"New drug" "(Developed by Omori Pharmaceuticals) (The base drug for Plus)"
Plus-0?
Its official name is Square.
In the sample photo, there were two tablets in one set.
We can pretty much tell from the reports Izumi gathered
that Square is what Plus was modeled after.
Which means we can pretty much say that it is the new drug
that Omori Pharmaceuticals was developing.
"New drug" "(Developed by Omori Pharmaceuticals) (The base drug for Plus)" that Omori Pharmaceuticals was developing.
If the data needed to create Plus came from the Kujo Family...
Doesn't this mean we've caught Kujo red-handed?
I believe in Mr. Kujo.
My mind won't change on that matter.
Miss Izumi, knowing that fact,
would you still be able to take my hand?
This is exactly why I asked for your help, Mr. Miyase.
Very well. I will help you out.
The brass is plotting something.
It also concerns me that all the candidates for STAND
have some ties to the Anonymous Case.
I looked into why STAND was created with Aoyama,
but we couldn't find anything.
It feels like they're trying to hide something.
I even gave you a fair warning,
but I guess you still want to poke your nose where it doesn't belong.
So it was you who sent me that message, Mr. Hattori.
"Received Message" "Don't get involved any further if you don't want to die"
I thought I'd stopped you from getting involved,
but I'd never thought you'd join forces with one of the employees from the Kujo Family.
And now, you've even looked into STAND.
Honestly, you just don't listen.
You want to know what STAND is trying to do, right?
Yes.
I see.
In that case, you're going to have to know more about
the suspect involved in the Anonymous Case.
Question time, Little Miss Narc.
What's the final destination for justice that's gone too far?
Huh?
"Stand My Heroes"
Do we have an ID on her?
Kumi Mochizuki, 22 years old.
She's been staying at this hotel for the past three days.
Masayoshi, look...
Over here.
The victim had some track marks on her arm.
--They're probably from drugs--
--Yeah, probably from this. --They're probably from drugs--
Have forensics look at this.
I'll contact the chief.
Mr. Ida seems mad.
Well, this case involves drugs.
Oh, so that's why.
I heard he still can't let go of what happened to the victim in that one incident.
Once upon a time a certain detective was in Investigation Section 1.
His name was Masayoshi Ida.
He resented cases involving drugs.
"Seikari Hospital"
"Sara Tsuzuki"
Hey.
Sorry I kept you waiting.
It's fine.
The case at the hotel's been closed because we captured the suspect.
We don't have any pressing matters.
Closed, huh?
You sure don't like letting go, do you?
If there are people suffering, I want to protect them if they're within my reach.
That's my justice.
We should get going.
Ensuring there were no more victims from drug-related crimes was Ida's lifelong ambition.
Though he was from a different field, another man shared his vision.
His name was Yuki Hibiya.
Hibiya was creating a new drug at the time.
It was something that'd allow them to achieve their goal,
so apparently, Ida was personally supporting Hibiya.
To me, those two looked like great friends.
But then, it happened...
Hello?
I killed him.
Huh? Masayoshi?
I killed Yu.
You said...
You killed Yu?
Sorry.
Where are you right now?
We had the same goal.
Yeah, this... was a sacrifice for justice.
Masayoshi!
Yu! Yu!
Stay back.
This corpse is pretty intense.
Why would anyone kill someone like this?
The unidentified victim has now been identified as Yuki Hibiya.
"Yuki Hibiya" "Masayoshi Ida"
The suspect is Masayoshi Ida of the MPD.
"Yuki Hibiya" "Masayoshi Ida" He's taken a hostage and is still on the run.
This case is being kept completely quiet to the media.
Make sure you conduct this investigation carefully.
"A Strange Corpse Found in a Building Being Constructed" "The Victim Has Yet to be Identified"
So we've got no leads...
We need to settle this soon.
I'm worried about the kid that got taken hostage.
Hey, this has to be some kind of mistake, right?
He'd never do something like this without reason.
Just don't.
"Yuki Hibiya" "Masayoshi Ida"
There's been reports that a man resembling Ida
"Yuki Hibiya" "Masayoshi Ida" was spotted in a neighborhood in Kita Ward.
"Yuki Hibiya" "Masayoshi Ida" It appears that he's hiding out in an empty house in that area.
We're going to go capture him right now.
You all have clearance to take your guns.
Hiding out?
Hey, are you all right?
We've secured the hostage. He appears to be unharmed.
Where's our target?
Damn it! Where'd he go?!
Good work.
Masayoshi...
How's the hostage?
He's just been taken into custody.
I see. I'm surprised you found me here.
You may have made some mistakes,
but you wouldn't let that information about you be leaked.
It was a decoy.
This was the only place that the other investigators
probably never would've looked.
So that's why you tried to find a building that could see her hospital room.
Good instincts.
No, you're the one who read through my intentions.
It didn't matter where we met as long as you could lure me out.
Oh?
You had plenty of time to go see her.
If there was a reason for you to stay here,
it'd be me.
You're a junior that I'm proud of.
I'm sure I'm the last person you want to hear this from, though.
Will you hear me out long enough to finish a cigarette?
I'll start from the beginning.
As you know, Yu and I were trying to rid the world of drug-related crimes.
And to make that happen, we were creating that new drug.
Square. A new drug for justice that would help junkies out of their addictions.
That was our dream.
If it was completed, it would've been the first step to lessening crimes
and victims from drug-related incidents.
Yu was a genius for coming up with that.
Of course, I supported him.
Omori Pharmaceuticals was going to produce the drug,
and I thought everything was going to go okay...
But problems arose during the clinical tests
and production of the drug was canceled.
"2 Die in a Traffic Collision" "Two Cars Involved in an Early Morning Crash" and production of the drug was canceled.
"No Sign of Braking Before Crash" "The Driver Was Found Unconscious" and production of the drug was canceled.
Though it appears that the truth behind that has been wiped clean.
Yu secretly transferred the data and continued his research
but then suddenly said he was quitting.
It was the day of that storm.
Why did he quit?
He said some bad people had their eyes on him.
He said he needed to get rid of all of the data
before it fell into the wrong hands.
He ran away. That was the extent of his justice.
And that's why you killed him?
I told you. This was a sacrifice for justice.
Should a former detective really say something like that?
I know that the MPD is trying to keep this under wraps,
but I at least wanted you to know the truth.
Well, see ya.
Hold it!
Ida!
Sorry about this.
We haven't been able to find Ida ever since.
The police have kept the existences of Ida and Hibiya quiet to the public,
and now, it's been 15 years.
That's the truth behind the case.
Now that you've heard all of this,
I'm sure you can figure out the answer you've been looking for.
That means...
It's true that STAND was created to solve unsolved crimes.
However, the reason that the top brass of the MPD is prioritizing the Anonymous Case
is to quietly take care of the fact that one of their own was involved
and make it so it never happened.
That's their motive?
It'd be a huge scandal if the public found out
that a detective was behind a heinous crime.
It doesn't happen often, but this is pretty simple.
And you're leading STAND knowing all of this?
Does that mean...
Am I helping them with their coverup?
You're still naïve.
Regardless of what the brass wants done, I have my own motive.
I'm going to capture Ida and make him pay for his crimes.
And for that to happen, I don't mind following some of the orders from above.
At least for now.
Is that your justice?
Why...
Why did you explain all of this to an outsider like me?
Hm... I wonder why.
Is there something that I can do?
I want to get Makoto Tsuzuki to talk.
The reason we're somewhat forcefully keeping him in our custody right now
is because he was deeply involved with Ida.
His younger sister, Sara Tsuzuki,
was a victim of an accident caused by someone on drugs.
Ida was in charge of that case.
Even after the investigation was over, Ida continued seeing the two brothers,
especially Makoto Tsuzuki, in private.
He should know things about Ida we don't know,
and he might even know where Ida is right now.
That's why you've kept him in custody for so long?
But there's no guarantee that Makoto has any information, is there?
He hasn't said a single thing since being in custody.
Not just about Ida, but anything in general.
Do you really think someone who didn't
have any information would keep quiet for that long?
Makoto Tsuzuki is hiding something.
But despite trying several methods,
we haven't been able to get anything out of him.
And so...
Wait, is that what you want me to do?
I mean, this will help you guys out, too, Little Miss Narc.
You're trying to find out about Plus, aren't you?
Have you figured out the base drug for that was Square,
which Hibiya was producing?
Um...
If you knew that, it should speed things up even more.
If we can get Makoto Tsuzuki to talk,
we'll be even closer to solving the Anonymous Case.
And if that happens, you might be able to get more information on Square.
What do you mean?
Ida had taken a portion of the belongings that Hibiya left behind
and one of the items he took was a flash drive from Omori Pharmaceuticals.
It contains the research data on Square.
It's a special flash drive.
Anytime it was plugged into a computer,
the location where it was plugged in would be revealed.
And a few years ago, we confirmed a signal from that flash drive.
The signal was from the Kujo Family household.
What?
We followed up on that lead,
and we found out that someone had seen Ida near the Kujo Family household
when the Anonymous Case happened.
So I figured the bad guys that Hibiya mentioned is the Kujo Family.
But that's strange. Why would the Kujo Family have that data?
Regardless, Plus was created from the data that was on that flash drive
and thought to be distributed through Kujo's personal route.
What you want to do and what STAND wants is connected.
I don't think it'd hurt for us to work together.
It's true that this is all very enticing.
Though I'm not sure that I can be much help.
Look at you, being so modest.
Even after you managed to tame our little Sosei.
Huh?
Not to mention, it looks like you've gained Revel's trust, too.
Especially Maki's.
Maki?
I'm hoping you could do the same thing and instantly get Makoto Tsuzuki to talk.
Instantly?
However...
Anything beyond this point is extremely dangerous.
I can't take responsibility if you actually end up dying.
Are you still prepared to do this?
As long as there are people suffering from drugs, I want to save them.
Even if its just as far as my hands will reach.
I don't know if that's actually justice or not.
But if there's anything I can do right now to save someone...
...I'm definitely ready.
I see. You're definitely not like them.
Very good.
Then I guess I'll make up my mind, too.
The final destination for justice that's gone too far...
I wonder how Mr. Hattori felt dealing with this case this whole time?
"Today" "I figured out who was behind the threatening message. Someone I know was playing a terrible prank. Sorry for all the trouble!"
She's definitely hiding something.
Maybe.
"Today" "I can't go into details, but I think Mr. Hattori is going to help, too."
Hey, this is huge!
What's with all the ruckus?
I just ran into Mr. Hattori
and he said he was going to directly negotiate with the upper brass.
Negotiate?
Is he finally going to go talk about how badly these files are sorted?
No. He's going to have Rei talk to Makoto Tsuzuki.
I see.
Huh? You're not surprised?
That just means he's gotten serious about this.
What?
Mr. Hattori was threatening you?
Izumi, he didn't try anything weird, did he?
N-No, I'm fine. I'm about to explain everything.
Izumi, I need to examine you. Let's go right now!
Kotaro...
Is Rei okay? Looks like she's stuck her head into something heavy.
I can't say that I'm not worried but...
But apparently Mr. Hattori's going to support Izumi, too.
"You Hattori" "No Subject" "I'm going to be involving your newbie into our business. Thanks."
But to think the MPD had something like that going on...
I think we're starting to see what's really behind STAND.
STAND and Square...
The Anonymous Case.
All the separate pieces are now starting to form a single shape.
There are only a few more missing pieces in this puzzle.
That's how I felt.
But once all the pieces come together
the truth that will be revealed might end up hurting him.