Nameless Poison (Na mo Naki Doku / 名もなき毒)

Of the four serial murder by cyanide poisoning,

only Furuya Akitoshi's case remained unsolved.

My father was deceived

and killed. I'm sure.

You said cyanide, but where would I get a hold of something like that?

Nara Kazuko was once known as a "poisonous woman."

She's the culprit.

Poison is infectious.

Like a plague.

Like a malicious rumor.

That day,

Nara Kazuko jumped off from the rooftop of her condo.

I'm sorry. I took my eyes off of her for just a few minutes. Yes, I'm sorry.

And 2 grams of cyanide

believed to have been used in the murder,

was discovered in Nara Kazuko's purse.

A few more days later,

the cyanide found in Nara Kazuko's purse

matched the composition of cyanide used in

the murder of Furuya Akitoshi-shi.

Suicide and cyanide.

It can be said that these two facts determined almost without a doubt

that Nara Kazuko was

the true culprit in Furuya Akitoshi-shi's murder case.

I thought Furuya Akiko was completely cleared of her suspicion

of killing her father.

I'm glad I got to meet you, Michika-chan.

I'm not used to being treated kindly by people.

I'm sorry, Michika-chan.

I'm sorry.

She's here.

Is there anything you want to say to the culprit if she was alive?

Furuya-san, we're really happy for you. How do feel now?

Please say a word.

I'm sorry, but I have nothing to say.

You must have something to say.

Is there anything you want to say to the culprit if she was alive?

Michika.

From now on,

I won't have to go the police station anymore, so

I'll take it easy at work and try to get home earlier.

You don't have to do that.

It's not good to force yourself.

I'm not forcing myself.

It's just the two of us from now on.

Say, shall we go on a trip for a change?

You look kinda happy, Mama.

I never want to be treated like a criminal again.

If only Dad hadn't trusted someone like her...

I heard she had a previous criminal record. She tried to kill her husband

for his life insurance money.

I wonder if that's really true.

A kind-hearted person like her...

Michika, did you meet her?

Shiro was attached to her too.

- I can't believe she's a murderer... - Didn't I tell you not to meet her?

I met her by coincidence before you told me not to.

No, Shiro.

Michika-chan...

Come in.

Shiro, come on.

I'm sorry.

You're always right, aren't you?

Grandpa and I are probably stupid.

She's like a con artist. Anyone would be deceived.

But I don't like it when you badmouth her.

What's that supposed to mean?

I'm not sure why, but

it makes me sad.

Thanks for dinner.

When it comes down to it,

neither you nor Grandpa

know what I've been through.

Giving birth to a child alone and working, without depending on anyone.

- You don't know how hard that is. - Mama.

And on top of it all, you...

Doctors...

make it sound like it's the mother's fault.

What is it that you're not happy with? What more do you want from me?

I'm completely exhausted already.

I wonder where my papa is.

What is he like? Is it because he's a bad person that I can't see him?

Michika, we're not talking about that now.

If you don't like me...

I guess I'll have to go live with Papa, right?

You deliberately say things to hurt me, don't you?

Why don't you go wherever you want?

Do as you please.

Michika!

The second reason is this.

The content of the will which was found in the suspect's home.

They said her will was found. A will written in beautiful handwriting.

What did it say?

Things like there was no reason for her to go on living, and

she's sorry she caused trouble for Furuya-san's family.

She didn't write that she did it, huh?

But this part about "causing trouble for Furuya-san's family"

can be taken as her confession, they said.

Causing trouble, huh?

This or this, which do you like better?

- What is it? - Carpet for Momoko's room.

Either one is fine with me.

The murder case may be resolved, but

nothing has changed with Michika-chan's problem.

Michika-san's problem?

Her eating disorder.

That's not a problem you, who's not even an expert, should be meddling in.

But I can't help thinking about it since I know.

She won't have her grandpa around anymore either.

Why don't you take her grandpa's place then?

You're kidding.

But...I wonder if there's anything I can do.

I'm sure you can find one or two girls who have eating disorder

in this neighborhood too.

There's no end to it if you keep reaching out to everyone like that, don't you think?

But with Michika-chan,

I ended up getting her involved in Genda Izumi's case.

You already went and apologized for that!

Mama, you'll wake up Momoko.

Please don't use Momoko as an excuse only when it's convenient for you.

Your mind is always filled with other people.

Tell me, why is that?

Why are you so kind to everyone and get so deeply involved in their problems?

That's what happened with Kajita-san's daughters too.

That was...

My father asked you, I know. At first.

But you do more than you're asked to do.

Almost to the point where Momo and I are secondary,

- you're always into something. - That's not true.

But if I made you feel that way, I apologize.

I'm sorry.

I'm just...tired.

I don't like arguing like this.

- Yeah. - "Yeah" doesn't mean anything. Jeez.

Yeah...Oh, sorry.

I'll try to be more careful from now on.

You're right. I've been spending a lot of time on other people recently.

Hello. This is Sugimura.

- Furuya-san. - I'm sorry to call you so late.

Michika ran out of the house and hasn't come back.

We got into an argument. I...

said some terrible things to her.

You haven't heard from her at all?

If she does, I'll give you a call at once.

Have you notified the police?

I see. Yes. Excuse me.

What happened?

Michika-chan got into an argument with her mother and ran out of the house.

She won't answer her mother's call on her cell.

Why don't you try calling her?

She might answer your call.

Michika-chan.

I'm sorry.

We got into an argument.

I...

can't get myself to dislike Nara-san.

Did you meet her?

But...

she's the culprit, isn't she?

Shall we go home?

I don't want to go home.

She's fine. Don't worry.

Shiro's behaving too.

We don't mind at all.

All right. Yes.

Did her mother say she could stay?

Momo will be so happy when she sees Shiro tomorrow morning.

- What? - Nothing...

We're both busybodies, aren't we?

Aren't you hungry?

I'm fine.

- Would you like something to drink? - No thank you.

I'm having some herb tea. Will you keep me company?

You can take a bath anytime.

I'm fine.

Then maybe later, huh?

Actually,

I feel a sense of affinity with you.

It was just the two of us, my mother and me.

I only saw my father once in a while.

Since my mother was his mistress.

But when I was just around your age,

my mother died suddenly from a heart attack.

After that, I went to live with my brothers and my father.

My brothers' mother had already died by that time too.

Did you ever fight with your mother?

Of course I did. I even ran away from home once.

Really?

I cried my eyes out.

But when I got home, my mother was crying even more.

But...

I don't think my mother will be crying.

Really?

She's always so proper herself, so

she's strict with others too.

She probably won't forgive that person either.

That person?

Grandpa's girlfriend.

Everyone says that she's the culprit, but...

I wonder if she really was.