Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 147, Special Report
The University of Tokyo, formerly known as Tokyo Kaisei School, Tokyo University, Imperial University, and Tokyo Imperial University, was finally renamed back to the University of Tokyo after the war. It is the highest-level and most prestigious institution of higher learning in Japan. At least 15 Japanese prime ministers have come out of it, and most of the elites in Japan's upper class come from the University of Tokyo.

As the first in the country, the first in national universities, and one of the several academic centers in Asia, the status of the University of Tokyo in Japan is undoubtedly very high. Even in a period of history after the withdrawal of American forces after the war, the entire Japanese government and society were actually controlled by civil servants. Cabinet ministers and even the prime minister were only responsible for formulating policies, and how to implement them was almost entirely dependent on the leadership of their civil servants.

At that time, every cabinet minister had a "Deputy Minister of Affairs" under him. The Deputy Minister of Affairs was the pinnacle of civil servants and was roughly equivalent to the level of the Superintendent of Police, and they were the actual helmsmen of the executive branch.

Cabinet ministers can be replaced at will, but the term of office of deputy ministers is often very long. Often, ministers have been replaced four or five times while the deputy ministers remain unchanged. They are the actual helmsmen of each administrative department and the elites who are truly familiar with the operation of the entire system. At the same time, a deputy minister will be "re-employed" as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary after retirement, responsible for presiding over the "Deputy Ministers' Meeting."

The "Under Ministers' Meeting" is often held one day before the formal cabinet meeting. In the past, this meeting was considered the real highest decision-making meeting. They could decide what bills the prime minister and ministers could read, what "guidance" they had, and how to implement them.

Therefore, these deputy ministers are the real managers of Japan, and the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary is the "shadow prime minister".

So, what does this have to do with Todai?

The answer is simple: more than 80% of these vice ministers graduated from the University of Tokyo.

Times have passed, and the times have changed. Since Prime Minister Hosokawa was completely sidelined, politicians have finally made up their minds to reform the system of civil servants holding power. The power of the Vice Minister system was continuously reduced and eventually disappeared. It took politicians more than ten years to finally take back power from civil servants.

However, at least 40% of these politicians come from the University of Tokyo.

From this, we can see how deeply and strongly the social influence of the University of Tokyo has penetrated. To this day, in the financial industry, manufacturing industry, medical field, and both the political and business circles, the depth of the work of the University of Tokyo and the close integration are beyond words.

An extremely important reason why the Yonezawa Uesugi family was able to live a prosperous life even after donating most of their property and fighting for the people and suffering the heavy blows from Tokyo was that their grandfather Uesugi Kuninori was a professor at the University of Tokyo!

The head of the criminal section of a police station may be considered a well-known figure in the local civil service system, but he is nothing in front of a professor from the University of Tokyo!
The person who came to report the case was Daisuke Tsuda, a 54-year-old professor of biology at the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Tokyo. He came to the Honfuji Police Station accompanied by his daughter Emi Tsuda.

The head of the Criminal Division, Terai, did not dare to delay and hurried to call the director, but was stopped by Professor Tsuda. After Professor Tsuda's repeated requests, Chief Terai reluctantly sat down halfway.

Missing person, Takako Tsuda, 50 years old.

"Excuse me, Professor Tsuda, is he missing?" Section Chief Terai asked cautiously.

"Well, I haven't been able to contact my wife for three consecutive days." Professor Tsuda looked tired and anxious. "On the morning of the 7th, I woke up from the bed and found that my wife was gone."

"The morning of the 7th, right?" Section Chief Terai glanced at the calendar and found that today was May 5th.

He has been missing for more than three days.

Yes, if an adult goes missing, no case will be filed for investigation within 24 hours.

"Well, we couldn't contact our mother anyway, so we decided to come and report the case." Professor Tsuda's daughter took the initiative to say: "At first we thought our mother was out for something, but we couldn't contact her anyway."

"I see." Section Chief Terai still felt a little strange, and he continued to ask: "Excuse me... Professor Tsuda, and your daughter, do you know anything about Mrs. Tsuda's sudden departure without saying goodbye?"

Professor Tsuda was silent for a while after hearing this, then turned his gaze to his daughter and said, "Go ahead."

Tsuda Emi was very embarrassed and lowered her head: "It's because... I wanted to study dentistry at Keio University, and I had an argument with my mother."

Professor Tsuda simply told Section Chief Terai that his daughter had finally been admitted to Keio University after repeating a grade for two years, but she wanted to study dentistry in the medical school. Because of this, Mrs. Tsuda and her daughter had a very fierce argument.

Admission to the dentistry program at Keio University's School of Medicine requires 200 million yen, tuition in the first year is 500 million yen, 400 million yen per year from the second to the sixth year, and facility fees, teaching materials fees, and laboratory fees are over 100 million yen a year. Add to that the high living expenses in Tokyo and various miscellaneous fees, admission fees, and activities within the school, and the mother needs to prepare 5500 to 6000 million yen for her daughter.

(The workload at Keio University's School of Medicine is very heavy. If you want to work and study, you'd better not spend money. If you fail one subject in the final exam, it will be considered as failing all subjects and you will be held back and have to pay an extra year of tuition and living expenses, which will start at 600 million.)
Mrs. Tsuda was unwilling to pay so much money. She thought her daughter would get married anyway, so why should she study medicine? The tuition for a nursing and medical school is only 100 million yen a year, plus subsidies, and 1500 million yen for five years.

"I see. Even for a professor at the University of Tokyo, 6000 million yen is not a small sum. It is understandable that a quarrel broke out." Section Chief Terai was secretly shocked. He received about 680 million yen every year. According to this standard, he would have to go without food and drink for 9 years to be able to support his child to study dentistry at Keio University!
Wow! The professor from the University of Tokyo is really rich!

"I'm sorry to let you know such a bad thing. I was too willful. We had a big fight that night, and the next morning my mother left without saying goodbye," Tsuda Emi said seriously, "Could you please help me, Mr. Officer?"

"… This is the situation. I'm sorry that my wife has caused you trouble." Professor Tsuda was also a little sad: "Please be more careful. I'm counting on you."

"Excuse me, is there anything I can tell you about your wife's whereabouts?" Section Chief Terai continued to ask cautiously. "My wife's whereabouts are uncertain. She likes to travel abroad when she feels like it. Sometimes she likes to go on vacation in Thailand, the Philippines, and the Maldives. Sometimes she likes to go shopping in Paris, New York, and Milan. Sometimes she suddenly wants to go skiing in Hokkaido or take a hot spring bath in Beppu." Professor Tsuda said helplessly, "We don't know where she has gone. Maybe she is tasting black pork in Jeju Island right now."

"I see."

Section Chief Terai respectfully saw Professor Tsuda and his daughter off.

"It sounds like a simple runaway." The subordinate came over and said to Section Chief Terai, "Let's register it as a runaway according to the normal procedures."

Japan registers at least 90,000 missing persons every year, most of which are false alarms, but there are also many who disappear voluntarily or involuntarily. For the Japanese police, they have a love-hate relationship with missing persons cases.

What's annoying is that as long as a missing person is registered, it is considered a case, which is counted in the crime-solving rate. Missing cases, along with theft and fraud cases, are considered to be the cases that drag down the crime-solving rate the most. The search costs are high, the effort is huge, and even if the case is solved, there is no credit at all.

What’s interesting is that disappearance is a trap. Many tricky and troublesome cases that may involve murder can be cleverly defined as missing persons, and the police can justifiably not search or follow up.

"Is this really a good idea?" Section Chief Terai came up with an idea: "Professor Tsuda came to the police station to report the case in person, and I saw that his daughter was very worried."

“But, for non-criminal missing cases, we usually just need to register the missing persons, right?” The subordinate still didn’t understand.

"Who knows if this matter is related to the criminal case?" Section Chief Terai discovered that he was truly a genius!

there is only one truth!
Professor Tsuda seemed to be hesitant to speak and looked very sad. His daughter looked earnest and spoke urgently. It was obvious that she knew that our police station would never initiate an investigation into non-criminal disappearance cases, so she chose to reveal her identity as a professor at the University of Tokyo and came to the police station in person to report the case!
He obviously wanted us to help with the investigation, but he didn't want to say it directly.

Yes, how could such a distinguished person have the nerve to speak in person?

This is a great achievement! You know, from the Superintendent General Watanabe Eiji on down, a lot of the professional elites in this department are graduates of the University of Tokyo!

If he could help Professor Tsuda find his wife, not only would the entire Fuji Agency be able to hold its head high, but he might also have a chance to be transferred to the main office.

Although it is extremely difficult to transfer from a local branch to the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, it is not impossible. Didn’t you see that the female patrol chief Erina Ikeda, who was notorious in the police force, was favored by brother Uesugi because of a series of outstanding performances and appearances in live broadcasts, and was seconded to the headquarters along with brother Uesugi!
This is a case involving a professor from the University of Tokyo!

"I will go to the Metropolitan Police Department in person and report the matter to the new Chief of the First Investigation Division, Oshima Ichi, and let the Metropolitan Police Department intervene in the investigation of this matter." Chief Terai said confidently.

Although it seems like just an ordinary missing case, this is the University of Tokyo!
What era is this? We in Japan are now a modern society where everyone is equal. Only the people from the University of Tokyo are more equal than others!
…………

The same day, morning.

"Then I'll go out." Uesugi Sosetsu, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase, said with a smile towards the house.

A pair of small, white, tender feet in slippers stood at the door. When she saw the man was about to go out, Saito Asuka smiled brightly and said happily, "Mr. Uesugi, are you going out?"

The sweet voice is soft and moving, as gentle and pleasant as the song of a yellow oriole in the valley.

Uesugi Sosetsu looked down, and saw the girl standing in front of him, graceful and elegant. Her round cheeks were white with a faint blush, her slender eyebrows were like distant green mountains, her small nose was round and crystal clear, and her pair of big watery eyes were looking at him deeply.

The thin and frail figure is wearing the spring uniform of the Tsukuba University Affiliated High School. The girl's pure and slender neck can be vaguely seen. The slender waist is bound by the pleated skirt, making it look even more slender. Under the hem of the student uniform that covers her thighs is a pair of white and slender legs. Her small jade feet reveal ten cute silkworms under her home slippers.

A pair of petite and lovely feet in stockings are wrapped in semi-enclosed home slippers. Through the hazy velvet toes and transparent 20D ultra-thin pantyhose, ten round little toes are clearly visible. Combined with the slender and beautifully shaped feet, one can't help but want to take a bite.

Looking up along the slender ankles, Saito Asuka's pair of thin, long, bony legs in stockings stood quietly in front of Uesugi Sosetsu.

"We may have to eat out tonight, Ah Xiu, you don't have to wait for me." Uesugi Sosetsu rubbed the girl's little head and said with a smile.

"I understand, Mr. Uesugi." The girl was very respectful and enjoyed being touched on the head by Uesugi Sosetsu, and bowed to signal: "Be careful on your journey~"

(End of this chapter)