Last week...
You'll be dead within a week.
Solving the mystery of the gold reserves is just one step away.
I have to prove that at least one urban myth has caused a crime.
- Morning. - Morning.
- Good morning. - Huh? What the-?
For the next three days, I'll be your bodyguard.
- He's going to protect your life. - That again?
Take care...
you'll be dead within a week.
The thing is, since then...
Dangerous things keep happening to you.
Like on the first day when you fell into that moat.
Only because I was trying to see a Kappa.
On the second day you were bitten by that dog, on the third day you had a strange fever,
Yesterday, if it weren't for me, you'd have been trapped under that steel...
It's just that my ability to sense danger has weakened a bit.
It's because of the magic spell, and there's still three days left.
You seem more worried than my sister,
and you're the one getting injured.
These are nothing, compared to Tsukiko's life.
Yeah, but you are overdoing it a bit.
- Look out! - Aagh! What?!
Stay away from the kitchen. There are sharp objects,
like knives and forks. It's dangerous. Please sit down.
- It'll be fine, Katsuura. - No, no.
Why are you filming me?
Look out!
Three more days...
and you plan to stay with Tsukiko until then?
Well, the thing is... I have work to go to.
Of course.
So while I'm at work, may I ask you all to act as her guards.
Guards? Us?
Please pay extra attention to Tsukiko-san.
- Of course, we accept. - Idiot!
Each detective
has to be able to look after themselves.
(phone)
Huh?
That's odd. You didn't know it was about to ring?
Indeed.
This must be the magic: she can't sense impending danger.
Hello?
What? A murder in the park?
- These are..? - It's a little disturbing.
Woah... you're right.
Ah, Tsukiko!.. and the rest of Tannai's team...
What have you found, Tsukiko?
We found his identity card.
Shinbori Saburo, 35.
Estimated time of death, around six o'clock this morning.
It seems he died from a blow to the back of the head from this stone.
Ah, okay. Take him for autopsy!
Sir!
What are these characters?
"Tsu, ru, ka"
What do you think that means?
Kagome, Kagome
Bird in a cage
When will you come out?
- Next. - What? Me?
In the evening of the dawn
The crane and the turtle
Yes. That's it, everyone.
Do you know that legend says that the nursery rhyme "Kagome Kagome"
actually has a deeper meaning.
Again with these stories?
The words crane and turtle
are said to refer to some hidden place.
Hidden? What?
The secret gold reserves of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Tsukiko, I hope this'll be short.
In 1868, when the Tokugawa shogunate stepped down
And Meiji government officials entered the castle vaults
they found them empty.
It is thought that the gold had been taken away
and buried somewhere in secret.
Oh yeah. I saw something about that on TV.
That's right. And the words of this song hold a clue to the treasure.
"Kagome, Kagome"?
The turtle and the crane are part of the decorations
of the Nikkou Toushou Guu shrine
But what's that got to do with this crime?
A lot. Look at the man's dying message.
"Tsu ru ka"
Tsuruka... Tsuru Kame! "Crane and Turtle"?
Right. I believe that's what this man was trying to write.
Seriously?
Look at this map.
The Nikkou Toushou Guu shrine is marked
Also Mount Akagi in Gunma prefecture.
It is suspected that the treasure is hidden in one of these two places.
- Really? - What's more...
this road leads to the Toushou Guu in Ueno.
Which is also rumoured to hide the buried gold.
Huh? Then...
Shinbori-san was looking for... the Tokugawa hidden treasure.
And that is why he was attacked.
- Shibayama! - Sir?
- Let's go. - Sir.
This incident...
may have the future of the hidden gold at stake!
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We're back.
Tannai-san.
Tsukiko may be onto something.
- In what way? - The late Shinbori-san
had a hobby of going out on weekends looking for treasure.
All his co-workers knew this.
he had two friends, and together they'd go searching.
Just as I thought.
So, what about these other two people?
Hmm, it seems they met on the internet.
First, I think I should meet them.
Otonashi! When doing a murder investigation, family and close friends...
are the first people you question, to get right to the heart of the crime.
- That's the celery! - You mean "theory"?
Well, Tannai-san, you go ahead.
My Gold Reserves Team will track down these two.
- Let's go, Katsuura. - Excuse us!
It was "theory"...
Is he really going to guard her for the next three days?
Forget them! Let's start our investigation by questioning those close to the victim.
- Let's go! - Yes, sir!
Hmm.
Aaaaaagh!
The three engravings!
Can this be the rumoured underground path from Souhyou Temple?
What's that?
There's a code showing the location of the hidden gold
somewhere in these three engravings.
Unfortunately the original copper plate has gone missing.
Ah. So these are them?
- Where did you get them? - These aren't genuine.
But you are police officers?
Ah, sorry. How rude of me.
I'm Officer Otonashi. This is my assistant, Katsuura.
Katsuura of the Identification Team.
I'm Narita. Please sit down.
Thank you.
So, you having something to ask me?
This is a great house. What do you do for a living?
I worked all my life in I.T.
But two years ago I set up my own company. That's also when I bought this house.
- Where did you get the money? - Tsukiko, isn't that a little abrupt?
At first I thought "no way" but when I saw your house...
My suspicions became convictions.
Suspicions? About what?
Don't play dumb.
Narita-san. You... found it, didn't you?
- What? - The gold reserves.
Whaat?!
That's how you can afford a house like this at such a young age.
No, that's a little...
These engravings are the real thing, aren't they?
- Where did you find the gold? - I haven't found anything.
What form was it in? Gold coins? Bullion?
If you're not here about Shinbori-san, then please excuse me.
- I have work to do. - Aaaah.
The proper questioning starts now.
What was your relationship to Shinbori-san?
I met him about ten years ago on the internet.
Sometimes at the weekend, we'd go searching for lost treasure.
That's about it.
At least give me a clue!
Is "turtle and crane" really a clue to the location?
I'm sick of your questions.
Well, he didn't seem pleased.
- Perhaps because he's guilty. - I guess.
People still say the location of the treasure is unknown
and I believe them. So obviously, he can't have found it.
But, about the murder...
Haruki says so too, so it must be true.
Okay! Let's go and see the other person.
- What did you just buy? - What?
Are you Mejiro Etsuko-san? I'm Officer Otonashi.
- Is this about Shinbori-san? - Is that a present for someone?
Or did you buy it for yourself? Did you get a bonus or something?
I can buy what I want for whoever I want.
Oh, of course. But, you see... I know...
Eh?
That's you found the gold reserves.
I went to see Narita-san. I even saw the three engravings.
Oh that. He bought that near Mount Akagi.
So the treasure is around there after all?
No, those engravings are fake.
From the start, I thought that such an engraving couldn't be true.
There's no reason for any encryption.
Why wouldn't it be split up and buried at every temple?
I see. So it's at the Toushou Guu in Ueno.
Ah, this is my assistant, Katsuura.
Katsuura, did you find out what Etsuko-san just bought?
I'm Katsuura, her bodyguard.
It was something for a man, costing about three million yen.
I knew it! You found the gold reserves!
Don't be stupid! I used my savings.
You met Shinbori-san on the net.
Yes. At first we wrote to each other on bullet-in boards.
Later, the three of us would me to go treasure hunting.
But I haven't been going that often recently.
Because you'd found what you were looking for?
No way!
There's probably no such thing as the gold reserves.
Stop fooling around.
Can I go now? My break is over.
It's a bit strange.
They said she'd also bought something expensive last week, too.
You see? I knew it!
Hey, Tsukiko-san! It's dangerous to run like that!
Tsukiko-san! Look out!
Assistant Commissioner!
You don't miss a thing, as usual, Tsukiko.
You!
We meet again!
You two know each other?
Well, you could say that.
What do you mean by that?
Please, tell us your name!
- Tsukiko- - Wait wait wait...
My name is Oguri. Oguri Ryutaro.
Oguri? Where've I heard that before?
You were seen in the vicinity of three murders of fortune tellers.
What were you doing?
Well, you see... I like to go for walks around the city.
Is that all?
But that case is already closed-
I've got it! Oguri...
Are you related to Oguri Kozukenosuke Tadamasa?
Oguri who?
You see...
- Oh wait! - We're a little busy.
- But, Takeshi! - Otonashi!
Just leave it be.
This is all connected, Katsuura.
Huh?
According to a colleague, the late Shinbori-san
had become more generous recently.
- In what way? - Before, he was the type
to divide the bill for drinks exactly, but recently he's been buying drinks for everyone.
- and his suits are tailor-made. - Where did he get this money?
We still don't know.
His bank account only has records of his salary payments.
Hey, hey hey, what's this? See? I told you so.
"Hey hey hey" she says,
but have you come up with anything new?
You might not like it, but...
do you remember this man?
The person we thought killed those fortune tellers?
This man is called Oguri-san.
So?
At the end of the Edo period, Oguri Tadamasa served as a magistrate.
They say he's the one who hid the gold.
Oguri... Oguri Kozukenosuke Tadamasa?
You've heard of him, Tannai-san?
Shibayama, you were in your university's mountaineering club.
When I was at school, I was part of a historical research club.
Then I shall keep this brief.
Oguri Tadamasa hid the gold reserves
to help restore the Shogunate, so it is said.
And the servants who helped were executed.
There's a theory this was an order from above
This way, there were no descendants.
It can't be...
If you think about it, it was a strange thing for Chihiro-san to say.
"You don't need money once you know where to get it."
Maybe, thanks to her mysterious powers
she knew about the hidden gold.
So if this person is Oguri's descendant, he must protect the treasure.
I have researched into it...
and I think Oguri-san,
even now, is responsible for guarding the secret location.
Is this stupid story all that you've got?
But, this person is no ordinary man.
He was in the Assistant Commissioner's car.
The Assistant Commissioner?
Also, he spoke to the Assistant Commissioner informally.
Now I think about it, when we first met at Masakado's shrine...
that was no accidental meeting.
That shrine was particularly important to Tokugawa Ieyasu
and so he's still maintaining that shrine.
The mountain at Takao had also been heavily protected by Tokugawa.
This man is patrolling the important places of the Tokugawa legacy.
The same places that they were looking
- for the treasure. - They?
The deceased Shinbori-san,
Narita-san and Mejiro-san.
Mejiro-san was buying expensive jewellery.
Narita-san's house was amazing.
Is all this true?
Yes. Because of this, the group split up.
But perhaps...
They took some of the gold without permission...
they awoke the 300-year old curse of the Tokugawas.
You think this is a curse?
In any case...
They just happened to find the gold reserves
which brought them bad luck.
Could everyone start investigating that possibility?
And what will you do?
I'm going to prove that the gold reserves existed.
That's my mission.
But the Shogunate was in financial difficulties, so they'd have no gold to bury!
Wow, there really are people with no imagination like you.
That's why if I find the gold reserves
it'll be all over the news.
- And you think you can find it? - Yun!
With such amazing news, it'll make everyone happy!
And so..!
I'll begin.
Tsukiko-san! It's too dangerous to go alone!
- Goodbye! - What should we do?
There's no way that gold exists!
Fine. Let's find out where Shinbori's money came from.
Tannai-san?
Another two days, and there's danger everywhere.
Every morning, it's "Danger danger danger." Give it a rest.
Ah, Katsuura?
Where are you two going so early?
Ah, good morning - aah!
Look out!
Katsuura!
You're definitely a jinx.
Are you okay?
Katsuura, I think it'd be okay for me to go alone.
Huh?
I'm going on an investigation. I'll leave him in your hands.
Tsukiko-san! Tsukiko-san!
I keep telling you, we never found any gold.
I understand. You don't want everyone to know.
But, for the urban myth community, the Tokugawa gold is
like a romantic dream.
For that reason, please tell me you found it!
You're funny.
Huh?
It must be nice having an interesting job.
Aah... It is. It's fun.
Such a good working environment.
No, no. You should meet my boss.
You can't call that a good working environment.
But you like your job, right?
This is what I want to do, but...
sometimes I feel like I don't know what I'm doing.
"What you want to do"...
I wish there was something I wanted to do.
Huh?
Somehow, everything seems like a chore.
Etsuko-san. Why do you say that?
- Mejiro-san. A moment, please. - Excuse me.
What?
Some police officers are here to see you.
Er... apart from her?
Yes. They said they had some important questions. They're in the board room.
I see. Sorry about this. I won't be a minute.
Of course.
The "Kagome, the turtle and the crane" thing was fun for a while.
Really it was.
Huh? Was that a clue?
Kagome, crane and turtle..?
- Damn. Call for back-up immediately. - Sir!
- Gohara-san, what's wrong? - That woman escaped.
- That woman..? - Otonashi!
Watch it!
What the hell are you doing in a place like this?
I guess you're here for the same reasons?
We found the source of Shinbori-san's wealth.
You know it too?
What are you talking about?
Mejiro Etsuko had been embezzling money from here.
She'd been seeing a host at a bar.
So, that was for the host.
Shinbori-san found out
and she'd been paying him to keep quiet.
So after he started blackmailing her, she killed him.
We think.
So, where is Mejiro Etsuko-san?
- She ran away. - Ran away?!
I've already called for back-up so she won't get far.
- Shibayama, let's go. - Sir!
This way.
Otonashi, you too.
Bring Tsukiko-san back immediately.
Look, we've got a suspect on the run.
But look at me!
If I hadn't been in the way, all of this would've happened to her.
Certainly, this week Tsukiko-san's seemed a little strange.
Katsuura, look after yourself too.
What are you doing here?
I'm here to give you this, Katsuura.
What is it?
A list of all the theories about the hidden gold throughout history.
And on internet forums, I found
many more cases.
You mean...
These are people who accessed a bulletin board about the gold?
- Hm. - But there are thousands.
Yes, but mostly, plans made on internet forums never go any where.
Recently there have been fewer people chasing their dreams.
Do you mean, that you keep this kind of record
As part of your job protecting the Tokugawa gold?
There it is!
We policemen do not believe in things like hidden treasures.
It's your right to believe or not.
That is what makes it an urban legend!
Tannai-san?
Tannai-san! Tannai-san?!
"In the evening of the dawn,"
"the crane and turtle slipped"
You seem happy, Katsuura.
Even since Etsuko-san escaped, things have got worse.
Because you safely got through another day.
"who is the face behind you?"
Eh? "the face behind you?"
Wait. Could it be...
- I've got it, Katsuura. - Huh?
The crane is a bird that flies south.
And I've heard that turtles can be used to mean "to the north".
So, look at this.
Nikko Toushou Guu and the Imperial Palace are linked by a north-south line.
If you stand here and look towards the palace
The palace is behind...
Sakuradamon.
Eh? The police headquarters?
Can you think of a safer hiding place?
So that explains why Oguri-san knows the Assistant Commissioner.
That reminds me, he came to our office.
Eh? The investigation office?
He gave me this.
A list of people who've used internet forums about the Tokugawa gold.
Hmmm.
Haruki's here.
Haruki0603. That's the name he uses online.
His birthday's on June the third.
So, Haruki also researched into the hidden gold.
That makes me want to try harder!
Wait. This name?
Where have I seen it before?
- Katsuura, could you give me a massage? - What?!
I've been running around trying to find Etsuko-san, and now my legs are all stiff.
Are... are you sure that's okay?
Well...
Here I go...
I'm back.
Yep, there you are. Bang on time. As usual.
Eh? Have I done something wrong?
It's okay, Katsuura. I'll get a massage from Miyako.
Then, I'll head back. Go back home.
Sorry for being a bother.
Thanks for having me.
I see. You want to search this building?
The gold reserves should be somewhere in the basement.
That's absurd!
If you've got that much free time, you should be looking for Mejiro-san.
Nope. No way.
Today, Tsukiko-san mustn't set foot outside.
- Huh? - It's the last day.
So far today, nothing dangerous has happened...
- but what if something did? - Otonashi will be fine!
It's the last day I want to hear about this power!
Now get back to work!
- Please keep a close eye on her. - Okay, I get it.
- Even when she goes to the toilet. - Eh?!
Could I have a moment?
- I can't take this any more. - Huh?
You know the power of words?
If you keep saying something negative it'll come true.
You keep talking about danger,
and before long something will happen.
So, you're saying I'm the cause of these things?
That's right. Solving the mystery of the gold reserves is just one step away.
Stop bothering me.
I see... I understand.
I'll stop worrying so much.
I don't know what'll happen.
Katsuura! Katsuura!
What a terrible person.
We just heard everything.
Katsuura, to think you went to all that trouble.
And what did she do?
"Crane and the turtle slipped"
she just sang to herself.
Turtle...
- Turtle? - Turtle?
- Turtle! - Turtle?
That's it!
The Tokugawa gold is hidden at Sakuradamon. Definitely.
But, I would have heard of that...
But since it is at the Police Headquarters
To hide it secretly would be impossible.
Unless they had some help from inside the police.
That's why someone would talk. I don't think the gold is hidden there.
If we found such a thing, none of us would say anything.
Not even her.
Etsuko-san wouldn't have had reason to embezzle.
Certainly, people who've found treasure have blackmailed others.
although it seems odd.
But she must've known something.
Before she escaped she said something to me.
The "Kagome, the turtle and the crane" thing was fun for a while.
Really it was.
I think she was giving me a clue to the location of the gold.
No, I doubt that.
It matches the dying message from Shinbori-san, too.
Dying message?
Shinbori-san wrote "Tsuruka" on the ground before he died.
What do you think he meant?
You can't run away any more, Narita-san.
This is definitely a hint to the location
of the gold, isn't it?
Is it okay if I just finish an errand?
Then I can tell you all about the gold.
Finally, I get to hear the true story!
Yeah... sure.
This is it!
The legend of the gold reserves... solved!
I knew it.
Ah, excuse me.
I'm waiting to see President Narito.
The president has gone out.
- Where did he go? - I'm sure I don't know.
I'm sure you'd remember if you thought about it.
Ah, this is a nice colour.
Your tie's crooked.
Katsuura? What are you doing down here?
Akiyama-san... don't scare me like that.
Katsuura!
- Your collar! Bent again. - I can fix it myself.
Got it. This is..!
Narita-san! Are you in?
Narita-san!
What is it, Katsuura?
"Tsukiko-san, I worked it out."
"The meaning of the message Shinbori-san left behind".
That's a clue to the place where the gold reserves are hidden.
"Wrong. They refer to names. Of people.
Huh?
"Tsuru" was the name of a person.
Of course!
"Tsukiko-san? Tsukiko-san?"
"Tsukiko-san!"
Tsukiko-san, where are you now?
I'm at Narita-san's house.
She hung up.
She hung up on me! What do I do now?
My battery ran out!
This woman was working in a credit union around here.
Do you know her?
Oh, it's mine.
- I've seen her a few times, - Where?
Hello.
Ah, Gohara-san. What it is?
We've apprehended Mejiro Etsuko-san.
I true I was being blackmailed by Shinbori-san.
To keep him quiet about the money. But I never killed him.
But keep searching for Shinbori-san's killer.
Thanks for your hard work.
- Tannai-san. - Shibayama, we were beaten to it again.
Was that Gohara-san?
Who is it now?
- Hello? - This is bad. It's Tsukiko-san.
You again? What's up?
"I think Tsukiko-san may have been killed."
What did you say?
Narita-san?
You're starting to get on my nerves.
The last words that Shinbori-san wanted to write...
were "Crane is the killer".
The crane being you.
On a map in his possessions...
we found a map with "Turtle 1977" written on it.
That was the name Shinbori-san used on an internet forum.
The forum had been deleted, but we were able to restore it.
When you met on the internet...
You'd used names taken from the nursery rhyme.
"Kagome", "Crane", and "Turtle".
Shinbori-san was the turtle. Etsuko-san was Kagome.
And so, Narita-san...
You were the crane.
So you got that far...
Tsukiko?
- No idea. - There's no one inside.
Maybe, Tsukiko is already..?
If I hadn't made her angry, we'd have been together...
- Snap out of it! - But today's the last day...
I don't believe in prophecy or fortune telling.
I only trust my intuition.
Even if it has gotten a bit slow recently.
But when it comes down to it, it's always right.
- Tannai-san. - My intuition...
tells me that Otonashi is still alive somewhere.
What's more, she's somewhere near here.
We'll search the area and get her back!
- Okay, let's go! - Sir!
- Let's try this way. - Okay.
Why can't I focus on the case?
This belongs to Tsukiko-san.
What are you going to do?
Escape. Somewhere abroad.
But your company?
This weekend they'll discover it's 10 million yen in debt
- And about to go bankrupt. - Huh?
So you can see why I needed the money.
So, you couldn't wait any more...
I didn't know about Etsuko-san stealing from her company.
Nor did I know about Shinbori-san blackmailing her.
So...
So you came to the same conclusion as me.
Shinbori-san must have found the gold reserves.
What? You think I have the gold?
How else could you become so rich recently?
No way. That's not it.
I need the money. 10 million by the end of the week.
So where is the gold? Is it near here?
Why else would you be out
so early in the morning?
It's my day off
I thought I could make more progress searching alone.
Is it in here?
Do you have a map to the treasure here?
- What are you doing? - Even a clue..?
Anything at all! Don't keep it to yourself!
Get off me!
But inside Shinbori-san's rucksack
you couldn't find any new clues.
Three people started out on a treasure hunt
but eventually
there was nothing romantic about the way it ended.
I can still escape!
I have a basement that no one knows.
Once I kill you, I can hide your body.
But I still haven't been able to prove one yet!
What?
I have to prove that at least one urban myth has caused a crime.
When I thought the gold had been found, I thought I'd finally done it.
Hm. It's a shame.
I researched all sorts of myths, too.
But one by one, each turned out to be just stories.
No...
you just didn't try hard enough.
To find the unexplained.
Tsukiko-san!
Katsuura!
Tsukiko-san!
Katsuura!
Huh?
Katsuura, look out!
Otonashi!
Are you okay?
Narita! Give up!
There was a fingerprint on the stone used as a weapon.
Yours should match.
Narita Ryoichi, I'm placing you under arrest.
Phew.
- How can you say "phew"- - Why do you always
try to do everything by yourself?
You might really have been killed this time.
That's the first time.
The I've seen you get angry.
Is that all you can say?
But now I understand
Katsuura is looking out for me.
I left a trail of clues
that I knew you'd notice.
Tsukiko-san.
Thank you, Katsuura.
Thanks.
- Thank you! - Tsukiko, that hurts...
- Shibayama. - Sir?
- Let's go. - And Otonashi?
- She can stay. - Sir.
Ah, do you want to go for a meal tomorrow?
A mean for two?
- Just two. - Okay!
Ah... a message...
Huh? Oh, it's mine.
It's from Mariko.
Huh?
Is your wife coming back?
You keep out of it!
Looks like my help wasn't needed after all.
No reason for us to come all this way.
Until now, only one person has managed to find the gold reserves.
That wouldn't be Haruki, would it?
That's right. He told Tsukiko about it, which got her interested.
Chasing rumours... She's an interesting woman, is Tsukiko-san.
You can say that again.
I knew it. This is...
an urban myth... come true!
So you found it, then?
Takeshi dear.
Now that you know all about it...
Tsukiko, dear.
No... Tsukiko!
Sorry I'm late.
My sister has had to go to America.
As part of the personnel exchanges with the FBI.
I see. So you came instead.
That's fine. Just fine. Do you want to eat?
You should eat a lot, right?
Since you're still growing. Eat what you want.
If Tsukiko doesn't want to have a meal with me, she could think of a better excuse.
- Shh. - Who's that?
Quiet!
- Who is it? - FBI.
- Huh? - Nice to meet you.
My name is Jodie Crone.
You speak Japanese.
She's the real thing. Languages are no problem for her.
So Tsukiko-san really went to America?
She's flown the nest!
Good evening?
"Do you know this legend?"
That voice..? Is this Haruki?
"It's not very well known but
they say that alligators live
in the sewers of New York."
Do you mean... this incident...
It's heeeere!