Wait!
Let go of me!
Be still!
3:16 p.m. Arrested the criminal for theft during the operation.
What's with this woman...?
It's that person! She's that person who helped me!
Yasaka, Kyoto
Are you just okay!?
Ah. You've worked hard.
I'm...
...from the Tokyo MPD's 6th Special Investigations Unit.
I'm Yashiro Tomo.
- From the MPD...? - Yes.
Thus, Yashiro Tomo, a detective from the Tokyo MPD,
together with the new era from Heisei to Reiwa,
still continues her work during the spring of 2019.
But, in today's episode,
this incident doesn't matter at all.
Eh?
Year 2014 - 5 years ago -
The first incident occurred in 2014, five years ago.
Cha-cha, don't go there.
You're already going in at someone's house.
Ah...
Excuse me...
Are you okay?
That year, there were two murders that happened in one month from the city.
The first victim is...
...is a computer software developer at a company in Nakano-ku.
He is Miyama Development's president, Takao Miyama, 35 years old.
The second victim is...
...still a software developer at a company in Ikebukuro.
He is Futaba Soft's section manager, Hiroya Ebinuma, 45 years old.
Both work at IT companies.
On top of that, Miyama Development's six employees...
...were subcontractors of Futaba Soft.
The investigation team, at that time, was optimistic that it could be resolved early...
...by just investigating the bribery in that industry.
However...
It turns out that Miyama and Ebinuma, who were killed, we're not related at all.
Besides, there's also no evidence that those two had worked together.
The investigation had gone rough.
Why were these two got killed?
It seems that the criminal has left some characters.
What do those mean?
All those mysteries remain unsolved...
Hence, the gear of investigation has stopped.
Suspects
Takao Miyama, Hiroya Ebinuma
Victims
February 10, 2014 February 14, 2014
Incident occurrence date
Connection of IT company employees serial strangulation case No. 2
Case name
刑.1. 殺 3 14-0137
Case Resolved
Control number
That gear starts to move again...
Year 2019 - Present -
...five years later.
Nanzenji Temple, Kyoto
Hey, look at them.
They somewhat look like a dubious couple.
- Looks like there's something. - Absolutely, it's like that.
I don't care, no matter what people say.
6th Special Investigations Unit detective Risa Narumi
Don't you feel cold? As Kyoto is chillingly cold now.
6th Special Investigations Unit detective Shinji Kusaka
None at all.
You're somewhat strange.
It's nice that the two of us...
...are walking in such a place like this.
It's windy...
Ah. Sorry.
Oh, no.
Well, Kusaka-san, you're already...
Thanks.
Narumi-senpai, Kasuka-san. I'm here.
Well, I got lost. It's my first time to come here.
Wait... Stop talking loudly and recklessly here in Kyoto.
Okay...
What's that on your forehead?
Ah...
I just got this from somewhere.
Did you heard it?
A suspicious man walks behind a female tourist.
So, I got worried about it.
I tried to track behind the man about 100 meters from him.
The man got the bag of the woman...
That's enough, now.
I'm not interested.
Ah. Is that so?
After which, I received an amulet and a fortune bag...
...from the tourist whom I helped.
It is said that you can have honorable gains from this palanquin set with jewels.
Well, you're blatant.
Are you thinking that this one will work?
It was said that its word derivation comes from that.
There's a daughter who owned a vegetable store.
She went to the shogun's harem to see Tokugawa Iemitsu...
...when she was 17 years old.
No. I'm not...
...taking any advantage for my seniors.
- Yes? - Yes.
But, Kyoto is a place wth elegance.
You know what the elegant feeling is like.
- Yes? - Hush!
Ah. Right. Let's see our fortune...
Oh... Yatta!~ I have a great luck.
Trend
Great luck.
What's this?
"You'll be in trouble with men."
Does this mean that I'm popular with men?
No...
Let's go and stop talking about stupid things.
I mean...
Please wait a minute, Senpai. It's okay!
I'm still investigating the previous ones.
Well, I feel that...
...I could meet my destined man...
...somewhere and someday.
Until I become the leading detective...
Wait... Please wait for me!
Kyoto Prefectural Police
Are they from the Tokyo MPD?
Yes. They would like to meet the person in-charge of the case.
A female detective...?
Yes.
Ah... Welcome.
I'm Kunikida from Kyoto prefectural police.
Nice to meet you.
I am...
...Yashiro Tomo.
A document investigator who specializes in examining documents of unresolved cases.
A document investigator?
Kyoto Prefectural police 1st investigation unit, detective Tetsuo Kunikida
He~
It's extremely unusual...
...for employees of Tokyo MPD to come here.
What he said looks displeasing.
That's why, I don't like men in Kyoto.
From 3 days ago, beside a coffee shop owner's body that's found in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City,
is it true there were characters left there?
The characters must be written in Kanji and been used with red ink.
How did you...!?
As expected. Did you hear that, Senpai?
Yes, I heard it. Bingo!
As what I hunched. It's good that we came here to Kyoto!
Wait, Senpai. Could you please calm down!?
- I got it suddenly... - What do you mean by bingo?
Then, what Kanji was written in it?
What's that one character?
One character?
Unfortunately, it's not one character.
What was written is in three kanji characters.
You didn't got bingo!
It's a pity.
But the three Kanji characters are...
...Hinjiyou.
Hinjiyou?
Ah...
That is...
I learned these words from the other day.
For example, if you combine the characters for "ki" (tree) and "hayashi" (forest),
it will create three-formed-into-one character "mori" (forest).
In this way,
this will goes the for three-formed-into-one character "Rigiji"
Among them,
it can be said that the Kanji "Hinjiyou" was came up from these characters.
Um...
The word "shina" (item, thing)...
...is made up of three "kuchi" (mouth) characters.
Since, it has the same character structure, thus, it created the word for "Hinjiyou."
Was those three-formed-into-one Kanji made from combination of three individual Kanji?
Certainly...
Those three Kanji are similar to that extent.
As expected! It's a bingo!
But, you know...
If this three characters are combined and to be read...
Eh!?
This one...
Wow!
Certainly, for "Hinjiyou", it doesn't involved using regular Kanji's.
But,
this character was used long ago...
Hence, there's such a character like this.
The man used this 3-character word "Hinjiyou" to mean "tabakaru" (to work out a plan of deception).
From its root word "tamasu" (to fool/ to dupe).
Huh... So the man's trying to tell that these 3 characters mean "to fool"?
I see.
Are there men who try to do and mean it like this?
Eh...
It's hot...
But what an interesting character!
Are you really a detective?
Eh?
Ah... Yes, of course.
Anyways, this character was left in the scene.
This murder case...
...may be related to this unsolved case five years ago.
This one is...
The name of this case...
...would be "Hinjiyou" character serial murder case!
"Hinjiyou"...
This atrocious case could be abolished due to the statute of limitations.
But with the TMP Sixth Special Investigations Unit detectives,
they will uncover the truth behind this unresolved character-challenge criminal case.
[ Mikaiketsu no Onna: Keishichou Bunsho Sousakan, Hiiro no Shigunaru ] [ Women Document Detectives: Scarlet's Signal ]
What's with this character serial murder case!?
6th Special Investigations Unit detective Kiyonari Koga
It's not "Shinji-sama"! This is...
...about the "Hinjiyou" character.
It doesn't matter which way it is!
It happens that the characters came out of the murder scene...
...and it does not associate with the incident five years ago!
A warehouse keeper is just a warehouse keeper. But, a business trip!?
I will not absolutely accept that!
6th Special Investigations Unit detective Yoshinobu Zaitsu
Will someone acknowledge that too?
But as expected, it was that red-inked character again.
Narumi-senpai is also high in spirit now.
Kamogawa
Though even before she came...
...and said "Kyoto is cold. I completely hate it."
You don't need to tell me information like that!
Well, the mystery of that character was not solved five years ago,
and we don't know if the criminal wrote it in the first place.
Even the relevance of the two cases is beyond belief!
But the two characters were found five years ago.
And this time, it's on Kyoto.
It was known that the paint condition was written...
...almost the same time as the victims' estimated deaths.
In other words, the criminal...
...likely wrote it before or after the killing.
From 5 years ago and this time...
If the same paint was used...
Ah... We're going to Kyoto Prefectural Police Laboratory Center.
Kusaka-san is also here with us now. Kusaka-san.
This paint was different from what was there five years ago.
Eh?
The paint used five years ago was vivid ink of Akebono paints.
This time, the ampule ink...
...of Akebono paints was used, which was released and sold last year.
Oh... He's really a quick forensic investigator even in Tokyo.
See that! After all, it's not the same!
Even I don't laugh that much...
Five years have already passed,
so it's not strange that a different paint was used.
Rather,
I feel certain that it was the same manufacturer who made that.
The important thing is also the fact...
...that the character was left at the crime scene!
What a witch...
Don't you think that everything is just coincidence?
That case has been a topic of its own five years ago.
There's even the possibility of crime imitators!
He's so mean...
Certainly,
immediately after the occurrence of the incident, that serial killing...
...became a topic in the media and on the Internet.
Mysterious spooky red letters left on the wall.
From the form of that character,
it's speculated that the criminal is stuck with the number 3...
...and we may be wary that...
...the third case may occur.
However, after all, the third incident did not occur.
Both the incident...
...and this character were forgotten from the world as time passed.
Don't you think that it would be meaningless to imitate...
...such a forgotten case after 5 years?
That may be possible.
In other words,
this may be done by the same criminal from five years ago.
Or it is...
...reasonable to think that it is a crime made by someone who's related to it.
Even in Kyoto, they are still brazen...!
Ah...It hurts.
Even in Kyoto, you can find a nice buddy.
What on earth is the reason why the crime resumed five years later?
I remembered hearing this voice...
...And in this elegant Kyoto.
Certainly...
If not, why did this Kyoto case's murderer...
...bother to leave such strange characters...
...like this “otoko otoko otoko” (man) here?
For instance...
A woman with a grudge against a man.
Right...
A woman who got abandoned by the victim...
...said, "Otoko! Otoko! Otoko!"
Hence, she held resentment towards the man, isn't it?
Is there such a woman who'll say that?
Well, there is no such possibility for that.
Eh?
Anyways,
the important thing is the meaning of this Kanji.
Indeed.
Whether it's made by the same criminal or not,
why would that person leave such vague message?
Right.
If we can even find a small piece of truth here in Kyoto,
it may lead to the resolution of an unsolved case five years ago.
A piece of truth?
Hello, what are you guys talking about?
I guess it's just fine,
but you shouldn't forget that you're calling me, huh!?
Oi! Mejikara! (eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose)
Ah... I'm sorry. I totally...
Anyway, all of your fantasies are contorted!
Return to Tokyo now and organize the documents here!
Okay? I'll tell you this,
but I'll not spend 1 yen on your accommodation expenses.
Right now...? But we have come up to this point.
It seems that...
...document investigators are not being relied on so much.
Eh. Certainly.
At any rate, my reasoning would be contorted too.
Well... You're saying something like this again.
We've come a long way.
Just do what you can.
That's right.
There's still time until the last train departure on the Shinkansen.
With this, I'm asking for your full and fast cooperation.
You looked straightforward.
But, if we'll try to...
...change it to "Onna, Onna, Onna" (woman), we may be able to know it.
Eh?
Ah...
The character that can be formed from "Otoko" is...
Kashimashii (noisy, boisterous).
Kashimashii Yakamashii Urosai
Perfect for you.
Kashimashii?
What's that?
Eh? Hang on...
Kasuka-san, you just laughed a bit right now, isn't it?
Well...
You just laugh right now, right!?
An owner of a cafe...
...at Kyoto city was found dead.
He's Yusuke Takemura. A single 40-year-old man.
He lived alone in an apartment located 3 minutes through walking from this store.
He's just an ordinary coffee shop owner.
He's not an employee of a computer software company...
...nor an IT-related person.
According to the story of an employee here,
on the day he was killed, the last part-time worker left this store at around 11:00 pm.
At that time, Takemura was...
...working at the table there.
Sir!
Pardon me, Sir. I have to go now.
I beg your pardon.
Thank you very much. Thanks for doing duty though it's late.
And one hour later,
he was killed there.
His cause of death is asphyxiation by strangulation.
This area is not crowded late at night,
so we can't have valid testimony from the witnesses so far.
Also, the victim encountered...
...conflicts around his employees and his work.
There's no trouble found from the vicinity...
How is this shop operating?
It was not that bad.
He bought a tea shop, remodeled it,
and it was said that it was popular among tourists as a townhouse cafe.
Say, what's wrong?
Document investigator.
After all, do you understand something with this character?
Right...
What's obvious is that the victim, Takemura...
...must have done something to someone.
Thus, it may be possible he get killed from someone's grudge.
But there's no specific problems we can find.
Is there seems to be anything...
...related with this "otoko" or this character "tabakaru" around Takemura?
For instance, it could be three brothers.
Or this business was ran by three men.
Or the employees were all men.
Or else, these men had made joint forces.
Huh?
You're guessing the character to that extent...?
Oi!
Just because...
...it looks like this, so you claimed all three men came up with it.
Eh... Hang on. What are you doing, Senpai?
This is just a headache.
That's why, I don't want to go on a business trip here in Kyoto.
Let's go back to Tokyo.
Eh? Eh!? Please wait, Senpai...
Wait... Senpai!
Ah, well...
However, it's even possible to get to the truth...
...through that reasoning of that steady character there.
Narumi-senpai is...
...using psychology to figure out the situation,
identify the character...
...and think then infer what was that for.
Inferring the character?
Does that help at all?
For example...
Five years ago,
the two characters, "mushi" (bug) and "shina" (item), from "Hinjiyou", were found.
What Narumi first associated with these characters...
...is a bug that indicates a defect in the program.
Bug?
Certainly, "mushi" is bug in English.
It's a term that is frequently used in the IT industry.
If this "shina"...
...will be associated towards the "shina" in the programming sense,
Program quality
This serial killing...
...may be associated to a bug that may have occurred...
...due to a poor quality system.
I see.
However,
there's no common endpoint between the two victims.
Next, we'll examined the word "shina".
Just like Shinagawa, Shinagawa-eki (station), Shinagawa-ku...
Kuhonbutsu Station on the Tokyu Oimachi Line...
Kuhonbotsu
Name of a place such as Shinagawa of Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture...
We also examined...
...Asamushi Onsen in Aomori with the word "mushi" (bug) alone.
But none of them have any connection with the two victims.
Next, we called companies that have "shina" and "mushi" characters in it,
but we got no results.
We have also visited insect shops around Shinagawa-ku...
Insect shop?
It's also possible that the criminal intended to use insects as he's an insect mania.
However, we don't obtained results.
What's more important is this red color.
Narumi-senpai said...
...that what's painted here is the most reddish among the former two.
Hang on.
That's enough, already.
What!?
Ah... I'll excuse myself first.
At first, you're talking about "mushi" and "bug".
But as I keep listening to what you're saying,
you were just able to mistakenly interpret it like this.
You could just ask a forensic investigator to do handwriting analysis.
In Kyoto, such suspicious analysis can be de-recognized, though public funds needs to be used.
W-Wait for a second.
Are you saying, here in Kyoto, the forensic investigator could do that?
That's right.
I don't know about psychology, but it's like quizzes.
It would be interesting...
...if we could find and match the identity of the criminal just through this writing.
Then, I will say...
Even though this store looks like a townhouse style,
but it has a Wi-Fi hotspot.
It has also an electrical outlet on counter seat.
At the back of the seat there is a table top...
...which allows you to use the power supply freely.
Ah...
Besides, if you become a cafe member, the history of you eating and drinking...
The type of beans you like and the degree of roasting are all registered.
There are also services...
...such as creating a database and offering recommended new products, also menu.
Being aware of the Instagram,
as it's already became popular in the recent years,
using that from the Internet, specifically SNS, is a clever and practical move.
This is for real...
So, would you still say that the victim was a person that's...
...totally unrelated to IT?
Ah...
It was cut-off...
Then, please let us know if you find something new.
Please. Then, I'll excuse myself.
What's with her...? I thought that detective looks nice.
Those two are really considered to be detectives.
Yes?
About the victim, Takemura Yusuke...
I would like you to find out if he has really nothing to do from the IT industry.
With that...
Be careful what you say...
...towards naive women.
Senpai! Please calm down for a moment.
Besides, we're already here at Kyoto...
I have wanted to eat obanzai.
Tokyo MPD
Is that okay?
A warehouse keeper...
...is a warehouse keeper as he or she's the one in-charge of it.
That is…
That's your job!
You're going there without asking my permission.
You must feel bored as you wanted to go and investigate there.
Business trip!?
A business trip in Kyoto that has full of attractions during spring!?
What are you, guys!
Even it's already spring,
cherry blossoms have not bloomed yet...
Ah.
Ah. A trip for Cairo. But it's still cold.
But, that's not the problem now!
It's cold now, right? Don't you feel cold?
No, no. It happened due to my unworthiness...
That is, Zaitsu-san... Zaitsu-san, was that okay? Ne~
I'm just saying that they should...
...do their jobs properly. Right!?
How many times have you always let me say the same thing!
We do the same thing over and over again!
Eh? How was it? Was the obanzai delicious?
What on earth...
Ah... I'm tired. It was a long talk.
Right.
While Koga asked us to search for about 2,000 characters,
the chief officer also followed-up for about 100 characters.
But, he has just chattered there and search just 30 characters.
Every time that's wasted, Koga sermons were added by about 400 characters.
Kusaka-san also searched just only two characters.
Eh...? You've counted what we've done?
I'm just killing the time, you know.
Here is the data about the hearing in Kyoto.
Ah... Thanks for your hard work.
Well, anyways, about the investigation of the characters serial murder,
is he asking us to stop and just organize the documents here?
Yes.
Ah... I haven't had a document investigation job for a long time.
I thought I was finally...
Organizing documents is also an important task.
Ah~ After all, the place here is just calm.
Ah... She must feel stuffy here.
Hm?
Ah...
After all, that voice was from Kunikida-kun...
Eh?
Do you know Kyoto's section chief Kunikida-san?
Yes.
I used to work together with him once when I was a document investigator.
Well, it feels nostalgic.
But I feel reluctant towards him.
He said that you and your my Senpai are ridiculous.
Ah. I see...
I feel like he'd be nice with you, Yashiro-kun.
Yes?
Oh...
The criminal bothered...
...to use the Kanji.
Do you think there was still anything else left at the crime scene?
I don't know.
5th Enforcement Investigations Section Chief Takashi Kawanabe
The person may wanted to show it to the people concerned of the victim.
If one is aiming to report it in the media,
it might be a message for someone in the public.
Well, there are some young people who just used the spray to write Kanji...
...but haven't understand it at all.
Certainly...
There's a possibility...
of self-assertion or a kind of sign.
I see.
Good.
In the first place, why is the criminal sticking to the characters...?
Maybe, the person is a character fetish?
Somehow, you look a little like Narumi.
Is that so?
But still,
she's making loud noises while investigating at a work table.
Kyoto was really nice...
Kyoto... I also have my honeymoon there.
He~ Is that so? Where did you go there?
That time, it was refreshing as we went around Nijo Castle...
Ah. There's a call.
It's from Kyoto. I'm sorry to interrupt.
Hello.
This is Kunikida of the Kyoto Prefectural Police.
I was investigating the history of Takemura, the victim.
It was stated here that he's been working for a few years...
...after leaving university and came back to Kyoto right away.
Actually,
until just 4 to 5 years ago,
he seemed to have worked at a company in Tokyo.
A company at Tokyo?
Could it be...
W Technos Co., Ltd.
IT industry's largest software company.
Software company?
I did it according to your reasoning.
I'm going to Tokyo now...
...to ask something from W Technos.
I'll hurry up there and also say my expression of gratitude to you.
Hona. (Then, see you.)
Hona?
Eh? Hello.
I'm sorry... I'll go to W Technos right now.
Apparently, it's about victim who got murdered in Kyoto.
Oi, wait! That's not the job of 6th unit.
Ah! I'm really sorry.
I'm sorry... I'm sorry...
Wait... Yashiro! My waist...!
Certainly, we can't go on a business trip.
Was Chief Koga really got that angry?
Yes...
However, that Kyoto case,
which seemed to have nothing to do...
...with that "Hinjiyou" character,
...was also related to the so-called IT system.
Takao Miyama of Miyama Developments was killed five years ago.
Hiroya Ebinuma from Futaba Soft.
And Yusuke Takemura, a former W Technos employee who was killed in Kyoto.
If we can find the commonalities between the three...
Wait...
There must be investigation materials...
...about Futaba Soft's business transactions from five years ago.
Kasuka-san, can I ask you to take it from there?
Ah.
Wow. There are many. Akasana ABC...
It's here. "W Technos".
Ho-ho. Futaba Soft and W Technos...
...had a deal 5 years ago?
As expected.
I’m going to ask Miyama Development...
...and Futaba Soft again.
Wait.
The IT industry is complicated and it has many complicated terms.
It may not be grasped by your simple-minded brain.
How could you say it with such serious face!?
Besides, Miyama Developments does no longer develop.
President Miyama was killed and the company went bankrupt in less than a year.
There is a list of 6 employees who worked at that time.
Yosh... Let's go, Kasuka-san.
Ne.
If you want to go, just leave it to Kasuka-san.
Can't you see that we need to solve the characters?
- Is it only the characters? - Right. Focus on the characters.
There may be something that's hidden in the employees' conversations...
...and actions in the company that we could associate from the characters.
Okay?
Can you?
It somewhat feels regretful...
But I understood.
Yosh.
Let's go.
Oh... It's been a long time...
...since I feel so excited.
W Technos? I don't know about that big company.
As I said five years ago, I didn't know anything...
...about Ebinuma who died in dealing with Futaba Soft.
But, Minekawa-san, you were the leader, right?
No, even though I was a development leader,
Former Miyama Developments Leader Koji Minekawa
I just worked as per the president's instructions.
Our president did the sales alone,
so only the president understood the details of the order.
There was also a testimony that Mr. Miyama, the president,
was a person with an uneven mood.
Sorry to ask this, but did the company...
...had any trouble with other company or its customers?
Right... For instance, system bugs?
If every program are killed by bugs,
then every programmer will die.
Eh?
Sorry for asking. I'm not familiar with the industry.
Are you working as a freelancer now?
Yes.
Speaking of pyramids, I belong to the lowest category.
The lowest?
The client, who is the top,
ask the main system contractor for development.
Then the main contractor allocates a part...
...of the development to the subcontractor at a low cost.
In addition, the subcontractor works...
...on a smaller subcontractor and a freelancer SE like me.
The more it goes down,
the cheaper the rewards and the tighter schedule you have.
It goes like that.
Do you work with so many people?
Is it something that works well with such a large number of people?
That's why, I test it.
First, each unit test is performed independently by the program...
...and the integration test is performed when each unit is turned on.
Finally, there is a comprehensive test that moves the system...
...to the actual operation.
Unit test... Integration test... Comprehensive test….
Since bugs occur naturally in the system,
there's no choice but to test them carefully for risk of sudden shut down.
But even if the item is delivered differently,
you need to know often the do's and dont's for it.
Moreover,
those various bugs must be killed.
Hence, that causes SE's nightmare.
Is that so.
After retirement, I challenged trying...
...household vegetable garden.
... remembered my grandfather who gave me an aphid.
Finally...
In other words, the main contractor...
...do the integration test?
Yes.
The main contractor must always check carefully during the comprehensive test.
The main contractor is responsible for the quality for customer's satisfaction.
Responsibility for the quality...
Futaba Soft has 60 employees.
As what Minekawa said, is it about...
...the middle one in the pyramid?
Ah...
I already told the police everything they needed to have five years ago.
Futaba Soft, Manager Ryohei Fujita
However, the criminal is still not caught...
I thought the Japanese police were better with this matter.
From the investigation materials five years ago,
there were dozens of clients listed there.
Among them...
was the company, W Technos.
Did Ebinuma-san,
who died five years ago, had been in charge of W Technos?
Then...
It's a confidential business, so I can't answer that right away.
W Technos is a big company with a shorter history here.
I heard that system development is a work that involves sensitivity.
Did Ebinuma-san, who died, encountered lots of troubles?
No, not really...
Ebinuma is not directly involved in the development.
Not involved in development?
Wasn't Ebinuma,
who was the development leader, not responsible for quality?
No... Since I'm the section chief,
I'm naturally responsible for budgets, schedules...
...and staff arrangements. But a development leader...
... has the higher authority than the section manager.
I see.
How was his relationship with his co-workers here?
Well,
his subordinate has full trust in him.
He also don't have bad reputation.
Is that so?
So, what exactly did Ebinuma-san worked five years ago...?
That is also confidential.
Why ask that? 5 years already passed.
Just the other day,
there was an incident very similar to Ebinuma-san's murder from five years ago.
Incident?
Did someone got killed?
The details are confidential so we can't say it to you.
We still don't know how Ebinuma-san is connected in the case.
But we are...
...also concerned that the same crime will happen again.
Just please go back.
Our company has done nothing wrong!
We understood. Then, excuse us for today.
Um, can I talk to that person at the end?
Ah... He doesn't know anything from five years ago as he keeps changing jobs.
We have...
...a big project that's going on and he's working hard.
Please don't put extra burden on him.
Big project...
Then, excuse me.
Futaba Softw seems to hide something.
The workplace's atmosphere here seemed bad...
After all, don't you think the software development work is difficult?
Still, compared to the police officer,
there is a much decent theory from this.
In our case, it's the risking of our lives when we go to the scene...
Ah!
Kunikida-san.
You're really here?
Doesn't this look like a warehouse?
6th Special Investigation Unit
Document storage warehouse
- Zaitsu-san! Long time no see. - It's been a long time.
Did the chief call Kunikida-san here?
Yeah. I think it would be better to share...
...information with each other.
Ah... How was your meeting at W Technos?
That is...
It's somewhat a big company.
And I can't keep my calmness as I have waited for hours just to call the HR manager.
It ’s been drastically turned around.
What about Yusuke Takemura who was killed?
That is...
No matter whom I asked there,
what they just said was,
“I already moved on with it five years ago. I don't have any relation to that company now."
They also couldn't tell the contents they have involved from before they quit from 2014.
However...
However?
Them, saying "They have no connection with it"...
It's a lie.
A lie?
Right.
The Kyoto data analysis team contacted me just now.
Based from the analysis results of Yusuke Takemura's tablet,
they found out that he was meeting a person...
...in a hotel in Kyoto two days before he was killed.
And it's this one.
President of W Technos?
W Technos CEO, Toru Wakui.
With 1,200 employees.
He covered wide range of business,
including financial logistics, distributions, system development,
operational support, consulting, and other related fields.
Now, he provided CM...
...to a furniture rental platform...
...parent company named as Beaux Meubles.
His current net worth is $ 4 billion.
Last year, he acquired a music company.
He announced on a live internet broadcast that he's dating a Scandinavian songstress...
...who had been rumored for some time.
Through his motto...
Dreams are necessary to life.
Dream...
Ah!
I've somewhat seen this president before.
See, he bribe with a soccer team.
He always go out with a model or a beautiful woman like that.
Right. Right. He's a bad IT president.
Can I see it for a moment?
Why did the president...
...of such a big company meet Takemura who left there?
Even it's a big company,
it was said to have grown for the last 7 to 8 years.
He started through an affiliate business,
then used fashion sundry goods,
developed a platform for buy-and-sell furniture that was a hit.
More recently, he has succeeded in acquiring a long-established company...
...and is expanding its business in many areas.
Um...
A... "Affiliate business". What's that?
It's a business of performance-based advertising through Internet.
A mechanism for posting advertisements on websites and programs
[Affiliate Business]
Ah...
Then,
What about the "platform was a hit"?
It's just a platform itself.
It became popular when they got a place for buy-and-sell transactions.
It happened on the Internet. Understood that?
Okay.
I understand that the station is not related to baseball.
Anyways, about the relationship between this president
...and Takemura who's from Kyoto...
Seems that I can't investigate it anymore.
He said, “Tomorrow, I will return to Monaco”.
Yes.
That's why, I asked Zaitsu-san for consultation about this...
His work is somewhat mysterious.
There are a lot of people who work from exhaustion
and just eat cup noodles and 390 yen...
...worth of Kisuke's seaweed lunch box.
Kisuke's seaweed lunch box. You know that?
Of course, I like it! That lunch box.
I really like their laver.
I bought it when I got enforced here...
Ah...
Ah, that person!
Oh? This is...
She's not cheating his classmate's husband.
- Oh? Class reunion murder? - That's right.
It's Yuriko's husband.
Wow! Looks like he returned.
It's unexpectedly tough.
Though it's enjoyable, but it's not good.
So, can I ask...
...for a partner who will go with me?
Yes?
Partner?
Wow. It's a really big company….
Well, your name is also made up of characters.
Eh?
Is your name "Tomo" written like "tsuki" (moon)?
Ah... Certainly.
My name "Tomo" is like that Hinjiyou and that Ri-Gi-Ji.
Kunikida-san, you noticed it well too.
Right.
I think it's a pretty cute name.
Eh...?
Cute?
I know that your president is here now.
I'm sorry. Unfortunately, you have no appointment...
Appointment...?
Appointment!?
We're from the police!
I came from Kyoto yesterday and now, today!
Kunikida-san, please calm down...
Are you from the police?
I'm the president's secretary.
Certainly, President Wakui as returned to Japan,
but unfortunately, he is busy...
...and can't talk to someone whom he haven't made appointments.
But this is a murder investigation...
W Technos President's Secretary Masato Yonezu
"Takemura-san, who was killed, is a friend of mine during our college days."
"Whenever I go to Kyoto for work, I always have a dinner with him."
A friend?
|It really hurts me that Takemura-san was killed.
However, the criminal doesn't care about it...
This is what Wakui message to all of you.
Is this enough for you?
Excuse me, then.
He somewhat knew already...
...what's the police's purpose for coming here.
That is!
Then, do you know...
...Ebinuma of Futaba Soft who died five years ago?
Also Miyama-san of Miyama Developments...
I'm sorry for saying this to you.
Wakui-san doesn't even know at all...
...the names you have mentioned.
Wow!
The guys in Tokyo are really brilliant now.
There is no way.
If we can't do frontal attack,
then we'll attack from the outside.
President.
Please go ahead.
Long time no see.
Welcome. Long time no see.
Thank you for your cooperation in the investigation a year ago.
That is, about the injury...?
Cyocean's President Yohei Yoshii
I was hurt both physically and mentally.
Oh... Yashiro!?
Yuriko!
Wow. No way. You have a baby?
That's right.
Tomo's classmate Yuriko Yoshii
I marreid a wonderful husband...
...when I become 30.
It's my life-goal achievement.
Ah...
Even though we're classmates, our life differs...
Ah,of course, the wrong thing...
You can't do it! I'll kill you if you say something.
Okay? Then, I'll let you talk.
So what do you want to know about Wakui-kun?
The things he's doing are mostly on his Instagram, right?
Yes.
The IT system industry has a gorgeous impression,
but I understood that the actual work is often quite difficult.
Come here.
Certainly our industry is often called "black".
In fact, depending on the company,
employees may suffer from mental illness...
...due to stress,
may got in accidents, or commits suicide.
So, that's "black" is all about...
Ah, but this company is different. Yohei is kind.
Ah... It kicked!
Eh? Really?
Oi!~ Are you a boy?
Ah. My apologies.
Me and Wakui-kun are polar opposites.
Even if he was attacked by a half-gray group, he can still recover big.
Recently, we have quite a few customers who have hospital's electronic medical record system.
Also, I was told that an interesting but complex information system relating to public relations is about to launch.
An interesting but complex system?
Yes.
Hey...
Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
What the heck are you doing!?
I don't like it anymore...
I want to run away...
An interesting but complex system?
Right.
W Technos is in the second stage of that system now...
Well. That's how it is, but are you not hungry?
I still haven't eaten anything yet since morning.
While talking about the investigation,
isn't it nice to eat delicious foods here in Tokyo?
- Sushi or eel... - Well!
Then, the two of you should go.
I'm just fine.
Eh? Wait... Senpai!
Why are you talking about it at this time?
Is that a detective should say?
Even detectives need to eat food.
However,
This is going to be a date if the two of us will go alone.
D-Date?
Why say it that way?
Senpai...
Please wait for me!
After all, they're pretty good.
I don't want to go there.
No, you must go with us.
Oh, welcome back.
Director Koga? What's going on here?
In some cases, I was told that the warehouse keeper...
...was doing something else other than organizing the documents.
Moreover,
it's a collaboration with a section chief in Kyoto...
What's wrong with that?
You were able to contact their boss directly through the W Technos secretary!
Okay? After this, don't go to W Technos again!
Never again? Why is that so?
Why...? That company was connected to a member of the ruling party.
That's a diverse and complex company!
If you try to lay hands on them,
you'll get surely ruined if you're not prepared.
So, you still like to be with politicians.
Right, I like them! I like them too!
What's wrong with it? Eh?
Excuse me?
- Director Koga! - What's up?
Well, Okabe-kun.
It’s been a long time since today.
- Eh. - What's wrong that you're panicking?
5th Criminal Investigation Unit, detective (Same class with Tomo) Mamoru Okabe
The thing is...
Who is this guy!?
Who are you too?
Well, guys are nice.
What's your business.
Yes.
A murder case occurred in Minato-ku.
From the crime scene,
a red character, similar to the incident five years ago, was discovered.
Red characters?
- Let's go, Senpai. - Hey, why say that? Where are you going!?
Ittekimasu.
- It's not "ittekimasu". - Ah, I'm sorry.
- I'm Kunikida Tetsuo from the Kyoto Prefectural Police. - Wait! My parasol sunglasses…
Then, just go, just go, just go, just go...
Mejikara!
Suit…
Is he a company employee?
His identity is being confirmed.
Cause of death is skull fracture caused from hitting the head.
A man about 175 cm tall...
...was witnessed by passersby as he ran away from the scene.
Then?
Where are the characters?
Yes.
It was in the victim's jacket pocket.
Ah...
It's that kind of character again.
Is this a serial murder, after all?
"Although in this project..."
"Postponement of time for system operations."
"Releasing of limited features."
"There are 3 patterns of integration test for item reduction."
2014's Ke...
The sentence starts from the middle and ends in the middle.
Probably, it's part of the data.
Someone wrote this letter on the back and plunged it in his pocket.
I see.
This is the first time that someone wrote in the back.
Yes.
It's probably the imitator...
...who left this document.
An imitator?
We don't even need to investigate it here.
The characters in this document
...are different from the ones that have been left...
...from the crime scene we saw.
It's quite bent from the left side.
Certainly.
The character so far is slightly written downwards.
The ink used is also different.
The characters discovered so far...
...were reddish, like a bright scarlet,
and a bit yellowish.
Scarlet is a color that...
Hiiro (scarlet)
...has long been noble in Japan after purple.
But this one here is a bright red color...
...that is close to sun's outline.
The three characters so far are probably...
...written by the criminal.
The purpose is clear.
This is comparably impulsive.
Looks like he wrote in a hurry without planning.
In addition, this "Nana" (seven) with regards to Hinjiyou is from "yorokubu" (be glad/ delighted).
Indeed.
The criminal wrote an auspicious cursive-scripted Kanji...
...from the original character of "yorokobu".
Are there any other characters found on the crime scene?
Well...
It's strange that the criminal left characters on the crime scene.
The person who left this character suddenly came up doing this...
...as he had to commit the murder and make it appear that...
it's one of the serial murder case that's being investigated now,
so that person wrote that character knowing that this paper was brought.
Thus. he wrote it at the back of this paper.
Nana... (seven)
Shichi...
Shichi?
I'll go next.
Oh...
The other side is...
...a material from the conference of an IT company?
So?
What about this one?
Who is the document addressed to whom? Warehouse keeper.
It seems that the department...
...that develops the system submits documents to the executives or sales departments...
...of the company by asking them.
"Development is delayed,"
"so how will this be explained to clients?"
Rather than solving the problem,
it focuses on the concept to postpone the problem.
The first is...
...to delay the system operation time.
1 month!
Not 3 days or 1 week, or so.
Instead, it's being terribly delayed for a month.
And the second time ...
There is a “project” in progress and it takes a lot of time.
Is it really a large-scale system?
Second is to narrow down the functions and operate.
Though I don't know the meaning of HP assignment,
but it's ridiculous if you...
...tell your client that it's partially operational.
But the worst is the third one.
I guess this integration test is...
...a test that moves according to the actual operation.
We're they going to operate it without testing it?
I don't know really know about systems,
but it seems that you'll able to deliver it properly.
Is there any clues of the company that created this document?
It's just this one.
We still don't know whom this document belongs to.
Is it from the criminal, a victim, or a third party?
In addition,
This year 2014 on the last part here is a suspicious...
Year 2014...
Ah!
This document was made by...
...W Technos!
What!?
How come you say that suddenly without thinking?
W Technos systems department is...
now developing a second large-scale system called Tokyo MPD Fire Department's...
...emergency transport system.
Metropolitan area emergency transport system?
Yes.
This is the system...
...that Yoshii-san was talking about.
Five years ago, W Technos won the bid...
...and developed a large-scale system for the Tokyo Fire Department.
It caused a lot of talk in the industry.
But, when the operation hasn't progressed in the middle,
the development has been discontinued.
5 years ago...
On the year 2014.
Eventually, an emergency transport system...
...developed by another company was adopted.
I feel regretful towards Wakui-kun because of his personality.
But recently, they announced that they would develop a new...
...emergency transport system that would replace the current one.
Before the Heisei period ends, he tries to go and recover at it for once.
So, it's his stigma...
Omei
Recovery of honor
Bankai
Stigma
Henjo
- Hm? - Ah, it's nothing.
I'm sure the work was delayed...
...and they would start working for it this month.
The new system is...
...based on a system that was discontinued 5 years ago.
At that time, Takemura-san, who was killed in Kyoto, was in charge of the development.
Yoshii-san was acquainted with Takemura-san.
What was that?
Takemura had tried to make such a large system?
No, no... Hang on a second! Mejika!
Then, how can you say that that is the document about the system!?
No, Director! Please listen!
- Only one more! - Huh!?
Tomo-chan is really cool.
Tomo-chan?
You...
...must have already found out the criminal...
...who wrote this letter.
What...?
Who was dead?
That is Hiroshi Tsujii from the systems department.
The police had contacted me now.
That's a problem...
Isn't that guy in-charge of tomorrow's emergency transport system?
Yes.
Why did this happen...?
Hurry up and pick up someone...
...who could substitute for him, as soon as possible.
- Okay, Sir. - Ah...
What I'm trying to say is an excellent system developer...
...who can sacrifice everything to run a program.
Putting his life on the system...
Such human-made programs will change the world.
Do you understand what it means?
Yes, Sir.
That's a given.
What is it...?
It's a bother to get in the way...
- You've already found the criminal? - Ah, yes.
If the new emergency transport system...
...was developed based from 5 years ago,
Futaba Soft and Miyama Developments may be involved.
Right.
I thought so about Futaba Soft, at first.
People who have seen the word “ki” (joy) on a daily basis...
...are likely to connotes the word “ki” based on their own thoughts.
But I still don't understand the motive.
What kind of system is that emergency system?
First, the emergency transport system currently used by Tokyo is...
...an emergency team entered from the nearest fire department by calling 119.
If you put a tablet PC in the ambulance...
...and enter the patient's status,
the possible hospitals to go are displayed immediately.
For example, if you enter a hospital that has...
...surgery or orthopedics and CT and MRI facilities,
an inquiry will be made using the tablet to the server...
...and a list of acceptable hospitals will be displayed.
Ambulance crews can choose a hospital from among them.
I see... So "HP" from HP assignment is "HOSPITAL".
Would it really be able to select the hospital for acceptance?
But that in-house document...
...was really developed by W Technos.
If it's a new emergency transport system,
it will start operating this month. No need to postpone it twice.
The function is not limited, hence, it will be fully operational.
In other words, W Technos took 3 ways.
The total test items and the time were reduced accordingly.
Ah.
The test version was delivered as it is.
That way,
it looks just in time for the schedule.
No way...
Even though it's a system that handles human life...
If this is true, this would be impossible!
What a perfunctory information.
Why did you kill him?
If this is the case,
I'll suffer from it.
Futaba Soft, employee Junya Mitamura
I...
I don't want to be like that person!
That person?
It seems that Wakui, who was in charge of W-Technos - the prime contractor,
was disliked by Tsujii all the time.
So, yesterday...
What are you doing? You're already running away?
I'm sure bugs could possibly occur.
Hey...
Hey... Hey, hey, hey, hey!
How will you take responsibility for this?
What will be my standpoint for this?
Ah.
I don't like it anymore...
I want to run away...
Mitamura-san knew and imitated the murder and those characters...
...that happened five years ago.
That's what it is.
In other words, this case is...
...not directly related to the serial murder case five years ago and the case in Kyoto.
As Narumi said, it was not a serial murder.
Then, is that paper left at the crime scene where Tsujii was killed...
...is still from W Technos?
Probably not.
Kawanabe-san, what was that?
Ah... It was piled up between Mitamura's notebook.
It seems to be a copy of Futaba Soft's business transactions.
Thanks.
But, it's somewhat strange...
This is also from 5 years ago.
Indeed. It's from the year 2014.
And the signature of the Futaba Soft's representative is...
...not Mitamura-san...
It's a skillful writing.
"Toru" (to take) and "Kaoru" (be fragrant)?
Katori?
Excuse me.
As you know, Mitamura of your company...
...killed W Technos' chief officer Tsujiii and was arrested.
I'm sorry but, I'm busy right now for that...
Mitamura have testified.
"I can't do it anymore."
:I don't want to be like that person."
Who is that person?
These documents were piled up in Mitamura's notebook.
The creator's signature is “Katori”.
How could you...
This is my own work,
but the emergency transport system that W-Technos has delivered...
...to the Tokyo Fire Department is in operation.
Mitamura-san, who was arrested, was involved in the development.
And the person in-charge of W Technos, Tsujii-san, was killed.
Perhaps five years ago, this company...
...subcontracted the development of an emergency transport system from W Technos.
The person in-charge of W Technos at that time was Yusuke Takemura.
The one who developed from Futabasoft...
...was an employee named Katori, not Ebinuma, who died.
Mitamura used an in-house server...
...to examine confidential information when developing an emergency transport system in the past,
...and knew the existence of an employee named Katori,
who had been developing it five years ago.
However, five years ago, the work was severely delayed...
...and eventually, he was left alone.
Is that so?
All the serial murder cases that were unresolved 5 years ago...
...were happening to those whose around Katori-san.
Please. Can we asked you to let us talk to Katori-san directly?
If you are quitting, please give us your contact information...
I think...
...Katori did bad things.
The other party has already arrived.
I think we need to consider the conditions.
This time, you should be able to say something.
- Who's that? - From the police. I will make him go back.
This is...
...an internal document left by your employee here.
What?
Probably a document explaining that some system development is not in time for delivery.
No. 1, postponed delivery.
If number 2, permission to deliver the unfinished product.
This is not good.
But the correspondence towards it is honest.
But No. 3 is worst!
Deliver with only partial testing...
That is...
You're just trying to trick your clients.
Yonezu... Stay away.
What are you talking about?
Then, excuse me.
Is it more important to run the new system...
...than a friend or employee of yours was killed?
You failed to develop...
...Tokyo's first emergency transport system five years ago.
And...
...those who were directly...
...involved in the failure...
...were killed as punishment. Am I right?
You...
...worked with Takemura before...
...as he was your longtime friend,
so you fired him without killing him.
And now, 5 years later,
you've made a connection to the political world,
For the sake of your honor, you're trying to make this system successful.
But then,
Takemura gets in the way ...
What the heck you talking about?
Even if I'll do terrible things like killing,
those small spots can be erased by covering it with great success.
I don't know how many people died years ago.
And I don't know anything about such a trivial person.
I'm wondering how far away you'll go...
Tsujii...!
Even though he was selected as the chief boss,
wouldn't it be ridiculous to expose such an important document before dying?
Takemura is Takemura too!
But...
...isn't the police already getting in our way?
It's already tonight.
I finally made it up to here!
Before I started out as an affiliate.
Then now, I was able to make this firm on full-scale...
...and W Technos continued to become even bigger.
I really don't remember what happened five years ago.
I'm just forgetful at all.
If that was successful 5 years ago,
it would have already become bigger now.
It's not about the system,
but about a woman from five years ago.
Ah...
That is not an incident.
It's an accident.
Certainly, Katori...
...was the head of the emergency transport...
...system development five years ago.
He was a great...
...and responsible employee.
But a big problem happened...
...in the middle of the project.
What's the problem?
It's about the subcontractor, Miyama Developments.
I trusted that company because I had a few transactions with them.
But at that time, the system's quality I requested was bad and there were only bugs.
And the delivery time of the program was delayed.
Bug...
Miyama told me to get off.
But even if the contract was breached,
it must not be delivered to W Technos.
It's my fault from waving to Miyama.
Over time, W Technos...
...began to complain about quality and schedule.
So she...
She?
I'm sorry.
What's going on?
You said you can, right?
My apologies.
Was Katori-san a woman...?
Katori...
...was seemed to be called for a lot of times.
She stayed at the office even weekends, as well as overtime...
Didn't she asked someone for help?
What did the boss do?
Katori's boss was...
...Ebinuma, the section chief.
I'm sorry, Takemura-san, for many times...
I'll reprimand her a lot about this.
What are you doing!? You've been doing this again and again!
You're not useful at all!
I didn't expect that you're not good and can't do it!
- So, you're sorry!? - I'm really sorry.
Section chief Ebinuma-san...
...did not help Katori-san.
Originally, he was in a position to protect Katori.
However, he didn't thought that Katori was not really that excellent...
In addition to it,
The development of an emergency transport system at that time was very time-consuming.
So he threw everything to Katori.
No way...
Isn't he...
...irresponsible, as a boss?
As what you said.
But...
at our place, these problems are everyday things.
Katori also had to work hard...
...to survive in this industry.
But...
During that winter.
Katori was on the...
...way home from work...
...as she was tired...
It was a big lie that Futaba Soft's section chief, Ebinuma,
had great trust from his subordinates.
Takemura-san, from W Technos rushes...
Futaba Soft's section chief,
Ebinuma for the delivery of the program.
As a result, he put more pressure to his subordinate, Katori.
But,
subcontracting Miyama Development was useless...
Katori-san was devoted to development alone to meet his expectations.
She done overtime for a month that exceeded 150 hours.
Her mind and body were exhausted.
When she died in an accident,
W Technos, and Futaba Soft, and Miyama Development...
...erased the development plan itself from the business record...
...and placed a hiatus on the people concerned...
...to conceal the overworking.
In other words, Miyama, Ebinuma,
and Takemura, these...
...three persons who were killed, are related to Katori-san.
In addition...
Katori's name is...
Akira...
It's the Hinjiyou.
"Mushi"...
Miyama is an incompetent subcontractor...
...who has caused bugs in the system.
"Shina"...
Ebinuma, the boss, who didn't protect his subordinates...
...but just scolded them.
And five years later...
The "tabakaru" in Kyoto...
The criminal...
...may have killed one man at a time,
who made her forced herself to die,
to clear Akira-san's regret.
This could be done by one of her family members or her lover...
I'll move fast now and find Akira Katori's relatives.
- Yosh! - Yosh...
Wait… Just remain here and help me.
Eh?
This is just my guess,
but the culprit was going to kill...
...these three people who had driven he to death from the start, five years ago.
However, Takemura, who was in-charge of W Technos before, left the company.
Hence, we couldn't look for the third person.
I see...
So, after 5 years,
he finally found out Takemura,
the third person in Kyoto...
...and killed him.
Ah...
Then the criminal...
...killed these three persons who represented...
...the characters "mushi", "shina", "tabakaru". Thus, he completed his mission.
Complete?
Did the criminal finally end his revenge?
I guess so since, these three men were killed as planned.
But what could the last word "Tabakaru" really means?
I got it.
But I'm still afraid that I can't guess what this character is.
Compared to that,
this looks like a beautiful name.
This word "Akira" here...
...is clearly light without any impurity.
Or it could mean something that emits that light.
Is that so...?
The success of a glimmering IT tycoon, like that president,
comes at the expense of many engineers...
...working under them like Akira-san.
Akira...
Tabakaru...
Oh...
- It's already time to go. - Thanks for today.
- Oh, thanks for today too. - Ah! By the way, chief.
Please watch out for any sudden illness or injury for a while.
The new emergency system that will be operational this month is a bit suspicious.
- ...is a bit suspicious. - Ah. Is that so?
Well, I'm going to tell my wife too.
Ah!
- Ah!~ - Eh?
Wait... Do you know something, Senpai?
Tell me what made you worry. Why suddenly fell down so early?
The god of characters has come down!
Eh?
God of characters, long time no see!
Why... What's going on?
This case may not be over yet.
Eh?
I confirmed from Akira Katori's mother...
...that Akira Katori had a lover who had been with him since college.
The mother first suspected her lover after hearing...
...the murder of Miyama Development and Futaba Soft employees.
But he seems to have reconsidered working in a company at London.
Akira Katori's personal computer remained,
so we decided to send it to the forensic investigator for analysis.
I understood.
I will go there as soon as the report is released.
Ah, Senpai...
Ah, chief! You're still here?
My wife said she's going to watch a movie with her friend today.
She wants relaxation. Thus, I'm telling you to be at ease.
That's encouraging me.
Let's go!
Eh... Where are you going?
Katori-san had been sending long rants...
...often to his boyfriend in London.
"The main contractor told me that he didn't like it again."
"Miyama Development is really terrible. I can't help but get angry."
"The section chief recommended Miyama Developments because it was cheap."
"Even if I complain now, they'll just completely feign ignorance."
"My overtime work in October is likely to exceed 150 hours."
But her boyfriend was just replying short messages.
"If you quit,
"the company will say that Akira is really ridiculous."
"You're working so you can eat."
"Why are you going to die from your work?"
What this person said were kind words like "Just do your best".
Also, "I'm on your side".
That man was clumsy on his part.
Certainly.
Kusaka-san, when did you have your first one-sided love?
It's a bingo!
I may look like this but I'm quite sharp about these things.
- You really suit to be a detective. - You're such a fool.
I am...
I...
...like Tomo-chan.
She's such a hot and a woman with sex appeal.
But Narumi-san is also a detective.
Bugs, quality, and others... That person guessed those all...
Oi.
If you keep spewing any nonsense,
I'll kill you.
I'm sorry...
But, I can't believe that this guy was...
Is the police coming again?
It's useless. I'm having the best moment now.
Yosh! Let's go.
The sample system will be up and running in 3 hours.
The police are suspicious of the relationship between you and Takemura.
That's why...
I'm not the criminal behind of those!
Right?
Ah. By the way.
You were with me when you went to Kyoto, right?
You...
...will testify that I'm innocent, right?
Yes.
That's a given, Sir.
Yosh!
I'll leave it to you.
What darn plan have you been doing all this time...?
What's with you now?
The criminal had dated with Futaba Soft's Akira Katori 5 years ago.
The criminal mourns the death of Akira Katori-san.
So, he killed Takao Miyama of Miyama Developments,
killed Futaba Soft's Hiroya Ebinuma.
Then, he quit at the company to search for the person in-charge of W Technos...
...and joined W Technos later.
He searched for Yusuke Takemura,
a former W Technos 2nd systems chief, who had run a cafe in Kyoto,
and killed him.
Investigations Chief Junichi Oiwa
The killer of the serial murder...
...must be the lover.
Oi, Yashiro!
What are you saying right now?
We're also on meeting now.
However… It seems that the criminal is now involved in the crime,
which has a lot to do with the large-scale system...
...that is up and running now!
Eh?
1st Investigation Unit, general affairs chief Daisuke Oyamada
Could it be that this is...
Is it the Tokyo Metropolitan Fire Department's large-scale emergency transport system?
Yes. Probably.
Excuse me.
Hello.
Eh?
President Wakui is missing?
Ah. Apparently, we headed to the system headquarters,
but we couldn't get in touch with secretary Yonesu for an hour.
No way...
However, 1st section chief...
Was the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Emergency Transport System...
- ...in operation today? - Yes.
Eh... Today!?
It's 12:00, this midnight.
If so, the criminal...
may start a new crime again on this day...
when the system starts to operate!
I got it.
This meeting is over.
Let's believe in their intuition.
Contact urgently with the Communication Command Headquarters for special countermeasures!
Yes, Sir.
- Convene. Let's move! - Yes, Sir.
No, that's not it. Let's restart the monitoring task.
It's no good. It will fall off immediately
What about the logs?
It doesn't seem to reveal the code...
Oi, ask the guy who made this module right away!
What about this?
2nd Special Investigations unit, detective Hitoshi Jin
Life Investigation Countermeasures office, detective Yuichi Yui
We're switching back to...
...the current emergency transport system from a new system that will be in operation,
but we're having trouble.
Trouble?
In this case, there are instances where the hospital's side...
...cannot accept patients even if the ambulance has transported.
Then, if a seriously ill patient appears, that wouldn't be good, right?
Yes.
W Technos people are investigating the cause now...
It's a crucial system.
Why is this happening today?
The criminal...
...may be somewhere near here.
Yashiro-san!
The support has arrived.
2nd Special Investigations Unit, detective Jiro Yoshida
The culprit from the serial murder case from five years ago,
may stick to the emergency transport system,
monitor the system information headquarters of the Tokyo Fire Department, the base.
And may be trying to initiate new crime.
Our mission is to search this area thoroughly...
...and find suspicious individuals!
- Got it!? - Yes, Sir!
Have you seen these people?
No, I have never seen them.
Thanks for answering.
Ah. I think it's this person.
Certainly a packing rope was brought...
These two people should be in this building...
No, I haven't seen them.
Is that so?
Hey, don't move!
Is that you, Yonesu-san? We're from the police.
Well, you found the place here.
It seems...
...that you met Akira Katori-san from the...
...Department of Information Engineering during your college.
Then, Akira joined Futaba Soft.
You got a job at a foreign-owned software company...
...and changed jobs several times to a company that gave you good conditions to follow.
I heard that it was an excellent SE.
You...
...quit 5 years ago...
...and got a job at W Technos.
For her sake...
What are you talking about?
You're the one who making the system trouble right now, isn't it?
A major trouble occurred just before the operation,
...and W Technos' credibility was lost.
Furthermore, the trouble...
...was seen and known by President Wakui.
That is your purpose.
I wonder if the contents of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Emergency Transport System program...
...were found in the company's confidential data.
You were with the president who holds all the secrets.
Even if I didn't do anything, it will be revealed for some time.
The section they cut out in the comprehensive test was vulnerable.
It was easy to get into trouble.
Do you understand that, Sir?
I am self-employed.
Please stop sinning yourself.
I understand why you have made these happened.
You...
...made this revenge plan for Akira...
...who died from the incident.
You left the "Hinjiyou" characters in Kanji...
...at the crime scene, isn't it?
That's because...
...you were stuck...
...with Akira-san's Kanji for "Akira".
Fairburn Martial Arts!?
- Kunikida-san! - I'm just fine.
I don't know if it's a revenge for your lover,
but is that true!?
You're going to go to prison!
It doesn't matter.
But wait for a little longer.
10 more minutes...
The system trouble will occur 10 minutes later.
I want to see how W Technos's emergency transport system...
...doesn't work and runs out of control.
Five years ago, when I came back here,
I found Miyama and Ebinuma and killed them...
...using the information in Akira's email.
And for Miyama, who could only build...
...a system that was buggy and useless...
So, the word "mushi" is for him...
Ebinuma was given the word “shina”...
...as he didn't do his responsibility for the quality of the thing...
...and just scolded someone.
However...
I can't find the third man.
W Technos was not easy to deal with.
So, I...
I joined W Technos.
Still, I didn't know who was responsible for the system that Akira was involved last 2014.
Then, at that time,
an incident occurred in which Wakui was attacked by a gang.
Oi, Oi, Oi!
What are you, asshole!?
I tried to gain self-confidence and trust from him,
so I became Wakui's personal bodyguard and his secretary later.
I am saved by you...
Half a year later,
Wakui, who had a close talk with a congress member during his business trip to Kyoto,
started talking about a system that failed in 2014.
I want to work on the emergency transport system again.
I want to contribute to the country through making a bigger...
...and more sustainable system.
Actually,
I was working on its development when I was...
...still working at W Technos.
This system...
...links the city's emergency transport system with neighboring prefectures...
...to determine the path in the traffic situation not only in Tokyo...
but also in neighboring prefectures...
...and be able to derive the fastest and optimal hospital.
Sometimes it's faster to go to a hospital in a nearby prefecture at high speed...
...than on a regular road in Tokyo.
If this new system is successfully implemented,
it will eventually...
...be deployed nationwide.
And...
...there are always benefits to your political activities.
But...
Was your company developed the system two years ago...
...and there were various things that happened?
Ah... Is it about the subcontractor who died?
No... It's probably time for the hot news to cool down.
I'm asking you, Sir.
Let's launch a huge firework at dawn!
Well, let's eat now.
Oh, okay.
I...
Takemura, who runs a cafe in Kyoto,
...was in-charge of Akira in the past...
Cheers.
At that time,
when I killed Miyama and Ebinuma,
Takemura got afraid that would be killed too,
so he left the company.
You're just wasting being a coffee shop manager.
I learned that Wakui often consulted with him the system...
...instead of supporting Takemura's business.
So, I...
Just killing Takemura is not enough...
This man, who is going to reuse the system...
...that lead to Akira's death,
...tries to re-run the system...
...as if nothing had happened for his own benefit...
And that company...
...should really be punished for what they've done!
You're wrong!
I found that the system your dead girlfriend was working on...
...was really wonderful as what it is!
For that reason,
her dying wish was to become successful and progress further...
Her dying wish was to succeed?
Is that so?
Try to see yourself...
...in 8 minutes if what you're saying is true.
I will call the ambulance at 12:00 midnight.
The Tokyo metropolitan area emergency transport system developed by you...
...will definitely transport you to the appropriate hospital,
no matter how severely injured you are.
Am I right? Is what I said right!?
Please stop this!
Even if the system is up and running,
it can be covered by refurbishment.
So, you're saying it's safe to say that the trouble that occurred...
...in the meantime is a human error,
...and you don't care about losing someone's life!?
Please stop. Yonesu-san.
Shut up! Just wait eight more minutes!
In other words...!
What you're doing...
...right now is a selfish revenge, isn't it?
Confirmed suspect. There's injured. Immediately asking for assistance.
Because Akira and others...
...were trying to make a system to save people's lives,
but these persons...
...just do troubles and put people's lives in danger.
This...
This matter...
Will Akira-san be please about this?
Rather, did you feel sad?
You should know that Akira-san...
...was working hard to get this system up...
...and run safely!
Please stop this.
Whatever happened in the past,
no matter how terrible it was,
you will never be allowed...
...to kill others to clear your own grudges!
What do you know...!
This is already...
...not a good revenge for Akira-san!
You are...
...just doing this for your self-satisfaction!
What did you say!?
- Horus! - Tomo-chan!
- Huh...? - See that?
- Is this always the case? - Yes.
12:55 midnight, the criminal was arrested.
- Are you just fine. - Yes.
There's only five minutes left for that system!
Ah! Ah! Eh...? But, what should we do?
Sakurai-san, isn't it the best thing to just let it go?
You have to take responsibility for the things you have done.
That's the role of the person who stomp with another person.
Just take me to the headquarters...
- Kusaka-kun. - Yes.
Let's go.
What characters did you prepare?
Have you already prepared for it?
A character that should be left after everything is finished.
Are you the one...
...who recognized that the 4th letter...
...was done by an imitator?
I got a phone call...
...three days before the incident.
Hello, Masato?
I will...
...quit the company after this project gets finished.
Eh...
Quit?
Yes.
I read from your email...
...that if you'll quit,
I'll feel cold towards you when I have read it.
If you think about it,
that's truly right.
People...
...shouldn't think they would die for the company.
Right?
Don't say that easily!
If I don't do my best,
no one will complete it instead!
And I always thought about that.
You're stupid.
What are you going to do with the system?
No matter how good you make it, it's the company that makes money anyway.
Indeed...
From now on, let's be kind to something different.
Someone who is important...
Or myself.
Then,
come here if you want to get calm.
Is that okay with you?
Ah. Could it be...
Do you want to get married?
Not that kind of thing...
I just want to see you.
Okay.
Ah, but now you're worn-out,
so go to gym or do yoga.
Then, I'll meet with you.
What are you saying?
Thanks.
It's still midnight there. Sorry...
Good night.
More...
If we had...
...talk for more seriously,
If I just told her...
...to quit the company as soon as possible...
Else,
if I should have come back sooner...
Somehow, I...
Somehow,
I...
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Akira...
I'm really sorry.
I'm sorry.
Eh... At the same time that Heisei is about to end,
the fact that we were able to resolve such a brutal unresolved case,
comes from tenacity of our special investigations detectives...
A heart that will not give up even in the new era.
Heisei is over...
But I'm still working overtime.
Sometimes my boss yells at me.
And he calls his juniors foolish ones.
Those killed persons certainly have done bad things,
but that's not the reason why they're bad.
Ah...
Then, what do you think would Katori-san do?
What should Yonesu have to give up?
I don't know at all...
Is it a profit-making company?
Or for the society...?
There is a quote that says, “Gold is heavier than life”.
Well, I wouldn't think that every person will thought about that.
I don't really think of that one.
It seems that the modern society...
...creates danger that tends to tilt people...
...towards you.
Work... is meant to enrich our lives.
Not to make ourselves die.
You seem to be doing as much as usual.
Just work moderately.
Yes. Thanks for helping me.
Kasuka-san too.
Ah...
Has the eyes of an document investigator changed a bit?
Eh.
In addition...
Senpai! Why is that?
Why did you come to the scene that day?
That place is dangerous.
You weren't even in danger there.
Why did you grapple the criminal? You're a detective.
I'm a detective, you know.
Or could it be that you worry about yourself?
No.
I just wanted to talk with the criminal about this incident.
Why did he leave characters on the scene of the incident?
Did he dislike characters?
Or did he like those?
Well, I wasn't sure about it either.
What... After all, it's a character.
He~ Narumi is unexpectedly innocent.
Yes?
No...
I'm glad that we could investigate together.
Well, next time...
Thank you for your hard work.
Ah... Tomo-chan.
Yes.
Let's go for a date next time.
Yes?
A date...?
I... I don't want to.
No, no. Why would I...
Hey, then, our usual days will begin again.
Eh~ I'm glad for it.
Now, I can stay at ease in my room again.
Eh? Hey, wait... Senpai! Please wait.
Ne~ Please wait. Ne!
Translations by: void_spell
[ This drama is purely fictional. ]