Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 560, I only believe in Uesugi!

The special mission personnel looked at this 62-year-old middle-aged man from afar (in Japan, people are considered old from age 65 onwards), their gazes varying.

The news from the emergency investigation at the rear naturally wouldn't reach every police officer on the scene. In fact, only a handful of police officers knew the old man's background and experiences immediately, including Uesugi Muneyuki.

Because of the previous Imperial Palace incident, and because counter-terrorism is not exactly the Special Missions Unit's forte, Uesugi Muneyuki and the others were stopped by the Mobile Unit and the SAT and could only watch from afar. However, they learned about the series of tragedies that befell Osumi Kawa Minoru at the first opportunity.

A great father, yet an extreme terrorist.

His initial intention was good; everything he did was simply to seek justice for his daughter and to fulfill his responsibilities as a father.

However, his actions and the explosions harmed more than one family, consumed countless public resources, and became the fuse and tool for terrorists to continue their attacks, leading to a variety of terrible consequences.

From this perspective alone, Minoru Ōsumikawa is really unlikable, but also really hard to hate.

Ultimately, he just wanted to fulfill his responsibilities as a father.

This reminded Uesugi Muneyuki of the term "retaliation in kind".

The earliest root of law is retribution, that is, "those who kill should pay with their lives, and those who injure or steal should be punished equally." Therefore, Uesugi Muneyuki felt sympathy for the Osumi River father and daughter deep down. As mentioned earlier, Uesugi Muneyuki did not agree with abolishing the death penalty, but believed that the death penalty should be "judged with caution." This is because the death penalty should always be the last and most severe punishment. If the death penalty is imposed for slightly serious crimes, then life essentially becomes currency, merely a tool to exchange for something with the criminal law.

To put it more simply, if a robber is sentenced to death, then after committing the crime, considering that he has already committed a crime, he will definitely kill the person as well, since he will be sentenced to death anyway. If rape is sentenced to death, then after finishing the crime, he will definitely kill the person as well, which can also reduce the risk of being discovered, and so on.

Ōsumikawa went too far.

If his revenge was merely sending Shota Akimoto to his death, it could be somewhat justified. For example, the revenge of a certain top gunner was precise and perfect, without affecting any outsiders. But Osumikawa's revenge cannot be considered revenge in the same way; he killed too many people.

The crux of the matter is that he is going to die.

With his psychic abilities, it was easy to see that Ōsumi's physical body was practically dead. The only reason he had been able to hold on until now was because of the vengeful spirit formed by his endless resentment and the vengeful spirit formed by his daughter.

Once this guy learns that his bomb has achieved its objective and the cursed power supporting him will disappear, then he will definitely detonate the bomb on his body immediately!

Then it will all be over! All the clues, the answers, the Sakikawa Restoration Army, the Red Canary, the problems of the Otherworld, and the secret of his hand-made ANFO bomb—everything will be taken to another world by him. If everything is without regret, then the Soul Contract will also be unable to function!

I finally found this place, I finally found this person, I can't let everything end here, I can't!!!
Uesugi Muneyuki gritted his teeth, his mind racing as he searched for a solution.

The numerous police officers on the front lines, including Superintendent General Eiji Watanabe and Chief Cabinet Secretary Kimiaki Onoda, who were observing the scene from the rear temporary command post, immediately realized the problem after retrieving and reading Minoru Ōsumikawa's file!

Oops!

This guy has a death wish!!!

He wanted to explode like this, to die a heroic death like this, to finally humiliate the police organization, the law, and this corrupt country to the greatest extent possible by self-destructing!
No! If we let him die like this, the honor of our police organization will be... all our hard work will be for nothing. How can we explain this to the nation and the cabinet?!

"Stop him! Stop him, ahhhhh!" Out of the corner of his eye, Watanabe Eiji caught sight of reporters at the edge of the distant forest, figures who were being held back by the police but were still stubbornly sticking out their telephoto lenses.

NHK and the news broadcast vans from the five major television networks are right outside Shuwai!
Urgent orders came from the rear to the front, but no police officer dared to approach the abandoned wooden house deep in the forest!
Because that was a bomb, a bomb that looked to weigh at least 20 or 30 kilograms and could explode at any moment!
As mentioned earlier, ANFO bombs are unstable and could explode at any time due to the slightest external stimulus!
Who would willingly be blown up like this? Even if it meant trading one life for one with this guy?

I'm a human being too! I have a wife and children! I have a family too!
Facing the police who were on high alert, Minoru Ōsumikawa seemed to calm down a little, but that gleeful, twisted smile remained on his face.

He pointed to his sunken abdomen, his tone strangely calm: "Don't be so nervous. It's pancreatic cancer, late stage. I don't have many months left to live. The doctor said I won't live past this fall."

He surveyed the densely packed police officers around him, as if admiring a beautiful scene, his smile growing even brighter:

"You've come to see me with such a big entourage... Heh, hahahahaha... That means the plan succeeded, right? That bastard Akimoto Shota... He's probably been blown to bits, right? He's dead, isn't he?!"

He almost impatiently, with a morbid longing, sought confirmation from the police of his enemy's death.

When he saw the commander's solemn and silent expression, which was tantamount to acknowledging his question, Minoru Ōsumikawa laughed loudly. His laughter echoed in the silent forest, filled with the ultimate joy of revenge, yet also tinged with endless blood, tears, and sorrow.

"Good! Good! Good! It was worth it! My old bones were worth it! Lina... did you see that? Daddy... avenged you—!!" He opened his arms as if to embrace the dark green forest that had devoured his daughter and was now about to become his burial place.

The explosives on his body, at this moment, seemed more like a moving, bloody monument to his tragic life and brutal revenge.

Lina, Daddy's here! Even in another world, Daddy's here to be with you!
Minoru Ōsumikawa's fingers had already touched the makeshift detonator hidden in the gaps of the explosives.

The cold touch gave him a sense of peaceful relief. To die in this forest where his daughter lay in eternal rest, ending with a grand explosion, seemed like a script he had written for himself.

All eyes were focused on Ōsumi's fingers!
It's going to explode! It's going to explode again! Aa ...

Eiji Watanabe and Kimiaki Onoda stared intently at the figure in front of the abandoned wooden house, their eyes bloodshot. Eiji Watanabe even felt a sense of habitual despair—it felt like this scene was happening frequently lately.

It's going to explode again! The surrounding SATs and mobile units retreated in panic.

Damn it! Inspector Kosaka of the First Division was even more desperate, his face pale, his eyes rolled back and he fell backward, thinking that in the end he would definitely be blamed on me again!
Inspectors Shiratori and Shimano screamed and collapsed to the ground.

However, just as the fingertips were about to exert force at the critical moment, a voice suddenly shouted: "Mr. Ōsumikawa! If you blow it up right here, do you know what people outside will say?"

Osumi was taken aback. He subconsciously looked towards the center of the crowd, where Uesugi Muneyuki was struggling to squeeze out a figure amidst a large number of police officers.

Uesugi Muneyuki continued, “The news reports outside will only be ‘Terrorist self-destructs in the forest, police bravely try to stop him!’ Mr. Ōsumi Gawa! Think about it carefully. If you die like this, your affair with your daughter will never be known! This will only be seen as an extreme act by a madman, a stepping stone for those people to use to create the image of a ‘victim’s family.’ That’s too easy for them!”

"So don't die, don't die like this!!! You still have things to finish, nothing!!!" Uesugi Muneyuki roared hoarsely, "Let me talk to you, please talk to you."

Don't die?
If this happens, my daughter and I will be branded as extremist terrorists and condemned to the pillory of history.

Will what happened to Rina never be discovered?
When 62-year-old Minoru Ohsumi was yelled at like that, he suddenly realized that there was some truth to it. After experiencing so much, how could he not understand Japan and the Japanese police?
He knew that even if he told everyone everything here, it would be useless. The police were essentially lackeys of the higher-ups; they were only responsible for the source of their power! Their primary task was to maintain stability, not to uphold justice!
However, when he turned his gaze to the person who was shouting at him, Ōsumikawa froze.

Uesugi... Soyuki?
Is it him? Is it really him? So, the Special Missions Unit has arrived?
Almost everyone in the Kanto region knew Uesugi. Even during the secret communications of the Sakikawa Restoration Army, they talked about his name, saying, "After all, there's only one Uesugi."

Moreover, Uesugi Muneyuki was known for his rebellious and outspoken personality. He was a descendant of Kenshin and the embodiment of righteousness. Ōsumi Kawa himself was a chemical engineer, and he instinctively believed that such a scientist who pursued the truth and was not afraid of the powerful had his own principles.

Is Uesugi Muneyuki here today too?

“Mr. Ōsumikawa, I’m here to discuss terms!” Ōsumikawa was taken aback. Under the watchful eyes of countless gun barrels, Uesugi Muneyuki, dressed in a white coat, calmly walked through the police cordon, pushed aside the surrounding officers, and approached Ōsumikawa Minoru, who was still strapped with explosives: “Can we talk? I am…”

"I know who you are! You're Uesugi Muneyuki, ha, the former Uesugi aristocracy of Yonezawa, the Metropolitan Police Department's ace, the legendary forensic pathologist!" Osumikawa Minoru roared, somewhat embarrassed and angry. "Of course I know who you are! Do you think I'm blind? Good heavens, the Metropolitan Police Department actually sent out such a big ace as you! I'm truly blessed!"

"Yes, that's right, I am Uesugi Muneyuki!" Uesugi Muneyuki squeezed through the crowd, staring intently at the man before him: "You recognize me?"

"Who in Kanto doesn't know you?" When Ōsumi Kawa saw Uesugi Sōsetsu, for some reason, he, who was not afraid of death, subconsciously felt a sense of fear. He could vaguely sense that behind Uesugi Sōsetsu, there was an even more terrifying and higher being... watching him.

"So, can you listen to me?" Uesugi Muneyuki used his special power, and his voice was transmitted to Ōsumi Kawa's ears through the vibrations of water vapor in the air: "Mr. Ōsumi Kawa, don't you think... dying like this is too easy?"

"what?"

“What I mean is, you should live. You should tell the whole world what kind of devil Foreign Minister Akimoto’s son is! Even if you can’t bring Akimoto down directly, you should make him and his family live under the scrutiny and suspicion of public opinion forever! You should make the name ‘Akimoto’ associated with scandal and evil for decades to come!”

Upon hearing Uesugi Muneyuki's words, Ōsumi Kawa was stunned, and for the first time, a look of confusion and surprise appeared on his face.

Is it still possible to do this?
However, upon closer reflection, Ōsumikawa suddenly realized, "Yeah, that seems to be true!"
Sure enough, your hearts are still the blackest of the old Chinese! So black they're multicolored, devouring people without spitting out the bones!

But... that seems to make sense... Yeah, if I just explode like this... wouldn't Rina and I be unable to recover forever?
Seeing that Ōsumikawa Minoru's expression softened, Uesugi Muneyuki immediately shouted again, "Mr. Ōsumikawa, I'm here to negotiate!"

"can!"

"But when it comes to negotiations, I only trust Uesugi!"

(End of this chapter)