Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office
Request for Cooperation
"Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office "
Apparently, it's a department that specializes in cases involving cutting edge science.
So you're Senior Superintendent Kohiruimaki. My name is Hasebe Tsutomu.
I know. Pleased to meet you.
Why did I get assigned here?
Science isn't my thing at all.
For the past 10 years, the number of arrests you've made have been one of the best in MPD.
Those are outstanding legs.
We're going to see inspiration, the god of inspiration.
Doctor Mogami is a brilliant scientist.
She suddenly disappeared from the scientific community 3 years ago.
If we could bring her in as our advisor...
Modern science has now
reached a line that we should not cross.
Beyond that is...darkness.
You know that science is the light of humanity.
Scientific progress is always accompanied by problems.
Scientists can't repress their inquisitive minds.That's why I...
Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office
This is our office.
It was Director Shimazaki who established this office.
I just lent my name.
Science is his forte,
but he has no field experience. Do what you can to help him.
I came to tell you that you're wrong.
What does that mean?
Why did you step away from the scientific community?
That's none of your business.
Then please leave me alone too.
- I can't leave you alone. - That line just now,
it totally sounds you're on the verge of a romance, doesn't it?
Pleased to meet you. I'm Saegusa with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
I'm a section chief, after all.
Kohhi, so you had a big shot for a junior, huh?
- Kohhi? - Kohhi?
- Kohhi's mother? - Kohhi?
- She's my mother-in-law. - Daddy, carry me.
- Your daughter? - Her name's Sera.
When did your wife pass away?
She's been sick in the U.S. for a long time
and she may never wake up again.
That's the story.
Ami...
She will be frozen at minus 196°C and
will be kept safe under lock and key at Trance Brains Headquarters.
Until the day science makes progress
and the technology to resuscitate a corpse is perfected.
A line which we should not cross...
Is it darkness?
Science, to mankind
and to me, is the light.
What's the matter? You don't look good.
I'm sorry.
Please, not my fingers.
I'll do anything.
Eh? You'll do anything?
Spoken like a true leader.
Then in deference to Tanaka-kun, you guys can go.
Go.
Go...go, go, go...!
I'm sorry!
If you call the police, we're gonna kill you~.
So? What will you do for us?
Hey, I don't hear an answer. Answer me!!
What?
- My head... - You've got to be kidding.
Manslaughter? Does it have something to do with us?
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
South Shisen Police Station
I don't know. But there's something mysterious about the victim's death.
- Something mysterious? - Yes.
According to the suspect's testimony, it looked like the victim's soul was being taken out.
Soul? Oh, come on.
Hey, I don't hear an answer. Answer me!!
What?
- My head... - You've got to be kidding.
I witnessed a soul.
Next, Investigation Team 2.
The victim is Tanaka Koji. He was a professional esports player and a team leader.
On the day of the incident, Tanaka was having a party after the tournament with
teammates Bando Harutoshi and Mitsuya Jun.
Esports as in that thing they hold world championships?
Computer games considered to be a sporting event,
they're sports of the brain that requires reflexes and concentration like that of an athlete.
I saw on TV that it might become an Olympic event.
Investigation Team 3.
The prime suspect is Murata Shingo who runs a restaurant.
He has a criminal record for assault and battery and is currently in hiding.
One of his cohorts who was taking the video earlier
failed to flee the scene and has already been apprehended.
But it seems he was live streaming simultaneously
and there's a bit of a panic on the internet.
Live streaming...
So what's the motive?
They didn't like the fact that Tanaka and his cohorts were living it up in grand style.
We are also trying to contact Bando and Mitsuya
who were let go earlier, but both of their whereabouts are currently unknown.
- That's all I have to report. - Whereabouts unknown...
Place Murata Shingo on the wanted list as a suspect in the murder of Tanaka Koji,
as well as involvement in the disappearance of Bando Harutoshi and Mitsuya Jun.
That's it.
Attention!
- Oh, Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office. - Yes?
Promptly find out the cause of death.
Bow!
At ease!
Please let us pursue the suspect too.
We're chasing the soul.
Eh?
Soul?
Yukki? Yeah, I think she's still sleeping.
Shall I go wake her up?
Yes, please.
Tell her to please hurry up and come to work.
Yukki, Yukki! Come on, Yukki!
Oh, Sera-chan.
Daddy said please come to work.
Okay~.
Thank you for waking me up.
Huh? What?
- Yukki. - Hm?
- Will you play with me when you get back? - I may be late.
That's okay. I'll wait.
- I'll show you my treasures. - Okay.
Aren't you eating breakfast?
No thanks~. See you later.
- Have a good day. - See you later.
Is she okay with that bed head?
Something strange was found in the head of the body.
Myoshun University
Department of Forensic Medicine
- What? - What was found?
Doctor...
Bed head.
Oh, that's why Sera-chan was laughing this morning.
You mean Sera-chan, Chief's daughter...
Which means Chief and Doctor are in that kind of relationship?
I'd like her to find a new place to stay as soon as possible,
but for some reason my daughter got attached to her.
Well, everyone has a lonely night.
Shibayama Sensei, It's definitely not
- that kind of relationship... - Never mind that. What's the strange thing?
It's over here.
It was implanted in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of the brain.
A microchip, huh?
I believe death was caused by shock when this chip ignited.
Then that soul...was this?
It's the smoke that arose when the brain burned.
Only the edge of this chip is charred.
But why would something like this suddenly ignite on its own?
An overcurrent probably occurred on the chip, causing it to ignite.
Overcurrent?
As the word implies, it means excessive current.
Here it comes.
As I thought.
What's as you thought? What does it mean?
When the trains passed by each other, strong electromagnetic waves were generated,
and excessive current flowed through the chip.
Excessive current...
Would that be like the chip getting struck by lightning?
Well, something like that.
But maybe not enough to ignite the chip.
- Could it be the resonance phenomenon? - That makes sense.
And what is this resonance phenomenon?
It's when the current or voltage reaches its maximum value at a specified frequency.
Think of a glass.
When the vibration of the glass itself matches the vibration of the voice,
it becomes amplified and turns into a vibration that's
big enough to break the glass.
That's the resonance phenomenon.
Let's see, so in this current case...?
The wavelengths of the chip and electromagnetic waves matched
and it's like a tremendous electric current flowed to the chip.
I see.
But what was his purpose for implanting the chip?
I guess it's our job to seek that answer too.
Oh, come on...
Normally, people wouldn't think of
putting something like that in their head. He must've been crazy.
Not necessarily.
For example, deep brain stimulation already exists, in which electrodes are
implanted in the brain to give electrical signals.
It is used to treat depression and Parkinson's disease.
Then the chip was implanted for treatment?
No, I don't think that's it.
Tanaka-san had no such medical history.
Take a look at this.
The performance of Tanaka-san's team improved dramatically
starting 3 months ago.
It is believed that this is due to the fact that the reflexes and strategic thinking
required for professional gamers improved from implanting the chip.
Are you saying that he had the chip implanted to win games?
Apparently so.
Huh?
If so, does that mean it wasn't only Tanaka, but his two teammates
also had a chip implanted?
That's a good possibility.
The playing technique of all three improved at the same time.
Mitsuya-san here is even called the Comeback King in the world right now.
- Comeback King? - Yes.
He seems to be the type who exerts power when he's backed into a corner.
But I don't know about implanting a chip to improve brain power.
If man's abilities can be improved through the power of science,
I don't think it's a bad thing to want to give it a try.
Science has a dangerous line that should not be crossed.
Chief, I'm going to check out the people around Tanaka.
I may be able to find out something about the chip too.
All right. I'll try to find the source of the chip.
Okay.
It would be difficult to pin it down.
Or rather, the implantation of this kind of chip in the first place
is entirely the responsibility of the individual.
So as long as the person who wants to get the chip implanted
can get together with the person with the medical skill,
technically speaking, the procedure can be performed anywhere.
Don't you have any record of import and export of chips?
There was no record of import of the same type of chip.
- I see... Anything else? - Yes.
I thought that an organization called Body Hacker Japan might be suspicious.
Body Hacker Japan...
Sounds kinda familiar.
This is it.
From what I understand, they're aiming to evolve man through the power of science.
You think they have something to do with the chip?
- Oh? - I don't know.
However, chips that are implanted in the body are still rare in Japan,
so I think there's a possibility that this organization is involved.
Carl Khan...
What kind of a place do you think heaven is?
Is it a place like utopia where God and angels
reside above the clouds ?
Well, I don't know either since I've never been there myself.
However,
I believe that heaven can be created within a computer.
Mind uploading.
It's a technology known as mind transfer.
This is what I believe is heaven.
The human brain runs on electrical signals just like a computer.
In other words, human consciousness can be digitized.
I will now show you proof that signals from the brain
are expressed digitally.
The reason I can move my prosthetic hand now is because
the sensor captured the brain's commands, and
the computer read those signals and maneuvered the prosthetic hand.
Of course, it's also possible to maneuver it remotely.
Like this,
the right hand and left hand can be apart and play rock paper scissors.
It's about time to let the left hand win too.
Isn't that Hasedon? Why is he here?
Hasebe-san must have ended up here too as a result of his inquiries.
Through the efforts of researchers who agree with us,
mind transfer should be realized by 2035.
Even if the flesh should perish,
we will be able to live on forever.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
immortality is not a dream.
Wake up!
What's with this Khan guy? No matter how you look at him, he's Japanese.
The Trembling Soul
Pandora's Fruit
Scientific Crime Investigation File
That sure sounded shady.
That's a sham.
Hasedon, you were sleeping, weren't you?
Hasedon?
Although I feel that he deserves recognition for
showing the way to achieve immortality.
Kohhi, are you interested in immortality?
Kohhi?
Not so much as me, but it's the dream of all mankind, isn't it?
Is it really?
If that really came true,
wouldn't people stop evolving?
Cryonics
Cryonics - deep-freezing of human bodies at death for preservation and possible revival in the future
Sorry to keep you waiting.
I'm Carl Khan's secretary, Hiyama.
This way please.
Normally, wouldn't it be "Hasebecchi" and Kohiruimacchi"?
That's too long.
- You were invited to join his organization? - I guess so.
You guess so? You're talking about yourself.
We asked her to be our full-time researcher,
but it seems we were completely snubbed.
Sorry, I don't look at things like e-mail too much.
I can't believe you joined a law enforcement agency.
Well, it just kinda happened...
So? What about the main issue?
We looked into it, but this esports player is not our member.
Is that really true?
Didn't one of your believers implant the chip?
Believer? We are not a religious group.
Besides, the implantation of chip in the brain is not yet in the practical implementation stage.
I'm sorry I couldn't be of much help.
If you don't have any other questions...
Actually, I do.
Do you know of anyone who's doing research on brain chips...
I mean, chips that improve the capability of the brain?
Oh? I've been this guy before.
Ayukawa Tomohiko. He's someone who left this organization.
He was the person in charge of developing the implantable microchip
and is the director of Ayukawa Neurosurgery Clinic.
No wonder he looks familiar.
So why did he leave?
As a consensus of our organization,
implanting a chip in the brain at the present time was determined to be dangerous.
- However, Ayukawa... - Tried to continue the research?
Yes. Ayukawa was devoted to the director more than anyone else, but
he was unable to bridge the gap between us and chose to leave in the end.
I can give you the data for the brain chip that Ayukawa was developing at the time.
That would be very helpful.
I will send it to you later.
Doctor Mogami, may I ask you a question?
Why did you leave the scientific community 3 years ago?
Please help yourself.
So what can I do for you today?
Will you take out our chip?
Are you saying that you're giving up your capability?
You have your power now thanks to the chip.
We don't want to die.
Didn't Tanaka-san die
because of the chip?
That's absurd...
He was assaulted, wasn't he? That's the cause of his death.
You saw the video on the internet, didn't you?
That wasn't only caused by assault.
It's such a waste. Please reconsider.
We'll be in trouble if word gets out that we implanted chips.
I beg you, please take it out.
Why would I do that, you idiot.
You...
Don't worry.
You'll wake up right away feeling refreshed!
I wonder what was on Tanaka-san's chip.
Huh? What are you talking about?
We checked to see if the chip actually ignites.
Using the chip from the remains and
the chip reproduced from Ayukawa-san's data,
we experimented until morning, but they never did ignite.
What? Which means what?
It means something to make it ignite must have only been on the edge that was charred.
Can't you find that out if you ask Ayukawa himself who made it?
Chief, why did Bando and Mitsuya disappear in the first place?
They should've just sought help from the police.
It's must be doping.
Probably so.
Doping? What do you mean?
If the two of them had a chip in their brain like Tanaka-san,
that would be considered doping in the world of esports.
Something like anabolic steroids, huh?
Ever since professional gamers in the U.S. used drugs,
doping tests in the esports world have become even stricter.
In other words, if the existence of a chip becomes known, you won't be able to compete.
That's not all. You'll be stripped of your championship and will have to return the prize money as well.
The prize money too?
Please wait here.
Hey, what time will we be done today?
- Do you have plans after this? - No.
I found a yakitori place that sounds good.
If you go before 6:00, oyakodon (chicken and egg bowl) is free
as a pre-relocation service or something. Wanna go for a drink?
If we go for a drink
and they serve us oyakodon at 6:00, we won't be able to eat anything else.
But it's free. It's Nagoya Cochin chicken, you know.
Nagoya Cochin, huh?
- Sounds good. - Doesn't it?
Please hold off until the investigation is over.
Excuse me.
- Sensei, the police are here. - The police?
I see. So you heard about me from Carl Khan.
I heard you were quite devoted to him.
Khan is someone who understands me.
He is bound to recognize me sooner or later.
Tanaka-san, the esports player, right? He's a patient of ours.
I heard about him on the news. I think its very unfortunate.
The chip that was implanted in Tanaka-san
was made by you, wasn't it?
Yes, that's right. I performed the surgery as well.
There's something we'd like to ask you
in regards to Tanaka-san's cause of death.
Would you mind talking to us at the police station?
- You mean after this? - Yes, if possible.
Was there something else on that chip?
Maybe I should say something that could ignite.
There was nothing like that in particular.
Did you implant the same kind of chip in his teammates
Mitsuya-san and Bando-san, as well?
Yes, I implanted the chip in them too.
If those two saw the news and found out about the incident,
I think they'd get worried and contact you.
I haven't heard from them yet...
I'm sorry, but it's almost time for my remote meeting.
It won't take long, so please wait here.
I'm asking them to wait here while I'm in the remote meeting.
Hello. We were able to meet with Ayukawa who made that chip.
We'll have him accompany us to the station after this.
You're indeed the Comeback King who's the strongest when cornered.
But I still have something I want you to do.
Let me take you far away.
But he's sure taking his time.
What's that... Huh?
Kohhi, look!
- Fire! There's a fire! - Fire?
Let's get out of here for now. Doctor, please call 119.
- Sensei is... - He's okay, he's okay.
Ayukawa-san! Ayukawa-san, please open the door!
Ayukawa-san! Ayukawa-san!
Ayukawa-san!
This is the exit here. Please evacuate quietly.
It's this way. Please evacuate from the exit over there.
Quickly and calmly! Quickly and calmly, please.
The person of interest in the unnatural death case has gone missing.
Yes, quickly and calmly please.
♫ Nessun Dorma (Let No One Sleep) - aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot
Why did Ayukawa...
If he runs away, he'll only be making his crime worse.
Why did he set the room on fire?
He tried to destroy the evidence, huh?
That was cold.
Ah, I guess I'll have to give up on the oyakodon.
You still talking about that?
I know, but it's only until today.
If they move somewhere far away, we won't be able to eat their oyakodon, you know.
Move...far away...
Move somewhere far away...
The human brain runs on electrical signals just like a computer.
Ayukawa was devoted to the director more than anyone else...
He is bound to recognize me sooner or later...
...we will be able to live on forever.
Immortality is not a dream.
Mind uploading.
Mind uploading?
- Is that Ayukawa's true objective? - Yes.
Bando-san and Mitsuya-san should be with Ayukawa.
There's a place I want you to go.
He may be willing to listen to what Doctor Mogami has to say.
Body Hacker Japan Headquarters
You knew all along, didn't you?
Ayukawa's true objective.
Improvement of brain capability was just a bait,
and he was implanting chips as an experiment for mind transfer.
Chief, look at this.
Short circuit current device.
Power unit assembly diagram.
Current test site...it's here.
Let's hurry.
- I'll request backup from Division 1. - Okay.
Here's the data for the mind transfer that Ayukawa was developing.
It's a device that scans the brain's data and transmits it externally.
So that's what was attached to that chip.
The reason Tanaka-san died is because
resonance phenomenon of overcurrent occurred by chance,
and the area around the antenna of the mind transfer device that was attached to the
capability enhancing chip ignited.
It seems it was an unfortunate accident.
This mind transfer device apparently has a big problem.
Heavy strain is placed on the brain when it's scanned,
causing brain death.
So if you do experiments on mind transfer...
In this world, I guess you'd call it death.
You're going to achieve eternal life now.
What the heck...
I want you to stop Ayukawa.
Me? Why?
Because you're the only one who can stop Ayukawa.
Is it rewarding to help the police?
I used to believe that you would open the new door of science.
We're not talking about that now.
3 years ago, you saw the line that shouldn't be crossed
with your own eyes, didn't you?
What's that about?
You know that better than anyone else.
Ayukawa~!
Ayukawa! Open this!
Ayukawa-san, don't do this anymore!
Open this!
Ayukawa-san, don't do this anymore!
How many people are you going to kill!
They won't die. They'll achieve eternal life.
- Eternal life? - Yes.
For us, there is science.
If we can overcome death with the power of science,
there's no reason why we shouldn't do it.
Just imagine.
If we could transfer the consciousness of mankind onto a computer,
we will have a world where no one would get sick,
no one would die, and no one would be sad.
Wouldn't that be true utopia?
Doctor Mogami.
What was science to you?
Science is just science.
Although to someone, it's light.
♫ Nessun Dorma (Let No One Sleep)
That's not an answer.
I don't have to answer you.
Bye.
What about Ayukawa?
You have no intention of stopping him, do you?
No.
Even if I stop him, Ayukawa won't quit.
Surely, you're not thinking about...
Ayukawa-san, mind transfer isn't possible yet with your technology.
- You know you're going to die! - Die?
It's the opposite. I'm going to live forever.
I have perfected the technology of immortality.
Please tell Carl Khan.
That "I'm going far away one step ahead of you."
Ayukawa-san!
He's over there!
Ayukawa!
I told Ayukawa countless times.
That in order to go far away,
people has to catch up with technology.
In the case of the two esports players who died one after the other,
the man who was the suspect died.
The suspect who died was the director of Ayukawa Neurosurgery Clinic,
Ayukawa Tomohiko, 33.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department. Tanaka-san and Mitsuya-san
had Ayukawa implant a chip in their brain for the purpose of
improving the capability of their brain.
The two men are thought to have died because of the implanted chip
and Ayukawa is suspected of manslaughter and...
If only better laws for brain chips were in place,
they wouldn't have had to get involved in such a dangerous experiment...
I'm not so sure about that.
People will try anything to improve their capability.
Even if it's illegal.
The director shouldn't be talking like that.
You're right. Sorry about that.
I wonder if Ayukawa's mind transfer was successful.
The Cyber Crime Unit checked it out, but
nothing was found in the computer.
Would he be out there somewhere in cyberspace?
Even if he was, how will we look for him?
In the vast cyberspace.
It would be impossible to track everything down.
Why? A book by a guy like him?
Did something happen?
Nothing. Nothing at all.
Doctor, do you think Ayukawa's mind transfer was successful?
That would be impossible.
Besides, there's no way to find out if it was successful or not.
Why?
Do you think it was successful, Kohhi?
No...
But I do wonder, "what if he had succeeded."
Hey.
I don't think you should take that book seriously.
You don't think immortality can be realized?
Won't someone realize it some day?
Since that's what science is destined to do.
But...
whether immortality will lead to the happiness of mankind,
I don't think so.
Don't you really?
I keep thinking, how can immortality come true,
how can we overcome death?
All I think about are those things.
Is it about your wife?
It's not only that.
What's more pathetic than a dead woman
is the forgotten woman.
Marie Laurencin (French painter).
You know her! I thought you were only interested in science.
I know a thing or two. So?
Kohhi,
you'll never forget your wife, right?
Then isn't that all you need to know?
Doctor.
If you want to drink that much, I'll go get a glass.
Bring me a glass. Let's drink!
Masked gamers who
suddenly appeared in
the world of online games
Masked gamers who suddenly appeared in the world of onlines games, "three Arrows"
Tsukiyama, Yamanashi Prefecture
Kumahashi-cho
I'm getting ready to start rolling... Go ahead.
Hello~!
We're in the dead of night. I'm the Green Goat. Meeh~!
I'm the Red Goat. Meeh~!
Believe it or not, today we'd like to charge into the morgue.
- We're here. It's open. - It's open, isn't it?
Let's go, let's go.
- Wow~. - Is it there?
- It's a real corpse. - OMG.
First time I've seen one. It's all white...it's white.
- Hello~. - Hey, cut that out.
This is seriously gonna get a lot of views.
Oh, man.
Sorry, sorry. I dropped the vase.
- What the heck are you doing? - Sorry, sorry...
- Man, that really scared me. - Do that later...
- I thought my heart was gonna stop. - Okay, let's make a fresh start...
Uh~ Today we'd like to conduct an experiment
here at this morgue. Meeh~!
- Having said that, this place is indeed... - Hey.
Where's the corpse?
Kumahashi-cho, Tsukiyama, Yamanashi Prefecture
Kasamori Laboratory
It's this way.
Hey, why don't we eat some houtou* on the way home?
*houtou - miso-based noodle soup famous in Yamanashi
Houtou sounds good.
You two, the investigation is just getting started, you know.
- But it's not possible. - The impossible happened, that's why
we, the Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office, were called in.
The identity of the body?
Tsuchiya Kentaro-san, 57.
He had terminal colorectal cancer.
His death was confirmed at the hospital where he was admitted at around 18:00 yesterday.
He was transported here after 20:00.
He hadn't received preservative treatment yet?
No, he was originally scheduled for preservative treatment today.
Is it possible that he wasn't really dead?
In addition to the doctor, three nurses were present when death was confirmed.
I don't believe a diagnostic error was possible.
But how can a corpse start moving... We're not talking about a zombie.
There's no way that could happen.
Anyway, I think you'll understand once you take a look.
Who are these two?
They're online streamers. They're habitual criminals who
repeatedly trespass in order to earn more views.
First time I've seen one. It's all white...it's white.
- Hello~. - Hey, cut that out.
This is seriously gonna get a lot of views.
Oh, man.
Sorry, sorry. I dropped the vase.
- What the heck are you doing? - Sorry, sorry...
- Man, that really scared me. - Do that later...
I thought my heart was gonna stop.
I witnessed a zombie.
What happened to the body after that?
Well...
We don't know where it went.
The corpse came back to life...
But why did the corpse, Tsuchiya-san, come back to life?
Come back to life?
It didn't look very lively to me.
We have a search team out looking for him, but
they're supposed to be looking for an elderly wanderer.