Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 187: Uesugi Muneyuki silences everyone
When it comes to acceptance bills, there is a case that everyone is familiar with, which is the Zhang Lingzi fraud case in "The Fifth Republic".

During the Fifth Republic era, Zhang Lingzi took advantage of her special relationship with Chun Doo-hwan's family and took the initiative to find large companies that were in urgent need of funds, promising to provide large amounts of loans. However, in return, the companies needed to issue "acceptance bills" many times more than the loan amount.

After Zhang Lingzi gets these bills, she will immediately sell them at a discount in the secondary market and collect a large amount of cash.

When these promissory notes mature, these companies will naturally be unable to cash them and will immediately fall into bankruptcy. At this time, Zhang Lingzi will find the companies again and tell them that she can help repay these promissory notes, but they must repay with more promissory notes. If these companies do not want to go bankrupt, they can only drink poison to quench their thirst and let Zhang Lingzi manipulate them.

The same applies to banks. Zhang Lingzi used her special relationship with Chun Doo-hwan to act as an intermediary to issue "acceptance bills" to banks and companies, but she secretly asked the banks to issue bills for her that were several times more than the deposit, and then sold these bills at a discount to other companies.

In less than two years, Zhang Lingzi defrauded a total of 7.1 trillion won (equivalent to 1982 billion US dollars in 97), almost causing all Korean banks to go bankrupt, with a bad debt rate as high as 30%-40%.

South Korea's approach is an old East Asian style. I believe everyone has heard of "triangle debt", "H big commercial bill" and "Di chain". Let me say here that the only country that has played with acceptance bills to such a high level is Japan.

Yes, during the Showa era, Japan allowed all companies to freely issue "acceptance bills", even a ramen restaurant was allowed to do so, and anyone could issue one without a bank guarantee.

As for this thing, can it be guaranteed that it can be exchanged for money when it expires?
There are no guarantees.

If this situation is allowed to occur in the United States, on the first day every American will be issued acceptance bills in excess of 114514 times their annual salary and use them directly as money. On the second day, million Americans will collectively declare bankruptcy and escape from their debts.

Only in a place like Japan, where collectivism is extremely strong and personal morality and integrity are regarded as life, and where individual business owners are willing to take on unlimited responsibility, can such a system with many loopholes be established and even become an important pillar of economic take-off.

Hehe, there are still too many rule-abiding Japanese. The rigid and conservative character of the Japanese determines that they will do everything they can to pay their accounts on time.

If everyone commits fraud, it means that no one is committing fraud, which means that in a place like Japan, bills of exchange can still survive (but after the Heisei era, more and more problems have arisen with bills of exchange).

This is why many Japanese small and medium-sized business owners commit suicide once they go bankrupt, because in this case they have at least ten times more bank loans than acceptance bills waiting to be redeemed!
In the car, Okada Masayoshi described the problem of the acceptance bill in detail, and the son of the head of the Financial Services Agency whispered: "So there is almost no doubt that the accountant's suicide is definitely problematic."

At the same time, the head of the First Investigation Division, Sugishita Ukyo, also calmly said the same thing to all members of the First Investigation Division, but his judgment was more radical: "There is no doubt that it was murder!"

After listening to Sugishita Ukyo's description, many police officers from the 234th Section of the Investigation Division were silent for a long time.

This was the first time they knew the ability of the new section chief.

As expected of someone who graduated from the second course, he is very knowledgeable about finance.

But when the Investigation Division 1 arrived at the Ebara Police Station, the police station was very uncooperative!
"Our department has completed the investigation, Chief Sugihara," Chief Kurosu said coldly, "This is not a big case at all. We have not requested assistance from the First Investigation Division. We don't have the time to spend with our department on a case that has already been closed!"

"We have many other cases to investigate!"

"Please go back, everyone from the Investigation Division. We will report to the Chief of the Criminal Division afterwards!"

The uncles in the Investigation Section 1 were not expecting the particularly tough attitude of Ebara Satoshi from the beginning.

"Please be quiet!" Sugishita Ukyo frowned, trying to get the detectives from Ebara Police Station to listen to him.

"A waste of time!" "Please don't increase our workload!" "Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you are in this department..."

Just then, the door to the conference room opened.

I saw the newly appointed special forensic officer of the First Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, Uesugi Muneyuki, walk in with his hands behind his back.

The entire audience went from being noisy to being completely silent.

"That's a hot guy!" An old detective below swallowed his saliva: "Metropolitan Police Department, why did you send him here?"

"Which man? Is it Uesugi Muneyuki?" A newly recruited patrol officer asked quietly, "What does his coming mean?"

"The Special Mission Department is here, which means this case is in trouble."

Uesugi Sosetsu walked into the Special Investigation Headquarters with his hands behind his back. Behind him, the tall beauty Ikeda Erena, who was wearing a suit and skirt, slammed the table hard and said, "Sit down!"

None of the detectives in the entire Ebara Police Station dared to say a word, and some of the timid ones had already sat down.

But this group of male police officers have to bow their heads and obey Ikeda Erina, a female patrol chief who has a bad reputation, which many veteran police officers cannot do.

"Sit down quickly!" Inspector Okada came up again and yelled.

Now the veteran policemen have a way out. He’s a man, and he’s a police captain in the professional group. Give him some face.

Then, the whole audience fell silent.

Even Director Kurosu, who had previously had a tough attitude, changed his expression when he saw Uesugi Sosetsu.

"Let me tell you about the case first." Uesugi Muneyuki gestured.

The inspector of Ebara Police Station had no choice but to go on stage and describe the case to all the police officers of the Special Investigation Headquarters.

"The deceased, Ryuhei Yamabuki, was an accountant in the finance department of Toyokawa Trading Company. He left the company dormitory the night before and took a taxi to Shinagawa Station. The estimated time of death is 3:15 a.m. The cause of death is aconitine poisoning."

"The source of the drugs was the barley tea in the thermos. After investigation, it was consistent with the barley tea he brewed in the dormitory. There were no other fingerprints on the thermos. It was judged that he must have made the poison at home and then went to the train station to take it and died."

"According to Toyokawa Kiyoshi, the president of Toyokawa Trading Company, a subsidiary of Toyokawa Group, Yamabuki Ryuhei decided to commit suicide because he was not careful in the previous land acquisition case, which resulted in the actual payment of 168 billion yen in the form of acceptance bills with huge problems, causing heavy losses to Toyokawa Group. The reason for his suicide was that he did not want to die in the dormitory. He had already caused trouble for the company once and did not want to cause trouble for the second time." "The logic of this case is complete, there is no evidence to prove that it was homicide, the reasons for suicide are sufficient, and the suicide drug is a very common aconitine, which the family of the deceased also recognized, so this case is undoubtedly a suicide case."

"That's all." Ebara Shu gave a brief introduction.

But almost at the same time, Uesugi Sosetsu and Sugishita Ukyo spoke together: "It was murder!"

"There was no suicide note, no mobile phone, and he died on a bench near a station with no surveillance. These problems all indicate that the deceased did not seem to be prepared to commit suicide." Sugishita Ukyo said calmly, "Also, death from taking aconitine is very painful. Unless you can't move, you will roll on the ground when you are dying. But the deceased was sitting on a bench and just vomiting. These all indicate that something is fishy."

"So, the evidence of suicide is not very strong..."

"That's enough, Sugishita Ukyo!" Chief Kurosu of the Ebara Police Station couldn't help but interrupt the Section Chief: "The absence of a suicide note and a cell phone can prove homicide? The absence of surveillance and rolling around can prove homicide? What a joke!"

"Our department has closed the case. If we want to investigate, please do so. If you are complained by the Toyokawa Group, please do not involve our Ebara Department. That's all."

After saying this, Chief Kurosu led all the detectives of the police station away together.

Suddenly, the Special Investigation Headquarters was left with only the Second, Third, and Fourth Sections of the Investigation Division 1 and the Special Mission Section.

"Is Ebara-no-Sho so scared?" Kashiwagi Hitoshi was furious.

"It's the Toyokawa Group after all!" Inspector Shiratori covered his face with his hands helplessly: "This is troublesome. The local police station won't cooperate. Where should we start the investigation?"

This was Sugishita Ukyo's first time handling a case, and he encountered such an extreme situation. The head of the First Investigation Division showed no emotion, but just came to Uesugi Munesetsu and said, "Uesugi-kun, could you please perform an autopsy to see if there is anything else worth noting?"

"No need for that." Uesugi Muneyuki smiled and shook his head: "My autopsy results are actually exactly the same as those of the Ebara Police Department, but there is indeed one thing they didn't think of."

"Hi↓eh↑?" Sugishita Ukyo was stunned.

"Have these local branches never thought that the dormitory of Toyokawa Trading Company is not Ryuhei Yamabuki's real home?"

Uesugi Sosetsu raised his right hand, and the dead soul of Yamabuki Ryuhei was pointing fingers at everything with an indignant look on his face.

So, under the guidance of Ryuhei Yamabuki, the Investigation Section 1 immediately found the mountain climbing association he participated in. Ryuhei Yamabuki's friends in the mountain climbing association pointed out Ryuhei Yamabuki's real home in Nerima Ward to everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department.

"Metropolitan Police Department, dispatch!"

That afternoon, the members of the Investigation Section 1, plus Erina, under the command of Uesugi Sosetsu, rushed straight to Yamabuki Ryuhei's real residence.

Along the way, everyone in the Investigation Section remained silent and just blindly acted according to Uesugi Sosetsu's judgment.

Why is it that this guy seems to have become even more outrageous after being promoted to a specially appointed forensic officer?

However, nothing was found at home.

The search team found the still wet bathroom, leftover rice in the rice cooker, recorded programs on TV, and a fully planned itinerary.

These things prove that Ryuhei Yamabuki did not seem to be planning to commit suicide, but they cannot be used as absolute evidence.

But Uesugi Munen remained calm and composed. He did not participate in the search at all. Instead, he stood with his hands behind his back, waiting for something: "Everyone, don't worry. We will wait for the local inspection."

"Huh?!" Erina raised her head in confusion.

But as soon as Uesugi Sosetsu finished his words, the door was kicked open roughly.

A large group of men in suits rushed in, and the one leading them was Uesugi Sosetsu's old friend, Prosecutor Kamiya.

District Attorney?!
Prosecutor Jinlin looked at the confused faces of the policemen, smiled coldly, and threw out a search warrant: "Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Department... The suspect Yamabuki Ryuhei is involved in violating the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. With the approval of the Prosecutor's Office, the search and arrest are allowed!"

Is the local prosecutor here to pick peaches again?

"Oh! Mr. Kanbayashi, you are here?" Uesugi Munen seemed to be very welcoming. He took the initiative to step forward and said, "I want to make a deal with you."

"Ah?! It's you?" Prosecutor Kambayashi and the district prosecutors behind him turned green when they saw Uesugi Muneyuki.

why is it you again!
"I need your help." Uesugi Sosetsu picked up a pair of leather shoes from the entrance and used his fingers to pick up a stain on the sole: "This is a trace amount of organic solvent, used to dissolve the dyeing ink."

"Ryuhei Yamabuki has a friend in the mountaineering association who works at the nearby Hanaka Dyeing Co., Ltd."

"Can you, the District Attorney, do us a small favor?"

"I guess Mr. Yamabuki secretly hid something there, but I have no evidence. For us detectives, we can't apply for a search warrant without evidence."

“But you, the district attorney, can.”

Uesugi Sosetsu's speed in handling the case silenced everyone.

Is this guy really human?

(End of this chapter)