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My name is Kazuo Murakami

I was cornered by the police

and killed.

This is footage taken by coincidence

from the security camera of a parked car.

The body of the girl that got in with him

was found 1 week ago. She's the 6th victim in a series,

Mayuko Anzai, 16 years old.

She was choked to death after being tortured

just like the other 5 victims.

I've investigated under the premise their killer is the same person.

We used the number plate to

track down the owner then used image software to

match his face with the footage.

His name is Kazuo Murakami, 33 years old.

He works at a real estate company.

In his late teens

he was arrested for a charge of attempted rape but

the victim pulled the charges and he has no criminal history.

With this much evidence convicting him should be no problem.

Go get him. Just make sure he doesn't get away.

Wow you guys from the First Division impress me.** - Huh? Even though he's napping?

** First Division deals with really serious, violent crimes like rape and murder.

No it's just...We're going to arrest the killer of 6 people.

There's no way I could nap now.

He's giving you flack. - No that's not it...!

It's no big deal.

When you actually catch murderers most of the time they're just normal people.

If you get scared they'll eat you alive but

Is it really like that...? - Yeah trust me, it is.

Right?

...I guess so.

Who is it?

I'm from the police department,

could I please have some time to talk with you?

The door's open, come in.

There's another one.

Oi...!

What are you doing...!? Oi...

Looks like he wasn't "normal".

I heard you guys were the ones who killed him.

Don't say scary stuff like that.

You were just talking about how to cover it up right?

Look woman...!

Can I look at the other rooms?

What's there to see here?

The personality of the dead person in the living room.

A room tells you everything about its keeper.

So what kind of personality did he have?

He was a control-freak narcissist.

Try opening the closet door, it should be messy inside.

That's the first sign of a narcissist.

They dress everything up on the outside, but the inside is a mess.

Did you notice that the whole apartment is filled with black?

It's because control-freaks typically like the color.

Judging from the body he cut himself without

even thinking twice about it. There's no way a normal

person could cut themselves like that.

But I guess if you're a self-obsessed control freak

who hates being controlled by others it makes sense...

I guess he REALLY didn't want to get arrested.

We agree that it was a suicide then?

Just before he died he said "there's another one",

what do you think that meant? - I didn't hear that.

If you think about it logically

I guess he meant there was one more victim?

He was just playing a final prank on us!

If he was a narcissist that means he was a liar too right?

Well yeah, they're the type of people who would

lie without hesitation to protect their pride.

Ishikawa, I'm not saying that I don't believe you but

there's no way we can move on this without some kind of concrete evidence.

I for one don't believe him at all.

Lately I keep seeing headlines in newspapers like

"Suspect commits suicide due to rough police investigation"

I told you to stop saying scary stuff.

Let's go do some questioning.

...Okay.

You tried to save me right?

To thank you I'll give you a hint.

Check the corners of the room.

Wait a sec!

I bet the bullet in his head is making him do this.

There's 7.

It's hair.

She's still alive too.

If you can find her within 24 hours she'll be saved.

Goodluck!

Where do people go when they die?

I was involved in an incident

where a bullet was shot into my head.

The bullet swerved inside my head

and lodged in between an artery,

miraculously saving my life.

But the operation to remove the bullet is very dangerous

so for now I have to live with it inside me.

And as a result...

I've gained the ability to talk to dead people.

What'd they say?

Nope. The hair wasn't enough to convince them.

But... - None of the hairs had

any roots attached to them.

Which means we can't run DNA tests on them.

You know what else they said?

"they could have all been the killers"

Now that's just ridiculous.

I know that but, this means a gray area's not enough.

We need something more convincing.

If we don't hurry

another person is going to end up dead.

You really think they're still alive?

I don't know for sure but

until a body is found I think we should act under that assumption.

You'll end up running around in circles.

Everything we've discussed so far is hypothetical.

I understand how you feel though.

You're lying about the 7th victim, right?

So you haven't found any more clues yet?

I thought the Japanese police must have been pretty good when

you guys caught me. But maybe I was just unlucky.

If I'd lived and went to court maybe I could've won.

I took her two days ago in the afternoon.

She was skipping school playing games on her

cellphone in a park. She looked really lonely

and after I talked to her she was happy to come along.

You've already killed her right?

Look I've told you, she's still alive.

I had a day off tomorrow and was going to have some fun with her,

so I hid her somewhere no-one would find her.

It's a pretty tight place though

so you better hurry up and find her.

Tell me where she is.

Do you really think I'd TELL you?

I really hate losing.

But I guess I could be really nice and tell you

WHO she was.

Tell me.

Just kidding. I already gave you a hint before.

** Japanese phrase used during/after work

Otsukare-sama desu.**

Otsukare-sama desu. - Otsukare-sama desu.

What?

You just did Murakami right? Did you find anything unusual?

Nothing. He was quite healthy.

He had a really nice skin too. He MUST have been a narcissist.

So what do you want?

There's something I want you to tell me.

Go ahead and ask.

What is the Achilles heal of a control-freak narcissist?

Are you talking about Murakami?

Yeah, I am.

If you look at the 6 victims you should know?

After being slowly tortured they were all

choked and killed.

Why do you think he wanted to instill

so much fear and pain into them?

To show his strength...And pride as a man.

That's right.

I think that the victims

must have done something to hurt his pride

or maybe didn't give him what he wanted.

That was probably why he exerted his dominance over them.

He'd probably fall apart in situations

where he ends up powerless.

Okay...Thanks.

What are you going to do with that information?

Ahh...I was just going to use it in the future...

There's actually one thing I don't understand.

What?

Well like I said before

the killer spent time torturing them beforehand.

Do you really think he could've done that in THAT room?

If any of the victims had shouted his neighbors definitely would've heard.

Plus there's no way he could've

moved the bodies without any one else

seeing him too.

Yeah, you're right.

The killer must have

had some sort of space that he used to commit the crimes.

If there really IS a 7th victim I'd say

she'd probably be there?

So you believe me?

Don't be like that, it's needy.

It's not about me believing you

I'm just saying the chances that theory is correct are high.

He worked at a real estate company,

he could have been using an empty listing for it.

Sounds plausible to me.

And I'm guessing the top

is saying not to pursue it and to wrap things up right?

I hate those sort of cover-ups.

If you need help with anything else just tell me.

The company has over 3500 listings at the moment.

It's way too many.

If there are that many you couldn't go to all of them.

Looks like you'll just have to call the company

in the morning and ask them to do checks.

But even so I'm sure that'd take a long time too.

I guess you'll just have to slowly investigate the killer

and try and narrow the listings down