Episode 23

**Wizard of Far East (Case 4.9)** is the 23rd and final episode of the Great Pretender series.

## Summary

We're shown how Team Confidence pulled off the massive con and how their lives are now thereafter.

## Plot

A few days have passed since Team Confidence have conned Liu and Suzaku. On the abandoned island, we see how both sides are surviving in their new environment, with only Suzaku being the one who's adapted the best.

We're shown a dream involving Miki and her son Edamura in the hospital. Awakening from his dream, Edamura washes his face and is greeted by Abigail who briefly talks with him. Later, Edamura contacts Eddie who's on a boat with Sam and James who're playing a game of poker together. Eddie agrees to help out with, "the plan", but Sam and James will pass due to the details of the job.

At Suzaku's villa, it's shown that the coffee made for Suzaku and Ishigami were drugged with a sleeping agent. On Laurent's side, he does the same to Liu and Chen and that night calls in a favor with Shougo.

Switching over to Seji and the rest of Team Confidence, he has the crew hastily prepare for the upcoming meeting on the abandoned island. Eventually, Suzaku arrives in the building and sequentially Liu and Chen as well. The shootout in Suzaku's office is shown and afterward, the team holds a celebration on Eddie's boat. As it turns out, Edamura had a blood pack hidden in his chest and thankfully, Laurent and Seiji noticed it during Edamura's confrontation.

After the party, Edamura and Laurent have a one on one talk with each other. An e-mail was sent out to Suzaku's son whose name is also Makoto with a video attachment of the shootout. When Laurent asks what Edamura will do with his life for now on, he suggests he start a cafe because of his interest in coffee. However, Edamura disapproves of that. Feeling that he's succeeded in his revenge for Dorothy, he tosses her ring into the ocean.

Time passes by and Seiji visits Miki's grave. He details that once he finds homes for the children that were going to be sold as slaves, he'll enjoy a drink with his son. He then gets a call from Kim who's with Kudo in Seoul, who invites Seiji to join them. However, Seiji snaps at Kim, declining the offer. Kudo then tells Kim about how his daughter went with his ex-wife and how miserable he is without her. Kim then gives Kudo an expert piece of advice and that's to forget about her. Cynthia back in London, now tutors a young boy named Kawain who takes an interest in an artist's painting. In Red Rock Canyon in Nevada, Abigail goes rock climbing and takes a selfie, to which, she sends to Edamura. Edamura, himself, plans on going around the world tasting new kinds of coffee after finishing an apprenticeship in Okinawa. Finally, Laurent is in the USA watching the new President, who seems to be the actor from Eddie’s movies. Thinking about calling his old accomplice for another adventure.

On an island near Taiwan, Dorothy is shown to be still alive, now going under the name Xiangxiang, and has been adopted by an elderly couple. The elderly male gives Xiangxiang a ring he found in a fish and it's the same one that once belonged to her.

## Characters

* Makoto Edamura
* Laurent Thierry
* Abigail Jones
* Cynthia Moore
* Chen Yao
* Liu Xiao
* Akemi Suzaku
* Ishigami
* Shi-won Kim
* Seiji Ozaki
* Kudo
* Miki Edamura
* Eddie Cassano
* Sam Ibrahim
* James Coleman
* Shougo Nakanoshima
* Dorothy