Tokubou Keisatsucho Tokushu Bohanka (Moral Influence National Police Agency Special Crime Prevention Section / トクボウ 警察庁特殊防犯課)

National Police Agency Special Crime Prevention Section, Inspector Asakura Souhei

Stop!

Please!

Special Crime Prevention Section Senior Superindentant Kanou Miyuki

Asakura-kun, coffee.

I want some coffee!

Certainly!

Right away.

The location is South Ikebukuro in Toshima Ward, so I'll be arriving there shortly.

Make sure you're polite to the local cops.

You're bugging the Tokyo Metro Police again?

Yes.

National Police Agency

Tokyo Metropolitan Police

Without it, we don't get any information.

That's the right attitude.

Whether it's the public or the National Police Agency,

everyone is equal when they're being bugged.

So did you hear any good information?

Date-kun is coming back from America.

Date, the Date?

The Date whom you know very well, Date Tetsuto.

It seems he's returning after training with the FBI.

He's proudly heading for the scene of a crime to showcase his new profiling skills.

Here you are.

No thanks.

But...

Instead of wasting time making coffee, why don't you get to work?

The public and the National Police Agency are equal before the Special Crime Prevention Section.

The subjects of corrective enforcement.

Asakura shall return.

Date Tetsuto...

Community Safety Bureau, National Police Agency

I wanna die.

The scum of society that prowl under cover of darkness,

can be encouraged to reform.

Corrective Enforcement.

And there is a department solely responsible for everything from judgment to execution.

That's...

...the National Police Agency Special Crime Prevention Section.

Or "Tokubou" for short.

Tokubou

Oh, boy...

Episode 4

Is something wrong?

An inspector with headquarters, section 1, just back from the FBI, is on his way here.

Metropolitan Police Department, Toshima Police Station Officer Tsuji Keiichi

Another inspector?

Do you remember the slaying of a family of four in Adachi Ward three years ago?

Yes. There was an uproar when a suspect was arrested but escaped.

That's right.

And this guy is the legend who pinpointed the fugitive's location in no time flat.

That's incredible.

You talk to him.

Okay.

So, did you get anything here?

What do we have?

Apparently, the cause of death was strangulation.

Both arms were tied, causing dislocated shoulders,

and she was sexually assaulted.

Also...

We found her cell phone and wallet, but there's no cash or credit cards.

I suppose it was a robbery?

I can't see this being simple robbery.

Why not?

Do you normally tie someone so tightly it dislocates their shoulders?

And her face has been punched repeatedly.

Maybe the suspect had a grudge against the victim.

Not quite.

I'm Date from headquarters.

Inspector Date!

We've been awaiting your arrival!

"Not a simple robbery" is a very good deduction.

Thank you.

But the idea that there was a grudge is not quite right.

Um... Then what was the motive?

This is...

...a lust murder.

Lust murder?

As expected, my profiling was correct.

Please look over here.

The way she was tied up is too specialized for a grudge.

From this, we can deduce that the perp has sadistic sexual desires.

sadistic sexual desires

He can't stop his own S/M desires and obsessions.

This type of murder has two patterns: ordered and chaotic.

ordered

chaotic

This perp took his time, assaulted the victim, and subjugated her.

And the fact that he brought a rope...

...allows us to deduce he is the ordered type.

Amazing!

Did she have any jewelry, like a ring?

Yes!

It's small, but it's a real diamond.

I can definitely say the perp would not have left this if robbery was the motive.

He tried to make his deviant crime look like a robbery.

Messing up the room,

and stealing cash and credit cards from her wallet are just to a camouflage.

Cheap tricks to hide his own desires are exposed...

...as nonsense in the face of my profiling.

Yes!

What's your name?

I'm Officer Tsuji Keiichi.

Tsuji-kun, eh? I'll remember that.

Thank you!

Inspector Date!

We've been awaiting your arrival.

This way.

Coffee, no sugar.

Sure.

Asakura-san!

Tsuji-kun... You're late!

Were you trying to make me die of boredom?

I'm a little busy, so I can't help you.

Wow, Asakura-kun!

If it isn't Asakura-kun!

Long time no see!

I trust Kanou-san is doing well.

Please, let go of me.

I bet Kanou-san is as beautiful as ever!

Don't touch me.

Um, you two know each other?

Know each other? We've been together since we were yay-high.

My best friend!

I have no memory of being friends.

Asakura-kun is excellent in his own right.

Whether it was studying or sports,

he was the only one who could challenge me.

I don't remember challenging you.

Don't be so modest.

This guy has always been a cynic.

I don't remember being a cynic.

You've always been cheerful to a fault.

Regarding the South Ikebukuro incident, in line with Tokyo Metro Police policy,

I'm here as the adviser of the Special Crime Prevention Section...

...of the National Police Agency's Community Safety Bureau...

...because I consider corrective enforcement to be necessary.

Corrective enforcement?

The National Police Agency is going to give...

...the Tokyo Metro Police corrective enforcement over this case?

I get it.

You really came here because you couldn't wait to see my FBI profiling, right?

He snorted.

I was looking at the coroner's report,

and it seems you profiled the perp as a "lust killer,"

but he has no aesthetic sense.

Aesthetic sense?

According to this report, the victim, Kihara Seiko,

had two dislocated wrists and shoulders.

Someone obsessed with bondage would never tie a person like that.

To dislocate or not dislocate.

right shoulder

wrist

That tantalizing question is what they feel the most.

Maybe when he's administering corrective enforcement, too?

To not have that investigated,

I'd want to die of despair if I were the victim.

The victim is already dead.

If he was going to kill her anyway, why would he need a sense of aesthetics?

You have no aesthetic sense, either.

So, what are you trying to say?

I can't believe this crime was committed...

...by an orderly lust killer with an aesthetic sense and a philosophy.

In other words, I would have to say that your profiling is mistaken.

It seems you don't know much about the scum of society, Date-kun.

Huh?

But, Asakura-san, how do you know about Date-san's profiling?

I was listening.

Did you...

When did you...

Wow, amazing!

Asakura-kun, you say my profiling is wrong?

Because the victim has dislocated joints. Is that all?

That's right.

That's silly.

Taking the victim to the absolute limit she could withstand, physically and emotionally.

To get the measure of that,

you synchronize the person's pain and focus on their every reaction.

Put another way,

it's love.

You think the perp is the chaotic type?

Extravagant profiling is too good for a criminal like this,

who has no aesthetic sense or philosophy or love.

This guy is just a lowlife.

I say this from the intuition of a pervert.

He just admitted to being a pervert!

In the end, the purpose was money, probably.

No, no, no, no, no. Sorry, but that's just wrong, Asakura-kun.

The perp committed the crime last night, but hasn't used the stolen cards.

Isn't that right, Tsuji-kun?

Yes. We have no reports of it.

Do you understand what that means?

Money wasn't his motive.

The perp wanted the victim's body.

Asakura-kun, you would understand, too, if you'd studied with the FBI.

Do you want me to recommend you?

I'll pass.

Don't be shy. We're friends, aren't we?

The perp didn't use the cards.