Babylon (バビロン)

THREE DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION

No one saw it happen.

I see.

We also found this in Detective Tsutsui's pocket.

RECEIPT

AX 5,800 YEN

I guess even you feel blue sometimes.

We didn't get any proof, and now we lost Tsutsui.

It's my fault.

It's best to try to avoid being in charge whenever you can.

You have to think about a lot of things. It's troublesome.

It's easier doing the work yourself.

It's not troublesome. It's necessary.

Especially for difficult cases like this.

Is that really true?

It might just be an illusion that it's difficult.

My job and your job

are both pretty simple when you compare them with all the other jobs out there.

We just have to catch the bad guys.

I think Itsuki is a bad guy.

That's what I think.

Yeah. You're right.

Then we'll have to catch him.

I'll be there with you.

Did Asuma go to sleep already?

Yeah. Just now.

I almost forgot!

-What happened? -You know...

Asuma said he wants to go to the zoo.

And bring lunch with him.

He said he'll help cook.

Sorry.

It's okay. It doesn't have to happen soon.

Asuma knows you're busy too, Zen.

We can go any time.

Even next year, or the year after that.

Okay.

Zen. I don't like suicide.

Yeah. I hate it.

The investigation meeting will now begin.

TWO DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION

First, Mr. Seizaki will talk about our policy for the investigation.

The investigation team was unable to find proof

that Kaika Itsuki abetted suicide up until now.

Considering the rate of progress we've made, it's unlikely that we'd find proof by the end of today.

Therefore, I decided it will be impossible to arrest Kaika Itsuki at the public debate tomorrow.

I'm disbanding the Kaika Itsuki Special Investigations Team as of now.

SHIBUYA NHC BROADCASTING CENTER

ONE DAY UNTIL THE ELECTION

C-101 STUDIO

THE DAY OF THE PUBLIC DEBATE

You're up to something, aren't you?

You too.

I don't plan on stopping you.

So it's after the broadcast?

Yes.

Then there's no point.

When this broadcast ends, Itsuki will be in a hopeless position.

Even if he gets arrested or sued afterwards,

it won't affect the majority of the public.

Well, that's your territory.

It has meaning for me.

And there's no guarantee you won't fail either.

You're right.

Having a backup plan helps me feel more comfortable going all-or-nothing.

Can you handle whatever he throws at you?

Kaika Itsuki's political foundation was created by us.

Once he loses that, he's just an individual without a party.

Playing politics means controlling the numbers.

The side with fewer numbers loses.

If you're a politician, you can never escape from this principle.

I'm disbanding the Kaika Itsuki Special Investigations Team as of now.

What's going on?

I mean exactly what I said. I'm canceling the investigation.

You're giving up when we've come all this way?

Arresting Kaika Itsuki is impossible based on the current investigation results.

Then did Mr. Tsutsui die for nothing?

The investigation headquarters has been disbanded.

I'm not a headquarter prosecutor anymore.

I'm going to tell you something right now.

What I'm about to say is coming from me as an individual.

I'm going to kidnap Kaika Itsuki tomorrow at the NHC center

where the public debate is being held.

Prosecutor Seizaki?

Kidnapping someone is a crime.

Yes. But if we don't stop Itsuki right now,

the number of suicides will only increase.

I'm reluctant to go through with this, but I decided

that the only way for us to solve this is to do something improper.

I know that I've exposed my kidnapping plans to you just now.

So I'd understand if you all decided to arrest me at this moment.

You're terrible, Mr. Seizaki.

That's not fair.

If we don't arrest you right now,

that would make us all accomplices to the crime.

All right. The first meeting is now over.

Everyone's going to the second meeting, right?

-Sekuro. -Yes?

Assistant Officer Sekuro, I want you to negotiate.

I want to find a loophole in the laws.

Talk to the Public Prosecutor's Office through Chief Morinaga.

Okay.

And take care of Kasumigaseki after this.

You don't have to come back here.

What's wrong?

I can notify the vice minister of justice and Special Investigations Chief Morinaga from here.

I'm an assistant officer.

As long as you're working over here,

I can't leave this place.

And, prosecutor...

if it's awkward calling me Sekuro, you can just call me Hiasa.

Our biggest advantage

is the fact that the 23 of us cooperating here are accomplices.

If everything goes according to Itsuki's plan,

the world is going to turn into a place where everyone is committing suicide.

However, once they lose their leader, their core beliefs will fall apart.

We're going to stop the suicide law on our own.

Yes!

PUBLIC DEBATE SUICIDE LAW

The suicide law.

Two weeks have passed since

this shocking new law was announced.

Here's some data we want you to take a look at first.

We conducted a public opinion survey on this show.

Eighty-eight percent of the people replied that they are not in support of the suicide law.

We also have other data.

This is the number of people who committed suicide in Japan

after the suicide law was announced.

This number is 2.8 times as high as the normal suicide rate.

Tomorrow, the parliamentary election for choosing the representatives...

We've finished deploying all the investigators.

it will be decided whether the suicide law is right or wrong.

Now let's introduce the participants in today's public debate.

First, the participants who oppose the suicide law.

Director Nobuo Niki from the Japan Communal Party.

Representative Akihiro Iwakuni from the Revival Party.

Deputy Representative Haruo Kashiwaba, candidate for the Shiniki parliament,

from the People's Life Party.

Former Secretary General Ryuichiro Nomaru, candidate for Shiniki parliament,

from the Liberal Justice Party.

Now for the parties in support of the suicide law.

Mayor of Shiniki, Kaika Itsuki, unaffiliated.

First, we'll hear from Mr. Niki from the Japan Communal Party,

who takes the opposition stance.

The thing that I think is the most important is

the socio-economic aspect.

Over 20,000 people commit suicide every year in Japan.

It is estimated that the GDP loss is over one trillion yen per year.

The suicide of a single person

affects the economy in numerous ways.

A decrease in consumer spending.

A decrease in effective demand.

The impacts are too numerous to mention them all.

Considering the issue from this theoretical perspective,

we cannot allow the suicide law.

Next, we'll hear from Mr. Iwakuni from the Revival Party.

I would like to explain my opinion from a moral and ethical standpoint.

Morals are rules that regulate the mutual relationships between people.

If suicide becomes acceptable, then society would collapse.

Murder is an obvious violation of the rules.

And suicide is also a clear violation of the rules.

In a society in which suicide is permitted, people would die suddenly and disappear.

Everything that's built upon the mutual trust that exists between people would collapse.

That's what would happen to a society without morals.

As a politician involved with maintaining social order,

I cannot accept the suicide law.

Next, Mr. Kashiwaba from the People's Life Party.

First, I want to ask Itsuki one question.

Sixty-four people jumped from the building and committed suicide in Shiniki.

You could have stopped them, right?

We're not only talking about whether you could've stopped them.

You could even say that you encouraged those 64 people to commit suicide!

An article concerning the crime of aiding suicide exists within the laws of Japan.

You are under suspicion of violating it.