Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 133: Withdrawal reaction after losing Uesugi
When Inspector Higurashi returned to the Investigation Section, he immediately heard someone complaining there.

"When will the autopsy report for Ms. Sakaguchi Chigusa's sudden death in the company be released? Why is the forensic department so slow?"

The criminal police of Section 1 were complaining: "Advisor Uesugi only needs to take a look to determine the truth, why are they still dissecting it? When will they give a conclusion?"

"The cause of death of the floating corpse in Edogawa has not yet been determined, and no one has come to claim the body. Can we ask Advisor Uesugi to come and take a look?"

"The wife's disappearance is suspicious, but we have no evidence..."

"Is the fall from the building in Adachi District confirmed to be suicide or homicide? Why does it need to be sent for testing? Where is Consultant Uesugi? Consultant Uesugi, please save him!"

From time to time, we hear from the Investigation Division 1 that we need Consultant Uesugi.

However, Advisor Uesugi is not here. As he was involved in the Tokyo Medical and Dental University night shift murder case, he was ordered to be "cautious" and "self-reflect" at home. Superintendent General Watanabe Eiji also told everyone that Uesugi Sosetsu had to write his graduation thesis and prepare for the medical specialty examination, so don't disturb him during this time.

It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. The uncles in the first investigation section are used to Uesugi Sosetsu determining the cause of death at a glance, doing the whole paperwork backwards, writing the conclusion first and then supplementing the evidence. When Uesugi Sosetsu really disappeared, these uncles had to return to the previous mode, and they were crying and howling in pain.

Apart from anything else, the time it takes to write files, do paperwork and compile files is at least three times as long as before!
Not to mention that after the loss of Uesugi Sosetsu, the speed and quality of the autopsy dropped greatly. Toyama Takeshi and Kamioka Hideo of the Forensic Department were so busy that they could not demonstrate even one tenth of Uesugi Sosetsu's ability. They did not have the courage or ability to make an immediate judgment. They had to dissect the body in a "Y" shape and examine it from beginning to end. After spending a lot of time, they could only give a vague and ambiguous conclusion.

Only then did everyone realize how important Uesugi Sosetsu was.

At the same time, Inspector Higurashi also discovered that a large group of people from the 13th department were gathered together discussing something, and they all looked sad.

The 13th Division of the Investigation Section was the former division of Inspector Higurashi. Although he was not from the professional group, he believed that although this group of subordinates were not as strong as the elite of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd divisions, they could still be considered a capable force.

However, after Inspector Minami Watanabe from the Personnel Department was parachuted into the 13th Department, the first case became a mess.

An old lady was sent to the hospital after a traffic accident and died. The hospital reported it as an unnatural death. Minami and Okada were ordered to investigate the case. During the investigation, Miss Minami found that the family of the deceased had an indifferent attitude towards this. They did not call the police when their mother died, but just sent her to the hospital.

The clever Miss Minami immediately concluded that there was something fishy going on and refused to close the case normally and report it.

After the autopsy, the forensic department found that the body had a contusion on the head, a considerable amount of bleeding, broken ribs, hands and feet, but no abrasions on the body.

Generally speaking, if a pedestrian is hit by a car, there will definitely be scratches on the body.

Based on the above results, Miss Minami judged that this was not a normal traffic accident, but a murder!

She ordered the son and daughter-in-law of the deceased to be detained on suspicion of murder, and then went to the scene of the accident. As expected, no brake marks or blood were found, which confirmed Miss Minami's idea. The 13th Department and the entire traffic accident investigation team were fully mobilized to launch a comprehensive search, treating it as a major vicious case. The entire surrounding area was in chaos, and all nearby vehicles were checked, and the road was closed for this purpose.

The family of the deceased was questioned and accused in every possible way, but they could not get enough evidence.

This went on for more than a week, and finally, a witness was found.

However, the witness's answer left the Metropolitan Police Department stunned.

The death was suicide.

The deceased committed suicide by jumping off a building, but because he fell on the road, it was mistakenly thought to be a traffic accident.

As for why the deceased's family members had such a calm attitude, it was purely because the old woman was a heavy burden to them. They had done the most they could by being willing to send her to the hospital for emergency treatment. They were not sad at all about her death. On the contrary, such a death would relieve them of their heavy moral and financial burdens. They were already very conscientious not to laugh, so they would never call the police and cause trouble for themselves.

Miss Minami's judgment and reasoning completely failed. When the entire operation cost the Metropolitan Police Department 310 million yen in budget, as well as the complaint form from the deceased's son and daughter-in-law, was placed in front of Miss Minami, she was completely devastated.

After spending so much effort, the result was suicide. After wasting a lot of manpower, material resources and energy, the final result was a complaint from the family of the deceased. Miss Minami was hit hard by this wave, and her subordinates also complained about her self-righteous judgment. Afterwards, although Watanabe Eiji used his resources and influence to deal with the complaint, the prestige of Inspector Watanabe Minami, the head of the 13th Department, inevitably plummeted.

Miss Minami has been depressed these past few days and doesn't dare to take over other cases on her own initiative, causing her subordinates to be treated as inferiors in the Criminal Division.

Inspector Higurashi returned to his workstation and thought, if this is the case without Uesugi, what will happen to Otsuka Police Station?
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Just as Inspector Higurashi had expected, the Otsuka Police Station was in a state of chaos during this period.

"Marura!" Section Chief Sudo Butt screamed as he faced the mountain of cases in his jurisdiction.

"It's over!" Department head Tanaka Laodeng wailed as he faced the endless number of thefts in his jurisdiction.

"What are we going to do?" Patrol Chief Asako Kuwahara said madly when faced with the public security issues in her jurisdiction.

If the Metropolitan Police Department can still solve problems without Uesugi Munesetsu by relying on its own resources and relatively sufficient police force, then Otsuka Police Station will be really finished without Uesugi Munesetsu!
Apart from other things, there was no one to examine the bodies of more than a dozen elderly people in the past month! It was impossible to judge suicide or homicide immediately. Compared with Uesugi Muneyuki, the speed of sending the bodies to the university medical school for autopsy was slow and could not give a particularly accurate conclusion. The police had to investigate and find evidence in person, which slowed down the case. Slow closing of the case meant that the paperwork could not be completed in one go, and failure to complete it in one go meant a pile-up. Soon, within a few days, the criminal section of Otsuka Police Station had a mountain of work but no progress.

The accumulation of business meant that the Criminal Department had to allocate a large number of personnel to investigate and handle cases that had not yet been concluded, so everyone was forced to work overtime. Overtime meant that regular police force was insufficient and police response time was slower, which in turn caused dissatisfaction among nearby residents and parties involved in the case.

With all the back and forth, the criminal class was on the verge of collapse.

Ikeda Erena originally thought that the time promised to her by Miss Minami was "from the time Uesugi Soyuki was admitted to the hospital to the time when the exam is completed in May next year", but it turned out that Miss Minami meant "from the time Uesugi Soyuki was admitted to the hospital to the time when he was discharged". After Uesugi Soyuki was discharged from the hospital, she received a notice to go to work as usual.

Yes, how could she really be given five months of paid leave?

As a result, as soon as Erina came to work, she encountered a very difficult case.

In the dark back alley of a busy street in Bunkyo Ward, a street prostitute fell in a pool of blood. Fortunately, she was sent to the hospital in time and did not die, but she had no recollection of what happened at that time.

According to the hospital's examination, the streetwalker had multiple stab and cut wounds of varying sizes on her face. The scars were of various shapes and sizes. Otsuka determined that they were not caused by the same weapon. In addition, there were several stab and cut wounds on the left side of her neck that almost caused death.

Not only that, she also had an impact wound on her forehead, accompanied by fist-sized subcutaneous bleeding, and no signs of fighting on her body.

The injury examination situation put Otsuka Police in a difficult position.

The victim suffered stab wounds, cuts, and blunt force trauma, and she had no memory of what happened.

How do we determine the murder weapon?
Due to lack of manpower, Tanaka Laodeng had no choice but to call on Erina and a few others to join in the investigation. As a result, they were confused about the situation, there was no surveillance nearby, and no clues were left at the scene.

Was it a single person or multiple people who committed the crime?
Starting from interpersonal relationships, Otsuka found that the victim was actually a senior student at Jinghua Girls' High School! However, she had been working as a "daddy" for a long time to earn a considerable extra income, and her interpersonal relationships were extremely complicated, making the investigation difficult.

To make matters worse, Jinghua Girls' High School learned about this incident because it needed to be investigated. The school board behind the incident was extremely angry and put pressure on the police station, demanding that Otsuka Police Station must solve the case as soon as possible.

This vicious assault case became the sword of Damocles hanging over the head of the Otsuka Police Department.

And they no longer have Uesugi Sosetsu to help them!

Brother Uesugi, we miss you!

(End of this chapter)