Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 555, Kashiwagi, you can go in peace!
Two hours later, Minami and the others went back to the APA Hotel to rest, leaving only Uesugi Muneyuki at the Special Mission site.

At this moment, Uesugi Muneyuki is talking to Arimura Hanajun, asking Hanajun for her opinion on the evidence left at the scene.

Village Flower Palace seemed to be in a good mood today. She smiled and licked the bomb wreckage and wood chips with her tongue. After thinking for a moment, she said, "The smell of volcanic ash."

"The smell of volcanic ash...you mean...there's a volcano nearby where this bomb was made or stored?" Uesugi Muneyuki asked thoughtfully.

No matter how much you laugh, Japan is indeed a place with very strict gun and bomb control. However, even so, it is impossible to prevent people from being able to manufacture and assemble double-barreled shotguns or homemade explosives by purchasing parts and using makeshift methods. In fact, the vast majority of civilian firearms in Japan are assembled from parts imported from Southeast Asia. Of course, some firearms also come from US military bases in Japan. Americans certainly do not admit this, but it definitely accounts for a certain percentage.

“If we’re talking about Japan… ANFO bombs aren’t difficult to manufacture. With enough chemical knowledge and hands-on skills, one can use local natural raw materials to produce ammonium nitrate using traditional methods, and then assemble ANFO bombs by collecting and purchasing parts. However, someone with that level of expertise would need at least an engineer’s title and a great deal of experience.” Uesugi Muneyuki thought for a moment and asked, “So it must have been manufactured in the environment left behind by a volcanic eruption near Fujidai? Or perhaps it happened to be there.”

“That should be the case, but that’s not within my scope. If it’s water, I can listen to the sound of the water to determine the source.” Village Flower Palace nodded, and then she went about her business.

Recently, Murakabe has become obsessed with experiencing high school life. As for how to experience high school life... she started to follow and imitate Asuka's life trajectory, and so recently, strange and unconfirmed ghost stories about girls have begun to appear at Tsukuba University Affiliated High School.

Asuka can see the village flower, and the girl roughly knows that the village flower has no ill intentions towards her. Unfortunately, the two cannot communicate, but it doesn't matter to Asuka, who has already seen a lot of strange and supernatural things.

Uesugi Muneyuki was unable to obtain any further results for the time being, and just then, his phone rang.

The other party only sent a period (.").

Uesugi Muneyuki couldn't help but frown; this woman was really impatient.

It hasn't even been three hours yet.

So Uesugi Muneyuki apologized to the criminal investigation chief, Uchimura Kanji, who was on duty at the scene, and said he would go back to rest first.

Uchimura Kanji is a lackey of Watanabe Eiji and treats Uesugi like his own father. His life goal is to become the Superintendent General of Police. Although he has not done anything in the year or so since he became the head of the Criminal Investigation Department, his strength lies in not doing anything!
After the Special Missions Division solves all sorts of major and serious cases, doesn't it always give them a credit? Isn't the Special Missions Division a department under the First Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department?
Uesugi Muneyuki left, leaving behind the duty officers: Minister Uchimura, Counselor Nakazono, and Section Chief Sugishita Ukyo, as well as Superintendent Kobe Takeru, Counselor from the Public Security Department of the National Police Agency. Kobe Takeru and Sugishita Ukyo had worked together before and were partners, and the two got along very well. Minister Uchimura, on the other hand, hated Sugishita Ukyo to the core, but he was helpless because Sugishita Ukyo had Onoda's support behind him.

After chatting for about twenty minutes, the tranquility was suddenly broken by an urgent phone call from the Shizuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters!

Yukiko Uno, the four-month pregnant daughter of Diet member Tetsuro Kurokawa, has been kidnapped! The kidnappers are the far-left organization Red Canary, who are demanding a ransom of 10 billion yen and threatening the Diet member to withdraw the bill!
With all the elite police officers from Shizuoka Prefecture transferred to Tokyo, the Shizuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters has now formally requested assistance from the Metropolitan Police Department!

"Nah, nah, nah, what???" Department Head Uchimura was completely stunned by the news. His first reaction was to seek guidance from Eiji Watanabe: "Director, what should we do?"

Eiji Watanabe, who had already gone to sleep, was also terrified when he heard the news.

The Red Canary! It's finally appeared?

You finish your performance and I take the stage?
However, the investigation into the Foreign Minister's car bombing case has now reached a critical stage, and we cannot give up halfway under any circumstances. The matter in Shizuoka Prefecture is indeed important, but in terms of both influence and responsibility, the matter here obviously takes precedence!

After thinking it over, Eiji Watanabe came up with a suitable candidate.

"Send Kashiwagi Jin there. Have him build an elite squad with his Third Division as the core." Watanabe Eiji said coldly on the phone. "Perfect timing. Kashiwagi acted somewhat excessively during the interrogation of that... former female police chief Ishihara. The professional squad consists of our Metropolitan Police Department's elite and key trainees. They should remain calm, rational, and restrained. Although Kashiwagi's behavior is understandable, he is no longer suitable to stay in the Special Investigation Headquarters. And we've made progress with Muneyuki-kun. In that case, let him lead the team to Shizuoka Prefecture."

"Yes!" Minister Uchimura chuckled inwardly, thinking that the director was trying to get rid of Kashiwagi, not giving him credit on one hand and making him take the blame on the other. But who could blame Kashiwagi for losing control of himself?
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When Kashiwagi Jin received a notice from the Metropolitan Police Department asking him to lead a team to Shizuoka Prefecture to handle the kidnapping case of a member of parliament's daughter, Kashiwagi Jin's first reaction was to refuse.

At this critical juncture, you want me to leave?

However, the Metropolitan Police Department required him to obey the organization's orders, and this time the situation was indeed different. Since the other party was likely to be an extreme left-wing terrorist organization, this time police officers from the Counter-Strike Force and elites from the Public Security Bureau would be going together. Not to mention, due to the different nature of the situation, this time Kashiwagi Jin was allowed to adopt a more radical response strategy and his favorite presumption of guilt!
Furthermore, both the Metropolitan Police Department and Shizuoka Prefecture will ensure that Kashiwagi Jin will be the sole key to solving this case!

Kashiwagi was quickly smitten.

He didn't get much playing time in this case, but if he could go to Shizuoka Prefecture, it would be a different story! That would be the stage where he could truly shine!
A cedar in the east, a tree in the west, with these two unparalleled talents, Japan is free from danger!

Just you wait and see, Uesugi, I'll do a better job than you, even better than you!
“Okay, I will obey the organization’s arrangements!” Bai Muren immediately agreed with great joy, but he still said, “However, please give me some time. I need to organize manpower and also talk to my wife about this.”

“Of course.” Minister Uchimura readily agreed. After accepting the mission, Kashiwagi Jin immediately mobilized the personnel of his department and formed his own small team based on them. His face showed the solemnity and urgency of being entrusted with a critical mission. While checking his sidearms and equipment, he anxiously looked around—he wanted to at least tell his wife before setting off.

However, he found that he could not find his wife anywhere.

Strange, where did Mingsha go? She's not answering her phone, not checking her messages, and the receptionist didn't see her leave!
After searching around, Kashiwagi Jin confirmed that his wife had not left the Metropolitan Police Department and that her car was still parked in the parking lot, which was even stranger.

Wasn't she supposed to be bringing me a change of clothes? The clothes are here, and I've even eaten my late-night snack, but where is she? She's not home, not in the office, and certainly not by my side. Where did she go?
Just as he was about to give up and prepare to lead the team away, at the end of the corridor, Kashiwagi Meisa finally appeared. She walked quickly, but her steps seemed less steady and powerful than usual, with a hint of unsteadiness.

"Ren!" she called out, her voice slightly more urgent than usual, with a hint of suppressed panting: "You were looking for me?"

Kashiwagi immediately went to greet her: "Meisa! There's an urgent case in Shizuoka, I have to lead the team there right away!"

"Oh, ah, um, I understand." Kashiwagi Meisa nodded slightly, her expression somewhat dazed, as if she didn't care much.

Only then, under the bright lights, did he get a clear look at his wife's face, and he was slightly taken aback.

Meisa Kashiwagi's face was unusually rosy, with an unnatural flush on her honey-colored skin. It wasn't the healthy flush after exercise, but rather the lingering afterglow of passion emanating from within, with even her ears turning pink.

Those usually clear and sharp mixed-race eyes were now veiled in mist, their gaze somewhat unfocused, as if they were still immersed in some intense emotion and unable to fully detach themselves.

"Is it because you're so worried about me?" Kashiwagi Jin felt a little touched, but he quickly noticed other oddities. The sheer black stockings his wife had worn before were of excellent quality, but now he vaguely felt that the color of the stockings seemed a bit darker than when she arrived, and the texture seemed a bit "newer." The fit around the ankles was also slightly different, and unusually, there was a vertical slit at the back of the stockings—clearly, she had just changed into a brand new pair of the same style of stockings, and it was a type of stockings that was not commonly seen in the Metropolitan Police Department.

Why would she suddenly change her stockings in a place like the Metropolitan Police Department?
Similarly, a few strands of Mingsha's usually meticulously styled hair had fallen out unruly from the edge of her bun. When he got close, he could almost smell a very faint scent, which was neither her usual perfume nor any of the Metropolitan Police Department's scents, but a mixture of other aromas.

Detective Jin Kashiwagi sensed something strange about Meisa, and a shadow of doubt crossed his mind. But at that moment, the kidnapping case in Shizuoka was urgent, and a great sense of responsibility and urgency overwhelmed this momentary suspicion.

"Are you... alright? Where did you go just now?" He couldn't help but ask.

“It’s alright,” Meisa Kashiwagi quickly adjusted her breathing, trying to make her voice sound steady and natural, even with a hint of just the right amount of worry. “I just went downstairs to the vending machine to buy something, the signal was bad. Are you going to Shizuoka? Be careful!” She reached out and gently straightened his collar, which wasn’t actually messy, her movements practiced and full of concern.

Seeing her familiar eyes and movements, Kashiwagi Ren's doubts dissipated, replaced by a sense of concern before his departure.

"Yes, I will. Take care of yourself in Tokyo." He squeezed her hand tightly.

Just as Kashiwagi Jin turned around, he saw Uesugi Muneyuki standing on the other side of the corridor. Kashiwagi Jin wanted to remain silent and pretend to be an expert, but Uesugi Muneyuki's words quickly shattered his pretense. He strode up and said very earnestly, "Be very careful. The other side is an extreme left-wing organization. They will be as brutal and crazy as possible. Don't treat the enemy as ordinary extortionists or kidnappers. If you find any clues, send them to me immediately. I can help you analyze them. I'll do anything!"

"Chief Uesugi..." Kashiwagi Jin was touched to see that Uesugi Muneyuki was so easy to talk to and willing to do his best to help him with the authentication: "You, you are so busy here, and you still... thank... me... then thank you very much."

Uesugi, I misunderstood you. You are such a kind person!
“I’m in Tokyo, and you’re in Shizuoka. We’re both serving the people. It’s just a matter of location. Why make such a distinction?” Uesugi Muneyuki said with a smile.

Kashiwagi Jin was even more moved, thinking to himself, "As expected of Uesugi's top student, you and I are known as the two peerless talents. This is definitely worth it!"
"It's just a pity that I can't fight alongside you anymore." Kashiwagi Jin reached out his hand.

"Don't even mention it, we might even come and help you while we're dealing with things here," Uesugi Muneyuki joked. "As long as all the resources are mobilized, things here will be quick."

"That's impossible! I'm definitely faster than you!" Kashiwagi said confidently, their hands clasped tightly as a symbol of friendship between men.

Jin was indeed much faster than Uesugi. Kashiwagi Meisa was also very moved. The icy beauty and policewoman slightly tightened her long, slender legs in black velvet stockings with back seams, her knees trembling slightly. She thought to herself, "I've paid the price. Jin, you have to make good use of me!"
"Go quickly, don't delay important matters," Kashiwagi Meisa said softly, watching her husband turn around and disappear into the end of the corridor with his subordinates.

Only after her husband's figure had completely disappeared did the gentle, worried expression on Kashiwagi Meisa's face slowly fade. She glanced at Uesugi Muneyuki in the distance, secretly pleased: 'He's gone…perfect. Now Muneyuki and I have more time…'

She gently smoothed out the last wrinkle on her suit skirt, transforming back into the powerful, aloof, and stunning beauty of the Metropolitan Police Department. However, when her deep eyes met those of Uesugi Muneyuki in the distance, they both saw the amusement in each other's eyes. The former Metropolitan Police Department's face couldn't help but curl into a smile that was a mixture of excitement and smugness.

Ren, go ahead without worry. I'm doing very well here.

As long as I'm here, Uesugi will do his best to help you, and you'll definitely be able to unleash your full potential! Then Uesugi will also unleash his full power with me!
This is a win-win situation!

(End of this chapter)