Why do we get this case?
I don't understand.
Why is there a music score left at the scene?
Well, well, this weird case is perfect for you, the cleaning team.
What?
I think there's a misunderstanding here. This team doesn't particularly deal with weird cases.
Ah, no, no, I don't intend to say that…
His estimate time of death?
It was last night between 10 pm and midnight.
This man's identity is unknown.
He was stabbed many times,
I think the murderer has a very deep resentment.
What?
I think the individual who holds a grudge towards this corpse is strange.
What?
It's impossible that a murderer with deep resentment to stab all from behind.
Why is that?
A person with strong resentment wants to see his opponent's expression while in pain the most.
But this corpse was stabbed many times as he really fell down.
The perpetrator didn't see his pain expression even once.
Do you mean this is not merely a grudge?
Correct.
But everything is considered from the criminal's point of view.
You could say that.
But I have kept all criminals' data in my head.
Do you know this song's title?
The song's title is “Saint's Requiem”.
It was composed by Amamiya Kaoru and is her representative song.
You said "her", but...
Who is she?
What?
What? What????
Don't you know her?
She's an international pianist who represents Japan.
Her activity is based in Germany and she returned to Japan a month ago.
But she will return to Germany in 3 days.
You're surprisingly quite well informed.
I only play music.
Well I also learned piano when I was a child.
That's surprising.
No, no, no…
You make me angry.
There's one thing that concerns me.
Her signature is written at the upper part of this music score.
I'm wondering whether it is really hers.
If you're curious about that, why don't you ask her personally?
The ups have ordered me to give this case to Cleaning Team.
Then I leave the rest to you.
Geez…
They only gave us troublesome cases.
Come on, let's do it.
Horikawa and Matsubara san, you investigate the victim's identity.
Yes.
Takuma and Azuma san, you ask Amamiya Kaoru san about that music score.
Yes.
A music score was left at the crime scene.
This looks interesting.
Should I call it Do Re Mi Fa Murder Case?
Hurry up, we're going.
Yes, yes.
Takuma Yoshito,
served 10 years in prison for a false accusation.
He absorbed many kinds of criminals' modus operandi, motive and psychology.
And then he became a detective.
Hum? Her album has been released.
This is “Saint's Requiem” that's released today.
Azuma san, have you listened to it?
No, I listened to it just before I came here.
What I expected from a hardworking person.
Takuma san, you're too lack of sincerity.
Thank you for waiting.
Please come inside.
Please.
The security is quite strict.
Yes.
I brought the police.
Excuse me.
I'm Azuma from Integrated Crime Corresponding Team.
I'm her manager, Sugisaki.
Please tell me your business. She has a district performance tomorrow and has to leave soon.
We can talk a little bit.
They're also doing their work.
Yes.
I'm Amamiya Kaoru. Nice to meet you.
Then let me get straight to the point.
I'm sorry to show you what was taken from the crime scene,
but do you know this person?
No, I don't know, but did something happen to him?
Actually there was a murder case last night.
A murder?
Yes.
There was a music score written by you left at the scene.
Do you have any clue?
It was something I used.
It disappeared around 1 week ago.
Do you know where you lost it?
If she knew that, she wouldn't have lost it.
You're right.
We have to leave now.
Please arrest the criminal soon.
Wait, may I ask a question too?
This is a dog, isn't it?
But its tail is too short for a dog.
This looks like a bear too.
I'm curious which one it is.
Who is this person?
He is my colleague, Takuma.
That doesn't matter, does it?
It's something she received from her fan, and she left it there.
Oh this is Amamiya san's private property.
Yes.
During my visit in Japan I move from one hotel to the others, so I left it here.
Don't touch it as you please.
I'm sorry.
I think it's a bear. Azuma san, what do you think?
Is it a dog?
A bear?
Oh, Azuma san, are you angry?
You're glaring.
Did I do something bad?
Wait, Azuma san.
Ah, Azuma san, do you want to get married?
Hey.
You don't want to do it at all.
Autopsy data has come out.
The perpetrator's fingerprints were not found at the music score and its vase.
but they were found at the victim's clothes.
They're concentrated at eh victim's center back.
They're sticked because after the victim fell down, the perpetrator straddled him.
Forensic has the same opinion.
The perpetrator stabbed his knife many times,
and he's reportedly to have a strong power.
In other word, the perpetrator is highly likely a man.
And the victim's identity?
We identified him from his snack lighter.
The deceased is Kuwahara Takehiko san, 45 years old, single.
He's not regularly employed and earned a living from daily labor.
What's the victim connection with the music score?
We still don't know yet.
I see.
Did you get answers from Amamiya san?
That music score belongs to Amamiya personally.
She lost it around a week ago.
Did the perpetrator steal it?
But her company's security is strict.
I wonder about that...
I feel they're more like Kaoru san's personal escort rather than company security.
Isn't it obvious for a famous person like her?
Something has happened around Kaoru san.
Nogata chi! I have waited for you.
I bring the same music score as the one's left at the scene.
Nogata chi, how does this part sound like?
This is re mi la re.
Could you play it?
I can do anything.
What's wrong with this?
I'm curious.
There's a pattern in a music score.
By the way,
this is Onicchi's story, who was released from prison.
Onicchi has a scary face, just like Onigawara.
Onigawara: demon-like ridge-end tile decoration
But the scary part is only his face,
Onicchi
actually he's a very timid and spoilt person.
But so that nobody finds out,
the letter he wrote every month to his girlfriend
with a hidden codeto avoid censorship.
If you see the top letters, it's written I love you.
I love you.
Could it be that...
there's a hidden code in that score?
If the perpetrator left it on the scene on purpose,
it won't be surprising if there's a hidden code.
Ah, talking about a code,
there are composers who hid some secret codes inside the songs.
But how?
You create words using musical notes.
"Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do"
In English they become C D E F G A B C.
In German the last B becomes H.
Besides those two, there are also Japanese, Chinese, French.
Anyway, you can use this,
for example Johannes Brahms from Germany
has hidden "AGAHE" inside String Sextet No. 2.
Agathe?
Don't you know?
Her real name is Agathe von Siebold
She's Brahms's lover, who's broke up with him.
I see.
If we apply this rule to this music score,
Re is
D.
Mi is E.
La is A.
Re is D.
DEAD?
It's not only that.
After DEAD
hmm.. in here.
There's also "Si Mi Do Do La".
If I decipher it using the same code,
Si
Mi
Do
La
this is...
is read as BECCA.
BECCA?
What does it mean?
This is a person's name.
Then,
DEAD BECCA means the dead Becca?
Wait a second... wait..
Isn't there other hidden code?
Ah... ok, ok, ok.
Please wait a minute.
Let me see...
The last notes here, the part of "La Re"
has a discord with the previous notes.
It has uncomfortable feeling in the musical aspect.
But if we change "La Re" into alphabet, they become "A D".
It has nothing to do with codes.
You're right.
But to the contrary, this uncomfortable feeling is valuable to this composition.
One thing that we're sure is
Do Re Mi Fa Murder Case's key might be in this score.
When was this song composed?
I was still a student, so I think it was around15 years ago.
When will Kaoru san return to Tokyo?
She will arrive tomorrow at 6 pm at Haneda.
We have to ask her personally.
Horikawa and Matsubara san, investigate the relation between this score and the late Kuwahara san.
Yes.
Takuma and Azuma san, meet the person who knew Kaoru san by the time she wrote this piece.
Yes.
Hey, let's find it. Come on.
Kuwahara san's room is definitely a typical single's room.
I don't see any relations with music at all.
Isn't this only a criminal who enjoys watching how people react to what he has done?
The perpetrator noticed the score's hidden code and was excited to see society's reaction.
I don't think so.
I found it.
His interaction with music.
I'm sorry for making you waiting.
This is me and this is Kaoru.
Kaoru wrote that piece for her competition in university days.
Piano competition?
Yes, it was the only one annual competition in university to choose the one who will study in Germany.
At that time Kaoru performed that Saint's Requiem.
Did Kaoru win that competition and went to Germany?
Yes.
Kaoru has always dreamt of studying abroad.
Who is this person?
She seemed to always stood beside Kaoru.
Ah, she's Becca.
Did you say Becca?
It's Watanabe Reika san's nickname.
She was Kaoru's best friend,
and she was the same talented as Kaoru.
Ah, are you in contact with her?
That is...
Just before the competition, she committed suicide.
Suicide?
Becca was married as she was a student,
just a month before her suicide,
her husband died in an accident.
Did she follow him by committing suicide?
I see.
Dead Becca.
Now they're connected.
The next news.
We have a new information regarding yesterday's early dawn stabbing to death's murder case.
Yesterday night at Shibuya's road in Tokyo,
Kuwahara Takehiko san who was found dead after being stabbed several times on his back,
there were hidden codes "DEAD" and "BECCA"
found in the music score, left at the crime scene.
15 years ago
Watanabe Reika san
jumped from the rooftop of piano bar's building, where she worked as a part-timer.
Spouse: Watanabe Masafumi (23 years old) Died in accident Dec 23, 2000 Eldest son: Watanabe Jin (3 years old)
Does Reika san have a child?
Yes.
He was still 3 years old back then.
But she still committed suicide.
What does he do now?
After Reika san died, he was raised in a facility.
He already left that place and entered a university in Tokyo.
We found a connection between the victim and Amamiya Kaoru san.
Kaoru san was Kuwaharaa's student.
Student?
25 years ago Kuwahara san attended music college,
and at the same time Kaoru san worked part time at that music room.
We found many scrapbooks with collection of articles about Kaoru san.
What?
It was said that Kuwahara san didn't have any relatives.
I will go and ask Kaoru san once again.
I will go too.
NO! Anekoji san, wait here. I will go.
Azuma san, let's go.
Yes.
Hurry!
What's wrong?
He got so fired up.
A package for Takuma from Zeniya Enzou with an address in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Amamiya san!
Is it true that your music score was left at a murder scene?
Does Becca really exist?
Please give some comments!
Amamiya san!
I'm very sorry for causing trouble.
Becca is
my best friend.
15 years ago
Becca has committed suicide.
That day
she asked me to listen to her problem,
but I was immersed in piano practice and I didn't listen to her at all.
If that time
I listened to her...
Saint's Requiem
was composed after Becca's death.
It's a song of my atonement to her.
Kaoru san.
Amamiya san!
Please give us comments, Amamiya san!
They're annoying.
The scheduled recital has been cancelled too.
No mor public performance in Japan?
They were all cancelled.
There's only one concert request at an orphanage.
An orphanage?
But it's impossible in a situation like this.
I'll do it.
I have no more performance in Japan, right?
No.
Then let's make it my last performance in Japan.
Understood.
It became a huge uproar.
it must be hard being famous.
The late Kuwahara san was a teacher at the music college you attended.
Why did you lie by saying that you don't have any relatives?
Wait a second.
She attended that college tens of years ago.
If she didn't remember his face.. - Sugisaki san.
I was scared.
Scared?
Kuwahara Sensei
was killed by that man.
Do you know the killer?
He is the stalker that followed me around.
I'm sorry. I didn't tell you.
I couldn't tell you because I didn't want to put you in danger.
When I performed at a recital in Japan,
I got a call from Sensei which I haven't met for 25 years.
Ah! Kuwahara Sensei!
Long time no see.
Yes, I have returned to Japan this time.
Of course I'd like to meet you after I return.
The night of that incident,
I met Sensei alone.
I had fun.
It's my first time to eat squid ink pasta.
That man has always followed me around.
Ah, Sensei, your collar.
Ah, thank you very much.
Be careful.
Yes, bye bye. Sensei too.
This was sent to me the day after the incident occurred.
May I see it?
I gave divine punishment to the intruder
At the beginning I thought it was a normal fan letter,
but I received it everyday.
"I always look at you."
"You're mine only."
"Let's die together." It gradually escalated.
The next time
he will kill me.
I understand your situation.
Could you tell me more detail...
What is it?
Just as I thought, the thing I got from Zeni yan has different quality.
Wiretap?
Yes.
There was a wiretap in a plush she received from her fan.
Is the individual who inserted that wiretap Kaoru san's stalker?
Right. He heard every conversations that took place in that room.
What made her scared and why are there so many security guards,
it's because she's targeted by this stalker.
Why did she keep quiet until now and never reported being stalked?
I can understand her feeling which prevented her from speaking,
the horror of being watched anytime by a stalker.
Only because she met a man alone, that man was killed.
Does she know that man's identity?
No, she doesn't know his face or name.
That's why she's very scared.
Right now the letters which Kaoru san received, are being examined by forensic.
But why did Kaoru san's music score was left at the scene?
It's to restrict Kaoru san's activity.
If this causes an uproar, all of her performances would be canceled.
If there are many reporters everyday,
he won't be suspected even if he stands everywhere.
if she avoid the mass media,
and ran away from pedestrian,
he can kill her as he wishes for.
Then it's worth it if we break his head.
But there's one thing I don't understand.
How could a stalker knew about her music score's code and 15 years ago's suicide case?
This stalker has considerably phlegmatic temperament.
He has thoroughly investigated Kaoru san's past.
Everyone, we have specified the perpetrator.
The fingerprints at the victim's clothes matched with the ones in letters sent to Kaoru san.
It's positive. The perpetrator is her stalker.
Then he must blended himself with mass media to watch over Kaoru san.
We have to hurry and arrest him.
We don't know the perpetrator's face and name.
We have no way to arrest him!
Our opponent is a considerably phlegmatic temperament stalker
In this case, why don't we use that point?
The one who murdered Kuwahara san
has been concluded as the stalker who followed you.
I beg you, please hurry and arrest that man.
Of course.
This is a dangerous period for you,
until we arrest the criminal, please refrain from going outside.
But tomorrow I have a voluntary recital at an orphanage.
This will be my last public performance in Japan.
Could you please allow me to go there?
Understand.
Please tell mass media tomorrow, that you will hold a press conference regarding the case.
Actually you don't need any interview,
but our purpose is to lure the perpetrator to come to the press conference's location.
You should follow your schedule and go to your recital.
Yes.
Orphanage Night Moon Academy
Amamiya san contact concert
Matsubara san, Azuma san, how is your situation?
Matsubara here.
Everything's normal.
Azuma here. Everything is normal too.
The perpetrator used his wiretap and heard our conversation yesterday.
He knew that Kaoru san came here today to perform.
He will surely come. Be careful.
He inherits both late parents' blood A genius pianist has been born
Thank you very much.
This way.
Bye bye!
I will be alright, right?
Don't worry.
We will definitely protect you.
Watanabe Jin san won by performing "Saint's Requiem"
Watanabe Jin san
Watanabe Jin?
Does Reika san have a child?
Spouse: Watanabe Masafumi (23 years old) Died in accident Dec 23, 2000 Eldest son: Watanabe Jin (3 years old)
He was still 3 years old that time, and she committed suicide.
Kaoru san!
Don't fight!
Just surrender!
Why???
Aren't we always together?
Didn't I get rid of the intruder?
Kaoru!
I have memory of when my mother played this song for me many times when I was a child.
Saint's Requiem was composed after Becca's death.
It's a song of my atonement to her.
I got it.
Anekoji san, where is Kaoru san?
It's ok. We've arrested the criminal.
Kaoru san is fine.. Where is Kaoru san?
We were still together a while ago.
What's wrong?
This case isn't over yet.
What do you mean?
I thought this was strange.
The police, mass media and the criminal are only pawns for this made up story.
What is it?
Azuma san, I have a favor to ask you.
Ah, yes.
Wait.
Who made up this story?
Are you
Watanabe Jin kun?
Did you sent me the request to perform in this facility?
You were so small,
and now have grown this big.
I'm happy to see you again like this.
I'm really grateful that you called me.
What's wrong?
You're so quite since a while ago.
There's a code in that music score.
I saw it on TV's news.
I want to know the truth.
About what?
15 years ago
what happened to my mother?
Did my mother
really commit suicide?
Didn't my mother compose that song?
You took it away.
I saw it,
when you performed my song.
You really look like Becca.
Your image and breathing while playing the piano,
and the amount of strength while hitting the piano keys.
That's why I thought about it,
that you have to die too.
Just as I thought
you killed my mother.
You are
exactly as stupid as Becca.
Why did you
kill my mother?
Becca had everything that I wanted,
the person I loved, the music and talent.
I thought I got rid of everything,
but there's something left.
You should disappear too.
We have to hurry and find her!
Where is she?
This story is made by Amamiya Kaoru.
The thing she wants to most is...
I got it.
It's that place.
She wants that person to have the same fate like what happened 15 years ago.
What will you do?
Do you want me to push you from behind?
Or will you jump by yourself?
I let you choose which one.
What are you talking about?
Hurry, make a decision.
I have to return to Germany with the flight at 6 pm.
Don't mess with me!
I see.
Then I will push you from behind.
Just like what happened to your mother.
I just can't let you.
You're too similar to Becca.
Hold it right there!
What are you doing? Drop your knife!
If you come closer, I'll kill him.
Unexpectedly it's about time to give up.
But it's too bad.
I have known about everything.
Your crime's motive is clear and simple.
You don't want people to know that you stole the song.
You said that you composed "Saint's Requiem" after Reika san's death.
But it's wrong.
Reika san's musical performance before she died,
has been memorized by Jin kun, who was still 3 years old at that time.
Did you get that information from Kuwahara san after you returned to Japan?
No matter how trivial it was, Kuwahara san collected every article about you.
You thought Kuwahara san was aware of that plagiarism.
That's why you used that stalker,
and induced him to kill Kuwahara san.
You used that plush.
Hello, Kuwahara Sensei, it's about tomorrow's meeting place.
Yes, it's fine with me.
Well then, I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
You knew that plush has a wiretap inside.
You purposely left it in that room.
Ah, Sensei, your collar.
Thank you.
Be careful. - See you!
You provoked that stalker's mental state to make him kill.
And after Kuwahara san was killed,
you left that music score with your own hands at the scene.
But Kuwahara san called you,
not because he noticed that plagiarism.
It's because he supported his student from his heart.
But you took his life.
Your egoism led to your prejudice.
I thought it was strange.
The fingerprints left at the crime scene
weren't left at the music score.
I thought someone else must have left it there.
What are you talking about?
It's impossible to leave one's own music score at a crime scene.
That's the blind spot.
A criminal will never leave his own trace at the murder scene.
But this time
it was necessary to leave that music score,
in order to kill Watanabe Jin kun.
But your stay period is short.
It's difficult to find Jin kun's whereabouts.
So you used Kuwahara san's murder case,
to bring up 15 years ago's suicide case once again.
You gave information to the media.
If this information got into Jin kun's attention, he will definitely contact you.
That's what you thought, right?
Excuse me,
I'd like to request Amamiya Kaoru san to hold a public performance.
Actually your purpose to make a triumphal return to Japan was to conduct this serial murder case.
Properly speaking, it would be better if Kuwahara san and Jin kun were murdered by a stalker.
But
you want to kill Jin kun who has Reika san's talent with your own hands.
Moreover at the same place with Reika san.
How could you know that?
Of course I know.
Because I was in prison for 10 years and 10 months.
You're absurd.
Everything is just your speculation, right?
Yes, yes, Azuma san.
How is it? Did you make it?
I asked Nogata san's help to transcribe musical notes into notes from different languages.
I'm sending you in email now.
Thank you.
Wow, that's fast.
I see.
this is the question.
There's another hidden code inside "Saint's Requiem".
What might that be?
Of course you can answer me, if you composed it yourself.
How stupid.
Do you think I'll fall into your trap?
It's impossible that there's another code.
Boo Boo! Wrong.
The biggest hidden code in this song is
this discord melody.
Because I know it's a plagiarism, I asked someone to reinvestigate it.
So what is it?
You still don't know that.
These "La Re" parts,
if you transcribe them into Katakana, they become "I" and "Ni".
If I line them up horizontally,
they become one character.
Jin.
"Dead Becca", the hidden code inside this song,
was pointed at herself, for grieving over the death of her husband.
But
even so, she will keep on living with her child.
This is a song of hope.
That's why
even though Jin kun was still 3 years old
she performed this music for him.
You, who don't know the real meaning of this song,
is nothing but an imposter.
I always thought,
why did my mother commit suicide?
But
she didn't commit suicide.
I always thought from the beginning, that it's impossible for her to commit suicide.
No parents want to leave their very young child alone.
She's not a parent like that.
I know that,
even though I look like this, I'm a parent too.
Thank you very much.
Could it be that you miss Norihiko kun and Miyako san?
It's time. I'm going home.
Wait, Takuma!
I know it too,
because I'm someone's parent too.
Jin kun.