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Suzuki had a suspicious accident just like my father and Council Takechi.

If Seike's ex-girlfriend planned for those accidents...

He doesn't need you anymore.

I'll never give such a goody to someone else.

I wrote that Miwako had participated in the Script Competition on Kanto TV.

The Matryoshka that laughs last...

Manaka Arisa? She isn't Miyoshi Miwako...

I won't contact you anymore...It's for you.

For me?

I'm keeping an eye on you too.

The quality of her scenario was pretty bad.

However, I was convinced that the details written in the scenario were somehow true.

This is Miyoshi Miwako's script I got the other day.

Please read it first.

The Matryoshka that laughs last?

The scenario was a story about 2 young men who were based on Council Seike and his secretary Suzuki.

The story starts with the secretary who puts a lot of effort into controlling the representative.

At first, it went well.

However, when the wife of the representative appeared and skillfully manipulated the representative to outwit the secretary,

she gradually takes control.

This wife is Mieko, right?

That's right. It's Miytoshi Miwako.

She is annoying...Or should I say I don't like her.

She always seems to be looking down on people around her.

In her flashback scenes, she wrote about her being bullied when she was a junior high school, DV from her father, and indifference to her. And...

Hanussen appears here as well.

Yes.

Erik Jan Hanussen...

In the second half of the story, the secretary who fancied himself as a Hanussen who manipulated Hitler behind the scenes,

committed suicide at the age of 43, the same age Hanussen was assassinated.

It was treated as a suicide,

However, those who have read the story up to this point should be able to understand that the secretary was killed by the representative's wife.

The reason for the murder was that the secretary who fancied himself as a brain was a real eyesore.

It matches up to being killed at the age of 43.

However, Suzuki was badly injured, but he didn't die.

This is like the written prophecy.

If she tried to kill Suzuki as the scenario, that means she'd been planning to kill Suzuki for over 20 years, right?

She is crazy. What determination!

The scenario ended with the scene in which the representative went back to his hometown.

However, a new character suddenly appeared at this point.

It was his mother.

The mother held and told him gently.

Don't worry, you're not wrong.

Leave it to me, and everything will be fine.

And the story ended abruptly.

Why did his mother suddenly appear?

I don't understand.

In the first place, what's this Manaka Arisa?

And how do I pronounce her pseudonym?

Is it Ryu Reiran...?

I tried to search for each name, but I couldn't find any info.

I couldn't find any people who seemed to be related to these names either.

According to the contents of the story, I think this was written by Miwako.

So, is Miyoshi Miwako a fake name?

She lives in Gunma, not Kagawa.

What's wrong with this woman?

Anyway, I'll go to this address.

Thank you.

Michiue,

Director,

Unfortunately, you can't investigate the incident anymore.

I won't tolerate your selfish behavior anymore.

But I still have time...

This is an order from the top.

The top? How come?

Did the politicians exert pressure?

If you keep investigating this incident, you'll be fired.

All of you, and me too.

I'm sorry I couldn't be of any help.

Something like this really happens...

It's understandable if this would happen at the Shin Nihon Shimbun which is the politics-oriented newspaper.

A great force must have been worked.

Is it Suzuki?

I don't think Miwako has that much influence.

Or, Miwako made Seike do that.

Either way, this is it.

Michiue, what are you going to do now?

Please keep an eye on me.

I'm keeping an eye on you too.

Who the hell is behind this?

Laughing Matryoshka (Warau Matryoshka)

Including the age, the details in this script are very similar to your accident.

Isn't it evidence that she targeted you?

What do you think about the development of the story?

The wife started to control the representative in the scenario, but how was it in real life?

It's impossible.

I think it was her desire.

Do you have any thoughts about the ending of this story?

Then, what about this name?

I've never heard of it.

I see.

It doesn't seem it was you...

I was told by the top not to investigate this incident anymore.

Perhaps, it's pressure from the politicians.

Do you have any idea?

I have too many ideas because you're hated by them.

Thank you for your hard work.

I'm home.

It's unusual for you to come home so early.

Yes.

What's wrong?

I may quit my job.

What? Why?

I've been pursuing some incidents right now, but my boss told me to back off.

Otherwise, I'd be fired.

What? Do you mean you don't intend to back off?

Are you willing to pursue that incident even quitting your job?

I was relieved when you were transferred to the Literature Department.

I was hoping that once you were released from the insane work schedule of the Social Department,

and if the public forgot about your scandal, you could live with Yu again.

Pursuing the incident alone means nobody is there to protect or stop you.

If you still want to pursue the incident, you've given up on living with Yu, right?

Of course, I want to live with Yuki!

Well, then...

That incident has something to do with Dad's accident.

He may have been murdered.

I'm sorry not to tell you that until now.

Yuki sometimes says "Mom" in his sleep.

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Seike Considering reform of the foster care system Set up a special task force.

I'll set up a special task force to be thorough in awareness of the relative foster care system and reform the entire relative foster care system.

In addition, I'd like to consider organizing a system where children who have left social care can continue to live comfortably.

Seike...

However, the relative foster care system has low awareness in Japan.

I believe the government should allocate a substantial budget to support this.

That's an ideal scenario, though.

What's important is to have an ideal scenario.

Wow, he really intends to make that happen.

Don't you pursue your ideals too much?

I'm aware that there're many challenges until I make it happen.

But I can't give it up so easily.

Adversity builds strength.

I'll overcome the difficulties one by one and move forward on the path that I believe in.

I hope all of you will understand it as well.

Shall I carry that?

I'm fine.

It's been 16 years since I joined this company. It was short, but I felt long.

Michiue! So, the rumor was true...

Thank you for everything you've done for me.

I'm a freelance journalist from now on.

Is everything all right?

I acknowledge your skill as a journalist, but you're totally hopeless at other things.

That will be all right.

Thank you for your hard work.

She is energetic...

Yes.

Suzuki!

I'm sorry for the inconvenience. I'll return to work today.

You can take a break for a while.

Don't worry, I have Sakamoto.

It seems that the issue of the relative foster care system is causing wide repercussions.

That's predictable, right?

Yes, and the explanation to the party executive has been done.

What about the influential people in the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare?

Well, I haven't done that yet.

Even though they've already been retired, if we ignore them, it'll become troublesome later on.

I'll deal with that immediately.

Suzuki...Thank you.

It's my job.

Thank you for coming.

Are you giving up already?

It's been a while since I opened this app. A lot of things have changed since then.

I treat you a dinner tonight, so would you shut your mouth?

Michiue Kanae Freelance journalist

And I go to the posting form, right?

You look so serious.

She told me to quit her job yesterday, and she's already done it today. She really doesn't think ahead.

Okay.

I left the Toto Shimbun. I'll work as a freelance journalist from now on. I'll pursue only the truth without giving in to power.

Michiue Kanae, the freelance journalist, is starting, right?

The Matryoshka that laughs last

Tone-gun, Gunma

Manaka Arisa

Tone-gun, Gunma

Nishikawa?

Nishikawa Reiko

Do you live here?

Who the hell are you?

I'm Michiue, a freelance journalist.

Do you know Manaka Arisa?

Arisa...Did something happen to her?

Arisa is my daughter.

I've divorced now, so my last name is different from hers.

What about Arisa? Where is she now?

Please come in.

So, it's not like something happened to her, right?

I thought the police found her body or something like that.

She's been missing for years.

I've filed a missing person report, but she hasn't been found yet.

When was the last time you saw her?

It was when she was 22 years old...So, it's 21 years ago.

She ran away from home at 18, and she came home once unexpectedly.

What was she like at that time?

She came home to borrow money, but she said weird things.

"I found a money tree. If all goes well, we may be able to turn our lives around"

A money tree? What's that?

I asked her, but she stubbornly refused to tell me that.

However, I knew she didn't lie. She found something valuable.

She may have got involved in some trouble because of that.

However, I believe Arisa is alive.

She is tough and strong.

So, I'm sure she lives somewhere else.

I see. Well...Do you have any idea about this pseudonym?

Ryu Reiran

What's that? Is she Chinese?

What about Miyoshi Miwako?

Miyoshi Miwako?

That sounds familiar...

Ah, she is Arisa's childhood friend. They were classmates.

Just a moment.

These are the stories that Arisa wrote when she was a junior high school or high school.

The scent of the sunset, Pseudonym Miyoshi Miwako

I found them after Arisa ran away from home.

It clearly looks like Arisa's handwriting, but she uses a friend's name for some reason.

I thought of a beautiful name for her.

Did she do that to get back at me?

Hey, I brought a community circular board.

Ah, Shin, good timing!

I was Arisa's classmate from elementary school through junior high school.

Well, I wasn't particularly close to her.

This is Manaka Arisa.

And she is Miyoshi Miwako.

Miwako was a popular girl.

She moved somewhere else around the time she graduated from junior high school.

Were they very close friends?

No way! It's the opposite.

I think Miyoshi's group was bullying Manaka Arisa.

Bullying her?

Miyoshi Miwako-Manaka Arisa Bullying

Can I go now?

Ah, can you give me the contact info of Arisa's classmates?

Well...I can...But don't you use them for bad things, right?

Of course, not.

I used to work at the Toto Shimbun. I'm definitely not a suspicious person.

Are you a classmate of Manaka Arisa,

Manaka Arisa?

Kira, it's a call for you.

Thank you.

I have to go. I'm sorry.

Yuki, what's going on?

Mom, I got a call! She found Rocky!

What? Where are you now?

Here you are.

Rocky!

Thank you.

You're welcome.

He was used to being with people, so I thought he was somebody's pet.

And I saw this flyer. It's a nice drawing.

Did you make it?

Yes.

You did a good job.

I'm glad.

Me too. Thank you for coming.

What are you talking about? Of course, since I'm your mother.

Oh, I see.

Rocky, how have you been?

Rocky looks happy. He is saying he doesn't feel lonely anymore.

I'm sorry. I've made you feel lonely all the time.

I worked too much.

Not at all. Mom, you worked hard for your job, and you also worked hard for me too.

You always picked me up at daycare late, but you always asked how my day was, right?

The teacher was troubled because you asked so many questions.

I was always curious about that.

You stayed with me until I went to sleep after going back home.

Your posters were everywhere and the number of posters kept increasing.

I saw that and I could keep going.

I thought I wouldn't want to be beaten by you.

Yuki...Thank you.

So, you haven't seen Arisa since then, right?

I see. Thank you.

Where are you, Arisa?

The way you wonder like that resembles your father so much.

Don't scare me!

What the hell? I'm not happy to hear that.

You don't give up so easily, do you?

Mom,

I'm sorry. I don't intend to give up on my job or Yuki.

I knew you would say that.

If you're going to do something, you give it your all. That's for your father's sake too.

Thank you.

Yes.

Michiue, do you have time?

Welcome.

How's your freelance work going? It must be tough, right?

As soon as I lost the title of "The Toto Shimbun", I began to be treated as a suspicious person.

I knew it.

No matter how hard I search, I can't find Manaka Arisa.

Her mother has filed a missing person report, but she hasn't been found.

Is it possible she has been dead?

Her mother seems to believe she is alive.

She is tough and strong.

So, I'm sure she lives somewhere else.

Moreover, she is the type of person who uses a fake name.

Certainly, she is very suspicious.

Anyway, it seems you're hitting a wall right now.

You're struggling, right?

Something like that.

What's wrong with you?

Okay, I'll give you hands.

If you do that, you'll be fired too.

I've already quit too.

I'm thinking of starting my own publishing company.

Most likely, I start with running a news website mainly, but I want to publish books soon as well.

I've thought about that for a long time.

But I've made up my mind when I saw your actions.

So, would you like to work with me?

Don't worry, I have enough money to manage the company.

It's a piece of cake to pay you a low salary.

Are you sure?

The journalist Michiue Kanae is necessary in this society.

I've been watching you closely all the time, so I know that.

Above all, I want to see what you discover and bring into the world.

Yamanaka,

Then, to start with, would you visit nightclubs and find people who know Seike's mother?

Seike's mother?

After reading her script, I thought his mother may have had some connection with Arisa.

Good point.

In his book, it was written that his mother was a hostess and met Wadajima when she was young.

If you visit the nightclubs that Wadajima went to, you may be able to meet people who know Seike's mother.

But that happened before Seike was born, right? How long ago?

I'll search for his mother through a different route.

Do you know his mother's name?

I don't know yet.

But I'll figure it out somehow.

I didn't know you were back to work. How's your condition?

You said you found out something about Miwako, right?

I visited her hometown in Gunma and talked to her mother.

But first, there's something I want you to tell me.

It's about Seike's mother.

You know her name, right?

Her name is Seike Hiroko.

I've met her a few times, but that's about it.

After Seike became a representative, I haven't seen her at all.

So, there's nothing I can tell you about her.

Do you know where she is now?

No.

In his book, it's written that Seike was born and raised in Ainai-cho, Ehime.

Is his parents' house located around there?

So I heard.

Have you been there?

No. Well, I have to go.

I don't know almost anything about his mother.

By the way, what did you find out about Miwako?

Miyoshi Miwako is a fake name.

Manaka Arisa, that's her real name.

Do you know why she used a fake name?

How am I supposed to know that?

According to Arisa's mother, She's been missing for over 20 years,

even though her mother filed a missing person report.

So far, that's all I found out.

Suzuki, when did you see her last time?

I've never seen her after she broke up with Seike.

When was that?

I think it was around my 4th year of university.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Seike Hiroko

Her name is Seike Hiroko. The Chinese letters are...

Got it.

And Boss,

Boss? Me? What?

Can I go on a business trip to Ehime?

Ehime?

I'm home.

Ah, speak of the devil...

Is she your daughter?

Nice to meet you.

Hello.

Were you talking about me?

Don't embarrass me by talking about my stupid stories.

You're a journalist, right?

Something like that.

It's wonderful.

Would you like to drink with me?

Ah, don't worry about me. Thank you.

Come on! Don't be like that.

Please sit down.

Then, just one drink.

Michiue Kanae I left the Toto Shimbun. I'll work as a freelance journalist from now on. I'll pursue only the truth without giving in to power.

Masuyama, Ehime

4F, Kaji Design Co.

Did you come all the way to Matsuyama for the interview for a book?

That's also part of a journalist's job.

It was an interesting episode that you and Seike competed in the student council election.

Ah, that episode...

I wasn't as bad a boy as the one in his book.

So, you want to know about Seike's mother, right?

Yes.

I saw her only once when I was in high school.

Year 1995, a first-year of high school, Matsuyama, Ehime

I think it was when I went to Matsuyama Castle with Suzuki...

Seike and his mother happened to pass by.

Seike was laughing so happily that I'd never seen him like that at school.

And what surprised us the most was that his mother was unbelievably beautiful.

Even a stubborn person Suziki was captivated by her.

I think it was when I went to Matsuyama Castle with Suzuki...

Seike and his mother happened to pass by.

Seike was laughing so happily that I'd never seen him like that at school.

Hello?

Michiue, have you checked your SNS?

No, I haven't.

Seike gave you a like to your declaration of becoming a freelance.

Give a like

I just saw it.

As we thought, there may be something behind the scenes that Seike banned your interview.

Ainan-cho, Ehime

Do you know where Representative Seike Ichiro's parents' house is?

I think it's located beyond that mountain.

Thank you, I'll try to go.

Who are you?

Excuse me.

Yes, that's Seike Ichiro's parents' house.

It seems it's vacant right now.

His mother had lived there alone until 10 years ago.

His mother's name is Hiroko, right?

That's right.

Do you know where she's gone?

I don't know. Since her husband Yoshikazu died, I lost contact with her.

Yoshikazu?

His name was Seike Yoshikazu and the owner of that house.

Wait a second. Isn't that house Seike Hiroko's parents's house?

No. Hiroko is the bride whom Yoshikazu met in Tokyo.

Hiroko was married.

She got the last name "Seike" after married with Yoshikazu.

He was the only child of a wealthy family.

So, he often went to Tokyo for fun.

When he turned 60, he finally brought his young wife and her mother here.

Ichiro was in her womb at that time.

When did Yoshikazu die?

He died in a car accident 2 to 3 years after coming back here.

A car accident?

What's wrong?

Ah, nothing. Do you have a picture of Seike Hiroko by any chance?

Just a moment, please.

A car accident, fell asleep while driving

A car accident, distracted driving

A car accident, fell asleep while driving

I have it!

He is Yoshikazu.

And she is Hiroko.

You're a journalist, right?

She is that lady...

Year 1995, a first-year of high school, Matsuyama, Ehime

Year 2000, a 4th year of university, Tokyo

Nice to see you again. Please come in.

I didn't know you've been living with Seike.

I moved here recently.

I thought it was overprotected, but I was worried about Ichiro.

So, what do you want to discuss with me today?

Is it about Seike's girlfriend by any chance?

Yes. Why did you think so?

Well, I've met her once before, and her first impression wasn't very good.

I made the right decision to contact you, Toshiya.

Was something wrong?

She lives here.

She sleeps until noon and eats the meals I make every day.

So, Toshiya, I want you to break up their relationship.

Since you're Ichiro's best friend, I believe you can do that.

To tell you the truth, Ichiro and I have lost contact since he started dating her.

Toshiya, you can do that.

At this rate, Ichiro will be ruined.

Please help me.

You're the only person I can rely on.

I'm home.

I leave the way up to you.

Welcome back.

Toshiya! Why are you here?

He came to see you because he cares about you.

I see.

Please make yourself at home, Toshiya.

I'm sorry, I didn't notice.

Please.

This son-and-mother is weird.

When I observe them, I find a lot of strange things. It's very heavy.

In the first place, isn't it pretty weird to move here just because she was worried about her son?

He is already a university student.

Hey, you're rude!

I'm thinking of writing the script about this son-and-mother someday.

Including his father.

It'll be an interesting script for sure.

The picture I just sent you is Seike Hiroko.

It helps a lot. Now, it's easier to search for her.

I'll go back to Matsuyama and do some more interviews.

By the way, even her husband died in a distracted driving accident...

After Yoshikazu died, Hiroko probably inherited his estates.

Under these circumstances, I think Hiroko probably is involved in the incidents.

Come to think of it, you told me the other day that Takechi's lover was involved in Takechi's car accident, right?

Is his lover also Hiroko?

Takechi died in Ehime too.

Then, it's obvious, right?

The person behind Seike is Seike Hiroko, right?

Don't worry, you're not wrong.

Leave it to me, and everything will be fine.

That journalist was an interesting lady.

How's my beloved Ichiro doing?

He seems to listen to you and break up with her.

I see.

How's the dinner with Prime Minister going?

Everything is going well.

It seems the Cabinet's approval rate has gone up.

Maybe because of your popularity.

I don't think so.

It's all thanks to the efforts of Primi Minister Habu and Minister Morohashi.

You're being noticed both good and bad.

So, please be very careful.

Yes.

I'm sorry, she is quite stubborn.

Don't worry, you'll be fine.

I'll definitely take care of it!

I'm in Ehime taking a break at Matsuyama Castle Bocchan Dango (sweet dumpling, Matsuyama's specialty), delicious!

Bocchan Dango...

Thank you for your hard work. Would you like to eat something?

I want to "Oyakodon (Chicken and egg bowl)". I couldn't eat anything since I focused on as the host.

I don't want to give up my job just because I have a son.

You'll be fine.

Adversity builds strength.

Move forward on the path you believe in.

Adversity builds strength.

I'll overcome the difficulties one by one and move forward on the path that I believe in.

The bond between mother and child is stronger than anything else,

even though they're apart, and no matter what happens...

Next episode

Suzuki is the key person.

What's the politician for if they don't intend to light up on those in the shadow?

I've done a lot of things together with him

It's full of mysteries.

You were used by Hiroko all the time, right?