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See you.

Kohei Mochizuki planned to poison his wife along with his lover.

But Maria was kidnapped by someone.

PREPARE 200 MILLION YEN. IF YOU CONTACT THE POLICE

I'LL KILL YOUR WIFE

The police confronted Kohei.

While being cornered,

Kohei realized he felt a deep love for Maria.

I really didn't do it.

Please calm down.

I loved Maria.

Kohei gave it his all to hand over the ransom to the kidnapper.

But Maria didn't come back.

In despair, Kohei decided to end his life.

But then...

We found Maria.

We found her.

But it turned out that Maria was the mastermind behind the plan.

EAST TAMAGAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL

I was waiting.

KOHEI'S WIFE MARIA MOCHIZUKI

It was painful to lose a nail from a finger and be hit in the head,

but I don't care about that at all.

I was about to find out if I emerged

victorious or defeated from my grand plan.

It all began two years ago,

when my parents died and I got my inheritance.

OWNER OF CAFÉ MASTERPIECE Kohei MOCHIZUKI

We moved to a large house.

Kohei left

the company he had been working for

and opened the café of his dreams.

I made this to celebrate the opening. Please have some if you'd like.

They look delicious.

Thank you very much.

- You could be our patisserie chef. - No way.

Here you are.

Please look out for my husband.

Thank you very much.

Please stop by the café from time to time.

Sure, thanks.

Okay, let's head in.

Right!

This was when

our love began to slowly veer off track.

About the financing...

Don't make such a an obvious face, like you hate this topic.

I'm not.

Two million isn't such a massive sum.

I think it is.

Fine, I guess we're done.

When the business started failing,

we began arguing more and more.

But I could put up with that.

But then, randomly, for some reason,

the arguments just stopped.

I'm home.

Welcome home.

I'm beat.

Have you eaten?

I'm going to have a bath first.

Thank you.

ANNA KITASATO

Thanks for coming today.

I wish we could be together forever too.

Then I found out about Kohei's betrayal.

But it wasn't anger that I felt.

Eat the egg too.

My heart simply sank,

and my whole body began to feel heavy.

I didn't broach the topic with Kohei but kept worrying internally.

And that's when I came to a realization,

when I saw that message.

ANNA KITASATO THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO BE WITH YOU!

I WISH SHE WOULD DIE

SO, SHOULD WE KILL HER?

GOOD IDEA

THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO BE WITH YOU!

I'm off.

Have a good day.

See you.

I was frightened.

I couldn't bring up the affair with Kohei.

I secretly took his key case

and made a duplicate key.

I installed bugs to understand their movements.

If I'd done nothing, I might have been killed.

I worked tirelessly

in order to protect my own life.

Huh? Poisoning?

Yes, yes.

With something like this, I could make it myself.

ADOXIN

LACQUER BEANS

But would we not be found out?

It'll be fine. It'll be fine.

It'll be a piece of cake to take out such a princess.

She's never worked a day in her life.

I'm not talking about her finding out, I meant the cops.

Oh, you meant that?

When I heard Kohei laughing over a plan to kill me,

it lit a fire in my deep inside me, and I threw up

what had been bubbling inside me, as well as the contents of my stomach.

That's when I made a decision.

I will kill myself, just as he wished.

No way.

You're Ogata, right?

I needed an accomplice for the plan.

I pretended I ran into him by accident.

I started to get close to Shogo Ogata,

a friend from university.

I was surprised.

But I thought that I shared some of the responsibility too.

I think that Kohei...

felt suffocated.

Sorry to talk so much about this.

You can count on me, Maria.

What?

If there is anything that I can do, please let me know.

Ogata...

Thank you.

He was a failing artist, so he had lots of time on his hands.

But more importantly,

since long ago, I knew that he always does as I'd told him.

Have a good day.

See you later.

Every Friday,

Kohei would go to his mistress' house.

I knew that the café's finances were in dire straits.

Just as I had planned,

so that Kohei would be suspected,

I placed our couple's cups in the sink

and waited for a pre-arranged call.

Yes?

He is currently at his lover's house.

They appear to be making the poison.

MARIA

If you put it in red wine or something like that,

it will go unnoticed.

It's to protect the café.

You need to make a decision.

Kohei took the poison

created by that woman.

I moved to put my plan into motion.

I extracted 50ml of my blood.

I left footprints from Kohei's running shows in the hall.

I also heard that he put poison in the wine.

When I heard that he put it in

a bottle of L'Amour Eternal, a brand that held memories for us,

that's when I first felt the anger swell up.

If that's how he felt,

I wasn't about to be outdone.

I'm home.

I'm home.

Maria?

Maria?

Maria?

I watched Kohei.

I thought he may put my life before anything

and try to pay the 200 million without contacting the police.

One part of me

prayed for this.

Hello. Is this the police?

Any reservations I had disappeared in an instant.

I would make Kohei repent

and bring him to his knees before me.

To make this happen, there is nothing I would not do.

In place of my wedding ring,

I removed the finger nail from my left ring finger.

It was no big deal.

My heart hurt me far worse.

A drop of revenge.

JUST AS YOU WISH

YOUR BELOVED WIFE

IS DEAD

That message reflected how I felt.

THE KUJIRAI'S

That subservient Maria Mochizuki,

who would do anything for Kohei,

really had died.

The following day,

I sent an e-mail to the media, telling them what had happened.

- Could you provide a comment? - Anything to say to the kidnapper?

I...

still believe that my wife is alive.

No matter how trivial you think it is,

please provide us with any information that you have.

Please.

Those words left me speechless.

Or should I say, they had me laughing.

POWER

Please provide information.

I filmed a video letting them know I was alive.

CURRENTLY WRITING TO THE DVD

WRITING COMPLETE

KOHEI MOCHIZUKI

Once I sent the DVD, my work was done.

Everything else should fall into place.

THE MOCHIZUKI'S NEIGHBOR YUKI KUJIRAI

Maria said her husband may be having an affair.

I had talked to Mrs. Kujirai about the affair before the plot.

Kohei's reputation would be ruined by the suspicions.

It was bound to happen. He had really tried to kill me.

The cups and the footprints

would surely draw the gaze of the police towards him.

KOHEI'S SISTER KAORI MOCHIZUKI

She told us how you were doing.

It's incredibly rare to find such a good wife.

I continued to play the best wife possible in front of his family.

The words of his family would surely reach even Kohei's twisted heart.

I think Maria is still alive, but we did make a pinky swear.

KAORI'S DAUGHTER KAEDE MOCHIZUKI

I didn't know

what I should do.

Maria isn't dead, right?

She is still alive?

Gentle-like Kaeda

kept her promise to me perfectly.

She was far more trustworthy than Kohei.

What a reliable little girl.

Next, the story of Maria Mochizuki from Meguro, Tokyo...

Would that idiot Kohei

actually find my recipes?

Just as I was worrying about that,

I saw the footage I had sent.

Mr. Mochizuki, please calm down.

I really didn't do it.

I loved Maria.

I didn't do it.

Wait, wait.

When I saw him like that, I was certain

that my plan was working perfectly.

GOOD MORNING JAPAN

- Thank you. - Thank you very much.

The sight of him desperately trying to gather the 10,000 yen bills

did tug on my heartstrings.

You can do it. You can do it.

And then came the handing over of the ransom.

This was the final step in the plan.

BRING THE BAG TO THE ALLEY NEXT TO STAND THREE OF THE BASEBALL STADIUM

DON'T TELL THE COPS YOU SWAPPED OUT THE BAGS

IF YOU DON'T DO AS I SAY YOUR WIFE'S LIFE IS OVER

It's a new instruction.

They say to bring the bag to the Tama River campsite in 30 minutes.

He didn't say anything to the cops about the note.

He valued my life more

than the 200 million yen.

Seeing kids give it their all

really moves a person to tears, doesn't it?

No.

It's actually my husband.

BURNABLE WASTE NON-BURNABLE WASTE

All that was left was the finish.

I would destroy that mistress of Kohei's,

who tricked him

and tried to have me poisoned.

On the night of the incident,

I saw him inserting something

into a bottle of wine

in a supermarket car park.

I sent the cops info that would send them in the direction of Adoxin.

I spread the picture of them on the Internet.

More credence is now being given to the rumor that the kidnapping

was the work of both Kohei Mochizuki and his lover.

She picked the wrong person to mess with.

Too bad, I guess I'm the winner.

OWNER OF "THE QUIET WOMAN" HISAO KOGURE

Hello.

It's Maria.

Oh, good evening.

Did you see the news?

It seems like it was a big success.

Congratulations.

Can I bring you the money now?

Of course.

I'll be here waiting for you.

And then I ventured outside.

Just like I had been released by the kidnapper.

Do it.

Come on. We've done enough.

Please.

This is the end of it.

Thank you.

What expression will Kohei have

when he gets here?

Will his feelings of love

come back to him?

Will he feel satisfied with me again, just like he had been long ago?

This is important.

In this moment,

everything will be known.

Maria.

I'm so glad to see you.

I'm so glad.

Welcome home...

my beloved Kohei.

I pledge my whole life to making you happy.

I'll hit them from every angle.

I may not be able to hide it all.

- I will take back the 200 million. - Who did this?

Dammit!

Enough of your bullshit!

That's who killed him.

Dammit!

There's no poison or anything like that in it.

It was you who did it all.

And what if it's true?

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Did you see the kidnapper's face?

Someone with their face covered came into the house.

I was surprised and tried to escape,

but then they came from behind...

There is an injury to the back of her head on the right.

METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPT INVESTIGATION DIV. SEIICHIRO SOMA

Was the kidnapper a man?

Did just one person enter the house?

Do you know where you were being held captive?

I don't.

They made me wear a blindfold the whole time.

I was tied to a chair.

They didn't even let me go to the toilet.

Inspector...

METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPT INVESTIGATION DIV. YUTAKA YABUKI

Isn't that enough? Why don't you do the rest tomorrow?

Do you have any idea who might have done this?

I don't.

Is that so?

Just one more question.

Mr. Soma.

Kohei's cup was in the kitchen sink.

Who used that?

It was me.

But yours was there too?

It was...

because I made too much cocoa.

So, I put it into both cups.

Oh, right.

Thank you very much.

I hope you get some rest.

Thank you very much.

Please take care.

So, I presume you no longer suspect me?

Maria never saw the kidnapper's face.

- There is still a chance. - I have an alibi.

The night Maria was kidnapped,

I was with Anna.

Your alibi is the woman you were cheating with?

I will spend this evening with Maria.

How cocky.

But we still need to resolve what happened with the wine.

If we identify Adoxin in it,

you will be arrested.

I'm sure you put poison into it.

You tried to kill yourself when you felt us closing in on you.

Chief.

What?

What happened?

Feel free to stay with her tonight.

There was no poison detected

in the wine that we confiscated.

So, that means I am..

I'll be back.

Yes!

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Yay! Yeah!

Dammit!

What the hell is going on?

TAKABAN POLICE STATION MET. POLICE DEPARTMENT

Time to eat.

Dammit!

You seem very angry.

Who the hell are you?

Sorry for intruding

on your evening meal.

I feel like I've seen you before.

I'm Kohei's brother-in-law. Or should I say ex-brother-in-law?

OWNER, YOKOJI DETECTIVE AGENCY MASAMICHI YOKOJI

I've been to the café many times.

Why the hell are you here?

I've been following the police.

In order to confirm it.

To confirm what?

To confirm whether you are the kidnapper or not.

I didn't do it.

If you actually got 200 million yen,

you wouldn't be eating such simple food sounding so full of regret.

I'm glad I could confirm that.

Why are you looking into me?

For the same reason you have in your head right now.

To find the real culprit and take the 200 million

from them.

Please leave.

This café is closed.

That looks good.

I'll be back to try it.

It's not on the menu.

- Maria! - Kaede!

I'm so glad to see you, Maria.

You're safe now.

Mom! Big sister!

You came.

Kohei,

you made a big mistake.

Maria, I apologize for this fool.

You knew about it, right?

That Kohei was cheating on you?

Get down on your hands and knees and apologize right now, Kohei!

Hurry up!

Wait.

I think that I was also

partly responsible.

Maria.

And right now,

I am happy

that Kohei and I

can be together like this.

Kohei,

don't you have anything to say to Maria?

Maria, I will

never again do anything

to make you sad.

So, could you give me one more chance

to start over?

From now on,

I promise to give my whole life to make you happy.

That's it.

I love it when Kohei makes this face.

Having checked the CCTV footage,

we were able to confirm

that when Maria was kidnapped,

her husband, Kohei Mochizuki, was at the home of his lover Anna Kitasato.

So, he has a confirmed alibi.

In that case, it would appear that putting blood in his trunk

and creating prints with his running shoes

was part of a plot to frame him.

So, this means you fell right

into the kidnapper's trap, Soma, and pursued Kohei Mochizuki.

There was no poison in the wine either.

But it did

teach me something about the perp's actions.

Huh?

The blood in the trunk was fresh.

Kohei Mochizuki's car was at Anna Kitasato's apartment,

and when he came back to his home,

Maria Mochiuzki wasn't there.

So, when did Maria's blood get into the trunk?

When Kohei Mochizuki

got back home, the perp

was still hiding nearby.

And then, when they saw Kohei Mochizuki contact the police,

they put some of Maria's blood in the trunk and left the scene.

It may have been then that they put the nail

and letter in the neighbor's letterbox.

Quite a bold criminal.

The perp knew that her husband

would be home late that night.

So, it must be someone who knows a lot about the couple.

I will start working my way

through everyone who has contact with them.

YOU HAVE A MESSAGE YAMATE UNIVERSITY OF ART SUGIYA LAB

The police have requested cooperation

with their investigations into the kidnapping of former student

Maria Mochizuki, formerly Maria Asakura.

We have sent them our student data records.

You may be contacted by the police.

Please cooperate with them.

Mr. Ogata,

are you there?

Mr. Ogata?

Good evening.

Good evening.

YUKI'S HUSBAND KAZUKI KUJIRAI

Good evening.

Apologies for this,

but may I ask who you are?

We live in this house.

I am a relative of Kohei Mochizuki.

Oh, is that so?

Since that incident occurred, we have started being careful.

isn't that right, Kazu?

We are quite scared as they still haven't found the culprit.

I couldn't bear it if my wife was kidnapped.

Kazu, don't say such things

to someone we've just met.

Why?

Please excuse me.

I wonder what will happen after the affair.

What an extravagant welcome.

It's the least I could do.

What will happen to your lover Anna? Are you over?

This whole thing taught me something,

who I value most.

How selfish you are.

Have you forgotten you tried to poison her?

Did you hear that from an acquaintance?

Indeed.

They said they didn't find any poison.

Of course not.

There was never any poison to begin with.

Kohei,

you don't need to lie to me.

If you tell me the truth, I can get the 200 million back for you.

However,

you'll need to split it 50-50 with me.

Wait a minute.

Do you know who the culprit is?

First, let me confirm something.

The police had a tip off that you

were seen putting something into a wine bottle, right?

If that's true, it would be odd.

In a dark shadowy supermarket car park,

at night, there is no way you would know what someone is doing.

Someone who knew about the poison

and was watching you was the one

who gave that information to the police.

Wait, could it have been...

Anna?

That was my first suspicion, but it wasn't her.

She was involved in the plan,

so she wouldn't tell the police something that might endanger her.

Oh, Maria's college friend.

I think his name was... Ogata.

Ogata?

He was the guy outside your detective agency.

He was her junior when Maria was in college.

He was following me on the night of the kidnapping.

That makes sense. So, he's a leading suspect.

I'll look into him too.

Please do.

There is one other thing. There is something I want to confirm.

In this house.

The police...

came to my house.

Is that so?

I may not be able to hide everything.

Don't worry about it.

I don't know

what to do anymore.

Ogata.

Relax.

Maria,

why don't we run away together?

I would do anything for...

Please lower your voice.

Sorry.

I am most afraid

of not being able to protect you.

- Ms. Maria. - Welcome home, Maria.

It is Maria Mochizuki.

Maria Mochizuki has come back home

for the first time since the kidnapping.

Please let us know how you feel coming home for the first time.

Do you have anything to say to the viewers who worried about you?

Maria.

To all the police who worked so hard to help me,

the media, who worked tirelessly to gather information,

all those across the country who prayed for my safety

and exchanged their notes for the ransom,

and most of all,

to my husband Kohei and my family who never gave up

until the very end,

I want to thank you all

from the bottom of my heart.

Thank you very much.

Can we get a picture of both of you facing forward?

Could you both smile?

Please face this way.

And one more over here.

EVENING TIME MARIA MOCHIZUKI - 37

Please smile.

Move closer together, please.

Okay, I'm going to take it now.

What's all this?

It's amazing!

I didn't finish tidying up.

Look at that.

It says, "Welcome home." Thank you.

I'm so happy.

Oh, there's food.

- Did you make it? - Yeah.

I'm so happy.

You must be tired, right?

Rest for a while.

When dinner is ready, I will come get you.

Thank you.

Wait.

What happened to your neck?

Well...

Tell me.

When I thought that

you wouldn't come back...

Kohei.

We pledged not to part

until death.

Right?

Kohei!

Welcome home, Maria.

Don't expect too much from dinner, okay?

I expect a lot.

Lie down.

Maria!

Was it you?

What are you talking about?

You look so scary right now.

The listening device.

Yesterday, Mr. Yokoji came and found them.

It was too strange

for them to know the police's actions so well.

Who would do this?

Let's put this back as a little trap.

Was all of it

your doing?

The kidnapping was a charade.

You used a listening device to track the investigations

and used your university friend

to collect the 200 million yen.

All of it was to make me suffer

after the affair.

You tricked me and laughed at me.

And what would you do if you were right?

I'm calling the police.

Adoxin!

Do you know why they didn't find

Adoxin in the wine they confiscated?

Because I changed it out.

Maria?

Maria?

Maria?

I helped you out.

You're such a handful of a husband.

You know,

without me,

you can't do anything, right?

If I hand this over to the police,

you're finished.

You really are an idiot.

There is no way I would bring important evidence into the house.

I just

bought that for our celebration.

I've hidden the wine laced with poison

somewhere else.

As long as you stay quiet,

so will I.

Let's protect

each other's secrets.

Stop with your bullshit.

MR. YOKOJI

- Yokoji. - Hello, Kohei?

This isn't good for us.

What do you mean?

Shogo Ogata has been taken out.

Dammit.

What do you mean?

Shogo Ogata must have had an accomplice.

in order to keep his mouth shut,

they split the ransom with him,

but in any case, he has been taken out.

Kohei.

Are you listening to me?

Maria.

What have you done?

What the hell?

What could you possibly be talking about?

Let me just tell you

one thing.

Never...

lay your hands on me again.

Now, let's celebrate.

To our new beginning!

Cheers.

It's fine.

It's not poisoned or anything.

Does it taste good?

When you're asked a question, answer it.

Yes.

Great.

I'm so excited

to taste what you've made for me.

I'll steal the money she has hidden and escape.

I didn't expect him to do something so crazy.

This means the 200 million is ours.

Don't do anything without telling me.

I will take him into custody.

I will kill him.

Wah!

All of it was to make you suffer

for your affair.

Please don't worry.

I will make sure I catch the culprit.

Anything can happen

between a husband and wife.

THIS DRAMA IS A WORK OF FICTION