Babylon (バビロン)

What does...

being a public prosecutor mean to you, Mr. Seizaki?

Why are you asking me all of a sudden?

Well... It's just...

I didn't mean anything by it.

I've just been wanting to hear your answer.

Do you want to become a public prosecutor?

What?

Well... I...

You're serious, right? If you are, then you should work to

become the kind of public prosecutor you yourself want to be.

Yes!

So... what was your answer, Mr. Seizaki?

That goes without saying.

It means upholding justice

and protecting people.

They're going to conclude that it was a suicide

based on the circumstances.

So, Seizaki.

Did Fumio commit suicide?

That's impossible.

He had no reason to.

Fumio was... murdered.

Do you think it's related to Shin Inaba's death?

Definitely.

Seizaki.

You must get to the bottom of this.

However, act even more cautiously than before.

Never act alone.

ATSUHIKO FUMIO

Mr. Morinaga.

Would it be all right if I borrowed this?

Don't lose it.

Yes, sir.

Ms. Emiko Hiramatsu.

I'll be asking you some questions.

Some of these questions may be redundant.

If that happens, then please answer the question with the same response one more time.

Do you understand?

Let's begin.

Is Emiko Hiramatsu your real name?

Mr. Zen Seizaki.

Meaning... "just" and "good."

Is there something wrong with my name?

No.

I just wondered what your parents were thinking about

when they gave you that name.

Please answer the question.

Is Emiko Hiramatsu your real name?

Yes.

SEPTEMBER 22ND 13:06

It looks like a will.

There were no traces of violence in the apartment,

and no fingerprints other than Fumio's.

There's no doubt that Fumio was the only person there that night.

That idiot!

He should have put himself in the investigator's shoes.

That's asking too much of Fumio.

He wasn't the type of guy who'd choose to die himself though.

Let's find whoever did this...

together.

Yeah.

Well then. Let's get to the point.

I've put together the pieces Fumio left behind.

I asked the company that manages the apartment

where that girl Fumio followed lives and got some info on the tenants.

-But... there's something peculiar about this too. -What is it?

The apartment was under the name of a man called Yoshiyuki Fukuyama.

He's a member of a political supporters' group.

In other words, Nomaru's campaign team rented that apartment under the group's name

for that girl to live in.

-You'd think so, but it's not. -It's not?

KAIKA ITSUKI

This man is a member

of Kaika Itsuki's supporters' group.

Hold on!

Itsuki is running against Nomaru in the mayoral election, right?

Does that mean that the girl was living in an apartment rented by Itsuki's team,

and that she was taken out by Ano from Nomaru's team?

That's what it means.

This isn't just a deal for securing votes.

Buying votes with sex. Two suspicious deaths.

The candidates are connected behind the scenes.

This case is perfect for the Special Investigations Team.

Yeah. But we can't follow this girl anymore.

GIRL FROM THE RESTAURANT

If Fumio really was killed by them,

then they might also know about us.

You're right.

I'm sure she's not the only one.

If Ano really is offering women to powerful men,

then I'm sure just one wouldn't be enough.

In fact, he brought another woman with him when he visited the university.

You're right. I'm sure he has other women.

-Let's start from here. -Yes.

NEW WOMAN C

By the way, Mr. Seizaki.

I seized Professor Inaba's computer

from the university.

What's your relationship with Mr. Tomokazu Ano?

-Our relationship? -Yes.

Relationship? Well...

He's an acquaintance of my grandmother.

Have you known him for a long time?

No, not that long.

I met him for the first time when I moved to Tokyo.

It was about two years ago.

Have you been seeing him regularly since then?

He showed me some apartments.

Then he took me out to eat sometimes.

And gave me clothes.

They were all really expensive. I wasn't sure if I should accept.

Do you know why

Mr. Ano was so nice to you?

-Why? -Yes.

Why...?

Maybe it's because I'm his friend's granddaughter.

Let me ask a different question.

Are you living in one of the apartments

he showed you now?

Yes. Mr. Ano owns the room.

He said he doesn't need any rent.

Why does he do so much for you?

Yes. He is a really...

nice person.

Let me ask a different question.

What were you doing

on September 23?

And where were you?

SEPTEMBER 22ND EXTENSION

Yeah. Mr. Mitoni,

I sent the computer to the DF just now. Could you please analyze it?

-I already turned it on. -Thanks for your help.

It's a typical doctor's computer. There's a lot of data from experiments and clinical trials.

INTELLIGENCE ANALYST BEN MITONI

However, there's one data file that's been encrypted with strong encryption.

What is it?

I'm not sure. But a normal doctor wouldn't use this level of security.

Can you crack it?

It'll take some time. Two weeks.

I see.

There's only one week left until the Shiniki mayoral election.

The candidates' political speeches are heating up.

I will develop Shiniki into the second Tokyo.

However, it would be pointless if Shiniki developed the same way as Tokyo did.

Shiniki must realize that it is a new region, just as its name says.

Shiniki should surpass Tokyo as a city...

On the other hand, at Hashimoto Station...

What the new region needs is

the strength of the new generation! Our future rests on the shoulders of the new generation.

ARIYOSHI HANTA

-What's wrong? -Zen. We're making our move tomorrow.

The future will be built by you, not by any political party!

Mr. Ano took me to a hot spring yesterday.

However, Mr. Ano left early.

That's right.

He said something came up at work, so he had to go back to Tokyo.

Did you spend the night alone after that?

No. I was with Mr. Ano's friends

who had come to the same ryokan.

-Regarding them... -Yes?

How many were there? What were their names?

Aren't you going to...

type that in?

How many were there?

Yes. There were three old men.

Let's see... Their names might have been Mr. Ota

and I think... Mr. Kimura?

SEPTEMBER 23RD 13:49

That's the members list for a golf tournament

being held in Hakone today.

It must have been hard to get this.

I looked through the other supporter groups

after the Tokyo Construction Contractors Federation.

Look at the participants.

The Japan Doctors League and the Tokyo Trade Union Confederation.

It's weird, right?

The Doctors League supports the Liberal Justice Party, and the Trade Union to the People's Life Party.

They're playing golf together like friends.

They picked a good location.

We can't get close to them at a golf course.