Saegusa ....
The suspect in the murder case, had committed suicide with a handgun at Nishi Harumi.
The name of the suspect is Tatsuya Saegusa.
Why was the motive for the crime?
Before explaining it...
I will talk about the murder case of a mobile novelist...
...at Sasagaya which occurred three days ago.
The victim of this case, Taichi Okano...
...was actually also the suspect...
...in the Sasagaya mobile phone novelist murder case.
Okano Taichi, claiming that his own idea had being released...
...as a mobile novel without his permission.
Became resentful and is believed to have murdered Asai Toru.
Okano then, was also involved in a failed transaction involving counterfeit credit cards.
Tatsuya Saegusa, his accomplice, fearing that Okano would lead the police to him...
...is believed to have murdered him to cover his tracks.
And then Saegusa realized that he could not escape from the police...
...and committed suicide with a handgun.
This is the opinion of the police.
Earlier, didn’t you mention that there was a phone call...
...between Saegusa and an investigator?
He was an investigator from this jurisdiction.
He failed to report to the investigation headquarters and acted independently...
I think that his actions invited this result.
I killed Okano.
In other words, do you mean that this was the fault of the investigator?
You can interpret it that way. It does not matter.
Itomura.
I will inform you of your punishment later.
I am very sorry.
Itomura ... Do not think too much about it.
None of us here think that you’ve made a mistake.
Pardon me, I have to go now.
Where are you going?
The administrator intends to make Itomura a scapegoat.
I understand such a thing.
However, someone has to take responsibility.
Even so...
Itomura knew about that, so didn't say anything and just lowered his head.
He does not want to involve you people in his mess.
Hey ...!
Give me that!
I'll kill you.
Asuka?
Don’t come in!
Please ... Leave me alone.
What was your motivation?
It is in the forest.
Huh?
It is hiding in the forest.
In the forest….
“CSI 3-Crime Scene Talks”
This is serious! I cannot find Itomura anywhere!
-How about his mobile phone? -It can’t be reached ....
He couldn’t have committed suicide due to shock, right?
Morita!
The administrator ordered me to return to the Metropolitan Police Department.
I don’t belong here anymore.
Thank you for taking care of me.
Everyone gather.
Yes ...
This is ....
The mobile novel that Okano was complaining about plagiarism.
I think that everyone here knows it is based on that kidnapping.
The details of the story are almost the same as Asuka's kidnapping two years ago.
Is that true?
There are some parts which only people involved in this case would know about it.
Just that...
What is it?
The girl who was kidnapped in the story...
...killed one of her kidnappers with a handgun.
Section chief, does that mean that has really happened?
I do not know yet.
But...
...until Okano killed Asai.
What on was he trying to hide?
This case is not over yet.
Okay.
I'm going to the publishing company now to check the continuity of the novel.
Yokoyama, you look for Itomura!
Oh, okay!
Unfortunately there is no continuation of that novel.
It seems that Asai's computer had been destroyed.
Is that so ...?
Ah! But this novel….
Actually, it seems that there was a woman who was involved in its original planning.
She was involved in the writing of this novel with Asai?
Yes.
I also did not know it until this incident.
That woman called and said that she would continue writing that story for us.
Can you tell me her contact details?
What are you doing in such a place?
He said that that it was hidden in a forest.
What? What are you saying?
Saegusa...
Did he really shoot himself?
Yes. Saegusa had traces of gunpowder on his hand
But what if someone shoots Saegusa...
..held the handgun on his hands...
...and pulled the trigger again?
Are you saying that someone murdered him?
Well ....
Itomura? Are you looking for bullets?
Well I do not think that I can find it so easily.
That is natural!
It is unreasonable to do it alone!
Wait. Can you help, Yokoyama?
No ... I do not even know if there are any?
The bells have to be struck.
Someone said that.
It is a lie. Yokoyama, you can go home.
Because I do this because I wanted to.
This is crazy ....
I’m sorry but please leave.
That child still has the emotional scars she received during the kidnapping.
She has not healed.
I do not want her to remember anymore.
I want her to forget it as soon as possible.
But Asuka could not go back to her original state, because somewhere...
...deep inside she is holding something which she cannot solve by herself.
I do not think that it can be resolved through time.
Mom ... It’s okay.
I will tell you everything.
Asuka. What are you saying?
Detective, I remembered.
I killed a man ...
I shot him with a gun!
I was taken by this person.
Did you remember by seeing this face?
He talked to me at the park and I became scared and ran away.
Then this man followed me...
Hey!
What are you doing, you runt?
Give me that! I’ll kill you!
I ... I killed him ....
It's not your fault, Asuka.
You are not at fault.
She wouldn’t have to remember if Saegusa hadn’t caused all of this.
Why am I doing this ...?
It would have been better if I had outrightly refused him in the first place.
I can’t that once I have seen that face ....
There is no way I can do that.
Hmm?
I’ve found it!!
I have it, Itomura !!
Yokoyama ... Well done!
YAY!
It was found at the place where Saegusa had died.
There was another bullet that was shot from Saegusa's handgun....
It matches with the other bullets found in a string of other cases.
Someone else shot him and held the gun on his hand to fire off another shot.
This will leave gunpowder residue on Saegusa’s hands..
That means ....
The suspicion of a camouflaged murder has surfaced.
Hey guys! What are you doing by yourselves!?
Administrator.
From the murder scene of Saegusa….
Another pistol bullet was found!
What about that?
Saegusa probably just tried shooting it?
No, but...!
You guys… This investigation is over!
Do you intend to tarnish the reputation of the Metropolitan Police Department!
I will never allow a reopening of this investigation!
Itomura.
Give me your handbook.
You’re suspended for a month. Get out of here.
Ah ....
Morita.
Yes.
Stay here for a while and watch over these guys.
Once the headquarter decided, there’s nothing we can do about this.
Give up.
Morita.
When I was still in Suginami East Precinct, 15 years ago →
You ... ignoring the instructions of the Metropolitan Police Station...
...and arrested for the son of the Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, for assault, right?
At that time... All the responsibility is taken by the Criminal Division in the end.
You have regretted that very much though...
...but we were ...
...proud of the actions you have taken.
The investigation will continue as it is.
No matter what punishment we will receive...
We will not give it up.
Hey what are you doing?
When I asked Saegusa about his motive...
"It is in the forest"
He said that he hid it in the forest.
In the forest….
I'm going to Okutama forest where Asuka was found.
Wait a minute, Itomura!
This was one of Saegusa’s possessions when he died.
It contained only red drops in it.
Perhaps, Saegusa still had thoughts which he wanted to convey.
Everyone and their shenanigans!
Take me with you!
Eh?
Morita?
Don’t get me wrong. I’m just going to repay what I owe you 15 years ago.
Wait a minute.
This was Asuka's recollection,
When escaping from the mountain hut, she crossed the stream and saw a wild bird's nest.
Let’s go, Itomura!
I heard about this from the local mountaineering club...
It seems to be wild bird 's nests and s stream up ahead.
-Hey. -Yes.
Lower the pace a little.
Sorry.
You always ignore other people's advice...
Do things on your own and irritate people.
But well, I’ll accept you as a man...
...who is willing to accept responsibility for others.
What is that?
When the administrator pushed the responsibility for the death of Saegusa to you...
You did not defend yourself, right?
Was that so?
You do not remember?
Ah! I was probably thinking of other things.
What!?
It’s over there.
He is the ultimate weirdo ... Hey!
It’s here.
Morita.
It’s here!
Hey, what are you doing here?
Nagashima !? Why are you here?
Ah ...!
Unhand me! Let me go!
Why did you try to burn this cabin?
Could you be trying to erase the traces of Asuka's crime?
Asuka has shot the culprit here.
Saegusa ...
Seems to have been blackmailed by the kidnappers.
As long as I am alive, I will not let them do as they please.
But if I were to die...
Please make it look like an accident and burn the hut.
Please! It is for Asuka!
What kind of blackmail did Saegusa receive?
He did not tell me that.
Just that his past mistakes were the cause of this.
Saegusa said that.
You're really stiff.
Oh, is that so?
I'm sorry, Rina.
Yes. Excuse me.
Yes.
Sugiyama ...
Detective ....
You heard the source material for this mobile novel from Okano, right?
Okano was a regular customer.
You are an aspiring novelist.
I’m not that good.
I still can't come up with an interesting story.
I have an interesting story.
Then please tell me.
And then I told my boyfriend what I’ve heard, at home.
He's confining her in.
Confinement.
And your boyfriend released his mobile novel.
Yes.
Why were you hiding that?
I was scared of being involved in the incident.
Okano noticed the release of the mobile novel and pursued me furiously.
I told him that it was my boyfriend who wrote the novel and...
That happened.
But you knew that Okano is dead
And brought the continuation of the novel to the publisher.
Yes.
This mobile novel is about a girl being kidnapped, right?
-Yes. -And that girl..
Shoot one of the criminals with a gun and escapes from her confinement.
But that was planned from the beginning.
Hmm!?
What does that mean?
The real aim of the criminals was not the ransom but it was for the girl's father instead.
The reason why the girl was made to shoot her kidnapper...
...was so that it could be used as blackmail for the father, later on
There is something like a money tree at the place where her father works.
What is it?
That's a secret.
Saegusa works at the patent office, right?
Yes.
A money tree at that workplace would be…
Toyama, you and Yokoyama ...
-Try investigating the patent office again. -Yes.
There was a call about section chief Mizusawa this morning.
That she’s continuing the investigation.
Yes.
Chief Adzuma, Stop them with your authority.
I'm sorry. I cannot do that.
What?
If there is only a slight doubt, we will pursue it.
That is our duty and Tsukishima central precinct’s belief.
This is a revolt against the Metropolitan Police Department.
Prepare yourselves!
I’ve finally looked cool once in a while.
I think that it is better to give up on the dance competitions.
To think that I would be called unto such a place, deep in the mountains.
Originally, isn’t this a job for forensics, right?
But even at such a personal request...
I have always believed that you would certainly come.
It’s always your personal business.
Now that it has come to this, I will have you do it thoroughly.
It is always thorough!
Oh ... what?
Based on your results
A girl may be saved.
Saegusa was blackmailed by Okano.
Although it was an unavoidable situation...
...if he told the world that his daughter killed someone...
...her life would be messed up.
Okano played on his weakness, did he?
What a mean thing for him to do ....
Oh, section chief! Two years ago...
...Saegusa took the examination of patent information on solar cells.
At the same time, it seems that it has been commercialized
...by a company called Bear Sonic in Southeast Asia.
In other words, didn’t Saegusa leak patent information?
-Leak patent information? -Yes.
Is there evidence?
That's right. I have noticed something about Okano's passport.
He has been going abroad for many times during the past two years.
Everything was in for a short term visit only lasting 2-3 days.
He could have been selling patent information obtained by Saegusa all around the world.
But to mastermind such a clever crime plan...
...is it possible for a thug like Okano?
No….
There was another character in the novel.
He does not show up at all but in fact...
...there was the mastermind of the entire plan.
Okano said that.
His father's junior.
Could it be that lawyer, Kudo?
I am his junior of Keitoku university.
Unfortunately it is different. He had an alibi.
It seems that we need interview his wife Yayoi again.
Please do not bother me!
Please stop stirring thing inside my house again about that man.
Nagashima.
Saegusa was probably caught up in someone's criminal plan.
That mastermind was probably Saegusa's junior at college.
Junior?
Does anyone come to mind?
If he had a junior who has been the closest to him....
Asuka, Do you want to go for a drive somewhere?
Actually, your father…
Passed me a message before his death.
Let's go.
I'm sorry.
Hello, this is Itomura.
Osawa took Asuka and disappeared by car.
According to the children, it seems that there was a suitcase in the car.
I understand. Thank you very much.
Osawa seems to be on the run with Asuka.
Do you have any idea where he might be going?
No... I do not know.
Does Asuka have any good friends?
Maybe she is informing the place by e-mail.
No, that kid has no such friend ....
By the way, at Asuka’s blog...
...there was a kid who would often mail her.
She said that she could talk to that kid about anything.
-May I see it? -Yes.
Post from the forest bear ...three days ago was the last.
"I will not be able to mail you for a while."
There’s a URLs here.
"Forest" ... Forest?
It is in the forest.
It is hidden in the forest.
What is this?
Could it be..
Strawberry candy....
"Authentication error"
Red candy....
"Authentication error"
Strawberry drop....
Got it!
This is a location information service!
Ah ... hey! Itomura!
What's wrong?
I ... I want to go home.
It is useless! You will have stay with me for a while more!
No, please! Stop it!
Osawa -!
Release me! stop! Release me!
Osawa
Can you return Asuka to us?
Let me go.
Osawa. When you were 17 years old...
...you hacked into consumer finance and sold out the customer information.
And It seems that you were sent to juvenile hall for half a year.
The person who taught you how to hack...
Wasn’t it Saegusa?
Saegusa stopped hacking at the same time he entered university.
But unfortunately, he left you behind to be caught by the police...
...you had no choice but to drop out of a famous university.
The reason why you involved Saegusa was to take revenge on him, was it?
Not only that.
My father ran a small town workshop.
He was going to apply for a patent for a product he developed over the years...
...however, the same product had been patented by a major company.
My father hung himself in shock.
Knowing that Saegusa is working for the JPO,
I eventually thought that I could avenge my father.
That’s obvious, right?
My father’s patent was stolen and had to die.
So you used Okano to intimidate Saegusa...
...and stole patent information?
Because he dots his daughter.
I'm at a loss. I was only planning to frighten her a bit.
But she seriously shot him.
The body?
I buried it at the back of the hill. Wanna see it?
Please do not tell anyone.
Asuka lost all the memory of when she was kidnapped.
Please let her forget about it!
Well then , would you listen to my request?
But Okano’s mouth had slipped about the plans.
And the plan had been released publicly as a mobile novel.
The first person to have noticed it was Saegusa.
He read the novel and pursued Okano
Okano came back crying to me.
You have no choice but to stop the publication no matter what the cost.
…Alright.
Then that idiot ....
Killed the writer.
So you gave Okano those counterfeit cards.
And made him sell it?
The counterfeit cards you gave him had useless information.
You tried to make them kill that guy.
But that plan failed.
Because our detectives intercepted the transaction.
stop it.
You had no choice but to kill Okano by yourself...
...and leave a water bus ticket with Saegusa's fingerprints at the scene.
And then you framed and killed Saegusa, making it look like a suicide.
Sempai, if you died...
At least we can protect Asuka’s secret.
Ah, that was a perfect plan
I’m unlucky that it didn’t work.
I will tell you.
That your perfect plan failed because...
...Saegusa’s family was strong.
Excuse me.
I have something I want to ask him a little.
About why the liquid we found at the scene where Asuka had been confined...
...was not blood but red paint.
What do you want?
We just want to forget about the incident.
I am sorry.
But can you give me three minutes of your time?
A will?
Yes. After Saegusa broke up with you...
While he lived with the minimum amount of money...
...and he entrusted all his remaining pay to a lawyer.
If something were to happen to him, he asked that the money...
...be passed to you, along with his will.
So what do you mean?
If he would do such a thing, we wouldn’t have to break up.
Hey you….
Dad died me because of me?
Because of me….
Yayoi ... Can you see this?
"Hey!"
Please stop this. Such a thing ...!
Please wait ... Until the end ....
It is after this.
this…?
Asuka, you have not killed anyone.
That was all a lie.
Huh…?
That kidnapping was a play that Osawa had planned.
He used this footage to blackmail Saegusa.
He had been blackmailed?
Osawa told him that unless he cooperated with them...
...he would make the fact that Asuka had killed someone, public.
He had Saegusa steal patent information.
The reason why Saegusa broke up with you...
...was to not trouble his family in the event that he gets arrested by the police.
On top of that,Saegusa had been trying to protect Asuka.
When your father predicted that something would happen to you...
...he posted your location on your blog, so that we may find you.
There was a small GPS transmitter attached to the keychain on her school bag.
That man did such things.
The forest bear was actually daddy ....
As soon as my father left...
...he posted on my page, asking to be friends.
And he would surely encourage me...
...whenever I wrote about bad or hard things which happened to me.
He sounded like dad.
This keychain was also sent by him when I wrote that I liked red drop candy.
Why do you like red drop candy?
That was my lucky item.
Lucky item?
I loved drop candy since I was little.
But if I eat too much, I would get tooth decay ….
And got stopped by mother ....
But my father forgave me.
He told me that I can only have one a day.
He gave them secretly from my mother.
I love the red strawberry flavored drop the best.
And I decided that it was going to be a good day whenever a red drop comes out.
I see…!
This is what Saegusa had with him when he passed away.
It is amazing! It's all red ....
For Saegusa this red drop candy had a special meaning to him.
I guess he was hoping that these drops would...
...represent all the good days which Asuka will have.
Even when he felt that he cannot return to his family again...
He kept this with him at all this time.
I think that this was his hope.
How about one, chief?
Yes, Thank you.
It’s from Yayoi.
-Thank you. -No.
Wait ....
Oh? Morita-san ... What happened?
It is as it looks.
Perhaps ... Were you demoted and transferred to us?
Speaking of that, it is your fault.
Because you had to stick to the victim's possessions.
Well...
Morita is now officially one of us .
Let's have his welcoming party today!
That sounds good!
Welcome back, Morita. Would you have a daifuku?
It went in!
This is great.
Daifuku really suits this man!
Itomura, I have not had one!