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I'm concerned about someone regarding the hidden camera incident.

I do know of one person who likes real high school girls.

It's Okabe, the art teacher who resigned

due to a sexual harassment incident last year.

After school hours,

he touched the body of

a girl who was in the art club.

Because you were sexually harassed,

I heard that Ms. Ogawa, your homeroom teacher,

often quarreled with Mr. Okabe.

-Just stop it already. -Mr. Okabe!

Do you realize

what you have done?

What was the reason? Was it because of the sexual harassment?

How would I know? Don't ask me about that.

You…

Do you really think that Ms. Ogawa's death was an accident?

What?

Are you suspecting

Mr. Okabe?

But I heard that it was an accident.

There were witnesses too.

That incident…

contains a secret that hasn't been revealed.

What?

But when she died,

the bicycle she used to travel to work was damaged.

This meant that on her way back home from school,

she met with an accident on her bicycle.

And on that bicycle,

there were traces of someone tampering with the brakes.

Then Ms. Ogawa was…

It wasn't an accident.

She might have been killed.

I just want to know the truth

behind Kaori Ogawa's death.

Do you think that

Mr. Okabe tampered with Ms. Ogawa's brakes?

It could be Okabe,

or it could be someone else.

The incident

was covered up by firing Mr. Okabe.

What else is this school hiding?

I don't know either.

Mr. Shimada…

Did you come to our school to find the culprit who killed Ms. Ogawa?

But why?

Why are you so concerned with that incident?

-Wakui, I-- -Leave me alone!

PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE

Excuse me.

-Good morning. -Good morning!

-Niitsu… -Good morning.

I still haven't received yesterday's meeting minutes.

Sorry, I've been busy. I'll send them out in the morning.

Please do so!

These things don't take much time.

Sorry. I'll work on it immediately.

There are other things I need you to do.

Hurry up.

-Good morning. -Good morning.

I'm so lazy for PE classes today!

Maybe I should feign sickness.

If you do that, the SP will arrest you.

Mr. Shimada won't arrest anyone over anything like that.

Are you siding with him?

Chika likes good-looking men.

Don't you think Chika likes the SP?

Right, Fukuyama?

Why are you staring at me?

If you don't take action soon,

she'll be taken!

There's no way he'd lay hands on a middle schooler!

Shimada doesn't look like someone who'd do that.

That's obvious.

But the school changed ever since Shimada came.

Right? It changed a lot.

You changed too.

-What, me? -Even your appearance changed!

What the heck?

GYMNASIUM

Nice shot, Allen!

That's all for morning practice.

Get changed and don't be late for homeroom class.

Yes.

Come on.

Stand up.

Play a round with me.

I have to change and go back…

That was too easy for you, right?

Just play if we tell you to, Allen.

Give it to me.

-Come on! -Let's go!

-Let's go. -Hurry up!

Allen's moving so slowly.

Come on, faster!

Run, Allen!

What's the matter?

I'll set up a screen!

Nice!

How can a regular member play like this?

-Stand up. -Sorry.

I can't hear you!

I can't hear you!

-That's the spirit! -You're too slow!

That's a strong hit.

Tell Asamura…

"I can't be a regular player."

Heard that?

What are you guys doing?

Well…

Morning practice.

Morning practices are already over.

There's blood! Are you all right?

I'm fine, Mr. Shibata.

I want to get better at basketball.

All right, let's go.

Good work, everyone!

His looks are deceptive, right?

Allen's huge, but he falls with a single push!

-I totally saw that. -Maybe he didn't get to eat

because he's poor.

I can't believe that he's a regular player.

Don't you think Asumura's crazy for choosing him?

Tall guys sure have it good!

-You're right! -Yes!

He doesn't even play well.

That's a case of bullying.

Nishida and Ichihara?

Allen even had a nosebleed.

All three students are in Ms. Asamura's class, right?

Have you noticed anything strange?

Well… I'm sorry.

I haven't felt anything strange from them

in club nor in class.

It looked like they only did it while Ms. Asamura wasn't looking.

It's just free practice.

-No, that's… -It's important that they catch up.

The competition's coming soon too.

If anything happens,

the student will definitely come asking for help.

Niitsu, let's have our year-end academic meeting.

Yes.

In any case, let's observe them for the time being.

How is Allen?

Well…

Allen laughed.

What do you mean?

He said he wanted to get better at basketball.

It's hard for us to do anything if he says that.

You're right.

But…

Hey. Nishida and Allen weren't like that, right?

Yes.

I wonder what caused this to happen.

Maybe… It was because of me.

-Because of you, Ms. Asamura? -What do you mean?

I removed Nishida as a regular player

and replaced him with Allen.

Just because of that?

If bullying happens just because they got replaced,

there would be no end to it!

Are you sure we should ignore it?

Allen said to leave him be, right?

What he meant was the opposite!

No way.

Telling someone not to push you, but you meant otherwise?

I'll do something about it.

Allen!

I found a really good show yesterday.

It's really awesome.

Come on, listen to it.

Mr. Shibata…

-What? -This hurts.

I know you care about me,

but this doesn't feel right.

Not that I don't appreciate it,

but I'm fine.

-That was a miss. -What?

You suck.

It's just air basketball.

It's fine. You can stay here.

What?

You're still not used to the class yet, right?

Well, it can't be helped since you've been on break.

Are you being ostracized by Nishida and the others?

What?

-Oh, not really. -What?

It's been like this since kindergarten.

I've experienced worse things.

I'm used to it.

Those people are helpless.

Who cares what happens after that?

-Thanks. -But, you know…

I bought a whitening lotion recently.

That's fine.

What is it?

Allen was free. Why aren't you passing to him?

But he has no stamina!

Isn't Nishida better?

Right? Am I wrong?

No, he's right.

Ms. Asamura.

Can we resume practice?

Come on…

Let's go for another point!

Let's go!

It's fine. Don't do anything unnecessary.

Oh, no, your brain cells died.

No matter the intensity of the impact, your brain has been damaged.

What's seven times eight?

Are you mocking me?

Not really.

Where was Okabe sent to?

-What? -I can't find his records anywhere.

Where was Okabe sent to?

I don't know.

Last I heard, he was in another middle school,

but I don't know the details.

Regarding Okabe…

I was able to track him down until Sukiyama Middle School.

What do you mean by "until"?

He recently resigned from that school.

I see.

Please continue investigating.

Wait. Is that all I get?

It's risky for me to investigate someone without a criminal record!

If the higher-ups get wind of this,

it's really bad.

What's that expression?

Yes. You won't get anything unless you put in the effort.

But I don't even get anything from this!

You're annoying! You talk so much! Just shut up already!

Or I'll make sure you can't sit.

Did you just snap back at me?

Don't just say that!

What do you even mean by that in the first place?

Man, he's just a slave-driver.

This is bullying…

Regarding Ryuhei Shimada, the School Police…

It appears that he came to Akamine Middle School

to investigate the accident related to the late music teacher.

Right, that happened.

Yes.

So he became a School Police

in order to investigate that incident?

It appears so.

I see.

Yes.

So?

What?

Is that all?

Oh, well…

Is it possible to replace him with someone else?

Do you want to replace Shimada?

Yes.

Ryuhei Shimada's motive in becoming a School Police

is completely different from our initial objective.

I don't think there's a need.

Regardless of his motive,

he's functioning well as the School Police.

No, but…

There have been mixed opinions

on the introduction of the School Police system.

For this system to take root,

we need as much support as possible.

For the time being,

it's better not to cause any waves.

Or…

What is the problem if Kaori Ogawa's death is investigated?

She died due to an accident, right?

Yes.

Let's observe him for a while longer.

-See you. -Bye.

That hurts!

That hurts!

Ichihara was beaten up.

It'll take a week for him to recover.

He's currently hospitalized to undergo an examination.

Was the culprit found?

Who would do something so mean?

Was the assault directed at him?

The culprit deliberately followed him somewhere deserted.

So they were waiting for him to be alone?

They're well prepared.

But, why Ichihara?

If they took it this far…

Maybe they held a grudge towards him?

Grudge? What could it be?

It hurts…

Oh, my.

I'm glad. You weren't hurt that bad.

Oh, I'm from the juvenile department, and Shimada's junior.

I see.

Could you tell us about the moment of the assault?

-It was Allen. -Allen?

Allen beat me up!

-Who's that? -A student from Akamine Middle School.

What?

-Catch him! -Why are you sure that it's Allen?

I saw him! I saw the hand that beat me!

It's impossible to tell with just a hand.

It's obvious! The hand was dark!

Hey. Is it true that Ichihara got beat up?

Seems like it.

They still haven't caught the culprit.

Scary.

-Who could have done it? -I feel bad for Ichihara.

Nishida.

Did Ichihara contact you?

Well…

Here it is.

KENTA ICHIHARA: ALLEN DID IT TO ME!

-So it was you! -What are you doing?

Nishida!

You attacked Ichihara!

I didn't do it!

-Ichihara said you did it! -Stop!

You did it, didn't you?

What are you guys doing?

Let go!

-Nishida! -Stop it, you guys!

He beat up Ichihara!

Allen did it!

No!

How lame!

You were removed from the lineup because you suck at basketball.

Don't take it out on Allen.

He only became a regular player because he's tall!

Let me go!

You don't even have the skills!

-Stop it! -Allen…

You're lame too.

-Let me go! -Calm down!

All right. This should be fine.

Remove me from the starting lineup, Ms. Asamura.

What?

If that'll make everything end, I'm fine with it.

Allen…

Please don't reprimand Nishida.

Why are you protecting Nishida?

Nishida's the one who asked me to join the basketball club.

Is that so?

Yes. Since I was in kindergarten,

I've always been bullied.

Because I'm a foreigner, and I come from a poor family.

I thought it'll never change even in middle school.

I thought I'll never have a place to belong.

Then, Nishida…

Hey, wait a minute.

Have you decided on a club?

What?

Want to join the basketball club together?

-Me? -You're the only one here.

-Why me? -Well…

You look like you're good at it.

-By my looks? -That's right.

Nice to meet you.

Look at him. Doesn't he look dangerous?

Wow.

This guy's our secret weapon.

Stop that.

If we don't use him in the match, it'll mean you guys are weak.

-What are you saying? -Look confident!

Just come at us, you hear?

This is the all-mighty Allen!

Bye-bye!

In the first place,

I was just a substitute, so I couldn't even participate.

But I was really happy.

It felt like he created a place for me to belong.

Ms. Asamura. How's Allen?

Allen said not to reprimand Nishida for that.

What?

He also said he wants to be taken out of the starting lineup.

What's with that?

He's just totally scared of Nishida!

That's not it.

How is Ichihara?

He's saying that Allen did it.

The police have also contacted me.

Allen's student handbook was found near the crime scene.

What?

I knew it.

"I knew it"?

Oh, well…

I was talking to Mr. Abe about this.

Allen's mad that he's being bullied.

Well, he's hot-tempered.

What do you mean?

Allen's hot-tempered?

Are you saying that because he's a foreigner?

Ever since he was three years old,

he's been living in Japan!

He's Japanese!

His nationality doesn't matter.

What matters is if he attacked Ichihara or not.

I don't think he did it.

Allen didn't do it!

Then…

Why would Allen's student handbook be there?

Call Allen over.

STUDENT GUIDANCE ROOM

My student handbook?

What happened?

It wasn't me.

I think it was a while back.

I don't remember when I dropped it.

It really wasn't me!

So who do you think did this?

Any ideas?

What are you suggesting?

Why do you think that

Allen knows who attacked Ichihara?

Did you talk about Nishida and Ichihara with someone else?

No. I didn't tell anyone else.

I'll never forgive him.

Weren't you close to Allen?

You guys were together in your first year.

Like I care.

But Allen said he didn't do it.

Actually, you guys were the ones who bullied him first.

You can't complain if he's taking revenge.

-You deserve it. -Shut up!

Ichihara's even hospitalized!

You say it like it's none of your business!

Hey, Allen.

-Aren't you going in? -How did we deserve that?

-It's his fault! -Hey!

I don't know about Allen's friends.

Why are you investigating that?

I'm searching for Ichihara's attacker.

It wasn't Allen?

Probably not.

How about asking Mizuki?

She lives in the same area as Allen, and they're childhood friends.

-Hey. -Well…

-What is it? -It's about someone called Ichihara.

Did you assault him, Marc?

No.

It was Juwani.

And you put my student handbook there too?

We're doing it to make sure they don't step on you.

It's a declaration of war.

Why?

That Ichihara was bullying you, right?

That's why we took revenge for you.

Right?

You think we'd take it lying down when our friend gets stepped on?

Allen…

You don't have to go to school.

This is where you belong.

-Right? -Yes.

Attention!

Bow!

-Good morning. -Good morning.

Ms. Asamura.

Allen isn't here today.

Is that so?

I understand.

No, it's all right.

Please excuse me.

How was it?

Allen isn't at home either.

-What? -What's going on?

He left home this morning, saying that he's leaving for school.

Shall we go find Allen?

Let's observe for now.

We shouldn't make a mountain out of a molehill.

Do you know

where Allen could be?

Why are you asking me?

Look for him yourself.

You probably won't do anything even if I tell you.

You'll make a big deal out of it,

and when it looks bad, you'll just cover it up as you see fit.

Is that about Okabe?

Allen might stop coming to school at this rate.

I was told not to do anything unnecessary.

Who said that?

Allen.

What?

I don't know what's right.

What should I do?

What's wrong with you?

This isn't like you! Did something happen?

Hey, Allen.

Here you go.

What is this?

I need these to be delivered tomorrow morning.

"Delivered"?

Easy, right? Just help me run an errand.

What are they?

-They're all branded bags. -Yes.

You can give one to your mom if you want.

This expensive-looking bag?

Stupid, these are all cheap knockoffs!

Hey, man!

But there are fools who will buy them at a high price.

Dumb, right?

That's a crime.

Don't worry.

You won't be the one selling them.

All you need to do is

to deliver these bags to the person selling them.

I'm not telling you to kill someone.

No one's going to get hurt.

Come on. We're friends, right?

All right.

"Octagon"?

Yes.

This group was formed five years ago

in Funato district, where Allen is living in.

That group?

Something like that.

They do impersonation scams and sell imitation branded goods.

Some of them have guidance history,

and there are rumors of them selling drugs recently.

The members are mostly made up of foreigners,

but they're a dangerous bunch.

You know…

Maybe there's a reason.

What do you mean?

Like, well…

They're often seen in a different light just because they're foreigners,

especially during their childhood.

That may be why they turned to crime.

Are you dumb?

There are people who were bullied but still live a proper life.

Don't sympathize with those walking down the wrong path.

-But… -Sympathy is the same as discrimination.

One's race doesn't matter when it comes to committing a crime.

Sorry.

Search for their gathering spot.

Clever of you to give me work while I was reflecting.

You…

No, I shouldn't be complimenting him.

"In springtime, daybreak is the best."

"As the sun rises, the day grows whiter

and the mountain ridges brighter,

as if a line of purplish clouds flows across it."

"In summertime, night is the best."

"Needless to say for the nights with moons."

"Even for those without one,

it's beautiful seeing fireflies fly around."

"Even when there's only one or two of them…"

Listen, everyone!

Be quiet!

Ms. Asamura?

Oh, I'm sorry.

Well, next…

Kimura.

Yes.

Mr. Shibata?

I'm going to check on Allen.

What?

Will you come with me?

Seriously, what's wrong with you?

I don't know what happened to you.

I don't know what the right thing to do is,

but it's better than doing nothing!

I'm going.

Hey.

I'm telling you to stop.

Move aside!

Hey!

-Hey! -Stop right there!

Come back!

You guys follow behind him!

We'll go this way!

-Hey! -Don't run, Allen!

Hey!

You think I'm scared of you? Damn you!

I'm sorry!

If you're apologizing, then that means you hit Ichihara!

Right?

Don't you run!

What's this?

Let go!

Don't touch that!

Hold him down!

They're all branded bags!

Why do you have these?

Give it back!

-Don't touch me! -Hold him down!

You can't take those!

-Give it back! Don't do it! -Stop struggling!

Want me to give it back?

Give it back!

No!

No way!

What a waste!

You should've stayed still, Allen!

Let's go.

I went to your house,

but you weren't there.

Don't tell me…

Were you with them again?

Marcus or whatever his name is.

It's all over.

I don't care anymore.

What are you saying?

Why won't anyone understand?

What should I do? This is ridiculous!

Where did you go?

What's with that injury?

-Wait… -Leave me alone!

Where's Allen?

What's that bastard doing?

He's not at home.

Where is he?

Someone saw him getting chased with the goods.

Who was chasing him?

OCTAGON GATHERING SPOTS

I searched a few areas likely to be Octagon's gathering spot,

but they were all duds.

So they change their spot frequently?

How crafty.

Seems like it.

Check out all the conspicuous spots.

That's what I'm planning.

Will you reward me…

All right, business as usual.

Hey. Are you Nishida?

What is it?

We are Allen's friends.

-There's something we'd like to ask. -About Allen?

Let me go!

Someone!

Hey! Nishida got kidnapped!

What?

Seriously?

-Are you serious? -I'm serious!

Is Mr. Shimada around?

He should be patrolling the school grounds now.

Is something wrong?

Nishida was taken away by someone.

-By who? -I don't know.

They sound dangerous. I heard they are Allen's acquaintances.

Could they be the ones who attacked Ichihara?

Do they plan on lynching Nishida as well?

I'm calling the police now!

Allen was acting a little strange yesterday.

It may be related.

I'll go find Mr. Shimada!

My location?

I'm in Akamine Middle School.

One of our students appears to have been kidnapped!

Mr. Shimada!

Mr. Shimada!

Wakui!

Tell me where Allen is.

Did something happen?

It's likely that

he got involved in something dangerous.

Please.

I believe you have an idea

of where he could be.

Mr. Shimada!

Mr. Shimada…

Nishida…

Nishida was kidnapped!

It's me.

The remaining spots I haven't checked are the abandoned factory

at the intersection of the second district of Hiraimon,

and the pachinko parlor that went bankrupt in Kaima city.

What? Wait. Mr. Shimada!

Hey! Mr. Shimada!

Allen!

-Ms. Asamura… -I'm sorry.

I heard from Wakui.

Where's Nishida?

Wasn't he with you?

I'm not going to school anymore.

Nishida was kidnapped!

What?

Do you know where he is?

It's impossible.

You can't save him.

It's too late.

Allen?

It's his fault!

I don't care what happens to him!

Allen…

Do you really mean that?

You don't, right?

Nishida…

You said that Allen created a place for you to belong.

When you said that,

your expression was genuine.

It's true that Nishida might have been wrong.

However…

You don't hate Nishida, right?

If you lie by saying you don't care and ignore this,

you'll definitely regret it, Allen!

I don't want you

to have any regrets.

Ms. Asamura…

Please, believe me!

I'm not lying!

I really threw them away!

I didn't steal them!

It's not good for us either way.

You understand, right?

Please let me off!

I'm really sorry!

We were supposed to earn six million yen from that!

What are you going to do about that?

Don't make me sweat so much!

Police?

Mr. Shibata…

Nishida!

Oh, man…

This is troublesome.

You're late!

I went to the other spot too, so I actually did well!

Take this!

Here we go.

My guess was right!

You just happened to get it right out of two choices!

But anyway, I was the one who found this area!

Nice kick!

Don't mess with us!

This bastard!

It's my motorbike!

Mr. Shibata…

Don't move!

Hey!

Kneel down!

Hey! On your knees!

Or I'll kill him!

That's right! Lie down!

Lie down!

Come on, we're escaping from the back!

Hurry up!

Don't move, you hear?

Don't move!

Hey!

It's hot!

Help me!

Someone!

Save me!

-Hey! -Nishida?

Save me!

-I'll go find a fire extinguisher! -Hurry up!

Save me!

I don't want to die!

What are you doing?

Save me!

You deserve it!

It's hot!

What's going on?

Hey! Hurry up!

Come over and untie me!

It's fine to bully someone because your spot's taken, right?

So since you bullied someone, don't care about the others!

What kind of logic is that?

Let's just leave him and go, Allen!

-Come on! -Hey!

Hey!

I don't want to die!

Want to join the basketball club together?

Why me?

Well… You look like you're good at it.

By my looks?

That's right.

Nice to meet you.

I brought a fire extinguisher!

Oh, my god!

This is the police!

Your jump…

It's so powerful.

As expected of an African.

I'm not from Africa.

My dad's American.

Sorry.

By my looks again?

That's right.

Here we go.

Mr. Shibata.

Are you all right?

What?

Where is this?

Your memory's completely jumbled up.

Are you all right?

-Yes, this is Saegusa. -Ms. Asamura.

Thank you.

I got it.

I've just received a report.

All Octagon members have been arrested.

Well, I told the police to stand by at the rear.

Are you ignoring me?

Praise me! I did so well!

Thank you very much,

Mr. Shimada.

Are you ignoring me?

See you.

-I brought the fire extinguisher… -My god, you scared me!

-You were here? -Oh, Ms. Asamura?

Nishida!

Are you all right?

-How are your injuries? -I'm holding on to him.

Let's get a point!

Take it!

Nishida's here!

Do it, Allen!

I'm so happy for Allen!

Yes.

If we teachers deal with it properly, bullying will--

It won't go away.

The word "bullying" will never go away.

"Bullying" refers to assault, violence, and extortion crimes.

Bullies are criminals.

Bullying is a crime…

What's up?

I found Okabe.

I sent you Okabe's address.

Oh, man…

First Octagon's spot, and now Okabe's address!

I really had a hard time…

Again? Jeez…

HERE'S OKABE'S ADDRESS.

What's the matter?

I found Okabe's address.

Are you going to see him?

What do you plan to do after meeting Mr. Okabe?

I'll ask him if he killed Kaori Ogawa.

Why are you so concerned about that incident?

Are you somehow

related to Ms. Ogawa?

Were you and Ms. Ogawa…

I loved her.

I…

I will find out what happened to Kaori.

I will use any method possible.

If…

if Mr. Okabe is

related to Ms. Ogawa's death,

what will you do?

I'll kill him.

Do you know about the term "overwork line"?

Even if you can endure it, your body's screaming in agony!

Suicide?

You're nothing but slaves.

Wakui was assaulted by Okabe.

I wouldn't lie at a time like this!

She would never agree to cover up an incident like this!

It's a problem, isn't it? Should I arrest the students under obstruction of justice?

You won't have the time to deal with your students.

A snatch theft incident occurred yesterday.

The victim's a teacher in Akamine Middle School, right?

What?

You can't do it!

-It's just self-satisfaction. -I told you. I'll kill him.

-What did you do to Mizuki Wakui? -What?

Did it not stop at sexual harassment?

Subtitle translation by: Qianni Lu