appearance.
I try to avoid fancy colours, but the elders would tease me,
and say "A woman should always wear some lipstick."
- What's the matter? - Yes?
You looked at me, didn't you?
Toyama-san,
please help me change these bed sheets.
Sure. I'll entrust this to you.
Here you go.
Thank you very much.
- Excuse me. - Yes?
Do you know anything about Okuda Yuriko-san?
Did you do that for Shiroyama-san too?
They would mix up their medication if there's too many of them.
All right. Done.
Okay. Kogure-san, I'll put them here.
Thank you.
You're still suspecting her regarding that incident?
Well... You can say so.
I told you we were at the park. It's true!
Please excuse me.
I need to talk to you.
What?
Yuriko-san inherited other people's assets before?
Yes, Sir.
It was a 70-year-old old man at a facility she used to work at.
Perhaps Yuriko-san looked after them so well that they were willing...
to have her inherit their assets?
Chief, you're acting weird!
Isn't it more natural to think that she did something in order to...
get the inheritance from them?
I can't trust that person like you do.
Okuda Yuriko has inherited other people's assets before this?
She resigned right after that old man passed away.
She's really something.
Thank you for the precious information.
Now I'm more convinced that she's the culprit.
If this was football, this would be kicking a great pass to the forward.
Please don't make any unfounded assumptions regarding her past.
Never presume an innocent person is guilty.
That's our job as the police.
It's our job to arrest criminals who pretend to be innocent.
- Let's go. - Yes, Sir!
Osakabe-san?
Hi.
I see.
Because you went to that woman,
Minami-kun got a piece of very useful information.
To me, this strawberry mochi from you is more useful.
But if you look at the situation,
that nurse does seem to be very suspicious indeed.
Can you confirm she's not the culprit?
Well, I don't think she's a suspect.
Even if she isn't the culprit,
she sounds like she's not easy to handle.
I think she doesn't want to explain her alibi...
because she's trying to protect something.
I'll definitely prove that.
The way you run on your own on a muddy path like this...
resembles your late father a lot.
But don't go overboard putting up a one-man show.
I understand.
But scoring a goal right now is more important.
Are you okay? Please stop crying.
There's no need to cry.
I don't want to leave.
What happened to that lady?
She's been forced to go home.
According to the rules here, you'll be forced to leave...
if your illness worsens, Alzheimer's becomes severe,
or your ability to care for yourself degrades greatly.
She's despised at her own home.
You might as well die...
once you're thrown out of here.
At your previous workplace,
a capitalist, Goto Sueyuki-san, passed away due to a heart attack.
Before he passed away,
he left a will saying that he would pass all his assets to you.
Is this a coincidence?
I was also suspected by the police back then.
They asked if I had done something to him.
But just like this time, I knew nothing about the will.
But you did inherit Goto-san's assets.
I did accept the money. What's the problem with that?
That's 80 million yen worth of assets.
That was his wish.
Yuriko-san,
after experiencing it myself,
I realised how tough it is to look after the elderly.
But if you forced the elders...
and did something to them,
I will never forgive you.
A good student who pretends to be well-behaved.
I can never be friends with people like you my whole life.
Don't push yourself too much. Feel your breath slowly.
Now lean to the other side.
Rika-san?
That's right.
Urasawa-san, what's going on?
Toyama-san recommended we organise this event.
Yoga can prevent metabolic decline and muscle degeneration.
It's very suitable for people who want to stay healthy.
He made us do this.
That's nice, Kogure-san. Don't go too hard on yourself.
Okay.
Exhale slowly.
Rika-san, thank you very much.
I'm always available whenever you need help.
- I'll see you again at the studio. - Sure.
Please excuse me now.
Kin-san really enjoys helping people.
He's such a nice person.
Bye.
Okay.
How was the yoga?
Well, it was definitely worth trying.
Is your leg giving you trouble again?
Don't try to get to me with this little show.
I won't tell you anything.
I just hope the elders here can live healthily.
Kin-san, come play shogi with us.
Sure. I'm coming!
I won't go easy on you.
- Same here. - This guy is a strong player.
Indeed.
- Can you win? I always win. - It won't be a problem.
But I won last time.
But I remember it was me who won.
How long do I have to do this?
Yuriko-san?
Are you okay? I'll go get help.
I'm okay! Don't tell anyone. I'll be fine in a second.
But you don't look well.
It's just gastroenteritis.
Why are you still here? You're annoying.
Are you okay?
That was fast.
She reports everything to you, doesn't she?
She's very passionate about her work.
Speaking of being passionate, the same goes for you too.
Can you really prove my innocence?
The situation doesn't look good, but I'll try my best.
Why do you think I'm innocent?
You know nothing about me.
I learnt a lot about you...
at that one moment.
I'm sorry. Are you hurt?
You rushed forward to protect Shiroyama-san.
And when you were sure he was fine,
you were very relieved.
Such a person would never hurt Shiroyama-san.
That's what I think.
When I was little,
I stayed in a dirty small house that was full of rubbish.
I was always hungry.
No one would buy me the things I wanted.
One day, one of my classmates lost her wallet.
And I was the first one who was suspected.
They said I was poor, so I must have stolen it.
Give it back to me!
But a boy came forward and spoke up for me.
Although he was a little weird, he was smart and kind.
He said in front of everyone,
"Don't accuse someone if you have no evidence."
I was so happy I nearly cried.
But my heart ached very much.
Because the person who stole the wallet...
really was me.
The end.
That's all for today. You may leave now.
Okay.
I heard from Rika-san...
that Kin-san did yoga with the elders at the nursing facility.
He's pretending to be investigating but he's actually having fun.
He's the chief anyway. What's the problem with that?
If you don't like it, why don't you go get yourself promoted?
I bumped into someone I knew from the yoga class.
It's been a while since we last met. We had a chat and she told me...
she used to look after her bedridden husband herself,
but she had just recently sent him to a nursing facility.
She isn't so burdened now.
Hey, if Dad becomes bedridden, what should we do?
We definitely won't be able to look after him.
He's so huge, and he's very stubborn.
So we can only send him to a nursing facility then.
How dare you!
But he's so stubborn and never listens to others.
He would definitely be isolated if he's sent to a nursing facility.
That's true! Dad, we'll go visit you...
sometimes.
I won't go to such a place!
All right. If that's what you think,
take care of your health and make sure you get enough exercise.
All right!
Hello? Minami speaking.
Last night, you and Yuriko-san...
Chief?
Senior? Why are you here?
We're here to bring Okuda Yuriko to the police station.
Someone saw her quarrelling with Shiroyama-san.
What happened?
Kogure-san...
Are you okay?
Thank you. Bye.
Kogure-san isn't in a life-threatening condition.
Really?
Was it a coincidence that you were at the scene when Kogure-san fell?
Yes.
When I found him, he had already...
Including this morning's incident,
you're starting to look very suspicious.
A month ago,
at a cafe near the hospital Shiroyama went to regularly,
Shiroyama told you, "I can't live without you."
"Just listen to this old man."
He got more and more excited,
and he passed you an envelope that looked to be full of cash.
But you just looked at him coldly.
You grew up in poverty.
You would care about money very much, right?
What you said makes me sad.
And you've misunderstood our relationship.
Shiroyama-san and I weren't in that kind of relationship.
It didn't go well when you tried to break up with him.
And Shiroyama-san became a burden,
so you tried to kill him by gas inhalation.
And this morning,
you tried to murder Kogure-san who had found out the truth.
Isn't that right?
If you want to arrest me, show me the evidence.
If you don't have it, I'm leaving. I'm not obliged to be here.
Yuriko-san.
I wonder who will be faster.
Will I be arrested first,
or will you be able to prove my innocence first?
I'll definitely prove your innocence.
I promise.
Do you really trust me?
- Thanks for your hard work. - Good morning!
Aikawa,
you're not with the chief.
Does that mean he gave up trying to prove that woman's innocence?
Didn't he say we're presuming an innocent person guilty?
Did that young man finally wake up?
Who woke up?
More importantly, how's Kogure-san?
Well, he's still unconscious.
When he wakes up,
we'll obtain the evidence we need to arrest Okuda Yuriko.
We just have to gather more evidence. She'll be arrested soon.
- Who can be sure of that? - Okuda Yuriko is the criminal.
That is my gut feeling as a detective.
I've found a new information!
In the evening of Shiroyama's incident,
Kogure was at Koto General Hospital that he's now hospitalised at.
A hospital?
He fell down near the facility and hurt his leg.
His leg?
You might as well die once you're thrown out of here.
She seemed to be very ill.
So Okuda Yuriko's alibi of taking a stroll in the park with Kogure...
was indeed a lie.
No, Yuriko-san was with Kogure-san.
She would have told us frankly if they were together.
She had no reason to lie about her alibi.
No, she had the reason to lie.
I'll be right back!
Hey!
Toyama-san.
I thought you wouldn't come again.
I already found out...
where you went and what you did.
Yuriko-san, you were at the hospital with Kogure-san, weren't you?
There were two reasons why you didn't explain your alibi.
The first reason was for Kogure-san.
That day, Kogure-san called you and told you he fell,
so you sent him to the hospital.
And according to the diagnosis,
Kogure-san's legs are suffering from progressive paralysis.
If the nursing facility found out about it,
Kogure-san would be requested to leave the facility.
That's why you couldn't explain your alibi.
And the second reason?
It was for yourself.
You received treatment at the same hospital that day.
You didn't want anyone at the facility to know.
It must have been hard for you, but you held it in.
You really did find out.
I have stomach cancer.
When it was diagnosed a month ago, I was told I had only a year left.
That day,
Kogure-san asked me for help.
I'm the only person Kogure-san could rely on.
I didn't want him to be thrown out and be alone.
So even though you were suspected by the police,
you decided to protect Kogure-san.
I'm not as great a person as you think.
Toyama-san, this is all your fault.
You said you would come every day until you found out the truth.
So I thought I wouldn't see you again if I told the truth.
You can still see me any time.
You're really bad at lying.
Yuriko-san!
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
Could it be...
What's this?
There was also a lipstick stain on Shiroyama-san's bed sheet.
That wasn't me.
I don't usually put on lipstick.
What?
I only put on lipstick today because I didn't want to worry them.
This is such a surprise.
The culprit wasn't Okuda Yuriko.
You're the one who tried to murder Shiroyama-san, right?
Urasawa Nanae-san.
Me?
Why would I murder Shiroyama-san?
You slipped in a sleeping pill in his medication...
that was to be taken after dinner.
Later, you entered Shiroyama-san's house with a spare key,
moved him onto his bed...
and turned on the gas.
But when you were moving him onto his bed,
your lipstick stained his bed sheet.
Isn't that Okuda-san's lipstick?
I've never been to Shiroyama-san's house before.
There were lip prints on the bed sheet. Just like fingerprints,
every person has different lip prints and they never change.
According to the forensic test,
Yuriko-san's lip prints and the lip prints on the bed sheet...
do not match.
Well then, let's examine the lip prints on this.
Since you've never entered Shiroyama-san's house before,
your lip prints shouldn't be there too.
Old man Shiroyama told me...
that he wanted to secretly pass his properties to that woman.
I'm also a nurse, but look at what he told me. Was he out of his mind?
It's so unfair.
So what you did to Shiroyama-san...
He better die.
I hoped the police would suspect that woman.
So you're also the one who hurt Kogure-san as well.
If he told the truth,
that woman's innocence would be proven.
You hate Yuriko-san that much?
I'm the one who works really hard!
I didn't try to use my advantage as a woman...
and worked hard.
But no one understood me!
Everyone was seduced by that woman.
No one appreciates me!
I can't stand this.
Due to jealousy, you hurt innocent people...
and even tried to murder the elderly.
You have such an ugly heart. Who would appreciate you?
You yourself are to blame...
that no one cares about you.
Don't try to blame other people.
You think you're that great?
Who are you anyway?
I'm the chief here, Toyama Kinshiro.
I vow in the name of the sakura that I won't connive any crime.
Senior Minami, I'll entrust the rest of the work to you.
You proved that you were right.
You must feel very satisfied now, don't you?
I just didn't want to wrongly convict an innocent person.
You got lucky this time.
You'll definitely get yourself into trouble one day.
No matter how I did it, a goal is a goal, isn't it?
How does the chief...
trust a person so much?
I envy his faith.
Let's get on with the interrogation.
Please pardon my intrusion.
So you're the chief Toyama-san. I'm so surprised.
People always say I don't look like one.
Your subordinates must be under a lot of pressure.
(Yuriko-san. Thank you for your hard work all this while)
Did you resign?
Yes.
Because I can't go on working with a smile anymore.
Please excuse me.
Hello? Toyama speaking.
Got it. I'll return to the station immediately.
I'll have to excuse myself now.
I'll come again.
Don't come again.
I hope you remember me as I was in my healthy condition.
You said you had stolen a wallet when you were young.
But you didn't, did you?
Last year, a total of 80 million yen...
was donated to various charitable organisations...
from your bank account.
Yuriko-san, you're bad at lying too.
Toyama-san...
Thank you.
Aikawa-san? Why are you here?
I was ordered to by the deputy chief.
He told me to escort you back to the police station.
Really? I'm sorry to make you come all the way here.
Let's go.
Hello? Aikawa speaking.
Yes, Sir. Understood. I'll be right there.
Is there a case?
A house was broken into at Shiotsuki 4-chome.
Let's go to the scene.
Chief, you're going too?
Since there's a case, I can't ignore it.
Wait, Chief!
A threatening letter?
I have your daughter.
What do you want?
Megumi-chan will be in great danger if we can't find out where she is.
What does the culprit want Minami-san to apologise about?
Time's up.
- Megumi-san? - Megumi-chan?
Don't step into my territory.
How can police work with criminals?
I'm in charge here. Stay in your office and wait for our reports!