01x03 - Episode 3

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Amami?

Among the things Hidaka told me to hide…

Amami Oshima?

…there was a ticket stub to Amami.

Don't use your phone when I talk to you!

Found it.

This must be it.

THE LEGEND OF THE SUN AND MOON SWITCH

It sounds complicated.

In short, once there were two stars.

The one with the flower of Shiyakanaro
would become the sun

and the one without would become the moon.
That was the pact.

But when the flower bloomed on one star,
the other star stole it.

So, the star destined to become the moon
became the sun

and the star destined to become the sun
became the moon.

Their destinies were switched.

Switched…

Yes, I'm sure of it.

This is the legend Hidaka mentioned.

According to the story,
I think you can change back

if you get the flower of Shiyakanaro.

What are you doing?

I'm heading to Amami right now
to get that Shiyakanaro.

You keep your eyes on Hidaka.

Oh, I can't.

I can't leave.

The leather gloves!
The gloves are out there!

Hidaka's gloves might turn up, right?

Will they, after all this time?

Sexual-Hara could find them.

If Hidaka's prints and Tadokoro's DNA
are on them, I'll be arrested.

But Hidaka wants to destroy the evidence,
so maybe he'll…

Hidaka would never help me.
Not after this.

This? What happened?

He found out that I kept tabs on him
and tried to k*ll me.

I just told you about that!

Then what do we do?

How about we find
Hidaka's gloves before the police does?

Find Hidaka's gloves?

That will ensure I won't be caught
while I'm in Hidaka's body.

And when we switch back, they will be
powerful evidence for Hidaka's arrest.

So you haven't given up on that.

Of course not. Hidaka's a k*ller
and we are the police.

I must never give up on that.

But how are you going to find them?

What if we let Kawahara find them,
then swipe them from him?

Good idea… What?

Ms. Mochizuki, you're in no position to…

You'll do it.

No way.

Steal evidence?
If I'm caught, I'll be fired on the spot!

You'll be able to get away with it.

You've seen tons of criminals.

I won't. I'm surrounded by detectives.

Then…

Let's swap them.

Swap?

Yes.

After Kawahara finds the gloves,
we'll swap them

with another pair
of the same brand, model, and color.

What?

I'm happy to be with "you."

The Mochizuki with Hidaka in her
was so neat and elegant

that she didn't feel like you.

I'm totally being dissed.

But how do we find out
the brand of Hidaka's gloves?

I can handle that.

But isn't it odd to ask others
about your belongings?

Stop with the "but"! I'll take care of it!

But are you really going to do it?

If I stay put,
I'll be arrested for m*rder someday.

I'll be called a k*ller only because
I tried to catch a k*ller.

It'll be the false charge of the century!

The real k*ller becomes a cop
who does whatever he wants.

He gets to investigate his crimes,
so he'll never be caught.

This is perfectly possible.

If you're a police officer,
you must help me!

But the question is…

how do I find where he got the gloves?

KHAKI LEATHER GLOVES

Are you planning on swapping the gloves?

If they turn up

and my prints and Tadokoro's DNA
are found on them, you'll be done for.

Do you want me to tell you
which brand they are?

It's tempting, but it's got to be a trap.

I just wanted some new gloves

because someone tossed my old ones.

You're starting to sound quite like me.

Be arrogant while you can.

I'll find your leather gloves,
make us swap bodies again,

and cuff you myself.

I hope they never turn up…

The gloves.

So do I.

It won't be long.

Wait till I come for you!

The brand of the leather gloves
that you always wear?

Right.

You're asking me about it?

Well…

Ms. Itsuki…

The truth is…

Yes?

It's that…

Tissue from leather gloves
were found on a pachinko ball, right?

That's right.

But they weren't found
when we searched his house.

No, they weren't.

But apparently, Hidaka has a pair of
khaki gloves that he often wears.

The waitress at Hidaka's favorite cafe
and many others testified so.

However, he would have disposed of
something he had used in a crime.

Not quite. I heard that
he dropped them somewhere.

Dropped them?

Hidaka dropped them on a truck,
which carried them away.

So these are the gloves?

The N-system photos confirm that
the gloves were on the truck at this point

but missing at this point.

So the gloves probably fell on the road
between these two points.

But how do you know all this stuff?

I'll explain later,

but if we find Hidaka's prints
and Tadokoro's DNA on the gloves,

it's game over.

What should we do?

MPD LOST PROPERTY DATABASE

Hey, what are you
going to do, Ms. Mochizuki?

If Kawahara finds them,
we'll be in trouble.

The higher-ups will find out
we tried to cover up that we lost them.

That's true.

We've got to do something.

Right away, sir.

Make it quick, Haba.

What's going on?

To search for Hidaka's leather gloves,

we're requesting cooperation
from local authorities.

You're searching for Hidaka's gloves?

Unfortunately for you, yes.

Done.

Good.

REQUESTING COOPERATION IN SEARCH OPERATION

SEND

Now, we'll ask them nicely.

MPD HQ sent us a request for cooperation.

Focus the search on the Tohoku Expressway.

Team A and Team B, go up!

Why?

Why did the search become so huge?

Sexual-Hara did what he usually does…

using tricks behind the scene.

What about Hidaka? What's he doing?

I have no idea what he's thinking.

He does seem concerned.

But at this rate, Hidaka's gloves could
even turn up in a couple of days.

Did you find out the brand?

Bicolor gloves by Dents.
But the khaki ones are no longer on sale.

You managed to figure it out?

I told his secretary

that I accidentally cut the tag off,
and she looked it right up.

Could these be the ones?

USED DENTS BICOLOR LEATHER GLOVES KHAKI

I sent you the link. Buy them.

Do I have to do that?

It's faster that way.

You don't want to leave evidence
linking you to me

who looks like Hidaka, right?

Just buy them, okay?

BUY NOW

He's gone. Where is he?

We found quite a lot of them.

And it's a rare color.

It means we did good work.

Damn.

-Let's go to Forensics.
-Okay.

We're in big trouble.

FORENSICS DIVISION
CORONER'S OFFICE

FORENSICS DIVISION

Excuse us.

Please come in.

Hey! Why are you here?

Ms. Mochizuki?

Let me take the gloves.

Hold on.

What's going on, Nitta?

She volunteered to help
because I'm going to be busy. Right?

Helping Mr. Nitta
would be helping everyone, I thought.

I'm supporting the team as needed.

Nitta, you can't let her.

She might swipe Hidaka's gloves
to cover up her mistake.

The data on all the gloves are here.

If I swipe one,
you'll find out right away.

You could swap them.

Let me tell you.

I've seen the gloves only once.

It was dark, and there was a distance.

Do you think it's possible
for me to determine

which ones belong to Hidaka,
let alone swap them?

Well…

It's perfectly possible.

They're my responsibility now.
I'll keep a close eye on them.

That's right!

What are you doing here?

I wanted to support you as needed.

You've got to be kidding me.

Does Hidaka plan to swap the gloves, too?

Yes.

That must be why he offered
to help Sexual-Hara.

So things will work out
without my input, right?

Don't be foolish.

If Hidaka makes the swap,
he'll have the gloves.

I can't arrest him after we switch back.

Aren't you going to give up on it?

Never.
In fact, I'm growing more determined.

As time passes,
I become more determined to arrest him.

You're greedy.

You'd understand if you were me.

After going through this insanity,

I think I deserve to get some recognition
to make up for everything.

I see.

How about the gloves?
Did you get the replacements?

I'll get to it right now. I will!

Wait. You will? What the…

He's such a sloth at everything!

Please don't let the gloves turn up yet.

Take out everything in your desks.

Yes, ma'am.

It'll take less time to find your things
after you organize your desk.

It means you'll get more free time. Right?

Right!

Organizing also helps clear our minds.

So let's make it a habit to organize…

Oh, I forgot about this.

REQUESTING COOPERATION IN SEARCH OPERATION

Nine days have passed
since the requests were sent.

They haven't been found.

It's all right now.

Hey, Yamaki.

Yes, sir.

Are these all for today?

At least we got something today.
That's good.

You're right.

I'll take them.

DENTS KHAKI LEATHER GLOVE, LEFT

USED DENTS BICOLOR LEATHER GLOVES KHAKI

This is…

Bingo!

Great!

The glove is here.

Put them there, please.

Okay.

DENTS KHAKI LEATHER GLOVE, LEFT

Mr. Nitta.

Yeah?

Look.

The label says "left,"
but it's a right-hand glove.

Crap.

I wonder what happened.

They probably mislabeled it.

Right.

Okay. You managed to get it back.

What should I do with the glove?

Keep it. It's safer with you.

No. I hate having it around.

I'll take it from you
when I come back from Amami.

Are you going to Amami already?

We only found one glove.

One glove is enough evidence.

If you find the other one, just take it.

Maybe…

Hidaka noticed that we swapped the gloves.

What?

Did you screw up?

I-It's not exactly a screw-up.

HI

Hidaka's calling. Bye.

Yes?

Sorry for calling you so late.

It's not a big deal,

but I thought you should know
just in case.

What is it?

One of the gloves turned up today.

What? And?

Fortunately, it wasn't mine,

but it was the same model.

I see.

That's good.

That color was a limited edition,

so it was quite a coincidence.

Coincidences happen, don't they?

You swapped it, didn't you?

How the heck could I do that?

I can't sneak into the police station.

That's right.

You can't,

unless you have a friend inside.

Right.

There was one odd thing.

The label said "left,"
but it was actually a right-hand glove.

So I wondered

if the glove had been swapped
with another one.

It's not exactly a screw-up.

Yamaki.

Nitta said it must have been mislabeled,

but would the police be so careless?

Sometimes that happens.

You may not know,
but the police can be quite careless.

Well, they're human, after all.

That's right.

I see.

Again, sorry for the late hour.

He knows for sure…

Still, we have one glove
in our possession.

When I get the flower of Shiyakanaro,
the odds will be in my favor.

I've got to go to Amami.

AMAMI OSHIMA

A legend about switching?

The one about stealing
the flower of Shiyakanaro.

That was the reason
why the sun and the moon were switched.

What is the flower of Shiyakanaro
called now?

The flower is only in the legend.

How did the legend begin?
What was its origin?

I don't know.
A legend is a legend after all.

Right.

This is… the m*rder weapon.

Is this rock from Amami?

Yes, it is.

Where can I get one?

Somehow…

it looks familiar.

Did he get the weapon here?

I know it's better
to destroy the evidence,

but I can't bring myself to do it.

Don't!

Don't take it.

Bad things will happen to you
if you keep it.

There is an old saying
that you'll be cursed

if you take one of these rocks.

A cursed rock.

We have a new suspect
in the Tadokoro case.

His name is Fumiya Goto.
He has a prior for as*ault.

He worked part-time
at one of Tadokoro's Denden shops…

Will Hidaka be dropped off
the suspect list?

That could happen.

-Excuse me.
-What is it?

What about Hidaka's gloves
which may have been used in the crime?

Kawahara, how is it going?

It's under investigation.

Nitta.

So far,
we haven't found any leather gloves

that appear to belong to Hidaka.

So we can assume
this guy is the real deal, right?

Yes, for now.

How many khaki gloves are coming in now?

Today, for now, zero.

And for now, I'm shutting it down.

The local authorities are busy, too.

So… does that mean we're safe now?

I think it does.

The rock curses you if you keep it.

A switch seems so likely.

The rock curses people, all right.

But it didn't curse Hidaka. It cursed me.

The rock cursed the wrong person.

Get out!

I'm so sorry!

Was it really a mistake?

It was.

I won't report you this time.

Okay.

Thanks.

What?

That guy.

Did he stay here?

"That guy"?

Wait! That's you!

Right.

The thing is I recently hit my head
and lost part of my memory.

I-I have amnesia.

Amnesia.

Sorry to hear about that.

Is that why you walked
into the women's bath?

That's right!

It's one of the symptoms of amnesia.

So he…

I mean, why did I come here?

What was the purpose of the visit?

You did tell me.

Really?

What did I tell you?

What was it?

You said you were going somewhere,

and I wondered
why you'd go to a place like that.

Where was that?

I'm not sure…

Please try to remember.

Where was it?

Akebi!

Akebi?

There's a village called Akebi.

YAMAKI

What is it? Did something happen?

Yes.
They called off the search for the glove.

Lucky!

Sexual-Hara may keep looking for it,

but I'm pretty sure
the other glove won't turn up.

Besides, we've secured one of the gloves.

You mixed up
the left and right ones, right?

It's all right. They looked over it.
It's fine now.

Once you go back to your body,
everything will be okay.

I guess.

How about Hidaka? How is he?

I'm sure he doesn't want it to turn up.

Even though you're swapped,

he probably doesn't want his body
to be arrested as a criminal.

Is it safe to assume that?

Hidaka is human, after all.

Perhaps.

MPD LOST PROPERTY DATABASE

Haven't you given up on the gloves?

No. You might have swapped it.

Me?

Even if you did, gloves come in pairs.

The other glove must be
out there somewhere.

AMAMI OSHIMA, AKEBI VILLAGE

Really.

There's nothing here.

Yamaki.

I've always liked my rolled omelet
lightly seasoned.

But now, it doesn't taste
good to me at all.

Why would that be?

Your body determines your sense of taste.

You must have taken
on Ms. Mochizuki's palate.

I guess you're right.

Did I just say something?

Mochizuki.

We got it. We found Hidaka's glove.

You did?

Where did you find it?

On Instagram!

-Instagram?
-Yes.

Mochizuki called me yesterday.

I did.

She advised me to look up a hashtag
for single gloves,

and look here.

The date and location match.
Did you call the poster?

I did. I'm waiting for them to call back.

It's the call!

Hello.

Did you really tell him that?

Can you trust me a little bit now?

I got it. They'll take us to the location.

Let's go.

Yes, sir.

Mochizuki.

If this is real,
I'll forgive you for everything.

I look forward to it.

Ms. Mochizuki.

Isn't this going to be bad?

Why?

The evidence will nail Hidaka
as the k*ller!

What's bad about that?

But…

Kawahara is going to forgive us.

That means we won't be reprimanded.

If we find evidence against Hidaka,
shouldn't we celebrate it?

Is there a problem?

Or is there
a secret you're hiding from me?

There's nothing that looks
like the flower of Shiyakanaro.

What did he come here for?

Hey!

Yes.

-Let's get going.
-Okay.

Did you remember something?

No.

Well…

Have you heard of
the flower of Shiyakanaro?

The one in the legend of switching?

Do you know
what that flower is now called?

Personally, I think
it refers to the sagaribana flower.

I've never heard of Shiyakanaro.

Sagaribana…

Where can you find it?

It only blooms in summer.
You won't find it in winter.

It doesn't bloom in winter.

I guess that's not it.

Great work, sir.

Did you get the glove?

Yes, this time we'll get
Hidaka's prints and the victim's DNA.

You will.

Why don't you take a break?

I'll take care of it.

I'll leave it to you.

Then let's see if it belongs to Hidaka.

Okay.

SUSPECT'S FINGERPRINT
FINGERPRINT ON GLOVES

-Bingo!
-Excellent.

It has to be Hidaka's glove.

If only we get Tadokoro's DNA…

Right.

I'll call the Forensics Institute.

Right. From now on
it'll be the Institute's job.

It'll be out of our hands!

It's all over…

Ms. Mochizuki.

FORENSICS INSTITUTE

Sorry.

I just came back.

I missed your call. What happened?

It turned up.

Hidaka's other glove.

Didn't you swap it?

I couldn't.

They already found his prints.

They'll test for Tadokoro's DNA tomorrow.

The glove went to the Forensics Institute.

To the Institute?

They found it on Instagram.

It has a hashtag for single gloves.

And Hidaka?

Wasn't he going to handle it?

He's the one who suggested
looking it up on Instagram.

Hidaka planned this all along.

Helping out Sexual-Hara,

scoring himself some points,
and getting you arrested.

That was his plan!

But you can still swap it, can't you?

You can sneak in there.

That's not possible.

Why not?

The glove they found was the right one.

I only have two left-handed gloves
in my possession.

Then just swipe it! You can do that!

But I'm surrounded by detectives.

Don't you care what happens to me?

They'll make a m*rder*r out of me,
even though I'm innocent!

You shouldn't have mixed up
the left and right in the first place!

Sorry.

You've only been helping me
out of kindness.

I'll do it first thing in the morning.

It's my fault I mixed up the gloves.

I'm sorry, Yamaki.

I'm truly sorry.

But if they've already taken
a sample from the glove,

there's nothing I can do.

In that case, I'm very sorry.

I am so helpless right now.

I can't do anything on my own.

Even now, I cling to the hope

that Hidaka might do something for me.

Despite knowing how foolish it is.

I'm…

so helpless.

What will happen from now on?

Four.

I see.

So this isn't the end.

Ayako.

I guess she's working overnight.

RIK-KUN ERRAND SERVICE CENTER
YOU HAVE A CLIENT

I'LL BE BACK IN THE MORNING.
HEAT UP THE DINNER - RIKU

How very lucky…

ALL-PURPOSE CLEANING AGENT

Hey!

What are you doing?

FORENSICS INSTITUTE

Good morning.

Good morning, sir.

Did you sleep here?

Yeah.

Well, I'll tell you when Mr. Nitta comes.

-So why don't you take--
-Morning!

Morning.

Thanks for coming so early.

This time,
you should be thanking this guy!

Let's go in.

HARUTO HIDAKA

Now…

I have no choice
but to run away in this body.

Yes?

Ms. Mochizuki. Tadokoro's DNA was…

It was not found?

What happened?

The samples taken from the glove
were degraded by bacteria. That was why.

Degraded by bacteria?

That can happen?

The Institute guy said
it was not impossible.

The glove can no longer
be used against Hidaka,

while the other glove is in our hands.

If I may say so,
it turned out for the best.

This is great.

Yes.

What a relief.

But Ms. Mochizuki,
maybe it was Hidaka who tampered with it.

While pretending to help,
he might have brought the bacteria in.

He is a chemist.
He must be well-versed in this stuff.

But didn't he lead them to the glove?

Maybe he made them look for it
so he could destroy it.

That just doesn't seem plausible.

I guess not.

I'm off now.

Yamaki.

Thanks for everything.

Ms. Mochizuki,
when you are back to your old self,

don't forget to share the credit with me.

Got it.

Bye.

Could Hidaka have saved me?

Even though he's no longer in this body,
did he hate seeing Haruto Hidaka go down?

Or did he feel sorry for me?

But even if he did save me,
it doesn't change what I must do.

A m*rder*r must be punished for m*rder.

I'll go back to my body and catch Hidaka.

THIS IS HIDAKA

Hidaka.

Come over, everyone.

-Yes, sir.
-Yes, sir.

Another m*rder in Higashibara-cho,
Meguro District.

It's very likely the same k*ller
who k*lled Tadokoro.

Same k*ller?

Good morning.

Did something happen?

Is that my voice?

Hello.

Can you see?

I guess not.

Well, this man made a fortune
by building golf courses,

so I'd like to make his whole head
bumpy as a golf ball.

I thought
I should let you know, just in case.

From now, whether we switch back or not,

you are a k*ller, too.

It'll be the same for us either way.

You are me

and I am you.

Don't forget that.

Why do you do this?

Do you find it fun?

What's your purpose?

Wait. Hold on.

What is this?

Ayako…

TO BE CONTINUED