The big boys get together secretly and decide everything.
No matter how hard you try, it's no good.
I'm afraid we are no longer doing business with you from today.
You ratted out on us. To the JFTC.
I shouldn't have joined in the collusion.
It doesn't matter that only one person died.
Damn you!
You are the Big 4. I'd like to entrust the entire construction project to you.
Your collusion will be coming to an end.
Honjo... Honjo!
Why were you
Chief Inspector Honjo Satoko
investigating the Tokyo Bay Area redevelopment project without permission?
Because there's a possibility of collusion among the Big 4.
Do you have any proof?
My being attacked is proof of that.
Inspector Koshobu Tsutomu
That was a warning for us not to investigate.
Further investigation is forbidden.
Forbidden?
The police have started an investigation.
Until the case is solved, the JFTC is is to stand down.
The investigation will only resume when everything is clear.
Are you saying we should overlook the collusion in front of us?
There was an attempted murder. That comes first.
And, Inspector Koshobu.
You've been suspended for the time being.
Hello, Tetsuya. What happened?
It's about the stabbing of your boss yesterday.
Does she have any connection with Vice Minister Toudou of MLIT?
Inspector Shirokuma Kaede
Eh? Why?
Section 1 Criminal Investigation Team Omori Tetsuya
It seems she was meeting with Vice-Minister Toudou frequently.
A bureaucrat from the MLIT and a JFTC official.
Strange combination, isn't it?
Do you know anything about that?
No, I don't know anything.
I see.
There's one more thing that's been bothering me.
The murderer
may be the same man who killed Koga Yasuhiro at Lacter Construction.
What?
It's the case where the investigation was stopped and caused you to get transferred to the JFTC.
A security camera near the scene of Koga's murder
showed a man fleeing the scene,
and a man similar to him
was also caught on the camera near this crime scene.
If that's the case...
I wonder if they'll stop the investigation again like they did then...
I don't know.
But there is no doubt that there are big forces at play here.
The person who stabbed Honjo
Inspector Momozono Chiyoko
is the same person who murdered Koga from Lacter Construction?
That seems to be a possibility.
The murderer originally targeted Koshobu, right?
Inspector Rokkaku Kosuke
As I recall, wasn't Koshobu chasing after Lacter Construction?
Yes, both cases are connected to Lacter Construction.
Team Cap Kazami Shinichi
Another thing about Honjo...
It seems Honjo was meeting with Vice-Minister Toudou frequently.
Huh? Are you saying that the on-site inspection of Lacter Construction was stopped
because of pressure from the bureaucracy?
Rumor has it... it was pressure from the bureaucracy.
You mean inside information from the JFTC leaked out?
- No way that's true... - Right?
Okay, okay, this conversation is over.
All we can do now is to do our jobs well,
and protect Bureau 6 in Honjo's absence.
- Back to work. - Yes.
Thank you for your hard work.
How did it go with the committee?
I've been suspended for a while.
Well, it can't be helped.
You should learn from this and lay low for a while. Right?
Bye.
Don't go investigating without permission.
You'll get fired this time.
I know that.
You're the son of the company president who committed suicide?
Because of your father, all construction was halted.
That was a serious inconvenience.
May I ask you one question?
Is collusion really that bad?
In my opinion, competition is the real villain.
Guardians of Competition
I never thought you would betray me.
I didn't betray you.
Basically...
You were on Toudou's side from the beginning, weren't you?
You will never be able to catch Toudou.
What did you mean by that?
Why didn't you tell me?
Pardon me.
Lacter
November 25, 14:00 Lacter Construction - Kinoshita Cafe Hill.
Today...
Bureau 6
Thank you for calling. This is Cafe Hill.
Please wait a moment.
Is anyone here...
who goes by the name of Kinoshita?
Yes.
Lacter Construction Sales Division General Manager Kinoshita Kenichi
Hello?
- They hung up. - I'm so sorry about that.
Honjo isn't coming.
What?
She got stabbed.
Stabbed?
Who are you?
I'm Koshobu of the JFTC.
Koshobu?
Don't tell me, you're...
I'm so sorry about your father.
As an employee of Lacter Construction, I was involved in the collusion that led to your father's death
I'm sorry.
What's your relationship with Honjo?
I was passing on information about Lacter Construction.
Information on Lacter Construction?
Why Honjo?
To expose Toudou's wrongdoings.
Honjo has been after him for 15 years.
Since the day your father died.
Honjo was gathering information on Lacter Construction,
while at the same time, trying to gain the trust of Toudou.
Honjo-san was trying to get information on collusion in the forthcoming Tokyo Bay Area Redevelopment Project.
Collusion was happening amongst the Big Four.
There aren't many collusions where the Big Four are all together.
She had risked everything on it.
When it comes down to it....
they don't care about human life.
I think Toudou is behind Koga's murder.
I even warned her that it wasn't safe to go any further.
That's why you should stop too...
The one who's putting together the bid for the redevelopment project...
is a man named Hiyama right?
Lacter Construction, Director of Civil Engineering Sales Division Hiyama Yuya
I told you it's dangerous.
Please tell me. Please.
It's probably Hiyama.
So far, someone from Lacter Construction
has been putting together the Big 4's collusion under Toudou's direction.
What kind of information were you bringing to Honjo today?
The bidding date for the redevelopment project's been changed.
December 9, two weeks from now.
Two weeks?
The collusion will be done by then. Time is running is out.
I heard that Koshobu's been suspended.
Yes.
Public Prosecutor on Secondment Midorikawa Eiko
I hope he doesn't do anything rash.
Uhm...
Do you know anything?
I have a feeling that Koshobu,
is deeply tied to Lacter Construction somehow.
Eh? Koshobu?
What?
What are you doing? Koshobu!
Kinoshita Kenichi
Cap.
Koshobu!
What are you doing? What are you doing...
- Hey! - Koshobu!
I know why you joined JFTC.
It's to expose Toudou's wrongdoings, isn't it?
Toudou?
Toudou and Lacter Construction are connected.
That's why you're investigating Lacter Construction.
But don't investigate recklessly.
You've been suspended.
If you get fired, you'll never be able to pursue Toudou again.
There's no more time!
Toudou's involved in the redevelopment project.
If we don't do something,
the Big 4 will monopolize the project through collusion.
Four companies for a project of that scale...
How much money are they intending to make?
The bidding is in two weeks.
There's bound to be collusion before then.
We can't let them get away with it.
Koshobu!
These are all documents related to Vice Minister Toudou.
What?
What do you mean...
Honjo's been chasing him all along.
Midorikawa, you do know something, don't you?
Midorikawa.
15 years ago, there was a certain government collusion.
The person who got involved in that collusion
and was driven to suicide...
I shouldn't have joined in the collusion.
...is Koshobu's father.
Most likely Toudou was behind it.
There were traces of him in the prosecutor's files at the time.
Koshobu, during Toyoshima's funeral,
was staring at Toudou, who was in attendance.
That's... what that was about.
I've already told someone else the other day.
If it's about the outstanding payment, I'll pay you as soon as the construction of the Oyada Bypass is finished.
Otsu Construction Otsu Kousuke
No, that's not what I'm here for today...
Ms. Toudou?
You're the daughter of Vice Minister Toudou, right?
I'm Koshobu from the JFTC.
May I ask you a question?
Toudou Tamaki.
I have nothing to say.
Otsu Construction Otsu Tamaki
I have cut ties with my father.
I haven't seen him for years.
If you'll excuse me.
Ah, please wait a minute.
I have no intention of getting involved again.
Please forgive her.
Things haven't gone well for a long time.
I haven't even met her father.
I don't think there's anything she can tell you.
Otsu's wife
was the daughter of Vice Minister Toudou, wasn't she?
Yes.
But she's cut ties with him. She doesn't know anything.
Uhm... Koshobu...
Who told you?
Ah, could it be Midorikawa?
Yes.
She talks too much.
That's right.
I joined the JFTC to catch Toudou.
If I wanted to catch him, I could have joined the police.
But the police are done once they catch him.
I thought the JFTC could eliminate collusion and cheating.
There are a lot of people suffering.
But Toudou is formidable.
Uhm, is there anything I can do?
Nothing.
But...
There's nothing you can do.
What?
If there was something,
I would have done it already.
You've been chasing after Toudou all along, haven't you?
Because of me,
all your efforts were for nothing.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
Hmph...
I've been exposed, eh?
You regained consciousness?
Haha.
- Ahh, you should have told me. - Hehe.
I wanted to surprise you,
but you started talking so somberly I missed my chance.
You don't have to apologize, Koshobu.
It's my fault for not telling you.
You were trying to keep me away from Toudou
because he might have hurt me, right?
That's true too.
I was also breaking the rules to get in Toudou's good graces.
Just a little bit more,
you were so close to getting information on collusion from Toudou.
Otsu Construction, the company that Bureau 6 had been investigating,
you knew that Toudou's daughter was there.
The Hotel Amazawa wedding cartel,
you knew there was a connection between Amazawa Unkai and Toudou.
Everyone worked so hard...
In the end, we couldn't get a lead.
But don't worry.
If you stay alive, I'm sure you'll get another chance.
Honjo, you protected me.
Toudou probably doesn't trust you anymore.
If I hadn't done anything unnecessary...
Ever since then...
you've been doing everything by yourself.
This has been well put together.
Vice Minister, MLIT Toudou Kiyotada
- Well done. - Thank you very much.
- How did the ruling party ministers react? - They seemed to agree with the proposal.
It will be discussed in the next session of the legislative assembly.
I see.
If that bill passes, the construction industry will be transformed.
What you've been working toward will finally come to fruition.
It's time to clean up all around.
Hey, hey, what are you doing?
The committee has already told us to put a stop to this.
I'm sorry.
What about the data I asked you to compile? Have you finished?
We've got a lot of work to do.
Why are you absent, Shirokuma?
Koshobu isn't here too.
It can't be helped, she said she caught a cold.
There's no way Shirokuma caught a cold, right?
She's definitely lying.
Lacter Construction Main Office
Hiyama.
The one who's putting together the bid for the redevelopment project... is a man named Hiyama right?
It's probably Hiyama.
So far, someone from Lacter Construction has been putting together the Big 4's collusion under Toudou's direction.
The bidding date for the redevelopment project's been changed.
December 9, two weeks from now.
The collusion will be done by then. Time is running out.
Whoa!
Stop it, guys.
Huh?
You're Koshobu of the JFTC, I believe.
Perhaps you were following me?
You can't do that kind of thing.
This is probably your punishment...
Oh! Hahaha...
I guess the only thing you could do was to follow me,
but I don't think it's worth the effort.
Don't ever let me see you again.
Koshobu.
What's wrong with your face?
It's nothing.
Why did you call me out here?
Hello.
It seems that Tamaki is cooperating with us.
What?
I'm going to go with Tamaki, to Vice Minister Toudou's home.
We're going to look for clues on the collusion for the redevelopment project.
I told my father I'd like to borrow my late mother's kimono.
My father is on a business trip.
Why? You said you didn't want to get involved...
I don't want to.
But I don't have a choice.
Since then, Shirokuma has been coming to me every day...
- Good morning. - Enough of this.
I told you I don't know anything.
Can you help me?
I don't want to get involved.
Tamaki, you said so yourself...
that collusion causes many companies to go bankrupt every year.
There's a possibility that Vice Minister Toudou is involved in the collusion for the redevelopment project.
We don't have the power to do anything about it.
If we don't do something,
this situation will go on forever.
Please.
Can you help me help a lot of people in need?
Please!
And morning after morning... she was really bothering me.
I guess I have no choice but to help.
I'm sorry.
Shirokuma's pressure is very strong, isn't it?
I feel for you.
What?
Thank you for your help.
There's a security camera, so we'll drive in.
The two of you will stay hidden.
It's a really big house.
This is the last picture I took with my mother.
She was very well dressed.
Unlike me.
My father's room is upstairs.
This way.
Are you sure you're OK with this?
Yes. I'm counting on you.
Thank you very much.
It's not so easy to find, isn't it?
Toudou.
But why...
That's not good. We have to hurry.
Koshobu, we have to hurry.
Ah...
- Our shoes. - Ah!
I'm sorry to bother you.
It's been a while.
What happened to your business trip?
- My schedule changed. - I see.
Did you find your kimono?
- I just got here. - I see.
Uhm...
- Where's the kimono? - In the altar room.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no...
- It's bad, Koshobu. - I know. Shut up.
Uhm... can you help me for a bit?
Uhm... I couldn't find the kimono.
Hm?
Let's go while we still can.
Hey, Koshobu!
Could this be the date and place of the collusion for the redevelopment project?
It's a week before the bidding date. Most likely...
December 2nd Cafe Sylvia
They're doing it, huh?
The time is not known, but...
if we stake out the site in the morning, we'll get it.
So my father is involved in collusion after all.
How do we get this man?
But this...
will save a lot of companies, won't it?
Yes.
Please leave the rest to us.
Please.
A stakeout, huh? It's been a while.
I used to do it every week when I was a detective.
Leave it to me.
Shirokuma, that's enough. I'll take care of the rest on my own.
What? What are you talking about now?
This is an unauthorized investigation.
If Cap finds out, we're screwed.
You could get fired, too.
No, but...
That's enough.
Thank you very much.
Day of collusion
Cafe Sylvia
Excuse me.
Hey, hey...
Shirokuma?
Hurry up and get in.
Eh?
You don't understand, do you?
If you just stand there like this, they'll get suspicious and find out right away.
This is how we camouflage ourselves so we don't look suspicious.
Why did you come?
I told you not to come, didn't I?
Here.
Anyway, you haven't eaten anything, right?
You have to eat. A stakeout is physically demanding.
Thank you for your help with Tamaki.
But I have to do this on my own.
I don't want to get anyone else involved.
It might get dangerous...
That's why I came.
There's no way I'm going to let you do this alone.
I'm originally a detective.
I'm a lot stronger than you.
Boom!
You're too loud. Are you an idiot?
I knew this would happen.
It's obvious you were up to something.
You've been fidgety all day, Shirokuma.
How did you find me?
We chased you in a taxi.
On my own expense. I paid for it, okay?
No way...
You were saying you were an ex-detective or something,
you didn't notice you were being followed?
Ah, uhm...
Just one more step, and we can catch them in the act of colluding for the redevelopment project.
Can you pretend you didn't see it?
- Impossible. - Yeah.
Eh?
We can't leave it to you alone.
Didn't you guys notice that there's a back entrance to this cafe?
- Eh? - Ah..., I'll go there, then.
Ah! It's alright. I sent Rokkaku already.
Why do I always have to do this?
You two are so careless.
And then there's this.
I got permission for an on-site inspection.
I asked the committee for it. With my signature crocodile tears.
Cap...
Honjo was stabbed.
You're not the only ones who're frustrated.
There's no way I can keep quiet about it.
In the first place,
what were you going to do without the committee's permission?
Even if we can prove collusion,
confiscating documents by force will surely get you fired.
And because we're not the police, and there's no actual crime.
That's... well...
Maybe Koshobu's thought of something...
- There's nothing. - Eh?
Even if I get fired...
if I could get even one piece of evidence...
that's all I needed.
There's nothing else I can do.
Hahahaha...!
What's with that evil laugh?
The last time we were in a van together like this...
we were chasing Unkai, do you remember?
- Ah... - Haha.
We planted a bug, didn't we?
We were always sneaking around, weren't we?
We're a small government agency.
Speaking of Unkai...
Shirokuma almost died after eating poisoned dorayaki.
You were really impatient at the time.
She was told to stay in bed for 3 weeks.
But she was discharged in three days, right?
That was particularly difficult for me.
We even clashed with the prosecutors.
Yeah.
- That's because someone betrayed Bureau 6. - Yeah.
Please don't talk about that anymore!
- What? What did you say? - You said some pretty lousy things.
Hahaha...!
I'm sure it'll be fine.
We've always managed somehow.
I'm sure things will go well this time too.
That's right.
That's Hiyama from Lacter Construction.
Is that Toudou?
There's no doubt there's collusion going on here.
Let's go.
This is the JFTC. Everyone please remain still.
We're here on suspicion of unfair restraint of trade, in violation of the Antimonopoly Law Article 3.
We'll be conducting an on-site inspection.
Everyone, please step away from the table.
Please.
Where's...
Where is Vice Minister Toudou?
Where's Toudou?
Calm down.
There's no way he'd come here.
We've got the evidence, we just need to hear what he has to say later.
As soon as we have obtained the documents,
you will all be escorted to the JFTC.
- Shirokuma! - Yes!
Otsu!
Eh?
Huh?
Why are you...
Look at this.
"Oyada Bypass"?
Eh?
There's an upcoming bid for the Oyada Bypass construction.
If we can get it...
According to my husband, the presentation went well.
Don't tell me this collusion...
This isn't collusion for the redevelopment project.
Huh?
This is the police!
Hiyama.
You're under arrest for the murder of Koga Yasuhiro and attempted murder of Honjo Satoko.
Hiyama tried to kill Honjo...
Come with us.
Please wait.
Hiyama is suspected of violating the Antimonopoly Law.
Let us have a hearing too.
This is a homicide case. You will have to wait.
Wait, wait.
This isn't good.
I don't know when the JFTC can get a hearing.
If I paid him...
I could participate in the collusion for the Oyada Bypass.
That's what Hiyama said.
So you paid to join the collusion?
Yes, I did.
The reason you said you thought we could win the bid...
was because you were using such dirty tricks?
As long as there's collusion,
you'll never win bids even if you work properly.
I had no choice but to do what I had to do to keep the company going.
We have employees,
and many subcontractors.
We can't let the company go under.
I didn't want to collude either.
I have always been serious.
There was nothing else I could do.
No matter how hard you try, it's no good.
I shouldn't have joined in the collusion.
Otsu admitted to collusion.
Any relationship with Toudou?
He said he never met him.
Hiyama hinted that he had a bureaucrat in his back pocket,
and was invited to join based on an "absolutely safe collusion".
This is not a government construction project.
I don't think Toudou was directly involved.
I can't find any connection from the confiscated documents.
Are you saying that Toudou had nothing to do with this?
I found out the details of Hiyama's arrest.
It wasn't Hiyama who stabbed Honjo.
It was another man.
What?
That man was arrested
and confessed to working for Hiyama.
You mean Hiyama was pulling the strings?
And the other man
also admitted to attacking Koshobu.
His motive must have been to warn us against investigating.
Then, could it be...
that Koga of Lacter Construction was killed...
Koga was making a lot of money
by orchestrating collusions.
Hiyama was aiming to take his place by killing him.
Any chance Toudou gave him the order?
So far, nothing.
Any pressure? Did he apply it this time?
Koga's case...
was stopped due to pressure.
On the contrary, the police's response was rather swift.
How come...?
Yes, this is Bureau 6.
What?
What do you want to see me for?
Don't tell me... you're here to admit that you orchestrated the collusion?
I heard you exposed Hiyama's wrongdoings.
Good job.
You talk as if you had nothing to do with it.
You ordered the whole thing, didn't you?
Did you find anything that could lead back to me?
I too suspected Hiyama of collusion.
As expected from the JFTC.
You located where the collusion took place rather well.
How did you find out?
You didn't conduct an illegal search, did you?
So you had it all figured out, huh?
I hate people who play dirty.
I was hoping that Hiyama, who was lining his own pockets, would be caught soon.
You used him as much as you could and then cut him off.
You let us expose the collusion, and made it look like Hiyama was behind it all along.
So that you could bury him in a dark hole.
That's why you had the police arrest Hiyama instead.
To prevent us from questioning him, right?
That's why you didn't put pressure to stop Honjo's stabbing case.
You had the police step in at the right time.
It seems you have a lot of clout with the police, too.
You're really good at what you do, aren't you?
You talk very quickly.
So now you know, don't you?
That there's no point in pursuing me any further.
I won't give up.
I'll definitely find proof of your involvement in the collusion.
None of you have that kind of strength.
The weak can still fight...
Weak people don't have the right to fight.
Weak people only talk as if they're strong and try to act tough.
But in the end, they can't do anything.
Not only can they do nothing, but rather, they will do harm.
You just don't know
what kind of tragedy that would create.
The weak are eliminated.
It's for the good of the world.
They're a hindrance.