Anfea: The Answer

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Remember Natsumi Yukihira?

Ex-Metropolitan Police cop,

Criminal Investigations Bureau.

Murder Investigations Unit 4.

Top cop in the field...

divorced, single mother...

... drinks heavily, lives like a slob.

The only active cop to shoot and kill...

... a criminal in cold blood.

She's aloof, unsociable and...

... unconventional.

In short, a pain in the ass...

... to her colleagues on the force.

Until she got caught in a terrorist plot...

... orchestrated by rogue police.

Mio!

Stop!

Yukihira single-handedly...

... foiled the plot.

But the public never learned...

... the truth.

Rumors flew that scores of...

... shady police secrets...

had been stolen or lost.

Over one stick of data...

the wheels of fate began...

... to grind again.

Tricked ya.

I thought you were sleeping.

You were snoring.

I was not.

You were.

Just admit it.

I wasn't sleeping.

I was waiting.

You were?

All this time.

Hokkaido

Monbetsu Police Precinct

Morning.

Hey, stranger.

Any excitement?

Some guy was swindled...

... over the phone.

A car with a busted windshield.

That's about it.

Boring stuff for the department's...

... top crime buster.

We get one murder a year here,

if we're lucky.

Morning.

Morning, Sir!

Morning Mr. Ichijo.

Morning, Chief.

Over there.

Visible nails in 369 places.

Cause of death?

A nail to the posterior fossa.

Fatal damage to the brain stem.

Like the others, his blood was...

... drained without a stain.

Early as usual, Mikami?

Good morning.

Our nail shooter?

Third time.

Mr. Yamaji!

You're being called.

Yukihira's ex-husband.

See?

The nail gun killer?

Why're you chasing murder cases?

No corrupt politicians?

I'm freelance now. I cover anything.

Who is he?

Don't know.

Any suspects?

You'd best ask the section chief.

I'm not good with Chief Kokubo.

Who is?

How's Yukihira doing?

We're not in touch.

We've identified the third...

... nail gun victim.

Nobuhiko Takeda, 38.

Takeda? Our prime suspect?

Not again.

Chief Kokubo! May I?

What, Mikami?

Things have grown a bit confusing,

so allow me a recap.

Our first victim was Toshiki Shinjo,

a construction firm accountant.

On his body were items...

belonging to a subordinate,

Keisuke Tajima.

Mr. Tajima had gone missing so...

... we put out an APB on him.

But a week later...

Tajima became the second...

... nail gun victim.

What we found at the site where...

... the body was dumped...

were Nobuhiko Takeda's prints.

In summary, the first murder's...

prime suspect, Tajima,

was found dead...

followed by the prime suspect...

... in his murder, Mr. Takeda.

In-fighting. What's their relation?

In my opinion, this series of murders...

Mr. Mikami!

What is it?

We found a match to prints found...

... on Takeda's corpse.

Who?

Well, um...

You sure?

Positive.

Kazuo Sato, freelance journalist.

Yukihira's ex-husband.

Yukihira's... where's he now?

He was at the site.

Find him. Hit all his haunts and...

... report back to us.

Do not leak this to the media.

He's close to an active cop.

Stand!

Bow!

Yukihira.

In Tokyo, a man's body was...

... found in an open lot...

by a passer-by who immediately...

... called 911.

The body belonged to a banker,

Nobuhiko Takeda, 38.

Nobuhiko Takeda

Thanks.

Yukihira.

Your ex, right?

I don't believe it.

But those were the test results!

Since when do those matter to you?

What do you mean?

They always have.

Since when do you stand up...

... for your ex?

I'm not. I just know that he...

... wouldn't kill anyone.

Yukihira, you're sounding like...

... a novice.

That's like saying,

"Not my child, nuh-uh. "

Right?

Fine, forget Sato.

Tell me about the victim.

Takeda? Why?

Indulge me.

Don't start investigating from there.

This doesn't involve you, alright?

Had Takeda ever been to Hokkaido?

Hold on.

What?

He transferred from the Hokkaido...

... Central Bank.

I knew it.

Knew what?

Got it. Thanks.

Been listening?

Stay out of it.

I can't.

But Sato's innocent. He's not so...

... weak as to be a murderer.

Not weak?

Only weak people kill.

Like you, Yukihira?

Yes.

What is that? Sarcasm?

No.

Then what?

Your answer.

Answer?

What we talked about.

Sorry. I just can't think about...

... that right now.

I figured.

I'm feeling a little hurt.

I did visit the crime site, but they...

... didn't let me in.

Yamaji and Mikami know that.

Criminals return to the scene...

... of the crime.

You suspect me?

What cop says, "Not my child, nuh-uh"?

Natsumi, I'm next in line to be killed.

These are "announced" murders.

Each time, the lead suspect is found...

... dead. And I'm next.

Are you serious?

What would I gain from joking?

Why would someone be after you?

Maybe I pissed him off.

"The Unexpected Murderer"

"Twisted attention seeker"

Feigned murder lust

By Kazuo Sato

What, over this?

Here, before I forget.

I did all you asked.

Did you take a peek?

That's a security dongle.

There are no files in it.

Dongle?

A key.

It'll only unlock the data of a...

... specific PC.

Specific like whose?

I don't know.

I might've investigated more for you,

but not right now.

If I find the owner of the lock...

... to this key...

I'll find the shadow leader.

Yup.

I want to find him, too.

That big evil force that lurks...

... behind the police.

This would've been the definitive...

... scoop for me as a journalist.

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