Aibou TV Season 7 Episode 8 - Level 4~Part 1(レベル4〜前篇)

Subtitle: Level 4~Part 1(レベル4〜前篇)

 At the start of the episode, we see Sergeant Kaoru finish his morning run. At work, Inspector Ukyo notices that not only has the sergeant started to exercise more but also cleaned up his work area. Elsewhere, Akira Kosuge(小菅 彬) kills fellow researcher Kazuma Gotō(後藤 一馬) at the National Institute of Microorganisms(国立微生物研究所 Kokuritsu Biseibutsu Kenkyūjo), then walks out with a batch of extremely dangerous level four airborne virus. The airborne virus has a 100% infection rate and kill rate. There are no known vaccines nor any cures. Akira Kosuge is hiding somewhere within the city and invites Inspector Ukyō to play his "game." Can the Tokumeigakari pair track him down before the deadly virus is released? What is behind Sergeant Kaoru's sudden change in behavior?

Locations

Kokuritsu Biseibutsu Kenkyūjo(国立微生物研究所) - National Institute of Microorganisms, where the deadly virus was stored and stolen. This lab is a biosafety level 4 laboratory, designed to handle the most dangerous microorganisms in the world, though the public at large did not know about its existence.

Tōdai Igakubu(東大医学部) - University of Tokyo School of Medicine.

Tōdai Ikagaku Kenkyūjo(東大医科学研究所) - Todai Medical Research Facility.

Nyūyōku Shūritsu Daigaku(ニューヨーク州立大学) - New York State University.

Shinjuku(新宿) - Kosuge called Nagamine from a walkbridge in this city

Tōyō Shinsen (東葉新線) - Toyo Line, fictional train line with Yamato Eki as one of its stops

Yamato Eki(大和駅) - The fictional train station. Kosuge asked the Tokumeigakari pair to meet him in the station's waiting room located on the platform for lines 3 and 4 at 3:20 PM.

Shinagawa(品川) - Kosuge made is last cell phone call from this area.

Sodegaura Kichi(袖ヶ浦基地) - Sodegaura Base, Ichigaya Chūtonchi(市ヶ谷駐屯地) - Ichigaya Area - In order to prepare for the worst case scenario, a CH-47 twin rotor helicopter carried supplies from the Sodegaura Base to the Ichigaya Area.

Dejima Kagaku Kōgyō(デジマ科学工業)  - Kosuge used this company's former warehouse as his base of operations.

Other

CH-47  - The model type of the helicopter that was in flight at the time Kosuge made his final phone call.

Characters appearing/mentioned in the story

Akira Kosuge(小菅 彬) - 35 year old researcher at the National Institute of Microorganisms. He graduated from the School of Medicine(東大医学部 Tōdai Igakubu) at University of Tokyo, then continued his studies at Washington University. He then worked as an assistant studying virus infections at University of Tokyo Institute of Medical Science(東大医科学研究所ウイルス感染分野 Tōdai Ikagaku Kenkyūjo Uirusu Kansen Bun'ya) then worked as a researcher at New York State University where he was a member of the team of researchers who created a polio virus from scratch (funded by the Pentagon) before starting his work at National Institute of Microorganisms as a researcher three years ago. .

He stole a deadly virus sample which he calls "my children(我が子 waga ko)" from the lab in the National Institute of Microorganisms, killing Gotō in the process. He invites Inspector Ukyō to a game and first asks them to come to a waiting room on a train station platform. When he comes by the station riding on a train adjacent to the platform to see their faces, the Tokumeigakari pair are also riding the train having anticipated his move. But Kosuge also came prepared and escapes by threatening to break an ampoule containing the virus. In the next phase of the game, Inspector Ukyō plays the waiting game, ignoring Kosuge's phone calls. In the meantime, they inspect a black case Kosuge left behind while running away from Sergeant Itami. CSI Yonezawa tells them that powdered concrete was stuck to the bottom of the case. The inspector finally picks up Kosuge's call late at night, and the inspector then moves to end the game shortly afterwards.

Chisako Nagamine(永峰 千沙子) - Researcher working at the National Institute of Microorganisms. A few days before the incident, Kosuge told her that he wanted to release the virus to the world. On the night when Kosuge stole the virus, she saw him enter the research room alone past 9 PM. Kosuge called her cellphone right when she was answering Tokumeigakari pair's questions.

Kazuma Gotō(後藤 一馬) - 42 year old unmarried researcher at the National Institute of Microorganisms and former advisor to the Ground Self-Defense Force(陸上自衛隊 Rikujōjieitai) protection science Corps. Nagamine reported Kosuge's suspicious words to Gotō a few days ago. Nagamine also reported seeing Kosuge enter the lab alone to Gotō. Gotō went to check up on Kosuge, but Kosuge knocked him out. He suffocated to death when Kosuge caused a high concentration of formalin gas to be released in the lab. The system was in place to disinfect the air in case of earthquakes and fires.

Kunimitsu Yamagishi(山岸 邦充) - Minister's secretariat(大臣官房審議官 Daijin Kanbō Shingikan) for the Ministry of Defense(防衛省 Bōeishō) who offers "help" to Superintendent Supervisor Onoda. He is upset that the Keisatsuchō had treated the Ministry of Defense as a rank below the police in the past.

Kōken Onoda(小野田 公顕) - Superintendent Supervisor Onoda spends some time talking to Yamagishi this episode.

Shimota(志茂田) - Lead researcher who arrived at the scene of the crime with Nagamine.

Kojirō Katsura(桂 小次郎) - Director of the Institute of Microbiology who explained the dire situation to the press and then asked them to keep certain information out from their articles to prevent general panic.