Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 242, The Red-Hot Uesugi Muneyuki
September 30, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, Uesugi Mansion, Yonezawa, Uesugi Hall.

Apart from Uesugi Muneyuki, the entire Uesugi family of Yonezawa sat in the living room fifteen minutes early, and the television was already tuned to the NHK channel, ready to watch the live broadcast of the Yokohama case by the Metropolitan Police Department.

Even Uesugi Saden's fiancée was present. It was a bit strange, since they were only a month away from getting married, Uesugi Saden rarely saw his fiancée and remained engrossed in archaeological research. His grandfather and father understood this situation, but today was different. It was Uesugi Muneyuki's public press conference, and his grandfather had specially invited his future granddaughter-in-law to the house.

"Yukimatsu Maru, amazing!" Uesugi Hironori proudly boasted to his father, wife, son, and future daughter-in-law, "This is a case worth 5000 trillion yen! Father, Tomoko, and Sentoku Maru, do you know? Yukimatsu Maru saved Tokio Marine Holdings and Nippon Life Insurance a total of 3800 billion yen in losses!"

"So that's why Tokio Marine Holdings held part of its employee concert and year-end reception at your clubhouse today?" Tomoko Uesugi said, slightly smug and a little speechless at her husband. "Oh right, wasn't it Japan Life Insurance that came to see you the other day?"

“Yeah, right!” Uesugi Hironori looked up triumphantly: “Oh ho ho ho, this can bring me big clients! It’s incredible, these two events will earn the club at least two or three hundred million. Not only did Xuesong get his tuition back from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, but he also made extra money!”

"Forget Tokyo Medical and Dental University, starting next April, Cedar will officially be a member of the University of Tokyo." Uesugi Kuninori, sitting in the old man's rocking chair, raised his eyebrows.

“Father is right.” Uesugi Tomoko was quite proud of her son’s achievements. Her mother thought for a moment, then deliberately raised her voice and said, “Darling, do you still dare to go to Sakata Bridge?”

"I won't do it again, I won't do it again." Uesugi Hironori was a little scared.

Japanese society is not yet fully aware that the Uesugi family has decided to send their youngest son away to become an adopted son-in-law. Therefore, whether it is to build relationships or to get closer to them, people are instinctively turning to Kuninori Uesugi and Hiroki Uesugi. Kuninori Uesugi is already 73 years old, and there is no value in investing in him. Therefore, the three parties that benefited the most from this matter, Sumitomo Mitsui Group, Tokio Marine Holdings, and Nippon Life Insurance, mainly turned to Hiroki Uesugi.

Tokyo Marine Holdings' gratitude was simple – this year's employee concert, art exhibition, and part of the year-end reception were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural Exchange Center.

Sumitomo Mitsui Group also announced a contract with the Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural Exchange Center, where many of its corporate events will be held for the next two years.

Nippon Life Insurance's attitude was more aggressive. Nippon Life's representative, Hiroyuki Takeda, asked Hironori Uesugi whether Muneyuki Uesugi was interested in serving as a special consultant for major claims at Nippon Life Insurance.

The consultant's salary is based on Tokyo's minimum wage, amounting to only 15 yen per month.

However, this is only the basic salary. The real significance of hiring Uesugi Muneyuki lies in his strong criminal deterrent power and his ability to deal with various complex situations involving insurance fraud and to conduct on-site autopsies on insured individuals.

If Japan Life Insurance truly needs Uesugi Muneyuki's assistance, it will pay him additional fees. In other words, Japan Life Insurance will provide extra money for Uesugi Muneyuki's assistance in examining the body. Furthermore, if Uesugi Muneyuki successfully recovers a significant amount of insurance premium loss for Japan Life Insurance, Japan Life Insurance will reward him with 1%-3% of the loss amount (up to a maximum of 300 million yen).

For example, in the Yokohama case, Uesugi Muneyuki saved up to 1500 billion yen in maximum joint insurance policies for Nippon Life Insurance. Without hesitation, the board of directors of Nippon Life Insurance had Takeda Hironobu deliver a check for 500 million yen to Uesugi Hironori, who then passed it on to Uesugi Muneyuki.

More importantly, Japan Life Insurance also announced a contract with the Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural Exchange Center, where some of its future events will be held. Unlike Tokio Marine Insurance, which signed a one-year contract initially, and Sumitomo Mitsui, which signed a two-year contract initially, Japan Life Insurance signed a five-year contract.

The Uesugi couple have been enjoying immense popularity these past few days.

Just like the Metropolitan Police Department, a powerful agency, insurance acts as a lubricant and buffer in modern society, possessing resources from all over the world. To be favored by insurance companies means that Uesugi Muneyuki has extended his influence to every corner of society.

However, thinking about this made Uesugi Hironori even more frightened. The father was somewhat relieved that he had left a way out that day and had not completely broken ties with his son, which led to the father and son being able to reconcile in the end.

His wife was right. After his father retired, he might have to rely on his youngest son to run his business.

Of course, as a proud and typical Japanese man, Uesugi Hironori would never admit defeat: "I was only doing this for the good of Cedar. There is an old saying in Japan: 'Parents who love their children plan far ahead for them.'"

Is this how you use this sentence? The older brother, Uesugi Sadanori, had his face scrunched up like a chrysanthemum, thinking that he too had been forced into a marriage, and Muneyuki was almost driven to a rage by the whole thing.

If our parents really care about us brothers, they should do nothing; that would be the best thing for them!

"It's starting!" Grandpa Uesugi Kuninori opened his cloudy old eyes, which shone with pride.

On the television screen, at the Sakurada Gate of Kasumigaseki in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, is the scene of a press conference held at the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters.

More than 200 media outlets, newspapers, and independent media were present, filling the venue to capacity. The Metropolitan Police Department even added many chairs, but some reporters still had no seats and had to stand or sit on the floor.

And so, amidst a sea of ​​cameras, Uesugi Muneyuki made a dazzling entrance. He was dressed in a sophisticated black Armani suit with a sky-blue tie, and his sharp, aloof demeanor and captivating appearance immediately caught the eye.

I feel like Uesugi Forensic Examiner is getting more and more handsome and charismatic.

The reporters present and the viewers in front of their televisions thought the same thing.

As Uesugi Muneyuki appeared, his image was immediately focused on the television screens in the company, the train station, the detached houses, the towers, the rows of apartment complexes, and even on the large screens amidst the bustling traffic. He began to recount the events of the Yokohama case to the entire nation.

"On September 7th, the Kanagawa police received a report from the Sumitomo Mitsui Group that Project Manager Aiko Igarashi had been absent from a team-building event without explanation... Upon receiving the report, the Kanagawa police began their investigation and quickly identified Sato, the victim's superior, as the prime suspect..."

"On September 15th, a barge belonging to Tokyo Marine Holdings unexpectedly discovered a piece of meat bound in a plastic bag. DNA testing confirmed it to be the body of Aiko Igarashi… On September 16th, more pieces of meat were discovered, and one of the packages was unexpectedly identified as belonging to another victim, Yui Hirasawa, a female student at Tokyo Women's University…"

Facing the camera, Uesugi Muneyuki began to speak eloquently, calmly and clearly recounting the entire case to the nation.

How did the Metropolitan Police Department get involved in the investigation? What were the criteria for Uesugi Muneyuki's judgment? Why did the investigation reach a dead end and yield no results? How did they discover how the murderer entered the "locked room" and how did they deduce the murderer's modus operandi?

Naturally, Uesugi Muneyuki also ruthlessly pointed out the shocking incompetence of the Kanagawa police.

The crucial DNA evidence? Sorry, it's too hot, ruined.

The crucial evidence of wet waste and food scraps? Sorry, it's been delayed too long and has gone moldy.

Regarding information about Aiko Igarashi? Sorry, the Kanagawa police have shared almost nothing; it's all been the Metropolitan Police Department's own investigation. The only assistance the Kanagawa police provided was that they discovered Aiko Igarashi's ex-husband was a suspect and that her current lover had returned from the United States.

When Uesugi Muneyuki said that the DNA test had failed and all leads had been cut off, everyone present felt a sense of suffocation.

At this point, even Uesugi Muneyuki, a legendary rookie forensic pathologist and expert in forensic science, felt he couldn't continue the investigation.

Just when it seemed like it was going to become another unsolved case, the Kanagawa police suddenly announced that they had found a major suspect—Tanaka, who was seen reselling a gold ring at a jewelry store.

“As soon as I heard the news, I knew that Tanaka was innocent.” Uesugi Muneyuki sneered at the camera: “As we all know, Japanese police have a habit of first investigating the murderer based on interpersonal networks, then conducting interviews in the surrounding area and carrying out a comprehensive search centered on the crime scene, and finally tracing the source of the evidence at the scene.”

"So what if none of these three methods work?" Uesugi Muneyuki wrote on the blackboard: "Then we'll relentlessly attack those involved, do everything we can to find evidence for them, use the Great Memory Restoration Technique on them, and help them reconstruct the crime."

These words left all the Metropolitan Police Department officers present speechless. Among them, Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda couldn't help but glance at Eiji Watanabe beside him, only to see Watanabe give a wry smile.

Kosaka and Kashiwagi from the First Investigation Division both lowered their heads in embarrassment, especially Kashiwagi. However, Sugishita Ukyo, the head of the First Investigation Division, smiled and thought to himself, "I said that a long time ago, and the result was that I was sent to a remote island."

"Given the utter incompetence of the Kanagawa police... yes, I must emphasize, their utter incompetence and serious lack of forensic expertise make it highly implausible that the gold ring was found lying outside and then resold to a jewelry store."

“At that moment, a question suddenly occurred to me.” Uesugi Muneyuki held up one finger: “It suddenly occurred to me that the Metropolitan Police Department’s intervention occurred on September 15. Before that, the main investigation and handling of the Yokohama case was handled by the Kanagawa headquarters… Given such clumsy framing and lack of forensic expertise, perhaps they missed something.”

"So I've decided to reopen the investigation. This time, we'll reverse the forensic examination, and we'll reconsider all possibilities!"

"So, after reopening the investigation, we finally found a crucial clue that the Kanagawa headquarters had overlooked—the minor collision involving the victim's vehicle... And just like that, Sasaki Hisato, a member of the Kudo-kai, a designated yakuza organization, finally came to light..."

Uesugi Muneyuki's explanation captivated everyone present, and for a moment, the entire room fell silent except for the sounds of taking photos and taking notes.

He is very cultured, has a good appearance, and a very infectious and persuasive voice. Moreover, he does not shy away from the problems of the Japanese police, and openly admits the series of outrageous actions of the Kanagawa police and their audacity in taking evidence from the scene to frame someone. He also admits that even the Metropolitan Police Department was being played around by the information cocoon, and that he himself felt despair.

Everyone's emotions fluctuated under Uesugi Muneyuki's control until that moment arrived.

Reverse Evidence!

Reconsider all possibilities!
The truth was finally revealed: after considering all the impossible conclusions, the real culprit was the one who seemed least likely to commit the crime!
So they searched all night, the truth came out, and Kudo's murder of Igarashi Aiko was exposed. It was about to face the Metropolitan Police Department's punishment. Large groups of public security police and police from the anti-drug department rushed to the front line to fight a decisive battle at the top of Kanagawa and the Yokohama tank track.

Fujidai Odaiba Building, Board of Directors.

"We can't wait any longer!" President Kameyama pointed at Uesugi Muneyuki on the screen, drooling with excitement: "Send an invitation immediately! Send a formal invitation to Uesugi Muneyuki right now!"

"As long as he's willing to do a variety show interview with us, Fuji TV is willing to do anything. We can offer ten or even nine times the normal guest fee! No matter what, we have to get Uesugi's first time!"

(End of this chapter)