Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 55, Corpse Hanging in the Wall (First Update!)

PS: It’s on the shelves today, and I’ll celebrate with five updates!
Bunkyo Ward, Yonezawa Uesugi-style garden house, Uesugi Western-style house.

The Uesugi family is watching TV in a house decorated in a simple style with a Western Baroque-style ceiling.

Grandpa Kuninori Uesugi was rocking in a rocking chair as the TV was on, while father Hironori Uesugi and mother Tomoko Uesugi were fighting for ownership of the remote control.

"What's going on today? Why are all the shows being broadcast live? Isn't it just that someone is missing? Even the dramas are not being broadcast!" complained Uesugi Tomoko.

"Stop it, the missing person is an alumnus of our Keio University!" Uesugi Yuken was the most informed. His father snatched the remote control from him: "It's useless even if you don't want to watch it. Every channel is broadcasting this live!"

"But it's the same content over and over again. I'm tired of watching it." Uesugi Tomoko took the remote back, but to her disappointment, after switching to several channels, they were all broadcasting live the closure of the Fuji Dai Odaiba building.

Fuji TV's live broadcast has been going on for two hours and there is nothing much to say.

"Hey! Wait!" Uesugi Yuken switched channels and suddenly found that the picture on Fuji TV had changed. He immediately switched back to Fuji TV: "Look, look, it seems that the missing female anchor has been found!"

"Really?" Grandpa Uesugi Kuninori suddenly woke up.

The family of three stared at the TV screen.

Inspector Higurashi on the screen picked up the phone.

"What did you say???!!!"

"The body has been found???"

This roar stopped everyone nearby, and diverted the attention of twenty or thirty people around. Even the Fuji TV executives and President Kameyama at the door subconsciously looked towards Inspector Higurashi.

Who knew that Inspector Higurashi was not happy, but yelled into the phone: "Who asked you to do such unnecessary things, Uesugi-kun, didn't the Metropolitan Police Department ask you to stay with Ikeda and not move around casually?"

"You are doing something that is very troubling to us!"

After a few harsh condemnations and an apology from Uesugi Sosetsu, Inspector Higurashi finally showed a surprised expression: "You said the body was found? Where is it?"

"Okay, okay, you guys just stay there, we'll be there right away!"

Putting down his phone, Inspector Higurashi found that there was silence all around him and dozens of eyes were staring at him.

"Munesetsu Uesugi from Tokyo Medical and Dental University said that he found the body of female anchor Hironaka Mariko! She was in a small room in the D4 area on the second underground floor." Inspector Higurashi put down his phone and said to everyone blankly.

"........."

"........."

"……………………"

The atmosphere nearby first fell into an eerie silence, with everyone looking at each other.

Who is Uesugi Munsetsu?

Fuji TV's reaction speed was both slow and fast. It was slow because they didn't know Uesugi Sosetsu or had only heard of his name because of the JR East incident.

Quickly, the female anchor was found.

The first person to fully understand the meaning was President Kameyama. The director of Fuji TV let out a strange cry and ran away.

As soon as he started running, the directors and production directors beside him followed him. These elderly people in their fifties and sixties seemed to have taken medicine. Their eyesight was no longer blurry, their ears were no longer deaf, and their legs were strong!
“Abiru!!!” President Kameyama screamed miserably. Several presidents and managing directors of Fuji TV and security guards formed a human wall, protecting the live broadcasting team, who rushed out of the room with cameras and went downstairs in the elevator.

The second wave was the senior executives of Fuji TV, headed by President Kameyama. The old men looked energetic, their faces flushed, and they rushed into the second elevator panting.

The Metropolitan Police Department was slow to react, so Inspector Higurashi quickly announced to everyone: "Special Squad, and everyone from the three departments."

"Here!" Even after working for a whole day, the elites of the Investigation Section still forced themselves to stay alert.

"South of the underground second floor corridor, tool room B4 in area D2, everyone in position, move out!"

"Yes!" The exhausted detectives on the scene also did the standard Japanese drama run, but it was too late for them to act. The elevator had been occupied by Fuji TV. Inspector Higurashi slammed the elevator button a few times and simply gave up: "Everyone, take the stairs!"

A large group of men in suits, accompanied by a small team of special police armed with submachine guns, pushed aside the security guards guarding the gate and rumbled down the stairwell.

For the first time, Fuji TV's live broadcast was extremely chaotic. The director did not have time to cut to the commercials. Millions of people in Kanto watched everyone from the female anchor to the staff, the on-site director, and even a group of Fuji TV executives playing the old man run, and they were laughing so hard that they were laughing.

"President, the ratings are rising rapidly!" Inside the elevator, someone among the crowded Fuji TV executives shouted, "It's over 19%!"

"Okay, keep investigating and report back!" President Guishan was delighted at first.

There are finally signs of progress, and it happens to be within the deadline given by Nippon Life Insurance!

Our Fuji TV is saved, and my position as president is saved!

But the joy didn't last long, as deeper worries came to my mind.

Is this incident related to our internal affairs? How did Hongzhong die? Will the past relationship between her and me be discovered? And will this boy named Uesugi lie to me?

Half happy, half worried, President Kameyama has been almost confused by the series of unexpected events today.

Stop causing trouble!

Five minutes later, on the second underground floor.

Uesugi Soyuki and Ikeda Erena were standing at the door of the small room waiting. They heard rumbling footsteps from a distance, and saw smoke and dust rising in front of them, and the ground shaking. The entire live broadcasting crew of Fuji TV, carrying equipment and holding microphones, came over in a black mass, with an astonishing momentum.

Then came the senior executives of Fuji TV, all of them with white hair, panting and gasping for breath: "Where are the people? Where are the people?"

"Wait!" Before Uesugi Sosetsu could answer, new personnel appeared. The suit-suited brigade of the Metropolitan Police Department came in and stopped the Fuji TV personnel firmly in the middle of the corridor: "No filming! Stop here! Please wait for our confirmation first!"

The scene in front of him was just like a play, and Uesugi Sosetsu found it funny. However, when he thought about what was going to happen next, he put away his smile: "Inspector Higurashi, here, here."

"Uesugi-kun, I remember I didn't ask you to help with the search!" Inspector Higurashi was not happy to see the two people, but criticized them: "And Miss Ikeda!"

Uesugi Sosetsu quickly pulled Ikeda Erena and bowed slightly to apologize: "I'm sorry, Inspector Higurashi, I'm just... curious."

Ikeda Erena felt annoyed when she saw this group of breathless and disheveled Metropolitan Police Department elites. It was clearly these people who refused her participation in the investigation, but after Uesugi Sosetsu and herself found the body, they took the initiative to contact them and apologize to them!
How can there be such a truth in the world!

Fortunately, Uesugi Sosetsu explained the difference between legal procedures and illegal searches to Erina on the way, and she probably understood that this step was the key to turning an illegal search into a legal search.

"You can't be curious!" Inspector Higurashi raised it high, then gently put it down: "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Where is the person?"

"Inside the room."

Uesugi Sosetsu reached out and opened the door. The small room in the underground area was not big. The dozen or so policemen and people from Fuji TV who had poured in had filled the entire small room, but they did not see the body.

"Mr. Uesugi, I hope you are not playing a bad joke on me." Inspector Higurashi saw the pipes in the small room, the debris on the ground, the pile of cleaning tools, and some hollow bricks and plywood, but he did not see where Hironaka Mariko was.

"We don't have time to play guessing games with you, Mr. Uesugi." The other police officers from the Investigation Section were also disappointed.

Everyone looked at Sugi Sosetsu with increasingly unfriendly eyes.

"The body is behind this wall." Uesugi Munen said calmly, "You should all smell the strange smell in the air, right? Because the body is here." "Strange smell?" Inspector Higurashi also smelled the stench of the corpse, and he believed it a little: "But...how did the deceased get in?"

"Here." Uesugi Sosetsu came to the wall of the small room and tapped somewhere below the wall: "There is a pipe opening here, you can enter the wall."

"But it seems that the pipe opening cannot be opened from this side." Uesugi Sosetsu signaled: "Inspector Higurashi, break down the wall. The person is inside."

A large group of police officers gathered around. They were skeptical until they noticed a tiny gap where a square wall met the wall.

The pipe opening is a small square window, decorated and painted exactly like the wall. The area is slightly larger than the LCD screen of a desktop computer. An adult man can squeeze himself into the wall if he moves properly. It is reserved for pipe maintenance, and it cannot be seen at all if you don't look very carefully.

But the trouble is that the pipe opening cannot be opened, as if it is locked from the other side.

Can you find this?
Are this kid's eyes made by Canon?

How did this guy find out that there was something wrong here? And how did he find the second underground floor?

The people from the Metropolitan Police Department all looked confused, but now was not the time to worry about it.

The police officers from the Investigation Division had nothing to say to Uesugi Sosetsu, but they all chose to believe him.

Because in the previous Bunkyo District arson and murder case, this guy relied on his naked eyes to identify the homicide! This afternoon, this guy also demonstrated his amazing autopsy skills in front of the Investigation Division.

"Okay, Uesugi-kun, we believe you!" Inspector Higurashi patted Uesugi Sosetsu's shoulder hard. Tired after a day of hard work, he said nothing and gestured to the special team of the Investigation Section 1 who had rushed over.

Break the wall!

At this time, President Kameyama finally squeezed to the door of the small room. Because there were too many people inside, he couldn't squeeze in at all, until someone asked him: "President Kameyama, is it okay?"

President Kameyama, who was standing outside the door, nodded doubtfully.

Is Hironaka Mariko really here?

The special team reacted quickly as well. A battering ram was immediately deployed. Two special police officers from the special team held the handrails with both hands and slammed the battering ram against the wall.

The scene before them shocked everyone in the room.

The female anchor of Fuji TV, Mariko Hironaka, who graduated from Keio University, was seen hanging on a pipe with a rope in a narrow crack in the wall. She was still wearing an anchor uniform, with high heels on one foot and no shoes on the other foot.

"Found it." Everyone at the scene was stunned, only Ikeda Erena looked at the man with his hands behind his back with an expression of "as expected".

Everything was just as he had judged!
People are really still in the Odaiba building, people are really underground, people are really inside the wall!

It's amazing! How did he find out and how did he do it?
These words echoed in the minds of everyone present.

Inspector Higurashi thought that if Uesugi Sosetsu had not had a perfect alibi and had not been with the police for several consecutive days, they would have suspected that Uesugi Sosetsu was the murderer!
The moment they saw the body, the Metropolitan Police Department and Fuji TV felt relieved.

The body was finally found, otherwise the closure of the building would have become a huge farce and I don’t know how it would have ended.

But this feeling of relaxation only lasted for a few seconds, and greater pressure fell on the Metropolitan Police Department and Fuji TV.

Why did the female anchor disappear and why did she die? Was it suicide or homicide?

The moment Inspector Higurashi saw the body, he immediately pulled out the walkie-talkie.

"We have found the body. I repeat, this is the 13th Division of the Investigation Division 1. We have found the body of Ms. Hironaka Mariko on the second underground floor."

"Thank you for your hard work. Please stop the search now and gather at the special search headquarters on the first floor to await further orders."

"above."

"Stop it! Stop the camera!"

The SWAT team was still breaking down the wall, and the group of suits outside had already blocked the door.

The body was found, but the Metropolitan Police Department would not allow the live broadcast to see the body without obtaining permission from their superiors and the family, otherwise it would cause huge social problems.

The scene was in chaos. After putting down the walkie-talkie, Inspector Higurashi thought for a moment and decided not to waste resources.

"Uesugi-kun, I'm sorry to trouble you with the on-site autopsy!"

Uesugi Sosetsu looked up.

"clear."

Outside the door, the senior executives of Fuji TV saw the body of Hironaka Mariko with their own eyes. They didn't know whether to be happy or sad, and they were just urgently discussing what to do next.

"Continue the live broadcast!" President Kameyama's eyes were full of ferocity. He stamped his feet vigorously: "Immediately, let Abi stay here!"

"Have someone record all the circumstances of the scene, listen to what the autopsy doctor says, find a female anchor with a body similar to Hongzhong, and have her imitate Hongzhong's death for all of Japan to see!"

"Yes!"

"Production team, make a 3D dynamic model of the scene immediately. I want everyone in Kanto to know the situation within ten minutes. Go now!"

"understand!"

There was chaos at Fuji TV, and everyone scattered.

At the same time, the program crew of the live broadcast was broadcasting live outside the door. The female anchor held the microphone and said, "Breaking news! Hironaka Mariko's body has been found! Hironaka Mariko's body has been found, in the room, and the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division is still searching! Please don't change the channel, we will bring you the preliminary autopsy conclusion and investigation later!"

"President! The ratings have exceeded 25%!" the staff shouted, and this sentence was even included in the live broadcast.

"Okay, explore again and report back!"

President Kameyama's face showed half joy and the other half was in agony, like the reappearance of Gotham's two-faced man.

The president has had a hard time today.

Just as Fuji TV announced that the body of the missing person had finally been found, inside the Uesugi Hall in Bunkyo Ward.

Uesugi Hironori and Uesugi Tomoko looked closely and their mouths opened wide.

"Isn't this Xuesongmaru?" Uesugi Yukenori looked at his youngest son appearing in front of the camera.

"Godfather, godfather, wake up!" Uesugi Tomoko pushed her grandfather awake: "Look, Xuesongmaru is on TV!"

"Ah? What?" Uesugi Kuninori woke up reluctantly. He was very unhappy because his sleep was disturbed. He took his reading glasses, took a glance, then opened his eyes wide, and all sleepiness disappeared.

"Sentokumaru!" Uesugi Yukenori's voice spread throughout the mansion.

"Come on! Come here!"

"Your brother is on TV!"

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