Silent Truth (再会～Silent Truth～)

Your son shoplifted from my store.

That is,

if you show me your sincerity.

Manager.

Twenty-three years ago, within this jurisdiction,

there was a robbery of an armored cash transport vehicle

belonging to the Mitsuba branch of the Yamato Trust Bank.

The culprit, Nobukazu Oshima,

stole 30 million yen in cash

and fled to a forest five kilometers away.

He had an encounter with Officer Kiyohara.

There,

he and Officer Kiyohara shot each other, and both died.

It's believed that Oshima's accomplice

took the 30 million yen and Officer Kiyohara's gun,

but the 30 million yen and the gun

were never found and their whereabouts are still unknown.

We thought we had

hidden that gun away with the crime that the four of us committed

when we were in elementary school.

But…

The gun that was lost 23 years ago

was used in the recent incident,

which is a very serious matter.

That gun brought forth our reunion.

There are 14 security cameras installed throughout the store,

and all of the footage is recorded here.

Where is the recorded footage stored?

In the computer over here.

Please show me the footage from January 16th.

January 16th.

Here it is.

Detective Tobina, what is camera number 14 filming?

Inside the store from the back.

It's the snack aisle.

Just as I thought.

Friday's footage from camera number 14 is the only one that's missing.

I wonder if the footage

contained something that was inconvenient for someone?

Ms. Makiko Iwamoto

is clearly lying.

May I see the footage from January 17th?

Yes, ma'am.

Footage from camera 14 is here.

Ms. Nara, why do you say that Ms. Makiko Iwamoto is lying?

She said that on Friday, the day before the incident,

she came to this supermarket to give her son his wallet.

My son called me to say he had lost his wallet,

so I went to give him some money.

Your son called you on his smartphone?

No, he doesn't have a smartphone.

How did her son, who doesn't own a smartphone,

manage to contact her?

A payphone?

Where's the payphone?

There are no payphones in this supermarket or anywhere nearby,

and besides, how can he make a call at a payphone without his wallet or money?

You're right.

He might have used the landline here at the supermarket.

I'll request the call records.

No need to request it.

The call records should be arriving soon.

Ms. Nara, we received the phone call records from the supermarket.

Please hand them to Detective Tobina.

Yes.

Come in.

There's a record of a call from the office at Smile Sakuma to Ms. Iwamoto's salon.

Here it is.

- Is that right? - Yes.

That doesn't necessarily mean that her son was the caller.

Right.

Hello?

Makiko?

- Junichi? - Yeah.

What's up?

Um…

Oh,

am I being called to the station again?

No.

Can we talk privately?

When?

Today, if possible?

Okay.

Come to my shop. I'm available all day.

I want to talk about the day before the incident.

Sure. Friday?

Yeah.

You said you went to the supermarket after getting a call from your son.

Yeah.

Do you know where your son called from?

From the supermarket, I guess.

Which phone did he use?

I don't know exactly where,

but probably a phone in the store's office or something.

Not a payphone?

He couldn't have used a payphone since he didn't have his wallet.

Right.

Wait, am I a suspect?

No.

It's not like that.

But you're here as a detective, right?

There's no need for you to worry.

It's all good.

Oh really?

Sorry to take up your time.

Since you're already here,

I'll cut your hair.

- Now? - Yeah.

But I'm on duty.

No one would even notice.

They will if I return with a cleanly trimmed hairstyle.

I won't give you a cleanly trimmed hairstyle.

I'll give you a really unique, and edgy hairstyle.

That'll be even more obvious.

Junichi,

you're my childhood friend, so I'll only charge you 100,000 yen.

That's too expensive.

100,000 is insane.

It's only natural to help each other out.

- We're childhood friends after all. - You're serious?

I sometimes cut Naoto's hair too.

- Is that right? - Yeah.

He brings me cake every time he comes.

Mont Blanc?

What?

You remember that I like Mont Blanc?

Yeah…

It came to me just now.

Then do you remember that as well?

That?

When you tried to kiss me.

Have you kissed anyone before?

What?

By the way,

I haven't cut Keisuke's hair

since we divorced four years ago.

Oh, it's not like we broke up because we hated each other or anything.

I see.

We moved to my current house after we got married.

Keisuke was working at an architectural firm in Yokohama,

but he started a new firm in Tokyo with a senior colleague.

He got so busy that he wasn't able to come back here very often,

so he suggested that we move to Tokyo.

He said we could sell the current house, buy an apartment in Tokyo,

and find a tenant for this shop.

But I had regular clients here,

and there was also the matter of Masaki.

Ever since elementary school,

he set his sights on Hamadai Middle School in Yokohama,

and he'd been attending cram school too.

In the end, neither of us would compromise,

and couldn't reach an agreement,

so we decided to divorce.

I see.

What about you, Junichi?

Are you married?

- No. - You have a girlfriend?

Yeah.

You do, huh?

Hey, can the four of us get together sometime?

- You're changing the subject. - That's not it.

I want the four of us to get together.

Sounds good. When?

Tomorrow.

That's short notice.

Naoto's older brother's wake is tomorrow.

I'm planning to go, but what about you, Makiko?

That's tomorrow, huh?

Yeah.

Apparently it's a quiet event for just family members.

I see.

Let's all go.

Can you tell Keisuke too?

Okay.

Come get a haircut again any time.

Okay.

- Then see you tomorrow. - Okay, see you.

Bye.

You're back early.

What's the matter?

Hey there.

Welcome home.

I have to leave right away.

I just came to get a change of clothes.

What?

Tomorrow, I have a meeting and a wake in Mitsuba,

so I'll be staying there starting tonight.

It's for work, right?

You've been going to Mitsuba a lot lately

and of course, I know it's for work, but…

Are you worried about Makiko and me?

The only time Makiko and I meet up is when it concerns our son Masaki.

Yeah.

Sorry for making you worry.

How are you feeling?

I'm okay.

This little one is kicking a lot.

It's a healthy baby.

Junichi came to confirm my story.

You were able to handle it?