Subtitle: The Price of a Life(命の値段)
Kiichi Kanda(神田 喜一), the head of the Kanda Group, calls the police from Jinsei Alley(人世横丁) in Ikebukuro(池袋) and tells the operator that he just killed a man. During the interrogation, he says that he was dead drunk and doesn't remember what happened. Inspector Ukyō realizes that by the time Kiichi made it to any bar in Jinsei Alley(人世横丁), all the bars would have been closed. Why did Kiichi lie?
Other characters appearing/mentioned in the story
Kiichi Kanda(神田 喜一) - 54 year old leader of the Kanda Group(神田グループ) who confessed to murdering Kubota. He married into the Kanda family and changed his name from Kamiya(上谷).
Reiko Kanda(神田 礼子) - Kiichi's wife.
Yōichirō Kanda(神田 陽一郎) - Kiichi and Reiko's eldest son, 24 years of age, who died in a boating accident. He was on a fishing boat when a motor boat lost control and and ran into his boat. His family received a life insurance settlement amount of 295 550 000 yen.
Mariko Tsuji(辻 真理子) - Owner of Bar Mariko(バー真理子). She knew that Kanda's former name was Kamiya.
Atsushi Tsuji(辻 篤志) - Mariko's 24 year old son who died in the same accident as Kiichi. He was riding the motor boat that went out of control due to poor maintenance. Five people were injured in the accident, and two people died, including him. His mother was offered a life insurance settlement amount of 26 900 000 yen.
Kubota(久保田) - The murdered insurance company representative who was in charge of the out-of-court claim settlement of Yōichirō Kanda's death. He did not meet face to face with Kiichi Kanda before he was murdered, but negotiated through Kiichi's lawyer. He was also in charge of settling claims with Atsushi Tsuji(辻 篤志), which is still ongoing.
Kazuhisa Yanase(柳瀬 和久) - Kubota's boss.
