Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 34: Apprenticeship to the Beautiful Policewoman

While Uesugi Sosetsu and Ikeda Erena were eating in a small private room, the Uesugi couple and four people from the Otsuka Police Department were eating in a large private room on the other side.

Otsuka Police Chief Kanazawa, Criminal Section Chief Sudo, Investigation Division 1 Chief Tanaka and Patrol Chief Kuwabara sat on one side, while the Uesugi couple sat on the other. On one side of the large box was a statue of Namo Hachiman the Great Bodhisattva, with the wind god and thunder god on both sides looking fierce, watching the dinner. On the other side was a closed floor-to-ceiling glass door, and of course a bamboo barrier blocked the distance to prevent the content of the conversation from being leaked. Outside was the damp courtyard after the rain, with rockery, flowing water, ponds, bamboo forests and stone pillars.

"My son has been well taken care of by you all." Uesugi Hironori smiled and took the initiative to pour wine for the guests: "I, Uesugi Hironori, on behalf of the Yonezawa Uesugi family, thank you for giving Xueshoumaru a chance, and making me, as a father, proud."

"Hehe, rather than saying that Uesugi-kun is taken care of by us, it's more accurate to say that Uesugi-kun takes care of our entire Otsuka Police Station." The Chief of Otsuka Police Station, Kanazawa, is an old man who is about to retire. His rank is Superintendent of Police. It is said that after one and a half years, when he finishes his term as the chief, he will be officially promoted to Senior Superintendent of Police the day before his retirement.

Similar rules also exist in the police system. Before retirement, police officers who have dedicated their entire lives to national security will often be promoted one level at the last minute and retire immediately, unless there are major problems.

However, this type of promotion for the Japanese police does not mean that you can serve for the last term. In most cases, it is really a promotion at the last moment. Many patrol chiefs in their 60s who have worked for a lifetime are often awarded the police badge as inspector general on the morning of their retirement day, and then officially retire in the afternoon.

Just letting you wear it for a day for fun.

The few policemen present were all in the non-professional group. The theoretical ceiling is the Superintendent of Police. The previous article also mentioned the differences between the professional group, semi-professional group and non-professional group. So, among the 380,000 policemen in Japan, how many professional groups are there?

Only a few hundred people.

So how many people are there in the semi-professional group?
Unfortunately, the number of people in the semi-professional group is not even as large as that in the professional group, because the professional group normally only recruits 20 people a year, while the semi-professional group only recruits 10 people a year. The latter is a supplement to the former.

Most people in the non-professional group will remain at the level of patrol chief throughout their lives and will only enjoy the honor of wearing the badge of inspector general in the last year, month, week or even the last day. Superintendent of Police is the upper limit before the non-professional group retires and is awarded posthumously.

As for the positions of Superintendent of Police, Senior Superintendent of Police, Superintendent General of Police and Superintendent General of Police, don't even think about it. They are destined to have no chance. Occasionally, a superintendent of police from the non-professional group can wear the badge of Superintendent of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police for fun before retiring. This is because the new police law stipulates that there must be several non-professional members holding senior positions above the rank of Superintendent of Police in order to show fairness.

This is the fairness in Japan. It is so fair and just. Do you have such fairness?

Uesugi Yukenori was interested in making friends, and the police station naturally did not want to offend the old-line nobles and KPI masters like Uesugi Sosetsu, so the atmosphere between the two sides soon became warm.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Uesugi Yuken pretended to be stupid and said, "Speaking of which, does anyone know the details of the beautiful policewoman next to Xue Song Wan? She is so beautiful, why would she come to the field?"

"This is a long story." Tanaka Laodeng and Uesugi Muneyuki are most familiar with each other. After a few glasses of shochu, they naturally opened up: "Ikeda's case is quite special. In fact, we still don't understand why the Metropolitan Police Department transferred her here..."

As Uesugi Yuken listened to the introductions of several police officers, he frowned instinctively and looked at his wife Uesugi Tomoko.

Contrary to what one might imagine, as a civil service organization, the Metropolitan Police Department naturally attracts beautiful women to work there. The Sakuradamon Headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Department is famous for its large number of beautiful women, with the most being in the General Affairs Department and the Police Department, especially in the Public Relations Section, the Personnel Section, and the Health Section, followed by the Transportation Department.

The more clerical work is required, the more beautiful women there are; the more field work is required, the less willing women are to come.

It's really strange that a girl with Erena Ikeda's looks would appear in the criminal justice department of the police station.

"Xue Song Wan specially opened a table for her, saying that she didn't seem to like this kind of scene. Oh, it's really strange, so I'm asking, do you know what's going on between her and Muneyuki?" Uesugi Yuken continued to play dumb: "Xue Song Wan is only 22 years old this year. I'm worried that he will act on impulse, so I'm particularly worried. If something happens accidentally, you all come to the main family to force marriage, which will be difficult to deal with."

This sentence touched the hearts of the Sudo trio. This was actually what they had planned.

However, in this environment, they drank and ate, and they accepted the favor of the Uesugi family, so they had to express their gratitude. Sudo could only smile awkwardly and said, "This kind of thing is impossible. We can't even hide from Ikeda, so how can we help her force a marriage?"

"Oh, that's good, that's good, thank you so much!" Uesugi Yukenori acted as if he had suddenly realized something and quickly poured wine for the guests.

From then on, the possibility of forced marriage was resolved by Uesugi Hironori without any fuss.

"Thank you for your support for Xuesongmaru. Our family just wants to make friends with you. By the way, I just talked to Michiko on the phone recently, congratulating Eiji on his promotion to Superintendent General!" It was Uesugi Tomoko's turn to perform. Sou Xue's mother smiled brightly and said sincerely, "This child has been doing well recently. We also want to ask, how far can he go on this path? Please be sure to give us your advice."

"Yes, I heard that the Otsuka Police Department has achieved very good results in the past four months. We also hope that Xuesongmaru can continue on this path. After all, he is a regular employee. It won't hurt to make friends with the main family." Uesugi Yuken and Uesugi Tomoko sang in unison: "Mutual benefit? I'd like to ask you to recommend Xuesongmaru to the Metropolitan Police Department."

The four people from Otsuka felt the pressure, thinking that as expected of the president of the Tokyo Cultural Exchange Club and the Keio University Alumni Association, Uesugi Hironori did not leave them any room for refusal.

They could only agree.

"As for Miss Ikeda, please pay attention to her. After all, our family is a famous local family that has been passed down from the Muromachi period to the present. It would be a bit strange if there was an overseas bloodline mixed in." Uesugi Yuken continued, "The style of work in Kyushu is not good to begin with, and she is an out-of-towner. I heard from you that she is not willing to be transferred to the office. What should we do in the future? I can only trouble you to keep an eye on her."

"Yes." Uesugi Yuken's meaning was very clear. It was okay for his young son to date this mixed-race female patrolwoman from the countryside who didn't even have a career, but if anything really went wrong, the police station would firmly stand on the side of Uesugi Sosetsu.

Ikeda Erina's reputation is so bad in the police force that several people in the police station agreed to this very readily.

"Hahaha, thank you so much, let's drink~" After a banquet, Uesugi Yuken's goal was basically achieved. He smiled and poured wine for a few people.

This is the essence of ryotei!
————I am the dividing line of the restaurant————

In the small box on the other side, Ikeda Erena and Uesugi Sosetsu naturally couldn't hear what was happening in the big box. Places like ryokans have taken sound insulation and anti-eavesdropping design to the extreme. When the tall beauty learned that Uesugi Sosetsu wanted to become her disciple, Erena felt a strong sense of joy and pleasure in her heart that she could hardly control herself.

For a long time, Erina has been very concerned about the relationship between herself and Uesugi Sosetsu. The tall beauty actually knows in her heart that her partnership with Uesugi Sosetsu is unequal. Her biggest task is to be a driver and case introducer for Uesugi Sosetsu, and anyone can do this job. The police station sent her here just to keep her away from them.

This imbalance in the relationship made Erina feel resentful, so she chose to restrain and endure her hot temper again and again when Uesugi Sosetsu looked at her inappropriately and spoke directly. This was because she regarded this behavior as a kind of exchange - she forgave Uesugi Sosetsu's various rude behaviors, and Uesugi Sosetsu made her his partner as compensation, and the two of them were equal.

Deep down, Erina knew that she was deceiving herself, but she had no choice but to do so. She was thin-skinned and had a strong sense of self-esteem and was unwilling to humble herself. However, she had finally met a man who was very comfortable to get along with and had entered her comfort zone at work. She absolutely did not want to go back to the lonely days of the past. Being with Uesugi Sosetsu, she could watch his various miraculous autopsy performances, learn from him forensic knowledge that although she did not understand it, was definitely very powerful, and enjoy his meticulous care.

She could only deceive herself in this way. In fact, Uesugi Sosetsu still couldn't help looking at certain parts of her from time to time. She no longer felt any discomfort. On the contrary, the more he looked, the more comfortable Erena felt with partnering with him.

And now, Uesugi Muneyuki actually took the initiative to ask her for something?

Reina could hardly control herself. She tried hard to suppress her smile and pride. Her bright light brown eyes gradually became arrogant. “I can teach you karate and judo, but you have to agree to a few conditions.”

"What conditions?" Uesugi Sosetsu felt the change in Erina's mood. He felt something was wrong and immediately said, "As for the money, we can negotiate. I will pay you the normal price..." "I don't want your money." The tall beauty snorted, thinking how could I let you use money in exchange.

"Um, what do you want?" Uesugi Sosetsu could only signal to Erina not to leave and say, "Let's talk."

Sitting down again, Ikeda Erena narrowed her eyes and turned up the corners of her mouth. Her beautiful face, which was always full of aggressiveness, melted in intense joy.

I finally got a hold of you!
"I can teach you, but you have to agree to three conditions. First, can you not speak so fast when you perform an autopsy next time? I haven't even understood what you're talking about yet, and you've already finished... We're partners, so from now on, whenever I have a question, you have to answer it!" Ikeda Erina held up the first finger: "Sometimes I don't have enough time at the scene, so you have to give me a special answer afterwards."

"Okay." This was a simple one. Uesugi Sosetsu thought about it and felt that it was okay.

"Second, teach me the skills to solve cases." Ikeda Erena happily raised her second finger.

Uesugi Sosetsu raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, how should I teach you?

Do you teach you how to communicate with the dead? Or do you teach you all kinds of clinical knowledge about forensic medicine?
But when he thought of this, he suddenly felt that this was not similar to the first one. Anyway, he was responsible for answering it, and whether Erina understood it or not was her business.

"Okay." Uesugi Sosetsu also agreed.

The green lights all the way made Erina very satisfied with Uesugi Sosetsu. She thought about it and decided to be bolder.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across the tall beauty's face. She paused for a long moment before whispering, "Occasionally... on my days off, I'll go to the supermarket to buy some things or go shopping to find a good restaurant. Sometimes it's not appropriate to go alone, so you might have to take the time to accompany me."

Occasionally being her dining and shopping partner, right? That's easy.

Uesugi Sosetsu thought the third condition was some troublesome condition.

"That's fine too." Uesugi Sosetsu nodded slowly under Erina's expectant gaze. "But I have to explain in advance that I usually go to bed late on weekends, at least after nine o'clock, and there will be a family dinner every Saturday night. I may also have other appointments, so if you need anything, please tell me in advance."

Other appointments?

Ikeda Erena thought of the phone call again, and the tall beauty's sharp eyes flashed by.

Considering that she had gained enough today, Ikeda Erena didn't say anything more and said that was it.

After the three conditions were met, both parties felt that their relationship had become closer, and Uesugi Sosetsu breathed a sigh of relief without making any sound.

After setting up so many tricks and trying to please the beautiful policewoman in front of him several times, he finally got her to agree to teach him karate and judo.

This is very important for Uesugi Sosetsu. As a doctor, his physique is only slightly stronger than that of normal people, and the ability of Vajra Dhyani can strengthen his fists, so the best choice is karate.

For this purpose, he specifically asked Tanaka Laodeng if there were any good mentors in the police station.

Tanaka said in surprise that Ikeda is a good mentor. Don’t you know that she is a black belt in karate and judo, and has won several national youth championships since she was a child?

Uesugi Sosetsu searched it and found that it was true, but he also found it very strange because for some reason, Erina, who had a promising future in karate, suddenly gave up her karate career shortly after graduating from junior high school, went to Tokyo to study at a communications high school, took the local civil service exam and joined the police force.

Based on what Sugi Souji knew about her, I guess what might have happened, and Erena's personality...

It is really not easy to successfully become a disciple!
Both people at the dinner table felt that they had gained a lot from each other, and the atmosphere became even better.

“Cheers to our cooperation!”

"Cheers!" With no outsiders around and the cooperation taking a step further, the tall beauty also released more of her nature. She raised her glass with juice and clinked it with Uesugi Sosetsu, letting go of her reserve and enjoying the food.

This kind of environment is really comfortable!

The banquet lasted for about an hour and a half, and it was already past nine o'clock in the evening. Ikeda Erena felt a little regretful, but considering that the two parties had established a deeper relationship and would not lack alone time in the future, she took the initiative to say goodbye.

She is a very serious person. Since she plans to teach Uesugi Sosetsu, she must teach him well!

The two had just stood up when the fire not far outside the house caught their attention.

What’s going on? Someone is setting off fireworks?
There were hurried footsteps in the corridor. A female clerk violated the convention and opened the paper door. She looked anxious and said, "Oh no, sir, there is a fire nearby. I am sorry to bother you, but please follow me and take shelter quickly."

"It's on fire?" Uesugi Sosetsu was stunned.

At this time, Ikeda Erina had already gone out, followed closely by Uesugi Sosetsu. The two of them happened to meet the four people from Otsuka Station and the Uesugi couple in the corridor.

"It's a fire!" Kanazawa, the chief of Otsuka Police Station, said in a deep voice, "This is the jurisdiction of our Otsuka Police Station. We can't pretend we didn't see it. Sudo, Tanaka, Kuwahara, and Ikeda, go over there immediately. I'm calling the fire truck now!"

"Yes!" Several policemen responded immediately.

"Wait, I'll go too." Uesugi Sosetsu said immediately. Since he saw it, there was no way he could pretend not to see it.

"Let's go too!" the Uesugi couple said, and the old man and his mother became interested.

"what?"

　Updated, happy weekend everyone~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)