(Property for auction) (Authorized Personnel Only)
- Picture! - Yes sir!
There's probably footsteps in there.
I'm currently checking.
- These fingerprints? - Yes sir.
Please take a picture of this!
The victim is 66 year old Nakazawa Souhei.
He's the chairman of Nakazawa Properties, they rent out buildings in the metropolitan area.
He was stabbed with a knife.
Yes.
- Hey - Yes.
But there's a pressure mark on the victim's palm due to a strong push from the knife's handle.
It's unknown if it's murder or suicide. We'll have to wait for an autopsy.
We've found a new set of footprints that doesn't belong to the victim.
It's a 26 centimeter sneaker.
There's a chance that there was someone else here.
Estimated time of death?
Last night from 6 pm to 8 pm. Well then.
Oh? The money were untouched.
Yes, about 30,000 yen. His cards were untouched too.
I can't find any cigarettes but there's a brand new lighter.
Did he use it for something?
And there was one card in his suit's pocket. Here.
To Tomo (Friend)
It's not the handwriting of a man his age.
Then there's also one picture on his cellphone that was taken before the estimated time of death.
But it's not a clear picture.
It's just a picture of him smiling. What's your plan?
Well, I'll send this card for a handwriting analysis.
There's also some substance on the victim's cuff, so we'll send that for analysis too.
We'll send the body for autopsy.
We'll investigate along the lines of both suicide and murder.
Yes sir!
Little Miss, contact his family. - Yes sir.
- Noguchi! - Yes?
- We'll ask around. - Yeah.
It's unknown if it was suicide or murder.
Who is he smiling with?
Timer, Translator: mhaellix
(Nakazawa)
Why are you here so early?
You know I need a sample of the person's handwriting for analysis, right?
But it's obviously not the victim's handwriting.
When I asked if he knew someone around him who has a rounded handwriting,
he said that his daughter is in her first year of high school.
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.
Sorry for the trouble and thank you.
Here are the notebooks of my father and my daughter, Akane.
Thank you very much.
Can we borrow these?
Ah, go ahead.
But even though it's similar to my daughter's handwriting, I don't think she wrote this.
Why?
My daughter hated my father.
I don't need you.
You don't have to talk that way!
Be quiet!
My wife and my father didn't get along well.
She left this house last year,
and they've never spoken again.
Where's your daughter right now?
With my wife.
She's usually there on the weekends.
Did your wife leave you because of your father?
- Itomura-san. - Hm?
I think both of them ran out of patience with me since I can't go against my father.
Nakazawa-san, do you have any idea about why this happened to your father?
No... I really don't think that he committed suicide.
I heard that my father had a lot of enemies.
He betrayed and fired a lot of people...
I don't need someone like you!
Oh, but I work at a different company so I don't really know...
So do you have any idea about who this Tomo (friend) might be?
I find it unbelievable that he even has a friend.
Meaning?
I couldn't believe it too...
But here's a reunion invitation.
He usually ignores it when he's sent one.
He's even declared that all his past friends are just after his money.
That makes me more curious...
This picture was on your father's cellphone...
It was taken yesterday and he's smiling, isn't he?
If he really is the way you describe him, then who is he smiling with?
I don't know...
I've never seen him like this.
- Itomura-san. - Yeah?
Shouldn't you hurry and send the handwriting for analysis?
Oh, that's right.
What's wrong with him?
He's weird.
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Excuse me.
There's no address here.
The organizer gave it personally.
(Nakazawa Souhei)
Organizer?
(Organizer - 1960 Graduate - Tsuchiya Tomoya)
Tsuchiya Tomoya...
Tomoya...
Analysis of the substance in the cuff of the jacket and handwriting analysis.
Thanks in advance.
Where's Itomura-san?
He's analyzing the picture from the cellphone.
He said that he might know who he was with, if he finds out where it was taken.
I was the one who gave him that analysis software.
I see, Itomura-san is actually using it.
He said that he's not good with computers...
Uh actually...
No no, you can see it right here, right?
- Make this part bigger like "gaa." - Gaa?
Make it go "saa" so it's readable.
Itomura-kun.
Yes?
Just be quiet and watch.
You can't do it anyway.
That's true.
This is the best I can do.
Machiya Water...?
(Tsuchiya Factory)
Tsuchiya Tomoya is my husband.
But he passed away three months ago.
Passed away?
He committed suicide.
Suicide...
The fund raising for the factory didn't go well,
so he settled everything first...
He was a conscientious man.
Was your husband called "Tomo?"
Yes. All of his old acquaintances called him that.
Apparently, your husband went to Nakazawa-san to give him the reunion invitation.
It's embarrassing but before he died
the factory was in deep trouble.
He left saying that he'll borrow money from Nakazawa-san.
I think it was then.
Money...
But he didn't lend any money.
This is good enough.
There's nothing more pitiful than borrowing money from a friend.
Hey, please get yourself together.
But it was so much fun!
Huh?
It's been awhile since we've talked.
Is that so?
I'm glad...
I informed Nakazawa-san that my husband passed away.
But he didn't come to the funeral either.
Then that was it...
Yes.
My husband thought of him that way...
but Nakazawa-san didn't feel the same way.
Yes?
Ah, no, I'm no longer a part of the Nakazawa household.
Huh? What do you mean?
Nakazawa-san.
Yes?
The police is here.
Police?
Hello.
Father did?
Yes.
I was told by the store manager
that Chairman Nakazawa recently came here
and visited your apartment.
Ah, yes, he suddenly came two days ago.
But since he came so suddenly plus it was almost time for work, I asked him to leave right away.
What was the reason for Nakazawa-san's visit?
Madame.
What? Ah...
The reason why Chairman Nakazawa visited.
I don't know anything about that.
I'm sorry, can this wait? I'm in the middle of work.
Ah, thank you and excuse us.
She looked a little bit weird.
- You saw him? - Yeah.
Yeah.
He was talking to a high school girl.
Ah!
Thank you very much.
- Are you all right? - Yes.
According to the analysis reports, the probability that the granddaughter wrote on the card is high. - Yokoyama
(Public Phone)
Yes?
Please stop this awful joke.
That much money...
Hello?
Excuse me. You're Akane-san's mother, Nakazawa Rie-san, aren't you?
Who are you?
Oh sorry, I'm Itomura.
I'm hoping to see Akane-san, would you know where she is?
She's not here.
I see.
Is that enough?
You know, yesterday Akane-san and your father-in-law...
I don't know anything!
Did something happen?
Nothing happened. Please leave now.
Miyashita-san.
Itomura, why are you here?
Madame, sorry but we'd like to ask you a few more questions.
Can you spare us a moment?
Miyashita-san, did something happen?
None of your business.
Please.
Akane was with my father...?
That's the only option left, after all she's not with her mother too.
That's weird. She left a voice mail saying that she's at her mom's place.
Voice mail?
May I listen to it?
Ah, sure.
Papa, I'm with Mama.
- Everything's fine.. - Can you contact her?
Ah, okay.
Papa, I'm with Mama.
I can't reach her.
We weren't quarreling!
Please calm down, Madame.
The person who saw you and Chairman Nakazawa said that it looked that way.
I want to talk to you for a minute.
I've already cut off my relations with the Nakazawa family.
He came so suddenly and so I only told him that I have nothing to do with their family anymore!
Where were you from 6 pm to 9 pm last night?
I was at my apartment.
And who can prove that?
No one.
Your daughter wasn't there?
I heard she's always with you on the weekends.
She didn't come yesterday.
Can I go now? I'm in a hurry.
In a hurry? I heard you left the store early today.
Is there some place you're going to?
Somewhere...
Hey!
Brownout? What's wrong?
Here's the analysis report.
Ah.
That card was written by the granddaughter...
The substance found is...
Incense fragrance.
You mean that incense stick?
That woman is definitely hiding something.
Yeah.
- Chief! - Later.
Incense fragrance has been detected on the cuff of the victim's clothing.
The lighter that he had was probably for the incense stick.
Incense?
Yes.
Actually, three months ago, a friend of the victim committed suicide.
There's a chance that he went to visit his grave.
I'd like to investigate the temple.
The victim visited a friend's grave?
- Really? - Oh well.
We might know what he did yesterday.
Miya-san, the list for those who have grudges against the victim is done, right?
- Yes. - All right.
Bye now, Little Miss.
I'm not a "Little Miss."
Must be tough, huh? Good luck.
You too. Hand this to him.
Papa, I'm with Mama.
Everything's fine.
She might be in a special situation.
Special situation?
Listen.
When you talk normally...
- High school student, right? - She's 16.
Papa, I'm with Mama. Everything's fine.
This is from the tape, and this is mine.
The graph is like this when you talk normally.
For example, she may be threatened and forced to talk.
We can't reach this girl right now.
Are you able to find the location by analyzing that tape?
- I can. - Please do it right away.
(Tsuchiya Family Tomb)
Yes, this person came along with his grandchild.
- Grandchild? - Yes.
He asked where Tsuchiya-san's grave was.
I think it was about 6:30 pm last night.
They came together?
Yes.
Oh yeah, I also saw his brother.
His brother?
The brother of the wife of the late Tsuchiya-san,
Shizuo-san.
He would always come to visit.
Along with her voice, I can hear a train and a railway crossing.
This is an announcement from the shopping district...
Plus music and an announcement.
And lastly, a barking dog and flowing water.
Water?
There's a river nearby.
It's not that big.
From this waveform, it's about a 25 kilo golden retriever.
You can even tell the breed?
But not the gender.
- Keep watching her. - Roger.
Your phone is ringing.
Madame?
Hello...
Why are you there for so long?
Did you tell the police?
I didn't!
Have you prepared the 10 million yen?
There's no way I can prepare that much money that fast!
Your daughter is dead if you don't.
W-wait a minute!
Shut up!
Prepare it before noon tomorrow.
I'll contact you again.
Hello?
Madame, did something happen?
Nothing happened.
Nothing happened!
Excuse me!
Madame?
Are you all right?
- Madame! - What's wrong?
My daughter... my daughter...
It's a 7500 Series DC-type commuter train.
There we go!
- It's a Kei Railway commuter train. - Kei Railway.
And that sound is the ordinary train from Asuka Dai Station to South Katsuhara Station.
It's quite a long distance if we follow this.
If we find the railway crossing of this segment then we'll find the shopping district.
There's a lot of railway crossing.
They all sound similar but each is different.
Let's go and confirm it once the trains start running.
And...
Yes, Yokoyama here.
Dog?
It's a little early but...
Yeah, thanks.
- Here you go. - Thank you.
You're such a big help.
By the way, Eto-san, do you know Chief Kagami of Investigation division one?
It looked like he was concerned about you.
Did that lady called Eto say something?
Something?
Something aside from the case.
I don't know.
Is that so?
Nakazawa Akane, the victim's grandchild, has been kidnapped!
The kidnapper and probable murderer is Yamaoka Shizuo, 45 years old.
The brother-in-law of the victim's friend, Tsuchiya Tomoya.
- Oda. - Yes.
Yamaoka worked at the factory that Tsuchiya Tomoya was managing.
But three months ago the factory went bankrupt.
After that, Tsuchiya-san committed suicide.
According to his sister, Yamaoka was deeply outraged with the fact that Tsuchiya-san's old friend, the victim, didn't lend the money.
- He has a motive. - Yes.
Before the victim died, he and his granddaughter visited the Myoutenji Temple.
Yamaoka was also seen on the grounds.
That was about 6 pm on the day of the crime.
It's a 10 minute walk from the temple to the crime scene.
Um... The footprint from the crime scene is 26 cm.
It's the same size as Yamaoka's.
They haven't found the factory's compact truck ever since Yamaoka took it.
We've confirmed that the handwriting on the card was in fact his granddaughter's.
So there's a chance that the granddaughter was on the crime scene
and she was kidnapped by Yamaoka then.
Yes.
Okay, we'll form a special unit to take care of the kidnapping case.
- That's all. - Yes sir...
Chief, you just want us to shut up and dismally observe?
It'll take at least three hours for them to form a special unit.
We have that much time before that!
Find Yamaoka's whereabouts!
Yes sir!
Lets go!!
Yes sir!
Little Miss, you take care of the mother.
Be good.
So this is the railway crossing of South Katsuhara.
That's right.
Ah, it's coming!
Eto-san, it's here, it's here!
Itomura-san, can you hold this microphone?
What do you think?
No, it's not this one.
Not this one.
No doubt about it, it's this railway crossing's traffic light.
All right!
Meaning there's a shopping district nearby.
Um...
This sound...
- Itomura-san! - Hm?
Ah, you're here.
What are you saying? Hello there.
She's helping us out again. So, did you find out about the dogs?
Somehow.
There are 18 registered golden retrievers in this area.
But can you really tell which dog barked?
We'll ascertain the dog's voice print.
- Chief! - Yeah?
We found the pay phone's number using the mother's cellphone log.
He phoned three times and they were all South Katsuhara pay phones.
Yamaoka used to live in South Katsuhara. I'm sure that he's familiar with that area.
Not this one.
Next.
This is Sone.
Yamaoka bought a fruit knife from a convenience store.
Where?
All right, send all the investigation team members to South Katsuhara!
Yes sir!
No, I don't want a kiss.
What the heck are you doing?
I think she fell in love with me.
She'll bark soon.
Huh?
Good morning.
What are you doing?
They're recording sounds.
It's this dog.
Itomura-san?
- Stay away! - Calm down, okay?
- I'll kill her if you come closer! - I don't have anything!
Stay away!
It's okay now.
Run away!
Let's talk. I'm sure you'll understand.
Somebody! Somebody help!
L-let's talk about this...
Itomura-san!
- Yokoyama-kun, switch with me. - Huh?
Take care of him.
- Are you okay? Huh?!
Itomura-san... Itomura-san!
What are you doing?
Itomura-san!
Hey you!
This is the police!
- Miyashita-san? - Itomura!?
- Please handle the rest. - Yeah.
Okay, Yamaoka.
Okay, don't move around.
Here's evidence.
- Good job. - Not at all.
Nakazawa Akane-san, right?
Where's grandpa?
Madame.
Your daughter is safe.
T-thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
Grandpa...
You were with your grandfather that night, right?
I was looking for you.
Huh?
Because I wanted to know what happened that night.
Grandpa gave this to me.
For Mama.
Your mother?
Yeah.
Our house key.
Your house?
I really don't think that he committed suicide.
I heard that my father had a lot of enemies.
So do you have any idea about who this Tomo (friend) might be?
I find it unbelievable that he even has a friend.
Dear Tomo
Mama!
Akane... I'm so glad...!
It must've been hard.
Madame, can you give me three minutes of your time?
Itomura-san.
Akane-san has something from Nakazawa-san.
Yeah.
It's this...
This is... my...
Your key.
I think Nakazawa-san wanted you to come back,
that's why he gave it to Akane-san.
That time...
I'd like to talk to you.
Akane-san, can you tell us about the time you were with your grandpa?
Yeah.
Grandpa was in a fight.
Don't underestimate me just because I'm old!
Go for it!
Grandpa?
Grandpa wasn't his usual self.
He was desperately doing his best.
Do you have friends?
I do.
Of course you do.
You should treasure your friends, do you understand?
Of course I do.
That's true.
But I didn't...
I've never trusted other people before.
Same for Tomo...
Tomo?
Tsuchiya Tomoya... Tomo.
It's the guy who I played baseball with in high school.
I heard rumors that he had money problems.
That's why I thought that he was going to pester me for money.
Do you remember your coming-from-behind two-run homer?
He never said anything about that...
He just talked about old times...
Nakazawa.
What's wrong?
Until the very end, he was still smiling like before.
Soon after,
I was told that he committed suicide.
But I didn't regret it...
That's why I received divine punishment.
Divine punishment?
Nakazawa-san opened up to Akane-san,
that he had a terminal pancreatic cancer.
He only had six months left to live.
Knowing that he has terminal cancer,
he remembered the late Tsuchiya-san.
Because of Tsuchiya-san, he remembered various things from the past,
like how they poured their hearts into baseball during high school,
and their first loves, right?
Yeah.
Your first love?
Yeah, it was a cute girl just like you.
I had those kind of times too.
Get a hold of yourself, Tomo!
- Move, this is mine! - Move Tomo! Move!
I believed that the past doesn't matter.
What's important is the future.
Tomo made me remember that...
Tsuchiya Tomoya...
smiled like old times...
He's that kind of guy...
But I... I allowed that Tomoya to die...
What kind of person am I...?
I...
Then... just apologize.
You're friends,
I'm sure he'll forgive you.
Akane-san recommended that he write a message on a card.
But his hands were shaking because of his illness so he couldn't write well.
So Akane-san wrote it for him.
Here you go. But even if you're shaking, you have to write the message yourself.
You're a good girl.
But I would always just scold you.
Forgive me.
Really.
Akane, thanks for being my granddaughter.
Thanks.
Grandpa...
Ah, that reminds me, Akane...
Grandpa, let's take a picture. You have a cellphone, right?
Yeah.
Can you do it?
Yeah, I've never done it before but I can do it.
Okay?
Aww, it's blurry. Look.
Ah!
- Let's take one on my phone. - Yeah.
Okay, I'm taking it.
Say cheese.
Look.
Father...
After taking that picture,
Nakazawa-san and Akane-san visited Tsuchiya-san's grave.
I'm going to mom's house tonight. Bye.
Bye.
My brother-in-law was so important to me!
It's your fault!
My brother-in-law wouldn't need to die if you just lent him the money!!
Akane-san followed him because she was worried about Nakazawa-san,
but she was kidnapped by Tsuchiya-san's brother-in-law.
At that time, Nakazawa-san died while gripping the handle of the knife.
Why did he?
I think he wanted to make it appear like it was suicide.
He mustered his last strength for the sake of his precious friend...
Nakazawa-san understood how you feel.
That's why he wanted to cover up for your sin by making it look like suicide.
No way... You must be kidding...
Nakazawa-san tried to change before dying.
Isn't that because of your brother-in-law?
My brother!
Yamaoka, let's go.
Hey.
Why get influenced by Itomura?
Our job is to catch the perpetrator, get a confession, and send them to a prosecutor.
We're not here to display some unnecessary inferences.
You're only here because no other woman wants to be a detective.
Don't forget!
I received a report from Sone
that you asked for a private organization's help again without permission.
I'm very sorry.
I told you not to get involved with private organizations.
But...
Don't talk back.
I'll seriously fire you.
Never mind.
Go.
Yes.
Tsuchiya Family Tomb
Dear Tomo Thank you
I'm curious about the fact that he has no towel on his neck.
Brothers with a big age gap...
I really don't know anything about my brother.
Okay, investigate the relationship between the victim, the brother, and the reporter.
I want you to know something.
Are you suspicious of me?
I've gotten to the bottom of it.
Please take a look.
Please find out what it is.
What's this?
I got it from Kotatsu-san.
Rakugo?
It has matched...