Devil (Maou / 魔王)

The one who ordered you be dealt with is Noriyoshi-san.

There's nothing but death for you.

We're friends, aren't we!?

No need to worry anymore.

I'm thankful to you. You made me notice it.

There are assault traces, but the cause of death is poisoning by drugs.

Perhaps by potassium cyanide.

Stop making fun of me!

You killed them.

Kumada-san,

Yosuke,

Ikehata,

and Soda!

Open your eyes, Soda!

I won't let you have any more victims.

Hurry up and arrest me.

We found this at the crime scene.

Why was this...?

Going as planned. The potassium cyanide was helpful, too.

No problem with the alibi, either. As it turns out you were in Kyushu.

As expected from a pro.

Please stop it already! Tomo-san.

Everything will end soon.

I want to stop the criminal.

A photo of a man and a woman...

Eh?

It's this person.

You really are innocent. In order to protect Mari-san...

I killed Soda! Please believe me!

I'm the perpetrator!

Are you sure?

Even if the truth

becomes too hard to bear?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Sorry I kept you so late.

I'll take you home.

Excuse me.

You...

know who the criminal is?

You do, don't you.

Do you

hate

him?

I don't know.

He committed those murders

because of me.

11 years ago

if I hadn't done that,

he

would have lived on without causing this incident.

To drive a single person

to this extent

is something that didn't cross my mind back then.

When I think of him

and all those who died,

I wonder what good would abandoning my whole past do.

I...

It's cruel, isn't it?

Not being able to live

without causing so much suffering.

That kind of life is too harsh.

But, I think

it's because of that past

that you're the honest detective you are now.

You...

have suffered enough already.

Not only you,

no one

should suffer anymore.

They mustn't suffer!

If it's for that, then I

will definitely not run away, no matter what I see.

Therefore, detective-san...

don't run away from the truth, please!

Sensei!

Kasai seems to have confessed to murdering Soda.

No problem.

Soon...

his friend is supposed to save him.

What do you want?

Well...

I was just

wondering how you were doing.

Kasai's case is hard, isn't it.

But, a crime is a crime.

As a person, he must redeem his own faults.

Suspicions on Kasai have cleared up.

Eh!?

Aniki...

I'm sorry.

What's the matter? Why are you apologizing?

I have to go.

I'll call again.

Hey!

What did you want to talk about?

Please testify.

That on that night

you were with Kasai.

Please, Mari-san!

I can't!

But...

You're the only one that can save Kasai.

I'm sorry.

Mari-san!

Please.

Tell me the truth.

It was me.

For Mari-san's sake

you plan on becoming a murderer?

Do you know what that would mean?

As a murderer people will talk behind your back for the rest of your life.

It's more painful

if she becomes unhappy because of me.

Naoto.

I'm sorry.

But...

she was essential for me.

Just having her by my side

I could forget anything unpleasant.

To love someone that much

was the first time.

That's why...

I can't

have her life be turned upside down because of me.

If I can't protect her,

my life won't have any meaning.

Please.

Don't drag Mari-san into this!

Please stop making her suffer!

It doesn't matter what happens to me.

Please!

Detective-san.

Where have you been? I've been trying to contact you for hours.

Naoto!

I was at the police department.

Why were you at the police...?

To confirm Kasai's alibi.

I called her.

Why would Mari...?

At the time Soda got murdered

Kasai was with Mari-san.

There was no other way to prove Kasai's innocence!

Don't play with me!

You don't care about me?

- Didn't you think about its effect on me!? - Stop!

- I'm to blame! - Don't touch me!

I'm sorry.

I truly believed

that you'd choose me in the end.

You noticed?

I...

have no right to be with you.

- Therefore... - I won't let you go.

I won't separate from you.

I won't forgive you, but

I have no intention of divorcing you.

But...

Leave.

What's going on?

You did the right thing.

Don't divorce, for now.

You don't know what would be written if this surfaces.

So, my feelings don't matter?

What?

As long as the Serizawa name is protected

my feelings don't matter?

This is the best measure.

You always

took the best solution whenever there was a problem.

Without ever thinking about our feelings or what was going on in our minds.

I...

want to start over with Mari-san.

What foolish things are you saying?

What's the point of supporting a woman that brought you disgrace!?

So I should do like you did, letting mother die without any help?

Thinking about nothing but work

mother never once complained

and died serving you.

Even when she realized she was sick,

in order to avoid troubling you

she died without saying anything to anyone.

You were always right.

You were always absolute.

But you

were never a father!

Do as you please!

I'm at fault, too.

Always worrying about work,

never giving proper attention to Mari.

Speaking of which, even on the day of the incident

I was in Kyushu for work.

Don't overwork yourself.

A president is busy.

Aniki.

Yes?

Do you have any idea who would want to kill Soda?

Why?

Kasai has been cleared, but

we have no clue who killed Soda.