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How much was the loss?

30 billion yen!?

What's going on here?

It's someone's doing!

No way...

Director Hanzawa...

...got embezzled worth 30 billion yen!?

Kosaka-san.

This is bad.

I can't gain control on it!

[ 6 months ago ] [ At Toyko Central Stock Exchange ]

Hello. Is this the Information Systems [IS] department?

Have you decided when will you correspond?

Sales Planning [SP] Department

That's why the system runs too low.

You can't buy half of the amount that was settled.

Their trust from us went on a backlash.

Sales Planning Department Head, Hanzawa Naoki

Yes.

Yes. My apologies.

Information Systems Department

Excuse me, then.

Was it a complaint from the site?

Tokyo Central Stock Exchange, new employee Hamamura Hitomi

Yes. They said the system is too slow.

It can't be helped.

Tokyo Central Stock Exchange IS Department Head Katsuya Shirosaki

But with such troubles, after a while, it may be our goodbyes.

The IS Department, where I am working at,

deals with a significant system that supports stock transactions' sources...

...on every channel even at one second.

Everyone, listen first.

The introduction of a new trading system...

Tokyo Central Stock Exchange IS Department Assistant Head Yoshinori Fukawa

...has finally been approved by the board.

Okay.

This time, we decided to replace the system in order to cope up from the competition.

This project will be handled by SP head, Hanzawa.

Other traders from all sides will be also get involved.

The transaction speed, which we had been receiving complaints on this field,

will now finally get solved.

All right. Everyone at the IS Department...

Let's show to them our best system!

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

They didn't feel nervous at all. Amazing.

I wish I could work at a more comfortable workplace.

My modest enjoyment...

...is on Spiral's site, Lady K's fortune telling corner.

[ Lady K's fortune-telling mansion ] [ Please choose your horoscope. ]

It struck me totally.

Gemini is...

[ You've never experienced it in your life before. It may be expected that you will be swallowed by the rough waves that you never had once. ]

You'll feel getting caught on a big storm...

Gosh...

[ You'll get caught on a big storm! ]

[ Your fortune for today is... ]

[ You'll get caught on a big storm! ]

A big storm...

Lucky items are those with color black while bad ones are those with color green.

What's this?

Spiral System Development Staff 4 Wakamoto Kento

Is this the outcome of your work?

But that fortune-telling is quite reputable and successful.

Nothing can beat AI from fortune-telling statistics in Japan.

It's just like your snitching stuff at a place with delicious foods.

That's just a scam, you know.

Scam...

The AI I've programmed is based from hundreds of predictions.

It is derived from Bayesian statistics.

From the probability theory's viewpoint...

Okay, fine.

You can just concentrate on that Lady K.

You're the one who's ridiculous.

Oh? What's this?

I guess I'm going to change jobs...

No.

First, I have to raise my luck,

so, for the lucky items...

Hamamura.

What are you doing? You're at work.

My apologies, sir.

[ The page you are trying to access cannot be displayed. ]

Oh...?

Oh?

Our search engine is down.

- How 'bout the network traffic? - I'm checking it now.

- Hurry up and analyze it! - Yes, sir.

- Let's switch. - Please.

This is bad.

- Hey, call executive director [ED] Kano. - The board meeting is still ongoing!

This is a system integration business that started with the care of ED Kano,

and it doesn't seem to reach 30% of the targeted rate.

But, we're still new in the field...

Spiral's senior manager Kano Issei

Rather than expanding such a new business,

shouldn't we focus our abilities on the main search engines?

Right?

President Sena.

Where are you going to use it? You're just wasting money.

You're just wasting your time.

You can say that after you have the results.

ED Kano, can you please come right now?

Excuse me... Please move aside first.

We have no idea why it suddenly have a heavy traffic.

Complaints from users seem to be flooding the inquiry line.

Kosaka.

You'll deal with this.

If you'll let the newcomer do it, that's too much...

Never mind that!

Start right away!

Yes, sir.

Please switch the Kubernetes cluster. [ KUBERNETES, an open-source container-orchestration system for automating application deployment, scaling, and management. ] [ CLUSTER, the foundation of Google Kubernetes Engine ]

What? What...? But...

Well, no need. I'll do that too.

Just by you?

Can you do it on time?

The service will be completely down in this state.

I have to stop it right away.

- Amazing... - What the...

Oh, it's fixed.

The lucky item is...

...a mouse or rat?

The service has been completely restored.

- Okay. Contact the various areas. - Yes, sir.

Amazing...

What is he?

Why have you insisted to let Kosaka do the work?

He dropped out of college and moved from one company to another.

I heard he was a student who can't keep up in school.

You know now that he still has the ability to do it?

Yes, sir. My apologies for being rude.

Well then, gather everyone from the Development department.

I have an important thing to say.

- What time will Director Hanzawa return? - He seems to be late today...

Speaking of which, sir,

Director Hanzawa, the leader of this project,

also seconded to this, right?

I heard he made a mistake at a bank and got removed.

Director Hanzawa was removed...

...as he was the one who managed it.

Pardon?

Uncover the misconduct of an executive.

He said that, "If it's done to you, do it back." [ Or for emphasis, "If your enemies hurt you, take double the payback!" ]

He couldn't forgive anything that doesn't make sense.

Well, one will still get removed even if one doesn't have any origin nor children.

You'll be transferred...

...to the Tokyo Central Stock Exchange.

He must be quite a difficult person to approach.

Shirosaki-san, is this a mouse?

Oh? Are you interested?

Yes, sir.

Director Hanzawa said it's for everyone.

These are his small gifts of USB...

...from Tokyo Central Bank. Here. This is for you.

Is it fine to have this?

- Are you happy with it? - Yes, I am.

Lately, as everyone uses the cloud, they don't use USB anymore.

I don't find it useless using this analog-like things. I guess I'm the only one left.

If you want it, please take as much as you like.

Thank you so much. Then...

- By the way, Hamamura. - Yes.

You will join the team starting from tomorrow.

What!?

Me?

Director Hanzawa said that he wants to focus on young people this time.

He said that?

Okay. I will support you.

Let's do our best together, Hamamura.

Based from the fortune-telling,

I will be caught in a big storm.

Is it this one?

In a competition?

But we don't have know-hows about a trading system.

That's why we're trying to learn it.

The other party is Tokyo Central Stock Exchange.

If the order is finally placed,

we may able to go towards their parent company, Tokyo Central Bank.

That's a big chance for us.

Let's do it, okay?

That's the spirit.

Well, a new project team...

...will be formed for the launching of this project.

The members are...

Sato.

Spiral System's Development staff Sato Kota

Yes, sir.

Suzuki.

Spiral System Development staff Suzuki Rino

Yes, sir.

And then the project leader will be...

...Kosaka.

What!? Please wait a second, sir.

- Why is it Kosaka? - He's still a newcomer.

But he has the sufficient ability.

Wakamoto, you are having your hands already full,

so you'll become the sub-leader.

Why won't Wakamoto-san be the leader?

- Wakamoto-san has always been... - A big storm...

Thus, the work for the Tokyo Central Stock Exchange has began.

A large-scale system replacement is going to be done.

But this project...

...jolts the entire Central Stock Exchange.

Who could imagine, that from the start,

a big incident is going to happen?

Of course... It won't be the culprit's concern.

[ Hamamura Hitomi ] [ Product purchase order receipt ]

[ Hanzawa Naoki S2, Episode Zero ] [ Nerawareta Hanzawa Naoki No Password ]

What you've seen above is an overview of the system.

Tokyo Central Stock Exchange Competition Briefing

Hey, isn't that from World Big's?

World Big Data...

...is developing a trading system for major overseas stock exchange.

Isn't that a big company?

Isn't it an advanced [company] in Japan?

It seems that we couldn't match up with them.

Do you have any questions?

You don't seem to have any questions, so I'll be the one asking from here.

First of all, from Spiral.

Yes.

This is your first entry into the trading system this time, right?

Yes, sir.

Can you give a brief overview of your company, Spiral?

An overview...?

Eh... Please wait for a moment.

My apologies!

I'm sorry...

We are an independent web service developer.

We have our search engine for Spiral's development and its application.

Is their leader just fine?

I see.

I understood. Thank you for speaking.

It's been decided that you're asked about the outline.

Do you know how important this project is to us?

I'm really sorry...

Pull yourself together.

Leader.

I'm sorry.

Excuse me... Sorry to bother you.

So you're the person-in-charge of the Spiral.

Sorry for not greeting you earlier.

From now on, I will be your contact person for the communications.

I'm Hamamura from the IS Department.

I see.

I'm Kosaka. Looking forward to work with you.

A mouse?

What?

Ah... This one is my lucky item.

Your lucky item?

I...

...am a fan of fortune-teller Lady K on your site.

Do you find yourself lucky?

Yes.

I think it's going to happen.

Anyways, Lady K is really popular.

Don't you know it's from your company's site?

Thank you for patronizing it.

You must be privileged to believe in such things.

That kind of thing...

Don't you believe in your own fortune?

Fortune-telling starts with believing.

There is nothing in the world that can't be believed.

Eh!?

Rather than relying on fortune-telling,

I think that you should rely on your own power.

Then...

What was that?

I feel uncomfortable with him.

After all, the world's fastest network, which is originally hold by World Big,

is about to came loose.

The speed of each transaction is very different.

In fact, according to Director Hanzawa,

World Big has no appointment record of being a domestic trading company.

The operation screen is full of English.

I was worried that it would be inconvenient for Japanese.

So you're saying to remove World Big?

Are you proposing it that way?

Even though it's a company that made Japan strong?

Why don't you put them together?

Do you mean a joint development?

Then, what about the Spiral?

Spiral?

Yes. It's drawing near like Yahoo or Google.

That company is enterprising their search site.

I can't seem to depend on their leader though.

Certainly...

Hamamura, you use that site, right?

Well... Yes, sir.

Searching in Japanese there is much better than other sites.

And the site Spiral...

...is always on top in the satisfaction survey...

...for Japanese users.

Okay.

Let's give consideration to the Spiral for once.

- A joint development? - Yes.

It's said that the World Big has already agreed to it.

Isn't it a big chance for us?

Right. I guess so.

What's wrong, Kosaka? Are you not eager?

Well, not that...

We haven't had that many achievements like World Big's,

and they have just accepted us,

Are you scared, leader?

Well, World Big's skills are more in demand than us,

and the level requested from us is quite advanced.

If you are uneasy, why not just be replaced, leader?

I've already told you that I'm entrusting this to Kosaka.

I'm asking you.

Yes, sir.

Thus, it will be a joint development of Spiral and World Big Data.

The team has been formed.

- Thank you. - Please.

Previously from where?

World Big Data, employee Kurusu Seiya

I've been working places around Southeast Asia,

and this is my first time in Japan branch.

I certainly want it to be successful.

Then, immediately...

To support the speed of our system,

I guess we need more than 2,000 reception processing speed per second,

Will you able to correspond for that?

I see...

That is...

In that regard,

we will increase the LAN speed on the client PC to 10Gbps. [ LAN, Local Area Network ]

On top of that, by incorporating the in-memory database...

...used in our search engine into each client,

I think more than 5,000 process items can be done in one second.

Instead, first of all,

wouldn't be the low-latency delivery of data at its current value...

...from overseas be the top priority?

That's reasonable.

Kosaka-san.

I'll be relying on you.

Yes, likewise.

I'm asking for your cooperation.

He did it...

I have to check the business requirements, so please you may go back.

Okay.

Want to ask for help?

It's okay. I'm fine by myself.

I see.

Then, I'm leaving first.

Hamamura-san, could you show me the input screen specifications?

Well... Yes.

This way, please.

- Please wait for a moment. - Okay.

This one...

Simulation of stock transactions.

Employees are not allowed to buy or sell stock on their own.

But if I can't practice with this,

I can't recommend good brands to clients.

A simulation?

But you're getting profits here.

Actually, I bought [stocks] based from Lady K's fortune-telling.

This year's fortune said the good luck is on the north-northeastern side,

so the company must be in that direction,

And for the lucky color, the company must have yellow color,

then, that would be a big plus.

If I could actually buy this, I would have made a great deal.

Anyways,

Lady K...

doesn't say stupid things.

I'm sorry.

Oh?

For some reason, there were many log-ins some time ago.

Was there an employee who can't remember the password?

You're right there.

Please wait a second.

That log-in could be an unauthorized access.

Unauthorized access!?

What was the log-in interval?

It's unnaturally once every two seconds.

Maybe, it's a brute-force attack. [ Consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of eventually guessing correctly. ]

You must immediately disable the user temporarily.

And better to prohibit its log-in.

May I check the access history?

Okay.

- Can I contact the network team? - Go ahead.

Who's the one who made the unauthorized access?

It would be difficult to identify the culprit.

In addition to that, a virus is trying to steal a password by attacking a PC.

The server may be loaded with hidden programs such as Trojan.

Recently, the number of cyber attacks targeting in-house systems has been increasing.

Please be careful.

Okay.

After further investigation, the unauthorized access...

...was done by someone from outside,

and it turned out their aiming for an employee's ID and password.

This is...

This ID...

It belongs to Director Hanzawa.

Did you mean Director Hanzawa's password was targeted?

For what reason?

SP Department has many large corporate customers.

Director Hanzawa has the power to move one's personal information...

...on stocks and assets under custody.

In other words, if you have Hanzawa's ID and password,

it would mean that...

...you can steal 30 billion yen from customers' deposits.

- Contact the Compliance Department immediately. - Yes, sir.

We were able to prevent it beforehand thanks to Kosaka-san.

Right.

But there's a possibility that he can be targeted again, right?

Right.

One was aiming at the current system.

The next new system...

...will have to strengthen its security up-to-date.

- Yes, sir! - Yes, sir!

Since then, no unauthorized access has taken place,

the completion of the new system was urgently done.

[ Business joint agreement ]

Afterwards, Central Stock Exchange...

...officially launches a joint project with Spiral and World Big Data...

towards the launching of the new system in six months.

A full-scale development was decided.

From now on, using this shared cloud,

I hope that we will be able to exchange data and other things.

[ Cloud, an online repository for shared storage ]

Sato-san, please affirm the connection specification documents.

Wakamoto-san and Suzuki-san, please make a list of use cases. [ A specific situation in which a product or service could potentially be used. ]

Huh? What about the essential internal database design?

That's what I'm going to do alone.

The central is in a hurry to complete it.

Yes, I know.

That's a significant part.

Ah, fine.

I feel offended.

Certainly, he's too hasty.

But with that ability, no company wouldn't let him go.

Why it's like we fall onto his lap?

Meanwhile, Director Hanzawa said...

...that we should welcome newcomers who are willing to submit ideas.

Excuse me.

That is, what my plan is...

For the system operation assistant,

I think it would be interesting if you use a female character.

What do you think?

A mouse!?

Yes...

Hamamura-kun, about the mouse character you've thought of...

They seemed to have objections, but they planned to do that.

- Is that for real, sir? - Yes.

It seems that Director Hanzawa supported you.

Director Hanzawa did…?

How could an opinion from a low-rank employee like me be used?

Well, it's being said that the one who's good is good.

It doesn't matter if you're a proper person or a newcomer.

Director Hanzawa...

...is a good person, right?

Huh?

He's just interested in money.

Yes. Hamamura speaking.

This is Kosaka.

I have a little request for the system design.

Stock price data for the past 10 years?

Yes.

It would be more convenient if past data was reflected in the system,

since it's with the Spiral.

Right.

Certainly.

Let me put it on the share cloud.

- Right. I'll leave it to you. - Yes, sir.

Then, Hamamura, about the character you thought about...

Would you please go to Spiral and explain it well by the end of this day?

You're the original proposer of this, right?

Yes, sir.

I'll do my best.

Would you like any help?

It's just fine.

Then, I'm leaving first. Leader.

You've done well.

Yes. From the Systems Development [SD] Department.

Yes. He's here.

Kosaka, someone's want to talk with you.

It's Kuroki-san from Island Giken. [ Technical Research Institute ]

Kuroki?

Want me to put the receiver on the phone?

Pardon?

I'm sorry. Then, please... Okay.

It seems to be Kuroki Ryosuke.

Sorry to ask, but can you let the person just now put up the phone?

He already left?

Kosaka Kei-san? Kosaka Kei-san.

We're the police.

What?

You know this guy, right?

- That's right, though. - Hey.

- We're going in. - What's going on!?

- Here it is! - Please go with us.

I have no idea.

What have I done wrong? Wait...

Kuroki Ryosuke

Hey, long time no see.

What did you came for?

Why ask that? I'm your friend.

Looks like you're working at a cool place.

Hey, hang on!

Sorry to say this.

But Kosaka is meeting with someone at this moment.

I see. Then, other people besides him are fine.

I just wanted to give these documents.

What happens in the past doesn't matter anymore.

Just go back.

Would it be fine?

If I tell your colleagues and your boss about your past.

Are you threatening me?

If you don't like that...

Just quit your current job.

You're making me annoyed.

A dirty guy like you entered a good company having a decent job.

Just go back with this.

That's not enough.

Let me show you something.

I'll talk with your boss for a moment.

Hey.

Stop from here!

This is not a place where you can just enter right away.

You're talking like you're so great!

Hey, what are you doing?

Don't mess up with me. This is just pieces of paper!

Stop it. Stop, Kuroki!

Excuse me!

What are you doing?

What's with you?

Hamamura-san, we're just fine.

It didn't look okay at all.

You've misunderstood it.

We're friends.

Look.

Say, Kei.

We're friends, you know.

Stop it.

It's just pieces of paper.

Just a piece of paper?

Kosaka-san have made these things.

How hard do you think it was?

You don't know it, right?

- I don't know. Who cares! - Stop it!

Let go of me!

Hamamura-san!

That's enough, Kuroki!

I don't want to be told by a criminal like you!

What's going on there!

Wakamoto-san.

Who... are you?

Island Giken has already gone bankrupt long ago.

Kosaka,

call the police.

I'm going back. Don't mess up with me.

What's wrong with that guy?

He's my old friend.

He's been a bad guy for a long time.

He just came to borrow some money.

Oh, here it is.

Pardon me.

Sorry for earlier. I'm putting it around here.

Thank you so much.

Let me do it by myself.

I'm really sorry.

Then, I'm leaving her to you.

Thank you so much.

You see... I'm really sorry for what happened earlier.

No.

Rather than that,

about the stock price data, we have temporarily uploaded it on the cloud.

Ah, let me check it.

Yes. It's definitely here.

Oh?

What's up?

My mouse USB has gone somewhere.

Maybe, when he hit you earlier.

Did you have any important data there?

It doesn't have any stored data, but it's my lucky item.

Why is it empty?

That rat was sure to protect me...

...from not getting seriously injured.

You're positive.

But I think lucky items and amulets are different.

That's a good idea.

Since Kosaka-san is thinking negatively.

Kosaka-san.

Yes.

Can I ask one question?

This photo.

Is this the person who said...

...that you're a criminal?

"A university student from the metropolitan area."

"Arrested for being involved in phishing scams."

"The suspect is..."

That guy earlier, who was Kuroki,

was my programming colleague during my college days.

He... introduced to me a part-time job by creating a homepage.

He told me that I could earn big money.

But in reality, it was meant to be used for phishing scams

But, I only knew about it...

...after I was arrested.

I was not charged,

but the fact I was arrested will remain.

[ A university student in Tokyo got arrested for alleged involvement in phishing scam. ]

- Have you seen this article? - SNS is terrible.

[ Kosaka Kei's home was found. ]

[ I'm going to attend a lecture as usual but... Haha ] [ I think I am going to see him at the university. ] [ It pulls me off! ]

It looks like the school knows the secret.

[ K-saka's younger sister is about to get fired from her part-time job. ] [ Before that happens, drop out from college. ]

- This is no good. - Not prosecuted? He's apparently innocent.

- In the first place, he got involved. - He got out at this point.

It's really the worst if he will be employed.

It's fine to do bad things on your own, but please don't bother me here.

That led me to drop out of college.

Even after getting a job, all employees around me...

...knows the past, and it's hard for me to live.

But... why do you need to quit?

What's worse is that friend...

...didn't know anything about you.

I didn't know about that, but that didn't end up from there.

The fact is...

Since I have helped,

some people's lives have been gone to ruins.

Will this company...

...also let you quit if you had done wrong in the past?

Kosaka-san.

I think you have liked this job.

So it's a good idea not to escape just because of that.

Escape?

On our SP department,

I have a director named Hanzawa Naoki.

He's someone who came from a bank then to our company.

He's the one who gave support towards me.

He's the one who created an issue from a bank.

Encountered anyone with unreasonable sight.

I thought he ran away so that he could escape from everyone.

But, he came to work back and I realized that...

...Director Hanzawa...

...is a person who fights without running away.

Even with the unreasonable things happened on that bank,

it seems that he stood up against his boss.

He went against them?

"If it is done to you, do it back."

I don't know why he can do that, though.

"If it is done to you, do it back."

He's stupid, isn't he?

Eh?

Some time ago, you said...

...that he wouldn't run away.

At the moment everyone know my past, they've changed totally.

I won't be able to work with such environment.

Isn't it better to escape from it?

But...

If I try again,

I can only do more.

In the first place,

for those who decide things just from fortune-telling,

I don't want to be told by someone great like you.

Huh?

Weren't you just saved thanks to that lucky item?

If you get injured, then just ask help for it.

I didn't try to say it like that.

Even so far, a lot of good things happened to me thanks to fortune-telling.

I don't even want to be told by people who has negative thinking.

It's more better than believing such stupid fortune-telling.

Let me tell you, fortune-telling...

What's wrong believing from it!?

I'm even more happy...

...than you who can't believe anything.

What I think is...

No, what I mean is...

I'm sorry...

I'll buy a replacement for the coolant.

[ Kuroki Ryosuke ]

[ TOP NEWS ] [ A university student in Tokyo arrested on alleged involvement in phishing scam ] [The MPD arrested the suspect, Kuroki Ryosuke (21) for fraudulently obtaining the credit card information of another person... ]

3 months until the day of new system's operation

System operation is approaching three months from now.

Spiral went on with its further development,

they were working late...

Joint project meeting

...thinking how should it be more developed.

As the progress went on, at that time...

Excuse me. This is from the customer service center earlier...

Is this...

What's this?

What's up?

Actually, just now, someone...

...send this to the customer service center...

...and this report was inside of it.

Can you please tell us more about it in details?

Well, it's already in the past.

In the first place, Kosaka-kun was not charged from it, right?

Right. That person even evaluated our system...

- It seems to be Kuroki Ryosuke. - He already left?

I don't want to be told by a criminal like you!

The only person in the company who knows it...

...is that person.

Is the one who gave that information...

...is you, Wakamoto-san?

No way that I could do that.

But...

In this way, you still don't believe me.

Will you keep working alone until the end?

I can't do such thing.

Then, what the heck are you trying to do?

How can they trust me when they're like this?

That depends on yourself.

You're still the project leader now.

Then,

you must be aware that you're still the leader until the end.

I understood.

Will this company also let you quit if you had done wrong in the past?

So it's a good idea not to escape just because of that.

- You've worked hard. - You've worked hard.

I explained briefly...

...to my superior the matter of the case report.

Maybe I... have to remove myself being the leader.

I'm not used to it.

Right. Once again.

Again...

I'm about to quit.

Right.

You may have thought of it before.

What?

What you've said to me...

...will always remain in my heart.

There's no way I can escape.

You're right.

I...

...have been using my past as an excuse.

I don't face people well also with my work,

and have just run away.

But,

at that time, you...

From those papers you've picked up,

you desperately tried...

...to protect my job that way.

Come to look at it,

I wondered what I've been doing all this time.

I thought I didn't want to run away anymore.

My current job is very hard but challenging.

That's why,

no matter what I do, it doesn't matter.

I really want to complete this job.

Kosaka-san.

Director Hanzawa can confront unreasonable things.

He's a great person.

I want to be like him.

Actually, I feel the same with you.

I was told that he was great.

I...

I thought I could leave the company anytime.

But,

looking at you now,

I also wanted to help myself more.

So, don't quit.

By the way.

This one.

Oh, this one.

It fell in the corner of the corridor.

Could it be you're looking for it?

Well, no... I just found it at once.

Right.

By the way.

Please replace it with this new mouse.

What?

I have a lot of this.

This tot-like stuff is of no use whatsoever like me.

I'm like this analog thing and they are not. [ i.e. old-fashioned ]

But, thanks to this, I was able to meet you.

I haven't quit my job.

It's a real lucky item for me.

You really believe in it.

There's a saying, "Believers are saved", you know?

That's because if you have something you can believe in,

you can become stronger.

"Become stronger"?

Right.

Believe more in the people around you.

Don't be afraid.

Indeed.

Well then.

Thank you for this.

Your luck should be better now too.

If you look closely, this mouse...

...is similar to Director Hanzawa.

Wakamoto-san.

Can you please check the results of the stock exchange test the other day?

Is it okay if it's me?

I was wondering if the one who spilled that article was you.

If you want to remove me from the team,

an in-house email alone should have been enough.

If we send an email to Central Stock Exchange,

this could just make our company worse.

Wakamoto-san, I can't do this.

I'm not like you.

I'm sorry for what happened yesterday.

Please.

And then, with the joint force of Spiral and World Big Data...

4 weeks until the new system's operation

They were getting ready for the coming days...

...and in a hurry to complete the new system.

However...

What's this?

This is a file that is no longer needed due to specification changes.

Why is it added again?

I don't have time to check it later.

Yes, you're right.

Please wait for a second.

Can I check which file is it.

It's this one though.

What the heck is this?

It's a malware.

Wakamoto-san, stop the program!

I'm doing it!

Is it already okay?

Yes. Somehow.

But, with this...

It's probably a Trojan horse.

It's a devise to rewrite the program of other server at the same time as starting it up.

How will they able to rewrite it?

I don't know that much.

It seems that once executed it's automatically deleted by itself.

Shit!

We'll thoroughly check if anything else has been prepared.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

When and where did it get infected by the Trojan?

After that, the Trojan was completely removed.

It has been confirmed that there is no problem with the system.

According to Kurusu-san from World Big Data,

during the test via the Internet,

it is highly probable that it will be infected externally.

Speaking of which,

there was unauthorized access to our system before, right?

Could it be done by Kuroki?

Kuroki?

Even though we're not on good terms,

and the article got leaked because of him,

but when it comes to programming, he's still amateur.

So it's impossible that it's him.

Then, who could that be and for what reason?

But it's strange when you think about it.

What?

If I'm the culprit,

rather than loading a Trojan in a new system like this time,

I should be aiming for the old system.

Old type?

As the old type's security is more easier to break,

why did one bother to aim for the new system?

And the final testing of the new system was done.

New system final testing

[ Order completed ] [ Go to the details confirmation screen ]

There are no issues. All are passed.

Okay!

All right! Yeah!

Thank you so much.

Likewise, we thank you.

It's okay. Various things happened.

But we were able to come this far.

All we have to do is wait for the switching of the system.

Wakamoto-san, thank you very much.

I'm still not fine with it.

Also, if something like a Trojan horse has been found again,

their trust to us will diminished.

Check it thoroughly until the day of its operation.

We shouldn't miss any of the bugs.

I see.

But, Kosaka,

I've been worried all this time.

From what?

Before,

that woman Hamamura,

have came to deliver the materials.

At that time,

I have seen it.

I'll buy a replacement for the coolant.

That time,

did she have a Trojan horse-sourced stuff in it?

But why would she do that?

Can we really trust...

...that woman?

[ Shared Cloud ]

[ Important ] [Violation of Internal Regulations ] [ Case business meeting ]

[ Hamamura Hitomi ]

Yesterday, from the Compliance Department,

there was a report...

...that you bought stocks from another stock exchange company.

This is a violation of internal regulations.

We have wanted to believe in you.

But as from the company, we have to deal with it carefully.

You've been roughly talking about fortune-telling.

It seems like your doing unnecessary things.

Didn't you have enough responsibility for this job?

What you did to those who supported you...

...is a betrayal.

You may have heard it already.

Hamamura will have to stand-by at her home for a while.

I heard that she bought and sold stocks.

Yes. And I felt ashamed for that.

It's certain that the stock price will rise with her Morio Games's shares.

Insider trading is a serious violation of the rules.

Thank you.

- Do you know what she did? - What did she do?

- She's an insider. - Insider?

She told us that she will do her best during the training,

but what is she thinking?

I can't believe it. She must be aware that she's dealing with our products...

Thank you.

She must be from the yutori sedai. [ Generation of pressure-free education ] [ Those who received relaxed education with reduced hours and contents in curricula ]

Have you seen this article?

- SNS is terrible. - It really is.

It's fine to do bad things on your own, but please don't bother me here.

She really did it.

It's already over for her.

Is that woman really trustworthy?

For some reason, there were many log-ins some time ago.

- The possibility of unauthorized access from that log-in... - Joint development?

I think that the World Big has given us consent.

The preparation for the efficiency test is in delay?

From now on, using this shared cloud,

Insider trading is a serious violation of the rules.

- This ID... - Director Hanzawa's password is...

- Where is it aimed at? - It's probably a Trojan horse.

- This is my lucky item. - A mouse?

- As the old type's security... - All we have to do is wait for the switching of the system.

- ...Got embezzled worth 30 billion yen!? - Why did one bother to aim for the new system?

- Make sure you succeed... - A hidden-type program...

Do your job this time.

You know I want money, right?

Yes.

Whatever happens, I will send it to the airport.

Don't forget.

Send it also to me and to the other person.

The matter we've been talking about...

We hope it goes fine.

All we have to do is wait for the switching of the system.

Congratulations to our success.

Let's cheers to that.

After all, it's what I have expected.

Hey, Kosaka.

It's almost time. You're getting late.

If we're moving to the new system, we'll be already safe.

Compared to the current systems,

the new system will also have its latest security.

That's what I've got stuck on.

Before, Hamamura-san said this to me.

If I'm the culprit,

rather than loading a Trojan in a new system like this time,

I should be aiming for the old system.

Old type?

As the old type's security is more easier to break...

For instance, if artificial intelligence...

...has perfect rules like Go and Shogi,

it may overwhelm humans,

Conversely, like a child plays,

you can't do toy puzzles, right?

It goes the same for top programmers.

Sometimes it's harder...

...to break through old and simple security than the latest complex security

That is...

Like the incident from before.

Unauthorized access...

...is not about breaking the old security.

Wouldn't it be possible to move towards the new system right away?

Why would they do that?

There must be a blind spot.

It was more convenient for the culprit to do it after system switching.

And just after the transition,

it should be the easiest to break its security.

The system switching must get interrupted, right?

No.

The culprit who notices this action...

...may erase all traces of evidence.

Then,

we have no idea when it will be targeted again in the future.

But, we have no time left.

Wakamoto-san.

Do you have trust in me?

Will you believe in me?

[ Kosaka Kei, of Spiral ]

[ Commencement of switching to the new system ]

Finally.

Then, we'll do the final confirmation.

Yes, sir.

Hamamura?

What are you doing?

I just came to retrieve my belongings.

I'm leaving soon.

Checking the program has been completed. No error.

Hamamura, it's my bad...

It's okay, sir. I have found it.

I'll excuse myself.

It's now the time. Please.

Soon, to all computers in the company,

this system migration screen will be displayed.

Enter the ID and password as seen on this screen.

And we'll go through the system switching process.

First, the senior manger of each department...

will work on this master PC.

Then, please do it here.

Excuse me for a bit.

First of all, from the SP Department.

I would like to go through the transition process for Director Hanzawa first.

Hanzawa is out on a business trip.

The General Affairs [GA] manager will do it for you.

[ System switch over on process ]

The procedure was successfully completed.

Okay!

Then, I'll go back to the company and check the system's status.

We're now ready with the procedure,

so let's continue with the transition.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

Please wait a second.

The system freezes.

- What's the cause. - I don't know.

It's not responding at all!

Let's switch first.

Hey, what's going on?

Hey, what's going on!?

The customer's money is being withdrawn one after another.

What's going on here?

What do those mean?

- Can the system itself be stopped? - Kosaka-san!

- No good. - We won't be able to control it!

How much is the loss?

If this goes on,

it will be 30 billion!

30 billion yen!?

They were all stolen from customers' accounts!

What happened? Who did this!?

No way... Director Hanzawa...

...got embezzled worth 30 billion yen!?

No, it's not an embezzlement.

His password was stolen.

Probably, the server program has been rewritten.

There were no irregularities during the final check!

Yes, but this is...

It has been rewritten from a PC from the company.

The IP address source is...

From that computer.

What?

It's Hamamura's PC.

How could you...?

No...

It's not me!

Don't feign ignorance!

For what reason are you doing this?

It's not her.

Kosaka-san.

To rewrite the program,

you need an advanced hacking technology.

It would not be possible with her ability.

I don't get what you mean.

She was roughly stealing...

the company's stitch and bought and sold stocks for her personal purposes.

I can't believe with such person.

In that case, she bought and sold it to Morio Games,

where she must have anticipated a price increase,

but it was strange.

What?

I know it.

Her buying style is unique,

and she never thinks about rising stock prices.

She buys it with the help of fortune-telling.

Moreover, when the fortune-telling was done on the day when the trade was made,

the unlucky color was green.

The fortune said...

...that you should never buy one's company's stocks.

She wasn't able to bought it.

What about it?

Such thing...

Yes.

She can't provide any evidence,

but I still believe that she's not the one who did it.

The Hamamura-san whom I know...

...believes too much in fortune-telling.

She may be a bit strange,

but she's an honest person.

Even before,

she desperately tried to take back the documents...

...when a man named Kuroki tried to snach those.

At the expense of myself,

she fought to protect my colleagues on the project.

I can't imagine...

...that she would interrupt the project just even 1 mm of it.

She's not that kind of woman.

It was done by another person.

Regarding the culprit's identity...

Finally, we were able to found it out.

Did you know the culprit?

Yes.

The other day, a Trojan was loaded,

but only the source of the infection was identified.

It's from the data in the shared cloud.

Shared cloud?

Previously, I had asked your company to get the data.

...About the stock price data,

we have temporarily uploaded it on the cloud.

Let me check it.

Yes, surely.

Then,

who brought that data to the cloud?

That is...

Let me put it on the share cloud.

Wait a second!

I don't know anything!

Say, Kosaka-san.

I'm afraid that you'll say strange things.

I can't do such enormous thing!

Right.

You had a collaborator.

The programmer who created that elaborate Trojan...

...was found few years ago in Malaysia.

In a very similar way, to this time,

using a Trojan horse,

there seems to be a case where a bank deposit was stolen.

Malaysia?

Previously from where?

I've been working places around Southeast Asia...

No way, is it Kurusu-san?

That's what you can see if you look into his computer

- Where's Kurusu-san? - \He returned to the company earlier.

Look for him!

- Yes, sir! - Yes, sir!

Shirosaki-san, you've worked with Kurusu-san,

and using this introduction of new system,

you planned to steal worth billions of money.

The matter we've been talking about... We hope it goes fine.

All we have to do is wait for the switching of the system.

Kosaka-san, what have you been saying since a while ago?

For that reason, you have a Trojan on your server.

And by the time the system is up and running,

it has been deleted.

So you...

...have looked for another way.

Hamamura's PC...

...was remotely controlled and hijacked just before the system was started.

Using the timing of switching to the new system,

that would be a strategy to extract Director Hanzawa's password.

For that reason,

you're trying to suspend me from work, weren't you?

What are you saying? That's your disgrace, isn't it?

What stupidity are you saying?

It's not like I'm the one who did this.

Deal it by yourselves. I'm leaving first. Excuse me.

Then, don't worry.

The crime was already prevented beforehand.

Look closely.

Unauthorized remittances will still continue!

The screen you're seeing...

...is just a bogus made by me.

We're just fishing for the guy.

I tried to prevent the culprit...

...from immediately realizing that the he or she had failed,

but I'm impressed that he or she caught up to it.

How did you do such thing...?

It's because of this.

Wakamoto-san.

Do you have trust in me?

And then?

What will you do, leader?

Let's move them according to the scenario...

...we have planned.

This mouse...

It's cute, isn't it?

That mouse looks similar to Director Hanzawa.

Hamamura?

What are you doing?

I'm leaving soon.

Checking the program has been completed. No error.

That time...

To be honest,

I put the Trojan I made into this USB.

When the culprit tried to control this computer remotely,

the program is activated.

It blocks the culprit's operation,

and it creates a fake screen displays.

An unpopular analog USB has helped.

Enough of that!

If what you're saying is true,

wouldn't it be that Kurusu alone have done it all?

Why are you suspecting me?

I understood.

If that's the case,

let me show you the evidence.

What?

Everyone.

Please look carefully.

[ Katsuya Shirosaki ]

Shirosaki-san…

It's a remote control app.

This is my smartphone...

Actually, about the Trojan I made...

If one is trying to control it remotely,

it will infect the source.

Why...

...has your smartphone screen been shown now?

Because you remotely controlled this computer with your smartphone.

When you remotely controlled it, your phone was infected with a Trojan.

Shirosaki-san.

You...

...may have intended...

that Hamamura-san's PC is the one who remotely controlled it,

but it was really you who have done it.

And this is...

...the evidence of the crime.

You've been exchanging messages with Kurusu-san.

"The Trojan on the server..."

"...was removed by Kosaka. Move to Plan B."

"Let's use Hamamura's PC."

"No problem."

"Nobody can believe what that newcomer says."

Stop it!

You won't still stop even if I pull it out.

Move away!

I have no idea. This is bullshit!

This screen is fake!

[ Incoming call ] [ Kurusu Seiya ]

Can you please leave?

No...

Now...

If that's the case, then I'll...

Hey, Shirosaki. The money is not moving!

What's going on!?

Hello?

Hey, can you hear me, Shirosaki!?

Hello? Can you hear me?

Hey, the money is not moving!

Shirosaki!

This should be obvious now.

And actually, under the direction of Director Hanzawa,

it looks like he have already investigated about you.

It's an email from Director Hanzawa.

Shirosaki-kun,

Apparently, you...

...made a huge loss by investing in real estate personally.

I guess he was reaching out using the money to make up for it.

Unfortunately,

we have finally found out all your motives!

You said something to me before.

Don't believe anyone. Didn't you?

But it's just a heresy.

There's someone who believed in me.

I couldn't say anything before.

I'm sorry.

I...

I believe in you.

Here.

It's the lucky item you gave me.

Like what Director Hanzawa said,

"If it is done to you, do it back."

The time is right now.

Let's fight together and prove your innocence.

Kosaka-san.

Just proving my innocence is useless.

In fact, there are still continuation to what Director Hanzawa has said.

"If it is done to you, do it back."

"If it is done to you..."

"Double payback."

Double payback...

The money you tried to steal...

...were entrusted to us people and their precious life depends on it.

The reason we keep such valuable money...

...is because our customers have trust on us.

Without trust, we couldn't work with this job.

That's why, from here,

all the people and the engineers here...

...have poured their sweat and passion...

...and work bringing their pride.

In spite of...

...you who preyed on this project for your own personal greed,

you betrayed our trust!

Down the road,

persons like you, with those dirty hands,

will come out and try to get a lot of money.

But...

But I'll show you that I'll surely protect it!

I am here.

I'll join forces with my trustworthy friends.

And we'll make the perfect system.

I'll make it...

...with the people I believe in.

Subsequent investigations have found out that Shirosaki-san...

...had debts worth 500 million yen.

Meanwhile, the one whom he have met on an illegal site was Kurusu-san.

On the other side, Kurusa-san was...

What are you doing in this place?

How come...

At that time, Wakamoto-san secretly followed him.

He was seized down...

You had a problem with a system that you worked abroad before.

It looks like they're trying to claim from you a huge amount of loss.

Afterwards, he was handed over to the police with Kuroki.

Eventually, the introduction of the new system was postponed.

Kano, Spiral's managing director,

has been in conflict with President Sena from his management policy.

He took that opportunity to quit from Spiral.

He decided to start a new company.

Sorry.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Why were you drinking with that cute mouse, Hanzawa-kun?

It's been a long time.

Let's move to a quiet place.

This incident seemed to be tough.

You were able to immediately collect information.

Well.

Information and HR are the lives of bankers.

In that case, I was able to solve it with the efforts of young employees.

By the way, this mouse seems to have been useful.

That is because our bank doesn't use it anymore.

It's a little gift you've pressed into us.

Banks are usually like that.

Press down on troublesome things,

and cut them off if you no longer need them.

Right now, I'm the same as this abandoned mouse.

Hanzawa.

Can't you return to the bank somehow?

I'm already have my one-way ticket to an island.

I don't think I can go back now.

Are you really fine with it?

That Owada changed his attitude 180 degrees. [ i.e completely ]

Now he's a loyal subordinate of President Nakanowatari.

It's only you who's being transferred and suffered misery.

Owada was able to survive as an officer.

You don't think of anything.

"If it is done to you, do it back."

That's how a man Hanzawa Naoki is.

Tomari, the times have changed.

My position has changed.

I'm not a banker at a megabank now.

I'll be an employee of a stock exchange company.

But still,

that doesn't mean I'll do nothing.

Since I'll be at Central Stock Exchange,

I'll be fighting under the rules of the Central.

That's my style.

Hanzawa.

That will be someday. Tomari.

I'm going to do a big job from there.

Someday,

I'm going to give payback at that bank.

Hamamura-san, have you decided where to go?

I am at the SP Department.

Oh. Then, you're under Director Hanzawa?

Right.

But looks like it's a strict department.

You'll just be fine there.

I'm glad that you still continue to work at Spiral.

What?

Actually, I...

I just keep it silent for a long time.

What do you mean by that?

When I visited your workplace before,

I have seen it.

Lady K.

So it was you.

What? Did you know it?

But it works well and I want to keep using it.

What?

Could it be...

You stopped me trying to quit...

As the updates for the fortune-telling will be gone.

I surely...

Surely?

It's nothing. Anyways,

I wanted you to pretend you didn't know until the end.

I also thought of that.

"Share a secret to the person you want to open up with."

As expected, I don't believe in anything.

I believe in you.

Thank you and sorry for the bother.

Translations by: void_spell

[ Hanzawi Naoki will continue on this coming April. ]