History Recap / Judgment

After all is done, Yagami finds Sugiura at his office, who tells him that they're at the point of no return. After Yagami assures he's ready, Sugiura got a call from a depressed Hoshino asking Yagami to meet with Genda. At the office, Yagami finds Kaito there as well. Genda starts by pointing out Izumida is in the room, who announces that Ichinose agreed to testify at the trial, Izumida explaining that he would've gotten Shono if not him, something Ichinose wouldn't allow due to Shono's work and to ensure a weak willed man doesn't slip up. Izumida is curious if Hamura can testify, but Yagami points out he's still hiding, not even showing up for Matsugane's funeral. Kaito brings up Kuroiwa, but Saori reminds him of the beating he's still recovering from. Yagami suddenly gets a call from Mafuyu, who tells him Morita is having the police raid Ayabe's casino. She and Yagami realize it's a play to tarnish Ayabe. Izumida leaves when he finds out so that Morita doesn't find out the plan. Realizing Kuroiwa will be at L'Amant, Yagami and Kaito rush over. They arrive to find most of the staff already being escorted by police, and are allowed entrance by Morita. Morita stops them at the indoor pond with several police inspecting the area and breaks into a speech about how [[BlatantLies Ayabe was hosting an illegal gambling hall and was likely found out by Shintani and killed him for it.]] Morita takes them to the rundown ruins of L'Amant, and Yagami brings up what he knows about Morita. Morita explains that his mother had early onset Alzheimer's, being unable to recognize either of her sons, and his brother, who also wished to be a prosecutor, volunteered to take care of her while Morita would go on to live both their dreams. Morita knew that something bad would happen if his brother didn't get professional help for their mother, yet did nothing until it was too late. Morita explains that he was approached after Shintani's murder by Ichinose on the belief the prosecution would discover the truth of AD-9, and managed to manipulate Morita. Hearing this, Yagami tells him "Fire tempers Iron, and Tempation steels the Just." Yagami explains that Morita chose to aide AD-9 on empty promises of a cure despite the injustice and death that had transpired, and his guilt is superficial to all the suffering he let happen, including the death of the innocent Emi and framed Okubo as well as the bloodshed between the Matsugane and Kyorei. Yagami finally asks what his brother would think of him for betraying everything he stood for, making Morita snap and shouts at him to shut up. Yagami tells him to kill him if he wants him to shut up, since so many people are depending on him. Suddenly, Kuroiwa enters, making Morita demand what he's doing there, but Kuroiwa tells him to look the other way as he sees this as an opportunity to eliminate Yagami's chances of representing Ayabe. Kuroiwa insults Kaito, but Yagami stops Kaito from fighting, wanting to take a shot for Matsugane. Kuroiwa makes a comment on how he won't arrest Yagami, who shoots back he's not even a real cop, just an assassin. Yagami and Kuroiwa fight an even match, but eventually Yagami proves the better fighter. His overconfidence shattered, a bloodied Kuroiwa pulls a gun on Yagami. But Morita stops him, pointing out how foolish that is to do in the middle of a police investigation, and that he can't protect Kuroiwa from murdering a lawyer who was expected to lose without any evidence against them. After Kuroiwa is calmed, Morita tells Yagami and Kaito to leave. Outside, they find the Matsugane Family harassing the cops guarding Koi Bride, demanding Yagami and Kaito. Kaito guesses that they were worried about them, and when Higashi spots them, the commotion ends with the Matsugane leaving peacefully. When they leave, Yagami and Kaito see Hoshino was among them. Hoshino explains that when he heard they were with Morita and Kuroiwa, he called on the Matsugane for help. Hoshino also apologizes for his actions at the ADDC, admitting that that's not the kind of lawyer he wants to be, and that he feels he betrayed Yagami's trust. Kaito tries and fails to quote what Yagami said to Morita, which confuses him. In the surrounding crowd, Yagami sees Genda, Saori, Uzawa, Hattori...And a man in a black rain coat. The man runs off, and Yagami chases after him, with Kaito and Hoshino behind him. Yagami chases him to the roof of the ball park, where Yagami demands to know who he is. The man removes his hood...

Yagami is now sitting on the side of the street, dressed in filthy clothes with a beard and unkempt hair. However, he's in disguise, now working as a detective with former Tojo Clan Yakuza '''Masaharu Kaito''', who is currently tailing an indebted detective as he's trying to gamble the money he owes on horses. Before confronting the detective, Yagami gets into a fight with some punks, ditching his disguise, and after fighting the detective, Yagami and Kaito leave with the money their client requested. On the way, Yagami internally monologues about Kamurocho, explaining the Tojo Clan, the burglary ring of parkour stuntmen evading the police, and a string of murders surrounding the Yakuza who get their eyes gouged out. When Yagami and Kaito return to their office/Yagami's apartment, Yagami gives him his share of the payment, and after Yagami lets him know he's going to see his former boss and father figure '''Ryuzo Genda''' about more work, Kaito suggests he goes get some Dorayaki for the office since Genda's got a sweet tooth. After buying the Dorayaki, a group of thugs assault him to steal them. Yagami defends himself, and a group of yakuza from the Matsugane Family, a Tojo Clan subsidiary, lead by Captain '''Kyohei Hamura''', makes sure the thugs know they assaulted the wrong guy. After they leave, Hamura tells new recruit '''Kengo''' everything about Yagami, including the case that ruined his life, and is flippant towards Yagami for a past slight, despite collecting money for him. Yagami makes it to the office, where he meets with Genda, Saori and new lawyer '''Issei Hoshino'''. As Yagami asks Genda for more work ([[BigEater With Saori eating almost all the Dorayaki]]), Genda tries to get him to become a lawyer again, but Yagami refuses thinking he's a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter. Genda begrudgingly offers him a divorce case, but Saori gets a call from Shintani notifying the office that Hamura was arrested for the Yakuza killings, and he's to defend him. Yagami goes to meet with him at Bar Tender, a bar Yagami worked at before becoming a lawyer. After asking some questions, they go to visit Hamura for his side of the story. Hamura continues to be flippant, especially when Yagami admits that if he did do it, he'll make sure he goes down. Hamura admits to having had a fight with the third and latest victim, '''Toshiro Kume''', and after Yagami asks some questions, the evidence clearly points to Hamura with him having dragged Kume into Club Amour and having a flimsy alibi of being at Sauna Goten. Yagami goes to the area surrounding Sauna Goten and finds no way to prove Hamura's alibi. The next day, Yagami goes to find the manager at Amour, who was video recorded as a witness to Hamura dragging Kume into his bar. With the help of {{Hikikomori}} tech genius, '''Makoto Tsukumo''', who leads him right to the manager, who admits that Hamura was not really all that brutal to Kume when he was a prisoner. Afterwards, Yagami returns to his office, where he finds Kaito talking to Prosecutor '''Mafuyu Fujii''', a friend of Saori's who everyone teases is Yagami's girlfriend. She explains that the prosecution office is preparing to press charges against Hamura. As she leaves, Kaito convinces Yagami to walk her home, but is met by TheStoic chief prosecutor '''Kunihiko Morita''' and his old rival '''Keigo Izumida'''. The next day, Yagami and Kaito meet with Shintani at the office, where they go over the case. Afterwards, Yagami visits the Matsugane family to meet with the head, his second father figure '''Mitsugu Matsugane'''. They both muse about Kaito's expulsion last year, and Matsugane tells him where to find the Kyorei hideout in Kamurocho: A front called KJ Art, a place given to them by the enigmatic Kajihira Group. Yagami infiltrates the building as a repairman for a heater he broke, but is eventually found out since he's not the Kyorei's go-to repairman. In the main office, Yagami finds '''Akira Murase''', the fellow Yakuza who was with Kume when he was abducted. After they fight, Murase explained that he fled to round up the rest of the clan to save Kume, but found the place empty. Yagami asks if he'd testify, to which Murase objects, believing Hamura is the killer. Yagami gives Shintani this information, confirmed by video evidence of the Kyorei avoiding video recording. Yagami and Shintani visit Hamura, to which Yagami points out there are many holes, but Hamura refuses to be strait-forward. Yagami returns to his office and tells Kaito he needs more to work with, like eye-witness testimony. Kaito tells him about a DirtyCop named Ayabe. He tells him he goes to Tender all the time, but Ayabe is nowhere to be seen. The bartender, '''Jo Masuda''', an old friend of Yagami's, tells him a client that wanted to give Yagami a job is no longer in need. The client was punched by a yakuza, but that yakuza is behind bars. Yagami recalls hearing of a host who was punched by Hamura, and Masuda confirms it was Hamura who punched the client. Yagami goes searching for the host, '''Seiya''', and finds him on a date after finding his other, stood-up dates. Seiya agrees to testify to Hamura punching him, and tells Yagami he was punched in front of Kyushu #1 Star. There, Yagami sees a camera that can add to Hamura's alibi. But there, Murase arrives with a bunch of Kyorei clan. Before the fight, Kaito arrives after a call from Yagami, and the two manage to defeat the Kyorei. The next day at Hamura's trial, Shintani shows video evidence of Hamura's assault on Seiya, who is suddenly a nervous wreck and can't bring himself to admit Hamura hit him. On break, he reveals that Murase kidnapped his sister and is blackmailing him. Yagami and Kaito storm KJ Art, and manage to save Seiya's sister. Murase prepares to fight, but Yagami points out that Hamura didn't kill Kume...But he knows the man who did. Holes in Hamura's alibi makes it clear he's covering up for the real killer. Seiya manages to rectify his mistake and admits Hamura assaulted him. Izumida tries to bring up his credibility given Seiya has a habit of dragging women along. Shintani counters this by showing the video evidence of Izumida recreating the punch with nearby cops, catching him on a lie that he never saw the video. This earns Hamura an innocence plea. As the court ends, Yagami decides he'll catch the killer in his quest for the truth. He even gives him a name: [[AnimalMotif The Mole]]. The last person to leave is '''Ko Hattori''', a freelance journalist who tries to get a story out of Yagami. But Yagami refuses since Hattori's article is what ruined Yagami's career.

Before Kuroiwa can bring Yagami in, Hoshino asks if the interview is voluntary. Kuroiwa answers that it is, so Yagami brushes him off, but not before Kuroiwa threatens him with a warrant and insulting Yagami not being a lawyer anymore. An irate Kido kicks everyone out of his office. Yagami tries to ask if he can talk to Shono, but Kido tells them no. When they leave, Yagami is disturbed that the police knew he was at the ADDC. Yagami and Hoshino tries to speak with the receptionist on speaking with Shono. However, he's in the research wing where Kido's approval is needed to enter. However, they get a break when one of Shono's assistants, a woman named '''Hashimoto''' offers to help them get into the research wing. Along the way, she explains how she's a part of the team led by Shono leads working on AD-9 (Advanced Drug #9), and how it can be the first successful cure of Alzheimer's Disease, with Hashimoto stating that statistics of the disease and how Director Kido will go down in history if it succeeds. In the lab, Yagami and Hoshino go to speak with Shono, who is surprised by them entering the lab. Shono is approached by the man from the lobby, Vice-Minister of Health '''Kaoru Ichinose''', who notes Shono has never raised his voice. Ichinose orders them to leave, but Yagami tries to ask a question of at least why Shintani called, but Shono claims he never heard that name before. Kido enters before Yagami can ask too many questions, Yagami and Hoshino leave before Kido can call security. Ichinose threatens to have Minister '''Kazami''' contact the Bar Associate to file a complaint. As they leave, Yagami realizes that he's heard Kazami's name before. He remembers how Ayabe brought up how the Kyorei came to Kamurocho, working for Kajihira, and how Kazami was apart of the redevelopment, and that as a minister of Health land redevelopment would have nothing to do with it. Hoshino suggests going to speak with Sugiura since he worked for Kajihira. Yagami calls Sugiura who promises to try and find something out. When they get back to Kamurocho, Hoshino reveals he got an e-mail from Saori saying how Hattori tried to enter the office to interview Yagami for Shintani's murder. Hoshino splits to deal with Hattori. Eventually, Yagami gets a call from Sugiura, who tells him to meet at Koi Bride. There, Sugiura reveals that the meeting between Kajihira and Kazami about tearing down the Medical Institute (And by extension, the ADDC), and redevelop the land. Minister Kazami was already planning on shutting down the Institute due to the appearance of a tax scam when Kajihira came to him with the project. Kajihira went the extra mile, buying up the land around the Medical Institute in advance, and practically bribing Kazami. Then everything changed when AD-9 was announced and Kazami abandoned the redevelopment plans. After hearing all this, Yagami asks how he knows all this, and Sugiura shows to him an article from last year written by Hattori. Sugiura comments on how the story wasn't credible, but Yagami believes it since Hattori wrote it, calling him an asshole in the process. Yagami gets to Genda's office, but finds Hoshino and Saori have scared him off. Hoshino shows that Mafuyu is at the office as well. She came to offer condolence for Shintani's death and that Izumida and Morita wants to have Yagami taken in for Shintani's murder, and she's being purposefully kept in the dark, causing her to ask if Yagami did kill Shintani. She explains that as a prosecutor, her job is to doubt people. When Yagami assures her he didn't, she takes her leave. Yagami tells Hoshino what Sugiura found, and Sugiura can't help but see the irony in the situation with Hattori. Yagami gets a call from Sugiura, who was stopping by but saw Mafuyu being tailed by some yakuza. Yagami and Sugiura head to Theater Square, where many yakuza are following Mafuyu to Theater Avenue. On the way, Yagami is attacked by some of the yakuza, luckily getting help from Kaito to help him get to Mafuyu. A van stops in front of Mafuyu, and several yakuza try to kidnap her, one even slapping her. Luckily Yagami saves her in time, fighting off the yakuza. Yagami hides Mafuyu in a nearby store, where Yagami gets a call from Sugiura, letting him know he's tailing the van, finding them to be Kyorei. Mafuyu calls Izumida, who sends some cops to protect her. Mafuyu begs Yagami to leave with her out of Kamurocho, but Yagami tells her how the murders are connected to the ADDC. Yagami, Sugiura, and Kaito storm their base at a cabaret called Honmaruen, where they fight through dozens of yakuza. Eventually the trio confront Shioya, where Yagami demands to know why Mafuyu was targeted. Shioya tells them he has a job for them, and Mafuyu was insurance to make sure they didn't refuse. Kaito tells he they would've done it free of charge, no question asked, but tells them that for hitting Mafuyu, they'll refuse. Shioya and his bodyguards fight Yagami and his team, but are eventually beaten. After the fight, Hattori enters with an elderly man in a wheelchair, who Sugiura identifies as '''Shigeru Kajihira''' himself.

Yagami is surprised Ichinose and the Ministry of Health is in on TheConspiracy. Hamura asks if Yagami is familiar with the Medical Institute, explaining that it is the home of the ADDC and all the health ministry execs that work there as a retirement plan. Hamura adds that the founder is Ichinose, who used the success of the institute to rise to the position of Vice Minister. So if the ADDC were to close, he'd lose his position, not to mention all the third parties that put in favor and money into AD-9. Yagami asks why Kyorei men specifically, and Hamura explains that Shono had the standard to not go after civilians, thinking he could sleep better if yakuza died instead. Yagami thinks Shono's was being self-righteous, believing these Yakuza deserved dying instead. Yagami asks if Hamura is really as innocent as he makes himself sound, like he wasn't apart of the murders themself. Yagami shows him a picture of him abducting Kume, right before he vanished, and is curious on why he would take the fall and be so sloppy as show his face on footage. Hamura explains that the Kyorei were getting paranoid after two Kyorei had their eyes gouged out, and started going out in groups, so Hamura and the Matsugane had to start a brawl to get a test subject for the Mole. Yagami wonders if he brought Kume to the ADDC for Shono, but Hamura tells him that Shono has a secret lab, a place Hamura had never gone to. Yagami asks about the eye gouging, and Hamura isn't sure on that, just assuming the Mole has some fetish. Yagami asks about Shintani, and Hamura explains that when he was on trial, he told Shintani to call Shono at the ADDC if something happens. Shintani called anyway to get some credit for catching the Mole after Yagami found the evidence to free Hamura and Shintani was being shown up. So Hamura was forced by Ichinose to help the Mole get rid of a loose end, even paying for the hit himself. Hamura even admits that it was he and the Matsugane that helped frame Ayabe. Hamura's confident that Ayabe will not be proven innocent, but Yagami counters that all they'd need to do is catch the Mole. Before any more can be asked, every can smell a fire burning. Hamura darkly chuckles that the Matsugane have come to save him, maybe even having the Mole helping them. Matsugane puts him at gunpoint and calls him a fool, pointing out he's not an ally: He's a loose end that can be replaced. Shioya leaves before them and meets them in the main hall to inform them the Matsugane have set a fire in the lobby. Murase runs in, with an explosive vest tied around him. As he's crying for help, he blows up. This infuriates Shioya, who leads what remains of the Kyorei to start fighting, and Matsugane disgusted that the lengths his men will go and save him, even resorting to putting an explosive vest. As Yagami and Matsugane try to escape, Yagami is forced to fight Ozaki and the Matsugane Clan alone as the building burns around them. They make it to the main lobby, where the Matsugane Clan are beating Shioya bloody. The fighting stops when a confused Kengo sees Matsugane holding a gun to Hamura's head. As Shioya flees, someone enters the building: The Mole in his black raincoat. Hamura was shocked to see that the Mole was here to kill him, not rescue him as he takes aim at Hamura to silence him for good, but Matsugane dives in front of Hamura, taking the bullet for him. Kengo leads the Matsugane to try and fight the Mole, but he ends up killing several members of the clan before being forced to flee by the collapsing building. Kengo and his men chase after him as Hamura and Yagami tend to a dying Matsugane, who apologizes to Hamura for making him make the tough choices he should've made. As Matsugane dies, Hamura gets up to leave, but gives Yagami a vital clue that the Mole is Kuroiwa. Yagami walks Matsugane's body out as fire fighters arrive. A depressed Yagami sits on a flight of stairs as Mafuyu tries to comfort him later. Kuroiwa shows up, who cracks a terrible joke about being at the center of the crime scene again. Yagami is confrontational with Kuroiwa, not finding it hard to believe he is the Mole. Kuroiwa tells him that they'll need to have a chat at the Kamurocho Police Station, but Mafuyu tells him Yagami needs to be at a hospital and that Kuroiwa doesn't even have a reason to interrogate Yagami, but this falls on deaf ears. Yagami decides to go anyway, where Yagami is handcuffed and has a lamp shoved in his face by Kuroiwa, inspecting him. Yagami immediately tells him that Hamura told him everything, from Hashiki, the Yakuza, to Shintani. Kuroiwa ignores this story and starts questioning why Yagami was at the Cabaret, but Yagami points out he's not denying anything.

Kido admits that Shono also confessed to murdering Emi, infuriating Sugiura. Kido swears that he has no role in Hashiki's murder as Yagami continues questioning. When Yagami brings up Ichinose's name, Kido admits that the Vice Minister was brought in before Hashiki's murder. Kaito realizes that this means Ichinose is the one that brought Kuroiwa and Hamura into the AD-9 mess. Kido is adamant he was only bringing in funds for every aggressive demand Shono had for Ichinose, including a secret lab in Kamurocho. Kido admits that he doesn't know where it is exactly, but Kuroiwa and Ishimatsu do. Knowing all the evidence in there, Yagami has Kido contact Ishimatsu while he will tail him from Millenium Tower. When Yagami gets there, he's sent a photo of Ishimatsu from Kido's phone. Yagami and Sugiura tail Ishimatsu as he heads out. Yagami and Sugiura follow him to Monsieur Lee, an abandoned love hotel. Inside, they find several guards that they have to fight off. Before they head in, Yagami has Kaito call Mafuyu and tell her to bring the cops to Monsieur Lee. Yagami explains they cannot bring the lab into the trial legally, but Yagami has a plan. Eventually, they find Shono's lab, with Shono inside. Yagami tells Sugiura to record a video of the lab, and Yagami is ecstatic at finding so much evidence. Sugiura suddenly acts strange, standing next to Shono. Sugiura explains that he's been lying to Yagami for a long time. He never worked for Kajihira, and Sugiura isn't his real last name. He reveals his real name is '''Fumiya Terasawa''', Emi's brother. He pulls out a knife and is about to stab him when Izumida and Mafuyu enters with the police. Izumida has him arrested for attempted murder, but Morita enters promising no charges will be pressed. Morita explains that there was no crime committed, but Yagami tells him there is one: He committed trespassing, which means the lab has to be investigated. Ichinose storms into the room, and has Morita cancel the investigation. That's when Yagami realizes that Morita is apart of the AD-9 conspiracy. Meanwhile, Kuroiwa storms the Charles Arcade and beats Kaito and Higashi to free Kido. The police leave with Morita and a dejected Izumida and Mafuyu, leaving Yagami with Ichinose and Shono. Yagami leaves a smug Ichinose, promising they aren't winning yet. Ichinose leaves a message from Kido: Kuroiwa sends his regards.

Before Kuroiwa can bring Yagami in, Hoshino asks if the interview is voluntary. Kuroiwa answers that it is, so Yagami brushes him off, but not before Kuroiwa threatens him with a warrant and insulting Yagami not being a lawyer anymore. An irate Kido kicks everyone out of his office. Yagami tries to ask if he can talk to Shono, but Kido tells them no. When they leave, Yagami is disturbed that the police knew he was at the ADDC. Yagami and Hoshino tries to speak with the receptionist on speaking with Shono. However, he's in the research wing where Kido's approval is needed to enter. However, they get a break when one of Shono's assistants, a woman named '''Hashimoto''' offers to help them get into the research wing. Along the way, she explains how she's apart of the team Shono leads to work on AD-9 (Advanced Drug #9), and how it can be the first successful cure of Alzheimer's Disease, with Hashimoto stating that statistics of the disease and how Director Kido will go down in history if it succeeds. In the lab, Yagami and Hoshino go to speak with Shono, who is surprised by them entering the lab. Shono is approached by the man from the lobby, Vice-Minister of Health '''Kaoru Ichinose''', who notes Shono has never raised his voice. Ichinose orders them to leave, but Yagami tries to ask a question of at least why Shintani called, but Shono claims he never heard that name before. Kido enters before Yagami can ask too many questions, Yagami and Hoshino leave before Kido can call security. Ichinose threatens to have Minister '''Kazami''' contact the Bar Associate to file a complaint. As they leave, Yagami realizes that he's heard Kazami's name before. He remembers how Ayabe brought up how the Kyorei came to Kamurocho, working for Kajihira, and how Kazami was apart of the redevelopment, and that as a minister of Health land redevelopment would have nothing to do with it. Hoshino suggests going to speak with Sugiura since he worked for Kajihira. Yagami calls Sugiura who promises to try and find something out. When they get back to Kamurocho, Hoshino reveals he got an e-mail from Saori saying how Hattori tried to enter the office to interview Yagami for Shintani's murder. Hoshino splits to deal with Hattori. Eventually, Yagami gets a call from Sugiura, who tells him to meet at Koi Bride. There, Sugiura reveals that the meeting between Kajihira and Kazami about tearing down the Medical Institute (And by extension, the ADDC), and redevelop the land. Minister Kazami was already planning on shutting down the Institute due to the appearance of a tax scam when Kajihira came to him with the project. Kajihira went the extra mile, buying up the land around the Medical Institute in advance, and practically bribing Kazami. Then everything changed when AD-9 was announced and Kazami abandoned the redevelopment plans. After hearing all this, Yagami asks how he knows all this, and Sugiura shows to him an article from last year written by Hattori. Sugiura comments on how the story wasn't credible, but Yagami believes it since Hattori wrote it, calling him an asshole in the process. Yagami gets to Genda's office, but finds Hoshino and Saori have scared him off. Hoshino shows that Mafuyu is at the office as well. She came to offer condolence for Shintani's death and that Izumida and Morita wants to have Yagami taken in for Shintani's murder, and she's being purposefully kept in the dark, causing her to ask if Yagami did kill Shintani. She explains that as a prosecutor, her job is to doubt people. When Yagami assures her he didn't, she takes her leave. Yagami tells Hoshino what Sugiura found, and Sugiura can't help but see the irony in the situation with Hattori. Yagami gets a call from Sugiura, who was stopping by but saw Mafuyu being tailed by some yakuza. Yagami and Sugiura head to Theater Square, where many yakuza are following Mafuyu to Theater Avenue. On the way, Yagami is attacked by some of the yakuza, luckily getting help from Kaito to help him get to Mafuyu. A van stops in front of Mafuyu, and several yakuza try to kidnap her, one even slapping her. Luckily Yagami saves her in time, fighting off the yakuza. Yagami hides Mafuyu in a nearby store, where Yagami gets a call from Sugiura, letting him know he's tailing the van, finding them to be Kyorei. Mafuyu calls Izumida, who sends some cops to protect her. Mafuyu begs Yagami to leave with her out of Kamurocho, but Yagami tells her how the murders are connected to the ADDC. Yagami, Sugiura, and Kaito storm their base at a cabaret called Honmaruen, where they fight through dozens of yakuza. Eventually the trio confront Shioya, where Yagami demands to know why Mafuyu was targeted. Shioya tells them he has a job for them, and Mafuyu was insurance to make sure they didn't refuse. Kaito tells he they would've done it free of charge, no question asked, but tells them that for hitting Mafuyu, they'll refuse. Shioya and his bodyguards fight Yagami and his team, but are eventually beaten. After the fight, Hattori enters with an elderly man in a wheelchair, who Sugiura identifies as '''Shigeru Kajihira''' himself.

Kido admits that Shono also confessed to murdering Emi, infuriating Sugiura. Kido swears that Hashiki's murder was not something he was apart of when Yagami continues questioning. When Yagami brings up Ichinose's name, Kido admits Ichinose was brought in before Hashiki's murder. Kaito realizes that this means Ichinose is the one that brought Kuroiwa and Hamura into the AD-9 mess. Kido is adamant he was only bringing in funds for every aggressive demand Shono had for Ichinose, including a secret lab in Kamurocho. Kido admits that he doesn't know where it is exactly, but Kuroiwa and Ishimatsu do. Knowing all the evidence in there, Yagami has Kido contact Ishimatsu while he will tail him from Millenium Tower. When Yagami gets there, he's sent a photo of Ishimatsu from Kido's phone. Yagami and Sugiura tail Ishimatsu as he heads out. Yagami and Sugiura follow him to Monsieur Lee, an abandoned love hotel. Inside, they find several guards that they have to fight off. Before they head in, Yagami has Kaito call Mafuyu and tell her to bring the cops to Monsieur Lee. Yagami explains they cannot bring the lab into the trial legally, but Yagami has a plan. Eventually, they find Shono's lab, with Shono inside. Yagami tells Sugiura to record a video of the lab, and Yagami is ecstatic at finding so much evidence. Sugiura suddenly acts strange, standing next to Shono. Sugiura explains that he's been lying to Yagami for a long time. He never worked for Kajihira, and Sugiura isn't his real last name. He reveals his real name is '''Fumiya Terasawa''', Emi's brother. He pulls out a knife and is about to stab him when Izumida and Mafuyu enters with the police. Izumida has him arrested for attempted murder, but Morita enters promising no charges will be pressed. Morita explains that there was no crime committed, but Yagami tells him there is one: He committed trespassing, which means the lab has to be investigated. Ichinose storms into the room, and has Morita cancel the investigation. That's when Yagami realizes that Morita is apart of the AD-9 conspiracy. Meanwhile, Kuroiwa storms the Charles Arcade and beats Kaito and Higashi to free Kido. The police leave with Morita and a dejected Izumida and Mafuyu, leaving Yagami with Ichinose and Shono. Yagami leaves a smug Ichinose, promising they aren't winning yet. Ichinose leaves a message from Kido: Kuroiwa sends his regards.

A funeral is held at the Tojo Clan Headquarters for Matsugane, where only a handful of close friends attended, excluding Hamura. With Hamura missing, the Matsugane Family has all but dissolved. Meanwhile, Kaito and Higashi are spying on Kuroiwa, who spots them and smirks. Yagami and Hoshino are at the courthouse with Izumida and the judge at a pre-trial conference over what evidence can be displayed at the trial. Izumida is adamant on the rifling marks, but Hoshino and Yagami are adamant in defending Ayabe. Afterwards, Yagami and Hoshino meet with Ayabe, and tell him Kuroiwa's the Mole. Ayabe admits that it makes sense, given how his mentor when he became a cop committed suicide after being busted for selling police info, and that the informant on his mentor was found dead, possibly a staged suicide. Yagami calls it a night and returns to his office, but is stopped at the front door by Hattori. Hattori believes that Yagami's office is being watched, but explains he's speaking with him on Kajihira's request. At the stairs to Yagami's office, Yagami tells Hattori everything, whose actually impressed with how much death is linked to AD-9, however, without evidence it's just a hypothesis. Hattori adds that Kajihira will want to meet with Yagami and Kaito face to face at Kikunoya. Yagami finds Kaito in his office, and they share a cup of coffee, where Kaito tells him Kajihira is in trouble with the Kyorei Clan's chairman '''Koba''', angered that his captain and heir had gotten murdered over Kajihira's redevelopment plans. At Kikunoya, Kajihira holds a toast to Matsugane's memory. Kajihira lists off everything Hattori told him, but when he mentions Okubo's innocence, Hattori makes a comment about a lack of proof. Kaito's confused on why they were required to meet face to face. Kajihira admits Koba wants him to stop the killing of his men. He also wanted to say thanks for finding Hashiki's killer, believing he deserved closure. Hattori questions what comes next, but Yagami thinks all that can be done is wait until Ayabe's trial and use it to reveal TheConspiracy. Yagami does lament that without some evidence, like Hamura, it won't go far. Yagami notes they could try and catch Kuroiwa, but Kajihira warns he doesn't have time to wait that long. A list of upcoming death row inmates to be executed have been released, and Okubo's name is on that list and suspects that Kazami had pull strings to put Okubo on it and if Okubo dies Shono and the ADDC will get away with it. Kuroiwa and the Ministry of Health can afford to wait until Okubo and Ayabe are executed to kill everyone who put their noses in the case, including Yagami and Genda Law Firm who would likely be killed like Kuroiwa's previous victims. Hattori suggests someone easier than Kuroiwa, like the perverted scientist mired in scandal, Kido. Yagami points out that there's no way he can get in the ADDC, so Hattori shrugs that he needs to be lured out, by a beautiful woman. When they leave, Kaito suggests Saori for the honey trap. The next day, Yagami meets with Saori at Genda's office, who brings up the uncomfortable request. Genda's incredulous while Hoshino is angered at the implication. Saori eventually agrees to work the Honey Trap. Hoshino goes to help Saori at a salon while Yagami gets her a disguise as a journalist. After the taxi ride to the ADDC, Yagami gives Saori a purse outfitted with a camera, so they can blackmail Kido later. Saori first tries to speak with reception, but Kido quickly shows up when he sees a woman trying to meet with him. During the interview, Saori is as playful as possible, getting Kido easily excited. Afterwards, Yagami sends Kido a copy of the recording and blackmails him to come to Kamurocho, where he, Kaito, Sugiura, and Higashi will confront him at the batting center. At the center, Kido attempts to fight back with several thugs helping him, but he is defeated and brought to Charles in his underwear. Kido warns that Ichinose already knows he's been abducted, but Yagami ignores his threat by asking if he knew the truth about Waku's murder. He admits that he did, finding out after the press conference that announced AD-9, Shono telling him everything personally.

Kajihira begins by telling Yagami how Hattori told him so much about the ex-lawyer, including how to get in his head, leading the trio to realize he's the one who ordered Mafuyu's kidnapping. Kajihira explains it was a test, and now that they passed, the Kyorei will not bother them anymore. Kajihira wants Yagami to look into a job, explaining how a year ago he tried to redevelop the land of the Medical Institute, which is big enough for Kamurocho to fill three to four times. Kajihira also tells them how do to his old age he doesn't have the luxury of patience, so he bribed a man named '''Toru Hashiki''', the Vice Director of the ADDC, to fire professional doctors and selling their cutting edge research to rival labs, but the moment everything was in Kajihira's grasp, AD-9 was announced and everything he did was AllForNothing (losing a hundred billion yen in the process), and Hashiki ended up dead in a drunken brawl six months ago. Kajihira wants Yagami to investigate Hashiki's death, believing it was premeditated since Hashiki was investigating AD-9, the miracle drug that came out of nowhere to save the ADDC, finding it TooGoodToBeTrue. Kajihira even brings up Shintani (and indirectly) Okubo, thinking it's all too much a coincidence, believing Yagami wants to know the truth as bad as he does. Kajihira is wheeled away, and Yagami tells Hattori that Mafuyu was nearly kidnapped thanks to him, but Hattori gives a weak explanation that he had to protect his own skin and isn't even apologetic. Outside the cabaret, Yagami calls Hoshino to look into Hashiki's death. The next day, Yagami and Kaito meet with Hoshino and Saori at Genda's office, with both noting how he hasn't been in the office in a while, but Hoshino reads off an article how Hashiki was found in an alleyway horribly beaten, in a coma and died in the hospital three weeks later. He was last seen in an argument with a man in a black raincoat, who the police never found. Saori points out that there's no proof behind Kajihira's claims of Hashiki's murder being premeditated. Hoshino agrees, finding the murder attempt sloppy. Kaito disagrees, thinking that making a murder attempt look like a brawl that lead to an accidental death is something a professional does, pointing out that if Hashiki was dead in the alleyway there'd be an investigation, but since he died in a hospital weeks later, it was written off as a drunken brawl. Saori is skeptical, but Kaito assures that such a professional killer does exist. Yagami is skeptical too, but feels this can't be proven without an investigation report, meaning they'll have to talk to Ayabe. Kaito planned ahead by calling him, but Ayabe said he is being pressured by Kuroiwa, so he's sending someone else to meet with them at L'Amant. At the casino, Yagami and Kaito start looking around, until Yagami finds a blonde woman with sunglasses at the bar, who tells him to take the seat next to her. Yagami is confused, especially when she talks like she knows him and makes an AccidentalInnuendo, causing Yagami to explain he likes to take it slow. The girl screams his name to get him to stop talking, making Yagami realize it's Mafuyu in a wig, who snarks that no woman comes on that hard for sex. Mafuyu hands to him the file for Ayabe, and Yagami's shocked she stole it from the Prosecutor's office. As Mafuyu leaves, she tells him Izumida is planning to arrest him under suspicion of Shintani's murder. Kaito arrives, checking out the disguised Mafuyu, forcing Yagami to tell him who she was, flustering Kaito. Kaito points to a map of the crime scene that Hashiki was at the Queen Rouge, a high class cabaret, an hour ago before his murder. Kaito reads that he wasn't alone, and is surprised it was Shono he went drinking with, whose alibi is that he was in a cab to the center to speak with Kido during the murder. Hashiki was beaten fourteen to fifteen times by a man in a black raincoat who was wearing gloves, and died three weeks later in the hospital. The duo make there way to where Hashiki was found, and Kaito points out Shono was on a different street, and the silence in the alleyway made it a good place to fight. They head to the Queen Rouge, but the smug doorman will not let them enter unless they have a membership. Yagami tries to speak with any girl that was tending to Hashiki, but the doorman continues to refuse them the chance. Kaito notices a hiring sign, and the doorman admits that they do need a new hostess, so Kaito recommends Mafuyu and Saori. Yagami is very uncomfortable with this because they don't even know about this, but the doorman finds the UnkemptBeauty Saori to be an ideal girl. Both are confused by the man's tastes, but try to figure out a way to get Saori on board. The doorman adds that he's a manager and if she does come he might even hire her on the spot. Yagami states that there's no way Saori will agree to this, so Kaito suggests getting her top quality desserts to satisfy her sweet tooth. Yagami calls on Tsukumo to help him find a place selling rare desserts, and they come across a mochi shop that just opened up. Yagami heads over, finding the store owner being harassed for protection money, Yagami steps in and fights off the thugs. After the fight, the clerk gives to Yagami for free some of the mochi that's used for advertising after telling him he ran out of mochi for the day. Yagami heads to Genda's office to drop off the mochi for Saori, but is surprised Genda has finally returned to the office. After Yagami hands to Saori the mochi, Genda speaks with him, revealing Hoshino told him everything about Shintani. Genda is furious that he disobeyed him and dug himself deeper. Genda asks if he remembers that Shintani was like a son to him, which has sent Genda into a heavy depression, unable to get out of bed or enjoy food. Now scared of also losing Yagami and Hoshino as well as they investigate further into the mole. However, Genda reveals that he's actually sick of thinking this way. One of his own gets killed and all he can think of is wallow in self pity, making Genda reveal that he is giving all his support to Yagami to bring Shintani's killer to justice on the condition nobody else dies. While they're talking, Saori has already eaten most of the mochi, so Yagami takes this time to tell her the plan. She immediately rejects it. Yagami and Genda try to talk her into it but fail, yet when Hoshino tells her she could be the best, she agrees to it. At a dress store, Yagami gets bored while Saori tries on dresses. Yagami jokes that they're on a date, but Saori tells him Mafuyu won't be happy, since they were friends as teenagers who managed to reconnect in law school, with Mafuyu becoming a prosecutor and Saori a defense attorney. Saori decides to tell a story of Mafuyu's past: When she was younger, she lost her mother in a hit and run. Yagami admits he heard this story, adding she was comatose while the culprit was caught. Chief Prosecutor Morita became her hero and first crush when his patience with her allowed them to convict the culprit. Saori tells him she invited him to meet Mafuyu because Morita had just gotten married to another woman. They go to meet with Hoshino at a salon for makeup. Afterwards, Yagami takes Saori to Queen Rouge, where the manager becomes awestruck by her and hires her right away. After the manager runs her down on what the job entails, she and some other girls spend the night entertaining some men. During this time, Saori bonds with a struggling hostess named '''Mika'''. As Mika compliments Saori, she comments on how her first night six months ago a customer that yelled at her had been beaten to death in a drunken brawl. Saori realizes she's talking about Hashiki, and Mika can't help but blame herself for having agitated him that night. Before Saori can ask more, another table is requested for them. At the end of the night, Mika asks if they could hang out when the shift ends, so Saori suggests Bar Tender. Saori calls Yagami to meet up with them.

At night, Higashi and the Charles clerk are beaten by Hamura and his men for not stopping Yagami, while Kengo and a fellow Matsugane man, '''Kurimoto''', leave to have a smoke to get away from the tense situation. However, from behind they are shot at, Kengo survives, but Kurimoto is shot to death while a woman got grazed by a bullet. The next morning, Yagami and Kaito hear the news and figure that the shooter was a Kyorei man who wanted to start a war by shooting at the Matsugane Family offices, where they talk of how Kurimoto was shot three times in the back, and once in each eye. Yagami goes to Charles to find out more information from Higashi. Higashi assures him that Hamura won't be a major threat for now since he has gone into hiding, since he and Higashi believe that the hit was on Hamura because Kurimoto and Hamura look the same from behind and were dressed similarly that night. He also tells him that the Kyorei second in command and future chairman, '''Satoshi Shioya''', has arrived in Kamurocho. Higashi warns that Shintani might be a future target since he got Hamura freed. Yagami goes to warn him, but Shintani would rather tell him to stop investigating the Mole. Yagami refuses since the murderer has not been caught yet, which infuriates Shintani. As Yagami leaves, Shintani leaves a cryptic warning, leading Yagami to realize that he knows something since he talks to Hamura. He refuses to say anything else due to client confidentiality. While Yagami leaves, he gets a call from Kaito saying Ayabe can meet up at Tender for information on the shooting. Ayabe admits that he doesn't have much information on the shooting, but he does allow Yagami to ask any question for free, where they learn that the only reason a very small Kansai Yakuza clan are in Kamurocho is because of money backed by the Kajihira Group, a major construction firm looking to expand in Kamurocho, even going so far as to have connections with Minister of Health, Kazami. As Yagami leaves, he is stopped from leaving by Ayabe's superiors: Detective '''Mitsuru Kuroiwa''' and his partner '''Sakuraba'''. He reminds Yagami that thanks to him, Kuroiwa has become the laughingstock of the police thanks to Hamura's acquittal. Yagami leaves to let him obviously spy on Ayabe, but not before Kuroiwa reminds him of the Okubo case, musing over the new killer and the next victim. Yagami decides to go to KJ Art, to find out more about Kajihira. But they are led into a trap by Murase, getting guns to the back of their heads by Shioya. Before Shioya's boys can do any serious harm, they are saved by Jester. The trio fight the Kyorei clan and win. The thief removes his mask, and after getting to Charles, he introduces himself as '''Fumiya Sugiura,''' who quit the burglarly ring he started after being fired by the Kajihira Group for discovering a slush fund to the Kyorei and KJ Art as a systems engineer with false accusation of embezzlement. After Higashi kicks them out, Yagami returns to his office, where he gets a call from Saori about how she's been unable to get ahold of Shintani. Yagami calls Shintani himself, but he hears a phone vibrating in his closet. When he opens it, Shintani's corpse with his eyes missing falls before his feet.