- Cheers! - Cheers!
Junko, Tomomi, nice to see you again!
Last time we met was on new year's day, so it's been 4 months?
Has it been that long?
The one year we were in training, we met so often
we almost got sick and tired of each other.
Now we're scattered all over in Chiba, Saitama, and Yokohama.
We shouldn't complain.
We're still lucky we're close by.
There are other classmates who've been sent faraway like Hokkaido and Okinawa.
Really, huh?
That's why I set up this place to hold a reunion.
- Let's drink, let's drink! - Let's drink, let's drink!
That's what I was planning to do too, but...
why is that place of reunion a marriage hunting party~?!
All right, ladies and gentlemen. It's free time!
If anyone's caught your attention,
go start a conversation right away!
Why not! We were planning to
attend this party anyway.
Then we found out you were free too, so
- we figured we might as well. - My precious day off....
- I've been deceived~. - But Ririko,
you wouldn't have come if we told you the truth, right?
That guy's hot~!
That's for sure! I have a real live
boyfriend called Yuki.
But while you were dispatched to Osaka for a year
you hardly saw each other, right?
- Well, that's true but... - Even now that you're back in Tokyo,
both of you are so busy don't you keep missing each other?
- Well, yeah.... - I think now's a good time
to look for someone new. What have you got to lose?
To be honest, in a long distance relationship, you never know what the guy's doing.
Hey, you guys. What are you trying to say!
Hi there.
There's three of us too.
Hi there~!
We all started working at Hanabishi Bussan at the same time.
- We started at the same time too. - Really?
- What kind of work do you you? - Oh, we're pro...
We're public servants!
You'll drive the men away if you tell them we're prosecutors!
Is that how it is?
Aren't you aware that the job of prosecutor doesn't appeal to men?
What kind of a man wants to be interrogated by his girlfriend!
Indeed.
That's why we've been attending marriage hunting parties.
Attaining a happy marriage is hard work, you know!
What are you talking about?
I'm having them guess what we look like.
What could we be~?
I didn't realize it was such a hard thing for woman prosecutors to get married.
Nakamuta Yuki
You surprised me when you called saying you just arrived at Narita.
I came back a day earlier than planned from my business trip.
I called you because I wanted to see you before I did anything else.
But weren't you out with your friends or something?
It's okay, it's okay! Your call came at a good time!
That's why I said I don't need to be marriage hunting.
Say, how about this place?
Good idea! What's this?
Soba sushi, it says. Sounds good!
TOKYO RAILWAY MUSEUM
- Shall we eat here? - Yeah, let's!
It's delicious!
Say, do you want to come to my place today?
It would be nice to just kick back and relax for a change.
Yeah... it would be, huh?
It's been a while since I've been to your place too so...
okay, I'll go.
Oh... say.
When I was your long-distance girlfriend, did you invite anyone to your place?
Huh? Yeah, I had friends over once in a while.
Once in a while like how many times a month?
- About two or three times? - How many people?
3 or 4 at the most?
- Are those friends male? - Huh?
- But of course. - Huh? There was a slight hesitation, wasn't there?
That must mean some girls were mixed in there once in a while!
Aw, cut that out. It's as if you're interrogating me.
What do you mean interrogating.... Oh.
That must be the reason why prosecutors aren't appealing to men.
That's not true.
Then you can come to my place and investigate.
You won't find anything, I assure you.
All right.
Then I just may have to search your house!
I'm late~!
Safe!
This is my first time reporting to work after sleeping over.
At least no one will know I'm wearing the same clothes as yesterday.
There shouldn't be any problem.
- Good morning! - Good morning.
Oh? There's something different about you today.
- Oh... really? - Yeah.
It's like you look softer than usual, or should I say, more feminine....
Ah, yes indeed.
Did something good happen?
I-it's the same as usual!
Almost late for work after a day off.
I bet you were enjoying yourself too much and haven't switched back to work mode.
That's not...!
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Today, the victim of that marriage scam case is coming at 1:00 and
the suspect is coming at 3:00.
Please proceed with the morning cases efficiently.
Will do!
It's finally coming. My first marriage scam case!
If there's one thing I can't tolerate, it's marriage scam!
Taking advantage of women's desire to get married and
cheating them out of their money is simply disgusting!
- When he comes, I'll have to tightly put the screws... - Prosecutor.
With all due respect, allow me to just say a word....
Whether you dress up or stay out overnight out or
come to work wearing the sames clothes as yesterday, it doesn't matter at all, however!
Please don't ever lose your composure as a prosecutor.
Yes, I'm sorry....
Huh?
Did he just say same clothes as yesterday?
How did he know~!
Now then, Sawai Nanami-san.
Can you explain to me what happened from the very beginning?
Yes.
It was six months ago that I met Todo-san.
Todo
is the alias of the suspect, Suzuki Masao. Is that correct?
Yes
I learned that from the police just the other day.
Is that right.
I met him at a marriage hunting party.
Marriage hunting party?
Oh, I mean....
Please continue.
Now that I'm past 30, and being that there was no opportunity to meet anyone at work,
I decided to go ahead and attend the party.
Since it was my first time, I was nervous and
when I was wondering what to do,
- he started talking to me.... - Hi.
Hi.
I'm Todo.
He managed an IT business.
I was drawn to how he talked about his dream with bright eyes, and
decided to go out with him.
He was dependable and sweet, and
he always paid for everything when we went out.
Thanks.
On our one-month anniversary, we went to a nice Italian restaurant
in Yokohama called Adelina
where he presented me with a bouquet of roses.
After about 3 months, talk of marriage came up naturally, and
we even booked a wedding hall.
I was in heaven.
But soon after that,
it seems his business ran into trouble.
If I don't have 10 million yen....
I'll have no choice but to shut down the business.
I figured giving him financial help
should be okay since we were getting married anyway,
and I gave him 10 million yen.
Because I thought it was money that was necessary
for us to happy....
It was immediately after that, right?
That you could no longer get in touch with Suzuki.
Yes.
The number you are calling is currently ...
I couldn't get through to him on the phone and
when I went to his condo,
I was told that no one like him lived there....
The company that he supposedly managed
didn't exist either.
What's more... reservation for the wedding hall we went and made together
was canceled the next day.
Is that right....
Um... You never went to Suzuki's place?
Only to the front of the condo....
He said he was embarrassed because it was so messy.
Why were you not suspicious of his title as company manager?
I believed him after he showed me the company's home page.
I wanted to support his dream to make his business a success and
and be of help to many people.
That's all I wanted to do....
Getting married means
sharing the same dream as your partner. That's what I believed.
How dare he trample on such a pure heart.
It's truly unforgivable.
What Suzuki did were typical methods used by scammers, weren't they?
Marriage scammers initially
spend money by paying for their dates and giving presents
as initial investment to make the other party trust them, right?
The troublesome point of this case is
the fact that Suzuki is claiming that he never received the 10 million yen.
The 10 million yen wasn't found even when the police
searched his house, right?
There were no signs that he used places thought to be likely hiding place for cash
such as safe deposit box and rental locker.
His bank account balance is only a few tens of thousand yen.
Does that mean he spent it all?
I don't know about that, but...
if he used the money for
something that doesn't leave a trace like gambling,
we have no way of tracking it.
The police doesn't have any decisive evidence either, so
they decided to refer him to us even though he was denying the charges.
For the sake of the victim too, let's thoroughly investigate this guy Suzuki
and grab him by his tail!
Tail...?
Come in.
Excuse us.
Suzuki Masao-san, you approached Sawai Nanami-san
with the intention of deceiving her from the beginning, didn't you?
That's preposterous!
Then why did you lie about your name and profession?
It's hard to leave an impression at a marriage hunting party with a common name,
and if I honestly say that I'm unemployed,
no one would give me the time of day, right?
Well, I guess so.
Then why did you lie about where you lived?
You see... I live in a small apartment.
- Vanity got the best of me. - Vanity?
In your profile for the marriage hunting party,
you wrote that your hobbies are diving and futsal.
Is this perhaps vanity too?
Yes. To be honest, I'm totally inept when it comes to sports.
- Your special talent of speaking English? - I can't speak it at all.
Everything about you are all lies!
You even created an elaborate home page like this
and pretended to be running a company that didn't exist.
It's proof that you tried to deceive Sawai-san, isn't it?
No! I was really trying to start up a business!
It's just that the application process is taking time!
This is the deposit and withdrawal record
of the time Sawai-san withdrew 10 million yen from her bank account
on March 20th.
And this is the printout of
the texts exchanged between Sawai-san and you
- immediately after that. - What about it?
You asked Sawai-san, "Is everything set?" and
Sawai-san answered, "Everything's set!"
This "Everything's set" means that the 10 million yen is
- is all set to go, doesn't it? - Of course not!
We were just confirming our date to meet at the park.
- How can you.... - Believe me,
I never received that kind of money!
Then why did you suddenly disappear from Sawai-san's sight!
That's because...
as talk of marriage progressed,
I suddenly felt unsure
if someone like me could really make her happy.
I'm really sorry for what I did.
But...
I really did love Nanami!
Prosecutor, please believe me.
I really didn't accept any money!
He's a tough one....
When I think that was all an act, I'm scared to trust anyone....
You're totally useless.
You're letting him run the show.
But whatever I ask him, he eludes the question.
- He's always ready with an answer.... - I've said this many times, but
you have a bad habit of empathizing too much with the victim that
you lose your temper with the suspect.
Prosecutors must maintain a strictly neutral and impartial ground, and
- act with composure.... - With composure! Okay, okay. I got it.
Well, it's true that marriage scammers are elusive.
Exactly! I thought they were,
how do you say, gaudier like a host, but
he's surprisingly normal and it threw me off....
When we talk about marriage scammers,
it's easy to picture an obviously handsome guy, but
a lot of them are surprisingly unimpressive and plain.
I see....
- Wait. What's with that "I see"?! - Thank you very much.
But a testimony full of lies like that
is bound to start unraveling somewhere, don't you think?
Things don't work out that easily.
Murderers and thieves have an awareness that they've done something wrong.
That's why they respond surprisingly honestly to interrogations and tell the truth.
- True. - Scammers, on the other hand,
have no sense of guilt whatsoever towards lying.
It's tough to expose lies that are told without a sense of guilt.
That's why it's hard to prosecute marriage scammers.
If we don't have sufficient evidence, we may have to drop the case....
Drop the case? No way!
Suzuki definitely deceived her! He approached her for money from the beginning
and cheated her out of 10 million yen!
That's why the problem is, how are you going to prove that.
I'd have to say it's too hard to handle for a rookie like you.
Good luck. You're gonna need it.
I don't need you to wish me luck!
I'll expose that guy's lies and show you!
Her switch got turned on again~.
What a creep! A guy like that is an enemy of all women!
Even from a man's point of view, he's definitely guilty!
- Here you go, Dad. - That being said,
I guess it's hard to bring marriage scammers to prosecution.
How come?
First of all, we need to prove whether there was intent
to deceive from the beginning, but when he says
- that he truly loved her.... - That's definitely a lie.
- Yes. Yes, it is, but
proving that is a different story.
There's no way to prove people's feelings, right?
That's right, huh? No one knows what's in people's heart, right?
- You say that with real feeling. - But of course.
People can say whatever with their mouth.
But only that person know if that's the truth or a lie.
That's true. No matter how much Dad insists "I'm not having an affair!",
there's no way to prove if he had the intention or not.
Why are we talking about me now.
That's right. Unless there are objective facts like
he had another woman, or he lied that he was single when he was married.
But we don't have that either.
- I'm not having an affair, okay? - We were just saying what if.
Then why don't you find them?
The so-called objective facts.
I wouldn't be having a tough time if I could.
I suppose so.
I guess I'll just have to review each lie from scratch again.
A prosecutor's job is really tough, isn't it?
Like yesterday. You were working all night, weren't you?
- Yesterday? - Yeah.
Oh, yeah... yeah, that's right.
It was my day off, but I got called in all of a sudden.
- What were you working on? - Uh....
- What were you working? - Oh, Dad, isn't it your bedtime already?
Oh! Look at the time. I'm going to bed.
- Haruko, hurry up and go take a bath. - Okay~.
- Good night! - Ah, it's okay... I'll do it.
- Good night. - Good night.
Safe.
Unless I find evidence that he accepted the 10 million yen,
I guess prosecuting him would be impossible....
- So how was it? Yesterday. - How was what?
You spent the night with your boyfriend, didn't you?
Oh... so you knew after all.
It had been a while, hadn't it?
Since you last did it.
Oh my God, Haru-chan. You're too straightforward.
So what, so what!
You're too old to be embarrassed by this kind of topic, aren't you?
- Well, yeah... same as always. - I'm glad then.
It looked like you weren't seeing each other lately, so I was getting worried.
You know, you hear it all the time. How a couple gets too busy and can't find the time to see each other
and eventually grows apart.
Mind your own business.
Don't mind me and just worry about yourself.
You're unlikely to have any encounters if you take over the tofu shop.
Not necessarily~.
Huh? What?
- Is something going on? - No, it's nothing.
- Good night. - Good night.
You'd better get to bed soon too. Since you didn't get any sleep last night.
Oh, for Pete's sake!
This is the place where she gave him the 10 million yen.
I told you there aren't any surveillance cameras.
Scammers deliberately choose places like that to start out with.
I know that. But if we visit the scene,
there may be something we can find.
- Besides, they say to repeatedly visit the crime scene. - That's a saying for detectives.
Prosecutors have investigatory power too, so we're practically the same.
Detectives and prosecutors are completely different.
While detectives are the primary investigators...
You don't have to tell me after all this time. I know!
Since I studied hard when I was an apprentice.
Ah~ I'm glad to hear that.
You were acting so freely
- I thought perhaps you forgot. - Thank you for your concern.
Okay! You're satisfied now, right? Let's go back.
Hello?
Yes. Got it.
There was a phone call from Sawai Nanami-san.
From Sawai-san?
It seems that a new fact has come to light.
A new fact?
Yes. I remembered that I paid the deposit of 200,000 yen
at the time we booked the wedding hall....
Deposit? Didn't Suzuki pay for that?
No.
He said he didn't have any cash with him that day, so I paid for him.
I remembered that yesterday and when I called to ask the wedding hall,
I was told they paid back that 200,000 yen to him at the time of cancellation.
Are you sure it was these two?
Yes. I remember them well because they looked so sweet and happy together.
The day after they made reservations for the wedding,
this man came by himself to cancel it, right?
That's right. The deposit of 200,000 yen was returned to him at that time.
Here's the receipt.
Was he acting unnatural in any way?
No.
He said they were able to book the wedding hall that his fiancee had wanted.
He was very apologetic.
I see....
Marriage scammers know what they're doing, don't they?
Scammers never behave in a way
that would make him look suspicious even to people around him.
But we did find material to make an attack on Suzuki.
Congratulations!
If the man swiftly made reservations at a lovely wedding hall like this,
any woman would be on cloud nine.
I can understand Sawai-san's feelings.
I'm sure you understand the feelings of women who dream of having a happy marriage.
More so when you have such a handsome boyfriend like that.
Handsome is such an old....
That's not true.
... or rather, how do you know?!
- Take a look at this. - What is it?
It's a copy of the receipt for the deposit of 200,000 yen for the wedding hall
that was paid back to you.
The lady at the wedding hall testified for us that
you accepted the 200,000 yen
you made Sawai Nanami-san pay.
Do you admit that you cheated her out of this money?
Ah~! That's right! I had forgotten all about it.
You're right.
I've got to return that 200,000 yen to Nanami as soon as possible.
But I'm currently unemployed and have absolutely no money.
How could you not have any money!
You have that 10 million yen you cheated out of Sawai-san.
That's why I told you I don't know anything about that money...
Then why do you think
Sawai Nanami-san filed a victim's report with the police?
That's probably because
I disappeared suddenly, so
she's bearing a grudge against me
- and trying to get me in trouble. - Excuse me~?
What kind of nonsense is that!
Prosecutor!
Of course, that's also because
I ended up breaking her heart.
It's all my fault.
I'm sorry.
Prosecutor.
Please take care of her.
We were thoroughly thrashed.
Is there really no other way to get Suzuki to confess?
More than likely, the reason he had her pay the 200,000 yen deposit for the wedding hall
was to find out if she was the kind of woman to dish out money.
When he got that assurance, he went for the big money of 10 million yen.
If only we could prove that he accepted the 10 million yen....
He had it handed over in person so as to not leave any evidence.
At this rate,
I think it would be difficult to prosecute him.
I know.
Because I thought it was money that was necessary
for us to be happy....
Getting married means
sharing the same dream as your partner. That's what I believed.
- Yum! - This is good.
- This new recipe's a keeper, Mom! - I'm glad!
Fluffy tofu shumai.
Why don't you try it too, Ririko?
What's wrong, Ririko? You came home early for a change
so I was looking forward to having dinner with you, but you look out of it!
That's not true. I'm the same as usual.
- It's good! - I'm glad.
Onee-chan, try the oboro tofu I made too.
It's still a sample, but I'm hoping to sell it in the shop.
The tofu you make still have a long ways to go.
Actually, it's pretty good.
Nakamuta Yuki
- See? - Excuse me...
Kareshi (boyfriend)?
- Kareshi? - Huh?
Hey, did you just say kareshi?
- I didn't say anything like that. - Oh...karashi (mustard)?
Hello.
Ririko? Can you talk now?
Yeah. I'm home already.
Oh, yeah?
Hey, what time are you getting off work tomorrow?
Tomorrow?
I was wondering if you'd like to go out to dinner.
Really? I don't think I'll be getting off that late tomorrow.
All right! I'll text you later about the restaurant and stuff.
See you tomorrow then.
Okay. See you tomorrow.
- Beer, beer.... - Geez....
So far, we haven't been able to find evidence that Suzuki received 10 million yen from you.
He says he'll return the deposit for the wedding hall to you.
I see....
At this rate, it would be difficult to prove Suzuki's scam.
Do you remember anything else? It could be anything, even something minor.
There's nothing else....
I can't expect to get that money back, can I?
To tell you the truth, when I was getting the 10 million yen together,
I didn't have enough money in savings, and
I had my parents pitch in half.
The 5 million yen they had saved
for the wedding of their only daughter.
My mother asked me
over and over, "Are you sure about this?"
I...
told her "You can trust him. Don't worry."
What an idiot, huh?
Come on! Cheer up and hang in there!
Sorry to trouble you.
I really believed in him.
I thought now, I could save him.
I can accept it for myself.
But I feel so bad to my parents who trusted me
with their precious money....
It's exciting, isn't it?
It is. I'm getting nervous.
I can't wait to see Nanami in a wedding dress.
I miss you as soon as we're apart.
Nanami, I love you.
I'm so glad I met you!
I was born to meet you.
Let's create more anniversaries from now on.
Let's be happy together.
This is unforgivable.
For scammers,
lines like that are merely part of their job.
In order to make a woman trust him, all kinds of sweet words
- come flowing out of his mouth. - No...
what I can't forgive is...
myself.
How can I not even prosecute one scumbag like him.
I'm a failure as a prosecutor.
I'm going to expose that guy's lies for sure.
...is what you said and talked big, but
you're throwing in the towel already, huh?
It's the worthless prosecutors that empathize with each and every case,
getting depressed or elated every time something happens.
I wish you'd hurry up and realize what a waste of time that is.
Are you saying that everything I've been doing up to now
was all a waste of time?
With a prosecutor's job, results are everything.
INDICTMENT
How much time you spent on it, how much effort you put into in,
none of that matters.
You don't have to go that far....
But he does have a point.
Wow... is this it?
- Ah~ good.\- Good.
There's something special about a beer after work.
But why do you suppose Prosecutor Ohtsuka's so hard on Prosecutor Takemura?
Who knows... Maybe a capable guy like Prosecutor Ohtsuka
dislikes a type like who goes full blast
- solely on enthusiasm? - Naw...
he probably wouldn't go that far if he dislikes her.
- Do you think so? - Well, he may have a sharp tongue, but
isn't he, in his own way,
- worrying about Prosecutor Takemura? - Is that it?
Although thanks to that, he got her all huffy
and even more motivated which is causing trouble for me.
I'd sure like to have a drink with Prosecutor Takemura once.
- I wonder if she has a boyfriend. - Don't do it.
You'll ruin good liquor if you drink with her.
I know, right?
It's gonna taste bad.
What a truly lovely restaurant.
Is it okay that I'm dressed like this?
You're totally fine!
The food and the wine are both delicious....
Isn't it unusual for you to make reservations at a stylish restaurant like this?
That's because... today's kinda special.
Special?
Am I forgetting some anniversary?
It's not our birthday...
It isn't our dating anniversary either, is it?
What was it?
Today isn't a day of anything.
But it may become a day to remember from now on.
From now on?
Why don't we...
get married?
What? M-married? With me?
Where did that come from? Out of the blue...
What do you mean out of the blue? We've been dating for 4 years already.
Oh, yeah... that's right, huh?
Yeah...it's been so hectic lately I haven't had time to think about things like that.
We've both been so busy
we've been missing each other, huh?
But the other day,
when you spent the night at my place for the first time in a while,
I thought how important it was to go home to the same place.
No matter how busy we are,
if we live together, there won't ever be times when we can't see each other, right?
And so...you thought of marriage?
With you, I think we can live happily forever.
Yuki....
Suzuki Masao?!
Ririko, is something the matter?
No! It's nothing.
- Why at a place like this? - A place like this?
But this is a pretty well-known restaurant.
I thought I'd try showing off for the proposal.
Was it a bad choice?
No! Not at all.
I really like it.
One month anniversary.
Thank you!
Bouquet of roses....
...we went to a nice restaurant in Yokohama called Adelina,
where he presented me with a bouquet of roses.
Adelina.
This is the restaurant that Suzuki brought Sawai-san.
Ririko? Hey, Ririko?
What are you mumbling about?
- What? - I'm
asking you to marry me right now, but are you listening to what I'm saying?
Oh...that's right, huh? Sorry.
Thank you.
Ririko?
Yuki, I'm sorry! The suspect we're investigating now is over there.
He told us he didn't have any money, but has a lot, so
I'm thinking that could be the evidence that he took 10 million yen from the victim.
I can't explain it very well, but
if I follow him now, I may be able to get a hold of something.
It's something that's extremely important!
So... I'm sorry!
Actually, I had something pretty important to say too....
Excuse me. Please follow that taxi in front of us.
Aihara-san.
Ever since you got assigned to Prosecutor Takemura,
aren't you looking a little haggard?
You're exhausted every day, aren't you?
You got that right. You can't imagine how tough it is!
- Hello. - Aihara-san, where are you now?
- I'm not sure I want to say where... - Please come right away.
I finally grabbed Suzuki by his tail!
Tail?
Yes!
The police followed the woman who was with Suzuki last night
and called out to her when she was alone.
They're talking to her right now at the station.
Thank you.
Following a suspect by yourself isn't something a prosecutor should do.
- I'm sorry. - Besides, simply taking pictures like these
doesn't mean you caught Suzuki's tail.
- I know.... - However,
if we can obtain this woman's testimony,
it may lead to evidence that can prove Suzuki's scam.
Suzuki had a lot of bills.
A lot of 10,000 yen bills in a big fat wallet like this.
It' very likely that he has Sawai-san's 10 million yen hidden somewhere.
What now?
I'm thinking there might be something in here that may provide a hint for the hiding place.
I'm going to check everything all over again.
Suzuki was giving the woman a bouquet of roses.
It's the exact same method he used to deceive Sawai-san.
I'm sure he promised to marry that woman too and
was planning to cheat her out of her money.
I can't allow him to do that no matter what.
You were in the middle of a date too, weren't you?
I sure was. That's why it really surprised me.
How did you know that was I on a date?
You wouldn't be going to a fancy restaurant like that on a girls' night out, would you?
I see.
I can't believe you found a suspect in the middle of your date and
rushed out after him.
I know, right?
Not only was it in the middle of the date, but the middle of a proposal....
Huh?
Oh...No, it's nothing.
I need you to finish that as soon as possible...
we have other work left to do.
- Aihara-san. - Yes?
What's a running station?
Oh, that's the place where runners can change and keep their belongings.
- Runners? - Yes.
To be honest, I'm totally inept when it comes to sports.
He said he was inept at sports.
Why would he go to a place like this?
Locker....
Locker!
It's this way.
Prosecutor!
Found it!
This is you in the picture, isn't it?
No~. It must be someone else.
That woman, Hasegawa Mami-san, testified for us.
We heard that you call yourself Jounouchi-san this time, not Todo-san.
I don't know.
You made a promise to marry Hasegawa-san too, didn't you?
What's more, the period that you approached her
overlaps the period you were still dating Sawai-san.
I don't know what you're talking about....
Your excuse that you really loved Sawai-san
doesn't work anymore.
You approached her for her money, and
you even made a promise to marry her when you had no such intention.
And you cheated her out of 10 million yen, didn't you?
How can you say I was after her money... That's not true at all!
This was in the locker you're renting at the Yokohama Running Station.
This is the money
you received from Sawai-san. Is that correct?
That's....
That's...
my money.
It's my hidden wealth that I made previously from investments.
Or
do you have evidence that I received it from Nanami?
We do.
What is that?
To Todo-san
This money is money for our future.
We're getting married anyway, so don't hesitate to use it.
It's going to be all right. I know you'll be able to realize your dream.
Nanami
It's the message to you that Sawai-san enclosed with the 10 million yen.
Although it may not have caught your eyes that were only looking at money.
Th-that kind of thing can be inserted anytime after the fact!
That's certainly true.
- Prosecutor, are you trying to frame me? - No, I'm not.
When the police examined them, they found a lot of Sawai-san's fingerprints
on the paper bag and the bundles of bills.
How do you explain that?
Sawai-san was dreaming.
Of a future with you.
Thank you for waiting.
She believed that
you were the one she'd marry and live with for the rest of her life.
That's why she willingly gave you such a large amount of money.
If you have this money, things will work out, right?
Come on! Cheer up and hang in there!
I'm sorry to trouble you.
I really appreciate it.
But to you, Sawai-san was...
nothing more than the target of a marriage scam.
This is money you received from Sawai-san, isn't it?
Suzuki Masao-san.
I hereby charge you with fraud committed against Sawai Nanami-san.
Your crime
isn't only for cheating a woman out of her money.
You broke the heart of a woman who was dreaming of a happy marriage.
Please don't ever forget that.
Thank you so much.
Thanks to you, I was able to return the money to my parents and
apologize properly.
I don't know how to thank you....
There's no need to thank me....
I just did what I needed to do.
That's cool.
I've always had a strong desire to get married.
I couldn't wait to quit my job and get married, but...
but now,
I want to have pride in my work like you.
Oh, that's....
Then are you taking a break from marriage hunting...?
No. I'd still like to get married.
Learning from my recent bad mistake,
I'd like to find a good marriage partner this time.
I'm going to work hard for both work and marriage!
- I'm all ready to go. - Is that right?
- Go for it. - Yes!
Thank you for everything.
"I'm going to work hard for both work and marriage"...
I'm really sorry about what happened last time!
Forget it already.
Have a seat.
But I must've been out of my mind to
rush out in the middle of an important conversation like that.
Even if it was for work, that was awful, wasn't it?
That was really awful. It was really, really awful.
It's okay. I think it was for the best that something like that happened.
Because I got to understand your feelings.
My feelings?
That for you right now,
the job of prosecutor is terribly important.
My job is important to me, of course.
But I'm thinking about you seriously....
- I was going to give you a proper answer today.... - Let's break up.
It's not your fault.
I was thinking of doing something sneaky.
Like if we got married, I thought you might cut down on your work a little
and stay by my side.
But you know, when I saw you
working so hard at your job as a prosecutor,
how can I ask you, "What's more important, me or your job?"
Yuki....
I'll always be rooting for you, Ririko.
I always have and always will. That will never change.
Take care.
You too, Yuki.
Bye.
Another case closed today!
That marriage scam case,
I'm happy for you that you were able to turn things around and prosecute him.
Isn't this another achievement for Prosecutor Takemura?
No, no, no... Without me, she still has a long ways to go.
Is that right?
Try putting yourself in my place, being pushed around by that
irrational and freewheeling reckless rookie...
Who is this reckless rookie prosecutor that you're talking about?
If you have something you want to say, don't talk behind my back
- and say it straight to my face. - Okay...
- Why are you here? - What do you mean why am I here.
I was in the mood to drink too.
But that doesn't mean you have to come here...
I heard from Kimura-san that you guys always come here on your way home from work.
This was supposed to be a place of rest and relaxation just for assistant officers.
- I'm sorry. - But since she's here anyway,
it's not a problem, right?
That's right. Right?
Let's drink, let's drink.
Excuse me!
For starters, let me have a glass, chilled tomato, and...
shimesaba (salted and vinegared mackerel)!
Thank you.
- Did something happen? - No, nothing...
- Oh~! I broke up with my boyfriend. - Oh, is that right.
- What? - That's what happened, so
I'm going to work even harder. Please give me your support.
"Even harder"...?
Okay, then.
Cheers!
Ah~ It's good!