Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 378, Preliminary Investigation

Special Missions Division Administrator Minami Watanabe, Special Missions Division Chief Masayoshi Okada, Special Missions Division Staff Member Reina Ikeda, Special Missions Division Chief Hitoshi Kai, Special Missions Division Inspector Hayato Igarashi, Inspector Date, and Uesugi Muneyuki's forensic assistant Mikoto Ishihara all arrived at the Special Investigation Headquarters.

It is worth mentioning that as Uesugi Muneyuki officially enrolled in the combined Master's and Doctoral program at the University of Tokyo and joined the Department of Forensic Medicine at the affiliated hospital as a part-time clinical research physician, Ishihara Mikoto naturally received his recommendation to serve as his forensic assistant and joined the University of Tokyo Hospital as a research assistant.

This was something that made everyone insanely jealous. Although the monthly salary of a Research Assistant (RA) at the University of Tokyo Hospital was only 10 to 15 yen, Mikoto herself, like Uesugi Muneyuki, was paid by two salaries, and that was the University of Tokyo! The University of Tokyo, the nation's highest institution of learning and the symbol of the nation's highest medical standards!

With Uesugi Muneyuki's future prospects being limitless, the status of the forensic beauty will also rise accordingly.

Wow, this woman really sold herself for a good price! The female officers in the Metropolitan Police Department are practically green with envy.

Suo Masao looked at Uesugi Muneyuki who had arrived, his expression complicated.

In order to strike back at the Japanese police and retaliate for the losses incurred in the Kabukicho case, he seized upon Uesugi Muneyuki as a breakthrough point and fired the Bunshun Cannon, intending to kill him with one shot. However, he did not expect to miss the target. Weekly Bunshun also encountered big trouble, and now that his son is in trouble, he has to appoint Uesugi Muneyuki to investigate.

It truly is a matter of timing and fate. When fortune smiles, heaven and earth lend their strength; when fortune turns, even heroes are powerless. This is probably what is meant by the impermanence of joy and sorrow.

"Regardless of anything, I beg you regarding my son's matter." Suo Masao believed that Uesugi Muneyuki hadn't discovered he was the mastermind, so he was extremely sincere and humbly bowed deeply to Uesugi Muneyuki: "I beg you, you must give me the truth about my son's matter! This could not possibly be an accident! Someone must be trying to harm my child! You must!"

“I understand your grief and your emotions, but I need to conduct further analysis to determine the exact situation.” Uesugi Muneyuki nodded calmly, his expression unchanged. “By the way, please do not interfere with the search.”

"Certainly, certainly!" Suo Masao bowed again, quickly signaling to his secretary to be firm. The old man was afraid of displeasing Uesugi Muneyuki, so he made him follow the normal procedures.

After the congressman left, a subordinate immediately added to Inspector Itami's grumbling, "What a cunning old fox! He was so fierce before, and now he's so polite. Our First Division has really been underestimated!"

"If you rely on the Special Missions Department for everything, then what's the point of having our division here?"

"To set up a special investigation headquarters for such a trivial matter, is this what members of Congress are like? This is all the police are capable of."

"This is Japan. A member of parliament's son is still a member of parliament, and a company president's son is still a company president."

The police officers who were urgently summoned complained one after another, clearly dissatisfied with the matter.

Inspector Shinichiro Kosaka of the First Division was familiar with Muneyuki Uesugi, and he took the initiative to come up to him: "Welcome back, Forensic Officer Uesugi."

"Oh ho, Kosaka-san, when will I get to see you in that position?" Uesugi Muneyuki was quite pleased with himself after officially enrolling and starting his job at the University of Tokyo that morning. He gestured with his lips towards Sugishita Ukyo, the head of the First Investigation Division.

"Hey! Uesugi-kun, this is no joke!" Inspector Kosaka was startled and quickly emphasized, "Start the search once you're ready!"

"Wow, seriously, they've made such a fuss over a mere accident!" Kai Toru couldn't help but complain, his hands behind his back in an inverted triangle shape. "Did you hear that? Uesugi-san, the superintendent, the section chief, the congressman's idea is that if we don't investigate as he wants, if we don't find out this wasn't an accident, we're in trouble... Damn it, the old man thought the Special Missions Division was a great place, but what a mess! I've been inactive since I came in, I've been urgently investigated by the Ministry of Justice, criticized by Bunshun, and now I've been singled out by a congressman. This isn't Takamagahara, this is a hell of screams, a hell of hell!"

The patrol chief's grumbling earned him a glare from Minami, Inspector Okada, and Inspector Kosaka.

What nonsense is this kid spouting? He has no respect for his elders!
However, since the boy's father was the Vice Minister of the Interior, everyone could only suppress their dissatisfaction.

Apart from……

*Smack!* Uesugi Muneyuki delivered a swift chop to Kai Toru's head, smiling as he said, "Say another word and I'll transfer you to the General Affairs Department, where you'll spend your days reviewing and signing documents alongside the former Metropolitan Police Department's leading lady, Kashiwagi." "What?!!" Kai Toru, clutching his head in protest, exclaimed, "Impossible! You can't do that, Uesugi-san! You don't have that right! Even if you're the supervisor's fiancé, it's still not allowed!"

This kid's meaning is very simple: so what if you have the Superintendent General of Police behind you? My father is the Vice Minister of Justice, the same rank!
"Are you sure?" Uesugi Muneyuki asked with a half-smile, "Kai, guess what? Did I ask Vice Minister Kai for advice when I went to the Ministry of Justice with Ikeda that day?"

"Hiss!" Upon hearing this, Minami, Okada, Mikoto, Kosaka, and even Kai himself gasped.

Could it be that Uesugi Muneyuki obtained authorization from Kai's father?
Good heavens, now there's finally someone who can handle this kid!
"Kai, you're finished!" Inspector Okada laughed.

As expected, Kai Toru was shocked upon hearing the news, and instantly flew into a rage: "What right does that old man have to interfere in my work?! What right does he have to boss my boss around?! Does he even want to pollute the last piece of my territory where I can prove my independence and completely sever ties with him?!"

“If you want to prove your abilities, then work hard and stop doing this all the time,” Uesugi Muneyuki said.

"Hey!" Facing everyone's gaze, Kai Kyou put in his best effort this time, instantly transforming from a carefree second-generation official into a spirited non-professional workhorse!
He also wanted his own cassock!

And so, the search officially began.

Uesugi Muneyuki first spoke with Section Chief Sugishita Ukyo.

"From what we can see now, this case is undoubtedly an accident," Sugishita Ukyo said to everyone. "First, there was the problem with the equipment; then there was the issue of the person being hungover and taking delaying drugs; and then look at this."

The gym's surveillance footage and recordings both indicate that it was Suoh Ryohei who actively requested the female trainer, Sakura, to increase the weight on him.

“However, there’s something that’s bothering me,” Sugishita Ukyo said to Uesugi Muneyuki and the others. “That is, Coach Sakura… She has an alibi from Chiba Disneyland that day, so who is that Coach Sakura who appeared in the surveillance footage?”

“Although this aspect seems unrelated to the case, my intuition tells me that there might be something else hidden here.” Section Chief Sugishita Ukyo thought for a moment and then said to everyone, “Since Uesugi-kun is here, let’s go back to the scene and take another look.”

"I'll go with you!" Just then, Kashiwagi Jin suddenly squeezed in and said, "I'll go with Section Chief 1 and Uesugi-san. Itami, you'll continue watching the surveillance footage, and Kosaka, you'll be in charge of the further investigation!"

Kashiwagi Jin's impatient behavior puzzled Uesugi Muneyuki and Sugishita Ukyoto, but no one said anything. So the investigation officially began, and the group packed their things and went to the Ebisu Gym again.

"Erina, Mikoto, and... Kai, the three of you come with me." Uesugi Muneyuki gestured, "As for Minami, you can stay at headquarters for now."

“Then, Manager Watanabe, I’ll leave the Special Investigation Headquarters to you and Okada when I go to the scene.” Sugishita Ukyo nodded.

"Okay, leave this to me." Miss Minami naturally had no reason to go to the scene; she was still dressed in her standard winter police uniform, coat, skirt, stockings, and high heels.

And so, the group headed to the gym again.

However, Uesugi Muneyuki met an unexpected person at the gym.

Hironobu Takeda, manager of the claims department at Nippon Life Insurance, and several other claims adjusters from Nippon Life Insurance.

"Uesugi-san, it's been a long time."

(End of this chapter)