Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 38, The Secret History of Uesugi (Second Update!)

PS: I would like to thank my book friend "temperance" for helping me reach Legend in Hearthstone.

On the second day, at the end of August, brightly colored food boxes were laid out on the tatami of the Japanese-style restaurant. Exquisitely crafted Japanese cuisine and sashimi platters were placed together. A golden screen blocked out the noise outside, and there were crane and pine tree patterns on the wall.

Today is the day when Uesugi Muneyuki's brother Uesugi Sadanori goes on a blind date. Uesugi Muneyuki's entire family is out. Grandfather Uesugi Kuninori and father Uesugi Hironori are both wearing white kimonos with black background and gold edges and Uesugi Suzaku pattern, holding folding fans, while mother Uesugi Tomoko is wearing a dark blue tomosode kimono with orchid pattern.

The Uesugi brothers, Munesetsu, were wearing black suits. Uesugi Sadanori was serious, while Uesugi Munesetsu was cold. However, the brothers' eyes and brows showed the outlines of their parents, so there was no need for a paternity test.

"Is this Lucia's caviar? It's delicious. I've wanted to eat it for a long time. It's so exquisite!" Mother Tomoko Uesugi looked at the waiter with surprise as he brought out the various dishes: "Wow, so exquisite, there's even herring roe!"

"Haha, my wife said she wanted to eat it last time, so I specially asked the store to make a reservation for it. How is it? Does it suit your taste?" Grandpa Uesugi Kuninori shook his gray eyebrows and smiled kindly.

"I'm very satisfied. Thank you, godfather." Uesugi Tomoko nodded repeatedly, smiling like a flower.

"If you like it, eat more. If you really can't afford it, I can give you my son's portion." Uesugi Sosetsu followed.

"Hahahahaha~" A burst of laughter came from the dinner table.

Uesugi Munesetsu's mother, Uesugi Tomoko, had a very high status in the family. Firstly, because her grandmother had passed away, she had no mother-in-law to look after her. Secondly, because Uesugi Tomoko gave birth to two sons for the Uesugi family, namely, the brothers Uesugi Sadanori and Uesugi Munesetsu. She became pregnant and gave birth to Uesugi Sadanori in the second year after she got married, and gave birth to Uesugi Munesetsu in the fifth year.

For a traditional family like the Uesugi family, being able to give birth to a son is extremely important. With these two sons, Uesugi Tomoko established an unshakable position in the family. Even when Grandma Uesugi Sosetsu was still alive, she was very kind to this daughter-in-law.

The Yonezawa Uesugi family had a very difficult time having children. The generation of great-grandfather Uesugi Takanori was a single son, and the generation of grandfather Uesugi Kuninori was two brothers and a sister. The sister had married and passed away. The second grandfather Uesugi Ryuharu also passed away in 04 and had no children. Only grandfather Uesugi Kuninori gave birth to a son, father Uesugi Hironori. Seeing that the family had reached the point of desperation, Uesugi Tomoko gave birth to two sons with the hopes of the whole family. It is no exaggeration to say that she contributed to the reconstruction of the family.

"Just now I passed by the hotel lobby and found that fewer and fewer people are wearing kimonos. Almost everyone is wearing Western clothes. It feels like I've walked into Uniqlo." Uesugi Tomoko said with a smile: "Sendomaru, Xueshoumaru, don't look for girls who wear Uniqlo clothes. It's too embarrassing to tell others."

“…………”Uesugi Sadanori looked as if he was constipated and said nothing.

"Why, does mother also go shopping at Uniqlo?" Uesugi Sosetsu raised his eyebrows: "Not likely."

"She won't go." Father Uesugi Hironori shook his head repeatedly. He knew that his wife had a high opinion of herself since she came from a famous family. For Uesugi Tomoko, even looking at a place like Uniqlo for even a second would be lowering her status.

"I will go, occasionally." Uesugi Tomoko said stubbornly, "Don't think I don't know anything."

Everyone at the table was laughing, except for his elder brother Uesugi Sadanori, who had a constipated look on his face and looked very uncomfortable. He was the protagonist today, he was the one going on a blind date, and he had found so many excuses but could not delay any longer and had to come.

"Come on, brother, don't look so sad, have a drink." Uesugi Sosetsu poured a glass of sake for his brother.

“…………”Uesugi Sadanori had a bitter look on his face. He took the wine and drank it in one gulp like a prisoner about to be executed.

Seeing his grandson like this, grandfather Uesugi Kuninori shook his head repeatedly. Amid the elegant and powerful shamisen music, he signaled everyone to stop for a moment: "Stop for a moment, Sentokumaru, and Xueshoumaru, listen."

Everyone at the table immediately shut up and listened to the speech of the 32nd generation head of the family.

"People will eventually die." Grandpa stared at his two grandchildren: "I am getting older and older, and grandma Junko is no longer here."

"She has continued her life to you."

"Junko still lives in Dingxian and Zongxue."

Both Uesugi brothers were silent. Yes, grandma is no longer with us.

"You all have to have children, and continue your life and the life of your family, so that grandma can rest in peace." Uesugi Kuninori said a little sadly: "Tadahiro, listen carefully, having children and carrying on the family line is the obligation of people living in this world."

"Yes..." Uesugi Sadanori lowered his head slightly with a complicated expression.

"Zongxue, you too."

"Yes." Uesugi Sosetsu also put away his smile and agreed in a low voice.

Through joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, the intricate interweaving of the times has become the long river of history. At this moment, Uesugi Sosetsu felt the heaviness of a thousand-year-old famous family.

"Well, now that you are all grown up, I will tell you something about our family." Uesugi Kuninori said in a low voice, "Our family can be traced back to Uesugi Kenfusa, the grandfather of Ashikaga Takauji of the Muromachi shogunate. Kenfusa's son Kenfusa came to Kanto. He is the ancestor of the Yamanouchi Uesugi clan. You all know about it, right?"

"Yes." Both Uesugi brothers nodded.

"The last direct descendant of the Yamanouchi Uesugi clan, Uesugi Kenshin, adopted his retainer, the Shugodai Nagao Kagetora, as his adopted son, Lord Uesugi Kenshin. From then on, the true direct descendant of the Uesugi clan, the daimyo since the Kamakura era, ceased to exist."

"Ken Shin became a monk and never had sex with women. He adopted his sister Sentoin's son, Nagao Akihiko of the Ueda Nagao clan, as his adopted son, who became the first lord of the Yonezawa domain, Uesugi Kagekatsu."

"Kagekatsu passed on his name to the second head, Sadakatsu, who passed on his name to the third head, Tsunakatsu. But by the time of the third head, Tsunakatsu, the family had no descendants." Grandfather Uesugi Kuninori smiled bitterly, "After Tsunakatsu suddenly passed away, the family was almost in danger of having no son to inherit the domain. At that time, Edo was already planning to abolish the Yonezawa domain, and it was the retainer Kira Yoshio who proposed that his son inherit the Uesugi family. This was the fourth head, Uesugi Tsunakatsu. However, although the crisis of being abolished was avoided, the family's koku was still reduced from 30 koku to 15 koku by Edo."

Uesugi Munesetsu nodded. The Kira family was of extremely high status. As early as the Muromachi period, they were a prominent family with a distinguished status, the Ashikaga Go-ichimon-shu. They were also known as the "Kami-shu", which meant that when other daimyo met them on the road, they had to dismount to show respect. The Ashikaga Go-ichimon-shu were also known as the Ashikaga Reneda-shu, and were the highest level of samurai in the direct lineage of the Kawachi Genji.

"Although the Kirara clan saved the main family once, they used this as an excuse to withdraw and spend all the 15 ryo that the main family had accumulated over three generations." Uesugi Kuninori was a little speechless when talking about this period of history: "They also borrowed a lot of foreign debts in the name of the Yonezawa domain and spent money lavishly in Yoshiwara. In the end, the main family was forced to pay off the debt, so... half and half."

Yoshiwara was the city of oiran and a place of entertainment in Edo. “Half and half” means there are both good and bad, and the merits and demerits offset each other.

"So, starting from the fourth generation, the main family was the bloodline of the Kira clan. By the eighth generation, the lord Shigeki had no children, so he had no choice but to adopt a son, Lord Uesugi Takayama, from the lord of Kyushu Takanabe, Akizuki Tanemi."

"So after Lord Yingshan, our family has inherited the bloodline of the Kyushu Akizuki clan until now."

Uesugi Sadanori was fine, but Uesugi Munsetsu had already opened his mouth wide, pointing at himself: "So, should I be called Akizuki?" Take off the armor! Take off the armor!
Is it Marina or Airi?
"Haha, even though it's an adoption, inheritance is inheritance. Our family is still a famous family with a history of thousands of years, and this will never change." Grandpa Uesugi Kuninori smiled on his old face: "I tell you these things because I want to tell you that having offspring is very important!"

Uesugi Munesetsu seemed to be thinking about something. He glanced at his eldest grandson, Uesugi Sadanori.

It seems like it’s none of my business?
After a family gathering, Uesugi Sadanori's blind date also arrived.

"excuse me."

A woman about 1.5 meters tall and slightly plump carefully opened the sliding paper door. She had long hair, a slightly plump figure and a fleshy chin. She was wearing a standard women's dress tube skirt, and her pair of small, pigeon-toed legs were curled up uneasily under the skirt.

She is my brother's blind date today, and is said to be the daughter of a family executive of Glico Corporation.

She is short and stout, with a slightly plump, long, oval face, pigeon-toed feet and short legs. It is said that her appearance is very much in line with the aesthetics of her grandfather Uesugi Kuninori, and is very similar to the traditional women in Ukiyo-e paintings.

Uesugi Sosetsu looked away in despair, thinking that he really couldn't stay in this house anymore, he didn't want to go on this kind of blind date!

Otherwise, I'd better call myself Qiuyue Zongxue from now on.

————I am the dividing line of winter melon————

At the same time, at Sakuradamon, Chiyoda-ku, near the Metropolitan Police Department, Fountain Square.

The newly appointed Superintendent General Watanabe Eiji was sitting on a bench in front of the fountain, eating a grilled meat burrito and drinking a Coke with big mouthfuls. Birds and children were passing by him. The extremely majestic leader of the Metropolitan Police Department's 80,000 police officers would tease the children with great interest and did not hide his love for children.

Not far away, Inspector Higurashi, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, was sweating all over. He finally found the Superintendent General himself. He trotted towards the Superintendent General, put his legs together, bent over and bowed, and said anxiously, "Director, why are you here? This is too unsafe."

"I just met with the president of JR East." Watanabe Eiji was tall and imposing. "Don't be so nervous. This is Sakurada Gate, the headquarters of our Metropolitan Police Department. Please take a seat."

"That's why I'm nervous because this is Sakurada Gate, Chief." Inspector Higurashi thought that the newly appointed chief was indeed different.

In 1860, the Sakurada Gate Incident occurred, which shocked the whole country. Radical ronin from the Mito domain who were dissatisfied with Ii Naosuke, the senior elder of the Edo shogunate and lord of the Hikone domain, suddenly attacked Ii Naosuke's troops who were preparing to enter the city outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle. Ii Naosuke died tragically on the spot. This incident had a profound impact on the historical process of this country.

"There's no need to be so reserved. Please sit down." Watanabe Eiji emphasized again, and Inspector Higurashi dared to sit down.

"I've read the case report from the Forensic Science Department. Wow, that guy called Uesugi Sosetsu is really amazing. Higurashi, you're in luck." The Superintendent of Police picked up a burrito from the bench very easily and said, "Here, this is a reward, another kind of reward from the Superintendent of Police!"

"Uh, this?" Inspector Higurashi didn't dare to answer.

"This is shawarma, very delicious, with ketchup in it." Director Watanabe handed over a little more and said, "Eat it. I can't eat any more. I'm old, my eyes are big and my stomach is small. I want both. I didn't expect the ingredients to be so rich. I'm full after eating one."

"Well... I'm welcome." Inspector Higurashi could only take the shawarma burrito.

The difference in rank between the two is too great. According to normal rules, Inspector Higurashi is not qualified to report directly to Superintendent Watanabe.

But apart from the superior-subordinate relationship, Director Watanabe used to work in the First Investigation Division, so he could be considered to have a comradeship with him before, so the relationship between the two parties would be closer. Plus, this was not within the Metropolitan Police Department, so a slight overstepping of authority was still acceptable.

Yes, the Japanese are so rigid and conservative.

"I've noticed the Uesugi Muneyuki incident a long time ago." Watanabe Eiji leaned on the bench and said casually, "This kid only cares about making trouble and doesn't consider the follow-up. The president of JR East just came to me and asked why the Metropolitan Police Department didn't give me a heads-up on such a big thing... How did I know that this little forensic doctor was so powerful? He insisted on digging the truth out?"

"The most interesting thing is that he actually got all of his predictions right." The Superintendent General said with interest, "So I told JR, is this a bad thing? Isn't this a good thing?"

"What do you mean?" Inspector Higurashi didn't understand.

"It happened, but how to deal with it is the time to show your ability. I told JR that cleaning up and rescuing the homeless is the right time to establish a brand impression. Besides, many of JR's facilities are very old. If this happened at this time, wouldn't it be a normal excuse to tell the public to stop operating for maintenance? Isn't it enough reason to convince the board of directors to replace the equipment?" Watanabe Eiji smiled and said, "Opportunities always come to those who are prepared. Things have already happened. Whether it is good or bad depends on how you deal with it. Higurashi, you did a good job in this matter. You trusted the boy's judgment and solved the case in one day. You have done a good job."

"I'm very grateful for your recognition." Inspector Higurashi was still a little scared when he thought about it: "That kid was too bold. He didn't think about what to do if there was no sticky substance when the knife went in? So careless."

"I used to be this kind of person, too. When my sense of justice got the better of me, I thought I was invincible. The difference is that if this guy is based on the report of the forensic department, he is really a very powerful person." Watanabe Eiji sighed, "My daughter also noticed him. Hey, my daughter always hates me eating street food and drinking Coke. I am a superintendent of police, and I have to run outside just to eat shawarma."

Is this the reason why you disappeared? Inspector Higurashi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

The newly appointed Superintendent of Police is 50 years old this year and has only one daughter, whom he loves like the apple of his eye.

"In short, he handled these cases very well and made our Metropolitan Police Department proud. I have said many times that we are the Metropolitan Police Department, not pizza deliverymen. If a big company calls, the police chief has to come to the door in person... Does it make sense?" Watanabe Eiji wiped his mouth and turned his head: "Let the local bureau continue to cooperate with him. We have to see if he is really talented or just guessing."

"Yes, but I think with his personality, and the fact that he offends people like this..." Inspector Higurashi was still hesitant.

"He has always followed standard procedures. So what if he offended someone? JR East is a Fortune 500 company. Facing this guy who has followed standard procedures throughout the entire process, not only can we not retaliate against him, but we should also thank him." Watanabe Eiji shook his head gently: "He is like a sharp sword. If used well, he can hurt others, but if used poorly, he will hurt himself. Don't let him get off the runway and lose control. This is what our Metropolitan Police Department should do."

"Yes." Inspector Higurashi thought about it and decided to ask, "What if it is confirmed that this kid really has the ability?"

"That's an opportunity for us. The Metropolitan Police Department has been around for so many years, and it's time for a change." Watanabe Eiji picked up his Coke, looked up at the magnificent Metropolitan Police Department building, and said, "Then we'll find a way to get him into the Metropolitan Police Department."

"The local branch does not allow or need such a powerful presence."

"This kind of talent is only worthy of our Metropolitan Police Department."

　I should add here that although Kira and Akizuki were both adopted, their direct descendants had intermarried with the Uesugi clan, so they can be considered to have some Uesugi blood in them. They were not the kind of descendants who were randomly found to inherit the family lineage without any blood relationship.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)