Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 307, Winning and Losing All
PS: I fell asleep while writing yesterday, so there was only one update. Sorry. It's been a long season, and I'm really tired. The Emperor has actually been battling a groin injury. Off-peak travel will help him score two points!

Just as Erina's intuition and Uesugi Muneyuki's judgment suggested, Kashiwagi Meisa was actually known within the Metropolitan Police Department as a famous ice queen, relatively aloof. However, she was different from Minami, who had both parents who doted on her and were her strong emotional support. This was also the biggest reason why she liked to act spoiled and tease Ikeda and manipulate Asuka in private.

However, Kashiwagi Meisa did not have these advantages. Her family had been single-parent families for two generations. Her grandfather and father disappeared, and she and her younger brother were raised by her grandmother and mother. This made Kashiwagi Meisa, despite her beauty, insecure. She was always anxious and had a sense of crisis about the future. This icy beauty was a woman who needed a lot of security, just like Asuka.

For safety reasons, she took the entrance exam for the Metropolitan Police Department and became an internal affairs officer, securing a stable job. Although the pay wasn't much, it was secure (otherwise, with her looks, she could easily make a million a month working as a hostess). For safety reasons, when Section Chief Mikasa introduced her to Kashiwagi Jin from the University of Tokyo's gold watch group, she readily agreed.

What could bring more security than having a husband from the University of Tokyo Gold Watch Group?
However, the events of the past few days have completely shattered Meisa Kashiwagi's psychological defenses, and tore apart the seemingly safe illusion of this icy beauty. She can recall the humiliation she suffered that night at the Ginza Flower Butterfly, the wolf-like eyes of the father and son, and the humiliating words, "Madam, you were born to do this."

As his wife, she understood Kashiwagi Jin. Telling him at this moment that Uesugi Muneyuki had secretly helped him would not only fail to make him grateful or aware of his problems, but would also drive him crazy.

Kashiwagi Jin is not a bad person, but he is not someone who says thank you or expresses gratitude to others.

Isn't this simply your duty as a member of the Metropolitan Police Department?
A deep sense of panic accompanied her frantic hunger for security as she quickly returned to the side of the former Metropolitan Police Department's chief of staff. As Kashiwagi Jin closed the door and left, Kashiwagi Meisa sat alone on the sofa, silently weeping and wiping away her tears. The words "What do you know?" made her feel as if something inside her had shattered. She knew that she would never again be able to get the same sense of security from her husband as before.

After crying for a while, Kashiwagi Meisa still had to do housework. Although she endured humiliation and served drinks to men in a dogeza position, and although her husband was completely unaware of her sacrifices and contributions, Kashiwagi Meisa never considered divorce. She knew that it would bring even greater turmoil—turmoil in her life, turmoil in her career, and turmoil in her interpersonal relationships. This was what this woman tried her best to avoid and what she feared most.

After composing himself, the former Metropolitan Police Department Chief of Staff got up from the sofa to vacuum the floor and unexpectedly found a card lying on the floor.

"Muyue Hualou?" Kashiwagi Meisa picked up the membership card and looked at it with a puzzled expression. At first, she didn't understand what it was, but after looking at it carefully, she suddenly made some connections.

In fact, over the past six months, Meisa Kashiwagi had noticed her husband's cold attitude, the fact that he came home with the scent of OHANA MAHAALO floral and fruity perfume that she didn't use, and his lack of stamina in bed. However, she never considered other possibilities and always thought it was because of her previous mishap with Muneyuki Uesugi and the fact that the First Investigation Division was really busy.

Jin Kashiwagi wasn't particularly lecherous to begin with, and Meisa Kashiwagi was a woman who desperately sought stability and security, so even if she sensed something, she instinctively or intentionally avoided thinking about it that way.

But now...

The former Metropolitan Police Department chief held the card, a profound sense of despair like the glacial ocean gradually engulfing the Titanic, immersing her in the cold sea, unable to breathe, with nowhere to escape.

........................

"Oh wow? Kashiwagi Ren has really made a name for himself."

In mid-December of the second year of the Uesugi calendar, at a Victorian-style British-themed cafe in Chiyoda Ward, Uesugi Muneyuki and Ishihara Mikoto were waiting for someone.

Holding a newspaper, Uesugi Muneyuki smiled at the forensic pathologist, Ishihara Mikoto, beside him and said, "Take a look."

After helping Kashiwagi Jin settle the matter, Uesugi Muneyuki and Kashiwagi Meisa tacitly avoided telling Kashiwagi Jin what had happened. As for the extremely private, high-end members-only club in Ginza, as long as the attendees did not actively reveal anything, absolutely no information from inside could be leaked.

So, Kashiwagi Jin became incredibly famous. His story of confronting Fujitsu executives on the spot was reported and circulated by the media, making him a "great hero who spoke up for the people." In particular, magazines like Weekly Bunshun, Weekly Gendai, and Friday sensationalized the incident, creating a heroic story of a "police inspector fighting against a chaebol." In this story, Kashiwagi Jin was portrayed as upright, incorruptible, and fearless in speaking up for the people. For a case that had undergone a second appraisal two and a half years earlier, he bravely confronted Fujitsu, one of the world's top 500 companies, and successfully forced Fujitsu to comply, living up to his reputation as a star police inspector!
After that night, the Odagiri father and son issued a public apology letter, admitting that they "bear an inescapable moral responsibility for Kazama Yumi's suicide" and offered 1000 million yen in civil compensation. In exchange for the money, they successfully obtained a letter of understanding from the family. Kazama Yumi's family accepted the money from the Odagiri father and son to help her brother prepare for his wedding, and the two sides reached a settlement.

This is all thanks to Inspector Kashiwagi's perseverance!

As for the Metropolitan Police Department's internal punishment, it was considered by major media outlets to be a case of "a little beating followed by a big one," a protective punishment by the Metropolitan Police Department, in order to ensure that Kashiwagi Jin, whose methods were slightly excessive, could land safely without being held accountable afterward. Kashiwagi Jin must have already caught the eye of the top leaders and is in the University of Tokyo's gold watch group, so his future is limitless!
Kashiwagi Jin also felt good about himself. On the day he accepted the Metropolitan Police Department's punishment, he gave an interview to the media, saying that he understood and respected the department's decision, but did not regret his actions. The star inspector enjoyed flowers, praise and applause, made a "V" sign at the camera, and shouted "Justice will prevail" before starting his period of calm self-reflection.

win!
He had his fill of pleasure after all that, but Uesugi Muneyuki could only laugh as he watched. The image of Mrs. Kashiwagi, who had been sitting on a dogeza (a traditional Chinese slang term for a deep, shameful act) serving drinks at the Ginza Hanacho bar that night, appeared in his mind from time to time, looking terrified and helpless as she hid behind him.

Actually, according to Uesugi Muneyuki's evaluation criteria, the former Metropolitan Police Department's face was only around 90-91 points in terms of looks, not as stunning as Shiramami Mikoto. However, the special virtuous and dignified wifely charm and the poignant and helpless beauty she exuded were indeed very unique.

Lord Mengde, at this moment, we understand each other. This is tough on Ishihara Mikoto, after all, her Mikoto is the only married woman (former) among his women. Although they are quite different in appearance and temperament, and Mikoto is only 157cm tall while Kashiwagi Meisa is 167cm, Uesugi Muneyuki did not let Mikoto's silk-clad feet touch the ground for more than half an hour the next day.

“Yes, Kashiwagi from the First Investigation Division has been overshadowing you lately,” Ishihara Mikoto said with a charming smile, her tone slightly teasing and alluring. “It seems there’s a saying going around lately, from those fangirls in the Public Relations Division and the Internal Affairs Division: the Three Heroes of the Police Force, Tamaru, Watanabe, and Onoda; the Metropolitan Police Department’s Twin Pillars, Uesugi and Sugishita; the Four Heavenly Kings of the First Investigation Division, Kosaka, Shiratori, Kashiwagi, and Itami; and the Seven Guns of the Criminal Investigation Department, the Twelve Generals of the Public Security Police…”

Mikoto Ishihara almost collapsed with laughter as she spoke: "How about we form a Four Heavenly Kings of Anatomy in our forensic department? The forensic expert is Nakado, the forensic expert is Kamioka, the forensic expert is Takeshi Higashiyama, and the forensic expert is Ishihara."

"Japanese people are just so immature," Uesugi Muneyuki remarked helplessly.

"However, I don't really like Kashiwagi." Ishihara Mikoto chimed in, "Even though we're colleagues, he gives me a feeling... how should I put it? I think it's like 'familiarity breeds contempt'? If you don't interact with him, Kashiwagi is actually a superstar shrouded in light, overflowing with a sense of justice, handsome, highly educated, and passionate and focused—it's hard not to admire and like him. But after actually working with him, I feel like... he never understands the difficulties our forensic department faces, he's arrogant and domineering, and he has a performative personality."

“Some moments of prominence are necessary, some are acceptable, and some are not…” Uesugi Muneyuki nodded with a smile, then asked with a hint of curiosity, “What about me?”

"You, Kashiwagi Jin, are the complete opposite. You're the kind of person who's bad at first but good at later. You're tough, straightforward, stubborn, and a gluttonous lecher. You're a perverted stocking fetishist, leg fetishist, and foot fetishist." Ishihara Mikoto stared at him intently and said softly, "But you only really know after getting to know you. You're talented, know when to advance and retreat, stick to what you should stick to, and be flexible when you should be flexible. You can also take good care of the people around you. Minami rose through the ranks because of you, Ikeda went from a police chief assassin to a beautiful judo policewoman, and I can see that Asuka has already regarded you as her only one. And me... I'm counting on you for the rest of my life."

"It seems I need to work even harder." Uesugi Muneyuki was clearly satisfied with Ishihara Mikoto's answer.

"Hehe, after all, the entire Tokyo metropolitan area—23 wards, 26 cities, 5 towns, and 8 villages—is on your shoulders. The fate of the world rests on the shoulders of our Uesugi forensic investigator." Ishihara Mikoto blinked her alluring eyes, exuding charm: "I'll be your assistant~"

Uesugi Muneyuki looked again at the arrogant "V" sign and the headline "Justice Will Prevail" on the front page of the newspaper, and shook his head repeatedly.

You seem to be winning, but in reality you've lost everything, and you don't even know your wife was almost cheated on... Oh, if I had been on Odagiri's side that day, who knows what would have happened to Meisa Kashiwagi in the end.

While the Metropolitan Police Department showed an unusual degree of leniency towards Kashiwagi, they couldn't withstand his antics any longer.

The Gold Watch Group already had a lot of complaints about this young man from Tokyo University. It was only because of the protection of his father-in-law, Eiji Watanabe, the most powerful police superintendent in history, and the need to consider the overall interests of the Gold Watch Group that he was protected once again. Kashiwagi Jin was completely unaware of this, and of course, no one bothered to remind him.

I never seek the limelight that brings me no benefit. I only stick to what I should stick to and do what I should do. I'm just a forensic doctor. It's enough to explain what needs to be said clearly.

It may seem like I didn't do anything, but actually I've been winning the whole time.

She protected Mikoto, promoted Minami, and even made contact with Fujitsu.

"Ding-a-ling~" Just then, the wind chimes at the entrance of the coffee shop rang, and a man and a woman quickly entered through the door.

Uesugi Muneyuki greeted them, his eyes radiating a confident and bright light.

This was also the last connection he had with Tokyo Medical and Dental University.

That's Professor Zaizen's case; he'll be appearing in court to testify in person.

Uesugi Muneyuki's testimony in court is highly likely to determine the final verdict in this medical malpractice case that has drawn nationwide attention in Japan.

After all, he has never lost.

This is the real winning.

(End of this chapter)