Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 42, Metropolitan Police Department!

The light was on in the small room. The girl chosen by God had abandoned any reserve at this time. She was like a little she-wolf that had been hungry for three days. Her greedy look was full of the breath of Hokkaido primitive people. The lid of the customized high-end wooden dining box fell aside. Saito Asuka tore open the packaging of the chopsticks, first stirred the rice in the wooden box with the chopsticks, the wooden chopsticks and the wooden lunch box clanged against each other, then mixed the top-quality ingredients such as raw beef slices and grilled beef tongue together, picked up a piece of fried shrimp tempura and began to eat it "slurp slurp". She ate so sweetly and greedily that her sister across the table also had a satisfied smile on her face.

Life in Tokyo is really hard. The two sisters came to Tokyo together after dealing with the property left by their father. They can only eat the cheap and filling seaweed dumplings left over from restaurants, or the discounted bento boxes at convenience stores after eight or nine o'clock every day.

Money is needed everywhere, and the sisters' favorite thing is to count the days with gimbap. They will describe the money they earn from part-time jobs with the number of "gimbaps". If they can earn more than 10 gimbaps a day, it means they have spent another day.

The food was already a little cold, but Saito Asuka ate it with great relish. She knew that her sister must have eaten outside and these were left for her.

But as she ate, the girl's movements slowed down. As the food entered her mouth, the strong feeling of fullness temporarily dispelled her hunger, giving her time and energy to think. At this moment, the glaring red mark on her sister's neck made her nose sore and she almost cried.

"Sister..." The girl called out softly, not knowing what to say.

Her heart was clenched so tightly, as if she was suffocating. The girl really hated herself. She hated herself so much why she couldn't do anything. She hated herself so much why she only had the energy to care about these things after she had eaten.

When I first came to Tokyo, I was so longing for this big city. But after actually living here, I realized how difficult it is and that money is needed everywhere. Half a year after moving to Tokyo, my sister often went out on "dates", and Asuka saw all of this.

Every time the elder sister comes back, she brings back some "gifts" or packaged delicacies. This is the only time for the two sisters to enjoy and improve their lives.

"It's okay, Ah Xiu, eat." The blush on my sister's face had not yet faded. She tucked her short hair behind her ears, let out a sigh, and leaned against the table tiredly, looking lazy and satisfied: "Thank you for your hard work."

Axiu is a nickname for girls.

"Sister, where did you get this meal?" The girl saw that her sister didn't look very painful, so she tried to ask carefully, "This set meal must be at least 3000 yen, right? It's enough for us to eat for two days."

"Just eat and don't ask any more questions."

"If my sister doesn't tell me, I won't eat!" The girl was very stubborn.

"Ah Xiu, be obedient!"

"Sister is the one who should listen to me! I won't eat it even if I starve to death!"

"...6800 yen. And I know you like beef tongue, so I packed an extra portion. That should be around yen."

“So expensive???” My sister’s face turned pale when she heard the price.

How many kimbaps can this be worth?!
Seeing that her elder sister didn't answer, the younger sister could only ask again: "So...sister, did you date that guy again today? Recently...it's so frequent."

"Who else could it be but him?" The elder sister nodded, with a hint of ambiguity in her tone: "It can't be that Mr. Tadano, he's so stingy, it's the one I met in the study room before, the most handsome one."

"It's him?!" Asuka covered her mouth in surprise. It was obviously not the first time she had heard of this person: "But didn't he only eat ordinary set meals with you before..."

"Yeah, I don't know what happened recently, he's been a lot more generous." My sister nodded lazily, her face flushed, her body twitching slightly, her eyes blurred like strong wine: "Not only did he treat me to a good meal, but the place he went to was also high-end..."

"...Sister." Asuka didn't know what to say.

"Oh, right." My sister seemed to remember something. She took out a bunch of disposable items from her bag, from slippers to disposable toothbrushes, disposable toothpaste, soap, shower gel, shampoo, and even tea bags, shower caps, disposable towels, and hair combs provided by the hotel: "Axiu, these are for you."

The quality is indeed getting higher and higher, and girls can feel it from these disposable items.

But this is all...

"Well, Ah Xiu." The sister's words interrupted the girl's divergent thoughts: "You said... How about I find you a brother-in-law?"

"Who? Him?" The girl bit her lip slightly, answering the rhetorical question with some reluctance but great anticipation.

"Yeah." My sister nodded gently, full of expectations. She needed a reason to convince herself.

"That's great. If he doesn't dislike us, won't we be able to eat this kind of food every day?" Asuka's eyes lit up, and she suddenly put down her chopsticks: "I'm full! We'll eat the rest tomorrow!"

"Ah? You don't want to eat anymore?" The sister found that Asuka had only eaten half of the set meal.

"Girls will get fat if they eat too much." The girl said righteously, "Eat less, and you can save a meal tomorrow. It would be best if the business at the store is a little slower tomorrow, so that we can have a few more kimbaps left over for dinner. Wouldn't we save another day's meal money this way?"

"Ah..." The elder sister's eyes were red, and she stretched out her arms to hug her sister: "It will be fine, trust me, okay, everything will be fine, you finish it, there is no refrigerator at home, this set meal will not be kept until tomorrow."

"Then, sister, come with me!" The girl insisted seriously, "Otherwise I won't eat."

"Okay, okay, let's eat together."

In the dim, busy and bustling building of the Danchi, a pair of sisters from Hokkaido happily ate the meal they had brought back.

————I am the dividing line for eating together————

At the end of September, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

At the request of the Metropolitan Police Department, Uesugi Munesetsu came to submit the report in person.

He was brought here by the Chief of the Criminal Division of Otsuka Police Station, Sudo Rizo, and female inspector Ikeda Erina.

Because she had to wear formal attire to report to the Metropolitan Police Department, Erina finally put on the standard police uniform, skirt, high heels and stockings in front of Uesugi Sosetsu again, which really pleased Uesugi Sosetsu.

Beautiful things are always desirable, especially Erina in this police uniform. Her short hair is refreshing and capable, and the slim navy blue police uniform skirt shows her waistline. Her straight and slender long legs are wearing flesh-colored pantyhose and matched with black patent leather commuter high heels, revealing a well-proportioned and tight calf and a delicate instep in stockings. She looks particularly elegant and temperament, and her whole body exudes an otherworldly and moving beauty.

This is exactly what Uesugi Sosetsu likes. "What's wrong?" The tall beauty noticed that Uesugi Sosetsu's eyes were always wandering to her calves and feet under her skirt. She wondered if her stockings were snagged again?
Damn, she really hated wearing stockings. At this moment, the crotch of her stockings had been pulled to the middle of her thighs due to her height. She wanted to lift them with her hands, but there were two men in the car and Section Chief Sudo was still driving, which was really inconvenient.

"Oh, nothing." Uesugi Sosetsu thought to himself that my secret must not be exposed: "I rarely see you wearing formal clothes, Master Ikeda."

"Didn't I tell you not to call me Master?" Erina said subconsciously, but then she realized that there was someone else in the car: "This is not a dojo."

"Haha, it seems like you two have a good relationship." Sudo, who was sitting in the front, laughed.

"Of course, she is my karate master." Uesugi Sosetsu answered seriously.

Sudo Butt's full name is Sudo Toshizo. Of course, like Tanaka Nodo, Uesugi Sosetsu often can't remember his name and only remembers his nickname.

"It's good that we have a good relationship. I've been worried." Sudo said casually while driving. He immediately noticed that Erina glared at him in the rearview mirror. The chief of the Criminal Division of the police station, who was at the level of a police inspector, immediately shut up and changed the subject: "Speaking of which, is this your first time to the Metropolitan Police Department, Uesugi?"

"This is my first time going there, but I've passed by here often before." Uesugi Sosetsu answered nonchalantly, "The Kasumigaseki Hall of the Kasumigaseki Kasumigaseki is right next to the Metropolitan Police Department. I've attended the Kasumigaseki Conference."

"Oh, yes, I forgot, little brother, you are from the Chinese ethnic group." Sudo Butt half-jokingly apologized, "Then you should be familiar with the Metropolitan Police Department, right?"

"Please teach me, Sudo-san." As soon as Uesugi Munen heard this, he knew that this old man was a teacher. It just so happened that he also wanted to know more about the Metropolitan Police Department: "It's my honor to be able to help the upper department."

"Hey~" Sudo laughed: "Finally you asked the right person, little brother Uesugi, come, let me tell you about the Criminal Division."

Uesugi Munesetsu said he was all ears.

The Criminal Division is under the Metropolitan Police Department and is responsible for investigating criminals. It is a department to which the staff members called "criminal police" belong. The head of the Criminal Division is the Chief Inspector, and under him are counselors (Senior Inspector), directors, and management officers (Superintendents). It is mainly divided into the Criminal General Affairs Section, Investigation Section 1, Investigation Section 2, Investigation Section 3, Investigation Mutual Aid Section, Forensic Science Section, Scientific Research Section, Investigation Support Center and Mobile Investigation Team.

Among them, except for the General Affairs Section, Investigation Section 1, and Investigation Section 2, who are the chiefs of Superintendent General, all other section chiefs are at the level of Superintendent General.

Superintendent > Senior Superintendent > Superintendent > Inspector.

The criminal content of the Metropolitan Police Department is mainly handled by Investigation Section 1, Section 2, and Section 3. Different departments are responsible for different types of cases. Investigation Section 1 is mainly responsible for serious crimes such as homicide and robbery, while Investigation Section 2 is mainly responsible for economic cases such as fraud and tax evasion. These are the so-called criminal investigation and economic investigation.

In addition to these, there is also the Third Investigation Section, but the members of this Section are all small-time criminals. Their main duties are to deal with burglary, bag snatching, pickpocketing and bicycle theft, and they have always been marginal characters.

"Little brother, you have to pay attention. The relationship between Section 1 and Section 2 is very bad. The two sides are like two independent kingdoms, incompatible with each other." Sudo Butt briefly introduced the composition of the criminal police, and then said seriously: "Section 2 will never provide any assistance to any case handled by Section 1. Similarly, any case handled by Section 2, even if it involves the content of Section 1, Section 1 will never participate. Both sides will try their best to hinder each other."

"Why?" Ikeda Erina couldn't help but ask: "Shouldn't the content of the first and second classes be clearly distinguished?"

"…………" Sudo didn't answer, but Uesugi Sosetsu spoke up: "Because of competition and promotion issues."

"Yes, Uesugi-kun is right." Sudo replied, "To put it in understandable terms, the positions and budget that can be promoted in the Metropolitan Police Department every year are a big pie. If Section 1 gets more, Section 2 will get less. Especially for those above the level of Superintendent, each senior position has a quota. Once you miss the opportunity for promotion, you have to wait another two or three years. Ha, two or three years, two or three years, the position will not always be left for you. Every rotation means a large number of new people coming up."

"Then is there no time for Class 1 and Class 2 to cooperate?" Uesugi Sosetsu was very interested in this.

"Of course there are." Sudo nodded with a wicked smile, "Only when the head of the Criminal Division personally orders it, or even when there is a case that the Superintendent wants to investigate, and it involves the trust of the entire honorary citizens of the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, will Section 1 and Section 2 reluctantly cooperate."

"This involves a non-permanent agency of the Criminal Division - the Special Investigation Headquarters." Section Chief Sudo said: "When the Criminal Division Director deems it necessary, he can issue an order to establish a Special Investigation Headquarters and directly draw personnel from various departments and local police stations of the Metropolitan Police Department to form a Special Investigation Headquarters."

"I see." Uesugi Sosetsu asked the last question: "I heard that you have a close relationship with Inspector Ichijo of the Public Security Department? It seems that you asked him for help with the gigolo incident last time?"

"Ah, I took care of him when he was training before." Sudo said without hesitation: "However, compared with the Criminal Department, the affairs of the Public Security Department are much more complicated. Brother Uesugi, you are not qualified to participate in the matter now."

Criminal police and public security police?

Uesugi Sosetsu said nothing more. Just like the Investigation Section 3, he was just a small karami now.

As if realizing that this was a bit offensive, Sudo-butt softened his tone and said, "Besides, the Metropolitan Police Department is not the only one in charge. It is said to manage all public security crimes in Tokyo, but in fact many departments have overlapping functions with other provinces."

"For example, the local prosecutors you are facing today have a high degree of overlap in functions with the Second Investigation Division. Not only that, but the Second Investigation Division is always at a disadvantage when facing the local prosecutors."

"The Organized Crime Countermeasures Department of the Metropolitan Police Department has long been in conflict with the Narcotics Control Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and the Narcotics Control Bureau often has greater operational authority than the Countermeasures Department."

"As for the others, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice have their own public security departments. They don't take us seriously, but if there's a problem, it's our responsibility. There are other police headquarters, such as the Kyoto Prefectural Police Headquarters and the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters. Brother Uesugi, do you think these local headquarters would be happy to see a big mess at the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters?"

Uesugi Muneyuki sighed softly, "Of course, after all, the local headquarters finally got the title of Metropolitan Police Department, but it was taken away by Tokyo."

"Ha, that's right."

Listening to the conversation between the two men, Ikeda Erina on the other side suddenly felt disgusted.

She suddenly felt a little disgusted with her profession.

From what he said, we have arrived at the destination.

The Sakuradamon Metropolitan Police Department Building stands at 2-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

And the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office Building located at 1-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

　No wonder there aren't many dramas about the second investigation, because everyone is shooting for the ground inspection department with similar themes.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)