徳之助の後輩刑事・片桐(菅田俊)が捜査一課に身柄を拘束された。片桐の高校時代の友人が殺人事件で指名手配されている中、真相が知りたく出所したばかりの男に問いただそうとして暴力を加えた容疑らしい。友人の真実を信じ、友人たちと妻の・さやか(朝加真由美)を長年支えていた
Tokunosuke's junior detective Katagiri was detained by the First Investigation Division. Katagiri's high school friend was wanted in a murder case, and he seems to have been accused of violence trying to ask a man who had just been released to find out the truth. Believing in the truth of his friends and supporting his friends and his wife Sayaka for many years.