Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 559, The Curse of the Sea of ​​Trees!
The dense canopy of trees filtered the sunlight into a pale green glow, illuminating the old man who staggered out of the abandoned wooden house. He looked to be in his sixties, hunched over, dressed in tattered but clean clothes, with disheveled gray hair and a face etched with weariness and vicissitude.

Amidst the countless dark gun barrels, the gleaming armor plates, and the deafening roar of helicopters around him, he seemed so out of place, like an old tree about to wither and die.

What is he? He's just an old man who's about to die.

The other party didn't look very old. A 65-year-old Japanese man is still working 70-80% of the time, which is the age when he is daring, hardworking and capable. But reaching that age means he is not in much danger.

Upon seeing this, the SAT team members who were the first to approach relaxed their tense nerves slightly. The commander, speaking through the loudspeaker, subconsciously softened his tone and warned, "Sir? It's dangerous here. We are conducting a special search operation. Please place your hands where we can see you immediately and walk over slowly!"

SAT Captain Yusuke Godai, who was ahead, relaxed his guard considerably when he saw that the person who came out was an old man. He put away his MP5, lifted his helmet, and said very seriously, "Sir, are you lost here? It's alright, we're here now, we can take you back... Have you seen any suspicious people recently?"

The old man simply looked at the inescapable net around him with a mocking smile.

SAT, SWAT team, county police, Metropolitan Police Department.

MP5, M4A1, sniper rifle, SW small revolver.

That's really wild!
His aged, cloudy eyes were filled with satisfaction. He didn't answer the fifth captain's question, but simply appreciated the scene before him, enjoying his moment under the spotlight.

"What? It's just an old man?" Kai Toru was initially very nervous, but when he saw that it was an old man, he immediately took his hand off the holster and relaxed a lot.

"...He doesn't seem to be feeling well." Reina Ikeda relaxed considerably, the tall, beautiful woman's expression complex as she softly said, "He's probably someone with a story to tell!"

"Let's continue the search." Nango Yui wasn't actually very good at field searches. As a graduate of Kyoto University, he wasn't a physical prodigy either. Searching in the primeval forest in leather shoes was really tough on this well-off professional.

However, Uesugi Muneyuki, standing in the crowd, looked horrified.

Because he saw more than just that!

In his spiritual vision, the old man was about to die; no, he should have died long ago!

He exuded a dense aura of death, and many parts of his body were severely diseased. Given his physical condition, he should not have been able to move at all!

However, what truly allows him to live to this day is the intense curse emanating from this old man! An intense curse emanating from a living person! And right behind this old man, a young woman's intense curse is behind him, tightly embracing him from behind, using her own strength to help the old man maintain the most basic bodily functions, supporting him to still be able to stand in front of everyone!
The two curses are closely intertwined, forming a dual-cycle system of the living dead, which together sustains the old man's life!
Such a strange aura, there's no mistake, it can't be anyone else! Uesugi Muneyuki was almost instantly certain, it was him, he was the person Uesugi Muneyuki was looking for on this trip to the Sea of ​​Trees!
He is absolutely connected to the Sakikawa Restoration Army, absolutely!
Who is this old man, and who is the cursed young woman behind him?
Uesugi Muneyuki immediately shouted at Inspector Higurashi and Inspector Ichijo beside him, "That's right, it's him! It's him! He's the one we're looking for! Don't shoot! Order them not to shoot!"

"Huh?" Inspector Higurashi, upon hearing Uesugi Muneyuki's words, glanced at the sixty-year-old man dressed in greasy, dirty work clothes, but with his hair and body neatly groomed, and instinctively found it somewhat amusing. He thought to himself that the Sakikawa Restoration Army was clearly a name a bunch of immature teenagers would come up with. However, since Chief Uesugi had said so, he took a deep breath and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Drop your weapons! Drop your weapons! Don't shoot! SAT, come down here, let our men negotiate!"

SAT and the SWAT team relaxed their guard further and slowly retreated. At this moment, Inspector Kosaka of the First Division of the First Investigation Department saw an opportunity and immediately stepped forward to try to negotiate with the old man. He took out his police notebook: "Sir, hello, don't be nervous. I am Topbo... ah, no, I am Shinichiro Kosaka, the head of the First Division of the First Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police Department. We mean no harm. Please don't treat us as enemies. Please think about your family. I don't know why you came here, but please don't give up your life so easily. If you have any difficulties, please tell us..."

"Family...?" To everyone's surprise, upon hearing this, the middle-aged man suddenly raised his head, and his originally cloudy eyes instantly erupted with a terrifying light, a mixture of endless pain and madness!

"You want me to miss my family?! Fine! I'll show you right now! I'll show you right now!!"

He let out a hoarse roar and, with a speed and force beyond his years, ripped open his tattered coat and the shirt underneath!

hiss-

What was exposed to everyone was rows and bundles of grayish-white ANFO explosives tightly bound to his emaciated body! The rough explosive blocks formed a terrifying contrast with his loose skin, and the densely packed fuses were like venomous snakes coiled around his body.

The scene before them horrified all the police officers and people around them!
"Well--!"

"Retreat! Everyone retreat!"

"He has a bomb!"

"It's a bomb! It's a bomb! Aa ...

The First Department Chief, Shinichiro Kosaka, who had been slowly approaching, suddenly felt his heart stop. Almost instinctively, he retreated sharply to find cover. The eyes of the SATs around him widened instantly behind their sniper scopes, and their fingers pressed tightly against the triggers.

The atmosphere at the scene instantly shifted from a slightly sympathetic standoff to a freezing point, filled with extreme danger that was about to erupt!

"See that?! This is my 'family'! They're with me, waiting to send those bastards who deserve to go to hell on their way!" Upon hearing the word "family," the old man went mad, his withered fingers tapping the explosives on his body. His voice was choked with sobs, yet filled with a chilling glee: "My name is Ōsumikawa Minoru! Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! Investigate what really happened to my family, what was done to my daughter! Family? Haha ...

"Police? Hahahaha, what kind of cowardly police are you? If you have trouble, call the police, I'll call your ass!"

"That's right, I made the bomb. ANFO, from raw material purification to mixing and filling, it was all done by myself, right here, by hand!" The old man's gaze swept around, his face flushed and his eyes gleaming. He proudly puffed out his not-so-thick or muscular chest, as if showing off his great achievement: "Judging from your expressions, my bomb must have succeeded, right? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" As he confessed his crime, the hundreds of police officers around him became vigilant again. They never imagined that this seemingly frail old man was actually the terrorist who had personally made the ANFO bomb!

Are you serious about hand-crafting an ANFO bomb?

Inspector Shinichiro Kosaka felt his face burning. He had tried to get close to the old man, or rather, the old man who called himself Minoru Osumikawa, in an attempt to steal credit and show his approachable nature. But the old man didn't give him any face at all. He not only ignored him but also admitted that he was the one who made the explosives.

Kosaka feels like he's just a stupid donkey in everyone's eyes right now!
Damn it, so many of my superiors are here! The First Division Chief and his team are watching the situation with special signals, and even Inspector Watanabe and Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda are paying attention!

How can it be repaired?
Kosaka was enraged: "Ōsumigawa! Why did you do this?! Creating an explosion and murdering the Foreign Minister's son, do you know what that means?!"

"Didn't I tell you? Are you fucking deaf? Didn't you say you'd tell me if I was having trouble? Then go ahead and investigate! Didn't I already tell you my name? Go ahead and investigate! You bunch of lackeys, you useless piece of trash! What? Scared? So many people came to arrest me? Seriously... when I needed your help back then, why didn't you send this many people?!"

"Damn Japanese police, damn Japan, damn marriage!" The old man spread his arms wide, and an even tighter and more terrifying ANFO bomb device hung from his body all the way to the ground: "I've been waiting for this day for a long time, haha ​​...

"Back off, back off!" The voices of Inspector Higurashi and Inspector Ichijo, the highest-ranking commanders on the front lines, trembled uncontrollably as they immediately signaled for everyone to retreat: "Osumikawa Minoru, Osumikawa Minoru... Requesting backup!"

Amid his roar, the commander on the scene maintained a tense standoff while immediately transmitting the name and key information back to the rear via radio.

Watanabe Eiji and Onoda Kimiaki, who were behind, also immediately received the news. Watanabe Eiji glanced at Onoda and asked, "Is there something else going on with your Public Security Bureau?"

Onoda wiped the sweat from his forehead and immediately signaled to the National Police Agency's Security Department to retrieve all the data!

Could it be another problem with our police?

Damn it, Minister Akimoto, we public security officers are the shield to protect the country, not dogs who clean up your messes all day long!

As the specific name was revealed, a past steeped in blood and tears was unveiled.

Minoru Ōsumikawa, former senior R&D engineer at Showa Chemical, specializing in inorganic chemistry and industrial explosives applications, once had an enviable life: a graduate of Tokyo Institute of Technology, a job at a well-known chemical company, a stable income, and a happy family—a gentle wife and a lovely daughter, Rina Ōsumikawa.

The collapse began two years ago. His daughter, Lina, who had just started college, was targeted and subjected to brutal gang rape by a group of mysterious individuals at an elaborate social party.

The daughter, Lina, suffered physical and mental trauma and was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

However, the road to seeking justice was incredibly difficult. Just as Minoru Ohsumikawa vowed to get justice for his daughter, his wife secretly accepted a "hush money" payment of $50 in cash from the "mediator" sent by the other party. After persuading and tricking her daughter, Rina, to drop the police report and sign a pledge, she immediately abandoned her mentally unstable daughter and her steadfast husband, absconding overseas with the money and has not been heard from since.

Minoru Ōsumikawa and his daughter Rina then discovered that he had been betrayed by his wife. They wanted to continue the investigation, but the police refused to reopen the case, citing that "they had already accepted mediation" and "they had already signed a settlement agreement."

This double betrayal became the final straw that broke the camel's back. The already fragile daughter, Lina, completely lost her will to live after learning of her mother's actions.

On a drizzly morning, she walked alone into the Aokigahara forest, which she had once found "beautiful yet sorrowful," and never returned.

In just a few months, Minoru Ohsumikawa lost his daughter, his family, and all his trust in the law and humanity.

The company dismissed him because of his unstable condition and "complex family background".

Osumigawa disappeared overnight, having lost everything, and no one has seen him since.

It turns out that this engineer came to the Sea of ​​Trees. He followed his daughter to this place and, with his chemical engineering skills, handcrafted the ANFO bomb!

When the information reached the front lines and was passed to Uesugi Muneyuki, as he looked at the photo of Ōsumikawa Minoru's daughter, Ōsumikawa Rina, in the information, he subconsciously picked up his phone screen and pointed it at the curse that was tightly wrapped around the person who should have died behind Ōsumikawa.

With enhanced spiritual vision, the true form of the cursed creature was vaguely revealed.

As expected, she is Rina, the daughter of Ōsumigawa.

Sure enough it was her.

Uesugi Muneyuki's eyes flickered, and he remained silent, while Aizen Myōō's appearance softened considerably.

Rina Osumikawa, it turns out your curse has always been by your seriously ill father's side, never leaving.

(End of this chapter)