ST Keishicho Kagaku Tokusou Han (ST Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Scientific Taskforce / ST 警視庁科学特捜班)

Hey, keep on moving!

Don't step back!

Right! Use your right!

- Huh? - What?

Who turned the lights off?

Turn them back on!

Hey! No time to rest yet!

- Sorry. - Let's continue!

Keep on moving!

Ouch!

Geez, what's up with you?

My chin hurts.

No! What's this? Why?

No! No! Help!

Noooo!

I get the biggest rush when sparring with you, you know?

So why don't you come to the gym more often?

Is being a public servant that busy?

Then, you're not going to be able to make it?

Our play next month!

Huh? You're coming?

Thank you!

Don't worry about the ticket. I'll invite you.

Huh? You're going to pay?

Alrighty!

Thank you! We get paid according to how many tickets we sell.

It's a big help!

Hello.

This is he.

What? That can't be.

I got it! I'll check it out right away.

Jeez!

My landlord lady.

She must be going senile, saying she can't debit the rent money.

I have enough money in my bank account.

What?

What's this?

Information charge, 200,000 yen? -

What's this?

- - This is the victim of the fire that took place last night.

- Her identity is under investigation right now-- - Female in her twenties.

After consuming a considerable amount of alcohol

she died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Front teeth are all made of ceramic.

Prosthesis have been implanted in the nose and chin.

Scars from the breast enlargement surgery under the arms.

The victim understood that her appearance was profitable.

So she's in either show business or the nightlife business.

If it was the nightlife business, she must have been working at some high-class nightclub.

No, not quite.

The place where the victim collapsed was a hostess bar, whose sales pitch was cosplay.

Sales pitch was cosplay?

An affordable, ordinary hostess bar. Not high-class.

That's not right. Who am I? Akagi Samon!

And I'm never wrong!

What self-confidence you've got! I admire you for that.

Take me to the crime scene right now. There is absolutely no way I'm wrong about this!

Another suspicious fire in the shopping district in the middle of the night.

How many fires took place in this area so far?

Well, let me see...

Four cases.

This month, there have been four cases of suspicious fires in this neighborhood.

While you guys couldn't solve even one case, finally we've got a dead person.

- You guys are the ones who killed the victim-- - Stop right there!

Akagi-san, take a look around.

This is not a high-class nightclub.

No... I'm not wrong.

That means the victim is not an employee of this bar.

All of you, go and check on some high-class nightclubs around here!

She must have been working somewhere.

Find out within 30 minutes! Do you understand?

You too.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.

The source of the fire is here.

The fire burnt more intensely on the carpet and around the metal locker.

The cause of fire is...

Oh? What are you doing here, Kurosaki-san?

I found him in the spectators. His look was asking me to let him in, you know?

I dispatched him. What's the cause of fire? Try sniffing the smell.

Gasoline, kerosine or gas?

Kurosaki, what's that face supposed to mean?

Oh, since Yamabuki-san isn't here, he has no one to whisper to.

Shoot! It didn't work!

What are you guys doing?

But listen to me, Kurosaki-san.

It's been two years since I became ST's Chief.

Isn't it about time for you to start whispering to me?

Listen, don't think these will be there for you forever. Parents, money and Yamabuki-san!

Oh? Oh, oh, oh?

Um, oh? Oh!

Huh.

Kurosaki-san!

Did he find out something?

Um, no.

There's no smell. He can't tell what burnt, so he doesn't know the cause of fire.

In that case, either a spontaneous fire or a paranormal phenomenon?

What an amazing analysis coming from the scent specialist ST is so proud of!

- Yes! - Are you kidding me?

- The zygomaticus major is waving. - What?

It's a muscle used to express a smile.

- Here and here. - What are you doing?

To be so happy with just one word, I guess you really don't have any friends at all.

But, Kurosaki-san talked to me for the first time. Right?

[Naito Shigeta: About that thing from yesterday, it looks seriously bad. In the worst case...]

- Kurosaki-san? - Chief, let's go. I'm done here.

Wait. Akagi-san, too.

What is it?

The zygomaticus major is waving.

It's only natural. The fire with no smell and the unknown cause.

This is exactly the difficult case worthy of Akagi Samon.

So thrilled, and cheeks wave.

One person dead from the suspicious fire last night.

Any relations to the past three cases of the serial suspicious fires?

The cause of fire is still unknown

and we're not making good progress in our investigation yet.

So you requested to dispatch ST?

It was out of necessity.

Out of necessity?

What a convenient phrase!

They must be enjoying this difficult case.

Even though a person is dead.

May I ask you one thing?

Why do you... to that extent... to ST...?

To ST? Complete your sentence.

It's nothing.

I came across it on the internet.

It said the registration was free.

The registration was done by sending my profile via cell phone.

It didn't say anything about costing money.

Oh, I tried calling them too.

Here.

This is Elegance Planning.

The person in charge will return your call later

so please choose your option by following the voice guidance.

See, isn't this fraud?

I got scammed, didn't I?

What should I tell my mom?

I can't pay my rent, and I have no money for food.

I haven't become much of an actor yet.

How could I go back to my hometown now?

- The police. - The police are not going to do anything!

It was the same when I got scammed by that pyramid scheme before.

File an incident report, and that's it.

My life is just full of these things!

No one really cares about me.

I'm just a lowly person.

No one's going to protect me.

Then, I guess I'll have to do something myself.

I'm an actor.

I'm going to deceive them.

And take my money back!

Don't do it.

That money... 100,000 yen was my mom's.

It was the 100,000 yen my mom gave me when I left my hometown.

It's the money I've been saving the whole time.

The deceased Saito Mari, 25 years old, was working at a nightclub nearby called 'Chartres'

under the name of 'Maria' until recently.

Is that place high-class? A high-class nightclub, isn't it?

- Is that important? - Very important.

Akagi Samon is never wrong.

Please continue.

A considerable amount of alcohol was detected from the blood.

The cause of death is carbon monoxide poisoning.

The bar where the fire broke out and this building are both owned by the Kyokuo Gang.

The Kyokuo Gang is an organized crime syndicate, whose territory is this entire neighborhood

and it is headed by Araki Kensuke, 58 years old.

The Kyokuo Gang is a typical organized crime syndicate

which has been making money hand over fist in illegal ways

- with fraud, extortion, prostitution and gambling. -

This is Elegance Planning.

The person in charge will return your call later--

See, isn't this fraud?

Since Araki was attacked by an unidentified person about four years ago

the relationship between the Kyokuo Gang and Natsume Group has gotten drastically worse.

Attacked? With intent to kill?

The details are unclear, but

he was stabbed in the buttocks by a knife.

Ridiculous! If you're stabbing, go for right here.

- It'll be over in five seconds. - Ahem, ahem.

Um, Natsume Group is a syndicate which gained power in recent years

and the current leader is Mukai Takuya, 45 years old.

Mukai has been expanding many businesses without appearing much in public.

He is a so-called 'intelligent Yakuza'.

Proceed.

Um, to summarize the four fires--

- Oh, here! I got that one. - Okay.

The first fire took place in the kitchen of the restaurant, owned by Natsume Group.

The second fire was by a sofa at the snack bar, owned by Kyokuo Gang.

The third fire occurred around the wagon at the osteopathic clinic, related to Natsume Group.

And at the bar where the fourth fire took place, the carpet and the locker were burnt intensely.

In all cases, there were no sources of fire, and the causes of fire are still unknown.

The fire broke out with no source of fire?

What's that? It sounds delicious.

The collision between Kyokuo Gang and Natsume Group has been escalating

and they are setting fire to each other.

Ugh, what's that? Not delicious! Bad-tasting! Overly simplistic thinking makes me nauseous.

Are you mocking me?

No, I'm not.

- You are. - You are.

What are you talking about? I'm not mocking him.