Akamatsu's delivery company gets investigated after a fatal accident involving a runaway tire. Sawada of Hope Motors learns about a recall cover-up.

Akamatsu finds himself in a bind when the victim's husband files a civil lawsuit and an employee resigns. Enomoto continues to work on her scoop.

Sawada has been moved to a different department. Akamatsu and his employees become despondent when Enomoto's article does not appear in the magazine.

Akamatsu has brought in irrefutable evidence of falsified reports. While Sawada is astonished, Kano moves to deal with the problem.