Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 332, Great Olympic Review

It was finally Mikoto Ishihara's turn.

The Uesugi couple were not very pleased to see Ishihara Mikoto like this. Firstly, although Mikoto looked relatively young, it was obvious that she was the oldest among them.

In Japanese marriages, up to 70% involve men who are older than women. Even in the remaining 30% where the woman is older than the man, the vast majority of these women are less than 5 years older, and the percentage of women who are more than 5 years older than the man is less than 10%.

Times have changed. Japanese dramas from the 90s to the 00s still retained some progressive ideas. For example, in the famous Japanese drama "Shomuni", mature older beauties dating younger men, or nightclub queens having had many men, were considered charming by Japanese society at the time. They often received high praise within their circles and were more easily accepted by society.

That was an era that Uesugi Hironori personally experienced. His father was not fond of the so-called "women's liberation" and "Ueno Chizuko" at the time, and needless to say, his dislike for them grew even stronger, to the point that he would frown whenever he saw someone shouting about women's rights.

Older, with a seductive and alluring appearance, and a touch of professional woman's seriousness and persistence, the Uesugi couple didn't have a good impression of Ishihara Mikoto after their investigation. However, since she was their son's designated forensic assistant, they didn't say much.

"Ms. Ishihara, are you living alone in the police dormitory now?" Uesugi Tomoko asked casually.

"Yes, Uesugi-kun arranged for me to stay in the Metropolitan Police Department's women's dormitory," Ishihara Mikoto said softly. She thought to herself, "That's why I don't want to get involved in Uesugi's private life!"
As an older, divorced woman with a child (referring to Namika), I am looked down upon everywhere I go!

Damn it, how could the Japanese be so evil!

"Your family seems to work at a law firm, right? Your parents are divorced, and you have a younger brother, is that right?" Uesugi Tomoko continued, "Has an heir been decided yet?"

"Yes...no, my mother is an accountant and actuary at a law firm, and we haven't been in contact for a long time."

"Oh! Did you study abroad before?"

"No, I only went abroad briefly to Canada for a visiting scholar position when I was at Osaka University."

"Really? Looking at you, we all thought you had been educated overseas for a long time and came back~ Hehe~ Hehe~ Hehe~" Uesugi Tomoko said with a smile, "After all, it is very rare to see a woman who chooses to work as a forensic doctor, is divorced and has no children, and is still focused on her career."

On the surface, it sounds like words of encouragement and permission, but underneath it's a strong sense of sarcasm and cynicism.

Upon hearing these words, Mikoto Ishihara lowered her head awkwardly, pursed her slightly thick and sexy lips, and remained silent, feeling both grief and indignation.

Unfortunately, society evaluates men and women differently. For men, success can be seen as a straight line, with upward movement representing increased wealth, power, and respect, and downward movement representing the opposite. There may be some differences (for example, Uesugi Kuninori is noble, Watanabe Eiji is powerful, and Shimakawa is just rich), but overall, the criteria for evaluating men are relatively consistent.

However, the situation is different for women. Society evaluates women on an XY axis. On one hand, it is the improvement of wealth, power, and the degree of respect they receive. But on the other hand, there is another axis that is unrelated to this. This axis evaluates whether a woman is married, whether she has children, whether she has a successful marriage, a happy family, and outstanding children.

This leads to the situation where women's so-called "success" must meet both of these conditions to gain widespread social recognition, especially in very conservative societies like Japan, where people tend to believe that only the latter type of success counts.

Moreover, Japan has a long-standing feudal tradition, compounded by the backlash from the extremely demanding and even perverse marriage and love requirements, moral discipline, and gender-based false accusations imposed on Japanese men by women during the Golden Age. As a result, Japanese society today has an increasingly stringent system for evaluating women.

Both Mikoto Ishihara and Mai Shirakawa possess feminist tendencies, with Mai Shirakawa even being revered as a deity by some organizations.

However, firstly, Mai Shirakawa herself does not practice boxing, and secondly, Mai Shirakawa is truly excellent.

While the Japanese are conservative, after experiencing modernization under Emperor Wu of Han and the global progressive ideologies following the war, they still respect truly outstanding women who can prove their abilities at work. Ishihara Mikoto, however, is not one of them, not to mention that this woman might have entered the workforce through prostitution!

"Mom, that's enough with the questioning." Uesugi Muneyuki couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to help Mikoto out of the predicament: "Mikoto is the forensic assistant I personally selected. She has excellent work ability and is indispensable to me."

"Oh, we're just having a chat, right, Ms. Ishihara?"

“Yes…” Ishihara Mikoto lowered her head sadly.

These upper-class ladies are all masters of sarcasm and experts in subtle, indirect humor.

"Our family has only two sons so far. Yukimatsu Maru's older brother is an archaeologist who usually buries himself in archaeology and paperwork. Yukimatsu Maru is the only one who is out in the world. Gentlemen, please take good care of my son in the future." Uesugi Hironori confirmed that Uesugi Muneyuki was alright, then bowed to everyone, seemingly preparing to leave.

"Wait!" Uesugi Muneyuki could only speak up: "Father, about that matter from last time... um... it's about Asuka."

Hironori Uesugi stopped in his tracks.

"Asuka has already completed the official adoption procedures with Ishihara Mikoto and signed a live-in housekeeper contract. Godfather and Godmother, I was in charge of this matter. I also want to thank Godfather and Godmother for their support and approval!" Minami took the opportunity to claim credit.

"Yes, I like Asuka very much too. Uncle and Aunt, in my eyes, Asuka is like my little sister. I feel at ease knowing she's taking care of my junior at home." Mai-senpai also took the opportunity to say, holding Asuka's little hand and gesturing for the girl to come out and say hello: "Asuka?"

Asuka slowly walked out, and the cute Victorian-style maid and housekeeper Ashushu trembled, whispering in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz, "Please...please take care of me!"

"…………" Uesugi Hironori frowned and looked around the ward with a puzzled expression.

What's wrong with this girl?
How could she bewitch her son and simultaneously gain the approval of the leaders of the two major factions within the inner palace?
Does this Japanese-Burmese girl named "Asuka" (Asuka and Asuka are both pronounced as "asuka" in Romanization) really have such terrifying charm?
Simply incredible.

But since both of them have agreed, and the son likes it so much...

"Is that so? Since you've chosen to stay, then do your best." Uesugi Hironori could only reluctantly pat the girl's head before bidding farewell to his wife.

The Uesugi couple left just like that, and as soon as they left, Ishihara Mikoto also immediately asked to leave. Minami had a lot of things to do, and Erina was only coming back temporarily. She had to go to the Metropolitan Police Department's Police Affairs Division for an internal review early the next morning, so she also left reluctantly.

In the end, only Mai Shirakawa and Asuka Saito remained in the room.

"Take a few days off, and we'll deal with that guy together during my New Year's holiday!" Mai-senpai said to Uesugi Muneyuki. "At the same time, it's time to go to Kurosawa Shrine. You're capable of protecting yourself now."

Kurosawa Shrine! Uesugi Muneyuki nodded gravely.

Yes, we should go there and explore, but the biggest problem is that Ms. Kurosawa has completely disappeared.

"Also, be careful," Mai-senpai said softly. "That guy in Kansai might have realized you're from the other world."

(End of this chapter)