Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 374, The Kashiwagi Couple's Activities!

In the gym in Ebisu, Jin Kashiwagi seemed to be deep in thought.

He hasn't actually finished his confinement period yet; he's still in a state of redemption. But not being able to come out to search for more than a month has really made Kashiwagi Jin restless. He can't go to see that Tokyo University female student, Hayakawa Nanami, every day, can he?
That's why he was so emotional during the Sakurada Gate hearing—I've finally got my chance!
Despite rumors that his behavior displeased the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, Kashiwagi Jin did not think he had done anything wrong. He argued that it was not his rule that the police could interrogate and detain suspects for up to 48 hours before transferring them to the prosecution, and that it was a fact that the District Public Prosecutors Office did not have independent arrest powers and often had to rely on the police for assistance.

I am right!
So as soon as he heard about the incident, and given that the Metropolitan Police Department had symbolically reduced his punishment after the New Year, Kashiwagi Jin came immediately!
The strangeness of this case made him sense something unusual.

The Metropolitan Police Department cherry blossom badge on my chest is vibrating!
There must be something fishy about this case!

And Uesugi isn't here right now, so it's my turn to shine!
Kashiwagi first measured the depth of the leg press machine debris and the dent in the skateboard.

"23.7 centimeters. I don't know if this guy was lucky or unlucky. It was just enough to crush his pelvis, but it also just happened to leave him half-dead." Kashiwagi looked up at the hydraulic rod and couldn't help but say, "It's as if it was designed with a ruler in mind!"

"Kashiwagi-san! My dear Inspector!" Inspector Itami, who was watching the surveillance footage, panicked upon hearing this and quickly came over, saying, "Keep your voice down! Kashiwagi-san~~~ His father could send you to Hachijojima with just one word!"

"Tsk!" Kashiwagi Jin sneered, looking down on Itami's hesitant and cautious search style from the bottom of his heart. He thought to himself, "The non-professional team is the non-professional team. We are different from you. When have Uesugi Muneyuki and I ever been afraid of the powerful and wealthy?"

The two peerless heroes endured countless hardships, tasted all the bitterness of life, and persevered through long, dark nights!

However, what happened last time had finally made him more restrained, so Kashiwagi could only nod: "Did you find anything, Itami?"

"To be honest, it's really strange!" Kenichi Itami gestured for Jin Kashiwagi to come over and take a look.

The gym has released all its surveillance footage, which shows the time as 9:37 AM, exactly when Suoh Ryohei arrived at the gym. They witnessed the female instructor, Sakura, wearing a baseball cap, leading several yoga instructors in.

However, according to Coach Sakura, she was at Chiba Disneyland today! And she was already queuing up to enter the park around 7 or 8 a.m.!
But the gym not only has surveillance cameras, it also has audio recordings!
In the recording, Kashiwagi Jin, Itami Kenichi, and others clearly heard that Suo Ryohei took the initiative to ask "Ms. Sakura" on site to adjust his weight, and he specifically emphasized that it should be a strong and powerful professional level. The female coach was just doing as he asked!

This is very strange. Could it be that someone disguised themselves as Ms. Sakura and sneaked into the gym to murder her?

But... this was Suoh Ryohei's own request!
"Inspector, Inspector!" Just then, the forensic investigators held the fallen critical limit screw and whispered in confusion, "This screw doesn't have much thread wear. Based on experience, it should be able to withstand at least seven or eight hundred kilograms of weight. How could it suddenly fall off?"

Everyone looked at the gym's high-definition monitor. Just as Suoh Ryohei sat down, it seemed that the equipment did indeed suddenly tremble.

"???" Now this case looks like an accident again.

Moreover, it was like an accident in the first place.

But Kashiwagi still felt something was wrong. After thinking for a moment, he said to the gym manager, "Would you mind if we made a copy of the surveillance footage and audio and took it back to the office for evaluation?"

“Of course.” The gym manager’s face turned pale.

"Inspector! Inspector!" Just then, forensic pathologist Higashiyama Takeshi handed Kashiwagi Jin a knee brace stained with testicular tissue: "Take this back for analysis too!"

"Hmm?" Kashiwagi glanced at it and showed a disgusted expression, not wanting to take it.

"Inspector! Don't underestimate it, this thing is more expensive than your entire suit!" Dongshan Wuxiong's muscular physique and bearded appearance had already attracted the attention of several trainers at the gym.

"Hey! Dongshan! Is this you?" Just then, two other patrol officers couldn't help but laugh and point to a video saved on a fitness instructor's phone.

Accompanied by the upbeat music of "Body Shaming," forensic pathologist Takeshi Higashiyama appears in a video applying a cat-man filter to himself in front of the camera. The cute little bear-man is making hand gestures and has a rather alluring look in his eyes.

"Huh? Why are you here???" Higashiyama Takeshi blushed furiously. "I was just... taking some pictures..."

"Pfft..." The Metropolitan Police Department officers at the scene collectively suppressed their laughter, which turned into pig-like squeals, and were each kicked in the shin by Inspector Itami.

Please! I'm begging you! I might be promoted to inspector in April, can you please be serious and earnest???
“Alright, let’s divide the tasks. Itami, you continue to lead the team to review the video footage and alibi. I’ll lead the team to conduct interviews and investigations in the vicinity. Higashiyama, you… uh, you pack up the evidence collected at the scene and send it back to this office for forensics!” Kashiwagi Jin’s lips curled up as he instructed, “Get to work!”

"Yes!!!"

Thus, while Ryohei Suo was receiving emergency treatment at the University of Tokyo Hospital, the Metropolitan Police Department also began its investigation into the accident.

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

Meanwhile, the warm winter sun turned the glass of the high-rise buildings into molten gold. Mikoto finally changed out of her signature surgical gown and protective boots. At this moment, she stood at the entrance of the forensic department, wearing a simple beige trench coat and a light apricot knitted dress underneath, the hem of which stopped just above her knees.

What's most eye-catching are her shapely and straight legs. Although Mikoto is only 157cm tall, she is actually the petite one next to Uesugi Muneyuki. However, her figure is very well-proportioned and beautiful. Her beautiful legs are encased in Fukusuke's gray and silver checkered embossed stockings. The 40D thickness gives them a delicate matte silk texture in winter. Only when walking or at certain angles can you occasionally glimpse the faint silver checkered pattern flowing on the stockings, revealing a subtle and exquisite design.

The forensic pathologist wore a pair of nude high heels with open-toe design and red soles. The open-toe design perfectly showcased her slender ankles and the arches of her feet covered by thin stockings. The nude uppers and gray-silver stockings created a subtle contrast of warm and cool tones, while the red soles peeked out with each step—a restrained sensuality. "Have you been waiting long?" Mikoto walked quickly, the sound of her high heels clicking crisply on the ground, carrying a hint of barely perceptible lightness.

“Anyway, I have nothing to do.” Uesugi Muneyuki smiled as he took the thick document bag with the “Special Mission Unit New Equipment Procurement Application” logo from her hand, his gaze sweeping over Mikoto’s beautifully shaped legs and feet encased in stockings.

"And...to enjoy even more beautiful scenery." Uesugi Muneyuki said meaningfully.

Mikoto blushed slightly and glared at the man reproachfully. It was a fact that everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department knew that she liked to wear fashionable clothes to work. Because of this, she had been the subject of much gossip and pointing fingers behind her back. In private, many female officers in the internal affairs department cursed her for being a shopping spree girl who was trying to snatch up jobs from the professional team.

However, after everyone discovered that she was Uesugi Muneyuki's person, no one dared to talk about her anymore, because everyone knew that she was "that person's" person.

The same goes for Erena: when a deer bursts out of the forest, all the men in the Metropolitan Police Department chase after it, but once the deer has an owner, everyone stops chasing after it. Before, when the tall beauty appeared, all the men in the Metropolitan Police Department would avoid her and dare not look at her or talk to her. But after everyone really knew about her special relationship with Uesugi Muneyuki, everyone was able to communicate and talk to her normally.

Haki Uesugi's massive hand had already enveloped Sakurada Gate.

"I need to submit this procurement request to the Equipment Management Division of the General Affairs Department of the Metropolitan Police Department. Can you come with me?" Mikoto's tone was somewhat helpless: "If you were here, it might be possible..."

Due to the appearance of Uesugi Muneyuki, the Metropolitan Police Department was finally forced to begin reforming its forensic capabilities. Among the requests made by Mikoto was a far-infrared spectrometer developed by NEC Corporation of Japan.

Each human fingertip has 120-620 sweat gland pores (an average of 3-5 per square centimeter), and their arrangement remains unchanged throughout life. Even if the epidermis is completely destroyed, the openings of the sweat gland ducts in the dermis still retain their original topological structure.

In other words, even without fingerprints or with damaged fingerprints, the killer can still be identified by detecting DNA methylation markers in sweat crystals using far-infrared spectroscopy.
However, this machine is not cheap if it is to reach the level of police use and have legal effect. It requires a budget of about 4000 million yen, and this is the simplified version. If it is the formal laboratory version, the procurement budget is as high as 1.7 million yen.

With so much money, Miss Minami remained noncommittal. In her opinion, since she already had Uesugi, was it really necessary to buy such an instrument?

Therefore, Mikoto especially needs the support of Uesugi Muneyuki.

"You're going to the Equipment Management Department of the General Affairs Division, right?" Uesugi Muneyuki asked with a hint of amusement.

"Hmm." Mikoto clearly sensed the change in Uesugi Muneyuki's attitude, and she suddenly felt a little downcast.

The Japanese workplace is extremely unfriendly to women, especially career-oriented women like her. In reality, without Uesugi Muneyuki's support, she would have had no chance of making any progress in the Metropolitan Police Department, and she would definitely be packing her bags and leaving Sakurada Gate within three months.

“Without you, those people in the Equipment Management Department…” she sighed softly, a hint of uncertainty creeping into her voice. After a brief silence, she suddenly spoke, her voice lower: “How’s it going with your admission to the University of Tokyo and your job application? The University of Tokyo is always so strict. If it really doesn’t work out…”

“Don’t worry.” Uesugi Muneyuki shook his head, smiled, and patted Mikoto on the shoulder: “Just wait to join the company with me.”

Mikoto smiled upon hearing this, but the smile appeared somewhat thin in the light of the Sakurada Gate corridor.

He's always so reliable, but that's the price of giving up—the price of being completely possessed by him.

Well, at least she can choose what she likes and what likes her, and that's enough.

In the Equipment Management Department of the General Affairs Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, Meisa Kashiwagi stood under the slightly cool light of the Metropolitan Police Department's internal affairs office. She wore a crisp Metropolitan Police Department standard winter internal affairs uniform, and her navy blue wool coat was meticulously tailored, perfectly fitting her tall and upright figure.

"Please send this inspection permit for the bio-attachment on the knee brace to the Scientific Forensic Institute."

"Hi~"

"The packed evidence is on its way back. Please be prepared."

"clear."

As the department head, Inspector Meisa Kashiwagi efficiently assigned clerical work within the department. It seems that the previous generation of golden couples in the Metropolitan Police Department are all shining brightly in their respective fields.

"And about electron microscopy... um!" At this point, Meisa Kashiwagi suddenly clutched her lower abdomen and squeezed her legs together. An indescribable slight stinging sensation and a strange tingling sensation interrupted her conversation.

"Section Chief? Are you alright?" the subordinate asked curiously.

"It's nothing..." Kashiwagi Meisa said, clutching her lower abdomen, and subconsciously glanced towards the entrance of the Equipment Management Department.

This feeling... means he's nearby!
Sure enough, a few seconds later, Uesugi Muneyuki and Ishihara Mikoto pushed open the door to the Equipment Management Department!
The man's amused gaze met that of the former Metropolitan Police Department chief in mid-air.

Good afternoon, madam~
(End of this chapter)