Episode Title:
Fierce Blazing Finale
Episode Description:
Takao tests a blood sample taken from Murota before the fire. The results confirm her suspicion, so she and Yu immediately confront the culprit, Murota's assistant Kagaya, as he is in the act of trying to set fire to Murota's storage shed and destroy the evidence. Takao reveals the cause of the spontaneous combustions was white phosphorus, a toxic chemical that causes numerous illnesses and notorious for igniting itself at temperatures as low as 50 °C (122 °F). Murota's safe in the shed contained old matches made from white phosphorus before the government banned them. Aoi's death was a genuine accident as she had taken a box of matches and had them in her pocket when they ignited. Murota however was murdered by Kagaya who admits to Sakurai he swapped Murota's matches with phosphorus ones and placed the fire bomb in Ikari's coffin to continue the ruse everything was being caused by Enzo's curse. Takao accuses him of lying about Murota's murder to protect the real culprit, Murota's daughter Haruka, who has a clear motive to want her father dead. From their medical records Takao reveals both Haruka and her mother have multiple domestic abuse injuries going back years. Haruka admits to swapping Murota's matches hoping to burn him to death, but when they did not ignite at first she started putting the phosphorus in his food, causing the skin rash. Her crime exposed, Haruka sets fire to the shed, hoping to burn to death but trapping Yu as well. Takao rescues them both riding Mai's bike through the fire. Kagaya is arrested for arson and Haruka for murder, though Takao hopes due to the circumstances they only receive short sentences. Meanwhile, Mazuru receives paperwork from former patients seeking to sue Takao for medical malpractice.
