You have arrived at your destination.
Coming!
- Um... - Tarumi Haruka-san, right?
Welcome. Please come in.
Is coffee OK?
What's wrong?
I can't pay you that much.
Ah, it's OK.
Really? Is it really OK?
This case takes place at a small harbour town in Chiba.
It's here.
One week ago, a body was found in this warehouse.
- Sempai, thanks for coming. - The victim?
The victim looks to be a woman in her 30s,
the cause of death is blood loss after being stabbed by a sharp object.
Ugh, this is ugly.
The body of a woman who seemed to be in her 30s
had a stab wound on her back.
And there was another peculiar thing.
The head and arms had been cut off.
There were no items found with her, so her identity remained unknown.
It was a difficult investigation.
But then there was a sudden development.
A man was accidentally seen burying the head and the arms,
along with the woman's personal items, on a river bank several kilometers away.
The man was Hamamura Kousuke, a teacher at a public high school.
Sensei!
Haruka!
After interrogating him, they discovered the identity of the body.
The victim was Uwajima Itsuko, age 31.
She was a housewife living in the same town as Hamamura.
Actually, Hamamura Kousuke was dating his student, Tarumi Haruka.
Uwajima Itsuko knew about it, and was blackmailing him for money.
Since he had motive, everyone was certain that Hamamura Kousuke was the killer.
But Hamamura strongly denied it.
The high school teacher who killed and dismembered his victim to hide an affair with his student.
This sensational crime was extensively covered by the press.
The only one who thought otherwise was Tarumi Haruka.
She had been earnestly dating Hamamura Kousuke, and they had planned to marry after she graduates.
Not having anyone else to turn to, she saw me as her one last ray of hope.
I understand.
I'll be honest.
The result may not be what you are hoping for.
But... I'll promise you this.
Until the truth is revealed...
I will not abandon you.
Hey, don't look so tense.
You'll become like this, you know.
To her, I am her last hope.
I will definitely help her.
Just like how Master had saved me back then.
Can you wait here?
Yes.
- Good! - You threw so well!
With such a beautiful girl like you here, Spiegel's feet are lighter than usual.
What? No...
Hey, Miss Female Detective!
Would you like to join us?
What are you doing?
Playing frisbee. Just a teabreak entertainment.
If you'd like, please join us, Takatoku-sama.
Spiegel is a master catcher.
Especially a frisbee thrown by a woman. He has never dropped it.
Here, please try it.
Here I go!
Spiegel, house!
I've prepared fig scones.
But, Haruka-san, just with your presence here,
even without any rain this entire week, it seems that the parched earth is verdant again.
Hey, what are you doing here?
Yamamoto.
With all due respect, allow me to explain in place of his lordship.
Wait, wait.
You're making someone else to do even this?
Troublesome matters like explanations should just be entrusted to the servants.
Aaaaah! Enough, enough.
Yamamoto-san, please continue.
This morning when his lordship woke up, he said he wanted to go hunting.
It is a lovely season with gentle warm sunlight.
The hills are awash in colours from blossoming plants, and the birds are--
Yamamoto.
- Yes. - Keep it short.
Please forgive me.
To keep a long story short,
on the way home from hunting, we passed close to the scene
of the famous and strange case where the body was found without a head or arms.
So we decided to make a detour and came here trying to make sense of the case.
It's just a diversion for you, huh?
Whether it's a diversion or a serious undertaking with grass on my head,
if I can find out the truth, then what does it matter?
What kind of attitude is that?
Haruka-san is really suffering from being involved in this case.
Be a bit more considerate!
Why is Haruka-san suffering?
Actually, the man I'm marrying is the suspect in this case.
How tragic!
That you have a fianc?.
THAT?
I'm sad to tell you that the detective you hired is incompetent.
Allow me to take over this case from her.
Hey, look here, this case--
Please wait!
Aika-san made a promise.
That she will not abandon me until the end.
That's why, I'll trust Aika-san until the end too.
Haruka-san...
I see. I can't ignore the earnest feelings of a fair maiden.
This is a huge responsibility, Miss Female Detective.
- Kou-kun! - Haruka!
Hey! You can't do this with a detained suspect! Ya hear?!
Of course. But this is an extraordinary dispensation.
The headquarter has ordered to fulfill every Kizoku-sama's request.
You two, step away.
It is ill-bred to get in the way of a lovers' reunion.
- Please leave. - What?!
Oi, oi, oi! It's an order from the HQ!
- Please be patient! - What "oi, oi, oi"?!
Furukawa-san, just 5 minutes, 5!
They'll be done in 5! 5!
- Then just 5 minutes! - Yes! Thank you!
Yes, thank you! Thank you!
Kizoku-sama, I, Hanagata, have taken care of the police here. Please don't worry.
Huh? Is this Kizoku-sama's...?
His name is Spiegel.
Wow, he looks just as smart as his master!
Spiegel. Just like Captain Ultra, huh?
Good boy! Good boy!
Wow, you're absolutely lowering yourself in front of Kizoku's dog, huh?
How did you...?
It's that man.
Thank you very much.
It doesn't please me when a man like you thank me.
I'm only doing this for Haruka-san's sake.
Ah, there's no time.
Please let us ask questions quickly.
- I understand. - Then, over here.
- Ow! - Sorry, sorry.
- Hana! - What?
First, why did you bury those body parts at the river bank?
That's...
There was a box in front of my door.
When I looked inside, they were in it...
I was afraid of being the suspect, so I decided to bury them.
Uwajima Itsuko-san's time of death is between 2 and 6 PM on the 21st.
Do you have an alibi?
No. I was at home grading exams the whole time.
Did anyone else know about Uwajima-san blackmailing you?
No.
- I know! - Hm? Hana?
Forgive me, Kizoku-sama,
I, Hanagata Raiyuu, have figured out the truth behind this case.
The murderer killed Uwajima Itsuko because he couldn't take her repeated blackmail anymore.
In order to hide her identity,
he cut off her arms and head, then he buried them at the riverbank.
Which means, the real killer is you, Hamamura Kousuke-san!
That's exactly what the Investigative Department said.
- What? - House!
Woof!
I believe you.
How noble... The pure heart of a maiden.
- This is bad, huh? - Yes, seriously!
Is it OK to show the investigation report?
It's for Kizoku-sama! The higher-ups have approved it.
Why don't you quickly read these so you can be useful to Kizoku-sama?
Why did you call me here too?
This is not forensics' job!
That's because the two of you are members of the Ki Team.
What's that? Ki Team?
It's a specially created team. The secret unit chief officially appointed me to be the leader.
We are the Kizoku Investigative Team. In short, the Ki Team.
I'll pass.
It's a lame name.
Oi, oi, oi.
- Giri, Ki Team. - As the leader, it's my job to--
I found information about Ki Team on the web.
There is?
It's an udon shop at the East exit of Gotanda Station, huh?
- Looks delicious! - 3.72 stars.
- Quite high. - Is that a good thing?
Then shall we do the Ki Team celebration there?
You're too close, Hana!
Thank you for sharing the information.
Ah, are you done, Tanaka-san?
Yes, I'm done with the summary draft.
Oooh~ Can you show us the draft?
No, it's not good enough to be shown.
No, no, no. No matter how it looks,
please show us your wonderful summary.
Well, if you put it that way.
Eh? Where are you going?
Didn't you say it was a draft?
This is very well done already!
You're too fast in summarizing!
You're embarrassing me.
So the focus is definitely on Uwajima Itsuko-san's time of death, right?
Yes.
Uwajima Itsuko-sama's time of death is
on the 21st between 2 and 6 PM.
But Itsuko-sama was at the hair salon from 3 to 4.
And then at 5, she was at the cake shop.
There were receipts from the salon and cake shop in Itsuko-sama's wallet.
Which means... Uwajima Itsuko-san is...
Huh?
The time Uwajima Itsuko-san had been murdered was
within the 1 hour after she left the cake shop, between 5 and 6 PM, right?
Too bright! Too bright!
That night, when Itsuko-sama's husband Uwajima Masato-sama came home,
he saw the room was in a mess and made a police report.
There is a high possibility that the killer broke into the house to destroy an evidence about himself, right?
This is a real investigation meeting, huh?
Yeah, it's like we're the investigation HQ.
That is all from me.
Thank you for your time.
Ah, I'm being too forward.
Please forgive me.
Tanaka-san and the others are investigating too, huh?
Instead of that lazy bum.
Oi, oi. Don't be rude to Kizoku-sama.
I will help too.
Ah, no.
Hanagata-sama, please lend your help to Takatoku-sama.
Huh?
Rather than lending your help to us,
you should help smooth the investigation for Takatoku-sama.
That's a request from his lordship.
Is that so? I understand.
Then, um... please leave the amateur Female Detective to me.
You don't need to tag along.
You will need my help, Miss Female Detective.
I'm fine on my own.
- Who is it? - Excuse me.
I'm Takatoku Aika from Kitami Kiriko Detective Agency.
Detective?
I'm Hanagata, the detective in charge from the National Police Agency.
May we have a bit of your time to talk about your wife's case?
- Come in. - Thank you.
- You didn't have to. Is it coffee?
Ah, sorry.
Sorry, do you have milk?
- Hey! - I can't take bitter coffee, you see...
Uwajima-san, you're a pro boxer, right?
Yes. I'm still a beginner, though.
It's hard to become a pro boxer, right?
Itsuko worked part-time to help with the household.
Since I first started, she also managed my nutrition for me.
Because of her support, I was able to continue to box.
When did you last see your wife?
Morning of that day.
This was the last time I saw Itsuko.
Excuse me, but where were you from 2 to 6 PM on that day?
Oi, oi! It's rude to ask for his alibi!
It's OK. I've been asked this many times.
On that day, I worked part-time until 4 PM.
And then I went to Tokyo to watch the match my friend was competing in at 6 PM at Korakuen.
Of course, right?
Your alibi has been confirmed by the investigation team, so please don't worry.
Yes.
Hm? Was there another guest before us?
Yes. Itsuko's friends came to light incense for her.
Ugh, give me a break!
I've said it many times before!
A female customer like the one in the photo came to the shop.
Hmm... 5... 5 PM?
Around 5 PM, maybe?
Like the one in the photo? So you'd never met Uwajima Itsuko-san before?
No. But I remember the flashy ring she was wearing clearly.
Ah! You mean this?
Yes, yes, yes. I remember it very well.
- No doubt about it? - No.
Ah, um... What did Uwajima Itsuko-san buy?
Our most famous item, of course!
- Famous item? What is it? - Rose banbara!
- Rose banbara?! - The customer before you liked it so much, he bought everything.
The customer before us?
It was a smartly-dressed man... about this big.
Big men sure can eat, huh?
- Can I get all of them? - All?!
It's really a pity.
She had always been a customer.
On that day, she had a 3 PM appointment and was here for about 1 hour.
No doubt about it !
When I came to give out the newsletter on that day,
I saw her over there.
Of course. Thank you for your help.
- Let's go. - Ah, wait.
- Was she wearing a ring? - Yes, yes.
- The large roses, right? - Yes.
Yes. You have no doubt that it was Uwajima Itsuko-san, right?
- Yes. - Absolutely!
It was raining very hard that day. There wasn't any other customer.
Rain? Since when did it rain?
Around 3, maybe?
Ah, you're right. It just suddenly poured.
- Until when? - 5 PM, 5.
Just when the "Aibou" rerun on TV ended...
Raining from 3 to 5 PM...
- Which "Aibou" episode was it? - Quite an old one...
You really look like one of the characters there!
- I do? - Yes!
Cut it out, Hana!
By the way, did anyone else come here today before we did?
Just now a relative of Itsuko-san's came, right?
What is it?
This guy called "Lord" was surprised to see the practice mannequin.
Saying something like "It looks like a woman I met in Paris".
Charlotte! I can't believe there's a mannequin who looks just like you!
Madam, can you sell this to me?
In the end, everything's like the report. No new development.
It's gotta be Hamamura.
Giri, weather in Shiohama Town from 21st until now.
The weather from 21 April 2017 until now.
She knows that much, huh?
- Giri is amazing. - Not at all.
Ah, she answered me! Did you hear that?
Ah, hello. Um, my name is Hanagata.
I'm an inspector with Kanagawa Police's 1st Investigative Department.
It hasn't rained all week.
What is it?
I know who the real killer is.
Kou-kun...
Hey, hey, what are you trying to do?
Oi, oi, calm down.
It's Kizoku-sama's rule to solve the mystery here at the end.
- Huh? - That's what everyone said, yes, yes.
- I don't care about Kizoku or-- - There, there, there.
To gather everyone here because you're going to solve the mystery requires quite a bit of confidence, right?
Why don't we be patient and listen to Miss Female Detective's famed deductions?
- W-w-wait! - Furukawa-san! Furukawa-san!
Darjeeling's first flush and rose banbara.
- Please have some. - So this is rose banbara?
Please don't let me down today, Miss Female Detective.
I knew about the main problem in this case from the very beginning.
Why did the killer cut off the head and the arms?
If we can answer this question, then we should know who the killer is.
Actually, I already know the answer to that.
There must be something on the head and the arms that would connect us to the killer.
That's why the killer tried to destroy the evidence--
Wrong!
Eh, wrong?
If his goal was simply to destroy the evidence, then it would've
been better to bury the body deep in the forest around here.
- So why did he cut her? - There can only be one reason.
The killer needed Uwajima Itsuko's head and hands.
How interesting.
Then why did he need her head and hands?
Like a banbara of the dismembered body! Why is that?
It's so he won't be suspected,
so he could pretend they were a happy couple. Right?
Uwajima Masato-san.
Eh, w-w-wait a minute. What are you saying?
I remember my suspicion when I was at your apartment.
There were a lot of receipts in the wallet.
Itsuko-san wasn't a very organized person, was she?
But your apartment was almost compulsively organized.
I realized it right away.
Itsuko-san wasn't a devoted wife to her husband.
The truth is she made you do all the housework and thoroughly used you, right?
No. Itsuko was really a great--
She was also often abusive towards you, right?
She gave you the bruises on your leg, right?
Leg?
Please excuse me.
If she had bruised you elsewhere, it would've been visible when you were boxing.
So she only aimed there, right?
Also... your buttocks.
Excuse me.
- Ow! - Does it hurt?
But as a pro boxer who fights for a living,
you couldn't say you were a victim of domestic violence.
So you continued to act like the hopeful boxer who was supported by a devoted wife.
Honestly, you should've made it public,
wouldn't you become famous like Marguerite's tough boxer?
- Huh? - Begging your pardon, my lord.
The "Tough Boxer" was the most famous nickname of George Chuvalo.
Satou, as always your interest is in the classic fighters.
No matter how many times I've watched his first match against Ali in 1966, it still made my heart pound.
Their 2nd match in 1972 was more--
Enough! Stop it!
We're talking about something important here.
Please continue your important talk.
Masato-san had plenty of motives to kill his wife.
But I have an alibi.
Itsuko was buying some weird cake at 5 PM, right?
- This is quite delicious. - I agree.
- It goes well with the tea too. - Truly the work of a craftsman.
- Is it really that delicious? - Thank you!
Tsk.
At that time, I was heading to Tokyo to catch a 6 PM match.
I couldn't have killed her!
Yes. If the woman at the cake shop was really Uwajima Itsuko-san.
- What? - Did he use a substitute?
Yes. Banba-san, what you remember was the ring, right?
As long as you had a woman helping you, it was easy for her to act as a substitute.
You gotta be kidding. This is all just your imagination!
Hey, hey, calm down. Let's listen to her until the end. Sit down.
On the glass window of the murder location,
I noticed the blood splatter that came from when the body was dismembered.
What about it?
But the blood splatter was only on one side.
Which means, the window was opened when the murder happened.
Of course, the blood should've flown out of the open window.
But there wasn't any blood on the ground below the window.
So what? The rain washed it all away, that's all!
Exactly.
But it hasn't been raining all week since the murder.
What do you mean?
On that day, Uwajima Itsuko-san
was killed between 3 and 5 PM when it had been raining.
Then, the woman at 5 PM was really her substitute?
- Absolutely. - Banba-san!
Well, I told you, right? I never met her before.
The last time Itsuko-san was seen
was when she left the salon at 4 PM.
If she had been killed immediately after that,
then Masato-san would've still made it to the 6 PM match in Tokyo.
- Your alibi is gone. - Wait! Wait!
Then why did I cut off her head and arms? I'm not a weirdo like that!
Because it was needed for you to act like a happy couple.
That day, Masato-san called his wife out after he ended work, and killed her.
Die!!!
He cut off her head and arms, and then left for Tokyo.
That night after Masato-san came home, in order to frame Hamamura-san,
he pretended that an important evidence had been stolen.
But if he only did that,
and people realized that his wife didn't do any housework,
then they might suspect him instead.
That's when he used Itsuko-san's arms he brought home.
He put her fingerprints on places a housewife would touch.
And then he also used his dead wife's head.
To show how happy they were on the morning of that day.
Finally, he went to Hamamura-san's house
to place the head, arms, and personal items there.
This is the truth behind this case.
If you investigate his female friends,
you will definitely find the woman who helped him.
Let's talk at the station. Ozaki.
Yes.
Hey, you finally did it!
Aika-san...
No! She's wrong!
Let me go! I can prove it! There's more to that video!
Huh?
Hey, we've seen this before, right?
No, no! See the next part, the next part!
What are you doing? You creep!
See? See?
- Are you stupid? - Ow, ow, ow!!!
That wasn't a head! She was so angry at me!
- Then why did you cut off her head? - I'm telling you, I didn't do it!
Aaaah~ I'll tell you the truth.
Actually when Itsuko hit me and kicked me...
I enjoyed it! I'm that kind of person!
Meaning... masochistic...?
No! I'm an extreme masochist!
- Oi, oi! - What a farce this is.
- Let's go. - Yes, sir.
Eh? No, no, it wasn't me!
Kou-kun! Hey, wait! Kou-kun!
Move!
Haruka-san!
- Are you OK? - When did he...?
I'm sorry.
Pushing away a delicate woman like that...
How low has Japan's police sunk?
Why, you---!
Instead of this useless female detective, I will tell you the truth behind this case right now.
I will make you bow in apology to Haruka-san.
Don't make me laugh, you amateur!
Furukawa-san, you should stop talking now.
Do you have a different deduction?
Yes. Unlike your naive thinking, I have found the real killer.
Oh? Then tell us.
Yes.
- My servants will. - Huh?
- Aren't you a detective? - Surprising, right?
But this is like his thing.
He is the type who leaves everything and anything to his servants.
Spiegel.
Spiegel?!!
Spie-sama is doing the deductions...?
Come.
Yes, yes, yes.
- Yamamoto, tell them. - Yes.
Well then, with all due respect, I, Yamamoto, will tell the truth behind this case.
You're not doing it?
I'm playing with Spiegel right now, you know?
So what?
Is there another important thing I have to do
that I have to let go of this enjoyable time?
Troublesome matters like deductions can simply be entrusted to the servants.
Takatoku-sama's deduction this time is actually close to the truth again.
The woman at the cake shop was indeed Uwajima Itsuko-sama's substitute.
And the rain did wash away the blood, which means
the time of murder was before the rain stopped at 5 PM.
Those were the right solutions.
But I am skeptical of Takatoku-sama's claim that the murder happened while it was raining.
The rain on that day was strong. It was windy too.
I think the rain would have been blown into the warehouse through the window.
Then why did the killer not close the window?
What was the reason he dismembered the body while it was pouring?
Could it be... that the murder didn't happen while it was raining?
As expected from you, Takatoku-sama. That is correct.
But then... what happened to the blood?
It's a contradiction to what she said!
It's not a contradiction. The rain did wash the blood away.
But it didn't rain when the murder happened.
Which means Uwajima Itsuko-sama was killed
before the rain started at 3 PM.
That's impossible!
Uwajima-san was at the salon from 3 to 4, right?
Then the hairstylist Ozeki Hitomi-sama must have been lying.
Which means...
The killer is Ozeki-sama.
Wait a minute! But I saw her too!
I saw Itsuko-san there that day!
- Right? - Could it be...
As expected from you, Takatoku-sama. You've realized it, haven't you?
Huh? What is going on?
Hey, your face is looking weird again!
Like a seal who's been captured by a whale, right?
I kind of get that.
- Satou-san. - Yes.
Oh! You've prepared another re-enactment?
Huh? Where is it?
What?!
- When did you--- - Hanagata-sama, over here.
Y-yes.
Since when did---!
Oh, this time it's not a video, it's a film. Love it.
Uwajima Itsuko-sama arrived before 3 PM, and before the rain started.
Yamamoto-san's playing a woman again.
And Ozeki-sama...
Tanaka-san, you've been told you're too over-the-top!
Ah, ah, you can see the hose.
Ozeki-sama dismembered the body there.
The blood did make a splash outside the window,
but it rained from 3 PM, erasing the blood.
- Tanaka. - Yes?
Gonna get scolded for over-reacting again.
You're too cautious. Be more adventurous.
- Yes, my lord. - Was she...?
- Satou. - Yes, my lord?
Satou-san didn't even appear.
The rain is uneven. Be careful with that.
Yes, my lord.
Even the stage crew?
Then Ozeki-sama took the head and arms home,
so she could create a strong alibi.
That's... No way...
The time for Yagi-sama to bring the newsletters
had been agreed on beforehand, right?
This is how Ozeki-sama created her alibi.
- And the woman at the cake shop... - It was Ozeki-sama, of course.
Rather than making herself the last person to see Itsuko-sama alive,
she thought it would've been better to create another cushion to avoid suspicion.
She was actually very successful.
Even though Takatoku-sama doubted the cake shop testimony,
she didn't doubt the hair salon ones.
What's your proof?
What if we thoroughly analyze the practice mannequin at the hair salon?
It is highly likely we will find traces of the victim's blood.
But... To cut off the head and arms just to create an alibi...
I don't care about your doubts. My servants have uncovered the truth.
You're the killer, right?
Spiegel.
Three years, you know?
She took all my money for 3 whole years.
Then I will show this to your husband.
It was her fault.
Her fault!
Then I will arrest her.
- Oi, oi. - Let's go.
- Wait. - Hm?
You promised you would bow in apology to Haruka-san.
Sorry.
Why you...!
Do you understand how much pain your inept investigation has brought to Haruka-san?
She was slandered and left without any ally, until she had to rely on a detective so she could save her lover.
Do you understand how she felt?
Then give her the appropriate response.
Please accept my sincere apology.
Come on, get in there.
Aika-san.
I'm sorry I couldn't help you.
Aika-san.
You were the one who helped me.
Thank you.
Aika-san, your face will look like this, you know.
See?
Haruka-chan.
Thank you very much.
Are you going to howl like a kicked dog as you always do?
I may look like this, but I was quite popular in high school.
I was even stalked by a weirdo.
The police wouldn't take me seriously,
so I was really troubled but...
my master was the one who helped me.
Yes?
- Hm? Who are you? - Um... I called yesterday.
Takatoku... Aika-chan.
Aren't you a bit early?
- I'm sorry. - Sit wherever you want.
- I'm so sorry! Um, I... - Why?
Why do you look so sad? Your face is like this, you know.
It's such a waste.
You have a cute face, you know.
Well, you can't beat me, though.
Don't worry.
I'm definitely not going to abandon you.
OK?
Want coffee?
When I saw Haruka-san, I was reminded of my old self.
That's why I wanted to help her, no matter what.
Just like how my master helped me then.
Be nostalgic somewhere else.
I'm just getting to the good part now.
But...
You were the one who helped Haruka-san.
So please tell me one thing.
Did you realize it from the very beginning?
The truth to this case?
But, Haruka-san, just with your presence here,
without any rain this week...
You knew that it hadn't rained for 1 week.
Charlotte!
You were also quick to notice the mannequin.
It was the same with the previous cases.
You pretended not to do anything but
the truth is you were faster than anyone else to realize the truth, right?
I won't acknowledge someone who uses other people like you as a detective.
But...
I have to acknowledge your skills.
So I've decided once again.
One day, I will defeat you.
Huh?
Ughhh!
Translator & timer: choklad (1992*4##111 fansub)