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Michiue, will you be my brain?

Will you be with me?

I believe if I'm with Seike as his brain, I can find out who his Hanussen is.

The highest odds of his Hanussen is Prime Minister Habu.

There was a rumor that Habu received donations from a religious organization active mainly in East Asia.

The path to reorganizing the relations with countries in East Asia

Habu may be trying to use Seike to achieve his strategies that use other countries and are difficult to carry out as Prime Minister.

Expand the acceptance of foreign workers

The suggestion of granting political rights to foreigners

Appealing for the relief of foreign children who don't have residential status

So, Michiue, what will you do with this cassette tape?

If making that cassette tape public, we can fall Habu from power.

However, if Habu falls from power, Seike's career will be ruined as well.

And I wouldn't be his brain after all.

Right now, I want to use my position as his brain and find out who his Hanussen is.

Currently, more than half of small and medium-sized companies have female executives making up less than 5 percent.

Regarding introducing Quotaism in private companies

We'll promote Quotaism to private companies to increase the ratio of female executives.

Michiue, what do you think of this matter?

How about raising the ratio of females in the career-track bureaucrats to 50 percent as a first step of a promotion to Quotaism?

I see.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Seike, it's about time.

I think making a comprehensive effort to support small and medium-sized companies.

And I'm thinking of introducing Quotaism to increase the ratio of female executives in companies as well.

To achieve that, I'd like to raise the ratio of females in the career-track bureaucrats to 50 percent as a first step.

That's my suggestion...

By doing that, we can expect increases in the percentage of female executives.

I'm here urgently to share something with you today.

The reform of the foster care system that I've been working for is going to be realized finally.

The relative foster care system has low awareness in Japan.

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

Thank you.

Everybody seemed to be happy.

Thank you.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Seike, there's a meeting at the Prime Minister's office after this.

All right.

Seike, it's about tomorrow's meeting of the promoting for the Realization of Revision of the Constitution,

The direct election of the Prime Minister you're advocating may be a risk of the Prime Minister taking power dictatorially and becoming uncontrollable.

Moreover, constitutional amendments require a significant amount of political energy.

Since it's hard for people to live now, that shouldn't be the first priority.

I see.

Michiue, I feel like I've finally found a trustworthy fellow.

With your help, I may be able to become the top leader of this country.

Let's make this country a better place.

Please continue to help me.

Regarding the direct election of the Prime Minister and constitutional amendments,

I intend to review the current policies with Prime Minister Habu's opinions and proceed with careful discussions going forward.

Considering the current situation of the struggling people, I think these are not the first priorities.

Is all of this what you suggested to Seike?

Yes.

I was surprised as well.

Didn't Habu say anything to Seike?

It seems that the direct election of the PM was Seike's idea and Habu was passive for that.

Habu may not be Seike's Hanussen.

Are there any other suspicious people?

I suggest you make that cassette tape public.

We can't allow Habu and Morohashi to remain on the loose like now.

If making it to the public, I have to quit as Seike's brain.

If I can continue to stay by his side, I believe I can stop him from going in the wrong direction.

You're a journalist, not a politician's brain, right?

I feel like I've finally found a trustworthy fellow.

I'm home.

Welcome home.

What's going on?

Mom, check this.

That's a draft for a school paper.

What happens to the trash?

He wants you to check if there're any mistakes.

Yuki, this is amazing.

Yuki really pays attention to his mother.

He told me that he liked you working hard as well.

And I thought you were definitely Yuki's mother.

Well, you're completely different from other mothers.

Let's plan our future together.

Thank you.

You used to do the same thing by imitating your father.

I remembered that.

I didn't expect you to follow in your father's footsteps and become a journalist as well.

Your father must have been very happy.

Your grandpa said that if everybody could properly understand what they need to know, the world would become a better place.

You're a journalist, not a politician's brain, right?

I suspected that you may try to manipulate Ichiro.

You're different from me.

I'm sorry, but please accept my resignation.

Why?

I'm going to write an article.

It contains the details that damage the administration.

Please wait. I need you.

I'm a journalist.

If I continue to be your brain, I may be able to realize my ideal society.

I once thought so.

But if that's the case, I'd be the same as those who have used you.

I want to believe in the power of journalism.

Seike, you told me,

Revealing the truth may hurt somebody.

But there will be people who are saved beyond that.

I still feel the same.

I want to face this society with you as a journalist, not as your brain.

I wanted you to keep watching me.

I'm sorry. Excuse me.

Did you see this?

Democratic Party is over.

I think Morohashi's suspicion of abetting murder is true

Michiue.

Yes.

Habu, Morohashi's suspicion of abetting murder Are they masterminds behind the BG Incident!?

Habu and Morohashi are going to be interrogated about the BG Incident

The MPD interrogated Prime Minister Habu and Minister Morohashi voluntarily in involving with the suspicion of abetting murder.

Michiue must have made the evidence public.

Yes, and it seems that she resigned from Seike's brain.

She was different from me.

What do you want to do?

Let's move to the countryside.

How about spending time together and enjoying a country life?

Is that what you really want?

Didn't you have something that you really wanted to do?

Michiue, Habu admitted to being involved in the BG Incident.

Now, Habu's resignation is certain, and the whole cabinet will resign.

The Habu faction will be dismissed.

Your articles moved everything.

Yes.

It's from Habu's secretary.

Hello?

I have something I want you to write an article about.

Actually, Wadajima Yoshitaka, Seike's father who passed away last year, was involved in the BG Incident as well.

It was Wadajima who helped cover up our involvement.

Cover up?

To open a path, bold methods are sometimes necessary.

That was his favorite phrase.

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

That was something Morohashi did on his own using Togashi.

And Seike should have known about this.

He started visiting Wadajima's home right after becoming a representative.

But in his book, he wrote that there was no communication between them at all.

That's because Seike knew Wadajima's hidden side.

Wadajima Yoshitaka, The direct election of the PM

Now is the time to reflect on the Democratic Party's constitutional amendment proposal in 1998

Chief Cabinet Secretary Wadajima will be a drafting committee member

The direct election of the PM...

Seike should have known about this.

The MPD has arrested Morohashi Ikuo on suspicion of ordering the murder of journalist Michiue Kanetaka by staging a traffic accident.

Michiue is here.

Please come in.

I didn't expect you'd see me again.

You did what you should have done.

I'm here to talk to the real you.

What do you mean?

At least you don't have to smile if you're not enjoying yourself.

So, what do you want to know?

You knew everything from the beginning, right?

You had a connection with Wadajima Yoshitaka, your father.

It was from when you became a representative until Wadajima passed away last year.

He told you about the truth of the BG Incident as well.

Wadajima killed Seike Yoshikazu by staging a traffic accident.

And Morohashi used the same method to kill my father.

You knew Morohashi killed my father, didn't you?

And you knew the evidence of the BG Incident existed as well.

The Habu faction will fall from power if the evidence is made public.

That's why you approached me to protect yourself.

Please keep an eye on me.

You manipulated me and had me find evidence.

You made me become your brain so I didn't make evidence public.

You'd been following Wadajima's will.

Your Hanussen is Wadajima Yoshitaka.

Am I right?

He was aiming to introduce a system of the direct election of the PM as well.

You've been manipulated by your deceased father even now.

As you said, I reunited with my father right after becoming a representative.

We talked about various things.

But Wadajima was different from anybody I'd met before.

He didn't try to manipulate me.

Because he was a person with the same characteristics as well.

The real him was a man without any initiative.

My father told me,

Ichiro, you're very similar to me. I feel like I'm looking at myself.

Many people will come to you to try to manipulate you from now on.

If that's the case, you should use them.

However, I want you to find your true self.

My father isn't Hanussen.

He is the man who understood me and the comrade who opened my eyes.

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

Who is Hanussen right now?

There's no such person.

I'm not being manipulated by anybody.

I believe I know myself better than anybody else.

However, I haven't understood my true self yet.

That's why I approached you.

I believed that you'd be able to see my true self without presumption.

The evidence of the BG Incident?

That's not important to me.

You resigned from my brain.

You overcame the desire to manipulate someone and tried to remain a journalist.

I knew I made the right choice...I thought so.

However, even somebody like you misjudged me.

I have my Hanussen and I work every day for that person.

You assumed that.

If there's no Hanussen, why did you abandon Arisa or Suzuki?

Do you know what Hitler was thinking when he abandoned Hanussen?

"Don't underestimate me"...most likely.

Don't underestimate me...

The first time I felt I was being underestimated was when I was in university.

It was when I found out that the 2 people who tried to break up Miwako and me had a sexual relationship.

Please make yourself at home, Toshiya.

Hey, Ichiro, I believe that your mother and Toshiya have a sexual relationship.

Miwako who helped me break free from 20 years of brainwashing by my mother

and taught me the point of view of "Don't underestimate me" actually underestimated me as well.

She had an affair with Representative Takechi to make me a politician at the age of 27, and she finally killed him.

That's why I abandoned them at the worst possible time for them.

I haven't seen my mother at all since the day when she pinned the politician's badge on me.

To Arisa, who had been asking me to get married for a long time, I revealed her relationship with Representative Takechi and abandoned her

when I became a deputy minister at the age of 40 and my future as a politician became more secure.

What about Suzuki's accident?

Did you cause that accident to frame Arisa?

Did you cause that accident by your own will?

I never want to lose someone important to me again.

Because you failed to kill him, did you abandon Suzuki in the most humiliating way using the BG Incident that Suzuki had been traumatic for a long time?

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

Suzuki didn't know that Wadajima covered up the BG Incident and drove his father to suicide.

And he'd worked for the son of his enemy man for a long time.

This calligraphy is written by a calligrapher I know.

All living things must die, the living are inevitably separated.

This is exactly what represents my life.

Don't underestimate me...

Was that the reason for you to abandon them just like Hitler?

The reason why you support Hitler is...

Now that I think about it, that may have been the first time to develop my own personality.

I could understand Hitler's loneliness at that time.

I could understand his anger as well.

Are you trying to seize power and control this country like Hitler did?

What Hitler did isn't acceptable at all.

However, it's only what he did that is unacceptable.

It's no problem that he gained power.

Hitler tried to take a leading position and lead them.

He tried to wake up the citizens sleeping.

That's exactly the kind of leader we need in this country where people show no interest.

In fact, nobody knows about me, and nobody tries to know me. They only flatter me.

You're obsessed with Hitler.

On the other hand, you've maintained a stance of supporting minorities that you inherited from Hiroko and your grandma.

What exactly does that mean?

Because I don't know what to do and what I should do.

I have no desire to do anything from the bottom of my heart.

But politicians should have policies they want to accomplish, right?

So, I'm just doing what someone told me a long time ago.

I want some guidelines.

So, if you stayed as my brain, I'd have been ready to obey you.

I have no clear intentions.

That's not true.

Suzuki told me that you've shown your true feelings a few times.

I just want to check it.

Hey! I say give it back!

Please apologize to her.

Why do I have to...

Apologize to Miwako now!

I was extremely calm at that time.

Because I was calm, I could raise my voice.

What do you mean?

I was taught that by my mother since I was little.

If I, who is usually a quiet man, show my anger, it becomes an important trump card.

I should use it at the crucial moment.

Are you saying even that was an act?

Unfortunately, yes.

Seike Ichiro you pursued was the best play from my perspective.

People always say that the face of the smallest doll is creepy.

However, to me, she seems to be driven by anger.

I don't understand myself.

But that doesn't mean I want to be underestimated.

Are you trying to become the top leader of this country for that?

But, I've realized something recently.

Having power is very comfortable.

I can assert this with certainty.

A fake can never climb to this level.

I'm popular and trusted by citizens.

If I become Prime Minister, the administration will be solid.

I believe that I'll be able to show you my abilities at their best at that time.

Please look forward to it.

Are you scared of me?

Thank you for coming.

Please leave now.

Please leave.

To me, she seems to be crying.

I can't understand your essence.

However, there's something I understood.

Please keep an eye on me.

When I heard those words, I thought you were asking for help.

And I realized that I was right.

You're scared of yourself or having things you don't understand, right?

Seike, I won't give up on trying to understand you.

I believe that it'll save you.

Excuse me.

Don't underestimate me...

I feel like I can finally be done with this.

Michiue, thank you.

I think I'll try to understand Seike all over again.

And I'll share what I discover about Seike with the people in this country.

I want everybody to think about what kind of person Seike is and if we all can trust him.

I believe you're the only one who can do that.

5 years later

What? Yuki can't join us today? Why?

It seems that he has a plan.

Family lunch

What kind of plan is that?

Well, it's my guess but he may have a date.

What?! Wait a second. Does Yuki have a date?

Prime Minister, here's the draft for the press conference.

Thank you.

You've finally made it this far.

Thanks to you.

Excuse me.

Prime Minister Seike Ichiro

The national referendum chose constitutional amendments

Emergency Clauses are established

The constitution was amended and emergency clauses that allow Prime Minister to consolidate power in times of national crisis were established.

Because of the high risk of abuse of power, there's a risk that it leads to dictatorship if Prime Minister becomes unstoppable and uncontrollable.

What's the essence of Seike Ichiro?

The book I wrote about Seike Ichiro has been read by many people.

However, people chose Seike Ichiro in the end.

As he said, nobody knows about him, and nobody tries to know him. They only flatter him.

Thank you for your hard work, I'll go straight to the Prime Minister's Office.

Can you email me the materials regarding the constitutional amendments that I requested?

And can you email me the interview with the constitutional scholar after transcribing it as well?

I'll try to bounce them off to Seike Ichiro.

Got it.

Even under those circumstances, I'll do what I can.

I'll continue to share the truths I've discovered about Seike with the people.

The long-held wish of Prime Minister Seike, the constitutional amendments The risks and uncertainties brought by emergency clauses

The fear of dictatorship and human rights violations

Michiue Kanae

Even though I'm still powerless now...

Excuse me, I'm Aoyama from The Toto Shimbun.

May I ask you something?

I have nothing to tell you!

Please wait!

I believe what we're doing won't be wasted.

Please support him.

Hello everybody.

I'm Uno Toshiya, a candidate for the district council election.

I'm the son of Uno Kosuke who was arrested and charged in the BG Incident.

I'd been giving up on my dream of becoming a politician because I was the son of a criminal.

But my strong desire to make this world a better place has remained unchanged.

It was on the day of the high school student council president election.

Is this what it means to be nervous?

Don't tell me you're nervous for the first time in your life.

Yes, I am...

Are you serious?!

They were my first friends in my life.

Or should I say, I have no idea what a friend means.

I'd never seen picture books until I was in elementary school.

And of course, there was no TV in our house.

My mother and grandma banned me from playing with children of my age.

And I was always smiling anyway.

Because that made my mother and grandma happy.

My mother told me when I entered elementary school.

Neither your teachers nor your classmates make you happy.

If you're terrified of being evicted from where you are, it's better to refuse it from the beginning.

Your father is a politician.

He has the capacity of becoming Prime Minister.

His blood runs through your body.

You should become a politician when you grow up.

Yes, Mom.

That was the moment when my life was decided.

If my mother wanted me to become a politician, I'd just follow what she said.

Before entering Fukuin High School, my mother said something totally unexpected.

Make friends once you enter high school.

Friends?

You can talk about your father to the friends whom I approve of.

Do you understand?

Yes.

I ignored my mother's order and told about my father to them.

Because I couldn't think of anybody other than them as my friends.

Mom...

I was ready to be hit by her as usual.

It's perfect.

That Toshiya will surely fulfill our wishes.

I've always been underestimated.

I couldn't forgive that and abandoned everybody.

I have something on my mind even after I've fulfilled most of my desires.

If I could, I'd want to go back to those days.

Is this the real me?

I'd like to talk about those things with you again someday.

Because you're the only one who tries to understand people like me.

The risk of leaning toward dictatorship.

As a result of the national referendum, the constitution is going to be amended.

With the trust of the people, I'll put as much effort as possible into building a new Japan from now on.

Please share your thoughts as Prime Minister who has achieved constitutional amendments with us.

I continue to realize policies for the people.

Third in the back row.

I'm Michiue from Hoshinsha.

I'll continue to keep an eye on you.

I'll ask you a few questions.

Laughing Matryoshka (Warau Matryoshka)