Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 432, Witnessing Sexual Repression Beyond the Wildest Imagination! (Third Update!)
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Just before the aroma of cooking wafted from the rooftop, Sugishita Ukyo shared his reasoning and analysis with his old friend, eagerly awaiting answers from Onoda Kimiaki.

However, the result disappointed him. First of all, as the Chief Cabinet Secretary of the National Police Agency and the de facto controller of the Public Security Police, Onoda Kimiaki knew nothing about Kashiwagi Jin's matter. The Public Security Police and SAT were only dispatched in an emergency after receiving a notification from Watanabe Eiji.

Onoda was naturally very dissatisfied with this, but considering that the operation was highly successful and resulted in a fatal blow, and that the criminal faction had taken care of all the planning while the public security bureau received half the credit, it was a perfectly good deal. So, in the end, Onoda didn't say anything. Moreover, now that the Metropolitan Police Department had arrested a large number of people, so many positions were vacant, and Onoda needed Watanabe Eiji's support in terms of personnel arrangements.

"Regarding the Ebisu gym incident... our police set up a criminal investigation, so this time, let's not delve too deeply into it. In short, the outcome is good, we've done our job, and we obtained the evidence before the district prosecutor's office intervened, preventing the resignation of high-ranking officials. This is already the best possible outcome."

Onoda Kimiaki turned his head, his face bearing his signature, unfathomable, gentle smile, and whispered casually to Sugishita Ukyo, "Ukyo, Inspector Kashiwagi really faced death this time... and performed an unparalleled feat. Let him rest well, and for now... don't bother him with too many details."

His tone was calm, but the words "for the time being" and "don't bother us with too many details" carried an undeniable weight: "After so many years in the bureau, you still haven't learned how to be a bureaucrat!"

“Chief Cabinet Secretary, I, Sugishita Ukyo, am a policeman! I have always been a policeman.” Sugishita Ukyo’s gaze behind his glasses instantly sharpened.

Onoda's words... are quite meaningful!
He immediately understood: Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda had asked him not to investigate further because the outcome was good, the process was good, and the intention was good, so some minor details in between didn't matter. Moreover, at this crucial juncture, was the Metropolitan Police Department going to overturn the heroes it had built up? The press conference had already endorsed the heroic deeds of the Kashiwagi couple!

Indeed, in reality, any normal bureaucrat wouldn't nitpick over such details. It's just that Sugishita Ukyo was particularly persistent, which is probably why he stayed in the isolated Life Safety Division for twenty years.

“Police are a type of bureaucrat, Ukyo,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda said with a slight smile. “You’re always playing the policeman within the bureaucracy?”

"Then, may I address you, Chief Cabinet Secretary, as a bureaucrat within the police force?" Sugishita Ukyo said calmly.

Onoda smiled slightly and didn't reply: "You should find a girlfriend, Ukyo."

"Hey↓ee↑?" Sugishita Ukyo was taken aback by Onoda's sudden suggestion.

“Because judging from your appearance, it’s obvious that you’re sexually repressed, so you tend to expend too much energy on nitpicking details.” Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda said with a half-smile, “A famous philosopher and sociologist named Freud once said that all of Japan’s social problems are essentially caused by sexual repression.”

"???" Sugishita Ukyo was speechless at Onoda's question.

Admitting to being sexually repressed? That doesn't seem right. Not admitting to being sexually repressed? That seems even more wrong.

"Well, let's leave it at that... Continuing the investigation won't benefit anyone, and Watanabe and I have a larger-scale operation planned." Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda nodded, then politely said to the stall owner, "Private Marseille~ Please give me another serving of salt-grilled chicken cartilage, a squid roll, and a konjac, and also a radish for this guy to gag him, squeeze~"

"Chief Cabinet Secretary, you wouldn't happen to have a deal with Director Watanabe, would you?" Sugishita Ukyo, being an extremely intelligent person, immediately noticed the problem.

"...Ukyo, is that strange?" Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda was also rendered speechless by his old friend.

It really does.

The reason is simple: after a series of events, even though his brother is the Chief Cabinet Secretary, Onoda Koken's influence and power in the police force are now significantly lower than Watanabe Eiji's. Therefore, Onoda Koken has to find a way to win over Watanabe Eiji and gain his faction's cooperation.

"What was the important matter you mentioned earlier?" Sugishita Ukyo asked, stopping short of asking directly.

"Sexual repression?"

"No! It's what happened next! An even larger-scale operation!"

The two were not outsiders. Seeing that the owner was busy grilling chicken cartilage, Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda said in a low voice, "Do you remember what happened with the son of Councilor Suo last time?"

"Never forget." Sugishita Ukyo nodded coldly.

“These politicians have really used and played us for fools.” Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda’s deep-set eyes and heavy eye bags revealed a cold and hateful expression: “Now, it’s our turn.”

"Next, Ukyo, you will witness sexual repression beyond your wildest imagination!"

"Hi↓ee↑?"

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On one side of the story, while the sexually repressed duo were analyzing things on the rooftop, on the other side, completely free of sexual repression, Ikeda Erena picked up Uesugi Muneyuki and Watanabe Minami and drove them home. As for Ishihara Mikoto, she was still stuck at the Metropolitan Police Department, under strict surveillance and management!

Uesugi Muneyuki, feeling quite pleased with himself, was humming a little tune: "Pork lard bones, for braising, a bag of rice washed dry, but I cooked a bag of instant noodles~"

"Stop singing, it sounds awful." Minami, sitting in the back seat, wrinkled her nose, a delicate wrinkle forming on her small, cute nose. "Why did you take so long to get to the hospital? Ikeda waited outside for over an hour!"

"It's all about Kashiwagi... That guy didn't do anything, but when someone came to visit him, he started bragging about it, and there were even some discrepancies in the details," Uesugi Muneyuki complained.

He did indeed have a long and detailed discussion with Mrs. Kashiwagi about the "differences" in this matter.

“…That’s something to be careful about.” After hearing this, Minami glanced at Ikeda. Seeing that Erina was focused on driving and probably hadn’t understood what Uesugi Muneyuki was saying, she wisely ended the conversation. After all, the fewer people who knew about this, the better. “Oh, by the way, Muneyuki, did Father say anything to you? About the Special Missions Unit?”

“Yes, Father said that we can’t openly reward Mikoto and Inspector Hikawa from the Forensic Science Research Institute for this matter. Otherwise, everyone else will know who discovered the problem immediately. As for the Forensic Science Research Institute, we’d like to ask you, the administrator, to arrange a reward for Mikoto.” Uesugi Muneyuki said casually, “Let’s give Mikoto something secretly. She’s done a good job.”

Not everyone can achieve the kind of fame that Kashiwagi Jin has, nor is anyone willing to do so.

As mentioned earlier, the bureaucratic system is actually quite slow to react. Kashiwagi is currently enjoying immense popularity and has become a national hero. Even if others hate him, they won't touch him for the time being. The entire bureaucratic system, which suffered heavy losses due to his attacks, is currently busy dealing with problems, personnel adjustments, and the distribution of benefits, so naturally they won't bother him.

But once the dust settles, rewards are given, and everyone performs their duties, the bureaucratic system will realize what Kashiwagi Jin did, and that will be the time when he will truly face the storms and encounter obstacles and troubles everywhere.

However, precisely because he had this taste, Uesugi Muneyuki didn't feel like he was cheating him. It's only when someone doesn't want something that you force them to accept it that you're cheating them.

"Then I'll treat your sister Mikoto to a 5-day, 4-night trip to a live-action escape room theme park in northern Myanmar!" Miss Mibo said with a grin.

"Then I'll just pack you up and send you along with Mikoto-nee." Uesugi Muneyuki rolled her eyes. "Do you want this reward as yours? It has to be something else that's actually on you to be considered a reward!"

"Pfft~" Erina couldn't help but laugh. Although she didn't quite understand what a real-life escape room theme in northern Myanmar was, judging from the expressions and tones of Uesugi Muneyuki and Minami, it was definitely not a good thing!
Miss Minami then fell silent: "Well~ I'll think about it later."

"Oh, right, Zongxue, Erina, Father instructed us to keep a low profile for a while." Minami thought for a moment and then decided to say, "There's a big operation coming up."

"Big operations? We should participate in big operations even more! We're from the Special Missions Unit!" Erena was a little unconvinced. She thought to herself that ever since she and Uesugi Muneyuki teamed up, the two of them had been killing everything in sight. What big operation had ever missed them?

“No, this time is different.” Minami’s face finally showed a serious expression: “You all remember the Suo Prince incident last time, right? There was no doubt that some big shot above used his privileges to forcibly interfere with the operation of our police organization.”

"So, Father and Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda discussed it and decided to take drastic measures this time!"

"The funerals for Inspector Yuki Yamada and Inspector Fuma Kikuchi will be held publicly seven days after their deaths in the line of duty... Just at this time, the bulletproof vest incident comes to light. Given that the two fallen inspectors did not mainly die from Kaito Sakuma's shooting, but from corruption within the headquarters and the problem of bulletproof vests not being bulletproof, what do you think the tens of thousands of police officers in Tokyo will think?"

Miss Minami said seriously, "Actually, everyone is very angry!"

"My father and the others have made arrangements; more than 4000 frontline police officers will participate in this police funeral!"

"Furthermore, on the very day of the police officer's funeral, all police stations in the 23 wards of Tokyo will launch protests!"

Uesugi Muneyuki's pupils contracted sharply upon hearing this.

They're here! They're here!
The police system's revenge has begun! After being thoroughly outmaneuvered by Masao Suo last time, the slow-witted police system has finally realized that they will use this incident to launch a fierce retaliation against the bigwigs of Nagata-cho!

Police officers' lives matter too!!!
Sure enough! Three days after the press conference, explosive reports from global media outlets about the "scandal of Japanese police officers dying from bulletproof vests" followed one after another!

Asahi Shimbun's front-page headline is the first to launch a group buy!
"Bulletproof vests become deadly weapons: The devastating impact of systemic supplier fraud leading to police deaths and the fact that 90% of police equipment is defective!"

(Details regarding the bulletproof vest issue were omitted at the scene.)
"According to an emergency inspection by the Metropolitan Police Department, 87% of the bulletproof vests issued throughout Tokyo are defective and cannot stop .45 caliber bullets! The bulletproof vests worn by Inspectors Kikuchi and Yamada, who died in the line of duty, were both substandard! According to the Metropolitan Police Department's investigation, there is evidence that the manufacturer 'Yamato Armor' intentionally mixed in substandard materials. Over the past 10 years, the company has been secretly returning 35% of the total amount of bulletproof vests delivered to officials within the Metropolitan Police Department! The opaque and ambiguous inspection system has taken the lives of our brave police officers!"

"This is a shameless betrayal! It's the collapse of the national system! And it's the death knell for Japanese manufacturing!"

"This country is dead!!!"

(End of this chapter)