Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 567, Rushing to the Rescue of Uesugi Muneyuki from Afar!
P.S.: This case is based on a real event, but the actual execution was even more abstract~
When, late at night, Section Chief Sugishita Ukyo's antique Figaro, Councilor Kobe Takashi's GTR, and Uesugi Muneyuki's Lexus pulled up in front of the Shizuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters, he knew immediately that he was late: "Oh no!"

They were met with the silent Oshima General Manager, the emotionally distraught Kurokawa couple, and Kashiwagi Jin, who was furiously pounding on the wall.

Kashiwagi Jin won. He achieved a case-solving speed comparable to Uesugi Muneyuki with just one elite team, while Uesugi Muneyuki mobilized resources from all over the country!
In terms of the time it took to solve the case, this was an absolute and complete victory, a complete victory for Kashiwagi Jin over Uesugi Muneyuki.

However, the result... was a complete failure!

In the end, he managed to protect nothing!
Compared to Uesugi Muneyuki's perfect ending with all his efforts, Kashiwagi Jin's ending can be described as a complete defeat.

"Can I see the body?" Kashiwagi Jin briefly explained the case to Uesugi Muneyuki and the others who had arrived. The cruelty and perversion of the outcome shocked and angered the police officers at the scene. Uesugi Muneyuki also narrowed his eyes and frowned, taking the initiative to ask.

“There are some procedural issues, but the Shizuoka Prefectural Police will definitely make some leniency, right?” Kobe Takashi, a counselor at the Public Security Department of the National Police Agency, asked the Shizuoka Prefectural Police in a very “friendly” manner.

"Of course!" The Shizuoka Prefectural Police were also very disappointed with this "completely unsuccessful attempt at solving the case."

Unfortunately, this is a case that has already been solved.

Uesugi Muneyuki successfully awakened Uno Yukiko's dead soul, but this was a case that had already been solved.

In fact, Yukiko was murdered shortly after being kidnapped, and she had nothing more to say.

At this time, Kashiwagi Jin also told Uesugi Muneyuki about the follow-up investigation on Taguchi Junnosuke.

While his childhood friend went to Keio University, Junnosuke Taguchi could only attend an ordinary university, Toyo University. This ordinary university had a relatively relaxed academic schedule, giving him a lot of free time. During this process, Taguchi came into contact with a lot of far-left ideologies. Because he deeply resented being "the driver's son," these ideologies gave him a perfect excuse and reason to vent his resentment and anger.

Of course, Taguchi was still able to endure it at this time because he still believed that he could marry the daughter of the senator. Although his life as a "noble young man" had been stolen, if Senator Kurokawa could give him "compensation" (referring to marrying Yukiko), he could still forgive the "corrupt system" for "oppression and exploitation" against him.

"What has he even learned?!" Kashiwagi Jin said angrily to Uesugi Muneyuki.

“That’s normal. Humans have selfish and violent genes written in their DNA. Humans are best at rationalizing their behavior beforehand and making excuses for themselves afterward.” Uesugi Muneyuki seemed very calm. He nodded and said with a complicated look, “Everyone wants to find a high-sounding excuse to legally and reasonably vent their violence and interfere in other people’s affairs, or at least to morally judge and humiliate others.”

“Whether it’s witch hunts, the power of others’ wishes, jihad, or the elimination of non-citizens to cleanse chaos and corruption, or the revolution he talks about, they all have similarities to some extent.” Uesugi Muneyuki sighed: “You know, the people of this country are already very repressed. When they are repressed to the extreme, they are prone to going to extremes. No wonder Emperor Wen of Han, Liu Heng, said after he ascended the throne that we should guard against the right, but mainly guard against the left.”

“Taguchi’s actions are purely a personal grudge, but he needs to find a rationale for himself, and Red Canary has provided that.” Uesugi Muneyuki shook his head repeatedly: “It feels so good to be able to take someone’s life and property under the pretext of justice.”

“Ma Sei probably never imagined such a day would come.” Kashiwagi Jin deeply agreed with Uesugi Muneyuki’s view. Of course, he knew that Taguchi’s actions were not a so-called “revolution” at all, but he still couldn’t help but say, “As for his hatred for the parliamentarian’s family for not getting what they wanted, I remember that Bakunin of the First International repeatedly asked, ‘Is the proletariat that has become the ruling class still a proletariat?’ He broke Ma Sei’s defenses and expelled him from the First International, didn’t he?”

"Ah, you're talking about this?" Uesugi Muneyuki shook his head repeatedly after hearing this: "Although it's not entirely wrong, it's too one-sided. The main reason Bakunin was expelled from the First International by Ma Sheng was that he turned to anarchism, that is, anarchism, believing that all governments and political parties should be abolished, and that the First International should not have command authority, but should only be a loose liaison office."

"However, although Bakunin said this, he was actually secretly forming a secret society and small group. At the same time, he was always against Ma, always contradicting him and challenging him. He even tacitly approved the use of any means to carry out terrorist attacks and physically eliminate the opposition. Ma Sheng could no longer tolerate him and expelled him from the First International. This actually led to the complete disintegration of the First International."

“I see.” Kashiwagi Jin, after all, was a graduate of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo. He was still indignant: “I studied Marxist theory at the University of Tokyo, which was a great idea at least for that time, but…”

“But now these people are constantly chanting the horse racing mantra and carrying out terrorist activities, causing the whole society to subconsciously feel that they have encountered terrorists when they hear these slogans, right?” Uesugi Muneyuki said rather awkwardly.

"…………" The two walls of the Metropolitan Police Department faced each other in silence.

“The Red Canary must have accomplices,” Kashiwagi said in a low voice, his fists clenched and his eyes bloodshot.

Uesugi Muneyuki nodded, his confusion only growing.

What exactly is the relationship between the Red Canary and the Sakikawa Restoration Army?
If they were in cahoots, how did the Sakikawa Restoration Army manage to so easily identify, plan, and kidnap these sons of powerful figures, given their obvious lack of funds?

This clearly requires ample funding, extensive experience, meticulous organization, and strong support to accomplish!
An organization that needs Osumigawa's gold coins to make explosives... doesn't seem like it!
Uesugi Muneyuki then turned his gaze to the sword.

Zwilling German-made pointed kitchen knife.

Yes, he remembered that this should be the third time Zwilling kitchen knives had been used.

For murder, autopsy, dismemberment, and cesarean sections, only Zwilling! Certified by the Red Canary and serial killer Yasue Saijo! Zwilling is the go-to brand for home, travel, murder, and robbery! However, Zwilling probably doesn't want this kind of certification.

When Uesugi Muneyuki and Kashiwagi Jin came out, Sugishita Ukyo, the head of the First Investigation Division, stood quietly in front of the one-way glass, wearing his impeccable suit and holding a cup of black tea, listening to Taguchi Junnosuke's "eloquent talk" about his crimes in the interrogation room.

With the arrogance of a martyr, Taguchi concluded in a clear and fanatical tone: "...So, don't you understand? The Kurokawa family is the embodiment of a corrupt system! We are not just eliminating a woman and an unborn child; we are eliminating the filthy bloodline of the old world! This is the most thorough and just execution of the 'proletariat' against the 'bourgeoisie'! It is the necessary evil of revolution!"

The young detective turned pale with anger and was about to slam his fist on the table when the interrogation room door was gently pushed open.

Sugishita Ukyo walked in, his steps steady, his face expressionless, only his eyes behind his glasses, like cold stars on a winter night, calmly reflecting Taguchi's figure.

He waved for the young detective to go out first.

Only the two of them remained inside.

Sugishita did not sit down immediately. Instead, he gently placed his cup of black tea on the corner of the table before sitting down opposite Taguchi, placing his fingertips lightly together on the table.

“Taguchi-kun,” Sugishita’s voice was as calm as stating a mathematical theorem, “I heard what you just said. Please allow me to offer a few points of analysis on your theory of ‘justice’ based on logic and facts.”

Taguchi chuckled and was about to retort when Sugishita Ukyo continued speaking, his pace slow but each word carrying undeniable weight.

“First,” Sugishita Ukyo held up one finger, “regarding the misuse of the word 'class'.”

"You define Representative Kurokawa as 'bourgeois' and yourself as 'proletarian.' Then, tell me, did Representative Kurokawa pay your father a salary below market standards? He sponsored your education and provided care far exceeding the scope of an 'employer.' In any rational social model analysis, is this behavior 'oppression' or 'overflow of goodwill'? You used the information and convenience obtained from this goodwill to commit crimes. This is not class struggle, but the most despicable betrayal. Your actions tarnish the sociological analytical term 'class'; it is merely a fig leaf to cover up your personal resentment."

"Second," Sugishita Ukyo held up a second finger, "about 'revolution'."

"Whatever the goal of a revolution, its underlying logic is to build a better society, or at least a society that its believers consider 'better.' What has your 'revolution' brought? A cruelly dismembered corpse, a fetus made into a specimen, a broken family. This is not a revolution; this is terrorism, destruction purely for the purpose of venting hatred. All the great revolutionaries in history, if they could know this from beyond the grave, would be ashamed to have shared the word 'revolution' with you."

“Third,” Sugishita Ukyo held up a third finger, “about 'justice'.”

"Your most absurd argument lies in your claim of 'justice.'" Sugishita's voice remained calm, but the coldness within it was enough to freeze the air. "One of the core elements of 'justice' is the fairness of procedure and proportion. Even in the most extreme states of war, the mistreatment of prisoners of war and the massacre of civilians are considered unjust. And you, against a woman you've known since childhood who harbored no direct malice towards you, against an unborn, absolutely innocent life, inflicted cruelty far exceeding anything imaginable by any civilized standard. You label this inhumane act as 'justice,' which is not only a secondary injury to the victim but also a blatant trampling on the bottom line of human reason and morality. Your 'justice' is nothing more than a self-deceiving ideological cloak covering the beast within you called 'jealousy' and 'inferiority.'"

Sugishita Ukyo leaned forward slightly, his gaze pressing down on Taguchi as if it were a physical object.

"So, Taguchi-kun, please stop your self-glorification with flowery words. You are not a revolutionary, you are a criminal. Not a thinker, you are a murderer. Your actions have nothing to do with any lofty ideals, they only concern your personal, distorted sense of failure and malice that you cannot cope with."

What you are doing is not justice.

"You do not represent the proletariat either."

"You, and your 'red canary,' are merely an extremely ugly and pathetic manifestation of human evil after it has lost the restraint of reason."

“A prisoner like you will never, ever, ever deserve forgiveness! Please wait for the law to give you the punishment you deserve!”

After speaking, Sugishita Ukyo slowly stood up, picked up his cup of slightly cooled black tea, and without glancing at Taguchi, who was frozen in place with a face that had turned from arrogant to pale, calmly left the interrogation room as if he had completed a routine logical deduction.

The door closed behind him, leaving only Taguchi and his "faith," which had just been completely deconstructed and shattered, revealing its pale and empty interior.

Sugishita Ukyo did not roar or threaten, but his criticism, based on absolute rationality, was more destructive than any emotional rebuke. His words struck Taguchi like a heavy hammer, leaving him speechless.

"Let's go," Sugishita Ukyo said in a low voice to Uesugi Muneyuki and Kashiwagi Jin. "The public security police will undoubtedly take over the rest of the matter."

"Also, Uesugi, Kashiwagi... now that you've finished such a big case, you two might need to lay low for a while."

(End of this chapter)