A paper you wrote is getting a lot of attention over there.
I see...
But...America?
Well, my worrying about it isn't going to do anything, is it?
Um...
Hm? Did you want something?
No...
Isn't the way you're smiling kind of weird?
You've been told your smile is cute a lot, haven't you?
I don't really see it myself, but...
Tsukumo-san...do you think so too?
No. It's that your smile just now really was weird.
Oh! Then maybe I should teach you how to smile the way you used to. Okay?
Okay. Smile.
Oh, very nice.
Very nice. Just like that. Just like that...
Oh, that's good!
Oh, that's beautiful. Very cute.
Take a look.
Wasn't that face you made amazing?
Just like a wild animal baring its fangs...
But, that itself, is the true form of the smile.
What?
If we were to talk about where the smile came from in the first place...
Yes?
Ow! Ow, ow, ow...
When our ancestors, primates, felt something approaching them in the jungle...
...they would always first assume it was an enemy and act defensively.
Then, in the moment they met, they'd bare their fangs and pounce!
If they realized it wasn't an enemy, they'd halt their pounce...
...but they wouldn't have time to cover their fangs.
Since leaving things that way would be bad, in order to show they weren't hostile...
...they'd smile.
This is the original form of the smile.
In short... the thing known as a smile...
...it says, "I may be your friend right now..."
"...but if anything happens, I'm not letting you off easy." It's a declaration of intent, a threat.
I see...
Ah, but the next bit...
...is a very important point as well.
The truth is...
...smiling naturally is incredibly difficult.
When people encounter something that makes them think, "Oh! I want to smile..."
...the frontal lobe, an area associated with emotions, issues orders...
...and exerts perfect control over some 50 or so muscles in the face...
...a natural smile is formed.
But, on the other hand, if you consciously try to smile...
...the motor center issues an order saying, "SMILE NOW!"...
...to force a smile...
...and it takes control of the muscles.
Well, forcing anything is a base action, so the smile always turns out awkwardly.
So, smiling naturally, beautifully...
...there's only one way to do it.
That's to do it without thinking about it.
After hearing something like that...
...not thinking about it is impossible!
At least try. Here.
Well, that's all right, isn't it?
This just proves another neuroscientific theory.
You really are an amazing assistant.
Stop playing around!
What are you going to do?
About what?
What are you going to do?
All personnel, please assemble on the main floor.
In recognition of the many contributions we at IPS...
...have made to the advancement of criminal investigative sciences in recent years...
...we are to receive a certificate of commendation from the National Police Agency.
So, tomorrow...
...the Vice-commissioner will come here for a presentation ceremony.
I ask that everyone do their best so as not to shame us.
Yuri-san.
Yuri-san!
Yes?
I'm going to have you present the bouquet.
Please, be sure not to forget to smile.
Yes, ma'am.
Are you okay with this?
I'm sure it will be fine.
Is the Vice-commissioner really this important?
Huh? Uh...yes, he is.
About how important?
Incredibly so...
Oh. I see.
[National Police: Vice-commissioner] [Kawase Yousou]
Thank you very much for today.
Good work.
I'm here researching neuroscience. My name is Tsukumo.
It's written 9, 10, 9 in kanji numerals and...
- Tsukumo-san! - What are you doing?
Am I not allowed?
Was the timing wrong?
We will now present the Vice-commissioner with a bouquet.
What are you doing? Pay attention!
These are for you.
Thank you.
Hey! Call an ambulance!
Are you all right?
Everyone!
Please evacuate into the building!
Quickly! Quickly!
There! That window! Let's move!
Yes, sir! Please take care of the rest.
Excuse me... Um...
I apologize for asking while you're still in shock...
...but please get in touch with Rinda-kun.
- Units A and B, seal the exits! - Yes, sir!
- Units C and D, you're coming up with me! - Yes, sir!
- You're sure it was floor 26? - Yes, sir.
- You're sure? - I am certain.
Hello?
Rinda-kun?
I realize that this is a bad time to ask this...
...but I was hoping that you could seal Building 2 as well.
I'm sorry?
Damn it!
- Seal the front entrance! - Yes, sir!
- Unit C, seal the west gate! - Yes, sir!
- Seal the south gate! - Yes, sir!
Excuse me, may I borrow this?
Tsukumo-san!
All of the exits to this building have been sealed.
In that case...
...if we just wait here, the perpetrator will come out, eventually.
But...well...
...the rifle was in the other building, wasn't it?
If you were the one who did this...
...after the attack, would you leave your rifle out in the open like that for anyone to see?
You wouldn't, would you?
Right?
It's likely that the shooter left it there to make us think that he shot from that window...
...when he actually shot from a different building.
If that is the case, then, looking at the angles, this has to be the building.
[Left: Sakai Chemical Building] [Right: Building 2]
That's why, if we just wait here...
...the shooter should come out from over there.
But...how are supposed to be able to tell who the shooter is?
That's really easy.
To shoot from that distance...
...you'd need a rifle with a really long barrel.
So the shooter will probably be someone carrying something you could hide a long thing in...
Something...you could hide a long thing in...
Excuse me...
Would you show me what's inside that please?
Huh? What's this about?
Excuse me.
Was it you who shot at us?
I don't know anything.
Don't give me, "I don't know."
Suspect! We have a suspect!
- I really don't know anything! - Wait!
I don't know anything! I'm telling you I don't know anything!
What's wrong?
I feel like someone was laughing at me.
Vice-commissioner Kawase is currently undergoing treatment.
His condition is still touch-and-go.
The rifling on the bullets shot at the Vice-commissioner...
...matches the rifle found in the musician's, Nakanishi Kazuo's, guitar case.
However, during the time the Vice-commissioner was shot, though this Nakanishi...
...was in the building the shooter is believed to have been in...
...all the members of his band confirmed that he was talking with them in a recording studio.
During that time, the shooter...
...took the guitar case that had been left in the outer room...
...and switched it with the one that had the rifle in it.
So, in short, what you're saying is that he was simply used?
I apologize.
We're very sorry.
- We're sorry. - We apologize.
Tsukumo-san?
That is the end of the new information.
Sasa-san... Have you anything new there?
We've finished the analysis of the handkerchief dropped at the scene.
This "X" mark was written in blood.
The blood type is A.
We did a DNA analysis, but we couldn't find a match.
Wait, this was drawn with blood?
I knew you'd get stuck on that...
Whose is it? Is it...
- ...the shooter's? - We don't know.
We don't know yet!
But...if that's the case...that's a lot of blood, isn't it?
Yeah.
An X made of blood...
What meaning could an X made of blood have...
Oh, I get it... That's what the X is for...
Huh?
Don't you think this is like a challenge to us?
What?
A challenge?
Maybe the handkerchief is trying to say this...
"All right. Here's your clue IPS."
"If you think you can catch me, then you just try to get me."
Are you stupid?
He's the one that thinks we're stupid.
Just think about it.
The police were there. IPS was there.
And right in front of our eyes...
...someone tried to shoot the Vice-commissioner dead.
Is there any more obvious challenge than that?
He's right.
And he even set up a pretty little trap for us.
He did?
He led the police into a different building...
...and he set up a trap for when we realized our mistake.
Something happen to him?
On top of which...
...he sniggered at me.
He saw the perpetrator again?
That's what the meaning of this X mark is.
He's saying, "no good, no good," to us who couldn't catch him.
I dislike allowing personal emotions to influence our work...
...however, I am of the same opinion.
We agree as well.
We cannot allow an insult this great to stand.
Hey, hey...
Hey, hey... Look, look...
- Do you have the real one? The real... - Tsukumo-san...
- Where is it? - I don't know.
- Tsukumo-san? - Yes?
This time, I'd like you...
...to become the shooter's brain.
Huh?
The shooter enjoys seeing our reactions to his crimes...
The one who can understand the thinking of a criminal like that...
...is someone who possesses a similar intellect. That's what I believe.
But me? A brain?
We must catch the perpetrator as quickly as possible.
The honor of the police and IPS is at stake.
Yes, ma'am.
Yeah!
- Just leave the chairs! - Sorry.
Me...a brain...?
[Kimura Takuya]
[Ayase Haruka]
[Mizushima Hiro]
[Kagawa Teruyuki]
[Tanaka Yuji]
[Tortoise Matsumoto]
[Daichi Mao]
Translation by sarujin
QC by sayochama
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To the usual place.
Hey...
This isn't the right way, is it?
Hey!
2:02 pm...
No matter how many times we watch this, they come out 1 hour after the shooting.
So, none of these people are the shooter?
Well, when they came out, Nakanishi-san had already been arrested.
Funaki-san...
Yes?
Can you enlarge the watch he's wearing for me?
Oh, of course.
More, more...
I knew it.
These events happened around 11 am.
So everything we were watching earlier...
...was from 2 hours before the shooting.
Um... so... Right!
Can you show me the video from 2 hours after this?
Sure.
...2...
...3...
...4...
...5...
Okay. Right here.
That, just now.
Tsukumo-san's brain and the shooter's brain...
...they might be exactly alike!
It's that guy that sniggered at me.
Oh, that's right...
We should look into how the timing on the counter was changed.
It's highly likely that whoever fiddled with the counter...
...is either the shooter or connected to the shooter.
All right.
Huh?
There has just been a kidnapping committed by someone we believe to be the same perpetrator.
The kidnapping victim is Ozaki Kouhei, member of the Lower House...
...former head of Division 1 Investigations at Police HQ.
He was once the Head of Detectives.
It appears that the perpetrator posed as the driver and brought him here.
Hm?
Bl-blood!
Blood?
Tanbara-san?
Huh?
Look...
What are you going on about?
What is that? Shine all the lights up there!
For crimes committed in the past...
...Ozaki Kouhei will be executed in 48 hours.
- Take that handkerchief straight to IPS. - Yes, sir!
Emergency deployment. Cover the whole city.
Yes, sir!
This evening at approximately 8 pm, Lower House member Ozaki Kouhei-shi was kidnapped.
It is highly likely that the perpetrator...
...is the shooter in yesterday's attempt on Vice-commissioner Kawase's life.
A statement that Ozaki Kouhei-shi will be executed in 48 hours was left at the scene.
It seems that the handkerchief is one that Ozaki-giin's wife gave him this morning.
Furthermore, just as before, an X symbol was drawn on it.
The DNA analysis shows that it is consistent with what was left at the Vice-commissioner's attack.
We believe that this is definitely the work of the same person.
Does this mean that the perpetrator is targeting people connected to the police?
Excuse me...
The perpetrator's fingerprints weren't found this time either?
The only prints found were those of Ozaki and Ozaki's wife.
- Really? - What do you mean, "really?"
- You're sure? Absolutely sure? - If we haven't found it, we haven't found it.
- But usually, you'd find fingerprints... - What are you trying to say?
Iwabuchi-san.
Please use the N-system to find any suspicious vehicles.
Yes, ma'am.
- Namikoshi-san... - Yes?
Please investigate any terrorist groups that may harbor resentment towards the police.
Yes, ma'am.
We must take the initiative and play the next move.
As things stand, it is possible that there will be a 3rd and 4th victim.
No matter what it takes, within the next 48 hours...
...we must rescue Ozaki-giin!
Yes, ma'am.
I get it.
[10:26 pm]
[Time left until Lower House member Ozaki Kouhei's execution]
We've found something outrageous!
Maybe you haven't had enough sweets?
...you got away last time, didn't you?
Run!
Emergency deployment. Cover the city!
There's something that's really bothering me...
Call Tanbara-san!
[Home of Ozaki Kouhei]
First was the Vice-commissioner of the Police...
Next was Ozaki-san.
Um...
Do you have any idea who might harbor resentment against the two of them?
I...I don't know anything about his work...
Shinichiro...
...do you know anything?
I don't know anything specific either...
Well...
Anything, no matter how trivial it seems, might help.
Right now, we're just grasping at straws in the dark...
I'll think about it.
It's the kind of work that leaves no lack of seeds of resentment.
- Well then, thank you. - Thank you.
- Let's go. - Yes, sir.
We'll leave the rest to you.
Yes, sir.
- What are you doing? Go already! - Sorry.
Thank you.
It seems he still hasn't regained consciousness.
Then we won't be able to get anything from him...
Hey. You. Follow the son.
Huh? Why?
Like Mr. Brain would say...
...he was looking up and to the right.
What?
Not that way, stupid!
That way, right? You dumb or something?
These are Ozaki-san's fingerprints...
...and this is his wife's.
There aren't any others, are there?
Are there ever times when this method...doesn't pick up the fingerprints?
No!
Can I borrow this?
No! Definitely not!
What are you so stuck on?
I'm wondering if the blood is from someone who has nothing to do with this...
This one doesn't have any at all...
What do you mean?
Ow! Huh?
It's just like the rifle.
If you chase down the blood, you'll be directed toward someone who has nothing to do with this.
Somehow I feel like I'm spinning in circles...
It's like I don't know which direction to start running in...
Well, please look into it...
For health reasons, I have to get at least 9 hours of sleep a day...
...so I'll be going home.
Wait...
What if something happens while you're sleeping?
Look...
The human brain...
...sorts information while you sleep.
Right now, my mission is to be the brain.
So, sleeping is part of my job.
What should I do with these? Here.
Hey, wait! Wait! Hey...
Nanba-san, say something!
A way to tell whether the blood is from the shooter or not...
Say, Musashi-kun, we had a case like this before, didn't we?
When we compared it to records on file...
...it matched those of the president of Tsuchida Construction, Tsuchida Goichi, age 60.
No matter who comes, it won't do any good.
Right?
Fade in!
Tsukumo-san!
We found a suspicious vehicle!
Huh? And?
It's a stolen car?
Yes.
We checked with the police, and a victim's report was filed 3 days ago.
Well then, if we just follow the escape route it took...
About that...I'm afraid we can't track it.
Huh?
This is the N-system for the entire metropolitan area.
Of course, none of the locations are public knowledge.
In all of these N-system sensors...
...it was only caught on one camera.
One?
Yes.
Well...it's not impossible that it's just a coincidence...
...but, if it isn't...
...there may be a traitor within the police.
Then, I'll go meet with the traitor.
Oh. Okay.
Huh?
What?
Going home already?
Doesn't seem like this case has anything to do with us, so...
We can't be sure of that, can we?
If we're thinking of people who might have a grudge against the police, then...
That lot would never do anything this flashy.
But, Tanbara-san...
Occasionally, there are cases that are better left unsolved, aren't there?
What do you mean?
Just a general observation.
Is that really just an observation?
I see...
Oh...
Is it because I let you get away last time?
It's gotta be tough for you right now, right? For all of IPS...
Maybe you aren't getting enough sweets?
I am following the concepts...
...that you were kind enough to teach me.
Sweets are good for making your brain work.
I did say I don't eat sweets, didn't I?
That's why you have to eat to make up for it.
That's still a little watery, isn't it?
You have to paint over it twice, otherwise...
What are you doing?
We're trying to figure out how that X was made.
Hey...what are you planning to do after this?
Come back to my department?
He...
...might go to America, right?
America?
There's an offer for you, if you choose to take it...
Think it over.
I'll think about it after the hostage is safe.
Here you go.
Mariko-san...didn't you go home?
She hasn't gone home either...
[12:43 am]
[Time left until Lower House member Ozaki Kouhei is executed]
They're the kind of cameras that automatically rewrite the video every 5 days?
Dead end...
Tsukumo-san...
...is being taunted by someone...that's what this means, right?
I have a bad feeling about this...
With that...
...the detonation switch for the tunnel...
We'd like to ask Lower House member Kikuchi Daijirou-sensei to press it for us.
I am Lower House member Kikuchi Daijirou.
I'd like to offer my congratulations to everyone...
...and I am happy to be granted the privilege of pressing the switch.
Although, actually, this will only break open that ball hanging there.
If you would...
Now then, all together everyone...
5...
4...
3...
2...
...1
Sensei? Sensei?
Sensei, where are you?
Sensei...
- Sensei! - Hey... hey!
Sensei!
From around the X mark, we found traces of polyisoprene.
It's a material used in medical gloves.
Which means that the perpetrator was wearing gloves...
...cut his own finger for blood...
...and drew the X mark.
So, the perpetrator wanted to leave blood but not fingerprints, right?
Report from Police HQ
There has been an explosion believed to have been committed by the same perpetrator.
[For crimes committed in the past, Kikuchi Daijirou will be executed in 48 hours.]
The person kidnapped was a civilian and not Kikuchi-sensei?
Maybe in all the chaos he made a mistake...
Who was taken?
A temp construction worker named Aizawa.
And Kikuchi-giin?
The targets have been Vice-commissioner Kawase, then Ozaki-giin...
...then you, a former public prosecutor.
All of you have had connections to the police.
This...past crime that the perpetrator talks about...
Do you have any idea what it might be?
I haven't done anything that I feel guilty about.
It could be anything.
Hey. It sounds like you're trying to say we've done something wrong.
The ones at fault here are you, for not being able to catch this person.
I apologize.
The person mistakenly kidnapped in place of Kikuchi-giin...
...is Aizawa Yoshiyuki-san.
He's a temporary worker who was there for the construction.
He got them confused?
Um... Maybe the perpetrator accidentally kidnapped this person on purpose...
What purpose could that possibly serve?
Well...Right now, the only thing we've figured out...
...is that the perpetrator seems to have a grudge against the police, right?
In that case... just a minute... um...
Um... To destroy the police's image...
What do you think of this?
A situation that develops where a civilian is sacrificed instead of a police officer.
We don't want that, right?
Sasa-san! A tape with demands from the kidnapper was just delivered to Police HQ.
Everyone, your analysis please.
Yes, ma'am.
You wouldn't make that mistake, would you?
[2:10 pm]
[Time left until Lower House member Ozaki Kouhei is executed]
Kukichi Daijirou-san, please confess to the crimes of the past and apologize for them.
If you don't, I will be executed in your place.
Please...
...save me.
I'll ask you again.
These "crimes of the past..."
...do you have any idea what they might be?
I told you already, didn't I?
...that I haven't done anything I feel guilty about.
Please think carefully...
...if we could just figure out his motive, we could find out who he is.
The Vice-commissioner, Ozaki-giin, and now you...
There must be someone who harbors a grudge against all three of you.
I can't know what I don't know.
This is...
...a list of the cases that all three of you were involved in together.
If you insist that you don't know...
...then we can still investigate by going over these with a fine-tooth comb.
You...
Do you really think you can do that?
What do you mean?
Excuse me.
This is...
Tanbara-san...
Hello?
What?
Head over to IPS? Now?
Kikuchi Daijirou-san, please confess to the crimes of the past and apologize for them.
If you don't, I will be executed in your place.
Please...
...save me.
If we use the echoes from the voices on the tape the perpetrator sent to us...
...we can calculate that the room is approximately 50 sq. meters in size.
What?
I believe that the walls are made of concrete.
So, one floor of a building somewhere?
Yes.
It's inaudible to human ears...
...but there are some faint infrasonic frequencies in the background.
They're characteristic of power plants or power stations.
From the packaging, we were able to detect very faint traces of amphibole.
It's primarily used in the production of heat insulating materials.
Which means...what does that mean?
It's possible that the building the hostage is in used to be a factory that made insulation.
I've made a list of buildings near power plants or stations that used to be insulation factories.
There are 3 possibilities.
Tsukumo-san...
...that's...
The only one in that direction is the SST factory...
All right. Let's go!
Yes, sir.
Oh! Tanbara-san!
Please be careful.
You leave it to me.
[4:05 pm]
[Time until Ozaki Kouhei's execution] [Time until Aizawa Yoshiyuki's murder]
This perpetrator's brain...
...I think we should go meet it after all.
What?
You're going?
There's something that's really bothering me.
[SST Factory]
If we are fired on, you have permission to shoot.
However...
...the lives of the hostages are our top priority.
Understand?
Oh!
Tanbara-san, earlier, Ozaki-san's son was...
We'll do this later.
Rescuing the hostages is our top priority.
Let's go.
Tanbara-san!
Look.
Hey! Over here...
Aizawa-san?
I'm sorry. You're Aizawa-san, aren't you?
Yes.
Please. Come this way.
R-right over there.
Ozaki-san has here with you too, wasn't he?
Yes.
But there was a phone call, and they left me here.
Did you hear where they might be going?
Oh...I don't know...
What is this?
Hino-shi... Tanigawa building...?
Maybe it's something Ozaki-san wrote?
I'm sure it is!
He was tied up here...
- Take Aizawa-san to the hospital! - Yes, sir.
- We're going to Hino. - Yes, sir.
Oh...
Tanbara-san!
Wait...
Wasn't that Aizawa-san?
Huh?
Um... Excuse me...
Was it only Aizawa-san that they were able to rescue?
Yes.
It seems that Ozaki-san was moved to a different building.
Everyone's headed there now...
How was Aizawa-san rescued?
He was left behind and came down the elevator alone.
What?
Which elevator?
What's wrong, Tsukumo-san?
- This one? - Yes.
Let's see... I'm borrowing this.
Yes, sir.
Will you check the fingerprints on these buttons for me?
Yes, sir.
What is it that's bothering you so much?
Don't you think it's strange to find a stolen car we only saw once, with timing that makes you go "Bingo!"?
That tape we were sent is the same way.
It wasn't sent to convey demands...
If you look at is as a challenge for us to investigate to bring us here...
You mean...we were led here?
Exactly.
One trait of this perpetrator's thinking is that he likes to lead us places.
It's been that way since the beginning, since the rifle.
I've got a fingerprint.
Is it Aizawa-san's fingerprint?
I can't check to say for sure...
...but since there's only one, very distinct, fingerprint there, it probably is.
Probably?
Yes.
Excuse me!
Please take Aizawa-san into custody.
What? Why?
I'm Tsukumo, from IPS. Please.
Oh! Yes, sir.
Listen. Aizawa-san got away and finally managed to get here.
...but, looking at the fingerprints...
See! He only pressed the button once.
Don't you think that's strange?
But... it's not like it will come faster if you push it more.
Oh, I see. No matter how many times you push it the elevator won't speed up...
But, you see, the human brain isn't made to be that rational.
Normally, you'd be panicking, and once you got here...
...you'd push the button over and over, wouldn't you?
Hello?
Please let me speak to Tsukumo-san!
We've found something outrageous!
Yes, sir. It's Funaki-san.
Hello?
Yes.
Even if we couldn't follow the lead on the camera, there had to be someone who pulled the trick.
Thinking that, I decided to look through the security firm's data.
In that data...
...there was a man with the same face as the Aizawa-san who'd been kidnapped.
[Masuda Tetsuya]
Aizawa-san...
...wasn't a victim...
...he's an accomplice?
You just leave it to me.
Please get in touch with Tanbara-san.
What?
Call Tanbara-san!
[Yuri Kazune Calling...]
Tanbara-san.
It's coming from that room.
Something happen?
I've got him!
Tanbara-san...
...please pull out of there as quickly as you can.
What?
In that building, there's a...
There's a...?
Run!
Tanbara-san!
Hey... Hey...
Hey.
Hey!
[There has been an explosion at an abandoned warehouse...]
[Members of Police HQ's Investigative Division were caught in the blast...]
[5:45 pm]
[Time left until Ozaki Kouhei is executed]
We will be giving the album, "The Best of Van Halen..."
...with the show's theme song, "Jump," on it to 50 viewers.
We'll be accepting entries until July 11th.
Please apply to the address you see on the screen.
Winners will be notified when the CD is shipped.
I'll be sure to thank you properly for this.
[Mr. Brain's final episode is a 75 minute special!]
We've set a bomb.
The perpetrator is somewhere in this building...
Why didn't I notice?
[Neuroscience brings forth the final words -- ]
What is he thinking?
Science evolves every day...
Let's go.
Search this place just like you've been trained to!
Yes, sir!
30 seconds left...
This might be the last time...
What is that Tsukumo thinking?
If it's within 37 minutes...
In 37 minutes...
It seems the head of neuroscience will be gone...
When he said this might be the last time...
He's not that kind of man.
Farewell.