Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 300, Metropolitan Police Department Storm!

After a two-week vacation, in early December, Uesugi Muneyuki mainly did the following things.

I had a blast in Hakone with Erena Minami for three days.

I went to Fuji TV to record the second episode of "God's Hand". However, Mai-senpai was very busy this time (due to a lot of shrine affairs and entertainment activities at the end of the year), so Uesugi Muneyuki took the lead. The part where the two interacted will be recorded later. Fuji TV also announced that the "God's Hand" series will officially start airing in January, with one episode per month.

Only one issue per month? The Japanese public seems dissatisfied with this arrangement; the internet is full of complaints.

Afterwards, Uesugi Muneyuki went to discuss with Professor Funao, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tokyo and President of the Japan Medical Association, about joining the University of Tokyo's doctoral program and the University of Tokyo Hospital.

Naturally, the negotiations between the two sides were not very smooth. Uesugi Muneyuki was a strong-willed person and naturally would not accept some of the conditions set by the University of Tokyo. On the other hand, the University of Tokyo was obviously attracted by Uesugi Muneyuki's influence and ability. The two sides had fruitful exchanges, fully exchanged opinions, established an effective communication mechanism, and recognized the important value of bilateral relations to the field of autopsy and national forensic medicine in Japan. They also recognized the importance of a sustainable, long-term, and mutually beneficial bilateral cooperative relationship. In the spirit of mutual openness, continuous communication, cooperation and mutual respect, they continued to promote the process of Uesugi Muneyuki's employment and enrollment.

In the end, the University of Tokyo and Uesugi Muneyuki agreed to compromise. Uesugi Muneyuki agreed that, in order to avoid any appearance of impropriety, he would request the intervention of a third party in future autopsies involving cases within the University of Tokyo, depending on whether it was necessary to act impartially. In return, the University of Tokyo agreed to Uesugi Muneyuki's request that, if there was concrete evidence, it must proactively discuss with Uesugi Muneyuki how to proceed.

The negotiations between the two sides have made significant progress.

After completing the matters at the University of Tokyo, Uesugi Muneyuki spent another week preparing for his engagement with Minami, and finally put the engagement ring on Minami's finger.

So when Uesugi Muneyuki, Watanabe Minami, and Ikeda Erena returned to the Special Missions Unit in early December and announced the restart of the Special Missions Unit after a two-week hiatus, an unexpected storm suddenly swept through the entire Metropolitan Police Department!

Early December, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Sakuradamon Headquarters, Special Missions Division Office.

"Section Chief, would you like a cup?" After training at the headquarters training grounds and taking a nice shower, Erena changed into her winter female police uniform coat and skirt, along with 40D matte flesh-colored pantyhose. She made herself a cup of coffee from the coffee machine: "Black coffee or with milk?"

"Latte, please. I'm different from you. I don't like black coffee, it's so bitter!" Minami was also wearing a winter Metropolitan Police Department female police uniform pencil skirt with flesh-colored pantyhose. However, the same uniform looked delicate and sweet on Minami, with the air of a well-bred lady, while on Erina, it looked tall, heroic, and mature.

"Wow? What's going on between you two?" Acting Section Chief Inspector Okada chuckled, holding his coffee. "How come you two have become so close after going on vacation together?"

"Really?" "No way?!" Minami and Erina reacted differently.

Inspector Okada shook his head with a smile. He could tell that although Minami and Erina seemed to get along well on the surface, they actually didn't get along. But after returning from their vacation, although they seemed to be at odds with each other and even teased each other, their relationship was actually very harmonious and there was no sense of distance between them.

"I'm afraid the three of them have already shared a bed..." Inspector Okada thought to himself.

But that had nothing to do with him. He was just joking. After personally witnessing Uesugi Muneyuki's amazing autopsy skills, he knew that it was something he could only envy.

"Speaking of which, Section Chief, should I call you Watanabe Minami or Uesugi Minami from now on?" Inspector Okada teased slightly before changing the subject.

"For now, let's stick with Watanabe Minami. We'll change the surname after the official marriage." Miss Minami dangled her Bulgari sapphire engagement ring on her right hand and said with a smile, "From now on, I'm also a member of the Kenshin family! Gentlemen, the banner of chaos has been raised! Follow Lord Mitsuhiro, and go before Lord Mitsuhiro to show your teeth!"

"Hahaha~" Inspector Okada, being a graduate of the University of Tokyo, got the joke and laughed nonstop. He had gone skiing in Hakuba during his vacation and had quite a good time.

The three of them exchanged a few jokes and were about to check what changes had occurred during this period when the landline on Minami's desk rang.

It was Uesugi Muneyuki calling.

"Something's happened, Minami, you guys need to get to the thirteenth floor right away!"

Miss Minami immediately led Erena and Okada to the thirteenth floor of Sakurada Gate, where an elderly man with white hair in a black suit was angrily leaving with a dozen or so middle-aged men carrying briefcases.

Behind him, Superintendent General Eiji Watanabe, Deputy Superintendent General Ren Oyama, Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department Kanji Uchimura, Chief of the First Investigation Division Ukyo Sugishita, Chief Internal Inspector of the Police Affairs Department Haruki Okachi, Superintendent Iijima and Superintendent Higurashi, all bowed in apology.

"What happened?" Erena asked curiously.

"Oh dear, something terrible has happened." Miss Minami looked at the white-haired old man in the black suit: "That man is Kazumasa Odagiri, a member of the Fujitsu board of directors."

"Do you know why our Special Missions Department had to take an emergency leave? Do you know why I advised Zong Xue not to take on backlog cases? Do you know why Kashiwagi, who was engaged to the Third Department, didn't come that day?" Miss Minami put away her usual lively and playful personality, and her expression became cold and solemn: "It's because there are too many troubles in the backlog cases."

Five minutes later, in the Superintendent General's office, an enraged Eiji Watanabe slammed a formal complaint onto the table, his earlier good mood over his daughter's engagement completely gone: "Muneyuki, Minami, take a look!"

Uesugi Muneyuki took the complaint letter and then understood why Kashiwagi Jin hadn't come to their engagement party that day.

This guy's in trouble, really in trouble!
The incident stemmed from the recent impact of the Kanagawa body dumping case, which sparked petitions across Japan demanding a second autopsy. Documents were flooding the Metropolitan Police Department, and Mikoto Ishihara and her colleagues were still working on it. One backlogged case in particular brought this matter to the forefront:

About two and a half years ago, Kazumasa Odagiri, son of Fujitsu board member and an executive in Fujitsu's technology department, started dating Yumi Kazama, a software developer.

At the time, Yumi Kazama was developing software for motion capture and facial recognition classification of surveillance footage at another company. However, for some unknown reason, after dating Ryuji Odagiri for a period of time, Yumi Kazama suddenly committed suicide. Less than two months later, Fujitsu suddenly announced that they had successfully developed a brand-new facial recognition technology software.

Kazama Yumi's family, of course, did not admit that their daughter committed suicide and demanded an investigation and autopsy. However, the autopsy results from the Tokyo Censorate Medical Center showed that she died by suicide, and there was CCTV footage to prove that Kazama Yumi was returning home alone at the time.

Regarding the software developed, the person involved, Ryuji Odagiri, stated at the time that the software was jointly developed by the two of them, and that he was the first author. Because his girlfriend had passed away, he ended up completing the development alone, and therefore he should rightfully own all the intellectual property rights.

Kazama Yumi's family was furious, stating that Odagiri had never worked in software development before, nor had he developed any other software since. How could he suddenly know how to code? He was the one who stole Yumi's hard work and caused her suicide!

Both sides had their own version of events, but there was no evidence of homicide. As for the intellectual property issue, it became a mess because no outsiders were involved. In the end, Fujitsu compensated the deceased's family with 500 million yen. At that time, Superintendent General Hakuba instructed the head of the First Investigation Division, Mikasa, to close the case.

This case has resurfaced, and during the second examination, Mikoto Ishihara discovered a flaw in the evidence storage record—the broken cell phone and USB drive at the scene were incomplete, with one part mysteriously missing.

At this point, everyone understood that the case was indeed very suspicious and pointed directly to Ryuji Odagiri himself. Even a fool would know that it was highly likely that this guy stole his girlfriend's work, leading to her suicide.

However, there was no evidence, especially no evidence of homicide.

However, Kashiwagi Jin from the third department did something earth-shattering.

He took some indirect evidence from the case to Fujitsu headquarters and confronted Ryuji Odagiri, asking him directly if he had driven Yumi Kazama to her death.

This incident had a very negative impact on Fujitsu. It made the newspapers that very day, and coupled with the previous trend of overturning verdicts in Kanagawa, the media rushed to report that Fujitsu was involved in a criminal case, catching Fujitsu completely off guard.

Ryuji Odagiri denied it on the spot, while his father, Kazumasa Odagiri, a director of Fujitsu, was furious.

What is the Metropolitan Police Department trying to do? Are you trying to destroy Japan's IT industry?
It's important to know that Fujitsu is one of the three giants in Japan's IT industry (the other two being Hitachi and NEC), and it is a leading company specializing in the digital transformation of Japanese governments and enterprises. Its business covers fields such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, 4G communications, and supercomputers. It operates in more than 170 countries, ranks among the top ten globally in the enterprise IT services sector, and is a Fortune Global 500 company!
Good, very good indeed! A mere Metropolitan Police Department dares to bully Fujitsu!
If you have evidence, then we have nothing to say. But you have no evidence, yet you dare to come to our company and cause trouble.

The Fujitsu director, whose annual salary is 5000 million yen, immediately filed a formal complaint with the Metropolitan Police Department on the spot in the name of the company's legal department.

Since Kashiwagi Jin was a professional student at Tokyo University, the Metropolitan Police Department immediately gave him a "disciplinary action" and "internal investigation" punishment, intending to put him on hold for the time being.

As a result, Director Odagiri waited for several days without seeing what the Metropolitan Police Department was doing. He realized that this was a case of officials protecting each other in the Tokyo University Gold Watch Group, so he took his legal counsel and lawyers and stormed into the Metropolitan Police Department.

If you say my son has a problem, then produce the evidence!
If my son is innocent, then punish him!

Otherwise, Fujitsu's Corporate Legal Department will formally file a complaint with the Ministry of Justice, the National Public Safety Commission, and the Ministry of Finance!

Left with no other choice, Watanabe Eiji had to personally lead a group of high-ranking Metropolitan Police Department officials in bowing and scraping, and only after much persuasion could he finally send Director Odagiri away.

Everyone was furious.

What is this? A lone investigator from the First Investigating Division?
“I told you long ago, this kind of orthodox reasoning would get him killed sooner or later.” Uesugi Muneyuki glanced at the case file and the complaint, then closed his eyes helplessly. “Actually, anyone with a normal IQ would know that this case is directly related to the deaths of Odagiri Ryuji and Kazama Yumi. Kashiwagi’s judgment was correct…”

“I know Kashiwagi’s judgment is correct, Muneyuki. What I mean is, what do you think of the forensic report?” Watanabe Eiji interrupted Uesugi Muneyuki: “Is there any possibility of overturning the case?”

“No.” Uesugi Muneyuki shook his head repeatedly: “The autopsy report confirms suicide, and the CCTV footage from that day confirms that he went home alone. How could such a case be overturned?”

Whether it leads to suicide or is suicide or homicide are two different things. Uesugi Muneyuki only cares about the latter; he can't possibly care about the former and has no intention of caring about it.

Uesugi Muneyuki read through the case file and confirmed that it was indeed a suicide. He was a forensic pathologist, and his job was simply to clarify the facts.

“Very good.” Watanabe Eiji breathed a sigh of relief after hearing his son confirm that the case could not be overturned. “That’s Fujitsu, Muneyuki. Fujitsu contracts the vast majority of the government’s information services. Compared to that, I’m just a humble public servant…”

"So now the question is, what does this agency intend to do with him?" Uesugi Muneyuki put down the dossier and rolled his eyes.

A public servant driving a Toyota Century, huh?
"This one……"

(End of this chapter)