One more drink.
Ow. Hey. You bumped into me.
This is...
I've been had.
Is it true?
-Boss... -Boss...
-Say a prayer for her.
I feel so bad for her.
-Did she suffer? -Yeah.
-She must've had a lot of regrets. -But she has a nice smile on her face.
She's resting in peace now.
As a star. A huge star.
So when will she be discharged from the hospital?
Oh. She'll be out tomorrow.
-Discharged? -It was gallstones. She had a
gallstone attack and was admitted to Emergency. Gallstones?!
-What, she ain't dead? -She's not gonna die from gallstones.
You guys are such suckers.
-Did you trick us?! -How meaningless.
See you then. I'm off to visit her.
At any rate, she can't overexert herself for a while so
you guys take over the investigation.
If you do well,
there's always the possibility that one of you might replace her.
Replace?
Are you alright?
But I feel kinda bad, you even brought me flowers.
Here you go, Miss.
Thanks for taking care of her. You're cute.
Hey, the nurses here are pretty high level.
But this really got to me.
2 bottles of shochu while eating kara-age. No wonder you get gallstones.
I heard the bartender took pity on you and switched your drink with water.
They tell me I have to come 4 to 5 times to get the stones to pass.
You should definitely do that. Take the rest of the day off.
Don't even think about the investigation.
I really worry about you, you know.
-Nodate... -Leave the rest to me.
I'm going out on patrol. Okay?
Nodate!
Check!
You're not serious, are you? Why!
Don't. You're kidding, right? Please don't kill me!
Help! Someone got killed!
Consequently, I'll be in charge starting today.
-Unacceptable. -What?
Nodate-san's intention is to have a young person take over.
-I'll be in charge. -In 1,000 years.
Excuse me. I'm very good at giving orders.
-She's more ambitious than I thought. -Stop joking around.
"There's been an incident."
Was there an incident?
The victim is Sanada Yukio-san, 23 years old, according to his driver's license.
Last night at 11:00, elderly men on a walk reported seeing a man being murdered
under a railroad bridge at Sengen-cho.
-What was the weapon? -It was a crossbow.
-Crossbow? -He was shot once on the left side,
and 3 times in the left chest.
Believed to be the cause of death. -A bizarre murder.
Okay. The course of the investigation is set. -Iwai, inspect the scene.
Hanagata and Tadokoro, make a list of bizarre murders.
Katagiri, check out the victim's personal relationships. I'm going to
further my personal relationship with Kurohara Rika. That's all. Go
-What? -Hanagata, check out the eyewitness testimony.
Iwai and Yamamura-san, checkout the victim's personal relationships.
Tadokoro and I will go the scene. That's all.
Alright. Let's go.
Got it. I'm counting on you.
I'm sorry. It's my move, wasn't it?
-Miss. -Who, Miss... me?
You must be thinking about work.
-Can you tell? -Shogi is a mental game.
Everything is reflected on the board.
You must be an expert indeed. You play very well.
The shogi board's floating around in this guy's head.
Miss, I'm afraid you've been checkmated already.
But you have an aptitude for it. I'll teach you. You're coming again, aren't you?
I have to keep coming back until the gallstones pass.
This hospital makes you wait, so
that'll give us enough time to play.
Excuse me, but are you ill?
There's a lot of things wrong with me, but if I had to say, maybe my head.
-I'm Kuroki Taihei. -I'm Osawa Eriko.
What do you suppose this stain is?
-Huh? -I said
he was a big guy. About this tall.
So you're saying you saw a big guy about 180 cm tall running away.
-Yes, right, right. -How about his face?
His eyes had well defined double eyelids and I think he had a piercing look.
-Yeah, that's it. -He had a prominent nose,
-and had knitted brows. -That's right. Knitted brows.
-You're sure enthusiastic. -Naturally.
It's my chance to be the Boss. When I'm the Boss
I can approve my expenses at will, shoot my gun at will. Do whatever at will.
In all this confusion, you can bring Rika-chan in
-as a member too. -Of course, that's a piece of cake.
When I'm the Boss, I'm thinking of removing the ban on cross dressing.
I'm going to remove the ban on wigs. Rika-chan's going to be so happy.
Pops, when did you start liking her?
The feeling of love is best kept hidden. Hidden feelings bloom into flowers.
What blooms into flowers.
-Talking about flowers with a face like a wet leaf. -You thick cut piece of pork!
Who's thick cut! You dried fish, you!
Agh! The fat off your back is making me slip! The fat's making me slip.
Serves you right!
An alias?
Yeah. When we checked out the victim's driver's license,
it was a fake, skillfully made by switching the photo.
A fake driver's license.
Then we don't know anything about the victim.
-In other words, yes. -Also, Kurohara-san
created a montage based on the eyewitness testimony.
They remembered very well, down to the details.
I think their credibility is high.
So that's the only lead we have on the murderer.
Excuse me.
Katagiri's been acting somewhat like a leader,
but I think that's wrong.
We're all in the same position right now. Whoever distinguishes himself gets to be the Boss.
Count me in too then! I, Hanagata, own eyewitness testimonies!
-What are you guys talking about? -Oh, the original Boss.
Are you stupid? You are?!
I'm just going to the hospital to get treatments.
-Just do your job and investigate. -No, you guys are right.
Meritorious deed equals Boss II. Hey, Sacchii, go for it.
Hey! Who did this. This mustache!!
Seriously...
So, any other potential leads?
Well, I'm not really sure.
-This was found at the scene. -What's this? Some kind of pattern?
This half a footprint
didn't belong to the victim.
If it was the criminal's, is it be some kind of a message?
At any rate, concentrate your efforts on identifying the victim.
There's nothing we can do if we don't know who he is. Okay, go.
Identity unknown, huh?
Okay. I'm gonna do it!
Nodate-san's seriously considering me for Boss II.
What? Do you really think so?
I'm sure he is. I'm younger and cuter,
-and actually, I'm smarter. -She's pretty cocky.
It's alright, it's alright... It's alright.
Don't kill me.
Don't...
The victim calls himself Ishida Mitsuhiko, 24 years old.
-Calls himself? -Yes.
His driver's license was forged as well.
He was also shot with a crossbow.
A message again.
Also, a 10,000 yen bill was found on the ground.
Is this some kind of message too?
-Anything that would identify the victim? -The only thing in his wallet is 50,000 yen.
A lighter from a club was in his pocket.
And a pastry bag the victim threw away.
That's strange. Normally you'd think
a person would carry something that would identify him.
The cash is untouched. I don't think the criminal took anything out.
We'll have to find out his identify no matter what.
-What? -His eyes had clearly defined
double eyelids and he had a piercing look. Tarou was frightened.
-Tarou? -Yes.
-Oh, the dog. -Dog?! How rude. He's Tarou. Tarou.
I'm sorry. Did he have any other characteristics?
Please try to remember.
My promotion depends on this. Eager, energetic, desperate!
-Snake. -Snake?
-Promotion? -Yeah.
I may be the one to control the Incident Response Team soon.
-Yamamura-san, are you a detective? -What, you didn't know?
Well, whatever. Yes, a detective.
Then I can give Rika-chan more preferential treatment.
I'll raise your pay to about 1,000,000 yen.
So I...
What.
-Hello. -Hello. It's me, it's me*. (*spoken in Kansai dialect)
-Mom? -Yeah. It's been a while.
-Have you been well? -Of course, tremendously well.
I'm getting promoted soon. So what's up?
Kuroki-san.
-Kuroki-san? -Oh.
I have a 30-minute wait again. Can you watch me play a game?
Sure.
Things not going well at work again, Miss?
You can't play shogi if you get too hot.
I'm not sure how I should attack.
On a still board, a professional shogi player
can read up to 2,000 moves.
But with an opponent, it's hard to even read 10 moves.
In other words, depending on what you opponent does, the situation changes by the minute.
If you prepare carefully and wait, the answer will come to you naturally
It's checkmate.
Ah...He's late.
-Pops. -Huh?
Why are you fidgety?
-You're weird. -Sorry.
Crap. There's no way we can investigate without
knowing the victim's identity. This is my chance to be promoted to Boss.
Can we make a quick stop at the bank?
-I have to transfer some money. -We're investigating right now, you know.
Yeah, but ... My mom
got seriously hurt. Real quick, okay?
Hey. Who you gonna transfer to?
The hospital, of course.
But it says Murohashi Hayato. That's a personal account.
I don't know, that's what my mom told me.
Hey. What did your mom say?
She said, "It's me.
I broke my hip so can you transfer some money?"
What kind of awful Kansai dialect is that. Is your mom from Kansai?
No. She's a true Tokyoite.
Hey! Isn't that the "Hey, it's me" scam?
What are you saying. That's ridiculous.
He's the first victim.
-Dashiko? -Yes.
Sanada, the first victim, was a dashiko.
He was the underling who was in charge of
-withdrawing the money in a bank transfer scam. -Bank transfer scam.
It's the so-called "Hey, it's me" scam. These days
people are less likely to be deceived, so their techniques are getting elaborate.
Although there's still
an unbelievable middle aged idiot who was about to
transfer the hospital fee after he gets a call from his mom.
-I had no idea. -Idiot!
Never heard of the son falling for it.
Bank transfer scam, huh?
Basically, they get the information from directories and such, and...
"Hey, mom. It's me."
Initially, a guy would call to say his cell number changed, and then a few days later...
-"Mom? It's me." He calls again and
and after he's gained the trust, has the other party transfer money into his account.
Their technique is quite ingenious. They got me 4 times too.
What, this was your fifth time?!
The guys who withdraw that money are called dashiko.
Bank transfer scam's becoming completely systemized,
They move around constantly, so it's hard to prove their existence.
The guys at the bottom of the ladder called dashiko
don't even know who belongs to the organization.
In other words, even if they're captured, the dashiko are just scapegoats.
The organization's structured so that the core members can't be tracked.
Ishida's fingerprint was found on
Sanada's fake driver's license.
Are they accomplices?
Then someone who was scammed is taking revenge?
No. They would have no way of knowing who the scammer is.
Besides, the method used to kill is too precise.
The criminal could be a hit man.
Recently there are many cases of bank transfer scams
being committed by amateur criminals.
Organized crime syndicates must resent it.
If wouldn't be surprising if they took matters into their own hands.
-About today's proceeds... -It doesn't matter.
-What? -We're getting outta here.
-What?! -You idiot.
Haven't you been reading the paper! Ishida was killed.
The guys from Ryusen-Kai must have caught on.
Let's get everything cleaned up. Make sure you don't even leave a strand of hair.
But
isn't Tokugawa-san coming back yet?
He's in China on a business trip, right?
Please. I've told you everything already.
He and I started it together. The other guys, we only know each other by our aliases.
Isn't it enough that you took me from the office and imprisoned me here?
I heard that Oda-san took the proceeds from this
and has a legitimate business. An IT related one.
Although he'll never tell us the name or the location.
Isn't Tokugawa-san the only one
-who knows Oda-san's real name? -I guess
they've been eluding the police by being that careful.
Oda-san's pretty amazing, isn't he?
It's a gun this time.
They've both been shot in the chest.
The weapon changed because there were two of them?
Probably.
A tattoo of a snake on the neck. What else?
Oh. On the ear, here...that shiny thing.
-Earring? -Yeah, that's it.
And he got in a black car and drove away.
You wouldn't happen to remember the license plate, do you?
Oh, it was a Shizuoka plate.
-I remember wondering about it. -Shizuoka...
The murderer is Ryusen-Kai's Kijima. Ryusen-Kai was
concerned about the amateurs who were openly committing bank transfer scams.
They declared at the director's meeting that they would completely squash them.
The guy who was called out by the boss is Kijima.
-Any distinctive features? -He has a tattoo of a snake on his neck.
-Seven previous criminal convictions. -Did you compare the fingerprints?
One of the fingerprints on the 10,000 bill matched.
Okay. Get the arrest warrant. Seize him immediately.
-Got it. -I'm going too.
-Me too. -I'm going home too.
Hey. You're still on duty.
What does it matter? Since the case was easily resolved anyway.
I don't know what you mean by what does it matter.
Go file some records or something.
Easily resolved?
Okay. I'll take care of this. -Wait, I'm better at
-this kind of fighting scene. -Who you kidding? Oh, the glare!
No, I'll go. Eager (yaruki), enthusiastic (genki), Itsuki Hiroshi*. (*singer - nonsensical rhyme)
Wait. Hey!
What's wrong? Stomach ache?
You bastard!
-Got him! -Cheater!
Got him!
Mate! Took the silver.
You're strong when you're attacking, but weak when you're defending, Miss.
That may be so. This is hard.
Don't be influenced by preconceptions.
Standard moves. In other words, if you don't throw out the common ways
you won't come up with new ideas.
Standard moves...
I'm sorry. Excuse me for a moment.
Katagiri? I need you to do something for me.
-I ain't done nothing! -Don't mess with me!
The fingerprint and eyewitness testimonies all match up.
What's that gonna prove?
Then what's gonna be the proof! Hey!
Someone swiped it from my wallet!
Kijima isn't the one. All the testimonies and evidence come together too perfectly.
All the testimonies point to Kijima.
That's not possible.
The street lights were out at some of the scenes.
It's hard to believe that someone can even see an earring in the dark.
We've been misled.
By whom?
By the people whose good intentions we trusted and least suspected.
You were right. Their addresses are scattered,
but they're all members of the same haiku club.
Yaeko-san. It will be over soon.
-Um.. -It's alright.
We were told we can talk if the police came.
You were told? By whom?
We made inquiries about Onoue Yaeko-san.
Yaeko-san lived alone.
She joined our haiku club exactly 2 years ago.
She was a cheerful and kind-hearted person. She immediately became a popular member of our club.
But a single phone call changed Yaeko-san.
Hello. This is Onoue.
Hello. Mom? It's me.
-Satoshi? -Yeah, it's me.
It was your typical "Hey, it's me" scam.
Yes. The first time, she was cheated out of 2 million yen.
First time?
After she was scammed 2 million yen, an individual claiming to be a lawyer
took another 1 million yen under the pretext of getting her money back.
Another 1 million yen for court fees. 4 million yen in total.
They took everything she was saving for the day
she could live with her son.
She went to the police, but there were no leads on the criminal.
Yaeko-san blamed herself for falling for a foolish scam, became distrustful of people,
and eventually stopped coming to the haiku club.
And then?
One year ago today, she hanged herself at home.
The police said things like cheer up,
but when an elderly person loses everything and the hope to live,
how can she go living!
That's not a scam. It's murder.
To cheat money out of the elderly is the same thing as murder.
That's why you decided to cooperate.
A professional did it, right?
You misled the investigation by giving
false testimonies.
The person who killed the scammers
is someone else who's mourning Yaeko-san's death.
Yaeko-san had a childhood friend from the same hometown.
That person isn't someone with a respectable occupation. You know him, don't you?
If you won't tell me,
you'll be sent to prison as accomplices to murder.
That doesn't scare us. Compared to losing a friend, that's nothing.
We couldn't do anything for her back then.
That's what frustrates us.
May I ask you to play a game?
In the world of shogi, there are only 2 times the master plays the disciple.
I know. When he enrolls, and when he graduates.
-Miss, you're a cop, aren't you? -Why do you ask?
I can tell. The unique look, the movement.
The more first-rate you become,
the more it clings to you like clothes...the aura.
You're...
Formerly a yakuza. Can you tell?
Yes, from the first time we met. The aura.
And you're very meticulous about keeping things in order.
They say it's a prison custom you pick up when you serve a long sentence.
When I got out of prison, the world was a different place.
But what's the world gotten into?
Laymen doing yakuza-like things.
No, things that even yakuza don't do
and having their way as if nothing happened.
Anything goes, in order to make money.
When did Japan become like this?
The old-old elderly? The young-old, the old-old.
Since when did the country start determining the elderly's life span?
The people who are being called that
are the people who rebuilt Japan after the war.
If you don't respect those elderly people, what are you going to respect? Money? Huh?
You can't play the game of shogi if you get too hot.
I had a friend too.
Unlike someone like me, she cherished her family,
lived within her means, without any luxuries,
and never once complained.
Someone like her was scammed.
She despaired, and without telling anyone, she hanged herself.
She was murdered. By those young son of bitches.
I'll make the judgment according to my rules.
Japan is a country governed by law. Please leave the matter to us.
And this is what happened when it was left in your hands?
-We'll have to arrest you. -And the evidence? You don't have any.
I learned one thing from those young guys.
Check.
Looks like you graduated.
You lost on purpose, didn't you?
Next time we play, there will be no holding back from either of us.
Kuroki Taihei. A former member of Ryusen-Kai.
He was a so-called hardliner. He shot and killed the boss who betrayed the organization and got 20 years.
He was released last year-end.
They say he's a traditional yakuza.
A picture was found in one of Yaeko-san's photo albums.
We didn't find anything else.
Hello.
Protect him?!
-The principal offender of the scam? -Yeah.
He came in himself. Asking for protection.
What's this about protection. If he's the scammer, he's off to prison.
But the guy's saying
that his friend's the one who did the scamming.
And someone killed the other four friends.
He says a friend who calls himself Tokugawa is missing.
He might already be dead. So he thinks he, as a friend,
is targeted too, so he wants to be protected.
-That's absurd. -But we don't have any evidence.
We sent 50 people to search his friend's office.
Onoue Yaeko-san's name and contact information came up, but
not a single evidence to connect him to the crime.
That's impossible!
Without any evidence, he's an average citizen. If we don't protect him
and he should happen to get killed, the mass media will be all over it.
Looks like you've been doing a fine job.
Yeah, I guess my friend's been doing a fine job.
Only fools get caught.
My friend said that he was starting a business with that capital.
A legitimate business this time. Like mine.
So you own an IT company.
It's very profitable, thank you.
Aren't you worried about your friend?
I am worried. Hurry up and arrest the guy, please.
The police is being negligent.
Hi! You the big shot?
You mind assigning maybe 10 SPs to me?
I have to head to my office now.
Unlike you guys, us civilians have to work to eat.
Alright. I'll go with you then.
-Huh? -Everyone's busy.
I can't spare them just for you.
Am I going to be safe with you?
If you're worried, why don't you go by yourself
I guess you're better than no one.
Hello.
Is Miss there?
Do you mean Osawa? Osawa's not in right now.
Then give her this message.
I've got one young fellow here with me.
-Help me. -Tokugawa?
That's right. He's at 4-12 Edogawa-cho, Sakurado-Sou.
If she comes, I'll release Tokugawa.
Got it. Go there immediately.
It might be a trap, so be careful.
This is quite a building.
Rent is 10 million yen. I'd say that's normal.
-Do you really not feel sorry? -For what? I have a legitimate business now.
Legitimate business?
Say I used to do the bank transfer scam,
even though there's no evidence. What's wrong with that? They're stupid for being so gullible.
Some are even deceived several times.
Did you know? Those people are called second helpings.
You gotta graduate from a top rated
university and learn different things like me.
They're kidding themselves if they think they can live on pension
The people who can come in here and those who just watch wistfully from the outside.
There are only those two types of people in this world.
I have to work on some confidential matters. Do you mind staying out here?
You're pretty composed for saying you needed protection.
I should be fine in the office. The security's tight.
-He's firing randomly. -Shit.
-Hello. -We've been had.
All we found was Tokugawa's body. Kuroki wasn't there.
Oda! We're getting out of here.
The guy who's after you may be on his way.
-We're leaving right now. -The file's still copying.
If I stop it now, the data will be corrupted.
You have a gun, don't you?
Don't worry about it. Who cares about an old fart like him.
-Hurry up. -Hey, let me go.
It's almost done.
What a worrywart. Why don't you call the SWAT...Ouch!
Stand up!
-What?! -Run!
Hey, you gotta save me. Please save me.
Quiet!
-Don't move from here. No matter what. -Okay.
Miss. Give up already. You only have one shot left.
Why do your risk you life protecting that son of a bitch?
Because it's my job.
Why are you protecting that scum!
It's the duty of the police to protect the citizens.
Citizen? That scum's a citizen?
Well, whatever. I'm going to fulfill my duty too.
Come out. It's not like you to be a bad loser, Miss.
Don't think badly of me. We're both professionals.
Please don't think badly of me.
I've checkmated already.
Look towards your left.
You must not have noticed until you came here.
Hemi spatial neglect. You suffered a stroke
early this year. The side effect of the stroke affected the right side of your brain
leading to neglect for the left side of the visual field.
Hemi spatial neglect occurs when the brain can only process stimulus for one side of the body.
Don't. Please don't kill me!
That's why you could only erase half of your own footprint.
Although at first we thought it was some kind of message.
When did you realize it?
When playing shogi,
you're able to picture the shogi board in your mind.
You had no problem with things you were familiar with.
But when writing words on paper,
people with hemi spatial neglect end up writing on one side.
Also, you didn't notice me when I talked to you from your left side.
Please put your gun down.
I can't let you die here.
Why?
Because it's my job to arrest the criminal.
You're a professional too, Miss.
I can handle it if the person arresting and
handcuffing me, is you, Miss.
I'll leave the rest in your hands.
Wow, that was quite a scare. The homicidal maniac's finally arrested.
You worked hard too, guys.
What're you doing, asshole!
Oh, are you alright?
I'm not alright. What's his problem!
-I meant, is your company alright. -Huh?
We're going to investigate you thoroughly, including your company.
If we even find a trace of crime, we'll nab you, I guarantee you.
So you say we have no evidence. How about if we leak
your information to those scary guys?
I bet those professional guys would get mad when they find out how you pulled it off.
Be careful.
What's with that attitude? Aren't you guys the police?
You think you can get away with treating a citizen like this?
Your people are completely out of hand.
I'm sorry, for having such a rough bunch.
I'm never gonna forget their faces.
You say there's no evidence?
If we investigate Tokugawa, a connection is sure to be found.
I'm the one who will never forget your face.
You're still here? Go on home. See you.
Um...I understand his expectation,
but I think it's still too soon for me to be Boss II.
Please tell Nodate-san that I said that.
Have more confidence. What are you scared of?
What are you hiding?
Good bye.
To: Osawa Eriko Subject: Kurohara Kenzou Shooting Incident
New fact found. Please contact me ASAP.
Hey. What's up?
It passed.
-The stone. -It passed?
It passed. Thank you.
-Thank you. -That's good. That's great.
Let's celebrate your recovery then.
Let's start with shochu. And kara-age too.
-Will I get it again? -Don't you worry about it.
You can't get a man so you might as well at least
-get some stones. -It's not that I can't get a man, "From: Kimoto Mami"
I choose not to have one. Excuse me, shochu please. "From: Kimoto Mami"
-Kara-age too. -Don't need kara-age.
-Fried chicken, please. -Should I eat it? Should I?