Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 337, Daily Life of a Special Missions Unit (3.0)
The 31st is the last working day before the New Year holiday. The Metropolitan Police Department's New Year holiday is usually around the 5th to 7th (if you have to work). Generally speaking, by this time, the police officers in the department are already preparing for their holiday, staring blankly at the newspaper while making coffee, exchanging greetings like "Ah, give your mother a wash, my father, my European and American father, my father," and getting ready to enjoy their New Year holiday.

As mentioned earlier, Japan is the only one of the three East Asian countries that has completely abolished the Lunar New Year and adopted the Gregorian calendar. Therefore, New Year's Day is equivalent to the New Year, and the New Year holiday is generally about 5 days.

However, this year's year was not very good. The Kabukicho case on December 28 was too big, so much so that the entire Metropolitan Police Department was busy for three days in a row, and the festive atmosphere inside the Sakuradamon building was much weaker.

The policeman who was disemboweled was kept alive for two whole days. The Metropolitan Police Department announced that he was officially promoted to Inspector, awarded a medal, and transferred to the office.

When Uesugi Muneyuki came to the Metropolitan Police Department to check on the situation, he heard Kai Toru from the Special Missions Division making a phone call in the emergency exit of the corridor.

"Hello? What's up?"

"Yes, I didn't do anything rude. I've always been following Uesugi-san very diligently!"

"What? Ha, I knew you were going to ask that."

Kai, with a sneer and disdain in his eyes, said into the phone, "I know what you mean. Ikeda performed, Date performed, Igarashi performed, but I didn't. Don't you think that's a pity?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then a few words could be faintly heard.

"I don't want to talk about it anymore. If you're so interested, why don't you just call the Superintendent General? How well has my Deputy Chief of Staff performed? Has he behaved properly? Has he spoken politely?"

"Okay, I'm hanging up now." Kai Toru was about to hang up when the other person suddenly said something, so he had to stop and listen.

"...Is that all you wanted to say?"

"Enough! That's enough!" With that, the furious Kai Toru immediately hung up the phone. Then, he suddenly turned around and saw Uesugi Muneyuki: "Uesugi-san? When?!"

Five minutes later, Uesugi Muneyuki and Kai Toru, who were peering through the window, learned what had happened.

After the Kabukicho case broke out that day, Kai Toru immediately realized that Ikeda might be in trouble, so he took the very rare step of calling his father, Kai Mineaki, the current Vice Minister of Justice, hoping that his father could help him.

"My father agreed to my request in a very mocking and contemptuous tone." Kai Mineaki held a hot mocha in his hand, exhaling cold air, and said to the snow-covered Tokyo outside the window, "Actually, if it weren't for a last resort, I wouldn't want to talk to that person on the phone again."

"Kai-kun, it seems you don't get along well with your father," Uesugi Muneyuki said in a low voice, holding a bottle of afternoon milk tea. "I almost thought you were talking to a boss you don't get along with."

“My dad… is very unhappy that I chose to become a policeman, especially after this incident. Several other members of the Special Missions Division made an appearance, but I didn’t. My dad… prefers my brother.” Kai Toru gritted his teeth and forced his words out: “My brother has always followed the path arranged by my dad. He’s been a good kid since he was little. He listens to whatever my dad says. I look down on my brother, so I always talk back to my dad.”

“…………” Uesugi Muneyuki gestured for Kai Kyou to continue with his silence.

"So I always had to do the opposite of my brother. Later, when I was in high school, I went a little astray... which made my dad furious." Kai Toru laughed as he recalled the past. "But he was completely disappointed in me when I failed to get into my dream university."

Which university did you get into?

"Meiji Gakuin University."

"Oh!" Uesugi Muneyuki thought to himself that this university was the dividing line between ordinary universities and trash universities in Japan. It was equivalent to the lower end of a second-tier high school, which could only be considered a decent university. Anything below that would be a complete trash university.

The threshold for top universities in Japan is Waseda University and Keio University, the threshold for good schools is roughly Akita University (a university named after a local prefecture), and the threshold for ordinary universities is Meiji Gakuin University.

“But it doesn’t matter what I get into, because if I don’t get into the University of Tokyo, I’m just trash.” Kai Toru said helplessly, “In my father’s eyes, only the University of Tokyo is a university. If I can’t get into the University of Tokyo, I’m not qualified to be Kai Mineaki’s son. I’ll become a complete backward person. From then on, only my brother is his son.”

"By the way, Uesugi-san, your father actually looked down on you before, saying that Tokyo Medical and Dental University was a diploma mill and you were just a mediocre forensic doctor. It wasn't until he learned that President Komiyama of the University of Tokyo had given you a direct admission to his doctoral program that he acknowledged that you did have a university degree and were someone of importance," Kai Toru said with a hint of amusement. "Damn it." Uesugi Muneyuki could only use the simplest word to express his utter speechlessness.

“But I heard that he used all his connections to get you in. That proves that even though your father doesn’t like you, he still cares about you, right?” Uesugi Muneyuki said after a moment of silence.

"The reason is simple: my brother committed suicide."

"Huh?!" Uesugi Muneyuki was stunned.

“My brother had a smooth life all his life. He was working as a civil servant in the Ministry of Finance as arranged by our father. He was a stable office worker who got promoted every three years. But at the most crucial moment, he didn’t get promoted because he chose sides and encountered someone with a more powerful background. He was so devastated that when he got home, he accidentally caught his wife having an affair with the neighbor. Unable to bear the blow, he committed suicide.” Kai Toru was speechless when he talked about this.

"I'm very sorry."

“You have nothing to apologize for, Uesugi-san. In the end, my brother’s life has been too smooth. In his world, everything should be a straight line, and you can move upwards by working hard. How should I put it…” Kai Toru pondered how to express himself.

"The test-taker's mindset, right?" Uesugi Muneyuki said he understood: "Studying hard for exams, answering questions hard, effort can be quantified, but it can't handle exceptions. When you encounter a question that wasn't written on the test paper after ten years of hard study, your brain just shuts down."

"Hey, that's right, Uesugi-san, you're always so insightful!" Kai Tō slapped his thigh: "Anyway, now my father only has me as his son, and he has no choice."

They loathe each other, yet are forced to maintain a disgusting father-son relationship, is that it?
Uesugi Muneyuki understood by now that his main account was gone and he couldn't create a new one, so he could only play alt accounts. As a result, the alt accounts were trash accounts with random skill points and misplays, and he could only endure the disgusting experience and keep playing them.

"So what my father wants most now is for me to follow his arrangements, sit in an office instead of going to accident scenes, marry a wife he arranges, and have a child as soon as possible, so that I'll be useless. Sigh~ I won't! I love being a policeman! I love my current girlfriend! I don't plan to have children so early!" Kai Toru said smugly, "I'm going to drive that old man crazy!"
"Kai-kun, your girlfriend is..." Uesugi Muneyuki was speechless at the relationship between the father and son.

"She's a flight attendant, I met her on an ANA flight, she... wait, why am I telling you this! You Metropolitan Police Department pervert Uesugi! Stay away from my girlfriend!" Kai Toru suddenly remembered something halfway through his sentence and quickly said, "Okay, enough of that, Uesugi-san, Happy New Year, see you next year!"

Damn it! Uesugi Muneyuki could only express his utter speechlessness with the simplest of words: "Happy New Year, see you next year."

It seems like everyone in the Special Missions Division has a story to tell!

After bidding farewell to Kai Kyou, Uesugi Muneyuki arrived at the Special Missions Division. Ikeda was not there, Okada was not there, Date Igarashi was not there, only Minami was sitting in the manager's position.

“Kai Kyou? My father asked Vice Minister Kai Mine Aki for help with the Ikeda matter a long time ago.” Minami couldn’t help but retort when she heard Uesugi Muneyuki’s words: “Actually, it’s quite simple. If the Ministry of Justice can handle it as soon as possible, Kai Kyou can have an easier time and get some credit. If the Ministry of Justice insists on following the established procedures, then our Metropolitan Police Department can only make sure that Kai Kyou’s commendation and promotion procedures strictly follow the established procedures.”

"Besides, Kai went to a diploma mill, didn't he?" Minami continued with a laugh, "What Meiji Gakuin University? Isn't that just a complete diploma mill? At least a university of Waseda or Keio caliber is needed to be considered a university, right?"

"Damn it!" Uesugi Muneyuki was speechless at Minami, who graduated from Waseda University.

"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. Happy New Year, Zongxue!" Miss Minami smiled and took something out from under the table: "This is my New Year's gift for you!"

"Happy New Year... What's this?" Uesugi Muneyuki touched the small gift box, and suddenly, it emitted a buzzing sound like an electric motor: "??? What the heck?"

"Hehe, this isn't for me, it's for Erena!" Minami poked Uesugi Muneyuki's chest mischievously with her fingertip: "Let her bully me again! This is Lady Odai's counterattack!"

“I see. Well then, I also have a gift for each of you!” Uesugi Muneyuki smiled and took out several transparent glass jars from his person.

Ayurvedic essential oils!

(End of this chapter)