" December 9, 1975, 7 years after the 300-million yen robbery..." "I asked all of you to exert all your effort." " December 9, 1975 and investigate to your best of ability until the very end, but..." "With heartfelt respect," "I'd like to express my appreciation and gratitude." "Total number of investigators involved in the case, 170,000." "The long investigation spanned a course of 2,556 days came to an end without seeing the fruits of its labor." " December 10, 1975, 00:00 am 300-million yen robbery statute of limitations expired." "It's been 7 years." "I know this is sudden, but please come with me." "Aren't you going to set me free?" "Please, come with me." "The 300-million yen robbery remains to this day..." " December 3, 2013." "Seike-san, Seike-san!" "Are you all right?" "Where is Takahashi-san?" "He got away." "Let's see ..." "My account number is 9 6 5 1." "It spells Kurokouchi." "Please deposit half of 35 billion, or 17.5 billion, in that account." " Todai-chan" "Excuse me for a minute." "Oh, please continue the deposit." "Hello~." "Have you arrived at the station?" "What?" " Is this Chief Kakizaki?" " I'm sorry." "Issue an emergency alert at once..." "Takahashi-san had a concealed stun gun." "Seike-san." "I'm terribly sorry!" "Ajapaa~." "Did Takahashi-san escape?" "I guess the deal is off." "Hey... give me back that laptop." "It's a bargain if you think of it as buying your life for 17.5 billion." "The visitor is leaving." "Are you sure?" "I know how you plan to use that money." "Using a foreign private military contractor as adviser, you're planning something insane like a coup d'etat, aren't you?" "You're using the money for your plan to use that opportunity to bring Sakura Fubuki Association out in the open, aren't you?" " Is that what Takahashi-san told you?" " That's why, if you don't give me the money, I'm gonna tell the world everything." "Why don't you do that?" "Without any evidence, it's just your imagination." "Too bad your insane coup d'etat plot isn't just imagination, too." "How many people do you have to kill before you're satisfied?" "Is this what your mentor wanted you to do?" "Excuse me." "The person who entrusted everything to you," "Shiroo Heizo-san, was it?" "If he was still alive, don't you think he wouldn't have allowed you to do such a stupid thing?" "Oh?" "That's it." "This Shiroo-san, is he really dead?" "I'm sorry I haven't kept in touch." "I'm the former Sawamura Hideto." "Maybe Shiroo-san's still alive somewhere." "Huh?" "Now, now..." "I'm going, I'm going." "If Shiroo-san's still alive, things could get interesting." " See you again." " We won't be meeting anymore." "I knew it, he's still alive." "Shiroo Heizo." "May I be allowed to be set free now?" "Aren't you going to set me free?" "Shiroo-san." "Yes, I'm leaving tomorrow." "Just as a precaution, please make sure the police don't move." "I've taken steps on my side." "I'm gonna expose it all." "The 300-million yen robbery." "He doesn't know?" "Kaga retracted his confession." "He's now saying that he didn't kill Sugi Ryutaro, nor does he know anything about this ringleader called Takahashi." "Kaga probably found out that Takahashi Hideo got away and retracted his confession." "Impossible." "Kaga was in the interrogation room the whole time." "Actually, within the police, there's Sakura..." "Seike-san." "What about Sakura?" "Nothing." "I'm sorry." "Speaking of, I was called over to NPA earlier in regards to Kaga." "Ushii-kun, come with me." "Certainly." " Chief..." " Let me handle this." "Looks like you're not having any luck." "How long have you been there?" "First, shall we go somewhere else?" "It's not safe here." "A coup d'etat with the money from the 300-million yen robbery?" "Sawatari comes up with some insane ideas, huh?" "We'll have to stop him right away." "How?" "The laptop, Takahashi, everything's gone." "Knowing Sawatari, he'll be extremely cautious and he probably plans to skip the country by tomorrow." "Tomorrow..." "Ah~." "If only, if only you had Takahashi safely captured." "I'm sorry." "All we can do is expose everything now, right?" "By revealing everything," "I'm gonna put an end to Sawatari." "But if we don't have evidence, no one will believe us." "I have the evidence." "Did you know?" "Takahashi was being watched over the course of the entire 300-million yen robbery by Shiroo from Public Security." "I didn't know that." "And because of that, he was apparently under their control for 45 years." " Under their control?" " But..." "I wonder if Takahashi's the only one." "For example, the founder of Sakura Fubuki Association who knows all the secrets." "But Shiroo-san already passed away." "Takahashi was supposedly dead too, right?" "That's why~ suppose that Shiroo's alive, and suppose we track down where he is and can get him to testify," "I'm thinking maybe that's how we can stop Sawatari." "Is Shiroo-san alive?" "Well, aside from that," "I do have one more thing." "What is this one more thing you have?" "Can't tell you yet~." "I know I've asked you a number of times already, but what is your real objective?" "Revenge." "Shiroo Heizo?" "He's Sawatari-san's former superior who was known as Mr. Public Security." "I was told there's a possibility that he's alive somewhere." "Did that information come from Kurokouchi?" "Yes." "October 2, 2005." "Passed away at a social service facility, Akane, in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo." "Akane..." "Grandpa, do you have a visitor?" " Home Helper." " AKANE." "Let me have that for a minute." "The source of all Kurokouchi's information may be her." "Hazuki..." "Tomo-san." "Maybe she was killed under the guise of an accident because she tracked down the fact that Sakura" "Fubuki Association's Shiroo is still alive." "Why do you know about Sakura Fubuki Association?" "Madarame-san, are you..." "I'm just a temp." "Shiroo-san's alive?" "I haven't confirmed it yet, but if he's alive, he might be the witness we need to arrest Sawatari-san..." "Unfortunately, we were ordered by the top to stay away from Shuto Sohgo Security Company." "In other words, we can't touch Sawatari-san who's virtually the head of that company either." "Could it be that the top and Sakura Fubuki Association are connected?" "Who knows how who's connected to what, and what's the same." "Does that mean good and evil are the same?" "Well, even if I was a member of Sakura Fubuki Association, if you didn't know that, you'd think I was upright and honest." "I'm just saying if I was." "Why, of course." "By the way, where is Kurokouchi-kun?" "After thinking it over," "I wondered how Takahashi had a stun gun hidden away when I did a thorough body check the other day." "The only ones there were me, Seike-san, and..." "Kurokouchi-san." "Surely, he didn't..." "This is perfect exposure material." "Thank you very much, Takahashi-san~." "This completes our deal." "What are you going to do now?" "I gave it a lot of thought, but" "I think I'm going to be free." "All these years, it was like I was a captive." "What does that mean?" "Youth S was alive, kept hidden by the police." "That's what I intend to disclose." "By getting arrested properly by the police." "So this time for sure, you're really going to stir up the police?" "I wonder why it took 45 years to get here." "Because you're an idiot." "There are some people who call you "the genius of the Showa era crime history," but you're just an idiot." "True," "I am an idiot." "Back then, if I hadn't robbed the cash transport vehicle," "Sakura Fubuki Association wouldn't have been created, and." "Mako-chan and others would probably still be alive." "Believing that it was for the right cause, I committed a crime." "But before I knew it," "I found myself not being able to differentiate what was right from what was wrong." "But it's also true that the 300-million yen robbery had a hand in criminal investigation as it is today." "Like the abolition of photo montages, progress made in the investigation of articles left at the scene, and all the security cameras installed in the city." "I could go on and on." "Did you tell him you're turning yourself in?" "Shiroo-san... didn't you go see him?" "I did." "What's his current name?" "He goes by "Takeshita."" "Takeshita-san... right?" "Are you going?" "I want to get this settled once and for all, too." "Take care." "I was an idiot, huh?" "Seike-san, are you mad about something?" "One question, if you don't mind." "Cor~rect!" "I haven't said anything yet." "That's right." "I'm the one who let Takahashi get away." "Excuse me." "Check him out thoroughly to make sure he's not carrying any weapon, okay?" "Why on earth did you do that?" "Because he told me that." "Shiroo's still alive." "Did you make a deal with him?" "Look, rather than Takahashi's confession that may or may be valid evidence, don't you think it's better to have the founder of Sakura Fubuki Association tell it all?" "He's from Public Security, and he's the founder himself." "So, did you find out where Shiroo's at?" "Probably." "Then let's hurry over." "Before Sawatari and the 300 million yen disappear again." "I'm afraid I won't be able to come see you for a while." "Just like you told me to protect it," "I will protect the association until the end." "For the sake of order." "Social service facility, Akane." "This facility is operated by the subsidiary of Sakura Fubuki Association, Akaba-gumi." "It's also on record that this is where Shiroo-san died." "Isn't this exciting?" "Will he really talk to us?" "If he can talk." "Takeshita." "This is it." "Inside this room is the founder of Sakura Fubuki Association." "Maybe Sawatari's here too." "Excuse me~." "I'm with the Kanagawa Prefectural Police." "Can we talk to you in regards to." "Sawatari-san and the 300-million yen robbery?" " Excuse me~." " It's useless." "He's got dementia." "Shiroo-san, can I have you listen to this for a minute?" "What is that?" "It's a tape recording of the conversation he had with Sawatari in this room." "Takahashi-san gave it to me." "Is this what you meant when you said you have one more thing?" "Takahashi, who you named, secretly kept the conversation when Sakura Fubuki Association killed someone for the first time 10 years ago in order to protect himself." "10 years ago..." "There was no need for you to kill Seike." "Just because he found out about the association, there was no need to kill him!" "Shiroo-san, you're the one who told me to protect it." "In order for the police to assert that evil is evil, it let evil slide and covered it up." "It's the same thing as the 300-million yen robbery." "I did it to preserve national order, just as I was told to do." "There's a female journalist who seems to be digging around, but" " we're still checking her out..." " Sawatari-kun!" "Crime, if it isn't exposed, isn't a crime." "The first person to be killed by Sakura Fubuki Association was Seike Shinji, your father." "Shiroo-san." "Can't you recall anything?" "The person you entrusted the association with thinks nothing of people's lives." "Like the high school girl 8 years ago, or the murder of an entire family." "The order." "The order." "It's for order." "Order, is it?" "IMaybe he remembers everything." "If he does, it's scary, isn't it?" "Both him, and." "Sakura Fubuki Association." "Is the female journalist mentioned in that tape." "Hazuki Tomo-san?" "I told you before, remember?" "You and I are heading towards the same direction." "Well then, I'm gonna go see Sawatari." "We couldn't get a good testimony, but this and the fact that Shiroo's alive should be plenty." "I'm calling the media and exposing everything in front of him." "Rather than doing that, if we have that tape, we can arrest Sawatari-san, can't we?" "We can arrest him for the murder of." "Seike Shinji, can't we?" "Will you let me borrow that tape?" "Can you do it?" "Yes." "You're fired up, eh?" "Thank you." " You're going to arrest Sawatari?" " Yes." "Please get an arrest warrant for the murder of Seike Shinji." "Seike Shinji." "You mean your father?" "Yes." "It's been determined that my father was murdered as directed by Sawatari-san." "Didn't your father die in the line of duty?" "That's what I thought, also until just recently." "However, the evidence is recorded here." "What is that?" "It's a recording of the conversation Sawatari and Shiroo Heizo had 10 years ago regarding my father." "You mean that Shiroo-san from Public Security?" "Don't be absurd." "It's not absurd." "How is Shiroo-san involved?" "The truth is, Shiroo-san and Sawatari-san..." "Seike-san." "You'd better think carefully before you talk." "But" " we don't have much time." " Hold it, now." "At any rate, there's no way we can get an arrest warrant right away." "You'll understand once you listen to the tape." "As directed by the top, we are not to touch Sawatari." "That's what we've been directed." "Chief Kakizaki..." "That's all." "Meeting adjourned." "May I have a minute, please~." "What are you doing here?" "Are you that terrified of listening to the tape?" "Once you listen to it, you'll have no choice but to act on it, right?" "W-what are you talking about!" "Kurokouchi-kun, this has nothing to do with Second Division..." "You know about Sakura Fubuki Association too, don't you?" "Hey, Kurokouchi!" "It's getting tiresome keeping it a secret, so" "I'm going to tell you everything." "The former Public Security official, Shiroo Heizo, was the very person who covered up the 300-million yen robbery 45 years ago." " Wait a minute." " And~" "Takahashi, who Seike-san and Chief Ushii let escape the other day, was the true culprit in the 300-million yen robbery, Youth S." " Huh?" " And~." "Shiroo, with the 300 million yen he confiscated from Takahashi at that time, created an organization that covers up police mishaps." "The Sakura Fubuki Association." " Covers up..." " And~ the person who took over all that from Shiroo is former Prefectural Governor Sawatari Kazunari, and it seems that Sawatari's now plotting an absurd coup d'etat using the money from the 300-million yen robbery." "What era are you talking about?" "Then, everyone, did you know this?" "Takahashi-san..." "I mean the former Youth S was aided in his escape by me." "Did you let him get away?" "!" "Takahashi-san's probably turning himself in by now." "Although I'm not sure." "Kurokouchi-kun, what is the meaning of this?" "I made a deal with him." "He told me Shiroo was still alive and... we got a confession too, didn't we, Seike-san?" "Yes." "By nature of our work as police officers, we make connections with all kinds of people, right?" "In that line of duty," "I imagine you heard something about Sakura Fubuki Association, haven't you?" "Well, I suppose you're pretending you don't know because you don't want to get involved." "Then why is Sawatari and his members doing all this?" "Have you ever thought about that?" "That's because they thought the police should always be righteous." "If I may say so, doesn't it mean they're cleaning up after you all's mess?" "What the hell are you trying to say?" "I'm saying don't act like you don't know!" "Both Sawatari and Shiroo were your comrades to start out with." "If your comrade does something wrong, isn't it our duty as comrades to stop him?" "If we ignore this now, we're all equally guilty." "What will you do, my fellow righteous police officers?" "Will you still turn a blind eye?" "Chief, can you get." "Sawatari's arrest warrant at once?" "But I can't right away." "Ah, the arrest warrant." "Shall I have it made for you?" "How the hell can you make it!" "That's, well... you know me." "What are you going to do about evidence?" "I have it here." "Voice analysis is already done too~." "All right." "Let's hear that tape." "Yes, sir." "National Police Agency..." "(NPA)" "Hereafter, you will be working under the supervision of NPA as a member of an organization called Sakura Fubuki Association for the sake of our country." "For our country?" "You can't come in like this!" "Do you have a warrant?" "Now, now, now." "We just want to talk to Sawatari-san." "Excuse us." "He's gone." "Hello." "Kurokouchi." "He's gone." "Sawatari-san isn't here anymore." "I figured as much." "I thought you'd come." "Good evening~." "You don't give up, do you?" "No~." "I'm not quite as bad as you who thinks the end justifies the means." "Is the laptop in your car?" "That's stolen money to start out with." "It's not yours, is it?" "I don't see how you can pretend to be so righteous, spouting words like "for the country" and "order."" "Aren't you misunderstanding something?" "It's not that I believe the end justifies the means." "I believe that for a noble cause, all means become good." "But covering up the 300-million yen robbery was the beginning of evil." "That, in itself, was the right thing to do." "But you do know that a lot of people suffered because of that incident..." "But it's also true the police reassessed its system because of that incident." "Then what about your insane coup d'etat plot?" "Did you know?" "In 1932, young naval officers aiming to overthrow the government assassinated Inukai Tsuyoshi, the prime minister at the time, in the May 15 Incident." "And in 1936, young army officers who questioned the ways of the Government assassinated Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo and others in the February 26 Incident." "Those were also coup d'etat that someone plotted behind the scenes." "The world keeps turning as if someone is constantly manipulating it, and that's how everything keeps flowing smoothly." "For the noble cause called national interest." "National interest, huh?" "Isn't it because you try to hide it behind noble cause that its side effect arises, which leads to yet another evil doing?" "Bad things happen again because you try to force its exposure." "Of course I'd expose it." "I'm a police officer after all." "Didn't you learn at the Police Academy that police officers should protect the order and safety of our country?" "I didn't learn that it was okay to kill people in order to do that." "I thought you were someone I could reason with." "Looks like this was a useless conversation." "Come to think of it, 8 years ago, I asked a certain lady why she was trying to expose the truth about the 300-million yen robbery." "What was her reason?" "Oh?" "You didn't ask her at that time?" "She said what you stole from others should be returned to the original owners." "She said an obvious thing like that." "Come on, let's give it back." "That money's been smeared in too many things." "If that comes to light, other things, best left unknown, will get dragged out too." "If that puts an end in the police, who needs it anyway." "I won't" " let it end." " I'll put an end to you." "Arrest Warrant." "Sorry." "For arresting you for a separate crime at the very end." "Well then, we'll have to part here." "Sorry again." "I was actually buying time~." "It's all over now," "Sawatari Kazunari." "I told the police everything." "It's over." "Let's meet again." "Drop dead," "Monster." "Hazuki Family's Grave." "Kurokouchi-san?" "Did he go out to buy pork buns?" "I'm here to visit Sawatari-san." "I'm afraid you can't see him." " Why not?" " I'm sorry." "Anyway, I bet I won't find him here anymore." "Or any where else." "Excuse me~." "Kurokouchi-san." "Why wasn't Takahashi-san arrested?" "He supposedly turned himself in." "Didn't everyone just disappear?" "By "everyone"... you mean Sawatari-san too?" "For some unknown reason." " How can that be?" " Anyway," "I kinda knew that from the beginning... or maybe not." "But in the end, just like 45 years ago, they made it look like nothing happened, huh?" "Don't you think those people there determined what's good and evil once again and made the decision?" "In order for the police to appear righteous, they let evil slide and covered it up." "Just like that time." "That was the 300-million yen robbery." "You guys are hiding too much~!" "Hello?" "I'll go ahead and delete the voice analysis data." "Will do~." " Are you sure you want to delete this file?" " YES" " NO" "We retrieved them all." "When you get right down to it, it must mean that there are some things in this world that are best left unknown to the public." "Although I don't want to think so." "But who was it that covered up the 300-million yen robbery?" "That's... the police." "Cor~rect!" "The End"