10 - Drowning in a Dry Room [Part 1]

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SIGN    13th March (Thursday)
[00:06] Yu
    Huh?
SIGN    Appointment Order
SIGN    Takanashi Yu
SIGN    Starting 1st April, 2025
SIGN    
       You will be relieved of your current position 
      and ordered to work at Junsei Medical University 
    Hospital in the Department of General Medicine.
SIGN    27th February (Thursday)
SIGN    This anime is a work of fiction and has no relation to any actual person or organization. The medical
    procedures and equipment used in the show may vary from what is used to treat individual symptoms.
[00:35] Kojiro
    Hurry up!
[00:36] Clerk
    It won't open. It's locked.
[00:39] Kojiro
    Damn it. Brother, hurry up!
[00:42] Kojiro
    It's locked and won't open.
[00:48] Daiki
    Save me...
[00:50] (Flashback) Ryuichiro
    Daiki?
[00:52] Daiki
    Your study...
[01:00] Ryuichiro
    Duh...
[01:02] Ryuichiro
    Daiki.
SIGN    Internal Line: 05 Reception Room
SIGN    Call Ended
[01:16] Kojiro
    He's in cardiac arrest.
[01:18] Kojiro
    What?
[01:18] Kojiro
    We need to resuscitate him.
[01:20] Kojiro
    Call for an ambulance.
[01:21] Clerk
    Y-Yes, sir.
[01:24] Kojiro
    One, two, three, four—
SIGN    Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
SIGN    Department of Investigative Pathology Office
[03:05] Takao
    What's the meaning of this, Kotori?
[03:08] Mazuru
    Dr. Takanashi must finish his
    contract term by the end of March,
[03:14] Mazuru
    and return to the university hospital.
[03:17] Takao
    Why do you have to go back?
[03:20] Yu
    In the General Medicine Department
    of my parent hospital, Junsei Medical U,
[03:25] Yu
    one of the doctors has unexpectedly
     become unable to work.
[03:28] Yu
    I've been called back to fill in.
[03:31] Takao
    What? Why is he suddenly unable to work?
[03:35] Yu
    I heard he got caught up in something.
[03:39] Takao
    Jeez. Is the move set in stone?
[03:43] Yu
    Yeah, pretty much.
[03:46] Yu
    It should all be officially
    confirmed next week.
[03:49] Mazuru
    A different doctor will come to
    replace him at the beginning of April.
[03:55] Yu
    Um, Dr. Takao.
[03:58] Yu
    I'm sure the new doctor will support you,
     so you don't have to worry—
[04:03] Takao
    Someone like you...
[04:07] Takao
    You should just go back to
    the university you came from!
[04:10] Takao
    No more of this birdbrain
    slowing me down? What a relief!
[04:13] Mazuru
    Takao!
[04:13] Yu
    Who are you calling a "birdbrain"?
[04:15] Takao
    Little birds have brains to match,
    so what's the problem?
[04:18] Takao
    I don't even want to see your face!
[04:20] Takao
    So just hurry up and get out of here!
[04:27] Mazuru
    I'm so sorry about Takao's attitude.
[04:30] Yu
    Oh, don't be.
[04:32] Mazuru
    I think Takao's really anxious
    about you leaving, Dr. Takanashi.
[04:38] Mazuru
    Working with others is tough for her.
SIGN    Tenikai General Hospital
[04:52] Mai
    Dr. Kotori!
[04:55] Yu
    Konoike?
[04:55] Mai
    What's going on? You're quitting
    our hospital at the end of the month?
[04:59] Yu
    Calm down, will you?
[05:00] Mai
    How can I be calm?
SIGN    Heart Disease Exam
SIGN    Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening
SIGN    Sleep Apnea Syndrome Testing
[05:03] Yu
    There's nothing I can do.
    My department ordered me back.
[05:07] Yu
    More importantly, how did you hear about it?
[05:10] Mai
    I got a call from Dr. Takao late last night.
     She was super angry.
[05:18] Yu
    What is it?
[05:20] Mai
    Do you plan to just abandon Dr. Takao?
[05:25] Yu
    I'm not abandoning anyone.
[05:28] Mai
    I feel like the two of you
    are a really great duo.
[05:34] Yu
    A great duo, huh?
[05:40] Yu
    A message?
SIGN    March 14th 2025
SIGN    From Ameku
    Takao
SIGN    Come to the house
     now. ASAP!
[05:43] Mai
    Dr. Takao?
[05:48] Takao
    Took you long enough.
[05:50] Yu
    Um, sorry about that.
    The emergencies kept coming—
[05:53] Takao
    Kuwata Seiji.
[05:55] Yu
    Huh?
[05:56] Takao
    I said, Kuwata Seiji.
[05:58] Takao
    That's the doctor who got into some kind
     of trouble and now can't work, yes?
[06:03] Yu
    Y-Yes, that's right.
[06:06] Takao
    Your senior at Junsei Medical
    University Hospital, Kuwata Seiji,
SIGN    Chairman Suspected of Concealing Murder Case
SIGN    Chairman and doctor of Kuwata General Hospital
SIGN    suspected of improper treatment and procedure
SIGN    unnatural death
[06:10] Takao
    is currently implicated in a murder case.
SIGN    at Kuwata General Hospital
SIGN    suspected of murder and the doctor
[06:13] Yu
    What?
[06:14] Takao
    He hasn't been arrested yet,
[06:16] Takao
    but he's been taken in for questioning.
[06:19] Yu
    What? No way.
[06:21] Takao
    On top of that, it doesn't seem
    to be your average murder case.
[06:27] Takao
    It's a locked-room mystery!
[06:33] Yu
    So where do you want to go?
[06:36] Takao
    Take a look at this.
SIGN    m 182 293.5 l 182.5 289 161 225 210 63 417.5 128.5 348 352.5 182 298.5 182.5 296
SIGN    Chairman of General Hospital in Tokyo 
    Suspected of Concealing Murder Case
SIGN    On the 12th, the Metropolitan Police's 
    Tanashi Station referred for 
    prosecution Dr. Kuwata Ryuichiro (70),
    chairman of Kuwata General Hospital.
SIGN    He is suspected of violating the Medical 
    Practitioners' Act by failing to report a 
    possible unnatural death to the police.
    
    Suspect Dr. Kuwata has denied this claim.
[06:38] Yu
    "On the 12th, the Metropolitan
    Police's Tanashi Station
[06:41] Yu
    sent documents to the prosecutor's office
     on suspect, Dr. Kuwata Ryuichiro,
[06:44] Yu
    chairman of Kuwata General."
[06:47] Yu
    "He is suspected of violating
    the Medical Practitioners' Act
[06:50] Yu
    by failing to report a possible
     unnatural death to the police."
[06:54] Takao
    The one who died unnaturally
    is the victim in this murder case.
[06:59] Takao
    Kuwata Seiji's father, Kuwata Ryuichiro,
     was present at the time of his death.
[07:05] Takao
    We'll go get the details from him.
[07:07] Yu
    I'm surprised you got
     an appointment with him.
[07:10] Takao
    Well, he's a doctor himself, right?
     Seems he's heard rumors about my genius.
[07:14] Yu
    I see.
[07:16] Takao
    He sounded pretty eager for us
    to come and prove his son's innocence.
[07:37] Ryuichiro
    It's all his fault.
[07:39] Ryuichiro
    He's messed up everything.
[07:42] Yu
    Um, excuse me, but who are you referring to?
[07:47] Ryuichiro
    Kuwata Daiki. My deceased eldest son.
SIGN    Kuwata General Hospital Chairman
    Kuwata Ryuichiro
[07:50] Yu
    Huh? So the victim was
    Kuwata-senpai's older brother?
[07:55] Ryuichiro
    Yes, that's right.
[07:57] Takao
    Tell me about Kuwata Daiki first.
[08:00] Ryuichiro
    He was just a brainless thug.
[08:03] Ryuichiro
    I went to great lengths to enroll him
     in a prestigious school,
[08:07] Ryuichiro
    but not only did he fall in
    with a bad crowd in high school,
[08:11] Ryuichiro
    he got expelled for threatening
     a fellow classmate for money.
[08:15] Ryuichiro
    After moving out, he kept
    coming back just to ask for money.
[08:21] Ryuichiro
    Since there was no end to his requests,
    I eventually stopped giving in to him.
[08:26] Ryuichiro
    So he snuck into my study to steal cash,
    checkbooks, even the deeds to the house.
[08:36] Yu
    Did he succeed?
[08:38] Ryuichiro
    No, a servant caught him in the act
     before he could take anything.
[08:40] Servant
    What are you doing?
[08:42] Ryuichiro
    I hit him on the spot
    and cut all ties with him.
[08:48] Ryuichiro
    I didn't see Daiki for years after that.
[08:53] Takao
    What caused Daiki to go off
     the straight and narrow?
[08:58] Takao
    Wasn't there some reason behind it?
[09:01] Ryuichiro
    I see no need to tell you about that.
[09:04] Takao
    Whether it's necessary or not
     is up to me to decide.
[09:10] Ryuichiro
    Just after he started high school,
    Daiki's mother ended her own life.
[09:17] Takao
    So his mother committed suicide
    and the shock of it caused him to rebel?
[09:23] Takao
    You called her "Daiki's" mother just then.
[09:27] Takao
    Does that mean Seiji and Daiki
     had different mothers?
[09:33] Ryuichiro
    Yes.
[09:34] Ryuichiro
    Daiki and Seiji are half-brothers.
    Another woman gave birth to Seiji.
[09:41] Ryuichiro
    My wife grew mentally unstable
    when she found out and took her own life.
[09:49] Takao
    Did you marry Kuwata Seiji's
     mother after that?
[09:54] Ryuichiro
    I remarried about a year
    after the passing of my first wife.
[09:59] Ryuichiro
    My second wife passed away
    from cancer three years ago.
[10:05] Takao
    Okay, now tell me about the day in question.
[10:10] Ryuichiro
    That day, we were celebrating my 70th,
    as well as my hospital's 35th anniversary.
[10:19] Ryuichiro
    But Daiki suddenly appeared.
[10:22] Yu
    Was Daiki-san invited?
[10:25] Ryuichiro
    Of course he wasn't.
[10:27] Ryuichiro
    I don't even know how
    he found out about the event.
[10:33] (Flashback) Assembly Member
    Allow me to offer my congratulations.
[10:34] Clerk
    U-Um, you can't go in.
[10:35] (Flashback) Ryuichiro
    Thank you very much. You've always taken—
[10:36] Daiki
    Can it.
[10:39] (Flashback) Daiki
    Old man! Long time no see.
[10:43] (Flashback) Ryuichiro
    Daiki?
[10:46] (Flashback) Daiki
    Pretty arrogant of you
     to be partyin' like this.
[10:50] (Flashback) Daiki
    Especially after disownin' your own son.
[10:53] (Flashback) Daiki
    On top of that, my mother died 'cause
    this man had a child with another woman.
[11:00] (Flashback) Daiki
    The real kicker is he made her his 
    second wife and kicked me out of the house.
[11:05] (Flashback) Daiki
    This guy's a scummy human being!
[11:10] (Flashback) Daiki
    Hey, don't you guys all agree?
[11:14] (Flashback) Seiji
    Brother, stop.
[11:16] (Flashback) Daiki
    Huh?
[11:17] (Flashback) Daiki
    Don't order me around, Seiji.
[11:24] Yu
    Huh? Was Kuwata-senpai all right?
[11:27] Ryuichiro
    No, not at all.
[11:30] Ryuichiro
    He lost a lot of blood from that head wound.
[11:33] Ryuichiro
    That's why I ordered Seiji to go get
    treated immediately at our hospital.
[11:38] Ryuichiro
    Then, I kicked Daiki out of the party hall.
[11:41] Yu
    Did he go silently?
[11:44] Ryuichiro
    He caused a ruckus to start with, but he left
    when I threatened to call the police.
[11:51] Ryuichiro
    I was planning to use that party to announce
     that I would be retiring in a few years,
[11:56] Ryuichiro
    and that Seiji would take over as chairman.
[12:02] Ryuichiro
    And yet...
[12:04] Ryuichiro
    He ruined everything.
[12:07] Yu
    The incident happened right after that, yes?
[12:10] Ryuichiro
    Yes.
[12:11] Ryuichiro
    While cleaning up after the party,
    the house phone rang.
[12:12] Ryuichiro
    Good grief. He never stops making trouble.
SIGN    Internal Line
SIGN    Study
SIGN    Connected
[12:17] (Flashback) Ryuichiro
    An internal call?
[12:20] (Flashback) Daiki
    Save me...
[12:22] (Flashback) Ryuichiro
    Daiki?
[12:23] (Flashback) Daiki
    Your study...
[12:28] Ryuichiro
    Just in case, I took a few people
    with me to the study.
[12:32] Yu
    A few people?
[12:34] Ryuichiro
    My little brother and medical director
    of Kuwata Hospital, Kojiro,
[12:40] Ryuichiro
    and one of the hospital clerks.
[12:43] Ryuichiro
    I wasn't feeling too good. I fell behind
     and got there a little after them.
[12:46] Kojiro
    Hurry up!
[12:48] Clerk
    It won't open!
[12:49] Ryuichiro
    We unlocked the door and entered, but...
[12:53] Ryuichiro
    Daiki had collapsed in
    the middle of the room.
[12:57] (Flashback) Ryuichiro
    Duh... Daiki.
[12:59] Ryuichiro
    He was in cardiac arrest.
[13:03] Takao
    So this is the scene of
    the locked-room murder, huh?
[13:06] Ryuichiro
    Kojiro immediately started
    chest compressions,
[13:12] Ryuichiro
    and he was taken to the emergency room,
    but he died early the next morning.
[13:17] Yu
    Afterwards, you wrote on his death certificate
     that he'd died from an illness,
[13:21] Yu
    and had him cremated.
[13:23] Ryuichiro
    Yes.
[13:25] Yu
    In a situation like that,
[13:27] Yu
    you know the Medical Practitioners' Act 
    requires you to contact the police first.
[13:31] Ryuichiro
    I didn't.
[13:33] Ryuichiro
    I haven't practiced in a long time,
    so I didn't remember the law too clearly.
[13:40] Takao
    But why did the police
     launch an investigation?
[13:44] Takao
    You didn't report an unnatural death.
[13:46] Ryuichiro
    It was an internal complaint.
[13:49] Yu
    An internal complaint?
[13:50] Ryuichiro
    Someone whispering nonsense to the police.
[13:55] Ryuichiro
    They claimed someone had killed Daiki
    and I was trying to hide the evidence.
[14:04] Takao
    Is this room usually locked?
[14:08] Ryuichiro
    No, it's possible for anyone
    in the house to enter this room.
[14:14] Ryuichiro
    Only Seiji and I have the key to this room.
[14:21] Takao
    Yet this door was locked on
    the day of the incident, correct?
[14:27] Ryuichiro
    Yes. It was definitely locked.
[14:31] Takao
    When you found Kuwata Daiki on the floor,
    what position were the window locks in?
[14:36] Ryuichiro
    They were all latched.
    The windows were all closed.
[14:41] Takao
    So it really was a completely locked room.
[14:46] Takao
    Why did Kuwata Daiki's heart stop?
[14:49] Takao
    Did he have any obvious external wounds?
[14:52] Ryuichiro
    Daiki likely died by...
[14:57] Ryuichiro
    drowning.
[14:59] Yu
    He drowned?
[15:00] Yu
    Huh? H-Here?
[15:03] Takao
    I see.
[15:05] Takao
    So the eldest son who was
    kicked out of the party hall
[15:09] Takao
    was found here in a locked room,
     drowned to death.
[15:18] Takao
    Talk about interesting.
SIGN    Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
[15:26] Yu
    How could he have drowned in here?
[15:29] Ryuichiro
    I don't know.
[15:30] Ryuichiro
    But Daiki's mouth was full of water,
[15:34] Ryuichiro
    and he coughed up a fountain when
    Kojiro started doing chest compressions.
[15:41] Yu
    Um, why was Daiki-san in this room?
[15:44] Ryuichiro
    He likely wanted to vent his anger
    from being kicked out of the party
[15:47] Ryuichiro
    by stealing something from the study.
[15:51] Takao
    You're wrong.
[15:54] Ryuichiro
    What do you mean?
[15:56] Takao
    At the very least, when you saw
    Kuwata Daiki collapsed on the floor,
[16:00] Takao
    you thought of something else.
[16:05] Takao
    You probably thought Kuwata Seiji
    had drowned his brother in revenge,
[16:10] Takao
    and dragged his body up here. Didn't you?
[16:13] Yu
    Huh? Kuwata-senpai?
[16:16] Takao
    Only you and Kuwata Seiji
    have keys to this room.
[16:22] Takao
    That's why you risked ignoring
    the Medical Practitioners' Act
[16:26] Takao
    by documenting his
    cause of death as illness,
[16:28] Takao
    and cremated him without
    performing a proper autopsy.
[16:32] Takao
    You did it to protect your son.
[16:36] Ryuichiro
    That's also what the police think.
    They currently suspect Seiji.
[16:41] Takao
    Doesn't Kuwata Seiji have an alibi?
[16:44] Takao
    Didn't he go to the hospital
    to get his head wound seen to?
[16:48] Ryuichiro
    No, Seiji didn't go to the hospital.
[16:53] Ryuichiro
    The bleeding stopped right away,
    so he parked up in a nearby street
[16:58] Ryuichiro
    and decided to wait
    until his anger had subsided.
[17:00] Takao
    Huh? What the heck?
[17:03] Takao
    So he was alone in his car for a few hours?
[17:06] Takao
    No wonder the police are suspicious.
[17:09] Ryuichiro
    Seiji can't be the culprit.
[17:12] Ryuichiro
    He's a kind child.
[17:16] Ryuichiro
    There's no way he would kill his own brother.
SIGN    Kuwata
    General
[17:26] Yu
    Severe cerebral edema.
[17:29] Takao
    That's only natural. He had hypoxic
    encephalopathy from the cardiac arrest.
SIGN    Kuwata General Hospital ER Physician
    Ueyama Akira
[17:34] Emergency Doctor
    Kuwata Daiki's death
    was called just after 4 AM.
[17:40] Takao
    Were you the one who called it?
[17:42] Emergency Doctor
    No, it was the chairman, Dr. Ryuichiro.
[17:46] Takao
    I see.
[17:48] Takao
    Do you believe Kuwata Daiki 
    died from drowning?
[17:52] Emergency Doctor
    I can't say anything for sure
    since we didn't perform an autopsy, but...
[17:58] Takao
    But?
[18:00] Emergency Doctor
    When we intubated him,
    water started backflowing up the tube.
[18:06] Emergency Doctor
    Personally, I believe there's
    a good chance he died from drowning.
[18:12] Takao
    I see.
[18:15] Takao
    Sorry for bothering you
    while you're busy. Thanks.
[18:19] Emergency Doctor
    No problem.
[18:21] Emergency Doctor
    I'll excuse myself now, Director.
[18:24] Kojiro
    Yeah, thank you.
[18:26] Yu
    Hasn't this incident also caused you
    a lot of trouble, Director?
[18:31] Kojiro
    Yes, it's really been a headache.
SIGN    Vaccine Information for Children
SIGN    Kuwata General Hospital Director
    Kuwata Kojiro
[18:34] Kojiro
    I've been working on almost
    no sleep for the past few days.
[18:38] Takao
    Did you know Kuwata Seiji was going
    to be appointed as the next chairman?
[18:43] Kojiro
    Yes, I did.
[18:45] Kojiro
    But the announcement was never made
    because this mess happened.
[18:50] Kojiro
    Um, you wanted to go to
    the plastic surgery department next?
[18:54] Takao
    Yeah. Please lead the way.
SIGN    Kuwata Seiji
[18:57] Takao
    You treated Kuwata Seiji's wound
    the day after the incident, right?
[19:03] Yuko
    Yes, that's right.
[19:04] Yuko
    The bleeding had already
     completely stopped,
SIGN    Kuwata General Hospital Plastic Surgeon
    Seguchi Yuko
[19:09] Yuko
    so we disinfected the wound
    and wrapped it in gauze.
[19:12] Takao
    And what was Kuwata Seiji's
    mental state like when you treated him?
[19:16] Yuko
    I found him less calm than usual.
[19:20] Takao
    Hm? You said less calm than "usual."
    Does that mean you know Kuwata Seiji?
[19:24] Yuko
    Yes. Well, at the level of making
    conversation every once in a while.
[19:28] Yuko
    Dr. Seiji works part-time
    at this hospital once a week,
[19:33] Yuko
    and I work here three days a week.
[19:37] Takao
    Three days a week?
[19:38] Yuko
    I started working part-time
    after I got married.
[19:43] Yuko
    Um, is Dr. Seiji all right?
    I heard the police suspect him.
[19:49] Takao
    It's too early to say.
[19:53] Yuko
    I see.
[19:54] Yuko
    The police have questioned me
     a number of times.
SIGN    Kuwata Seiji
SIGN      Forehead injury. Patient tripped over a chair at home and stumbled into wall.
     No loss of consciousness or signs of concussion,
    but should follow up with outpatient clinic to be sure.
[19:59] Yuko
    They keep asking about Dr. Seiji.
[20:03] Takao
    All right! Kotori, let's head back.
[20:05] Yu
    Huh? That's all?
[20:07] Takao
    I want to go home and think things over.
[20:10] Takao
    Thanks for the info.
[20:12] Yu
    H-Hey, wait.
[20:15] Yu
    Sorry for taking up your time.
    Thank you very much.
[20:20] Yuko
    Oh, it's fine.
[20:26] Takao
    Hurry up, Kotori.
    I'm gonna leave you behind.
[20:29] Yu
    Leave me behind? You can't get back
     without me driving you there.
[20:33] Takao
    That's not true. As long as I have
     the key, I can drive myself back.
[20:36] Yu
    Huh? You have a license?
[20:39] Takao
    No accidents. No violations. A gold license!
[20:41] Yu
    So you have a license 
    but you've never driven anywhere?
[20:46] Takao
    Blame my sister. She won't let me drive.
[20:49] Yu
    Right, right.
[20:50] Yu
    Okay, Miss Gold License Who's Never Driven,
    please sit quietly in the passenger seat.
[20:55] Takao
    Don't treat me like a fool! All right,
    I'll show you my skills! Gimme your keys!
[20:59] Yu
    Absolutely not.
[21:00] Yu
    My last car went up in flames and I just
    bought this one. I still have to pay the loan.
[21:04] Takao
    Shut up! It's an order from your superior!
[21:06] Yu
    Jeez, if you keep being so unreasonable,
    I'll call Mazuru-san and tell on you.
[21:13] Takao
    That's cheating!
[21:17] Yu
    But still, I'm glad.
[21:19] Yu
    It looks like you're back to normal, Dr. Takao.
[21:22] Takao
    Huh?
[21:22] Yu
    With how angry you got
    yesterday, I was worried.
[21:27] Yu
    But now, you're focused on this case—
[21:28] Takao
    Don't be stupid.
[21:30] Takao
    What do you think I'm doing this for?
[21:32] Yu
    Huh?
[21:33] Takao
    If I solve this mystery,
[21:36] Takao
    Kuwata Seiji will be exonerated
    and can go back to work at the university.
[21:40] Takao
    Then, you won't have
    to go back to the university.
[21:43] Yu
    Then...
[21:44] Takao
    I'm doing all of this so you can stay in
    the Investigative Pathology department.
[21:49] Yu
    Dr. Takao...
[21:51] Takao
    The key to this mystery is figuring out
    how a man can drown in a locked room.
[21:58] Takao
    Leave it to me, Kotori.
[22:00] Takao
    There's no mystery I can't solve.
[22:07] Yu
    Right.