Kurokouchi (クロコーチ)

December 10, 1968

5 years after the 300-million yen robbery,

from the plethora of items found at the scene,

various profiles of the perpetrator emerged.

A member of a local group committed suicide immediately after the robbery.

He was meeting frequently with the youth in question.

- You mean Sawamura Hideto? - Yes.

- Seike. - His name is Tomita George, 23.

He's a member of a motorcycle gang called "Tachikawa Group,"

born to an American soldier who died in Vietnam

and a Japanese mother.

- Whaddya want, old man. - Police.

Where's Tomita George?

- Who's dat? - You're Tomita George-san, right?

You know Sawamura Hideto-san who committed suicide 5 years ago, don't you?

- Get outta here. - We're talkin' to you!

Tomita George-san.

What are you going to do

if the police sees you here?

It doesn't pay to get arrested by yourself, does it?

When you didn't even get your share of the 300 million yen.

It's best you forget about Sawamura Hideto.

Forget about him.

The 300-million yen robbery

remains unsolved to this day.

45 years ago, Youth S

had an accomplice, right?

What was his name?

It wasn't Johnny...

Geo...

Did you end up... sealing his lips too?

Why do you want to know that?

Because

there's someone who wanted to know that, and

and there's me who took it over.

If I don't find out, it's not gonna end.

Is that all?

Can I be frank with you?

That's all~.

And you? Why did you rob the 300 million yen?

Did you do it just for the money?

Then I'll be frank too.

I stole this to prevent Sawatari-san from going on a rampage.

It appears

yet another person was killed.

It was him, right?

Prosecutor Echigo committed suicide?

About 2 hours ago, when the administrative official entered the room,

he found the prosecutor dead with this in his hand.

Potassium cyanide...

There's no sign of a struggle, and according to the administrative official,

the prosecutor was feeling a great sense of responsibility for

having Sawatari-san released.

I'm pretty sure it was suicide.

He may have been killed by Sawatari-san.

I mean...

Seike-san, do you have a minute?

Where were you before you came here?

As usual, I was secretly observing Kurokouchi-san...

Isn't it about time you told me?

About the case you and Assistant Inspector Kurokouchi have been pursuing in secret.

Well...

Assistant Inspector Seike.

Actually,

it's the 300-million yen robbery.

An evil plan?

Sawatari-san is planning to use this money

to do something evil.

Ah~ You mean that plan.

You don't have a clue, do you?

No, I don't.

Oh, but I do know that

you can't get to the 35 billion yen with that laptop alone.

That's why you captured me, right?

That's right.

I want you to

get the passcode out of Sawatari-san.

The best way to stop him

is to cut off the source of the association's funding.

I'm not sure about that.

If you want to shake up Sawatari,

why don't you just come out and tell the world about yourself?

Since you're the living witness who knows the history of the 300 million yen.

I've wanted to know for a lo~ng time too.

The history of your life.

That, I can't do.

The police will lose credibility.

All right then.

If I find out the passcode,

you tell me everything. Is that a deal?

Hello, this is Sawatari.

You have a visitor at the receptionist's desk.

Hello. This is Kurokouchi~.

Hey, wait, wait. Just give me 5 minutes.

3 minutes then. I'm giving you a break, you know.

Quit being so rough. My suit's getting wrinkled...

Oh, my~.

Did you want to see me?

For now, I just dropped by to say hello.

Did you join?

Yes, although somehow I ended up in the other faction.

So?

You can be sure I'll get it from you.

Because I want to know the truth.

How the 300 million yen was stolen, and

for what purpose.

I'd certainly like to know too.

You just wait and see.

I'll be looking forward to it.

- Sakura Fubuki Association? - Yes.

It's an organization created by

police officers who covered up the 300-million yen robbery that occurred 45 years ago.

You may find it hard to believe, but

this association had a hand in all the murder cases, starting with Goda-san and Hashimoto-san,

that Sawatari-san was involved in.

That sounds like some kind of an urban legend.

Sugi Ryutaro was a member of that association too.

Sawatari-san is the leader.

And at its center is the Shuto Sohgo Security Services Company.

Therefore, may I get a warrant to conduct a search at the security company?

That would be a little difficult.

I can't get in touch with Kurokouchi-san who went there with me.

It's quite possible he got entangled in some kind of trouble.

However, like I told you before, that company hires retired police officers,

and it's under the jurisdiction of MPD, so we can't venture in there unless we have conclusive evidence.

Conclusive evidence...

Conclusive evidence...

Nevertheless,

you certainly did a lot of investigating.

Bloodstain other than his own

was found on Sugi Ryutaro's body.

That's right.

For some reason, only on his arm.

Only on his arm...

Most likely, this guy Sugi

put his arms around someone from behind like this,

and maybe as they struggled,

that person's blood got on his arm.

Struggled...

Did you recently grab a knife with your bare hand or something?

Excuse me for a moment.

Kurokouchi Keita

- What?! - Oh, I'm sorry.

Where have you been?

Well, things happened.

I thought for sure that you got captured by Kaga-san.

Cor~rect.

Consequently, in order to investigate,

I confided to Chief Ushii

about the 300 million and Sakura Fubuki Association.

What? You told him?!

I'm sorry.

That's okay. They probably don't care since there's no evidence.

Did you know? That 300 million yen,

believe it or not, increased over a hundred times to 35 billion yen now.

I didn't know that.

Do you know this?

The person who further increased the capital by money laundering was,

believe it or not, Ayakawa Shinnosuke.

- I didn't know that either. - Then how about this?

- I joined the Sakura Fubuki Association. - I didn't know...

What?

That being said, investigation of the 300 million yen is hereby closed.

Thank you for your hard work~.

You're joking as usual, aren't you?

I'm serious. Really serious. Really, really serious!

After all, there are things in this world that are best left unknown.

That's why,

I gave some serious thoughts as to

who has anything to gain by exposing the truth about the 300 million yen robbery.

Cuz look, the more we find out about it, the more people die around us.

If you didn't find out that your father was murdered,

don't you think you'd have been happy not knowing?

In other words,

I figured Sakura Fubuki Association might not be bad after all.

I'm going to continue investigating.

Don't.

Let the evil rest in the dark.

That's how order was maintained for 45 years.

But you told me before, remember?

That each of us have to decide for ourselves who's good and who's evil...

That's why I decided that they're good.

Even if you should find evidence

that could identify Sugi's killer,

don't you dare pursue it.

If you do, I'm gonna distribute the photo of you peeing in your pants.

Please. Go right ahead.

I sent you the photo, so

look at it and think real~ carefully.

You're disgusting.

This is...

For now, there hasn't been any noticeable movement.

Takahashi-san.

It's definitely Sugi Ryutaro.

- Kurokouchi-kun sent you this? - Yes, but

he told me not to investigate.

There might be a reason he said that.

Don't you think that's entirely possible with him?

It could be that Kurokouchi-san's planning to do something again.

If that's the case, what could be his objective...