Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 4, It’s really happening in this life!
Uesugi Sosetsu has always had doubts about his time travel. Although he has accepted the fact that he traveled through time, from the moment he woke up, he realized that this might be a parallel world.

The history of this world was roughly similar to what he remembered, but there were some obvious differences.

One of them was that after he awakened his past life's memories, he could notice that there was an azure oval gem embedded under the skin of his right hand. The entire gem was at least ten centimeters in diameter and was firmly embedded on the back of his hand.

The Kunshamonten wood carving that awakened him shattered after the first touch. At that time, Uesugi Sosetsu saw with his own eyes wisps of soft azure light spurting out of the wood carving and pouring into the palms and backs of his hands. He was then criticized by his brother Uesugi Sadanori, who said that this was a precious cultural relic and it was destroyed for no reason.

My brother didn’t seem to notice the changes in himself, and didn’t realize the power contained in the cultural relics?
However, it was not until today that Uesugi Sosetsu understood the purpose of the gem embedded in the back of his hand.

But for now, I still need to solve the problem at hand.

"Hey! Uesugi-kun, little brother! Don't talk nonsense!"

"Mr. Medical Examiner, are you kidding me?"

As expected, after hearing what Uesugi Sosetsu said, the one who reacted most violently was Inspector Tanaka. The middle-aged policeman looked at Endo Akihabara with confusion, but he still decisively scolded Uesugi Sosetsu who suddenly didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong.

The host, Endo Shoku, turned even paler. He looked agitated, a little flustered and dissatisfied: "Are you saying that I killed my father? Mr. Forensic Doctor, are you serious?"

"Of course I'm serious." As Uesugi Sosetsu opened his mouth to reveal the truth, many particles of the dark green light that burst out from the chest of the corpse immediately poured into the back of his hand. The strong wishes and unwillingness of the deceased stung Uesugi Sosetsu's soul. He knew what to do: "Mr. Endo, wait until the forensic autopsy is performed, and everything will be clear."

"You! Are you kidding me?" The man was angered by Uesugi Soyuki's nonchalant attitude: "How could I murder my own father? Mr. Policeman, who are these coroners you found?"

"Mr. Endo, please calm down. I'll talk to him." Inspector Tanaka quickly signaled to the male host not to be angry. He grabbed Uesugi Sosetsu's shoulder and forcibly pulled him out of the courtyard.

The middle-aged man's grip was surprisingly strong at this moment, and Uesugi Sosetsu was unable to resist him for a moment and was dragged into the courtyard.

"Hey, little brother, what are you doing?" Inspector Tanaka was speechless to Uesugi Sosetsu. He grabbed Uesugi Sosetsu's shoulders tightly and said, "Suicide, suicide, it's suicide. If you sign the death certificate, won't the matter be over? Why do you have to do this? The family members are also angry. What should we do?"

"What should we do?" Uesugi Munen looked at the old policeman coldly: "Of course, we should conduct a forensic autopsy."

"Just talking about a forensic autopsy, what a joke! Uesugi-kun! Can you clear your mind? I beg you, please don't cause trouble for the family, for me, and for the entire police station, okay?" Inspector Tanaka shook Uesugi Sosetsu's shoulders fiercely, his face full of impatience: "Do you know what you are doing? You are wasting public resources, you are causing secondary harm to the family, you don't understand the rules of our industry at all!"

"No wonder you were transferred from the Department of Surgery to the Department of Forensic Medicine. A guy like you is only worthy of being with corpses all day long, because you don't know how to communicate with living people!" Inspector Tanaka twitched his lips and let go of Uesugi Sosetsu: "You said the owner of the house killed someone, where is the evidence?"

"We have the evidence after the autopsy." Uesugi Sosetsu frowned, "Didn't I tell you that I want to apply for a forensic autopsy?"

"So you don't understand at all! Idiot!" Inspector Tanaka finally couldn't help but scold: "How can you apply for a forensic autopsy without the family's consent? This is not an unnatural death! This is suicide! It's a civil matter! Even we police officers are not qualified to apply for a forensic autopsy. You said it was homicide, so why don't you provide evidence and stop causing us trouble?! If all autopsies are the same as yours, how can we police officers carry out our work?"

"I'm doing this for your own good, little brother Uesugi. You don't want to mess up your first autopsy and get dropped out of college, do you? I'm telling you, if our police station files a complaint, you won't be able to stay in the forensic department any longer!"

Isn’t the right to dissect civil cases in the hands of the police?

Uesugi Sosetsu thought that he didn't know about this, but when he looked at Inspector Tanaka in front of him, an unknown anger still enveloped his chest.

It's like this again, always like this, everyone wants to get away with it, everyone is afraid of causing trouble to others, everyone says they're doing this for your own good, but in their hearts they're only thinking about themselves!

Damn little life!

The bad thing about this world is that we are all in the same boat with the world. The bad thing is that I am in you and you are in me!

"Tanaka-san, can you translate this for me?" Uesugi Munen asked slowly, "What do you mean by adding unnecessary trouble? What do you mean by causing possible secondary harm to the family members? What do you mean by not complying with the rules of your industry?"

"Tanaka-san, can you translate this for me? What are rules? And what are laws?"

Inspector Tanaka was speechless for a moment and his momentum weakened a little.

"If the cause of death is unknown, an autopsy is required. What's the point of just fooling around?!" Uesugi Sosetsu said sternly, "If all police officers are like you, the country will really be finished! You say there is no evidence? Well, what will you do if I find evidence that this is a criminal case?"

"Okay, okay, okay." Inspector Tanaka laughed out of anger. "Okay, if you find evidence of a criminal case, I will help you apply for a forensic autopsy, and you will be invited to go to Xuxuyuan. If you can't find evidence, I'm sorry, but I will file a complaint against you on behalf of the police station! Just wait to be expelled, you loser in the Department of Surgery of the Medical School, Uesugi Muneyuki."

After saying that, Inspector Tanaka uttered a harsh "tsk" and muttered "young people nowadays" and "young people nowadays". He cursed and signaled Uesugi Muneyuki that he could start: "Come on, my Lord Uesugi."

As a result, when I first debuted as a forensic scientist, I pushed myself into a desperate situation.

Uesugi Sosetsu closed his eyes and thought that if he failed like this, his career as a forensic scientist would be over.

Tell me, tell me quickly!

He tried to call upon the souls of the dead through the azure gem in his right hand.

Tell me, Mr. Endo Masao, how did you die? How did they murder you?

[Zhang Zao...leave...hang...let her go...]

The deceased's last words echoed in Uesugi Sosetsu's mind. The young trainee forensic doctor took a short break and started his own actions. After some examination, he understood.

"This is murder."

Back in the house, facing his family, two policemen, and his mentor, Professor Ohkouchi, Uesugi Sosetsu began his performance.

"It was him who killed him!"

"The murderer is none other than the deceased's son and daughter-in-law, Endo Shoku and Endo Matsu, you two husband and wife!" Uesugi Sosetsu pointed at the host and hostess under the gaze of the six people: "You teamed up to murder your own biological father!"

Endo Shoku and Endo Matsu subconsciously took a step back when Uesugi Sosetsu pointed at them. The hostess's face turned pale as she shook her head in embarrassment, asking how that could be possible. The host's face was equally ugly, with an expression of confusion: "Are you saying that I killed my biological father? Mr. Forensic Doctor, are you kidding? What's your reason? Are you doubting the relationship between me and my father? Go ask the neighbors around me how I treated my father. You are not an outsider..."

"Why you killed your father has nothing to do with me." Uesugi Sosetsu shook his head.

"Okay, this has nothing to do with you, and that has nothing to do with you either. Then let me ask you, since you said it was murder, then what about the marks on the neck? What about the rope hanging on the beam?" Inspector Tanaka pointed at the marks on the neck of the corpse and asked sternly, "This must have something to do with you, right? Explain, my Lord Medical Examiner Uesugi?"

"It's very simple, because the deceased did not die by hanging, but was strangled to death first, and then hung on the beam to make it look like suicide." Uesugi Munen pointed at the neck of the deceased: "Can you tell me, what is the difference between the appearance of a strangled person and a hanged person?"

"This..." Inspector Tanaka was speechless for a moment, thinking that this is not his responsibility.

"Let me tell you." Uesugi Muneyuki said softly, "The bodies of people who committed suicide by hanging are completely different from those who were strangled. Hanging in the air is a typical form of strangulation. The weight of the whole body is concentrated on the neck, which not only compresses the trachea and makes it impossible to breathe, but also compresses the blood and nerves on both sides of the neck, the top of the head and the face, and stops the blood flow. This will further paralyze the nerves and cause death. Therefore, the deceased's face is usually pale and there are no bleeding spots on the conjunctiva of the face."

"It's different for people who were strangled. Although they died of suffocation, their blood vessels and arteries are still active, which will cause bruises on the face of the deceased. Now look, is there bruises on the face of the deceased, or not?" Upon hearing this, Inspector Tanaka looked carefully at the dark red marks next to the old man's lips, his face not looking good: "Mr. Endo, you tell me?"

"This..." The man stammered, "Didn't I tell you that it's because my father couldn't eat well when he was alive, and he wore a towel all year round!"

"It wouldn't happen if he was wearing a towel, Mr. Endo." Uesugi Muneyuki became more and more certain of his judgment. He then pointed to the second finger and said, "Second, the rope marks of hanging and strangulation are different. The rope marks of hanging should be around the forehead and then point upwards, while the rope marks of strangulation should be around the neck. Inspector Tanaka, take another look. Are there two marks on the neck of the deceased? The mark pointing upwards has no peeling and bleeding, while the mark around the neck has symptoms of skin breaking and subcutaneous bleeding?"

"That's true." Inspector Tanaka checked and indeed found two marks on the old man's body: "But what does this mean?"

"It's very simple. This shows that the deceased was strangled to death before he was alive, and then he was moved and hanged on the beam to pretend that he committed suicide." Uesugi Muneyuki pointed at the Endo couple and said, "The answer is very clear. These two people strangled the old man to death before moving him to the beam to pretend that he was hanged. In order to make this matter look real, they let the old man hang on the beam for a long time before letting him down!"

"Nonsense!" Endo Shoku immediately interrupted Uesugi Sosetsu's description: "Where is the evidence? Where is the evidence?"

"As for the evidence, it's rigor mortis!" Uesugi Munen said loudly, "The rigor mortis of standing posture and the rigor mortis of long-term sitting or lying down are in different parts! The old man was already semi-disabled and spent most of his time sitting or lying down. It's impossible for him to have rigor mortis of standing posture. The only possibility is that you strangled him and then hung him on the beam. During this time, rigor mortis occurred, and this is what we see now!"

"Sir, you and your wife colluded with each other and murdered your father in the early morning. You then disguised it as if he had hanged himself. In order to prevent the truth from being exposed, you waited until noon to report the case. If it hadn't been me who came this time, you would have fooled me." Uesugi Muneyuki looked at the couple calmly, his clear eyes as sharp as a sword and as cold as snow.

"This is not evidence at all." Every word Uesugi Munenyuki said made the man's face paler, but he still tried to defend himself: "Where is the evidence that my wife and I killed someone?"

"The evidence is your belt. If I'm not mistaken, you strangled the deceased with your belt, right?" Uesugi Munen glanced at the male host, recalling the echo of the old man's ghost. "As for the other evidence, Inspector Tanaka once checked the nearby surveillance. In the past two days, no one else has entered your house, and the old man couldn't have committed suicide, so there is only one answer."

“This is a criminal case!”

"You strangled him with your belt. There will be skin flakes on the belt. At the same time, there will be remnants of the belt on the neck of the deceased. Modern forensic medicine can easily extract them. What does this mean, Mr. Endo?"

Endo Akihiro's expression changed drastically.

Impossible! How could this guy know? He had worn the same clothes for two days without changing them, just to hide his identity and avoid being searched for the murder weapon. And these two stupid policemen really didn't realize that there was something wrong with his belt.

But how did this young man know this?
"Wait!" Inspector Tanaka couldn't help but interrupt Uesugi Sosetsu again: "Even though you said that, isn't it possible that the deceased asked his children to assist in his suicide?"

"It's possible." Uesugi Sosetsu listened to what Inspector Tanaka said and pondered for a few seconds: "Although strangulation is a very painful way to die, most people would not choose this way. The correct way is to assist the deceased to hang himself directly. However, this is no longer my business, but yours. Whether it is assisting in murder, manslaughter or passion killing, it is all homicide."

For a moment, the scene fell into silence.

"You missed a detail, Uesugi-kun." At this moment, Professor Okochi's dry voice came: "When the deceased is lying down, the chest and abdomen are facing upwards, and the blood will move downwards, so the livor mortis will appear on the back. If the deceased committed suicide by hanging, the livor mortis will appear on the hands, feet and lower body."

The old professor slowly turned the corpse over, and the dark red corpse spots on the old man's back were so obvious.

Inspector Tanaka opened his mouth wide and looked at the 22-year-old young man with disbelief. After a long time, he slowly walked to the front of the male host, Endo Shosaku.

"Mr. Endo, can you take off your belt and show it to us?"

"I..." The man stepped back again and pretended to run away, but Inspector Kuwabara was already blocking the door.

"Enough!" At this moment, the heroine Endo Matsu indicated that enough was enough, and she screamed, "Stop talking!"

The previously gentle and kind hostess screamed hysterically: "Then what do you want us to do? Tell me, what do you want us to do? I've had enough, I've really had enough!"

The hostess covered her face and sat on the ground: "Father is really difficult to serve. If you don't listen, he will deliberately smear feces and urine everywhere. He sleeps during the day and keeps calling people at night. He will punch Zhang Zuo in the face because he can't bite the food. He uses a kitchen knife to force us to kowtow and admit our mistakes. When we are in front of others, he will cry and say that we are unfilial. He doesn't go out himself but forces us to go out to buy this and that for him, otherwise he will kick us out of his house. The national pension is not enough for medical treatment and medicine. Every month we have to pay at least 100,000 to hire a family doctor... We also have to live, we also have to live!"

"It's already very hard to live in Tokyo with Shozo's salary and my odd jobs. And Toshio is going to junior high school... This family can no longer continue!"

"So, for our future, we have no choice but to do this!" The hostess was already in tears without realizing it: "We have no other choice. If he doesn't die, we will die, Mr. Policeman!"

"Stop talking, Song, stop talking." The man was much calmer at this time: "They don't understand. University professors, civil servants and police officers, their national pensions and welfare pensions are not comparable to those of my father, a former construction worker. They don't understand our pain."

The couple were eventually handcuffed. Inspector Tanaka asked Kuwahara to take the couple away with a complicated expression. The middle-aged policeman hesitated for a long time before coming to Uesugi Sosetsu and said with difficulty: "Tonight? Xuxuen?"

"Tomorrow night, I have an appointment tonight." Uesugi Sosetsu raised his eyebrows, indicating your apology.

Inspector Tanaka really couldn't say an apology. The muscles on the old man's face twitched wildly, and he managed to squeeze out a vague sentence: "Thank you very much, thank you for your help this time. You are quite good, newcomer, I think... you are good."

After saying that, the middle-aged policeman ran away with his tail between his legs, not giving Uesugi Sosetsu a chance to speak.

"I understand why Zaizen recommended you to me." Professor Okochi bowed slightly towards Inspector Tanaka's back and said dryly.

"Professor, do you disagree with my approach?" Uesugi Sosetsu's eyes were still sharp, and some of his anger was still there.

If all Japanese police officers are like this, how will they perform autopsies in the future?

"I support your approach. As forensic doctors, what we have to do is to make things clear. As for the criminal's problems, that is something for the police and prosecutors to consider." Professor Okochi packed up his things and said, "Perhaps, you really are a forensic genius."

As the truth is revealed, the dark green energy formed by the souls of the dead gradually stabilizes.

【Thank you……】

"You told me the truth. You had your son and daughter-in-law charged with murder. You made your grandson a half-orphan. Is it really worth it?" Uesugi Muneyuki asked the ghost of Endo Masao.

[It’s worth it… This is the consequence of being… unfilial…]

[Please save me...]

Almost instinctively, Uesugi Sosetsu raised his right hand, and the azure gem halo flashed. The dead soul quickly disintegrated under the traction of the gem. The soul named Endo Masao rose along the light of the gem and gradually dissipated, while the remaining "soul" used to drive the body's activities turned into balls of light and rushed towards Uesugi Sosetsu and injected into his right hand.

With the infusion of new energy, the color of the gem became much brighter, and Uesugi Sosetsu felt that something was activated.

He got it!
Although it was a belated ability, a belated awakening, and although he had no idea what the principle was.

But based on my current abilities, isn't this just right for being a forensic scientist?
That’s great, it really happens in this life!

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