Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 26: Erina's Ideal Type
At night, there were dark clouds outside the house and the night wind was howling. It seemed that it was going to rain, but after a long time, not a drop of rain fell. Uesugi Sosetsu returned to his apartment in Bunkyo District. He greeted the front desk, swiped his card, and strode towards his residence.

In Japan, most people live in ordinary single-family houses, that is, two or three-story detached houses with a small yard. However, Tokyo does not have that much land, so like the big cities in China, Tokyo also has many high-rise residential buildings, both high-end and ordinary.

The most ordinary residences were no different from what Uesugi Sosetsu remembered. There were usually one or two dormitory managers who collected garbage removal and management fees. The truly high-end high-rise apartment buildings were generally called tower buildings, and the services in this type of residence were quite high-quality - hotel-style 24-hour management, a front desk, cleaning staff, restaurants and convenience stores on the ground floor, kitchens, activity rooms and conference rooms that could be rented, fixed gyms and swimming pools for owners to use, one or two floors of the upper floors had temporary guest rooms for outsiders to temporarily live in, as well as libraries, reading rooms, salons, bars, and so on.

The only problem with good questions is that they are expensive.

Uesugi Sosetsu returned to his apartment and simply counted his income for the month.

After becoming a regular employee, a full-time forensic pathologist can earn 28 yen per month.

The police received a total of 12 yen in compensation for the autopsy.

There are also miscellaneous subsidies and a special autopsy consolation payment of 5 yen.

After all, my monthly income is about 45 yen, and the student apartment where I live is not considered high-end, with an area of only to square meters. So how much is the rent?

15 yen a month, and the property water and electricity bills are another 2 yen a month.

According to the standards of working people, rent, water, electricity and property expenses should not exceed one-third of the fixed monthly salary. However, Uesugi Sosetsu himself exceeded that, and not only did he exceed it, but he also reached half of the fixed monthly income.

It is said that Ikeda Erena was not used to living in the women's dormitory of the police station (because she had to share a living room and bathroom with other women) and chose to rent a house by herself. Uesugi Sosetsu thought that she might have to move to Chiba, Kanagawa or Saitama, otherwise how could she afford the rent?
The average monthly salary for the lowest-level patrol officer of the Japanese police is only around 20 yen. Among them, Shikoku has the lowest salary, with an average monthly salary of only 18 yen. The salary in Tokyo is naturally the highest in Japan, but it is only 23 yen per month.

So isn't it reasonable for me to invite you to eat at Yoshinoya?

The expression on Uesugi Sosetsu's face looked a little unhappy. He was not sure what happened to Ikeda Erena's mood change at the end.

What impression did she leave on me?

However, Uesugi Sosetsu quickly cheered up. His biggest request to this tall beauty was that she not cause trouble, not complain about him, and not give him trouble. He had finally won the trust of the entire Criminal Division of Otsuka Police Station. They looked for him for any autopsy work, and even the surrounding police stations would occasionally ask him for help. If Ikeda Erena caused trouble at this time, the good situation that he had worked so hard to get would be ruined.

He was willing to show kindness to Ikeda Erina because he hoped that she would not explode, at least not explode on him, so that he could build a good relationship with her and let her teach him some martial arts, kung fu and fighting techniques.

He still needs more autopsies, more spirits, and more power.

Sitting in front of the computer, Uesugi Sosetsu began to recite the scriptures taught by Ms. Kurosawa. This is the only method he currently masters.

"Vajra Dharma".

There are two types of Vajra Dharma: the Nyosaburo Vajra Dharma that Ms. Kurosawa practiced as a shrine maiden, and the Dharma that she did not practice, Vajra Dharma Dhyani, which Uesugi Sosetsu named "Hardening".

The Vajra-breaking Technique is a method of divination, praying for blessings and measuring fortune. After Ms. Kurosawa had mastered it, she actually used it to trade stocks. It is not known whether she was blinded by greed or was contaminated by the filth of the secular world, but Ms. Kurosawa never made any further progress in this area.

The old lady didn't care. How could spiritual practice be more important than money? After enjoying the prosperity of Tokyo, do you still have to go back to your hometown to spend the day with a cup of tea, a piece of writing, and a few sticks?
However, Uesugi Sosetsu was not born to be suitable for this method, because the Dharma image of Aizen Myoong itself emphasizes being involved in the world and viewing the desires and troubles of all living beings as Bodhi wisdom.

Ms. Kurosawa gave him Vajra Dharani for this purpose.

It can purify karmic obstacles, and if you uphold the dharma in accordance with the Dharma, you can adorn the Pure Land.

In short, if the donor really cannot understand Buddhism, then I can at least learn a little bit of martial arts.

Ms. Kurosawa was totally uninterested in this method of pure fighting. She didn't like fighting and killing anyway. Besides, times have changed since the founding of the Black Ship. No matter how hard your fists are, can they defeat foreign guns and cannons?
The TV in the house was on, and a variety show was playing. A five-member girl group called Akasaka was singing and dancing on the stage. Their debut song "The Silent Majority" has been very popular in recent times.

The girl who is known as the center of Akagi-zaka is named Hirate Sarana. She is not pretty and can only be described as cute, but her mushroom haircut and sweet smile like a girl next door have earned her great popularity. It is said that this girl idol group has the potential to become a national group in the future.

According to rumors from her father Yuken Uesugi, this girl group is the official rival to another national girl group YKC48. The two sides are backed by different groups and are in conflict everywhere, creating topics on the one hand and riding on each other's popularity on the other.

I feel like I’m not as good as Senior Mai.

Uesugi Sosetsu complained in his heart, but actresses and female idols are not on the same track, so there is no need to compare. For a genuine professional actress like Mai who graduated from the University of Tokyo, singing a song when she has free time is just a hobby.

The selling point of female idols is different from that of actresses and female singers. The former sell themselves, while the latter two sell their works.

For example, once a female idol is exposed to be in a relationship and has a boyfriend, her number of fans and commercial value will plummet rapidly.

If actresses and singers are exposed to be in a relationship and have boyfriends, their fans and commercial value will be affected to a certain extent, but it will not cause any fundamental damage.

Uesugi Sosetsu was not interested in watching the pop song with singing and dancing, so he changed the channel and thought for a while before deciding to call out the remaining soul of Ms. Kurosawa.

During this period, he and Ms. Kurosawa had no communication at all, not because he didn't want to, but because he found that the remaining power of the remnant soul itself was very little. The last time they communicated, Ms. Kurosawa had almost used up her remaining power. For other dead souls without supernatural powers, the remaining soul would be less as they were used up.

Ms. Kurosawa, as a holder of supernatural powers, can integrate into the Dharma image of Kaji Myo-O, but her brief exchange with Uesugi Sosetsu will also consume a large amount of soul power.

How to make it up?

The only way to replenish it is by triggering the Dead Soul Contract through Uesugi Sosetsu and obtaining soul power from other dead souls.

In fact, Ms. Kurosawa didn't have anything more worthwhile to teach Uesugi Sosetsu. The old shrine maiden had spent decades in Tokyo, and all she had learned was eating, drinking, having fun, and dating young men. As for the things she learned when she was young, she either learned them in a hurry and didn't understand them halfway, or she didn't take them to heart at all. She only wanted to leave the countryside and throw herself into the prosperity of the big city.

Uesugi Sosetsu briefly told Ms. Kurosawa about his handling of the male host Takigawa Tsubasa.

"Hey, handsome boy, why are you doing this?" Ms. Kurosawa was not grateful for Uesugi Sosetsu's handling of the matter: "Why do you want to embarrass handsome boy? Everyone is trying to make a living in a big city, it's not easy, and he finally got out of the gang, why do you have to hold on to him?"

"Isn't he the real culprit who killed you?" Uesugi Muneyuki was amused by Ms. Kurosawa's attitude: "Don't you hate him?"

"If it was before I died, I might still have some hatred. Now that things have come to this, why should I create more killings because of me?" Ms. Kurosawa was very open-minded: "Hate? No more."

"No." Uesugi Sosetsu said coldly: "If you repay evil with kindness, how can you repay kindness?"

"Handsome boy, the chain of hatred will never end." Ms. Kurosawa said lightly, "I understand your thoughts, handsome boy. I was young once too. When you are old, you will not have so many unnecessary emotions, and you will take these things lightly."

"No!!!" Uesugi Sosetsu said forcefully. He clenched his fists and stood up with a serious face: "I came here to end this chain!"

"We must not compromise, cover up, or simply label the case as suicide or missing and close the case in a muddled way!" "What I want to do is to make things clear!"

————I am the dividing line that will never be forgotten————

The most ordinary two-story apartment in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo.

At six o'clock in the morning, when Uesugi Sosetsu was still sleeping, Ikeda Erena had already been up for some time.

The ordinary apartment built in the 90s is already a bit shabby, but Ikeda Erena cleaned it very cleanly. Unlike Uesugi Sosetsu who likes to sleep on a bed, the tall beauty sleeps on a blanket. If another bed is placed on the simple tatami floor, there will be even less space to move around in the apartment.

Reina's home is in Fukuoka. She came to Tokyo alone. The salary of an ordinary patrolman is only enough for her to live in Setagaya Ward, the westernmost residential area in Tokyo. Although the police station can provide dormitories, Reina really cannot live with other female police officers. She has had enough.

Barefoot, Erina first did a set of squat exercises, then a set of stretching exercises. After she was sweating all over, she felt the state of her body and nodded with satisfaction. She has been practicing martial arts for many years to maintain control and vitality of her body. The well-developed gastrocnemius muscles on her calves are as strong and toned as a healthy mare. The streamlined muscle lines can be clearly seen on her thighs, and the obvious abdominal muscles in her abdomen are healthy and delicate, firm and elastic.

The sunlight outside had already passed through the gap in the curtains. Erina wiped off her sweat with a towel hanging around her neck. She glanced absentmindedly at the residents who were waking up and the old men and women who had already started moving around downstairs. She took out a breakfast she had made last night from the refrigerator and prepared to take a shower.

Of course, you can eat breakfast outside, but the meager salary forces Erina to cook for herself most of the time. She once asked her family about it, but her father's answer was very simple: Don't be so willful, we have already paid for you to finish high school, and we have to live ourselves.

Life, life.

Uesugi Sosetsu's words suddenly popped up in the tall beauty's mind: "Don't put work into your life, and don't put life into your work."

But for Erina, this job is everything to her.

In order to be better qualified for this job, Erina has been working hard on herself and she is proud of her profession.

After a simple bath, the commute from Setagaya Ward to Bunkyo Ward took more than an hour. Along the way, this tall beauty attracted countless people's attention.

When we arrived at the police station, the atmosphere was a little different today. Except for those on duty, no one else was there.

Only then did Ikeda Erena remember that today was the day of the monthly internal meeting of the police station. This was the only day every month that she needed to wear a police uniform.

It is summer now, and the summer uniform does not have a navy blue jacket, only a simple sky blue shirt. There is almost no way to hide Ikeda Erena's proud figure that has caused her countless hardships. She can only wrap herself tightly, wrapping herself so tightly that she can hardly breathe. Even so, her perfect and enchanting figure still cannot be concealed.

Then, when it came to choosing whether to wear a skirt or trousers, Erina hesitated again.

It is very hot to wear long pants in this kind of weather, and it is customary to wear suits to attend the monthly meetings at this time.

However, Erena Ikeda really doesn't like wearing stockings. Even though stockings can shape the legs and conceal blemishes, Erena Ikeda would not wear them if she can avoid it.

There are two reasons. First, wearing stockings will make Erina feel a strong sense of restraint and her body is not free, which makes her who has been practicing martial arts for many years always feel uncomfortable. Secondly, Erina is too tall. She is 1.7 meters tall and a mixed-race with a foreign body shape. The standard flesh-colored pantyhose issued by the police station are mostly based on the body shape of Sakura girls who are 1.55 to 1.65 meters tall. When she wears stockings, she often encounters the trouble of the crotch of the stockings falling down.

Of course, in a capitalist society, as long as you need it, there will be manufacturers to produce it, and you can naturally buy pantyhose for tall women outside, but a pair of them costs one thousand yen, which is a considerable expense for Erina.

Forget it. If I continue to be unconventional, this might be my last field position.

Ikeda Erena had heard last time that she might be transferred to look after the warehouse, but it was a pleasant surprise that she could change to another police station and continue working as a criminal field officer.

When it comes down to it, there isn't even a single normal person in the entire police force!
Ikeda thought angrily that his first boss' head was full of pornographic garbage. He was obviously married but he still touched him all the time and tricked him into drinking strong beer disguised as ordinary beer. If he was not a black belt in karate, he would have fallen into his trap.

If you fail, you threaten yourself with power and scare yourself with your future.

Erina didn't buy it. She reported her boss by real name and had him go to the birdless island in Shikoku and become a country bumpkin.

I thought changing police station would be better, but the result was exactly the same! This boss was even more confident because he was also unmarried, so he made advances on her in the name of legitimate pursuit, and was beaten up by her.

No one can be trusted now! Even those old men who look honest and decent can no longer be trusted!

Even though her third boss, Inspector Kobashi, seemed like a decent and peaceful person, Erina no longer believed him, especially since he, like her previous two bosses, would sneak glances at her from time to time. God only knew how many evil thoughts flashed through his mind at this time.

So I changed my place again.

Finally, she met a normal man, which brought some comfort to Ikeda Erena. She thought that there are still normal people in the police force!
Reina felt that someone like Uesugi Soyuki was more in line with her idea of an "average man". He was good-looking, knowledgeable, good at communication, had a little sense of humor, was not full of pornographic nonsense, could help out, cared about others, had rich professional knowledge and decisiveness, could plan, and could deal with old hands like Sudo Tanaka and convince them to take action.

No, this guy is not a policeman at all.

Wearing a knee-length dress, her sexy and toned long legs were covered with a pair of standard matte flesh-colored pantyhose produced in Atsugi for commuting. Ikeda Erena was ready for today. Her pair of size 37 beautiful feet wrapped in stockings were white and lovely, and she wore ordinary five-centimeter black patent leather thick-heeled shoes that were also for commuting. Her sexy arch of the foot was raised high, her sole was thick and soft, and the blue blood vessels were faintly visible on the snow-white instep under the thin stockings. Ikeda Erena left the police station locker room and went to the meeting room.

She was looking forward to what would happen to the male PR later.

However, when Ikeda changed her clothes and found Tanaka, Naoki Tanaka backed away and didn't dare to look at her. He almost pressed his back against the wall before he spoke: "The Metropolitan Police Department has taken over this matter. The club said it would handle it on its own. The matter ends here. It is not our local branch's responsibility to deal with it now."

"Why?!" Ikeda Erina just couldn't understand: "Didn't they say that he..."

"Okay, Ms. Ikeda, we have a convenience store serial theft case on our hands. As a public servant, you must always be strict with yourself! If we delay for a second on this matter, the interests of the people will suffer! Brother Uesugi can't help with this matter. If you affect our 100% arrest rate and case-solving rate for three consecutive months, can you bear the responsibility? Can you slack off if it's not a murder case? You are a criminal police! Do you know what kind of disaster it will cause?"

When Section Chief Sudo saw that Ikeda was about to ask more questions, he immediately shouted.

Ikeda Erena lowered her head and clenched her fists, her refreshing short hair blowing in the wind from the air conditioner.

"Okay, Section Chief, Ikeda is also concerned about the follow-up development of the matter." Tanaka Laodeng did not hesitate at all. He knew that no one in the Criminal Division would be willing to go on field work with Ikeda, and he just happened to have something to do: "I just happen to have a task for you now. You don't have to attend the regular meeting. Go to the Forensic Pathology Department of Tokyo Medical and Dental University now, and ask Brother Uesugi to come over."

"Invite him?" Ikeda Erena thought, didn't they say that Uesugi was not needed in the theft case?

"During routine maintenance at the Tokyo Tramway Repair Factory in Shinagawa District, a body was found underneath a tram. The police station there wants to ask Uesugi-chan to take a look." Tanaka Laodeng was quite proud. "Inspector Moritsugu, who is in charge of this matter, is from the same class as me. He asked me for help. The department has already decided. You go pick up Uesugi-chan."

“Yes.” After only a few days, Ikeda Erina had already felt despair about this police station.

None of them are human!
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