Kagawa-san is currently under suspicion of attempted murder
and is on the run and may be in possession of a handgun based on eyewitness testimony.
We need to get him into custody as soon as possible...
For the sake of the Police's reputation, track down Kagawa Eiji's whereabouts!
Yes, sir!
Yes, sir. Yes...
There's no place for you to go back to even if you keep quiet.
Now spit it out!
Kagawa Eiji is believed to have stabbed a man with a knife.
The male victim is believed to be seriously injured,
but was later rushed to a hospital in Hatsutaba City...
Ah... Hey, stop...!
What is it? What is it?
When and where did you see him?
Well, when was it?
A while ago, he used to walk backwards through the shopping arcade.
The suspect is still at large...
Thank you for your cooperation. We're checking the area now...
Have you ever seen this man before?
there's a possibility they were ordered by their superiors.
He really loved you with all his heart.
It's none of my business anymore...
Thank you so much for everything until now.
Search every nook and cranny for possible entrances and exits.
I believe there's a restaurant run by a former gangster whom Kagawa reformed.
Why the dragon?
When I was a gangster, I was called the dragon of Sendai and the tiger of Miyako.
I'm not interested.
Here you go. Today's Dragon Curry, or Kyoryu Curry for short.
Welcome. Table for three?
- Kagawa is here, isn't he? - He's not here.
- Hey!
- Don't mess up my shop! - Kagawa!
Wait!
I'll show you my real strength.
Kagawa-san!
You...!
Tejima-sama would like to see you.
- I brought him here. - What do you want?
Check.
Thank goodness you got here in time...
What are you doing!
In exchange for documentary evidence of money laundering by the Washimi gang,
he wants to keep you hidden.
You should thank your partner.
Let's put this game on hold.
The police can't get to you here.
Do as you like.
The fact that they're pushing you harder
means you have to push harder as well.
Depending on how you think,
you can change the future.
I'm telling you, I really didn't do it.
I know that much.
There's no way you would stab someone in the stomach with a knife.
Oh.
So how's it going? What about Hamura?
There's no doubt he's being detained.
Deputy Commissioner Udou is probably behind it.
What about Mizuki?
Mizuki-san is no longer involved in this matter.
Even so, I will make sure to get my father and brother Takumi...
and my family back.
I heard there's a market in Phuket.
Gawawa-san
It's none of my business...
You're just afraid to know.
I'm scared...
Carry out your own justice.
I'm not good at that kind of thing...
- Shall we go then? - Okay.
Hey.
There's a place I want to stop by.
We haven't been here since our wedding. Has it been 15 years?
Yeah.
Don't ever do that again.
I thought that article was dangerous.
There was a possibility that what happened 10 years ago would come out...
So why...
I'm trying to protect your political career!
I would
do anything for you!
Kyoko...
You don't have to do anything.
Eh...?
Is Kyoko out of the hospital?
Yes, thanks to you.
- Udou-san. - Hmm?
What am I able to do now?
What are you trying to say?
The past 10 years must have been the same for everyone.
That goes for Kajima Yuto too...
I can't believe I'm taking any more time away from him...
Why do you think I've protected you for 10 years?
Isn't that what Kyoko tried to do as well?
She thought her death could gain sympathy, and incite a need for revenge...
You are kept alive by everyone.
What happened was truly a miracle.
To be honest, I thought it was impossible.
But fate managed to bring us back.
Right after Funatsu left the room, Kajima Yuto arrived.
Thanks to that, we didn't have to prepare a scapegoat
or end up with an unsolved case.
Because Kajima Yuto left behind evidence on his own.
This is what happens when you indulge yourself with a woman like that!
The crime you committed was not murder.
It's that you tried to destroy everything I've built!
I'm sorry!
All I want to see is the future!
Yuichi, quit the police force and become a politician.
Following in my footsteps is your path in life.
Really?
When I got the call from Funatsu,
I was so excited that I was shaking.
It seems the tide has turned.
Apparently a detective who was taking care of Chika's son,
a local detective named Kajima Yuto,
was at the scene of the crime.
I'm sure there will be some discrepancies,
but if that happens, please help us out.
I'm counting on you...!
Don't forget that image of your father.
How you're changing this country
is how you bring justice to it.
What's this?
It came from Hamura's house.
Kajima Yuto, Hamura Takumi, Hasumi Kosuke.
His real name is Kajima Naoto.
Kagawa was investigating Fujiwara's case from 10 years ago.
But I couldn't understand why Hasumi was so desperate.
Does that mean he was Kajima Yuto's son?
Yes.
The real enemy wasn't Kagawa, but Hasumi Kosuke.
Hasumi is now wanted as an accomplice.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Is it about that Gawawa-san we met at the restaurant?
But Kagawa-san wouldn't do something like that.
What makes you think that?
Most likely, Dad was involved in the Shunran City murder case 10 years ago.
What?
He's trying to stop Kagawa from investigating it,
by pinning him on a different crime.
What do you think, Mom?
- What do you think I can do about it? - Because...!
If I ask him for the answer, will that convince you?
I can't do anything for you.
Because
I am me
and you are you.
Let's roll it together! You don't have to think so hard about it.
As far as you can see, that's all that matters.
Just do what you can do.
Here.
Hmm.
What do you think of this?
- "Tomorrow's Haction" - You know what it means?
The title is "Ashita Nara Hakushon", or "Tomorrow’s Sneeze". "Hakushon" sounds like "Action", so it could be a play on words.
We don't want to arrest him.
If you can reach him, tell him to turn himself in.
Kagawa-san didn't do anything to deserve this.
- Then...! - But I can't tell you what's going on right now.
I'll tell you everything when the time comes.
Please believe in Kagawa-san.
Hasumi-san.
If there's anything...
If there is anything I can do to help
If there is anything I can do to help...
Please tell me.
Tell me.
Coming.
Can I talk to you for a minute?
Don't worry.
I'm not wearing a wire, and I've got my protection.
I'm just here to talk to you as an individual.
Come in.
What can a detective like me do for you?
Hasumi,
you've heard of the trolley problem, right?
The trolley problem is a series of thought experiments in ethics and psychology, involving stylized ethical dilemmas of whether to sacrifice one person to save a larger number.
At the end of a two-way track, there's an elderly person on the right and a toddler on the left.
The trolley cannot stop because its brakes are broken.
The only way to save one of them is to sacrifice the other.
What are you trying to say?
In other words, justice is just someone's subjective opinion.
On the good side is me, who wants to change Japan for the better, and thinks it is possible,
the evil side is you.
That's a very convenient story.
That's why I wanted to have a proper talk with you.
I want you to forget everything that has happened.
You've got to be kidding me...
That's all I've been thinking about for the past 10 years...
Hamura, if you back out, Kagawa-san will freed of suspicion and I will work to get Kajima Yuto released.
We can make Orihara Daigo the real culprit in the case from 10 years ago.
Why don't we just end it with the suspect's death?
And what happens after that?
That's why, you can do whatever you want...
Is the Japan you're aiming for...
built upon by lies?
Isn't the justice you are carrying out
also built upon by lies?
Kajima Naoto.
You entered the Metropolitan Police Department impersonating a man named Hasumi Kosuke.
Deputy Commissioner Udou is going to make you a wanted man.
If you accept my terms,
I'll convince Udou-san otherwise.
You have until 12:00 pm tomorrow. I'll wait for your call.
Hey, what's up?
Can I talk to you now?
Just in time. I need to talk to you too.
Come here right away.
No, I...
I'll be waiting.
Kagawa-san...
Mizuki-san... why are you here?
I don't know.
That's why I came to talk to you.
To be honest, I'm not in New Ace mode right now.
You look a little grim. What is it you wanted to talk about?
I met with Councilor Osanai.
What did you talk about?
My real identity has been exposed.
Tomorrow at 12:00 p.m.,
Deputy Commissioner Udou is going to make me a wanted person.
Kagawa-san...
The case from 10 years ago...
let's back out of it here.
You...
do you even know what you're saying?
If things continue as they are, I'll be a wanted man tomorrow.
What can I do with the time I have left?
If we back out of this case,
Brother Takumi and Kagawa-san will be exonerated.
They'll also work to get my father released.
If that happens, Mizuki's father...
Deputy Commissioner Udou won't be arrested.
Even Kagawa-san can go back to the Anti-gang division.
That's bullshit...
We don't have a single piece of evidence!
If there's no chance of winning,
we just have to choose a way that saves everyone!
Fujiwara-san,
and Kuroishi-san
are dead...
I am not like the person I see in front of me,
so I can't just save the living and call it quits!
Your father, Kajima Yuto,
was a good detective and a good father. I won't deny that.
But
the one thing he did wrong
was to give up on the appeal and accept the false accusation!
What you're telling us to do, is the same thing!!
You get it?
The bad guys...
You hunt them down and make them bow to the ground!
If you make a mistake, you say, "I'm sorry.
If you make a mistake, you say "I'm sorry"...
That's why we can forgive people who make mistakes, right?
If we lose our righteousness as human beings,
we're finished!
Hasumi...
don't become useless!
She is repeating a line that Fujiwara told Kagawa in Episode 1
Mizuki, have you gotten back into New Ace mode?
Do you know who you're talking to?
I'm always in New Ace mode!
You said you weren't earlier.
- Eh? - Don't say "Eh".
Anyway!
What do you want me to do?
Think.
Think about how I'm going to turn this 10 year case upside down by noon tomorrow.
Oh... it's daybreak.
No, it's not this one.
You were in the apartment that day.
Is there anything you remember? Anything at all!
That's why I already told you.
I bumped into an old man and picked up his cufflinks.
After that. Where were you?
After that, I was calling my friends to see if I could sell the cufflinks.
Then I heard a police car heading toward my house, so I went to check it out.
Why didn't you tell me that earlier!?
Did you see anything there?
Anything strange or suspicious?
How am I supposed to know?
I've never seen a murder scene before.
- Did you go in there? - They dragged me out as soon as I got there.
Ah... right...
I apologize for making you recall such a bad memory...
I wondered...
what happened to my mom and my home.
No... it wasn't me...!
Come on! Let go of me! Hey!
Hey... Who are you?
- Hey, come here! - Where'd you come in from?
- Don't come in without permission! - Don't touch me!
Get off of me! Let go of me!
Mom...!
Mom!
That's when I thought.
I thought that mom, and all the things in the room would disappear...
Oh, I'm sorry.
Hello?
You're at Ryoga's place, right? Can you ask him a few questions?
There is a possibility that some Othello pieces were missing from the crime scene.
- Eh? - Don't say "Eh".
Wait a minute.
I figured...
you would want this...
It's here. Right in front of me!
- Eh? - Please don't say "Eh".
I am the New Ace...
Please lend me that.
I don't have any money, but I'll do anything you say.
I'll even let you shoot my gun as often as you want. So...!
If you'll do anything I say...
Go get the guy who really killed my mom.
I promise,
I'll get the real culprit!
Please call the second generation immediately. Thanks.
Masao!
and Yoshiko-san?
Much obliged.
- Oh, I didn't do anything. - Hey, New Ace!
We've been corresponding here for a while.
Love Letter from the Wall.
Sounds like a Showa song.
She decided to come back.
[Mizuki, are you listening?]
Oh... that's great!
Hey, Mizuki! Are you listening?
I'll be back right away.
Then, I'm sorry. I'm in a hurry.
Yeah! Go for it!
Oh, and please take down the posters!
- Thank you! - Also, good luck!
The voice that Kohama Miyoko heard at Chika's apartment...
I don't know...! What am I supposed to do!
This voice... There's no mistaking it.
It's Osanai Yuichi.
Now if we can get his fingerprints out of the Othello pieces...
There's no way he can get away with this.
- Good morning. - Oh, good morning.
K-Kagawa?
She is Miguni Minori (played by voice actress Kato Emiri), Yonemitsu's senior and appears in the spin-off show "Keishicho Insider"
Kagawa...? Eh...
Is she all right?
Hiding in silence will probably keep you alive until noon anyway.
That may be so... Ah, then why don't you at least wear sunglasses?
Oh, good idea.
No good... You still Kagawa-ish
What do you mean "ish"? I'm still me!
- Good morning. - Spaghetti in the morning?
I'm starving. I bought enough for both of you.
You're amazing. And that's not your seat anymore.
But Kagawa-san, I've never seen a wanted criminal in the Division, nor on a TV Asahi drama.
- What? - Neither one is good!
Imposters shouldn't talk! Imposters shouldn't talk!
Mizuki-san, did you get that thing?
Yes.
This was at the crime scene...
Clickety-clack! Clickety-clack!
"Dodesukaden" is an onomatopoeia term equivalent to "Clickety-clack", and also a 1970 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa. One of the characters drives a trolley/tram in a fantasy world and reciting the phrase "Dodesukaden" to mimic the sound of the vehicle.
Clickety-clack! Clickety-clack!
You're late. What were you doing?
What?
You called me at the crack of dawn, there's no way I can get here so fast.
Why don't you just take a cab?
I don't move when the trains don't run.
I'm a woman who only runs on rails.
You're completely off the rails...
How dare you...
You're still wearing that down jacket with holes in it.
Give me your time and money.
So, what do you want me to examine?
This is it.
Ah... Kagawa-san's collapse means there's still some blood left.
Even a tiny smudge of blood like this?
And Osanai Yuichi's fingerprints?
I think they're in the database.
It's protected by a cumbersome security system.
Ah...
I think they're on this ballpoint pen.
I don't think anyone else's fingerprints are on it.
The notebook too.
It's 10 years old. Can you get it?
He must have taken very good care of it.
It's still clean. Ah...!
Give me 30 minutes of your time.
All right, all right... Give me the results by noon.
Thank you very much.
Okay.
Thank you very much.
Good morning. Good morning.
Hey.
Eh, eh, eh...
- Why?! - What's wrong, Mizuki?
- Eh...! - Yo!
Good morning. Mugino from the Police Affairs said that Kagawa was walking around the station, I thought that was stupid...
Whoa!!
No, Chief, uhm... this is...
It's a living spirit...! A living spirit!
Eh?
That's right. Kagawa-san wants to come back to Sakura station.
He was a very compassionate person.
Indeed, indeed.
See, look at him.
It looks like he's here, but he's not.
Look! See? See, see, see! It's all empty. See?
Ah...!
- I'm sorry. - Ouch...
Well...
you can't catch a living spirit, can you?
Well... it can't be helped...
Let's go.
Mizuki.
I don't know what's going on, but do your best.
Yes!
Ah... I still have a mortgage to pay off...
Yo. Your guy gave me your number.
Can we talk?
Kagawa huh?
I'm still a wanted man.
It's time for your reply.
Naturally, you agree to the terms, right?
No.
Then why did you call me here?
I'm here today
to expose your crime.
What crime?
Ten years ago, my father witnessed a murder.
He wasn't a witness. He was the killer.
You made him the killer.
That is your crime.
He thought he could save Chika.
That's why my father panicked and touched the murder weapon.
If you're a police officer, you should try to preserve the scene.
There was a life in front of him that could have been saved.
My father's actions
were not wrong from a human point of view.
Kajima Yuto called the police, even though his fingerprints were on the body.
You people took advantage of that and put the blame on Yuto.
That's absurd.
The murder weapon had nothing but Kajima Yuto's fingerprints on it.
That's strange isn't it?
Not even Chika's fingerprints were on it.
Before Yuto entered the apartment...
Funatsu was spotted near the apartment.
You sent Funatsu to cover up the incident...
Enough with the speculation.
How long do you want to be on the run?
Which of us is on the run?
Go to the Sakuradamon exit.
What was it that you were really supposed to protect?
I want to know.
- There's no time left! - Ahhh...
Aah! Aah!
I'm so utterly confused!
What's wrong! Hey!
What does it mean??
No... so what's the conclusion?
What does...
It's here...
Nao. Why are you here?
Kagawa is a criminal.
If you're helping him, you're an accomplice too.
- You were... - "You"?
It is very rude to address a parent by saying "Anata" which means "you".
an accomplice to the case from 10 years ago, weren't you?
Did Kagawa and Hasumi tell you that?
Do you believe what they said?
If something doesn't feel right, we investigate thoroughly.
It's a sacred rule of investigation.
I'm not your daughter now.
I'm here as a detective.
What on earth are you going to do?
You're still speculating and have no evidence, right?
If it's evidence...
I have it.
This is from Utagawa Chika's son,
Ryoga-san, and I borrowed it.
What is that?
You can't see anything after all.
I read the investigation materials over and over again.
There was an Othello game in both the crime scene photos and what was left behind.
But I never paid attention to the number of pieces.
I had assumed that all 64 pieces were in order.
But Othello always has spare pieces.
These are the spare pieces.
The bloodstains on it belong to Utagawa Chika.
When Ryoga-san entered the scene, he immediately reached out his hand.
Because he thought everything would disappear from that room.
That was not in the official report.
His thoughts and feelings
would never be seen by people like you.
The suffering of the victim's family,
or the life of my father, who was falsely accused,
you never saw any of it.
The fingerprints on this piece will reveal
the truth about what you've been hiding.
The fingerprint analysis is out, call me immediately.
What does it mean?
Why didn't you call me?
You got the results, didn't you?
With your ballpoint pen...
- Eh? - Don't say "Eh".
...it's time.
Who was it?
All right.
I'm done talking. As promised, it's noon.
This was your last chance to save your father.
I'm sorry I kept you waiting.
Kagawa-san...
I have the fingerprint results.
But it came out differently from what we had imagined.
What do you mean?
The blood on the piece was definitely Chika's.
But the fingerprints left behind...
They weren't yours.
That's what our expert forensics expert said.
Fingerprints won't show the difference between a man and a woman.
But women secrete more amino acids.
This fingerprint has twice the amount of amino acids.
In other words,
the fingerprints belong to a woman.
If it's not Councilor Osanai, and it's a woman's
the one we should suspect first
is this person.
This pen had a fingerprint that matches the Othello piece.
Our Mizuki got this signed when she went to one of your lectures.
Then the fingerprints left behind...
Of course, we'll exclude the two women on the left.
There was another who signed with your pen, right?
There is. One more.
- Who was it? - Osanai Kyoko.
Osanai Kyoko...
Your wife's fingerprints.
That means Kyoko was in that room on the day of the murder.
That's not true.
Kyoko had nothing to do with it.
You and Chika were having an affair.
As your wife, Kyoko had plenty of motive to murder your mistress.
That's not true! I killed Chika!
Kyoko came in after that, and her fingerprints were on it!
What we want to know is the truth!
Do you have any idea how many people's lives have been ruined by your lies?
Our guys are on their way to Kyoko right now.
We would like to talk to you about Utagawa Chika's murder.
Will you accompany us to the station?
Ryoga...?
Are you... Kyoko-san?
I don't think you're the only one to blame for this case.
That man will eventually take over his father's place.
If there are any photos or gifts left over, please dispose of them now.
You can't make promises like that over here.
Even so... I have to protect him...
If I were in your place, I'd make me disappear.
That's what protecting means.
But don't worry.
Osanai-san and I decided to break up.
I ...
You don't have to do anything.
All you have to do is forget about me.
Chika-san had the determination and strength to live in the present.
That was something I didn't have....
I can do it...
Even I can protect him...
It's impossible for a refined lady like you.
Ryoga.
Mom.
Even I can protect him...!
I will do anything to protect him!
It's not anger.
It's not hatred.
I just...
wanted to prove to him that
I loved him more...
Kyoko-san killed Chika-san.
Deputy Commissioner Udou covered it up.
No, I got Udou-san involved.
When I heard that Kyoko was going to Chika's apartment that day, I rushed there too.
Even I can do it...
But I was too late.
Kyoko...!
It's all my fault... It's all my fault...!
Even I can do it... Even I can do it...
Don't say anything else.
I asked for help from Udou-san.
Udou-san, what should I do? What should I do?
What's wrong, Yuichi? What happened?
I don't know...!
What am I supposed to do!
Tell me what happened.
I killed Utagawa Chika...
Hey. Where are you?
I'm in Chika's room.
- Did anyone see you? - I didn't see anyone.
Then get out of there! I'll take care of the rest.
You broke up with Utagawa Chika, didn't you?
Did you really do it?
Kyoko did?
Don't worry.
I'm sending Funatsu to the scene now.
We'll cover everything up.
Udou-san, after all, I should...
Your father's political life is at stake.
Are you willing to destroy the will of Sosankai?
For the future of this country, I will protect you by any means necessary.
I still believe I made the choice for the sake of this country.
Regardless of what you think of me, I will carry out my justice.
- Chief Udou! - Sit down!
Leave your post.
Securing Japan's safety has reached its limits.
The authority the police currently have is not enough to take down organized crime.
What does this have to do with my arrest?
Sooner or later, juveniles will be involved in serious crimes.
Children like the victim's son will become victims themselves.
There is a man who can change that.
For that man's sake, I hope you will drop the appeal.
You want me to take the blame?
Udou-san!
I beg of you!
Entrust 15 years of your future for Japan... for our justice!
I don't approve.
No matter what justice there is.
No one deserves to be sacrificed.
I don't know anything about the future of this country or anything that big!
I can only think about the person in front of me right now!
That's why I...
you...
You...
Dad...
Officer Mizuki Nao...
You must carry out your justice.
Everyone who is important to you,
please protect them.
It's just as you said.
This is not Japan that I was aiming for.
For 10 years...
I've been waiting for this moment.
I thought about giving up many times.
I was broken so many times.
But every time,
I always remember
those ordinary moments with my father and mother.
And you...
you took that away from me!
Imagine the pain...
the weight of it...
for the rest of your life!
This...
must not be forgotten.
Fujiwara-san...
I can finally have a drink with you slowly.
Breaking news. Regarding the murder of a hostess that took place 10 years ago in Shunran City, Nagano Prefecture...
Mega-moto (Nomoto), It was short and problematic, but thank you. Kagawa
- Good morning. - Good morning.
- Letters from those two... - Eh?
I'll tell you everything when the time comes.
Osanai Kyoko is suspected of murder today...
- Good morning. - Good morning.
In addition, Osanai Yuichi's wife, and Deputy Superintendent Udou Hiroki, are also suspects...
(Hasumi/Naoto writes the whole explanation)
Mizuki too...?
They were arrested on suspicion of evading a criminal investigation.
Utagawa Chika, a hostess in Shunran City, Nagano Prefecture, was murdered in 2013.
Sorry for all the trouble I caused. Mizuki Nao
Letter of Apology
The fourth generation had the shortest stint ever.
But I'm glad she's coming back to the Criminal Investigation Division.
It's a little crooked.
- Crooked? - Yeah...
- Hey. - Hey.
Instead of the normal Hello - Konnichiwa(desu), it's shortened to "Chissu"
Farewell.
Chief Koyano...
Hey Hamura-kun!
Thank good...
My turn.
Mom's turn...
I'm Sekishiya Seio, attorney at law.
Kajima-san, it's become clear that you've been falsely accused and are innocent.
Someone has confessed to stabbing Utagawa Chika.
According to the police, they have evidence to support his confession.
Hamura will be released and your father too.
You did good.
Your name and background was all a lie,
but trying to save the victim all this time,
was true.
Yes...
I'm going to file a motion for retrial immediately.
I'm going to help you get back as much of what you lost as possible.
Let me help you with that.
You're turning yourself in after all?
To me, the Criminal Investigation Department was just a front.
Who the hell are you?
If you want to investigate, you have to follow procedure.
You can't get things done if you keep playing these compliance games!
I don't know if that's how ex-Yakuza do things, but we are from the criminal investigation division!
All I wanted was to get back to the Anti-gang division.
We both have scars on our shins
so let's use each other without unnecessary prying.
All I wanted was to get my father exonerated.
Walk and listen.
Making me do a job that's beyond my capabilities, that's power harassment...
Threaten to expose him, and get more information on those three women.
I never wanted to be a detective in the first place.
There's a child waiting for her mother to come home!
If you can't even do that little favor for her...
I'm quitting the police force!
Don't push around my junior so casually.
Besides, Kagawa-san is not someone you guys can talk to on equal terms.
And yet you take the heat like an idiot...
I don't need people to trust me, or need to trust others...
Thank you for everything you've done for me.
This is the first time I'm hearing testimony that my father wasn't the killer.
That's great isn't it?
I don't care if no one understands.
That's what I thought.
I thought I didn't need any help.
Although...
I'm glad you guys are here.
Well, I guess I'll be going now...
Ace!
Leave the Sakura-district Police Station to New Ace.
Don't become useless!
Hasumi.
No, it's... Kajima Naoto.
You're still you.
Mizuki.
You too,
don't become useless.
Yes, sir!