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Will Seike Ichiro be Chief Cabinet Secretary?!

There's always Hiroko behind Seike.

As you guessed, Hiroko had been manipulating Ichiro.

But now it's different.

If I'm with him, he'll definitely become the top of this country.

Suzuki, why do you work as a politician's secretary? It'd be natural for you to resent politicians since your father was unjustly arrested.

Seike Ichiro is mine.

Year 1995, a 1st-year of high school, Matsuyama City, Ehime

Congratulations on your entrance ceremony

Uno Kosuke, there's a warrant for your arrest on the suspicion of bribery.

Dad!

Toshiya, be quiet.

Dad!

Former president Uno Kosuke is demanded a penalty of a 3-year prison sentence

Toshiya, you should use my maiden name, Suzuki, instead of Uno.

It's to protect you from the public and the media.

You should start a new life as Suzuki Toshiya.

Excuse me...

Nice to meet you, I'm Seike.

If you don't mind, would you be my friend?

I'm Sasaki.

Sasaki...

Nice to meet you.

What's your name?

I'm Suzuki.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Takamura relieved stress by assaulting a hostess

Thanks to you, I was able to take good pictures.

This will be a big scandal.

I think Minister Seike is the most suitable candidate to succeed Chief Cabinet Secretary

I believe that Seike who is "Walk the walk and talk the talk" will improve national politics

I can't think of anybody but Seike to be Chief Cabinet Secretary

Minister Seike, Prime Minister wants to talk to you.

It's a setback that we couldn't get Suziki on our side.

Suzuki definitely knows something about Hiroko.

He believes he has complete control over Seike, so he didn't listen to me at all.

However, he was almost killed by Hiroko.

Based on my investigation, it's highly likely that she has dangerous ideologies similar to Hitler's.

Moreover, she manipulates Ichiro from behind and is willing to kill people for Ichiro's career.

It's certain that your father, Representative Takechi, and Seike Yoshikazu. They're all killed by Hiroko.

What does Hiroko intend to do to this country by letting Ichiro have power?

We must find Hiroko before that happens.

Yes?

Hello.

Please come in.

I'm Yamanaka. You must be Secretary Suzuki's wife.

I'm Suzuki Yuki.

Yuki, could you go and meet the perpetrators of the accidents with Yamanaka?

He wants to investigate if there's anybody behind those accidents.

What are you going to do?

I'm going to try to talk to Suzuki one more time.

I'm going.

Yes.

I want to become a politician one day.

Year 1995, a 1st-year of high school, Matsuyama City, Ehime

My father is a politician.

His name is Wadajima Yoshitaka.

Have you heard about the Big Gulliver Incident?

My father was arrested as a ringleader in that incident.

So, unlike Seike, I can't become a politician even though I wanted to.

You can become Seike's brain

It would be best if you used Seike to take your father's revenge

With you, Seike will surely be reassuring.

You're right.

I'll use Seike to take my father's revenge.

Well, I think you have the image of the real mastermind instead of standing in the spotlight.

Mom? What's wrong?

Toshiya, please come back now.

What? Did something happen?

Your father...

Uno Kosuke who was arrested and indicted in the Big Gulliver Incident died at home while on bail.

It's believed to be a suicide.

Defendant Uno Kosuke had been demanded a penalty of a 3-year prison sentence.

Toshiya,

Seike, Sasaki,

I told him about your father.

I want to become a politician one day.

Hey, Dad!

Seike, run for student council president.

What happened all of a sudden?

You want to be a politician, right?

It's the first step.

I'll make you become a politician.

Thank you, Toshiya.

Seike Hiroko...

Wait!

Condor Taxi...

Suzuki,

How was that?

I was chosen.

I'm heading to the official residence now.

It was decided earlier.

I'm heading now.

Minister Seike was chosen. I'm heading to the official residence now.

What was decided?

Michiue,

Seike Ichiro became Chief Cabinet Secretary.

Congratulations.

Although you're not the youngest Chief Cabinet Secretary, it's impressive to become the one at such a young age.

Thank you, Toshiya.

We've finally made it this far together.

Chief Cabinet Secretary...

Laughing Matryoshka (Warau Matryoshka)

Breaking News, Minister Seike was chosen to be Chief Cabinet Secretary

Prime Minister Habu has decided to choose Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Seike as the successor to Takamura who resigned earlier.

I never thought he'd become Chief Cabinet Secretary so soon.

Yamanaka,

Are you Suzuki Toshiya's wife?

Yes. Are you Kojima who was driving the car that night?

I'm sorry for injuring your husband due to my negligence.

Kojima, please have a seat.

May I ask you one thing?

Was that accident really your negligence?

Do you know this woman?

Excuse me. I'm Michiue, and I called here a while ago.

Yes, they told me that you left something in my car, right?

Actually, it's not something, I'm looking for in a person.

Did you pick this woman up at Nagata-cho at around 1:30 pm?

Excuse me, did you see which direction she was heading at?

I'm sorry, I didn't see her that far.

I understood. Thank you.

Shinjuku Takaba-cho Shopping Street

Cheers!

Minister Seike, congratulations on becoming Chief Cabinet Secretary.

I wanted to reserve the restaurant and celebrate in a grand style.

But since the predecessor resigned due to his scandal, I thought it'd not be a good idea to celebrate too grandly.

This is more than enough. Thank you, everybody.

Seike, congratulations!

Sasaki, did you come here all the way from Matsuyama for me?

Of course, since I'm the chairman of Seike's supporting group.

Here're fish cakes. I bought them in Matsuyama.

Let's eat!

Well done, the real mastermind.

Don't call me that.

You made Seike not only the student council president but also Chief Cabinet Secretary.

You're amazing.

Teacher Isshiki, Seike has decided to run in the student council president election.

Year 1996, a 2nd-year of high school, Matsuyama city, Ehime

And I want to discuss something with you.

I believe that the final speech will be the deciding factor.

So, we want to use actual politicians' speeches. Who do you think is good?

Well...The first person that comes to my mind is Wadajima Yoshitaka.

Wadajima?

His speeches are impressive.

Not only the details of the speeches but also his expressions, gestures, and even the timing of his breathing seem to be perfectly calculated.

Calculated?

Toshiya, I'm thinking of running in the next student council president election.

If you don't mind, would you help me?

I'm sorry, Kaji. I've already had one whom I'm going to help.

Who is it?

It's Seike.

Do you think he can beat me?

I'm not sure, but It'll be a close contest.

Toshiya, it's about the preparation for the student council president,

What should I do?

You can't do anything without me, can you?

Let's start with practicing the speech.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Wadajima, the next leadership election is approaching. Will you be running in it?

I believe it's natural for politicians to aim for Prime Minister.

However, I'm greedy.

I can't be satisfied with just being the ordinary Prime Minister.

I want to become Prime Minister who is supported by all the people in this country.

See? He responds with no problem even though somebody asks him irregular questions at the government conference, and he even manages to make them laugh.

This is also something he calculated, right?

He really is amazing.

Seike?

My father gave me this watch.

This is my treasure.

Have you met Representative Wadajima?

No. As I said before, I've never met him in my life.

He doesn't know I'm his son.

...reform is needed.

It's not a big deal if he doesn't know you.

It's certain that Wadajima's blood flows through your body.

Have more confidence in yourself.

Thank you.

Hello.

Don't let a journalist into the house without my permission.

I'm also a journalist.

I saw Hiroko near the Diet this afternoon.

Are you sure?

I'm pretty sure. I think there must be a reason why she appeared at this time.

Do you really not know her whereabouts or contact info?

I told you I didn't know, right?

Please tell us the truth.

Yuki, why do you blame your husband?

Because I'm worried about you.

I met the perpetrator of your accident to try to find out if he was connected to Hiroko today.

But I couldn't find out anything.

You don't have to do that.

Suzuki,

Even though Hiroko came to see Ichiro, you don't have to worry since I'm with him.

Do you remember the time when I interviewed Seike about his book?

There's no way I could forget about that.

The day, you came to interview Ichiro, but instead you tried to dig up my past.

Then, you should remember my father's notebook.

There're many other things written in my father's notebook.

Yes, but I don't know if that was the real one because I didn't check inside the notebook.

If that were the fake notebook, nobody would try to steal that.

Steal that?

There were the names of politicians who were involved in the Big Gulliver Incident in that notebook.

It also included the names of Prime Minister Habu and Minister Morohashi.

They may be the masterminds who framed your father and escaped from the crime.

Hiroko thought that if that notebook were made public, Ichiro would potentially downfall.

That's why she asked somebody to steal it.

Actually, Hiroko visited my mother's restaurant where I'd kept the notebook.

Hello.

Do you still say there's nothing to worry about?

Please tell me everything you know about Hiroko.

I don't know anything because I haven't seen her for almost 20 years.

What? Did you tell him the details of the notebook?

Yes.

I thought he'd cooperate with me if I mentioned the names of politicians who were involved in the Big Gulliver Incident.

But he didn't, anyway.

The public is buzzing about Seike right now.

Check this. Everybody is expecting a lot from him.

Congratulations on becoming Chief Cabinet Secretary! I have high expectations for Minister Seike I've been waiting for this! Please bring a fresh wind to Japan's administration

By the way, that thesis wasn't Seike's SOS, right?

I sent the thesis to you.

But even though that thesis wasn't Seike's SOS...

Please keep an eye on me.

He may have wanted me to realize that Hiroko was behind him.

If that's the case, he is asking for your help after all.

I have to find Hiroko to confirm that.

Yamanaka, Have you been to Takaba-cho, Shinjuku?

That's the area where Hiroko dropped off from the taxi, right?

I've been there before.

I was with my Indian friend and we went there to eat "Bubur Chacha (sweets in Malaysia)". It was delicious.

I didn't know there was a shop that offers Bubur Chacha.

Rinrin, do you go there often?

No, I happened to go there once since that friend had something to do at the Foreign Resident something and the shop was near there.

The Foreign Resident something?

In addition, this Vision Project includes a policy to support foreign children,

Takaba-cho, Foreign resident

Foreign Residents Support Organization

Foreign Residents Support Organization?

That's it.

Excuse me.

Hello.

I'm Michiue, I have an appointment.

Yes, please just a second.

Seike, we have high expectations for you.

Thank you.

Please handle the press conference well.

I will.

It also included the names of Prime Minister Habu and Minister Morohashi.

Sorry for having kept you waiting.

Suzuki?

Yes, this is the script for the regular press conference.

Let's approach the first press conference by emphasizing a positive attitude that your focus is fulfilling the given responsibilities.

Got it.

Year 1996, a 2nd-year of high school, Matsuyama city, Ehime

I thank my friends who changed me from being arrogant.

Please vote for me! Please believe me!

Listen, be very careful with this part.

Keep calm and do it as practiced.

And even though you become very emotional, never cry.

This is just a high school student council election.

Your tears may make them cringe.

All right.

I'll keep thinking about what I can do for everybody I've met here and our future.

It's very obvious how troublesome the task is in this school where unique students gather.

Okay, you're doing very well...

I have no right to say anything about Japan's future right now.

However, I have the right to envision a bright future for everybody here.

Did you order him to cry here?

Please allow me to spend the next year creating the foundation that all of you can be proud of being students of Fukuin High School after you graduate.

I'm Seike Ichiro, 2nd year, class A. Thank you for listening.

He won...

Sorry for having kept you waiting.

I'm sorry to disturb you.

I'm Michiue.

Are you a journalist?

Yes. By the way, he is Chief Cabinet Secretary Seike, right?

Yes, we took a picture when he gave a lecture here.

If you don't mind me asking...Do you know this woman?

It's Hiroko.

Yes, do you know her?

She donated money here just a few days ago.

She understands the issues of human rights for foreign residents very well.

Donated money?

What else did you talk to her?

Whenever I walk through the town,

People say "Immigrations should get out of this country", or "Don't use taxes on foreign residents".

I can't stand hearing like that.

Even though there are laws that regulate hate speeches, it's endless.

I think it's time for the government to take serious action.

Hate speech?

As a government, we think it's important to listen to the voices of the people and incorporate them into policies.

No questions? Then, it's the end of the speech.

May I say one last thing?

This is a good occasion, so I'd like to share my personal opinion or should I say my future initiatives.

As I mentioned before, I'm going to pay even closer attention to attacking and insulting foreigners known as hate speech,

and I intend to advocate for more severe penalties for and take action on this issue.

This is...

Even though there's laws that regulate hate speeches, it's endless.

Doesn't your speech threaten freedom of expression?

Is that to be treated as the government's point of view?

This is my personal opinion.

However, I believe I should stand beside the oppressed.

My political philosophy is to stand with the vulnerable as a politician.

What was that statement?

I thought it was a good opportunity since it was a live broadcast.

Now, I finally was able to stand shoulder to shoulder with my father.

I wanted to achieve as good results as my father.

Wadajima Family Tomb

Representative Wadajima, Ichiro became Chief Cabinet Secretary.

His pureness resembles you a lot.

Year 2006, Matsuyama city, Ehime

My mentor, Council Takechi Kazuhiro, died in an unexpected accident the other day.

I'm standing here to pay to settle an old score of Council Takechi who died in the middle of his ambition.

Is the theme of this speech something like "The mourning election"?

Everybody likes moving stories, right?

However, we need more impact to ensure rookie Seike's victory.

I consulted Fujita about that, and he brought in the perfect supporter.

Thank you for gathering in support of a rookie of the Democratic Party, Seike Ichiro.

On behalf of my deceased comrade, Takechi, I'd like to ask all of you something.

Seike will be a politician that people in Ehime will be proud of.

Please support him.

Seike, let's handshake with Representative Wadajima.

Representative Wadajima, thank you for the speech.

Seike looks very happy.

Thank you.

Hiroko...

Hello?

Suzuki, it's urgent!

I found Hiroko.

Really?

Foreign Residents Support Organization. Hiroko somehow made a large donation to them.

The details of Seike's hate speech in the regular press conference were the same as what Hiroko talked to them earlier.

So, Ichiro and Hiroko are still connected after all...

Where's Hiroko now?

Well... I don't know yet.

Give me a break.

What should we do?

In that case, I'll make this thesis public.

Hiroko is the kind of person who would kill people for her son's career advancement.

To separate my husband from Seike Ichiro, I have no choice but to expose Hiroko's secrets and make Seike Ichiro downfall!

If you do that, we may never reach to the truth of the Big Gulliver Incident.

And your husband would lose his job.

It's better than being killed!

Yuki! I'll definitely find Hiroko.

And I'll definitely protect your husband.

So, please don't make that thesis public.

Sorry, I'm very busy right now. I'll call you back later.

Ah, wait! It's urgent!

I just sent you an email, please check it out.

What the hell is this?

A colleague from the Social Department told me.

It seems that a scandal about Chief Cabinet Secretary Seike will appear in a weekly magazine tomorrow.

The real name of Suzuki Toshiya, a secretary of Seike Ichiro who is said to be the future Prime Minister, is Uno Toshiya.

He is the only son of Uno Kosuke who was arrested and prosecuted 28 years ago as a ringleader of the Big Gulliver Incident,

and later he committed suicide while on bail.

This is more of an exposure article about Suzuki than a scandal about Seike.

Why...

Suzuki holds a strong resentment toward politicians.

Can we say that Seike Ichiro who keeps such a man as his secretary is suitable for Chief Cabinet Secretary?

Who did this...

Hello?

It's Michiue.

I have something I'd like to talk with you.

Are you the one who sold that story to the weekly magazine?

Please calm down.

What would I get from attacking you?

Probably, Hiroko did that.

It wasn't your order for Seike to mention the more severe penalties for hate speech during the regular press conference, right?

That's the same story as what Hiroko was talking about at the Foreign Residents Support Organization.

Hiroko is still having a big impact on Seike Ichiro.

Even though that's the case, I'll overcome this situation with Seike.

Suzuki! Did you forget the essence of Seike?

Seike can absorb other's opinions like cotton,

and he can perfectly play the ideal person he imagines.

What if Ichiro was under Hiroko's control before you...

There's no way Seike betrays me!

He can't do anything without me.

Seike should know that.

This is Seike's office.

We apologize for causing you concern at this time.

We're currently verifying the facts about that article.

Excuse me.

Sakamoto,

Please leave it to us.

We've been asked by Chief Cabinet Secretary Seike to take care of the calls.

Did he say that?

Good morning.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Seike,

I've already apologized to Prime Minister Habu and Minister Morohashi since the media will likely make a fuss about this.

I apologize for any inconvenience I've caused.

Don't worry.

Can we talk a little?

Yes.

Please don't let anyone into this room for a while.

Yes.

Have a seat.

The details of the article are mostly speculation, and neither you nor I are at fault. Don't worry.

I prepared a script for the press conference just in case.

Please check this for later.

Toshiya, thank you for guiding me this far.

What happened all of a sudden?

Toshiya,

Because you became my friend, I'm who I am now.

That's true.

I need you.

That's true too.

May I ask you one thing?

Come to think of it, I'm glad I forced myself to talk to you on the day of the high school entrance.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Seike, please hold on.

After watching the movie "Inspector Imanishi Investigates", I revealed about my father and my dream.

That wasn't a mistake.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Seike, please hold on.

It may not be proper to say, but my best memory with you is when I attended your father's funeral.

Do you remember? You said you'd make me a politician that day.

I'll make you become a politician.

Thank you, Toshiya.

I was really happy.

And before the student council election...

It's certain that Wadajima's blood flows through your body.

Have more confidence in yourself.

Seike, please hold on.

How much I've been encouraged by your words until now...

Seike, please hold on.

The student council election reminds me...

You told me not to cry, but I ended up crying.

I didn't intend to cry at that time.

But I was told that it was okay to cry if I was overcome with emotion.

My relationship with you was the same.

I've been told that you'd support me and fulfill my wish, so get along with him.

I've been told not to let go of Toshiya.

But please believe at least this.

You'd been a special person, a special friend to me.

That's why when I decided to run for the election for the first time,

I visited you who was working at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry at that time, and asked you to become my secretary.

I've wished you to witness me becoming the top of this country beside me.

Year 2006

Can I put this here?

Minister, what's that?

A friend of my grandma in Aian-cho wrote this for me.

We learned about this in high school, right?

Yes. "All living things must die, and those who meet will inevitably part ways."

This expresses the impermanence of life, right?

The political world is the one I repeat meetings and partings.

So, I sometimes have to harden my heart and part ways with old things.

I believe I'll have such a situation one day.

That is...

This is...My mother gave this to me.

Do your best!

Thank you!

I'll never forget about you no matter what happens in the future.

That's all I want to say.

Suzuki, you'll be put under house arrest for a while.

Does that mean I'm fired?

I just came here to transfer Chief Cabinet Secretary Seike's message.

I have to go. Chief Cabinet Secretary Seike has a media interview today.

A media interview?

Chief Cabinet Secretary Seike is going to explain about the weekly magazine's article.

I prepared the script for that purpose since Chief Cabinet Secretary Seike wanted to take the initiative.

So, you took my place, right?

Thank you for everything.

I'm thinking of running in the next election.

Would you be my secretary?

I can't imagine anyone else but you, Toshiya.

You can't do anything without me, can you?

I'll make you become a politician.

Attract the audience.

Please make me become a politician by the time I turn 27.

I truly believe I should create...

My brain is only you.

Thank you, Toshiya.

We've finally made it this far together.

I've made the difficult decision to replace my secretary from Suzuki Toshiya to Sakamoto Kazunori.

It's not Suzuki's fault, but he's caused concern and inconvenience to the public.

I've determined that he isn't suitable for being involved in an official position.

What do you think about your responsibility for the appointment of him?

I take it very seriously.

Hello, are you Suzuki?

I can't answer the phone right now. Please leave a message after the beep...

Next episode

You want to see me, right?

He is an empty vessel without his own will. I've thought so until now.

Everything connects to Hiroko.

I belive Seike has will.