The dive to Kii Peninsula seems to have been aborted.
Now that you've joined the publicity department,
I'll be taking care of you
I want to dive again.
It's coming.
What's this?
This was taken when my father went on his last dive to Okinawa.
Your father didn't die on that dive in Okinawa.
But there is no record of this dive.
Why?
If you go deeper into the sea.
There will be stars.
One day you will get to see it for yourself
The universe in the deep sea
But my dad,
why was he in the Nankai Trough?
I think my father saw the universe of the deep sea from here.
He saw the universe of the deep sea.
What exactly is this phenomenon?
There is no similar phenomenon captured in this video
And there is no means of investigating it
Why not?
Because it is forbidden to go there
Forbidden?
This massive mud volcano is equipped with communication cables.
In order to protect the cables, submarines are not allowed to approach.
No way
This video also contains the voice of someone other than your father.
If someone other than your father is in the 6K.
I heard that the whole 6K team,
except for my father, they were all ashore in Okinawa.
Who else remained on the boat if they didn't disembark in Okinawa?
We'll have to ask the men who were on board.
I'll do the research.
No
I'll do it.
The director's policy is too drastic, isn't it?
Too much focus on resource development
Researchers in other fields are very unhappy.
If things go on like this, a lot of people will quit.
Whoever wants to leave, they can go.
Even if you say so.
This is a research institute that not only studies marine resources.
Miyama-san
I know you're a good supervisor who thinks about the researchers.
But it seems that you are under too much pressure this time.
I'd like to remove Miyama-san from his position as Research Director.
In his place, I'd like to appoint Jinnai-san to take the lead in restructuring the organization.
Understood
Extreme environments, climate change, trench-type earthquakes, etc.
Each research area will be reorganized.
In addition, a number of researchers will be reduced.
We're going to have a private organization that has only been here for a short while to lead the reorganization.
That's not right
This is the first of its kind in our country.
The world's leading marine research institution.
I know very well that this is one of the few leading research institutions in the world.
That's why
there are many researchers around the world who want to work here.
I'm sorry to tell you
Even if you don't want to work here anymore.
There are plenty of people who want to take your place
COMMUNICATION CABLE INSTALLATION SURVEY REPORT
Safety Inspection Survey of the seabed with acoustic profiler
In 2006
Two years later
Material Storage and Jurisdiction: Department of Engineering 2006 Nankai Trough, Off the coast of Nada Communication Cable installation report
Department of Engineering?
Satake-san
What is it?
Do you have the 2004 and 2006 reports
on the mud volcanoes of the Nankai Trough
It's on the shelf over there.
Okay.
That's right, Takamine.
We need to prioritize the resource study.
The seismograph you requested for has been rejected
I'll borrow this.
I'll borrow it.
Hi.
Yo, Public Relations good looking woman
The Director seems to be giving trouble again.
All kinds of headaches.
Is the information for the public ready?
Yes, just a moment.
Okay, thanks.
Yo, Lonely
What are you looking at?
Can I help you?
It's not easy for you here either, is it?
You have to give way to resource research.
I'm not going to give in.
I'm not a resource researcher.
Have you been seeing Amagai-san recently?
Ah, so you were encouraging her.
Do you have a crush on her?
It is like you suspected
Someone falsified the records and hid the truth.
Amagai.
Kamio-san.
What is it?
Nothing.
Uhm...
Oh, that's right.
I have something to show you.
Amagai Miyuki
My....
Why are you still keeping this?
The people upstairs said that the cabinet should be returned.
But Commander Taki said...
he wants to keep it.
Commander Taki?
He said you'll be back for sure.
Thank you.
Amagai-san.
Yes
Come here.
Can you help me organize this?
It's for the general public.
-Open to the public. - Yes.
It's open to families during summer vacation.
So that people with families can come and visit.
-I got it. - Okay.
Oh one more thing
Is there something going on with you and Takamine?
No, nothing.
Don't get too serious.
Don't fall for that kind of eccentric man.
That's not happening
No way!
It's true.
Jinnai-san sent me an email.
In six months.
He wants to freeze research in the biological field.
Freezing?
The direction has changed
I can't believe this
Isn't this a research institute for marine science?!
You are right.
We still have a six-month buffer period before the research is frozen.
How about using that time to negotiate with the Director?
Ishitani-san has a point
What a shame
I'm not needed here either.
Yo, Lonely
Ishitani-san.
There's room for a research voyage the day after tomorrow.
Lonely, do you want to come with us?
Me? Is that OK?
Don't give me any trouble!
This is my last expedition!
What do you mean, last time?
After this research expedition, I'm resigning
JAMSTEC, which only has eyes for resource research.
I'm no longer needed.
But I'll do my best not to have any regrets.
If we use Kokukai Heavy Industries' unmanned submarine
We can use it at any time.
We don't have to worry about going into dangerous places.
That's right.
Now, this 7K2
still needs some improvement
7K2 is not a resource extractor.
It's a detector for research and investigation.
Don't be mistaken.
You're the one who's mistaken, right?
By order of the Director,
I'm in charge of restructuring the JAMSTEC organization.
First of all, we have to drastically reduce the number of manned boats.
Replace them with efficient unmanned boats.
At the same time
We'll cut the number of researchers who can't produce results.
You should also be careful.
Amagai-san
In
The information for public use has to be amended
Can you prepare it for me?
INVESTIGATING DEEP SEA MARINE LIFE
OBSERVING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES
PURSUIT OF THE UNKNOWN
Substitute The treasures that lie beneath the sea
Shoda-san
Hmm?
Is this really a good idea?
If this goes on...
This will no longer be a marine research institute.
It will become a resource development organization.
That's not right
If we are like a private organization
we put profits first.
Then an organization like us would not be needed
Something needs to be done.
I'm sorry, I'll leave now.
Thank you for your hard work.
Hello, this is the Public Relations Department.
Why is Ishido-san making these drastic changes?
He was also a JAMSTEC researcher, right?
When did he leave?
10 years ago, in 2005, I think he went to a research institute in the US.
That was the year my father died.
Could there be any connection?
I heard that Ishido returned to Japan four years ago.
He became the Director of Kokukai Research.
Some people say it was because Kikuya put in a good word for him.
Kikuya?
The vice chairman of the Democratic Party
Because he was at the Institute of Science and Technology
he was also very influential in JAMSTEC
Kikuya recommended Ishido to take over as the Director
Did you ask the 6K team about the Okinawa dive?
No, not yet.
I did some research.
In 2006, we also conducted a survey in the Nankai Trough.
But it was forbidden to enter that year, wasn't it?
They didn't dive to the bottom.
They used an acoustic profiler to detect it.
And the one who laid the communication cable
It was the Toyo Kaisen Communications company
This is the data from that dive.
The huge object captured in the video
It would also have been filmed by the expedition.
That is to say, if we ask the Toyo Kaisen Communication company...
Shoda-san.
Hmm
Huge objects
Forbidden entry
What the hell are you guys talking about?
What is this?
I don't know.
But it has to do with my father's death.
Someone's behind this
Maybe even JAMSTEC.
The whole organization could be hiding something.
All we can figure out now
is that there might be someone in the 6K team who was involved in the dive.
And then there's...
Someone involved in the cable investigation on this massive mud volcano.
What are you going to do?
What?
What if...
Your father died during the 6K secret dive.
And the whole JAMSTEC organization hid this fact.
What are you going to do?
Well...
But it can't go on like this.
What was Dad trying to do in the end?
What did he get involved in?
And...
How did he die?
The universe in the deep sea.
I wish Miyuki will be able to go along sometime.
Mom, too!
Mom doesn't know anything.
Even the universe in the deep sea that dad saw
I don't know anything.
It's impossible to move forward.
Certainly, this video may be something else.
I can understand that you want to inherit your father's legacy.
But it's not the right time.
Now JAMSTEC
is about to be transformed into a resource development organization by Director Ishido.
If you two do anything unusual at this time.
They will surely catch you in the act.
So...
Let's forget about it for now.
Amagai-san.
Yes.
I need to send this box to the 6K team, can you help me?
Yes.
Check it out.
There's an email from Jinnai
Call for applications for transfter to unmanned probes
In order to implement the new system.
and also for the investigation and development of drone technology
Kokukai Heavy Industries welcomes technical personnel to join
to repair and maintain the equipment.
We are now recruiting 6K team members who are interested in transferring.
We will pay 8% special bonus to those who apply for transfer.
Isn't this a layoff?
It's true that the resource side is more profitable, right?
Those people at Kokukai Heavy Industries seem to be very powerful.
Unmanned technology seems to be safer and more cost effective.
What did you say?
Do you have a problem with this?
No, that's not what I meant.
Listen, don't ask the 6K team about anything else for a while.
All right.
You bastard!
I'm sorry, no.
You're talking out of your ass, aren't you?
Stop it!
-This is not the place for you. Quit your job and get out. - Stop it.
It's okay.
It's my fault.
If I hadn't failed on the first dive,
things wouldn't have gone this far.
You're thinking too simplistically
Listen, the root of the problem is bigger.
The problem wasn't just you.
About the first dive
I think JAMSTEC had a problem with introducing you as a newcomer.
There was something wrong with the approach itself.
Our researchers had problems too.
It's true that we haven't been able to produce results that could challenge Ishido's policies
The same goes for the technical staff.
Both researchers and technicians are responsible.
That's why
I think it is very important to understand this video.
After that, I looked up the cable company.
In 2006, the company went out of business immediately after the safety inspection of the cable installation
What does that mean?
Maybe this company was originally a shell company
In order to hide something in the future
they fictitiously created a non-existent company
that's probably related to the ban on dives in this area
Don't you think this is not just a JAMSTEC problem?
There's something bigger going on.
In that case, we should find out.
By the way, I'm only here for the research.
I don't want this to be a place where dirty secrets are hidden.
Shoda-san
Please help us.
I have some work to do.
Please go ahead first
Yes
Commander Taki.
Is that Jinnai's mail?
It's terrible
It's the same everywhere.
Ishitani-san from biological research
I heard he's going to resign after this dive.
And so is Miyama-san.
He has submitted a letter of resignation to the Director.
I see.
How is Amagai? Is she OK?
Yes
She was worried that because she failed in her first dive,
she feels responsible for all the changes going on
That's what's bothering her.
It has nothing to do with that.
But that young person is troubled.
She said she would inherit her father's legacy no matter what.
Amagai Atsushi.
Commander.
Atsushi Amagai died 10 years ago.
He died on the ship returning from Okinawa, right?
Yes, he did.
I had to finish the research.
Thank you for your hard work.
Here you go.
Thank you.
I asked Commander Taki about the incident.
Commander Taki didn't know anything about it
If the 6K's team leader did not know,
I think it may not be the organization that caused the accident
I see.
But Commander Taki didn't know where the others were going.
Because they all came back separately.
So, starting tomorrow.
We need to investigate the movements of each team member.
Shoda-san.
I've thought about what the Lonely Prince said,
I'll help you.
Thank you.
Your application for transfer.
You haven't submitted it yet?
We will not quit.
UNMANNED DRONES RESEARCH MOTHERSHIP KAIREI
Please be more careful.
This is a precious sample.
It's a rare sample.
We're running out of time. Let's move on to the next step.
But...
In biological research, environment mapping is very important?
Don't you understand?
Takamine.
There are combustible ice resources on this sea floor.
Now, we have to prioritize the exploration of combustible ice resources.
Don't you understand this point?
I came back that day by myself on the daytime ferry.
I remember that Kamio came back on the last boat, right?
Yes.
What about Kondo?
The one before me?
It was 10 years ago, I don't remember clearly
I see.
Why are you asking this all of a sudden?
I want to know if anyone knew what happened to my father before he died.
Where's Kondo-san?
He transferred to drone research
Drone research
He's told Commander Taki that he's leaving 6K.
Next week, he will go to work there.
The top management asked to lay off 6 people.
If the Head of Maintenance himself applied for a transfer
I guess there is nothing more to say
That must be what he's thinking
Geology team is no longer a research team, what the hell is going on?
Although the name of the team is no longer
But it does not mean that the geology team is disbanded.
It's just that it's merged with the resources team.
We will become a part of the resource research team.
The field of geology and resources research are easily integrated.
From now on we're going to be
helping the resource field and doing our research at the same time.
What you really mean is we work for Kokukai Heavy Industries
as resource research workers?
You are all very good.
You would be able to do well outside.
If you're not satisfied with the system here, it's okay if you resign now.
I will gladly write your recommendation letter.
I'm so sorry I could not do any more for you all
Where is the Director?
What do you want with him?
I'd like to talk to him.
I don't know what kind of person the last Director was.
But Ishido-san is not an ordinary researcher like you.
You can't just meet him without an appointment.
You can talk to me
I have nothing to say to you.
Your name is Takamine, right?
I've heard all about your reputation.
I heard that you were fired by Professor Kosugi of Tohoku University, an authority in seismology.
That's not true.
But it's true that you came here because you didn't get along with Professor Kosugi, right?
You've been ostracized since then, right?
We don't need a researcher like you here.
I don't care if you leave right away.
Go back to Tohoku and study again.
If you want to help develop resources.
I don't mind if you stay at Kokukai Heavy Industries as an assistant.
I have no intention of working under you.
Takamine-san
It seems that none of the 6K team know anything
Kondo-san is the only one left to ask.
Maybe we can speak to Ishido-san or another research team member...
Amagai
I'm sorry.
That's all I can do for you.
I can't help you anymore.
It's all over now, right?
What are your plans from now on?
I don't know.
A place as well-equipped for research as this,
I don't think you can find another place like this.
Don't get so excited.
I'll stay.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Why are you in such a hurry?
I'll be right back.
Where are you going?
Tohoku
To Kosugi's place
Eh?
Thank you for taking care of me.
Sorry, we're leaving.
Good luck
We're leaving.
Bye!
Miyama-san and Ishitani-san
You don't mean...
Resignation
Takamine-san seemed to be depressed yesterday too.
Do you think Takamine-san will also...
The Lonely Prince will be fine.
TAKAMINE FAMILY TOMB
Professor Kosugi is an authority in seismology.
He was also his mentor
But he left his mentor 4 years ago.
and came here.
Did something happen?
Probably because of the Tohoku Earthquake (of 2011)
His father and younger sister
They were swept away by the tsunami.
It's been a long time, Professor Kosugi.
Professor Kosugi...
After the earthquake, he copied his hypothesis.
Copied?
He made it look like his own hypothesis.
However, it is not uncommon for professors to take the work of their students
and publish their research under their own name
How could he do that?
But he regretted that he didn't work fast enough felt that if he had worked faster,
that if he had published it before the earthquake,
he could have saved many lives,
And maybe his family could have been saved too.
I'd like to ask you about your joint investigation with the Toyo Kaisen Communications company
The massive mud volcano in the Nankai Trough.
Did you investigate it?
It's forbidden to dive near the undersea cables
But I think there's something inside there.
Professor, you made an acoustic profile
You should know what's there, right?
I don't know anything.
I have a lot of work to do. Can you come back next time?
I understand
Hello?
Hello, this is Amagai.
What's up?
You're in Tohoku now, right?
Yes.
Professor Kosugi knows something.
It's probably related to the investigation of the massive mud volcano.
I think solving the mystery of that video
is the key to turning JAMSTEC back to its original state.
I want to...
I want to be a submariner again,
absolutely
Go for it!
I'll come back when I get results.
By the way, Takamine-san
Um...
I am on your side.
Thank you.
Seriously?
You've been watching carefully
I thought I might get some hints.
I'll do a good job in Public Relations, too.
Yes, please take care of me
Yes
I'm very concerned about this.
What?
Check it out.
Here.
Numbers?
What is this piece?
Could it be the key to solving the puzzle?
Kondo-san.
What is it?
Um...
Why did you transfer to drone research?
No matter if it's manned or unmanned.
Isn't it a JAMSTEC explorer that explores the deep sea?
What do you want?
July 2005
During the Okinawa dive,
What did you do, Mr. Kondo?
Why are you asking this all of a sudden?
I want to know what happened to my father before he died.
I think I took the evening dive back.
I met with a friend from Naha before that.
A friend?
I mean...
A woman.
Don't make me tell you
I ended up having a bad time with her.
When I arrived in Tokyo at night, I called everyone out for drinks.
To drown my sorrows
So no one went back to Yokosuka with my father on the boat, right?
Everyone from the 6K team went back to Tokyo, right?
That's right.
We all went out for drinks at night.
I see
Thank you.
I'm sorry to bother you at work.
Hey
How's your job over there?
It's okay.
From now on it's time for your generation.
Hurry up and come back to 6K.
Okay.
Look at this
Does it look like the number of the submarine
Let me see
It doesn't look like the number of a submarine
It looks like the symbols written on a fuselage
Fuselage symbols
The fuselage number of an airplane
But usually the numbers are marked with an alphabet in front of the number representing the country of origin
Good morning.
You're still here.
I have one more question to ask.
If you're talking about the earthquake research,
you still seem to have a misunderstanding.
I never stole your hypothesis,
Your work was not at a sufficient level to be published.
I'm not here to discuss that
Please look at this.
These are the 2004 and 2006
acoustic profiles from the inspection surveys that you helped set up for the cable company
It was made using that data as a sample.
What's this have to do with me?
Well,
I think it's strange.
On the diagram from 2006
The cable should have been set up.
But I couldn't find anything similar.
Sometimes you can't get a picture of the cable, after all, it's not very accurate.
No, the sound images from 2004 and 2006 are very similar.
After two years, there should be a slight change
But not here.
Is this a replica of the 2004 image?
And then
I used the data from 2006.
This is the image that I recreated using those data as a sample.
Why didn't you use this data?
Instead, you submitted the 2004 acoustic profile as the 2006 one.
And,
there's no cable here.
Is it true that there is no cable?
And here,
look, near the top of the mud volcano.
It seems to have captured something metallic.
The real motive of this investigation
is to investigate the condition of this object, right?
Then the data was altered to make it look like there was nothing here.
Am I wrong?
Please tell me everything you know.
Is it true that Professor Kosugi told you everything?
Yes.
I've also found out
what the number on that object is.
That object...
It was a plane.
It's a...
A military aircraft.
This number...
It is the number of the fuselage to which the aircraft belongs.
Usually there is an alphabet in front of the number indicating the nationality of the aircraft.
But here there is none
The only time this method is used
is on American military aircraft.
American military aircraft?
Why?
Professor Kosugi forged the acoustic profile
It was because of Kikuya.
Did Kikuya ask JAMSTEC not to send it out?
Everything is going well here.
In two months, there will be an evaluation meeting of the national research institute.
At that time, JAMSTEC will be announced as a resource development organization.
Then, will Kokukai Heavy Industries' drones be launched?
Yes
For resource development
Ten of them will be put into operation.
That's good.
Just as expected.
Please take care of everything
I will, thank you.
Ishido-san
He's changed?
I'm planning to
follow in the footsteps of Amagai-sempai
To protect 6K.
What's wrong, everyone?
Isn't Kokukai Heavy Industries becoming too overbearing?
We can't stay here anymore.
Is that so?
By the way, Amagai.
Weren't you ask about the incident 10 years ago?
That's right.
I just want to mention
something Kondo-san said to us.
That's right.
Remember I said that I went back to Tokyo after the Okinawan woman left me,
We had drinks together, right?
There was a person who didn't contact us and wasn't there
After Atsushi died, we managed to get in touch with him.
Who was that?
July 6, 2005.
Didn't you go back to Tokyo with the others?
Why did you get on the 6K with my father?
Kamio-san.
I'm sorry.
Why?
I promised him.
I promised the people who were on the boat together.
Together?
Who were?
Amagai-senpai and
Ishido-san