01x10 - Episode 10

[bunniefuu]

Ayako Mochizuki,

you are under arrest for hiding a suspect
and destroying evidence.

Don't joke around.

All I did was arrest Hidaka and Azuma.

You're mistaken
if you think I don't know anything.

I've even got evidence.

You're going to embarrass yourself--

Save it for the investigation.

-Do you have a warrant?
-Take them already.

Hey!

Let me go! I did nothing wrong!

Director, it's Kawahara.

Hidaka, Sakuya Azuma, and Mochizuki,
who appears to have assisted their escape,

have been arrested on the spot.

TOUCH IT AND YOU'RE DEAD!

Huh?

What's wrong?

Hidaka deleted something
before he tossed his phone.

Let's try to get it restored.

FILE MANAGEMENT - DELETED VIDEO

Is this Master's?

Riku Watanabe?

It appears that you know Azuma.

Yes.

He's been taking care of me.

Were you aware that he was a m*rder*r?

No!

But…

I figured it out
when the lady detective turned up…

I see.

Can you tell me what you know about Azuma?

Do you understand why you are here?

What's this?

The m*rder weapon from the Tadokoro case.

The m*rder weapon?

Sakuya Azuma used it
and Hidaka had kept it.

You'll be able to find Tadokoro's blood,
and Hidaka and Azuma's fingerprints.

I got it yesterday.

I don't understand why I'm being arrested
when I've made such progress.

You let Hidaka escape--

Hidaka promised to lead me to Azuma
if I'd let him talk to Azuma himself.

So I agreed to it,
in order to arrest them both.

Why didn't you inform us then?!

Hidaka said he'd call the deal off
if the police found out.

Besides, I already had Hidaka and Azuma.

Why I was put in cuffs
despite these achievements?!

It matches what Yamaki said.

Yamaki?

Excuse me.

Their statements line up.

Yes, all three of them.

Yes.

Mochizuki! I'll forgo your punishment
given your arrests.

But you have to issue a written apology!

Thank you, sir!

The third statement
must have been Hidaka's.

Are you okay, Mochizuki?

Well done, Yamaki. You saved me.

I thought the best thing to do here
would be to tell our story first.

Is Sexual-Hara back?

Not yet, I don't think.

I think he's investigating
Azuma's companion.

I hope Riku doesn't say
anything unnecessary.

It's Riku.

Hello? Riku?

How did it go? And where are you?

I'm still in Kagoshima.

I was just asked some questions
by a detective named Kawahara.

What did he ask?
Did he ask about our relationship?

He mostly asked about Master.

What kind of person he was
and about his life.

Maybe he's more concerned
about Azuma than Hidaka…

Is everything okay with you?

I'm okay, but they're just
getting started with Hidaka.

But Hidaka hasn't k*lled anyone,
so won't he be okay?

Now that Azuma died,

there isn't anyone who can testify
that Hidaka is innocent.

Things aren't looking good for him.
Sorry, I have to go.

She won't stop talking about Hidaka.

We'll record your statement soon.

There's something
I'd like to say before that.

FIND PERPETRATOR'S RELATION TO ACCOMPLICE

Who do they think is the perpetrator?
Hidaka or Azuma?

I don't know.

I want to make it
as favorable as I can for Hidaka.

Does the First Division agree
Azuma is the perpetrator?

It makes sense because

he has connections
to Tadokoro and Yomo, not Hidaka.

Right?

Things are going as they should.

We will now begin.

As you are probably aware,

Haruto Hidaka and Azuma Sakuya was
arrested at 6:07 a.m. today.

Sakuya Azuma has passed away
and is unavailable for questioning.

For these reasons,
we will treat Haruto Hidaka

as the main perpetrator
of the serial murders

for the interrogations to follow.

No!

Hidaka isn't the perpetrator.
The perpetrator was Sakuya Azuma.

I heard from both of them
on the way to Amami.

I am certain of it.

We believed the same
until Hidaka confessed just earlier.

He claimed he committed
all three crimes by himself.

By himself?

But no matter how you look at it,
the Kume case was Azuma's doing.

We have prints and the footage.

Hidaka also has an alibi
for the Yomo case as well.

He said he'll explain all that.

Please let me interrogate him.

I can make Hidaka confess that he's lying.

Would you let me interrogate Hidaka?

If you let her do it,
she might let him off scot-free.

If the public learns the suspect
of a three-month crime is dead,

it would ruin our reputation for sure.

What will we do if Hidaka
changes his confession later on?

We will become a laughingstock.

Three people have been m*rder*d!
Their families need closure!

Hidaka didn't do it.

That's what I heard--

Hidaka did it!

He said he did it!

This isn't some petty crime.
It's a serial m*rder!

What reason is there for him to claim
he did something like that?!

Perhaps…

he doesn't want
Azuma to be labeled a m*rder*r.

Even though he's dead?

I will assign the interrogation
to Kawahara.

Let's close the case
once Hidaka finishes giving his statement.

Dismissed.

Yes, sir.

Dismissed!

-Yes!
-Yes, sir!

Is that how it is?

What do you think Hidaka's thinking?

I think he might be trying to shield me.

The investigation will end
if he takes all the blame and is arrested.

Then all the things he did when our bodies
were switched won't go under examination.

That means, potentially suspicious acts
will be overlooked.

You mean he's atoning for
what he did to you?

But do you think
he'd bear becoming a m*rder*r for you?

I wanted you to arrest me.

There's no reason for us
to both go to hell.

He is that kind of guy.

That's how he protected Azuma as well.

Are you the interrogator?

Is that inconvenient for you?

No.

I'm glad, actually.

Yes, I'm sure.

Didn't that hurt?

I won't accept it.

First, Hitoshi Tadokoro,
Tadayoshi Yomo, and Yukihiko Kume.

Are you responsible
for the m*rder of these three?

Yes.

By yourself?

Yes.

I won't let him
take all the blame for my sake.

The deaths of those three people
were a gift to my older brother.

I don't want that at all.

What should we do?

I won't let him be arrested.

I'll smash it all!

KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE POLICE DEPARTMENT
MORGUE

Hey, Master.

Does this belong to you?

I guess you're in no state to answer.

Now I'd like to ask you about
how you committed the crimes.

Can you tell me
how you broke into Tadokoro's house?

INVESTIGATION REPORT

I cut off the cameras
and used the spare key to break in.

Then, I took out the memory card
from the camera.

Where is the memory card now?

I threw it away ages ago.

Really? You threw it away?
Just the SD card?

Never mind. Please continue.

Nitta, we found Azuma's house, right?
Are we going to search it?

We haven't gotten an order to go.

Nitta, can I have a look
at the confiscated items?

Which one?

I'm going to borrow this quickly.

EXTRAS

Yamaki, give me a hand.

It's not possible…

Wait. What are you trying to do?

I want to prove that Azuma is responsible
before the end of the interrogation.

There's no evidence for Tadokoro's death,
but Hidaka has an alibi for Yomo.

And I'm certain Azuma
is behind the Kume case.

Right?

They found a baby tooth, but who on earth
carries their own baby tooth around?

Isn't it more natural to think
that Azuma had it?

Right?

Besides, they've decided to ignore all
evidence and follow Hidaka's confession.

Right?!

Shimazu,
check the confiscated items again.

See if there's anything
that proves that Azuma's guilty.

Take this too.

Then go to SSBC
and compare Azuma's face to their image.

Then ask the Kagoshima police
to perform a forensics analysis.

Nitta, where are you going?

I'm going to search Azuma's house.

Let's go, Mochizuki!

Okay!

You're re-examining the body?

The Tokyo branch requested that we do.

It seems they're not sure
if the perpetrator is Hidaka or Azuma.

I wonder if Ayako
is running around right now.

I wonder if the camera got anything.

You have an alibi
for the night Yomo was m*rder*d, right?

The cameras in your residence.

Yes.

You were the one
investigating that, right?

If you go here, you can get in and out
without being seen.

Wow. Very impressive.

I see.

Mochizuki!

Apparently, they moved on
to the Kume case.

What? Why is it going so fast?

Hidaka's giving quick answers
and Kawahara wants it to be over.

Ask Funagawa for this footage!

I'll head back now.

Okay…

The real mystery is this one.
Yukihiko Kume's case.

No matter how you look at it,
it had to be Sakuya Azuma.

The only evidence that points to you
is your baby tooth.

That's because my brother turned up
to stop me after I committed the m*rder.

Oh! I see!

Thank you for that.

No need to rush.
I postponed the rest for tomorrow.

I'm also pretty tired.

It's pretty impressive.

Haruto Hidaka has

confessed as if he was the lone criminal
without any gaps in his story.

Even though he didn't do it.

You'd knowingly accept a false confession?

Is that really okay?
What happened to your sense of justice?

If only a certain someone
would just accept their fate.

I'm sure if this person went and
pleaded with him, it'd all be over.

I'm the one who's questioning
your sense of justice.

You've investigated a lot.

A lot was hidden away.

Look into this a bit more
until tomorrow morning.

Yes, sir.

Azuma's fingerprints weren't on the rock?

It's hard to find fingerprints on a rock.

What I did find
was your and Hidaka's DNA on the cloth.

You must have touched it a lot.

Sorry.

How about the other confiscated items?

Nothing that can incriminate Azuma
at this point.

Well, we have been
looking into this for a while.

AZUMA, HIDAKA, MOCHIZUKI

Kawahara.

What's wrong?

Back to smoking?

No.

You're… up to something, aren't you?

Not really.

I think you'd be better off telling me.

The reason Hidaka
has made these weird confessions

is because he's trying
to protect his ally in the force.

What do you mean?

You'll find out soon.

What bothers me is…

that in order to protect this one person,

Hidaka is covering up
the truth that everyone deserves to hear.

He's got no right to do that.

AZUMA, HIDAKA, MOCHIZUKI

I'll make sure to expose them all.

It really does appear as if
Hidaka did go about it alone.

Are there really no gaps?

YOU THREW IT AWAY? JUST THE SD CARD?

SD card…

Does that mean Azuma had it
if it wasn't there?

Let's do this.

-Hey, Nitta.
-Yes?

Did we find an SD card at Azuma's?

You mean the one that was taken
from Tadokoro's security camera?

Yes. It could be evidence of Azuma
arriving at Tadokoro's before Hidaka did.

It could disprove Hidaka's claim
that he acted alone.

Don't you think he trashed it?

Could I have a look, just in case?

Sure.

SMARTPHONE SD CARD READER

It was born to help Ayako.

Okay!

AYAKO

We're on the same wavelength.

Hello?

Riku, have you ever seen Azuma
with an SD card?

Hidaka's confessed that he k*lled
all three of the victims alone.

What? Why?

Why confess to something he didn't do?

Hidaka is trying to protect me.

I think.

Trying to end the investigation
before anything suspicious comes out.

Riku, please look after my brother.

Riku, are you listening?

I haven't seen any SD cards.

Really? You haven't?

Try to remember.

I really haven't. Sorry.

Okay.

If anything comes to mind,
please let me know. Bye.

Was that Riku?

Yes. I'm looking for the SD card
from Tadokoro's place.

I remember that.

But wouldn't he have thrown it out?

Normally you would,
but Hidaka had his reason not to.

A reason not to?

I think Hidaka was hoarding evidence
just in case something happened.

So that he could take the fall
for his brother, should Azuma get caught.

Something like that.

If that's true,
Hidaka's a true saint at heart.

In some ways, he's like a psychopath.

He doesn't understand how others feel.

-Is that the footage from the camera?
-Yes.

I borrowed it from Funagawa.

Okay, let's look for Sakuya Azuma.

Yes.

So the little fourth-grader Ayako decided

to stand on the side of justice
and make this world a fair place.

Is this from
the night of Tadokoro's m*rder?

-Nitta.
-Yeah?

Is this jacket or bag
among the confiscated items?

Hello?

Sorry to call so early. I'm Itsuki.

Are you Mochizuki right now?

Yes.

We swapped back. Thanks.

Yes, I see.

Does…

that mean Hidaka's arrested?

Please take care of him.

If only a certain someone
would just accept their fate.

I guess that's true.

Yamaki lunch delivery!

Mochizuki,
you should have something to eat.

Yamaki…

I…

I'm going to get Hidaka to say the truth.

But if you do that, that crazy video--

If we don't stop things now,
it'll be too late.

Hey, are you awake?

I got rid of all evidence of the things
that you did while you were me.

It'll be okay now,
so you need to tell the truth.

Think of your father, Yuna,
and the people at CoEarth.

Okay.

Thank you.

It's imperative.

I'll be watching the investigation.

I understand.

I will.

I said I understand.

It's time to confirm your statement.

Please read it and let us know
if you have any objections.

Okay.

It looks like it'll all be done
by the afternoon.

I'm sure nothing will happen.
I'll stay here if you wanted to go.

I've read it over.

Were there any inaccuracies
to the statement?

No, there were not.

Why…

Please sign and stamp here…

is what I'd like to say.

But, I've got
a question that I want to ask.

Although your brother may be unrelated,
you have another accomplice, don't you?

Ayako Mochizuki.

The Sample Q used in the crime,
the leather gloves, and the k*lling list.

I actually found these
in Mochizuki's room.

Why would these things be there?

Is that true, Mochizuki?

That is…

Of course you found them there
because that's where I hid them.

She wouldn't leave me alone, so I thought
it'd be the right place to hide them.

Do you think I'd believe that crap?

Right under her nose. Right?

So you snuck into a woman's home?

Yeah. The same way you did.

It was easy, wasn't it?

Is that what happened?

I…

guess so.

Stubborn b*stard…

Mochizuki!

Please come with me.

Nitta found something incredible!

I watched the security footage
from the apartment area again.

See that bakery bag?

That's January 13th.

He was carrying the same bag the next day.

And this is February 12th
and the next day.

These dates are…

They are the day
after the murders took place.

Azuma visited the same bakery each time.
And this is the bakery in question.

BAKERY
MATSUMURA

I get a job request.

Then, I send a message
once the job is complete.

Often during the next day…

The days Riku received the messages.

Did Azuma have a phone of some kind?

Haven't found any yet.

Then Azuma might have stopped by
the bakery after the internet café.

Does that mean the person who works there
saw Azuma before and after the crime?

We might be onto something.
I'll go to there now.

Keep your eye on the investigation here.

O-Okay…

There's a witness who saw someone

that fits Mochizuki's description
entering Yomo's house.

She said…

something about a senior detective
trying to frame her for something.

That's the place.

INTERNET CAFÉ

Master.

You were the worst,
but I might be pretty horrible too.

Excuse me.
Someone's come to claim the body.

You are…?

I'm Haruto Hidaka's father.

The person who should have been
Sakuya's father as well.

By any chance, did you stay by
Sakuya's side until his last moment?

Yes.

Thank you for looking after Sakuya.

No, not at all.

I'm grateful that I could be there.

You were?

I thought
Master might have been up to something.

But Hidaka and a female detective
caught him at the end,

and Master confessed to the detective,

"It's me who's done wrong."

"I'm the one to blame."

I don't care how I die…

As long as he's safe…

That was his dying wish.

What was I thinking?

This is him.

He's definitely been here a few times.

Was there anything strange about him?

Did you see blood stains,
or did he throw out anything suspicious?

Could I have a look
at your security footage?

He wanted to see
an SD card the last time he came.

An SD card?

Yes.

I helped getting it connected.

Did you watch the footage on the SD card?

I think it was
some kind of security camera footage.

Did you see a door like this on it?

Yes, I did.

Could you please testify that this man
had footage with this door in it?

I can, but that footage
doesn't exist anymore.

He asked me to help him delete
the footage, so I did as he asked.

Excuse me.

It's been deleted…

Hidaka's statement has been confirmed.

You sign here and you'll be sent
straight to the gallows.

I'm fully aware.

I'm okay with that.

Finished?

What the hell?

Then why did our bodies switch
in the first place?

I don't know who decided
that our bodies would swap…

but if this is how it's going to end…

then what was the point to any of it?

Kagoshima Prefecture Police?

[URGENT] REGARDING THE SERIAL MURDERS

Thank you.

CRIMINAL DIVISION

Excuse me.

This…

This is…

Yamaki, I'm sending you a file.

Crash the interrogation with it!

Crash?

This is…

Just watch quietly.

I think both Kawahara and Mochizuki
have the same goal.

Thank you.

What's this?

New discoveries.
I'd like you to ask Hidaka about them.

Could I?
There's time left until your indictment.

If it's okay with you.

Well, excuse me, then.

On September 13th, 1982, Sakuya Azuma
was born in Fukuoka Prefecture.

Here is fine.

-Thanks.
-Thank you.

They were twins,

but Sakuya Azuma was raised
by the father after the divorce.

The Azumas were wealthy, but their
business faltered during the bubble.

What's this about?

Sakuya's father lost all of his
fortune as he paid off his debt to Yomo

and they fled
to Tokyo in the middle of the night.

Sakuya Azuma's home was taken from him.

After high school, Sakuya Azuma joined
a company that made entertainment devices,

but was under constant power harassment
from his boss, Hitoshi Tadokoro.

It all began when Sakuya
refused to drink because he was a minor.

As a result, Sakuya became depressed.

The company regarded his condition
as negligence of duty and fired him.

Sakuya Azuma's stable job
was taken from him.

Five years ago, he was wrongfully fired

from Pro Save Security
under a false accusation.

Sakuya Azuma's dignity was taken from him.

Following that,
his father developed dementia.

Less than a year after
his father's passing,

he finds out
he's got six months left to live.

In the end, his chance to start a new life
was taken from him.

So you gifted your brother the deaths
he wanted because you are a psychopath?

Yes.

Because I pitied
and truly felt bad for my brother.

Then, why take them away from him?

These murders…

Aren't they a part
of your brother's message?

How people of less social standing
are exploited so easily

and how those who in power could also
end up losing everything in the end.

Isn't that the message
he was trying to deliver?

What he did was m*rder, and his message
was wretched and disgusting.

But nonetheless!

It was his message.

What right do you have
to take that from him?

Just for some woman?

Just you wait, Hidaka!

I do.

To protect this person
means to protect myself.

I don't need a reason to protect myself.

Stop being so melodramatic!

There's new evidence
that incriminates Sakuya Azuma.

Kawahara, if we follow through with this,

the police will be
responsible for a false charge.

That man is not the culprit.

This is the evidence.

Then…

you take care of this.

Sorry for the wait.

This is the footage
that was on the SD card

taken from Tadokoro's residence.

Please watch it.

On March 14th,
the day after the Yukihiko Kume m*rder,

Sakuya Azuma is believed
to have filmed this at an internet café.

To everyone from the police,

I'm going to begin making a recording
because I can feel my health is worsening.

My brother might have
already reported me to the police,

but it is I who k*lled Hitoshi Tadokoro,
Tadayoshi Yomo, and Yukihiko Kume.

I am a janitor, so I wanted to
clean this world as my last deed.

These three
are the worst pieces of trash I know,

so to rid them was
for the better of this world.

That's why I k*lled them.

After this, he confesses the details
of his murders for another hour.

Let me confirm.

Hitoshi Tadokoro,
Tadayoshi Yomo, and Yukihiko Kume

were all k*lled by Sakuya Azuma, correct?

No, I did.

You are guilty of
the desecration of corpses.

Azuma also confessed that you were
forced into participating in the crimes.

I asked my brother to leave a confession.

Is that right?

So are you saying that you asked him
to leave a confession

while confessing to us
that these were your crimes?

Why?

I changed my mind--

I decided to become a police officer
when I was ten years old.

Because I was framed
for something I didn't do.

Do you think I'd let someone
be framed for something they didn't do?

If I let this slide,

the moment I do,
I lose all sense of justice.

I'd tell myself I shouldn't be
a police officer and force myself to quit.

I wouldn't be able to bear it.

It's the same.

Regardless of what happens,
I have to quit.

I already told you this. Remember?

You're so clever,
so why don't you understand?

You've been me, so why don't you get it?

Let me stand by my morals.

If it's me that you want to protect…

you should be telling the truth, for me!

Haruto Hidaka,

you are not guilty.

Right?

Yes.

Nitta, could you please watch this?

It's Hidaka's smartphone.

Oh! I forgot about this!

You are me and I am you.

What is this?

Who knows.

Maybe they're confessing
their love for each other?

Oh. Welcome back.

I'm back. You were back.

Yeah. So what happened with Hidaka?

I did what I could.

But I guess it all begins now.

I see.

I hope it all works out.

Thanks.

By the way, was it you who sent me
the footage from the SD card?

Nope. Why?

It came from the Kagoshima Police,
and you're always looking out for me.

Unfortunately, it wasn't me this time.

Going to work?

Ayako, can I ask you a favor?

What?

Nuts are cheaper at the supermarket
on the other side of the station.

It might be a hassle, but
don't buy it from the supermarket here.

It's a 152-yen difference!

Okay.

Yeah.

Don't ever forget that.

See you, then.

I'll go buy some.

Let's have highballs with them tomorrow.

After that…

Riku never came back.

The case was examined again, formed on
Azuma's confession and Hidaka's statement.

Well done.

Thank you.

Thanks to everyone's hard work,

extra evidence was found
that incriminated Azuma.

MATSUMURA

HAIR FROM THE CRIME SCENE

Bingo!

Though the k*ller Sakuya Azuma had died,
he was charged for the three murders.

Hidaka was charged with
two counts of evidence destruction

and two counts of body desecration.

Soon after,
the late Gen Towada was also charged

with the m*rder of Ichinose
from three years ago.

The accused is sentenced…

Hidaka was given
a three-year sentence in prison.

ORDER OF APPOINTMENT

For my achievements and mistakes,
I was transferred to the Police Academy.

As was Yamaki, for some reason.

Order of appointment,
Sergeant Hideo Yamaki.

Although,
I was apprehensive about it at first…

In short,

a civil servant must work endlessly
for the benefit of the wider public.

-Yes!
-Yes!

I enjoyed it a lot.

On June 10th, Canada…

The days that followed the storm
were so peaceful, that it was strange.

In April, 2023…

2023…

The me who was Hidaka no longer exists.

You can never eat nuts, right?

I wouldn't say never.

And neither does the Hidaka who was me.

The two of us back then…

are now null, Ku Shu Go.

That came to me as a passing thought.

METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

However, Hidaka, who must be out by now,
hadn't contacted me…

and time passed.

Mochizuki.

We're strangers to him now.

What?

PAYPHONE

Hello?

Long time no see.

Yeah.

You look like you've been well.

How are you doing?

I think I'm doing well.

So, why did you call me?

Here.

I work for the government.
I can't take this. It looks expensive too.

Please just open it.

This is…

The m*rder weapon.

What? Why is it here?

It was my mother's keepsake,
so my father asked the police for it.

Oh, I see.

Was this rock always this pretty?

This was the flower of Shiyakanaro.

Looking back on it,

our soul exchange might've been
something my mother wished for.

Maybe it was my mother
begging you to help stop her two sons

from going down any further
on a path of no return.

To help…

return us to how we should be.

I'm grateful it was you
I changed souls with.

So…

Truly…

thank you.

I don't think thanks would be
the right thing for me to say,

but I was glad it was you.

What do you plan to do with this?

Keep it at your house?

We're planning on burying it
with my brother.

It'd be bad if it swapped us again.

Indeed.

Well, then.

Farewell.

Well then, take care.

You too.

So where do you currently work?