134 cm.
Go straight, straight. Yes, yes. A little more.
Okay, let's move on.
Naoki, Naoki.
Let's go exploring again tonight.
Huh?
Okay.
Okay, you got it. Next.
Good. That's good, very good.
Go ahead!
Itabashi-ku,Tokyo Shin Akatsuka-cho
Please proceed with caution.
Hey, hey! How long are you gonna make us wait?
- I'm sorry. - Hurry up and let us through.
- Please wait a little longer. - What? How much longer do I have to...
We apologize for the inconvenience we're causing you.
- Bessho-kun, are you okay? - Y-yes.
We're sorry. Can you wait a little longer?
- We've been waiting for a long time. - We're terribly sorry.
I have someone waiting for me. Hurry it up.
I'm sorry.
We'll let you through as soon as we get the okay from the other side.
How much longer?
I'm very sorry. Can you wait just a little longer?
Bessho-kun?
Stop it!
Hey! Stop it!
What the hell are you doing!
Hey!
Good morning. I'm Manabe with the Itabashi Chuo Police Station.
I'm Kohiruimaki with the Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office.
This is Inspector Hasebe.
Nice to meet you.
So? Is it true that a monster appeared?
Well, I think it's better if you took a look first...
This is the scene.
What the hell is this...
There's an unrecovered body over there.
This is the body of the young man who is believed to be the murderer.
Please.
A scrawny kid like this did all this by himself?
That's not possible.
Has the weapon been found?
Well, it seems all the murders were committed with bare hands.
With bare hands?
So, why is the murderer dead too?
That's unknown. We don't know what's going on either...
I see.
This certainly looks like a job for us.
- Did you get this side? - I'm doing it.
- Water over here. - Here?
- Yeah. - I didn't do it.
Oh, this one's big. I'll water it.
What's the matter?
This isn't bearing fruits.
Oh, really? I wonder why.
My mommy planted this. Didn't she?
Yes. Right after she got married.
Yuichi-san and I helped her too.
Oh, really?
Is it really going to grow this big?
It will get a lot of sun here,
so it should grow big in no time.
We should be able to enjoy green curtains in the summer and fall foliage in autumn.
I bet you just want to eat grapes.
That's part of it too, but
how great is it that you can pick grapes at home?
If it grows to that point.
When we have kids, let's pick grapes together.
You're getting ahead of yourself in all kinds of ways.
- Can you get it? - I can do it.
I can't seem to get this off.
Looks like grape picking would be hard to do.
Grape picking?
This certainly doesn't look too healthy.
Maybe it's sick.
Can it get sick when it's not a person?
Yes. Plants can catch a cold too.
Haven't you ever seen black dots
or white mold-like growths on leaves?
Then, how about a four-leaf clover?
Is that sick too?
There's a theory that it's a genetic disease.
Genetic disease? 3 became 4 because it's sick?
That may be so.
But there are other reasons too.
When it was a baby leaf, it got stepped on by people
and the part that splits into 3 split into 4, and it grew up like that.
They're strong, aren't they?
I hope these grapes are like that too.
Can't we pick grapes?
I'll do something about it. Let's take a look for now.
Do you have a stepladder?
Yes, I think there's one in the shed.
I'll show you where the shed is!
Thanks.
- Thank you. - Hm?
Since you came, Sera seems to be very happy.
Thanks for always playing with her.
I'm only playing with her because I enjoy it.
Hello?
Mother, is Doctor Mogami there?
Yes, she is.
Please tell her, "We have a case."
The human brain
Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Criminal Investigation Bureau, MPD
normally applies a limiter subconsciously
in order to prevent damage to bones and muscles.
But when this limiter is removed for some reason,
a force that would normally not be possible can be unleashed.
Could it be something like adrenaline rush?
No, that wouldn't make you go that far.
"Science is evolving day by day."
"In order to respond to cases involving cutting-edge technology,
a specialized department is necessary," he said. He was quite insistent.
I don't recall saying it in quite that tone.
Director, who is this?
Ah, I guess I haven't told you yet.
This is Police Officer Okuda Reon who has been assigned to this Office effective today.
A newbie, huh?
I'm the chief, Kohiruimaki.
I'm Hasebe. Nice to meet you.
I'm Okuda.
Actually, I've been looking for a while for someone who wanted to be assigned here.
Okuda was the only one who applied.
What? Are we that unpopular?
By the way, why did you want to work here?
Um...
I like science fiction.
What the heck is that?
But there were guys like that back in my days too.
Guys who became detective because they liked "Abu Deka."
Abu Deka - Abunai Deka, TV detective series, 1986-1987
They're so carefree.
What's "Abu Deka"?
Don't you know? I'll lend you my DVD next time.
No, that's okay.
No need to hold back.
From what I see...
you're the Yuji type.
Yuji and Taka are detectives in Abu Deka.
Excuse me?
Incidentally, I'm the Taka type.
My roots is with Taka.
I'd really like to wear sunglasses when I work.
But I can't see with them on so...
Now, now, now.
She's a newbie so go easy on her.
- Thank you, sir. - Yup.
Oh, "Abu Deka" is a detective drama, huh?
From the Showa era.
You'd better not take the Showa era lightly.
Chief, we got an awfully delicate looking girl here. Will she be okay?
Don't worry, Hasebe-san.
Actually, Okuda-san has a special skill.
Special skill?
Kohhi! Is it true that a human ran amok?
Who are you?
Who are you yourself?
Hey! Stop it!
He died.
It's as if he ran out of energy, isn't it?
A human suddenly goes amok.
Infuriated Blood
Pandora's Fruit
Scientific Crime Investigation File
The suspect is a traffic guard, Bessho Sota, 18.
Five years ago, he caused a fatal injury and was sent to juvenile reformatory.
5 years ago means he was 13.
Does that mean the Juvenile Law was applied?
According to family members and people at work,
he had turned over a new leaf recently
and was mild-mannered and gentle.
But then he suddenly went amok last night.
One driver and four fellow traffic guards.
A total of five people were brutally murdered with bare hands.
As far as I can tell from the video, he was attacking indiscriminately, wasn't he?
It's not like there aren't any precedents.
In the United States in 2012,
a man suddenly went amok and ate his victim alive
in what's known as the "Miami Zombie Attack."
It is said that this was
caused by the ingestion of a drug called bath salts.
- Bath salts? - Miami Zombie Attack.
Oh, this must be it.
- Yuck! - This is brutal.
Turn it off, turn it off. I won't be able to eat hamburgers anymore.
Are you saying that Bessho was taking some kind of a dangerous drug?
That's highly likely.
For the time being, we'll have to wait for the results of the autopsy, huh?
Yes.
Hasebe-san and Okuda-san,
please go make inquiries around Bessho, including the possibility of drugs.
Will do!
Okay, rookie, follow me!
Am I going to be his partner?
Have a great day!
From today, I'm your mentor.
I'm going to be showing you how an inquiry is done.
Make sure you watch my back carefully and learn.
What would I find on your back?
There's nothing on my back. It's an analogy, an analogy.
Oh, I wonder if this Bessho guy was on any social media.
If he was, we could find the people he associated with.
What's so great about social media.
To find out about the suspect's personal relationships, you have to do the legwork.
Keep your eyes on me. Keep your eyes on me alone.
He's seriously straight out of Showa era.
I've never seen anything like this.
He had muscle ruptures in his whole body,
as well as comminuted fractures in places.
It looks like an unbelievable amount of burden was placed throughout his whole body.
What was the cause of death?
Cardiogenic shock due to fragmentation of the myocardium.
An abnormal amount of dopamine, adrenaline, and
also myoglobin was detected in the blood.
So the cause was his excessively violent behavior.
Why did Bessho go amok in the first place?
We don't know that yet.
However, several injection marks were found on his arm.
Injection marks?
You mean Bessho?
No, there's no way.
What about friends who were doing illegal drugs?
Well...
I'll take the orange juice.
It's true there was a time he used to hang out with bad guys, but
lately he had turned over a new leaf and was working diligently.
But there were injection marks on Bessho's arm.
Chief forwarded this to me a little while ago.
This is what I'm talking about.
Ah, I think this was from a vaccine.
- Vaccine? - Yes.
He said he got it about a year ago.
Where at?
There's a doctor who does medical checkups and things
in cooperation with Bessho's probation officer.
What is that doctor's name?
Let's see...
Oh, Kon-chan.
What was the name of that doctor Bessho was seeing?
Didn't you say you went fishing with him the other day?
You mean Kuryu Sensei?
Ah, that's right. It's Kuryu-san.
Kuryu... How do you write that in kanji?
In kanji? Uh, I believe it was...
See? You can't figure out things like this on the internet, right?
You gotta do the legwork after all.
All we need to do now is find out who this doctor called Kuryu...
Could this be him?
Huh?
An individual called Kuryu Sensei
was tagged on the social media of Bessho's colleague.
I traced him from there.
Tagged?
These days you can find almost anything on the internet.
I don't think you need to do that much legwork.
We looked into it in detail, but
Itabashi-ku, Tokyo
Itabashi Chuo Police Station
there was no signs of drugs in Bessho's system.
I guess this rules out drugs.
About all we found out too was that he got vaccinated.
We were unable to find anything that caused Bessho to go amok.
Let's start out by digging into that vaccination.
So, who was the doctor who administered that vaccine?
Kuryu Yoichi, 58 years old.
He attended Malden Institute of Technology in the United States...
What? Kuryu Sensei?
Doctor, do you know him?
Yeah, he really helped me a lot when I was in the U.S.
Huh?
Where did I put it?
As usual, you're a glib talker.
Oh, by the way, Sensei,
you used my computer when I wasn't here the other day, didn't you?
Huh? What are you talking about?
What the heck is this chaotic desktop?
See? There you go, deleting my files again.
I had a super hard time restoring them.
Mogami-kun.
What did you do?
I programmed it so that if someone tries to delete my data without my permission,
the computer's built-in camera is activated and it records automatically.
In order to find the culprit.
There you go, doing weird things again!
Why don't you put that effort into your research?
Wasn't it you who said that science is making progress day by day?
This is how I'm making progress day by day too.
As usual, you're...
"A glib talker,“ right?
Yeah.
I'm really glad I brought you over here.
Eh?
Your inspiration will one day be necessary for the advancement of science.
You exaggerate.
Mogami-kun, I'm a good judge of character, if nothing else.
Oh, then you're the same as me.
"Science is making progress day by day."
"So unless we humans who use it make progress day by day too,
some day in the future, science will control us."
It was Kuryu Sensei who taught me that.
I didn't know that you had a mentor like that...
So, where is this Kuryu Sensei now?
I don't know, although I did hear that he's back in Japan.
- Oh, I know about that. - Eh?
Upon his return,
he's been working for the research institution at Lyden Group's Japan Branch Office.
That Lyden Group?
"Lyden Group is a mega corporation headquartered in China,
which grew rapidly by providing cutting-edge technology to the wealthy and powerful in the world."
Akiharabara, Taitou-ku, Tokyo
Lyden Group, Japan Branch
"They have several research institutions in Asia,
and there is a branch office in Japan as well."
"In the past, they almost had
a pharmaceutical class action lawsuit filed against them, but
with the help of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's
investigative committee and the Ministry of Justice,
they forcefully got it settled."
It's kind of a shady place, isn't it?
All you do is look at your phone, I swear.
Chief, don't tell me her special skill is looking things up on her cell phone.
Of course not.
Okuda-san's special skill is...
Sorry to keep you waiting.
I'm Sawada, Senior Manager of the Japan Branch of Lyden Group.
We found out that Bessho, who caused this incident,
was a patient under the care of Kuryu-san.
We'd like to talk directly to Kuryu-san in regards to that.
As much as I'd like to cooperate with you,
we don't know Doctor Kuryu's whereabouts either.
You mind explaining that?
To tell the truth, we haven't been able to contact Dr. Kuryu for the past few days.
But he's a free spirit, so we're not that worried about him.
Say, what kind of research was Kuryu Sensei doing here?
You're Dr. Mogami Yukiko, aren't you?
I am.
I thought so.
I've heard a lot about you from Dr. Kuryu.
When you were in the U.S., I heard you worked on a groundbreaking research with him.
That was a long time ago.
And so? You haven't answered my question yet.
I'm terribly sorry, but I'm afraid I can't tell you.
Dr. Kuryu's research is our company's trade secret.
I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help.
Sawada-san.
In regards to the cause of the violent behavior of Kuryu-san's patient,
if you have any idea at all...
I would tell you, of course.
If I had an idea, that is.
I will contact you as soon as Dr. Kuryu returns.
I'd appreciate that.
Thank you for your time.
Are you worried about Kuryu-san?
Yeah. A little.
Don't you think he ran away? This guy called Kuryu.
Eh?
Kuryu Yoichi disappeared at the same time this incident occurred.
I think it's reasonable to assume that he's involved in the case.
Hey, he's the doctor's mentor, you know.
Unlike Mogami-san, I don't know anything about Kuryu Yoichi.
I'm just stating my opinion from an unbiased point of view.
- What do you mean unbiased? - It's okay, Hasedon.
The girl just wants to solve the case. Right?
Yes.
We just need to find out the facts.
First of all, let's find out what research Kuryu-san was working on.
Mogami Yukiko is starting to pry.
She may cause some trouble.
Mogami Yukiko.
Yeah, you do that.
What?!
Did you go at them head on? That's crazy.
That company is untouchable.
Is Lyden Group untouchable?
Please don't mention their name.
This place is close to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Did you know that company caused a drug-related problem?
Yeah.
I heard they got a lot of support from the investigative committee of your Ministry
- and the Ministry of Justice. - Yes.
The bureaucrats from that time are retired and are board members there now.
There's even a rumor that a bureaucrat who tried to blow the whistle on
our Ministry's relationship with them disappeared.
To be honest, I don't want to have anything to do with that company.
Alien Occult may get extinguished, huh?
Hey, please don't say that, even as a joke.
So at Lyden...
at that company, what kind of research was Kuryu-san doing?
Apparently, he was working on things like
genome editing and vaccine development.
Genome editing?
Is this all you got? Nothing else?
No, there's no data left at all.
I mean, I did my best to get this much, you know.
Eh?
No, no, no, Senpai. I'm telling you I'll get extinguished.
Thanks.
"Thanks"? When I haven't said anything yet?
No, no fair!
Okay, I'll do it.
As a result of DNA analysis of Bessho who ran amok,
an abnormality in the sequence was found.
Could there be a possibility that
Kuryu-san might have done some kind of genome editing on Bessho?
Kuryu Sensei talked about the necessity to know both the wonderful aspect
and the horrific aspect of new technology.
That's why he would never do something like that.
But just to be sure,
let's request a DNA analysis of all of Bessho's genomes.
Okay, but let me do that.
Eh?
If Kuryu Sensei is involved, I'd like to confirm it myself.
All right.
Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Oh... Excuse me!
I'm really sorry.
Thank you. I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
Lyden Group was conducting research on
genome editing and vaccine development.
The project leader was Kuryu-san.
Um...
First of all, what's this genome editing?
It's self-explanatory. It means to edit genomes.
That's not what I meant.
Chief, please.
First of all, about genome. Genome is genetic information.
And genome editing is a technology that affects organisms
by making changes to the genetic information.
I understand it vaguely.
Vaguely? It's standard in science fiction.
Then what? Is the standard in science fiction common knowledge?
Please continue.
There are two types of genome editing.
The first is to edit genes in the fertilized egg stage.
The other is to edit the genes of an organism has has already been born.
Kuryu-san was conducting research on the latter.
That would be the one that uses the CRISPR-Cas9 approach.
Kriskya? What's that?
CRISPR-Cas9 is a revolutionary genome editing tool
that was developed by Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Dr. Jennifer Doudna in 2012.
Simply put, it's a pair of scissors to cut off the DNA.
You can cut a specific part of the DNA to make it lose its function, or
conversely, you can modify it by inserting information from another gene.
Hey, how the hell do you get a pair of scissors in a body?
Are you stupid? Scissors is a metaphor.
Stupid?
An extremely small enzyme is used in CRISPR-Cas9,
and like nanomachines, it can be injected into the body with a syringe.
Because of this ease of use, it's being used in all kinds of research.
It's truly a dream technology, isn't it?
But on the other hand,
there are some concerns with CRISPR-Cas9 too.
The off-target effect.
Chief, looks like Hasebe-san is overwhelmed.
No, no...
Who's overwhelmed? Of course I'm not. I understand.
Gasper, right? It's off target.
Something like "Ha!", right?
I'm sure you didn't get it, did you?
Chief, please go on.
In the first place, it's not like genome editing never misses its mark.
At times, a different gene than the one that was targeted
can get edited by mistake.
That's the off-target effect.
Edited by mistake? What happens then?
There's the danger of an organism mutating in unexpected ways.
While CRISPR-Cas9 can be implemented easily,
compared to other genome editing tools,
the probability of off-target effect is said to be higher.
In other words,
that was the reason Bessho ran amok, huh?
I'm not so sure about that.
In the first place, we still don't know
what kind of genome editing Kuryu Yoichi was doing, right?
Yes. So Dr. Mogami is in the process of
analyzing Bessho's DNA for us.
I'm sorry, Baba-chan, for asking you to do this so suddenly.
Not at all!
I'll do whatever you ask me to do.
Thanks.
Oh, I'm sorry.
♫ Flash of inspiration on full throttle,
♫Mega Max
♫ Science Warrior Sciencer
That's not it at all.
It doesn't sound right without Yukki.
What? That was perfect, wasn't it?
What was perfect? When is Yukki coming back?
She's still busy with work. She probably won't be home until late today.
That's no fun.
Until just recently, she was clinging on to me saying, "Daddy, Daddy."
Girls sure grow up fast, don't they?
Right? Ami.
Doctor, I'm done with the analysis.
Let's see it.
- Power outage? - How's the data?
It's autosaved, so I think it should be fine.
Maybe the breaker tripped. I'll go take a quick look.
Okay.
Doctor?
This is the record of Bessho's activities in the week prior to the incident.
I'll have the additional material printed out before the meeting,
so please wait a while.
Still can't get touch with the doctor?
No. I called the Nitto Institute of Science and Technology too, but
it seems she disappeared in the middle of her work.
Disappeared?
She didn't come home yesterday either.
This has never happened before.
- "Home"? - What the heck is she doing?
- Excuse me for a moment. - Hm?
I mean, I'm almost sure there's no way, but
is Mogami-san living with the chief?
- Yes, she is. - What?
Does that mean what I think it means?
It seems you're misunderstanding something, but
- the doctor and I aren't... - It's all right.
I don't condemn mixing business with pleasure.
- I'm an adult, after all. - It's complicated.
- Hey, what do you think you're doing? - Move.
Chief Superintendent Kohiruimaki of the Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office, right?
We're checking on the whereabouts of Mogami Yukiko.
And you are?
- I'm Tezuka with Public Security. - Public Security?
There's a possibility that Mogami Yukiko is involved in this case.
What do you mean?
We have been
keeping our eye on Kuryu Yoichi for a while as a material witness.
Kuryu had been conducting research on a behavioral disorder known as the amok syndrome .
Amok?
It refers to a phenomenon in which a human suddenly turns violent and attacks other humans.
It has been known in Southeast Asia for a long time,
but its cause is unknown.
There's been similar incidents elsewhere too, huh?
The ones that go amok are mostly male,
and are said to transform into something that's not human.
Something that's not human?
Don't you think it's just like this case?
What does that have to do with Dr. Mogami?
Back when Mogami was in the U.S., she was participating in
the study of this amok from a virological viewpoint.
This backs up the fact that the two of them conducted
some kind of illegal experiment which resulted in Bessho going amok.
"Human experimentation"
Why do you have the internal data of the police?
This document
was attached to an email that Mogami sent to Kuryu yesterday.
"The experiment was conducted before dawn today. We succeeded in making him run amok."
"Mogami Yukiko"
Mogami is Kuyru's accomplice.
She should be meeting up with Kuryu by now.
I'll ask one more time. Where is Mogami Yukiko?
I have no idea. I don't know either.
Aren't you just covering up for the woman you're living with?
Cut it out. We really don't know anything.
What about you?
This is only my second day here. I don't even have Mogami-san's contact information.
If you find out anything, call me at this number immediately.
I see.
If you hear from Dr. Mogami, please let us know as well.
Yes. If you'll excuse me now.
Wow...
What is Mogami-san?
I don't know too well either, but she's apparently famous in that world.
Then she might have been doing it for real.
Huh?
Conspiring with Kuryu Yoichi and conducting dangerous experiments.
Maybe it was because of Mogami-san that Bessho...
There's no way the doctor would such a thing.
Stop meddling when you don't know anything.
It's true I don't know anything about Mogami-san.
But I think that's exactly why I can give you an unbiased opinion.
You'll see if you work with the doctor for a while too.
Then since I don't know her yet, I'll speak from an unbiased viewpoint.
Kohiruimaki, find out where Dr. Mogami went right away.
Of course, as a material witness who knows the details of this case.
Director, we don't know yet if the doctor did it...
- I understand. - Eh?
The surveillance camera at Nitto Institute of Science and Technology where the doctor was at yesterday
had been cut off by someone.
Let's first check the surveillance cameras around the institute and see if we can track down the doctor.
Chief, are you suspecting the doctor?
No.
But it's true that the doctor and Kuryu-san were old friends.
If there's a possibility, I think it's only natural to squash that first.
Kohiruimaki's just looking at the facts objectively.
Okay~.
Hello.
Just now?
What's wrong?
Kuryu-san just appeared at Lyden Group's lab.
Where's Kuryu's lab?
- It's on the 2nd floor. - Lead the way.
You guys are here? Just don't get in our way.
This way please.
Yes, it's going well.
The Pax Project will proceed as planned.
Kuryu Sensei.
It's this room.
Open it.
Police!
Mogami Yukiko, drop the knife.
Doctor...
You're under arrest for the attempted murder of Kuryu Yoichi.
We're going down!
There's no sign of her. She's escaped!
- Okuda, ambulance! - Oh, yes!
Even when you know it's a dangerous thing, you can't help probing into it.
Isn't that the nature of a scientist?
That can't be true.
Daddy will do something about it.
You promise?
"Pax." The goddess of peace and order
in Roman mythology.
It's too much of a coincidence, isn't it?
I don't have to tell you why I'm here, do I?