Tokusou 9: Season 4 (Tokusou Nine: Season 4 / 特捜9 season4)

You did a great job.

You discovered the body first?

You did a great job.

Oh, senior.

The victim is Miyagawa Fumiko-san, 73 years old.

She was a cleaner at Shourei Building.

So she got stabbed in the back.

She was.

Is this the murder weapon?

Right.

I think it was placed here.

The first discoverer?

It was her fellow cleaner who worked in the same building.

Why did you come here in the first place?

She was absent without notice,

even though she was terribly a gadfly here.

I thought I wouldn't be pacified if I didn't say anything.

The key to the front door was locked, wasn't it?

It was.

She lived alone that year.

I'm a bit worried.

Miyagawa-san!

She lives alone because she didn't have a family here, right?

Certainly, she has a daughter who is independent from her.

Her daughter works at an active and famous trading company in the world.

- You're doing a great job. - Job well done.

Senior, it's this photo.

Let me see it.

She's the victim indeed.

I guess she's her daughter.

- But it's strange. - What?

The victim's phone doesn't have her name.

Why is that?

How about the kitchen door?

- It was locked. - I see.

Let me go there for a moment.

- Let me pass. - I'm sorry.

I'll go too...

See this!

What? Okay.

The last number she called was a lawyer.

Yesterday, at 3:40 p.m., Naruse Satomi.

- Oh, I saw it earlier! - What?

It's here.

Naruse Satomi Law Office.

- Sakkun. - Yes.

The window here was locked, right?

It was.

There was no other place one could go in and out.

I see. What about the second floor?

We'll proceed after here.

Keep this for a moment.

I'll do so.

Could the pathway entry be at the second floor?

Senior, where did you go?

Could it be that you're the daughter?

Don't tell me you killed your mother?

It's a checkmate, Harinezumi-kun.

Hedgehog In A Closed Room

The puncture wound's width is 2 cm and depth is 11 cm.

It reached from the back to the heart.

There's no doubt that the murder weapon is the cutting scissors.

Here it is.

Estimated time of death was between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. last night.

Last night, you mean?

Then, I wonder if the daughter was or was not at home that time.

The daughter is socially withdrawn?

- It seems so. - From when?

A lot of effort...

A sticker was placed in the room saying "Don't enter",

and since a 2006 calendar was there...

- 15 years ago! - That's what I would say.

Is she the culprit?

No, we have no idea because we haven't found it yet.

She's in the police hospital with an injured hand.

The entrance was locked.

You were the only one in the house, weren't you?

Are you saying that I killed her?

Isn't it?

Shindo!

Why not?

I killed her because she places carrots in the dinner which I hate.

I killed her because she's clamorous on her work.

Wouldn't that be enough?

I see. We're going back today.

Be sure to eat properly.

We'll bring you a new spoon.

If you don't like hospital food,

we'll prepare something that you can eat next time.

I want mealworm.

What? Mealworm?

Miyagawa Fumiko-san was killed?

She was.

I can't believe it.

Mom.

I'm fine.

Riko, get ready for tomorrow as soon as possible.

I understood.

It's the trial tomorrow, isn't it?

It is.

In fact, Fumiko-san is...

The victim, Miyagawa Fumiko-san, lost her husband early.

Afterwards, she work steadily at an insurance company,

department store basement, and others.

She seemed to raised her only daughter, Yuki-san, on her own.

Because of that, Yuki-san got a job at a major company, Sagizaka Commercial Affairs.

She seems to left home once...

Six years later, she retired from the company,

went back home and became socially withdrawn?

Right.

So why did she quit from the trading company?

Because of the restructuring?

No, we can't confirm that yet.

Fumiko, the mother, is 73 years old and daughter, Yuki, is 43 years old.

A typical 7040.

What? 7040?

Parents in their 70s take care of their 40s who are at home without working.

It's a problem peculiar to modern times.

It's common for an incident to occur in a closed space.

Her confession might have been true, then.

Wait a minute. She personally confessed?

She said she killed her as she places carrots in the dinner which she hates.

Huh?

Come on, that's not a confession.

But you see, only Yuki-san's fingerprint was attached to the scissors, right?

The house's entrance was completely closed,

so who on earth it is if it wasn't her?

Well, that could be the case,

but let's investigate a little more.

It's prejudicial to assume Yuki-san as the culprit now.

By the way, is her injury healed now?

Yes.

But I think I'll have her stay at the police hospital until she settles down.

I got a great information.

What is it?

Know Naruse Satomi, a lawyer?

Yes, she's a commentator on a TV show.

That human rights lawyer?

Right.

According to her, the victim, Fumiko, was an important witness to a trial.

What kind of trial?

Unfair dismissal due to power harassment.

The plaintiff suffered from depression due to the boss's power harassment,

and was unfairly dismissed.

Fumiko-san witnessed the incident.

She was the only witness.

Which means she was killed before the cross-examination?

Yes.

Cross-examination of the witness will start at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.

Tomorrow?

That's really suspicious.

I will go to the hospital where Murase-san is tomorrow.

I'll go with you at the trial.

Really?

But what about Murase-san?

He's doing his best in his rehab.

I see.

What now, Shindo? Want to send an email to him?

What? It would be nice if you sent one.

I hate him!

Shindo, send an email to Murase.

What are you talking about?

You can just send emojis to him!

- He will be happy. - The tension will just go up.

We're going to the victim's workplace.

Then, please do so.

Senior, what about me?

And you will be...

Oh, that's right.

Buy some mealworms.

Gosh, I looked it up online!

It's like a green caterpillar, which I hate the most.

What's wrong?

I mean, to be exact, it's a beetle larva cultivated for live food.

- I hate it! - As expected of you!

Sir, please do so with Shindo.

Roger that. Let's go tomorrow.

I was seriously surprised.

All of this building is owned by an affiliated company,

and we are at the end.

To testify at the trial is to sell the executives of the parent company.

If you get caught, you'll be fired right away!

Which means that Miyagawa-san had a strong sense of justice?

Sense of justice?

No way! Who says so?

She likes money and brags about her daughter.

Hey, what are you looking at?

My daughter.

Through Sagisaki Commercial Affairs, we were able to fly around the world.

A hawk gives birth to a kite.

No, shouldn't it be "A kite gives birth to a hawk"?

You're not educated, I guess.

Don't underestimate me.

More than that, pay back the 150-yen tea I treated you yesterday!

Here it is.

- 150 yen, huh. - Yes, it is.

- I mean, I really paid her back. - Yes, it's true.

I can't believe that she was working to feed her socially withdrawn daughter.

Did she take on the witness stand with the preparedness of becoming unemployed?

I bet she had found another good job.