The first 200 lines.
At that time...
If only I had shared my umbrella with her…
She wouldn't have died.
The past cannot be undone.
"10 April 1995"
Aren't you using too much, Kento?
But on the election result...
Kento, you're using too much!
-Look. -What's that?
And now we have distressing news.
In Setagaya Ward, Tokyo...
An elementary student has gone missing.
The missing is student...
...Ayaka Tashiro, 10, from Setagaya Ward.
She had been missing since parting ways...
...with her classmates when leaving school on the 10th.
It's distressing as she hasn't returned home even into the night...
Keisuke Hashimoto, 25, an employee at a medical equipment company…
...in the city is suspected of kidnapping Ayaka.
An arrest warrant for the suspect has been placed nationwide for…
...his suspected involvement in the kidnapping.
The Police had found Hashimoto's fingerprints on the ransom note....
You're the 5th grade student, right? Can you tell me more?
-Excuse me. -What?
It's a woman.
A woman took her away.
Where's your mother?
We have a lost child here.
Someone come handle him.
"The culprit's a woman!"
Sorry. Sorry.
What's the matter?
What're you doing here?
Hey.
"The culprit's a woman."
-Oyama. -Yes.
They've found a body.
Is it hers?
I don't know. We've just got a report.
At around 8pm on the 12th,
the missing girl who was kidnapped…
Ayaka Tashiro's remains had been found…
...abandoned in the shrubs at the No.1 Ring Road Highway in Setagaya Ward.
The nearby residents have found her and made a report.
Many investigators had been dispatched...
Who do you think is the culprit? "Ayaka's murderer"
Please.
Please.
Please. Please.
Brother!
Brother! He isn't the culprit.
Hey, brother!
Brother!
Everyone, please cooperate.
Everyone, please cooperate.
Everyone, please cooperate. "Arrest that man."
Everyone…
"Tonichi News Paper on April 2010"
"Tokyo Skytree - Tallest in Japan" "7 April 2010"
Ta-daa! We've got a big scoop thanks to you.
Thank you very much.
Eh? Even so…
To think you had sniffed out this man's involvement.
People's actions are unconsciously driven 97% of the time.
Look at this photo.
They had kept a distance while standing straight at that time.
This one's taken 2 months later.
What about it?
Can't you see?
Don't tease me like that!
Can't you see that they're separated from a distance?
But here…
This is another photo taken at the same place.
Look at the person behind…
He looks closer in this one.
He could be unconsciously shifting his distance.
It may look so to some people.
Ah, I see.
Unconscious actions are really scary.
For example…
You, right here, right now had been trying to get…
...details of the next scoop from me.
You had been putting your hand repeatedly in the bag….
...to check on the voice recorder.
Your guilty conscience is showing out.
Didn't I tell you not to record our meeting?
Well, about that...
Aren't you wearing a different watch from last time?
And it's a pretty expensive one.
Well about that....
And your shoes are different, aren't they?
You used to wear worn out sneakers.
But now they're shiny new straight chips.
You must've received a significant reward from this scoop.
And you couldn't forget the taste of honey?
Hey, I only wanted to thank you.
We also agreed that no one knew of our meeting.
Why did you bring your colleagues?
Colleagues?
No, I didn't.
You can't lie to me.
There's no need to get worked up over that.
-I'm Sakurai from Josai Precinct. -Okay, let's hear your story.
Eh? Wait. What?
"Signal" "Cold Case Investigations Unit"
"Unveil the truth behind a kidnapping case 15 years ago"
"A mysterious radio linking the past and present"
You…
...were the officer stationed at the police box in South Yamada, right?
Yes, I am.
An officer is making extra money publishing celebrity scandals?
On the contrary, I don't even get paid for that.
We've received a complaint about a stalker from an actress' agency.
That someone had been frequently stalking her home.
To think that he'd be a police officer.
I just happened to be looking at the stars there.
Don't act silly! What do you think about the police?
That aside….
To think a Section One Detective would investigate something like this…
How strange.
Hey!
-Is this your desk? -Yes.
Investigation Guidelines for Potstands.
You like reading golf magazines and have a file full of name cards.
It's like a businessman's desk.
Sorry about that!
Erika Yabuki's manager's name card should be somewhere in here…
Hey! What're you doing?
Did her agency pay you?
What's that look for?
They only bought me lunch.
This country's cops have no class.
I'd like to charge you for bribery…
...but I'm letting you off the hook for today.
Well then…
Patrolman Saegusa.
You don't make a good cop.
Why don't you change jobs?
Thanks for the advice.
Curse that brat!
"Keisuke Hashimoto"
"13 April 1995"
"3 days since the incident started"
The mother believing the culprit telling her to pay the money…
...and not go to the police. She paid the ransom...
...but in the end, her daughter wasn't released.
Why did her parent acted on her own?
And last night at 11.19pm...
...the girl's body had been found…
...and this morning, her parents had confirmed…
...that the body belonged to Ayaka Tashiro.
The public has no faith in us and the hostage had been murdered.
What on earth are you guys doing?
And what about suspect Hashimoto's whereabouts?
Hashimoto had been absent from work without permission...
...since the 10th, the day the case started.
We have yet to learn of his whereabouts.
As for new information…
When we investigated Hashimoto's credit card history…
...we've learned that he regularly buys women's bags and accessories.
What about the person he's going out with?
We haven't found anyone specific in his workplace.
What? We know nothing after all!
Being unable to track the culprit, looking like this…
First, we arrest the suspect.
Investigate his associates and places he frequents again.
Yes.
All investigators who can are to prioritize this case.
Yes.
-Let's put Hashimoto in our custody! -Yes.
And now for the roles in this investigation.
Starting with from Inspector Kiuchi from Police HQ.
Commissioner Nakamoto.
I believe that it's too early to pin the crime on Hashimoto.
Yes?
I believe that it's unnatural to only find his thumbprint…
...on the bag and the threatening letter.
And also that he only buys women's bags and accessories.
And look at this.
-Commissioner! -Hey, Oyama!
-Commissioner! -I know.
I know. I know.
But let's focus on getting Hashimoto for now.
Is getting promoted that important for you?
Don't you feel the same too, Iwata?
-What do we do about the real culprit? -Oyama.
We're partners for today.
"Keimei University, Forensics Division"
How is it?
The height is from 160cm to 162cm.
It's not him.
I see.
It's another miss.
178cm tall, male.
With traces of surgery on the shoulders.
I'll inform you immediately if I find something.
Thank you.
"15 April 2000"
"Weekly exclusive. 5 years since Ayaka's kidnapping and murder."
Oyama-senpai.
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