Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 153: The Disappearance of the Professor's Wife from the University of Tokyo

After the disappearance of the Tokyo University professor's wife was exposed, it became the front-page headline of major news reports that day.

However, the impact of this incident on the public is not as great as imagined. For the hard-working Japanese office workers and laborers, whether the wife of the Tokyo University professor is missing or dead, what does it have to do with our monthly salary of 22?
Professors from the University of Tokyo who live a life of luxury and high status are simply not of the same species as us. If a few of them disappear or even die, it might even be beneficial to us!

Compared with the previous Fuji TV case and Chiba Prefecture case, the Japanese people were not concerned about the disappearance of the wife of the Tokyo University professor that dominated the headlines this time. They even secretly cheered when they heard that the American FBI might be involved.

It’s time to strike back with a hard punch!

Where is the District Prosecutor? Please help!

The disappearance of the Tokyo University professor reported by major newspapers and TV stations basically did not cause any waves. Instead, people were more interested in the haunted incident in Fuji TV's Odaiba Building. After Mariko Hironaka was seen twice in a row on the second basement floor of the Odaiba Building, Fuji TV was scared. President Kameyama did two things: he ordered the room where Mariko Hironaka had the accident to be sealed off with reinforced concrete and had three corridors sealed off with steel plates. He then specially invited the head of the Kanto Shrine Alliance, Maiden Shirakawa, to come to the second basement floor to perform a ritual.

The live broadcast ratings for this operation exceeded 30% throughout the entire process, and Fuji TV earned hundreds of millions of yen from advertising alone.

If Uesugi Sosetsu hadn't been so busy and Miss Minami hadn't unilaterally rejected Fuji TV's invitation, Fuji TV would have been planning to invite Uesugi Sosetsu to go for another show.

Even so, there are still rumors that cleaners heard strange noises and the hissing sound of claws scratching steel plates on the second basement floor of Fujitai, which scared people so much that no one dared to approach that area anymore.

The rumor that Fuji TV is haunted has become a hot topic in society. What makes Fuji TV love and hate it is that although being haunted is scary, it remains a hot topic and its ratings keep rising!

Thanks to its continuous popularity and urban legends, Fuji TV has defeated NTV and returned to the top spot among the five major commercial TV stations after many years!
As a result, President Kameyama became the greatest president of Fuji TV after the millennium, leading Fuji TV back to the paradise on earth. If Mariko Hironaka's story had not been too scary, President Kameyama would have wanted to give her a Buddhahood.

Japan's eight million gods can still make a difference with one more Hironaka Mariko.

The public's focus was not on the Tokyo University case, and there were hundreds of posts on 2ch about this topic. The Metropolitan Police Department was able to set up a special investigation headquarters in a relatively low-key manner and began investigating the disappearance of the Tokyo University professor.

However, it was not until May 5, when the special investigation headquarters for the disappearance of the professor's wife at the University of Tokyo was officially established, that the people in the Metropolitan Police Department realized how difficult this investigation was.

After consultation with the University of Tokyo, the university only allows no more than 30 police officers to enter the Hongo campus to search, and they are not allowed to make a big fuss, detain or interrogate teachers and students, and especially not affect the normal operation of the university.

30 people?

This small number of police officers entered the East University and were immediately drowned! There wasn't even a wave!
The Metropolitan Police Department also felt tremendous pressure. Police Commissioner Eiji Watanabe ordered Chief Oshima of the First Investigation Division to serve as the head of the Special Investigation Headquarters for the Tokyo University Case. The most elite First, Second, and Third Divisions of the First Investigation Division were all deployed, and the Metropolitan Police Department's trump card, the Special Mission Unit, was also dispatched.

In fact, the Special Investigation Department does not involve cases without corpses, but the Metropolitan Police Department can no longer care about that at this time.

Especially Professor William from MIT, this old white man said that Japanese police are not trustworthy. Even five-star General MacArthur said that if the Japanese were to investigate themselves, they would not find anything!

Let that Uesugi investigate! The Uesugi who was involved in the case at Chiba Disneyland, let him investigate!

The old professor personally nominated Uesugi Sosetsu, and the Metropolitan Police Department had no choice but to send out Uesugi Sosetsu.

Uesugi Sosetsu himself also felt tremendous pressure.

Because the investigation of this case was limited and there was no body.

…………

On May 5, at the Fuji Police Station, the Special Investigation Headquarters for the Disappearance of the Wife of a Professor from the University of Tokyo.

In the second part, Inspector Sho Shiratori introduced the case on the stage. This part has been mentioned in the previous article, so I will not repeat it here.

Inspector Kashiwagi Hitoshi of the Third Department looked a little unnatural, especially when he saw the three giants of the Special Mission Department sitting next to him - Watanabe Minami, Okada Masayoshi and Uesugi Muneyuki. The oppressive feeling brought by these three people and the fact that he had suffered a severe setback in the past made him feel uneasy.

Fortunately, Section Chief Oshima arranged for everyone to be divided into two groups. Inspector Shiratori and Inspector Kashiwagi from the Second and Third Departments formed a group. They were mainly responsible for checking interpersonal relationships and conducting questioning and investigations. The First Department and the Special Mission Department formed a group. They were responsible for investigating the scene and forensics.

It is worth mentioning that Inspector Kosaka of the First Department should have been suspended for investigation because of the possibility of leaking secrets. However, doing so would almost be equivalent to the Metropolitan Police Department admitting that it was their side that leaked the secrets. At this juncture, the Metropolitan Police Department instead supported Inspector Kosaka. He was the first person to take over the case, so they still sent him here.

Inspector Kosaka was originally very excited about being able to continue taking over this case, but he was very dissatisfied with the lineup sent by the Metropolitan Police Department.

Sho Shiratori, Hitoshi Kashiwagi, and Masayoshi Okada are all in the professional group and graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo. Minami Watanabe is also in the professional group and graduated from Waseda University.

Are these people really here to investigate the case?
Inspector Kosaka privately expressed his concerns to Uesugi Sosetsu.

"Yes and no." Uesugi Muneyuki said meaningfully. He frowned and looked at the information about Professor Tsuda on the blackboard. "The first thing we need to do is to confirm how much Professor Tsuda knows about his wife's disappearance and whether he has a direct relationship with her."

"That's what I want to know, too." Inspector Kosaka sat next to Uesugi Muneyuki, frowning, "But how do we investigate? If there's no body, even Advisor Uesugi can't do anything, right?"

"Don't worry, Kosaka-san." The lack of a body was indeed the biggest difficulty that Uesugi Sosetsu encountered, but it was precisely because there was no body that Uesugi Sosetsu thought of something: "Have you seen the surveillance?"

"Yes." Inspector Kosaka informed Uesugi Sosetsu of the situation in the Taiwake dormitory. Of course, although the Tokyo University dormitory is relatively old, it is also monitored. After investigation, Kosaka and others did not capture Mrs. Tsuda's figure in the surveillance during the period of disappearance from May 5 to May 6.

However, there are several loopholes in the surveillance in the Dongda dormitories.

First of all, in addition to the elevator surveillance, there are small doors leading to the outside in the corridors on the first and second floors of the dormitory. If Mrs. Tsuda wanted, she could bypass the surveillance cameras and leave the Zhuifeng dormitory without being discovered. However, there are many people coming and going here, and students have to go to school. If she walks from here, it is unlikely that she will not be noticed.

Secondly, the dormitory has two underground floors, and there is a warehouse on the underground floor. If you enter the warehouse from the stairs and then leave through the vertical fire escape stairs inside the warehouse, you will not be discovered by surveillance.

Finally, the second underground floor is a parking lot with an air-conditioning room in it. If Mrs. Tsuda is familiar enough with the air-conditioning room, she can bypass the surveillance and enter the second underground floor, and then enter the air-conditioning room along the blind spot of the surveillance on the wall. There is a door inside the room that can be opened to the old building next door. If she leaves from here, she can also leave quietly.

In other words, the Oiwake Dormitory at the Hongo Campus is not a secret room in the strict sense. Mrs. Tsuda should be familiar with all the ways in and out, as she has lived here for many years.

However, Professor Tsuda should also be familiar with all the ways in and out.

"Very good." Uesugi Sosetsu smiled slightly: "Let's go and ask directly, but before that, we need to make some preparations. Can you give me half a day?"

"Hey?"

On May 5, the second day of the investigation, Uesugi Sosetsu and Kosaka Shinichiro went directly to Daisuke Tsuda, a professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Tokyo.

Tsuda Daisuke was displeased by the police's second visit, but when he saw Uesugi Munesetsu, the Tokyo University professor still treated him with a more polite attitude: "It's Uesugi Munesetsu! It's nice to meet you, and the Metropolitan Police Department actually sent you here. Speaking of which, Mr. Kunien took good care of me in the past, and I have to thank your family!"

"Professor Tsuda knows grandpa?" Uesugi Sosetsu said in surprise.

"How could he not know him? Your grandfather was admitted to the University of Tokyo in the 1960s. He has been studying, lecturing, and participating in research projects at the University of Tokyo for decades until he became a professor of cosmology in the 1980s." Professor Tsuda laughed and said, "Who in the entire University of Tokyo doesn't know him? Even the current President Komiyayama has to respectfully address him as Uesugi Senbei! If it was earlier, he would even be addressed as Uesugi Kaka (Your Excellency)!"

"The Chinese system was abolished by MacArthur when my grandfather was only a few years old. Professor Tsuda, please don't say that."

"What's the big deal? Everyone knows that the Uesugi clan is the descendant of Lord Kenshin! Don't be modest. The Yonezawa Uesugi clan has produced great rulers from generation to generation, and heroes emerge from young people!" Professor Tsuda praised him one after another.

Uesugi Sosetsu and Professor Tsuda were talking and laughing, while Inspector Kosaka next to them was ignored.

He felt very upset and remembered a famous saying.

“The son of a politician will become a politician, the son of a bank president will become a bank president.”

This is Japan, this is the University of Tokyo, listen to Toyotomi Yoshiaki say.

"This is the situation." After exchanging a few pleasantries with Professor Tsuda, Uesugi Sosetsu got straight to the point. He took out a surveillance video from five in the morning on May 5, just before Professor Tsuda woke up and discovered that his wife was missing.

A petite lady with long hair, about 160cm tall, wearing a down jacket and trousers, passes by the cafeteria entrance of the Zhui Branch campus with her back to the camera. This is the surveillance footage.

"We checked the nearby surveillance cameras and found this scene." Uesugi Munen pointed at the lady's back and said, "Professor Tsuda, look, is this your wife?"

Professor Tsuda's expression changed slightly. He widened his eyes and stared at the lady's back, looking at her over and over again for a long time.

"Ah."

"Hmm? Professor?"

"It seems to be Takako." Professor Tsuda nodded slowly, looking a little uncertain: "It feels like it."

"Are you sure?" Uesugi Munen asked, "This is crucial to the case."

"It should be fine, it's Takako... As expected, she left early in the morning, ah..." Professor Tsuda read it again and sighed: "It's God's arrangement that the couple is destined to be together."

"Thank you so much!"

After getting the confirmation, Uesugi Sosetsu and Inspector Kosaka came out, and the University of Tokyo was still bustling with people as usual.

"I can be sure of this now." Uesugi Sosetsu said to Inspector Kosaka calmly, "Professor Tsuda is definitely related to his wife's disappearance. It's directly related."

"Why?!" Inspector Kosaka didn't understand the whole thing. "Wait, if there's surveillance that proves that his wife left that morning, doesn't that mean she really ran away from home? This is completely contrary to your inference!"

Uesugi Sosetsu smiled, showing his teeth.

"because……"

(End of this chapter)