Aibou TV Season 4 Episode 11 - Dirty Mischief(汚れある悪戯)

Subtitle: Dirty Mischief(汚れある悪戯)

 An arrogant suspect calling himself Susanō(スサノオ) kidnaps Airi Kinosaki(城崎 愛梨), an employee at the main branch of Aoba Bank(青葉銀行本店), while she is out on lunch break. He then calls her supervisor, demanding they prepare 500 million yen(５億円 5 Oku-en). As proof that he kidnapped her, he leaves behind her cardigan and her company badge near the Seiyō-tei(西洋亭) Restaurant. The suspect doesn't care whether the bills are old or new, doesn't mind involving the police, nor seems to be worried that the police trace his phone calls. He asks that the money be loaded onto a helicopter. How does he plan to get away with the money?

During the first abduction incident, Superintendent Uchimura places the entire Keishichō staff excluding the Tokumeigakari pair on special alert - he seems to be determined to solve this crisis without their help. Can the Superintendent solve this case without the Tokumeigakari pair's help?

Some time after Ms. Kinosaki returns safely, the suspect next kidnaps Tetsuya Hatayama(畑山 哲弥), the youngest son of the Hatayama Zaibatsu. What does the suspect plan to do this time?

Miwako gets assigned to Teito Newspaper's Egypt station. Sergeant Kaoru proposes to her and hands her a half-filled marriage registration form before she leaves, asking her to think about it while she is in Egypt and finish filling out the form if she also wants to get married.

Characters appearing/mentioned in the story

Eri Kinosaki(城崎 愛梨) - 29 year old single employee who works at the main branch of Aoba Bank(青葉銀行本店) general affairs department. Her coworkers describe her as orderly, serious, and pedantic. She was the only-child when she lived with her family in Aomori(青森) though her parents have already passed away. She loves to read history books.

She was kidnapped while she was out of the office for lunch. After she is rescued, she says that she doesn't know anything about the kidnapper. She was grabbed from behind while walking a narrow alley, a shortcut to the local restaurant, and passed out when the kidnapper pressed a cloth soaked in some chemicals. When she regained her consciousness, she realized that she was tied, her eyes blindfolded, and her ears covered by a headphone playing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Her feet were free, but she was handcuffed, although the kidnapper cared enough to wrap some kind of cloth around her wrists first so that the handcuffs won't leave any marks on her wrists. She was surrounded by concrete, and it was cold but some source of heat was left in front of her to keep her warm. When she was found by the Tokumeigakari pair later, she only had her wallet and her glasses with her.

Later, Inspector Ukyō notices a few troubling details about Ms. Kinosaki's kidnapping incident. Before Ms. Kinosaki left for lunch that day, she took off her fashionable glasses and wore her older unfashionable glasses. The Inspector suspected that she deliberately switched her glasses, knowing that her glasses may break in the following incident. Inspector Ukyō also notices that her bathtub is dry. This is odd since he expected her to take a shower immediately after returning home if she really had gone through the kidnapping ordeal.

Hirabayashi(平林) - Manager of the general affairs department at the main branch of Aoba Bank(青葉銀行本店).

Jyūzō Morimura(森村 十三) - Chief clerk for the special investigative team at Investigation Section 1(捜査一課特殊班 Sōsaikka tokushu han) at Keishichō.

Tatebayashi(館林) - One of the police officers at Chiyoda Central Station command headquarters(千代田中央署 指揮本部 Chiyoda Chuuosho Kannai shiki honbu).

Takizawa(滝沢) - Maid at the Hatayama residence.

Tetsuya Hatayama(畑山 哲弥) - Junichirō Hatayama's youngest son and black sheep of the family. He is Susanō(スサノオ)'s second kidnap victim, who asked his family to prepare 500 million yen(５億円 5 Oku-en). The kidnapper told the family that he will pick up the money next day at 11 AM. However, when the money is delivered, the police discover that Tetsuya died from a heart attack. Oddly however, he was strangled with a rope after he died. There were no drugs found in his system. He was immobilized in the same way that Eri Kinosaki(城崎 愛梨) had been immobilized. At the time of his death, he had his driver's license, wallet, home keys, car keys, handkerchief, and a cellphone with him.

Tokiko Hatayama(畑山 富貴子) - Tetsuya's mother.

Junichirō Hatayama(畑山 純一郎) - Head of the Hatayama Zaibatsu and Tetsuya's father. He is well-respected in the business world for his management philosophies. His business includes renting buildings, developing resorts, and managing a restaurant chain. He has three sons, two with his first wife, and the youngest, Tetsuya, with his current wife, Tokiko. Even though he got a call from the kidnapper at night,he waited until the morning to call the police.

Shigeo Muramatsu(村松 繁雄) - Prosecutor.

Kōken Onoda(小野田 公顕) - The Superintendent Supervisor drops by Hana No Sato to talk to the Tokumeigakari pair about this case.