Good morning.
Why did you call me to this place?
Who the hell
are you...
This area will be my stronghold from now on.
Let me know if you hear anything, okay?
Sure thing! Thank you very much.
Hi there! Sir, hello!
- Do you have a minute? - No, I'm in a hurry.
Ah, of course, where are you going?
My dad says there's no toilet paper, and he's stuck in the toilet.
I see. I'm sorry, but may I have a look at...
Don't touch my stuff, there's only toilet paper in there!
- That's what I said, you idiot! - Hey wait!
You idiot...! Hey wait...!
The chief is really proud of you for solving
the recent string of convenience store robberies.
Ah... thank you.
Sakura Central Police Station, Criminal Investigation Division Sergeant Hasumi Kousuke
However, I only did what Chief Yagami taught me.
Sakura Central Police Station, Criminal Investigation Division Section Chief Yagami Keita
Speaking of which, the chief said you should apply for a position in the Investigation Division at HQ.
It's too early for me.
And as our ace, I have a favour to ask you...
- Chief. - What's up?
- It's a request for support. - In the Enishida Shopping Arcade.
Sakura Central Police Station, Criminal Investigation Division Sargeant Nomoto Shigeru
Sakura Central Police Station, Criminal Investigation Division Chief Investigator Umebayashi Shouji
A man who was being questioned pushed a police officer to the ground and is now fleeing on a bicycle.
Hasumi, can you go? Let's go.
Move aside! You fools!
Rampaging King Kong Makabe Tougi
Funky Weapon Taguchi Ryusuke
In the red corner. At 181 cm and 101 kg.
Tanahashi Hiroshi!
The Best in 100 years Tanahashi Hiroshi
Stop! Stop! Look out!
Hey, you guys...!
Get out of the way! Hey!
- Get off me, you old man! - Don't call me "old man"!
- Drop the knife. - I told you to stay away from me, asshole!
- Let go of her! - Stop it!
Okada!
- Get off me, you idiot! - Shut up!
Okada!
Also in the red corner.
At 191 cm, 107 kg. The "Rainmaker"
Okada Kazuchika!
Rainmaker Okada Kazuchika
I'm gonna get you, you son of a bitch...
- Stop! - Don't come near me! Get away from me!
The referee is "Red Shoes" Umino.
Referee "Red Shoes" Umino.
Let me go!
Shut up...!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
What the hell? You bastard.
Oh!! Oh My Garfunkel.*
Taguchi Ryusuke is well known for saying "Oh my Garfunkel".
One, two!
Why the hell are you counting?
Hey, get back! Get back! What are you doing?
- Hey, calm down! - He can't calm down!
- Shut the fuck up! - Whatever the situation,
it's an Ace's job to get things under control.
Tanahashi-san...
Shall we stop this?
Just as he said. Please step out of the ring.
What the hell are you?!
If you keep shouting like that you'll hurt your throat.
I'll burn it with alcohol. Leave me alone.
I can't leave you alone.
Get out!
But it's my job to protect the citizens.
If you protect everyone here and catch me...
that's the end of your job, isn't it?
No, sir!
You are also one of the citizens I have to protect.
That's why, I don't want things to escalate.
You fool...
What are you talking about?
Then put down the blade, and we can talk slowly, shall we?
No, no! It's dangerous, stand back.
- What are you doing? - Hey...
I knew it!
You're trying to get me to lower my guard and catch me!
- What's that? - Huh?!
Hey, that's not a pistol...
You can't reach me from that distance.
Come on!
Look out!
- Sling Blade! - Who the hell is he?
The "Sling Blade" is Tanahashi Hiroshi's signature move
- He's sharp. - Second to none in the world.
Don't mess with me, you idiot!
No way...!
It's decided! It's raining gold, yeah?
It's a fall! Fall! Fall!
Count! Ah...!
One, two, three!
No, no, no...
Hey, hey, hey,... Aren't you arresting the wrong guy?
Hey you, do you know what you're doing?
Police...?
From where?
I've been transferred to the Sakura Central Police Station today.
Sakura Central Police Station, Criminal Investigation Division Lieutenant Kagawa Eiji
I'm Kagawa Eiji.
Lieutenant Kagawa...
He's from the Anti-Gang Division at Headquarters.
Hey.
Didn't you consider the possibility that he could have jumped into the audience with a knife?
Well, it was a little bit aggressive, but...
I'm sure Kagawa-kun made the right decision.
But Hasumi was starting to get through to him,
and we had the ring surrounded on all sides.
- We could have arrested him. - I agree with you.
Yonemitsu.
The Anti-Gang division are ex-Yakuza, aren't they?
Sakura Central Police Station, Police Affairs section Clerical Staff Kurama Ayako
How'd he end up here?
There must be a reason.
Sakura Central Police Station, Police Affairs section Sargeant Yonemitsu Maki
I get the feeling he's going to give the Chief a lot of trouble.
What do you think, Hasumi-kun?
Yes. I think Lieutenant Kagawa made the right decision.
The first priority was ensuring the safety of the audience.
Kagawa-san, I hope to learn a lot from you.
- Yes, yes! That's what I was going to tell you this morning. - Huh?
Everyone, back to work.
That was a decisive move from the Chief!
He must have planned it from the start.
If there's anything you want to know, do ask Hasumi-kun.
Nice to meet you.
I'm looking forward to working with you.
Kagawa-kun, do you mind taking off your sunglasses?
- Well then... - Hey, where's the toilet?
Out on the right, before the stairs.
Go out...
To the right.
Before... the stairs. OK.
- Yonemitsu... - Yes Kurama-san.
Look into him right away.
It would be a disaster if he messes up the station.
In particular, is he married?
Does he have a girlfriend?
Focus on that.
She's going for him all of a sudden.
Councilor Osanai's...
slogan is "The eradication of all anti-social forces"
- I've been looking all over for you... - He has a suspicious smile, doesn' he?
Expanding the police's investigative powers against organised crime,
is a bill that I working hard to get passed.
Because we must not go back to a situation where gangs are a threat to the public.
Allied Party Councillor Osanai Yuichi
Although it is an investigation into organised crime,
there are also those who say it's a human rights issue.
Criticisms can be levelled at any policy.
The most foolish policy is not doing anything.
What is it?
...then you shouldn't be a politician.
Hey, Dad, can I open it?
- What? - The present!
- Can I open it? - Yeah.
Sakura Central Police Station, Regional Division Officer Mizuki Nao
If you keep thinking about work.
You'll never get remarried.
That's the advice from your ex-daughter.
What's with the "ex"?
- Even if I get divorced, my daughter will always be my daughter. - Huh...
Oh, wow!
- Thank you. - Yeah.
Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Commissioner Udou Hiroki
Congratulations on your new position.
I've been using this brand ever since I started out.
- Hmm. - It's cheap, though.
I don't expect expensive stuff.
You're the kind of person who would never spoil me like that.
When do you start at Criminal Investigation?
From the 16th.
Hey, I don't suppose you can change my assignment on short notice?
I prefer to do paperwork.
There's no way.
My will will never waver in the slightest.
Nao, carry out your justice.
Justice...
I don't care about that kind of thing...
Sections 3 and 4 were merged into the Anti-Gang Division.
It doesn't matter what it's called.
As long as there are gangs, we'll just smash them.
"For the sake of eradicating organised crime..."
Do you agree with what Councillor Osanai Yuichi wants?
That's what these politicians will say outwardly.
But behind the scenes,
they are in bed with these very same organizations.
However...
the lower-level yakuza who don't have enough influence
will just get thrown under the bus.
I don't see that happening to the politicians.
What about that sign on your desk, who wrote it?
It's (an autograph from) Detective Yasuura from the Junjoha series!
The Hagure Keiji Junjoha TV series was a detective drama series produced by Toei and broadcast on the TV Asahi network (the same network for Keishicho Outsider). It stars Fujita Makoto who played the main character of Detective Yasuura. Nishijima Hidetoshi debuted in this TV show.
"Take it easy in your main job" 11 Aug, 1992 Fujita Makoto Kagawa-kun E(iji)
Hey! Who's this?
Ah, it's Chiripo-kun.
He's the Sakura Central Police Station mascot.
- Is this him? - Yes, although he's a bit ugly.
Whoa!
He's trying to appeal to me...
Uhm...
wasn't there a bit of a commotion a while back between the gangs?
The Washimi clan and the Russian mafia.
An investigator was shot with a "renkon".
- A revolver pistol? - Yeah.
Hey, I'm hungry. Any good restaurants around here?
Leave it to me.
So, how's it like, being Sakura Central Station's ace...
Have you always worked here?
I was born in Hyogo.
After graduating high school, I was stationed at Hyogo Prefectural Police.
Yeah... I've been there too. There were investigations on the Washimi gang.
I know some people there.
I also worked at the Sasao Police Station, well, in the countryside.
- Sasao Station... - Yeah.
Because my mother was ill in hospital, and there was no one else to rely on.
I left to look after her.
My mother passed away three years ago...
Looking for a fresh start,
I applied for the Special Recruitment Programme and
I was selected.
For someone from the Kansai region, you don't seem to have an accent.
When I talk to people from there, it doesn't seem to come out.
What about the incident in the shopping arcade? He was speaking in the Kansai dialect, wasn't he?
No... If we talked at the same pace...
I wanted to make him feel better,
that's why I changed to Tokyo dialect.
Hmm...
This is Hasumi.
- Here's the Soba soup. - Oh!
Got it.
There's a murder at Enishida Street.
Excuse me, check!
- Sorry I'm late. - Go and check it out.
The on-site inspection will be over soon.
Excuse me... Who's that guy?
He's Honma-san, the owner of an electronics shop, here to deliver some goods.
He found the body and called it in.
- Thanks for your hard work. - Yes!
Was there blood on the body?
Ah... yes.
Uh... ah... yes.
Thanks for your hard work.
The victim is Nagamine Yumie, 60 years old.
She's lived in this house and worked as a housekeeper for many years.
Alright. Okay!
Forensics is done here. We're clearing out.
Estimated time of death is between 9pm and midnight last night.
The murder weapon is probably a kitchen knife, which is missing from the kitchen.
The killer is believed to have fled with it.
Huh? Kagawa-kun, you look a little pale?
- No... - He probably can't stand the sight of blood.
Kagawa, a former gangster?
How can that be...?
- He is?! - Are you alright?
Shut up! It's nothing.
Hey! If you're not feeling well, stay out!
- I'm very sorry, sir. - You're going to collapse and tamper the scene!
Wait... Who's going to collapse?
What?
What the hell? What do you mean "What the hell?"...
Oh! Kagawa-kun, you don't have to do this for now.
- Just interview the family. - Yes...
- Hasumi-kun, please take care of it. - Yes, sir!
"Serves you right"
That person...!
Come on, let's go.
Where were you two last night?
Wife Mogami Emiko
I was at the university where I work.
Husband Mogami Norihiko
I've been busy with the University Presidential election that's coming up.
I was at a close friend's house.
This is really terrible!
Yumie-san is like family to us...
Do you have any other family?
I heard that you have a daughter and a son.
Our daughter Ayumi,
has been in her lab at the university for the past three days.
And your son?
I don't know anything about him.
You don't know?
He's a grown man, what you would call a hermit...
I have no idea what he's thinking.
This is their son Kentaro's room.
Why is Kentaro the only one in this room in this mansion?
What's more, he's missing now? It smells...
I really hate it...
Ah! I hate it!
Oh, the toilet...
Why is Kagawa in our station? He's the worst!
It's like the mold in your bathtub, it keeps multiplying...
She uses the word "wakame" to describe the sprouting of mold. But wakame also means "seaweed"
I want to dump it all out! Ah! I'll definitely do it.
It'll grow up five times more than you imagined.
- You have to be careful with that amount. - Eh...?
So, word's gotten out that you can't stand the sight of blood?
Metropolitan Police Anti-gang Division Inspector Fujiwara Kaname
They've been on my ass since day one.
So, how's it going? At Sakura station.
- Did you walk around the area? - Yes.
A can of coffee, a pack of cigarettes.
Buy from a shop, not a vending machine.
Sell your face, establish a source of information.
I'm following Fujiwara-san's teachings.
- Ah, and that walking backwards thing. - Ha ha ha...
Sorry to keep you waiting.
You used to be a punk, and now you're running the place, huh?
You even have employees. You're now a full-fledged boss, aren't you?
"Palace of the Dragon King" shop owner Akiba Keiichi
"Palace of the Dragon King" part-timer Saki
- Welcome! - Right? Saki-chan.
The hourly wage is low, though.
I make more money from being an chika-idol.
「地下アイドル chika idol] or what are also called “live idols” are idols that perform at live-houses in Japan. They are called “underground” idols because they don’t appear on TV but rather gain fans through their live performances and meeting their fans.
- Saki, take this with you. - Yes!
But it's thanks to you, Kagawa-san.
He set me on the right path when I had nowhere to go.
He said "足洗って" or to wash one's feet, which is a Japanese saying to stop doing bad things.
He kept on telling me "Don't go bad".
You too, don't become useless.
Yes, sir.
...wasn't there a bit of a commotion a while back between the gangs?
An investigator was shot with a "renkon".
レンコン or "renkon" is a lotus root, but is also a name for a revolver pistol, as the cylinder that holds the bullets resembles the cross-section of a lotus root.
Who calls a revolver pistol a "renkon" these days?
There used to be guys who called it that, but I hardly hear it nowadays.
What about it?
No. There's a guy in the Criminal Investigation Department I'm a bit concerned about...
What guy?
How should I put it... When he smiles, there's a darkness behind his eyes.
I've just got back to the dormitory... Yeah.
I'll show up later. Yes, I'm going.
Police Glossary of Terms
Yes. Excuse me.
Hey! Hasumi!
Hasumi! I know you're home!
- Yes, yes, yes! - You can't escape!
All right, all right. Your seniors are waiting for you!
I'm going, I'm going! Alright, alright...!
- Hasumi's not going yet? - Okay, okay! I'm going...!
Yes, yes!
Where is Hasumi?
Government Official's Lodging
I'm home.
- Welcome home. - Do you want dinner?
- I think I'll have a bath... - Yeah.
Ah, but... what should I do...
Ha ha. You really have no decisiveness outside of politics.
Osanai Yuichi's wife Osanai Kyouko
Because I've used up all of today's decision-making power. Zero left.
Do you have any decisions left for today?
Yes. You should decide.
His whereabouts are currently unknown.
The eldest son, Kentaro, after graduating from a local primary school
entered a private junior high school attached to Kousei University.
But in high school, he tended to be absent.
After that, he hardly ever left his room and lived a reclusive life.
I was not able to obtain any recent photographs. That's all.
How about the relationship in the family?
His mother, Emiko has been trying to get him back on his feet somehow.
His relationship with his father, Norihiko, is the worst.
Norihiko's abusive language was was well-known among the neighbours.
- Anything else? - Yes.
The security camera at the Mogami family's house
showed Kentaro leaving the house after the incident.
OK, then. Start a search for Kentaro as a material witness.
- Yes. - Dismissed!
Yes, sir!
Where the hell are you? Centaurus...
He is pronouncing Centaurus in the classical greek style with a hard C, so it sounds like "Kentaros"
It's Kentaro.
That housekeeper said she was returning to her home town.
She does all her shopping in the shopping arcade...
I haven't heard any bad rumours.
Can you write down the places where she frequents?
Sure.
Who is this?
He's my "danka".
"Danka" is a system of voluntary and long-term affiliation between Buddhist temples and households since the Heian period. Households (the danka) financially support a Buddhist temple which, in exchange, provides for their spiritual needs.
In short, you s...spy, isn't it?
Don't talk like it's so clean.
I've been indebted to Yumie-san for a long time,
- for patronizing us. - Ah, ah...
Also, may I ask you about Kentaro-san?
Centaurus.
You're classmates, right?
Have you seen each other recently?
Kentaro's classmate Mizushina Rina
No, I haven't. The last time I saw him was in primary school.
You seem to remember clearly, don't you?
During middle school and high school, he went to a public school and we were separated...
Sorry. I have a delivery to make, so I'd better get going...
Ah... I see.
Hey.
Shigeru's Black Coffee
I like my coffee with sugar...
Nobody has said anything bad about the victim so far.
Kagawa-san, can you take off your sunglasses?
Speaking of which, you put shichimi directly on your soba.
Why bring this up all of a sudden?
Well... I thought maybe that's how you eat it in Hyogo.
I learned it from a friend in Nagano.
You too, Kagawa-san,
you dip the soba directly in the wasabi, don't you?
I don't like the taste of wasabi when I drink the soba soup.
- Thanks for your hard work. - Thanks for your hard work.
- Hasumi. - Yes.
Have you spoken to the daughter Ayumi?
No, I'm about to... Did anything happen?
We heard a strange rumour from her classmates..
Strange rumour...?
Is it true that Ayumi had a shoplifting incident here?
That's why... we haven't made a case of it.
We're a regular customer of the Mogami family.
Oh, isn't it the other way around?
The Mogami family is your client.
- Ah... - What do you mean?
If Yumie-san asks for a favour... I'll turn a blind eye.
We are indebted to her.
So the housekeeper even covers up shoplifting incidents.
Oh, oh, oh... You're braver than I thought.
Parasites make you undead, don't they?
Is this what you call... a zombie?
No, it's not.
It's a study of a parasite that manipulates its host.
Manip...?
In the past, papers have shown that Toxoplasma parasites
in rodents can manipulate their brains to change their behaviour.
So you're a shoplifter whose brain is being manipulated by someone else, too?
Mogami's Daughter Mogami Ayumi
You stole a book, and Yumie-san helped you out, didn't she?
She didn't help me.
All she cares about is money.
- Money? - She wants me to pay her hush money.
That old hag!
Did you ever have any trouble with Yumie-san about it?
No, I haven't. Because my family has plenty of money.
I gave it to her.
Yumie has a good reputation among the shopkeepers in the shopping arcade.
I thought the Mogami family trusted her, but she's an impostor and a cheat.
I think it would better to go over it again.
The ringtone is the opening theme to Hagure Keiji Junjoha ☺
From: Higuchi Katsunori Subject: Sending you information you asked for
The wallpaper is also a screenshot of Detective Yasuura and the title of the show "Hagure Keiji Junjoha"
22 July 2013 - Initial release 23 July 2013 - Graduate placement 5 August 2013 - Change of assignment 29 November 2014 - Retirement
This is Hasumi...?
Sakura Central Police Station, Forensics Department Assistant Inspector Nishina Motoko
Yo, Nishina.
Long time no see. What's with the "Serves you right" earlier?
I never thought we'd be under the same jurisdiction...
You haven't changed at all.
Hey... don't touch that!
People have things they can throw away and things they can't.
- I have a favour to ask of you. - Pass.
Can you analyze images?
Nothing's impossible for me, but pass!
Ah, pain... Ah, pain in the side...
Oh, the old wound... it hurts...
Sigh.
What's the favour?
This is a group photo of the station Hasumi was at seven years ago.
This man is apparently Hasumi.
He looks kind of shabby. Different from now.
He's got this whole fancy dress thing going on right now.
But if he was such a shabby guy,
he must be preparing his debut for the Metropolitan Police.
You're going to use this against him, aren't you?
The more you have, the merrier.
- Here! - What the...!
Huh... He's a really black...
"Black" is term used for companies who exploit their staff. Co-incidentally, Kagawa keeps buying black coffee!
I'm counting on you.
Wait a minute. Cheap?
Hey, did he call that pen cheap?
What? That pen!
Eh? Yeah, he did.
Then tell him,
he's the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police,
don't use that cheap stuff!
But... why?
Nao's Mother Mizuki Mayu
That manufacturer's pen,
I gave it to him as a present a long time ago.
Oh, really?
You call that cheap?
Ah, I'm so angry!
That's the most annoying thing of the year!
I need to roll it! Ah...!
This year's most... but it's only January.
Ugh~! That guy...!
Ugh... I'm so angry!
Nishina-san!
Uhm...
Kagawa-san, what kind of person is he?
Pass. I don't want to talk about him.
Wait a minute.
Sigh.
If he has found something,
I hope he doesn't use it against you.
Farewell.
She says "Saraba", which means farewell, but it can also mean "though that may be the case".
Thank you for your hard work.
Yes.
Uhm... Can we see Yumie-san's room?
Ah... yes. Please.
She didn't have to worry about food or shelter,
and was earning a decent wage.
And yet, why did she extort the daughter?
What's this?
You looking for something?
Nail polish.
The nails on Yumie-san's body had nail polish on them.
But that's...
not in this room...
Like the case with the daughter. Yumie had another side to her.
What side would that be...
There's another room, isn't there?
No way, she really had another house.
It's this way. Come in.
What is all this?
Manicure...
Is this Yumie's real identity?
Hahaha... hahaha...!
Wow... Erotic...
Well, of course, this is what it's like to have a playmate.
So, how often did Yumie-san frequent your establishment?
Ah... once a month? I think she spent 50 to 60.
Probably 50-60 thousand yen (around USD450)
Ah... that much?
She said she had a revenue source, and that the police might be on to her...
Revenue source?
She was always saying there was a woman who was her "magic hammer".
Uchide no kozuchi (うちでのこづち) is a legendary Japanese "magic hammer" which can "tap out" anything you wish for.
You said "woman"?
Yes. She said that...
With that money, about once a month, Yumie-san
would blow it off at the host club.
How does a housekeeper get that kind of money?
The money come from her "magic hammer"....
- This woman. - Emiko was having an affair.
Yumie-san gathered evidence and used it to blackmail her
She clearly stated that she resented Yumie-san.
That woman... Even if she dies, I'll never forgive her!
Are you saying that Emiko had a motive for murder?
However, at the time of the incident Emiko was with her adulterous partner.
Employees at the Love Hotel they were at confirm their alibis.
Ubayashi, what about Kentaro?
His phone was switched off.
No transactions on his credit cards or electronic money, perhaps to avoid being tracked.
But since he wasn't given any cash, we can assume he didn't go far.
OK. Track down Kentaro's location.
Yes, sir!
She was extorting the mother and daughter, spending the family's money.
So Kentaro, who was almost deprived of a place to retreat to, has a motive....
We completely misread the relationship chart of the Mogami family.
Norihiko is the foreman.
The wife Emiko is the madam.
The captain is the daughter, Ayumi.
The captain's assistant, Kentaro was excommunicated.
And Yumie is
the Big Boss
She runs and manages the everything organisation.
If a post becomes vacant...
someone could be promoted to head.
But it doesn't work out that way. Even if they're rotten, the parents and children have shared a cup.
Kentaro didn't think it was a good idea to let the family be taken over.
Then I'll leave that to you. I have something to look into...
Eh? Wait...
Nishina
- Hey. - Hey.
I'm analyzing the photos you left behind...
How did it go?
Wait a minute. Hmm...
He's a completely different person.
Sergeant Hasumi Kousuke is not in this picture.
So, it looks like you can't use this against Hasumi-kun.
That's a pity...
Hey, at least say "Thank you!"...
Even if what you say is true...
not all of us thinks badly of her.
Yumie-san supported the shopping arcade.
After seeing someone you think highly of just get murdered,
you seemed to be more bothered about your hairstyle...
I want you to gather all the shopkeepers on this list, right now.
Wait a minute, please. Under what authority...
To tell you honestly,
I'm not bothered about the shady stuff you're doing.
But if you lie to me,
I'll pull you up on any charges I can find.
At least that's what Kagawa would say.
- Hey. - Hello.
Ichi-san.
Hey, look for this guy.
Did you bring the stuff?
- What? - Did you bring the stuff?
Ah, ah...
- Thanks! - Thanks!
Chiripo-kun goods sell for a lot of money on the internet!
Hey... don't grab it so hard.
You're hurting it.
I got it.
- Hey Bro, send it off. - Got it.
Centaurus.
I'll call you when I find him.
- Roger that! - Roger that!
- Copy that!
Let the operation begin!
Spread out to find the missing person.
Ah, senpai!
The Chiripo-kun goods here are missing too.
Huh? How did this happen?!
Ah...!
It's Mizuki Nao, isn't it?
Ah... Yes. I'm Yagami from the Criminal Investigation Department.
Ah... nice to meet...
Ah, come here, come here! This way, this way...
Eh? Ah...
Here you go. This will be your desk.
What's...
- your assignment today? - I'm filming some PR...
Ah... I'll make some tea.
- I have to go start filming now. - Oh, I see. I'm looking forward to it.
- I'll do my best... - Ah, Mizuki.
You salute only when you're wearing headgear. From now on, in the Criminal Investigation Department....
- you have to pay attention. - Excuse me...
- Yonemitsu! - Yes!
I hate this.
I'm already feeling heavy for the first time this year.
I'll go home and roll it off!
Hey... you underground society man...
Huh?
What does that mean "Huh?" Are you turning yourself in?
This is a police station. Are you turning yourself in?
Who are you?
People like you are driving up cases, that's why I'm being sent to the criminal division
because they don't have the manpower to handle them!
Ahh!
Who the hell was that?
She's a new recruit who just joined the Criminal Division.
- Who are you guys? - I'm Kurama Ayako, Police Affairs Section.
I'm Yonemitsu, also from the Police Affairs.
But for a rookie, Chief Yagami was awfully nice to her...
He was even about to serve her tea.
- Ah, Kagawa-san, you're up. - Huh?
- Let's go.
Johnny Ikeda's Store...
Einishida Homma electronics store...
Alright.
Listen up!
As long as you tell the truth,
I don't care what shady business you're in...
But if you lie to me...
I already told them all that...
whatever you were going to say.
- Uhm... - Yes.
Is this alright?
Doing this, like threatening us.
Would you like to do it another way?
You'd rather I follow formal procedures?
Mizushina Rina... right?
Is there anything wrong?
Charging
more than
the actual price...
"Charging more than the actual price..."
Did Yumie-san pay...?
Wrong. The invoices were padded by Yumie-san...
But we only received the original amount,
Padded bills? So you Yumie pocketed the difference.
Hey, who else did it?
Hands up! Or I won't look the other way!
The day Yumie was killed,
I was called in late at night.
Raise the price higher!
The family here,
will pay however much it says.
So, make it more substantial, okay?
I'm already... I don't like that kind of thing.
Oh, I see. Then I won't buy from you anymore.
Fine by me.
She said she would buy from another shop,
so I had no choice but to do as I was told.
She's a regular customer.
So, after that...
As I was about to leave, I heard them arguing...
Did you hear what was it about?
Sounded like, "I know what you're doing."
"I won't forgive you..."
Whose voice was it?
- Centaurus? - Was it Kentaro?
- It might have been. - You didn't see it?
I'm really sorry.
Is it possible that Kentaro
found out that his childhood friend Rina was being threatened?
But how did Kentaro, a recluse, get that information?
- Wakame! - Wakame (Seaweed)? That thing you harvest?
Go back to 15:14 to understand the reference
It's the duct that leads outside to the washing area.
The duct is seaweed?
That's when I heard the investigators outside.
Why is Kagawa at our station?
It's like the mold in your bathtub, it keeps multiplying... I want to dump it all out!
Seaweed?
Through the duct, he may have heard the conversation with Yumie-san.
Ichi
He came through!
- This is Kagawa - I found your phantom Centaurus.
What do we do?
- Call 110. - Watch him so he doesn't run away.
110 is the emergency number (like 911) in Japan
Yes, sir.
My story...
ends here...
I hate the rain.
But it's supposed to stop this evening.
It was... Kentaro?
He confessed that he did it.
I... stabbed her.
Why?
Why in the world would Kentaro...?
She made the shopkeepers in the shopping arcade pad their bills.
No way...he killed Nagamine-san?
He found out that Mizushina Rina, his childhood friend, was being forced to comply.
They got into an argument,
he lost her temper and stabbed her with a kitchen knife.
The murder weapon was also found as stated.
Yes, yes, yes, yes. Yes, yes, yes!
Centaurus' fingerprints are really sticky.
Hmm? Hmm...?
The police came to Professor Mogami's place, didn't they?
At such an important time too, what bad luck.
No, even if there hadn't been an incident,
Professor Mogami would have lost the battle.
If something like that gets out there, I don't know what he'll do...
Something like that?
No other fingerprints other than Centaurus' were found?
Yeah.
If it's being used at home, at least
Yumie's and Emiko's fingerprints should also be on it.
Does that mean they were wiped off?
If his confession is correct.
Centaurus wiped off the fingerprints,
and grabbed the knife once again and killed Yumie.
- That's how it went. - Ah...
Ahh... ah... Aaah aaah aaah...
How can that be?!
So, is there anything else?
Sorry for the repeated intrusions, I know you're in the middle of the university presidential elections.
No... Because of my son's incident,
I will never become President.
But before that, wasn't it tough already?
If something like this got out.
The letters in that frightening document
were clipped out from these magazines.
These magazines were found in Yumie's room.
Stealing and adultery.
If you were being blackmailed, you would go straight for the source.
It's only natural.
A son who is a recluse, a daughter who is a thief. Is such a person fit to run a school?
You're the only one who knows about all this!
Are you trying to get me fired?!
Sir.
I don't intend to be fired from my job either.
What did you say?
A daughter who's a kleptomaniac,
and an anti-social idiot son.
That's...
just the beginning!!
I haven't even brought up the star of the show.
Emiko?
Who the hell is this man?
He's your wife's lover, isn't he?
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha...!
How do you like my blackmail material?
I even have juicy pictures of your wife in bed...
Hahahahahahaha...! Hahahahahaha...!
Run away.
My life is already over.
But you're different.
You have to protect this house!
Get the hell out of here!
That's what he said, didn't he?
"Why Kentaro?"
Isn't this what you wanted to say instead?
or "Why do you want to take my place?"
I thought it would be bad not to have an alibi,
so I went straight back to university.
All the while, burying my doubts...
I think I finally understand the reason he took my place.
Your father used to torment you a lot, didn't he?
Why did you take the place of someone like that?
Ah... It's hard for you too, isn't it?
As long as you stay in this house.
10 years ago and 10 years later.
Nothing will change, right?
I guess it's useless talking to a hermit like you....
Useless! Hahahaha...!
What an idiot...
I tried to imagine myself ten, fifteen years from now.
Nothing will ever change...
Even after I'm gone, my wife and daughter will still be there.
That house will not belong to Kentaro.
That's why he...
But if I outlived him, the house would be mine.
Everything would belong to me...
He was a ticking time bomb.
The more certain my position at the university became
the more afraid of him I became.
I heard it through the duct,
when he was talking to my mother.
"When is that zombie ever going to die?"
The one I really wanted dead...
was him.
Every time I saw his face
he was cowering and shivering.
I was going to go someplace else to stay,
15 years later as promised.
... at least I was supposed to.
It's more shocking to a yakuza that he would be the scapegoat for a killer.
They're a family, but there was no order...
You interfered with the investigation by giving false testimony as if Kentaro had a motive.
Why is that?
I think Kentaro wanted to get out of there.
I talked to him through that duct sometimes.
Keep your chin up! Kentaro.
Why don't you just come out?
There's nothing out there, is there?
It's all terrible news.
That's true...
But... everyone tries to
have fun in their own way.
I see.
So they're having fun in their own way.
Yeah.
I think the reason he didn't turn myself in immediately
was because he was scared.
Scared, I'm sure, but he's still...
He found out about his wife's affair, and then he was blackmailed for it...
He must have been pretty furious.
Yeah.
Even so, he only stabbed her
in only two places.
Thank you for your hard work.
As of today, I, Officer Mizuki Nao.
have been assigned to the Criminal Investigation Department.
Although I'm a rookie, I look forward to working with you.
Pleased to meet you!
I'm sure Hasumi will be able to teach you a lot of things.
He's our ace.
Huh? Where did Hasumi-kun go?
Earlier, I saw him heading for the underground car park.
Kagawa isn't here either...
Can you call them back?
- Eh... me? - Yes.
Good morning.
Why did you call me to this place?
Using my underground network,
I was able to do a little research.
Ah... about what?
A list of missing persons that the Yakuza are trafficking.
Someone bought the family register
of a man who went missing three years ago.
The register he bought...
is from Hasumi Kosuke's family.
Who the hell...
are you?