Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 360, A Storm is Brewing

Located in Minato Ward, Tokyo, the long-established Ginza restaurant "Matsuyuki" is situated amidst bamboo shoots.

Two pairs of fathers and sons sat drinking among the bamboo. After several rounds of drinks, the night view of Tokyo was visible outside the window, while the room was filled with the aroma of sake and grilled food.

Two of the father-son pairs were the Yuasa father and son who appeared earlier. Yuasa Seidou looked slightly relaxed, and his son Yuasa Hiroshi sat next to him, pouring him a drink. Since the Kudo Association behind the Yokohama Tanker Road in Kanagawa was found to have illicit financial dealings, Yuasa Seidou decisively cut his losses and took the initiative to apologize to the current Prime Minister Owada. He was also demoted from Secretary-General of the Party's Third Party to General Affairs. As a result of this setback, Yuasa Seidou has been keeping a low profile recently.

Influenced by him, his son Hiroshi Yuasa became even more obsessed with female idols. It is said that in Akasaka, apart from Fudo, C, and Hirate, he had his way with Imaizumi, Yoneya, Oda, Suzuki, and Harada. There was also a girl named Shida who was photographed drinking underage at the Ebisu Musk Bar. In the end, he spent 400 million yen to buy the photos because of his father's connections.

Of course, Yuasa Hiroshi's favorite is still Shirakawa Mai, the top star of the Souls series. Unfortunately, as the head of the Kanto Shrine Alliance, she completely ignores him, and he can't do anything about it. Moreover, Mai-senpai has more money. Japan's system is different from some countries. Even political bigwigs need to be very cautious when dealing with such local autonomous organizations, not to mention that Mai-senpai has countless Shinto sects in Kanto behind her.

It's said that Hiroshi Yuasa recently took a liking to Sakura Miyawaki of YKC48, but unfortunately, he hasn't had the chance.

Another is Masao Suo, the son of the former Minister of Construction. He is 65 years old and has been a member of parliament for many years. His son, Ryohei Suo, is 33 years old and serves as his first secretary, preparing to succeed his father.

“Suoh-san, we did our best.” Yuasa Seidou took a sip of sake and, after a lot of trivial conversation, finally got down to business: “Today, the Diet brought up the Kabukicho bill again, with nearly 70% in favor. That means that soon, host clubs will also be considered as the sex industry and will be managed in the same way as the sex industry.”

"Heh!" Suo Masao chuckled softly, his emotions complex. "I've got it, Yuasa-san. There's nothing we can do. This has blown up too much. The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, BBC, Xinhua News Agency, and TASS are all covering it. Our allies are astonished. Even the FBI has joined the Seattle investigation... We can only do our best... A crazy woman killed people indiscriminately just because she was cheated out of a little money, and it just so happened that Watanabe Eiji was patrolling the streets, and Uesugi Muneyuki happened to be there too. Who would have thought?"

"I don't care, but it's a pity for you, Suo." Yuasa Seidou kept smiling, living up to his nickname "Human Robe King," always with a cheerful expression. He could tell that although Suo Masao said this, his heart was bleeding.

The closure of Kabukicho caused Masao Suo enormous losses. This member of parliament had directly or indirectly controlled seven of the host clubs through various means. The closure and the investigation by the Public Security Police resulted in Suo suffering losses exceeding 100 billion yen, and he had to suffer in silence, having to pretend that these businesses had nothing to do with him.

Otherwise, the fact that six members of Congress have already been investigated, and two of them have been forced to resign, is proof of this.

After many years, another member of parliament was forced to resign instead of having his secretary take the blame. Suddenly, all members of parliament were on edge, and everyone hated that crazy woman, Matsuko Mano.

The biggest impact was on his son – Ryohei Suo, who was originally slated to gradually take over the business, but this incident forced him to keep a low profile for the time being.

However, this low profile could prevent his son from smoothly taking over the business!
This is what touched Suo Masao's core interests and made him hate someone to the core!
Japan's political history is heavily influenced by feudalism, with everything revolving around bloodlines and lineage. The imperial line is unbroken for generations, and after the Regent-Kanpaku era began, the position of Regent was consistently held by the Fujiwara clan. Subsequently, the samurai rose to power, and the samurai regime was stably passed down through the Genji, Taira, Genji, and Taira periods. To gain legitimate status as the ruler of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi first proposed becoming the adopted son of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the last shogun of the Muromachi shogunate. After being rejected, he adopted Konoe Sakihisa, the Regent, thus gaining legitimate regent status and becoming Regent. (His later claim of being the son of the Ōmandokoro and a fallen emperor or one of the five regent nobles is a universally acknowledged joke, the kind that even he himself would laugh at.)

In order to become the Shogun and a pillar of the samurai class, Tokugawa Ieyasu spent a lot of money to have court nobles compile a family genealogy, connecting himself with the bloodline of the Minamoto clan who had been scattered among the common people.

After the Meiji Restoration, the feudal clan system rose to prominence, with the four domains of Satsuma, Choshu, Doi, and Hiei taking turns in power. After that, the military began to emerge, and it's hard to say much about their naval hammock system.

After the war, Emperor Munakata, the Five-Star Emperor, carefully examined Japan's political system and concluded that this strong feudal clan tradition was extremely detrimental to the transition to democratization and modernization. Therefore, through various means, such as coercion and inducement to withdraw from the postwar reckoning, he forcibly reduced the percentage of hereditary members of the Diet from 60% to 3%, effectively severing the hereditary tradition in Japanese politics.

However, as time goes by, the inertia of cultural traditions cannot be erased. In recent years, the proportion of hereditary members of the Japanese Diet has gradually exceeded 30%. In addition to the conservative cultural character of the Japanese people, who are naturally inclined to choose familiar faces and habitually support specific families, the fact that the next generation of members of parliament naturally have financial support, media exposure and local connections are also important reasons.

The Kabukicho incident dealt Suo Masao the biggest blow by it, as it resulted in the loss of his source of funding.

Campaigns require funding, events require funding, and networking requires funding.

“Father, Representative Yuasa, speaking of funding, Ms. Tanaka’s election miracle has finally come to an end—a full twenty years!” Suo Ryohei interjected with a hint of envy and jealousy. “As a district representative, she actually…never even once returned to Niigata? Really…”

“Heh.” Yuasa Seidou shook his head with a wry smile: “Ryohei-kun, it’s not almost, Tanaka Makiko is a de facto ‘ghost politician.’ She never goes back to Niigata, never meets with voters, and never participates in local political activities, but she has been able to serve as a member of parliament for twenty years.”

Ryohei Suo was referring to Makiko Tanaka, the daughter of the famous Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. She served as a member of the House of Representatives for Niigata's 3rd constituency from 1993 until 2008, but she almost never went to Niigata, was consistently absent from constituency activities, and never had face-to-face exchanges with local voters.

But she was able to get elected because she had the connections left by Kakuei Tanaka's "Koshiyama-kai" and a whole team of secretaries operating locally. She was still happily serving as the "Niigata Representative," which shows the "long tail effect" and "habitual conservatism" of the Japanese.

However, the blessings and privileges bestowed by our ancestors will eventually run out. A couple of years ago, this woman finally lost the election, and she angrily declared that the people of Niigata had betrayed her.

“Ryohei, we’re not like her. Let’s be honest, do we dare to leave our constituency for more than a month? Town associations, farmers’ cooperatives, chambers of commerce, fire brigades… which wedding, funeral, or opening ceremony doesn’t require us to show our faces in person? If we’re even slightly negligent, our opponents can use that against us in the next election!” Suo Masao got angry just thinking about it.

Mano Matsuko, you son of a bitch! Uesugi Muneyuki, I love you so much, grandpa! And that idiot Ikeda! What the hell are you doing?! You're such a pig-brain!

“There’s nothing we can do. None of us have a father who’s been prime minister with a ‘computer and bulldozer’ mentality.” Yuasa Seidou chuckled, then suddenly whispered, “Be careful of Kasumigaseki Daigoro. He wants his brother to take over the National Police Agency and the Metropolitan Police Department. This time, his attempt to deal with that judo beauty policewoman at the Metropolitan Police Department failed. Minister Oyama Kaito didn’t accept our proposal, and it might be Vice Minister Kai behind it all…”

Kasumigaseki Daigyou is the political nickname of the current Chief Cabinet Secretary, Kimiaki Onoda.

"So, in the end, that beautiful judo policewoman didn't get punished?" Yuasa Hiroshi gritted his teeth.

That was clearly a top-quality piece! But it was misused by Uesugi Muneyuki!

How come all the good things are his? Mai Shirakawa, Minami Watanabe, and that guy named Ikeda!
Both fathers and sons harbored resentment towards a certain Uesugi, because Uesugi Muneyuki had disrupted their planned succession of power at a crucial moment!

"So, we're just not going to be able to deal with that Uesugi?" Suoh Ryohei said, unwilling to give up.

“No, quite the opposite.” Suo Masao was silent for a moment, then suddenly said meaningfully, “Yuasa-san, the matter of Yo-kun gave me inspiration.”

Yuasa Seidou's heart stirred, and he glanced at his son.

A few days ago, Hiroshi Yuasa took Shida from Akashirosaka to the Musk Bar in Ebisu for drinks, and they were unfortunately photographed by paparazzi. He then contacted Masao Suo and eventually bought the photos for four million yen: "You mean?"

"Hmm." Suo Masao took out a file folder: "Finally, we've made some progress."

Inside are many photos, including those of Uesugi Muneyuki, Watanabe Minami, Ikeda Erena, and Ishihara Mikoto. These are the women who were exposed to have relationships with Uesugi Muneyuki, and they can often be photographed entering and leaving the Sakata Bridge Tower.

The investigation into Uesugi Muneyuki actually began after the Kabukicho incident, but it has never found the key to truly defeating him. At most, you can say that his private life was chaotic, but you can't say that he broke the law.

Until a few days ago, after a long period of surveillance, the paparazzi finally made a major discovery!

They caught another figure on the camera!
A sweet-looking girl wearing the uniform of the Tsukuba University Affiliated High School came into the paparazzi's view.

An investigation revealed that the girl possessed a label that both Masao Suo and Seidou Yuasa coveted.

Minors!!!
“Excellent!” Yuasa Seidou grabbed the photo, his face finally showing a look of ecstatic joy.

Now, we have found the evidence to deliver a fatal blow and ruin Uesugi Muneyuki's reputation!
"Oh! Isn't this the girl circulating on the internet?" Yuasa Hiroshi's eyes suddenly lit up: "The one who's called the chosen girl of a thousand years? Someone offered a hundred million, but no one has taken the offer yet! Father... I want her!"

“We’ll talk about this later.” Yuasa Seidou knew his son’s womanizing ways had resurfaced. He was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, “Speaking of which, Suo, is there any progress on the disappearance of those students from Toyo University? The Unification Lord of Kansai has asked about it again.”

"Kishibe-sama?" Suo Masao asked, his voice filled with a mixture of respect, fear, and confidence as he mentioned the man's name.

They may verbally express envy, jealousy, and disdain, but who wouldn't want to be like Kakuei Tanaka and have their descendants be like Makiko Tanaka?
His wife received an honorary title, and his son was granted the position of Imperial Physician. Their fame will last for generations!
That person has such power!
Uesugi Muneyuki actually attracted that person's attention.

He's finished!
"Don't worry, we have people in the Metropolitan Police Department on our side too." Finally, Representative Yuasa added privately, "A lot of people want to have a go!"

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In mid-January of the third year of the Uesugi calendar, an anonymous letter of whistleblowing was suddenly delivered to the desk of Haruki Okouchi, the chief inspector of the Metropolitan Police Department.

An anonymous tip-off has surfaced alleging that Uesugi Muneyuki, a forensic investigator with the Special Missions Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division, is living with an underage girl illegally, suggesting an improper relationship between them.
Furthermore, this is not a request for the Metropolitan Police Department to handle this matter; it is merely a notification!

Notify the Metropolitan Police Department that this explosive news will be published in the newspapers immediately!
(End of this chapter)