If Onodera is the culprit,
the police are probably involved in this.
Is there any investigator you remember?
His name is Hirayasu-san.
He is in an important position in the National Police Agency now.
And even though he must be busy, he still comes to visit us.
What's up?
Pretty rare for you to come without contacting me first.
Well, take a seat.
You seem pretty close with Shinno Akari.
She told me.
I see.
There's more.
15 years ago, you were the station chief of East Kanagawa.
Of course you'd know Shinno's father.
But you also knew Kumokawa and Onodera.
Sit down.
You investigated the Shinno Family case!
Sit down!
Why didn't you tell me?
Please tell me if you know anything.
Shinno is still struggling due to this case.
Just like you said,
Shinno Yousuke was my subordinate.
And a close friend as well.
When he was killed,
I promised myself
to catch the culprit.
In the end,
it ended with the culprit dying.
I still think our investigation was correct.
I'm really sorry for keeping this from you.
But you didn't need to know this.
What do you mean?
What you're doing has nothing to do with this case.
I want you to investigate a separate case.
Illegal sale of seized drugs?
15 years ago,
10 kilograms of seized drugs disappeared.
And very recently, we received a tip-off that a detective
is illegally selling drugs.
That detective is Kumokawa Kohei.
Yesterday, at 3 pm,
Kawase Hirokazu-san, a 73 year old cleaning company worker,
fell from the top of a building in Ikeido.
Soon after, he was confirmed to be dead.
Narumi Michiko-san,
at that time you were with him, your co-worker,
cleaning that building.
Yes.
And right before he fell down,
someone witnessed you both standing at the rooftop.
According to the witness, you pushed Kawase-san.
Narumi-san?
Yes, that's right.
I killed him.
Seems like this one can be easily solved.
In that case, what was your motive?
Why did you kill Kawase-san?
Did I need a reason to?
I just killed him, that's all.
I don't know that but just like--
Did you hate
or hold some grudge against him?
No.
Did you like him?
No.
Or
are you covering up for someone?
No.
Then what led you to commit that crime?
What made you want to kill him?
Nepenthes.
Excuse me?
Carnivorous plants
kill the insects that get trapped in them.
But they don't have any trigger.
They kill for killing's sake.
It's the same for me.
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Do you really can't see anything?
Yes.
I killed him.
I couldn't see anything.
There might not be anything wrong.
You could have just stopped being able to see them.
No.
So, the suspect has no emotions?
What're you going to do now?
We have the confession and a witness.
But this vague motive bothers me.
Let's investigate this a bit more before getting the arrest warrant.
Okay.
Give her tea or something.
Okay.
But it's weird that someone as normal as her has no emotions.
You might want to reconsider that once you hear about her past.
Seems to have led a pretty fierce life.
Her mother murdered her womanizer father
and then killed herself when Narumi was seven.
She saw every part of it with her own eyes.
After that incident, she was tossed around among the relatives.
And seems to have struggled there as well.
Then she was about to begin a happy life with a nice man.
Or so she thought.
That man passed away in an unfortunate incident.
Trying to stop a youngster from
committing suicide by jumping in front of a train.
I can't tell what exactly made her lose the emotions.
But she certainly has had such painful experiences that
she couldn't have coped otherwise.
Nee-chan! Nee-chan!
Onee-chan!
Onee-chan! Onee-chan!
She was calm and a diligent worker.
Didn't look like someone who could kill to me.
What about Kawase-san?
He started working here six months ago, right?
He too seemed pretty ordinary to me.
He worked in Teito Machinery earlier.
But never bragged about it and was really humble.
Did those two have any argument?
Not once.
Rather Narumi-san, who is usually
not so social, went out for drinks with him.
I think they were pretty close.
You were also on cleaning duty with them
in that building that day, right?
Yes, when he didn't come back after the break,
I went to call him.
I saw Narumi-san pushing him.
But I've already told this to the other detectives many times now.
Right?
Sorry.
But we have to check if we missed anything.
The witness didn't hear them fighting either.
I see.
If they didn't fight,
and Narumi really pushed him
from here for no reason...
But I've heard that they were pretty close.
And yet she killed him.
I can't believe that you can kill someone
without feeling anything at all.
If you ask me, I feel like
my husband was more than just close with her.
What do you mean?
Ever since he joined that company,
he began to come home pretty late.
On top of that,
she sent this today.
The handkerchief I gifted my husband.
'Returning it to you, his wife'
I got this message too.
That's why I think
that's the kind of relationship they were in.
I can't forgive her.
I can't.
I can never forgive that woman.
I killed him.
Why did you kill Kawase-san?
Did I need a reason to?
Narumi-san.
Did you really have no emotions
regarding the victim?
What are you looking at?
You've been staring.
I can see the emotions of people.
Through their eyes.
I want to see yours,
but I can't see anything.
You don't need to believe me.
I believe you.
Because it's true.
I have
abandoned all emotions.
Abandoned?
Emotions are tiring.
Whether they're your own or someone else's.
It's hard to live
being continuously manipulated by them.
Let's return to the question.
Did you really have no emotions
regarding the victim, Kawase-san?
No, I didn't have any.
But after the incident,
you returned his handkerchief to his wife, right?
With a message 'returning to the wife'.
Yes.
Were you two dating?
Am I wrong?
What emotions could you see from her?
Answer the question please.
Extreme grief and anger.
I could see the sadness
one would feel on losing an important person
and the anger towards the one who snatched them away.
She said that she would never forgive you.
Is that so?
Thanks.
Are you satisfied?
I think it's better to not have emotions after all.
It doesn't take much for love and happiness
to change into sadness and anger.
And thus people suffer.
My mother felt the same way.
She said that if there were no emotions to begin with,
there would be no suffering.
We could just go on living like plants.
You can protect yourself by getting rid of these emotions.
But I can't believe this.
That you could kill someone without having any emotions at all.
When someone kills another person,
there is definitely some
deep emotion behind that.
Please stop dodging the questions and tell us the truth.
You want to know the truth behind this case?
What do you mean?
You just want to know what emotions led me to do it.
Because you think everyone definitely has emotions.
Do I look unhappy to you?
If that's the case, you're really arrogant.
Not visiting your sister today?
Time really flies.
Good work today.
Kazehaya-san!
Am I being arrogant?
I guess I'm just being a bother now.
Sorry.
Shinno.
Why don't you step aside from this case?
If you can't see the emotions, there's no use for you.
No, I will do it.
Whether I can see them or not,
I am a detective.
I see.
Look, a froggy barometer!
Now you will know what the weather is going to be like.
Some day, we can together--
You just want to know what my emotions are.
You think everyone definitely has them.
Sorry.
I'll go home for today.
Morning.
This is?
Page number five.
Is anything wrong?
You had a really scary expression.
No, I always look like this.
Kumokawa-san, good morning.
I think we know what Narumi's motive was.
When Narumi-san's husband died?
Teito Machinery?
That is--
Where the victim worked earlier?
That's right.
We asked them and seems like
Kawase was the superior of Koike-san who died.
Koike-san couldn't keep up with
Kawase's strict instructions and committed suicide.
That's--
He was trying to stop a young man
from committing suicide by jumping in front of a train.
Let's try asking Narumi-san about this.
Yes, First Division--
Pancreatic cancer​?
Yes, and it's in the terminal stage.
She's denying treatment, so there's nothing we can do.
Our hands are tied.
Can we speak to her?
I think that'd be difficult today.
Surprisingly, humans don't die that easily.
So, visiting me today?
We found the relation between your husband's death
18 years ago and Kawase-san.
Trying to stop the man from committing suicide,
your husband fell instead.
And the one
responsible for the suicide was Kawase-san.
Which also makes him responsible for your
husband's death.
Didn't you hold
any hatred or anger
towards him?
Yes.
After my husband died, all my emotions died.
All my happiness vanished.
I lost all expectations.
Nothing would surprise me anymore.
This is Narumi Michiko-san who--
Fear and sadness,
and anger, I felt nothing.
Surviving became my only goal.
That was what my everyday life was like.
Then I met that guy.
Kawase-san worked at Teito Machinery earlier.
That was a long time ago.
But it was Teito! It's such a waste to quit it.
Well, stuff happened, you know.
I had a hunch.
Excuse me.
Could you please lend me your lighter?
Let's do our best once more in the afternoon.
One day, while he was drunk, he confessed while crying.
Two people died because of me.
I have to carry that burden on my back all this life.
Said he was the cause of the incident 18 years ago.
I still had it.
I thought all that anger had gone away.
So you carried out the revenge before dying yourself due to cancer?
Yes.
So your anger has calmed down after killing him?
Yes.
You can't see anything, right?
It's just like you said.
There's definitely a strong emotion behind any murder.
But if there were no emotions, no one would have to suffer.
I see, she confessed?
Yes.
But--
What's wrong?
Why did Narumi confess holding a grudge now?
And I don't believe that by killing someone,
all that anger can just vanish.
Didn't really expect to hear this coming from you.
But we have a lot of evidence.
We can't stretch this case for any longer.
But Shinno is still--
Kazehaya-san, it's okay.
It's okay now.
Sorry, but I'll be leaving now.
Say, onee-chan,
how was your day today?
Was lunch tasty?
Did something interesting happen?
Didn't you find it hot outside or anything?
Onee-chan, didn't you feel anything?
Onee-chan! Say something!
Are you okay being like this forever?
Tell me!
I'm really suffering right now, because of you.
Onee-chan!
Is that so?
I've never seen her confront Shiori-san like that.
And she told me she saw a man with the
same eyes of that culprit from 15 years ago.
Here you go.
Then she said she would look at emotions
of more people to understand that guy.
And that it'd also help her sister.
Is that so?
I might have pushed her into a corner.
She only thinks
about her sister.
I see.
But--
Right now she's wavering.
The only thing pushing her forward was
her aim to bring back her sister's emotions.
No one would've to suffer
if they didn't have emotions to begin with.
But now she's denying that herself.
I think she just doesn't know what to do next.
I see.
But I'm glad.
Sorry.
That there is someone like you
who can understand what Akari-chan is going through.
I get that now.
So, please take care of her.
Okay.
Sit down.
What's the matter?
Narumi-san's case is already--
It's not over.
Didn't you say this?
That one cannot kill without any emotions?
Yes.
But Narumi-san was--
But you didn't see it, did you?
I don't have that ability of yours.
But I have a detective's intuition.
And that intuition is telling me
to not believe any emotions that you haven't seen.
So I went back to talk with the witness.
I already told you everything I saw.
I'm not that free, you know.
This watch seems expensive.
Your colleagues told me
that you began to wear it
soon after the incident.
But could your current salary alone afford it?
No, actually--
You're hiding something, aren't you?
And then he told me.
That he never saw Narumi pushing the victim.
What do you mean?
We're going to find that out from Narumi.
Please go without me.
Shinno.
If I can't see her emotions,
there's no point in going.
It has nothing to do with that.
That 15 year old case, your sister,
it has nothing to do with them either!
Your own emotions are what's most important right now.
Don't you want to see the color of her emotions?
I want to see it.
Narumi-san's color.
I knew you would come again.
So?
The witness spit out the truth.
That he didn't see you pushing
Kawase-san.
And that you
gave him money to
falsely testify against you.
Kawase-san fell down accidentally, right?
I shouldn't have done that.
Relying on someone who has emotions.
Narumi-san, please tell me.
Why did you do this?
You didn't have any
anger regarding Kawase-san, right?
I didn't have any anger or sadness
left in me.
It was the same when I learned about the cancer.
Living more, or dying sooner? I wasn't interested either way.
Just waiting for death as it comes.
Just like a flower in a vase.
That's like being already dead.
That is when he--
But why did you pretend to have pushed him?
I found my role.
What is the most unfortunate thing
when someone dies accidentally?
The one left behind has no one to blame.
I will never forgive her!
So you mean that
you pretended to murder him
to become the target of his wife's hatred?
Yes, and that's my role.
But why?
It's better than not having any emotions.
Like me.
Being alive is about
having emotions bubbling within you.
I am satisfied to have fulfilled
this role at the end.
It was the color of sadness.
That I saw coming from her eyes.
Deep sadness.
I see.
But was she--
really satisfied?
She was alive at the end.
Didn't she say?
Being alive is about having emotions bubbling within you.
That is why
she had at least some amount
of emotion at the end.
Even if it was sadness, she was alive.
What you're doing isn't wrong.
At least I think so.
Onee-chan.
Onee-chan, I'm sorry for being like that last time.
I'm not suffering because of you.
You're really important.
I want to live with you.
Got it.
I'm on my way.
What about Onodera Daigo?
Is he related to the drugs as well?
Probably.
And seems like Kumokawa
has already realized what we're doing.
If you follow Kumokawa, you'll definitely find Onodera.
Good evening, it's Kazehaya.
I'll be borrowing this.