My Family (Maifamiri / マイファミリー)

I have kidnapped again. It's Misaki Akutsu.

Pay a ransom of one billion yen.

One billion?

Haruto Narusawa is hiding something from the police.

That's money.

He might be involved in even more kidnappings.

The kidnapper wants risk-free kidnappings where the police aren't involved.

Why?

MICHIRU MISSED CALLS

Haruto! Are you hurt?

I'm fine.

What about Tomoka?

I got our parents to go pick her up.

We used the GPS to find you. What happened here?

I think...

I was hit with a stun gun.

Where's Misaki?

She wasn't here.

Misaki...

Misaki!

-Misaki! -Eri! Calm down!

Eri!

Where do you think Misaki could be?

I don't know.

It's all because of my pointless meddling because I doubted you, Mr. Narusawa...

It wasn't pointless. I got a look at the kidnapper's face.

Then let's go to the police.

If we go to the police, it'll put Misaki in danger.

How can you say that now?

They work for me.

The kidnapper

works for my company.

HARUKANA

Ms. Suzuma's employee file?

I need her address. Send it right away.

That's personal information. I'd rather you came to the office--

I need her address!

Send it right this minute!

Okay.

You're looking into this Ms. Suzuma?

Yes.

Then let me go with you.

No way! You're pregnant. What if--

It's dangerous for you too, Haruto.

I'll go with you.

Michiru.

Take care of Tomoka. Contact Todo and Miwa.

Explain the situation to them and get their help.

But I thought we shouldn't tell anyone.

I think that promise has already been broken,

and those two people I just mentioned

are my friends who helped us during Tomoka's kidnapping.

They can be trusted.

AYA SUZUMA

CO-OP YOKOMINE 105 8-10-16 NAGAYAMA, TAMA, TOKYO

This is the place.

Yes? Who is it?

Is Aya Suzuma there?

Well... Isn't this where Aya Suzuma lives?

No, it's not.

Oh, I'm sorry. I thought this is where she lives.

Oh, did you just move in here?

Excuse me?

Misaki!

-Hey! Cut that out! -Mr. Akutsu!

-Wait! Misa... Let me see her! -I'll call the cops! Get out!

-Honey, call the cops! -Let me see her!

-Wait! -Oh, I'm very sorry!

NAKAHARA

I guess she faked her address when she was hired.

Considering Suzuma's skills, she could have easily altered her records.

AYA SUZUMA

Ribbit!

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Who is this Suzuma person? Is she a member of some criminal group?

I don't know. But...

the person who attacked me

wasn't her.

You mean, she has an accomplice?

Just before I was attacked, Suzuma was there right in front of me.

I'm sure she has an accomplice.

When did you hire Ms. Suzuma?

I think it was about six months before Tomoka's kidnapping.

They've been preparing that far in advance?

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HARUKANA

FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE RIBBIT WALKER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

What's that plaque the bug was in?

The employees gave it to me when I published my book.

It was Kanako who had it made though.

So it was Ms. Tatewaki who planted the bug?

No.

Suzuma could have planted it later.

Oh, Mr. Akutsu?

What brings you here at this hour?

Oh, I was looking into Suzuma.

And you?

A U.S. food manufacturer wants to collaborate with us on Dungeon Table.

I was working on setting that up.

Has something happened to Ms. Suzuma?

I want to find out all we can about her.

Oh, can you open her locker? You've got the keys, right?

What? I can't just open it up.

Actually, Ms. Suzuma might have

leaked the Harukana user info to a foreign game company.

That's what we discovered when examining Ms. Suzuma's account with NEX Holdings.

Mr. Akutsu asked me to look into it.

I want to see her personal computer.

This could affect the fate of this company.

Please.

SUZUMA

Did Suzuma come to work today?

No, I don't think so.

Sorry to bother you while you're working late.

Call me if you learn anything about Suzuma.

Okay.

Where are you going?

Suzuma saw me today in the middle of the day.

Someone must have taken everything out of her locker after that.

These are the videos of the lockers on the south side of the eighth floor.

-Play it from there. -Okay.

Wait, please. We can't be sure Tatewaki's the kidnapper.

She is!

Ms. Tatewaki and Ms. Suzuma are in cahoots.

When you called Ms. Tatewaki, she quickly hid the evidence.

Wait. Even if that's true,

if we confront Tatewaki, there's no way she'll tell you the truth.

She could have accomplices.

Are you protecting her because you work together?

I'm doing it for Misaki.

At any rate,

let's wait until the handoff tomorrow.

And if they don't call?

Then I'll go and tell the police.

I'll wait until 10 a.m. tomorrow. However, I want Ms. Tatewaki monitored.

Oh, what's wrong?

Say, have you seen my phone?

No.

-Well... -Yes?

-Could you call it for me? -What? You're so helpless.

-Oh, sorry. I found it. Thanks. -Thank goodness.

-Night. -Good night.

Tell Michiru I look forward to seeing her at tomorrow's recipe meeting.

Okay.

HARUKANA

KANAKO TATEWAKI HARUKANA ONLINE GAMES HEADQUARTERS

Share her location with me too.

If we notice anything fishy, let's contact each other.

Okay.

Oh, did you tell those two?

What happened with Ms. Suzuma?

I'll tell you later.

-There. -I'm home.

-Hi! -Welcome home.

Look, Dad. These are the pancakes I made for Dungeon Table.

Ta-da! Ribbit!

-Awesome! You got Rank A! -All right!

-Whoa! -Todo got Rank S.

Really?

-Isn't that amazing? -Whoa...

You know, it's kind of cool getting your cooking evaluated.

-What about yours, Miwa? -What?

Here it comes.

Ta-da! Ribbit!

Rank C!

What a lame game.

-It is not a lame game. -What?

Look at that! It's no wonder you got that.

-Those colors are crazy. -Oh, man!

They are not crazy. Yours is crazy.

What's that on it anyway?

This is 11:05 a.m. on April 14.

We believe it's just after Yuzuki was rescued.

Have you identified where she was held?

We got Mr. Kusakabe's permission to check the N-System traffic records.

Haruto Narusawa's car and Miwa's rental car

passed through Fujisawa Interchange at 7:40 a.m.

They exited at Oisohigashi Interchange at 8:30 a.m.

We don't know where they went after that.

There's no doubt that there was a kidnapping.

So the kidnapper got the ransom completely risk-free?

As you know Chief,

kidnappings for ransom have dropped drastically since the 90s.

However, in the last few years,

some criminals have developed more sophisticated ways of kidnapping.

The kidnapper's aim

is to make it so that the police aren't involved from the start.

And they're having Haruto Narusawa and others work as their partners?

We can't overlook that Haruto Narusawa could be the ringleader.

The kidnapper has tasted success,

so they're sure to plan another kidnapping.

Allow me to follow the movements of Haruto Narusawa and the others.

Keep it to a minimum.

Make sure it doesn't interfere with your other work.

Don't let them spot you.

Roger.

So basically, the kidnapper gave you this money and kidnapped Misaki.

You tailed the kidnapper, got hit by a stun gun, saw Ms. Suzuma,

and now you think Kanako could be a suspect, right?

-Okay. I know who the culprit is. -Really?