The robber was arrested yesterday,
and he will be sent tomorrow as we got the chief's approval.
I'll be asking you.
Even if you ask me,
I'm not sure if Mashima-san will be given time for that.
It's branch chief, Kashimura, who decides the prosecutor-in-charge.
And this.
What work are you doing at this late hour?
Organizing materials.
When is this?
Sister, I'm on duty today.
I don't have any spare time for it.
I've been thinking this recently.
Being a detective makes me feel lonely.
This is all.
Thank you so much.
Of course, all my colleagues thought that way.
But, as expected being a detective is lonely.
What is your brother talking about?
It doesn't matter for you.
Why it doesn't matter with you, Minami?
I don't like being lonely.
In the first place, I'm lonely and desolate, am I not?
This loneliness...
It's been accompanying with me personally.
I think we don't need this anymore.
This fellow me...
Well, I want someone who can...
...overcome my loneliness and stay with me.
These are necessary.
That someone who I can have conversations about myself.
Every person will think deeply when they become lonely.
What is he talking about?
Just leave him alone.
It's cold!
What's wrong?
Why are you walking in barefoot?
Where's your mother?
Hey!
But you know, I'm on duty alone just like today.
I have to think about it.
Then, you could just talk to yourself.
After all, being alone makes you feel lonely.
Is that Mashima over there?
You don't understand what I feel.
I passed the bar exam, you know.
You've heard that, Minami?
That guy over there is really stupid!
Since he passed the bar exam,
he thinks that he can see through anything.
Brother!
Can he even understood the feelings of those persons who committed crimes?
I understand them!
No, you don't.
Urgent! Right away!
From Sakuragawa to Sakuragi PB.
While currently on duty at Sakuragi PB,
I've been taking care a 5 to 6 years old girl who was walking barefoot.
It seems that she has subcutaneous hemorrhage on the her face and limbs.
I would like to request the dispatch of a police officer right away.
Subcutaneous hemorrhage?
Was she abused?
Police arresting and sending the accused to the prosecutor.
Prosecutors indicting the accused on the trial.
But a detective is an investigator,
a prosecutor is a lawyer.
There is a decisive difference on their positions and their sense of justice.
Keiji to Kenji. [ Keiji to Kenji, Shokatsu to Chiken no 24-ji ] [ The Detective and The Prosecutor ]
[ Episode 8 ]
Her life is not on a critical condition now,
but there are fifteen large-and-small bruises below her neck.
Someone must have assaulted her.
Was she abused?
That's most likely.
I'll excuse myself.
What's wrong, Taguchi-san?
Nakaido, that child's mother is in our police box.
What!?
Why don't you tell me?
What hospital was Emi being treated?
Oh, I told you, about that matter...
Oh, Nakaido!
I'm Nakaido from the Sakuragi Station.
Were you talking about your daughter, Emi-chan?
Please tell me your daughter's features for confirmation.
How tall is she?
She's about 110 cm.
Her hairstyle and clothes.
Please let me meet my daughter!
Please tell me.
Her hair...
...extends up to her shoulders, wears a pink sweater,
and maybe, she wear a skirt.
Emi-chan is tired and sleeping now.
Which hospital was she confined?
I can't tell you that
Why!?
We're suspecting that you, as her mother, may have abused her.
Can you please go with me to the Sakuragi Station?
The mother obstinately refused to accompany me here,
but it was after midnight...
...that I persuaded her to respond and started asking questions.
Misaki Mayuko...
Works as a supermarket clerk.
A mother with only her daughter.
It seems that she didn't admitted to the abuse during the interrogation.
I didn't abused her!
Then,
what are those bruises on Emi-chan's body?
That is...
She fell down.
They were also under her thighs and arms.
She couldn't have bruises from just falling down.
Why did Emi-chan walk alone at that time, in the first place?
And walked on barefoot?
While she was sleeping,
I went somewhere.
I'm sure she was just lying.
Why you didn't approve her arrest, sir?
I told you, there is no deciding factor!
Was she evidently got abused?
It's impossible not to have bruises for that reason.
After all, we have no choice but to let her go back.
Please tell us what you need.
[ Fluorite Miyazaki Town ] [ 3-27-8, East Miyazaki, Nishi Ward ]
Misaki-san!
Did you catch a cold?
I'm worried as the store manager can't contact you.
Misaki-san!
Any personal history of Misaki Mayuko?
None.
Do their neighbors have any idea about the abuse?
None.
In other words, we can't say...
...that her statement is completely false.
No way.
Or it could be...
...she was assaulted by a third party other than her mother.
No way.
Oh, is she married?
She said she was divorced three years ago.
Until then, Emi-chan lived with her father.
He won't absolutely allow his child to be abused.
Nakaido-kun and Mori-kun, you'll be in-charge of this case.
Children can easily talk with women.
I understood.
If we find evidence that her mother did it, we'll arrest her right away!
One more thing, there's an incident that needs to be reported.
Yes.
Kasezawa Taichi, 21 years old, was arrested yesterday.
Danda Kenshiro-san is suspected of assaulting a 21 year old,
and a 31-year-old man, Sawato Daisuke, was the witness...
...who seen the former hitting someone.
A witness, huh?
Wasn't it a duel?
It is.
A duel?
Oh...
This will add to the charges from physical injuries.
A duel crime?
Well, there is.
The law said it's prohibited to do duels.
Certainly, that was during the Meiji era.
That's right. Even in the Edo era,
there were number of brawls that occurred.
It was barbaric, so it was banned.
I didn't know that.
This is the first time I heard it too.
I've been a detective for 35 years.
There were frequent duels in the school I teach.
What kind of school was that?
If a duel was made,
both the victim and the witness are accomplices to it.
Meguro-san and Katsura-san, interrogate Danda and Sawato.
Let me handle the case of Misaki Emi-chan's case too.
No... You don't have to handle two cases.
Hey, concentrate on the duel case.
It's a rarer event than catching tuna in Tokyo Bay.
I can't forgive those who did the child abuse.
Both are difficult cases,
so I think it's better not to handle both.
Meguro-san, please concentrate on that.
Let's go, Meguro-kun.
...Yes.
Child abuse?
There is a great possibility.
Rigth...
Please wait a moment.
Is this the case you were talking about?
Yes.
Do you want to try this case?
Pardon? About the child abuse case?
What's wrong?
I mean, I'm not married and don't have children.
You don't even understand the suspect's mentality?
Oh, I know it!
I can't investigate a murder case without someone got killed.
If you don't want, I'll ask Kusaka...
No, no, no! Please let me do it!
Onuki-san.
Mashima will be in-charge of this case.
Roger that.
Prosecutor Mashima will seem to be in-charge of it.
Will it go well?
Nakaido is getting hot-tempered as ever. [ i.e. Become fraught with emotions ]
That's why, it's better to partner with a cool-headed prosecutor, right?
A combination of hot and cold?
For example, ice cream with tempura?
Wait...
Looks delicious!
Will the prosecution join the investigation from the start?
When you were a judge, Kahori-san, did you experienced that?
I didn't.
Child abuse is now treated differently than other cases.
If it's determine that there was abuse, the police shall immediately contact the child consultation center,
and conduct investigation jointly with the prosecution.
What was that?
Child consultation center.
Oh!
That gravity of child abuse is a serious problem right now.
Then, Nakaido-san and Mashima-san will take charge of that?
Our branch chief entrusted it to me. Right, Minami-san?
Well... That's right.
To whom are you working for?
A 6-year old girl might have been abused by her parents.
I know that.
You wanted to be acknowledged by your chief and get promoted,
and make Minami like you...
I don't mean it that way!
I can't forgive those who did the child abuse.
Right.
It's the most unforgivable crime.
Then, please get along.
You can't do an investigation while quarreling.
I know that.
But what's with that joint investigation, from the start?
That is...
What's this? You didn't think about it?
The police should look for evidence.
The evidence is there. What are you still looking for?
I told you, to prove the mother's abuse...
You're wrong.
The first thing to do is see the child's condition.
That's right.
Looks like you don't know it!
Even you too!
That duel is just an exaggeration...
It was a legitimate crime, Kasezawa.
On February 25, you and Danda Kenshiro...
...promised to have a duel at the second warehouse in Yokohama at 11:00 p.m...
...and executed it.
Sawato Daisuke is the witness.
Sawato-san has no connection here.
He has.
Only me and Danda quarreled.
Then, why have you fought?
That guy is brazen towards me.
Brazen?
But you're just on the same age.
I'm a one-school-year lesser than him.
I see.
If I say to Kasezawa that I'm a one-school year less than him,
and not on the same age,
he'll just flip me over.
You felt angry?
Then,
Sawanobori told you to settle it?
No. He's not related here.
It hurts!
It's over, Danda!
Ouch!
It hurts!
You'll give up?
Kasezawa!
All right. One, two!
- Use honorifics! - We're not on the same age!
I just witnessed it.
But you stirred them up.
I'm just a referee,
so I just said they can hit each other as much as they can.
You stirred them up.
You let them get into a duel.
You don't understand...
What kind of relationship do you guys have?
Kasezawa-kun and Danda-kun took under your wing.
Are they your henchmen?
They're just my friends.
They're just your friends...
My fellow comrades?
Emi-chan,
did you have a good sleep last night?
You don't have to worry.
Your brother and sister are on your side.
It must have been hard for her.
What a poor girl...
It was cold on the day before.
Why did she walk alone?
It's difficult to get a statement from a child.
I think that Emi-chan is on a blank state.
On a blank state?
When the abuser raises his or hands voluntarily,
from a child's point of view,
it won't be able to understand...
...whether what was she being scolded for and what should be fixed.
Even if she laughs, she will get beaten.
Even if she cries, she will still get beaten.
While doing so, she became expressionless.
What parents were they?
I can't really forgive them...
You can't get emotional here.
That's right.
I have to look over Emi-chan as much as possible.
Okay.
A search warrant.
Could you show us the inside of your room?
When can I have my daughter back?
Please cooperate with the investigation.
Excuse us.
What's this?
But this is not a proof of someone who was abused.
After all, nothing was found at their house?
We didn't found any evidences of abuse.
Misaki Mayuko-san.
There were people living opposite your apartment...
...who have seen...
Emi-chan standing barefoot in front of the door one night.
Such thing...
There were other people who saw her.
That is...
I just disciplined her.
Then, what are those bruises on Emi-chan's body?
At school…
She was bullied.
Bullying.
She changed her statement.
She even said that those bruises caused from falling down.
I went to Emi-chan's school too.
What?
I heard she was not bullied there.
Rather, her teacher was worried that she would not come to school.
That child...
She doesn't want to go to school.
Is it all because of Emi-chan?
Does Emi-chan look like his father?
If you look at her face,
did you hate remembering your husband's face who parted ways with you?
No way...
Have you really raised Emi-chan on your own?
That's right.
About once...
About one?
What do you mean by that?
Many times...
Please send her to the prosecution.
What?
Right away?
She'll be charged for physical injuries.
And I'll interrogate her.
We're asking you.
We understood.
For sending those three foolish persons involved in a duel...
- Cheers! - Cheers!
...Cheers.
And for the successful investigation of Emi-chan's foolish mother...
- Cheers... - Cheers...
That's not to be make toast with!
It's not a joy that her mother was sent to the prosecution.
At that time, Minami just went up to elementary school.
What?
I pulled her hand and let her went to school...
Once in the first grade...
Can she really make 100 friends right away?
She was adorable.
What are you saying?
If I try to look at Emi-chan,
I remember Minami at that time.
She keeps saying "Brother".
Minami stick to me while we walked all the time...
So it's about that...
Then, let's stop doing toast.
You don't have to cry because of that.
As expected, I guess you're the first one who seek for a duel.
Kasezawa Taichi-kun.
I don't really know what's wrong there at all.
You hit and injured Danda Kenshiro.
I was hit by him too.
I got hurt.
That's why, it's a duel.
It's just an ordinary fight.
That's why!
There is a law for that.
Matters concerning duel offenses which were established in 1889. [ Meiji 22 ]
Those involved in a duel will face imprisonment for 2 to 5 years.
5 years!?
Yes.
I mean, why is it so? It's just a personal fight.
Then, what's with this conversations from your phone?
"A letter of challenge!"
"On February 25th, 11 p.m., at the second warehouse in Yokohama."
"It must be settled."
This bastard...
"That's just what I want. Thumbs up."
I'll be the one who'll beat you up, idiot!
This is the evidence of the duel.
Evidence?
Even so,
it's not like you could just foolishly throw away your phone, right?
It's quiet here...
I guess there were children playing clamorously here.
The child consultation center doesn't want to let the children contact each other.
Many children were in complicated situations.
Come here, Emi-chan.
Hello, Emi-chan.
Do you remember Uncle?
Please have a seat, Emi-chan.
I don't think she's used to live here yet.
There are no scary people here, Emi-chan.
Yeah.
Everyone here are only kind persons!
What?
A man?
When Nakaido-kun raised his hand casually,
it seems that Emi-chan got suddenly frightened.
But when Mori-kun did the same thing,
she didn't made the same reaction.
A man must have abused her.
Isn't it?
I got this testimony from a courier who's the delivery in-charge of the area
...around your home.
"I saw a man coming out of Misaki-san's house."
"He was in his mid-thirties."
"He didn't look like an honorable man."
Do you have any idea?
That person...
...could have confused it with another house.
Who is this person?
This is Kugayama Katsuya, right?
Why?
The police restored the messages that was deleted...
...from your phone.
Here it is.
Good night.
At what time will you come here today?
Around 8:00.
Where shall we go??
Let's eat Chinese foods.
I'm sorry. I was already sleeping.
Are you free tomorrow?
I'll be available tomorrow night.
Where shall we go??
Let's go to a place I know. Want to come with me?
I want to go with you.
This person is not related at all here.
I'm the one who hit my daughter.
What is your relationship with Kugayama...
I'm the one who abused Emi!
I'm serious.
Prosecutor.
No matter how many times...
...I visit Kugayama Katsuya in his apartment, there was no answer.
His neighbors haven't seen him in the last few days either.
He doesn't answer his phone.
It seems that Kugayama has disappeared.
I notify Misaki Mayuko about this.
That Emi-chan is under the police's protection.
Perhaps, it was when she got home...
...after she voluntary go with you.
You're trying to say it's my fault...
Nakaido-san...
And at that time, she...
She discarded Kugayama's clothes and toothbrush that were in the room.
Was it my fault?
I haven't said that.
That's enough!
This man...
...may have lived with the two of them.
He was her common-law husband.
It may have been Kugayama who abused Emi-chan.
Then, her mother eavesdropped on it?
If she's in love with that man, it could happen.
Her man is more important than her daughter...
In the first place, who is this guy Kugayama!?
It's the police's responsibility to find it] out.
Exactly.
We'll investigate it.
I'll leave it to you.
Then, please be sure to get a confession from Emi-chan!
The abuse cannot be proved by this exchange of messages alone!
Find out who have really abused her.
- Okay. - Okay.
Emi-chan totally plunged herself.
Emi-chan's mother is better for her.
You must be able to let her confess that...
...even Kuyagama is her common-law husband,
she lose her heart on him and sacrificed herself.
Isn't that your job!?
Nakaido-san!
Don't be impolite towards him!
I'm used to this person's impoliteness.
I'm terribly sorry.
Minami-san, no need to apologize.
Don't just leave anything to me.
Sweat yourself too!
I'm making reports!
You haven't!
Stop that!
You don't have to be in dispute when you're working together.
The outcome will always come out...
if each of us do our best to investigate, Nakaido-kun.
...Yes.
Am I right, Prosecutor Mashima?
...Yes.
Did you really hit or kicked Emi-chan?
Was it not Kugayama Katsuya?
It's not him.
Please tell us the truth.
I'm the one who did it.
You have been arrested...
...and was put into the detention center.
Who is the one you really wanted to be with?
Is it Kugayama?
Or is it Emi-chan?
I want to be with Emi-chan.
That's for real.
Prosecutor.
Branch chief.
I think it was Kugayama Katsuya who abused Emi-chan.
Misaki Mayuko is trying to cover up his crime.
Was she in love with Kugayama?
Yes.
What else do you see?
Pardon?
Don't just arbitrarily decide with the investigation.
Is the suspect really protecting that man?
You have to look and think for that viewpoint.
This one.
I borrowed it from the library.
We have many picture books too, Mr. Detective.
What!? Is that true?
Look! It's titled, "Emi-chan, you know what!"
Right. This one.
Emi-chan, you know what.
Let me tell you my secret.
The one who was grinning before at the kindergarten was Gota-kun.
Yes.
Gota?
It's your uncle, Nakaido Gota.
This is a miracle.
Emi-chan and your uncle appear in the picture book.
I'm really surprised...
Oh...
That sounds interesting too.
Do you like rabbits?
Emi-chan was reading a rabbit picture book a while ago.
I see. How adorable the rabbit is.
Emi-chan.
Did you stay with your mom all the time?
Nakaido-san...
Did she have a man with her?
This is cheesecake.
This is Mont Blanc.
Here is Gateau Fraise.
Here is Millefeuille and this is Shanty Chocolate.
I bought all of these at my favorite store.
Everything looks delicious!
Is it okay to eat these?
We'll eat these pastries at the branch chief's office.
Oh, we're going to eat a lot, branch chief.
No need to be shy.
Please choose your favorite. First come, first served.
Then, I'll have Gateau Fraise.
I'll have Mont Blanc.
I'll eat the Shanty Chocolate.
Oh!
Pardon?
Shanty Chocolate is branch chief's favorite.
Kusaka-san!
You should have told me earlier.
You can have it.
Oh, I hate Shanty Chocolate!
Your fingers were stuck on it.
What?
Prosecutor Kusaka!
I'm really sorry.
I like cheesecake.
Then, I'll eat the Millefeuille.
Then, let's have some talks while eating.
Enjoy your food.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
I'll enjoy the food.
I'll enjoy the food!
There must be something behind those three who are involved in that duel offense.
Behind?
What group is that?
No, it's nothing.
You just now said "Our group".
You said it!
It just means my companions.
You work in a cabaret club right, Sawanobori-san?
But Danda is a freeter and Kasezawa is unemployed. [ A permanent part-timer ]
You're not involved in some works, right?
Then, what's with that group?
There is no such thing!
I think it's a loosely-organized group.
A loosely-organized group?
I wonder if Danda and Kasezawa are the ones who cover up for Sawanobori...
...as they are in the high rank of that group.
Certainly...
They also said that a duel is decided by their higher-ups, right?
Kasezawa came off.
They must have done lots of bad things.
Did he had many other companions?
If that is true,
it must be a new organization that the police don't know.
Is it good, Kusaka.
Pardon?
That Shanty Chocolate.
I'm really sorry.
Really delicious!
It's really delicious!
Meguro.
The prosecution ordered for supplementary investigation.
It seems that these three may be members of a loosely-organized group.
A loosely-organized group?
We'll check the existence of that group.
Oh, you mean Kugayama-san? He sometimes come here.
What!?
Oh, then, did he went here with this person?
Oh, he was.
He was!
Shall we go to a hot spring for about a week?
Let's go, just the two of us.
But, Emi is there.
That's just fine. You can leave the house alone.
Well, that could be but...
You don't want to go?
No. That's not the case.
That woman looked like she cared for him,
but I found her in an awful situation with Kugayama-san.
Misaki Mayuko could have been scared with Kugayama-san.
She got scared?
The person himself may have been violent.
Didn't she liked him?
I mean... If she liked him, then that's it.
But, there's this bullying at school.
The bullied one would have to be away from them,
but somehow that person keeps clinging on the other.
Bound by the feeling that the former wants to be friends with the latter.
Could it be the case?
But, I'm sure Emi-chan is on the same state.
That child is also bound from fear.
Will this really work?
We have to try it.
Hello, Emi-chan.
We're back again.
I think it will be a little difficult today.
Today, we came to play with her.
Yes.
Yahoo! I'm Lucky.
I'm Ginger.
Come on, Lily-chan.
Lily?
Sensei...
Yes.
Lily-chan is the rabbit.
Let's talk like this.
Like this.
Right. It's a skill!
Hello, Lily-chan!
Hello.
...Hello.
Actually, I have two things to consult with.
A consultation?
I don't really like tomatoes.
Tomato?
How can I get to eat those?
Lily-chan, do you like tomatoes?
Yes.
Tomatoes are really delicious.
Yes.
I can drink tomato juice too.
You can drink tomato juice, but hate tomatoes?
It's weird, right? Lily-chan.
What about ketchup?
Right. What about ketchup!?
I love ketchup!
Is that so, Lily-chan?
Have you ever eaten tomatoes?
That is...
Honestly, I've never eaten them.
You've never eaten those!?
That means you don't like to eat them.
I don't like eating those?
That's what Mama said.
Did Lily-chan's mom tell you about that?
Right.
Have courage and eat them, Lucky.
Tomatoes are really delicious.
Thank you.
Lily-chan gave me the courage to eat tomatoes.
You're just exaggerating it!
Don't cry.
Lily-chan is worried for you, Lucky.
Why are you worried about me?
That's because...
We are friends, right?
Friends!?
Yes!
Wow! I'm so happy!
- Stop tickling me! - Kitchy-koo!
Tomorrow is the deadline.
What are you going to do?
Misaki Mayuko insisted that she had abused her child,
and we couldn't find evidence that Kugayama Katsuya did it,
so I have no choice but to indict Misaki Mayuko for physical injuries.
Excuse me.
It's Nakaido Gota.
Mashima speaking.
Emi-chan spoke out to us!
She spoke out!?
It was the guy who always came home and abused her.
She spoke clearly that the person's name was Kugayama Katsuya.
What do you play at school?
Dodgeball!
Dodgeball... is fun.
Her mother is just covering up for herself.
After all, she was abused.
Was it Kugayama!?
I'll leave the rest to you, Prosecutor Mashima.
I got it.
Emi-chan testified confirming the crime made by Kugayama.
Please let me interrogate her mother again!
Does it still hurt?
Yes.
Why does it hurt?
I was hit by Uncle Katsuya.
Uncle Katsuya?
But you see,
because Mama likes that person,
so I have to put up with it.
I see.
Did you put yourself up for your mom?
You really love your mother, right?
Yes! I love her!
My daughter doesn't know anything.
Emi knows nothing...
Let's stop lying here, Ma'am.
You have been prosecuted here as it is,
but if you're convicted guilty at the trial,
you may never see your daughter again.
Emi-chan will be left alone.
Or would you like to leave Emi-chan over to Kugayama Katsuya?
That's pointless!
You see...
Please stop it.
Why?
We thought you are a victim too.
If you tell us the truth,
if you testify that Kugayama Katsuya abused Emi-chan,
the police will catch him.
We will protect Emi-chan!
I'm sorry.
I...
I was lying.
Emi...
...is being hit by that person,
but I pretended not to look...
From the start,
I liked that person,
so I don't want him to hate me.
But...
Emi is...
The reason why Emi stopped laughing...
...because she was scared of that person.
That person is Kugayama Katsuya, right?
Yes...
Did he made...
...violence towards you too?
Yes.
I...
Though I like him and want to be with him,
but I felt scared and can't leave him, so I don't know what to do.
You couldn't say that it was Kugayama who abused Emi-chan.
That's why you tried to blame it on yourself.
Yes.
That's right.
I'm terribly sorry!
I'm sorry...
I'm sorry, Emi.
I'm sorry...
Suspicion of indictment.
Acknowledged the violence crime done by Katsuya Kugayama,
Misaki Mayuko had totally regret it too.
To indict the case by separating the parent and her children...
...won't do good for Emi-chan.
That's what Mashima's judgment was.
Kashimura-san,
you approved of that too.
Please capture Katsuya Kugayama, Onuki-san.
I understood.
Checkmate.
Okay...
What?
Emi...
Mama!
Emi... I'm sorry!
- Mama! - I'm sorry.
Emi, I'm sorry...
Mama...
- Mama... - I'm really sorry.
Sorry.
Bay Sharks?
It's a loosely-organized group that was recently formed.
It's the first I hear this name.
There was a robbery case in Kitaogi Town?
It is rumored that they are also involved in the case...
...where the pub owner from Higashiyayoicho was missing.
This vicious group is not a laughing matter.
What's more interesting is not only that, sir.
It's group leader is Kugayama Katsuya.
Kugayama Katsuya!?
Bye-bye, Emi-chan!
Bye-bye!
Bye-bye, brother...
"Brother"...
Bye-bye, sister!
Bye-bye!
That's a relief, Mashima-san!
Right.
"Brother"...
Later, we have to look for Kugayama.
Nakaido-san.
I know that.
[ 8:02 p.m., March 9 ] [ Second warehouse at Minato, Naka Ward, Yokohama ]