Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 194, the alliance between Watanabe and Uesugi!
Although they were adopted, the father-son relationship between Uesugi Munesetsu and Uesugi Hironori has not been dissolved, so it is a bit strange to directly call Watanabe Eiji father.

There is nothing much to say about this. Two of Tokugawa Ieyasu's three early sons, Tokugawa Hidetada, Yuki Hideyasu and Matsudaira Tadayoshi, were adopted out. Among them, Yuki Hideyasu was even given to Toyokawa Hideyoshi as an adopted son, and then sent to the Yuki family to inherit the family name. This did not affect him calling Ieyasu father, and he called Tokugawa Hidetada and others brothers.

The four sons of the Western Province God of War Mori Motonari were named Mori Takamoto, Yoshikawa Motoharu, Kobayakawa Takakage and Hoida Motokiyo.

In other words, adoption often does not mean that one has severed kinship with the original family.

So the Japanese part is indeed quite strange. Uesugi Muneyuki could only call him "foster father", and it was not known whether he was calling him as an adopted son or as an fiancée son-in-law.

Watanabe Eiji also found it a bit strange, but considering that there was neither a formal engagement nor a formal adoption, he decided to just call him godfather.

"Then I will call you Muneyuki." Watanabe Eiji put his hands behind his back and pointed at the luxury goods and gifts in the room. "Seeing is believing. Now you know why our post-war family is qualified to recruit you as a son-in-law. No matter how glorious the reputation of our ancestors was in the past, it cannot match the current position. This is the current situation in Japan."

"Well, so in the final analysis, the main family is just like that." Uesugi Sosetsu sighed and shook his head.

His father-in-law had always had a good reputation as an official and had never been openly greedy, but relying on his father's generation and his own identity as the Superintendent of Police, he still accumulated astonishing wealth.

Theoretically, the Superintendent General earns about 1500 million yen a year, but at this level, the salary is already a drop in the bucket.

Not to mention anything else, the Kobe marbled beef and king crab in the freezer cost tens of thousands of yen per box, and the four-meter-long freezer was filled to the brim. The money in this freezer was almost as much as Ying Erlaoden's annual salary.

According to Ying Er Lao Deng, this is what is left after several months of hard work.

Not to mention various local specialties, tea, silk satin, and many luxury goods.

Eiji Laodeng told Uesugi Sosetsu that the job of the Superintendent General is that although he does not try to make money deliberately, the warehouse is full of gifts every year. Someone will arrange everything for him, someone will pay for him when he goes out to eat, and if Minami wants to make a kimono, someone will deliver it to her.

Hotels would give him an annual self-service pass, racecourses would give him an annual VIP pass, and all major trading companies would proactively send him New Year's goods and various food tastings. Companies like Japan's Seigyuk Authentic Kirin Suntory would send him a few bottles of wine every year for him to "taste". When he wanted to go out to play, either his business expenses would be reimbursed or his "friends" would take the initiative to take charge of his reception.

In short, he doesn't need to spend money to do anything.

"Mongxue, now you understand why everyone wants to be the Superintendent General of Tokyo? As the pinnacle of Tokyo's 80,000 police officers, every Superintendent General, whether honest or corrupt, capable or incompetent, is born to enjoy these things." Watanabe Eiji took off a Rolex watch and put it in Uesugi Munesetsu's hand: "Now it's yours, Munesetsu, try it on and see if it fits you?"

"Is this considered a bribe?" Uesugi Sosetsu took the watch with a sly smile, "The Superintendent bribed the Special Investigations Department's forensic officer?"

"Haha, this is not called bribery, this is called a father giving a gift to his son." Watanabe Eiji said unhappily: "I gave away my daughter Minami, that's called bribery."

Uesugi Sosetsu couldn't help laughing, but he didn't refuse and took the Rolex naturally.

After thinking for a while, he said to Watanabe Eiji with a half smile: "Wei is the Jerusalem of the West, wei is the only song in this desolate world, wei is the only light in this silent night sky. The famous drummer Yutenji Wakamushi in the Edo period once said that any fate, no matter how long and complicated, is actually reflected in only one moment: the moment when you get ashore in the exam."

Youtian Temple? Yutenji area, Meguro-ku, Tokyo?
Watanabe Eiji frowned and thought to himself that he had never heard of this name, and where did the drummers come from in the Edo period?
But he understood what Uesugi Muneyuki meant: "So, I have a small request for you, Muneyuki. I have been the Superintendent General for a year, and there is only less than a year and a half left before the end of my term."

"Generally speaking, becoming a superintendent marks the end of a career as a civil servant. I should now contact major trading companies or industry associations to prepare for my next move."

"But..." Uesugi Sosetsu nodded slightly. He understood what Eiji Laoden meant.

"Yes, I won't give up!" Watanabe Eiji pointed at the entire warehouse, his expression gradually getting agitated: "I'm still young. Even if I finish the entire term of Superintendent General, I'll only be fifty-three years old! I don't want to step down yet, I don't want it to end yet! You also know that people leave and the tea gets cold. Once it's over, there will be no such good times again!"

"Mong Xue, I have a question for you, and you have to answer me honestly. How do you think I do as the Superintendent of Police?" Watanabe Eiji said seriously.

"Overall, you are quite competent and responsible." Uesugi Sosetsu thought for a long time before saying, "And it seems that the district prosecutor's office has not conducted any investigation into your position."

Watanabe Eiji does not accept money, but accepts some holiday gifts. He does not actively collude with the Trading Company Association, but he does not refuse the Trading Company Association's proactive overtures to accept some cards and "tasting samples."

His level of expertise is considered an honest official in Japan.

If 30% of Japan's senior bureaucrats were like Watanabe Eiji, the social atmosphere would definitely change a lot.

But this is Japan, and the Pacific Ocean isn’t covering it. If you’re unhappy, just move on!
"So, are you willing to continue to support me?" Watanabe Eiji asked the most important question of the day: "I have surpassed Chief Kaneko, and I have established contact with the Chief Cabinet Secretary of the Onoda Cabinet. I am the most famous and successful Superintendent General in the past forty years."

"In history, not many administrative officials can be promoted to political officials, but if you, Sosetsu, have the support of your ability to solve cases..." Uesugi Sosetsu nodded when he heard this. Watanabe Eiji and Watanabe Minami, father and daughter, have promoted him, and the character of these two people is already quite good. He also has a deep factional imprint on him. Now one has adopted and the other is engaged, they have become a community of interests.

"If I don't support you, my godfather, then who else will do it?" Uesugi Munen said decisively, but then he frowned and said, "But I'm a rough man and I know nothing about politics."

"You, my godfather, will be the one to eliminate the corruption and incompetence in the police force. I will stay in the Special Missions Department and continue to serve you."

"Very good." Watanabe Eiji was very satisfied. He laughed and patted Uesugi Sosetsu on the shoulder. "This is my good son. Work hard and be attentive. Minami and I will help you with other things. The Special Mission Department will be of great use in the future. It won't even be limited to just one department or one course..."

"Okay, take a look in the warehouse to see if there is anything you like and just take it." Watanabe Eiji got a satisfactory answer and gestured for you to pick whatever you want.

Are you really letting me choose? Uesugi Sosetsu blinked.

Take any one you want, they are all yours, Watanabe Eiji indicated generously.

As a result, Uesugi Sosetsu really started to pick. In the big freezer, he took several boxes of Kobe meat at 3 yen a box, took three boxes of DIOR makeup sets given to Mrs. Watanabe by the brand trading company, took two pieces of Kyoto brocade, and in the cabinet there were famous watches, Shizuoka tea, Hokkaido Yubari melons, and Balenciaga wallets. Uesugi Sosetsu really didn't hold back with him.

Watanabe Eiji shook his head with joy. His son-in-law had a very upright temper.

He actually doesn't care. A lot of things had been left in the warehouse to rot or expire without him even knowing it. It's good that they can be put to use now.

While the father and son were plotting in the warehouse, Miss Minami was also having a secret conversation with her mother.

She talked about arranging Ikeda Erena for Uesugi Sosetsu.

Reina actually has a younger brother who is seven years younger than her. Currently, the family lives in Fukuoka, Kyushu. Reina's father is a rare Japanese who is highly Westernized. He doesn't care about Reina's marriage and has given up on letting nature take its course. The family's focus is on her younger brother.

The big one is no longer useful, just focus on the small one.

As for Asuka, she is the only one left in the family's household registration, and no one cares about her.

In this way, we can lock up Uesugi-kun!

Miss Minami is very proud.

Mrs. Michiko touched her daughter's head helplessly, thinking that Uesugi Sosetsu was different from Watanabe Eiji. Both Watanabe Eiji and Watanabe Minami were not very lustful, but they were both obsessed with officials.

After the secret meeting, the family had lunch together.

This is where Mrs. Michiko has room to perform. As a housewife, Mrs. Michiko has a nickname called "The Queen of Cooking". Whether it is Japanese, Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish or Russian cuisine, she has master-level cooking skills.

Even Korean food.

Uesugi Sosetsu had only heard his mother talk about it before but had never eaten it. This time, after tasting it and hearing her praise the whole thing, he finally indulged himself and ate a big meal.

After lunch, Miss Minami planned to ask Uesugi Sosetsu to go to the nearby Gotokuji Temple together, but a sudden phone call interrupted their schedule.

He is the managing director of Shimagawa Real Estate Company in Ota, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo!

If anyone still remembers, he is the fiancé brother, the one who was engaged to Hironaka Mariko.

"Mr. Uesugi, we have encountered a case here and it's a bit troublesome. Could you please come over and take a look?" Shimagawa Ren said on the phone.

"Don't worry, people from Nippon Life are here too. Just help me out. I'll pay you 30 and I'll treat you to a meal at the restaurant tonight. How about that?"

Uesugi Sosetsu was silent for a moment.

"Where? I'll be there soon!"

(End of this chapter)