01x04 - Episode 4

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The police?

You returned home at 7:30 p.m.
and stayed there up until now.

Is that your claim?

Yes.

But because you live alone,
there's no one who can verify it.

Correct.

Didn't you take a walk last night?

It's your hobby.

I was unjustly brought under suspicion
because of it, so I've stopped recently.

I see.

Excuse me.

I checked the security camera.

He never left home from last night
until this morning.

Are you done?

May I ask one more thing?

Okay.

This lost item came to the MPD.

Is it yours?

It is the same make and model,

but shouldn't the police
know better whether it's mine?

You would have checked for prints, right?

If it's mine, may I have it back?

The President is leaving.

Let me escort you.

I guess Hidaka is not the perp after all.

I'll go take a smoke.

As you may already be aware,
the DNA wasn't found on the leather glove.

Therefore, no matter how hard they try,

they can't prove your involvement.

Good for you. You're acquitted.

Damn you!

Someone might see us.

See you.

Is there something between them?

What are you up to?

How dare you use someone else's body to…

You're so obsessed
about switching back and arresting me.

It's all your fault.

Of course, I have to.

I can't sit back and watch you--

So, do you think I "must" be captured?

Should I turn myself in?

To make the world safe,
this is what "must" be done, isn't it?

Justice is a real pain in the neck.

Not that I care about
such complicated things.

Will you hand over the item
that you retrieved?

There's no guarantee
that it will never be discovered.

I believe it's too risky for you to
have it while you are in my body.

Maybe I should take it directly
from the person who has it…

I have it!

Then…

I'll await your next call.

He doesn't trust me a bit.

Crap!

I'll send the glove to your company.

Use a fake name
and beware of security cameras.

Last night, a man named Yomo was m*rder*d.

Did you know?

I do.

So, was that Hidaka in your body?

I can't take it anymore.

Even if I switch back, I'll be a m*rder*r.

Did Hidaka figure out
I'm working with you?

I'm playing dumb,
but I'm not sure he's fooled.

May I quit?

One wrong step could get me k*lled.

We're dealing with a serial k*ller!

And you call yourself a cop?

You've got to be kidding!

I expect that this new case

will throw the serial m*rder
investigation team into serious confusion.

The victim is Tadayoshi Yomo, the former
owner of Akatsuki Estate Development.

His golf buddy found him dead
after he was late for a golf appointment.

After the m*rder, the room was cleaned up

and the phi mark was drawn on his palm.

While it's likely to be the same k*ller,

the slight differences
suggest the possibility of a copycat.

As this is the third case
including Kanagawa,

the team can't rule out the possibility
of a group that shares a certain belief.

This has gotten very bad.

In the confusion, no one will suspect
Ayako Mochizuki, a police officer,

at least for a while.

And Haruto Hidaka, who is me,

would not be
put under suspicion for this case.

I'm safe.

-Get your hands off me!
-Stay put!

The problem is that it has ruined my plan

to go back into my body
and arrest Hidaka successfully.

If I went on with the plan,
Hidaka would submit as evidence

the video which would also incriminate me,

Ayako Mochizuki, as a m*rder*r.

As a result,
we'll both end up behind bars.

Whether we switch back or not,

I'll never be able to accuse
Hidaka of m*rder.

Director Igarashi.

Will you allow me to compile
a database for the investigation team?

On top of that,
I may be forced to help him cover up

whatever m*rder he commits in the future.

We have additional suspects.

Thank you.

I'll spend my life helping
a criminal who should be put to death.

What's the meaning of my life,

the life I have lived as a police officer?

Shut the hell up! Who was he?

Hey.

Haba.

-What was that?
-None of your business.

Unless it's a lover's quarrel,
a man rarely grabs a woman by the collar.

There's definitely something between them.

Are these the only mail we have?

Yes.

Okay.

President.

Are you all right?

I know you've gone through a lot,
but we need you to be yourself.

Otherwise, we'll go out of business.

Out of business?

Because of the search and Sample Q,

our clients are threatening
to cancel contracts.

President. Please visit a client with me.

What?

Because we got Sample Q,
the police investigated us over and over,

asking us who has how many bottles.

The police were so persistent!

Persistent?

On top of that, because of the police
our clients became suspicious of us.

Because of the police?

So we lost business deals, too,
because the police came!

"Because of the police"?

Of course the police came! Someone died!

The police don't enjoy the visits.

They simply come because it's their job!

What?!

Who caused all this in the first place?!

The m*rder*r, of course!

What?

What were you thinking, President?

But the police didn't do anything wrong.

And it's wrong to blame us.

We didn't go there to preach.

We went to beg them to buy our products!

Your reaction was so out of character.

Do you have other plans?

I was only stating the obvious.

It is the people's duty to cooperate
in a criminal investigation.

Forget it.

Did I say anything wrong?

Here you go, sir. Your materials.

For the meeting
with the Development Department at 1 p.m.

Development Department…

At 3 p.m., you have a meeting
with Management,

with HR at 4 p.m.,

and with Production Control at 5 p.m.

Wait. That many meetings in a day?

Please read them carefully.

Hidaka managed to do all this?

He is a realtor just like Mr. Yomo.

They had a conflict over a land deal.

Is he linked in any way to Tadokoro?

Yamaki.

Yes!

He is.

In two ways, actually.

Look at him.

Ichiro Shimei.

He has a prior for theft?

Mochizuki.

Yes, sir.

I'm meeting Public Security
about the phi mark business.

Will you take the minutes?

Absolutely.

Thank you.

I appreciate it.

Thank you, too.

So, only foreign groups use the phi mark.

These days, you can
communicate online easily.

It wouldn't be impossible for a group
to have a branch in Japan.

But if these are organized crimes,
it doesn't make sense.

Yet we've had three cases in a row.

Why k*ll as many as three people?

Hey, Mochizuki.

Would you like to have this?

My daughter didn't want it.

Thank you. I'd like it.

Bye.

Wasn't it weird
the bacteria was on the glove?

I agree. Right?

Wasn't it found on the road?

Are you talking
about the khaki glove you tested?

Yes.

The DNA was destroyed by a bacteria,

but this bacteria
is not usually found outdoors.

It's not impossible, though.

Tell me. Do you suspect that someone
introduced the bacteria on purpose?

Nitta.

Do you still have the mislabeled glove?

It's in the box on the second shelf.

I'll take it for five minutes.

Okay.

Mr. Kawahara, what are you doing?

Hello.

I'm calling about the khaki glove
you found for us.

The label says "left,"
but inside we have a right-handed glove.

May I talk to the person who found it?

I believe I found the left one.

Yes, I checked over and over again.

A right-handed glove was in there?

I'll check again and call you back.

Someone swapped the gloves
and mixed up the left and the right.

What? Who?

The person swapped the left one
and added bacteria on the right one.

Only five people could have done it.

You, me, Nitta, Yamaki,

and…

Mochizuki.

COIN LOCKER

You found bloody clothes in your garbage?

The garbage collector took it right away,
so I only got to take a peek.

But it scared me.

Hey, Riku.

Could she have split personality syndrome?

What?

Split personality?

You said her stress was building up.

Things have been bad for her at work.

That's true… Hey!

Now that you mention it, these days

she's always pleasant and smiling.

That's it.

She does have a split personality.

The other personality is k*lling people.

It's all right.

No way she has split personality syndrome.

Welcome home.

I'm back.

She's wearing an apron.

I came home early.

It's nothing special, though.

Ayako.

Tell me.

Has anything weird
happened to you recently?

Like suddenly
finding yourself in a different place?

No.

Having no memory of doing something

even though people tell you
that you did it?

Not at all.

How about waking up

to find you've k*lled a puppy or a person?

What do you mean?

I had some trash,
so I opened the bag to put it in.

That was when I found
a bloody hazmat suit in it.

You've been so stressed
that your personality could have split,

making you both
the m*rder*r and the captor…

Like you're profiting off your crime…

I wore it when I helped Forensics
with a blood pattern experiment.

I was busy,
so I put it out with our trash.

Really?

You're so funny, Riku.

Both the m*rder*r and the captor.

He wasn't right, but he wasn't
completely wrong either.

HITOSHI TADOKORO

TADAYOSHI YOMO

Hitoshi Tadokoro is "two."

HITOSHI TADOKORO

Tadayoshi Yomo is "four."

FOUR

TADAYOSHI YOMO

Which number will be next?

I wonder if she is doing fine.

Our sales will fall by half?

Unfortunately, yes.

Maybe our approach was wrong.

It may be too late
by the time we ask the clients

to reconsider canceling.

I hate to say this, but it's all because
you came under suspicion.

How could you blame our approach?

Can't you at least say a word of apology?

I'm sorry.

Just what happened to you?!

Haruto Hidaka is not this kind of leader!

"Not this kind"?

What kind of leader am I?

President.

I'll keep your secret.

So please tell me the truth.

What truth?

You've been odd
ever since you came back from the police.

You've become incapable
and your personality has changed.

Really?

Unless you tell me the truth,
I can't handle the situation.

The truth is…

Yes?

Well…

the day before the police summoned me,
I fell down the stairs and hit my head.

Since then, I've lost some of my memory

and have trouble understanding things.

You mean, you have amnesia?

Probably.

Sir, do you mind
if I inform the employees?

Well, no.

Thank you.

I'll do it immediately.

URGENT - ABOUT THE PRESIDENT

SENT

That was quick.

Now everything will be okay.

Okay? How?

President, is this true?

Well, yeah.

You've been working with amnesia?

Y-Yes.

You entered the women's restroom because…

Well…

I'm sorry, sir!

I didn't know you were suffering
and said horrible things!

No, it was my fault in the first--

No! If I had done better,
I wouldn't have been so rude

to you while you were in such condition…

-I'm so--
-Don't apologize!

I was injured because I was careless.

It was my fault.

I can't return…

to my normal state anytime soon,

but I'll eventually relearn
things one by one.

So…

may I rejoin the meeting?

Of course!

I'll make you a list of our clients!

DRIVER'S LICENSE DATABASE

SEARCH RESULTS - NONE

No driver's license.

Is it just my imagination?

Do you seriously suspect Mochizuki?

OUTSIDE TADAYOSHI YOMO'S HOUSE

She definitely tampered with the glove.

But what will she gain
by doing such a thing?

What if she's working with Hidaka?

With Hidaka?

Why would she?

I don't know.

Maybe he has something on her.

So you're still pondering about it.

Excuse me.

We're the police.

Do you come here often?

Police? Yes.

Did you pass by here
on the 12th around the same time?

Yes, I did.

Did you see anyone suspicious?

A woman.

A woman?

Yes. She went into that house.

Did you see her face?

It was dark, so not really.

Remember her height or outfit?

She was rather tall.

Her clothes or hairstyle?

She wore a beige coat

and had a black bag.

And her hair?

About this long.

Look.

Do you see anyone who looks similar?

Oh, sorry.

That woman!

No, in the ordinary picture.

Hey, hey!

Cheese and chicken and…

I'm making sure.

Just making sure…

The way she stands looks very familiar.

However, I'm not sure about her face.

Let her roam around for a while.

Are you still watching her?

Something is fishy about her.

Mochizuki.

I got a witness near Yomo's house.

A witness?

Shut up.

A witness, you say?

Right. He saw a woman.

Female.

Around 11 p.m., he saw
a woman entering Yomo's house.

She was tall, around 20 to 30 years old,
had semi-long hair, wore a beige coat,

and had a black bag
with a butterfly charm.

The name of the witness
and contact info, please.

Nguyen Tri Minh.

A foreign exchange student
working in a convenience store.

She's not taking the bait.

Done at last.

What's this?

Sloth Hachi…

Oh, it's from Yamaki!

YUNA HIDAKA

Perhaps his younger sister?

-Hello.
-Brother, are you all right?

Ms. Itsuki called me.

I'm fine…

Well, not completely.

YUNA HIDAKA
HIDAKA'S YOUNGER SISTER

Remember this restaurant?

It feels vaguely familiar.

Dad always orders beef stew
and Mom orders chicken cutlet.

Sorry.

It's all right.

Let's order hamburger steak!
That's your favorite.

Maybe it will jog your memory.

-Excuse me.
-May I take your order?

Hamburger steak and cabbage rolls.

-And the salad set, please.
-Yes, ma'am.

What?

It's just that… everyone's so nice to me.

The people at the office teach me
so patiently and encourage me so much.

That's because you're always nice to them.

Nice? Hida…

I… I'm nice?

You hired Mr. Togashi of Sales after
he was falsely accused of molestation

and fired from his last job.

Togashi had such a past?

And you hired Ms. Itsuki when she couldn't
find a job and was in trouble.

Everyone has so many different stories.

Did you forget that incident, too?

What incident?

When you were in high school,

there was a loud old man
the neighbors hated.

He had a bad leg.

You said he wasn't such a bad person
and helped him shop for groceries.

Then one day,
you got a cold and couldn't go help,

and he fell down the stairs
and passed away.

He passed away?

You blamed yourself, saying
you should have put on a mask and gone.

That day, did I really have a cold?

You did.

You even told me
not to come into your room.

Maybe his sister is right.

Hidaka may really have been
asleep in his room.

However, while pretending to sleep,

he could very well have
snuck out of the house

and pushed the man down the stairs.

But the employees are so loyal to Hidaka.

But the Hidaka I know
is a cold-blooded devil.

What kind of a man is he?

YAMAKI

What now?

-Yes?
-Well…

Sexual-Hara found
a witness to the Yomo case.

A foreign exchange student
working near the house.

And?

Every description he gave
matches you, Ms. Mochizuki.

Your body was seen entering Yomo's house.

Security cameras?

None in that area.

Then…

Hidaka will do something about it.

He'll come up with an excuse or an alibi.

What if…

He won't k*ll the witness, will he?

No way.

He won't.

Then he'd be incriminating himself.

That's right. No way he would.

You're right.

Ma'am, are you all right?

Thanks.

Thank you very much.

I can't go on like this.

I'll head there right away!

You're under arrest.

I'm no longer "me" if I look away.

I'll no longer be the person I have been.

WITNESS
NGUYEN TRI MINH

She's looking something up.

Is it about Minh?

Oh, she got a call.

Hello.

The glove.

I'll hand it to you.

A spa?

What a fancy place.

They have a very strict privacy policy.

It's a great place
for clandestine meetings.

People who don't want to be seen
favor this place.

Who did you bring here?

Could it have been Itsuki?

I did bring Togashi here once.

So you swing that way?

Will you hand over the glove?

Oh, okay.

Thanks.

Promise me that you'll stop k*lling.

If you don't, you can't have it.

As I told you before,
it's risky for you to keep--

I won't give you the glove, and I'll send
the video to the First Division now.

I will.

I'm serious.

Do you know what you're talking about?

If you do that,
you can never return to yourself.

I don't mind staying this way.

Ayako Mochizuki is a k*ller, too.

What about your family?

I said I don't mind!

Don't underestimate me.

I'm still a cop inside.

I can't let you loose
and risk bodies piling up.

I'd rather turn you in right now.

At that moment, you'll also be destroyed.

So be it!

Let us both go to hell, hand in hand.

That is how things must turn out
in this world.

So that's why it was you.

Now I see.

That was why I was swapped with you.

I get your point.

Let go of me.

We can't have a conversation like this.

The person who'd kept the glove
must have told you something.

I just gave you
a piece of general advice, that's all.

Oh, well.

Don't worry.

I don't k*ll people
over this sort of petty issue.

Hypothetically, let's say you have ESP.

I'd like to ask you something.

Ask me?

The witness, Minh,
who supposedly saw me that day,

was incorrect about one thing.

He said my bag had this charm on it.

I never had it.

That's right.

I put it there after Yomo was m*rder*d.

So Minh could never have seen this charm.

Someone must have added a bit of
specific info to observe your reaction.

Then maybe I should lead him
to testify it was definitely me.

She took it off.

See?

Told you so.

Next, Kawahara.

I heard you found a witness
who was near the scene that night.

Yes, sir.

As you can see in the report,
a young woman was seen there.

What about a lineup?

Not yet.

-Igarashi.
-Yes, sir.

Kawahara, bring him in for a lineup.

Mochizuki.

Prepare photos of all women
relevant to the case.

Yes, sir.

-Mr. Nguyen Tri Minh, right?
-Yes.

We'll begin immediately.

The woman you saw the other day
won't be in the lineup.

However, I'll make her come into the room.

When she does,

I'd like you to identify her.

Was it her?

Was it her?

Was it her?

Mochizuki.

Please give us the file
on the next suspect.

Yes.

UPLOADING FILE

Excuse me.

Sorry for the wait.

It's her!

It's her!

She looks like the woman
who went into the house!

No way.

Mochizuki is a police officer.

But she looks like her!

What should I do?

He's wrong.

It wasn't me.

You know it can't be!

We know.

You must have an alibi, right?

What did you do at that time?

An alibi?

What's wrong?

Mochizuki?

SEND FILE?

Kawahara!

Kawahara, come over here.

I'm busy here.

And so am I! Come here!

The woman you saw the other day
won't be in the lineup.

However, I'll make her come into the room.

When she does,

I'd like you to identify her.

But I'm not sure about her face.

I didn't get a good look at it.

We know from other sources
that she's involved.

It's definitely her.

-But…
-Mr. Minh.

Your visa will expire soon, won't it?

What will you do after that?

This is odd. Who filmed this?

It doesn't matter!
It was sent directly to the MPD!

Witness coercion,
fabrication of evidence, and bribery.

I can't cover for you!
You'll be disciplined!

Good job, Student Monitor.

This is…

We know from other sources
that she's involved.

Mochizuki.

Your alibi…

I was at home, so I don't have one.

However, I'm sure that the woman
Mr. Minh saw wasn't me.

He claimed that he saw

this butterfly charm.

I got it from Chief Tokugawa

on the 15th, after the m*rder.

You can look into it if you'd like.

So it turned out well.

Thanks to you.

You put on a great show.

I was a cop, after all.

You're from the police?

That Detective Kawahara
is a very dirty cop.

I'd like to bring him to justice.

SUNRISE FOODS

If you work for this company,

you can get a three-year working visa
and can even change your status.

I'd like to discuss it with you
if you want.

But I'm not sure about her face.

What did Yuna say about Minh?

She thanked me.

Food processing companies
like Sunrise Foods

value hardworking foreigners
like him, she said.

I see.

Is Yuna well?

Are you worried about her?

Of course.

Her brother was questioned
by the police, so she'd be worried.

By the way, what happened to Sexual-Hara?

Taken off the investigation team.

I feel sorry for him.

You feel sorry? For Sexual-Hara?

In a way, he gave his all to police work.

And at his age, suddenly,
it was taken away from him.

It's quite a strict punishment.

Though I'm the one who did it to him.

Hey.

Why do you m*rder people?

What's your motive?

Why did you target Tadokoro and Yomo?

There's no motive or reason.

I simply get sudden urges to k*ll.

Since when?

Since childhood? Were you born that way?

What's the point in asking?

Even if you find out,
we'll just go to hell together.

I want to understand.

I want to understand the person,
Haruto Hidaka.

See you.

Hidaka has become a bigger mystery to me.

Does he have a split personality?

Or is he hiding something?

Is he committing m*rder
to protect someone dear to him?

Or… does he have an accomplice?

Ayako?

Coin locker?

TO BE CONTINUED