1 00:01:30,540 --> 00:01:34,000 Episode 21: The End of What Seemed Like a Golden Age 2 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,010 I think we can give you permission to go out next month. 3 00:01:35,010 --> 00:01:36,840 Thank you. 4 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:38,510 When next month? 5 00:01:38,510 --> 00:01:41,140 By mid-month, most likely. 6 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,470 Is there somewhere you want to go? 7 00:01:44,470 --> 00:01:48,890 The police asked me to help them with their investigation. 8 00:01:49,270 --> 00:01:52,270 Kira General Hospital 9 00:02:03,450 --> 00:02:06,160 You don't want to catch a cold. You'd best... 10 00:02:07,660 --> 00:02:09,420 The view here is nice. 11 00:02:10,210 --> 00:02:12,920 Well, let's go inside. It's cold. 12 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:14,500 Thank you. 13 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:16,300 For wheeling me here. 14 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,450 Ouyou High School 15 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,450 Flyer Operation 16 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:44,950 17 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:44,950 Dear Ouyou High School Students, 18 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:44,950 We are looking for any Ouyou students who witnessed the hit-and-run at the Inaba River levee on June 7th. Our classmate is still in the hospital. Please help us find the person who sent him there. If you saw the incident or know someone who did, please contact us. 19 00:02:36,650 --> 00:02:41,700 Wow. I could have never come up with such a straightforward plan. 20 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:42,870 Straightforward? 21 00:02:42,870 --> 00:02:44,950 How should I put it? 22 00:02:44,950 --> 00:02:47,910 It's just so... plain. 23 00:02:48,950 --> 00:02:52,000 I mean, uh... 24 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:57,000 It's like you really are... an ordinary person. 25 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:02,800 Hey, it's some juniors. 26 00:03:05,220 --> 00:03:07,180 A hit-and-run, huh? 27 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,140 Someone saw a girl wearing an Ouyou High School uniform at the site. 28 00:03:13,060 --> 00:03:16,320 I wonder if it was Eiko from Health. 29 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,070 I heard a rumor she was involved in an accident. 30 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:22,990 Congrats 31 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:22,990 On Reaching the Women's Judo Nationals 32 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:22,990 General Studies 2nd Year Sakurai Sara 33 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:22,990 Congrats 34 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:22,990 On Reaching the Men's Swimming Nationals 35 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:22,990 Commerce 3rd Year Takahashi Ren 36 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:22,990 Congrats 37 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:22,990 On Reaching the Badminton Nationals 38 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:22,990 Health & Nursing 2nd Year Fuyuta Kaede 39 00:03:31,540 --> 00:03:33,620 Apparently not. 40 00:03:33,620 --> 00:03:37,800 She was almost hit by a bike, not a car. 41 00:04:10,660 --> 00:04:14,160 Couldn't water the flowers today 42 00:04:22,420 --> 00:04:25,430 Flyers Day 4 43 00:04:22,420 --> 00:04:25,430 Received a call 44 00:04:22,420 --> 00:04:25,430 Saturday 4 PM 45 00:04:22,420 --> 00:04:25,430 Inaba River Hotel 46 00:04:22,420 --> 00:04:25,430 Hisaka Kazutora 47 00:04:31,810 --> 00:04:34,320 Unknown Caller 48 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:39,820 Unknown Caller 49 00:04:40,940 --> 00:04:43,320 Hello? Kobato here. 50 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,660 Hi, my name's Hisaka. 51 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,860 I'm Kobato Jogoro. Ninth grade at Takawa Middle School. 52 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,440 You must be the Hisaka-san who called me. 53 00:05:24,530 --> 00:05:27,950 I'm Shotaro's father, Hisaka Kazutora. 54 00:05:29,700 --> 00:05:31,120 Your hot milk. 55 00:05:33,490 --> 00:05:36,910 I'd like to hear about Shotaro's accident. 56 00:05:36,910 --> 00:05:40,080 The police won't tell me much. 57 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,710 I'll answer any question you have. 58 00:05:43,750 --> 00:05:47,220 But I would've thought Hisaka-kun would know more about the incident. 59 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:49,930 I asked him, of course. 60 00:05:49,930 --> 00:05:52,680 I needed to make insurance claims and such, after all. 61 00:05:53,060 --> 00:05:57,520 I want to know as much as I can about what happened before and after the accident. 62 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,900 I can't guarantee that what I know is true. 63 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:04,530 I'm simply putting together what I've heard and seen. 64 00:06:06,030 --> 00:06:07,280 That's fine. 65 00:06:10,110 --> 00:06:13,200 We know that the girl with him was pushing a bicycle 66 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,450 and that she was wearing an Ouyou High School uniform. 67 00:06:17,250 --> 00:06:18,250 So... 68 00:06:18,830 --> 00:06:20,460 We put up flyers. 69 00:06:24,380 --> 00:06:25,090 Um... 70 00:06:26,170 --> 00:06:28,590 How's Hisaka-kun doing? 71 00:06:29,260 --> 00:06:35,560 Hm? Oh. Well, not too good, and not too bad, I suppose. 72 00:06:36,020 --> 00:06:37,680 Will he be discharged soon? 73 00:06:38,060 --> 00:06:40,270 We have to wait for the doctors on that. 74 00:06:43,810 --> 00:06:46,690 You've given me a lot of information about the incident. 75 00:06:46,690 --> 00:06:49,150 But this is a matter for the police. 76 00:06:49,780 --> 00:06:53,490 I'll inform the police about the student he was with. 77 00:06:53,490 --> 00:06:56,410 You focus on your studies. 78 00:06:56,410 --> 00:06:58,500 That's a student's duty. 79 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,210 So basically... 80 00:07:02,210 --> 00:07:04,380 You're telling me to back off. 81 00:07:04,380 --> 00:07:05,960 Of course not. 82 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,380 I'm simply worried about you. 83 00:07:08,380 --> 00:07:12,890 If you're too obstinate, I'll have to bring it up with the school. 84 00:07:13,260 --> 00:07:14,550 Understood? 85 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:20,520 Thank you. 86 00:07:21,020 --> 00:07:23,770 Not a problem. Eat it slowly. 87 00:07:23,770 --> 00:07:26,520 Um, may I have some water first? 88 00:07:27,070 --> 00:07:29,860 I'd rather not bother you when you're taking my tray away. 89 00:07:29,860 --> 00:07:32,070 I know this is a busy time. 90 00:07:33,610 --> 00:07:35,070 All right. 91 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:40,910 Working late again? 92 00:07:41,460 --> 00:07:43,670 No, I'm clocking out on time. 93 00:07:43,670 --> 00:07:44,710 I see. 94 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:47,170 Happy new year. 95 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:49,630 Happy new year to you, too, Kobato-san. 96 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,440 I watered the flowers. 97 00:08:13,950 --> 00:08:16,700 Osanai, what the hell are you doing? 98 00:08:16,700 --> 00:08:21,450 The police showed up demanding the security footage. 99 00:08:21,790 --> 00:08:26,330 June 7th, 5 PM. The same footage I gave you. 100 00:08:26,330 --> 00:08:32,760 Totally normal video of totally normal cars passing by totally normally. 101 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:34,380 There was a hit-and-run. 102 00:08:34,970 --> 00:08:36,510 A hit-and-run? 103 00:08:37,050 --> 00:08:40,510 It happened on the levee road to the south of Togou Bridge. 104 00:08:40,510 --> 00:08:44,390 The victim was Hisaka Shotaro-kun of Class 3-1. 105 00:08:44,390 --> 00:08:46,730 What does that have to do with anything? 106 00:08:47,310 --> 00:08:50,860 The driver traveled upriver from the site of the accident. 107 00:08:50,860 --> 00:08:53,990 The road passes in front of your convenience store, Asoya-san. 108 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:59,410 In other words, the car showed up on our security cameras. 109 00:08:59,410 --> 00:09:00,950 Except it didn't. 110 00:09:01,540 --> 00:09:02,370 Huh? 111 00:09:02,790 --> 00:09:06,870 There's no way the car wouldn't have shown up, but it didn't. 112 00:09:07,250 --> 00:09:09,970 The blue van somehow left the levee road 113 00:09:09,970 --> 00:09:13,920 without passing in front of your convenience store. 114 00:09:14,670 --> 00:09:17,800 And you guys have been investigating that? 115 00:09:18,340 --> 00:09:19,890 For days now? 116 00:09:27,350 --> 00:09:29,650 You're both dumbasses. 117 00:09:29,650 --> 00:09:32,230 There's only one answer. 118 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:38,660 She arrived at the truth before we did. 119 00:09:39,410 --> 00:09:40,540 Welcome back! 120 00:09:39,780 --> 00:09:41,200 I'm happy for you. 121 00:09:40,540 --> 00:09:41,870 Take care of yourself, man. 122 00:09:41,870 --> 00:09:42,950 Thanks. 123 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:01,300 Can we talk? 124 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:02,510 Sure. 125 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:05,100 Congrats on being discharged. 126 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:06,560 Thanks. 127 00:10:06,810 --> 00:10:08,640 When did you get out? 128 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:10,100 Saturday morning. 129 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:11,940 Saturday morning? 130 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:14,690 Kobato, listen... 131 00:10:14,690 --> 00:10:18,070 I met your father on Saturday evening. 132 00:10:18,950 --> 00:10:20,860 But something was a bit odd. 133 00:10:21,620 --> 00:10:25,950 That person didn't know you'd been discharged. 134 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,040 If that person wasn't your father, 135 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,920 why did he want to know how the investigation was going? 136 00:10:35,210 --> 00:10:36,090 I... 137 00:10:37,380 --> 00:10:39,680 might have met the driver. 138 00:10:42,090 --> 00:10:44,050 You're impressive, Kobato. 139 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:49,230 All I told you was when I was discharged. And you came up with all that? 140 00:10:54,310 --> 00:10:57,320 You're so annoying. 141 00:11:04,490 --> 00:11:09,500 Man arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run 142 00:11:04,490 --> 00:11:09,500 and other charges 143 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:25,890 Good evening. 144 00:11:29,850 --> 00:11:32,230 Whoa. Good evening. 145 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:39,110 You've been sleeping so much every day, it seemed kind of odd. 146 00:11:40,190 --> 00:11:42,490 You could've come during the day. 147 00:11:42,490 --> 00:11:44,030 I was busy. 148 00:11:44,030 --> 00:11:45,820 Studying for entrance exams. 149 00:11:45,820 --> 00:11:46,910 Yup. 150 00:11:46,910 --> 00:11:47,990 And... 151 00:11:47,990 --> 00:11:49,410 And playing detective? 152 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:57,920 I'm surprised you thought to suspect the water. 153 00:11:58,420 --> 00:12:03,930 It's weird she'd have you drink a cup of water every night. 154 00:12:03,930 --> 00:12:07,430 I never would have noticed I was being drugged. 155 00:12:07,430 --> 00:12:11,350 I couldn't believe it at first, either. 156 00:12:12,270 --> 00:12:15,600 I could've warned you earlier, too. 157 00:12:17,020 --> 00:12:18,230 Sorry. 158 00:12:19,690 --> 00:12:21,570 I'm sorry, too. 159 00:12:21,570 --> 00:12:23,200 For pushing you. 160 00:12:23,990 --> 00:12:25,160 Kobato-kun. 161 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:26,700 You weren't hurt, were you? 162 00:12:26,700 --> 00:12:28,160 I've been worried. 163 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:29,370 Kobato-kun. 164 00:12:29,370 --> 00:12:31,580 You were eating taiyaki. 165 00:12:32,620 --> 00:12:33,790 I spoiled it. 166 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,210 I don't care about the taiyaki. 167 00:12:37,750 --> 00:12:43,340 If you hadn't pushed me, I would've been hit. 168 00:12:44,090 --> 00:12:47,220 Thanks for saving me. 169 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:53,180 You have no idea how happy I am that I'm talking to you right now. 170 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:57,310 I'm so glad you're alive. 171 00:13:04,780 --> 00:13:10,450 Still, how did you know I was being told to drink water? 172 00:13:10,450 --> 00:13:13,500 You knew about the radio, didn't you? 173 00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:16,620 Hello. 174 00:13:16,620 --> 00:13:18,000 Not that one. 175 00:13:21,210 --> 00:13:22,760 It's in here? 176 00:13:25,630 --> 00:13:27,630 16 Assorted Chocolates 177 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:29,180 A false bottom. 178 00:13:29,970 --> 00:13:32,390 What made you decide to eavesdrop? 179 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:34,890 I'd prefer to call it "spectating." 180 00:13:35,390 --> 00:13:37,520 I don't think that's what that means. 181 00:13:38,350 --> 00:13:41,190 It was a voice recorder at first. 182 00:13:41,190 --> 00:13:43,900 But you kept falling asleep, 183 00:13:43,900 --> 00:13:47,400 so I figured something was wrong, and switched it with a bug. 184 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:57,750 So you swapped out the contents? There were two boxes of chocolates? 185 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:00,750 You never noticed? 186 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:04,630 Come to think of it, I might have had two vanillas. 187 00:14:08,220 --> 00:14:12,260 Anyway, that made you question the water. 188 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:14,520 What was this for, then? 189 00:14:15,020 --> 00:14:18,230 A cute decoy for when the attacker was on to me. 190 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:28,000 I got the sense that the car that hit you that day never touched the brakes. 191 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:34,490 If they were targeting you specifically, the hospital wouldn't be safe, either. 192 00:14:34,490 --> 00:14:39,000 And I don't know why they were making you sleep. 193 00:14:40,290 --> 00:14:44,790 Osanai-san, could I ask you to do me a favor? 194 00:15:10,070 --> 00:15:14,030 When I go to the bathroom, I leave my room and go to the right. 195 00:15:14,660 --> 00:15:15,830 The right? 196 00:15:15,830 --> 00:15:18,580 Yeah. So the opposite direction we just went. 197 00:15:20,210 --> 00:15:24,040 I think we'll find the reason I was being knocked out there. 198 00:15:24,790 --> 00:15:26,340 I don't get it. 199 00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:28,960 Let's talk in my room. 200 00:15:39,350 --> 00:15:42,310 Sorry, I was in the bathroom. 201 00:15:42,730 --> 00:15:44,100 I see. 202 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:48,900 Please call for a nurse when you're going to the washroom. 203 00:15:52,820 --> 00:15:55,780 Why were you giving me a sleep agent? 204 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:57,700 A sleep agent? 205 00:16:00,750 --> 00:16:03,580 What are you talking about, Kobato-san? 206 00:16:03,580 --> 00:16:07,340 I skipped the water you gave me after dinner. 207 00:16:07,340 --> 00:16:09,590 Shall I bring you some water? 208 00:16:09,590 --> 00:16:12,220 I've arranged to have the water delivered to the police. 209 00:16:16,260 --> 00:16:19,520 You were agitated after a serious injury. 210 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,350 I needed to make sure you would relax and rest. 211 00:16:23,190 --> 00:16:25,730 So the sleep agent was for my treatment? 212 00:16:25,730 --> 00:16:27,310 Of course. 213 00:16:27,310 --> 00:16:28,980 This is a hospital. 214 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,280 Oh, I'll introduce you. 215 00:16:33,650 --> 00:16:37,240 This is my friend who was there when I was hit by the car. 216 00:16:37,780 --> 00:16:40,950 Good evening. I'm Osanai Yuki. 217 00:16:41,370 --> 00:16:45,040 This is the nurse that's been taking care of me. 218 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:46,420 Her name is... 219 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:48,840 What was it again? 220 00:16:51,670 --> 00:16:55,550 I've received a lot of help since the accident. 221 00:16:56,090 --> 00:16:58,510 Dr. Wakura from Neurosurgery. 222 00:16:58,020 --> 00:16:58,890 Neurosurgery 223 00:16:58,020 --> 00:16:58,890 Wakura 224 00:16:58,890 --> 00:17:01,310 Dr. Miyamuro from Orthopedics. 225 00:17:00,770 --> 00:17:01,640 Orthopedics 226 00:17:00,770 --> 00:17:01,640 Miyamuro 227 00:17:02,060 --> 00:17:03,890 Physiotherapist, Mabuchi-san. 228 00:17:03,900 --> 00:17:04,770 Physiotherapy 229 00:17:03,900 --> 00:17:04,770 Mabuchi 230 00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:07,690 Yamazato-san, who cleans my room. 231 00:17:07,150 --> 00:17:08,030 Cleaning Staff 232 00:17:07,150 --> 00:17:08,030 Yamazato 233 00:17:09,060 --> 00:17:11,070 Their names were on their name tags. 234 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,700 Everyone has a name tag. 235 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:18,200 It's strange that a nurse wouldn't have one. 236 00:17:20,450 --> 00:17:24,960 Nurses are sometimes stalked by their patients after they're discharged. 237 00:17:25,500 --> 00:17:28,420 We forgo having name tags to prevent that sort of thing. 238 00:17:28,830 --> 00:17:32,920 You've been at work every day since I was hospitalized. 239 00:17:33,550 --> 00:17:38,590 Which means I've had no opportunity to meet any of the other nurses. 240 00:17:39,350 --> 00:17:43,350 My guess is you don't do night shifts. 241 00:17:43,850 --> 00:17:45,930 So you were worried about me at night. 242 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:49,060 If I were to wake up and call for a nurse, 243 00:17:49,060 --> 00:17:51,610 a nurse with a name tag would show up. 244 00:17:52,610 --> 00:17:55,740 Like I said, the nurses at this hospital don't wear name tags— 245 00:17:55,740 --> 00:17:59,030 I saw a nurse named Nakata-san at the nurse station. 246 00:17:59,950 --> 00:18:01,200 And I noticed something. 247 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:07,960 You wheeled me in a roundabout way when I went to the bathroom. 248 00:18:08,500 --> 00:18:11,960 You didn't want to go past the nurse station. 249 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:17,510 And at the rooftop garden, you were in a hurry to get me back to my room. 250 00:18:18,590 --> 00:18:22,050 Because another nurse could've shown up at any moment. 251 00:18:23,470 --> 00:18:28,520 Wait, Kobato-kun. Why did the nurse want to hide her name? 252 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:30,600 Because.. 253 00:18:32,020 --> 00:18:33,900 I wonder if it was Eiko from Health. 254 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:35,780 Health? 255 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:40,450 Ouyou High School has several other courses besides General Studies. 256 00:18:36,870 --> 00:18:42,870 General Studies 2nd Year 257 00:18:36,870 --> 00:18:42,870 Commerce 3rd Year 258 00:18:36,870 --> 00:18:42,870 Health & Nursing 2nd Year 259 00:18:40,910 --> 00:18:42,870 Health and Nursing. 260 00:18:43,530 --> 00:18:45,240 Eiko from Health. 261 00:18:45,660 --> 00:18:46,790 A nurse. 262 00:18:47,910 --> 00:18:51,500 Your name is Hisaka Eiko. 263 00:18:53,170 --> 00:18:55,960 You wouldn't have had to hide your name otherwise. 264 00:18:56,550 --> 00:18:59,840 But Hisaka is the one name you couldn't divulge. 265 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,640 I would no doubt have remembered when I heard that name. 266 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:07,560 I'd remember Hisaka-kun, who was a victim of a hit-and-run three years ago. 267 00:19:09,020 --> 00:19:14,610 And the name of the nurse assigned to me, another hit-and-run victim at the same spot... 268 00:19:14,610 --> 00:19:15,650 was Hisaka. 269 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,190 Would I dismiss that as a coincidence? 270 00:19:20,110 --> 00:19:24,950 Why were you so desperate to avoid me making the connection between the two accidents? 271 00:19:25,990 --> 00:19:27,370 It's obvious. 272 00:19:27,910 --> 00:19:29,870 Because you were the one who hit me. 273 00:19:31,670 --> 00:19:35,590 I believe you knew I was Kobato Jogoro, 274 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:38,800 and that you deliberately made a sharp turn. 275 00:19:43,090 --> 00:19:48,600 Supposing I'm Hisaka Eiko and that I was spiking the water... 276 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,810 That still wouldn't mean I'm the hit-and-runner. 277 00:19:52,190 --> 00:19:57,190 The police seem to have confirmed your car wasn't in the security footage. 278 00:19:57,570 --> 00:20:00,900 I think it's only a matter of time before your car is found as well. 279 00:20:01,780 --> 00:20:03,610 You're talking out of your ass. 280 00:20:03,610 --> 00:20:07,830 The car's down by the river. You hid it in the weeds. 281 00:20:09,330 --> 00:20:11,120 Or it's in the river. 282 00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:16,750 You must have been giving Kobato-kun the sleep agent 283 00:20:16,750 --> 00:20:22,800 because you were utterly terrified that he might speak up about the incident. 284 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:29,930 You were able to hide your identity because Kobato-kun was in your hospital room. 285 00:20:29,930 --> 00:20:32,980 But he'd eventually recover. 286 00:20:32,980 --> 00:20:35,150 So you must have panicked. 287 00:20:36,230 --> 00:20:39,110 You only had two options. 288 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,950 The first was to kill Kobato-kun. 289 00:20:44,490 --> 00:20:46,160 I would never... 290 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,370 And the second was a cowardly stalling tactic. 291 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:56,580 All it took was a gentle whack of his thigh while he was drugged and out cold. 292 00:20:57,330 --> 00:21:01,710 That would be enough to keep him in the room. 293 00:21:03,010 --> 00:21:04,630 Tell me, Hisaka-san. 294 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:06,760 Why are you hiding your hand?