Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 219, An Even More Terrifying New Discovery

While the Mitsui Sumitomo Group was holding an emergency board meeting, Nippon Life Insurance and Tokio Marine Holdings also held similar meetings.

As mentioned earlier, these insurance companies are all very wealthy and have huge cash flow. Tens of millions of yen are nothing to them. Often, even if they know there might be problems, they just pay out and don't care. If they were to actually launch an investigation, it would cost much more and waste resources.

However, this case in Yokohama is not a small matter.

2300 billion and 1500 billion yen are not small sums for Tokio Marine Holdings and Nippon Life Insurance, and will directly affect the group's cash flow and financial statements.

The two insurance companies also held a meeting overnight to discuss the matter, and they reached the same conclusion as the Mitsui Sumitomo Group.

We must investigate!
This must be thoroughly investigated and brought to the bottom of things!
It would be best to specifically request Uesugi Muneyuki to investigate; we trust him to handle things!
Since the situation is basically similar here, I will not repeat it.

Thus, Tokyo Marine Holdings and the Japan Coast Guard quickly joined forces, mobilized their fleet, and began an overnight salvage operation in the Tokyo Bay area where the body parts were found.

All the Japanese media outlets witnessed this scene.

On the morning of September 16, NHK and the four major civilian broadcasters reported the discovery of unidentified human remains in Tokyo Bay. The Metropolitan Police Department is currently conducting further investigations, and a press conference will be held this afternoon, which will be broadcast live on television.

TV Tokyo is broadcasting morning exercises for stay-at-home moms and parenting tips.

The Special Mission Unit assembled at the request of the Metropolitan Police Department and is stationed in Tokyo Bay, awaiting the results of the salvage operation.

Tokyo Marine Holdings and the Japan Coast Guard deployed a large number of personnel to conduct a large-scale salvage operation along the port where the body was found in Ota Ward, Tokyo.

Just then, a group of uninvited guests arrived.

Uesugi Muneyuki was standing somewhere on the dock, under a sunshade, waiting for the results of the salvage operation.

Because a large number of people were mobilized, including hundreds of boats, Uesugi Muneyuki believed that results would be forthcoming soon.

Mikoto Ishihara didn't come; she was still conducting experiments at the forensic department, trying to use scientific methods to determine the location where the body was dumped, the cleaning agents at the seafood market, and whether the body parts had been beaten before death.

Minami Watanabe didn't come either; she was in her office coordinating other relationships and resources while preparing for the afternoon press conference.

Only Uesugi Muneyuki and Ikeda Erena were present.

Erina thoroughly enjoyed her time alone with Uesugi Muneyuki. She was dressed in a standard women's blazer, shirt, and trousers for fieldwork. The cuffs of her trousers swayed gently as she walked, and a layer of honey-colored gauze covered the slightly visible veins on the smooth surface of her feet between the cuffs and her patent leather low-heeled shoes, creating a hazy and dreamlike effect.

The suit trousers clung tightly to her body, outlining her voluptuous curves. Her full breasts seemed about to burst out of her clothes. Her face was adorned with standard light makeup, and her thin lips were coated with a layer of pink lip gloss, making her look exceptionally alluring.

The tall beauty was dressed in her perfect pantyhose outfit again today. She had long been used to wearing a thin layer of stockings under her suit trousers when she was with Uesugi Muneyuki so that he could take advantage of her. Under Uesugi Muneyuki's guidance and training, the feeling of her legs being bound by stockings had gradually changed from sticky and uncomfortable to skin-friendly and smooth. Along with the fact that she was by the man's side and smelling his scent, Erena always felt very happy.

Only Uesugi Muneyuki knew that the tall beauty was wearing a camisole, not pantyhose, underneath her clothes today.

Everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department was used to Erina sticking to Uesugi Muneyuki like a leech. Not far away, Kashiwagi Jin and others from the Third Division were also waiting. Inspector Okada, however, couldn't stay still and chatted with several employees of Tokyo Marine Holdings about recent events, how their treatment was, and what impact this matter would have.

"Hello, Uesugi-san, we meet again." At this moment, a familiar uninvited guest appeared in front of Uesugi Muneyuki.

"Oh? It's you." Uesugi Muneyuki raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you in charge of personal insurance claims?"

He is Hironobu Takeda, the claims manager of Nippon Life Insurance.

"Hehe, it's just a department. Since I'm familiar with you, the company has decided that I will be in charge of all matters involving you," Hironobu Takeda said politely. "Ishimori and others from Tokyo Marine Holdings will also be coming."

"Nippon Life Insurance and Tokio Marine Holdings will fully support you in this case!"

"Is that so?" Uesugi Muneyuki frowned. He roughly understood that the insurance amount involved in the Yokohama case was not what Takeda liked to jokingly say before: "If you can insist on taking out a one-year life insurance policy and then commit suicide, then we'll pay you."

This Yokohama case involves a huge sum of money, a number that would make even insurance companies feel the pinch!

"Whether it's Nippon Life Insurance or Tokio Marine Holdings, which will be coming later, we both hope you can take on this case..." Takeda said, with a mixture of anticipation and nervousness. "This case could potentially involve a massive multi-insurance policy of up to 3800 billion yen, and we..."

“Mr. Takeda, thank you for your kindness, Japan Life Insurance and Tokio Marine Holdings, but it’s not certain whether this agency will designate me to take over this case.” Uesugi Muneyuki interrupted Takeda: “Whether I take over the case or not is not up to me to decide; it depends on the agency’s arrangements.”

"Huh?!" Ikeda Erena, standing next to Uesugi Muneyuki, stared wide-eyed in surprise.

Didn't Uesugi-kun volunteer to participate? Minami has already started coordinating resources and communicating with other departments at the headquarters, preparing to establish a special investigation headquarters!
Why are you saying you want to hear our opinion now?

However, this was the opinion of Minami and her father. They believed that it would be "lower-class" to actively arrange for Uesugi Muneyuki to join directly, and it would be better to wait a little while so that they could gain more benefits for him.

"...Uesugi-san, please rest assured, Nippon Life Insurance and Tokyo Marine Holdings will definitely have the Metropolitan Police Department 'arrange' for you to take over this case." Ikeda was still puzzled, but Takeda immediately understood. He said directly, "Please rest assured, Uesugi-san." With two Fortune 500 companies like ours, plus the Mitsui Group, the Metropolitan Police Department has no right to refuse our "proposal."

Before Uesugi Muneyuki could say anything, news arrived from the front.

"Found it!" shouted excitedly from the crew of Tokyo Marine Holdings and the divers of the Japan Coast Guard.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and ran at full speed toward the salvage site.

As the ship docked, Tokyo Marine Holdings' salvage vessel found three black plastic bags very close to the seabed.

Police officers immediately stepped forward to untie him.

The scene before them caused the hundreds of people present to instinctively frown and hold their breath.

The three black plastic bags each contained a bag of shredded meat, a whole piece of the body from the chest area, and a pair of arms.

“As expected, this is a case of body disposal.” Uesugi Muneyuki squatted down and examined it for a moment, then nodded immediately: “Judging from the location of the cut, the degree of decomposition, and the size, yes, this is the rest of Igarashi Aiko’s body.”

The body parts inside two of the black plastic bags were exposed. The items were relatively intact, and apart from severe decomposition, the cuts were very clean. Uesugi Muneyuki felt that they matched the previous body parts after a quick comparison.

The Azure Stone also reacted, and the sensation became even stronger. Uesugi Muneyuki thought about taking it back to the Metropolitan Police Department to stitch it up, hoping it might trigger the Soul Contract.

Kashiwagi Jin also frowned. He squatted down next to Uesugi Muneyuki and examined the body for a while. He made a discovery: "There's also a head and legs, right?"

“Yes, we haven’t found the head and legs yet.” Uesugi Muneyuki nodded, then looked at the third black plastic bag.

The meat in the third black plastic bag was more rotten and cut into smaller pieces, unlike the whole pieces in the first two bags. A broken thigh bone was also found in it, possibly due to a failed cutting attempt.

The lower limbs are in this bag?
Suppressing his nausea, Uesugi Muneyuki began to try to check the third bag.

Because the meat inside was cut into very small pieces and the cut wasn't very smooth, he couldn't tell what was inside for a moment.

But just as he was checking, a finger segment fell out.

Upon seeing the finger, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems they're all here.

Next, all we need to do is find the head...

"No!" Uesugi Muneyuki examined the finger briefly and suddenly shouted, "This, this isn't right!"

"Uesugi-san, what's wrong?" Inspector Kashiwagi, who was standing next to him, and Takeda, the claims manager who was pinching his nose and observing from the side, both asked subconsciously, "Isn't this part the lower limb?"

"No!" Uesugi Muneyuki exclaimed, picking up the finger segment: "This isn't a toe, it's a finger!"

finger?

and many more!

finger???

The people at the scene instinctively turned their gaze to the dismembered arms of Aiko Igarashi, which had already been retrieved from the water.

Although the arms were severely decayed, all ten fingers were clearly and distinctly arranged there, with not a single one missing.

If there's nothing missing, then where did the fingers come from?
etc???!!!
The air at the entire dock seemed to freeze.

Hundreds of coast guard officers, hundreds of employees of Tokyo Marine Holdings, dozens of police officers, plus employees of Sumitomo Mitsui Group and insurance companies who rushed to the scene, all had their eyes fixed on the severed finger in Uesugi Muneyuki's hand.

Isn't this Aiko Igarashi's finger?
Whose finger is this?
No one knew, and no one dared to speak. For a time, the only sounds at the dock were the waves and the clanging of the trams passing by.

"This bag doesn't contain Igarashi Aiko's body!" Uesugi Muneyuki's pupils dilated, and he said sternly, "Report to headquarters immediately! Report now! The afternoon press conference is temporarily suspended!"

"We've found new bodies in Tokyo Bay!"

"The victim in this case may not be only Aiko Igarashi!"

(End of this chapter)