Silent Parade (沈黙のパレード)

Next up is entry 14!

Take it away, Namiki Saori!

"Singing Contest"

I'm sorry. Can I start over?

I'm sorry. -As many times as you need!

I'm sorry.

Good girl, Saori!

Thanks, Shu.

No worries -Sorry, Shusaku.

You should be! Just kidding.

Saori! -Come, Saori!

Wait -Just take it!

Got it. Say.....

"Cheese!"

You're the best, Saori!

You should read this.

Is it good? -It's for your future.

Love comes when you least expect it!

Saori's first date.

Will you think about it?

That's amazing, sis!

Saori is a very talented girl.

You'll never be a singer! -Why not?

Never say "never" Yutaro.

Professor Niikura says she has talent.....

Shut up, Natsumi! -You shut up, Yutaro!

Why? She's my daughter!

Stop it, both of you! -Saori wants to give it a shot.

Wait until you graduate high school.

Good!

We can touch it up.

Pay attention to the flow.

The take is good enough to me. -Same here.

I don't want her debut song to be a college work.

It's just a demo tape!

Rock, paper, scissors!

Cho-co-late.....

Namiki Saori had a bright future.

But she disappeared...

...around 8:00 pm on March 29, 2019.

That was 3 years ago.

On the 2nd of this month in Shizuoka Prefecture, Makinohara...

...there was an arson case.

Bones found among the ashes...

...are now confirmed to be Namiki Saori's.

Why her body was found in Shizuoka...

...200 km from her home in Kikuno City, Tokyo, remains unclear.

The autopsy confirmed a large gash...

...on the back of her skull.

Her death wasn't caused by fire...

...but a brain contusion from some kind of blunt force.

She was probably dead before the fire started.

Another body was found at the scene.

Hasunuma Yoshie, age 83...

...occupant of the house set on fire.

Her death was prior to Saori's...

...and her body was abandoned there.

More importantly, we discovered that Yoshie's son...

...was living in Saori's hometown...

...at the time of her disappearance.

His name.....

Sorry I'm late.

I know you're busy.

It's fine. But why me?

Go on. -Sir.

Hasunuma Kanichi, age 50...

...lives in Edogawa, Tokyo...

...but his current whereabouts are unknown.

Kusanagi!

Mr. Kusanagi!

Fifteen years ago, On May 12, 2007...

...a 12-year-old girl named Motohashi Yuna...

...disappeared in Adachi, Tokyo.

Her body was found in Okutama...

...four years later.

Abduction, murder, corpse mutilation and abandonment.....

The suspect that emerged during the investigation was...

...Hasunuma Kanichi, a worker at Yuna's father's factory.

But as three years had passed...

...the only crime he could be tried for was murder.

But Hasunuma...

...remained silent.

Totally silent? So you couldn't charge him?

I did. But he maintained his silence.

Even on the stand.

The whole time? -Didn't answer one question.

The composition of the dirt where Yuna's bones were buried.....

In both trials, he was found "not guilty."

The prosecution gave up.

He was awarded over 10 million yen...

...for damages and legal expenses.

Ten million yen?

But those who had an even harder time accepting this verdict...

...was Yuna's family.

Case dismissed.

The accused is "not guilty."

Yuna's mother, Motohashi Yumiko...

...took her own life.

And now, Hasunuma Kanichi...

...is back.

Excuse me. We found Hasunuma Kanichi.

Let's go.

.Three years ago...

...you killed Saori and hid her body in your home in Shizuoka."

"Isn't that right?"

Give it up, Hasunuma.

We found blood stains on your work clothes...

...at your apartment in Edogawa.

Chief.

Take a photo.

These are your work clothes, right?

They match Namiki Saori's DNA.

I see you got promoted?

What?

Last time you were there,...

...Mr. Kusanagi.

What about this time?

"Silent Parade"

I'm home!

Professor Yukawa?

Sorry to call you out of the blue.

"It's been a while."

"What are you doing?"

I was fascinated by the motion of these soap bubbles.

I thought maybe...

...it's the paramagnetism of the gas inside.

But it's probably the ambient air.

I thought you didn't like kids.

Just not my thing.

Right.....

Why Kikuno?

I've been researching superconductivity...

...at a lab here for a while.

Superconductivity?

Yes. Superconductivity...

...is when electrical resistance vanishes...

...and results in the Meissner effect.

The room temperature of super..... -I don't need to know.

Sorry.

So what is it? Your email was quite vague.

We have a case.

Namikiya's eldest daughter disappeared three years ago and...

...was found as a corpse 23 days ago...

...at the home of Hasunuma's parents.

What's more, Hasunuma lived in Kikuno when she disappeared.

They had contact.

May I take these? -Pour for me!

Please stop!

What are you doing?

I'm a paying customer.

We don't want your money.

Get lost!

Hey!

Saori disappeared a little over a month afterwards.

Her body was found three years later...

...and Hasunuma was brought in.

But no matter how much evidence Mr. Kusanagi presented...

...or how hard he interrogated him.

Hasunuma didn't say a word.

Once again, he clammed up and was released.

Prosecutors say an indictment is unlikely.

Yuna's case 15 years ago made them cautious.

He was released?

For now, yes. But we'll keep.....

Can this...

...be happening?

Officer! You mean.....

Are you telling me that man won't be accused?

Hasunuma's father was a detective.

Back then, securing a confession was everything.

Maybe he bragged...

...that he got a suspect to confess.

I think Hasunuma learned from him...

...that if you remain silent, you won't be charged.

If so...

...one could say that the police...

...have created a monster.

The police created.....

Don't say that to Mr. Kusanagi!

He already blames himself.

He believes that Saori would still be alive now...

...if he indicted Hasunuma in Motohashi Yuna's case.

He should be back soon.

He feels responsible for this crime?

Yes.

I don't know why...

...but Hasunuma returned to Kikuno after being released.

Until three years ago...

...he worked for a recycled goods company there.

He moved in with an ex-colleague...

...who still lives in their storage unit.

Even a monster has friends.

Will you help us, Professor Yukawa?

I don't see how a physicist could possibly help in this case.

Maybe so.....

What do you want from me?

Does Kusanagi know you came to see me?

No. -So this is all your doing.

Kusanagi never asked you.

But you and Mr. Kusanagi are..... -This is police business.