Detective Designated for Assignment (Senryokugai Sosakan / 戦力外捜査官)

Huh?

Oh, so cute.

What? Hey, hold on one moment!

Wow!

Nooooo~!

"Move two match sticks and make this pig turn the other way."

Huh? The other way...

Four!

Five!

Six!

Seven!

Eight!

Again!

Six!

Seven!

- Eight! - Lower your back.

Nine!

Shitara. How long has it been since you were appointed to this 18th squad?

Almost 10 months.

So, 10 months...

Your work during the Kouenji murder case was excellent.

Without you we might not have been able to solve the case.

Thank you very much.

I'm very proud of you.

- Isn't that right director? - That's correct.

So, that brings me to the following.

The thing is that soon we'll get

a career officer at the 18th squad.

A career officer?

A career officer is someone that passed the national civil service examination type 1.

They're candidates for future leaders.

Only those that pass this exam will be able to sprint forward on the career ladder.

They're able to become Superintendent General or Commissioner General of the national police department.

The number of people that are like that are below 0.01% of the total police force.

Those that did not pass this exam are called "non-career officers".

It's said that they can only make it to a certain position on the career ladder no matter how talented they are.

So, this means that an exam you take in university

will decide your future in life.

The difference in speed that a career officer and a non-career officer will make it up the career ladder

is about as different as a shinkansen and a bicycle.

Does it happen that a career officer joins the first investigation division?

Of course it doesn't usually happen.

And on top of that, that inspector wants to be in the field.

Imagine the career officer making a mistake. If that happens, it will mean that we all made a mistake.

They'll say that we were the ones that put a dent in the career

of the career officer with a promising future.

This is how the police organization is.

Listen Shitara.

I'm going to entrust an important task to you.

All right.

Your task is

to not get the career officer involved in the investigations no matter what.

"Not get involved"?

Yes.

This is an order.

My name is Umizuki Chinami, I've been appointed to the first investigation division 18th squad as of today.

Nice to meet you.

She's an inspector and a career officer!?

Um... Inspector Umizuki.

Welcome to the 18th squad. We've been expecting you.

Oh, I might be an inspector but please forget about rank in my case.

Please be tough on me when instructing me as if I'm a rookie.

That's an amazing thing to say.

- Officer Shitara. - Yes.

As of today, Shitara over here, will take care of you.

Please follow the orders of Shitara as the rookie here.

Nice to work with you.

Likewise.

That's all, dismissed.

Oh, all right.

Hello, this is the 18th squad.

All right.

Section chief, a murder has occurred in Oota-ku Kawae-cho. The investigation headquarters is at Oota-west.

- Let's go! - All right!

Hey, Shitara, what's your task again?

Oh, all right...

- Huh? Are you not going? - Inspector Umizuki, please stay here.

Huh? Why?

You're someone that will be in the head position in the police force.

Can you imagine if something might happen to you in the field?

Shitara-san. I don't want to become a career officer that just gives commands.

Let's get back to the office.

The case is taking place in the field.

- You can't! - Huh? Hey...

- Inspector Umizuki! - Um... Huh?

- Where's the entrance again? - You can't go into the field.

Shitara-san, I'm an inspector. What are you?

A regular police officer.

What! You told us to forget about rank.

Oh, you just thought "That's not what you said before".

- Didn't you? - What!?

I'm sorry about that but please take me there.

Please take me into the field as a rookie.

I can't do that.

This in an order from an inspector. Take me there.

Section chief, is that career officer going to be part of the investigation?

Don't be stupid, we won't be able to do our investigation if a princess like that is part of it.

But it's the will of Inspector Umizuki herself, isn't it?

Yes, listen everyone. Think of her as an unusable asset.

- An unusable asset? - Yes.

It's our responsibility if she would make a mistake.

- She's an unusable asset, got it? - Yes!

The victim is Yamashita Tatsuya, 14 years old.

Second year student at Oota-kuritsu Minamigawa-chugaku.

The murder weapon is a gun. One shot to the chest.

The estimated time of death is between 23:00 and 02:00 yesterday.

The murder scene is near to his home. At the moment there aren't any eye witnesses.

The nearby residents are very worried because this is a shocking case

involving the shooting of a middle school student with a gun.

It's expected of us to catch the culprit and to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible.

All members should do their best even more than you already do.

Yes, Sir!

Then, Futaba and Ootomo will talk to the victims family.

Moriyama will go together with Sekigawa and talk to the people in the area

and also to the victims friends.

- Then, we'll close this briefing... - Excuse me.

What should I do?

We're dismissed. Please start with your investigations.

- What? - Yes, Sir.

Oh, one moment... Section chief.

Please let me be part of the investigation.

Inspector Umizuki, please stay put at the headquarters.

I'm also part of the first investigation division 18th squad.

Inspector Umizuki, this is a case that will be covered a lot by the media.

I order the rookie to stay at the headquarters.

Yes, Sir...

- Moriyama. - Yes.

- Shitara! - Yes!

Inspector Umizuki, you told us to forget about rank and treat you as a rookie, right?

Um... Yes...

Then can I ask you to do an important task as a rookie?

Yes.

Shitara-san. This is an important task, right?

It's an important task.

A unclean office means a unclean heart. That's basic knowledge as a officer.

Investigation Report

"Oota-kuritsu Minamikawa Chuugakkou Second Year Student"

Yamashita-kun was very popular and a good student.

Is that so.

You could say that he was the one keeping the class together.

This is a very sad thing that happened.

Yamashita-kun was very keen on studying.

Yesterday we also went to cramming school together.

Yamashita-kun was always smiling... Why did this...

Yamashita-kun always helped me with studying.

Everyone, the gun has a history.

A history?

Yes. It is the gun that was used in the robbery and homicide at "Kaneko Financing".

"Kaneko Financing"?

Do you know about that case?

It's a case that Futaba was in charge of.

Three years ago, three offices of financial businesses were broken in to.

At the second office a security guard got punched and got slightly injured.

At the third office, an employee that was working over time got shot and killed.

Then in the middle of the night a few days later.

A officer spotted a suspicious person by the name of Iga Kazuo and tried to question him.

After he suddenly ran off, he was caught and arrested 30 minutes later

for obstruction of the execution of official duties by an officer, not too far from there.

We found a bag with a ski mask and gloves nearby.

The fingerprints matched that of Iga.

Just when we thought that the case was solved.

He persistently denied that he had anything to do with the murder at the third office.

The method of breaking and entering were all the same.

So, we were sure that Iga was the culprit

but we couldn't find the actual gun where ever we searched.

- From the "Kaneko Financing" case? - Yes.

What about Iga now... Where's Iga Kazuo now?

I looked into it right away. You'll be surprised.

Iga was released on parole two days ago.

Two days ago? So, that means that...

Yes, he was hiding the gun somewhere.

That guy used it right away after getting released.

He's taking us for fools.

Shitara-san, can you solve this?

What is this?

"Move two match sticks and make this pig turn the other way."

We're on the job, are you playing games?

It's training to become a great detective.

What does she think she's saying?

You just thought "What does she think she's saying", didn't you?

What!

Reasoning skills are important.

This is just playing a game.

Then, can you solve this?

Yes, of course I can solve this.

First match stick, second match stick.

There you go, you can't solve it.

It's better to act out these kind of things.

- Act instead of worrying. - "Act instead of worrying"?

That's the essence of Nashin style karate.

So, that's why you do like this...

So, you have to turn it the other way from this position, right?

Not possible.

Turning the other way means that...

it needs to look backwards, right?

- Hey! Stop right there! - Excuse me?

Hold on one moment. Stay like that...

I got it!

What?

You got it?