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It's you who manipulate Ichiro behind the scenes, right?

You haven't been able to reach the crucial point.

She didn't seem she was lying.

However, there's no way to prove it.

What should we do?

My wife is out right now.

Komatsu, I'd like to talk to you about Hiroko.

In other words, everybody who is inconvenient for Hiroko has disappeared.

I know it's hard to believe, but it's true.

I don't know her purpose, but there's a possibility that you're being used by her as well.

Is it enough? I have nothing to tell you.

Well, have you seen the thesis written by Seike Ichiro?

That's the thesis that Ichiro wrote about Hanussen while he was in university.

No, I haven't.

Hiroko said it wasn't her sending that thesis to Suzuki.

I didn't send it to Suzuki.

And her husband Komatsu doesn't know about the thesis at all.

There's no doubt that she should have kept that thesis herself.

I saw Hiroko taking that thesis home on the day Ichiro was elected for the first time and moved to the dormitory for Diet members.

Year 2006

I can dispose of this, right?

If I consider the content...

The dual structure of power in Nazism Analysis regarding Erik Jan Hanussen

Wow, it's nostalgic.

I'll keep it.

Don't worry, I won't show it to anybody.

Really?

Yes.

Thank you.

The people choose the Prime Minister directly.

To achieve this reform, we need constitutional amendments through a referendum.

Democratic Party has established a special team in Headquarters for the Realization of Revision of the Constitution.

Please let me stay here for a while.

What? Why?

I have something I want to investigate more.

Of course, I want to actively participate in the discussion on the direct election of the Prime Minister.

Laughing Matryoshka (Warau Matryoshka)

It seems that Morohashi has disappeared with the reason of his illness.

According to the political desk, he hasn't given up on making a comeback.

I'll investigate Morohashi's surroundings.

If I can find proof of the connection between Morohashi and Togashi, we may be able to corner Morohashi.

I'm back.

You finally came back.

What have you investigated in Ehime?

I've investigated about Komatsu, Hiroko's husband, and his surroundings.

So, did you find out anything? Komatsu used to be a doctor, right?

Yes, Komatsu is a former psychiatrist and used to own a clinic.

He had a private practice...He seems to have money.

Does she aim at his fortune after all?

This is a brochure from the staffing agency where Komatsu's helper belongs.

And this is her profile.

Tadokoro Reiko.

Why did you investigate his helper?

The person who could send the thesis to Suzuki other than Hiroko could be the person who could go to their house freely.

I don't think she has anything to do with this incident.

Anyway, I want to know at least what kind of person she is.

I'm going.

Hey, where are you going this time?

It seems that she attended a technical college in Tokyo to get the home helper certificate.

I'll interview the parties involved.

But you just came back...

Yes, I have a very tight schedule today.

Michiue is very aggressive.

I apologize for the inconvenience, but we'll be closed for private use today

Sorry, I'm late!

Hey, you should be back on time on the day of the celebration of Hatate's recovery.

Yu, you're going back with your father tonight, right?

But Mom came back earlier than I expected.

Right, I thought she wouldn't make it anyway.

Congratulations on your discharge from the hospital!

Cheers!

Thank you for your support.

I'm hungry. May I have?

Of course.

Thank you for the meal.

How's that?

It's delicious.

Let's talk more next time.

It went by so quickly.

Yes, but I had a lot of fun being with you.

Me too.

Mom, Dad asked you to live together with us, right?

Dad told me that.

If you live with us, can't you work like this anymore?

Well, definitely, I need to change the way I work.

Because I don't want to disappoint you and your dad anymore.

Mom,

Check them.

Michiue Kanae, Newspaper clippings, June 2012 to April 2013

These are all my articles...What's this?

These are Grandma's treasures.

Really?

I thought you were cool.

I want to live with you, Mom.

However, I want you to be a cool mom.

So, I don't know what to do.

But promise me not to make decisions on your own.

I do. Let's consider the future together.

Thank you, Yuki.

Be careful on your way home.

Thank you for the meal.

You're welcome.

Mom, Grandma, good night!

See you soon.

Let's go home.

It was unexpected.

What? What's so funny?

I'm home.

Welcome back. You were late.

Yes, I've been investigating Morohashi's surroundings, but it's quite difficult.

You seem very lively.

Do I?

Aren't you being influenced by Michiue?

Maybe.

Sasaki Koichi

You haven't contacted Sasaki even once since you were fired, right?

He may be worried about you.

I thought when I was fired by Ichiro...

Perhaps Sasaki was subject to Hiroko's influence just like Principal Isshiki.

In the first place, it was Sasaki who asked me to become Ichiro's brain.

You can become Seike's brain

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

Now that I look back, Hiroko may have used Sasaki to make me support Ichiro.

That's why you'd been ignored Sasaki...

But he's been trying to contact you since then, right?

If Sasaki were really connected with Hiroko, I don't think he'd contact you.

You should go see him.

I proposed amendments and additions to the constitution for the direct election of the Prime Minister and received agreement at the meeting.

Constitutional amendments? Is he serious?

Moreover, I've never heard that Chief Cabinet Secretary proposes constitutional amendments.

To achieve constitutional amendments, it has to be approved in a referendum, in other words, we need the support from the people.

What's going on in your investigation about a helper?

I spoke with the parties involved, but I haven't been able to find the connection between her and Seike Ichiro.

It ended in failure...

And no matter how hard I investigate her profile, I can't find any info about her before a technical college.

Tadokoro Reiko...

Year 1979...

What's wrong?

I'm going out.

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

I don't think I can become a politician without you.

I'm sorry I wasn't able to answer your calls.

That's okay, don't worry.

Sasaki,

Suzuki,

You go ahead.

I have something to tell you.

What about it?

I resigned as the chairman of Seike's supporting group.

I couldn't forgive Ichiro who fired you who'd supported him all the time.

I asked him what was going on, and he just told me the top told him to do that. He didn't answer me clearly.

Sasaki...

Of course! We're best friends even though our positions are different.

Yet he is...

What's wrong?

What were you trying to say?

Hiroko...I wonder if you know anything about Ichiro's mother.

I thought that I was Ichiro's brain and have been controlling him until now

I thought so too. Was it wrong?

I was just being used. It may have been Hiroko who was controlling Ichiro.

Don't you know anything about that?

Actually, Hiroko asked me to report Ichiro's every action...for years.

For years?

She also asked me not to tell you and Ichiro.

I thought there were some circumstances not to be able to contact each other.

Hello?

Michiue,

Sasaki and Hiroko?

Yes.

Thank you. I'll call you later.

Boss, please let me go to Ehime now.

What? Again?

I want to go there with you, Yamanaka.

It should be clear who Ichiro's Hanussen is.

Matsuyama, Ehime Shunkichi head restaurant

Thank you for coming.

What's going on?

I asked them to come here because I wanted them to listen to what I've discovered too.

Please have a seat.

Toshiya, long time no see.

Toshiya,

It's been a while.

I'm Suzuki Toshiya's wife.

Nice to meet you.

I'm here to see what kind of person ruined my husband's life.

What's your purpose? What are you trying to do by using Seike Ichiro?

Yuki, please calm down.

More guests have arrived.

Why are you here?

He is Komatsu, Hiroko's husband, and she is Tadokoro, his helper.

I'm Komatsu.

I was able to get info about Hiroko from Komatsu.

Hiroko, you've already been cut off by Ichiro, right?

It seems that Sasaki, the chairman of Ichiro's support group, reported Ichiro's every action to Hiroko.

Why did Hiroko not contact Ichiro directly? Why did she need to know Ichiro's every action through Sasaki?

I'd been curious about her sad face when I asked her about her relationship with Ichiro.

Isn't the relationship between Hiroko and Ichiro already cut off?

I told you I had nothing to tell you.

I'm looking for the person who manipulates Ichiro behind the scenes.

If that person isn't Hiroko, that person may have taken Ichiro from Hiroko.

I think Hiroko wants to know who took Ichiro from her.

Please tell me everything you know.

Do you think you can reveal the truth?

Yes.

You're right.

Hiroko was cut off by Ichiro in the year he became a representative.

Her mental state became unstable, and she came to my clinic as a patient.

Her mental damage hasn't been cured yet.

That's why she probably couldn't tell you the truth.

She hasn't been able to face the reality yet.

She probably still believes Ichiro somewhere in her heart.

Actually, Hiroko's days are numbered.

She is suffering from a certain illness.

Does Ichiro know about her illness?

She wrote a letter to him, but he never replied.

Please reveal the truth to Hiroko.

If that's the case, who is manipulating Ichiro?

She is Tadokoro Reiko, Komatsu's helper.

Or should I say she is a woman who identifies herself as Tadokoro Reiko?

It was you who stole Ichiro's thesis from Hiroko's house and sent it to Suzuki, right?

Manaka Arisa.

Or it may be clearer to say Miyoshi Miwako.

Manaka Arisa.

Or it may be clearer to say Miyoshi Miwako.

You again?

Thank you for the other day.

What do you want more?

She is Tadokoro Reiko who works as a helper in Ehime.

Does she look familiar to you?

Tadokoro Reiko?

See? I told you she was definitely alive.

Is she Arisa?

She doesn't look like her though...

There's no way I could make a mistake about my only daughter.

However, why does she use my maiden name?

She is odd as usual.

Even though you had plastic surgery to change your appearance, your mother recognized you as her daughter.

That's right, I'm Miwako.

My real name is Arisa.

Suzuki, nice to see you.

Hiroko, I'm sorry for deceiving you. You must be surprised.

I see, that's why you asked me to come here too.

Did you send the thesis to Suzuki to make him realize that you were Ichiro's Hanussen?

Suzuki, Hiroko, it's me that Ichiro truly trusted, relied on, and entrusted everything.

Suzuki, I told you that Ichiro didn't need you anymore and would take over him from you.

Ichiro told me everything even your and his grandma's backgrounds.

My impression of Ichiro for the first time was that he was an interesting man.

However, I realized immediately that he had a talent for absorbing people's opinions like cotton.

I thought he was a splendid work of art that you created.

And I wanted that work of art.

At that time, Ichiro began to doubt Hiroko and Suzuki for the first time.

You told me nothing but to break up with her.

You drove me crazy.

Why do you interfere so much in my life?

Well, I was the one who made him do that.

Actually, it wasn't so difficult to make him mine.

But I didn't think you two would hand Ichiro over to me quietly.

So, I set on Ichiro and pretended to disappear.

Pretending to disappear?

That's right. If I disappear, those two will forget about me soon.

Do you think it works?

Leave that to me.

We'll be able to be together forever without being interfered with by anybody.

I've been controlling Ichiro since then.

I met him secretly so that you two wouldn't notice.

It was a lot of fun.

That's not true...

When he became a representative at 27, he cut off Hiroko.

And he used you as much as possible and cut you off when Ichiro didn't need you anymore

Stop it!

And when Ichiro became Chief Cabinet Secretary, he'd marry me.

It's all according to the script I wrote!

The Matryoshka that laughs last

It was supposed to be that way...

But he suddenly dumped me 3 years ago.

Somebody manipulated him before I realized it.

Somebody stole him from me!

Are you not his Hanussen?!

At first, I suspected Hiroko.

I thought Hiroko had taken him back from me.

That's why I changed my appearance, falsified my identity, and got close to Hiroko to take him back.

That's why you had plastic surgery...

However, Hiroko showed no signs of that.

And she didn't let me find clues.

That's why I sent his thesis to Suzuki.

I thought it may have been Suzuki if not Hiroko.

I thought if Suzuki saw that thesis he may take some action.

Michiue, it was unexpected that you were involved in it.

If that's the case, who is Ichiro's Hanussen right now?

I told you everything because I wanted to know that.

Please find the person who stole my Ichiro 3 years ago no matter what.

Accidents...You caused those two accidents, right?

Two accidents?

The first one was Representative Takechi's accident 16 years ago.

You killed Takechi by making it look like an accident to ensure Ichiro became a politician at 27. You were particular about the age of 27, right?

Wait a second. You were Takechi's lover, right?

Can we meet now?

Why not? Please.

Oh well, okay, I can see you.

Did you get close to him to kill him?

What about the second one?

It's Suzuki's accident.

Suzuki is 43 years ago, and the secretary in your script also died at 43.

And Hanussen who was the model for the secretary also died at 43.

Wrong. I have nothing to do with Suzuki's accident.

But the age and circumstances match your script perfectly.

I hate to tell you this but I can't help you.

I didn't do that.

What's going on?

If it wasn't her doing, then who did that?

Somebody tried to frame her...

Somebody framed her and tried to eliminate Suzuki...

Because Suzuki who was always beside Ichiro was disturbed...

If that's the case, that person must be the real Hanussen.

Is there still somebody?

What should we do?

Thank you.

Seike! Seike!

There're arguments for and against amending the constitution to introduce the direct election of the Prime Minister Chief Cabinet Secretary Seike's press conference causes wide repercussions

Excuse me.

I apologize for being late.

Would you like something to drink?

I'll bring something for you.

I never thought I was deceived by my own son.

And it started when he was in university...

I didn't understand anything about Ichiro.

My son told me the other day.

I want to live with you, Mom.

However, I want you to be a cool mom.

So, I don't know what to do.

But promise me not to make decisions on your own.

Even though he is my own son, it's not easy to understand what he is thinking.

That's why I have to listen to him more.

My son made me realize that.

Please keep an eye on me.

Ichiro said that to me.

Please keep an eye on me.

I'm keeping an eye on you too.

Did Ichiro say something like that?

I felt that he was asking for help.

Like you and Arisa, I thought he wanted to escape from a situation where he was being manipulated by someone.

I'll find out the truth.

Who is manipulating Ichiro?

And I want to save him.

I believe that's his wish as well.

You're really a special person for him.

I think my husband mentioned it, but my days are numbered.

I told you about my past and my mother because I wanted you to know.

I couldn't tell you at that time, but I wanted to talk to you about Ichiro.

Since you've confronted the reality to me, I can finally face the grief that I'd been ignored.

This is what you've been looking for.

As I expected, you have this.

I've kept that because I thought it'd be useful to Ichiro when he became a representative.

I have nothing to do with your father's accident.

And I've never met Minister Morohashi.

I didn't give that to you immediately because I was cautious of you.

I suspected that you may try to manipulate Ichiro.

Do I try to manipulate Ichiro?

But after talking with you, I realized I was wrong.

Michiue,

I can't imagine how long I've been dreaming this day.

Congratulations, Ichiro.

Thank you.

You're different from me.

Please help him.

Yes.

Ready? I'm going to play it.

Please.

Minister Morohashi, thank you for coming today.

This is definitely my father's voice.

Ah, thank you.

It's Morohashi.

President Uno, I'd like to take those unpublished stocks.

You mean...

Yes, I'll arrange for you to be able to purchase the public land in front of the station.

Thank you.

He can't make excuses.

And there's the man I'd like to introduce to you.

Hey, bring him here.

Certainly.

Excuse me.

Nice to meet you, I'm Habu Masafumi.

Prime Minister Habu...

He wants to participate as well

I understood.

Please keep this strictly confidential.

I got it.

Unbelievable. Not only Minister Morohashi but also Prime Minister Habu was involved in the incident.

This is a big scandal. The government will be overturned.

My father's accident was set by those two and they asked Togashi to do that...

It seems so.

If that's the case, your accident was also...

It was done by Togashi...

Hey, we'd concluded that the person who attacked Suzuki may be Hanussen, right?

I'll leave the rest to you.

Understood.

Hello, Michiue speaking.

It's Seike.

Seike?

Michiue, can we meet now?

Please come in.

Excuse me.

She is here.

I'm sorry for calling you on such short notice.

That's fine. What's wrong?

I want to apologize to you for everything I've done so far.

I'm sorry. I asked you for the interview, but I refused you after that.

Actually, Minister Morohashi told me not to let you get any closer to the government.

Minister Morohashi probably thought that you inherited your father's will since your father was a journalist chasing the BG Incident.

Now, Minister Morohashi has fallen from power, there's nothing to worry about anymore.

Seike, please tell me.

Who is behind you?

Who is Seike Ichiro's Hanussen?

I already know it's not Suzuki, Arisa, or Hiroko.

You can't answer it, can you?

Please keep an eye on me...What does that mean?

Michiue, will you be my brain?

Will you be with me?

The final episode

I want to know who is Hanussen who tried to kill me.

I believe this saves you.