SEPTEMBER 24
Toba World Hotel
(Kouhei) Kimie-san
Would you marry...
...an old geezer like me?
(Kimie) Really?
Really.
I'm so happy!
Hang on, Nomo-san, how can you propose to me
while gazing like that at another woman?
Ah, sorry.
OCTOBER 6
Nagano Prefecture
Iida City
Takemura Inn
Nagano Prefectural Police, Iida Station Detective Takemura Iwao
Yawn...
(Hostesses) Good morning! Good morning!
(Youko) Oh! Why on earth are you heading out this early?
Oh - uh, just thought I'd take a little walk
Hey so, could you stand to at least help me out
Takemura Iwao's wife Takemura Youko
on your days off?
For sure! I'll catch you a really, really big one.
Hey, that's not what I meant!
See ya later~!
You deadbeat!
(Maruyama) O'course that'd make her mad!
You guys have such a nice inn but
you never put in any work!
I guess...
Ya leave it all to Youko-chan...
You're an only child - how come you couldn't take over the inn?
Shut the hell up, baldy.
H-hey I've still got more than half left!
What the hell do you mean, bald?
No way is it half.
Yes it is! Look! On the sides, in the back, see?
Anyways. I heard something recently.
About... what was it... "Detective Columbo"?
Maybe...
Huh?
Ugh...
What is it, "Columbo"?
A case?
Nah, looks like
Somebody threw something away here
Ah, come on
What the heck is this?
Augh!
What's wrong? I-it's an arm! Call the police!
Wait, I'm the police! No, a doctor, we need a doctor!
- Wait, I'm the doctor! - Right, you're a doctor!
Look, look!
It's a human arm!
Call the police!
I am the police!
Nihonbashi, Tokyo
On patrol, be back soon!
Hello sir, can I help you with something?
Yesterday's traffic incidents
Deaths
(Izawa) Um...
What's seems to be the matter?
I think...
I'm afraid I might have transported...
A body.
(sound of box splashing into water)
I see... Let us discuss this inside.
Yes sir.
Damn, never thought I'd be the one to discover a body like this.
Such a grim murder way out here in Shinano...
(Katsuragi) Take-san!
Huegh, hurk...
Nagano Prefectural Police, Iida Station Detective Katsuragi Akira
We found a male torso!
Got it!
But... This kind of reservoir, deep in the mountains...
It kinda...
Well then.
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An Uchida Yasuo Mystery Shinano no Columbo - Echoes of the Dead -
Iida Police Station
If you see something, say something!
(Detective) Because pedestrian traffic is low,
Matsukawa Dam Dismemberment Murder Case Investigation Headquarters
we could not collect any strong evidence.
(Omori) Next! Katsuragi!
Nagano Police, Iida Station Chief Omori Shuuji
Yes sir.
We were able to recover an arm and a torso.
According to forensics, the victim was a male between about 60 and 70 years old.
Left Arm
Given the body's condition, it appears to have been less than a week since his death.
Since the head has not been located, it is difficult to identify the body.
Therefore, we recommend conducting a wide search to find the remaining parts.
Right. Your orders are to search our records for any cases resembling this,
and any missing person cases in the area.
- Yes sir! - Um... Excuse me...
What is it, Takemura?
Well, you see,
the... culprit,
in other words, the one who abandoned the body,
it just seems to me they probably weren't from around here.
Explain.
Well...
Uh... Well...
The water from this dam is tap water, so...
the water from here becomes the water people here drink, right?
Ah... whew. It just doesn't seem to me like anyone
from around here would think to, well, throw a corpse
into the water they drink from.
So you think the culprit killed a man in a different area,
then brought the body all the way to into the mountains?
Yes.
(Tanaka) So this is where you picked up the man with slicked-back hair?
Yes. He loaded up
7 cardboard boxes and got in the car.
I see. Thank you.
On the 2nd of October, did you see a man with slicked-back hair in this area?
Did you happen to see a man with slicked-back hair?
No, I haven't seen anything like that.
(Security Guard) I heard the superintendent here left.
Five Dynasties Trading Inc. Employee entrance
I see. And since the live-in superintendent left,
your security company was contracted?
Yes, that's what I've heard.
(Okabe) In that case, would you mind showing me the room he lived in?
Okabe-san! You were here!
Tokyo MPD, Muromachi Station Assistant Inspector Okabe Kazuo
Yes.
Superintendent's Room
They keep it pretty clean, don't they.
Yeah.
(Security Guard) Excuse me.
Pardon the intrusion. Okuba, General Affairs Division.
Thank you for your co-operation.
The former superintendent, what kind of person were they?
His name was Nomoto Toshio. He lived here with his wife.
He was... I think around 40...
Nomoto Toshio, did he have any distinguishing features?
Well, his height was about the same as me...
Oh! He always had his hair slicked back.
- Slicked back? - Yes.
The man who took that car also had slicked-back hair, didn't he.
The way this tatami is placed...
It's pretty sloppy.
Hey. Can you lift this?
- Yes. - Yes.
Ready, and...
Nagano Prefectural Police
Thank you so much.
It looks like nothing has been found yet.
Yeah.
Got it.
The dam is silent
Sadness cast on autumn peak
Shining afterglow.
-- Iwao
What... is that?
I joined a haiku club recently.
Hm! I think it came out pretty good. Yeah?
I have no interest in haiku.
Is that so?
Yes.
(Search Crew) Hey! We found something!
Well then. Time to meet the victim.
Commencing reconstruction of the victim's face.
(Katsuragi) It's a shame. The damage to the head is so severe
that we can't tell what kind of features the victim had.
I suppose we just have to wait for the reconstruction from Forensics.
(cell phone ringing)
Hello. Katsuragi speaking.
Yes, he's with me right now, but
Huh?
Take-san, it seems like someone in Tokyo was charged for the murder.
Tokyo, eh?
Politeness in Daily Life
You're not really gonna go all the way to Tokyo,
wearing that same old filthy coat?
...You saw that?
It's unseasonal.
It's not proper detective work unless I wear it.
Yeah, yeah. Detective Columbo, right?
N-no, I'm just kinda used to wearing it.
Ah- today is haiku club! I have to tell them I can't make it
I have one.
You're pregnant?
Idiot. How could I, that quickly?
Haiku. I have a Haiku.
Haiku?
I cannot see you
Even when wearing the coat
As a Columbo
-- Youko
Five Dynasties Trading Inc. Employee entrance
Thanks for waiting.
Okabe, Tokyo Metropolitan Police, Muromachi Station.
Oh! Takemura, Nagano Prefectural Police, Iida Station.
I'm Katsuragi.
Is something the matter?
Ah, no, excuse me. Please come this way.
Tokyo detectives sure are sharp, aren't they?
Yeah.
Let's go, let's go!
(Katsuragi) Ugh!
Whoa...
The man who carried the body in a taxi
all the way to Nagano was the superintendent of this building.
Testimony identified him as Nomoto Toshio. Here's his file.
Five Dynasties Trading Incorporated Superintendent Nomoto Toshio
The picture underneath is his wife, Mitsuko.
They both lived here, and he worked as the building's superintendent.
Toshio's Wife Nomoto Mitsuko
A live-in superintendent...
Yes.
OCTOBER 2ND
The taxi driver, on the night of October 2nd...
(Toshio) I've got luggage. Put it in the trunk.
Ah. Yes, sir.
And then he paid for a round-trip ride from Tokyo to Nagano.
The 7 filled cardboard boxes...
Look, I've got 500,000 yen [~CA$4000]
Whoa, 500,000?
Nomoto Toshio threw the boxes... Matsukawa Dam, is it?
It seems he threw the bodies off that bridge. Even so...
So, what have you got in those boxes?
It's not a corpse or anything right? Haha
You got it.
Whoa, he admitted it himself?
Seems so.
So he admitted it himself...
Takemura-san, I am on my way to meet
with this Nomoto Toshio's personal guarantor.
Will you come with me?
His uncle, Nomoto Kouhei
That's the one. Let's go.
- (Landlord) Nomoto-san? - Yes.
Aah, yeah, I haven't seen him around lately.
When was the last time you saw him?
Nomoto
A week...
Nomoto
No, a bit more than that, I think
Sorry but, can you show us his room?
Yes, absolutely. Right this way.
Let's go.
- Right in here. - Thank you.
He lives alone in this huge place?
Jealous!
Loan Agreement Lender: Nomoto Kouhei Recipient: Nomoto Toshio Amount: 1 Million Yen
Looks like Nomoto Kouhei lent money to Nomoto Toshio,
There's a loan agreement here.
How much?
A million yen. [~CA$8000]
A million? Rich guy.
Shinjuku Kabukichou Club Sanban
I'll... pick it up, then.
Hello?
(Woman) Oh there you are Nomo-san, god I was so worried!
You stopped coming in,
I was so worried about you.
Um, many apologies, with whom do I have the pleasure of speaking?
I'm sorry! I was mistaken.
No, wait-
She hung up.
Who was it?
No idea. A woman's voice.
She said he "stopped coming in".
Probably some girl from a hostess club checking on her client.
Hostess club?
Excuse me, sir.
Which of these is Nomoto Kouhei?
(Landlord) This one.
Nomoto Kouhei
Finally.
Reconstruction complete.
- (Mitsuko) Let's get out of here. - Yeah.
(Katsuragi) So in summary,
this Nomoto Toshio and his uncle Nomoto Kouhei
had some money troubles between them.
After murdering his uncle,
he cut the body into pieces and dumped it over the Matsukawa Dam, is that right?
Well yeah that seems about right.
Now we just need to find the Nomoto couple and arrest them.
Kinda feels like a bit of a let-down for it to be so simple, huh?
Are you both from Nagano?
I'm from Hokkaido, actually! Where are you from, Okabe-san?
Tokyo, born and raised.
Gosh I envy that voice!
- Is that so? - Yes!
- What about you, Takemura-san? - Eh?
Oh, I, uh, Nagano, born and raised.
I see!
Takemura-san's family owns an onsen resort.
Ohh?
It's a fantastic resort, but he doesn't run it.
He became a detective instead... Right?
Oh man, I'd love to go! I haven't been to an onsen in forever!
- Ah, well you're very welcome! - When I get a chance!
Takemura-san...
Are you a fan of Detective Columbo?
Huh?
I mean, that Burberry coat is a little... you know.
Oh, well,
Um, a little bit, I suppose...
A little bit?
Well it looks great considering its age-
Well anyways- Okabe-san,
Could we talk about the case for a moment?
Of course. What about?
This Nomoto Toshio,
why did he pay the taxi driver 500,000 yen?
Hush money, right?
Possibly, but didn't the driver just immediately talk?
(Nomoto Toshio) That's correct.
What possible motive, what possible reason,
would he have had to go all the way out to Iida?
Matsukawa Dam is pitch black at night, and foot traffic is low, right?
But you could find that in Tokyo.
Oh- I guess so.
Well, what if Nomoto
didn't go to Nagano to hide a body,
but just went there to throw it away?
- Huh? - Like, to buy time?
He was confident he'd get away!
Yeah.
Hmmmm.
Matsukawa Dam Dismemberment Murder Case Investigation Headquarters
Tokyo MPD, Muromachi Station, 1st Division Chief Investigator Miyajima Masaya
(Miyajima) Right, let's get started. First, Forensics.
(Forensics Specialist) Yes.
The victim was Nomoto Kouhei, 65 years of age.
Cause of death: Shock due to depressed fracture to the back of head.
Post-mortem, the body was dismembered,
with arms, legs, head, torso, and abdomen, separated into 7 parts...
Please take a look at these documents.
The Victim: Nomoto Kouhei
Nomoto Kouhei was a so-called corporate extortionist.
He was intimately associated with several high-profile extortionists.
Extortion, eh?
(Tanaka) Acting as a lone wolf ...
Okay. Next.
Yes sir.
Moving on to the suspect, Nomoto Toshio, he has a criminal history.
He served 6 months for assault and battery of a sex worker.
His motive,
a hefty 1 million yen loan from the victim.
On October 1st,
Nomoto Kouhei went to his nephew's residence to collect payment.
This is the receipt for payment written at that visit.
The suspect has an established impulsive,
violent temperament,
and is suspected to have a personality disorder.
An acquaintance of his wife, Mitsuko,
told us she had heard many stories of his violent outbursts. That is all.
An impulsive murderer...
Hmm... I wonder...
Wonder what?
Eh? Oh uh, it's just... nothing.
Next, Assistant Inspector Okabe.
Yes sir.
It is only a theory at this stage, but
to explain Nomoto Toshio's perplexing actions,
namely, why did he pay the taxi driver 500,000 yen,
and bring the body all the way to Nagano
to dispose of it?
If I were to hazard a guess...
Originally his plan was to use whatever amount of money he had at hand to escape.
But as someone struggling with money,
it is unlikely that he would so suddenly drop 500,000 yen...
just to run away.
In other words, he may have been planning to die.
That is all.
Understood. That is another line to consider.
But then why didn't he die?
Right.
I hereby issue a national APB for Nomoto Toshio and his wife Mitsuko.
Let's find them before they turn up dead.
Um, excuse me...
What?
I'm Takemura, Nagano Iida Station, the one who discovered the body.
And?
Well, I just thought...
Take-san!
The money that Nomoto Kouhei collected...
There was a receipt for this month's payment, right?
See, here, this one yeah?
Yes.
I'd understand if he killed the guy because he's strict about collection, but
the fact that there's a receipt
means he killed him after returning the money...
but still conveniently had a metal bat handy.
So you're saying this was premeditated?
Yeah, it kinda feels a bit that way.
This guy won't say anything plainly.
Listen. Before you brought it up,
everyone here in this room had already considered that.
Oh. Sorry. Sorry.
Alright, get to work, meetings over.
Yes sir.
(Katsuragi) Sorry. Sorry.
Sorry. Sorry.
What the heck Take-san!
Take-san!
Let's leave the rest of this to the Tokyo PD.
Let's go back to Nagano.
Leave it to the Tokyo PD, huh...
It's no good. Let's check up a little further.
Okay.
Tokyo MPD, Muromachi Station
(Katsuragi) Well then, we will return to Iida.
- Thank you for all your help. - Thank you.
Takemura-san...
To be honest with you, the premeditated crime line was not on my radar.
Nice work, Detective Columbo.
Well then.
Ah, Okabe-san
What?
Ah, just one more thing...
Between the murdered Nomoto Kouhei and Five Dynasties Trading,
would you mind taking a look to see if they had some relation?
Considering Nomoto Toshio's record,
how did he get the building superintendent position for such a big company?
Also, his uncle being a corporate extortionist,
wouldn't it be natural for him to be, ya know, pressured in some way?
Understood.
Thank you very much.
(Katsuragi) Let's check the train times.
Shinjuku Kabukichou Club Sanban
Ah heck, I kept it.
I was so worried about you.
Katsuragi, wanna grab a drink?
Huh?
There's a place I wanted to check out in Shinjuku.
Uh. Wai-
Right this way please.
This looks super expensive, is it okay to be here?
How much you got on you?
Uh- Take-san, you're not paying?
Of course not!
(Reiko) Welcome!
(Mika) Oh, is it your first time?
Yes, it is.
Pardon me. I'm Reiko.
I'm Mika.
Um, well actually
I came here because Nomoto-san recommended this place to me. Do you know him?
Nomoto Kouhei-san.
Eh?
(Kimie) Are you Nomo-san's friend?
(Woman) I was so worried about you.
Kimie-san
So, may I ask how you know Nomo-san?
Ah - well, he's a friend from a bar.
He's... dead, isn't he.
You don't seem surprised. I suppose you already knew?
Yes.
Where the heck did this come from?
Not so long ago, when we were drinking together
he gushed to me about a woman he was so in love with,
and I suppose I was curious.
Uh-
Are you alright?
Oh, yes, sorry.
I...
Everything's alright now, but
before I came to this place I was in a really bad situation.
I got pulled in by a stupid man. Saddled me with debt too.
And then, Nomoto-san proposed to you?
Kimie-san, will you marry me?
I was happy.
Nomoto-san, what kind of person was he?
Uh- Didn't you say you knew him?
Sorry. Actually, we're the police.
Wha-? Huh? Huh?
- Sorry. - Sorry.
Oh I mean, I don't think you have to apologize for anything though...
So, in your conversations with Nomoto-san,
does anything come to mind
that seemed a bit... strange? Was there anything like that?
Huh?
Oh- Now that you mention it, at the hotel...
Hotel?
Mhm.
He proposed to me at the Toba World Hotel in Toba.
He asked me where I'd like to travel to. I told him Toba is just fine.
Did anything happen at that hotel?
I'm not really sure but,
it seemed like he saw someone he recognized.
Who was it?
If I remember right... it was a couple.
The woman was super pretty.
In Toba...
A pretty woman...
Okay I think I've got it.
So this hostess's fiancee was murdered?
Yep
Right. And you think that the guy who's the current suspect
didn't really do it?
No, it's not quite like that.
It's just, the theory that Nomoto Toshio was trying to commit suicide, is just...
Something about it...
Oh so it's like that!
If he wasn't hiding the body, he had some other reason to abandon it,
And, oh-
He prepared a safe, reliable escape route...
But in that case, someone else,
a third party was involved, is the theory?
Beautiful deduction.
Heh heh heh heh!
Okay! Go take your bath. Now.
Yes ma'am.
(Kimie) It was a couple...
The woman was super pretty.
A pretty woman,
and the man with her...
Hmmmm...
Oh, good evening.
Oh-
Hello, Takemura speaking.
Sorry for calling so late. It's Okabe.
Oh, it's no problem.
About Nomoto Kouhei,
I can't seem to find any connection with Five Dynasties' general meeting.
It's just, his extortionist associates seemed to be,
very intentionally,
being ordered to avoid causing problems for Five Dynasties.
Would that be because his own family member
was working as the building's superintendent?
Well, not really - this was going on
before his nephew started working there.
Oh? Then why would he do something like that, I wonder.
Somehow it seems like Nomoto Kouhei and the CEO of Five Dynasties, Fukushima Taiichiro,
are former classmates.
Classmates? Wow.
They were on the same rugby team in university.
Ohhh I see.
Tomorrow morning I'm dropping by their office to speak with the CEO.
Tomorrow morning? Okay, I'll head to Tokyo first thing in the morning.
Please bring me along.
Takemura-san, are you okay coming to Tokyo again?
Yes. Hm?
Is it better if I don't go?
Well I just think...
Oh- Well- I mean- it's not like that-
...I understand. I'll see you there.
Stubborn as the real Columbo, this one.
Five Dynasties Trading Incorporated
(Fukushima) Hamano-kun.
(Hamano) Yes sir.
I heard the news from Director Sawafuji
while I was in China. Congratulations on your engagement!
Yes. Since my fiancée recently took a position in New York...
Is that so. You will be missed.
I am very honoured to hear that from you.
Come in.
(Sawafuji) Sir. Pardon the intrusion.
Thank you very much.
What's the matter, Sawafuji-kun?
The police have requested to speak with you.
Five Dynasties, Executive Director Sawafuji Eizo
About that case?
It seems so.
I suppose I have no choice but to meet with them.
Send them up.
Yes sir. Also, if I may,
it may be an inappropriate time, but the Karuizawa golf competition on the 16th,
would you consider participating?
Ah that's right, you were organizing that.
Yes. I should be able to to join.
Thank you sir.
Also, Sawafuji-kun,
have you given any thought to all this?
I haven't yet-
Don't make me out to be the bad guy.
Send the policemen in.
Yes sir.
Katsuragi Akira / Takemura Iwao / Okabe Kazuo
I heard about this case while I was on a business trip in China.
It's... such a shame.
We heard that you and Nomoto-san went to university together.
Ah, yes we did.
Is that how you came to hire
Nomoto Toshio as the building superintendent?
It is, yes, about 3 years ago now.
It was a request from Nomoto.
I will become his guarantor.
(Fukuyama) I see he's been in jail.
He said the prostitute had a bad attitude
and he hit the poor girl. Shameful.
And now the yakuza are claiming a ridiculous amount in damages.
He said he wants to turn is life around.
I want to give him that chance.
Fukushima, I...
I know how this looks.
I see - so that's how you came to hire him.
...because Nomoto asked it of me.
And the money the yakuza were demanding?
Nomoto took on that debt himself.
Ah, maybe that's what the 1 million yen loan was about.
I suppose Nomoto thought he could brace himself
and give Toshio another lease on life.
And that's why he was so strict with the collection, isn't it.
(Fukushima) I think so, yes.
Excuse me...
What?
Mr. Fukushima,
have you ever by chance been to Toba?
Huh? Toba?
On September 24th,
would you happen to remember where you were?
Does that jog any memories?
Uh, Well... I'm very busy, so
I'd have to check, let's see...
Ah, right.
On that day, I was in Osaka.
Is that related to the case in some way?
Oh no not at all,
there was just someone who saw
someone who looked a bit like you.
In Toba?
Yes.
Well.
That's not possible.
Ah, right. Well. Terribly sorry I asked.
Thank you for visiting.
Thank you very much.
She was really pretty, huh? Ah...
She's totally my type.
Takemura-san, what was that about, Toba?
Ah- Well,
You see, Nomoto Kouhei was at the Toba World Hotel
on September 24th. There,
it seems he saw someone he recognized, but...
Nomoto Kouhei did?
Yeah.
What's up with those guys?
Ah- they're running away!
That's odd.
Mm.
(Fukushima) The police stopped by.
Yes. I thought...
it was important that I let you know.
Okay, but if the one Nomoto Kouhei saw at the Toba Hotel was Mr. Fukushima,
certainly he'd have said hello?
Unless, of course,
it was a circumstance where he couldn't?
You mean...
an affair?
Didn't you feel like...
that CEO was hiding something?
No, I didn't at all.
Ah- seriously?
Yes.
Takemura-san.
I very much understand your suspicion that given Nomoto Toshio's
incomprehensible actions, he may not be the sole perpetrator.
Yes, exactly!
But Takemura-san.
This theory of yours, it's far too big of a leap.
It's certainly possible that Nomoto Toshio planned this murder in advance, but
everything that happened after is too sloppy.
If you're making a plan to kill someone,
you'd obviously have to think about not getting caught.
But. He did absolutely no such thing.
Are you seriously telling me that Nomoto Toshio
didn't just do this impulsively?
But. Since you seem so convinced, let's look into Mr. Fukushima.
If Nomoto Toshio had co-conspirators, something might turn up.
You're willing to help?
Eliminating possibilites
is our job as detectives, right?
Mhm- huh?
What do you mean by that?
Ah- Sorry, just a minute.
Tokyo detectives always seem so busy, huh?
Hey wait, what did he mean by that?
Takemura-san. Something very strange has happened.
Is something wrong?
It seems we've been given
orders from above to not visit Five Dynasties again.
Huh!?
That can't possibly be right.
I suppose they're so confident in Nomoto Toshio as a suspect,
that they've decided to not pursue Five Dynasties any further.
Could it be...
Terribly sorry.
He seems really busy, huh?
Katsuragi,
You brought your digital camera, right?
Huh?
(whispering) Hang on, bring it this way...
They're getting in...
Were the people you saw at the Toba hotel...
these two?
(Kimie) Oh! Yes, absolutely!
Bingo!
The man, it was this man, right?
Ah- wait, no.
Just the woman!
(Both) Huh?
I'm absolutely sure. She's so pretty, I recognize her immediately.
B-but, wait, what about the man?
The man, I've never seen him before.
Oh-
The pretty woman
was this girl...?
Chief Miyajima.
Did something happen with Five Dynasties?
Sigh. Let me give you a bit of career advice.
You have to learn to follow orders.
Have you located Nomoto Toshio?
We have not found him yet.
Worry about that first.
Let's go.
Yes sir.
Five Dynasties Incorporated
Hello, Okabe speaking.
Ah- Okabe-san,
Kimie says that the one she saw at Toba World Hotel
was the CEO's personal secretary, Hamano Rie.
That being the case, we are heading to Toba.
Ah- wait, Takemura-san, Takemura-san, listen-
We have to focus on finding the Nomoto couple first.
Take-san, if we don't hurry, the train-
Ah- right- Sorry, I'll call you back?
Hello? Hello? Take-
Ah, dammit.
Toba
Married Couple Rocks
Ise Temple
(Katsuragi) The Toba World Hotel...
Should be just up this way.
Alright.
Toba World Hotel
Have you ever seen this woman before?
(Employee) Oh, I do remember! I remember thinking "she's really pretty!"
If it's not too much trouble, could we see the hotel register from that night?
09/24 Kimura Junichi
Toba World Hotel Manager Okumura Tetsuo
(Katsuragi) Nothing, huh.
Hmmm...
Oh-
Nomoto Kouhei
Kimie Wife
(Katsuragi) Oh, she's written as "wife" here.
(Okumura) Ehm, something... happened, didn't it?
Oh, there's no cause for worry, Manager.
No, it's just... I was wondering if something had happened...
In that case...
09/24 Natsui Junko
it'd be this one.
(Katsuragi) "Natsui Junko"?
Yeah. She's the only woman who came by herself from Tokyo.
I'm afraid she might have used an alias.
(Negishi) Pardon the intrusion.
Ah,
This is the waiter who was assigned to the woman's table.
Thank you for your time, I know you must be busy. This woman?
Yes. I'm certain it is her.
And the man, is this him?
I think probably not.
Not him?
(Negishi) No.
Ah...
Oh- May I ask your name?
Toba World Hotel Waiter Negishi Saburo
"Please leave a message, under 3 minutes."
Ah- this is a message for Okabe-san. This is Takemura.
Unfortunately, we can't establish that Mr. Fukushima was at the scene.
For now, I think we will return to Iida without heading back to Tokyo.
Sorry.
Take-san, you sure don't you want any? They're so good!
Thank you for the food!
(Employees) Thank you for coming!
I did... I did want some!
OCTOBER 15TH
Aomori
Aomori Station "Welcome to Aomori!"
The Oou Main Line will soon be departing from track 3...
Excuse me!
(Kudo) Yes?
Is this the Nihonkai train?
Aomori Station Attendant Kudou Norio
Yes sir. This is the overnight express to Osaka.
Thank you.
The Oou Main Line will soon be departing from track 3
Sleeper Car B | Nihonkai → Osaka
Overnight Express Train, Nihonkai, to Osaka, now departing.
OCTOBER 16TH, 8:00 AM
Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture
(President) Ha, what's this? You two a thing?
Ahaha... no, nothing like that!
She's my personal secretary.
Breakfast will be served on the second floor.
Hamano-kun, come 'ere.
Please excuse me.
(Fukushima) Mr. President, that was a nice drive!
SAME DAY, 9:00 AM
Togakushi, Nagano Prefecture
Aaaaaaaa!
Augh...
I knew it!
That CEO seemed really suspicious!
But the people at the hotel said it wasn't him!
What are you talking about? It was just a picture,
people mistake people in pictures all the time.
Then what about this Hamano, the beautiful secretary,
why don't you try asking her directly?
No can do.
We've been told by our enlightened superiors to leave Five Dynasties alone.
I think Detective Columbo would totally go anyway though...
Do you really think that?
Eat your food!
Yes ma'am.
Sigh...
It's Katsuragi - what could it be?
Oh, maybe they caught the guy?
Hello, Takemura speaking.
I see!
Eh? Wait, was I actually right?
Half.
What do you mean half?
They found the Nomoto couple hanging by their necks in Togakushi forest.
This way.
Hmm?
It looks like they're sleeping,
but they died hanging from their necks, right?
Yes.
This kind of gentle expression on someone who hung from their neck is very rare.
Is it... possible they died in their sleep?
In their sleep? Like they hung from their necks while they slept!?
Actually, we found Barbitol-based sleep medication in their bodies.
Sleep medication?
Can you show me their belongings?
Yes.
Take-san, since we found the suspects hanged,
doesn't that mean this case is closed?
That's not how it works.
Hmm?
Nomoto Toshio Shoes
Is there something still bothering you?
No it's just-
The colour of the mud...
Oh! There's a receipt!
colour of the mud... colour of the mud...
Take-san, they bought drinks at Aomori station!
The date is October 15th.
Aomori?
Aomori Station Shopping Centre Receipt Thank you for your payment October 15th, 16:18
Matsukawa Dam Dismemberment And Murder Case Investigation Headquarters
Wait just a minute! Ending the investigation...?
There's still a chance this was a murder!
The suspects hung themselves.
What else do you expect us to do!
No, no-
They had taken sleep medicine! There's still a possibility it was a murder!
Even my wife takes sleep medication sometimes.
That's not a rare thing.
But...
That's not... the same thing, right?
Takemura. The case is closed.
Dismissed!
Take-san,
Let's give it up.
Give up!?
This case isn't closed yet!
Katsuragi!
We're going to Aomori.
Aomori, Hirosaki Castle
Aomori Station
"Welcome to Aomori"
(Kudo) Oh yeah, for sure, with the slicked-back hair, this seems like the guy!
Well, it was the middle o' the night, and foggy to boot, eh?
Did you happen to see where they came from?
Oh no, I can't say for sure, but
given the time, I spose they'd a had to be coming from Hokkaido.
Hokkaido?
Yeah.
Oh that's right!
What is it?
Ah- no, it's just that the woman...
She was coming from Hokkaido, but she wasn't wearing a coat!
Just this floral dress. Yeah.
(Katsuragi) Is that so?
Just a floral dress...?
Hey-
Yeah?
Do you like Haiku?
Oh yeah haha but I'm really bad at it!
Do you too, Detective?
Ah, well,
I'm still a beginner.
Oh yeah?
Next time I'd love to see one of your Haiku!
Oh no they're not in any state to show anyone-
I read one recently, though.
Oh?
It's... yeah just here...
I'll read it slowly: "The dam is silent..."
(Katsuragi) I guess we've gotta show up at work tomorrow though.
You go by yourself.
But that's not gonna-
It's not over yet.
In the first place,
we haven't heard from her yet.
Natsui Junko (31) Tokyo, Shibuya, Ebisu-4, 3-26-27. La Rouge Palace Office #7
Eh? You don't think...
she's the "pretty woman", Hanano?
Yep.
Well, we know for sure she was in Toba.
Don't tell me you're heading back to Tokyo right now?
Katsuragi...
You're startin to see it, aren't you? A detective's intuition?
Seriously?
(Fukushima) On that day, I was in Osaka.
Is that related to the case in some way?
You mean... an affair?
That woman definitely knows something.
- One... four... - Zero... Two
Ah- Hamano! Hamano Rie.
Hamano
So she didn't lie about her address.
Alright. Let's go to Five Dynasties.
Ehhhh?
But we can't do this, Take-san!
Listen.
How many times do I have to say it.
The case is not closed yet!
But- the higher-ups are all saying it's closed!
Why are you so obsessed with this case!?
I don't really understand it myself.
But. If we leave things like this,
I don't really know, but
My heart,
Ahhh, I don't know, just...
well...
it will break!
Your heart?
It might sound corny, but
I have pride
in the career I've chosen.
I'm just...
Stubborn.
I see...
Stubborn...? Yeah.
They came out!
Takemura-san.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police are saying the case is closed.
No. There is definitely a true culprit here!
Okabe-san - you get it, right?
The guys who were hanging out in front of that building,
were from Federal Special Investigations.
They were tailing Mr. Fukushima. But...
That is a different case.
They'd been following a flow of donations in conjunction with a certain politician.
Donations...?
The thing you suspected him of hiding,
I'm fairly sure it was that.
Oh is that what it was!
And the person who leaked that information to Special Investigations
was the late Nomoto Kouhei.
As his old friend, he couldn't forgive what Mr. Fukushima had done.
...in that case, isn't that a motive?
That would be a motive to kill Nomoto Kouhei, Okabe-san!
Even so, it's impossible!
He wasn't even in Japan.
mmmm-But...
He must have found some way...
Why can't you give up?
But... what about Nomoto Toshio?
That couple's death wasn't a suicide, someone murdered them!
The sleeping medicine, right?
But Takemura-san,
that couple
was seen travelling from Aomori to Togakushi.
Those two... they killed themselves.
...just in case, I looked into the alibis of other employees.
Fukushima...
was in Karuizawa at the presumed time of death.
First thing in the morning, he was playing golf.
Not just with the company president, but with all of the directors!
Fukushima was in Karuizawa at the time of death.
His secretary, Hamano Rie, was also there.
All of them have rock-solid alibis.
At the very least,
please don't get involved in this any more than you already have.
I understand how you feel.
This is...
a decision from above.
Ah, and also, Takemura-san: this Hamano Rie you two were following,
after the reception tomorrow, she's leaving for New York,
and she's planning to move over there for some time.
A reception tomorrow?
Yes.
The ceremony is to be held at Shirokane Marriage Garden.
That's all I have to say. Please go home to Nagano.
Okabe-san,
I just thought...
you were a detective with a little more backbone than that.
Are you going for a promotion or something?
It's not something some country detective would understand.
A- Wait- Okabe-san!
This is the train!
That was a close one, this is the last train to Nagano.
The train is departing. Please stand clear of the closing doors.
W- Wait!
Take-san!?
Take-san!
Please pardon the intrusion.
Yes?
Would you happen to be Hamano Rie-san?
...yes, I am, but-
We met earlier at your office.
Takemura, Iida Police.
Ah- I understand this is probably a bad time, so
I will get straight to the point.
On September 24th,
you were in Toba
at the World Hotel, yes?
Perhaps using the alias "Natsui Junko".
Yes. I was there.
And with whom did you go?
I... went alone.
Ah...
That's can't be right, can it?
If so you wouldn't have had any need to use an alias.
Was it because you didn't want anyone to find out, perhaps?
You went with the Five Dynasties CEO, Mr. Fukushima...
No I didn't! It wasn't him!
In that case, who was it?
Your answer just now, "It wasn't him",
seems like it means "with someone", doesn't it?
Hamano-san.
I understand.
I will tell you everything.
I just ask that it wait until after the ceremony.
Ah... Of course.
Until then.
Who are you?
Ah- Nagano, Iida Police. Takemura.
Police? What are the police doing here?
Ah- well, actually...
Hey. Where is Hamano-kun?
Eh? Oh- She just left-
She left?
Where the hell did she go?
Ah- hey-
W-wait-
Ah- No!
What did you say to her, asshole??
I- I didn't-
Hey! This is the guy!
This guy killed her!
You motherfucker! What the fuck have you done! Hey!
I didn't- I didn't-
A young girl is tragically attacked! BRIDE COMMITS SUICIDE AT WEDDING A detective asked her mysterious questions just beforehand...
(Omori) You idiot!
None of this would have happened if you had stuck to protocol!
Do you understand!?
I am very sorry.
We barely avoided accusations of illegal search.
I am very sorry.
You are being suspended for one month.
A month?
Yes.
Use it to help out at the inn and spend some time with your wife.
I understand.
Hey. Leave your badge.
Ah- Yes sir.
Hurry up!
Okay.
It t-tore...
A young girl is tragically attacked! BRIDE COMMITS SUICIDE AT WEDDING A detective asked her mysterious questions just beforehand...
Huh, you were out here?
Hah...
"And so, the detective returned to the place it all started..."
That about right?
(sigh)
Oh! Reading an article like that, that'll make you proper depressed!
Ah... well...
Didn't I also...
say you should try to talk to this Hamano person?
I sort of feel a bit responsible too.
Nah, it's not your fault at all.
Well in any case...
I can't help but wonder why she did it...?
I mean she said "I will tell you everything", right?
She knew something.
No- I mean it's not like she was murdered, so it must have been... that's right-
to protect someone.
To protect someone, she threw herself off the roof.
She did it because it seemed like you were
going to ask questions about the Toba hotel, so
there's gotta be a really big key to this whole thing there!
Hey, are you listening?
I'm listening!
Hey listen. If you're not going to help out at the inn,
and instead just sit on your ass and stare out at the lake every day,
get out of here, take a vacation!
Hey! I'm in the middle of a 1-month suspension!
Refined leisure at our top-ranking resort. Toba World Hotel
I already made a reservation.
- Huh!? - Alright? If my theory is correct,
there is definitely a hint here.
W-wait, hold on- Youko!
Toba, huh...
Okabe-san, I just thought...
you were a detective with a little more backbone than that.
Hamano
Huh? The data's all been wiped.
Who is this person?
Don't tell me, you actually...
Toba World Hotel
(Waitress) Excuse me.
Oh!
I wasn't able to contact Negishi-san.
I see... does that kind of thing happen a lot?
No, he's usually very punctual, this is the first time.
I see.
Have you noticed anything unusual about Negishi-san recently?
Ah, maybe a bit,
he said the other day he might be receiving a large sum of money.
I wonder what he'd be receiving money for?
I wonder...
If you would please excuse me.
Thank you very much.
Detective, um, ah
Is there something else today?
Oh no not at all-
Today I'm here privately, so-
Breaking news, breaking news!
Just now, the Tokyo Special Investigations Unit has
arrested Fukushima Taiichiro, director of Five Dynasties Incorporated!
Again, the Tokyo Special Investigations Unit has
arrested Fukushima Taiichiro, director of Five Dynasties Incorporated!
SEPTEMBER 24th, CORRUPTION IN OSAKA
You went with the Five Dynasties CEO, Mr. Fukushima...
No I didn't! It wasn't him!
It wasn't him...
Toba Bay
There it is, there it is-
Good work.
Hey stop!
Hey you can't be here!
What?
Who the hell are you?
Nagano Poli- um...
Ah- right- A friend of Negishi Saburo-san, a friend.
Okay but you can't come in here!
Sorry, I'm sorry.
I heard that Negishi-san was in an accident and came running!
He was drunk. He was drunk and drove into the ocean.
And Ne- Negishi-san?
He's dead.
Negishi Saburo.
Hey wait, what's your problem?
(Landlady) Oh, you're from his work?
Um, yeah, his parents asked me...
Negishi
Come on in.
Thank you so much.
Hey you, I feel like I've seen your face somewhere.
Huh?
Like, were you in the news recently?
A young girl is tragically attacked! BRIDE COMMITS SUICIDE AT WEDDING A detective asked her mysterious questions just beforehand...
No, I haven't.
Mmmm... I see!
Go on, then.
Ah- sorry.
Um, this might take a little bit, so
I'll let you know when I'm done. If you could just wait here-
Really?
It'll probably take a bit, so-
Oh my god, that was close.
Why did it have to be open to this page?
Hm?
Hm? Hm?
Ah!
Takemura-san!
Okabe-san, please calm down and listen to me.
You're the one who needs to calm down! Sit down for starters!
Can I-
Please, feel free.
In any case, going to Toba and investigating when suspended, is that wise?
What we just talked about on the phone-
about that hotel waiter Negishi, right?
The accident... that wasn't an accident!
When I asked Negishi - on September 24th,
"Who was the man with Hamano?" he said he didn't know, but-
I think he found out!
If he was extorting the man for a large sum of money, then-
He was killed.
And who appeared in that magazine article but
Five Dynasties Managing Director Sawafuji Eizo!
Director Sawafuji...
That's how Negishi found out he was having an affair,
and then tried to extort him.
Director Sawafuji killed Nomoto Kouhei too, didn't he?
Takemura-san.
I think I might have connected the two.
Huh?
What's this?
A picture we found in Hamano Rie's room.
Ah- you mean, Okabe-san...
You know, Takemura-san,
I owe you a big thanks for reawakening my detective spirit.
Understood. I will make arrangements immediately.
Chief Miyajima!
Oh! Okabe!
The real culprit in the Shinano Dismemberment Murder Case...
Has turned themselves in!
The real culprit? Who?
It was the manager of Toba World Hotel, a man named Okumura Tetsuo.
Okumura...
That guy?
He confessed to the murder of Nomoto Kouhei.
He says he was in debt to him,
so he teamed up with his nephew, Nomoto Toshio, to murder him.
Hey! Contact Toba and tell them to send back the testimony!
And so you turned tail and came home?
No- I didn't turn tail at all!
Okabe-san brought it up with the inspector, but didn't get through to him.
He told us there wasn't conclusive evidence on Sawafuji, and dismissed it.
Is that so?
Well! Let's start from the beginning, shall we?
Huh?
The mystery is, the Nomoto couple
went from Aomori to Togakushi,
and killed themselves, right?
The Nomoto couple's presumed time of death was
around 3AM.
At that time, Director Sawafuji
would have been in Karuizawa to play golf the next day.
Karuizawa and Togakushi are close enough he could have made it.
But he has an alibi around 3AM.
He was playing Mah Jong with the other executives.
He's got an alibi, huh?
Okay, next!
Sawafuji and the manager, Okumura - what's their relation?
That's a good question. I have absolutely no idea.
Bah! Another dead end!?
If only you could tear down that alibi.
I wonder if...
I wonder...
Right!
What?
I forgot to tell you.
What?
At the scene of the Nomoto couple's hanging.
Was there something there?
There was just one thing that caught my eye.
Mud...
Ah- Sorry, one sec.
Ah- a text from Okabe-san.
Sawafuji was appointed CEO of Five Dynasties Inc.
Sawafuji is being promoted to CEO, look
Oh that makes sense!
From the beginning,
that could have been Director Sawafuji's goal the whole time!
His goal, huh?
Oh right! A letter came!
Who for?
You, obviously! It was from... Aomori?
Here.
Takemura Iwao-sama
Kudo Norio
Oh, it's from Kudo-san.
The station agent from Aomori Station.
Ah, the one who saw the Nomoto couple before the died.
Yeah.
Oh - he composed a haiku about it!
He put it really cleverly too-
Oh? Give it a read.
Patterned in flowers Mist swirling about the nape The evening's last train
Is what it says.
Mmmm.
Why did they go from Aomori to Togakushi?
...is...
Huh? Something- I don't get it
Patterned in flowers Mist swirling about the nape The evening's last train
Patterned in flowers...!
Mist swirling about the nape... Last train...!
Mist!
It's like... It's like...
It's...
That's it!
That's it that's it that's iiit!
Hooray! Hooray! Woooo hoooo!
Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters
Arai, long time no see.
Aren't you suspended?
Listen, I've got a request.
No.
I haven't said anything!
Before you even open your mouth, no.
Okay. One night at the inn, free.
Food included.
A reservation for two.
I've got kids. Make it 4.
Is this what you wanted?
Yeah!
I wanted a look at this dress.
Ah- would you mind if I borrowed this one?
I don't mind but, what are you gonna do with it?
I'm gonna bring it to Aomori.
Aomori?
There's a guy I want to show it to there.
Ah- and the other thing, I'm counting on you.
That's the big key!
Karuizawa
Karuizawa Nagano Legal Affairs Bureau
(Employee) I found it, I found it!
Sawafuji Eizo-san's cottage, here it is.
Ah- thank you - do you mind if I jot down the address?
Um, you're really from the police, right?
Don't you remember my face?
Nope.
Well then, call the number on my business card and check.
I did.
Then there's no problem.
Huh? ...you did?
I did, yes.
So you knew I was police.
Yes.
Hm...what? Then why did you ask?
Sorry, it's just, you know.
"Just, you know"?
Ah whatever.
Okay...
Hm?
Ah!
Purpose of Registration: Details of Land and Beneficiaries
Transfer of Ownership Cause: Sale on 2005-01-08 New Owner: Sawafuji Eizo
Continuation of Ownership Owner: Okumura Tetsuo
Is something the matter?
That's it.
That's it, that's the connection!
The connection! The connection! The connection!
Sawafuji
Here it is.
Iida Police Station
Takemura: Suspended
(Omori) Takemura.
Shall I hear you out?
Yes sir.
I can't believe you'd continue investigating even while suspended.
What on earth are you doing!
So, as I mentioned on the phone earlier...
Hey. This conversation is important. At least shut off your phone.
Hello. Takemura speaking.
Don't answer it!
Ah, Kudo-san
Wow, I saw the photo you sent!
I've never seen a picture of a dead person before,
it's not a good feeling.
But anyways, this isn't the dress.
The one I saw was...
I see... Thank you very much.
What the hell are you thinking?
Turn your damn phone off!
- Hello, Takemura speaking. - I said don't answer it!
Takemura. It's me.
It's exactly like you said.
Soil from Karuizawa
Soil from Nomoto Toshio's shoe
I see, thank you. You've been a great help.
I'm terribly sorry.
Sir. I would like to discuss all the details of the case with you.
Hm?
And when you line them up in chronological order like this...
Nomoto Kouhei and Kimie were...
Gentlemen. The true culprit of the Dismemberment Murder has been identified.
Yes!!
Takemura. Go to Tokyo immediately.
I'll call ahead to Muromachi station.
Yes sir.
Next, Iida Station, Sergeant Takemura Iwao.
Thank you.
This sequence of events that began with the Dismemberment Murder.
There is one person who we can establish has been involved in all of it.
Director Sawafuji Eizo
Pardon the intrusion. It is almost time for your inauguration speech.
The beginning of the case was on September 24th.
At Toba hotel,
the victim, Nomoto Kouhei just happened to witness
Director Sawafuji of Five Dynasties Inc.
having an affair.
The first murderer was, I suspect...
Nomoto-san, isn't there any way we can resolve this with money?
Don't be stupid.
You're fired.
I can't believe you'd have a secret affair with Fukushima's secretary.
Isn't that fairly common?
What you've done constitutes a betrayal of the company.
So says an extortionist like you,
meanwhile Fukushima is colluding with that politician?
As for Fukushima, I'll make him stop.
Mm. I know him, I think he can turn around.
Ah, and weren't you being pressured to resign as Director anyways?
Not a bad opportunity.
Well. About time to look for a job transfer.
Aaaaa!
He made Nomoto Toshio throw away the body,
which landed him on the wanted list...
That was all part of Sawafuji's plan.
Uhm. Sorry, just- done with this one.
Next. The Nomoto couple
travelling from Aomori to Togakushi to commit suicide.
The station agent, Kudo-san,
who saw the couple at Aomori station,
when showed the picture of the body, confirmed it:
Nomoto Mitsuko's dress was different.
The sighting of the Nomoto couple at Aomori Station
was a trick pulled by Sawafuji.
The one standing in for Nomoto at the station
was Okumura Tetsuo.
In other words, the ones travelling from Aomori
were not the Nomoto couple, but a completely different pair of people.
In that case, where were the Nomoto couple at the time?
The soil on the shoes they were wearing when they died,
according to analysis,
(Arai) Yep. The soil you brought from Kariuzawa
and the soil that was on the corpse's shoes
had exactly the same composition. Volcanic ash.
Volcanic ash was mixed in.
That soil, I collected,
from in front of Sawafuji's cottage.
With this, his alibi falls apart.
The Nomoto couple were at Sawafuji's cottage in Karuizawa the whole time.
Given that, the sleep medication found in
the Nomoto couple's bodies makes perfect sense.
Sawafuji, exactly as he planned, used sleep medication to drug and murder the couple,
transported their bodies from Karuizawa to Togakushi by car,
hung them up in a place that was easily discoverable,
and made it look like a suicide.
In fact, the former owner of Sawafuji's cottage
was Okumura Tetsuo.
Okumura's business in Mie Prefecture failed 8 years ago.
And the one who saved him was his good friend, Sawafuji!
It seems like Okumura was Sawafuji's loyal servant.
In that hotel lounge,
the waiter who served Sawafuji and Hamano,
Negishi Saburo, read about the case in a magazine,
and tried to blackmail Sawafuji.
And, by Sawafuji's orders, Okumura...
And then Okumura, to hide Sawafuji's crime, confessed.
This was probably a tactic to ensure
Sawafuji would be released due to lack of evidence.
And there was one other.
A person who protected Sawafuji by sacrificing themselves.
The late Hamano Rie-san.
Sawafuji Eizo,
a man who had sacrificed so many lives, wanted just one thing.
And that was the Five Dynasties CEO's seat.
Sawafuji was on the verge of
taking it from the previous CEO, Mr. Fukushima.
Sawafuji, foolishly,
to protect himself,
just to further his own ambition,
committed the act of murder.
And now we must, as one,
Five Dynasties Trading Incorporated Sawafuji, New CEO Inauguration Ceremony
do our best to put this difficulty behind us.
Everything about this case was exactly according to Sawafuji's plan.
Thank you.
Issue an arrest warrant for Sawafuji Eizo immediately!
(Everyone) Yes sir!
This company belongs to you all.
Sawafuji Eizo,
could you accompany me to the station?
ARREST WARRANT Sawafuji Eizo
On what pretense?
What you did is clear, Sawafuji-san.
Okumura confessed to everything.
I'm glad you managed to become CEO.
Did sacrifice Hamano Rie's life for that too?
She died to cover for all of your crimes.
And you're fine with that?
Her death is the fault of that detective.
No, it isn't.
That's not true, Sawafuji-san.
My dearly beloved
She had a hunch that
the police were after you two, didn't she?
She very carefully cleaned up
all the information about you from her room.
But...
this, she couldn't bring herself to throw away.
It's fine if it's from the back, right? Nobody can tell who it is.
I want to take at least *one* picture.
Okay?
Your dream of becoming CEO. I want you to have that.
I will do anything to make that happen.
But you have to be happy yourself.
Nah. I'm already happy enough.
See? I got a picture.
A mystery man only I know.
My... treasure.
Hamano-san, she really loved you with all her heart.
She...
before she jumped,
she was crying.
What she was crying about
wasn't that she was afraid of dying,
but that she wouldn't get to see you ever again.
That's... what I think.
Marriage?
It's best that way.
You marry him and go to New York.
You can leave all unpleasantness this behind.
Okay.
But...
I'll still be able to see you, right?
Promise me I'll be able to see you!
Let's go.
So he had the love of a girlfriend who wanted to support his ambitions.
Seems about right.
That love is the only thing that was real.
But it's amazing, right?
Do you think you've got a bit closer to Columbo?
I heard a rumour, see. This case
might get me promoted 2 levels.
Eh- Really? But then you'd be...
Inspector, wouldn't you?
Yeah. And then,
I'd go off to the main headquarters
Eh? An unexpected promotion!?
What do you mean unexpected?
Exactly what I said! Hooray!
Ma'am! A customer has arrived.
Customer?
Isn't it a bit early for that?
Thank you so much for waiting, welcome to our inn!
Ah- Okabe-san!
I heard very good things about this place.
Ow- Hey!
He's a way cooler guy than I expected!
Right this way, right this way.
Thank you so very much
for all the help you gave my stupid husband!
Not at all. That case was solved
thanks to Shinano's own Columbo. Right?
This show is a work of fiction.