Wait!
Stop!
Stay still!
Target secure!
Save me...
Going with strangers is dangerous!
Let's go back to my place.
- Please save me! - Huh?
Please save me!
Alright, then why did you run away?
I just couldn't help it, I guess.
Like a cat, you know?
We have a cat called Tamasaburo and he's the same.
He's a good cat, but as soon as I approach him,
he freaks out and hisses at me. I'm like, "Why are you hissing at me!?"
Please only answer the question at hand.
Right, my bad.
Moving along, your occupation
is providing a service to carry out miscellaneous tasks?
Nah, it's nothing that complicated. I'm just an errand boy.
Various people ask me to do various things
and I get to make a bit of money.
An errand boy, huh... Well, whatever.
The victim, a six year-old child
was kidnapped from his father's side...
That was a request from his mother.
I ask the accused not to interrupt the prosecutor.
In order to put up with her husband's violence, the mother became an alcoholic
and had to get institutionalized.
Now it's the child who gets abused by his father.
- And that's why you came to save him? - Exactly!
I was about to deliver him to the police,
but his mother didn't want me to.
They're not going to believe me, she said.
And the child would be too scared to indict his own father.
If I kidnap the child, the father will want to save him and I get the police involved.
I could make the kid understand by telling him, "Everyone's going to want to save you."
A great idea, right?
Did you know that his father has the parental authority?
I did not,
but when his mother came to me,
she told me to save her child and her husband.
I figured this family might not be a lost case yet.
How's the child doing now?
No more questions.
Just in case...
The child is at a child consultation center.
As for the father, I heard he's being thoroughly questioned by the police.
Thank you very much.
The criminal case? You mean Mashiba Yutaro?
He's an intriguing kid. Such a curious incident.
You want to be his lawyer now?
Taking the case from the court-appointed lawyer.
Director: Lawyer Sakagami Mai
Mashiba Yutaro
You know him from somewhere?
No, just a simple case of love at first sight.
Please get his bail dealt with asap.
( Sakagami Building )
Thank you! I didn't expect you to actually pay my bail.
I don't even have money to pay a lawyer...
As we discussed, you'll pay me back in labor, right?
Fine by me, but I don't have any skills.
You're 25 now, right?
You can't keep on being an errand boy forever, can you?
- You better find a place where you belong. - Where I belong...
That's for people who want to be needed by other people.
In your case,
I have a feeling you're simply trying to avoid being needed.
Why not give it a try? It might be surprisingly comfortable.
Here?
The place I want you to work at is...
Sakagami Keiji, my younger brother.
What?
It's inconvenient being alone, isn't it?
Here, Mashiba Yutaro. Why not employ him?
I'm busy. Another time.
Especially since you're so busy.
Alright.
Accompany that woman out of here. You're free to go home after that.
How many people is that now?
None of them were useful. What makes him different?
He can invoke a bit of kindness in other people.
He's the last one, so give it a try.
If you refuse, as the owner of this building,
I'll have no choice but to insist about last month's rent.
- The last one, you said? - Yes, he's the last one.
Understood.
Good.
Alright, you're going to work here from now on.
A desk... won't be necessary.
That sofa, it's mine, but you can use it.
By working here... What is this company exactly?
Deleting inconvenient data from digital devices upon a person's death.
That's my job.
Digital devices?
Mainly computers, smart phones and tablets.
Inconvient data?
Ah, lewd stuff?
First our client installs the app I created.
Once installed, it's in constant contact with our servers.
If the device doesn't get used in a specified time,
the server reacts and sends a signal to the mole.
The mole?
So, if a smart phone or a computer doesn't get used in a long time,
this fellow here will make a sound in their stead?
After I get the signal, I confirm whether the client is dead or not.
Once I confirmed the death, I delete the designated data.
But the client's already dead, right?
You won't be able to confirm if it's actually him who wants to get it erased.
This company is linked up with our office.
That gives this company a certain credibility.
That said, who is the client this time?
Mikami Manabu, 62.
His notebooks hasn't been used in the past 48 hours,
so I'm preparing to delete the designated folder from his computer.
- A big-shot right out of the gate. - A big-shot?
The person who appears to have died is the movie director Mikami Manabu.
He won the big prize in France three years ago.
- You don't know him? - I don't.
At the time of the contract, we only ask the client for their name,
date of birth, address and their mobile phone number in case of an emergency.
Some people also write their place of employment, but he did not.
It's hard to tell whether it's the movie director or a different person with the same name.
Let's confirm that he's actually dead.
- However, his deletion request must not be revealed. - Okay.
I called the client's mobile phone.
Is this Mikami-san's phone?
The thing is, I lent him some money.
I guess it's time for repayment?
Huh? His lawyer?
"Coming for his money as soon as he's dead!?" I got yelled at.
Come to the office and talk to our lawyer, she said.
Too bad, he already got a lawyer.
Why a moneylender?
It's the last person you want to have a conversation with.
You wouldn't hesitate to tell that person that he's dead.
This folder, huh?
You deleted it just now?
What if it contained material related to his current movie project?
We confirmed his death, so I deleted his data as requested.
- The content doesn't matter. - It wouldn't hurt to check.
Well then, do your best. Your trial isn't over yet
and I'm no cheap lawyer.
Right...
Be quiet!
Sorry...
Another dead person? They come like this?
No, two cases in one day is rare.
Who died this time?
Yasuoka Haruo, 44.
He set up for a folder on his computer to be erased if neither
his smart phone nor his computer get used for 36 hours.
- Confirm his death. - Right...
No luck, it's his voice mail.
Hakugei Shuppan
He works for a publishing company, huh?
( Hakugei Shuppan )
( Shukan Shinsou, a weekly magazine )
"Shukan Shinsou" I guess he was a reporter for a tabloid.
( Yasuoka Haruo )
A gossip writer, huh?
- Confirm his death. - ...right.
Excuse me, but I'd like to talk to Shukan Shinsou's Yasuoka-san...
I have, you know...
He said he was going to buy a story... Yes.
Through the home page...
Okay. Ah, wait a sec--!
He hasn't shown up for two days and they don't know when he will.
Not the first time from the sound of it.
Since we got the signal, something must be different this time.
His address.
Huh? You're telling me to go?
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Ouch! What?
Shun! What are you doing!?
- I'm sorry. - It's nothing...
- Why? - He's suspicious.
He's calling our apartment.
- Suspicious? - You have business with us?
Are you Yasuoka-san's wife?
I'm Mashiba Yutaro. We work at the same company.
Has he never told you about me?
Dunno, can't remember.
His birthday is on February 15th, right?
My birthday is in February, too.
We always make sure to celebrate together in February.
- At a pub near work. - That so?
Yes!
Yasuoka-san is amazing. I look up to him as a colleague.
I want to write as many stories as him
and become an amazing report like him...
So what's your business here?
Well, I haven't been able to contact him for a while now.
Do you happen to know where he is?
How would I know if not even you guys know?
Exuse me.
Let's go.
Say...
Dad's an amazing reporter?
Yes! He sure is!
He's writing a lot of stories.
I want to become just like him.
Me too.
When I grow up, I want to become a reporter just like dad.
Shun!
I'm sorry, I'll be right there. Go on and head up home.
Can you please not give him any funny ideas!?
He doesn't know what kind of reporter he is.
What do you mean he doesn't...
That guy always talks like he's a journalist
and our son believes every word he says.
He'll only end up disappointed if he aims to become a reporter like his father.
Please don't inspire him even more.
He has to finish his story by the end of the day,
so I hope you won't mind me waiting here until he returns?
That guy doesn't live here anymore.
We've been living apart for six months now. He didn't tell you?
Always rambling about his ideals,
only to get hit by his own reality,
taking to the bottle in despair...
I couldn't let him destroy our family,
so I kicked him out.
Him and his dirty articles.
You call him an ace and stuff, but behind his back
you must be making fun of him for only writing about indecent stuff, right?
- No, that's not... - Here.
He's staying there at the moment.
Please stay away from us.
You're heading to dad's place, right?
Tell him not to forget my birthday present.
Sure! Your birthday, huh? When is it?
Next week, on the 14th.
What do you want? Wait!
I know.
An RC car!
No?
The first of seven tools of a reporter.
I told him I want to become a reporter,
so he was going to give me one per birthday starting this year.
And what's the first one?
I'm not sure.
Maybe a telescope? I guess it must be a telescope?
Those are binoculars. Okay, I'll tell him.
Yeah, tell him it was Karate Kid who told you.
Sure.
Listen...
Tell him to hurry up and finish off the bad guys as well.
Dad told me
that it's going to be an amazing article.
He said he's going to come back once he's done.
He did?
Yeah, he told me to chase them away with this in the meantime
and made it together with me.
I'm sure your dad must be writing one hell of an article right now.
- I can't wait. - Yeah.
Yasuoka-san!?
Excuse me, I'm coming inside.
It's out.
( "Reporter of popular tabloid dead, possible suicide" )
Suicide my ass.
There was no suicide note whatsoever.
It might have been an impulsive suicide.
What are you doing?
There's no doubt you saw the corpse of Yoshioka Haruo.
That confirms his death, so I delete his data.
No, wait! Hold on a sec!
That was no suicide! He told his son
that he's about to finish off some bad guys with an amazing article.
He promised he'll return once he's done.
His son is waiting for him.
Would you leave your son like that and just kill yourself?
Things like that happen.
Then let me at least see his data.
No, nobody can see the data.
This data might contain information confirming that it was indeed no suicide.
As per contract, we're to delete the data as soon as the death is confirmed.
You only say that because you know nothing about Yasuoka-san!
His son believes that he's some praiseworthy reporter.
If I was him, I'd never kill myself without telling him.
Something must have happened!
A father doesn't just pour out his heart to his son.
Adults aren't as simple as that.
For you this data might be a matter of a single click,
but for Shun this data might affect the rest of his life!
That's all I'm asking of you!
He told him to chase away the bad guys with this.
They built a slingshot together.
He's going to fight bad guys with acorns for the rest of his life.
Let me see if there's anything on there I can pass to Shun. I'm begging you.
You shouldn't become that affected after a single meeting.
The client selected this folder for deletion.
Thanks.
Articles he's been working on.
I've seen this guy before.
A prominent rakugo story teller.
With such a young woman... I'm kinda jealous.
Knowing the reaction this would get,
he must have wanted to get it erased.
Let's delete it.
But there's a chance that he was killed because of him snooping around, right?
One of them might be the criminal!
Hey, how do I open this?
He put smart phone files on his computer.
It's got an emulator, so use that.
Emu...?
It creates an virtual environment similar to a smart phone on top of the OS.
It's not tied to an account, so that should do the trick.
Please teach me the easiest method to do that.
- Move aside. - Right.
What are you doing?
Amazing! You opened it!
I guess it's a calendar app.
( Multiple meetings with Katayama Kaoru )
Katayama Kaoru?
They've been meeting a lot recently. Who's that person?
Jounan Station
Jounan Station?
( Jounan Station )
- A detective from this station? - Beats me...
( Jounan Station, Katayama Kaoru )
You won't find any personal information that way. Even I know that much.
"Personal information" is different for every person.
( MPD, Katayama Kaoru )
For example, some people don't expect for data such as this to become a problem if seen by a third party.
( Katayama Kaoru / MPD )
That the same person? Or someone with the same name?
Check the bottom.
( Yoshioka Haruo / Hakugei Shuppan )
Katayama Kaoru and Yoshioka-san were in the same seminar during college.
But that doesn't really tell us anything.
Your specialty, right?
Okay!
Moriya Seminar?
I'm OB's...
...Fukuoka Masahiro.
You're a student? I see.
I'm sorry for bothering you,
but I was looking at class 13
and was wondering if you could tell me graduate Katayama Kaoru's address?
I'm kinda indebted to Katayama-san and would like to send a letter of thanks.
I know I already got the address before, but I can't find it in my notes.
Online...?
As a graduate, I can see all the others?
Right, I know that much,
but the password escaped me...
"moriya" ?
That's right. Thanks. Give Moriya Sensei my regards. Yes, yes.
Accounting, huh... Might be a clerical officer.
( 406 - Katayama )
Excuse me.
I'd like to talk to you about Yasuoka Haruo...
And you are?
Are you Katayama Kaoru?
You've seen him a lot these days, haven't you?
Do you know about his death?
What are you up to?
I'm here to ask Katayama-san about Yoshioka-san.
What's wrong with you?
Didn't I tell you to keep our connection a secret?
It's alright.
I won't reveal how we're connected.
I'm talking about any connection in general.
I found a hidden folder inside the data.
There was a voice record of his interview with Katayama-san.
If Yasuoka was indeed killed, it's likely that Katayama is being targeted as well.
Since you've already made contact, we could offer some protection.
- Can you bring her here? - Her?
I'm Katayama Kaoru. We should speak inside...
Run! Now!
Please, come inside.
About that...
Alright, I'm recording.
I'm nervous.
March 15th, I'm interviewing Katayama Kaoru
from the accounting department of Jounan Station.
Katayama-san, when did you find out about the slush fund?
Slush fund?
When I reviewed this year's accounting...
Some organized embezzlement.
They're pocketing money under the pretense of nonexistent expenses.
It's a nationwide issue within the police that got handled by the Diet,
but I guess they didn't get all of them.
And it's been happening at Jounan Station as well?
Katayama from accounting noticed it
and leaked it to Yoshioka, her classmate from college.
He was trying to expose the injustice within the police.
How cool.
The slush fund is being managed by those four from the Organized Crime Department.
This data was inside the hidden folder.
This Makino guy was at Katayama-san's apartment.
Within the data
there was one more picture of the Koike guy.
- Who are the other two? - I don't know yet.
I hope Katayama-san is safe?
She must have found out about his death
and ran away in a hurry.
What was Makino doing in her room?
Maybe he was waiting for her to come back...
Nah, that's unlikely. There must be another reason.
Maybe there's a mail in his inbox?
His inbox?
Katayama might have sent him a mail.
This is the mail address he gave us in case of an emergency.
As for the password...
His birthday...
A combination of his birthday and name...
I thought a hacker would be more impressive.
You know, like some wizard,
peeking into all sorts of secret rooms...
Do you know what's necessary to peek into a specific room in the digital world?
Wouldn't that be knowledge and skill?
Or maybe insight?
Sociability and mobility.
What kind of person is the owner of that room?
What's his social position? What kind of life does he lead?
What's important to him? What kind of personality does he have?
Knowing that information,
we can figure out his security information from an infinite amount of possibilities.
You investigate the person, ask the people around him
and sometimes even seek direct contact.
The analog way, huh?
Skills, knowledge and insight are only prerequisites.
Those alone won't lead you anywhere.
Sociability and mobility, huh?
I'm neither a hacker nor a cracker.
I'm just a programmer.
It's Shun!
His son.
He probably treasures him the most.
He said his birthday is next week, the 14th.
April 14th... His age?
He must be either 10 or 11.
2007 or 2008...
He filled out all of the optional fields in the contract.
He didn't seem too wary in regards to the digital world.
If his son was important to him,
there's a high chance it's part of his password...
No luck...
It's no combination of his name and birthday.
Karate Kid...
Karate Kid!
He probably called his son Karate Kid for fun.
There it is! Fuck yeah!
This one?
Katayama Kaoru
Are you alright? Please reply
Are we going to do this? What's going on? Please contact me. - Katayama
That was before they found his body.
It's an unread mail...
So he must have already been dead?
"I need the data sooner." "Tell me how you want to do this."
This is the last mail he sent to Katayama.
What's this data he's talking about?
She must have proof of them running a slush fund
and wanted to give it to him.
And that's what that guy was looking for in her room?
I wonder if he found it?
No, if he did, he wouldn't have chased you.
Maybe he thought you know where it is and wanted to get it out of you.
So the data is still with Katayama-san.
We have to find her before they do.
Running away in a haste and with no cash...
I hope she didn't use her card.
- Her card? - Unlike smart phones GPS data,
they won't need a warrant to check her card history.
- They only have to make an inquiry. - What now?
We should follow the same trail of dangerous information.
I'll check her credit card history.
How?
I'll try to get it from the card company's servers.
You're hacking them?
I'm pretty sure you said you're just a programmer
and no hacker or cracker...
You said that skills, knowledge and insight alone won't do it.
Did I hear you wrong!?
I was talking about the front door.
It's different if there's an existing backdoor.
- A backdoor? What do you... - Once you've entered a room,
you create a separate entrance to provide easier access the next time.
In other words...
This isn't your first time infiltrating the card company's system?
You ARE a hacker!
Every programmer is doing this.
There you said it! "Everyone's doing it!"
Because everyone's doing it, it suddenly makes it okay?
What's the deal with this company?
I'm already regretting this...
You have a driver's license, right?
You didn't get her room number, did you?
Doesn't seem like we have the time to trick the reception either.
They found out that she used her card.
- You watch the front. - Yes.
This is bad... What now?
Yasuoka-kun?
Makino & Koike are heading your way. Get out, now.
The front is dangerous. Come to the back entrance.
Katayama Kaoru?
Please get in.
Is Yasuoka-kun by any chance still alive?
Shinagawa 301, Wa no 919.
As soon as this gets out, it becomes a fact.
That's why he told me he needed concrete evidence as backup.
They must have noticed him gathering evidence...
And that's why he got killed.
He was a splendid reporter after all.
He's always had a strong sense of justice during our student days.
But recently he didn't get to see his son very often and was busy writing articles.
He must have gotten careless.
I'm going to quit.
What do you mean?
He got killed!
If I keep this up, I'll get killed as well.
Well, I get that it's scary, but what do you mean you'll quit?
I'll flee the country.
That's not as good of an idea as you think.
You do have proof of their wrongdoings, don't you?
I listed all suspicious expenses within the last three years
and scanned all receipts that appeared to be fake.
Then let's go public. You have the data, right?
I don't. I was going to consult with Yoshioka-san
about how to get the data out of the station.
The security is strict.
You can't copy it onto an external device or send it via Internet.
We'll get it for you. Where do we find it?
Impossible. It's way too dangerous to even get close.
( 5F - Accounting )
( Accounting )
I found the car. And it's...
...pretty close to the station.
Thank you very much.
It's time to move.
Copy that.
There it is...
Did she really tell us the truth?
You can't copy the data
or send it outside... Isn't this too strict?
It's faster to just get the physical hard drive instead of trying to copy it.
Open the case.
Huh? The screw... What the hell?
What's wrong?
The screws are weird. The screwdriver won't work.
The four of them are here. Get out. We'll try another time.
How about I take the computer?
That would be too obvious. Hurry up and get out.
They're heading inside.
Just one second...
Get out of there, now!
I only need one more second.
How sure are you?
The numbers matched
and it's definitely the same car...
Check the logs
if someone's entered the room tonight. Hurry. - Yes.
What would they come here for?
The data of course. Katayama didn't take it with her.
It's been here all the time.
The window across the door, what's it like outside?
Concrete. Falling from the fifth floor would be quite painful.
There's the roof of the next building, but it might be too far to jump onto.
Try to stay hidden for now.
A casing screw.
They can't have gotten far.
- Chase them. - Yes.
What? Someone entered but never left?
Show yourself!
Katayama? Or someone else?
Let's make a deal.
Who the hell are you?
About that...
That's high!
That hurt...!
Have you ever heard of gravity?
- Huh? What? - Doesn't matter.
- Can you run? - Of course!
- Then run! - Yes!
Chase him. I'll intercept the car.
- Let's go. - Yes.
Get the car, hurry.
I'm sorry. Are you alright?
I'm sorry.
Outta my way!
W-Wait...
I apologized, didn't I?
You okay?
- That went well, huh? - They can't find us. Let's get out of here.
- We can get the camera another time. - Huh? You need it back?
( Shukan Shinsou: "MPD Jounan Station Slush Fund" )
( Newspaper: "Jounan Station Slush Fund" )
Where's Yutaro-kun?
He asked me to give him an advance and went off somewhere.
The Jounan Station. What an uproar.
( Shukan Jinsou's article about Katayama being honored for her courage. )
I wonder what's going to come out of this...
You expecting something?
There was a picture of three people among the data.
One of them is Koike who got arrested. One of the other two is Jounan's assistant chief.
And the third one is the private secretary of a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member
who also acts as chairman of the police and fire department committee.
The corruption might have spread even further up the ladder.
Isn't the usual pattern that nothing comes out of those things?
Our client
made himself some very big enemies.
He was a great journalist.
Was he really?
What do you mean?
There was more to the hidden folder than this story.
I found this on your dad's desk.
I figured it must be your birthday present. Try and open it.
Your dad knew exactly what you wanted for your birthday.
Come on, try it.
You'll become a great reporter just like your dad.
I know you will.
Lots of stuff.
Proof of him arranging a meeting between a popular entertainer and a porn star.
Proof of him
making a popular actor visit a drug dealer's place.
Proof of him giving the address of an idol to her former boyfriend who is stalking her.
He sowed the seeds
and then wrote about the incidents.
That's the actual part he wanted to get deleted?
Will you show Yutaro?
- Of course not. - Why not?
Don't you think he'd burst out in tears if I did?
See?
I told you, didn't I?
He can invoke a bit of kindness in other people.
By the way, I did some digging about him.
Oh, you already knew?
Hard to imagine seeing how he is now.
I'm sure that
everyone is made of different sides.
I guess so.
Making them choose which side they want to leave behind.
That's our job.
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