Kidnapped baby Nozomi was made for her brother that has leukemia.
Previously on Designer Baby:
She was a Designer Baby.
If we don't find Nozomi in two days and do a transplant,
It will be too late!
Well that baby, it's still just a newborn!
Taking her bone marrow or whatever, it'd be really hard on her!
The embryo culture technician who made Nozomi, Yamahara
took Nozomi out of Minamoto's hands to prevent the bone marrow transplant.
The police plunged into public criminal investigation,
but still didn't know where Nozomi was taken.
On the other hand, Detective Hayamizu was getting close to the truth.
Chikamori san wanted to protect the baby from his hereditary disease.
Therefore he asked Yamahara san to edit the genes.
Nozomi isn't just a product to Yamahara san,
more likely, she thinks of Nozomi as a child.
So Hayamizu stirred up other behavior.
Please talk about your feelings.
For me, I do not want the baby to be found.
I can't endure it anymore. Nozomi will be used for a transplant.
Stop?
If you're a mother, you can use your child's body as you like?
Yes. Because I gave birth to Nozomi for that.
Friday
This is Hayamizu.
Your voice is really stiff.
It can't be helped can it. With this situation and all.
I saw the press conference.
Chikamori san..., really said it all.
I am her mother!
I decide what to do with the baby I gave birth to.
But her husband is opposed to the bone marrow transplant.
Yamahara san, you escaped to protect Nozomi, right?
Let's return Nozomi, OK.
I can't do that.
A public phone at the west entrance of Ikebukuro Station.
All units, move to the west entrance of Ikebukuro Station.
This wasn't the destiny
I wanted for this child.
I wanted...
Yamahara san? Yamahara san!
She hung up. When you arrive, search the area.
Hayamizu. Yes. Go to the scene.
When we catch Yamahara, you might have to persuade her.
Alright. Fuku.
Finally, you call me Fuku...
Yamahara san said, "destiny"....
I became an embryo culture technician cause I wanted to change destiny.
What is it?
I need Giichi san to check something out.
S-1 to headquarters. Arrived at location, now searching.
We have a witness that a woman looking like Yamahara got in a white taxi.
We're in pursuit. Get the car's plate.
Track it down! Yes.
This is Dobashi. Arrived at location M-3, searching the area.
S-4 to headquarters, eyewitness report she got off at point M.
S-2 to headquarters. Arakawa Nishinippori 8-3-2.
Eye witness puts a woman looking like Yamahara in front of the market at Musashi.
carrying an infant.
When you find her, be careful not to provoke her.
Use a gentle voice encouraging her to surrender.
The priority is the hostage's safety.
S-1 to headquarters.
On the sidewalk, bumped a pedestrian, saw her face.
When shown the picture of the suspect,
said it looked like her.
Said she ran in the direction of Nippori on Ogu Bridge Street.
Police, stop right there!
At M-3, no useful information.
In front of Jonan University's extension Hospital.
Concern is about the welfare of Nozomi chan, a newborn baby of two weeks.
Nozomi chan was born to save her brother,
that she is a sibling savior has all sides caught in surprise.
When Nozomi chan is returned safely,
will there be a bone marrow transplant?
We're now gathering information from the hospital.
Giichi san, now on 4th floor outpatient.
This will put the hospital's ethics in question. No matter the ethics,
don't we have to save the life of the young boy?
It's impossible to do a bone marrow transplant from a newborn.
What should we do, acting hospital director?
Right now, the attending physician is applying a different treatment.
Let's wait for the result of that.
Mother...
Arata, do you hurt?
Mother.
Stay out.
You will let this child die, right?
The patient's reaction? He's trembling.
Among the staff, they are cooperating all they can.
Alright. I'll respond also.
Please help, I'm begging.
I know that you can't help suspecting me,
but I didn't do it. It was all done by Yamahara san.
If so, then the police will prove such.
I'm saying think about your situation too.
We're the first in the world, to have successfully edited the genes
of fertilized eggs. Nozomi is living proof!
That girl from the request of the parents, is the ultimate Designer Baby!
If we announce this, it will shock the whole world.
It'll be a great honor for the hospital too.
So how to I help you.
Just create an alibi.
This is not a time for me to be suspected of murder!
Fine, I'll help you. Sensei.
However, more than sharing any secrets, I want to know the truth.
About Sakiyama san, did you do it?
Sensei, you didn't like him either, right?
Even so, you're a doctor!! Hey stop...!
Susami Sensei. Susami Sensei!
That was no confession.
I didn't say anything, didn't do anything.
We got results from forensics, Minamoto Sensei.
We have some questions about the medicine administered to Sakiyama Sensei.
Please come with us.
I will blow the lid off.
It won't stop, no matter what happens to me.
We'll remake people with our own hands.
That era has started.
Oh, I'm really sorry, Sensei.
Please hurry and bring this incident to a close.
It's now the finale.
However, Hayamizu asked me for one more favor.
She would like your cooperation.
I'll tell you whatever you want.
But where do we start, I wonder.
Found someone that looks like the mark.
You can't come in here.
Move away! Manager...
Yamahara...!
Stay away! Get everyone out. Close the shutters out front!
If you don't...
Alright, alright, calm down.
Yamahara san! Call here.
Barricading herself....
Establish headquarters at the front. We're coming there.
Hey, what's happened, in custody? Barricaded.
Going to the scene. Barricaded?
Hey! What happened!?
Yes, alright. In two minutes, we'll be setup.
Everyone please. Yes.
Chief!
Himura has a lot of experience with barricaded people. I called him in.
So the situation?
Now that Yamahara is backed into a corner, we don't know what she will do.
We must deal with this so that the hostage is not harmed.
However, the situation is troublesome. The baby and Yamahara's bodies are as one.
If anything goes wrong in storming in,
it's possible the baby will be harmed.
We have SWAT on standby, but first we will
try to persuade Yamahara to surrender.
Yamahara said for you to call her, right, Hayamizu?
Yes. You're trusting this to Hayamizu?
Didn't she cause the problem yesterday too!?
Because there's no one else she's called since this morning.
Yamahara named her. Please allow me.
If you would.
S.W.A.T.
Preparation is ready. Connect to Yamahara.
Alright.
You're late.
Sorry, there were preparations.
Prepare a car, one without GPS
Alright, I'll prepare it. Is anything else necessary?
It's fine, just hurry with the car.
Please calm down. Formula or diapers?
if you run out, it'll be hard right?
Then that too. When it's done call me.
Yamahara san.
I do have one request too. What?
In exchange for the hostage.
Unbelievable, you think I will let go of Nozomi?
I thought it would be hard.
But Nozomi has been passed around for a week,
it's got to have been hard on her.
Won't you allow Nozomi some rest?
Please think about it.
There's only one person I'll exchange her for.
Who is that?
Arata kun.
If it's Arata kun, I am willing to exchange.
Tell that to Chikamori san.
It's a chance to get Nozomi back.
Out of the question. That kid is seriously ill.
I know.
Why would she make such a demand? To drag things out.
Yamahara san isn't just thinking of escaping.
But we can't let her take a car, if we can't persuade her here?
Basically she's stalling.
Even so, hasn't she calmed down just a little.
She's thinking about her purpose in abducting Nozomi.
"What can I do to help Nozomi?"
Let's tell Chikamori san what Yamahara san said.
Exchange the hostages? No way, they'd never agree.
But that is Yamahara san's demand.
She wants to tell Chikamori san that the only
substitute for Nozomi is Arata kun.
Exchange Nozomi for Arata?
Yea... Are we fools.
Arata can't even take a single step.
Saying if we want Nozomi, we hand over Arata?
So it seems...
Then, I will go.
Yuko. I will go.
You can't go there! Let go of me! Let me talk to her!
Cause she was told the demand. Somebody go shut her up.
She'll provoke Yamahara.
Yamahara san! Hey! Take me hostage, let me in!
Chikamori san! Told you, you can't go in!
Yamahara san! Chikamori san! Let go of me!
Cikamori san! Now! You can't go in!
It's Yamahara. I'll connect.
Yes, this is Hayamizu.
Has Chikamori san come?
Seems she wants to talk with you.
I guess it's better if we have her leave?
Have her come in.
But we can't have Chikamori san go by herself.
It's OK if you come with her. Do that.
What should we do?
If we open the shutters, we'll know the situation inside.
Easier to rush in.
Your saying to send in the hostage's mother, and a pregnant detective!?
I'll go. Please let me persuade her directly.
I will take full responsibility. Are you conscious!?
Before she was pregnant, was our best investigator.
Now the person that understands Yamahara the best, is Hayamizu.
Commissioner. Go now, Hayamizu.
Everything else, we'll be your support.
We will be nearby, on alert. If anything happens,
we'll come right in to save you. You focus on convincing her.
Yes. Go on your way.
Hey, Dobashi! Yes, I'm going.
Yamahara san! Calm down!
Let me go! Chikamori san.
It seems that Yamahara san wants to talk.
Because there's certain precautions, please, over there.
Did you look into it? Yea.
It was in Jonan University's records. The name of Yamahara's father's disease.
Hereditary progressive neurodegenerative disease
Thought so.
And you know, Yamahara had some of her eggs frozen.
Eggs were? Yea.
The were in the lab, but three days ago they disappeared.
We're the stolen? That is a mystery?
You want my take on it? Please tell me when I get back.
Your hidden mike. Thanks.
Hayamizu san, you remember? You said be on good terms with the criminal.
Those words, are my famous saying.
Well anyway, I understand watching this what happens
when you overdo it. Sorry about that.
Anyway for now, we'll have you covered. Go do your best.
Be careful now.
That's enough.
Situation inside the store? Got it.
Move now. Yes!
Close the shutter.
Nozomi! Don't come any closer.
Show her face.
Return that baby.
I raised this baby.
Somehow, you think you can escape from here?
I'll keep escaping... I will raise her.
I will never give you this baby.
Chikamori san, you can only think of using this child.
Got it!
What was it for? You wanted to lend a hand?
Wasn't it you that made that baby?
I was mistaken. Why now...
Yamahara san is the same as Nozomi, right?
That's why you lent a hand, right?
Your deceased father, had hereditary progressive neurodegenerative disease.
The same as Chikamori san's husband.
Children have a 50 percent chance of inheriting this illness.
Yamahara san hasn't yet been afflicted, but
I'm sure she has researched whether she
has the same genes for it.
Yamahara san understands well how your husband feels.
She started gene editing with Minamoto Sensei too,
for the same reason, right.
"Won't you help people in the same situation?"
Because Minamoto kun once tearfully pleaded with me.
But it was illegal. Of course I knew that.
But even so, because gene editing is such a wonderful technology,
I thought it would eventually be accepted.
Even so, it seemed to good to be true, that it had a scary side,
of course there's that....
But if it's used correctly, there's so many people it could help.
So that's why for Chikamori san?
It was the ideal case.
An then the unexpected thing happened.
Kidnapping...
Sakiyama Sensei was leaving the hospital,
with that he accidentally discovered what we had done.
Restriction enzymes? Why would Minamoto kun
have ordered such a thing?
He said he was going to expose everything.
I tried desperately to convince him not to, and then....
in an instant.
It happened right in front of me...
I couldn't believe it.
Minamoto kun after that,
before I knew it, had taken Nozomi and hid her.
Why didn't you tell me about that then?
Somehow or another.
I heard, that your frozen eggs
recently disappeared.
Three days ago, the day Professor Sakiyama fell.
Didn't Minamoto Sensei steal them?
Then he threatened you, so you wouldn't talk.
Those frozen eggs,
were that important to you.
Am I wrong?
About holding a child...
I gave up on that long ago, however.
The tank where Yamahara san's eggs are.
If I had realized... I moved as he told me.
Even though I knew what Minamoto kun
was planning to do.
I guess I hadn't given up yet.
So I let him see it through.
What brought me to my senses, was when I saw that broadcast.
When I heard you wanted to use Nozomi for a bone marrow transplant,
then I knew what this child's existence was to you.
After all, to you...
Nozomi was only something to be used for your own purpose.
I just wanted Nozomi to save Arata.
Well, if he's not saved, then what?
Won't you say her whole life?
"You were supposed to save your brother."
I wouldn't. Then if he did save him?
"You saved your brother's life.
You are your brother's savior."
Always hearing that, that girl
will be under the impression that she is of no worth herself, don't you think?
You don't understand. The one suffering is Arata.
That girl is Arata's sister, they are family.
It's natural she's want to save Arata!
Of course, I can't return her to you.
Stop!
Is the car ready?
If I can't escape from here with Nozomi,
I will die with her.
For me...
I have responsibility to that baby's life!
Sorry, at a time like this.
This kid's been moving a while, letting me know of it's presence.
Even though I can't see it's face.
Nozomi, is kind of strange, right.
For a baby that's there.
I still haven't seen this baby's face, have I?
Therefore I have a lot of hopes.
Well, well, that's a nice face and,
that it will like the same things as it's brother and.
Look, even though I detest zombies.
Don't come!
A designer baby, it's something like that.
Because I haven't seen its face yet, because I don't know what kind,
everyone's under the impression, I can do as I like.
Both of you, were like that.
Perhaps you are still now.
You've been talking about Nozomi, as if she's not here.
What?
You just said "that baby", when you were talking about Nozomi.
Not "this baby."
Nozomi isn't here is she?
Himura, go in now!
Why are you so rash!? Where is Nozomi, talk!
Yamahara san.
Surely, knowing that you've cared for Nozomi, you wouldn't hurt her.
You probably worry she was born for someone else,
but isn't that the way it always is.
Your own life, is always because of your parents,
is that bad?
What she'll become, it's just up to her.
For that child's life to be ideal, she needs to be returned.
Where is Nozomi?
Chikamori san, please tell us how you are feeling.
Please comment! Chikamori san!
Are you satisfied you made a child to meet your ego? Please tell us!
What do you think life is?
Don't you have any understanding for this person?
She is fighting her son's illness, and you think she doesn't know what life is!?
You just want to stir it up.
"If this is OK?" go ask society!
Why don't you at least go do that.
But this person, has desperately been trying
to find the answer!
And so, are you in any position to criticize?
Arata, has kept calling for you.
The attending physician has continued to look for a way besides a bone marrow transplant.
It's still not approved, but in America
there's reports of a new highly effective medicine.
he says he wants to try it. However it will take some time.
we'll keep looking for something.
You don't think he will get bigger?
Height wise.
Doesn't look like me?
Doesn't want to be small. Right.
I want to see him grown up.
It's just, that wanting to see him grow up...
Mother...
I'm here.
Mother... my sister...
Yea, Nozomi, right.
Is she back?
Soon, for sure.
When she gets back, a lot of things will get better.
Arata's pain will go away too.
How come?
Because Nozomi will help you.
Nozomi will share her blood with you.
My pain will go away?
Yes, you'll be happy, OK.
I'm happy...
But, ask, OK.
What? Ask Nozomi, OK.
Ask what?
Will she share her blood?... ask that, OK.
She might not be back soon....
Yamahara
Is it you?
Are you Nozomi?
Hayamizu san...
This child? This morning, a parishioner
asked us to keep this child for just an hour, however.
They haven't been back since.
The car carrying Nozomi chan has arrived.
Nozomi chan's kidnapping has finally ended.
Now Nozomi chan is entering the hospital.
Welcome back.
Arata, understand?
Nozomi has come back.
Yea, so cute.
Further, about the notice of the bone marrow transplant,
the hospital is going to announce the intentions of Chikamori san.
Like this, the incident ended.
What? Aren't you on maternity leave?
Oh, checking out maternity hospitals.
Our beds are full. Stingy.
How's Arata kun doing?
Searching for a cure.
Have to believe in the patient's will to live, and continue to look for a cure.
That's the answer that's come.
For today. What?
If they had asked us to to that, we'd have refused.
Taking bone marrow from a newborn, would endanger her life.
But as Nozomi grows, our answer will change.
The parents thinking, will probably change too.
There isn't an answer.
No, there has to be one.
There was just that, right.
It can't end just cause the incident is over.
Acting hospital director is tough.
After this, Professor Susami
took all responsibility and quit the hospital.
I feel a deep sense of responsibility.
I heard he's writing a book or something, however
I don't know details. For me...
You know at this hospital now, it seems there are tons of parents
wanting to have a designer baby.
Really now, "Rewriting the genetic code with
gene editing." as they say, is all the rage.
Well, for our next one, make some great kid?
Mmm... It'd be trouble if it's greater than me.
Then one order of your great taco rice.
I'm back. Welcome back.
Hey Yuri san, look at this!
"Zombie park" Isn't it cool?
Yea... It's interesting, really.
Right, I'll go change. Let's go to the grand opening together.
As usual, I don't tell Yusuke I hate zombies.
The baby is coming along well.
Until it's born, I will have these peaceful days.
Yes.
Hey preggy, have some time? What?
Maybe...