Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 392, Explaining Misaka and Disney's Plans

After dealing with matters at the University of Tokyo, Uesugi Muneyuki noticed that Ishihara Mikoto was somewhat silent, so he took her to a slightly upscale izakaya near the school, pulled her to sit in a semi-enclosed booth, and without saying anything, just smiled and looked at her.

Mikoto was sullen, while the forensic beauty sipped her tea with her head down, occasionally stealing a glance at Uesugi Muneyuki.

"Thank you for your hard work today, Mikoto-nee." Uesugi Muneyuki nodded and had no choice but to smile and say, "Mikoto-nee's professional skills have always been top-notch. Even I have nothing to say about them. I trust you to handle things~"

"Yes, it's good that I can complete the task assigned by Zongxue." Mikoto forced a very weak smile and spoke very softly.

Uesugi Muneyuki noticed something was wrong, put down his teacup, and looked at her: "What's wrong? You don't seem to be in a good mood. Was I gone for too long, or was that Prosecutor Kusaka rather rude?"

"Zong Xue, why is it that in those people's eyes, my professional abilities are never worth seeing? I've worked on quite a few cases with you, and I even appeared at the Sakurada Gate hearing, but that prosecutor looked at me like I was a waiter who had wandered into a meeting room by mistake."

Mikoto Ishihara said, very frustrated and unwilling, "He questioned my experience, questioned my ability to understand the report, and even implied that it was because I'm a 'young girl'! I'm 32 years old! I wrote most of your autopsy report!"

"Hmph~" Uesugi Muneyuki snorted: "These so-called judicial elites seem to have an outdated understanding of 'professionalism' based on prejudice."

After saying that, Uesugi Muneyuki earnestly said to the forensic beauty, "Mikoto-nee, remember this: I know your abilities better than anyone else. Your meticulousness and responsibility are what I rely on most. As for the title of 'designated assistant,' it is not the whole story of your value, but it is a starting point, a starting point for the outside world to recognize you. People like Kusaka... their vision is only enough to see the most dazzling labels. But to me, you are my Mikoto-nee, the one who can arrange all the organs of a dissected corpse clearly, draw the perfect Y-shaped anatomical line, and find perfect reasons for every deduction of mine, the one and only assistant."

Mikoto liked what Uesugi Muneyuki said, but she was still somewhat dissatisfied because he had avoided the main issue. The woman pinched the back of the man's hand hard with her sharp fingers, signaling him not to change the subject!
"Stop spouting these grand principles. You people of Chinese descent can spout off a whole bunch of them, but principles don't always work. What I need is your attitude. How do you really see me?" The forensic beauty rudely interrupted Uesugi Muneyuki. "You wouldn't be comforting me while secretly gloating over binding me to you, gloating over how your appearance made that elite prosecutor so arrogant at first but so obsequious, would you?"

"Let's be honest with each other, Zong Xue, what are you really thinking?"

Faced with the forensic beauty's questioning, Uesugi Muneyuki felt slightly embarrassed.

He habitually used the same tactics he used on Erena on Mikoto, but Erena and Mikoto actually had different goals.

"This society, especially in fields like medicine and the law, is sometimes filled with arrogance and prejudice. Changing their views takes time and ability. Every excellent job you do now is building that ability. And I will always provide you with a stage to prove yourself."

“But if you really want to say that, then I’ll have to say something that’s not quite appropriate. Mikoto, I can tell you that I also started as a forensic assistant. Back then, I transferred from the First Department of Surgery to the Department of Forensic Pathology because of some things. Didn’t I start as Professor Okouchi’s assistant? At that time, Tanaka Noboru and Kuwahara Asako were very dissatisfied with my opinion. They argued with me and thought I was being nosy. What, I can take being wronged? Just because I’m a man, you can’t take being wronged?”

“I got you into the Metropolitan Police Department, first into medical and dental schools, then into the University of Tokyo, guiding you from a small clinic doctor all the way to becoming a clinical assistant at the University of Tokyo. Why don’t you say I didn’t respect your gender perspective? Now you’re asking me for respect? Mikoto-nee, everyone starts as an assistant, everyone starts from distrust, there are no exceptions. I won’t treat you differently because you’re male or female, but don’t treat yourself differently because you’re male or female.” Uesugi Muneyuki said gently, “We are forensic pathologists, all we need to do is explain things clearly, that’s enough. When you’re so concerned about your gender perspective, have you realized that you’re also trapped in this gender prison?”

“I…” Mikoto Ishihara suddenly realized.

Yeah, I just wanted to be a simple forensic doctor, but how did that prosecutor get me all tangled up in the conversation?

"Heh, the level of skill these top-tier legal elites possess... Mikoto-nee needs to learn something." Uesugi Muneyuki smiled and gently patted the back of Mikoto's hand, which was resting on the table, across the table.

This kind of top-level bureaucratic elite identity politics tactic is actually quite common. For example, US President Obama was a master at using this: anyone who opposes my policies is a racist.

This latter part even extends into the movies. A typical example is that Snow White is black, and if you don't like her, it's considered racism. The Little Mermaid is also black, and if you oppose her, it's also considered racism. Even when the actor playing Captain America was changed from Evans to the so-called Falcon, when people questioned why this so-called Falcon was able to inherit Captain America and wanted sufficient reasons, Marvel's response was: You don't like this Captain America?
You are racist.

Prosecutor Kusaka was trying to get Mikoto Ishihara to think this way: if a conflict broke out between the two sides, he could simply make such a statement and be in an invincible position in postmodern Japanese society. You should know that society today hates and rejects gender narratives the most, and generally believes that such short essays are just spreading rumors.

Before her transmigration, Uesugi Muneyuki was completely immune to similar tactics, but Mikoto had never encountered such methods before.

Hmm? Marvel? Disney? After being completely comforted by Uesugi Muneyuki, Ishihara Mikoto's eyes glistened with tears, as if she had been given a shot of adrenaline, or as if a long-awaited channel had been cleared, and the knot in her heart had been completely untied. She looked at her little man with seductive eyes, her slightly thick lips pursed.

He's really amazing and reliable!

I... I want my younger brother to clear the way for me again. Ugh, it's been at least a few days... and I already feel like I'm going to start thinking about it...

"Oh, by the way, about that Disney trip we talked about before, Mikoto-nee, why don't you come along too!" Uesugi Muneyuki snapped her fingers and laughed, "After all, you're Asuka's mother!"

"Huh?!" Ishihara Mikoto was stunned.

How did this turn into a Disney trip?
And judging from his attitude, it seems he wasn't just one person going with him?

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"What?! We're going to Disneyland? Yay!!!"

That day, after returning to the Uesugi residence in Sakata Bridge, Uesugi Muneyuki brought good news. Upon hearing this, Asuka tensed up on the sofa and excitedly raised her hands: "Great! I want to go to Disneyland! I want to go to Disneyland!"

"Count me in! I want to go too!" Minami was even more excited, hugging Saito Asuka tightly. "Let's go, let's all go! Erena, you come too!"

"I... it's not that I can't, but wouldn't it be a bad influence?" Erena hesitated. She wasn't actually very interested in Disneyland, but since everyone else was going, she naturally wanted to go too.

"What's wrong with that? We're not afraid of the public knowing, we're afraid they won't! Especially after the Uesugi Sakurada Gate hearing, now is the perfect opportunity to show the entire nation the unbreakable alliance of our Metropolitan Police Department!"

With her hands on her hips, Miss Minami smugly assigned tasks: "Uesugi, go and contact your connections and get members of the 33 Club! We need the express lane, we don't want to wait in line!"

"Erena, go and prepare the itinerary!"

"Ms. Ishihara, please assign the tasks and align the schedules!"

"Asuka, go do your homework! We can play all day!"

"As for me, I'll just have to plan out how to have fun at Disneyland!"

Miss Minami, with her imposing presence as the principal wife, assigned tasks one by one.

Everyone responded accordingly until a discordant voice emerged from inside the Sakata Bridge.

"Ano~ What about me?" Mai-senpai smiled and hugged Minami's slender waist from behind, whispering in her ear, "What am I responsible for?"

This startled Minami.

"My lord, Ikeda! Protect me! Protect me now!!!"

(End of this chapter)