Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Kiken na Futari

* Part 1 cover
* Part 2 cover

**Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Kiken na Futari** (探偵 神宮寺三郎 危険な二人, *Detective Saburo Jinguji: A Couple in Danger*) is a murder mystery adventure game developed by Data East and released for the Famicom Disk System in Japan. The game was separated in two parts, with Part 1 released in December 1988 and Part 2 in February 1989.

## Story

### Part 1

***Two incidents...***

As I watched the fierce motorcycle race run past with a thunderous roar, I felt a hot, dry excitement welling up from the depths of my heart that I had almost forgotten. In fact, I wonder how long it's been since I had such an uplifting feeling...

At the invitation of Kyoko Okazaki, a friend of my assistant Yoko Misono from school days, the two of us took advantage of the long time off to visit Kyoko's husband, Shinji Okazaki, who is said to be Japan's leading rider. I was there to watch a motorcycle race in which he was participating.

When I first arrived at this circuit with my body buried in the passenger seat of the car driven by Yoko, I was (to be honest) timid by the tense atmosphere before the race. That's what it was. However, that feeling flew away as soon as the race started, and before I knew it, my eyes, ears, and whole body were being dragged into the fierce battle unfolding right in front of me. However, Yoko, who was expecting to see Kyoko again after a long time, seems to be puffing her cheeks at her old friend who doesn't show up.

How long has it been since the race started? I noticed that Shinji Okazaki was nowhere to be seen among the riders who had similar appearances. Yoko, sitting next to me, seemed to be thinking the same thing.

Our premonitions were spot on. Okazaki had an accident. It seemed that he had already been taken to the hospital by ambulance, but Isao Hosoda, the director of the team he belongs to, knew that I was a detective and asked me to accompany him to the hospital. Why am I with a stranger... I left Yoko, who was worried about her friend Kyoko's whereabouts, even though I was a little suspicious, and I headed to the hospital with Hosoda.

The hospital was not far from the circuit, but Okazaki, who caused the accident, was already in the operating room. As the two sat down on the chairs lined up in front of the door and waited absent-mindedly, Hosoda revealed an unexpected fact in an overly thoughtful tone.

*"It wasn't Okazaki who caused the accident..."*

Furthermore, he asked me to look for Okazaki's whereabouts. For a while, I asked Hosoda about Okazaki's recent state and behavior, but when I turned around, I saw Yoko standing there silently. At her call, she began to speak in her speechless tearful voice, her pale lips trembling.

*"Kyoko Okazaki was found murdered..."*

### Part 2

***A strange incident happened before long...***

Rider Shinji Okazaki disappeared during the race. And Okazaki's wife, Kyoko, was murdered by someone in the lodgings during the race. Also, Satoshi Tamura, a man who fell over while participating in the race as Okazaki's double and later died in a suspicious traffic accident, and their friend Yusuke Takasugi...

In the wake of the accident that Tamura caused in the double race, several incidents continued. A black shadow wriggling behind the gorgeous motorcycle race, and a large-scale smuggling organization seems to be hiding in the background. Among them, Otani, the sponsor of Team Tsukamaki, whom Okazaki wanted to transfer to, was shot and seriously injured.

The case is about to show an eerie spread while complicated human relationships are intertwined. I continued the investigation even though the local prefectural police detective, Ichiro Ishibashi, was hostile to me, but in the middle of the investigation, I finally realized that the series of investigations this time was different from what I had been used to.

That is, she is alone, and since she came to Suzuka, she and Yoko have mostly separated. She always accompanies me in my case investigations, and skillfully handles her detailed inquiries. However, many of her old friends (Okazaki and his wife, Takasugi) were involved in this incident, and she seemed to be quite shocked when the incident occurred, so she returned to Tokyo. However, she seems to have continued the investigation alone in Tokyo, and she brought me important information when I was at a dead end in the investigation in Suzuka.

Shinji Okazaki, the man who holds the key to the incident that disappeared from the circuit, is staying in Tokyo, especially at Yusuke Takasugi's apartment. By interrogating him, Okazaki, the investigation will surely progress. When Yoko and I were about to enter Takasugi's apartment where Okazaki was hiding, a man appeared.

It's Okazaki!

Okazaki gets on a motorcycle and tries to run away. I'm chasing you. A fierce wind that attacks the whole body and a sense of fear... I can't afford to lose sight of Okazaki. I will definitely catch the criminal with this hand of mine. For my own sake, and also for Yoko's sake.

## Gameplay

*Kiken na Futari* plays much like its predecessors, with the player moving between locations, talking with people and collecting evidence and information on the case. The player commands the protagonist Saburo Jinguji for most of the game, though at some points the player controls Yoko Misono as she conducts her own investigation separate from Saburo. Unlike in other titles of the series this game has no game over condition, allowing the player more freedom in the investigation.

### Commands

* **Go to** (ばしょいどう): Move to another location.
* **Listen** (きく): Talk with people.
* **Observe** (ひとしらべる): Observe a person's attitude and behavior.
* **Investigate** (ものしらべる): Examine objects and evidence.
* **Show something** (なにかみせる): Show a piece of evidence to a person.
* **Look around** (まわりみる): Investigate your surroundings for suspicious activity.
* **Call** (よぶ): Summon a character to your current location.
* **Take** (とる): Pick up objects and evidence.
* **Contact** (れんらくする): Phone another person.
* **Threaten** (おどす): Intimidate a person to force it to give information.
* **Tobacco** (タバコ すう): Lights up a cigarette. Helps Saburo to think.
* **Stop** (そうさやめる): Quit the game and save.