-Sen, Let's stop it. -Stupid.
It's a chance to learn of Morita's weakness.
He’s just buying Daifuku at a Japanese sweet shop.
There is a reason for him to visit that shop.
Reason?
This.
Morita seems to ask various questions about that store clerk from that Japanese sweet shop.
There must be something up.
We’ll learn his weakness today and make sure that he doesn’t get act high and mighty over us again.
That’s an absolutely wrong way to focus your energy.
Sen?
What is it?
What?
That...
It is a boat I haven’t seen before.
Hey! What are you doing there!?
Are you alright? I'm sorry!
Kosomin.
A year ago, you were caught smuggling counterfeit credit cards.
Please.
(Chinese)
Who is your buyer?
(Chinese)
(Chinese language)
He will not talk to the police at all.
He’s saying that you can throw him to prison.
Don’t mess with the Japanese police!
-We’ll interrogate you until you spill the beans! -Sen, Calm down!
Stop it.
Stop it!
This is different.
-Good morning. -Good morning.
Sendo, Toyama... Are you pulling an all nighter?
Yes.
They seem to have let a counterfeit card dealer escape.
If it were me, I would be so embarrassed that I’d resign.
We couldn’t find the man who escaped on the criminal record list.
Why didn’t both of you call for backup immediately?
-What were you two doing by the way? -No, in fact...
Section Chief! This is the confiscated credit card.
-It seems that it contains useless information. -Useless?
Well then you're saying that the seller was trying to sell cards that are not useful for anything?
Yes.
If they checked, he would have been killed on the spot.
Thanks to the two of you, he’s safe.
All stations, this is the Metropolitan Police Department...
Tsukishima Central Precinct, there is a report of the discovery of a body of a dead man...
...in 4-1 Harumi 3-chome, Chuo Ward...
Let’s go!
-The body? -It's over there.
-Please be careful. -It is shaky.
Oh~The smell of thinner?
It is rustproof paint from the deck. It seems that there was work here recently.
That?
Itomura!
Itomura, you’re early!
Yes. It’s easy to come here by bicycle.
His chest is shot with a pistol, a murder.
Toyama this guy...
Ah! It is the man who escaped us yesterday!
Eh!?
Water bus...
Is this your fellow’s handiwork?
Tell us who did this!
He says that he does not know anything. It is useless to ask him.
Where is the hideout? Where are your accomplices!
It is going down to the right. Please fix it.
This is important.
You have a coffee flask? Please check it.
Alright, everyone let’s do this!
Let’s settle this case within this week.
Chief, what are you doing by yourself?
Next Sunday is the social dance contest finale.
This case has to be resolved by then...
I have to attend this competition.
Oh yeah, you guys are mindfully going to investigate.
Oh, I'm bent and it's crooked out there!
-Even if it says to me... -Work. Work.
We will start the investigation meeting now.
Acknowledgement of this incident is at 8:45 am today.
-Report on the victim. -Yes.
The name of the victim is Taichi Okano 32 years old. Occupation unknown.
Address is Shinitomigaya 2-chome Shibuya Ward.
When he was sixteen, he assaulted a fellow gang member...
...and spent half a year at juvenile hall.
The victim has been shot at his chest with a pistol from close range...
...and death was nearly instant. At the moment, witnesses that heard gunshots were not found.
Estimated time of death is between 12am and 3am today.
Taichi Okano was seen yesterday by Tsukishima central precinct personnel...
...dealing with counterfeit cards.
Our men tried to arrest the person in question...
...but unfortunately let him escape.
I'm sorry.
Does Investigation 1 Division have to clean up your mess?
-What items were found at the scene? -Yes.
Bullets were found from the site but...
...the cash that was used in the transaction was not found.
Other items of interest are the victim’s mobile phone and various cards and this...
...water bus ticket.
-Water bus? -Yes.
This is a liner operated from Asakusa to the Sumida River and Odaiba.
The date and time of boarding was 4 days ago. It is a boat from Asakusa.
I will search for fingerprints after this.
Okay, look for the security camera footage around the pier.
Roger.
The rest will search the victim's home and other places of interest.
And investigate sighting information of any suspicious persons!
It is this ticket.
Isn’t searching for fingerprints, a job for the forensics team?
That's right, but…
But I can’t help but notice this stain.
Show it to me.
-Oh, this is from can coffee. -Is that what the Institute of Sciences do?
Anyway, just in case. I’m counting on you.
Is this simply your curiosity?
Curiosity always shows me a new way.
-Someone said that... -Yes.
Let's search for a new way together.
I do not want to find it anymore!
It's this man.
-Okano Taichi? -Yeah.
Your business card was in his wallet.
This person came the day before yesterday.
Are you sure? Why was he here?
It was for a suspicious claim.
It’s about a mobile novel we had released…
He says that its contents were plagiarized from his idea.
And told us to take it down.
But there is no evidence and the writer also denied plagiarism.
And we told him to leave.
What is this mobile novel about?
It is a suspense mystery of the collapse of a family...
...after a girl had been kidnapped.
It is full of plot twists, making it popular with newspapers and magazines.
Who is the author of that mobile novel?
Toru Asai, a newcomer.
Yes, here you are.
This stain was from al canned coffee after all.
-Nothing more, nothing less. -I see.
We also checked for fingerprints. As a bonus.
As expected of Muraki! Did you have anything?
Eh...half a year ago.
He was involved in a gang in Shinjuku and have caused an assault incident.
Well, self defense has been established and he was not prosecuted.
Tatsuya Saegusa...
Hmm? Patent office staff?
Yes, he seems to be an expert in technical technology.
It is a rare occupation.
He is interested…
I’ve said too much...
Hello.
Mr. Saegusa.
Ah…
-Is Tatsuya Saegusa? -Yes.
I am Itomura from Tsukishima Central Precinct.
Do you have any business with me?
Do you know anything about Okano Taichi?
No. No, what about that person?
Yes, this morning he was found dead in the Harima Pier.
Actually, we found this at the scene.
It is a ticket for a water bus 4 days ago, but...
...your fingerprints were found on this ticket.
Do you remember getting on?
Yeah sure certainly on that day, I took one from Asakusa to Odaiba.
And this stain was a stain from canned coffee, did you spill it?
No, when I used the ticket I threw it in a trash can.
I see!
At that time the can coffee in the trash box spilled and it got stained.
Here it is.
Excuse me! We’re coming in!
Is everything okay?
What's wrong?
Please.
I see.
What is your relationship with the victim, Asai?
I have lived with him for about a year ago.
I went on a hot spring trip with my beauty salon colleagues 2 days ago...
He did not answer my call after I called him many times, and I was concerned.
Have you seen this guy?
No... Is this person involved?
This morning he was found dead at Harumi.
Excuse me. How did Asai save his manuscript?
He saved it in his computer and his personal hard disk.
Kawaguchi, a moment.
The computer had been destroyed and the hard disk is nowhere to be found.
Perhaps the perpetrator may have taken it away.
Okano's bloody fingerprints were detected at the crime scene.
Estimated time of death is evening, the day before yesterday.
The neighbours saw a man very similar to Okano...
...fleeing from the apartment in a panic at that time.
Currently, we’re analyzing security camera footage in the neighborhood...
...but It is almost certainly Okano's doing.
What was his motivation?
It must be trouble involving a series of mobile novels.
Asai's computer was destroyed...
...and the hard disk containing the data had been taken away.
What did he have to go that far if his ideas were stolen?
That...
Maybe that novel, had something incriminating written on it…
Like the counterfeit card supplier’s transaction details.
What is the story about?
According to the editor, it seems to be a mystery about the kidnapping of a girl.
Well...It seems that it is irrelevant to this incident.
Sorry I’m late.
Please do not mind me.
A fingerprint is detected on the water bus ticket...
...and its owner was identified.
Tatsuya Saegusa. He is an official from the Patent Office.
Tatsuya Saegusa?
I met and talked to him.
He confirmed the use of the water bus...
...and claimed to have threw the ticket into a trash can.
He is this person.
What is his relationship with Okano and this incident?
He denies it.
Just to be sure, I am checking the surveillance camera footage at the water bus entrance.
Morita.
The story of a novel...
Please investigate Saegusa again, just to be sure.
Lead me to his house.
Roger that.
Saegusa!
Morita.
The light in the room has disappeared.
-His phone? -I tried it but is turned off.
Morita.
Thank you very much.
Good bye.
-Your mother is coming soon. -Yes.
Asuka, what are your plans for the weekend?
Nothing. Both mum and grandpa are at work.
Well then, I have a movie that I want to see... Will you go out with me?
-Goodbye teacher. -Good bye.
I will tell you mother beforehand.
Not like I care.
Sorry to have kept you waiting, Asuka. Let’s go home.
-Are you working on the weekends? -A part timer suddenly quit...
I am looking for new people, but I have not found out any...
-For now, I will bring her to the movies. -Sorry. Having to trouble you all the time.
It’s nothing, I’m just bored.
-Teacher bye. -Well then tomorrow.
-Thank you. -Goodbye.
-I'm back. -Welcome back.
Asuka, I’ve bought some cream puffs.
Thank you grandpa.
Dad, Asuka will get a tooth decay. I told you that sweet things are not good.
I forgot that.
Yes... I will go.
Yes.
Nagashima, I'm sorry for coming at this hour.
-What's wrong? -Is Yayoi there?
-Come in. -Yes.
Excuse me.
Asuka, go upstairs and have some cream puffs.
Did Saegusa come over here? -Eh? No…
-Then, did he call? -No.
Did something happen to Saegusa? -Oh, no...
There was something I wanted to ask him as a reference person for this case.
Did you know, Morita?
Ever since we got divorced, he refused to have any relationship with us.
The only connection we have is his bank transfer for child support.
Even though my daughter is still suffering from the aftermath of her kidnapping.
A kidnapping?
Two years ago Asuka, the only child of Saegusa and Yayoi...
...was kidnapped by someone.
The criminal demanded a ransom.
Me and Kaneko were in charge for that incident at that time.
A kidnapping that happened two years ago...I don’t remember.
It was attempted.
Attempted?
At that time, the mother Yayoi sick...
And it seems that Asuka was always playing by herself...
...after returning from elementary school.
The culprit called in, demanding ransom at nine in the evening.
And Saegusa called the police, of course.
Is Asuka safe?
Because Nagashima, his father-in-law was a policeman.
-Did you say something after that? -Nothing.
But since then, contact from the culprit just stopped.
On the third day after the kidnapping...
...Asuka was found walking by herself from a mountain in Okutama.
She kept walking around the mountain all night and...
...was at a weakened state and could not speak at the time of her discovery.
Well then, I will ask again.
Who took you away, Asuka?
I do not remember…
No matter what we asked, she only tells us that she doesn’t remember.
She had been shocked to the extent of losing her memories.
Ultimately, we couldn’t question a 7-year-old child anymore.
We concluded that the suspect abandoned the child in the mountains and fled.
And of course, the ransom has not been paid.
Then I joined Tsukishima, I met Yayoi at a Japanese sweets shop.
How are you after that?
I manage to live well with my daughter somehow.
I was worried about Asuka and came to check on her sometimes.
And that's why you went to that Japanese sweets shop so frequently.
As I expected, aren’t they related?
What is?
The mobile novel which Okano was desperately trying to stop was...
A story about a girl's kidnapping, was it?
Print out a copy of that mobile novel just in case!
Yes.
It is serious! Tatsuya Saegusa was fighting with Okano...
...on the security camera footage at the water bus stop.
Get a search warrant for that house.
I found it.
The counterfeit cards.
This...
It is an equipment used to intercept electric signals to steal card information.
It steals card information like an eavesdropper picking up sound.
-Hey! -Yes!
Oh...!
-Get the forensics team now. -Yes.
This is Sendo. We have found towels with bloodstains in Saegusa’s room.
Blood found on the towel that was found in Saegusa’s room matches.
Okano’s blood.
And rust proof paint has also been found on his shoes.
It is consistent with the paint found at Okano's murder scene.
We do not know the detailed motivation, but...
...because of trouble from the failed transaction...
...I think that the possibility that this led to his murder is high.
It is decided.
We begin our search for Saegusa Tatsuya.
Put a roller around the house.
And check out all the places where Saegusa would go to.
Yes!
-No! -What's wrong?
There were a lot of these drop candy boxes in Saegusa's room but...
...only the red candy was missing.
-You know, Itamura! -I will go out for a moment.
Why did I not notice...
What are you guys doing!
-Hurry up! -Yes!
Morita.
-It’s the mentioned mobile novel. -Leave it on my desk.
Give it to me.
-I will read it. -Please.
This time, what are we looking for in this drop candy?
Yes.
Somehow only the red drops have not been entered.
Look, look. White Yellow... Green Orange...
That's because the owner loves red. And has been eating only the red ones!
I see.
-But just in case. -Well no more...
-Please help me. -Ah already no more.
-Yes, a new release. -Oh rice ball salmon? Hooray.
-There’s also fish roe. -Yay...I should eat it.
-But you must do your research first. -No way!
Saegusa may possibly be on the run with a handgun.
As a precaution, we will monitor his home, but please be informed.
He really did that stupid thing.
Since his wife broke up with him...
...she said that he has not contacted her at all.
Is that true?
There has been no words from Saegusa these past two years.
If this is the case, I should have made him paid for his sins properly, at that time.
What do you mean?
Nagashima?
Saegusa has been going out with my daughter since high school...
...and often visited our house.
One day, when I came home...
...I heard Saegusa whispering at my ear with a grin.
I passed the promotion test.
He had been pretending to fool around but he had accessed the police database...
...and had been reading confidential documents.
I noticed it later, and strictly warned him but...
I didn’t check to see if he had truly changed his ways.
Hacking is a serious offense.
I was wrong.
Now that it has come to this, I will make him take responsibility.
I'm sorry. Sorry to have kept you waiting.
-Please have a seat. -Excuse us.
I checked Tatsuya Saegusa’s bank account and learnt that...
...200 thousand yen is transferred monthly to your law firm.
What kind of money is it?
I am sorry but I have a confidentiality obligation and cannot answer.
You are Saegusa’s junior at college, right?
Yeah, I am his junior at Keitoku university.
Is there somewhere where we can find him?
I can’t say...
Even so, I cannot believe it.
That Saegusa sells counterfeit cards and commits murder.
Are you Saegusa?
Is he a murderer?
Saegusa is currently missing.
Has he contacted you recently?
I’ve repeated it many times...
He abandoned us and left.
He will not contact us anytime soon.
But the two of you are, according to Morita...
...tied together with a strong bond.
He certainly had changed since our daughter was born.
Until then, he was all work but he had became a family man since.
He really took care of our daughter.
But...
Since the kidnapping incident, Asuka started to scream every night.
He never cared about Asuka’s dilemma.
That man stopped talking to us...
...and started drinking alcohol late into the night.
I’ve decided.
Wait a moment! You wait a second!
That man turns his eyes away from his daughter...
...and singlehandedly divorced me and ran away.
He is the worst man, that man.
That thing was found in Saegusa's room...
Was this drop candy, Saugusa's favourite?
I don’t know. He had always disliked sweets.
Excuse me.
Is Asuka Nagashima here?
I'm sorry…
-I’m Itomura from Tsukishima Central Station. -I'm sorry, I can do it here?
Sorry if I’ve bothered you.
I received word from Asuka's mother.
What do you need from her?
There was something I would like you to see. This…
If this is unrelated to the case, could you refrain from anything else?
Yes?
Asuka is extremely frightened of the police.
That's why I do not want you to interact with her if possible.
Excuse me, but what is your name?
It is Osawa.
You seem to have a lot of feelings for the people of the Nagashima family.
I've been watching that family suffer forever since the kidnapping.
Besides, when I was in high school, my father died.
That is why I can related to Asuka who doesn’t have a father.
I do not think that I can take the place of her father...
...but I'd like to protect her child as much as I can.
Good bye.
Goodbye teacher.
-Thank you. -Well then.
-How was it today? Was it fun? -Yes.
Hey you...
A little bit... hey....
Wait!
-Send some men to Koto Ward! -Yes!
Hello.
What!
Administrator!
A police officer in Setagaya Minami had found a man who seems to be Saegusa.
Saigusa is currently fleeing.
Please notify the investigators immediately!
Search the area!
-Let's move! -Yes!
Morita-san! There were witnesses! Over there.
Yes... Hello.
Hello, are you father-in-law?
You…
I'm sorry for disappearing for a long time.
Actually, I have something I'd like to tell you, my father-in-law.
I understand the truth behind the kidnapping incident!
Do not say funny things! How can I believe that story!
Saegusa, where are you now?
Where are you? Answer me!
What's this…
What is the meaning of this?
-Administrator, is it okay? -What's wrong?
This is the mobile novel, but the contents of the story...
...and the events of Asuka's kidnapping are the same.
And there are thing written in it...
...which only people involved in the case would know about.
-Mom, what is for dinner today? -Hmm?
We’re having your favorite croquette. Please wait.
In the novel the girl was confined in a mountain hut.
When she awoke, there weren’t anyone in the hut.
Hey!
What are you doing, you runt?
Hey, are you serious?
Give me that gun!
I’ll kill you!
Oh!
Asuka? What's wrong? Asuka!
I...
...killed….someone.
-I killed him... -Asuka! Hey Asuka!
Hello, this is Itomura.
Hello? Who are you?
It is me, Tatsuya Saegusa.
I am calling you from a business card I got from a detective.
Where are you now?
Oh yes. Do you like strawberries, Saegusa?
Huh?
There were a lot of drop candies in your room.
But I couldn’t find any red ones.
I was curious about why there are no red ones.
I killed Okano.
The one who killed Okano...
...is me.
What was your motivation?
It is in the forest.
Huh?
It is hididen in the forest.
Hello? Hello?
At around 6 pm today...
The suspect in the murder case, had committed suicide...
...with a handgun at Nishi Harumi.
It was said that Saegusa, the suspect had contacted an investigator on the phone.
He was an investigator from this jurisdiction.
But, he failed to report to the investigation headquarters...
...and acted independently.
I think that his actions invited this result.
In other words, it is the fault of that investigator?
You can interpret it that way.
Hey guys! What are you doing by yourselves?
-Administrator. -You guys. This investigation is over!
Do you intend to tarnish the reputation of the Metropolitan Police Department!
I will not let you restart this investigation!
Itomura.
Give me your handbook.
You’re suspended for a month. Get out of here.
Morita!
Yes.
Stay here for a while and watch over these guys.