What's wrong?
Let's wrap it up. Kawai will be here in 15 minutes.
Everyone! I'm sure that's enough. Kawai-san must be tired. Correct?
Um, yes. I could use some rest.
What do you think, Aoyagi-san?
Why don't we skip the temple tour and head to the Sekiyo office?
Her identity's been confirmed,
and she even joined us for the property check.
- That should suffice. - No.
- I'd like to see inside the temple. - It's getting late.
We are purchasing part of a precious and protected land
from Kawai-sama and her ancestors.
It would be irreverent for us to seal the deal
without paying our respects in the main hall.
It may be surprising,
but our business values veneration.
We uphold our traditions.
Kawai-sama, would it be all right?
Yes.
Okay, that's great. Wonderful.
Welcome.
- Oh, let me help. - Thank you.
Whoa!
Wrap it up in ten minutes.
Land swindlers are members of real estate fraud groups
who pose as property owners trying to sell their land.
These fraud groups steal large sums of money using deceit and forged documents.
Land fraud groups contain a leader, negotiator, informer,
legal advisor, document forger, and imposter recruiter.
Each group member must possess precise and highly-advanced criminal techniques.
I'll make a right turn on route 15.
Huh? Uh, all right.
This is truly incredible.
I never knew such a sacred temple existed in the heart of Tokyo.
How do I put it? My soul feels cleansed.
Right?
- Oh, yes, absolutely cleansed. - Oh yes.
Is this the main hall?
Huh? Ah, yes.
There are Buddhist statues designated as Important Cultural Property here.
It's all right to see them, yes?
Uh, yes. That'll be all right.
Thank you very much.
They're just a bunch of statues.
Is something wrong?
Oh, not at all.
- You're okay? - Yes.
The door is stuck.
Sorry, it's quite an old building.
Perhaps the humidity? We'll help you.
- Of course. - Excuse me.
- Ready? - Push it to the sides? Two.
- Push. - Good, it's moving.
- Good, good. - Got it.
- Yes. - Push.
- Whoa! - Can we enter?
- Yes. - Thank you.
Thank you.
Oh.
Stunning.
We'd like to pay our respects.
So, gonna be here all day?
Kawai-san still has work to do here, so we should be on our way.
Wait.
I have one last thing I'd like to confirm with you.
You do?
Last week,
this letter was delivered to me.
MR. TAKASHI AOYAGI CERTIFIED MAIL
The sender seems to be you, Kawai Natsumi-sama.
What?
Could you please read it?
- What? - Excuse me.
It says we're being deceived.
That an imposter is trying to sell this land to us,
and this deal isn't genuine.
And this is a bald-faced lie. A scare tactic.
I'm sure you're aware of these things going around when a big deal's being made.
Of course I'm aware of that. Yes, of course it could have been a lie.
A sabotage attempt by a competitor of ours.
However, it also could have been written by Kawai-sama herself.
What the hell are you getting at? Insulting her?
- Because of this fake piece of-- - We have to check!
There's 11 goddamn billion yen at stake on this deal.
I apologize.
I haven't, um, been completely honest.
Those are not the Important Cultural Property.
What?
Follow me.
Please come this way.
Please come in.
The Statues of the Five Tathāgatas.
They are seldom shown to the public.
What you see here is the true Important Cultural Property.
I want you to memorize this, please.
- Buddha statues? - Yes.
Man, that's a lot.
I'm aware.
IMPORTANT CULTURAL PROPERTY FIVE TATHĀGATAS: NOT FOR PUBLIC
This is rare.
I'm sharing because I've chosen you
as the recipient of the sacred land we have kept for generations.
Our ancestral land.
I'm appalled by this letter.
Understand,
that letter is not something I would ever write.
With Buddha as my witness.
I understand.
Please forgive my disrespect.
I sincerely ask you all
to please make careful use of our land for the benefit of society.
We will. Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
And with that, we should go.
- Oh. - Kawai-sama,
- Let's go everyone. - Thank you.
- Let's go this way.
This is amazing.
Hurry. Abiru-san should be at your office.
I apologize about earlier.
I apologize as well, for raising my voice.
- We'll take taxis and head back. - Yes, please.
Again, thank you.
- Thanks so much. - Thank you very much. Yes.
- We'll close the gate, all right? - Oh, sorry! Just one moment, sorry.
I wasn't sure if you'd like these, but we brought you a gift.
- Oh! - Sweet bean yokan from Toraya.
- How very nice of you. - It's nothing. We'll be off then.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you again.
Reiko-san,
the door's open!
For your review.
On November 20th, at 2 p.m.,
in a room on the 34th floor of the Sekiyo House head office,
a sale and purchase agreement was sealed between Abiru Holdings and Sekiyo House.
Once sealed, they called a judicial scrivener
and their employee at the Legal Affairs Bureau.
Hello, we just sealed the agreement. How are things?
Confirming that your registration application is accepted.
Please settle the payment.
Our application for the ownership transfer has been accepted.
The application for registration for the land transfer was accepted.
The purchase price of 11.2 billion yen
had been made ready in four checks.
Abiru Holdings received the brokerage fee of one billion yen.
We, as the landowner's agent, received 106 million yen
for the miscellaneous expenses concerning the ownership transfer,
and 10.09 billion yen for the land.
With this, all the settlement procedures,
including the final settlement, were complete.
All confirmed.
We're truly grateful
that you let us acquire this sacred land.
From all of us, thank you so much.
Thank you so much.
This was a job well done.
Your hard work is appreciated, Takumi-san.
As usual, I'll send this money overseas to launder.
Please tell Goto-san and Reiko-san
that it will take some time before I'll be able to transfer their share.
Wasn't Takeshita-san supposed to be doing that?
No. It's my job.
Was it Takeshita-san?
Was he the reason Kawai came back from Okinawa so soon?
Was it because of this?
POPULAR KABUKICHO HOST MURDERED AT NAHA AIRPORT, OKINAWA
Please keep this in mind, Takumi-san.
It is not your enemy who can drag you down when you are about to reach your goal.
It is your own people.
Although, he did an incredible job until then.
Raise a glass as he moves on.
"A job so big we'll leave dead bodies in our wake," like you said.
Tsujimoto Takumi-san.
I know you're there.
I'm Kuramochi from TMPD.
We met at the cemetery.
I have something to tell you.
Please open the door.
I have something important to say.
It concerns your father, late wife and son.
Fine. You can listen through the door.
I found where Nishitani has been hiding.
He's the swindler who scammed you.
I learned the details of what happened.
"Nishitani" is his alias. His real name is Kazuma Saeki.
He's currently hiding in Manila, the Philippines.
Detention center?
Yeah, it's kind of like a prison, only a little nicer.
In the Philippines, it's safer for criminals who are fleeing
to stay in the detention center rather than a hotel.
If you give the staff money, you can eat good food, use phones and computers.
Saeki seems to have been giving directions from there
for some bank transfer frauds in Japan, and he has been raking it in.
I asked the guy I know to, uh, sneak into the detention center
to confirm Saeki's story.
- And the lines matched up all right. - What?
Remember I said that Saeki fled because he almost got killed?
And the guy who tried to do that
was this guy.
- Isn't this…? - It's Harrison Yamanaka.
Turns out the fraud that deceived Tsujimoto Masami and Takumi
was devised by Harrison.
Harrison tried to kill Saeki
after they had an argument over splitting the money.
Honestly, that guy's a lunatic.
Unlike us, money isn't what he wants.
Land fraud is just some kind of game to him.
His favorite part's killing the imposters and his associates once the job's done.
And he films it all. Can you believe that psycho?
My hands!
He was filming everything as he was chopping my hands.
A "fuck you" gesture's all I got!
That guy is not a human!
He's like an insane monster!
Don't you think Harrison knew?
That he knew about you from the beginning
when he asked you to become a land swindler?
Harrison is the one who destroyed your family. Don't you get it?
Takumi-san, I have no idea
what kind of land fraud you and Harrison are trying to pull off right now,
or if you already have.
Regardless,
I think Harrison is planning on killing you.
I'll leave the photo
and my business card at your door.
Call me when you're ready to talk.
KURAMOCHI SECOND INVESTIGATION DIVISION
In the end, what matters most
is whether you can keep the faith in yourself or not.
Some talk about things like data, precedents, compliance,
but anyone who relies on those things to dictate their success are all shitheads!
He's talking about you, Takesu-san.
Hold on! 'Cause I'll bet everyone here almost gave up.
I would never do that! No way!
Hold on, wait a sec.
I would never give up like that.
I used these legs right here, I found that piece of land,
I fought and won.
- Yes! - Give it up for our boss!
The best!
That being said, all of you really worked hard for this. Thank you!
Forever my boss!
Boss, to you!
Congratulations from the bottom of my heart!
Once again, here's to us, to Team Aoyagi! Cheers!
Cheers!
All right, let's celebrate!
- Everyone drink as much as you all want! - Thank you!
Hey. Having fun?
- Oh! Good evening, sir. - Good evening, sir!
I had a business dinner nearby, so I dropped by.
I see.
Congratulations. Excellent.
Thank you, sir!,
I'm going to recommend your promotion to director.
You'll be busy. Be ready.
- Yes, sir! - Good. I let the chairman know.
- Hey, who's that? - He is our company president.
- What? - Cool, right?
That's cool.
And our boss is going to be the next president after him.
- Seriously? - I know!
You all make sure to always support Aoyagi.
- Sir, we will! - Yes, sir!
Here. A gift.
It's for you all.
- Wow! - He gave us champagne for a job well done!
Thank you very much!
Tomorrow, you all can sleep in.
- It's all right. I'm headed out. - Thank you, sir!
Thank you, sir!
Let's drink this champagne!
Thank you. If you're offering?
It's true! Time to celebrate. Three glasses.
Thank you so much.
Hey.
See the land over there?
Huh?
See the dark patch just past the station?
I can't tell.
I snatched it for 11.2 billion yen.
That's hot!
Like that?
I did that.
Do you like that?
I conquered it.
I fucking won.
ONE WEEK LATER
Hi, Nagai-kun.
Oh, Takumi-kun. Hey.
Whoa, why's it so empty?
Oh, moving out.
The job we just did was kind of a big one, ya know?
- Right. - I'm leaving before the police get itchy.
Smart move.
I'll leave the little ones' food here.
- Oh, thank you. - Sure.
- Good girl. - And you? All good?
Well, Sekiyo's probably finding out their ownership request was dismissed.
I'd love to see the look on their faces.
Yeah.
Closer.
Okay. Great, let's set the benchmark there. Okay.
It'll work better this way.
- Is this-- - Never mind. I'll do it instead.
Oh, sorry.
- Excuse me. - Yes?
Excuse me. Can you tell me what's going on here?
What? Oh. Oh, a moment, please.
Excuse me! Over here!
It's someone from the temple.
Oh, thank you.
Give them space.
- Yes, may I help you? - Oh. I mean, uh…
- What are you doing? - Ah.
We're starting the survey of this plot today, and appreciate your support.
- Show her the schedule. - Oh, sure.
This is the time frame for the demolition.
We've also delivered this flyer to your neighbors. Here you are.
- Shall we? - Yes. Excuse us.
DEMOLITION NOTICE OF KOUAN-JI PARKING LOT AND FORMER FACILITY BUILDING
The first to third floor will be an eating area centering on restaurants and cafés,
the fourth to the 13th floor will have office spaces for lease,
the 14th to the 21st floor will be the hotel,
which does turn this into a commercial complex.
We'll also include cultural components, like a cinema and performing arts center.
We expect a greater number of clientele
by choosing not to limit our target demographics.
This area has been dubbed as the "southern gateway to Tokyo."
- But there has been no notable landmark. - What?
What do you mean?
Our Takanawa Project will provide that new landmark.
I'll tell him.
And lead to the revitalization of this area.
- Excuse me, Boss. - Not right now.
Uh, furthermore, Toranomon Hills--
Apologies. We'll take a short break.
Excuse us.
What do you mean, "police"? What the hell is going on?
They were panicked and didn't make much sense,
but Kawai-san called the police.
What? What are you trying to say?
- We should really head over there. - Boss!
The Legal Affairs Bureau just--
Come on, tell us!
The Legal Affairs Bureau contacted us and…
- And, uh-- - Just tell us already!
Our application for the ownership transfer
fell through.
I'm telling you, we bought this land. Why don't you know?
Who did you buy the land from?
From the landowner.
We've confirmed the owner's identity and signed the agreement.
Are you sure that's who you bought it from?
- Watch it! - Excuse me.
What the hell?
Boss. Boss!
Who is that guy?
- No, Boss, wait-- - Sir.
It's strange you haven't met her.
You're planning a property purchase for this amount
without a face-to-face confirmation of the landowner's identity?
I'm saying, what if this is some sort of land fraud?
What if this land isn't actually listed?
These documents, all of these,
what if they're fabricated and falsely representing the landowner?
Excuse me.
Um…
Kawai.
Is Kawai Natsumi-sama available?
Yes. That's me, you're speaking to her.
You are lying.
This person…
she's not Kawai Natsumi, right?
Uh…
- What? - Huh?
- You're not Kawai Natsumi, damn it! - Step back!
You're not Kawai Natsumi!
- Tell me you're not her! - I said, step back!
You're not.
You're not her.
Tell me that you aren't her.
Those shit bastards could never dream of handling that.
- I manage Kawai-sama's assets. - Maybe you shouldn't get too greedy.
- Kouan-ji. - 12 billion yen ?
Kawai-san is in a rush.
- That letter… - However, there will be a condition.
- …is not something I would write. - What?
Have the payment within two weeks.
Buddha as my witness.
Mm!
TOKYO METROPOLITAN POLICE
Hey, it's started.
HIT-AND-RUN NEAR KOUAN-JI
A hit-and-run? What's this?
Traffic accident in the Takanawa jurisdiction.
The victim, male, in critical condition, unconscious.
Possibly relevant to the crime report from Kouan-ji near the site of the accident.
The link between the Kouan-ji crime report and this incident
needs further investigation.
Well, we might get in trouble. We better move quick.
What are you gonna do?
I'll make you a passport if you're fleeing the country.
Nagai-kun,
can you do me a favor?
A FEW DAYS LATER
That Sekiyo case.
It's obviously gonna come to us, right?
- Nothing seems to be happening yet. - What?
I heard that Sekiyo hasn't filed a complaint yet.
- Well, why not? - No clue.
Seems like they're having internal disputes.
Hello?
Oh, hi.
Oh.
- Have you been doing okay? - I'm doing better.
- I think I have more check-ups though. - Oh.
I can't wait to get out of here.
The hospital food tastes so bad
it's driving me freaking bonkers up in here.
Then have this.
What?
- Oh, thanks! - Mm.
Oh!
Huh?
What?
- What's this for? - It's your share.
I can't. My boss will kill me if he finds out about this.
Just take it.
Takeshita-san won't answer your calls, right?
You also have hospital bills to pay. Right?
- Thanks, man. - Mm.
Seriously, Takeshita-san went, like, AWOL.
Is he dead or what?
Dead?
Yeah, maybe he overdosed on meth and died in the gutter.
Ah.
Mmm! Oh, man!
Mmm. Mmm.
Mmm.
Hey, what's your plan after this?
Hm?
You going abroad?
Mmm, yeah, I probably will.
Jealous!
Yeah, maybe I should try land swindling.
Think I could, if I trained a lot?
I wouldn't recommend that at all.
What?
I bet you don't think I can because I dropped out of school, don't you?
- Kick the ball! - Okay.
Up! Here! Kick!
Kick!
- Pass. - Pass.
Kick.
- Pass it. - Okay. Pass.
Hey!
Pass.
Sorry.
Something wrong?
Heading out of town?
Yes.
A midnight flight.
As usual.
Help me finish this?
Looks like it's going to be a long trip, so I thought I'd finish this one at least.
No thanks. I'll take a pass.
- My stomach isn't doing too well. - I understand.
We ran into rough waters this time.
Yes.
But thanks to you, we managed to end it quite successfully.
Once again, I appreciate your work.
Not at all.
How long has it been since you and I teamed up?
It's been five years.
Not too long.
In just five years,
we have come an incredibly long way.
If we were alone, we wouldn't be this far.
Although,
I personally think we can reach even farther.
A place so far ahead
that it's beyond our imagination.
You'll come with me, right?
With Goto-san and Reiko-san?
Well,
they both indicated their wish to make this their last job with me.
What'll happen to them?
Will they end up like Takeshita-san?
A penalty of some sort is probably in order.
A fact of life is that
to gain something, you must also lose something.
SPIRIT TABLET OF KENTA TANIGUCHI
IMPOSTER STOCK LIST YOSHIE TANIGUCHI
NEEDS FIVE MILLION YEN FOR SICK SON'S SURGERY
DELETE NOTE
Canada?
All of us?
Yeah. Come on.
We've saved up enough money to move.
From now on, I want to live in a country with lots of space.
I'm sick of this cramped country, you know?
Come on, you told me you wanted them to study abroad someday.
- I did, but it's a bit too sudden, Goto. - Don't they say you gotta seize the day?
Huh?
I better seize my poo as well!
Idiot.
- Where's the restroom? - It's in the back.
Ah.
Just like that.
You've been killing your associates and imposters like they don't mean anything.
What's going on?
My family included.
You knew all along.
Although, I had nothing to do with what happened to your family.
Your father is the one to blame, isn't he?
Wrong.
You made him lose his mind.
I can't really blame you for thinking that way.
But it was a coincidence that I invited you to become a land swindler.
Do you remember?
The first time we met in the hotel?
It seems to me like…
you have experience killing someone.
My instinct told me in that moment,
"Ah, this man must be cut from the same cloth as I am."
That is why I felt that I wanted to nurture you.
When I learned what your name was later on,
I was a little surprised to find out that you were the son of the man I swindled.
It made me feel that you were meant to do this.
You chose to become a land swindler
in order to find the man who drove your family to death.
It may well have been an agonizing choice for you to make back then,
but it was inevitable, wasn't it?
You became a land swindler because it was your destiny.
Your plan was to work as a land swindler in order to find this man.
I'm sure you had genuine intentions.
But tell me this…
We became a team, carried out a number of frauds.
You've deceived numerous amounts of people. You struck them down into hell.
As time passed,
you started feeling ecstasy from the very act of deception.
In the process, you've become
a true land swindler.
You're wrong.
I'll never…
be a real land swindler.
Oh.
Did you get that gun from Nagai-san?
What are you going to do with a toy like that?
I already did a test run.
You taught me to be fully prepared.
I'm going to kill you…
and turn myself in.
I'll tell them everything.
Oh, I see.
Sorry to hear that.
I wish that we had some more time together.
He asked for my advice a little while ago.
He wants to be a swindler.
So I'm giving him a test to prove his determination.
- Did I… Did I pass? - Yes.
Yeah, cool! Okay, I'll finish him off now.
Takumi-san, I'm sorry.
I guess this is well-made after all.
There's no way an imbecile like him could become a land swindler.
Right, Takumi-san?
You were supposed to be my greatest masterpiece.
Police! Harrison Yamanaka, put your hands up!
Right now!
Why hesitate?
Your dead partner
would have shot me.
The patient is stable.
I will check on their vitals again in about an hour.
MY OWN WRONGDOINGS LED TAKUMI TO PARTAKE IN LAND FRAUD
MASAMI TSUJIMOTO
SEKIYO SCAMMED IN 11.2 BILLION LAND FRAUD
Tsujimoto Takumi's confession to the police
exposed the full details of the Sekiyo House land fraud case.
The details, and the loss of 11.2 billion yen,
sent shockwaves throughout the country.
Every day, newspapers and news programs
were buzzing with numerous explanations of the unknown term "land swindler."
The media outlets revealed
the bold yet nuanced techniques of the land swindler group,
as well as their murderous brutality.
…for scamming Sekiyo House.
More so, what sparked the public's interest
was why Sekiyo House, one of the leading real estate developers in Japan,
was somehow able to be swindled out of an astounding 11.2 billion yen
so easily.
…the full details.
Once the fraud came to light, Sekiyo House immediately set up
an internal investigation team, under the leadership of Chairman Wadajima.
Abekawa bears a grave responsibility and is also responsible.
Interviews were conducted with all the employees involved in the incident
but they kept giving vague testimonials,
because Aoyagi, who was their boss,
the head of the division and the person in charge of this transaction,
was already deceased.
- …the president's agenda? - Aoyagi, the division head.
Later, a new third-party investigation team
that included the police was assembled.
Their investigation is still underway.
As a side note, of the 11.2 billion yen that was swindled,
we managed to retrieve one billion that was paid to the broker, Abiru Holdings.
The remaining ten billion yen the swindler group received
is yet to be retrieved and nowhere to be found at this point.
How are you feeling?
Uh…
All right.
No need to get up.
Uh… Appreciate that.
Has there been any progress at all lately?
No.
Not more than what's in the, uh, media.
Nothing new.
If there's anything at all I can do to help, you have my full cooperation.
Yes.
I will interrogate you thoroughly once you've been released from the hospital.
Got it.
Hey, uh,
can I ask you one question now?
Yeah.
During your five years as a land swindler…
what were you feeling?
I mean,
I'm sure you kept the motivation to have your revenge…
but you deceived and devastated a lot of people, correct?
There were many deaths too.
And yet, to me,
you don't seem like someone who can easily bear the outcomes.
The gravity of it all.
Harrison said to me that…
although I might have struck numerous people straight down into hell,
that he thought a part of me felt ecstasy from doing it.
I have never once felt
any ecstasy from swindling.
But…
I may have used it as a way to escape, a little bit.
Escape?
What land swindlers are best at
is building a world with lies.
It's all false.
It's a world that doesn't exist.
I wanted to escape…
Tsujimoto Takumi's world.
Escape from my reality…
and live in a world that I could only imagine.
Would you forget about your revenge?
Revenge wasn't something I could easily forget.
Even so…
the more I got involved in the job…
the more I swindled land…
a part of me became more invested in it,
truth be told.
It's not a job.
It's a crime.
You, the other land swindlers, and Harrison,
your crimes are unforgivable.
You're criminals.
Yes.
Have you…
Have you located Harrison?