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"Loving days of Nonomura Kotaro"

"Who cares, Sakura Kinzo is really dead or not"

Ne~ ne, Sakura Kinzo is really going to die in the end?

What are you so upset about? It happened before we met.

I said I understand.

You still don't understand. That's why you are still upset...

Fine...I'm just...

...a jealous, good for nothing old man...

Ne~ne, let's watch the episode 3. It's really funny.

Kochi, show me, show me your smile.

Show me please.

The Violet Room. This is it.

Police! Freeze!

Huh?

Hello?

Kondo? Where are you?

Where am I? Where are you?

The Violet Room at the end? No one was there.

"Being second fiddle is sadder than being alone."

You can watch world news in real time.

Who needs TV?

I'm lost. You?

Me, too.

May I?

Thanks.

What's this?

At 7:15 today, the U.S. Pentagon supercomputer

was hacked into. Two suspects,

Suzuki Yoshihiro and Isoyama Takanobu were arrested.

"How I wish this man on the rooftop were mine."

Last stop, miss.

A party room appeared out of nowhere?

Tens of people on tables and chairs suddenly appeared in an empty room.

There must be a trick somewhere...

I'll unmask this trick. As you all know,

I used to be quite a celebrated detective.

... Ordered pizza? I didn't know that.

Wait till the next performance evaluation.

Where's Shibata?

Not here yet.

It'd be considered a no show anywhere else.

Sorry I'm late!

Thank goodness you showed up.

3 hours late.

So what?

I'll be here 10 minutes early tomorrow.

Don't worry about it. Have some crackers.

Oh, brother!

I have a little quiz for you.

Excuse me.

Inspector Saotome referred this lady here.

Hello.

She's the wife of the victim of the

Boutique La Shell robbery-murder a year ago.

Have a seat.

Let's see...

On January 22 of last year,

my husband's boutique was broken into and

10 million yen stolen. My husband was murdered.

That case is currently under investigation.

There's no need for an investigation.

How's that?

I know who the murderers are.

One of them is Morikawa Yuko, then an employee.

Please arrest her immediately!

Stop snooping on me.

Give me back my husband's cuff links.

I know you have them.

My dead father gave them to him.

They're priceless keepsakes.

I threw them away!

Yes? I can't give it to you. You'll give us away.

Come and get your take then.

It's the end unit on the 4th floor.

The Investigation division wouldn't take it up.

Of course.

What you overheard doesn't prove anything.

There is proof! Wiretap that woman's room.

I heard her discussing the handover of money

this Thurdsay night at 11 with her accomplice.

Tape their conversation. That's proof.

But wiretapping is illegal.

What if they find out?

Illegally obtained evidence doesn't hold up in court.

It could be a violation of rights.

Do you police only think of the criminals?

Do you know what I went through this past year?

There are hundreds of laws to protect the criminal,

but not one person to care about the victim...!

I know how you feel. But there's nothing to prove

that the woman is the murderer.

Fine. Thank you.

Hold on.

I'm sure this Morikawa Yuko set up the robbery-murder.

How do you know?

Look at this record.

Morikawa Yuko testified she was hit on the head

by the robber whose back she saw before

she passed out.

According to her, the robber had on a

baseball cap and a red shirt.

But she couldn't have seen the red shirt.

When the police got there, the lights were off.

The robber couldn't have turned them off

as he fled.

He must've turned them off, then attacked Morikawa.

So when she saw him from the back,

the room should have ben pitch black.

Morikawa gave a detailed description of a robber

she couldn't have seen because she knew him.

That is, she was an accomplice to the

murder of your husband.

I see.

Who are you?

I'm Shibata.

I don't want to talk to a part-timer.

I'm a detective.

So will you investigate Morikawa Yuko?

Of course, right away. We'll stake out her home.

Let me.

Know how?

I'll just watch.

A stakeout... like a real detective!

Where are you going?

To get ready!

Theme "Chronic Love" Sung by NAKATANI MIKI

NAKATANI MIKI

WATABE ATSURO

SUZUKI SARINA

TOKUI YU NAGAE HIDEKAZU

YAJIMA KENICHI ARIFUKU MASASHI

MATSUDA MIYUKI

NISHIO MARI

NOGUCHI GORO

RYU RAITA

English subtitles by Nippon Golden Network Timing and editing by cerulean

KEIZOKU Unsolved Cases

mystery 3: Murder on Wiretap

You can't be conspicuous on a stakeout.

You have to blend in, with the surroundings,

say, as a construction worker or a fortune teller.

Avoid contact with neighbors, don't borrow their bathrooms.

Or you'll blow your cover.

What if I want to go to the bathroom?

Public toilet.

What if there aren't any?

Diapers.

Diapers? Thanks.

How gullible!

What are you doing?

Well...

Hello.

What are you doing here?

I'm on a stakeout.

You don't have orders.

The chief let me watch.

Watch?

She's training.

I'll take it off.

Isn't it... bulky?

What is?

The diaper.

What diaper?

What if you want to go to the bathroom?

Borrow one from the neighbors.

Won't you blow your cover?

Don't tell.

Right.

May I bother you?

No! Please leave.

Are you just going to watch her?

Don't worry. We have the place wiretapped.

You do?

Won't it be discovered? You only have one chance!

Don't worry. We have this state-of-the-art device

over an outlet behind the TV in Morikawa's unit.

With a plug, it'll last indefinitely.

Without a plug, for a week on battery.

So don't worry. Now please.

Excuse me. How did you feel about your husband's

affair with Morikawa Yuko? The records state you

suspected it a year before he passed away.

Shibata!

My husband was a decent man who loved his children.

I was shocked to hear about Morikawa.

But I believed he would come back to me eventually,

until that night...

Hold it!

Your beloved husband is murdered, and the

instigator is his lover. How much more can you take?

What would you do?

What if your beloved husband were murdered, your family

and future ruined, and all by your husband's lover?

The man of my life wouldn't have an affair.

The man of your life? How dumb!

What about you, Mayama?

I would...

Have you had an affair?

An affair? I'm single.

You can't have an affair unless you're married.

Are you wearing a diaper?

It was just a joke. Go and change.

There was nothing when he first opened the door.

Then there was a party going on the next time.

How could all those people...?

I don't get it. I'll ask Shibata.

Shall I call her?

No. I've got it figured out.

Brrr! Is Morikawa back?

She's showering.

Move over.

What?

I've been thinking. Isn't wiretapping illegal?

So?

Should we be breaking in and wiretapping a home?

Go home.

Unlike us, you're an elite detective.

You don't have to do this.

I'll stay.

Then be quiet, or you'll go home!

Mayama!

Can you hear me, Taniguchi?

A man in his 20s, 170 cm. in height, slim built,

just entered through the front.

The murderer?

Probably.

What's wrong?

You head smells. Did you wash your hair?

I'm coming in.

Be quiet!

Why, you!

In fighting?

Let's go!

Chief, this is Kondo. We just heard a

woman's scream from Morikawa Yuko's unit.

Mayama went in. Shibata, too.

Can I talk to you?

What's going on...?

You tell us.

It wasn't me...!

Don't look...!

I can handle it.

She's dead.

Looks like she's been hit with a blunt object.

Aren't you scared?

Maybe this.

Don't touch it. There may be prints.

This.

It wasn't me...! Honest!

You're here.

We'll take over.

It wasn't me...! It wasn't me...!

Let's go, Shibata. Shibata?

Have some hot coffee. What's going on?

Sorry...!

Don't wipe it!

How did this stain get here?

Get out of the way!

Take a photo.

Your shoes!

It's the truth!

When I got there, the place was empty...!

Why, you!

Can I talk to you?

What's going on...?

Sorry to drop in on you at this hour.

Looks good.

I love to fry eggs and make omelettes.

Good morning.

Let's change, Masakazu.

His name is Masakazu? He's cute.

This boy is my life.

Say good morning to Papa.

Did you find the murderer?

Late last night, Morikawa Yuko was murdered.

A man, who came to see her, Narita Makoto,

is being questioned as a suspect.

Narita?

A knife with his prints on it was found near the body.

This man may also have been involved in the

murder a year ago.

Really?

I cam to report that to you.

Make this man Narita confess.

Nothing will bring my husband back.

I want him to suffer...!

You let someone get killed

You caught the killer, but a blunder is a blunder.

You disappoint me.

The first time he opened the door,

the room was empty.

The next time he opened it after confirming the floor,

there was a body in there.

I have some questions about the case.

Is Masakazu starting school soon?

This April. I splurged on a study desk for him.

What did you want to ask?

Is Narita really Morikawa's killer?

There was a knife with his prints on it near the body.

Doesn't that prove he's the killer?

But Morikawa died of a blow to the head with a

blunt object, not a knife.

How's this?

The killer was waiting to stab her with the knife.

But she fought him and he dropped the knife.

So he reached for the nearest object...

Want some snacks?

He struck her with the nearest object.

What's puzzling is that there were no prints

on the object.

Narita's prints were on the knife,

but there were no prints on the object.

Maybe he wiped them off.

But luckily for us, he left the knife there.

Besides, he was the only one around when

the police got there.

But I don't think Narita did it.

Maybe the real killer was hiding elsewhere.

I know! On the ceiling.

Next door. The killer was hiding next door when we got there.

It was empty.

I'll have the forensics check that until tomorrow for prints.

Thank you for the hint ...and the tea.

I'll let you know if I find out anything.

Mayama? What are we detectives protecting?

What is the law protecting?

We arrest criminals, prosecute them, and

hurt others in the process.

Does that heal the pain of the victims?

Does that make people happy? I just don't know.

We're detectives. No more, no less.

I have to do something. Wait here.

I'll hold it.

Detective.

What is it?

It's the case. You?

I'm waiting for the forensics.

Good. I wanted to ask you to do something.

What?

Turn yourself in.

You're the one who killed Morikawa. It had to be you.

The knife that was lying next to her body was

left there to make it look like it was Narita's doing.

But why didn't the killer use the knife?

Something puzzled me at your place.

There were no knives in your kitchen.

You were afraid of knives, ever since the shock of

seeing your husband's body.

So you couldn't stab Morikawa.

You were suffering from a phobia for knives.

I know how you felt.

What do you mean?

The only thing on the wiretap tape

was Narita's voice.

That wasn't a tape of the crime scene.

Someone had moved the wiretap device

to the next unit. Here's the proof.

Where? There's no unusual sound in there.

It's not what's there, but what's missing.

This recording was made at 11 PM.

But there's no chiming of the clock in that unit.

Meaning the wiretap device wasn't there at 11 PM.

Also, there was a stain on the hallway floor from

something that should've splashed on the wall.

But there was no splash mark.

That's because someone had covered that wall

with another wall.

There were two walls, to make two units

look like the same one. That was the trick.

You snuck into Morikawa's unit,

removed the wiretap device, and put it in

the unit next door to keep the police from hearing

what really went on in Morikawa's unit.

You hid in Morikawa's unit and waited for her

to come home.

After killing Morikawa, to make the unit next door

look like Morikawa's, you moved the fake wall

at the end of the hallway forward.

Narita came to this new end unit assuming it was

Morikawa's, and found the knife you left to

collect his prints.

Why, you!

When Narita left, you pushed the fake wall back.

You put that wiretap device and knife back in

Morikawa's unit and drew Narita and us there.

That's how you framed Narita for

Morikawa's murder.

Before the forensics gets here...

Your deduction may be correct. But there's no proof.

I wiped off all the prints. Too bad.

The prints are there.

This isn't the room you were hiding in.

It was the room next door.

Why me?

Betrayed by my husband to the end.

What do you mean?

My husband gave that clock to that woman.

It cost him 500,000 yen.

After the "bubble" burst,

he was 50 million yen in debt and had

a family to support.

To think that thing gave me away.

Break up with my husband.

Don't tell me that.

I have a child.

Maybe you're the problem.

That woman has another man.

Don't lie!

I'm not! Open your eyes!

Be quiet!

When I overheard her a year later...

Come and get your take then!

The end unit on the 4th floor.

They killed him...!

All I could think of was killing her.

For money, you killed my husband!

You took my husband's heart, his money,

and his life away from my son and me!

We didn't mean to!

If I killed you a hundred times, it wouldn't be enough!

Yes, it was all my doing.

I got you police to do a wiretap,

I framed Narita for Morikawa's murder.

Because you were incapable,

I had to give just punishment to

the real killer.

Are you satisified?

Be quiet!

Is your heart healed?

What about Masakazu?

Be quiet! Be quiet!

Wait!

Masakazu...?

Ask your mama, Masakazu. Go on.

Did you kill someone, Mama?

You didn't, did you?

What did you tell my son?

What would you know?

What would you know about me?

Tell him you killed his papa's killer!

Tell him how proud you are!

Takeshita Minako? Come with us to headquarters.

Also, Narita Makoto just confessed to the

robbery-murder a year ago.

He'll most likely get the death penalty.

Let's go!

Not so rough.

I've no regrets.

Mama!