Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 267, The Farce Ends

what?
What happened at the scene left the Uesugi family and many of the guests bewildered.

The Tokugawa family was the one involved in the incident!
Uesugi Muneyuki frowned. The Kii Tokugawa family was descended from Tokugawa Yorinobu, the tenth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu (here's a side note: the old tortoise was really healthy; he had 13 confirmed sons and 5 daughters along the way, and he could still reproduce from 1559 until he was 64 years old in 1607, so the academic community has never doubted that Ieyasu's children were not his own, right, Lord Hideyoshi?). This family was the famous Tokugawa Gosanke (three branches of the Tokugawa family). The most famous thing was that after the seventh Edo Shogun died out, the eighth Shogun chose Tokugawa Yoshimune, the head of the Kii Tokugawa family, to succeed him and launched the Kyōhō Reforms.

The famous Taiga drama "Hachishou no Shogun Yoshimune" tells this story.

However, despite such a glorious past, the Tokugawa family of Kii is in a bad situation in modern times. After the abolition of the feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures, the head of the Tokugawa family at that time became obsessed with various music and art, squandering most of the family property. The family now lives in a small detached house in Ikebukuro, and the most valuable thing in their house is an antique piano that they bought from Europe.

Fortunately, her descendants were capable. After taking in two sons-in-law, the current head of the Tokugawa family, Tokugawa Yoshiko, was quite accomplished in architecture. With the help of other Tokugawa families, she founded Ishibashi Tokugawa Construction Co., Ltd., and finally returned to the ranks of the top middle class. However, compared with other noble families, she was naturally far inferior. Moreover, because Tokugawa Yoshiko divorced her husband, the Kii Tokugawa family had a very rare female head of the family.

"Ryuichi! What are you trying to do?" Tokugawa Yoshiko was furious when she saw her son there. "Don't you even know where you are?"

"Where?" The middle-aged man in his thirties was furious. He pointed at the stage and said, "I'm your son! For something this important, you didn't call me, but called him instead!"

"What's going on? The one who came with the head of the Tokugawa family isn't the eldest son?" Uesugi Muneyuki immediately asked his father.

"No, the one who came with the head of the family is Kii Tokugawa's adopted son-in-law." Uesugi Hironori's expression was also very grim: "How could this be?"

Adopted son-in-law? Biological son?

Just as Uesugi Muneyuki was beginning to understand something, a commotion broke out over there. Suddenly, the newcomer raised his fist and slammed it onto the table. Tokugawa Yoshiko staggered to avoid it, crashing into the back of her chair. The table was overturned, and the wine glasses and food plates on it shook violently. Amber liquid from the wine cups gushed down his black tomesleeved sleeves.

The adopted son-in-law sitting next to his mother quickly stepped in front of her, but the Tokugawa crest on his kimono further enraged the newcomer.

"A bastard dares to wear a clover pattern? If I hadn't come today, the main family would no longer be mine!" The newcomer grabbed the adopted son's collar, signaling him to get out of the way. With a push, Tokugawa Yoshiko and her adopted son fell to the ground together, knocking over the stack of mirror cakes. The rice flour avalanche submerged half of her obi belt.

What happened at the scene stunned everyone, and it was only then that they came to their senses.

The one who barged in was Tokugawa Yoshiko's biological son, the head of the Kii Tokugawa family, while the person next to Tokugawa Yoshiko was her adopted son-in-law.

Tokugawa Yoshiko fell to the ground, wailing, "Ryuichi! There's no money left for you!"

"No money? You're kidding me! If you have no money, why would you pass on such a large family business to him?" Tokugawa Ryuichi grabbed his adopted son's head and slammed it hard into the iceberg of the sashimi platter.

"Enough!" Uesugi Muneyuki couldn't stand it anymore.

With his angry shout, everyone around him snapped out of their daze. Everyone present today was a big shot; who among them didn't have a bodyguard by their side? No one had expected anyone to cause trouble at the wedding.

Upon hearing Uesugi Muneyuki's shout, several bodyguards immediately stood up, and in addition, former and current Metropolitan Police Department personnel silently prepared for action.

Except for Minami-sama, she's really not cut out for fighting, not to mention she's wearing a kimono.

Uesugi Muneyuki strode over from the main table, and just as he was rapidly approaching to stop the farce, someone reached out and grabbed him.

He is Chief Kirenakawa of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Unit.

Yes, this guy is here at the Chinese Community Congress today too.

Uesugi Muneyuki thought that Chief Kirengawa was going to stop him, but Chief Kirengawa said very seriously: "As long as no one dies, it is self-defense. I'll remember that. I'll handle the District Prosecutor's Office."

"Okay." Upon hearing this, Uesugi Muneyuki thought that at least this made sense.

"Hey." Uesugi Muneyuki approached and grabbed Tokugawa Ryuichi's shoulder, signaling him to let go of the poor adopted son-in-law. However, the other party abruptly shook off Uesugi Muneyuki's arm: "What's it to you? Get out of here. This is an internal family matter."

"Hey, you don't know whose wedding it is today, do you?" Uesugi Muneyuki said coldly.

He quickly stepped back half a step to create a safe distance, bent his knees slightly into a karate forward bend, raised his heels to maintain mobility, protected his chin with his left palm upright, and held his right fist loosely at his side. His eyes swept across the opponent's deltoid muscles in the shoulder like lightning—this was the warning sign of any upper limb attack.

Sure enough, the moment Tokugawa Ryuichi swung his right arm, Uesugi Muneyuki immediately caught the premonition that his right shoulder was pulling back.

This guy's punches were indeed accurate and ruthless, but he was up against Uesugi Muneyuki.

Precision prevention!

Faced with the fierce attack, Uesugi Muneyuki suddenly transformed his left palm into a knife-like hand and slashed at the ulnar groove of the opponent's right wrist. The nerve impact caused the opponent's entire arm to become paralyzed instantly.

Taking advantage of his unbalanced forward lean, the right fist rotated 120 degrees and struck the xiphoid process cartilage from bottom to top. The knuckles accurately sank into the depression at the end of the sternum. The violent shock to the abdominal nerve plexus made the guy curl up on the ground as if his spine had been ripped out.

Then, taking advantage of the opportunity, Uesugi Muneyuki aimed his right index finger at the junction of the mandible and temporomandibular joint. Spirit Pill!

Biu!

Ryuichi Tokugawa was struck by a Spirit Ball, which dislocated his jaw and sent him flying backward. Several bodyguards of the other noblemen rushed forward and pinned him to the ground in a human pyramid formation. In the chaos, they dragged him away, who was foaming at the mouth, and called the police.

When Uesugi Muneyuki unexpectedly revealed his talent, everyone was stunned. When he returned to the main table, Minami was extremely excited: "Hey, Muneyuki-kun, you've been with Ikeda for so long, you must have learned something from him!"

“…………What else would I do? Why would I call her Master Erina?” Uesugi Muneyuki said helplessly.

"Really? I thought you only learned kung fu from her to woo her... Okay, I was wrong." Miss Minami said with a rather mischievous grin, "It's over, your Erina-sensei's last use is as a cup."

"Minami!" Uesugi Muneyuki quickly gestured for people not to say anything.

"Hmph~ We must make sure to send out invitations properly when we get married." Miss Minami said indignantly.

From the moment Tokugawa Ryuichi stormed in to the moment Uesugi Muneyuki knocked him down and dragged him out, the entire process took no more than five minutes.

But because of this unexpected incident, the joyous atmosphere at the wedding was completely gone. Moreover, with most of the wedding ceremony already completed, people started leaving under various pretexts after only a few minutes.

The banquet had only just begun with the second course, Yonezawa beef teppanyaki with gold leaf ginkgo nuts. Seeing that the atmosphere had changed, Uesugi Kuninori had no choice but to signal the waiter to immediately serve the guests a replica of the Yonezawa Domain wedding konpeito (Japanese candy box) to those who were about to leave. The entire event was in disarray. By the time the desserts, early cherry blossom mousse and cherry blossom tea from Yamagata Prefecture, were served, most of the guests had already left.

The dozen or so sets of Uesugi Twenty-Four Generals Ukiyo-e style bookmarks that the Uesugi family had prepared were not all claimed.

The Tokugawa family also quickly led the Kii Tokugawa family members over to apologize. From Tokugawa Yoshiko's words, Uesugi Muneyuki finally learned what had happened.

As the head of the household, Tokugawa Yoshiko married and adopted a son-in-law at a young age. However, the adopted son-in-law did not expect that the Kii Tokugawa family was not as wealthy as he had imagined, but only a middle-class family. So, after a few years, they divorced, leaving behind only a son, a daughter, and the head of the household.

Yoshiko Tokugawa had finally managed to restore the Kii Tokugawa family to the ranks of the top middle class thanks to her architectural expertise. However, her son, Ryuichi Tokugawa, turned out to be a disappointment. He developed many bad habits, including pachinko and was heavily in debt, constantly coming home to ask for money. Out of desperation, Yoshiko decided to find a son-in-law to inherit the family business. However, before she could make it public, her son discovered the plan and came to cause trouble.

A son-in-law is worse than an adopted son.

Uesugi Muneyuki suddenly had this thought, and Minami, the young lady beside him, seemed to have the same thought and pinched his palm.

It was me who chose you, Zongxue-kun!
"Truly, we have failed in our duty to raise our son!" The head of the Tokugawa family, a noble marquisate, and his successor knelt before the Uesugi family, bowing deeply in apology: "Your rudeness is beyond words!"

"...It's not what Prince Kii wanted things to turn out this way." Uesugi Kuninori took a few deep breaths, his Adam's apple bobbing. "Let's not talk about today's events anymore, and let's not have any contact with each other again."

Yoshiko Tokugawa gasped. She knew that from today onwards, the nobility would no longer invite the Kii Tokugawa family to these events.

Thus, the wedding of Uesugi Sadanori, the brother of Uesugi Muneyuki, which had started perfectly, ended inexplicably due to a farce. Even the ceremony where the newlyweds rode around Hibiya Park in the hotel's antique Rolls-Royce, with guests holding LED lanterns to see them off in the hotel's arcade, was hastily concluded.

The older brother, Uesugi Sadanori, witnessed the entire process, and at one moment, he recalled the opening poem of the Tale of the Heike.

The bells and chimes of Gion Shrine resound with the impermanence of life;
The colors of the sal tree's flowers illustrate the principle that prosperity inevitably leads to decline.

Faced with this unexpected event, Uesugi Sadanori felt neither anger nor sorrow, but rather a sense of bewilderment at the impermanence of life filled his mind and body. He increasingly felt that his newlywed wife and the many guests who had come today were all despicable people.

Does getting married, having children, and passing on the family line truly guarantee happiness?

Uesugi Sadanori looked at Uesugi Muneyuki not far away, and suddenly sighed, his expression gloomy and dejected.

it's all my fault.

It's all my fault. I shouldn't have gotten married. I ruined my wife and my family!
Perhaps, the continuation of our family line can only depend on you, my brother.

The family had just entered the house when Uesugi Kuninori took a few steps ahead, suddenly swayed, and fell headfirst to the ground.

"Grandpa!" "Father!"

A gasp rippled through the crowd, but Uesugi Muneyuki reacted the fastest, using his own body to cushion the old man's fall just as he was about to collapse.

"Grandpa!" "Call an ambulance! Quickly!!!"

With the arrival of the ambulance from the University of Tokyo Hospital, everything that happened today has cast a shadow over Uesugi Sakunori's marriage and the future of the Uesugi family.

(End of this chapter)