Kurokouchi (クロコーチ)

December 1968

In the course of the investigation

of the 300-million yen robbery which occurred

45 years ago on December 10, 1968,

one youth surfaced as a suspect.

Alias "Youth S."

He's 19 years old.

A former student at National Defense Academy originally from Tachikawa,

he's familiar with the area where the crime occurred, and

due to the fact that he doesn't have a clear alibi,

he will be questioned as a person of interest.

However, in view of the fact that his father is an active police officer,

this matter will be handled with strict secrecy.

The investigation headquarters commenced its investigation in order to

interrogate Youth S covertly.

However, amidst all this,

Youth S mysteriously committed suicide.

With his death, the link between Youth S and the 300-million yen robbery was severed.

Effectively,

he was removed from the subject of investigation.

The 300-million yen robbery

remains unsolved to this day.

An incident occurred in which a police officer was shot.

The police officer who was shot was transported to a hospital, but

he remains unconscious in serious condition.

November 21, 2013

The police is putting forward every effort to...

What do we do now?

Kurokouchi's still alive.

Well...

what shall we do?

Light.

Suction.

Forceps.

No suspicious individual has been picked up yet from the emergency alert.

Kurokouchi-kun is undergoing surgery and

his condition is still unknown...

Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau General Administration

Please go in.

Thank you.

Take this.

I think you'll soon find out.

The whole story behind

the 300 million yen and Sakura Fubuki Association.

Excuse me...

How is Kurokouchi-san's condition?

May I ask who you are?

I'm in charge of general affairs at MPD. My name is Takahashi.

I'm a personal friend of Kurokouchi-san.

I couldn't stop worrying.

Well, he's still...

Sensei. How is Kurokouchi?

The bullet apparently didn't reach his internal organs thanks to this wallet.

His life isn't in danger so you can put your mind at ease.

Thank you.

So it didn't work.

Well, I'll come again some other day.

I got word that Kurokouchi survived.

Then, there's something I want you to convey to Takahashi-san.

Yes, I'll make sure it's taken care of.

Please give my regards to Sawatari-san. Yes.

Thank you.

Kurokouchi-san.

Did he just smile?

Police Officer Shooting Investigation Headquarters

Ballistic analysis of the bullet that hit Assistant Inspector Kurokouchi

showed that a 38-caliber handgun was used in the crime.

A comparison was made of the rifle mark, but

there was no corresponding handgun with a prior record.

What does the Second Division have to say?

They said there's countless number of people who bear a grudge against Assistant Inspector Kurokouchi.

It would take a considerable amount of time to narrow down the suspects

from that angle.

Goddammit! A police officer was shot!

Tell them to hurry.

Moving on to the inquiries made in the vicinity of the scene...

At the time of the crime yesterday,

a suspicious man on a bicycle was witnessed near the scene.

Age is late 20's to early 30's, wearing a baseball cap...

- Excuse me! - W-w-what?!

The suspect turned himself in.

The suspect...turned himself in?

He said this is the gun he used.

Send it on to the lab right away.

Hotei-kun, take him to the interrogation room.

We'll take him from here.

Let's go.

So, why did he shoot Kurokouchi?

Well, that's...

Sounds like the detective who was shot yesterday survived.

Yes.

I'll be conducting the interrogation by myself again today.

He seems to find it easier to talk that way.

All right.

Sawatari is involved in a criminal organization.

Find out the whole story behind it.

The problem

is that detective, right?

Yo...

Seike-san,

how you doing?

Kurokouchi-san...

They said this is what saved you.

As they say...

money is everything.

So, what's happening with my investigation?

Actually,

the suspect turned himself in a short while ago.

Figures.

- And? - The suspect

is a member of a large gang conglomerate, Akaba-gumi,

Sano Mitsuru.

Akaba-gumi, huh?

However,

during the interrogation...

Are you saying you're not acquainted with Assistant Inspector Kurokouchi?

Not at all.

He's testifying that he was intending to shoot an executive member of a rival gang,

but mistook Kurokouchi-san for him and shot you.

Even though our eyes met when he shot me?

He probably turned himself in

to hide the real motive.

The real motive?

Well, I guess I did stir things up too much.

That's probably why Echigo and Sawatari joined hands.

Does that mean Echigo-san asked Sawatari-san to have you killed?

Through Sakura Fubuki Association

that Sawatari belongs to.

Anyway, one thing's clear now.

Akaba-gumi, to which Sano belongs, and

Sakura Fubuki Association

are connected.

Cor~rect.

What are you doing?!

G-gotta go investigate Akaba-gumi...

You can't go now.

Takahashi-san from General Affairs was worrying about you too.

He even rushed over to the hospital last night.

Takahashi-san rushed over?

Did you know? That Takahashi-san's from the Public Security Bureau

and he was Yakushiji-san's friend.

In fact, he invited me to go drinking

before I was shot.

- Before you were shot? - Oh,

that's right. Seike-san,

can you go see Hatakeyama Sensei?

You mean Hatakeyama Sensei

of the House of Representatives?

He knows a lot about yakuza-related matters.

I'm saying that

if we trace Akaba-gumi's path,

we can track down Sakura Fubuki Association.

If we're lucky, the 300-million yen incident too.

Uh...can I ask you one question?

I've been meaning to ask you, but

what is your final objective?

Are you trying to do something by

investigating Sakura Fubuki Association?

Or

are you trying to find the whereabouts of the 300 million yen

to make it your own?

That and

the truth behind the 300-million yen robbery is what I want to ask the perpetrator.

Are you saying that the perpetrator is still alive?

We'll find that out when the true identity of

Sakura Fubuki Association is exposed.

True identity of Sakura Fubuki Association...

Actually,

speaking of true identity,

there's more.

All kinds of true identities.

Kurokouchi-san.

I'm okay, so

H-Hatakeyama Sensei...

H-hurry!

Go see Hatakeyama Sensei, right? Got it!

This isn't what you promised.

Kurokouchi is still alive.

You're the one who said you'd take care of him.

I'll keep my promise.

So

please proceed with the re-evaluation

of the gun that supposedly has my fingerprints.

I've never actually touched it.

Excuse me.

I, Ayakawa Shinnosuke,

10 years ago,

in order to cover up the window-dressing of company accounts...

Hello.

Did you get it?

My present to you.

You know, I'm really bummed.

Thanks to someone,

I got a hole in my boob.

I'm feeling a draft, you know.

What do you want me to do?

Why don't you side with me?

If you want to

continue being a prosecutor of spotless integrity, that is.

Think about it real carefully.