I'll definitely look at the faces of those who are truly evil.
They got Kaji.
The nearby CCTV... no, the car...
Call 110 and contain the area.
Imamiya from Second Division.
We have a possible assault case with injury.
There's nobody in here.
Victim's unknown... but.. the car...
Give it to me. Don't step on that.
Imamiya? Leave it to jurisdiction.
First Division will take over.
Kaji was cooperating with us!
This is Second Division's case! -Calm down!
We're not letting go completely.
Okay.
I found a prominent Diet member.
A very powerful man in the party.
No doubt about it.
What's wrong?
No... how much should I give?
The surrounding villas are empty.
No security camera around the area.
We've got no sighting on the car too.
No contact from Kaji since the incident.
Let's call it a day.
Go back, get some sleep.
Yes. -Yes.
Of course it's already shut huh?
It's 3.30am. -Sorry.
I'm like a stalker... -No.
Um...
There's something I want to ask.
Sorry.
I'm busy now.
I'm just back to change. -Sorry.
Sorry for being unreasonable. Just one thing...
If you can expect great success
And if a lot of people can be saved
Can a small injustice be forgiven?
Why are you asking me?
If it's you...
You'll definitely disagree.
I think it's wrong.
But...
I don't have the right to disagree now.
In order to achieve my goal
I ignored the rules
and sacrificed someone.
Even now as the minute or second goes by...
he must be suffering.
You're suffering too.
That's not important.
There's no reason
to create injustice or sacrifice others.
I was wrong.
Please don't do the same mistake as I did.
Your grandmother was right.
It's painful...
when I look at you.
I can't allow myself to go easy on you.
But if you do, it might be a change for better.
I'm sorry.
Did something happen?
I've got my answer.
Let's...
do our jobs.
Yes.
Imamiya here.
Hello...
Kaji?
Phone number...
I promised to notify you...
So I'm calling you...
Yes, we'll save you!
Where are you now?
Are you hurt?
I'm inside the trunk.
The injury...
There's a lot of blood...
I probably... won't make it.
Don't worry, we'll save you right away!
Is the car moving? Where is it heading?
Whose car is it?
The bookkeeper's car.
Plate number? Even the colour's fine.
The colour's... white.
Kaji?
Kaji, keep talking.
It hurts...
Hang in there!
The car's white.
Kaji's inside the trunk.
I'll check with the phone provider. -I'll look for the car.
Hello...
It was the bookkeeper who hurt you, right?
Y-Yes...
He...
Open your eyes! Speak out!
Listen... -Yes, what?
I... I've always thought my life is miserable
but meeting you...
somehow...
makes me glad.
I'll definitely save you!
Trust me!
Subtitle by @avanpiper Special thanks to Zemus
Swindle Detective
Two days ago
September 12th
All future transfer fraud should be carried out overseas.
Because the 'callers' would be detected by Japanese cops? -Yes.
Travel expenses, accommodation... that's high cost.
Hedging risk.
In Japan, the police's arrest rate has greatly improved.
In the past, during police premise search,
even without concrete evidence, they could still prosecute the 'callers'.
But it's different now.
Hello, it's the police speaking.
This was a scam.
What did you talk about?
They confirmed the facts and evidence.
Their investigation is thorough.
But in Southeast Asia
The police can seize the hideouts but they don't have the ability to preserve the evidence.
That's why it won't stand in Japanese court.
I do have connection in China.
No, China won't work.
The law has tightened and there's severe punishment for fraud.
Please make it somewhere in Southeast Asia.
Hm...
You understand?
Yes.
You're our type of guy.
Huh?
He's pretty aggressive too, y'know.
But sometimes he kills without thinking ahead.
No...
That was...
After all, he's just not clever enough.
Excuse me.
I'm going to the washroom.
September 13th
What a troublesome guy.
Stand up.
I can't carry you myself.
Can you walk on your own?
September 14th
The phone's contract is under a 75-year old man from a normal residence at Kiyokawa town.
The car is also registered under him.
I think that's the bookkeeper's car.
From the N-system record
the car's traveling in Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway towards Itabashi.
I got a hit from the facial recognition database.
He was arrested for misdemeanor.
Name's Furukawa Shoya.
Furukawa Shoya Restaurant Manager
He runs several restaurants in the Kinshicho area.
He seems to be the problem solver in the group.
Hey, dig some info from the organized crime department. Might be fruitful.
If we don't give them something, they're not gonna speak.
Then, don't be stingy.
There must be something that can compromise the gang's position.
Roger.
Leader of Kokurekai group. Kuwabara Suguru.
Kuwabara Suguru Kokurekai Group, President
He's the fraud's top man?
If the bookkeeper passes the money to him
then we've got the mastermind.
Huh?
Excuse me... you're the reporter, Inoue-san right?
I called you.
Imamiya from Second Division.
Wait... you'd give me trouble.
Even if I got a yummy idol's affair, I'd lose my source of income if this gets out.
Sorry but I need Kuwabara's location... -Like I said...
What's the plate number? -All 5 cars aren't moving.
But Kuwabara's not home.
Then I can't help.
I always follow the car.
But...
What's the date today?
The 14th.
He's with the predecessor's daughter?
He seems to have such relationship with the daughter of Kokurekai's previous president.
And?
He still pays respect on the ex-President's death anniversary.
At the grave.
It's today, the 14th.
Wow...
So where's the grave?
A Buddhist temple at Gunma.
If he's going with the daughter's car, we can identify the owner by the number.
The bookkeeper's car passed through the Maebashi interchange on Kanetsu Expressway.
If he enters National Route 120 ahead, he'll reach Sugawara.
He's probably heading there.
Identify Kuwabara's location. We might be able ambush the bookkeeper.
Can I follow the bookkeeper's car?
If we misread the current info and lose sight of him
we might not be able to save Kaji.
He's bringing the money. We may get something out of him.
Don't be reckless. -Yes!
Alright, let's go! -Roger!
Not this one. Let's move.
Your husband's watching your kid?
Yeah, for today.
For me, a precise desk work is important for the investigation to advance.
But...
I still want to work my legs.
That's a cop for you.
Kanetsu Express highway is around this area.
Then, I'll head to the bypass.
Okay!
We haven't covered the Numago onsen area. Moriyasu, hear me?
We're moving.
Got it!
We found the vehicle!
I have eyes on the bookkeeper's car. Heading towards Numago onsen.
Okay, we're on track.
If you're going to catch us, then catch the real evil ones!
I'll definitely look at the faces of those who are truly evil.
It's not the bookkeeper. Who is it?
Standby.
Gunma Prefectural police, can you follow?
Imamiya, standby.
I know!
No movement.
What to do...
Can we move in already? Kaji's in the car!
Someone's coming out.
Let's observe.
Wait.
That's bad.
Oh excuse me.
I'll move it right away. -Please do.
I wanted to take my luggage.
Don't move until he got the money.
How far should I run?
How much should I run?
So you're the top man.
He's taking the money, right? Holding it?
We have the video?
Okay, arrest him.
Kuwabara Suguru-san.
5.50am, we're arresting you for the confinement of this man.
I got framed, huh?
Let's go.
Open your eyes! Kaji!
Open your eyes!
We've arrested Kuwabara Suguru.
Taking him to Gunma Prefectural police station.
We've also arrested Kaji. -Okay, let's take him out.
Don't touch him!
He'll die if you move him badly.
Hello, we need an ambulance.
Location is Numago Onsen.
Hey, conduct interviews at the ryokan.
Check the suspect's luggage and if he has other accomplice.
Roger!
Kaji, hang in there!
You haven't eaten anything right?
What do you want to eat?
I wonder...
Yakiniku... I guess...
That's youth for you. Guess even under the circumstance, you still crave meat.
Meat would be nice.
Yep, meat is tasty...
What about yakitori?
My family runs a yakitori shop.
For real?
That's nice...
You should come next time.
I'll go. -Yes, that's a promise!
We're from Tokyo MPD First Division. Furukawa Shuya-san.
We're arresting you for the assault causing bodily harm to Hayato Kaji.
That guy... he's still alive?
Tokyo MPD has arrested a top leader of a transfer fraud group.
President of organized crime, Kokurekai Group, Kuwabara Suguru, 62 years old.
Last month he was arrested for unlawful confinement.
Subsequent investigation revealed involvement in fraud.
Pretty flashy, isn't it?
You really got the media's attention for this case, huh?
Hm? What do you mean?
Our Chief's surprisingly quite a schemer.
We got the leader. It's important to announce this fact to the public.
It's a form of deterrence. Above all, isn't it good to give the citizen some assurance?
Tokyo MPD
Those yakuza are leeching from our hard work.
Besides, I can't stand it anymore when he forced me to kill the manager.
I decided to expose them all.
So you betrayed the leader Kuwabara.
There's a picture of Kuwabara in the bookkeeper's phone.
It fits his statement.
Who's that in the picture?
Hey... what's wrong?
The relationship between Meguriya and the leader of fraud group has been confirmed.
We can't help but to question how a police officer
like you meet such a suspect.
I'm sorry.
But it was by pure coincidence that we met.
I didn't know anything about his relationship with Kuwabara Suguru.
He might know you're a police and approached you for a reason.
Kiyoshi Hamada Second Division, Manager
Hello...doesn't it smell like corruption?
I heard you're specializing in fraud.
You still have a good nose for corruption, don't you?
Meguriya's company is now consulting with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to approve a new drug.
Surely you already know that right?
We were notified by PMDA.
It still seems to be under review at this stage.
Doesn't seem to have any problem.
Narabashi Makoto, member of the House of Representatives
is going to approve the new drug.
Where'd you get such info?
That's Second Division's elite for you.
You are the elite.
Now, I think fraud is more interesting.
Bribery?!
How exactly is Kuwabara related to Meguriya?
We won't know until we ask them.
Excuse me, may I?
The bookkeeper shed some light about Meguriya at First Division.
The member of Diet's bribery, right? -No.
It's fraud.
In here.
To think we're meeting here huh.
Please have a seat.
Could you tell us your relationship with Kuwabara Suguru?
Kuwabara-san is...
My mother's childhood friend.
I met him often since young.
Do you know Kuwabara is a member of organized crime?
Yes, I know.
But that's not a reason for me to cut our ties.
He's already a gang member before I knew him.
He also took care of my mother so we owe him.
You see...
If I like that person, I would befriend him or her.
It's the same for you.
I didn't meet you because you're a cop.
You again?
Persistent huh?
Sorry.
Even though your interrogation with First Division's not done yet.
Meguriya-san. -Yes.
16 years ago, were you the one
who invented the method "never get caught" for transfer fraud that is being used now?
Yes.
Could you explain?
At the time
Yami-kin refers to businesses that lend money by imposing outrageous interest rates or businesses that have not registered for money lending through regular procedures.
the money lending business was the major source of income for yakuza.
Then, do you know the government enacted the Money Lending Countermeasure Law? -Yes.
It may have been a good thing for the society
but it became hard for Kuwabara-san to get money.
Soon, terrible things like murder and conflicts happened.
Kuwabara-san himself was almost killed.
Realizing what was happening...
I thought there should be a more peaceful way to get money.
That method is transfer fraud?
It's money people give with good intentions for their loved ones.
I thought it was a peaceful and good method without threats or violence.
As long as the money keeps flowing, the underground world would calm down.
As a result, violent crimes also decreased.
You're using the society's money to solve yakuza's problems.
Isn't that strange? -Why?
Why are you distinguishing between them?
Their world and ours are connected.
All the money are connected.
Bribery huh?
Congressman Narahashi? -Yes.
You put in the request, right?
You created a system to seize innocent people's money.
Don't you feel guilty?
Well, of course I do.
But the fact that it has spread so much in the last few decades
means the situation is inevitable.
Don't get it?
It means a lot of people think the world is unfair.
I know nothing about the bribery.
Isn't this interrogation about transfer fraud?
So you're covering for Meguriya?
That guy is smart.
Besides, he's doing a good deed.
He's a good man.
His company's capital...
comes from transfer fraud, right?
If his drug is released
a lot of people will be saved.
Isn't that a good thing?
Era...
Redistribution...
Injustice...
A phrase or word may mean different things to different people.
Is it the fault of the phrases?
Whatever you've said just now, you can't see the faces.
A young man who was a 'caller' said so.
The other party has no face.
He told himself that
and took money from people without looking at the other party's face.
But maybe
He realized it.
That he's also a faceless being
who took money from others.
And so he decided to look at the faces of the people he took money from.
So did he see it?
I don't know what he felt.
But what he saw
weren't the era, redistribution, injustice or such ambiguous things.
It's the calm, unruffled face of a living human being who took money from others.
You're different from Kuwabara right?
Even when you were collecting clinial trial data, you weren't calm.
Well...
That can't be helped.
If you sympathize with each person, you can't do anything.
In some ways, socially meaningful work may be similar to crime.
I don't look at each and everyone's face too.
Because even God doesn't do it.
What?
Indiscriminate acts upon human will never disappear.
It would only be painful to think about them, one by one.
That is why it is far more constructive to think of them as a whole.
Those people are the world's
sacrifice.
That may be so.
But
Riding the bike together, enjoying the scenery
and laughing while drinking coffee.
When you suddenly show up in the morning to see me.
I liked that version of you.
It's ordinary but precious to me.
So...
I can't forgive someone...
who doesn't look at the faces of people
that are living day by day and hurt them.
That's the only thing
I can think of.
Understood. I'll inform the person in charge.
About Meguriya's bribery...
I've formally asked PMDA for cooperation together with Sixth Division.
Listen...
Forget it.
The arrest of the transfer fraud's leader is a huge win for us.
Kuwabara is not only suspected of fraud, but also for the manager's murder.
It'd be a long term sentence.
For now...
That's enough.
Is there pressure from above because the bribery involved a Diet member?
What'd they say again?
"It won't benefit the people."
Are you okay with it?! It's the info you caught yourself!
How many years do you think I've been in Second Division?
Of course it hurts to see corruption being ignored.
But this time
As a swindler detective
I can't leave Meguriya as it is.
So I want to arrest him, be it bribery or anything.
Can't we tackle him with the fraud case?
We can't determine the damage done
for a fraud 16 years ago.
Well...
Guess this is it.
As for you...
You'll be transferred to white-collar crime section at your former station.
Somehow...
The tears won't come anymore.
Meguriya-san's great, isn't he?
Huh? Oh...
Yeah.
He doesn't come around anymore, guess he must be busy.
If you ever get sick
and this medicine saves you
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I guess I'd be glad.
What is good and evil, I wonder?
Don't you worry.
I won't fall sick and live a long life.
I'm not going to leave you alone.
But only until there's someone to take my place.
Huh?
What?!
Quit being a cop.
I won't go as far to ask you to quit as a law enforcer.
But you don't have to be a cop.
There are other positions where you can help the society in law enforcement.
You...
You'll run into trouble as a cop.
And I hate to see that.
I won't quit.
I know.
But...
Thanks.
You never listen to me huh.
All this while.
5 months later
She's still calling you?
I hope she doesn't bother the people in her jurisdiction.
So that was 13 years ago?
On November 6, 2006
There was a transfer fraud that occurred in Ejima town in our jurisdiction.
I think it's the last case Meguriya was involved in.
As a criminal case, it would have passed its statute of limitations.
In order to partner with a pharmaceutical company
He visited Germany and US, 42 times in the past 11 years.
If you include the long term stays in Japan
There's still 3 months left to the 7-year statute of limitations.
This is the only case still valid within the statute of limitations.
How do you connect Meguriya with this victim?
Do you have proof?
There is one.
November 6, 14:32
Hello, Satozaki speaking.
Hello, Mum? It's me.
I'm in trouble...
I am currently not in.
This is our last chance to build a case against him.
Even if we get a professional to confirm his voice
it won't be enough for prosecution.
Judgment is not our job as the police.
But we're not going to pretend like it never happened.
That's the only thing I won't let go.
Then bring it here.
We'll analyze the recording.
Thank you!
She never gives up.
Tokyo Prison
The voice of victims are rarely heard.
So I'd like to hear the actual voice of the victims of transfer fraud this time.
It's frustrating to have my money taken away.
But what's painful...
...is that I've found it hard to trust people now.
I have to continue living without trusting others.
That's the most painful thing.
A man disguising as her son's friend called.
He told her, "Your son was involved in a car accident and the other victim was badly injured."
"The victim required a complex emergency operation with high cost..."
I heard your sentence was finalized.
Yes.
6 years is pretty long.
Well...
Can't be helped.
Yeah.
I heard from my lawyer that you've transferred.
Oh... yeah.
Is it my fault?
No.
It's my personal history.
They're pretty strict when it comes to parent's history and such.
Then...
I guess I can never be a cop huh.
You wanted to be a cop?
No... somehow...
I feel like I can do the right thing now.
I think...
It's a good job.
No.. um.. -Unfortunately
A person with a criminal record can't be a police officer.
I guess so.
You don't have to focus on doing good things.
Just being ordinary is fine.
Isn't being ordinary the hardest?
Like a sudden loss of source of income.
Then, come work part-time at our place.
My grandma always nags that selling yakitori isn't profitable.
That way, you can slowly pick up again.
I want you to live a normal life.
We hope you can live an ordinary peaceful life.
I wanted to return this.
I'll leave it as your belonging.
Take it.
I'll come to retrieve it
At your yakitori shop.
What is it?
I'll wait for you.
Make sure you come.
You'd pester me if I don't huh.
I will! And forever.