Translation: HPriest @ d-addicts
Rise, Bow, At ease!
EP 1: MPD General Affairs Clerk Hitomi's First Case
Hereby the murder case investigation meeting begins.
First victim, Nagasawa Megumi, 32 years old...
...Fine Insurance canvasser.
On February 15th at around 7 o'clock...
...she was found strangled to death with a rope around her neck...
...on a road near Shinjuku West Park.
On the next day...
...the police received a letter from an unknown sender.
Nagasawa Megumi
Two days letter there's a second victim.
Miura Shingo, 35, salesman for Fukuda Motor.
He was killed with a blow to the right side of his head with a wrench-like object.
On the next day, we once again received a letter from the killer.
Nagasawa Megumi
Miura Shingo
He is evidently announcing a third murder.
So far we haven't found...
... any common features between the two first victims.
Who keeps doing those meaningless murders and for what reason?
Understand? That is a challenge to us, the police.
Ringo (Apple)
Ringo -> Gorira (Gorilla)
Hello, am I speaking to Murakami from 1st Division?
Nakano from General Affairs here.
On your receipt from January 27th, I can't tell whether that's a two or a seven.
Are you stupid!? I can't deal with that now!
Don't call me for such trivial stuff!
The thing is though, I can't just...
Nakano-kun, the detectives...
...are all busy with their investigations, so you have to use a more gentle tone.
Nakano-kun, some tea, please.
Yes, Sir.
Ringo -> Gorira -> Rakko (Sea Otter)
Koinobori (carp streamer).
Li... Limbo Dance.
Su... Suriru (Thrill).
There are many different approaches. So, let's have a look.
Waiting at a pedestrian light. Now the pickpocket approaches from behind.
The light.. turned! You see, that's how...
The biggest problem of the police is the fact that they have to crack down crimes...
...yet not having a single person who has experienced such crimes.
But the thing is that if you've never played baseball...
...there is no way you can become a pro baseball coach.
Well, of course the police became aware of that too...
...thus they sometimes invite real criminals...
...to hold short courses.
But from my point of view...
...their "techniques" are nothing but childish tricks.
By aiming for that chance, the pickpocket determines his prey.
These days there aren't that many cases, but...
Rolling the apples...
Rose Apple Tea, yes!
My father was a swindler.
My mother, right after giving birth to me...
...become tired of him and left.
When I was a child, my father often brought me along to his workplace.
My role was to secretly read the opponents hands...
...and giving him a signal.
Bet.
Call.
Showdown.
Three of a kind.
Straight.
We get exposed, they kill us.
I was young, but that I understood.
One day, when I was in my 2nd year of junior high...
...my father suddenly disappeared without a trace.
I'm home!
Maybe his fraud got exposed and he had to run off...
...or maybe he got himself killed.
He left a notebook in my hands.
It included all of his tricks...
...meticulously put down on paper.
Maybe he couldn't think of a better way to express his love towards his daughter.
Watch where you're going! You gotta be careful!
Come on Togawa, we're in a hurry.
Yes, Sir.
TOGAWA!
General Affairs
Alright.
Togawa Takeru, First Division.
All I need is one suspicious receipt.
From Kasumigaseki to Nishi-Nippori...
3,880 Yen!?
Where did you really go?
Do you know this person?
He is a regular customer. Please look closely.
- Do you know him? - Never seen him.
I'm telling you, I don't know him! We done?
Yes, Togawa here.
MPD, General Affairs Department, Accounting, Nakano Hitomi speaking.
There is a problem with one of your previous receipts.
Please come here immediately.
That's impossible right now.
I'm busy too, you know!
Thank you very much.
It's pointless.
Just one sec. Yes, Togawa here.
Chief Detective, Takakura speaking.
Chief Detective!?
Togawa-kun, was it? What's the meaning of this?
Sir?
It appears you have dismissed an appeal from General Affairs.
You get your ass over there right now! If you keep this up...
...you'll be fired!!
You... I've nothing to do with it. - Right.
Excuse me, I...
I've been expecting you.
- Please, have a seat. - Okay.
A swindler never forgets a face.
Yet, this guy...
...met me less than five hours ago and doesn't remember my face at all.
What?
Nothing.
It's about your receipts, there are several issues.
- First, this one. - Excuse me.
Are you somehow acquainted with the Chief Detective?
No, I'm not.
Then why did he get a direct call...
...from the Chief Detective?
- So, the first issue is this one. - Ignored...
On January 10th, your superior Kuroiwa-san...
...held a preparatory meeting in Shin-Okubo...
...together with you and a collaborator.
However, at the exact same time...
...Togawa-san was in Nishi-Nippori.
Hello! What? Your water broke?
Yes, okay, I'll be there right away.
January 10th?
Can't say I remember. Right now...
...there is a terrible serial murder case keeping us busy.
- A serial murder? What kind? - I can't just tell you.
Serial murders are confidential.
It would be terrible if something got leaked.
Listen, I don't have the time to talk with you.
Hey, I think you have something on your back.
I'm so sorry, there were apples on the back of the chair.
Let me have a look.
You gotta be kidding!
It's fine.
Don't mess with me!
Got that? Don't call me again!
Nagasawa Megumi...
Miura Shingo...
That's it!
- Next, information gathering, Kuroiwa squad. - Yes, Sir!
- Huh? - Hey, what's wrong?
Hold on a sec, I lost my notebook.
The one containing all the classified information?
No, well, that's... wait...
So, we... have some information.
Enough! Next!
The hell is wrong with you, seriously...
- Hold on a sec... - Don't pick your phone now.
Yes!
MPD, General Affairs Department...
...Accounting, Nakano Hitomi speaking.
I told you not to call me again!
- I'm holding onto your notebook. - What!?
Pardon me.
You dropped it over there.
Then why didn't you contact me immediately?
You did tell me not to call you again.
And first of all, I didn't know who it belonged to.
It's written down right here.
I started reading from the first page...
...and only noticed your name on the bottom of the very last page.
Don't tell me you saw its contents!?
I did. I just told you, didn't I?
Listen, you cannot tell anybody about what you read!
You know...
It's likely that a Goto-san will be killed next.
- How'd you know that? - You wouldn't believe me even if I told you.
Just a shot in the dark, huh?
Excuse me.
Yes?
A third victim?
Kuroiwa-chan
Good morning
I want to see you again
- I'm sorry I'm late. - Too slow! The heck were you?!
The victim is a woman named Goto Akiko.
Goto Akiko?
It's likely that a Goto-san will be killed next.
She was found unconscious under a cliff yesterday.
First it looked like a simple accident, but...
...a short time ago we received the following.
Nagasawa Megumi -> Miura Shingo -> Goto Akiko -> ?
If that isn't a written challenge, what is? In short, it's ours to deal with now.
What about the victim?
A broken arm, but no life-threatening injuries.
There is... the heck?
...another strange thing.
They found this up on the cliff she was pushed off from.
Fukuda Motor?
Miura Shingo, 35, salesman for Fukuda Motor.
If I'm not mistaken, the second victim, Miura Shingo was a salesman for Fukuda Motor.
Exactly! This has to belong to him!
In other words, the killer stole this pamphlet while waiting for his second victim...
...and deliberately placed it at the crime scene of his third victim.
Thus they re-examined the second crime scene.
And guess what, they found this.
First it appeared to belong to Miura Shingo.
Nagasawa Megumi, 32, Fine Insurance canvasser.
The first victim, Nagasawa Megumi is a canvasser for Fine Insurance.
That's it... In other words, the killer took a belonging of the first victim...
...placed it at the scene of the second murder....
...took a belonging of the second victim...
...and placed it at the third crime scene!
That's what I just explained.
- Still, why would he do that? - You hear me?
Excuse me. Our condolences.
Excuse me.
We're from the police. Kuroiwa, I'm Kuroiwa.
- How are you? - I'm fine.
I'm sorry for the rush, but we'd like to talk with you...
...about the circumstances of your fall.
Well, I was suddenly pushed off from the back...
...and when I came to me, I was in the hospital.
Why were you there yesterday?
I'm a saleswoman for jewelry.
I go from door to door...
...and have people buy things like gems and accessories.
And that is a place...
...where I often go during spare moments to take a breather.
Speaking of which... Gimme that.
We found this atop the cliff.
- Do you happen to know anything about it? - I don't.
Alright, let me put that there.
In similar fashion, we also found this bag on top of the cliff.
This high class bag, is it yours?
Yes, it's mine.
Well then, I'm sorry, but can I have you confirm its contents?
Sure.
Are you alright? Don't overdo it.
The pamphlet...
The pamphlet for our merchandise is gone.
How did you know the name of the third victim?
Don't play dumb!
The third victim indeed is a woman named Goto Akiko.
How did you know?
Answer me!
Did you do it?
Why? Why did you do it?!
That's it, I get it.
You're filled with grudge towards the police.
I'm not. And I'm not the killer, you know.
What?
During the first and the second incident...
...I was here at the police.
You can ask everyone at General Affairs.
Then why did you say, "I did it"?
I did not!
But you definitely said the third victim is called Goto!
I'm sorry, but that was just a shot in the dark.
The first victim was Nagasawa Megumi, am I right?
The second victim was Miura Shingo.
Looking at Megumi's "mi" and Miura's "Mi"...
...I thought that maybe it's a word-chain game.
Therefore, the third victim...
...should have a name starting with "go" from Shingo.
Speaking of names starting with "Go", the most frequent one is "Goto-san".
Bullshit! There's no way.
But it turned out to be a Goto-san, didn't it?
Since that's the case, I don't think it's just a coincidence.
Doesn't it look like the killer is intentionally targeting people in order of the word-chain game?
Also, the victims are connected in a chain-game of sorts by their belongings as well.
So what?
Are you saying that the killer is some sort of word-chain game maniac?
No, the killer is probably a very smart person.
There has to be reason for him to kill people in order of a word-chain game.
Why do I even listen to an amateur?
Yes?
Understood. I'll be there right away.
We have identified the killer.
- I'm sorry. - You're late!
That trash dump up there. Morino Satoru.
He had been arrested before for stabbing a drug addict.
He was caught on a security cam prowling around the same area as Nagasawa Megumi the same time she got attacked.
He seems to be at home right now.
You stand watch here. I got the key from the landlord.
No, isn't that dangerous? Let's call it in.
- We will get in trouble! - Shut up!
I'm not letting someone else get the credit.
You wait and stand watch.
Togawa!
Stand watch! Don't you slack off!
Morino-san! Morino!
He's not here...
TOGAWA!
Togawa, Togawa!
Kuroiwa-san!
Stop! You son of a...
Stop right there!
It has come to our attention that the police has failed to catch a prime suspect...
...in a serial murder and attempted murder case in Tokyo.
What stands out in this case is the fact that the killer...
...has been sending letters to the police with each delict...
...announcing his next victims...
...through a word-chain game.
Kuroiwa told us what happened.
It seems that you didn't heed Kuroiwa's advice...
...burst into the suspect's apartment by yourself...
...and on top of that failed to catch the suspect.
What?
I'll have you pull out of the case for now.
You, I will contact later.
Senpai!
Pardon me.
Excuse me for the sudden visit.
Excuse me.
I'd like to introduce myself. My business card.
"Shirai Shinnosuke Law Office"?
- You're a lawyer? - Yes.
Always fighting on the side of the weak...
...and striving for social justice is what I pride myself on.
Goto-san, you are aware that the victims of this case...
....are being determined by a word-chain game, right?
Yes, I saw that in the news.
I'm sure that if you had known it earlier...
...that you might become the next victim...
...you'd definitely been more cautious.
Well, I guess you could say that...
However, the police foolishly hid the existence of such advanced notice.
Moreover, they weren't even aware that it is indeed a word-chain game.
In other words, this is a case of you having the right...
...to file for damages against the police.
What?
Kobayashi-san (alias)
When are you going to catch the killer?
Isn't it your job to do something about that?
Kondo-san (alias)
I could be the next on the list, you know!?
Koike-san (alias)
I want you to help me before something happens.
You have to place a policeman in front of my home!
That's why you'll be fine, Kitajima-san. It's "Ko", you see...
I have many acquaintances whose names start with "Ko", you see.
How about a bodyguard for each of them?
That might prove very difficult.
Are you telling me that it's okay if they get killed?
Bank deposit fraud targeting elderly people...
If there is a next victim, you guys will be held responsible.
You understand, don't you?
In recent years, personaly idendity number fraud...
Hey! Say something will ya!
Hello! I just called, but some ill-mannered woman...
...suddenly hung up on me!
Can you connect me to her again?
You can't?
What's up with you guys?! You're the fricking police!
Hey, Shirai. What is it today?
Here again to be an annoyance to us?
Please don't say such things.
I just dropped by for a little visit.
As if, you jackass! Get out, will ya!
Huh? What's that smell?
You noticed?
This is it. I got it from Italy.
Put this on and no woman will be able to resist you.
Wanna try?
I don't!
Stay away from me and get out!
What's this machine!?
- Is something wrong? - Yes, indeed.
It took my 100 Yen and didn't give me my coffee.
Even the vending machines are thieves at the police!
Coffee costs 110 Yen. It went up the other day.
The heck? This machine is such a rip-off!
I only have 5,000 and 10,000 Yen bills.
Be so fine and change this for me, will you.
Sure, I'll get to General Affairs and change it.
Stop, stop you fool. I don't have all day.
I'm asking whether you can change it right now!
- Ah, good idea. - Hurry up.
That should work.
I hand you the missing 10 Yen...
...as well as the remaining 4,990 Yen and those 5,000 Yen.
In return, you give me your 10,000 Yen.
Ah, I see. Here.
- Now the 4,000 Yen. - Here.
Right, thanks.
- What a bothersome woman, geez. - You there!
Didn't you just lose 5,000 Yen?
What? Why...?
Shirai's 5,000 Yen
Shirai's 10,000 Yen
Here.
Hitomi's 4,990 Yen + 10 Yen
Shirai's 10,000 Yen
Shirai's 5,000 Yen
Huh?
Oh, look who's here.
You must have a lot of free time, huh?
Got removed from the case?
Shut up!
Leave me alone.
You did some research about me, didn't you?
How is she connected to the Chief Detective?
Could there be more between those two?
That Chief Detective has a mistress aside from his wife he likes to keep company with in Tokyo.
So, every Tuesday and Friday he never misses to stop by her before going back home.
How do you know?
I checked the receipts we receive at General Affairs.
And the distance traveled by his official vehicle turned out to be different every Tuesday and Friday.
From the MPD to Roppongi.
Roppongi, Roppongi.
A Roppongi woman, huh?
Takakura-chan
Yesterday was fun
I want to see you again
Right on top of suspicious receipts.
All that was left to do was using the right way to trick him into revealing the truth and all its juicy details.
Today is Friday, isn't it?
Are you going to stop by her place as usual?
Come again?
Wait a second, listen...
Could we have a talk over there?
- Let me carry that. - Thank you very much.
Since then he hasn't been able to refuse me anything.
Isn't that coercion!? And the Chief Detective of all people.
Looks like they still haven't found this Morino guy.
I don't think that he is our guy.
What?
Though I do think that he definitely was the killer in the first case.
But as for the second and third case...
...and the letters sent to the police thereafter...
I think those were done by a different person.
Damn it, that's my notebook! I better keep my guard up around you.
All those confidential information in there!
Those are the murder scenes of the word-chain game murder case.
Word-Chain Game Murder Case
As for the murder scene of the first victim, Nagasawa Megumi...
Her beg was left behind, wasn't it?
It's height 17cm, width 29cm.
And now for the murder scene of the second victim...
It was a pamphlet of Nagasawa Megumi's workplace, Fine Insurance, that was left behind.
It's height 30cm and width 21cm.
It doesn't fit into Nagasawa Megumi's bag.
What are you getting at?
In other words, the pamphlet left behind at the second scene...
Nagasawa Megumi
Miura Shingo
Goto Akiko
Morino Satoru
...wasn't in the possession of our first victim.
The killer must have learned from the news...
...that the victim was working as a canvasser for Fine Insurance...
...and especially ordered a pamphlet from Fine Insurance...
...in order to place it at the second scene.
IN
OTHER
WORDS
Nagasawa Megumi
Miura Shingo
Goto Akiko
Morino Satoru
The killer behind the second and third case was never at the first scene.
I see...
The killer behind the first case...
...and the killer behind the second and third case are different!
That's it!
B... But...
If that's the case, why the need for connecting the cases?
Say...
Could you please take me to the actual crime scenes?
- What? - Please!
- An unmarked police car! - Stop it!
It has always been a dream of me to go on an investigation like this!
Letting my assistant drive the car.
I'm not an assistant!
Why not going for detective then?
Or is there something shady in your past?
Scene of First Case
Killed by being strangled with a rope.
Was it like this?
Miura Shingo was hit on the head by the killer...
Scene of Second Case
...and pushed off from here.
- And then... - Stop!
Move.
And then...
He was found having fallen on top of a drum.
Scene of Third Case
The victim, Goto Akiko was standing here like this...
...when she was suddenly pushed off from behind by someone.
Where was Goto-san's bag found?
Around here.
The killer probably took the pamphlet of her work out of her bag...
...and dumped her bag here.
Enough of that. Forensics already checked all of the scenes.
You're not gonna find anything now.
Isn't that strange...
What is?
Say, can we stop by the Goto-san at the hospital on our way back?
Hurry, hurry, go, go!
Shut it!
- Go, go-go!｡ - Stop it, will ya!
Investigating~ Investigating~
- Pardon me. - Wait!
What the...
MPD, General Affairs Department, Accounting...
...Nakano Hitomi.
The bag you had at the time of the assault...
Which place did you get it from?
It's made in France.
Someone like you wouldn't be able to afford it.
Hey! Who told you to touch it?
How rude. I'd like you to leave.
Excuse me.
What is wrong with you? Seriously.
I shouldn't have brought you here. Get out now.
Mr. Detective, have you caught the killer?
Not yet.
What a pain! So snobbish!
Hey, you!
What are you doing here?
Never mind that, first about the 5,000 Yen you took from me!
What? Did I?
Geez! You can't even do basic math?!
Give it back!
I'm so sorry~ I don't have anything on me right now.
I'll definitely return it later.
Look at her and her mushroom head.
It's not a mushroom, it's a hat!
Good morning.
It's our fugitive Morino Satoru.
Judging by the marks on his neck, it was probably suicide.
Great, case solved. Good work.
Today at dawn, the corpse of a man was found downstream...
...of the Munase River that flows through Tokyo.
The corpse was identified as Kosaka Yoshio, 37 years old.
- What's with all these deaths. - We found this in his pockets.
This belongs to the third victim, Goto Akiko, doesn't it?
The pamphlet for our merchandise is gone.
This is the fourth victim!?
Goto Akiko, Kosaka Yoshio.
So it really is a word-chain game.
This means that Morino Satoru wasn't our guy.
Goto-san, where do you think you're going?
I just want to go out to send a letter.
You can't!
You're still not allowed to go outside!
If you need to send a mail, you can entrust it to us.
Shirai-sensei?
Finally the long-awaited fourth victim appeared.
The mismanagement within the police is obvious.
We should file a lawsuit immediately.
Would they even comply to a lawsuit?
It's my job to make them comply.
First I'll send them those.
You see, those are all written complaints about the police's incompetence.
I'll go from mailbox to mailbox...
...and keep sending them to the police over and over.
Pardon me.
You!? Why!?
I knew I'd find you here.
Great.
I was hoping I could return those 5,000 Yen to you.
Hey! You can't just take that!
I just want to put back those 5,000 Yen...
Hands off, I said!
I'm sorry.
Get out now, will ya! You're interrupting!
Suuure.
Geez. How more annoying can she become!?
- Sorry about that. - No.
Excuse me, I'm kinda thirsty.
Would you be so kind and buy me something to drink?
Sure thing, let's toast with juice to celebrate in advance.
A new note arrived.
Only this time he got careless and left us a clue.
According to forensics it's very faint, but...
...the traces of perfume were found on the envelope.
It appears to be an Italian brand called Diego Rich.
- Split up and find that guy! - Yes, sir!
I got it from Italy. Wanna try?
Italy...
Ever since the fourth victim, Kosaka Yoshio was found...
...we've received so many of those letters.
Each and every one of them is all but about the disappointment in the police.
That many? You must have been surprised.
Well, I guess those are the true feelings of our citizen.
It was you who sent all of those, didn't you?
No need to play dumb, they all have the same handwriting.
That's not true. I really tried my--
It's not only that, we found traces...
...of your favorite perfume on every single envelope.
I can smell it right now, it's so bad.
Made in Italy?
The police are so slovenly, I just wanted to stir it up a little.
So...? Is that a crime or what?
So...
...there is one more envelope with the exact same ingredients as that perfume.
I'm gonna show you.
That's...!
The serial killer...
IT'S YOU!
Hell I am! That's all wrong!
Hot!
Togawa!
A new letter arrived, didn't it?
Yeah.
And the envelope contained traces of the perfume that lawyer Shirai had used.
How do you know that?
Shirai-san isn't the killer.
It's the third victim, Goto Akiko.
What?
As soon as they found the fourth victim...
...she was about to send out a letter.
The killer's advanced notice.
However, she wasn't able to do it from the hospital.
The sender would've been found out.
You can't! You're still not allowed to go outside!
At that time, that lawyer Shirai showed up carrying a large pile of envelopes addressed towards the police.
I'll go from mailbox to mailbox...
...and keep sending them to the police over and over.
Let's toast with juice to celebrate in advance.
Right then, she took out her advanced notice...
...and mixed it into that pile of envelopes addressed towards the police.
I was expecting her to do something like that...
...and sprayed the inside of his bag with that perfume.
Hey! You can't just take that!
I just want to put back those 5,000 Yen...
That is the reason...
...why the killer's advanced notice contains traces of Diego Rich.
But how did you know that Goto Akiko is the killer?
Do you happen to know the fourth victim, Kosaka Yoshio?
No.
To be honest, I did some research into your business.
Aside from selling jewelries...
...you're also encouraging your customers to invest into precious metals.
However, things aren't going too well these days...
...so you keep a share of your new customer's investments for yourself.
To put it simply, it's a scam.
Kosaka Yoshio was one of your customers.
There is no way you don't know him.
I think he realized that it was a scam...
...and on that day, came to confront you about that.
You killed him and pushed him into the river.
Are you even listening?
But then you realized that you made a terrible mistake.
The pamphlet!
Your pamphlet is inside the pocket of Kosaka-san's corpse.
You'd definitely be under suspicion once they've found his dead body.
You tried to think of a way to hide your connection to him.
You happened to notice that your name and his...
...could be used in a word-chain game.
Goto Akiko. Kosaka Yoshio.
Then you had an idea.
What if you could make it look like...
...a crime done by a weird person who attacks people in order of a word-chain game?
At the same time you saw the news about a Nagasawa Megumi...
...who was attacked and killed by a random person.
If you find someone who starts with "Mi" and ends with "go" and kill that person...
...the four names would actually work as a word-chain.
Miura-san!
You found someone named Miura Shingo, killed him...
...and sent a letter to the police to make it look like a serial murder.
And then, in order to make it look like you're the third victim...
...you jumped down the cliff on purpose.
Akiko-san said that when she fell down the cliff...
...she was suddenly pushed by someone from the back, right?
However, her bag was left on top of the cliff.
Which means that when she was attacked...
...she didn't have the bag around her shoulder.
Then, where could she have placed the bag during that time?
On the top of the cliff...
...there wasn't really a place to put your bag on.
Such a high class bag...
There is no way she would have placed it directly on the ground.
In other words...
...she wasn't pushed off the cliff by the killer...
...and in fact must have jumped off herself.
In order to make herself look like a victim.
Of course, you calculated the jump so you wouldn't suffer from fatal injuries.
In other words...
...by placing a belonging of the previous victim at the scene of the next victim...
...you concealed the true reason for your pamphlet being on the corpse of Kosaka-san.
Am I right?
Exactly!
Togawa Takeru.
Suspicious, not suspicious, suspicious...
Not suspicious!
Translation: HPriest @ d-addicts
You totally used me.
Not to mention the terrible experience thanks to you.
However, I'm a generous person.
Everything is forgiven and forgotten.
If I were to receive a suitable recompense...
...I wouldn't mind becoming your lawyer at all.
As if I were to ask someone like you.
You joke of a lawyer!
Please, after you.
Thank you.
Chief.
You!
Go ahead.
Please.