Okay, got it. Good job.
Finally, huh?
Yes.
We're prepared over here. I'm counting on you.
Yes, Boss.
Let's take a trip to wherever you want to go.
-Anywhere? -We can go anywhere.
Really?
Thank you, dear.
Where should we go?
Was that Manami?
Let me go take a look.
Manami? Manami?
-Katagiri's quitting?! -He can be inept at times
but he was an important part of the team. It's too bad.
But...Why all of a sudden?
He must have his reasons. Only he knows.
He should have told me first, not you.
There's no need for him to tell you. I'm the boss.
-Am I not his immediately supervisor? -What are you talking about. I am.
-The boss of Nodate Party. -Did you just say Nodate Party?
-Yeah. -So he's quitting the Nodate Party?
He personally notified me himself,
saying that he could no longer participate in the Nodate Party.
-Is it necessary to report that to me? -It's not a report. It's a complaint.
It's going to be very difficult
to find a new goukon member of Katagiri's caliber.
Why don't you just quit this thing you call goukon?
Hey, Eriko. Wait. I'm done with my complaint.
What's wrong with him?
He's been like that all morning.
Apparently, he's worried about something.
-Isn't it about love? -Love? With whom?
You want me to say who...
He stood up.
He sat down.
He stood up.
-No, you can't. Don't come here. -He's coming this way.
-Everyone's here... -Everyone's watching too.
Stop. This is embarrassing. Don't. Stop...
What was that about?
Oh, Boss.
Katagiri?
Hey, it's spilling over. It's spilling over, Katagiri.
Scary!
Katagiri!
-Yes? -There's been an incident.
The victims are Sawamura Masaya-san and his wife Yasuyo-san.
According to the forensic autopsy,
they were killed yesterday at around 7 pm.
That means they were targeted during dinnertime.
-Was it a thief? -No. There was no trace
of anything being stolen from the residence.
-What about the weapon? -It was a knife.
They were found near the bodies stuck into playing cards.
No fingerprints were detected.
-Playing cards? -10 and jack of spades.
-Do they mean something? -They were obviously
-left there intentionally by the murderer. -There's blood all over the place. Must have been a slaughter.
-No. He only slashed them once. - With one stroke?!
In other words, it's a crime committed by a trained professional.
By professional, do you mean a hired killer?
-That's a possibility. -Any eyewitness testimonies?
There weren't any. However,
their 5-year-old daughter is missing
-and First Division is currently investigating. -Their daughter?
Iwai, Hanagata, Tadokoro. Join the First Division's search for the daughter.
Katagiri and Yamamura-san, come to the crime scene with me.
What a grand house. The furniture and everything look expensive.
Looks like the Sawamoto family was having dinner.
Looks like it. The dinner's pretty extravagant too.
-How did the murderer come in? -From that door.
After killing the wife here first,
he slashed the husband who came looking for her.
The murderer was, I'd say, standing right around here.
Hello. She was found?
The Incident Response Team will have protective custody for a while.
This is Sawamura Manami-chan.
Where did they find Manami-chan?
At a park near her home.
She was found sleeping in a playground equipment and taken into protective custody by an investigator.
-She was there all night? -We don't know that yet.
Manami-chan hasn't said a word
since she was found.
-I'll leave the rest to you. -Manami-chan, shall we go?
Manami-chan might be suffering from ASD.
-ASD? -Acute Stress Disorder.
Manami-chan's dinner was in the kitchen too.
Then was she in the house at the time of the crime?
It's quite possible that Manami-chan saw the murderer.
She may have witnessed her parents' murder too.
And that caused ASD?
Katagiri and Tadokoro, make inquiries in the area around the residence.
Yamamura-san, work with Kurohara to find out about the knives used for the murders.
Hanagata and I will
go to the park where Manami-chan was found. Go.
Boss, Boss. Boss, Boss, Boss. You forgot me.
-Oh, sorry. -Sorry, my foot.
Iwai, you're in charge of guarding Manami-chan along with her psychological care.
Wait. Why do I have to babysit.
It's an important job. Manami-chan is a key figure in this case.
Plus, if the murderer finds out that there was a daughter
he missed, he may be looking to attack again.
Thank you.
Eyewitnesses around dinnertime are hard to find.
You're distressed, aren't you? About love.
Do you want to tell me? You'll feel better if you tell me.
It's not me, but my inept friend...
I know.
Actually...
I haven't even confessed yet, we did something thing we shouldn't on a date.
I don't know how to take responsibility.
Responsibility?
I'm sorry. I just got a divorce, and
besides, we're on an investigation, not a date.
Oh. Did I hurt his feelings?
Say, Rika-rin. Does your type happen to be a
kind and gentle older type of guy?
Like someone in the forefront of Cool Biz*. (*campaign by to conserve energy by wear lighter clothing, etc.)
-That's it. -What? No way! I guessed correctly?
That's it for sure.
Here. List of where the knives were distributed.
Hey, hey. It's the birth of a May-December couple.
Here. It's OJ. Return the favor when you grow up.
I'm sorry, but I'm not too fond of kids.
Will you hurry up and talk?
About what happened. And what you saw...
What's this flutter in my heart?
She's cute. Could this be
what's called maternal instincts? My dear.
This is where Manami-chan was found.
According to the nearby residents,
Manami-chan often played here by herself.
-By herself? -Yes.
Cute, Boss.
What are you saying...
-It's cute. -Yeah, it's cute.
-It was so cute.
Say, Hanagata...
Excuse me.
I'm sorry.
Let's go.
A housewife on her way home from shopping also saw
Manami-chan playing at the park in the afternoon on day of the crime.
I see.
Tadokoro.
Analyze everything that was in the garage.
There may be traces of something left.
-What, everything? -Yes, please.
Boss.
We couldn't find any eyewitness who saw any suspicious individual on the day of the murder.
-Okay. -The knife used for the murder
isn't distributed in Japan. It's a tactical knife called Jack Blade made in France.
Jack Blade?
Yamamura-san. Get the entry list of people who entered the country in the last 3 months.
Entry list?
Considerable training is needed in order to kill in a single stroke with a tactical knife.
We're going to see if we can find anyone, including foreigners,
who entered the country who's had military or mercenary training.
Hello. It's me.
About that matter...
The victim is Suzuki Masahiko-san, 52 years old.
The knife used in the murder matched the ones used in the first case.
Looks like it's the same criminal.
-What's his occupation? -He's an office worker.
His office is close to the murder scene. He's experienced in combative sports,
-and he's known to be quite skilled in martial arts. -Any connection to the first victims?
None that we know of yet.
A playing card with a knife stuck into it
was found near the body again.
A card again.
Boss! We found one.
A Japanese on the entry list who came back after
getting discharged from a French mercenary unit.
His name is Masaki Shougo.
I've seen this guy somewhere...
That park!
Orphanage? Masaki was taken into custody
at the age of 6 when he was found sitting in front of the orphanage.
At the time he was found, he didn't say his name
or where he came from, and didn't talk about anything.
-Then what about his name Masaki Shougo? -The orphanage staff gave him the name.
Have we identified where he's staying currently?
He moved several years ago from
the address that was on his passport.
We contacted the orphanage, but he hasn't been there.
Masaki doesn't have any relatives.
Split up and check all the lodgings in the city.
An unidentified man? That's kinda scary.
In movies in stuff, those guys are invincible.
The police gets shot at like crazy.
Insignificant characters are killed off right way.
How's that? Isn't it cute?
I may look like this, but I'm pretty proud of my cooking skills.
I captivated many men's heart this way.
Go ahead and eat.
No, huh?
She's so cute!!
Oh, I should bring tea for her.
Boss. We found the hotel Masaki's staying at.
He's staying here openly without even using an alias.
Got it. I'll call for backup support. Remember, he's a pro. Be careful.
Leave it to me. I'll send them there right away.
We searched the entire hotel but there was no sign of Masaki.
There was a small camera set up in the room.
-A small camera? -That was probably set up by Masaki
so that he could find out how much the police knew.
So you're saying that if the police found the hotel,
he'd know that his face and name had been identified?
In order to find that out, Masaki intentionally used his real name
to register at the hotel, and was observing us from elsewhere.
The crimes are committed boldly,
but he's got it figured out so that he wouldn't be caught right away.
Then now that Masaki knows that the police has him identified,
he's... no longer in a hotel in Tokyo.
No connection's been found between the victims, nor do we know the motive for the crime.
Although we already have a suspect.
The murderer left the cards at the scene on purpose.
There must be some hidden meaning.
Once upon a time, there was a scary, scary Oba-han* cop. (*middle-aged woman)
And a poor kitty detective who was always
bullied by the Oba-han cop.
Kya~! I'm scared of the Oba-han cop. Manami-chan, help me.
Please destroy the Oba-han cop...
Who are you talking about?
It's an imaginary story. Just an imaginary story.
It's made up. It's a fiction.
But I guess choosing you turned out to be pretty effective.
Manami-chan. Is this box yours?
I found it at that park, so I brought it.
Do you go to that park a lot?
Do you like to collect rocks? Manami-chan.
Hey, Boss. Please stop.
Look, she's scared of you.
See? Oba-han cop's scary, huh?
Who are you calling Oba-han cop...
Oh, Manami-chan.
Your button's about to fall off.
Alright. Mama Iwai will fix it for you.
If you leave it like this, the button's gonna fly away somewhere.
Wait.
This way please.
Who are you!
Don't. I know!
You're...that...
I'll give you money! As much as you want.
I was wrong. I apologize!
Please don't.
The third victim is a company executive, Moriyama Kouichi-san. 53 years old.
He was leaving the office when he was attacked in the parking garage.
I can't believe it. He even had five bodyguards with him.
Did he always have bodyguards with him?
-No. He just hired them. -If so, Moriyama-san
knew beforehand that Masaki was coming after him.
-That's true. -None of the bodyguards
were killed. Moriyama-san was the only one who was targeted.
If that's the case, there should be a clear motive for these murders.
Motive?
Let's thoroughly investigate the victims' past. There's sure to be
a thread that connects them to Masaki.
What's wrong?
How's it going, Kurohara?
I got a hit. The victim of the third case, Moriyama-san
was questioned as a suspect in a family massacre case.
-Family massacre?! -This.
It's an unsolved robbery murder case that happened 30 years ago
where a family was massacred in Yuzawa in Niigata Prefecture.
It was still unsolved when the statute of limitation ran out 15 years ago.
At the time, the investigation got as far as determining that the crime was committed by a group of three men.
However, they couldn't find conclusive evidence and couldn't prosecute them.
One of those three who surfaced as a suspect
was the victim of this third case, Moriyama-san.
A group of three men.
So you were worried about the cat at the park.
What a nice girl you are.
Manami-chan, remember
we have to keep it a secret from that scary Oba-han cop that we came here.
-You like cats, huh?
Okay. Tomorrow's lunch will have a cat theme.
Manami-chan.
Looks like there's someone else besides Manami-chan who likes cats.
-Cocoa Oji-san*. (*uncle/older man) -Cocoa Oji-san?
Did you just talk?!
The victims of the family massacre case 30 years ago
were the three who lived in that house - father, mother, and their 4-year-old daughter.
Of the family member, only the son, who was six that time,
has been missing since immediately after the murders.。
-Missing? -He was the only one who survived.
That boy could be Masaki.
What's wrong?
Oh, restroom? Let's go to the restroom then.
If revenge is the motive for Masaki's murder,
were the victims of the other two cases involved too?
There were three criminals in the family massacre case. It's possible
Sawamura-san and Suzuki-san were involved in the crime.
Then doesn't that mean Masaki's already done with his revenge,
having killed the three that he bore a grudge against?
It's not over yet.
Look at the cards Masaki left at the crime scenes.
Don't you think something's missing?
This is royal straight flush in poker.
-If so, there's one more card. -Ace.
Does that mean another person will be killed?
-Probably. -In the first case,
he even killed the wife, who had nothing to do with his past.
What if, just as his family was killed ruthlessly,
he intends to kill the victim's family too.
The remaining ace is...
-Hello. -Boss!
I'm sorry. Manami-chan's gone missing.
-Manami-chan disappeared? -Yes.
Where are you now?
-Sakura-Dai Park. -What are you doing?
-Why did you take her out? -I'm sorry!
She may have gone back to her house. I'll send someone over there, so
Iwai, you search around the park one more time.
Manami-chan! Manami-chan! Manami-chan? Manami-chan!
Excuse me! Have you seen this girl?
She's about this tall, wearing a white dress.
No, I haven't.
I see. Thank you.
Manami-chan? Manami-chan?
How was it?
Boss. I'm really sorry.
No need for an apology. Because we'll find her.
Don't show your weakness until then.
Boss! An eyewitness saw Manami-chan.
She was walking with a man.
When I showed Masaki's photo,
she was sure this was the man who was with her.
The victims' child who was supposedly under our protective custody was snatched by the murderer.
How can this happen?
Sir. The girl's life is in danger.
Please give me your approval for emergency deployment immediately.
If I do that, the mass media is sure to find out about it.
-However... -If the media finds out,
it could very well provoke the murderer.
I'll take care of the media. You've got to save her. Without fail.
I'll make the preparation for emergency deployment.
It's impossible. If he doesn't have a fixed residence,
I can't even use Canter's theory.
There's no way I can figure out where he's at right now.
Alright.
If we don't know where he is, there's no way we can capture him...
Maybe Manami-chan's already...
Boss. I'm finally done with the analysis you requested.
-Thanks. How did it go? -I didn't find any trace
of Masaki from the items in the garage, but
-there was something on this tape. -What is it?
Manami-chan's DNA from her skin and traces of tear were detected.
Traces of tear.
-Abuse? -Yes.
Manami-chan was being abused by her parents.
-That can't be true. -This tape
was found in the garage.
There was also a mark left by the tape on a post in the garage.
So was she locked up with her hands tied by that tape?
And she wiped away her tears with her tied up hands.
Look at this.
It's a picture of her house and family.
The door without a doorknob. A house with gridded windows.
A small picture of herself enclosed in black.
A big picture of her parents with teeth.
This picture contains several elements which are
-considered expressions of abused children. -To think that she was abused.
On the day of the incident, Manami-chan was locked up in that garage again.
Probably while eating dinner.
Manami-chan's dinner was in the kitchen.
It wasn't an obvious form of abuse, like physically hurting her,
but instead, she was barely fed, and tied up and left in the garage
where she couldn't be heard by anyone.
At first, I thought Manami-chan wasn't talking
from the psychological shock of
witnessing the crime scene.
But her psychological shock was from the abuse.
So that's why Manami-chan was always playing by herself at the park.
That place was the only safe haven for Manami-chan.
But what was that about, then?
What Manami-chan was saying.
When we were feeding the cat at the park,
she saw the empty food can and said Cocoa Oji-chan.
Food can?
She was talking about Masaki.
Masaki came in from the garage door. If Manami-chan was there,
he would have found her immediately.
-Did Masaki let Manami-chan go? -Yes.
Manami-chan's with Masaki on her own free will.
That's absurd.
But if you think like that, it makes sense.
Masaki killed the wife who had nothing to do with his revenge
to protect Manami-chan from her abuse.
If so, the last ace card isn't Manami-chan.
Who's going to be killed next?
You have to leave after you drink that.
You can't stay with me.
No. Get out.
-A group of robbers?! -Yeah.
30 years ago in the Yuzawa district of Niigata Prefecture
there was an outbreak of robberies committed by an amateur group.
The one who was controlling them is this guy.
Shiota Kazushi. He's a member of an organized crime gang.
30 years ago, this Shiota
was running a tavern in Naeba in the Yuzawa district.
It was during that time that he dangled the talk of money
to the fellows who were there for temporary part-time work and proposed the idea of robbery.
This is the list of part-time workers who were there at that time.
I had a heck of a time getting this list together.
If it wasn't for the power of my authority, it would've took 3 months at least.
Sawamura Masaya. Suzuki Masahiko. Moriyama Kouichi.
The names of Masaki's victims are on the list.
The three of them who met there broke into Masaki's home.
They broke in for robbery, but ended up killing the family?
Shiota's the one who directed them.
Shiota was subsequently sent to prison on a separate charge.
-Is he still in prison? -No.
Actually, it appears he's being released today.
Was Masaki waiting for Shiota's release all this time?
So Shiota's the ace. He planned his entire revenge
around the timing of Shiota's release.
Split up and go to Shiota's residence and his office.
Take him into protective custody as soon as you find him. Masaki will appear before Shiota for sure.
Welcome back.
Hey! What happened?
Hey! Hey!
There's a trail of blood!
Stop! Please stop.
It's true. It's true that I'm the one who directed them
to go rob the house. But...
But those guys went too far. I never thought they'd commit murder.
It's true, I swear. It wasn't my fault!
Spare me. Please. Okay?
Alright.
So you directed them.
This is it.
Masaki Shougo! Drop the knife.
Stay out of this.
If you even take one step, I won't hesitate to shoot.
Go ahead. Shoot me.
I'm not afraid to die.
I lived until today
waiting for this moment.
I'm grateful to you, the police.
You let those bastards go free and gave me the chance to kill them.
I swore before my family. That I'd kill them with my own hands no matter what.
And to carry out the revenge,
you even enlisted in a mercenary unit to get trained.
Your sorrow and bitterness when your family was murdered are immeasurable.
But you're wrong!
To use that precious life, the only one
that survived in your family, for revenge!
The only reason I survived was to carry out the revenge!
Will you be satisfied once the revenge is done?
The revenge is for my family.
-I'm going to kill this bastard. -We'll stop you
-before you can kill him. -No matter how many times I get shot,
I won't die until I kill him. No matter what.
Oji-chan!
Cocoa Oji-chan!
Manami-chan. Manami-chan!
-Did you follow me? -Don't be mean to Oji-chan.
-Get away from here! -Stop. Please stop!
Hurry up and take that kid away.
Oji-chan's not bad. Don't be mean to Oji-chan!
Oji-chan gives me cocoa!
He feeds Mii-chan the cat!
He lets me out of the scary place!
Oji-chan's a good person! Why are you being mean to him?
-Hurry up and take her away. -Oji-chan!
-I'm telling you to take her away! -Oji-chan!
What are you doing! Hurry up!
Cocoa Oji-chan!
I said hurry up. Take her away. Please take her away!
-Boss? -It's alright.
He won't kill in front of this child.
Freeze! Do you want to go back to prison?
Mii-chan. Mii-chan.
Cocoa Oji-chan.
The cat's eating his food at the park. Go there first and wait for me.
Oji-chan!
You're wrong.
I...I'm not a good person at all.
You're wrong.
I...
-I...your... -Don't say it.
If you tell her everything, all she'll do is suffer just like you.
Knowing everything doesn't necessarily lead to happiness.
There are things that are best left unsaid.
At least, for now.
Oji-chan, where are you going?
I'm going to buy some cat food.
You stay with those people.
Masaki didn't open his heart to
anyone at the orphanage either.
But a staff member of the orphanage said that
at least he looked like a normal boy when he was drinking cocoa.
Why cocoa?
It's a drink that remained in his memory
-because his mother often made it for him. -Masaki must have
seen his late sister in Manami-chan.
That's why he didn't kill her.
I've decided!
I'm going to take care of Manami-chan.
-I'm gonna be a real mama! -I heard that Manami-chan's
going to be raised carefully by her relatives.
Oh. What?!
Yes?
Thanks for bringing me all the way home.
-See you. -Yes, see you again.
I have to take the responsibility.
Please marry me.
Come in.
-I've been waiting for you. -Boss.
Welcome back.