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Who is this? This woman?
Okuyama Shinichiro Secret Meeting photo
I'm going to mess up your life as an author
and this woman's life.
- Ah! - Ugh!
[Sound of nails scratching the cheek] Ah!
Ugh! [Sound of squeezing neck]
Ungh~!
Ah~
Ah!
♪ Korokke Korokke Nozawa Korokke ♪
Mitani Watch Store Owner Tokino Mitani
Good! ♪ Watch. Watch. ♪
♪ Korokke Korokke Korokke Nozawa Korokke ♪
♪ Korokke Korokke Nozawa Korokke ♪
- Hello! - Oh. Tokino-chan.
- Yes, here you go! - Oh, it was faster than I thought.
That's because I did my best since this morning.
Is that because of this?
Yes, Then please can I buy 3 Nozawa Korokke?
I would like to buy three Nozawa Korokke?
- Eh? - And put some sauce on it.
Um...!
I ordered first though.
But I came here and waited for it at 4 o'clock when it was
just done frying.
- It's only limited to 3 a time. - That litte?
Well, but... it's your fault that you were doing small talks.
In that case, You're making a mistake, too.
Where did I made a mistake?
This is not (french) croquette but korokke.
Korokke?
This is a hometown local croquette and I call it Korokke.
Right~!
Then please can I buy 3 Nozawa Korokke?
Okay!
♪ Korokke Korokke Nozawa Korokke ♪
I'm sorry about that earlier.
I want to give some away
but today is a special day.
- It's a special day for me, too. - Eh?
Is it for a big case or something?
Case?
Detective, did you came to this town on a business trip or something?
Why?
Isn't that a travel bag, right?
No. I am not on a business trip.
How did you know I was a detective?
[Sound of a passing car]
- Watch out! - Watch out!
[Collision noise]
Ah...
Hello? This is an emergency.
A man just got hit by a car just now. Please send an ambulance immediately.
My location? I am here in...
- Nishimori-cho 1-chome. - Nishimori-cho 1-chome.
- Are you okay? - Ah... ah...
The driver looks fine.
The ambulance will be here soon.
I... I... killed someone earlier.
- Killed? - Eh?
I was caught...
Who did you kill?
Detective, sir?
Ka...Kasumi...
Kasumi?
Where do you live?
Ah...
Where did you kill her!?
Yabu apartment in Teshiro-cho. Room 603.
Teshiro-cho is a 20 to 30 minutes drive from here.
Hey you! What's your name?
Hey, Hey! Come on. Hey!
One, two, three.
[Ambulance siren]
A man was hit by a car.
He doesn't have his wallet or license.
I don't know who he is, at the moment.
Thank you!
Ah! I remembered.
That's Okuyama Shinichiro.
- How did you know? - I've seen his picture.
He's the famous author of that detective genre novel "Breaking Alibi"
"Breaking Alibi"...
Yes. I am too.
I am also good at breaking alibis.
So, if you have any trouble
I can break someone's alibi anytime.
- Is this the prefectural police? - Eh?
I want you to immediately check if there was a murder in Yabu apartment
Room 603 in Teshiro-cho.
He didn't heard it at all...
ECOTV PRESENTS
BREAKING ALIBI SERVICE
[Police siren]
An alibi for the dead
The victim is Kasumi Nakajima, 35, a resident of Room 603
and editor of Pro-Reading Publishing.
The apartment number...
And her name is Kasumi...
are all matches to the confession Okuyama Shinichiro gave to the Director.
I see.
Kasumi...
It's a disaster.
As soon as you arrived from the National Police Agency.
Are you saying it's related?
Director. Investigation Division Nano Prefecture Yoshiyuki Saji
Coroner, do you know how she died?
Men are looking for results right away.
Coroner. Forensic Division Hideto Higuchi
Eh?
Due to the scar on his neck, the victim must've suffocated
because the suspect strangled her to death. Poor thing.
Ah... I mean.
Okuyama strangled her here and killed her.
That's what he said in the accident...
- That's what you found out, right? - Well, that's my observation.
What is it?
Hey... Hey... Higuchi-san, Higuchi-san.
Head of the investigation Division Makimura Takumi
What is the estimated time of death?
Probably around 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
About a 30 minutes by car from here to the accident site.
Okuyama had an accident just past 4:00 pm,
so if the crime happened at 3:30, it doesn't match.
Also check her nails because there was a recent scratch
on Okuyama's cheek.
Not a chance!
Hey! Higuchi-san, Higuchi-san! Please calm down.
Cheating investigation report…
Makimura-san
The driver who hit Okuyama seems to have no connection with him.
The driver was just driving drunk.
I see. Gokuro-san.
And... Okuyama Shinichiro died at the hospital.
I see...
Seriously? Then Tokino is the first to discover the accident.
That's right. I went to buy korokke and it was a coincidence.
It's a Nozawa korokke. That's good.
- There's not a lot of people who like it, right? - Right!
Hey, you! What are you doing here?
Ah...
What are you doing here as well?
Criminal Detective Tokai Yuma
Get out of here, civilian.
Civilian? Ah... Junior!
This is the suspect...
Suspect!? Let's go to the station!
No! No! Junior! He is not! He is not!
-This is the suspect... - Suspect!?
- That hurts...! - Junior, He is not!
- He is the new director. - Eh?
He witnessed the suspect's accident. He is our new director!
- Director? - Director?
You should go home. This area is off limits except for the people involved.
Tokino is acquainted. She was the first to discover the accident.
I was also the first to discover the accident.
What are you talking about? Hey, hey, hey, hey...
Don't fight. I'll go. If you'll excuse me.
Okay, Tokino...
Are you perhaps the caretaker of this apartment complex?
Yes I am. My name is Isoda Kozo..
Apartment Caretaker Isoda Kozo
Nakajima-san in Room 603...
Tsk...
What can you tell us about Nakajima-san in Room 603?
She has a cheerful and serious personality.
She always greet me when we see each other.
Then do you know Okuyama Shinichiro?
Not really...
Is that so?
Nakajima Kasumi asked Okuyama about the cheating
and killed her in there in that apartment room.
Well, it’s probably like that.
Then let's get everyone in this investigation and set up a headquarter.
- Copy that. - W... w... w... Wait!
Please leave the posthumous to me, director.
There's no need for posthumous or a headquarter.
Okuyama told me that he was the culprit,
who he killed, and where he killed.
Moreover, Okuyama is dead.
Dead?
He passed away?
[sigh]
So... this is where I live?
[Door opening and closing]
Excuse me.
"Alibi"...?
[Time clock alarm ringing]
Oh, my? Director?
You again...
We keep meeting each other.
Did Okuyama really killed that woman in that apartment?
I'm sorry, but I can't tell you because it is confidential.
Who is the landlord here?
Oh, that would be me. I am Mitani Tokio.
You?
Oh, would you by any chance related to Saji Miyuki-san?
If you are looking for her luggage, it's already in the second floor.
Saji Yoshiyuki.
- Huh? - It's not "Miyuki".
- What should I do!? - Why?
I live alone in the house at the back
and I was wondering if I would be in trouble, if a man live with me.
I thought you were a woman...
You said you live alone. What about your parents?
They died in an accident when I was young.
After that my grandfather took me in and lived here.
But my grandfather passed away 6 months ago and now I am all alone.
I see.
Well... I will be called back to the station anyway,
It's not like I have to be here and I don't mind
you contacting any other applicant.
Ah!
But you're a detective, is it okay?
It's likely that I'll encounter a lot of cases ...
Come to think of it, you were in that korokke shop,
And on the way back from that shop,
how did you know I was a detective?
Because of that watch.
It was given to an officer to commemorate the service as a police, right?
It's the same thing.
I remember my grandfather was asked by a detective to repair it.
Oh I see…
Then please, please! Please go upstairs.
No... That's not the case.
I'm saying it's okay.
Besides, I was just preparing dinner
for those who move in to eat it.
Eh? There's no need for that.
[Microwave oven ding sound] It's done!
Tada! I heated the Nozawa korokke.
Tada...
Where are your footwear?
Ah...
[Mobile phone vibration]
Excuse me.
This is Saji. Ah, Makimura-san. Yes.
What?
I will contact once again immediately.
The time when the korokke are fried is at 4 pm, right?
Yes. What's wrong with that?
If that's the case, then Okuyama didn't kill Nakajima Kasumi.
Eh?
Okuyama's alibi has been established.
Alibi?
Tokai-kin, how did you get the alibi?
Last night, I found a delivery slip at Okuyama's house.
It turned out that it was at 3:20 pm yesterday
that the package was delivered to Okuyama residence.
Amazing, right? You're focus and attention are out of this world.
Chief of Police Nano Prefecture Watanuki Tetsuharu
I didn't even notice the slip.
Right?
Well, I am a detective, right?
OH!
[applause]
- Makimura-san. - Yes?
Is that really true?
Ah... Well...
It takes about 30 minutes by car from Okuyama's house
to Nakashima Kasumi's apartment.
If Okuyama leaves home after receiving the package at 3:20 pm,
he would arrive at the apartment at 3:50 pm.
The killing took 5 minutes, and it took 30 minutes
by car from the apartment to the accident.
In other words, it is 4:25 pm at the earliest
that Okuyama had the accident.
I'm sure Okuyama was walking at that time...
What is the distance from the accident scene to Okuyama's house?
It's just a stone's throw away.
Then the transportation is probably a taxi. Get to the bottom of it.
I don't mind that, but...
Even if you backtrack. It's impossible to get to an accident at 4 pm.
Where do you live!?
Yabu apartment in Teshiro-cho. Room 603.
But at that time Okuyama confessed to me that he had killed Kasumi Nakajima in an apartment.
So, you're saying that the presiding officer made a mistake.
In addition, Okuyama's editorial staff at the publishing company where he published the novel
also testified that Okuyama and Kasumi Nakajima were dating.
In other words, the motive for the killing is definitely due to a grudge.
I've got the answer to your findings.
- How was it? -The cause of death was slaughter.
The estimated time of death is between 3:30 pm. to 4:30 pm.
Nakajima Kasumi Time of Death
There's a skin fragments on Nakajima Kasumi's right nails.
That matches Okuyama's DNA. [Smack lips]
Evaluation Report
The skin fragments attached to Nakajima Kasumi's nail
is a skin fragment of Okuyama Shinichiro.
Look...
Look at that.
Okuyama definitely killed Kasumi Nakajima
in that apartment.
So, what about the alibi?
How did he kill her?
What about it, huh?
- Here! - Yes?
He must've used an alibi trick.
Because he's the famous author of "Breaking Alibi" book, isn't he?
That's right...
This is Okuyama's...
challenge to the police!
Huh?
Oh! Yes! Yes! Yes! Now I get it.
Finally...
Okuyama...
must've had an accomplice.
In fact, it was not Okuyama who killed Nakajima Kasumi.
The criminal is Okuyama's cheating partner!
Now that's an original.
Well done, junior! Isn't that right, everyone?
[applause]
Wait, wait, wait, wait... Stop clapping. Stop clapping.
We've just now proven that Okuyama has strangled Nakajima Kasumi!
Don't clap for that.
What now? "JUNIOR".
I just found out who is Okuyama's cheating partner!
That's the suspect! Right?
Ah... Her name is Kasugai Mina, 22 years old.
It seems that Okuyama met her when he
was writing a novel about a year ago.
But since then she's been on a trip to Hawaii since last week.
Since last week?
That alibi fell apart.
It is pretty much established that Okuyama killed Nakajima Kasumi in the first place.
Then please tell me how did he killed her?
Hey, chief! What's the director doing here?
Now, don't say that.
It is an honor to have him here.
Did he do something in the National Police?
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[Door opening sound]
Welcome.
That fucking nasty director...
Director?
If I'm a kid, I'll be throwing a stone at him.
I don't know where he live.
Oh, come to think of it. I order other day? Has it arrived?
Ah, yes.
- By the way Yuma-san. - Hmm?
Have you guys break Okuyama's alibi yet?
I don't know if I should talk about that.
But... I'm the first to discover the accident.
I'm worried.
Well... This is our secret.
How do we break? The alibi.
Okuyama, how did you kill Nakajima Kasumi?
In such a case, if there was a master,
he would solve it in one go.
Actually, there is a master of alibi breaking in this town.
Do you have such a detective?
No... He's not a detective, just a civilian.
It's amazing! He will destroy the alibi of the suspect
just by only hearing the details of the case.
No way, Makimura-san...
Actually, we've asked him once.
But the master died six months ago.
But.. His skill were so good.
Alibi breaking and watch repairing.
That watch...
Ah... It's commemoration that the police gave me.
Because of that watch. It's the same thing.
I remember my grandfather was asked by a detective to repair it.
Breaking Alibi Service.
This service...
Can you do that, too? - Yes.
My grandfather has been training me for a long time.
I can do it.
But... this is a watch shop, right?
That's right.
But my grandfather's policy,
is to accept anything that's related to watches.
You're saying that an alibi is a clock-related request?
Yes.
When and how many minutes do people claim
in their alibi say they were there?
In other words, the clock is the basis for that claim.
Well, I supposed that's right.
So, isn't the watchmaker the one who can
deal with the alibi problem best?
That's what my grandfather said.
By the way, if I can't break the alibi,
even with our success rate, you won't be charged.
If I could break the alibi, that would be 5,000 yen.
Ah, 5,000 yen. Yes?
[Cough]
Is that expensive or cheap?
Um...
- Who knows? - Who knows? What...
You're doing it without knowing it yourself?
Actually, I haven't done it by myself yet.
My grandfather told me not to do it alone because there is a risk of
getting people's grudges.
But if you want to break Okuyama's alibi...
[Time clock alarm ringing]
Grandpa, this is helping people, isn't it?
Grandpa?
It's nothing. Anyway....
No, thank you.
I'm not going to rely on you, an amateur.
♪ Korokke Korokke Nozawa Korokke ♪
Let's eat!
I'm so happy!
Ah...
Why do men always have such high pride?
Geez...
Hmm... Let's eat korokke.
Cheating email, huh? If you send something
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like this, you'll just be leaving evidence of the affair.
Okuyama-san seems to have used the smartphone only for e-mail.
There is no call history on the phone.
Hmm...
Don't just come in to a place like this!
- I let her in. - What?
- Hello. - Hello.
I'll have a look at the clock in a moment.
If you please.
That watch was donated by her grandfather.
It stops a lot, though.
I'm back.
- Welcome back. -Oh, Tokino, you came?
Oh, hello. I'm here just to fix the clock.
If you'd contacted me, I would have picked you up.
- Togai-kun. - Yes?
How was Okuyama's house?
No matter how many times I look, it's still the same.
To put it bluntly,
not a single song was downloaded to Okuyama's computer.
An author doesn't listen to music when he writes, does he?
Is that all you have to do?
Then go again. Yes?
- Eh? - Eh?
- What? - What?
Ah, well then... I'll go instead.
No... no... Let the junior do it.
It's okay.
Why is the chief going instead?
Junior's father is a powerful member of the Diet.
Member of Parliament?
But I've never asked you to do anything for me, right?
Well, I'll tell you this time,
this prefectural police have a way of doing things.
I don't care if you came from Sekigahara, I'll punch you on your chin.
Kasumigaseki, not Sekigahara.
Now... now... Junior... Junior!
The director is also desperate to keep the town safe.
I know that, but...
So, in the near future, I'm going to take over my father's post,
all the security in this prefecture, and...
it would my goal to protect Tokino's happiness.
SO WHAT!
No matter how great your father is, you are my subordinate. So follow my instructions.
But, Director...
isn't very good at alibi breaking, is he?
- Eh? - The chief of police said.
For their sake of success, you were sent off in here because you were trying
to expose the corruption of the opposing faction,
didn't you?
Do you seriously think that the criminal could be found
by following such instructions from a person like you? Right, everyone?
I will break...
Okuyama's alibi.
Hey, you!
- Yes? - Give me the car keys!
- S... Saji-san... - I'm not going to rely on anyone!
Oh... That's impossible.
[Car running sound]
[Brake sound]
32 minutes...
After all, murder is impossible for Okuyama.
Welcome back.
No. I don't...
Not for amateur. I don't believe in it,
and I'm not going to rely on you.
Come to think of it,
You were interested in Okuyama's alibi, didn't you?
Yes.
You have the right to know since you were the first person to discover the accident
Just this once.
Even if I let you take on this special challenge. It could be good.
That's what I am thinking
So all I have to do is ask for it?
And now... Please tell me in detail what you have investigated so far.
Ah... I see...
And?
Saji-san, do you know what this is?
This is a part of the watch called "Temp"
this is a mechanism that ticks time accurately by moving regularly
in the heart of the watch.
I don't care about watches!
One more key of information
is missing to destroy Okuyama's alibi.
"Temp" information?
So, Let's go find that "temp"!
Come on, let's go.
NEGISHI OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
There was a medical exam receipt in Okuyama's wallet.
What does this have to do with breaking an alibi?
Okuyama-san was certainly my patient.
Three years ago, he was involved in a traffic accident
that cause deafness on his ears.
- Both ears? - Ears?
He was able to read the movement of the other person's mouth
and have a normal conversation.
I see...
[Sound of second hand]
Ears?
He was able to read the movement of the other person's...
An author doesn't listen to music when he writes, does he?
Cheating email... He doesn't have his wallet or license...
Who did you kill? Where do you live?
Where did you kill her!?
[Sound of second hand]
I was able to turn back time.
I broke Okuyama-san's alibi.
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Are you sure?
This is not a trick.
It was just a misunderstanding and coincidence that formed his alibi.
Misunderstanding and coincidence?
First of all, please try to remember when the accident happened.
At that time, I thought it was strange
in one of the exchanges between you and Okuyama-san.
What's wrong with that?
At that time, you asked
Where did you kill her?
Where did you kill her!?
Okuyama-san answered that it was room 603
of the Yabu apartment in Teshiro-cho, right?
Oh, right?
But if you think about it carefully,
isn't Okuyama-san's answer strange?
Why didn't he answer in Kasumi's apartment?
At that time, Okuyama-san
confessed that he had killed Nakajima Kasumi,
and asked "where did he kill her?"
If you were asking me, I should have answered in her apartment.
But why
did you bother to say the complete address in
room 603 of Yabu apartment in Teshiro-cho?
I'm sure that Okuyama closed his eyes that time.
Okuyama-san, who was deaf, didn't know that he had been asked a follow-up question
because he had his eyes closed.
Where do you live?
Ah... Ah...
Where did you kill her!?
Teshiro...
Well then... He said in room 603 in Yabu apartment in Teshiro-cho.
Because that is his answer to question, "where do you live?"
- Yes. - But...
How did you notice about Okuyama's ears?
There are a number of points that you can think of.
For example, his smartphone.
Okuyama-san seems to have used
the smartphone only for e-mail.
And Okuyama-san's computer.
Not a single song
was downloaded to Okuyama's computer.
That's it!
That's why he didn't notice
our voices and the sound of the car at the time of the accident.
- Watch out! - Watch out!
Then where on Earth did Okuyama kill Nakajima Kasumi?
Okuyama-san,
didn't have a driver's license or wallet at the time of the accident, did he?
If you were him, would you go out with nothing?
No...
- Eh, Home!? - Yes.
The scene of the accident was just a stone throw from Okuyama-san's house, wasn't it?
I think Okuyama-san got into a dispute with Nakajima Kasumi
and strangled her there at his house.
Who is this? This woman?
I'm going to mess up your life as an author
and this woman's life.
I didn't think he was being unfaithful.
No, wait a minute.
If the cheek wound was made in Okuyama's house,
Okuyama would have to carry her body to her apartment.
It's already impossible in time.
If that's the case, there's only one thing I can think of.
Nakajima Kasumi
drove her own car and went back to the apartment.
She went home by herself!?
- Yes. - She went home by herself?
Yes.
You're making too many assumptions.
I was a fool to hear you.
Is that so?
Nakajima Kasumi only lost consciousness,
but Okuyama believed that he had killed her.
Okuyama-san, on impulse ran out of the house
without his wallet or his cell phone
because he got so overwhelmed.
What if she came back to life after that?
[Cough]
If that's the case,
then who killed Nakajima Kasumi?
Who is it?
You already know it, don't you?
Eh...!?
The car belongs to Nakajima Kasumi, who was killed, right?
I'm going to look into it in detail by the police.
Eh, why?
She drove this car and went home to her apartment
after being strangled by Okuyama.
Eh, went home?
Nakajima-san was killed by that Okuyama in that apartment, wasn't she?
At first, I did, too. At first, I thought so
but she had just came back.
But there was a piece of Okuyama's skin left on her nails
She was killed soon after she came back and washed her hands.
I mean, the real suspect who killed her...
By the time she came home,
he had already been hiding in the room.
Huh...
Is it in room 603?
Yes.
There is only one person who has the key to her room even if it
has nothing to do with her, right?
Right.
In other words, the real suspect
who killed Kasumi Nakajima...
...is none other than the caretaker of the apartment complex, Isoda Kozo-san.
No... I am a nobody. On what basis...
Saji to Makimura.
Please send me the status of the caretaker's office.
Makimura to Director.
I found books of Okuyama from the office of Isoda.
Ah...
Okuyama's book?
Isoda-san, When you first met me
you said you didn't know about Okuyama, did you?
You were really a fan of Okuyama, weren't you?
[Brake sound]
That day... Why did you enter Nakajima Kasumi's room?
I was asked by Okuyama-sensei.
What did he ask?
Find a weakness that we can take advantage of her?
Please. Please.
If Nakajima-san had respected Okuyama
breaking up with her. He would've been happy.
With it, I made a plan with Okuyama-sensei.
While Sensei would call Nakajima to his house,
I was supposed to enter Nakajima's room and find her weakness.
[Door opening sound]
But...
She came back home for some reason, right?
- Caretaker? - Ah.
What are you doing here?
AH!
Please... Please... Please...
I didn't mean to kill her. I didn't mean to kill her.
You can't turn back the time just because you regretted it.
Isoda Kozo, you are under arrest under suspicion of murdering Nakajima Kasumi.
- Come on, stand up. - AH!
Director...
I recognize your talent.
Ah...
I've known it since the beginning.
Since the beginning!?
This level of alibi breaking is a piece of cake.
Ha...
Junior. That director is not just a person.
What's going on...?
Thank you very much.
You... Um... About that...
I won't tell anyone.
I look forward to working with you again.
All right? Listen to me.
I gave you the challenge this time
and I didn't bow down and ask for it.
That's why I won't ask for it again in the future.
Is that so….
But I'm motivated by this!
W... w... w... Wait!
What if someone sees you with something like that?
It doesn't matter, Saji-san.
Your grandfather told you not to do it, right?
Don't worry. Please get out of the way for a moment.
Don't do that!