Kurokouchi (クロコーチ)

December 1968

Investigation of

the 300-million yen robbery

that occurred on December 10, 1968

had hit a snag with

the suicide of Youth S who was thought to be the suspect.

Seike.

Endo-san, what brings you here?

You're getting off soon, aren't you? You wanna go?

Oh, come to think of it,

the memorial service was today, wasn't it?

I think so.

I'm burning my son's belongings.

Did you think my son was suspicious?

Youth S, that is.

In order to destroy the evidence,

I must be burning the 300 million yen in cash.

Is that what you're thinking?

You won't find big money like that anywhere.

Come here and

take a look in here too.

There's no need to hold back. Come take a look.

Even if I had that 300 million yen here,

I would probably burn it.

That's how parents are.

The 300-million yen robbery

remains unsolved to this day.

Youth S

is you, right?

Takahashi-san.

No I'm not.

He committed suicide 45 years ago, remember?

Where's the 300 million yen in hard cash right now?

You're not going to find big money like that anywhere.

I don't have 300 million yen in my possession,

nor am I hiding it or looking for it.

But the onset of Sakura Fubuki Association to which you belong

was the 300-million yen robbery, right?

You shouldn't go around making unwise remarks like that.

This day and age,

you never know who might be watching. That goes for me

as well as for you folks.

Camera...

In that respect, you were lucky that they didn't have surveillance cameras back then.

Actually,

maybe someone was watching you back then

and that's why the incident was covered up.

Well, even if that was the case,

it has nothing to do with me.

You do know, don't you?

The whereabouts of the 300 million yen.

I guess I'll just have to look elsewhere.

You and Sawatari aren't the only ones, right?

Who know the whereabouts of the 300 million yen.

Isn't there an entrance somewhere else?

I know there is.

Another entrance.

The entrance to

the 300 million yen.

It hurts. It's cold.

Seike-san, hurry up please.

By "the entrance to the 300 million yen,"

are you perhaps talking about someone with the police

who was involved in the cover-up?

That's right. Since it happened 45 years ago, it's quite possible that he's still alive.

- If he was 30 back then? - 75.

- If he was 35 back then? - 80.

- If he was 40 back then? - 85.

Yes, cor~rect.

In other words, the founder of Sakura Fubuki Association is alive.

Although it doesn't necessarily mean there was only one person.

That hurt.

Is the person who killed my father among those people?

That's why, we'll know that too once we find the entrance, won't we?

Seike-san.

I'm cold~.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Go ahead.

Are you sure you didn't hear anything from your father?

About the investigation at that time.

Yes.

I didn't even know that he was investigating the 300-million yen robbery.

What about like your father's superiors?

I don't remember.

My father didn't talk much about his work at home.

He must've been an admirable man.

Incidentally, tomorrow will be exactly 10 years since my father passed away.

Which means tomorrow's his death anniversary?

Yes. Therefore, I've asked to take a day off

to go visit his grave site.

I see.

This is from Takahashi-san.

It's what we've been protecting.

Still...

managing to survive.

Excuse me~.

May I ask who you are?

Are you by any chance Seike-kun's daughter?

Yes.

Is that right?

I'm

as you can see here.

Endo Takeshi-san.

There was a time when your father and I were on the same investigation team.

Now, I'm doing something that's more like volunteer work.

Judicial Research and Training Institute (Police Pension Seminar)

And you?

I'm currently on loan from the National Police Agency

to the First Investigation Division at the Kanagawa Prefectural Police.

I'm Seike Mashiro.

So you're working for the police, just like your father.

Is that right...

I owe a lot to your father.

It's been 45 years since we first met.

45 years...

Well, there's work I have to do, so I'll get going.

Thank you for coming today.

Perhaps we'll meet again somewhere.

Excuse me.

Judicial Research and Training Institute?

Police Pension Seminar.

Kurokouchi-san.

That man,

wasn't he hinting around that he met your father 45 years ago?

He wasn't hinting around. He clearly said so.

Which means it's possible that he was investigating the 300-million yen robbery.

Seike-san, go ask him about the investigation at that time.

He might have seen the entrance person, right?

The person who's the entrance to the 300 million yen.

What are you planning to do by tracking down the 300 million yen?

Well, I got a lot of reporting to do.

Reporting?

There were people who wanted to know the truth.

But there were people who were unable to know the truth.

And there's us, who know their feeling.

Isn't it like that with your father, too,

who died before he could wipe off the shit completely?

While you're at it, why don't you ask about your father too?

He might know something.

Come on, now. Research, research.

Aren't you going, Kurokouchi-san?

I have to, you know, go back and wait.

For what?

What could it be?

For the time being, polish the headstone.

I already did the weeding.

Are you going to have the handgun re-evaluated?

Yes. Something Sawatari said in his testimony bothers me.

I turned in the request this morning.

I see...

This is being done strictly to investigate what really happened.

If you don't mind, please stand by at the office today.

All right.

Hello.

Is Sawatari's investigation going well?

You're not planning to release him, are you? Prosecutor Echigo.

I understand how you feel, though.

They're scary, aren't they? Sawatari and his people.

But if you do that,

won't you be a slave to them for the rest of your life?

As Sakura Fubuki Association's personal cover-up prosecutor.

Oh, but you're good at cover-ups, huh?

What do you want now?

Can I have you buy me some time?

I'm in the process of making various preparations.

Preparations?

I'll try to get the re-evaluation of the gun prolonged as well from my side.

Thank you in advance.

I submitted the request for re-evaluation.

However, the results won't be back for a week.

A week.

- They're pretty busy right now. - Did that detective

say something to you?

Like what?

Oh, well...

never mind.

Come in.

Hi there!

I've been waiting.

Assistant Inspector Kurokouchi Dies

I like it. I'm really photogenic, aren't I?

Oh, that's right. I was playing around and made these too.

That's technology, huh? But this one's fine. Be ready to go with it.

Okay. But are you really going to use that?

Sure I am. Any time now.

But please. Don't really die on me, okay?

Yeah, right.

I bet you're hoping I'd die.

I'm hoping to track down the entrance with this.

Although

I'm getting tracked down too.

This must be it.

Endo Judicial Research and Training Institute

Police Pension Seminar

Excuse me~.

Let me verify that with the National Police Agency.

Yes. Good bye.

Pardon me for dropping in unexpectedly.

That's all right.

Seike-kun's daughter is welcome any time. Please come in.