"Public Phone"
Could it be Mama?
Hello, Akane? Stop screwing around!
Geh! Why aren't you out?
Don't hang up. I'll kill her if you do.
"5 Star Shopping District"
What are you doing neglecting Haru-chan?
Sorry.
What's this about a debt?
Give me a proper explanation!
Do you think I'm around just to clean up after you?
You've been like this since we were kids!
- Sorry, sorry. - You aren't the least bit sorry.
You were like this in high school, too.
"Wait! Can we go somewhere after this?"
"No way..."
You confessed to the guy you knew I liked, didn't you?!
Why are you dredging up that old story for?
You just want whatever someone else has and, once you have it, you get bored and discard it.
...and so who then has to settle things!? Me!
What happened to it?
My "Endless Legend, Transformation Light!"
Onee-chan, you sure are persistent, aren't you?
That was my treasure!
You cried about how much you wanted it, but then you went and lost it right away!
That was...
You have no excuse, do you?
Because the fact is, you lost it, didn't you?
Onee-chan...
Facts aren't always the truth.
Huh?
The Truth may be hidden from sight.
What are you doing!?
From the beginning, you were the dull one, weren't you?
What are you doing? Let me go!
Stupid, stupid! Onee-chan's stupid!
Ow, ow, ow! Enough already...
Geez...
Noo!
Ippei's group has 8 people in it. And because Haru-chan's has 8 people in it...
...we need 16 of these.
Shouldn't their families be the ones making these dust cloths?
They're all so busy, so I said I'd do them.
Even though Kazumi-san is busy...
Well, it's because I'm different from someone in that I'm actually good at housework.
I can do needlework. Who are you thinking of?
That's just an evasion.
I had this dream about Akane and she said something meaningful.
"Facts aren't..."
Senpai, telling other people about your dreams is boring.
Fine then. What should I do next?
You aren't done with that one yet, are you?
Not about this. Our Bounty Hunter target!
Ah...
We didn't get a reward last time, did we?
Aren't there any easy ones?
If they were easy, they wouldn't put a bounty on them.
Then, let's work hard to find a weak criminal.
Wouldn't want a scary one, right?
Say, say, here, like this guy.
The criminal behind a serial mutilation-murder case.
Forget him.
Why is this one's bounty so low?
The reward's only 500,000 yen. ($6400)
This is a personal reward.
Personal?
Yeah. It's not from the police but a reward from an individual.
If it's from an individual, that's big money to them, isn't it?
Maybe this one'd be easy.
Eh?!
A fire that occurred at a thrift shop in Narima about 1 month ago.
The remaining family is suspicious that it was arson.
But they say the police didn't get enough facts to determine it to be a criminal case.
Yes.
But the store Manager, Yoshida Toru-san, who died in it...
...had taken out his entire fortune from the bank just several months before.
How much?
A little over 10 million yen. ($127,000)
All that money disappeared.
It was burned up, wasn't it?
The remaining family appears to have confirmed that with the police...
...but there wasn't any trace of burnt money.
Then, in other words...
With their target being Yoshida-san's 10 million yen, someone... committed arson!
The surviving family sees it the same way.
Eh? Is his surviving family his wife?
Yoshida-san was a 60 year old single man with no children and wasn't divorced.
"Yoshida Shinji" His younger brother took the ashes.
Hmm... The mission this time is to find the arsonist, isn't it?
There's also the possibility it was just a normal fire.
But, there's still the mystery of that 10 million yen.
Mysteries get me so excited.
For now, shall we investigate it?
Roger!
- Okay, I'm done! - Me, too!
Yes, complete!
Hang on a sec; I can't do this and talk at the same time...
Well, whatever. Including these... 2, 4, 6, 8, 10...
...13, 14, 15, 16.
Okay! I get 1500 yen! ($20)
Huh?
Ah!
Well...
Oh!
So each one is 100 yen...
That'll be 400 yen.
Hmm... I get 50 yen!
That's only worth 20 yen!
C'mon, this is worth more than 20 yen...
Justice is profitable.
Heiwa Fansubs Presents: HUNTER ~Sono Onnatachi, Shoukinkasegi~ HUNTER ~These Women are Bounty Hunters~
Episode 4: "Elderly Man Targeted for Arson... The 10 Million Yen Marriage Fraud Mystery"
"Yoshida Shinji"
- Bounty Hunters? - Yes.
For information that leads to the resolution of an incident...
Well anyhow, anything you can find out about this would be fine.
Ah...
Um, who did Toru-san associate with?
Was there anyone he was close to, or conversely, who he had had some trouble with?
Ah, it's embarrassing to have to say this...
...but I have no idea.
We had been estranged for over 20 years.
It's just hard to understand...
...just why my brother didn't have that 10 million yen on him...
It just has to be that someone targeted my brother for it.
That person...
"Lot for Sale"
Not a trace left...
Ah, excuse me.
"Arakawa Central Police Station"
Gondo is out at the moment...
Is that right... Well then, I'll call again.
Well, can't really rely on him anyhow.
You are...
If I recall, you were looking for your younger sister.
That's right.
You said it wasn't an incident, so you couldn't investigate it.
But, my sister called me from the neighborhood.
Knowing she's safe is what matters.
So long.
Ah, please wait.
Please tell me about this case.
"Nerima Recycling Shop Fire"
A private reward has been offered, so it isn't an incident, is it?
Isn't there a suspicion of arson?
I wasn't in charge of this, so I don't know all the details...
...but I'm sure it was investigated properly and judged not to be an incident.
But, please look at this.
Hey, hey! You shouldn't be bothering the Elite Detective from the Central Office.
I'm very sorry.
I'll be taking control of this matter as part of the Department of Safety.
Excuse us.
Come.
Wai... wait... I was talking with that detective.
Yes, yes, yes.
You're gonna stick your noses into a private reward this time around?
That's your way of putting it.
This one's impossible for you.
We won't find that out unless we try.
Forensics Department...
The Forensics Crime Laboratory should have thoroughly investigated this.
Thanks so much for your advice.
I can help you out.
Eh?!
Ah!
With the proper compensation of course.
Once we get the reward.
Ha!
Um... Excuse me a moment.
Did you know Yoshida's Recycle Shop?
Eh?
Yoshida's Recycle Shop.
What?
The shop that was on that corner there. The Recycle Shop Yo-Shi-Da!
Ah!
Don't know it.
Excuse me... I'd like to ask you...
Ah! You're just in time. We're one player short. Go hit it...
- Eh? Eh! - We got one!
Even after so long, I whipped them!
Dressed like that?
I didn't meet anyone I know.
Ordinarily, you try not to stand out.
Ah, that's right...
Is it about Akane-san?
Hmm... Why did she run off like that?
More importantly, what is she still doing hanging around the neighborhood?
Eh?
I think the moment she disappeared, she should have run from here as quickly as she could...
...and never returned again her entire life.
To give the impression she really is a missing person, right?
Well, didn't she get in touch with you again?
Yeah...
Ah, and? Find anything out about the fire?
The dead man, Yoshida-san, had a terrible reputation in the neighborhood.
To this high school student who was riding by on his bicycle, he suddenly hit them on the head.
And those customers who came in complaining he had sold damaged goods as though they were new...
...he'd tell them, "get out," and then chase them off.
He was an obstinate old man.
When he was invited to play croquet, he would turn them down.
He made a lot of people angry.
There's a possibility someone from the neighborhood set that fire, isn't there?
Really? Did he go that far that they'd intentionally set him on fire?
These days, many people do get nasty. We need to investigate some more.
All right!
Got it! Got it! Got it!
- The arsonist? - No.
The woman. Yoshida-san's woman.
Yoshida-san was single, wasn't he?
She's a young woman who seems to have been coming and going to his store.
People in the neighborhood thought she was a customer or client...
...but there was an eyewitness who saw them having a date downtown!
- By "young," how young? - 24 or 25.
Everyone I talked to hated the guy...
- And? Who was it? - Haven't gotten that far yet.
With a woman like that, it couldn't have been a respectable relationship, huh?
Maybe his lover.
That sort of thing is pretty much okay with young people these days.
As a member of those young people yourself, watch what you say.
I wasn't speaking of myself, now was I?!
Yeah, yeah.
Obstinate old lady.
Did you say something?
Obstinate old lady!
That's not my hobby, but there's nothing wrong about being in love with someone, you know.
But isn't it strange?
Got something?
After all, isn't there some reason why...
...neither Jun-chan nor Machiko-san found anything out about that woman?
- Yes, well, that is regrettable. - Not that.
It's just that once Yoshida-san died... she disappeared.
She should have at least gone to the funeral, shouldn't she?
But, even his younger brother didn't breathe a word about a woman...
It is suspicious.
It's decided.
That woman systematically got to know Yoshida-san...
...made him to withdraw his money from the bank and then set that fire, killing him.
If she had taken away his money, that wouldn't have been necessary, would it?
It was in order to silence him!
An extremely wicked woman, isn't she?
There's no doubt but that woman holds the key to all this.
Say, weren't there any employees at Yoshida's Recycle Shop?
Ah, there was one.
But I wasn't able to locate them, either.
Maybe the two of them were accomplices.
Let's continue to investigate.
Ah, if we're just sitting around here, we won't get anything done!
Now about this store.
Didn't I tell you? I won't be able to work it today.
Eh?!
Haven't you gotten used to being hostess of a small eating house yet?
Oh, I hope no customers come.
What are you saying?! You have to feed Haru-chan, don't you?
Well then, I'm off!
I can't hope for the reward...
Ah... I'm alone...
"5 Star Shopping District"
Here.
Itadakimasu.
Any good?
Did you make it, Aunt?
Yeah. And this.
Please keep working at it.
Yes.
Ah, any more phone calls...
- Not, huh? - Nope.
- Are you open? - Ah, come in, come in.
- Good evening. - Good evening.
Quiet night, isn't it?
It'd be fine if it were this quiet from now on though.
Ah, I'm sorry. I didn't take them off when I came in.
That's totally okay.
- Would hot sake be fine? - Yes, please.
Ah, anything to eat?
Ah, just the sake.
Sensei, it's always just sake for you.
Wouldn't it be better if you drank it with something on your stomach?
Ah, well, but...
Please help out with our sales.
Ah, that's true.
Well then, what do you recommend?
I think you'd better not have this.
Then, pick something other than that.
Yes.
Sensei, have you been living alone ever since your wife passed away?
Yes.
Aren't you lonely?
No... I'm comfortable.
There are times when I long for my wife's lecturing though.
You loved her, didn't you?
She's gone up in value to me since then, hasn't she?
Good 'evning!
Ah Sensei, Haru-chan, hello, hello, hello.
Ah, worked hard again today.
I really worked.
I'll have a beer for now! But I'll get it myself.
Eh, what should I have...
Ala?
You always enjoy your drinking, don't you?
Be quiet; sorry about that.
If you're aware of it, you should be more quiet about it.
Haru-chan's gotten angry.
You're quiet when you're with Auntie Yoshiko.
Eh?
Well, that's because she handles...
...the money.
Money?!
Money... safe.
Money safe!
The one who holds the money has the combination to the safe.
You keep your money in a safe?
Of course.
Eh? Don't you leave it in the bank?
Well, I could leave it there, but when running a business, don't you need cash?
We have one, too.
Really?
Here.
How do you get in it?
Mama disappeared without opening it, and I don't know the combination.
I tried our address, our phone number and Mama's birthday, but it's none of those.
Hmm... What 4 digits are there other than those...
Aunt, have you come up with something?
"The Kamakura Shogunate made a good country."
- Huh? - Didn't you learn that at school?
The Kamakura Shogunate was formed in 1185.
"Good country." That's 1192, isn't it? (Iikuni = "Good Country" also sounds like "1192")
- You're wrong. - Eh?!
I'm absolutely correct. You can't forget it using that.
I definitely haven't forgotten. I'm definitely correct.
"Minamoto Yoritomo was granted control of the entire government by the Imperial Court in 1185."
It's written right here, isn't it?
Ah...!
Super-shock!
"Minamoto Yoritomo was granted..."
I'm interested to find out what's inside.
"1185"...
Eh?! That employee still comes in here even now?
Yeah.
He's working at another store, but he likes to eat at my place.
- Would it be okay if I waited for them? - Sure.
What's your order?
Ah, well...
I'm not very hungry.
You'll be taking up a chair while sitting here, won't you?
Yes...
Yes.
Let's see... um...
"Pickles: 100yen"
A pickle.
And, I stuck it out for 2 hours, but...
And only ate a 100 yen pickle?
I have to economize wherever I can!
In the end though, that employee didn't show up...
Came up empty-handed, huh...
Not so!
Can't you tell us without being so melodramatic about it?
From the testimony of the regulars...
...this employee would go with Yoshida-san to Wedding Parties!
Wedding Parties?
Yoshida-san wanted to get married.
I think he must have been lonely.
- I wonder if it was...? - What do you mean?
There are many people who use such events along with web dating sites, as well.
Online dating?
You can quickly meet members of the opposite sex that way.
Isn't the most important part of getting married finding someone sexually compatible with you?
I guess.
That's why, "Let's give it a try," is what the hot guys'll say.
Yoshida-san wasn't an obstinate old man, but a horny old man.
Maybe!
Maybe it was the reverse.
Huh?
A money-hunting girl targeting an old man who can't get married!
That's it!
She targeted Yoshida-san out for her hunt...
...and, after taking all his fortune, set him on fire...
Which or either? He got his just deserts though.
We have to verify whether this is true.
- Then Rei-san and Jun-chan, if you would. - Eh?
You have no choice but to infiltrate these Wedding Parties.
Sounds like fun! Right, Senpai?
I'd like to go too, but I won't.
Yeah. That might be a little too much.
Kazumi-san...
Kazumi-san?
Yes?
Infiltrating is fine and all...
...but since we don't even know her name or what she looks like, how will we find her?
Wouldn't she be a woman with brand name bags on hand and with a showy appearance?
With dyed brown hair.
Would be really tall...
And all piled up on top.
That's the image poor people have of them.
Anyhow, we have to go to find out. She'd also be walking a poodle on a leash.
Hmm, all right.
Senpai, this'll be a chance for you to find a nice guy.
Nagging again! Mind your own business.
A good man! A good man!
A good man... where?
Senpaai!
Jun-chan, don't just come in all of a sudden like that!
Senpai... what were you doing?
But somehow, you're really cool in that.
Like a hyper supermodel. Did you buy that just for this?
You're wrong. I've had it since forever.
I've never seen it before.
I've just never worn it in front of you before is all.
Hmm...
Thing is, just look at you Jun-chan...
Aunt.
Haru-chan. Please don't misunderstand.
- The price tag. - Huh?
Eh!?
Good luck getting married.
It's for work!
What is it? What is it!
Stop that.
"Reserved for a party today"
Aren't they biased here? There aren't any young men.
This is a party just for men over 50.
The women can be of any age.
Is that right.
I see. Yoshida-san was 60.
This one sets a limit of doctors only and no more than divorced one time.
Hmm... Can you meet anyone here who really wants to get married?
Well, it might be logical. If they both say they want to get married, they'd obviously know.
Well then, we will now be entering the free time.
Please feel free to proactively approach the partner who appeals to you.
What should we do?
For now, it seems we should show off our appeal.
That'd be fine if we could find some clues that way, though...
Hello, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you...
Then Senpai, please do your best. I'll go hit on someone elsewhere.
Eh? Wa... wait...
Is this your first time at a Party?
Yes.
You didn't seem to be experienced in them.
Hey you! Where on earth were you looking?
I'm sorry. I was spacing out.
No... Um, don't worry about it.
What'll I do if it leaves a stain?
No, it's really okay.
"Ogawa Yumi" But, I got you this wet.
It's okay. It'll dry right away.
I'm very sorry.
Good afternoon...
Welcom...
He's come.
Eh?!
My name's Kamaru. I'm Bangladeshi.
Ah... You don't want to put some soy sauce on that?
I'm fine.
What sort of person was Yoshida-san like?
Yoshida-san was a very nice person.
But he had such a poor reputation among his neighbors.
He was a good man!
They said he was stingy and quick to anger.
They're mistaken.
He was the sort of person who treasured things.
He even suddenly hit a high school student on their bicycle.
Because they hadn't turned on their lights even though it was dark.
Ah...
He would open people's garbage on his own.
There were lots of people who didn't know him properly.
Did you ever go with him to what they call Marriage Parties?
I did go with Yoshida-san, but just the once.
What's more, it was for me.
What do you mean?
I may not look it, but I'm shy.
Ah...
Like that, I could end up single forever! he told me.
Ah, that's true.
Since I didn't have a suit, he said he'd buy me one.
Eh?!
At this party, Yoshida-san formed a couple.
You know about that, don't you?
Yeah!
Could you tell me about his female partner?
Could you get me a round of rice?
Another expenditure.
One round of rice here!
(I love you...)
Huh?
Ahh... I'm exhausted and didn't gather a thing...
Seems there are dozens of Wedding Parties like that one across Tokyo every day.
You can't get discouraged after just one.
That's true, but...
I'm discouraged, too, though.
Right? Isn't there some better way?
Still, it's vexing.
What is?
I wrote down that I'm a 23 year old CA on my name tag, didn't I?
They kept saying I was definitely lying and called me a virgin.
CA's still have a ways to go in the image department.
It would have been better if Senpai had written "CA" instead of "Domestic Helper".
I burned my CA bridges behind me.
And you lied about how old you were.
What's wrong with being 35?
What's with that weird face? Such a weird face...
I got the woman's photo!
Where from?
I got it from Kamaru! Using my infrared beams!
Kamaru?
He only knew her given name. "Kyoko."
Who's this Kamaru?
Seems she was fairly crazy over Yamada-san.
It's this Kyoko that got Yoshida-san to withdraw his money...
...and then set that fire to destroy the evidence.
There's no mistake.
- This is all you got? - Yes.
Rei-san, you can pick out a face, can't you?
Who's this Kamaru?
- An Indian. - An Indian?
No, that's wrong. Let's see, he did tell me about his name. A Bhutan!
Don't know that. Sri Lankan! None of those are any good...
- Because I'm interested! - Just a minute!
These nails!
"Ogawa Yumi"
Yuko-san, could you maybe have done this?
No.
Senpai, that doesn't work as well as it does in the movies or TV.
Do you know of any other shops where this might...
You don't, do you...
- I'm sorry. - No, no.
Dakishimete Hold me
Okuninari de utau no sa While singing in your hometown accent
Niji no sora mite yonde miru Call out while watching the western skies
Tooku yasashii... So far, so gently...
Thank you.
- Say, won't you have one with me? - I will; thank you.
Zundoko Kenta!
Zun, Zun, Zundoko Hitomi!
What's that?
Ah, thanks.
Hitomi!
Looks good! Itadakimasu!
Say. Don't you have someone to make dinner for you?
Eh? You offering to make it for me?
Who would?
Ah, grilled fish is terrific.
Knowing you'd be eating it, it was cooked full of love.
Are you the deeply jealous type?
Why's that?
It's burnt.
That reminds me, what about that fire case?
This grilled fish would remind you of that fire.
Like I thought, it was just an ordinary fire.
Did you really investigate it?
You won't be overturning the police's results.
And if I do overturn them?
I'll give you a reward.
How much?
1 Million yen. ($13,000)
You heard that, right? You're my witness.
Yes.
Then, if it wasn't arson, what will you do?
Hmmm... Dinner for one week.
Served naked with just an apron.
Unbelievably gross.
I did check into it. The part of the store where the fire started was on the first floor.
There was no mistaking it was an overload of the outlets, causing a short-circuit.
How could you check that? It all burned down.
The most obvious way was the intensity of how it burned.
And, the composition of the ashes were then examined.
There were hints of how intense it was from the things left in the embers.
Things left in the embers?
Pots, frying pans and other metals don't burn, do they?
"Yoshida Shiniji"
Ah, um...
...was there anything left behind at the store after it burned?
I told you before; everything was burned away.
Anything at all is fine.
For example, metal doesn't burn and that should have been left behind.
That may be so...
...but all the cleaning up after the fire was left to the handyman.
There.
Senpai, is what you got from the handyman... this?
Yoshida's Recycling Shop's safe.
Maybe that 10 million yen is inside there!
I wonder.
In any event, there may be some clues inside.
Ah, geez, his phone number wasn't it, either.
- You don't know the combination? - No.
I've been trying every number that's connected to Yoshida-san, though.
Can't you just break into it?
If you could break into it that easily, it wouldn't be a safe.
I see.
Ah!
It has to be 4 digits!
From 0000 to 9999.
We should just try each number in turn!
No way, no way. It's just irritating that way.
You're just going for a shortcut.
That's because Rei-san has no patience, right?
It'd be impossible for you, too, wouldn't it?
I guess.
In that case, leave the safe to me.
We'll go to a Wedding Party.
That's irritating, too...
Well, can't be helped.
- This is your duty, Machiko-san. - Sure thing!
Say, aren't there dozens of these Wedding Parties?
How do you intend to hit all those?
I've heard there are many regulars at these Parties.
I don't know if it's Yumi or Kyoko...
...but there's a high probability she'll return to the same place Yoshida-san favored.
Okay! For now, we're off!
Yeah. I'll do this untiringly.
I'll support you. Okay...
- Hurray! Hurray! - Shut up!
"Reserved for a party today"
Not here, is she?
You're participants, aren't you?
Please come this way to sign in.
Ah, yes.
Please fill these out.
However you wish to present yourselves is fine.
"Rei 30 years old"
You're gonna write that at a time like this?
Never mind. Let's hurry and go.
Ah, I'm sorry.
One person is running late, so please wait just a little longer.
Is it a man?
Unfortunately, it's a woman.
"Ogawa Yumi"
2397.
2398.
2399.
Machiko-san, you're persistent, aren't you?
I'm a woman of Hokuriku. (west of Tokyo, along the Japan Sea)
Geez!
2400.
Should we keep them waiting any longer than this?
Shall we begin it?
- She isn't coming, is she? - Umm...
"Akinai"
Hello?
Eh?! You opened it?
That was in it?
I'll head back.
What was in it?
Jun-chan, you stay put here.
Wait... Senpai!
I'm curious about it...
The combination number was 6197.
We don't know what that number is tied to though.
Say, where's the diary that was in it?
This is it.
It opened.
What's this?
This is all it contains.
"Endless Legend, Transformation Light!"
"That was my treasure!"
"You cried about how much you wanted it..."
"...but then you went and lost it right away!"
"That was..."
What's the matter?
Huh? It's nothing.
Shall I read the diary?
Yeah.
"A guy who doesn't treasure things."
"A guy who places priority of his own interests over that of other's troubles..."
"One who gets angry just stepping foot outside."
"But then, on May 18th."
"With this encounter, my entire life has completely changed."
"When she spilled wine on my shirt I got angry..."
"...but afterwards, she was so sincere in her struggle to remove the stain from my shirt."
That's a classic trick, isn't it?
"May 24th. Kyoko and I took a walk in Ginza."
"The 26th."
"After closing the store, Kyoko and I went to a revolving sushi place to eat."
"28th."
"Because Kyoko wanted a purse..."
"...I went to a store which has ones for young women and got her a present."
"Kyoko has enriched my life."
"Kyoko told me that she loved me."
"At first I thought she was just teasing me."
"Everyone around me says she's nothing but a gold-digger."
"When I jokingly told her about that, Kyoko cried while denying it."
"She said she wanted to be with me her entire life."
"But Kyoko is still young."
"It would be a pity for her to have an old man like me as her partner."
"I can't bring myself to say it..."
"...but there is the suggestion that Kyoko is a greedy woman getting close to an old man..."
"...so she can get his money."
"Anyhow, for just a moment, that's what I thought."
"I'm embarrassed to have doubted her even a little."
"July 1st."
"For Kyoko's birthday, we had dinner at a restaurant with a night view."
"July 5th."
"Kyoko suddenly spoke of breaking up."
"When I asked her for the reason..."
"...she said she had discovered she was the guarantor for her father's debts."
"Kyoko said she didn't want to trouble me with it."
That's...
"This was the moment to use that money."
"I..."
"...turned my entire fortune over to Kyoko."
Eh?
Yoshida-san handed it over to her on his own?
"If it's to save Kyoko's life..."
"...10 million yen is a pittance."
Kyoko's life? Not her father's?
It wouldn't be necessary to kill him for this.
Then it wasn't arson, but a short-circuit in the wiring.
Still, this is marriage cheat, isn't it? That's still a crime!
- Not always. - Why?
Maybe that talk about her father's debts was true.
That must be a lie.
But it's a fact that Yoshida-san handed the money to her on his own.
"Facts aren't always the truth."
Hello, Jun-chan?
Hello? She's come.
You're sure it's her?
I'm not sure.
But she has the same nails.
Jun-chan! That's enough already!
That fire wasn't arson.
Eh?
It was just a marriage cheat.
Well, we haven't confirmed that, though.
To cut it short, we won't be collecting any reward this time either.
It's over already. Over.
Right, Rei-san?
"The Truth may be hidden from sight."
Hey.
Jun-chan, don't take your eyes off that woman!
Wait... wait, Rei-san!
Where are you going? Wait!
Senpai. Over here.
"Yumi"
Senpai.
Is there something?
Yumi-san, isn't it?
Or is it Kyoko-san?
Or is your real name something else instead?
Who are you?
You know of Yoshida-san's Recycle Shop, don't you?
I know that you cheated money out of Yoshida-san.
You're giving me a bad reputation.
What evidence do you have that I cheated him?
I was going out with Yoshida-san on the premise that we would get married.
Because I was in trouble, Yoshida-san gave me some money.
Any problem with that?
You lied about your father's debts, didn't you?
Why do you say I lied about that?
- Because Yoshida-san knew about it. - Eh?
Yet even so, Yoshida-san turned over his entire fortune to you.
At the time Yoshida-san gave you that money, what did he say?
That it wasn't your father...
...but YOU he wanted to save, wasn't it?
"With this, you can be saved."
So what about it?
You've been going out with many men, targeting their money, haven't you?
Yoshida-san wanted to save you from that.
You had fooled yourself.
By giving you his entire fortune...
...he meant for you to break away from that sort of life.
That was his hope.
I don't need such nagging!
Didn't you understand Yoshida-san's feelings?
That's true, isn't it?
Unless you're told clearly, you just won't get it, will you?
My younger sister told me this the other day.
"The Truth may be hidden from sight."
She...
...had made this disappear.
She had told me that this was broken...
...and she had done her best to fix it.
In other words, even if you can't see the Truth...
...it's still there.
Wait.
What is it?
At the very least, offer some incense to Yoshida-san.
It's got nothing to do with you, does it?!
That fire wasn't a criminal case.
What happened to the money? The 10 million yen.
Yoshida-san handed it over to a woman on his own.
You can't get it back?
There was no crime involved, so I think that'd be impossible.
Ah...
It's regrettable.
Well, maybe it's fine that it didn't work out.
Eh?
If that 500,000 yen had brought in 10 million yen, I'd be in luck.
If it didn't work, I wouldn't lose the 500,000 yen since I wouldn't have to pay out the reward.
Without having to get myself involved, someone else would disclose the truth.
Surprisingly, putting out a reward wasn't a bad idea, was it?
Well, you could say we both mutually valued that money.
So long.
His younger brother wasn't offering it out of affection; he was hoping for a windfall.
Brutal siblings, weren't they?
That fire wasn't arson.
I get all I can eat for dinner for a week.
Why do you have to bring that up at a time like this?
What's that about?
I won a bet against your Aunt.
Can a detective make bets?
Isn't that okay?
What kind of detective are you?
One who was dismissed from the Unit One Department.
Feels like a man who turns on you when he wins.
I guess.
Mr. Detective, are you going to be joining my Aunt and the others from here on?
Eh?
Ah, that might be good.
Our shares would decrease!
He could give us a steady flow of information from inside the police.
By doing that, our batting average'd increase.
It'd depend on my share...
Corrupt detective.
You should be thankful, too.
She might have sued you for assault if you had hit her back there.
The one I wanted to hit...
- ...was myself. - Huh?
Nothing.
It's that girl from the Go-kon the other day.
Excuse me.
Hello?
Say, Haru-chan.
Could it be the combination to this safe was 0130?
Yes. How'd you know?
I just knew.
Why was the combination for Yoshida-san's safe 6197, I wonder?
Showa 61 (1986), September 7th.
I'm sure that's Kyoko-san's true birthday.
Whaa! So painful!
Then is 0130 a birthday, too?
No mistake about that.
Mama's birthday is July 22nd.
Mine is December 24th.
Christmas Eve, right?
Then, January 30th is...
Isn't it okay to seek justice without making money?
The police should stop tracking the Sensei down!
We must operate within the reach of the laws.
If it's no more than that, we won't be able to save anyone.
I'd like to do something for Sensei!
Oiwa-san might kill you!
Did you think you could get away even though the statute of limitations has passed?
- Oiwa-san! - Please don't do it!