Retired detective Mukai assembles his team.

A journalist asks Hirohashi to tell the truth about the bribery case; Kenta discovers Yamauchi has ties to the yakuza.

Kenta and Maria become closer; Ogawara learns the truth about the inner working of the Self-Defense Forces.

As the Tenso family succession battle intensifies, Kenta is attacked by an unknown person.

Hirohashi learns that Yamauchi will plead his innocence on live TV; the Tenso family succession battle reaches its climax.