Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 197: She May Not Love You As Much As You Think

In the first Fortune Global 1995 list in 500, Japanese companies dominated the list, with 149 companies on the list and total revenue accounting for 37% of all listed companies, even more than a dozen more than the United States.

At this time, among the world's top 500 companies, Japan only has 60 left, while the United States remains at more than 130, while another country has more than 500 companies in the world's top 100.

Therefore, among the world's top 500 countries, the United States, Japan and other countries account for more than 60% of the world's top 500 countries.

The world's largest and highest-ranking insurance company is the Berkshire Hathaway Group in the United States. The second is the UnitedHealth Group of the United States (mainly engaged in medical insurance). Tokio Marine Holdings is also one of the major players in the insurance business (but these group companies generally do not only operate insurance business, here is the overall ranking).

Speaking of insurance alone, Ping An and China Life in other countries are also giant insurance group companies, ranking roughly third and seventh. The fourth place is Tokio Marine Holdings, and the fifth and sixth places are Germany's Allianz Group and France's AXA Group respectively.

For a country like Japan, shipping is life. Similarly, for a country like Japan that has suffered many disasters, insurance is indispensable.

Among the insurance companies sitting outside the corridor, there are six Fortune 500 companies including Tokio Marine Holdings, Japan Post, Nippon Life, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Sumitomo Mitsui Life Insurance and Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance. In addition, Sompo Nipponkoa is also a well-known large auto insurance company.

If we only consider the insurance business, Nippon Life Insurance is number one; if we only consider the group size, Tokio Marine Holdings is number one.

Uesugi Sosetsu looked at a large group of insurance salesmen sitting in a row outside and was a little stunned.

What is this? Insurance mobilization?
At this time, Shima Kawanren and Takeda Hironobu appeared. Shima Kawanren smiled and said to Uesugi Munesetsu, "It's very simple, Uesugi, don't you know that we in the real estate industry are brothers with insurance companies?"

"Oh? It seems so." Uesugi Sosetsu thought that it seemed to be the case.

"Let me give you an example. Construction has engineering insurance and worker insurance. Operations have property insurance and public liability insurance. Real estate has title insurance and mortgage insurance. Investments have property trust insurance and rental insurance. Houses have catastrophe insurance and environmental liability insurance. Aonuma is the project manager of Tachikawa Construction Company. He also has project liability insurance and executive liability insurance. Not only that, if it's a traffic accident as you said, it also involves car insurance and traffic insurance. Aonuma himself also invested..."

"Alright, alright, alright, Master, please stop chanting." Uesugi Sosetsu felt dizzy after hearing this.

"Anyway, because of Aonuma's death, the entire Tachikawa Construction Company's business and projects have to be reorganized, and there are more than a dozen insurance companies involved. I happened to be familiar with all of them, so I called them all here." Shimagawa Ren introduced this large group of insurance company business managers to Uesugi Sosetsu one by one.

"Hello, Mr. Uesugi. We are here not only for the claim settlement, but also for something we all want to see." The head of Tokio Marine Holdings said, "Can you explain it to us? Seeing is believing!"

"Yes, yes. We want to see the strength of Uesugi Appraiser." Many insurance salesmen present all nodded: "Can you say it again?"

Uesugi Sosetsu had no choice but to borrow the conference room in the police station from Shinagawa Police Station and recount the case.

Shinagawa Police Station was also helpless.

Damn, is Shinagawa Police Station the headquarters of your insurance guild?
However, they couldn't afford to offend any of the Shinagawa offices of these large conglomerates, nor could they afford to offend any of the Shinagawa offices of Uesugi Sosetsu and Watanabe Minami, so they could only swallow their anger.

We are just a local branch, what can we do?

So, while Uesugi Sosetsu was explaining the reasons for his judgment and autopsy to a large group of insurance companies, the police from Ota Ward and Shinagawa Police Station quickly found clues.

Because Uesugi Sosetsu had given a very accurate time and cause of the accident, and Shimagawa Ren had given a relatively accurate location, the Ota Ward police quickly found the taxi driver who was called by Shimagawa and others near the bar at the time.

The taxi driver told the police that although Shimagawa Ren and others called a taxi for Aonuma, Aonuma started to make a fuss about getting off the car after driving only more than 300 meters. He said that he had no money on him and could not pay the fare. Then he said that his home was not far from here and he could walk home by himself.

Aonuma then started to act crazy while drunk, punching the driver's seat and threatening to get off the bus with force. The driver had no choice but to let him get off and even yelled bad luck to the police who came to investigate.

With this clue, the police immediately mobilized nearby traffic surveillance and questioned nearby residents. Sure enough, they made a discovery. At about 2:55 a.m., a night owl student who had not yet gone to bed said that he heard a crash.

The police then found brake marks in the nearby area. After identification by the traffic section, they found that the brake vehicle was a Nissan NV200, a very typical small taxi model in Tokyo. Based on nearby surveillance, they successfully found the vehicle that caused the accident - a Nissan NV200 taxi.

The vehicle had just been sent in for inspection and there were signs of an accident, exactly as Uesugi Sosetsu had described.

The chain of evidence was complete, and the 67-year-old taxi driver reluctantly admitted to the accident.

It turned out that just in the early hours of this morning, when the taxi driver was driving, Aonuma suddenly jumped out from the roadside and crossed the road. The driver was only driving at a speed of 40 miles per hour and had no way to avoid it and hit it directly.

The driver realized something bad had happened, so he got out of the car to check the situation. He wanted to lift the victim into the car and send him to the hospital for emergency treatment, but he was frightened by the bloody appearance of the victim. The strong smell of alcohol and the cursing from the victim made the driver feel disgusted. He changed his mind and drove a few kilometers, dropped the victim off between two buildings, and escaped.

Shingo Aonuma, who was thrown between two buildings, even took a while to die.

At this point, the truth behind the suicide of Shingo Aonuma, project manager of Tachikawa Construction Company, who fell to his death from a building, was revealed.

It was said to be a suicide case of falling from a high-rise building, but it was neither a high-rise building, nor a fall, nor a suicide, but an outright traffic accident!
Just like in a movie, Uesugi Munesetsu spoke out his judgment and basis one by one. The news from the front perfectly confirmed Uesugi Munesetsu's judgment, which made many insurance managers, related people such as Minami Shimakawa, and the internal police who had nothing to do to listen in were fascinated. "I see." Shimakawa Ren sighed, "I said that Shinagawa Police's judgment was completely wrong! How could Aonuma commit suicide? The insurance was just a coincidence, and he was indeed temporarily cash-strapped, but he was not at the end of his rope!"

After saying that, Shimagawa Ren stared at the police from Shinagawa Police Station with a bit of resentment: "I already said it wasn't suicide! You thieves of the national tax money, stop being lazy all day long! Don't you just think that you can close the case without performing an autopsy or continuing the investigation? How many real cases have been brushed aside by you like this!"

"Um... Red Bean Paste's Private Marseille." Inspector Moritsugu of the Criminal Division of Shinagawa Police Station had no choice but to apologize to Shimagawa Ren.

Once the matter is investigated, it is time to process the insurance claim.

The driver's statement that he was severely drunk and suddenly crossed the road was completely consistent with Uesugi Sosetsu's judgment. Naturally, Nippon Life Insurance, which had already prepared to pay the claim, immediately changed its attitude. The claims manager Takeda Hironobu said lightly that since the victim had such a serious negligence, Nippon Life Insurance would naturally not be able to pay compensation and the premium would not be refunded.

"How much is the premium for this kind of life insurance?" Uesugi Munen became interested.

"Is this insurance purely for accidental death or with illness-related death? Is it a term policy or lifetime? Is it purely for death or with medical coverage? Is it a consumption-based policy or a return-based policy? Is it..." Takeda Hironobu asked almost instinctively.

"Master, stop talking!" Uesugi Sosetsu could only interrupt him quickly: "Just tell me how much the insurance premium is for Aonuma?"

"The total premium was 50, paid in five installments for 5 years. He paid almost 20," said Hironobu Takeda.

Seeing it with their own eyes, the many insurance companies present looked at Uesugi Sosetsu differently.

This guy is really powerful! And as long as it involves human life, not just material damage or only human injuries, maybe you can look for him?

It's a bit of a waste for the Metropolitan Police Department to have such a person.

Let us use our insurance as well.

Hehehe, in terms of treatment, the Metropolitan Police Department is just a younger brother. With that little annual budget, how can it compare to the strong capital of our insurance company?
Salesmen from major insurance companies are now thinking about how to report back.

[Thank you, Mr. Uesugi.] After the truth was revealed, Shingo Aonuma's dead soul thanked Uesugi Sosetsu: [No, I really didn't commit suicide. I could have waited for the final payment from Mitsui Estate if I just held on for a few months. How could I have committed suicide? Thank you for clarifying the truth for me.]

[Don't cross the road when you're drunk in your next life!] Uesugi Sosetsu had nothing good to say to this guy: [Your behavior not only hurts yourself, but also your family! It hurts your company!]

[No, why are you saying that? I just want to save some money. Taxis in Tokyo are very expensive!] Shingo Aonuma seems to be a nitpicker: [This is a difficult time. How can I have so much money to take a taxi? Shimagawa and the others are really stupid. They asked me to drink and didn't even help me pay for the taxi.]

[You don't resent me? You know, although I helped you clarify the truth, the 8000 million yen compensation is gone.] Uesugi Munen felt helpless about this guy, and he didn't quite understand his logic.

From the very beginning, Shingo Aonuma showed great resistance to this result.

[No, of course not. Compared to the money, what's more important is that I'm not committing suicide. I love my family so much. Mariko and Chilu also love me. They definitely can't accept that I would commit suicide!] Shingo Aonuma said proudly: [At least this way, I can give them an explanation, even if it causes trouble for others.]

[Really?] Uesugi Sosetsu had already noticed that Aonuma's family had arrived, and they looked furious.

As a long-time autopsy examiner, he is already very familiar with this situation: [Perhaps, she doesn't love you as much as you think.]

Sure enough, when Shingo Aonuma's wife Mariko Aonuma learned that Nippon Life Insurance was not going to pay compensation and the 8000 million yen she had received was gone, her face turned grim and she rushed directly towards Uesugi Sosetsu, screaming, "Who allowed it! Huh? Who allowed it? Who allowed you to do an autopsy? Who asked you to do an autopsy? Why are you meddling in other people's business? What right do you have to mind my husband's business!"

"Despicable? Boring! Abuse of power! Shinagawa Police Department said it was suicide!"

"I don't recognize your so-called autopsy results! As a family member, I have never applied for an administrative autopsy. On what basis do you want to conduct an autopsy? On what basis?"

"Aonuma committed suicide! He committed suicide! He told me that he was in debt and wanted to commit suicide to end it all and leave the insurance money to us. Why do you say that?! I'm his wife, don't I know that?"

After saying that, Aonuma Mariko wanted to fight back on the spot, and wanted to use a personality correction palm on Uesugi Sosetsu, the troublemaker and bad guy, to give this nosy bad guy a slap in the face.

Naturally, the police officers present would not let her succeed. When Inspector Moritsugu saw that she was about to hit someone, he led his men to form a human wall to prevent her from getting close to Uesugi Sosetsu and warned her that she would be detained if she attacked a police officer in the police station. Only then did she give up.

But Mrs. Mariko and Aonuma's daughter stared at Uesugi Sosetsu with resentful eyes. There was no doubt that his appearance ruined their plans.

[Eh?!] Aonuma Shingo froze in his tracks: [No, I...]

[Didn’t I tell you, Mr. Aonuma?] Uesugi Sosetsu was used to this kind of thing: [Your wife and daughter may not love you as much as you think.]

(End of this chapter)