DNA鑑定の結果をもってしても、本城彰が真犯人である事実は公にすることが許されず、行き場のない憤りを抱えた拓朗（眞栄田郷敦）は、刑事の平川を脅迫した疑いで会社を解雇されてしまう。この一件で、背後に巨大な力を感じた恵那（長澤まさみ）は、再び心身のバランスを崩していく。
一方、大門副総理（山路和弘）の娘婿で秘書の大門亨に接触を図った村井（岡部たかし）は、拓朗にジャーナリストを名乗らせ、亨と引き合わせる。亨は真面目で正義感が強く、過去に大門の告発を試みたが、結局、権力と忖度に屈したという。
そして、本城逮捕の最大の壁である大門を排除する作戦に打って出る。亨もまた、いずれ大門の右腕となるであろう斎藤（鈴木亮平）の存在が決め手となり、ある覚悟を決めていて…。
방송국에서 해고당한 타쿠로는 무라이에게 한 남성을 소개받는다. 그는 다이몬 부총리의 비서이자 사위인 다이몬 토루로, 예전에 다이몬이 강간 사건을 무마했음을 고발한 적이 있었다. 무라이는 당시에 방송하지 못한 다이몬 토루의 증언 영상을 타쿠로에게 넘긴다. 타쿠로는 주간지 '주간 쵸류'에 이 기사를 내기 위해 다이몬 토루를 인터뷰한다.
Even with the results of the DNA test, the fact that Akira Honjo is the real murderer is not allowed to be made public, and Takuro (Go Atsushi Maeda), who has nowhere else to turn, is fired from his job on suspicion of threatening detective Hirakawa. Ena (Nagasawa Masami), who feels a huge power behind this incident, loses her physical and mental balance again. Meanwhile, Murai (Okabe Takashi) attempts to contact Daimon Toru, the daughter-in-law and secretary to Deputy Prime Minister Daimon (Yamaji Kazuhiro), and gets Takuro to identify himself as a journalist and meet with Toru. Toru is serious and has a strong sense of justice, and says that he tried to prosecute Daimon in the past, but eventually succumbed to power and discovery. He then launches a strategy to eliminate Daimon, the biggest obstacle to Honjo's arrest. Toru, too, is determined by Saito (Ryohei Suzuki), who will eventually become Daimon's right-hand man, and is ready to make a decision...
