Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 232, The Battle Between Red and Black

Onoda Kimiaki began preparing for a major crackdown on the "Kudo-kai" branch in Kanagawa Prefecture. The Chief Cabinet Secretary of the National Police Agency immediately notified the Security Chief, Kudo Tsuyoshi, to prepare to mobilize troops, as he wanted to see at least 600 police officers ready by 9:00 a.m.

It was already 4:30 a.m.

"Go back and rest for a bit, get three hours of sleep, and then witness the downfall of the Kudo-kai with us." Watanabe Eiji smiled at Uesugi Muneyuki, "So eager to see a cops-and-robbers showdown? Like playing CS:GO?"

"No, I'm just more interested in how capable the Metropolitan Police Department's existing SATs and so-called elite public security police really are." Uesugi Muneyuki stood with his hands behind his back, looking quite tempted: "It's said that the SATs are the elite of the elite, and many of their files are erased after they enter the SATs. At the same time, there is also a 'shadow manager' in the Security Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, who is the second-in-command of the public security police, and all of their files are wiped clean?"

"Oh? You know quite a lot." Watanabe Eiji did not deny it after hearing this. The Superintendent General thought for a moment and felt that Uesugi Muneyuki was not an outsider: "It's true, but even I don't know who the Shadow Manager is. Probably only Onoda and the Security Chief Kudo know."

"Minister Kudo and the Kudo Association... it's like the flood washed away the Dragon King's temple, family fighting family members." Uesugi Muneyuki couldn't help but complain.

He really wanted to see just how powerful the so-called Japanese Public Security Bureau really was.

In these cases, Uesugi Muneyuki had witnessed the intelligence capabilities of the Public Security Police, which were, frankly, quite good. However, he had not personally witnessed their actual combat capabilities. Now, with this rare opportunity to see the Public Security Police in action, Uesugi Muneyuki did not want to miss it.

His impression of public security police mainly comes from Amuro Tooru in "Detective Conan".

It can be said that the character Amuro Tooru represents the complex image of the Japanese Public Security Bureau. However, as we all know, the character design of Amuro Tooru is a culmination of many popular elements such as Japanese Wolf Warrior, counter-terrorism espionage, yaoi fandom, and the traditional elite male endurance. The Detective Conan production team must have received half a million from the Public Security Bureau. His image can probably represent a small part of the relatively positive public security elites, but what if we expand it to the entire organization?
Let's put it to the test and see what it's really like.

"Speaking of which, Father, is Onoda in charge of the police department now?" Uesugi Muneyuki asked with interest.

"Ah, yes." Watanabe Eiji's expression was somewhat complicated when he talked about this. He originally thought that after suppressing Kudo Tsuyoshi, the Metropolitan Police Department would be his alone, but he didn't expect Onoda to come.

"and you……?"

“Yes, Onoda’s appearance has indeed prevented the Metropolitan Police Department from gaining the upper hand over the Public Security faction as I had hoped.” Watanabe Eiji nodded, and the Superintendent General paused slightly: “However… if I want to be promoted in the future, I may still have to rely on him, so when you’re under someone’s roof, you have to bow your head.”

"..." Suddenly, Uesugi Muneyuki recalled what Professor Okouchi had said earlier.

For bureaucrats, personal interests always take precedence over factional interests over national interests.

Before he could continue, Watanabe Eiji seemed to want to drop the subject. He turned to Minami, who was standing beside him, and asked, "Minami, are you planning to go with Muneyuki?"

"No!" Miss Minami shook her head vigorously, yawning and still sleepy. "I want to go back and rest, ha~ I'm exhausted!"

"Hehe, oh, right, you should prepare for your physical fitness test," Watanabe Eiji said with a half-smile.

"Huh???" Upon hearing about the physical fitness test, Minami's sweet apple-shaped face immediately fell: "We have to do a physical fitness test?"

“Of course, all detectives have to take a physical exam. You were in an administrative position before, so you have to take the physical exam now that you're transferring to criminal investigation!” Watanabe Eiji knew that his daughter had always been a poor athlete, a terrible fighter, and a master of shooting: “25 seconds for a 100-meter dash and 7 minutes for an 800-meter run? The face of the Metropolitan Police Department? How can that be? I can’t promote you to Special Missions Division Commander like that!”

"Huh?!" Miss Minami immediately understood the implied meaning in her father's words.

Promotion!

Her sweet almond-shaped eyes were immediately filled with thoughts of "fame and fortune," and Minami was instantly wide awake and full of energy, which made Uesugi Muneyuki both annoyed and amused.

"Ugh, but I still have to take the physical exam!" Minami didn't hold out for long before her face fell again. She simply grabbed Ikeda's waist and said, "Ikeda, save me! You take the physical exam for me! If you do it, I'll promote you to Assistant Inspector Ikeda!"

"Huh? This, this won't do!" Erina exclaimed in surprise.

"Minami!" Watanabe Eiji was speechless at his daughter's antics.

Rena Ikeda is only 24 years old and she is already a patrol chief. As a non-professional and local police station employee, her promotion speed is comparable to a rocket, right?
Normally, in a local police station's non-professional unit, someone joins in their early 20s, becomes a patrol chief at 26, and is promoted to patrol minister between 30 and 35. Only a very small number of them can be promoted to police inspector.

This is why local police officers are desperate to get into the Metropolitan Police Department. The Metropolitan Police Department offers more opportunities for promotion, and non-professional officers have the chance to be promoted to inspector in their 40s, and then see if they can wait for the "superintendent" title to fall on their heads before retirement.

For Erena to become a patrol chief at her age and be seconded to the headquarters is already a career miracle.

"Waaaaah~ I really can't do the physical test, I can't do it!" Miss Minami became depressed, squatting on the ground with her hands covering her head.

"Then, Ms. Erena, would you like to come with me?" Uesugi Muneyuki then asked.

"..." Rena Ikeda was indeed tempted. She glanced tentatively at Eiji Watanabe and asked, "Is it okay?"

"Come on if you want to watch, it's not like we're missing one more person." Watanabe Eiji said nonchalantly. Minami had told him that Ikeda was completely under her control.

“Then, I want to see it too!” Erina Ikeda’s eyes showed a determined look.

If she could, she would even like to participate in this operation herself!

This time in the Yokohama case, she had no chance to take action, which really annoyed Erena.

She wanted to go, but Uesugi Muneyuki and Watanabe Minami both disagreed.

Just kidding, yakuza groups do have guns!

No matter how good your kung fu is, you can't beat a foreign gun!

Erina had no choice but to give up.

September 26, 9:00 AM, Yokohama, dockside warehouse, frontline special command center.

Inside a large warehouse at the spacious port dock, a dozen rows of long tables were arranged, along with a line of laptops and dozens of police officers in Metropolitan Police Department uniforms, all ready to go. A complex network of cables and a dense crowd of people marked the gathering of the hastily formed Kudo-kai Violence Countermeasures Headquarters.

Seated at the top were Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda Kimiaki, Superintendent General Watanabe Eiji, and Chief of Security Kudo Tsuyoshi.

Before the operation even began, one of the people below took the initiative to make trouble.

It is Takakura, the head of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters.

"What exactly is going on? Why weren't we notified? Such a major operation, and they didn't even inform our local authorities! Even the police department cannot accept this kind of behavior!"

"Oppose! Strongly oppose!"

On the stage, Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda remained expressionless. He calmly turned his head and looked at Chief Takakura as if he were looking at a dead man: "I'm very sorry, but I don't plan to involve the Kanagawa Police in this operation. If there's a real need, I'll notify you, but... it probably won't be necessary~"

Just then, a commotion suddenly broke out outside. A group of about twenty men in suits, carrying briefcases and holding a document, said, "Is this Kanagawa Police Chief Ryosuke Takakura? You've been arrested. We have evidence that you instructed your subordinates to commit perjury, broke the chain of custody, and framed innocent people. There are serious problems with the evidence collection process. Please come with us."

It's the District Attorney's Office!

"What? What right do you have to arrest me? Hey!"

Before the Kanagawa District Public Prosecutor's Office Chief Takakura and others could even offer a defense, they were taken away on the spot.

In the audience, Uesugi Muneyuki, Ikeda Erena, and Sugishita Ukyo were sitting together. Seeing this, he said to Sugishita Ukyo, "I have always suspected that there is a mole in the Kudo-kai in the Kanagawa headquarters."

“Uesugi-kun, you can remove the word ‘doubt’.” Sugishita Ukyo’s expression was slightly somber: “Onoda is the leader of the Public Security Bureau, and he knows far more information than we do.”

"Are Section Chief 1 and Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda very familiar with each other?"

"We're so familiar with each other, almost too familiar," the section chief said casually, a hint of reminiscence in his eyes. "I was transferred to the Life Safety Section because of him, and I'm returning to Section One because of him."

"Is that so?"

On stage, as the time came and preparations were complete, Kimiaki Onoda glanced at his Vacheron Constantin watch on his wrist, signaling that he was ready to proceed.

At the scene, a huge screen temporarily set up by Sumitomo Mitsui and Tokyo Marine Control was split into multiple camera feeds, broadcasting the situation live.

Six hundred police officers were divided into five groups. One group went straight to the Kudo-kai's branch headquarters in Kanagawa Prefecture, two groups went straight to the residences of the executives, and the other two groups besieged affiliated companies.

The Japanese Public Security Bureau intends to use this opportunity to demonstrate its capabilities to the world.

"start to act!"

On the screen, the legendary Japanese Public Security SAT squads had arrived at their ambush locations. With a command from Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda, the Metropolitan Police Department SAT squad leader, Yusuke Godai, gave a low growl, and a group of SAT officers wearing bulletproof vests and carrying riot shields charged directly towards the Kudo-kai's stronghold.

The SWAT team used a silenced breaching device to storm the Kudo-kai's hideout. MP5s and HK416 red dot sights were flashing everywhere. The yakuza members who were resting inside were caught off guard by the police's actions. They instinctively drew their pistols, but none of them dared to fire when faced with the submachine guns in the hands of the SAT.

Meanwhile, the police in suits also made a fierce advance, first taking control of five companies under the Kudo-kai, detaining all the members, and the residences of the other two executives were also heavily besieged.

It seems that Kudo will offer no resistance whatsoever.

However, just as the SAT team was preparing to storm the stronghold, intermittent gunfire suddenly erupted from inside. The gunfire interrupted the SAT's advance and also disrupted the live broadcast.

"Nani?"

It seems that the gunshot had a broken window effect, as the violent gang members who had not initially intended to resist also opened fire.

A gasp rang out from the frontline command center. The once-valiant SAT team, facing the gunfire, immediately raised their riot shields and retreated, quickly withdrawing from the Kudo-kai's stronghold.

Gunshots were still ringing out, and SAT was so badly shot that he couldn't even lift his head.

"Report to headquarters! The Kudo clan has used firearms!" News immediately came from the front lines: "The enemy has opened fire!"

"Reporting to headquarters, reporting to headquarters, this is SAT First Squad. Kudo Kai has returned fire! Repeat, Kudo Kai has returned fire! The enemy appears to be using a USP45 pistol to fire at our position. Over!"

Upon hearing the news, Onoda Kimiaki was not surprised but delighted. He stood up and clenched his fist, his excitement and joy evident in his expression.

"Good! Very energetic!"

The scene was filled with cheers and jubilation, with all the police officers celebrating and overjoyed.

The yakuza opened fire!

(End of this chapter)