The fourth episode of the drama series "Reunion ~Silent Truth~" (TV Asahi, Tuesdays at 9 PM), starring actor Ryoma Takeuchi, aired on February 3rd. Towards the end of the episode, one of Junichi's (Takeuchi) elementary school classmates is asked by detective Ryo Minami (Eguchi Noriko) to voluntarily accompany him, which caused a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
In episode 4, Junichi questions Keisuke about the truth behind the murder of Naoto's brother, supermarket owner Sakuma Hideyuki (Koyanagi Yu), whether Makiko (Inoue Mao) and Keisuke (Seto Koji) were complicit, and whether Keisuke was the one who dug up the murder weapon... Following eyewitness testimony from the night before the incident, Keisuke reveals that he opened the time capsule containing the gun, but the gun was not inside.
Meanwhile, Detective Minami Ryo, who has begun sniffing around without his partner Junichi's knowledge, obtains new evidence that has never come to light before.
And finally, the decision was made to voluntarily accompany a certain person...and the situation unfolded.
At the end of the episode, when Keisuke and Sakuma Naoto (Watanabe Daichi) are gathered at Makiko's house at night, Minami Ryo arrives. In front of everyone, Minami Ryo asks Naoto to voluntarily accompany him to the police station, saying, "Sakuma Naoto, would you mind accompanying me? I have something to ask you." When Keisuke is surprised and asks, "What do you mean?" Minami Ryo says, "It takes less than an hour to get from your house to Haneda. Is it true that you got stuck in traffic that day?", expressing his doubts about Naoto, who had previously testified that he had gotten stuck in traffic.
Minami Ryo then explains that Naoto was captured on a security camera at a gas station close to the murder scene, making it possible for Naoto to have been present at the murder scene.
Social media was in an uproar over the development in which Naoto was asked to voluntarily accompany the police. Comments such as "A sudden turn of events," "Is it Naoto...?", "Naoto is the culprit!?", "What an unexpected turn of events," and "Is Naoto protecting Makiko?" were posted.
