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Yes, I understand.

The Heisei 3 Million Dollar Case, right?

The case has been closed today, hasn't it?

I have something to discuss with you.

And you are...?

The criminal behind that case.

The criminal?

Criminal!

Okay, I'll be there.

What's wrong?

Mikazuki-kun, will you go out with me?

Huh?!

Sure.

Ugh... what's with the atmosphere?

Police!

Just now from the Pachinko Parlor,

someone robbed the "Million Dollar Prize Redemption Center".

The criminal is a housewife type.

While fleeing, she ran through some mud.

We'll have to check each of your shoes!

Pardon me.

Huh? What's with this?

Aren't you cold?

What you're feeling is called jealousy.

You're jealous of the beauty of your neighbor's lawn.

I live in a condo, so I can't have a lawn of my own.

You know,

if this is a problem, then shouldn't you leave your husband?

That's just strange!

Are you listening?

Did your husband just get home?

There he is!

If so, make something up.

I'll become whomever you want.

That's how this always ends.

Housewives like this kind of program?

Uh huh.

"Married Women's Life Counseling"?

Yeah, it's famous for revealing the true feelings of housewives.

They play it again at night, so it seems like they want the husband to hear it, too.

Hey, could that be her?

Looks like she could be.

Where are y...?

Huh? I lost her.

Oh, sorry. I gotta get back to the precinct.

Oh, then gimme that back.

- See ya! - Yeah.

Kiriyama-san?

Yes?

[The Heisei 3 Million Dollar Case]

Why don't you just stamp it?

Well, Kiriyama isn't here,

so it doesn't feel right.

Shall I do it for you?

This is my job.

Ah... so that's what you think.

Matarai-kun, do you not like me?

When this happened, it was so much like the "Shouwa 3 Million Dollar Case"

that it was considered a copycat crime and got little attention.

It wasn't even on the news that much.

At least thanks to that the police weren't blamed for not being able to solve it.

Where's Kiriyama-kun?

He said he met the so-called criminal.

He said he was gonna talk things over at the cafe.

What kind of woman is she? The one who calls herself the criminal.

"What kind of woman"?

Well, she's definitely not my type.

Then does that mean she's Kiriyama's type of girl?

Yeah, maybe their talking about something completely different...

like, "What're you doing this Sunday?" or something!

Where's Kiriyama-kun?

Well...

He said he went to buy some tape.

Huh? Is that so?

That's what we're going with?

I heard someone approached him about that "Heisei 3 Million Dollar Case".

The case is closed.

[Heisei 3 Million Dollar Case]

See?

Yeah. Time's up. That's scary.

That was the first case I was on as a detective.

Shall I tell you a little about the case, Mikazuki-kun?

It's not like I have this to brag about it.

I just happened to have this newspaper clipping from 7 years ago,

and I thought that you might believe me more if I showed it to you.

But I see that you don't believe me.

I told you on the phone, didn't I?

I'm the one who did it.

Get out!

I'm going to write a book to expose the police's half-hearted investigation.

I waited a long time for the case to be over.

I need the personal items in order to write it accurately.

But seeing as there is no proof that you did it, I can't give those personal items to you.

You understand, right?

Just because you claim to be the criminal,

it's not like I can just say, "Okay, here you go."

I heard that you investigate old cases.

So if you were to prove that I was the one who did it,

then I could have my things back, correct?

Well, I can't really say that.

What's wrong with men nowadays?

I don't think this has to do with men, or women for that matter...

Go Go!

Go Go Go Go

Okay then.

I will investigate this further, and if I find that you are the true criminal,

I will hand over the items.

This time Shuuichirou Kiriyama will investigate the case of

the "Heisei 3 Million Dollar Case".

Jikou Keisatsu Episode 7

Let's all think of why housewives go barefoot!

Oh... now on to the show.

On February 24th, Heisei year 11 (1999),

An armored van in Soufubuchuu city was attacked by someone, having 3 million dollars stolen.

Due to the method being just like a similar case in Shouwa year 43 (1968),

it was treated as a copycat crime.

In the end, though, both of the crimes went unsolved,

and each reached the statute of limitations.

One could say that this didn't go unsolved due to the investigation being lax,

but rather the disbelief of such a case happening twice.

Just like in the "Shouwa 3 Million Dollar Case",

a criminal posing as a police officer approached on a motorcycle,

and scared off the drivers by claiming the presence of a bomb.

This was done by climbing under the vehicle and setting off a flare.

She's telling you to give her the stuff back?

Yeah.

Why's that?

She said she wants to write an autobiography.

Autobiography?

Apparently she's going to call it: "I Did It! Memoirs of the '3 Million Dollar' Criminal".

In order for it to be accurate, she said she wants to check all of her personal items.

An autobiography...

Up until now, the investigation only included men as potential suspects.

There was even that composite picture.

In any case, we need to keep this under lock and key.

Saneie-kun...

Look at that guy.

What's he doing?

What's with that?

And now this...

Oh, Lucky Yakkon.

What's that?

- What is that? - All right, I've sealed it.

What happened to the 3 million she stole?

Did she already use it all up?

Now that you mention it, I did forget to ask that.

Kiriyama!

Kiriyama-kun!!

Lady, you'll be in trouble if you don't pay those taxes!

Why should someone as poor as me have to pay?

There are so many people who get rich doing bad things and don't pay anyways, you know.

What I'm saying is...

you shouldn't take money that your husband said was for taxes

and then blow it all playing pachinko!

You can't stop putting the money in those machines, now can you?

Hello?

Are you there?

Did your husband just get back home?

Quick! Make up something!

I'll be...

It's daddy!

Before you take off your shoes, could you go pick up some food?

The kids want to eat some korokke.

Some stranger is at the door.

Huh?

Oh...

Sorry to bother you. May I come in?

If you have something to ask, please do so in language the kids won't understand.

My oldest son will find out if you don't.

Like a code?

That's no good!

You'll never be any good if you don't try harder.

Oh, you're right. Time to get to business!

When does your husband usually get home?

Is that a code?

No, it's just a regular question.

It's different on a case by case basis.

How about today?

Don't worry about my husband.

He loves origami.

Well... that's not quite what I meant.

The popular guys are always cowards.

Oh, what's that?

An invention!

Invention?

My mom invents stuff.

[To Satoko Akitsu]

[From Natsumi Oomiya]

Mom'll get mad if you touch that.

Oh, I see.

Will you give me something for my birthday?

Birthday?

My birthday is almost here!

How old will you be?

Seven.

This still isn't dry.

So you say you've never seen any of these?

Answer me!

I told you I've never seen them damn things!

"Damn things"?

You call yourself a lady?

Are those the words of a lady?!

Well excu~se me for being a woman.

My aunt on my mother's side...

was so shy and cute.

One day, that aunt told me this:...

"Hayate-kun..."

Oh yeah, Hayate is my first name.

Hayate Juumonji.

That's my full name.

"Hayate-kun, women are fragile creatures.

While men are fighting barefoot,

the women stay in their shoes and watch over them.

That's all that I can do."

That's gotta be a lie!

It's not a lie!

Huh? A woman?! That's gotta be a lie!

No, really! I just found out from the traffic department.

Hachi-san...

Work this woman over.

I'm not sure I can do it.

Is it true that the one who claimed to be the criminal to Kiriyama was a woman?

Apparently so.

Kiriyama just went to that lady's house.

If she is the real criminal, she should know what happened to all that money.

He always has to make things more complicated.

Please stop!

Hachi-san!

I'm just teaching her a lesson,

because she keeps blabbing on about how women are fragile.

Thank you.

Korokke! Korokke! So happy!

You go ahead and pick out the ones you want.

Okay!

Do you know why I invent things?

Because you like doing it?

Because I'm poor.

If I only married a better man, it wouldn't have been like this.

Inventions bring good money, you know.

With the money from a single invention, you could build a whole building.

Well... but... what about the 3 million?

Like the saying goes "easy come, easy go".

Each year another 1 million went to waste.

On the third year, I didn't have a dime.

1 million per year? How in the world did you do that?

Gambling, of course!

Kiriyama-san...

Take this and buy them what they want.

Then I'll tell you more about the case.

Which one do you want?

This one!

The police's big mistake was in focusing only on men as suspects.

The question is who told them a man did it?

Uh... how many all together?

Including you it'll be six!

Oh, then I'll take six.

Okay.

Go ahead.

You understand, right?

There were only two who saw the criminal's face.

The two in the armored van.

That's right, those two.

Since you're a cop, you can find out who they were, right?

I can't believe this!

[Invention Magazine]

[Oomiya Office] [Leave inventions up to us!]

[Natsumi Oomiya]

[Oomiya Office]

This is pretty good.

[Mail from Shizuka Mikazuki]

[You enjoying your Korokke?]

How'd she know?

I went to see the driver of that van 7 years ago.

Excuse me. Where's Kiriyama?

Huh?

Uh... Hmm...

Well...

Uh...

It was a woman? Are you sure?

I'm very sorry.

Why did you say it was a man then?

What about that composite picture?

I think that woman probably did her research on us.

"Us" who?

I'm so ashamed.

We were... you know...

having an affair.

Once a month, when we were transporting the money, was the only time we could be alone together.

In order to spend as much time together as possible,

we found out a shortcut.

And then, like always, at our secret place we...

Well, it was young love.

The young love...

that came a little late.

But...

I had a wife!

Huh? Ho.. Ho.. Hold on a minute.

So you mean that in order to hide your secret relationship,

you lied about the criminal being a man?

In order to throw off the investigation?

You're quite the detective.

This is no time for compliments.

What you did...

Pardon me for asking, but

are you married?

No, still single.

That's no good then.

In that case you...

couldn't possibly understand this!

Huh?

Someone who knows nothing of the dreadfulness of a wife.

I think that's exaggerating.

At that time we...

You mean that our relationship is of more value than the money we're carrying?

Of course.

Hasn't your wife found out?

No one can come between us.

I love you!

I don't need any money!

There may be a bomb. Please get out now.

The police officer with the motorcycle

ordered us to get out of the van.

She said that a bomb may have been planted under the van.

Sorry for interrupting your fun.

If you want to keep it a secret, you better not tell anyone about this.

That wasn't your wife, was it?

No way...

Got it? In this world nothing is original.

Everything is just a copy of something else.

You could say that originality lies just in how you copy something.

Huh?

If the "Shouwa 3 Million Dollar Case" went unsolved,

then even if I did the same crime by the same method,

the police wouldn't be able to solve it, either. That's how I thought of doing it.

The stupidity of mankind not learning from its mistakes.

What ever happened to the 3 million?

How do you know Kiriyama-san?

Uh... I am his coworker,

in the same precinct.

Then you never ride in the same car?

We don't drive armored vans, if that's what you mean!

I didn't say anything about armored vans.

Any old car would do.

Won't you please talk to Kiriyama, too?

You know, so that he gives me my stuff back soon.

Well...

Uh...

From the two riding in the armored van,

the police believed the criminal to be a man and, thus, started in the wrong direction.

That woman knew all about that!

Any proof?

Kiriyama interrogated the driver.

And the driver finally confessed:

"It was a woman"!

Why'd he lie?

Kumamoto-san, are you ready for this?

The two in the van were having an affair.

A middle-aged man and a young woman...

He wanted to keep it a secret?

Homerun!

Just for that?

He was afraid of his wife?

Matarai-san, grand slam!

Hold on! The police were thrown off by that?

So that means that woman really did do it?

So it wasn't just a prank.

How'd it go?

The fingerprints on the personal items didn't match the fingerprints on this.

Oh no...

Uh oh...

It's not here! The items are gone!

- Let me through! - I put them in here, right?

Sergeant, Sergeant, Sergeant!

Why are you calling me Sergeant at a time like this?

Because it'll be your responsibility.

Let's look around!

Yeah, look closer!

Get a grip!

Why did it disappear?

Why isn't it here?

Hey, hey! Take a closer look!

Did your husband just get back home?

Quick! Make something up!

I'll be whoever you want.

I'm home!

Daddy, daddy!

Hey there you guys!

Oh, Hiromi-chan. You look cute today!

Let's play!

Welcome back.

Thanks for making my lunch.

Even assuming Satoko Akitsu is the criminal, why would she want her stuff back?

Just to write a book?

But she wouldn't have had the time to steal that box.

I think so, too.

Even so, Kiriyama-kun,

Aren't you just using work as an excuse to meet her again?

What?

You're even eating that same Korokke!

Now that's...

Even her kids like you.

It's not like I asked them to like me.

How old was that boy again?

He said it was almost his birthday.

I think he said he'd be 7.

He even asked me for a birthday present.

Excuse me!

I can't squeeze out of here.

Oh, I'm so sorry! I'll move it right away!

Sorry about this.

We just couldn't find another place to put it.

Let's take it over there.

How am I supposed to get out with that thing in the way?

I'm so sorry!

It'd be impossible!

What?

It's impossible!

What's impossible?

The flare... under the car!

[1 day later]

Kiriyama-kun?

Hey!

He's going to see her again?

IDIOT!!

How'd you lose that?!

It was right there!

He's getting reamed.

He looks pretty pissed.

Of course he's pissed!

The records department won't forgive him.

Mikazuki-kun...

Mikazuki-kun.

Ju... Juumonji-san.

I think I may have really screwed myself this time.

Screwed yourself?

[Heisei 3 Million Dollar Case]

Tha.. That's the box they're looking for!

I thought it might be the key to solving the case.

But that case has already been closed.

Young lady...

This is the first mountain of a case that I ran into.

My pride...

as a detective.

Yabu...Yabuki?

My name's Juumonji, not Yabuki.

Sorry, but I'm not supposed to fall in love with you.

Go ahead! Search the whole house!

If you find it, I'll gladly hang myself.

Then why were you all like, "Gimme my stuff!"?

For my autobiography.

I told you before!

I think you need to stop doubting me.

You won't find that box here!

You should be apologizing to me!

It's my stuff!

Excuse me.

What's up?

Huh? Juumonji-san had it?

Yeah! He even asked for my advice:

"How should I put it back without them noticing?" He said.

He should just apologize and return it.

But you don't know about Juumonji's past!

Juumonji once...

Ho.. Ho.. Hold on!

Sorry, but I gotta go.

You...

They found it.

The police aren't of much use!

Sorry for the trouble.

Mikazuki-san, where were you?

We've got a problem!

Problem? Like I could care!

Everyone!

It seems as though Juumonji-san just borrowed that box for a moment!

Senpai...

What?

Over there.

IDIOT! What the hell were you thinking?

What happened?

Juumonji-san admitted that he did it just now.

That's a man!

I can't bear to look!

Just like George Washington...

when he said, "It was I who cut down the cherry tree."

Well, they have found it, but that doesn't mean I can give it to you yet.

Huh?

Because you're not the criminal.

Why's that?

7 years ago on February 24th,

on the date of that crime,

Oh, sorry...

I mean when YOU stole that 3 million,

how did you get the two out of the van?

I told them there was a bomb on the van.

And in order to convince them you did what?

I climbed under the vehicle and lit a flare.

That's it.

Yeah, that!

What?

You wouldn't have been able to climb underneath the van!

That's because you were already in the end stage of pregnancy.

In order to climb under that vehicle,

the clearance under the van was much too little.

The clearance from the ground was only

about 14 inches (35 cm).

The typical diameter from front to back of a fully pregnant woman is...

Huh?

Who was in my belly at that time?

Tsuyoshi-kun was!

His birthday is February 28, Heisei year 11 (1999).

In other words, he was born 4 days after the time of the crime!

Hiromi, who is Tsuyoshi's mom?

I told you about your big brother, right?

Stepbrother.

That's right! Well done!

His hair is different from the others', right?

So you mean to say you weren't pregnant at that time?

We're home!

See? They're different.

You're here again!

I saw the bike outside, so I knew right away!

Hey, let's play!

[Office Oomiya]

[Natsumi Oomiya]

Ah, hello there!

Natsumi Oomiya was your wife then?

Yep! My wife and Satoko Akitsu

knew each other from an inventors' group, almost best friends.

But my wife got sick and passed away.

It'll be 7 years this fall.

This is the building we built!

Well, actually, it's more like my wife built it for me.

She got a patent on the "Reversible Toothpick" 6 months before she died.

Not only from that inventors' group,

but from all housewives, she became looked at

as a hero, or heroine, I should say.

She had this building made from the royalties on that patent.

That's why it's here.

Ah! THAT toothpick.

Use this side as always,

and this side for the back.

Shall we go?

No, not in there.

Huh?

Now I work in that building.

She's just as pretty as when I last saw her.

So sexy!

Why were you at her place?

She called me to come.

It's been almost 7 years.

She just called out of nowhere.

I was disappointed to find she was already married with kids.

Why'd she call you?

It was about that "Reversible Toothpick" thing.

She said that she invented it and

Natsumi -- my wife --

just applied for the patent with her name.

"Give me the patent!" She says.

That really puts me in a bind.

Why now?

Who knows!

I thought surely it was because she still had feelings for me.

Feelings for you?

There was something between you two?

Well actually...

just once...

Don't tell Natsumi about this.

That goes without saying!

Aw yeah! It looks like time to get it on again!

Wait!

I thought up a new idea for a toothpick.

Will you listen?

Sure, sure. Later, okay?

I was so worried that Natsumi might find out,

and before I knew it, I lost 15 pounds!

- 15 pounds? - Yeah!

You certainly got thinner!

Don't you care about my health?

Not really.

You wanna see some of my inventions I'm trying to patent?

Wait... did you shrink?

Shh...ecret! [Secret Shoes]

Sorry, bad joke.

Secret shoes.

This ended up becoming evidence for the criminal being a man.

Yeah, that's right.

But why do they have this?

Did the criminal take off a shoe at the scene of the crime?

Or maybe they planted it.

To make the police believe a man did it?

I can't think of another reason.

So then that Korokke woman is the real criminal?

Kiriyama-kun,

when you were still a student,

did you ever lie down like this when tired of studying?

And then your mom was like, "Shuuichirou, time for a snack!"

Is that how your family was?

Wait a sec. Mikazuki-kun, why are you here?

What?

Why!

I brought you these things!

Oh, that's right.

Is that right?

I don't think I'll ever be the same again.

Good night!

Huh? Hm? What the...?

Secret secret shoes!

Mikazuki-kun, this is...

I have a favor to ask.

What?

That "reversible toothpick" patent.

Can you check how much was received in royalties from that?

You know, like how much money Oomiya got from that.

Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch!

Have you already begun your autobiography?

I thought that even if you weren't the criminal,

it wouldn't hurt to let you borrow these things.

I received the okay from the police captain as well.

I definitely didn't ask you to let me borrow this.

I told you to return it!

Am I wrong?

Why is that?

Why did you want it back?

What's the reason for wanting this?

[Time Machine]

For my autobiography. Even you said so just now.

Oh, well, I simply said that because

that's what you said.

Huh?

I guess that means I may not believe your reason.

Then what for?

I want to hear that from you.

You are such a pain.

Well, then what if I were to, of my own accord,

say I would give you everything back now?

I would be punished by my superiors for doing something I shouldn't have.

But once I receive my punishment, that would be it.

So why don't you do that?

Just say you returned it of your own accord

and get out of my house.

But I really don't like getting punished.

Because you're a coward?

Yes, I guess so.

But I think men are all the same way.

Just like that Oomiya-san.

Satoko Akitsu...

the 3 million...

the 3 million is already gone.

Huh?

You may think that the Oomiya Building was built from royalties on the "reversible toothpick" patent, but that's not so.

That toothpick didn't sell that much.

Even now, wherever you may go to eat, you won't find it.

Oomiya-san only received about $5,000 at most.

That can't be true.

Natsumi probably lied to you about how much she got from that.

It must have been her way of getting back at you for your betrayal.

She must've have wanted to keep her husband enough to do such a thing to you.

I believe the real criminal was Natsumi-san.

Natsumi-san gave the money to Oomiya stating it was the royalties from her invention.

And then it was used in making that building.

You thought that Natsumi didn't know about the affair, right?

Your affair with Oomiya-san.

She found out.

It's okay. I'll face my punishment.

When I heard of someone losing 15 pounds over stuff like this,

I realized that I'm not that much of a coward after all.

Actually it was Oomiya-san who worried so much about the affair being found out

that he lost 15 pounds.

I'll be going now.

Kiriyama-san...

Huh?

Please, stay for awhile.

Please, take off your shoes.

Oh, good!

I was worried about leaving like this.

This is it, right?

The thing you wanted back.

Even the police never noticed.

Your "winning invention".

Was it not what you expected?

A map to the 3 million should've been in there, right?

While you two were planning a crime

similar to the "Shouwa 3 Million Dollar" crime,

the invention that you two came up with was

the shoe which has a hidden compartment for toothpicks. This gave you the idea.

The criminal will look like a man.

With these shoes left as a clue to the crime.

It'll just look like he dropped it while fleeing the scene.

But the people in the van will see that person's face.

They'll know that it was a woman.

Natsumi, listen to me.

I did some research on that van these past months.

I knew that those two had an affair that they'd like to keep secret.

And then I went on about how men are all cowards.

That's how it always was.

I came up with an idea,

and Natsumi would listen and nod her head.

Natsumi, why don't we try out our invention?

What do you mean?

It'll be a challenge to the cops.

We'll leave a map to the money in the shoes.

If they find it, we lose.

Oh! You two look like you're having fun!

Oomiya-san, what do you think?

We invented it!

You can put toothpicks in the heel!

At that time, Natsumi was already trying to get closer to Oomiya.

And then they got married, right?

That's right.

Right after that, Natsumi registered that patent

for the "reversible toothpick" in her own name.

All she did was listen to my idea.

That's why I tried to get back at her by having that affair.

Only the very end didn't goes as I planned.

This morning...

Natsumi...

An armored van was approached by someone,

and had 3 million in cash stolen.

That's how it always was.

They were all my ideas.

The toothpicks,

the plan to steal the money.

I had no choice but to realize that women like her exist in this world.

But when she actually went through with it

and I thought of what she must've looked like barefoot,

for some reason I felt like I could forgive her.

Sorry for interrupting your fun.

If you want to keep it a secret, you better not tell anyone about this.

Natsumi...

Satoko Akitsu...

This "3 Million Dollar Case" has already been closed.

This is simply what I found out as a result of my hobby.

However, this time I entered the bounds of my real work by involving these personal items.

Please write your autobiography as if you were the real criminal.

I won't tell anybody that you didn't do it.

Here.

Let me just stamp it here.

Please, carry it with you.

Here you are.

"I won't tell anybody"?

You said that you wouldn't be living like this if you had only married a better man.

Do you still feel that way?

You simply couldn't bring yourself to commit that crime.

I feel that has brought happiness to your husband and your kids.

- And then the glass shoe, - And then the glass shoe,

- fit on Cinderella's foot... - fit on Cinderella's foot

- perfectly. - perfectly.

Oh, very good!

We'll be going then.

Kiriyama-san...

Yes? What is it?

If you like, you can take these geta.

They've got a compartment for toothpicks.

Oh, thank you.

Mikazuki-san...

Yes?

I was hard for me to be looked at by you.

Why's that?

Because you're young.

What?! Could you say that one more time?

I said I've done something very bad.

I stole money from the pachinko parlor.

What?!

Hey now!

Hachi-san! Put on a trace at that radio station!

Sure, after we finish these.

Yeah, you're right.

Are they good?

Eh, so so.

How about you Saneie?

Yeah, so so, I guess.

Yeah, right! I see you hoarding three of them over there!

Aren't you gonna try them?

No thanks.

But they're so good!

But everybody just said they're so so.

But you'll never know for sure until you try one yourself.

Maybe you're just in a good mood so they taste better?

What's that supposed to mean?

Wha...?

Hm? What?

What's this?

What's going on there?

For Morosawa!

So she likes guys after all!

Not very good.

Yuck!

You're not gonna eat this?

No thank you.

Then I'm gonna.

Huh? You're okay with that?

You know, it probably has my germs.

It'd go to waste if I didn't!

[When I asked my sister for words that are similar to "fiction", she came up with illusion, dog piss (inu no shon), fashion, chorus (gasshou), Yuzu pepper, Achoo, new talent audition, (too many to list)...]

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