Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 565, The Secret of Terrorist Organizations

An informal interrogation is underway at St. Luke's International Hospital.

Interrogations in Japan are very rigorous. Even if the person is seriously ill, multiple people must be present to give a valid statement. The hospital needs to prove that the person is mentally sound and capable of making their own decisions. The police need to record the entire process and ensure that the person is completely voluntary. Ideally, the person's lawyer or even the prosecutor should also be present.

Interrogations in this context do not have legal effect, but they can give the police organization a preliminary understanding of what happened and what was going on, and allow them to conduct further searches and gather evidence.

"I don't actually know much about the Sakikawa Restoration Army. A little over a year ago..." Ōsumikawa briefly recounted the events leading up to this: his daughter had been assaulted and suffered a mental breakdown. As a father, he intended to seek justice for his daughter. At the time, the Yamanashi Prefectural Police accepted the report, but because the perpetrator had done it very cleanly, and Ōsumikawa Rina herself couldn't remember many things, the police didn't know how to investigate and seemed to have some reservations. In short, nothing came of it.

At that moment, Osumikawa's wife received a sum of $500,000 from an unknown source. She tricked her daughter into withdrawing the police report and signing a pledge, and then ran away with the windfall.

The question, "Would your mother lie to you again?" became the final straw that broke the camel's back for the Osumikawa father and daughter.

After discovering they had been scammed, the father and daughter reported the case to the police again, but the Yamanashi Prefectural Police refused to accept the case. Rina completely broke down and one day went into the forest alone and never returned.

"Around that time, a group of people called the 'Sakikawa Restoration Army' contacted me and said they could help me." Ōsumi Kawa sighed, "They said they could help me get revenge and hoped to get my help."

"What kind of help? Manufacturing ANFO explosives?" Uesugi Muneyuki nodded, then asked, "What else do you know about this organization?"

Behind him, a group of police officers were writing furiously.

“I don’t know anything about this organization. We communicate through a fixed mobile phone, and everyone uses the name Shinsengumi. I don’t know who they are, but I feel that they should be very young. So I also gave myself a code name, ‘Matsukata Masayoshi.’ Yes, they hoped that I could help them purify the filth for the future of the country, so I offered to make ANFO explosives. Not only that, because they lacked sufficient funds, I gave them all the 3N compensation I received from Showa Chemical, except for a portion for living expenses.”

Minoru Ōsumikawa, panting heavily, recounted how he hand-made ANFO explosives.

He painstakingly purified ammonium nitrate crystals using nitrogen-rich bat guano (bird droppings) and decaying plants from certain caves in the forest, employing complex traditional methods such as dissolving, filtering, and recrystallizing.

This process is extremely dangerous and inefficient, but he has plenty of time and hatred.

He secretly collected diesel fuel from engineering vehicles or abandoned facilities on the outskirts of the forest area and performed simple refining.

Mixing and Assembly: Under specific temperature and humidity conditions, he mixed purified ammonium nitrate crystals with fuel oil in the optimal ratio to produce ANFO, which has a power and stability far exceeding that of ordinary homemade explosives.

Those sawdust and tree preservatives were unintentional "environmental signatures" that he mixed in when making tools and containers from waste wood in the forest during the processing.

Throughout the entire process, Sugishita Ukyo and Kobe Takashi sighed repeatedly, and even Watanabe Minami, who was standing next to him, looked shocked.

What is Showa Superman? This is Showa Superman!

They're just old, not dead!

Moreover, as a science and engineering student, although Ōsumikawa lacked social experience, he could vaguely sense that the Sakikawa Restoration Army was a group of young people. They were passionate, immature, and childish, and they were especially lacking in sufficient funds for their activities. The 3N severance pay that Ōsumikawa provided was a crucial sum of money for them to maintain their organizational activities!
Ōsumikawa worked at Showa Chemical for almost 40 years! 3N is more than 100 months' salary, and the total amount of funds is tens of millions of yen!

Both sides were on the same page regarding "avenging the Akimoto family." Ōsumikawa provided the expertise and bombs, while the Sakikawa Restoration Army was responsible for planning and execution.

"How did you know that the person who hurt your daughter was Shota Akimoto?" Uesugi Muneyuki frowned, thinking that it was understandable that the Sakikawa Restoration Army might have a grudge against Shota Akimoto, and there might be people among them who had been hurt by Shota Akimoto. But how did Ōsumi Kawa know? That remittance? "No, actually... it wasn't Shota Akimoto who hurt my daughter." Ōsumi Kawa's words were shocking.

"What?!" Sugishita Ukyo exclaimed, "Not him? Then why?"

"Let me finish... Although it wasn't Akimoto Shota himself who hurt Rina, and Rina confirmed that, this matter is definitely related to him. Remember what I said before about being fired from the company?" Ōsumikawa said with a cold smile, "Later, I repeatedly questioned the president, and he admitted that he had been contacted. After that, I investigated for a long time and confirmed that the person who contacted the company was Minister Akimoto's secretary, and the person who instructed him to do so was Akimoto Shota. So although he wasn't the one who hurt my daughter, this matter is definitely related to him!"

"I see!" Uesugi Muneyuki finally understood.

N-Net!
It's this mysterious organization!
“The Sakikawa Restoration Army said they had a way… so I agreed to join them. They took some prepared bombs from me and told me they had found a solution… They also told me they had set up safe houses elsewhere, but I knew I was going to die, and I didn’t want to leave the Forest of Trees. Rina, my Rina, I could feel her always by my side, right here in the Forest of Trees with me… Then you came. To be honest, you came really fast, faster than we imagined. Is this the legendary forensic doctor, Uesugi Muneyuki? You’re really amazing!” Ōsumi Kawa nodded. For this kind of STEM guy, solid skills and expertise were the most important thing to be recognized.

“Heh, it’s nothing. It’s just that this matter has a very high priority, and I can mobilize resources from all over the country and have a sufficient budget.” Uesugi Muneyuki shook his head, very modestly: “This kind of thing that is done without regard to cost or sacrifice is not replicable. As a forensic doctor, I have only made a small contribution.”

"Forget it, I may not understand forensic medicine, but I certainly understand the Japanese police!" Ōsumikawa said dismissively. "Drawing a line costs $1, but knowing where to draw the line costs $9999. If you hadn't been able to find the key to the matter, and these cops had been using sheer numbers to muddle through, you wouldn't have found me even after three more months. By the time you found me, I might already be dead. You're not spending money, you're saving the Metropolitan Police Department a fortune!"

Sugishita Ukyo and Kobe Takashi, who were standing behind him, were both embarrassed by what they heard. Kobe Takashi, the public security counselor of the National Police Agency, felt that this should not be turned into a year-end party, so he continued to ask, "So, may I ask, do you know about the Red Canary? What is their relationship with the so-called Sakikawa Restoration Army? What other actions is the Sakikawa Restoration Army planning? Do you know?"

"Red Canary? I don't know what that is. It wasn't mentioned in the secret communications. But... I heard about what happened at the Imperial Palace. Could it be that the bomb used was also one I made?" Ōsumikawa looked at the Kobe councilor's expression and felt his eyes light up. "It seems so! Hahaha! Ahahaha~ I never thought that after working silently my whole life, I, Ōsumikawa Minoru, could accomplish such a great feat before I die. Uesugi-san, Uesugi-san, tell me! Is it true?"

"It's true, but just like before, I stopped it." Uesugi Muneyuki nodded calmly.

"I see, what a pity. But I lost to you, and it's not unfair." Ōsumi Kawa nodded, his face showing the regret of accepting defeat. "I know about you. I said in the communications back then, 'Aren't you afraid of Uesugi from the Special Missions Division?'"

"That guy named Hijikata Toshizo said he's not afraid. No matter how strong Uesugi is, there's only one of him!"

"Wait, what do you mean by that?" The Kobe councilor's expression changed slightly, and he immediately pressed on, "You haven't answered my previous question yet. Besides retaliation against the Foreign Minister, what other plans does the Sakikawa Restoration Army have?"

"If anything, their goal is to destroy the entire corrupt system, resolve the wealth gap, redistribute social wealth, and establish a truly just, fair, and transparent society. So they plan to... assassinate all the members of parliament and ministers who are hostile to them, as well as all the powerful figures," Ōsumikawa said. "Akimoto Shota is just the first target."

“So it’s the extreme left.” Uesugi Muneyuki said thoughtfully.

This fits his stereotype of leftists, whose intentions can be summarized in two sentences: take away all your resources and make decisions for you.

However, if one goes even slightly to extremes, the Left-Left people begin to evolve into the Bobo people.

This is why leftists internationally are either becoming radicalized or are extremely discredited.

But no matter how powerful Uesugi is, there's only one of him. What does that mean?
"Oh no!" At that moment, Sugishita Ukyo reacted even faster than Uesugi Muneyuki. He immediately looked at Kobe Takeru and Uesugi Muneyuki: "Shizuoka Prefecture, kidnapping of Kurokawa's daughter!"

"A kidnapping?! Wait, could it be..." Kobe Takeru also gasped.

Oops! ! !

(End of this chapter)