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Kishi, Kishi.

Yes?

You're perfect standing as you are.

I'm going to ask you a series of questions,

so please answer naturally.

Understood.

We want your attitude to come across

as naturally as possible, so please keep that in mind.

I understand.

So, Kishi, once again,

this garden is meticulously maintained

and incredibly beautiful.

It really does have a wonderful atmosphere.

Thank you very much.

Where did you buy that vase?

I think…

we got that in Italy.

Yes, it was.

In Milan.

Wow, it was made in Milan?

Everything you see here is very elegant.

You clearly have good taste.

No, no…

Even so, it's amazing to see how contemporary works

are so well integrated into a building with so much history.

The atmosphere is magnificent.

Thank you very much.

Did you select them?

Ah, no, it wasn't me.

So, was the proprietress in charge of that?

Ah, yes.

It was the former proprietress though.

We're divorced.

But well, for now, I'm managing alone.

I see.

If I were staying here,

I'd spend all day relaxing in the garden.

I'm glad to hear that.

-Ah, Kochi, get some from here too. -Okay.

Thank you.

Excuse me, thank you for waiting.

Thank you.

SENPOEN INN

-Can you move the branch to the side? -Yes.

-Like this? -Yes, okay. Thank you.

To put it bluntly, the inn is up to its neck in debt.

Oh, really?

When Kishi inherited it from his father,

it had already accumulated a very high amount of debt.

They say you can't even tell if he inherited the inn or the debt.

Apparently, he rebuilt it from scratch,

and that's why it's still running.

People say that if it weren't for him,

the Senpoen Inn would have closed down a long time ago.

I see.

RESTAURANT MEIEN

And I told him,

"If you really want me to forgive you, drink the beer you spilled into my shoe!"

What?

And do you know what he said to me?

"Yeah, I'll drink it, I'll drink it."

And he started trying to pull my shoe off.

-Did he drink it? -He did.

Like, gulp, gulp.

And it, it was spilling all over here…

I don't want to hear your gross stories.

H-hey, who else has stories as funny as I do? Huh?

Keep your voice down a bit.

Who the hell are you?

-Hey, hey… -Do you know who you're talking to?

I work at Senpoen, Senpoen! You get it?

The Senpoen I know

used to be a place with a lot more class.

See you.

Your brother is working his life away at the inn.

What?

His younger brother is drunk in the middle of the morning

and picking fights with old men.

You two

might be brothers, but you are nothing alike.

You two

might be brothers, but you are nothing alike.

Your personalities are different,

as well as your bodies.

While my husband

devotes himself fully to the inn,

you, the younger brother,

seem to be bothered by it.

And…

even the way…

your hair grows is completely different.

Hey.

Hey!

What are you doing? Get out of here, now!

Okay, okay, okay.

I am…

not as slovenly…

as my younger brother.

I am…

not as slovenly…

as my younger brother.

The appetizer will be herring roe on kelp and steeped wild vegetables.

We don't have sashimi right now,

but for next month, I'm planning to feature yellowtail.

And for the soup, we have dobin-mushi.

Ah, dobin-mushi.

It's nice.

For the dobin-mushi, we've added tilefish and lily bulbs.

It has a sophisticated umami flavor

and a pleasantly moist texture…

Should we serve hot pot this month?

Sukiyaki, right?

Well, dobin-mushi sounds good to me. It’s a seasonal dish after all.

I'm glad to hear you say that.

-Excuse me. -Hello.

-Hello. -Hey.

-Hello. -Hello.

What did you bring today?

Let's see… beer and plenty of shochu.

-Is that so? -Yes.

Looks like shochu is selling a lot lately.

Shochu is fine, but I'd like customers to drink local sake as well.

That's true.

SIGNATURE: HASHIOKA

MITSUZUKA LIQUOR

-You're too stressed. Relax. -Idiot, I am relaxed.

In fact, now that I think about it, there are plenty of rooms at the inn.

You could have talked in one of those.

Idiot, imagine if old man Sakurai walked into the inn.

They'd freak out so much they wouldn't be able to work.

Is Sakurai that kind of person?

Idiot, he owns tons of land.

That old man has his hands in everything.

Toshiya. Hello.

-Thank you for making time for me. -Get in.

Pardon me.

Sakurai, thank you

for making time for me.

Look,

I don't like beating around the bush.

Let's cut to the chase.

Okay.

You want to buy Mitake's land

and set up a hot spring business, right?

That is basically a super spa, isn't it?

Yes.

Some pretty shady people

operate around Mitake.

I do understand why you came to me.

But as far as that area goes, you can rest easy.

I knocked around a bit over there,

and I didn't see anything suspicious.

They're the type of people who'll do whatever I say.

So you don't need to worry.

Thank you very much.

Well, that's how things stand.

Huh?

Get out of the car, would you?

-About the advance payment… -I know.

I know very well about all of that.

Don't worry.

I'll make sure to give you plenty of my help.

Thank you very much.

Seriously?

Thank you.

No! No! Stay away! Stay away!

Stay away!

Kishi! Kishi!

-Hey, what's up. -Hello.

-Whew, today was exhausting. -Right?

Seriously, it was all old folks.

And that microphone being turned way up gave me a headache.

Kishi.

Have you heard about your brother?

He’s trying to acquire Mitake’s property.

Mitake's? Toshiya is?

Between you and me, Mitake's inn is on the verge of closing.

And apparently, your brother is blackmailing Mitake

with Sakurai's help.

In a town as small as this,

if you try to take over another inn's land…

You get it, right?

Don't mess with me!

That is completely different from what we talked about!

That would basically leave me with all of Mitake’s debt, right?

Did you really think

you were going to get the land for free?

That's playing dirty!

You didn't tell me that at first, did you?

Move!

I'm sorry about that. Here you go.

That guy

isn't fit to take on any real responsibility.

He's ignorant, reckless…

And he's very twisted.

So with that, today's meeting is concluded.

Manager, anything else?

No, nothing. I look forward to working with you all again this month.

-Likewise. -Same here.

Hey.

What?

Stay away from Mitake.

Okay.

-Thanks for your concern. -Don't mess with me.

Dad cared deeply about Mitake.

And what are you trying to pull?

Setting up a business all of a sudden?

"Being a manager is so tough," is what you're saying?

-Cut it out already! -Oh, you're scaring me.

Brother,

I have a couple of pieces of advice for you too.

First.

Do what you have to do, but don't overdo it.

One of these days, you're going to lose your mind.

And second,

you should watch out for old man Sakurai.

He's got his eyes on this place.

SENPOEN

GREAT TASTE

AND AN ELEGANT TOUCH

HOW ARE YOU?

WE HAVEN'T TALKED IN A WHILE, I WANTED TO SEE HOW THINGS WERE GOING

HOW IS EVERYONE AT THE INN? SAME AS ALWAYS?

You're working for that old man, aren't you?

-Old man? -Don't play dumb.

Sakurai.

The old man is using me, isn't he?

He's saddling me with debt

and trying to steal money from our inn, right?

Why would he do that?

You're wrong.

I'm wrong, huh?

Wait…

Wait…

Am I really wrong?

Wait…

Stop!

Stop!

Really?

Huh? Toshiya.

Oh… hello.

What are you doing?

All the way out here…

Moss.

I'm gathering moss.

-Moss? -That's right.

This is Leucobryum juniperoideum.

And this

is Leucobryum bowringii.

You know your stuff.

I just seem to have a talent for telling moss apart.

Moss is fantastic.

Diverse.

Beautiful.

Mysterious.

And the resilience it has as a living thing…

I only started collecting it recently.

But the more I look at it,

the more it fascinates me.

Would you like to look with me?

Oh…

A shitty town like this…

I can't stand it anymore.

I was thinking this is going to be the last time.

Really?

Did something happen?

Well, yes.

My wife suddenly started seeing another man.

I thought we had a good relationship.

But she ended up leaving me.

Like it was something she had planned all along.

I still don't understand what her motives were.

It's like her feelings changed overnight.

And then I realized something.

That even if you haven't done anything wrong,

bad luck can strike you at any moment.

No one knows when, where, or who

is going to suffer that bad luck.

I see.

However,

my wife contacted me today.

She said she wanted to talk and would be coming to see me soon.

I have no idea what she wants to talk about.

But somehow,

I feel like my bad luck might be coming to an end.

That's what I'd like to believe.

So, I thought today

was a good day to quit.

Sorry for dumping all this on you.

We can't smoke that here.

It's just a cigarette.

-Forward. -Okay.

Okay.

-A little more toward me. -Okay.

Ah, it's me. About that cigarette, turns out it contained marijuana.

We think he lost consciousness

and fell into the pond after using particularly strong marijuana.

Right, and we didn't really find any footprints at the scene.

Ah, hold on. I'll call you back later.

-Hey. -Hello.

We have statements from all the inn employees.

Apparently, the bad blood

between the two brothers was well known in the area.

They argued a lot about who should inherit the inn,

and apparently, the younger one was stealing Kishi’s wife too.

Well, it must have been very common to see them arguing all the time.

CLOSED TODAY

But there's something almost no one knew.

The two of them had different fathers.

-Different fathers? -Yes.

In fact,

the former owner was infertile.

-Infertile? -Yes.

But he wanted an heir for the inn.

After thinking it over for a long time, he decided to look for a sperm donor

and had a son.

That was how Fumiya Kishi,

the deceased, was born.

But infertility has different symptoms.

Ten years later, the former owner somehow managed to have a child naturally.

And that's when Toshiya Kishi was born.

I see.

The younger had feelings of inferiority built up

toward his brother over the years,

especially because he had inherited the inn despite "having different blood."

So the younger brother has a motive to murder his brother.

That's the way it seems.

Well, he denies it for now, but sooner or later, the evidence will give him away.

-Come in. -Excuse me.

Some investigators from Kanagawa Prefecture have arrived.

They say they're investigating a different case.

Their names are Domoto and Iida.

Ah, right! Okay, okay, I'm coming.

So,

the hair, you said, right?

Go ahead.

Is there any connection to other cases?

Yes, there is.

Ah, over here.

A female student who died in a fall in Kanagawa.

A woman who drowned in a river in Fukuoka.

A cleaning lady who died from a fall at a shopping center in Ishikawa.

And…

an employee at a seafood restaurant who drowned in Chiba.

All of them had

a section of their hair cut off in strange patterns.

All cases were ruled as suicide or accident,

but we're pursuing a different angle.

Do you mean the cases are connected?

But hey,

in this case, the victim is a man, right?

If they were only targeting women,

what's the common link between the victims?

There's no obvious connection between them,

not even where they lived.

Even if it seems random,

there has to be some common ground.

Up until this case,

the patterns were "female,"

"staged as suicide," and "hair being cut."

Yes, up until this case. But this time, it's a man.

But this is an important fact.

Listen, even if we cling

to this weird hair thing like it's "proof"

and say, "This is the work of a serial killer," who's going to believe us?

To begin with, there are tons of bodies with weird haircuts.

And for all we know, it could have just been a mistake by their hairdresser.

Then how do you explain the very peculiar way

their hair was cut? Are you telling me to ignore it?

I'm not telling you to ignore it.

I'm just saying the evidence is very weak.

Don't focus only on the small details.

Focus on the big picture.

But we can't see that big picture.

Isn't that why we should try to build the case from small clues?

Oh. It's really obvious

who learned criminal psychology from her renowned father.

So tell me,

Iida, with that sharp detective instinct of yours, what is it that you see?

I don't even have to rely on my instinct.

They're different cases with no real connection.

That's called being a lazy detective.

I'm terrified!

Excuse me…

Yes?

We do have a suspect.

INTERVIEW ROOM 1

I've already told you.

It wasn't me.

But

you didn't have a good relationship with your brother.

Isn't that right?

Do you only consider

murder possible if there's malicious intent?

Huh?

You guys are desperate

to dig up and find any scrap of resentment I might have had toward my brother.

That's why you're so eager to pin it on me.

I didn't like him.

And…

he probably felt the same about me.

It's true, we really hated each other.

But I didn't kill him.

That's why you all have

those "What is going on here?" looks on your faces.

Anyway, the autopsy suggests

that your brother was likely pushed from behind

rather than having fallen by accident.

I'm not saying my brother committed suicide, okay?

Then who do you think killed him?

How should I know?

It's easier for you

if there's a clear motive and malice involved.

That's why you're stuck.

That's nothing but nonsense. So what then?

You want us to suspect each and every person with no motive or malice? Huh?

Interview all of them? Huh?

We won't get anywhere that way.

That Toshiya Kishi guy from earlier isn't your serial killer.

I know that much.

Good then.

But there’s no such thing as a murder without malice.

I don't

believe people die without any reason.

Who knows?

Sometimes, people die for no reason at all.

My mother went out one morning to walk the dog

and was hit by a motorcycle and died.

On a super quiet country road with almost no traffic.

Tell me,

is there any special reason why she had to die that day?

Maybe she shouldn't have gone out for a walk?

No matter how many times I think about it,

I don't understand why my mother had to die.

ALARM

Hey, look.

What's up?

Look, here.

THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION

ANY PERSONS OR ORGANIZATIONS WHO APPEAR

HAVE NO RELATION TO ANY ACTUALLY EXISTING

I feel I must investigate these

as serial murders.

Cause of death is hemorrhaging from a depressed skull fracture.

What about the hair?

Why are you helping Domoto so much with her investigation?

I find it really interesting.

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

I like these types of investigations.

Think about what kind of problems

this person would've had lurking around them.

Thank you for earlier.

And then,

what we couldn’t see at first

starts coming to light.

Subtitle translation by: Maslin Friedman