"Chapter 9" "October 13, 20:16 Tochigi prefecture, Lake Ryujin" "Hey, what kind of joke is this?" "Hey!" "Oh, gimme a break." "I can't swim!" "Hey!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Come back!" "Fujikawa!" "What is that?" "Dragon?" "Kaizuka Kita Second High School 11/23, 11:06 Ota-ku, Tokyo" "Next is a case that you get picked on by delinquents in the city." "Crime Prevention by Kaizuka Kita Police Station" "If you provoke them, they can be dangerous." "They may have knives." "Some of them become relentless if you try to resist them." "So, when you get picked on by delinquents, - what you should do is..." "Hey, what the hell are you?" "Give me money, you scum." "I'm sorry." "I don't have money." "Don't joke with me." "Try jumping." "Jump." "I won't forgive you if I hear coins jingle." "I got it." "Please spare me with this." "You should've done so in the first place." "If you do that, you won't get hurt most of the time." "After that, try to remember what they look like and go to the nearest police station." "Then the police will quickly..." "I can't do this." " Hey, Yuge-san." "Well, there is nobody here." "What's going on, teacher?" "I'm sorry." "The students' participation is voluntary." "I guess they won't participate - on a day when they're having the school festival." "How stupid." "Such a waste of time." "It can't be helped." "This is part of our job." "It looks so real that it's scary." "Please excuse us." ""Death mask of a zombie"" "What's this?" "Hey, do you know who made this?" "It's Yamabe-kun from art club, isn't it?" " Yes." "Is that so?" "Thank you." "What's wrong, Utsumi?" "Yuge-san, don't you think this is too real?" "Well if you mention it, it is well made." "You know how there are expressions peculiar to corpses?" "Is it called shadow of death?" "I feel like this mask has that." "Of course not." "It's just a middle school student's creation." "Please excuse me." "Right this way, Fujikawa-san." "This... is Yuichi." "As I thought." "Are you sure?" "This is Yuichi." "Teacher!" "I brought Yamabe-kun." "What is it?" " Yamabe-kun, how did you make this?" "Just a second..." "I used this as a model." "I picked it up at the pond in the nature park the other day." "I thought it was well-made so..." "Three days later And at the bottom of the pond in the nature park, - they found a corpse." "Corpse?" "It was that of Fujikawa Yuichi-san, 33 years old." "He was a man that lived alone in Tokyo." "He couldn't be contacted since a month ago, - and the mother asked the police to search for him." "Fujikawa-san was shot in the head, - so he was killed by someone for sure." "And?" "The shape of his face was in the pond?" "A middle school student picked it up and created the plaster mask." "Coincidentally, one of the teachers in the - middle school was a friend of Fujikawa-san, - and she was stunned, seeing it." "It's well made." "Even the bullet wound looks very real." "It's exactly like a zombie's death mask." "How could the face mold be there?" "It's definitely because of a grudge." "He let people know "I sunk to the bottom here."" "His strong grudge shaped the aluminum plate like that." "Kuribayashi-san." "Do you think we would believe something like that?" "I don't believe in grudges." "Isn't it a scientist's job to scientifically unravel strange phenomena?" "How interesting." "Before calling it a grudge and getting scared, - why don't you try thinking like Yukawa-sensei?" "I have no clue." "That's why Kuribayashi-san is..." "Don't say 'forever an assistant'." "It's not a grudge." "Impossible." "It just coincidentally stuck to the corpse's face." "Crucian carps, carps, or diving beetles in the - lake must've poked it until the shape changed." "I don't think it's the crucian carp or carp's doing, - but there must've been a physical power - that turned it into the shape of a face." "You guys, please help me out a little." " Yes." "Kuribayashi-san, sit down there." "Sit?" " Right there." "What is it?" "Am I gonna be experimen..." " Just sit down." "Why are you bossing me around when you're younger?" "Please take the shape of Kuribayashi-san's face." "Sure." " Don't hesitate." "Go ahead." "Then shall we try pressing it on his face?" "I guess so." " Don't make it painful." "Okay." "Please excuse me." " What is it?" "That hurts!" "Don't move around!" "Kobu-san, please hold the other side." "Wait." " I'm suffocating!" " Don't move." "I'm suffocating." " Don't move!" "That's it." "Don't move." "Please stay still!" "How is it?" " I think that's enough." "It doesn't work." "The skin is too weak that it can't withstand the pressure." "For a second I saw a garden..." "I wonder what it was." "Maybe it would work if it was a dead person." "Rigor mortis." " Rigor mortis?" "!" "We can't test it unless he dies." "That's true." " Please spare me." "And even if it is rigor mortis, - it's not like it will get rock hard." "It would be impossible to take the shape of the face this precisely." "Then how did it turn out like this?" "I have no idea." " There is no need to know." "Sensei, you're cooperating with the police way too much." "Don't spoil her too much, she needs to think, it's for her own good." "But Teito University isn't completely unrelated to this case." "What do you mean?" "The victim, Fujikawa-san, - is an alumni of this university." "Eh?" " No way..." "He majored in nuclear engineering." "Nuclear engineering?" "Yeah, ten years ago." "That major doesn't exist here anymore." " Eh?" "It's called energy engineering now." "The professor from back then doesn't work here anymore right?" "He quit a long time ago." "That professor is..." " Sensei!" "Isn't it enough?" "Kijima Seishiro." "Kijima Seishiro?" "Gallileo "Burst Open, Prequel"" "Timing and Subtitles brought to you by Criminal Minds Team in @ viki" "November 26, 14:30, Tokyo, Ota This nature park - is a place with endless illgal dumping of scraps and oversize garbages." "It seems volunteers and waste management service - agents clean it up once in a while, but - it seems like it's difficult to clear it up." "The materials for the mask was a scrap found here." "We're currently trying to find which company threw it away." "Japanese people don't have morals." "How can they make a mess out of nature like this?" "It's not limited to Japan." "There are cases of radioactive waste being thrown away in oceans and rivers." "Even with the development of technological civilization, - as long as the hearts of people using them don't evolve as well, - this will continue." "Is it only about the people who use it?" "I think scientists who take part in science also have responsibility." "Scientists are just pure." "Otherwise they won't have dramatic inspiration." "What a selfish logic." "Irresponsible thinking like that is the cause of environmental pollution - or other things that are bad to our soci..." " Tell me the overview of the case." "For now, all we know is that the victim was killed between " "October 21, 3:30PM and November 1." "October 21, 11:15AM On the morning of October 21, - the caretaker of the apartment saw the victim." "Hey Fujikawa-san!" "Don't I always tell you to think about the neighbors?" "!" "Fujikawa-san's hobby is to ride his bike, - and the caretaker has been irritated by the noise caused by it." "October 21, 16:03 On the same day, he made a call to his house." "Dad keeps adding more work..." "Oh." "His family members weren't home so it was just a voice-mail." "October 21, - 3:31PM" "It's Yuichi." "I heard your voice-mail." "I think I can go back for Grandpa's 3rd death anniversary." "I will call again later." "After that, his mother was unable to contact him and got worried, - so she visited his house, - and found out he was missing." "What do you mean he was killed by November 1st?" "That is the day the middle school student picked up the mask here." "It seems like the victim was shot dead, but was it a rifle that was used?" "Rifle?" "No..." "It's 41 caliber handgun." "Do people hunt in this nature park?" "Hunt?" "I'm talking about shooting (hunting)." "Do you know if hunters use rifles around this area?" "No way." "That's not allowed around here." "I would think so." "Why do you ask?" "Well..." " Please tell me." "I'm still in the hypothesis stage." "That again?" "It might be a hint so let me hear it." "Yeah, I'm not full of knowledge like you, but..." "Your phone is ringing." "We're investigating together, so can't you tell me..." "Hurry up and answer your phone." "I know!" "It's Utsumi." "What?" "Sensei!" "They found out something new about Fujikawa-san's corpse." "It all started when I saw the result of his blood test." "The lymphocyte in his blood, decreased abnormally." "And when I looked at it closely, I noticed." "What is it?" "A picture of Fujikawa-san's nail." "It's about to peel off after being decomposed." "Do you see it?" "Hyperplasia occurred, although it is a bit." "Hyperplasia?" "It mean's it got thicker." "And then I got an idea so I looked it up." "Look." "This is..." " What?" "The result of ESR." "ESR?" "It's the result of measuring radiation accumulated in the dental enamel - using the electron spin resonance method." "I'll just tell you the result first, Fujikawa-san was - exposed to radiation." "Exposed to radiation?" "!" "I was surprised as well." "I'm glad I looked it up." "What was Fujikawa-san's job?" "After graduating university, he worked for a company - that deals with medical equipments." "Could it have been a job that exposed him to radiation?" "This is his detailed hemanalysis." "Natrium 24..." "Yeah, you don't see this often." "Sorry for interrupting so many times, but - what is that something 24?" "It means there is a possibility he was exposed to neutron rays." "There are many industries that deal with radiation, but - when it comes to newtron rays, it is limited." "Maybe something that has to do with nuclear power?" "Or a research facility of a university or some company." "Wonderful." "This is the first time I was able - to have a smooth conversation with a man." "Even so, these numbers aren't normal." "Even if it was a job that deals with nuclear power, - it goes way over the limit." "You're right." "Fujikawa-san is from the same university as Yukawa-sensei, right?" "He majored in nuclear power engineering." "I wonder if that has something to do with it." "I don't know." "What do you think, Yukawa-sensei?" " I have no idea." "See, even Yukawa-sensei doesn't understand." "This time, we're full of things we don't understand." "What do you mean "we"?" "T-there's no deep meaning behind it." "Right, Yukawa-sensei?" "Be quiet." "Sorry." "The place Fujikawa-san worked was - a supplier of medical equipments called KS Medical Engineering." "Is it possible he got exposed to radiation during work?" "I don't know unless I look it up." "But the founder of this company is - the former professor of Teito University's nuclear engineering, " "Kijima Seishiro-san." "He created this company after quitting the university, but - if you think about it normally, it means he - offered the job to his former student right?" "But Fujikawa-san - suddenly quit this company." "It seems like there was trouble between him and Kijima-san." "Say something!" " Fujikawa-kun!" "October 16, 21:30 5 days before he disappeared, - in front of Kijima-san's house, " "Fuijkawa-san was yelling at Kijima-san, according to a witness." "Then, instead of me, shouldn't you go see Kijima?" "I did, but he wasn't there." "He's been overseas?" "Since last week." "Kijima goes back and forth from Japan to other countries." "He must be busy." "When is he coming back?" "He's scheduled to come back on the 7th of next month." "Sorry if I sound rude but..." "I'm his secretary, Hozumi." "Kijima works here often as well, so - he gave me permission to come here when I need to." "You're his secretary?" "I was surprised." "I thought you were his young and beautiful wife." "What is your first name?" "It's Kyoko." "That's my favorite name!" "Between October 21 and November 1, - where was Kijima-san?" "Talk about something like that after we get a little closer." "On October 21..." "He headed for America the day before." "He came back on November 5th." "So during that time he wasn't in Japan?" "Is there something wrong with that?" "No, that's all." "Thank you." "You're accusing Kijima-sensei?" "There is a need to verify if there was trouble between them." "I'm thinking of visiting him again once he comes back." "Before that, I wanted to ask Yukawa-sensei what kind of person he was." "I'm sorry, but I'm busy." "What's wrong?" "You're behaving strangely." "You're always strange, but it's different from usual." "Shouldn't you go back to investigating?" "Yukawa-sensei." "When I ask you to help me out with investigating, - you always blabber out meaningless logic don't you?" "On the contrary, for information I need, you say 'It's in the hypothesis stage'." "And you don't tell me anything." "I'm always pissed off about that." "But, - there is one thing that impresses me." "You, - never let your feelings get in the way." "But it's different this time." "I don't know how to put it, - but I feel like you're putting your emotions first." "It's something that has nothing to do with this case." "It might affect the investigation." " It's not something I should tell you." "I want to know even if it has nothing to do with the case." "When you look like that, " "I can't help but get curious." "That's your personal feeling." "I'm sorry, but - please go home for today." "I will verify the mystery of the mask." "I understand." "I'll be leaving." "Timing and Subtitles brought to you by Criminal Minds Team in @ viki" "Kusanagi Shunpei" "Thank you for your hard work." "Kusanagi-san!" "Great timing." "Did something happen?" "There was a troublesome request from Tochigi prefectural police." "Tochigi prefectural police?" "Is it something related to a case in our jurisdiction?" "Do you know about the explosion that happened a month and a half ago, - at Tochigi's Lake Ryujin?" "The media was all over that incident calling it a "Mysterious Big Explosion"." "We don't know if it was an accident or if someone did it on purpose." "We don't even know the cause for the explosion." "October 13, 21:45 Tochigi Prefecture, Lake Ryujin" "There were no explosive substances found, - the only thing we found was small pieces of the boat that exploded, and - small pieces of an adult male's flesh." "The medical examiner there examined the flesh - and we found out something unexpected." "He was exposed to radiation." "Exposed to radiation?" "To add on to that, there was a sign he was exposed to neutron rays." "It's the same as Fujikawa-san?" "Yeah." "The prefectural police were looking into the - people missing around the prefecture, and also - went to get information from the nuclear power related facilities." "But they were all swing and misses." "Then over here, they found Fujikawa's corpse, - and to add on to that, we found out he was exposed to radiation." "That's why they thought there was a connection between the two." "Connection?" "But we don't even know when and where Fujikawa was exposed to radiation." "If there was a connection between the two victims, - then we might be able to solve the mystery behind their exposure to radiation." "Yeah, that's why we're checking - if there is anyone else that disappeared around Fujikawa." "They're really desperate." "They still haven't been able to identify the victim." "I understand." "I will look into it again." "It's something troublesome, but please investigate it carefully." "Yes." "Okay." "Let's go Utsumi." "Wait, Utsumi." "Did something happen to Yukawa?" "Why do you ask?" " I called him before coming here." "I wanted to ask for some advice about the explosion at Lake Ryujin, - but he seemed down." "He didn't seem like himself." "I was curious as well and asked him about it, - but he wouldn't answer." "Is that so?" "What is that, Sensei?" "Kusanagi told me on the phone about this account of the event." "A legend about a dragon?" "Oh, about the explosion in Tochigi Prefecture?" "The one that came out in the news a while ago." "Yup." " Eh?" "Does that mean - they asked you to exterminate the monster?" "Sensei, when they say stupid things like that, you should tell them off!" "A dragon - is really illogical." "I can't believe that such imaginary things exist." "According to Kusanagi's report, there wasn't - a trace of anything left after the explosion." "Those cops just come up with one thing after another." "And also, the victim here - had been exposed to radiation too." "Just like the victim in the death mask case." "That kind of thing is just a coincidence." "That may be so, but the fact that nothing could be found after the explosion..." "Sensei!" "Wouldn't it be better to stop collaborating with the police?" "You'd better withdraw, especially with the event this time." "What I say might be meddling, but - it might be better not to recall unpleasant things." "I don't know how he might be - related to this event, - but I want to thoroughly investigate the mystery of the mask." "Besides, the mystery of the explosion is fascinating..." "Then if Kijima-sensei is involved in this, what would you do?" "There are some things in life that - you'd better forget about." "I am sorry to bother you while working." "I am from Kaizuka Kita Police Station." "Have you seen this person?" "I don't think I have seen him at our store." "I see." "Did you speak about something with Fujikawa-san at the end of October?" "No..." "He has paid the rent up to December." "It's been paid?" " Yes." "So you saw him every morning?" " Yes." "But, when I think about it now, I haven't seen him recently." "Have you noticed anything when you saw him last?" "You guys are here again." "Isn't this too much?" "Any little thing helps." "Can you think of anything else about Fujikawa-san?" "You can see that I am busy, can't you?" "Thank you." "This lake is very filthy, right?" "Fishes can't even live here." "It was a beautiful place in the past." "Doesn't matter how much I clean up, people just bring more." "Actually it is not too bad today." "People have been tossing things that cost money to dispose." "Are you from Waste Management?" "Yes, but cleaning around the lake is done by volunteers." "Someone has to do it." "What about you?" "I haven't seen you arond here." "My name is Yukawa." "I am researching about the murder case that the dead body was found here." "Wow, you are a professor at Teito University?" "I would like to see things that was left here." "Why would you want to see them?" "Is that going to - help you research a way to prevent any more trash?" "No, it is about the case..." "Before you take a look at trash, - can you do something about this filthy lake?" "You people research on things very difficult and - create some things to make our lives easy, right?" "You're saying enriching our lives is one of the purposes of science?" "This mess is what we get in exchange for getting enriched lives, huh?" "No matter how convenient our lives get, - if we people are stupid, it it can't be helped." "Why am I telling this to a scientist?" "I guess I am too old for this." "Hey, - can you help me here instead of watching me?" "Yes." "In return, I will show you all the trash that is - at my company." "What are you doing?" "Help me out here." "Yes." "Here you go." "That's good." "Are you surprised?" "These have been all dumped." "This is awful." "Sometimes government people or scholars come for the environmental research." "Everybody get surprised." "They must have known this from books, - but I guess they rarely see the reality." "It is not like they do anything even if they come." "But I always tell them." ""This will make our life easier" or " ""This kind of tools come in handy" is not good enough." "You see?" "Of course, people who trash these are bad." "However, if they are so smart, " ""If we create this, it will create more trash" or " ""This might affect the world in a bad way"." "Like that, we need to think about it together." "Then they can call themselves smart." "You are right." "Thank you for helping me today." "Hey!" " Yes!" "Take these, okay?" " Of course." "Ready?" " Yes." "That pile was picked up about 10 days before the body was found." "We haven't sorted out and left them as they were." "If you want to dig into it, - help yourself." "Thank you very much." "Hey, Mister." "It is okay to dig in but don't make mess." "Who is he anyway?" "I don't know." "He is kind of odd." "Radiation exposure?" "Rifle?" "I got it." "Did you find about anything?" "Yes." "I am glad I came here." "Thank you for your help." "This is Yukawa." "You solved the mystery?" "Yes." "About how the death mask was created." "Are you serious?" "There is something I want you to find out before coming over - to my office." "You need to contact the Meteorological Agency." "Meteorological Agency?" "DANGER!" "Experiment in progress." "Entry prohibited except to participants." "Danger?" "What is this?" "It's dangerous!" "You'll get an electric shock." "Please go away!" "What, what?" "!" "It's alright." "The condenser has been totally discharged." "I was so startled!" "What's a condenser?" "It's a chikudenki." "Didn't you learn that in science class?" "Yeah, it was invented by Edison." "That was the chikuonki (phonograph)." "I knew that." "I was just pretending to be stupid." "Don't scare me!" "I hate anything to do with electric shocks." "I didn't especially try to scare you." "The condenser next to it hasn't been discharged." "Eh?" "And also, if you leave the condenser alone, - it's gradually electrified through static charge." "Then what happens?" "When that class of condenser becomes fully charged, - you'll be electrocuted and blown away as soon as you touch it." "That's awful!" "How about what I asked you for?" "Unlike you, the guy at the Meteorological Agency was very kind." "Regarding lightning strikes observed around the park - where Fujikawa-san's body was found, um... the most recent one was December 1st." "The one before that..." "I don't care about the recent ones." "What about the ones in October and November?" "Strikes were observed on the 3rd and 19th of October." "There weren't many in November." "Only on the 25th." "Ok then, that'll do." "Does lightning have anything to do with this case?" "I'll explain it to you now." "This tank of water represents the pond." "The pond?" "The mannequin represents the body, and the aluminum material is for molding the face." "And this equipment generates lightning." "Eh?" "Do you see these electrodes facing each other?" "We're going to generate a lightning strike using this machine." "Now?" "Here?" "It's likely that lightning struck that pond." "Discarded metal bars acted as lightning rods." "Huh?" "The electrical energy stored in the thundercloud - traveled toward the discarded metal all at once." "But electrical wire was wrapped around the metal bar - and the tip of the bar was in the water." "That means the electrical energy - passed through the wire into the water." "But if the wire gauge wasn't thick enough - to carry all that energy..." "What would happen if it wasn't thick enough?" "I'm going to demonstrate that to you now." "Sensei, it's ready." "Let's begin." "Please put these safety glasses on." "Because fragments might go flying." "Oh!" "Then we'll start the charging." "The condenser will soon be fully charged." "Tens of thousands of volts is passing between the two electrodes." "The space between them blocks those two as a barrier." "But, as you break the barrier, their potential electric differences become big." "It did it!" "Our experiment succeeded!" "This is how the death mask was created." "How does this kind of thing happen?" "Shock wave." "Shock wave?" "The current became too strong - and the electrical cord melted in an instant." "The wire that I saw at the junkyard - was in the same condition as this." "And at the moment the wire was cut - a powerful shock wave occurred in the water." "The force of the shock wave in the water resulted - in the aluminum being pushed against the face of the mannequin." "How did you figure that out?" "The technique of fashioning something out of material - using a shock wave has been well known for a long time." "For example, a gold dental crown can be made using this method." "In order to manually generate the shock wave at that time - a rifle is fired into the water." "That's why at that time..." "I heard the victim was shot, and he was shot with a rifle." "A rifle?" "And uh, it was a .41 caliber rifle." "I was wondering how the shock wave occurred." "That is my hypothesis." "Thank you." "Clean it up." " Yes." "Huh?" "Wait a minute." "But Sensei, something's not right." "If that's so, it doesn't match the eyewitness account." "Fujikawa-san was seen riding his bike - on October 21." "And the mask was found on November 1." "There was no lightning during that period." "Right." "The lightning strike occurred on October 19." "That means Fujikawa-san was still alive." " No." "At that time, he was already killed and submerged in the pond." "What about the eyewitness testimony on October 21?" "And how do you account for the message he had left that evening?" "The question isn't how to account for that, - but who did it, how they did it, and for what purpose." "Eh?" "Someone set up an alibi?" "I'm going to go through the eyewitness testimony again." "I'm gong out for a bit." "Please tell Kuribayashi-san." "Where to?" "I won't return today." "Hello?" " Utsumi, you idiot." "Where are you?" "I'm heading back now." "Fujikawa-san's time of death is getting doubtful." "We got the id for the body found at Lake Ryujin." "Really?" "We just got the result of the DNA test." "We were right on to investigate people associated with Fujikawa." "They were co-workers from a same companay." "Eh?" "Umezato Naohiko, 42 years old." "He was in sales at KS Medical Engineering." "He's been missing since the explosion incident." "That company is pretty suspicious." "It's not normal to have 2 people die right after each other." "We're going to investigate it further, so hurry up and come back." "Sorry, Yuge-san." "I'm going to be a little late heading back." "What do you mean late?" "Hey!" "What are you thinking, you idiot." "What's going on?" "Kijima" "What an unusal guest." "I heard you were coming home today." "Acutally, there was some trouble this morning." "I thought about staying there one more day." "If I didn't see you today, " "I don't think I would have come by again." "Then it's fortunate." "When things like this happen, - it seriously makes me want to examine a thing called fate." "Fate..." "I don't prefer such abstract concept." "If you are a researcher, don't drown in emotions." "You should consider the probability theory first." "Let's go inside." "It's getting cold." "Sorry for the late greeting." "It's nice to see you, Kijima-sensei." "Yeah, it's been a while." "Yukawa-kun." 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