Subtitle: Pill Eater(ピルイーター)
A man and his lover are found together dead in a room in Shinagawa Palace City Hotel(品川パレスシテイホテル) with a string wrapped around and connecting their fingers. Both of their carotid arteries had been slit. The man was General Inspector Ōkōchi's subordinate. Was it a lover's murder-suicide or was the scene altered to make it look that way?
Other characters appearing/mentioned in the story
Tetsurō Minato(湊 哲郎) - General Inspector Ōkōchi's confidant and 33 years old inspector general(監察官) who worked in the police affairs department personnel first Division at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department(警視庁警務部人事第一課).
Kyōko Minato(湊 杏子) - Tetsurō's wife.
Rika Nakamura(中村里香) - A 24 year old part time worker at the pub Yū. She was found dead with Tetsurō.
Yamakishi(山岸) - Public relations manager(広報課長).
Murai(村井) - General manager(総務部長).
Abe(阿部) - Director of police administration(警務部長).
Sakamoto(坂本) - First HR Manager(人事第一課長)
