Silent Truth (再会～Silent Truth～)

Your son shoplifted from my store.

We shouldn't let him manipulate us any further.

What is he demanding?

The victim is Hideyuki Sakuma, 40 years old.

The manager of Smile Sakuma in Mitsuba Minami.

The bullet extracted from the body

was fired from the gun that belonged to Keisuke's father.

This will be a secret between just the four of us.

One of us here opened the time capsule

and took out that gun.

I didn't get home until around 11:00 p.m.

I opened the time capsule,

- but there was no gun inside. - Are you serious?

The time capsule was opened two times.

If you're telling the truth,

it would have to be either Makiko or Naoto.

It'll be all right, Maki.

Nice to meet you. I'm Hiromi.

Are you going to marry her?

But it is true that there is some connection

between this incident and the incident from 23 years ago.

Please accompany me to the police station…

- Mr. Naoto Sakuma. - What?

You were captured on the security camera.

It was possible for you to be at the scene of the murder.

Keisuke!

Keisuke!

Keisuke!

Nagai,

- what's going on? - Mr. Tobina.

What are you doing, Ms. Nara?

His alibi has fallen apart.

Mr. Naoto Sakuma will voluntarily accompany us to the station.

I…

Will go too.

Detective Tobina, you're off duty today.

What brings you here?

Getting together with your

- classmates to discuss something? - I'm off duty,

- so I came to hang out. - I see.

I'll be off then.

Let's go.

Naoto.

Masaki. I'm coming in.

Were they police officers?

Yeah.

They took Mr. Naoto with them?

They just want to talk to him

about his older brother, that's all.

How did they know that Naoto was here?

Does that mean that he was being watched?

- It would seem so. - You didn't know about this, Junichi?

I don't think I was told because I'm close with Naoto.

But did Naoto really do it?

If that's the case, when did he dig up the time capsule?

I opened the time capsule around 9:00 p.m. on Friday night.

The gun wasn't there at that time, so it must have been removed before then.

Do you think Naoto really did it?

If he didn't do it,

why would he bother to provide a false alibi?

Maybe it's because of a woman?

Huh?

Maybe he's secretly dating someone complicated

and wanted to hide the fact that they were together.

That's probably not it.

Because he's always loved Makiko.

I think he has always had feelings for Makiko.

Why didn't you talk back to them?

It's so ridiculous.

You're not going to do anything?

- Come on, Naoto. - What happened?

Yanagihara and his friends hid Naoto's shoes.

They're in sixth grade, and still doing things like that?

They're so immature.

Let's all go home in our indoor shoes.

What?

What are you saying?

Junichi, Keisuke, go get his shoes back.

No, it's all right.

You guys can get them back, right?

Yes, ma'am.

- Fine, we'll go. - This way.

- Hurry. - Yeah.

All right.

Get it back!

Which way?

Turn right.

Hey.

- What is it? - Never mind.

Stop that. What is it?

Whatever it is you know, just tell me.

When Hideyuki Sakuma contacted Makiko about Masaki's shoplifting incident,

she tried to contact Naoto to ask for advice

and sent him messages and left voice mails.

Naoto forgot his smartphone in Japan while on a business trip overseas,

and he must have found out

about the shoplifting after he came back.

So you think he went to his brother's place to discuss that?

- This way. - I'm sorry,

but I need to talk to you about something.

MAKIKO IWAMOTO

Masaki shoplifted from your older brother's supermarket.

Maki, I'm sorry for not getting back to your messages and calls.

I forgot my smartphone and went on a business trip.

Sorry to bother you when you're busy.

No, I'm sorry too,

about my brother causing you trouble.

What happened?

We gave him the money yesterday.

What? How much?

300,000 yen.

I'm really sorry.

I'll talk to my brother.

Okay.

Thank you.

Naoto…

It'll be all right.

Okay.

If Naoto had used that gun,

he'd be asked where he got it from, right?

Knowing him…

Yeah, he probably won't talk about the gun or the time capsule.

Even so, Ms. Nara might still uncover the truth anyway.

Junichi,

will you be all right?

What do you mean?

You're a detective,

but you didn't tell the police that we buried that gun,

and you leaked information to us.

This is no time to be laughing.

If that gets discovered, won't you lose your badge or even face a penalty?

Don't worry about me.

Either way, there's no turning back now.

I'm going to the station now.

I'll

stay by Makiko's side.

Is your wife okay?

She knows I'm staying in Mitsuba tonight.

Junichi is going to the station.

Bye.

Are you okay? You should rest.

Yeah.

Are you blaming yourself for telling Naoto about the shoplifting?

Naoto.

He's maintaining his silence?

He's here voluntarily,

so if he continues to remain silent, we'll have to let him go soon.

Mr. Sakuma,

are you hungry?

Would you like to eat a late-night snack with me?

Yes,

I'm asking if you want to eat because I'm the one who's hungry.

Or would you like to leave?

Because you can leave too.

As for the late-night snack, we have instant ramen.

The available flavors are miso,

soy sauce, salt, and curry.

I listed them in my order of preference.

Should I repeat it?

Miso,

soy sauce,

salt…

I did it.

I killed my older brother.

Hello.

That's a long game of mahjong.

Sorry for not contacting you.

- I'm at the station. - Oh, I'm glad.

Why are you glad?

I'm just glad

you're not dead on the streets somewhere.

Why would I be dead?

But someone who's healthy can suddenly collapse, you know.

I guess so.

I wonder if you think that way because you're a nurse.

More like,

because you're a detective,

who knows when or what kind of trouble you might get involved in.

I'll always call if I can't make it home.

Yeah. To confirm you're alive.

Yeah.

- Work hard. - Yeah. Bye.

Detective Tobina.

Mr. Naoto Sakuma just confessed to the crime.

He'll be staying here tonight, and we'll question him in the morning.

But since you were his classmate,

you will not be allowed to join the questioning.

You can't sleep?

You scared me.

Of course you can't fall asleep, huh?

After all, your former classmate just confessed to murder.

When and where did he obtain the gun

used to shoot Hideyuki Sakuma,

and where was he keeping it?

There's no way he took the gun when he discovered the body

of Officer Kiyohara

23 years ago, right?

Because if that were the case, you would have known.

Are you listening?

Yes.