Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 426, Uesugi’s conspiracy
Uesugi Muneyuki had been closely monitoring the situation on the front lines. When excited shouts came from the public security police and SATs on the front lines, informing the Metropolitan Police Department that they had caught the suspects red-handed, obtained all the evidence, arrested many high-ranking officials of Yamato Armor and President Yamamoto himself on the spot, and successfully rescued the Kashiwagi couple, Uesugi Muneyuki finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Failure is rebellion, success is revolution!
The great Emperor Taizong Wen, Heavenly Khan, Prince of Qin, Grand Commandant, Minister of Works, Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, Grand Chancellor of the Central Secretariat, Grand Chancellor of Shaanxi East Circuit, Governor of Yongzhou, Governor-General of Liangzhou, Pillar of State, Grand General of the Twelve Guards, and General of the Heavenly Strategy, Li Shimin, truly did not deceive me.

However, this incident also served as a wake-up call for Uesugi Muneyuki.

That is, such strategies are ultimately "techniques" rather than the right path. Not only are they not suitable for continuous use, but they also contain many risks.

For example, in this scheme, although Uesugi Muneyuki had considered many things and made multiple arrangements, it still put the Kashiwagi couple at considerable risk, even including a small part of their lives. Even though Uesugi Muneyuki arranged for Ju-on to accompany them, there were some things that he could not have predicted. For example, Kashiwagi Jin was captured, and Yamato Armor suggested that Kashiwagi Meisa shoot Kashiwagi Jin.

This is the downside of so-called manipulation and scheming.

Many people's concept of scheming is like that in "Nirvana in Fire," where the protagonist comes up with a plan, induces and hints to A, A thinks about it and goes to B for help, B decides to influence C, C gets excited and goes to D, D gets angry and kills E, and then the protagonist sits back and watches the drama unfold, watching a group of people fight like dogs, solving the problem effortlessly, and no one even suspects that he was the one who did it.

Or like in "House of Cards," where President Underwood always digs a bunch of huge pits without anyone knowing, and the other characters just jump into them, like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather one by one.

Of course, Uesugi doesn't mean to belittle the two shows mentioned above; both are excellent works, exciting and thrilling.

But it's not true.

In reality, the success rate of such a scheme, which involves more than two people indirectly, is no more than 5%.

The truly realistic power struggles are actually like those in "Ming Dynasty 1566". Although I, as the Lingxiao Shangqing Tong Lei Yuanyang Miaoyi Feiyuan Zhenjun Jiutian Hongjiao Puji Shengling Zhang Yin Yang Gongguo Dadao Siren Ziji Xianweng Yiyang Zhenren Yuanxu Xuanying Kaihua Fumo Zhongxiao Dijun Taishang Daluo Tianxian Ziji Changsheng Shengzhi Zhaoling Tong Sanyuan Zhengying Yuxu Zongzhang Wulei Dazhenren Xuandu Jing Wanshou Dijun, have unlimited power. Emperor Jiajing is also the absolute intellectual ceiling in this drama, but he cannot control everything.

Some people couldn't fully understand the meaning of the orders sent out; some had selfish motives and didn't want to implement them, only wanting to make a fortune; some had higher ambitions; some had limited abilities and couldn't do it perfectly; and some had secretly switched sides and pledged their loyalty to the Crown Prince, deliberately trying to ruin things. In this complex situation, coupled with unexpected variables during execution, the final result was completely different from what the emperor wanted.

"Having trained to resemble a crane's form, unafraid of palace maids strangling me, I come to ask you questions I cannot answer: Is my son also in league with the Japanese?"

It's best to do this kind of thing less often in the future. If you have to do it, do it yourself, and keep it as simple and direct as possible.

If you ponder long enough to know, and your knowledge is abundant enough to thirst for more, then you will be troubled by the sages, the wicked, and the extraordinary!
Praise be to the cunning and ruthless!

Fortunately, Kashiwagi Jin is a very simple person.

At this moment, he was still temporarily and completely numbed by the strong liquor of "vanity" in his heart.

He indulged in this gilded lie, finding it sweet and delightful. An ambulance took him to the hospital, leaving behind a scene of chaos and a "hero" who temporarily forgot all his anxieties in the illusion of fame.

“Then, Godfather, the rest is up to you.” Uesugi Muneyuki nodded and said, “In any case, Kashiwagi Jin and Kashiwagi Meisa have sacrificed a lot for this matter, so we should still protect them.”

After hearing this, Eiji Watanabe frowned, and the Superintendent General said meaningfully, "It seems you really like them?"

Old Master Eiji was a shrewd man. Given his relationship with Uesugi Muneyuki, he would have said this once, which would have been enough. But Uesugi Muneyuki brought it up repeatedly, which meant that this was not a suggestion, but a negotiation.

“Kashiwa Jin is a very useful person, isn’t he?” Uesugi Muneyuki said softly, “Promoting him to the top and making him a national hero is actually a form of protection for him.”

“Factos! (Indeed)” Eiji Watanabe thought for a moment, then said meaningfully, “You want him to become Garp?”

Garp is a character in the manga "One Piece". He is a vice admiral in the Navy. His son is the leader of the Revolutionary Army and his grandson is a great pirate. His whole family are rebels. However, because he is a Navy hero and has fought several epic battles with the former Pirate King Roger, he has become a symbolic figure. No one dares to touch him. At most, they can only prevent him from being promoted to admiral and transfer him to be an instructor away from the front-line troops.

"How about promoting him to head of the equipment section?" Watanabe Eiji casually suggested. "Promote him to inspector."

"Huh?!" Uesugi Muneyuki thought, "Does my adoptive father want Kashiwagi Jin to be transferred to an office job? How is that possible?"

"Then the Otsuka Police Station Chief? It just so happens that the current Chief Kanazawa of the Otsuka Police Station is retiring this year, so let Kashiwagi take over as the Chief of the Otsuka Police Station, which is also a Superintendent-level position." Watanabe Eiji said casually, "It's a proper promotion."

"This, this can't be right, can it? Although his rank has been promoted, being transferred from the headquarters to a local area is equivalent to a demotion in disguise. And how could Kashiwagi possibly be willing to leave the First Investigation Division?" Uesugi Muneyuki found it somewhat amusing.

“Well, there’s nothing we can do about that. We gave him several promotion opportunities, but he chose to refuse them himself. So he can’t blame anyone else for continuing to be the police inspector in the Third Department.” Watanabe Eiji said calmly, “It’s not that we didn’t give him opportunities.”

“…………” Uesugi Muneyuki finally understood, and he remained silent for a long time: “Father, you are really bad!”

Watanabe Eiji then said meaningfully, "In the end, Kashiwagi Jin is not one of us. The rules for promotion in the Special Missions Department are not worth or need to be applied to him. This kind of person will resent us if we get close to him, and will be disrespectful if we keep our distance. It's good to keep our distance and let him out to bite us when necessary."

"As for Kashiwagi Meisa, she has done a good job in this matter. Let her be transferred to the Personnel Section of the Police Department to continue serving as the head of the General Affairs Department. After a few years of seniority, let her be promoted to Inspector. The Headquarters will be doing her a good job." After saying that, Watanabe Eiji also waved his hand, indicating that you should go ahead, as he would be busy later.

Uesugi Muneyuki went out, leaving the Superintendent General of Police sitting in his luxurious office chair. He took out a thick stack of personnel files and began to plan how to adjust the positions.

With this commotion, at least a hundred people in this department will face criminal charges, and two or three hundred may be forced to resign voluntarily, creating several hundred vacant positions. This is a good opportunity to conduct a comprehensive reorganization of the Metropolitan Police Department's personnel.

However, Uesugi Muneyuki doesn't need to know or get involved in these matters, as his adopted son isn't good at them.

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When Uesugi Muneyuki came out of the Superintendent General's office, the Metropolitan Police Department was in complete chaos!
Public security police and SAT officers stormed into the main hall and began making mass arrests according to the list inside the Sakurada Gate!

"New list!" Police Chief Soichiro Kamishiro shouted into the walkie-talkie.

"New list!" Kobe Takeru, counselor of the Public Security Department of the National Police Agency, calmly gave the order.

"New list!" Superintendent Ichijo, the superintendent of the Public Security Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, personally directed and deployed the operation.

"New list!" SAT Captain Yusuke Godai slammed Chief Ijuin, the head of the Equipment Division of the Metropolitan Police Department's General Affairs Department, onto the table: "Sorry, you're on the list, Chief Ijuin!"

And this scene is playing out all around Sakuradamon!

The entire Metropolitan Police Department was thrown into chaos, with everyone feeling they could be next.

What's strange is that the entire Metropolitan Police Department leadership remained remarkably calm, and even the security police and public security police stationed at Sakurada Gate actively cooperated.

When Uesugi Muneyuki returned to the Special Missions Division, apart from Minami, who remained calm and collected, everyone in the division wore an expression of unease. Upon seeing Uesugi Muneyuki, Erena was the first to rush up: "Uesugi, what's going on? The supervisor won't tell us anything."

"Don't panic, everything is under our control." Uesugi Muneyuki patted Erena on the shoulder.

"I always feel like the forensic officers and administrators are keeping a lot of things from us." Kai Toru leaned back in his chair, playing Temple Run on his phone, and complained, "Well, it's not hard to understand. We're just newbies, lowly in status, and not worthy of knowing."

"Kai, didn't your father call you?" Uesugi Muneyuki glanced at Kai Hiroki with interest.

"No, why would that person call me?" Kai Toru disliked talking about his father.

“Then he should call you soon.” Uesugi Muneyuki said meaningfully, “First of all, his son has been promoted to acting inspector, shouldn’t a father show some appreciation?”

"Huh? Well~!" Kai Toru was taken aback, then jumped up, his eyes shining: "Really? Uesugi-san, you're not kidding me, are you?"

"Why would I lie to you? Within our department, Ikeda Erena has been promoted to Assistant Inspector, Igarashi Hayato has been promoted to Sergeant Major, Kai Toru has been promoted to Assistant Inspector, and Date and Minami will receive additional rewards because they have only been in the department or promoted for half a year." Uesugi Muneyuki said with a smile.

"But don't get too excited, everyone. Even if you get promoted, you still have to pass the supplementary promotion exam for police inspectors." Miss Minami leaned back strategically and said with a grin, "So who exactly is bad at exams? It's hard to guess!"

"Ugh!" Erina's face fell instantly. The tall beauty felt like she was on a drop tower, suddenly rising into the air and then crashing down rapidly.

Why does such an inhumane thing as promotion exams exist in our police organization?

Our duty as police officers is to fight crime and uphold justice, so why do we have to take exams?!
Uesugi Muneyuki looked at Or2's kneeling Erena and exchanged a glance with Minami-sama.

What else did her father say? Miss Minami asked with a questioning look. Everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department was on edge because of the bulletproof vest incident, but Miss Minami, who knew the inside story, was able to remain calm.

"Your promotion is out of the question, and Okada is out of the question because of you," Uesugi Muneyuki thought with amusement. He thought to himself that Minami had only been a police superintendent for half a year, and she would have to wait at least two years in this position (in fact, it normally takes 3-5 years) before considering a promotion.

As for me, it's time for a promotion.

However, I am not a full-time employee of the Metropolitan Police Department, so I don't know how the Metropolitan Police Department plans to promote me.
Thinking about this, I'm actually a little excited!
However, Uesugi Muneyuki was more looking forward to the reaction to the bulletproof vest incident.

Looking forward to it!
(End of this chapter)