01x07 - Episode 7

[bunniefuu]

[Orochi gasps for air]

[cell phone rings]

[Orochi groans]

[cell phone continues ringing]

[cell phone continues ringing]

[cell phone continues ringing]

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- [cell phone continues ringing]

[strains]

What's wrong?

Let's wrap it up.
Kawai will be here in 15 minutes.

Everyone! I'm sure that's enough.
Kawai-san must be tired. Correct?

Um, yes. I could use some rest.

What do you think, Aoyagi-san?

Why don't we skip the temple tour
and head to the Sekiyo office?

Her identity's been confirmed,

and she even joined us
for the property check.

- That should suffice.
- [Aoyagi] No.

- I'd like to see inside the temple.
- It's getting late.

We are purchasing
part of a precious and protected land

from Kawai-sama and her ancestors.

It would be irreverent for us
to seal the deal

without paying our respects
in the main hall.

It may be surprising,

but our business values veneration.

We uphold our traditions.

Kawai-sama, would it be all right?

Yes.

[Otani] Okay, that's great. Wonderful.

[quiet tense music plays]

Welcome.

- [Otani] Oh, let me help.
- [Reiko] Thank you.

[tense music continues]

[men] Whoa!

Wrap it up in ten minutes.

{\an8}[narrator] Land swindlers
are members of real estate fraud groups

who pose as property owners
trying to sell their land.

These fraud groups steal large sums of
money using deceit and forged documents.

Land fraud groups contain
a leader, negotiator, informer,

legal advisor, document forger,
and imposter recruiter.

Each group member must possess precise
and highly-advanced criminal techniques.

[driver] I'll make a right turn
on route 15.

Huh? Uh, all right.

[tense music plays]

This is truly incredible.

I never knew such a sacred temple
existed in the heart of Tokyo.

How do I put it? My soul feels cleansed.

Right?

- Oh, yes, absolutely cleansed.
- Oh yes.

[Aoyagi] Is this the main hall?

[Reiko] Huh? Ah, yes.

There are Buddhist statues designated
as Important Cultural Property here.

It's all right to see them, yes?

Uh, yes. That'll be all right.

[men] Thank you very much.

They're just a bunch of statues.

[suspenseful music plays]

Is something wrong?

Oh, not at all.

[suspenseful music continues]

[music fades]

[Takumi sighs]

- You're okay?
- [Reiko] Yes.

[grunts] The door is stuck.

[strains] Sorry,
it's quite an old building.

Perhaps the humidity? We'll help you.

- [man 1] Of course.
- [man 2] Excuse me.

- [man 3] Ready?
- [Otani] Push it to the sides? Two.

- [men] Push.
- [Otani] Good, it's moving.

- Good, good.
- [man 1] Got it.

- Yes.
- Push.

- Whoa!
- Can we enter?

- Yes.
- [Aoyagi] Thank you.

[men] Thank you.

[Aoyagi] Oh.

Stunning.

We'd like to pay our respects.

[suspenseful music plays]

So, gonna be here all day?

Kawai-san still has work to do here,
so we should be on our way.

[Aoyagi] Wait.

I have one last thing
I'd like to confirm with you.

You do?

Last week,

this letter was delivered to me.

{\an8}MR. TAKASHI AOYAGI
CERTIFIED MAIL

[music stops]

The sender seems
to be you, Kawai Natsumi-sama.

What?

Could you please read it?

[tense music plays]

- What?
- Excuse me.

[Aoyagi] It says we're being deceived.

That an imposter
is trying to sell this land to us,

and this deal isn't genuine.

And this is a bald-faced lie.
A scare tactic.

I'm sure you're aware of these things
going around when a big deal's being made.

Of course I'm aware of that.
Yes, of course it could have been a lie.

A sabotage attempt
by a competitor of ours.

However, it also could have been
written by Kawai-sama herself.

What the hell are you getting at?
Insulting her?

- Because of this fake piece of...
- We have to check!

There's 11 g*dd*mn billion yen
at stake on this deal.

[tense music continues]

[Reiko cries]

I apologize.

I haven't, um, been completely honest.

Those are not
the Important Cultural Property.

What?

Follow me.

Please come this way.

Please come in.

[intriguing music plays]

[Reiko] The Statues
of the Five Tathāgatas.

They are seldom shown to the public.

What you see here
is the true Important Cultural Property.

I want you to memorize this, please.

- [Reiko] Buddha statues?
- [Takumi] Yes.

Man, that's a lot.

[Takumi] I'm aware.

IMPORTANT CULTURAL PROPERTY
FIVE TATHĀGATAS: NOT FOR PUBLIC

[Reiko] This is rare.

I'm sharing because I've chosen you

as the recipient of the sacred land
we have kept for generations.

Our ancestral land.

I'm appalled by this letter.

Understand,

that letter is not something
I would ever write.

With Buddha as my witness.

I understand.

Please forgive my disrespect.

I sincerely ask you all

to please make careful use of our land
for the benefit of society.

We will. Thank you very much.

[men] Thank you very much.

And with that, we should go.

- [man] Oh.
- Kawai-sama,

- Let's go everyone.
- [Takumi] Thank you.

- [man] Thank you.
- [Takumi] Let's go this way.

[Ninomiya] This is amazing.

[Goto] Hurry.
Abiru-san should be at your office.

I apologize about earlier.

I apologize as well, for raising my voice.

- We'll take taxis and head back.
- [Takumi] Yes, please.

Again, thank you.

- Thanks so much.
- Thank you very much. Yes.

- We'll close the gate, all right?
- Oh, sorry! Just one moment, sorry.

I wasn't sure if you'd like these,
but we brought you a gift.

- Oh!
- Sweet bean yokan from Toraya.

- [Reiko] How very nice of you.
- It's nothing. We'll be off then.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you again.

[suspenseful music plays]

Reiko-san,

the door's open!

[gasps]

[dramatic music plays]

[music fades]

[suspenseful music plays]

[panting]

[strains]

[suspenseful music continues]

[Reiko strains]

[suspenseful music continues]

[strains]

[strains]

[strains]

[suspenseful music continues]

[music fades]

[breathes shakily]

[breathes shakily]

{\an8}For your review.

{\an8}[Takumi] On November 20th, at 2 p.m.,

in a room on the 34th floor
of the Sekiyo House head office,

a sale and purchase agreement was sealed
between Abiru Holdings and Sekiyo House.

Once sealed,
they called a judicial scrivener

and their employee
at the Legal Affairs Bureau.

Hello, we just sealed the agreement.
How are things?

{\an8}Confirming that your registration
application is accepted.

[Kodama] Please settle the payment.

Our application for the ownership transfer
has been accepted.

[Takumi] The application for registration
for the land transfer was accepted.

The purchase price of 11.2 billion yen

had been made ready in four checks.

Abiru Holdings received
the brokerage fee of one billion yen.

We, as the landowner's agent,
received 106 million yen

for the miscellaneous expenses
concerning the ownership transfer,

and 10.09 billion yen for the land.

With this, all the settlement procedures,

including the final settlement,
were complete.

All confirmed.

We're truly grateful

that you let us acquire this sacred land.

From all of us, thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

[tense music plays]

[Harrison] This was a job well done.

Your hard work is appreciated, Takumi-san.

As usual, I'll send this money
overseas to launder.

Please tell Goto-san and Reiko-san

that it will take some time before
I'll be able to transfer their share.

Wasn't Takeshita-san
supposed to be doing that?

No. It's my job.

Was it Takeshita-san?

Was he the reason
Kawai came back from Okinawa so soon?

Was it because of this?

POPULAR KABUKICHO HOST m*rder*d
AT NAHA AIRPORT, OKINAWA

[tense music continues]

Please keep this in mind, Takumi-san.

It is not your enemy who can drag you down
when you are about to reach your goal.

It is your own people.

[tense music continues]

Although, he did
an incredible job until then.

Raise a glass as he moves on.

"A job so big we'll leave dead bodies
in our wake," like you said.

[tense music continues]

- [exhales]
- [knocking on door]

[banging on door]

[Kuramochi] Tsujimoto Takumi-san.

I know you're there.

I'm Kuramochi from TMPD.

We met at the cemetery.

I have something to tell you.

Please open the door.

I have something important to say.

It concerns your father,
late wife and son.

Fine. You can listen through the door.

I found where Nishitani has been hiding.

He's the swindler who scammed you.

I learned the details of what happened.

"Nishitani" is his alias.
His real name is Kazuma Saeki.

He's currently hiding
in Manila, the Philippines.

Detention center?

Yeah, it's kind of like a prison,
only a little nicer.

In the Philippines,
it's safer for criminals who are fleeing

to stay in the detention center
rather than a hotel.

If you give the staff money, you can
eat good food, use phones and computers.

Saeki seems to have been
giving directions from there

for some bank transfer frauds in Japan,
and he has been raking it in.

I asked the guy I know to, uh,
sneak into the detention center

to confirm Saeki's story.

- And the lines matched up all right.
- What?

Remember I said that Saeki fled
because he almost got k*lled?

And the guy who tried to do that

was this guy.

- Isn't this...?
- [Kubota] It's Harrison Yamanaka.

Turns out the fraud
that deceived Tsujimoto Masami and Takumi

was devised by Harrison.

Harrison tried to k*ll Saeki

after they had an argument
over splitting the money.

Honestly, that guy's a lunatic.

Unlike us, money isn't what he wants.

Land fraud is just
some kind of game to him.

His favorite part's k*lling the imposters
and his associates once the job's done.

And he films it all.
Can you believe that psycho? [exhales]

My hands!

He was filming everything
as he was chopping my hands. [laughs]

A "f*ck you" gesture's all I got! [laughs]

That guy is not a human!

[scoffs] He's like an insane monster!

[Saeki laughs]

Don't you think Harrison knew?

That he knew about you from the beginning

when he asked you
to become a land swindler?

Harrison is the one who destroyed
your family. Don't you get it?

Takumi-san, I have no idea

what kind of land fraud you and Harrison
are trying to pull off right now,

or if you already have.

Regardless,

I think Harrison
is planning on k*lling you.

[tense music plays]

I'll leave the photo

and my business card at your door.

Call me when you're ready to talk.

[shudders]

[breathes sharply]

[lock clicks]

KURAMOCHI
SECOND INVESTIGATION DIVISION

[tense music plays]

[splutters]

[tense music continues]

[vomits]

[retches]

[continues retching]

[breathes heavily]

[tense music continues]

[music fades]

In the end, what matters most

is whether you can
keep the faith in yourself or not.

[all cheer]

Some talk about things
like data, precedents, compliance,

but anyone who relies on those things to
dictate their success are all shitheads!

[laughter]

He's talking about you, Takesu-san.

Hold on! 'Cause I'll bet
everyone here almost gave up.

[man] I would never do that! No way!

Hold on, wait a sec.

I would never give up like that.

I used these legs right here,
I found that piece of land,

I fought and won.

- [man 1] Yes!
- [man 2] Give it up for our boss!

[man 3] The best!

That being said, all of you
really worked hard for this. Thank you!

Forever my boss!

Boss, to you!

Congratulations from the bottom
of my heart!

Once again, here's to us,
to Team Aoyagi! Cheers!

[all] Cheers!

All right, let's celebrate!

- Everyone drink as much as you all want!
- [man 1] Thank you!

[woman laughs]

[Abekawa] Hey. Having fun?

- [Otani] Oh! Good evening, sir.
- [all] Good evening, sir!

I had a business dinner nearby,
so I dropped by.

I see.

Congratulations. Excellent. [chuckles]

Thank you, sir!,

I'm going to recommend
your promotion to director.

You'll be busy. Be ready.

- Yes, sir!
- [Abekawa] Good. I let the chairman know.

- Hey, who's that?
- He is our company president.

- What?
- Cool, right?

That's cool.

And our boss is going to be
the next president after him.

- Seriously?
- I know!

You all make sure
to always support Aoyagi.

- [Otani] Sir, we will!
- [all] Yes, sir!

Here. A gift.

It's for you all.

- [Otani] Wow!
- He gave us champagne for a job well done!

Thank you very much!

Tomorrow, you all can sleep in.

[all cheer]

- It's all right. I'm headed out.
- [Aoyagi] Thank you, sir!

[all] Thank you, sir!

[all cheer]

[man 1] Let's drink this champagne!

[woman] Thank you. If you're offering?

[Yashiki] It's true!
Time to celebrate. Three glasses.

[woman] Thank you so much.

[suspenseful music plays]

[Aoyagi panting]

[woman moans softly]

- [Aoyagi grunts]
- [woman moans]

[Aoyagi] Hey.

See the land over there?

[woman] Huh?

[woman moans]

See the dark patch just past the station?

[woman moans]

I can't tell.

I snatched it for 11.2 billion yen.

- [woman moans]
- [Aoyagi grunts]

That's hot!

Like that?

- I did that.
- [woman moans]

Do you like that?

[woman moans]

- I conquered it.
- [woman moans]

I f*cking won.

- [woman moans]
- [Aoyagi grunts]

[Kawai chants]

[breathes heavily]

[chants]

[breathes heavily]

[music fades]

ONE WEEK LATER

Hi, Nagai-kun.

Oh, Takumi-kun. Hey.

Whoa, why's it so empty?

Oh, moving out.

The job we just did
was kind of a big one, ya know?

- [Takumi] Right.
- I'm leaving before the police get itchy.

Smart move.

I'll leave the little ones' food here.

- Oh, thank you.
- Sure.

- Good girl.
- [Nagai] And you? All good?

Well, Sekiyo's probably finding out
their ownership request was dismissed.

[laughs] I'd love to see
the look on their faces.

[Takumi] Yeah.

[man 1] Closer.

Okay. Great, let's set
the benchmark there. Okay.

[man 2] It'll work better this way.

- [man 3] Is this...
- [man 1] Never mind. I'll do it instead.

[man 3] Oh, sorry.

[suspenseful music plays]

[distant voices continue]

- [Kawai] Excuse me.
- Yes?

Excuse me. Can you tell me
what's going on here?

What? Oh. Oh, a moment, please.

Excuse me! Over here!

It's someone from the temple.

Oh, thank you.

Give them space.

- [man 4] Yes, may I help you?
- Oh. I mean, uh...

- What are you doing?
- Ah.

We're starting the survey of this plot
today, and appreciate your support.

- Show her the schedule.
- [man 5] Oh, sure.

[man 4] This is the time frame
for the demolition.

We've also delivered this flyer
to your neighbors. Here you are.

- [man 4] Shall we?
- Yes. Excuse us.

[gasps]

DEMOLITION NOTICE OF KOUAN-JI PARKING LOT
AND FORMER FACILITY BUILDING

The first to third floor will be an eating
area centering on restaurants and cafés,

the fourth to the 13th floor
will have office spaces for lease,

the 14th to the 21st floor
will be the hotel,

which does turn this
into a commercial complex.

We'll also include cultural components,
like a cinema and performing arts center.

We expect a greater number of clientele

by choosing not to limit
our target demographics.

[cell phone buzzes]

This area has been dubbed
as the "southern gateway to Tokyo."

- But there has been no notable landmark.
- [Otani] What?

What do you mean?

Our Takanawa Project
will provide that new landmark.

[Otani] I'll tell him.

And lead to the revitalization
of this area.

- Excuse me, Boss.
- Not right now.

Uh, furthermore, Toranomon Hills...

[tense music plays]

Apologies. We'll take a short break.

Excuse us.

[men mutter]

What do you mean, "police"?
What the hell is going on?

They were panicked
and didn't make much sense,

but Kawai-san called the police.

What? What are you trying to say?

- [Otani] We should really head over there.
- [Yashiki] Boss!

The Legal Affairs Bureau just...

Come on, tell us!

The Legal Affairs Bureau contacted us and...

- And, uh...
- Just tell us already!

Our application for the ownership transfer

fell through.

[tense music continues]

[Ninomiya] I'm telling you,
we bought this land. Why don't you know?

[police officer] Who did you
buy the land from?

From the landowner.

We've confirmed the owner's identity
and signed the agreement.

Are you sure
that's who you bought it from?

[tense music continues]

- [man 1] Watch it!
- [Aoyagi] Excuse me.

[man 2] What the hell?

[man 3] Boss. Boss!

[man 4] Who is that guy?

- [man 3] No, Boss, wait...
- Sir.

[tense music continues]

It's strange you haven't met her.

You're planning a property purchase
for this amount

without a face-to-face confirmation
of the landowner's identity?

I'm saying, what if this is
some sort of land fraud?

What if this land isn't actually listed?

These documents, all of these,

what if they're fabricated
and falsely representing the landowner?

Excuse me.

Um...

Kawai.

Is Kawai Natsumi-sama available?

Yes. That's me, you're speaking to her.

[chuckles softly]

You are lying.

This person...

she's not Kawai Natsumi, right?

Uh...

- [officer] What?
- Huh?

- You're not Kawai Natsumi, damn it!
- Step back!

[Aoyagi] You're not Kawai Natsumi!

- Tell me you're not her!
- [officer] I said, step back!

You're not.

[crying] You're not her.

[whimpers]

Tell me that you aren't her.

[Aoyagi cries]

[tense music plays]

Those sh*t b*stards
could never dream of handling that.

- [Takumi] I manage Kawai-sama's assets.
- Maybe you shouldn't get too greedy.

- [Reiko] Kouan-ji.
- [Takumi]12 billion yen?

[Goto] Kawai-san is in a rush.

[tense music continues]

- [Reiko] That letter...
- However, there will be a condition.

- [Reiko] ...is not something I would write.
- What?

[Takumi] Have the payment
within two weeks.

[Reiko] Buddha as my witness.

[tense music continues]

[whimpers]

[engine revs]

[tense music continues]

[body thuds]

[ominous music plays]

[music fades]

[cat meows]

- [cat meows]
- Mm!

TOKYO METROPOLITAN POLICE

Hey, it's started.

HIT-AND-RUN
NEAR KOUAN-JI

A hit-and-run? What's this?

[officer on radio] Traffic accident
in the Takanawa jurisdiction.

The victim, male,
in critical condition, unconscious.

Possibly relevant to the crime report from
Kouan-ji near the site of the accident.

The link between the Kouan-ji crime report
and this incident

needs further investigation.

Well, we might get in trouble.
We better move quick.

What are you gonna do?

I'll make you a passport
if you're fleeing the country.

Nagai-kun,

can you do me a favor?

{\an8}A FEW DAYS LATER

[detective 1] That Sekiyo case.

It's obviously gonna come to us, right?

- Nothing seems to be happening yet.
- What?

I heard that Sekiyo
hasn't filed a complaint yet.

- [detective 1] Well, why not?
- [detective 2] No clue.

Seems like they're having
internal disputes.

[tense music plays]

[cell phone buzzes]

Hello?

[tense music continues]

[music fades]

Oh, hi.

Oh.

- Have you been doing okay?
- I'm doing better.

- I think I have more check-ups though.
- Oh.

I can't wait to get out of here.

The hospital food tastes so bad

it's driving me
freaking bonkers up in here.

Then have this.

What?

- Oh, thanks!
- Mm.

[Orochi] Oh!

Huh?

What?

- What's this for?
- It's your share.

I can't. My boss will k*ll me
if he finds out about this.

Just take it.

Takeshita-san won't
answer your calls, right?

You also have
hospital bills to pay. Right?

- Thanks, man.
- Mm.

Seriously, Takeshita-san went, like, AWOL.

Is he dead or what?

Dead?

[chuckles] Yeah, maybe he overdosed
on meth and died in the gutter.

Ah.

Mmm! Oh, man!

Mmm. Mmm.

Mmm.

Hey, what's your plan after this?

Hm?

You going abroad?

Mmm, yeah, I probably will.

Jealous!

- Yeah, maybe I should try land swindling.
- [chuckles softly]

[Orochi] Think I could,
if I trained a lot?

[melancholy music plays]

I wouldn't recommend that at all.

[Orochi] What?

I bet you don't think I can because
I dropped out of school, don't you?

[melancholy music continues]

[child 1 laughs]

- [child 1] Kick the ball!
- [child 2] Okay.

[children laugh]

[child 1] Up! Here! Kick!

[child 1] Kick!

- [child 3] Pass.
- [child 2] Pass.

[child 1] Kick.

- [child 2] Pass it.
- [child 1] Okay. Pass.

Hey!

Pass.

[child 3] Sorry.

[melancholy music continues]

[music fades]

Something wrong?

Heading out of town?

Yes.

A midnight flight.

As usual.

Help me finish this?

Looks like it's going to be a long trip,
so I thought I'd finish this one at least.

No thanks. I'll take a pass.

- My stomach isn't doing too well.
- [Harrison] I understand.

[cork pops]

We ran into rough waters this time.

[Takumi] Yes.

But thanks to you,
we managed to end it quite successfully.

Once again, I appreciate your work.

Not at all.

How long has it been
since you and I teamed up?

It's been five years.

Not too long.

In just five years,

we have come an incredibly long way.

If we were alone, we wouldn't be this far.

Although,

I personally think
we can reach even farther.

A place so far ahead

that it's beyond our imagination.

You'll come with me, right?

With Goto-san and Reiko-san?

Well,

they both indicated their wish
to make this their last job with me.

What'll happen to them?

Will they end up like Takeshita-san?

A penalty of some sort
is probably in order.

A fact of life is that

to gain something,
you must also lose something.

SPIRIT TABLET OF KENTA TANIGUCHI

[doorbell chimes]

IMPOSTER STOCK LIST
YOSHIE TANIGUCHI

NEEDS FIVE MILLION YEN
FOR SICK SON'S SURGERY

{\an8}DELETE NOTE

[suspenseful music plays]

[Goto's wife] Canada?

All of us?

Yeah. Come on.

We've saved up enough money to move.

From now on, I want to live
in a country with lots of space.

I'm sick of this cramped country,
you know?

Come on, you told me you wanted
them to study abroad someday.

- I did, but it's a bit too sudden, Goto.
- Don't they say you gotta seize the day?

Huh?

[chuckles] I better seize my poo as well!

- [Goto and boys laugh]
- [Goto's wife] Idiot.

- Where's the restroom?
- [woman] It's in the back.

Ah.

[suspenseful music plays]

[music fades]

Just like that.

You've been k*lling your associates and
imposters like they don't mean anything.

What's going on?

[Takumi] My family included.

[tense music plays]

You knew all along.

Although, I had nothing
to do with what happened to your family.

Your father is the one to blame, isn't he?

Wrong.

You made him lose his mind.

[Harrison] I can't really blame you
for thinking that way.

But it was a coincidence that I invited
you to become a land swindler.

Do you remember?

The first time we met in the hotel?

It seems to me like...

you have experience k*lling someone.

My instinct told me in that moment,

"Ah, this man must be
cut from the same cloth as I am."

That is why
I felt that I wanted to nurture you.

When I learned
what your name was later on,

I was a little surprised to find out that
you were the son of the man I swindled.

It made me feel
that you were meant to do this.

You chose to become a land swindler

in order to find the man
who drove your family to death.

It may well have been an agonizing choice
for you to make back then,

but it was inevitable, wasn't it?

You became a land swindler
because it was your destiny.

Your plan was to work as a land swindler
in order to find this man.

I'm sure you had genuine intentions.

But tell me this...

We became a team,
carried out a number of frauds.

You've deceived numerous amounts
of people. You struck them down into hell.

As time passed,

you started feeling ecstasy
from the very act of deception.

In the process, you've become

a true land swindler.

[tense music plays]

You're wrong.

I'll never...

be a real land swindler.

[tense music continues]

Oh.

Did you get that g*n from Nagai-san?

What are you going to do
with a toy like that?

I already did a test run.

You taught me to be fully prepared.

I'm going to k*ll you...

and turn myself in.

I'll tell them everything.

Oh, I see.

Sorry to hear that.

I wish that we had
some more time together.

[breathes shakily]

- [body thuds]
- [Takumi yelps]

[g*n clatters]

- [metal scrapes]
- [flesh squelches]

[breathes heavily]

He asked for my advice a little while ago.

He wants to be a swindler.

So I'm giving him a test
to prove his determination.

- Did I... Did I pass?
- Yes.

Yeah, cool! Okay, I'll finish him off now.

[gasps]

Takumi-san, I'm sorry.

[Orochi groans]

I guess this is well-made after all.

[Orochi groans]

[Orochi groans]

[Orochi groans]

[g*nsh*t]

[Harrison] There's no way an imbecile
like him could become a land swindler.

Right, Takumi-san?

[Takumi breathes heavily]

You were supposed to be
my greatest masterpiece.

[g*n clicks]

[g*n clicks]

[laughs]

[both laugh]

[g*n clatters]

[Takumi grunts]

[Takumi grunts]

[Takumi breathes heavily]

[Takumi strains]

[both strain]

[Takumi groans]

- [Harrison grunts]
- [Takumi groans]

[Takumi strains]

[both strain]

- [thunder crashes]
- [Takumi groans]

[Harrison strains]

[Harrison's head thuds on metal]

[straining]

[Takumi gurgles]

[Takumi yelps]

[Takumi groans]

[tense music plays]

[Takumi panting]

[dramatic music plays]

[thunder crashes]

[Takumi strains]

[Takumi strains]

[Takumi groans]

[dramatic music continues]

[Takumi breathes heavily]

[Takumi groans quietly]

[Harrison breathes deeply]

[tense music plays]

- [door slams]
- [footsteps clatter]

Police! Harrison Yamanaka,
put your hands up!

Right now!

[g*n c*ck]

[thunder crashes]

[Kuramochi grunts]

[g*n c*ck]

[panting]

[tense music plays]

Why hesitate?

Your dead partner

would have shot me.

[tense music continues]

[Kuramochi breathes shakily]

- [grenade pin clinks]
- [gasps]

[panting]

[Takumi yells]

[glass shatters]

[water pours]

[suspenseful music plays]

[music fades]

[doctor] The patient is stable.

I will check on their vitals again
in about an hour.

MY OWN WRONGDOINGS
LED TAKUMI TO PARTAKE IN LAND FRAUD

{\an8}MASAMI TSUJIMOTO

SEKIYO SCAMMED IN 11.2 BILLION LAND FRAUD

[Kuramochi] Tsujimoto Takumi's confession
to the police

exposed the full details
of the Sekiyo House land fraud case.

The details,
and the loss of 11.2 billion yen,

sent shockwaves throughout the country.

{\an8}Every day, newspapers and news programs

were buzzing with numerous explanations
of the unknown term "land swindler."

The media outlets revealed

{\an8}the bold yet nuanced techniques
of the land swindler group,

{\an8}as well as their murderous brutality.

{\an8}[reporter] ...for scamming Sekiyo House.

[Kuramochi] More so, what sparked
the public's interest

was why Sekiyo House, one of the leading
real estate developers in Japan,

was somehow able to be swindled
out of an astounding 11.2 billion yen

so easily.

[Wadajima]...the full details.

[Kuramochi] Once the fraud came to light,
Sekiyo House immediately set up

an internal investigation team,
under the leadership of Chairman Wadajima.

[Wadajima] Abekawa bears a grave
responsibility and is also responsible.

[Kuramochi] Interviews were conducted with
all the employees involved in the incident

but they kept giving vague testimonials,

because Aoyagi, who was their boss,

the head of the division and the person
in charge of this transaction,

was already deceased.

- [woman]...the president's agenda?
- Aoyagi, the division head.

[Kuramochi] Later,
a new third-party investigation team

that included the police was assembled.

Their investigation is still underway.

As a side note,
of the 11.2 billion yen that was swindled,

we managed to retrieve one billion that
was paid to the broker, Abiru Holdings.

The remaining ten billion yen
the swindler group received

is yet to be retrieved
and nowhere to be found at this point.

[coughing]

[Takumi coughs]

How are you feeling?

Uh...

All right.

No need to get up.

[weakly] Uh... Appreciate that.

Has there been any progress at all lately?

No.

Not more than what's in the, uh, media.

Nothing new.

If there's anything at all I can do
to help, you have my full cooperation.

Yes.

I will interrogate you thoroughly once
you've been released from the hospital.

Got it.

[coughs quietly]

Hey, uh,

can I ask you one question now?

Yeah.

During your five years as a land swindler...

what were you feeling?

I mean,

I'm sure you kept the motivation
to have your revenge...

but you deceived and devastated
a lot of people, correct?

There were many deaths too.

And yet, to me,

you don't seem like someone
who can easily bear the outcomes.

The gravity of it all.

Harrison said to me that...

although I might have struck
numerous people straight down into hell,

that he thought a part of me
felt ecstasy from doing it.

[gentle music plays]

I have never once felt

any ecstasy from swindling.

But...

I may have used it
as a way to escape, a little bit.

Escape?

What land swindlers are best at

is building a world with lies.

It's all false.

It's a world that doesn't exist.

I wanted to escape...

Tsujimoto Takumi's world.

Escape from my reality...

and live in a world
that I could only imagine.

Would you forget about your revenge?

Revenge wasn't something
I could easily forget.

Even so...

the more I got involved in the job...

the more I swindled land...

a part of me became more invested in it,

truth be told.

It's not a job.

It's a crime.

You, the other land swindlers,
and Harrison,

your crimes are unforgivable.

You're criminals.

Yes.

[coughs]

Have you...

Have you located Harrison?

[suspenseful music plays]

[g*nsh*t]

[suspenseful music continues]

[music fades]