Absolute Zero: Special Investigation Unit (絶対零度)

This is the crime scene where the first victim was found.

The bizarre serial murders of women that have been occurring all over the city in the past 2 months.

While the police has devoted more 500 inspectors in total,

they have yet to determine a suspect, and the investigation seems to be making little headway.

Look, a beetle.

Oh, yeah.

It's this way.

The mouth is cruelly sewn up,

the throat slit after torture.

It's the same method as before.

We were able to collect a piece of what we believe to be the suspect's skin.

Also, we also got a slight trace of fingerprint.

Finally, we get our first hard evidence.

Send them over to the crime lab immediately.

Will do.

Victim No. 1, Yaguchi Yoshimi, office worker.

Victim No. 2, Sekiguchi Noriko, housewife.

Victim No. 3, Nakagawa Rie, works for a manufacturer.

The latest victim, Uemura Yoko, works for a bank.

Like the others, except for the fact that she's a woman in the 20's or 30's,

there are no common points at all, including place of residence,

acquaintances, and behavior pattern.

What basis is the criminal using to select the victims?

From the fingerprint and DNA analyses,

a person believed to be the suspect has been identified.

Was there a prior criminal record?

Well...

Are you positive?

Here's the result of the analysis.

The way he keyboards at that speed...

-It's amazing. -I'm finally

starting to master the high tech equipment.

Master, you look pretty darn happy.

You had to teach him day in and day out, huh?

It was sure tough considering his starting point was 0.

Better than starting from a negative point.

Surely, you're not talking about me, are you?

Surely, you don't think it wasn't about you, do you?

Sakuragi, you'll forever be a rookie.

-What? -What's that rebellious look for?

-Nothing. -Come here.

Ow~.

By the way, another woman was murdered, huh?

This is the fourth case. The mouth is sewn up and

the throat slit, right? It's creepy.

Fukazawa's in charge, but it doesn't look like they're making any progress.

Why are you here too, Fukazawa-san?

The suspect of the bizarre serial murder has been identified.

That's good news. But why are you here?

Takebayashi Shou, you're charged with murder and abandonment of corpse. Come with us.

The DNA and fingerprint found at the crime scene

matched Takebayashi's data in the Police personnel database.

The task force determined that Takebayashi is the murderer.

I'm sure my DNA and fingerprint must somehow got mixed in

-with those from the crime scene. -The miniscule piece of skin

found in the victim's nail got in there during a struggle.

Furthermore, the fingerprint was left when the victim's mouth was being sewn.

According to the crime lab, there's no possibility that they were placed there.

It wasn't me.

Hey, you're looking at me like I'm the criminal.

You need an alibi.

Being a member of the police force, you should know the

high admissibility of evidence when the data matches.

Tell us everything you did immediately before the incident.

Yamazaki, you look there. Ootomo, you take the kitchen.

Let me see the investigation file. Takebayashi's my subordinate.

I wish this was some kind of a

mistake too.

During the house search,

a carving knife and a line believed to be used in the crime were found.

In addition, there were several books and DVDs in the room

relating to bizarre crimes.

As the prime suspect of the bizarre women serial murderer

that has shocked the nation,

the special task force has started the interrogation of an analyst

working in scientific criminal investigation for the MPD.

It appears that they have hard evidence that identify him as the murderer.

Now that the information's been leaked, the task force is sure to be in a rush

to get a confession and arrest Takebayashi.

-There's been some kind of a mistake. -But

the evidence points to Takebayashi as the murderer.

Isomura, you're not saying you suspect him, are you?

If Takebayashi's the murderer... He's not the murderer!

Shiraishi-san, calm down. It's just a supposition.

Supposing that Takebayashi-san's the murderer, what's his motive?

Something like bizarre crime is so far removed from him.

We don't know everything about Takebayashi.

Everyone has a hidden side.

Takigawa, you haven't

known him that long. That's why you can say that.

You need to calm down.

I don't want to believe it either.

Asshole.

The blade of the carving knife seized from Takebayashi's residence

matched the wound on the victim's throat.

Furthermore, the nylon fishing line

is the same fishing line that was used in the crime.

His alibi hasn't been established either.

On the contrary, Takebayashi's nowhere on the surveillance camera

at the place he claims to have been at the time of the crime.

Then Takabayashi-san...

There's enough evidence to prosecute him.

To bring closure, upper management's going to bring up mental disorder

and say he's not capable of being held liable.

-That's terrible. -There's not a single suspicious point?

-Just one... -There is, right?

- -

[I was sure I was being followed, and when I turned around,

that guy ran into someone, who started to pick a fight with him.]

2 months ago is around the time of the first murder.

Does he remember that person's characteristics?

Seems he only remembers that it was a man.

Seriously, how can he not remember anything else?

Even if Takebayashi-san's not the murderer, there's all these material evidence.

Does it mean that someone framed him?

Whoever it was could have been following Takebayashi's movement.

Takebayashi bought the carving knife

at a home center and the nylon fishing line

at a major fishing supply store.

Information was gathered by following him around.

But Takebayashi's fingerprint and DNA were found at the crime scene.

What we can do now

is find out if there was a man who was following Takebayashi.

-Excuse me. -Excuse me.

We're looking for a man who was

getting picked on for a fight by a young man on a Sunday 2 months ago.

This guy stepped in to try to stop them.

-I don't know. -I see.

Thank you.

There's just not enough leads.

There's no time to be whining, Isomura.

Let's go.

Check the surveillance cameras from the home center and

fishing supply store and see if Takebayashi was captured.

The rest of us are going to check every last surveillance camera

to see if there was a man following Takebayashi.

I bought the fishing line because my Russian girlfriend from 6 months ago

-wanted to go fishing. -What about this knife?

That I bought to cook a meat dish for my French girlfriend's

birthday 4 months ago.

What about the piles of books about bizarre crime we found in your room?

That's because of my Malaysian girlfriend from 2 months ago...

-Cut the bullshit. -But it's true.

Please believe me.

I really don't know.

I see. Thank you very much.

[The prime suspect of the bizarre serial murder case

who was brought in yesterday

is still denying the crime.

The fact that a member of the MPD may be the murderer

is sending shockwaves throughout the nation.

In addition, people are voicing their criticism towards the police.]

Excuse me, but have you seen this man recently in this area...

How did it go?

We may have to expand the area of inquiry.

Oh, you. Your physiognomy indicates suffering.

What?

Excuse me, but do you always read fortunes here?

I'm usually here on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday.

There's something I'd like to ask you.

Found him.

Me too.

We confirmed what the Master was saying.

[When this man approached them,

the man who was getting picked on for a fight by the young guy quickly ran away].

[I was sure I was being followed, and when I turned around,

that guy ran into someone, who started to pick a fight with him.]

Is the testimony credible?

Seems the man dropped a tie pin when he fled.

Tie pin?

This is it. The woman said she kept it thinking he might come back for it.

-that sells everything, isn't it? -Yes.

So the guy who was following is associated with that site.

As I recall, all the victims were

How do they relate to each other?

Did you see any suspicious man on the surveillance camera?

No one like that was found.

Can you zoom in over here?

Oh, over here too.

A Card?

It's a card you can use at various stores, not just online, right?

As I recall, he uses the card to buy everything

from online music to toilet paper.

Couldn't someone have found out that he bought

-books on bizarre crime? -What if all the data

It's possible to choose which individual to frame.

So someone actually followed Takebayashi around to find out what kind of individual he was.

-There's nothing we can do. -What?

In actuality, he doesn't have an alibi either. All the material evidence is on hand.

It's not just because we want to save Takabayashi-san.

But if there's some kind of trickery involved,

the same crime will occur again.

The path is already clear for his arrest and prosecution.

We can't conduct an investigation on the possibility that he may be innocent.

-However... -We, as the undercover squad, can act on it.

The time limit to make the arrest is 4 days from today.

A young politician and an entertainer will announce their marriage.

The police will make the announcement at that time

to minimize the damage to the image that its staff member was the bizarre criminal.

As an organization, that decision doesn't surprise me.