Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 10, Prince Aizen

This is a very simple case, Uesugi Sosetsu thought.

He only needed to prove that the old couple died for love, and not as the outside world thought, that the male owner finally couldn't bear the burden of taking care of them and chose to kill them.

Very good, what you need to do is to make things clear!
Uesugi Muneyuki came out again: "There is no doubt, Tanaka-san, the two deceased died for love. Mrs. Ishizaka was found dead of natural causes in the morning, and then Mr. Ishizaka chose to take sleeping pills and die for love. The bodies of the two were piled together, creating this scene."

"what?"

"what?"

"Brother Uesugi? Are you serious?"

Uesugi Sosetsu's words shocked the police who were discussing the matter outside, especially Inspector Tanaka. The old man opened his mouth wide and thought, "Brother Uesugi, you are a forensic doctor, not a criminal police!"
How come you, an autopsy officer, don't tell us about the autopsy, but instead tell us about the case? Are you a policeman? You are breaking the rules. We invited you here as a coroner, not a special commissioner from the Metropolitan Police Department!
Inspector Tanaka subconsciously wanted to teach Uesugi Souyuki a lesson, and scolded him, "What does a new forensic doctor know? Who asked you to judge the case? Since when did we, the criminal police of the criminal department, need a forensic doctor to deduce and restore the scene?"
However, before he could finish his words, Old Deng suddenly shut his mouth.

He suffered a loss once.

The last time he suffered a loss of 20,000 yuan, and afterwards, Tanaka recalled that he always felt that Uesugi Sosetsu's law enforcement had a bit of a "fishing" flavor.

I must not be fooled by this little Deng again this time!
Tanaka glanced at Kuwabara across from him, and sure enough, this guy was also dissatisfied but dared not speak out.

It’s okay, someone will stand up for you and you won’t suffer any loss.

Tanaka Laodeng decided to walk to the end of the water and sit down to watch the clouds rise.

Someone will stand up for him, like some guy who is hoping to get promoted after a few years of steady work.

Sure enough, another inspector general Naito couldn't help but say, "Mr. Uesugi, what nonsense are you talking about? We are waiting for your autopsy results, not your reasoning show! What we need now is for you to tell us the autopsy results! Autopsy results, understand? Even if I'm not a professional, I can see that the two bodies are in different degrees of decay. Isn't this the most powerful evidence of homicide?"

"Yes, yes!" The aunties around started to make a noise. One of the middle-aged women carrying a basket of vegetables said in a whining voice, "I knew it was like that. It's unbearable to serve someone like that! Mr. Ishizaka is helpless, right?"

"Oh, I can't even take care of my husband, let alone a patient with dementia."

"Mrs. Ishizaka gave candy to everyone she met, and she would giggle when she saw someone eating candy. We really couldn't stand it."

"Without children, the national pension is not enough. It is natural for Mr. Ishizaka to be excited for a moment~"

"That's right~~~" After discussing for a while, a group of middle-aged women sighed with satisfaction. Following this sentence "That's right", everyone looked up to the sky and sighed, letting their tears roll down the corners of their eyes.

The basket lady continued, "Also, if Mrs. Ishizaka really died of natural causes, why didn't Mr. Ishizaka bury her properly before committing suicide? It's obvious that he couldn't pretend anymore~"

"That's right!" The aunties around echoed together. For a moment, there was a sense of prosperity and prosperity. Then they were full of joy and shared the couple's story with other passers-by, over and over again, never getting tired of it and enjoying it.

"Yes, Uesugi-san, you forensic doctors only need to be responsible for the autopsy report, but we detectives handling cases have more things to consider." Seeing that he had the support of the neighbors around him, Inspector Naito looked proud and said, "You only need to tell me the estimated time of death and cause of death."

"Come in." Uesugi Sosetsu hooked his finger: "I'll tell you."

When they heard that they were going to enter the scene of death, the police officers present all looked embarrassed.

"Come in, how can I discuss what happened with you if you don't come in?" Uesugi Sosetsu hooked his finger again, inviting him warmly.

"Naito, don't you have the biggest objection?" Tanaka Laodeng spoke first: "We have already decided to send you!"

"Yes, Naito, this is a good opportunity for you to discuss the autopsy results with Uesugi-san. Isn't this a good opportunity?" Kuwahara also said.

"Please, Naito!" The only female police officer, Miss Kousaka, stood far away.

As for Chief Ito Ko, this old man is even more arrogant than Tanaka. I don't know when he started standing far away among the crowd maintaining the yellow line, with his arms slightly open, eyes looking at his nose, nose to heart, with an expression that says, "It's none of my business, where am I, who am I, or what am I doing?"

Uesugi Sosetsu looked at these policemen and felt despair from the bottom of his heart.

This is the police force in Liben. If you ask them to do some odd jobs, they are very active. If you ask them to really handle the case, they are at this level.

Moreover, even according to the current autopsy results, Mr. Ishizaka of the Red Ghost must have died before Mrs. Ishizaka of the Green Ghost!

How did this guy determine that Mr. Ishizaka killed his wife first?

If local police are of this level, then what about the Metropolitan Police Department, which is their direct superior?
In the end, after going around in circles, only Inspection Chief Naito followed Uesugi Sosetsu into the room.

"Please explain, Mr. Uesugi. The states of decay of the two bodies are so different that it doesn't seem like they were suicides for love. What explanation can you give?" Inspector General Naito asked impatiently.

"It's very simple. As Mr. Naito has seen, the degree of decay of the two bodies is indeed different." Uesugi Munen explained to him the principles of green ghosts, red ghosts, black ghosts, and white ghosts: "If we follow the traditional forensic autopsy, then the time of death of these two bodies is at least one day different."

"so what?"

"But!" Uesugi Sosetsu raised his finger and said, "According to your judgment, even if he died, Mr. Ishizaka would die first!"

"What do you mean by our judgment? This is just Naito's judgment!" Tanaka Laodeng, who was crowded at the door, said, "Don't involve us, hey!"

"Uh..." Uesugi Muneyuki's words made the inspector a little embarrassed, but he immediately reacted: "Then is it possible that Mr. Ishizaka, the provider, suddenly died, leaving Miss Ishizaka without someone to take care of her. Miss Ishizaka, who was demented, didn't understand why her husband didn't move, so she slept as usual and accidentally suffocated to death?"

"How do you think an elderly woman with Alzheimer's disease can lift her husband weighing over 100 pounds through a blanket and press him on herself, and still suffocate him to death?" Uesugi Sosetsu said coldly.

Naito was speechless now. He could only say: "But why are the times of death inconsistent?"

"No, the time of death is consistent." Uesugi Munen began his performance. He first pointed at the piled-up corpses and said, "The degree of decay of the corpse is not only related to the time of death, but also to three other things." "First, the speed of gas flow on the surface of the corpse, second, the temperature and humidity on the surface of the corpse, and third, the area of the corpse that is directly exposed to the outside world."

"Now, let's pay attention to this situation. When Mr. Ishizaka pressed his wife to death, was it him who was on top and had a larger area exposed to the outside world, or was it Mrs. Ishizaka who was wrapped in a blanket and had a larger area exposed to the outside world?"

"Of course it's Mr. Ishizaka." Inspection Chief Naito looked at the pairs of eyes outside the house and could only admit it helplessly.

"Okay, then the second point, everyone outside the window, please make way." Uesugi Munen walked to the window again and pulled open the curtains. "Look, the direction of this apartment is April now, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. We only need to use our knowledge of geography to calculate the altitude of the sun at noon and the direction of the house, and we can easily find out."

Uesugi Sosetsu spread his arms, and the light from the cloudy day outside penetrated into the house, shining right on Mr. Ishizaka: "Every day, Mr. Ishizaka will experience direct sunlight for at least four hours! But Mrs. Ishizaka under the blanket is exposed to sunlight for 0 hours!"

As if in response to Uesugi Sosetsu's angry roar, lightning and thunder flashed outside the house. The pale lightning passed through the window and fell directly into the house, shining on Mr. Ishizaka.

"So that's it!" Sang Yuan outside the house suddenly realized: "No wonder the corpses decayed at different times!"

"As expected of a member of the nobility! You even know all this..." Miss Kousaka also opened her mouth wide.

"How did this guy know that the windows at the scene were not closed?" Tanaka Laodeng looked puzzled: "I remember no one told him!"

"So this is a case of love suicide, it makes sense." Uesugi Muneyuki said to the stunned Inspector General Naito, "They died together. The husband woke up in the morning and found that his wife was dead, so he set up the scene and committed suicide by taking poison."

"But, but, what kind of poison did he take?" Inspection Chief Naito had nothing to say about Uesugi Sosetsu's judgment, he could only ask.

"It's a sleeping pill."

"What's the reason?"

"There was mucus on the eyelids of the corpse, and white foam on the mouth and nose. If an autopsy is performed, it should be found that there is congestion in the lungs and obvious edema of the conjunctiva of the face, which are typical symptoms of death from taking sleeping pills."

"What was the cause of Mrs. Ishizaka's death?"

"Natural death can of course also be considered death from illness. You should also know from the investigation that Mrs. Ishizaka suffered from more than a dozen diseases. In this case, sudden death at any time is normal. As for the death from suffocation you think, if there is no congestion on the face of the corpse, it is not strangulation. You only need to check whether there is emphysema in the lungs."

Uesugi Munesetsu answered all of Naito's questions in rapid succession. Finally, he concluded: "The above are all my judgments. As long as the body is sent for autopsy, it can be confirmed, but I can be 100% sure that this is the specific situation."

"That morning, Mr. Ishizaka did his housework early as usual and then called his wife to get up, but she did not move. He soon realized that she had passed away, so he took out the sleeping pills he had prepared in advance and took them, and died of love."

"But, if it wasn't death from suffocation, why did Mr. Ishizaka hold his wife under him? If he wanted to commit suicide for love, why didn't he have a proper funeral for his wife and then commit suicide calmly, but instead died together in the apartment and let the bodies rot? Wouldn't it be more decent, whether it was cremation or burial?" Inspector General Naito still didn't understand. He didn't even notice that his problem had gone beyond the scope of forensics and even beyond the scope of handling the case.

This time, Uesugi Sosetsu didn't answer, he just walked out of the apartment door.

There were more people outside, and the neighbors were chattering about the incident. When they saw Uesugi Sosetsu coming out, the crowd couldn't help but get excited. The woman with the vegetable basket was the first to come up and said, "My dear, how is it? Was it suicide or homicide? Oh, I've said it before, these two people are so pitiful, their children have all passed away, they don't have any relatives, and Mrs. Ishizaka has dementia..."

If you are attached to love and lust, you will be angry at everything. Clear away the obstacles in your body and purify your Bodhi mind.

"I'm talking to you guys." Uesugi Sosetsu had a blank expression on his face. "Have you said enough? Have you said enough?"

The surroundings gradually became quiet, and dozens of people looked at Uesugi Sosetsu in confusion, not understanding what this cold young man meant.
It was the Ishizaka couple who died, what does it have to do with us?

"Do you know why Mr. Ishizaka chose to commit suicide? Why didn't Mr. Ishizaka bury Mrs. Ishizaka before committing suicide?"

Uesugi Sosetsu pointed at these chattering gossips and said, "It's because of you!"

"You pity them, you sympathize with them, and every time you see them, you can't help but share their stories with others. You like to appear to be compassionate and loving, but you forget that Mr. Ishizaka doesn't need your sympathy at all! On the contrary, every time you sympathize with him, it hurts him deeply!"

"He doesn't like being pitied, he doesn't need your pity, and he doesn't need you to share their pain with every passerby! He just wants to live a good life, he's had enough, he hates his name appearing in your mouths, he hates his story spreading on the street, but he has no choice, as you said, they have no money and ability to move away, and he has no ability to resist, because just to take care of his wife, Mr. Ishizaka has already used up all his energy!"

Uesugi Sosetsu's icy voice chilled my heart: "He doesn't want to have another funeral, to gather all the hurt, all the sympathy, all the crocodile tears and lamentations after sharing stories and perform them again. Dying in his own apartment and dying with his wife is his last stubbornness, so, can you stop?"

After saying this, Uesugi Munenchi ignored the increasingly embarrassed faces of the neighbors in the crowd and turned to Chief Inspector Kuwahara and others and said, "Wrapping your wife in a blanket, not letting outsiders see her, and not letting people remember her, is also Mr. Ishizaka's last pride."

"But...but, what is this guy trying to achieve by taking care of the lady like this?" The lady with the vegetable basket said unwillingly, "There must be a reason, right?"

"The reason is, deep love."

Outwardly he appears angry and violent, but inwardly he is loving and respectful.

As soon as these words were spoken, the bluestone in Uesugi Sosetsu's hand shone brightly, and the dead souls of the Ishizaka couple appeared again. Mrs. Ishizaka was still frantically looking for candy, while Mr. Ishizaka bowed to Uesugi Sosetsu with gratitude.

The couple met because of a piece of candy.

In the post-war era of extreme material scarcity, the girl and the boy lived in poverty and hardship, and the bond that brought them together was a small piece of konpeito, a precious sweet that could be squeezed out from between teeth in that era. They shared it with each other, neither of them was willing to eat it, and both wanted the other to eat it.

After Mrs. Ishizaka suffered from Alzheimer's disease, she gradually forgot her relatives, friends, the past, and sometimes even could not recognize her husband, but she always remembered. The only thing she remembered was the Konpeito, so she always kept a few candies in her clothes, and she always asked others if they wanted some candy.

Every time he was sympathized and pitied, it was a painful memory for Mr. Ishizaka. Now, they are finally free.

A huge amount of power rushed madly into Uesugi Sosetsu's right hand, and the originally brilliant light of the azurite was stained with a hint of bright red, symbolizing love, and condensed into a strange Dharma image in the gem.

Aizen Meiou!

　There should be another chapter today, maybe

　　
　
(End of this chapter)