Road to rescue

A fire department funeral was held at the Medaka-ga-oka Substation for Ueki (played by Moroshioka), who had died in the line of duty during the fire at the Resource Reprocessing Research Center. In addition to Station Chief Gomi (played by Takeshi Kaga) and the rest of the Me-gumi squad, Ueki's former colleagues also rushed to the funeral to bid him a final farewell. Around the same time, Daigo (played by Takayuki Yamada) was lying in a hospital bed.