Babylon (バビロン)

OCHANOMIZU

JAPAN SUPIRI PHARMACEUTICALS HEADQUARTERS

Begin.

Don't move!

This is a raid in response to a violation of the pharmaceutics law!

Get their cell phones too.

Yes, sir.

Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office, Special Investigations.

KASUMIGASEKI TOKYO PUBLIC PROSECUTORS OFFICE

Here we go.

ASSISTANT OFFICER ATSUHIKO FUMIO

Good morning, Mr. Seizaki.

You're early.

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ZEN SEIZAKI

How many boxes?

- This makes 20. - We're going to do this in two days.

You read too fast, Mr. Seizaki.

We have to or else we won't be able to finish.

Do you have any idea how many boxes we seized?

Seven hundred.

Don't say anything!

That just makes it worse.

Reading is such tedious work.

I can hear you.

Fumio. What's the crime they're being accused of in the Agras case?

Violating the pharmaceutics law.

- Be specific. - What?

A ban on false advertising of Agras, their new drug.

Japan Supiri requested several universities to provide fake data that made

the drug seem more effective than it really was.

That's right.

In other words, we have to find proof that they paid off these four universities.

Listen, Fumio.

Reading takes you closer to the truth, one step at a time.

- It's like a "ruler for justice." - "Ruler for justice."

Right?

So, this is correct...

The headquarters of Japan Supiri,

a pharmaceutical company, was raided yesterday.

- It's on TV! - The Tokyo District Public

Prosecutors Office Special Investigations Team reported they're investigating the company

for false advertising of their new drug, Agras.

Next up is...

There are now only 20 days left until the Shiniki mayoral election.

They didn't give it much coverage.

It's an illegal kickback from a pharmaceutical company to some universities.

Most people wouldn't be interested in the story.

Secretary General Ryuichiro Nomaru's announcement of his candidacy excited the Liberal Justice Party.

- Everyone's focused on the election. - They've almost finished choosing the candidates.

I wish I could handle a political case.

"I'm going to defeat evil!" In my dreams!

Wow. You're enthusiastic.

Mr. Morinaga!

DIRECTOR YASUTAKA MORINAGA

I apologize!

Fumio. The work we perform here is fundamentally the same,

no matter what the case is.

I won't forget!

So? Are you making progress on the Agras case?

Yes. Japan Supiri isn't sophisticated enough

to hide the evidence in anticipation of the investigation.

It's only a matter of time.

I see. Well, since the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare is the one making the accusation,

it's safe to assume there's been illegal activity.

Well, then. Please continue working on it.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

I'm going to be late today too.

Yeah. Okay.

Say hi to Asuma for me.

HITOMI SEIZAKI

How old is Asuma now?

He's already 7.

Thanks.

Can you tell I used different coffee beans?

I liked the old ones better.

You're so picky, Mr. Seizaki.

Huh? Did you spill some?

There's a stain.

This isn't a new stain...

Is something wrong?

This is...

a blood stain.

What? No way.

Holy Rafaela Medical School.

It's not one of the four.

Clinical tests of Seiren, a sleeping pill.

The doctor in charge...

was Shin Inaba.

- It's a piece of hair. - What?

There's also fingernails.

Is this skin?

That dark area at the bottom.

You can see letters if you look closely.

Is that the letter F?

How did this happen?

In any case,

the person who wrote this

wasn't mentally stable.

KAWASAKI HOLY RAFAELA MEDICAL SCHOOL

I'm from the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office.

You want Dr. Inaba, right?

Please wait a moment.

It seems unrelated to the Agras case.

We don't know for sure yet.

Excuse me...

Associate Professor Inaba from Anesthesiology

has been off since yesterday.

TAMA CENTER SHIN INABA'S HOME

This is it.

No one's home.

Fumio.

Classical music?

We're going in.

We don't have a warrant.

I asked for one.

Okay.

It's so loud!

Mr. Inaba! Are you there?

I'm opening it!

Mr. Inaba!

TAMA EAST CENTRAL POLICE STATION

- Hi, Mr. Kujiin. - Sorry to bother you.

No problem.

It's a request from Mr. Seizaki and Mr. Fumio.

ASSISTANT POLICE INSPECTOR SHINOBU KUJIIN

It looks like you

stumbled into another strange crime scene.

So? How much information can you give me this time?

Everything.

There's something weird about this case.

I want to cooperate with the district police for the investigation.

Then let's begin.

First, I'll explain the results of our inspection.

- It was an anesthesia overdose? - Yes.

Inaba was connected to a general anesthesia machine used for surgery.

The machine was set to increase the amount of anesthetic gradually.

But there was something peculiar about it.

It was set to reach the lethal dose in...

30 hours?

That means it was a suicide, right?

If it was murder, the murderer wouldn't have given him so much time to escape.

But why would he choose an uncertain way of killing himself? He could stop any time.

- You're right. - Would it hold up as circumstantial evidence?

Well, I can't say for sure.

But I think they'll probably handle it as a suicide.

There were no traces of physical violence on his body or in the room.

They even found a will.

There was nothing unusual written in it though.

Well, that's where we are right now.

Also...

there was a couple that visited Inaba often starting two months ago.

As of now, we know the name of the male.

Tomokazu Ano.

Let's start the investigation from there.

Is that everything?

No. There's something else.

I see.

This case looks like it could get pretty dark.

Did you discover anything?

Yes. A few things.

I got the results for the piece of hair.

The blood and skin stuck to it belonged to Inaba.