Hanzawa Naoki

Thanks to Hanzawa’s plan, Spiral succeeds in pulling off a reverse takeover of Fox. However, to save face, Tokyo Chuo, at vice-president Mikasa’s urging, tries to pressure Cyber Acrobatics into accepting an additional investment of 50 billion yen so it can buy up Spiral’s stock. Hanzawa is left dumbfounded at the underhanded means that the big bank is willing to stoop to in order to get its way. At the same time, he begins to realize that Cyber Acrobatics’ earnings figures are not as transparent as they seem.

Hanzawa begins probing the fate of a two-billion-yen loan which Tokyo Daiichi Bank made to ruling-party Secretary General Minobe before the bank’s merger. However, Hanzawa is forced to back off when confronted by evidence that former Deputy President Makino was accepting illegal funds before his untimely death. Determined to press ahead, Hanzawa decides to move his investigation to Ise-Shima after receiving a tipoff about the missing loan. Then, while poring over Ise-Shima State’s old financial records, he runs across someone he didn’t expect to see there. Can Hanzawa uncover Ise-Shima State’s secret and show his enemies that deception costs double?

Kondo (Kenichi Takitoh) accepts a deal proposed by Executive Oowada to withhold key testimony, rendering Hanzawa’s evidence incomplete. Tomari (Mitsuhiro Oikawa) learns from personnel that Kondo is returning to the bank. Hanzawa leaves a message to wait for him at the kendo dojo. As the board meeting to expose Oowada’s misconduct approaches, Hanzawa learns of a formal complaint about his attitude from the Financial Services Agency. The board will consider both the fraud case and disciplinary action against Hanzawa. In mounting adversity, the fateful board meeting to decide Hanzawa’s and the bank’s futures begins.