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Three Years Later...
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 (With Saori eating almost all the Dorayaki), Genda tries to get him to become a lawyer again, but Yagami refuses thinking he's a Horrible Judge of Character. 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 The Stoic 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 Dirty Cop 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: 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.
One Year Ago...
A thief had broken into the Matsugane Family Office and stole 100 million yen under Kaito's watch, meaning he'd have to lose a pinky under Hamura's supervision. Before he could cut his finger off, Yagami and Matsugane stop him. Matsugane thinks it's excessive since it won't get his money back. Yagami also points out that it's also a light punishment given how much money was lost. Hamura reveals that he's having Kaito kicked out of the family as well, having already told the Tojo Clan's main families, which Matsugane notes was very fast of him. Yagami and Matsugane tell Kaito he doesn't have to lose his fingers now given that only Yakuza loses fingers, and Kaito just became a civilian. This is when Hamura began his hatred of Yagami.
Present Time
Yagami leaves asking what happened to the stolen money, but Higashi tells him that's none of his business. Speaking with Kaito, he learns Higashi got the money back, and that to learn more they'd have to talk to Ayabe. Yagami goes to Tender, and while waiting to meet up, Masuda tells him of a new job. He tells Yagami the meeting will be at Hill Garden on Park Boulevard. There he meets a member of the Kamurocho Burglary Ring, a masked man calling himself Crow, who asks him to help find his friend Jester, who Yagami met beforehand. But after seeing what a bunch of Hypocrites the burglars have become by changing their MO from "steal from the rich and help the poor" to "steal from whoever the hell we want and use the money to buy tons of expensive jewelry" and beating up a wannabe fanboy, he fights Crow, who reveals Jester abandoned them, and Crow agrees to start the dismantling of the Burglary Ring. Afterwards, Ayabe calls to tell him to meet up tomorrow at his office, and when Yagami explains he wants to know about the Matsugane robbery, Ayabe tells him the price is 100K (Compared to the previous 200K), since it's old info by now. On his futon, Yagami gets a call from Ayabe, who snuck into his office while he was sleeping. He gives Yagami all the information he personally collected since there was no official investigation. As Yagami compliments the detail put into the files, Ayabe explains the thief snuck in behind someone entering to avoid the cameras, went in at 3 when nobody was in, how Kaito had a gun pointed at the back of his head, and how Higashi was in there polishing shoes, and if Kaito didn't act, Higashi would've either done something reckless or been spotted by the burglar, putting him at risk. Yagami admits that Kaito is too tough to let a gun to his head scare him, while also admitting it's too well planned, making it clear he had help from the inside. He also points out that when Kaito was knocked out, Higashi says he took off his medical mask, and saw his face. Given his slightly red nose, a guilt ridden Higashi was able to figure out thanks to Ayabe that the thief was a homeless man who goes by the name Red Nose. Despite all this, Kaito's still out of the family, Higashi rises in the rank following behind Hamura, and nobody has seen Red Nose since Higashi got the money back. Yagami follows Higashi's footsteps to find Red Nose, entering the homeless community. Yagami finds a lead to the Children's Park, but is assaulted by a group of homeless men. After beating them, they explain that Red Nose was murdered in the sewers a year ago, and thought he knew who did it since nobody asked about him since Higashi. Kaito doesn't believe Higashi can be a killer, and no way would he know how to get a gun due to strict Japanese gun laws. Yagami and Kaito storm Charles, where they find Higashi with a group of Matsugane Yakuza. Higashi pulls a gun on them for the accusation, but he never gets to use the gun when the previous group of homeless people storm the arcade. Yagami disarms Higashi and empties his gun on the ceiling, and after the fight, Higashi admits he didn't kill Red Nose. Yagami notes that it was his contact, with Higashi admitting the theft was more about rubbing Kaito out of the picture and less about the money, leading everyone to agree Hamura was Red Nose's contact. Yagami asks how Red Nose died, and he explains that he found Red Nose in the sewers with Hamura and Ozaki. Hamura was giving Red Nose 10 million for the job, but Higashi accidentally blows his cover, forcing Hamura to shoot Red Nose. At gunpoint, Higashi explains everything that happened, and Hamura threatens him to shoot the dying Red Nose. When he hesitates, he grabs his hand and forces him to pull the trigger until he empties the gun. Ozaki kicks Red Nose's body into the sewer, and Hamura tells Higashi he's a real Yakuza. Higashi is now being blackmailed with his prints on the gun and no alibi. Despite knowing this, there's nothing Matsugane can do. Yagami leaves, wanting Kaito and Higashi to bond again. Higashi admits something about Yagami rubs him wrong. Kaito tells him about Yagami's dad, who was a respected defense attorney. When Yagami was 15, his father took a dead to rights murderer and got an acquittal, but one of the victim's family members murdered his father and mother and then committed suicide while he was at a friend's house, avoiding them because he was mad that they were busy with work. Since then, Yagami has blamed himself for not being there, and ran away to Kamurocho, becoming a bartender at Tender. As a young Yakuza, Kaito had to end fights Yagami started with him until Matsugane took interest in him, getting him into law school and everything. Kaito leaves, his friendship with Higashi restored.
Three Years Ago...
Director Kido meets with Yagami and Shintani as they come to investigate for Okubo's trial. Shintani is apathetic to the case, while Yagami wishes to see the scene of the crime, determined to prove his client's innocence. Kido asks for information on Okubo, and Shintani notes that the body was found where he said it was. Kido explains he wants the case over with since the Minister of Health is getting bad publicity, but nevertheless gives them a guide, a nurse named Terasawa. She takes them to the room of Koichi Waku, the victim. Shintani makes a fool of himself along the way, forgetting the victim's name and hitting on Terasawa. At Waku's room, Terasawa explains that he was one of the many patients at the ADDC who suffered from dementia, caused by Alzheimer's disease. Investigating the room, Yagami notes that there's no way to open the windows and that from outside, the head of the bed can't be seen, meaning that it would be easy to make it look like someone or something else would be in the bed during the time he was last seen. Shintani explains the case to Yagami, how laundryman Shinpei Okubo was questioned over the missing Koichi Waku, who admitted he buried his body in the mountains, but denies murdering Waku, and notes how six years ago, a drunk Okubo broke his then girlfriend's finger, as well as Okubo discovering the body at 10 AM. In the garage, Terasawa explains how Waku was last seen at 8 AM, with Shintani saying that the witness is a scientist who will testify. A frustrated Yagami notes that none of the staff wants to talk until the trial, since it will interfere with the scientist's jobs. As Yagami and Shintani are about to leave, Yagami gives Terasawa his card and to contact him if she has anything that can help. The lawyers go to the correctional facility Okubo is imprisoned in until his trial. Shintani is abrasive, telling Okubo how hopeless it it, while Yagami assures that he has nothing to lose if he helps Okubo, who maintains he didn't see Waku at all the day of the crime until he find him in the back of his truck. Okubo was scared of being suspected for his past criminal record, and Shintani points out how Okubo was assaulted by Waku three days before the crime after accusing him of stealing his wallet. Shintani explains it's a delusion of dementia, where someone thinks something is stolen and blames the closest person. As Okubo leaves, he tells Yagami not to bring Shintani next time, while Yagami tells him that he might be able to have a shot with Terasawa. Yagami returns to Genda's office, where Saori and Genda teases him about Mafuyu. Yagami points out how the window that looks into the room can not be used to identify Waku. Yagami hopes this'll greatly extend the possible window for the time of death. Shintani yells outside the office, having been tased by someone eavesdropping on Yagami. Yagami gives chase, but realizes it's Terasawa, who cries out and gets several men to defend her. After fighting off the thugs, Yagami and Terasawa go to Tender where he questions her. Terasawa explains she wanted to say something, but Shintani surprised her and she pulled out the stun gun in surprise. Terasawa tells him that the last witness for Waku in his bed was Yoji Shono, one of the top scientists of the ADDC and Kido's right hand man. Terasawa explains how he seemed strange with how he didn't seem truthful, if unintentionally. Terasawa adds that it'd be inappropriate to talk poorly of a superior, but Terasawa wants to help given she thinks Okubo is innocent. At the courthouse, Shono is on the stand, who explains how he was making his rounds around the center at 7:50, he notes how he looked into the room from the door and saw Waku under the sheets. Terasawa is next on the stand, and Okubo is confused by this. Yagami asks for her opinion of Shono's testimony, who notes his words were imprecise and his actions were negligible. Yagami asks for details and she answers that he can't tell from looking in out in the hallway. Yagami explains how Shono was lying given that there's no way to identify who or what was in the bed. Terasawa defends this by pointing out a past event where Waku was in the breakroom instead of in bed (It was actually his sheets at the time). Yagami calls Shono back to the stand, and asks him what he saw in Waku's room, wanting to be sure he saw Waku's face in his room, to which he responds he isn't sure. Yagami and Izumida quickly get into a tirade about Shono and Okubo's credibility thanks to their past, with Izumida trusting Shono given his past of losing his mother and grandparents to Alzheimer's and reminding the court of Okubo's prior of breaking a girlfriend's finger. The argument is interrupted when Terasawa stands up in the audience, and speaks positively of Okubo, swearing he never drunk alcohol after the incident and that Okubo knows Waku was sick with dementia when he was accusing him of theft. The judge tries to have her removed from the court, but not before she reveals that she's dating Okubo and that his imprisonment will hurt her too. Okubo never told anyone because she shouldn't be hurt by his actions. Her outburst affected the jury, and Okubo was found innocent. But a month later, Emi Terasawa was murdered in her apartment by Okubo.
The Present
Yagami is approached by Kido with Shono and a man in a business suit at his side. The man, a Vice Minister, excuses himself while Kido and Shono speak with Yagami, not hiding their contempt for him for what happened to Emi. Yagami tells them of how Shintani was murdered and the last call was to the ADDC. In Kido's office, he finds out Shintani made a call to Shono, but Shono didn't answer because he was busy at the time, and Shintani didn't leave a voicemail. Yagami is confused, but Kido claims that people high up in the facility get prank calls from people claiming to be friends and family, but Yagami is suspicious of this line of thinking. Yagami brings up the Mole murders and how Shintani was murdered the same way, and becomes curious if the ADDC might have anything to do with it, but this insults Kido. Suddenly, Kuroiwa enters with several police officers, who have come to have Yagami be brought in as a material witness.
Earlier...
Yagami leaves Saori at the Queen Rouge and makes his way to his office. Outside Yagami's office, he's approached by Kuroiwa, Ayabe, and Kuroiwa's partner Sakuraba. Kuroiwa has Yagami bring them into his office. Inside, Kuroiwa tells him how there's a leak in the prosecutor's office, adding in it might be a woman who got information on Hashiki's murder. When Yagami denies it, Kuroiwa kicks at his table, insinuating that she's lowlife scum to sell police information, forcing Ayabe to agree. Yagami asks if he's finished, but Kuroiwa tells him that Izumida wants to speak with him tomorrow about Shintani. As soon as they leave, Ayabe complains about how Kuroiwa's been dragging him around. Yagami spends the rest of the night smoking until Saori calls him. At Tender, he meets with Saori and Mika, who confirms a picture of Hashiki and Shono are who she served. She notes how Hashiki was venting about his boss while Shono was just awkwardly staring at her breasts. She notes he kept talking bad about Kido, and Mika notes that she heard some underhanded deals were being made with AD-9. She continues that the night was fairly normal until Hashiki started asking questions about AD-9's credibility, asking if anything was falsified results and fabricated data. Shono denied the claims, resulting in an argument. Yagami's not surprised by his desperation, so the questioning ends. Yagami takes Saori back to Genda's office, where Hoshino is smitten with her new look, with Genda and Kaito complimenting her. Saori leaves to change into her usual attire, after which Yagami comes to the same conclusion as Kajihira about Hashiki's murder being premeditated. Kaito is unsure if anything is actually wrong with AD-9, with Hoshino adding that the Techno Babble around the original paper is like another language to him, but does point out nobody has even come forward about any foul play online or in the real world. Genda's baffled by anyone wanting to kill anyone over a paper, with Hoshino countering that AD-9 is the only thing keeping the ADDC open, bringing in billions of government yen as funding. Yagami believes the man in the black raincoat who killed Hashiki was an assassin hired, possibly by Kido given he was the one who published the paper and likely has yakuza connections. Hoshino laments that they can't talk to him after what happened at the ADDC. Yagami brings up Kuroiwa and Izumida and believes the Prosecutor's office can help them. Yagami heads out, leaving Hoshino wondering what his plan is. Yagami is woken up by a call from Ayabe, who snuck into his office. Ayabe tells him a message from Kuroiwa, a reminder to meet with Izumida at the Prosecutor's office. Yagami is confused, so Ayabe explains he has a bad feeling, with Yagami assuring he won't say anything Ayabe's side-job. Yagami tries to find out why he's suspected for Shintani's murder, but Ayabe admits he's having that information kept from him. Yagami gets to the office, where Mafuyu is waiting for him. She explains Izumida is having her meet with him first to get him to relax, but Mafuyu admits he's gonna be thrown to the wolves. Yagami is put into a meeting room with Izumida, Morita, and several prosecutors. Izumida asks where Yagami was the night Shintani was murdered, to which Yagami tells him he was at KJ Art with Shioya. Morita asks about Yagami looking into Shintani's call history, and had called the ADDC before he died. Morita also brings up how Yagami questioned Kido and Shono. Yagami explains he was looking to find his killer, not wanting to leave it to the police. Morita requests proof, so Yagami tells them everything about Kajihira, Hashiki, AD-9, and the Kyorei. Near the end, Morita gets a phone call, and explains that Ayabe is being arrested for Shintani's murder. Izumida explains that the bullet came from Ayabe's gun.
Twenty Years Ago...
Teenager Takayuki Yagami is getting a beating from Masaharu Kaito, a young Tojo Clan Yakuza recruit in the back streets of Kamurocho. Afterwards, Kaito's boss, Mitsugu Matsugane, drops by to see what kind of person Yagami is. Yagami insults Matsugane, who can't help but chuckle, before shutting him up.
- Matsugane: Who the fuck do you think you are!?
Matsugane admits that he sees a lot of himself back when he was younger in Yagami, and tells him that unlike him and Kaito, he has a shot to do something good with his life, so he offers to teach him what he knows to survive in Kamurocho.
Present Time
Matsugane tells them that the Mole is a hired assassin that Hamura has worked with in the past. Matsugane warns that even if Hamura and the Mole is found, it won't be over since they're just puppets on a stage to the real threat. Before leaving, Yagami points out that the Matsugane Family he knows wouldn't sit by and let a serial killer be on the loose, but Matsugane counters that Hamura is the Matsugane Family now. After leaving, Kaito actually got a clue: Since Hamura is leading the Matsugane Family, he has to have a way to contact the family. Yagami realizes he's talking about bugging the office. Kaito suggests recruiting Sugiura to help them sneak in undetected. Yagami meets with Tsukumo, who he pays to get some high quality bugs. Yagami returns to his office to meet with Kaito and Sugiura, who points out that the only way to enter and exit is with a disguise. Kaito already planned for that, pulling up a picture of a dressed in a gaudy gold suit with sunglasses named Tashiro. If they steal his clothes and have Yagami wear a facemask, he can sneak in easily. As they finish talking, Kaito can't help but admit how depressed he is for throwing away his last chance to rejoin the family, yet he resolves that he needs to see this through. The trio find Tashiro roughing up a customer at a Matsugane Cabaret for getting frisky, but Kaito claims he's using it as a fake excuse just to steal his money. Yagami and Kaito fight Tashiro, knocking him out and taking his clothes. Kaito goes to get Tashiro off the streets while Yagami goes to meet with Sugiura. Yagami sneaks in and successfully sets up bugs in the office, even after his cover is blown trying to set the bugs in Matsugane's personal room after being saved by Sugiura cutting the power when he hears everything thanks to the bugs. When they flee, Sugiura hears a call being made to Hamura about the incident, with Cho-Han being mentioned. Cho-Han is a dice game, meaning he's at a gambling hall. Yagami heads to L'Amant to find someone who might know of a secret gambling hall. After wandering around the casino (and doing some strange requests), he finds someone who knows the perfect place: It's a shop without a sign in the Champion District, and he even finds out the secret password. Yagami meets up with Kaito and they head to the Champion District. They easily get into the gambling hall. The gambling hall is modestly small yet extravagant, and Hamura and Ozaki are the loudest ones in the whole joint. Yagami and Kaito storm Hamura's game, and get into a fight with Hamura and the other players. Yagami and Kaito beat Hamura into a corner, after which Yagami grabs a chair to sit in while he interrogates Hamura. Kaito starts to strangle Hamura, pissed that everything bad that's happened is because of him, but relents when he realizes that by no longer being Yakuza, he can punch him instead. Yagami questions Hamura on the Mole, and how Shintani was so sure the Mole wasn't a part of the Yakuza war, and the Mole silenced him with Ayabe's gun. Hamura denies it, but Yagami points out Shintani knew the Mole was connected to the ADDC and AD-9. Yagami asks if Kido is the one behind everything, but Hamura starts laughing, leading Yagami to realize Kido is actually a Red Herring. Yagami realizes that when Shintani called the ADDC, it wasn't for Kido at all, and the one Hashiki tried to speak with the day he died, meaning the one behind everything...Is Dr. Shono. Before anything else can be asked, the Matsugane start burning down the gambling hall, saving Hamura. Yagami and Kaito escape as a grenade is thrown at them.
Three Years Ago...
Shinpei Okubo is in interrogation by two detectives who cruelly brutalize and debase him to break him as he desperate claims his innocence. This set the tone for the tragedy of Okubo's second trial and Yagami's disgraceful fall. Being blamed for a crime Okubo that was framed for and Yagami being the scapegoat for allowing a murderer to walk free.
Present Day
Okubo is visited by Yagami, who reveals he now believes in Okubo's innocence. As they both break down in tears of joy and regret, Yagami asks if he can defend Okubo, who tells him he can and for Emi's sake as well.
Several Months Ago...
Hamura is at a meeting with Ishimatsu, who wants him to abduct Kyorei men alive for a 100 million yen for each man brought to him. Hamura's confused by the increase pay for easier work, so Ishimatsu explains that it could be one man or maybe even more men since they don't know how many men they'll need. Ishimatsu asks for total secrecy and a long-term working relationship, so Hamura asks what will happen to the Kyorei men. Ishimatsu admits they might end up dead, Hamura snaps and pulls a gun on him, wanting to know why he'd pay so much to bring him a Yakuza he'd be killing anyway and getting rid of the body. He admits he's also curious about how he's getting so much money, genuinely offended that he's being seen as a tool for evidence disposal. Ishimatsu starts to explain he's only a middle man, before going on to say that his employer has billions of yen to complete his goal. Ishimatsu adds on that by pulling the trigger and killing him, Hamura will be killed, even saying that just by being there he's already agreed to the terms. Hamura places his gun on a table and Ichinose enters the room with Shono and Kido, meeting face to face as an act of trust. Shono speaks up, explaining that they are doing testing for AD-9, but Ichinose stops him from saying more. Ichinose tells Hamura that they need to ensure AD-9 can enter human trials, and are needing Hamura's help.
Present..
Yagami is surprised Ichinose and the Ministry of Health is in on The Conspiracy. 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 was being self-righteous, believing these Yakuza deserved to die instead. Yagami asks if Hamura is really as innocent as he makes himself sound, like he wasn't taking part in 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.
Kuroiwa proceeds to tell him that thanks to AD-9, he has complete immunity as he had cut a deal with them as the Matsugane's use to the conspiracy has came to an end and now directly answers to the Ministry of Health, and is confident he'll find Hamura soon. Kuroiwa warns that it won't end with Yagami alive, who admits he doesn't mind, so long as the world knows he's a murderer. Kuroiwa is unimpressed, calling Yagami a has-been fraud. Another detective enters the room, where Kuroiwa writes up a report that the Toho and Kyorei were fighting, causing the fire to start and Yagami was a nearby witness and allows him to leave and leaves to go take care of the Kyorei survivors. Yagami later meets up with Sugiura at his office and asks if Kaito is alright. Sugiura assures that Kaito will be back on his feet after a few days thanks to a back alley doctor Kaito knows. Sugiura leaves to let Yagami get some much needed sleep. The next day, Yagami gets a call from Mafuyu to meet at the latest Mole killing: The Matsugane Family Office. Outside the office, Yagami sees a body bag being taken away, and Mafuyu tells him that the victim was Shioya. Yagami asks about Kuroiwa, if he's handling the case, and Mafuyu points to him among the detectives. Mafuyu asks what happened at the interrogation, and Yagami tells her everything: Kuroiwa's the Mole, Shono is testing AD-9, everything. Yagami concludes that if Shono and Kuroiwa isn't stopped, the killings will never end, even if there are no more Kyorei in Kamurocho and after Yagami's confrontation with Shono. Yagami looks behind him to see several men are watching him, noting that the ministry is too big for him to fight alone. Yet despite this, Yagami refuses to walk away since Matsugane and so many other people need closure.
Some time ago...
Kido and Shono are sharing a toast together in Kido's office after the successful press conference. Shono voices concern for AD-9 on human trials. Kido is in too good of a mood, confident in Shono. When Shono advices against clinical trials on basis of death, Kido snaps, demanding his proof. All Shono says is Okubo was innocent, before explaining what really happened. Kido is angered that Shono did something so stupid, and is preparing to call the police on hearing him confess to Waku's murder. Shono stops him, blackmailing him with a manic look in his eyes on how his name is on the AD-9 research paper. Kido calls Shono insane.
The Present...
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 in on 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.
- Yagami and Hoshino return to the ADDC to try and blackmail Kido. While Kido does meet with them, he tells them that the blackmail won't work, because if he testifies he'll be assassinated. Hoshino is shocked and almost uploads the video as a game of chicken, but Yagami stops him. Hoshino leaves with him and Yagami having a falling out. Yagami leaves but promises Kido he'll get him to testify, but Kido says he'll only testify for the winning side, and that's Ichinose right now but was open to any new evidence that can ensure Ichinose or Shono go down with him.
- Yagami, Kaito, and Higashi have to stop the remnants of the Matsugane family starting a riot lead by Kengo. At the office, Kengo demands Yagami reveal the identity of the Mole to avenge Matsugane. Yagami refuses to help given how strong Kuroiwa is. Yagami and Higashi fight the entire Matsugane family into submission. Afterwards, Yagami tells them everything about Kuroiwa and the AD-9 conspiracy. Yagami promises to avenge Matsugane himself in court, and begs Kengo to not risk the future of the family on revenge that'll get them killed. As Yagami leaves with the Matsugane Family issues finally over, Kaito meets up with him, thankful of Yagami.
- Yagami and Sugiura stop by the detention center to speak with Okubo. Only Yagami is allowed to meet with him since civilians aren't allowed, but Sugiura asks him to relay the message that he wants to visit Emi's grave with Okubo someday. Yagami reveals everything to Okubo, who is relieved the Emi's family doesn't hate him anymore. As Okubo processes Sugiura's request, Yagami swears he's going to save him. Okubo starts to tear up that more people believe his innocence.
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 ploy 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 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...
One Month Later...
Yagami is in his office, in his old lawyer suit again. It's the morning of Ayabe's trial, and for the first time in years, he's wearing his Lawyer's badge once more. In the office is Higashi, Sugiura, Hoshino, and Kaito, who is currently reading an article that Hattori published about the AD-9 conspiracy, with visuals taken from Sugiura's video. Yagami heads straight to the trial, beginning with Ayabe stating his personal information, as Yagami drowns them out thinking over everything to go into the case. The case begins with Izumida calling Ichinose to the stand. Ichinose explains that the ADDC is a subdivision of the Medical Institute and are currently developing AD-9, the dementia cure. Yagami takes the stage and begins the cross examination by asking how Ichinose became the Vice Minister of Health, who brushes off the question. Yagami responds by telling the court that the Medical Institute and the ADDC was founded by Ichinose in 2002 as a way for senior execs to have new positions to retire into, allowing a stable income for their old age. The Ministry of Health then gave Ichinose the Vice Minister position for this brilliant move. Yagami however points out a blatant flaw: That nothing innovative was being done at the Medical Institute. Thus funding was starting to be cut, and how Minister Kazami was making plans to redevelop the land. Ichinose huffs that it's all hearsay, making Yagami bring up the Mole Killings involving the Yakuza, and how it's all a secret experiment with a fatal AD-9, even pointing out Hattori's article with physical evidence. Ichinose writes it off as gossip, but Yagami continues pointing out to the court that the reason AD-9 hasn't entered clinical trials is because they've been going on in secret since the drug is fatal to humans. Yagami brings up evidence: Shintani's phone call, which was spurned by Hamura to look into Shono. Ichinose snaps, finding everything nonsense, from Yagami to the court for allowing him to go on like this. Yagami interrupts him by asking him about Okubo. Ichinose writes him off as the killer Yagami let free, who corrects him that Okubo was framed both times by Shono. Ichinose demands evidence, which Yagami happily obliges thanks to last minute help...
One Month Ago...
The man removes his hood, revealing himself to be Hamura. Hamura first talks about Matsugane's funeral, believing that holding such a big funeral for so few people made it look like not a lot of people cared about him, and how he regrets he couldn't really attend as Kuroiwa was planning to kill him. Yagami wants to know why he's showing up now, so he congratulates Yagami for finding Shono's lab, something even he hasn't done. Yagami points out Ichinose has set up a cover up, so Hamura gives him something to settle accounts he owes Matsugane: Every conversation Hamura had with Ichinose recorded on his phone as insurance.
Present Time
Yagami plays one of the recordings Hamura gave him, it's of Ichinose berating Hamura for telling Shintani to call Shono, and orders him to have Kuroiwa deal with him out of his own pocket. At the end of the recording, Yagami explains to the court Kuroiwa is a Kamurocho cop as well as the Mole he mentioned. Ichinose counters that audio can be easily manipulated. At this, Yagami has Mafuyu bring in a witness: Hamura, who gives no reasonable doubt that the audio is real. Hamura then reveals Kido is now testifying as well, believing Ichinose and Shono have lost. Ichinose begs for Morita, but Mafuyu reveals that he's being arrested for corruption. Yagami points out to Ichinose he has no one to blame but himself for all the innocent people he pushed down in his rise. Ichinose gives a glare to Ishimatsu, who quickly leaves. Kaito, Higashi, and Sugiura chases after him, Yagami tries to find out what Ichinose is doing, but he doesn't get an answer. Yagami leaves, forcing a reluctant Hoshino to continue the case. With an approving smile from Saori, Hoshino is ready to finish the case. Yagami catches up to Kaito who manage to restrain Ishimatsu, who informs Yagami that Ichinose has put a hit on the Mole. Knowing how much their case hinges on Kuroiwa, Yagami and the others head out to find him before it's too late as the police takes Ishimatsu away. Back in Kamurocho, Yagami calls Mafuyu to find out if anyone knows where Kuroiwa is. She tells him that all she knows for sure is that there was a shooting in Theater Square. Sugiura stops the van a few blocks away and they start running the rest of the way, fighting through several Ministry thugs. The four arrive to a massacre, multiple thugs sprawled around dead, Yagami figuring he killed them before they could kill him. One is still breathing but heavily wounded. Yagami confronts him asks where Kuroiwa is. The man explains he's going to the ADDC and laments he's probably going to kill Shono and ruin everything. Sugiura thinks this is good, the bad guys are killing each other, but Yagami points out if Shono dies without confessing, Okubo will never be proven innocent and the case will go cold. Yagami calls Mafuyu to send the police to the ADDC while they head over. They arrive at the ADDC as it starts to rain and find the police scrambling in confusion due to contradictory orders. Inside, the four are attacked by several cops that are tricked by Kuroiwa into fighting each other. Kaito and Higashi continue fighting the cops after Yagami defeats Sakuraba, giving him and Sugiura a chance to go after Kuroiwa, who is killing scientists and cops along the way to Shono. They try to enter the Research Wing through the same walkway, but Kuroiwa shoots a gas tank that collapses it onto the street below, causing Yagami to be hit by a car. A disoriented Yagami and Sugiura enter through the garage elevator. As they get closer, Yagami starts to suffer from his injuries, especially after fighting Mashiko again. As they go deeper into the Research Wing, Yagami starts to hallucinate Okubo finding Waku's body, his visit with Shintani for Okubo's trial, and his time talking with Emi. As Sugiura walks ahead, Emi's hallucination goes up to Yagami and begs him to help Okubo and Sugiura. As she fades away, Sugiura doubles back and admits he heard Emi's voice. Confused, Yagami recovers from his injuries and they both head deeper into the facility. Eventually, they find Kuroiwa holding a gun to Shono's head, now dressed in his Mole raincoat and covered in his victim's blood. Yagami tells him revenge isn't the answer, but Kuroiwa laughs at this. Several police officers arrive but are killed by Kuroiwa, yet in the struggle Yagami and Sugiura get Shono away. But Sugiura was shot in the stomach. Yagami orders Shono to make sure Sugiura lives while he deals with Kuroiwa. Yagami confronts him, and Kuroiwa explains he stormed the ADDC to force Shono to finish AD-9 no matter what so that they can go down as heroes. Yagami calls him insane. Kuroiwa decides that Yagami will be the next subject, and when he dies, he'll gouge out his eyes. The final fight begins as the two get into a long fist fight that drags out into a lobby where Kuroiwa is thrown through one of the windows. However, Kuroiwa pulls himself out of the window and gets a second wind thanks to an adrenaline injector, resuming the fight. Against all the odds, Yagami wins his fight as Higashi and Kaito arrive with the police having sorted everything out. Sugiura gets everyone's attention that Shono is walking to them on his own. Kuroiwa tries to kill him with a knife, but Kaito stops him. When he doesn't stop, the police shoot him. Kuroiwa gloats that the experiments are over, with Shono suddenly agrees, telling him there's no more need. He pulls out a syringe, and explaining to Yagami it's a perfected AD-9. Shono starts to celebrate while Sugiura records him on his phone, exclaiming his miracle drug is a reality. Yagami simply asks him how many people has his miracle killed, to which he counters it'll save millions. Yagami points out he killed Emi and framed Okubo, people that had nothing to do with the cure. Shono admits he never wanted to kill anyone, but he felt he had to for AD-9. Meanwhile, at Ayabe's trial, Kido is on the stand and reveals an Awful Truth: The toxins in AD-9 are impossible to remove. He admits Shono had told him this yesterday, it's why he's testifying. Kido knew that Shono could never admit AD-9 had failed, that so much life had been wasted on this poison, so he felt he had no choice but to double down. Yagami calls Shono's motive bullshit, he murdered Emi so he wouldn't be in trouble, and that if he really cared someone else could've finished it so he wouldn't resort to murder. Shono snaps at this, calling AD-9 his drug, feeling he deserves to be the only one to finish it, and now that he is, he proves he was right...Right to do the horrible things he did. Shono prepares to inject himself, before explaining that growing up his mother was taking care of his dementia stricken grandparents before they all eventually died, including his mother. He injects himself, glad it won't harm anyone else. Suddenly, he starts to have a seizure, the reality of what he did overcoming him. Kuroiwa dies looking into his eyes, which have suddenly become an unnatural blue. At Ayabe's trial, Kido explains that the main symptom of the poison is that the entirety of the human eye turns blue, explaining why the eyes have to be removed. Shono dies with a painful scream, his face permanently contorted in pain.
Ten Days Later...
Yagami visits a clean shaven and more respectable Okubo at the detention center, who can't stop giving his thanks to Yagami. Yagami tells him that the retrial for Emi next week will be more of a formality thanks to Shono's confession. Yagami leaves, but shows him a guest: Sugiura. He leaves them to talk. At Genda's office, Genda notes that Shono and Kuroiwa are dead while Ichinose and Morita are now in jail, and Hoshino notes that the ADDC will be closing down, and Saori is mad that scum like Kajihira is winning in the end. Genda assures her that Kajihira is actually being investigated for his association with Kazami and unlikely to benefit from this. Afterwards, Genda notes that Hoshino and Saori shouldn't be dating at work. Saori wraps her arms around Hoshino's, making Genda laugh that nobody listens to their elders but realize it was because of their defiance against their elder in hopes of doing what's right was what lead to the satisfying conclusion. Genda looks fondly of the picture he and Matsugane took at Yagami's graduation. At Yagami's office, he's looking at the same picture, where Kaito tells him he doesn't mind if he becomes a lawyer again, and Mafuyu tells him it would be good for him to so as well. Yagami tells them both that he's not becoming a lawyer again. He explains a Lawyers job is to prove innocence, not find truth, and that not finding the truth is what lead to everything happening the last three years. He feels like if he became a lawyer again, he'd be spitting on that lesson. Also, Yagami doesn't really like wearing unflattering suits. Kaito and Mafuyu groans at this, until the office phone rings. Kaito answers, and finds it's a job to find a lost cat. He brushes it off, but Yagami wants to do it with gusto.
The end credits are of the duo relaxing while smoking before getting the cat and eventually she starts to wander in and out of the office to the duo's bemused frustration as they try to get her to stand still until they finally catch her.
