Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 57, On-site Autopsy (rd Update!)

10:30 pm, Fujidai Odaiba Building, first floor, restaurant, temporary special investigation headquarters.

Seeing that the time given by Nippon Life Insurance was getting shorter and shorter, the elites of the First Investigation Section of the Special Investigation Headquarters couldn't help but reveal anxious looks on their faces.

Although the Metropolitan Police Department is a powerful department, Japan is a capitalist society after all. Faced with a large multinational company like Nippon Life Insurance, which is among the Fortune 500 companies, the Metropolitan Police Department dare not offend it directly without evidence.

Not to mention that media giants like Dentsu and Hakuhodo are involved. These two are also well-known tough guys. If you offend them, just expect to be exposed for a lot of negative news.

What's worse is that if the building closure continues, the image of the Metropolitan Police Department's incompetence will be proven once again during the live broadcast.

Hmm? Why do you say "again"?
So when Inspector Higurashi at the front brought the news that Mariko Hironaka had been found, everyone in the Special Investigation Headquarters breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yada☆ze~"

"Good job, stay alert and don't lose face!"

"Higurashi is usually a steady guy, and he didn't disappoint us this time!"

"Uesugi-kun, that's amazing!"

"I have secured my year-end bonus and annual leave this year!"

There was a burst of cheers from the audience, and even Section Chief Mikasa of the Investigation Section 1 breathed a sigh of relief: "It was almost, he was killed!"

"Ouch, I can't hold it anymore!" The section chief relaxed and immediately covered his crotch: "I can't hold it anymore!"

His exaggerated performance made the police in the restaurant laugh uncontrollably.

"Toilet, where is the toilet?" "The toilet is over there! Section Chief!"

Section Chief Mikasa ran away, leaving behind Minami Watanabe, the face of the Metropolitan Police Department under the Special Search Headquarters, and Okada, the director's driver.

"Cunning old man!" Watanabe Minami's bright and beautiful face finally relaxed after receiving the news. Her beautiful eyes stared at Uesugi Sosetsu who was chatting with Shirakawa Mai on the screen. There was a gleam in her sweet eyes, and an indescribable sense of pride, satisfaction and accomplishment filled her heart.

These are the talents she discovered, these are the talents she selected, and these are the talents she designated.

If it weren't for me, you would probably still be looking at corpses in Otsuka Police Station?

Thank you, Uesugi-kun!
The face of the Metropolitan Police Department held her flawless face in her hands, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, looking sweet and refreshing.

This time you have saved father, our family will remember it.

I hadn't planned to get in touch with you so soon, but this time I have to express my gratitude to you in person, and by the way... get to know you.

Are you satisfied with Ikeda whom I assigned to you?

If you are not satisfied, we will exchange or refund you!
Inspector Okada, who was sitting with Watanabe Minami, had no idea that countless thoughts were running through the mind of the face of the Metropolitan Police Department. He nodded and said, "This old guy is always like this."

Serving as the head of the Investigation Section 1 as a non-professional team and leading the professional and quasi-professional teams within the section is a test of leadership skills. Section Chief Mikasa's leadership skill is to show weakness occasionally, to adopt a low-key approach by causing small problems in public to appear down-to-earth, and to integrate into the workplace environment with friendliness.

However, the live broadcast content soon took a weird turn.

Fuji TV gave a shot to Inspector Higurashi, and then the camera was aimed at Uesugi Sosetsu and Shirakawa Mai who were chatting.

This pair of handsome man and beautiful woman seemed to be oblivious to the people around them and chatted lively in front of millions of viewers from the entire Kanto region. Uesugi Sosetsu, who usually displayed a stern image, rarely showed a surprised and moved expression when facing his senior sister Mai's active approach. He raised his eyebrows from time to time, and the corners of his mouth were harder to suppress than AK, and he subconsciously revealed a flattered smile.

Mai Shirakawa was smiling even brighter. Under the reflection of her beautiful face, the surrounding scenery and faces became blurred.

There were bursts of clicks of tongue coming from the Special Investigation Headquarters. The male police officers were envious, jealous, lonely, empty and cold, and they looked at Uesugi Sosetsu on the screen with hostility.

As for the female police officers, there were almost no female police officers on the scene because they were dispatched on short notice and the situation was complicated.

"Let's go, let's go too." Watanabe Minami stood up.

"We're going there now?" Inspector Okada was surprised by Watanabe Minami's decision: "But... the Section Chief and the others."

"If you're late, you won't be able to see Uesugi-kun's performance." Watanabe Minami smiled brightly and walked briskly: "The case is not yet completed, is it?"

"Okay." Inspector Okada had no choice but to quickly catch up with the Metropolitan Police Department's face.

————I am the dividing line that is more difficult to suppress than AK————

"If you say anything more, I will arrange to send you out now!"

The middle-aged man who had been tired all day roared in frustration, which was somewhat personal. Uesugi Sosetsu shut up tactfully, and Shirakawa Mai quickly put her hands together and asked sincerely, "I'm sorry, Mr. Policeman, can you let me stay here? Hironaka Mariko is also my friend, and she has taken good care of me in the TV station, so I followed to see, please don't chase me away, okay?"

Mai Shirakawa was wearing a fairy-like long dress today. The hem of the dress swayed, revealing a pair of delicate jade feet that only showed the ankles. She wore white Chanel-style butterfly high heels. Her skin was so white that it was impossible to tell whether she was wearing stockings or not. The pure jade color, like mutton-fat jade, faintly revealed an alluring pink color. The ankles of her jade feet were outlined by a thin tie, and the slender ankles and calves formed a perfect match.

Coupled with the exquisite makeup on her face, her beautiful face is glamorous everywhere, and when she slightly turns sideways to beg, her delicate body outlines a golden ratio curve, and almost no man can refuse.

Half fairy, half goblin.

"Then stand further away and don't cause any trouble." Inspector Higurashi's face also turned red, and he muttered, "It's really strange that you're here."

Everyone at the Metropolitan Police Department immediately accepted Mai Shirakawa's apology and naturally allowed her to stay at the scene.

"Junior, it's not convenient to talk here. Let's exchange contact information first and then chat later." Shirakawa Mai took out her cell phone.

Uesugi Sosetsu naturally accepted the offer. Under the murderous gazes of dozens of male animals around him, he exchanged contact information with senior sister Mai.

Ikeda Erina, who was beside Uesugi Sosetsu, witnessed the entire conversation between the two.

When seeing this national actress having a great time chatting with Uesugi Sosetsu, Ikeda Erena's face looked a little unhappy, but she had to admit that Shirakawa Mai was really beautiful, so beautiful that even Ikeda Erena could not help but feel a little ashamed of herself, and Shirakawa Mai's gentle and generous temperament was more in line with the traditional Japanese aesthetic.

If it comes to competing in figure, Erina is still a little confident in herself, but in terms of pure facial features, Shirakawa Mai is more than one level higher than her.

She also admires Mai Shirakawa's "independent, self-reliant, and beautiful" personality. Her words "Japanese women can say no" have always been one of Erina's mottos. Seeing Mai Shirakawa at such a close distance, Erina subconsciously felt very happy.

It turned out that she and Uesugi Sosetsu were schoolmates, and they took the initiative to recognize each other and called each other "senior and junior". Then she didn't even look at me directly and acted as if I didn't exist the whole time!

Now, Erina is unhappy!

Especially when she saw Shirakawa Mai actually taking out her cell phone to exchange contact information with Uesugi Sosetsu, the expression on Erina's face was already smiling without saying anything.

It's time to teach Uesugi a more core karate technique lesson - actual combat. Putting away his phone, Uesugi Sosetsu continued to perform the autopsy on the surface. However, unlike before, this time there was senior sister Mai watching not far away. Uesugi Sosetsu felt that his emotions were particularly excited and serious.

He stood outside the room, facing the live broadcast camera of Fuji TV. Facing the question from the female anchor, Uesugi Muneyuki suppressed his excitement and said calmly: "The cause of death was suffocation."

He added to Inspector Higurashi, "Based on the scars, Ms. Hironaka put up a certain amount of resistance, but it wasn't strong."

"What do you mean?" Inspector Higurashi put his hands behind his back and frowned.

"What I mean is that Ms. Hironaka should have come into this room with the murderer. At least, there was no conflict between the two parties before they came to this room. It was not until the two people entered this room that a conflict arose for some reason, and the murderer took action here." Uesugi Munenori carefully identified the marks on the body: "Plus, the murderer was able to hide Ms. Hironaka in the wall. I have a guess."

"The murderer is most likely an internal staff of the TV station." Inspector Higurashi, who is worthy of being a member of the Investigation Division, said coldly, and then turned his attention to Fuji TV.

President Kameyama's face grew darker and darker, but he said nothing.

"What about the time of death?" Ikeda Erena suddenly asked, "Why are you so sure it was Friday night? And why did you say that Ms. Hironaka was very likely to have died shortly after leaving the surveillance camera?"

Uesugi Sosetsu smiled when he heard this and pointed at the wall. "First of all, the time of death can never be estimated very accurately, but this environment has always been one of our favorite environments for forensic doctors, probably second only to the bodies in the freezer."

"The area where the body is located is fixed, the air is not circulating, and the temperature around the body is almost completely unchanged." Uesugi Munenyuki pointed to the situation inside the wall: "In this case, the decay rate of the body will hardly change, so we can easily infer the time of death of the body."

Then Uesugi Sosetsu stretched out a second finger and pointed at Ms. Hironaka Mariko's legs: "And did you notice that there are urine stains on the upper part of Ms. Hironaka's pantyhose?"

"In the case of death by suffocation, the deceased may suffer from incontinence due to lack of oxygen to the brain, especially women, because women's urethra is shorter than men's, and it is more difficult for them to hold urine." Uesugi Munen said in a deep voice: "So, Ms. Hironaka must have been killed not long after she disappeared. This is consistent with the speed of the corpse's decay. Otherwise, if conditions allowed, she would definitely go to the toilet."

"So based on the above suspicions, the murderer is most likely a staff member of the TV station, familiar with the environment and the location of the surveillance cameras, and should know Ms. Hironaka. The crime was committed on Friday night, no later than 12 o'clock on Friday night." Uesugi Sosetsu then extended his third finger: "The above is confirmed information, Inspector Higurashi, please use these clues to eliminate the suspects first."

"I'll need some time to look at the rest."

See? This is called professionalism.

Inspector Higurashi nodded vigorously when Uesugi Sosetsu was speaking, and the detectives around him were even more impressed.

This guy spent five minutes on the autopsy, and was much more reliable than those guys in the forensic department who spent several hours and still couldn't explain the cause.

With just a few words, he helped the police greatly narrow down the scope of suspects, and his judgments were all well-founded and convincing.

But Fuji TV...

"President, the ratings are dropping rapidly!" the staff member secretly grabbed President Kameyama and said.

"What? Why? Hasn't the person been found?" President Kameyama looked puzzled: "When was the highest ratings before?"

"The camera was pointed at Uesugi and Shirakawa when they were chatting!" The staff member whispered, "The ratings had reached 38% at that time, but when Shirakawa-san left the live show, the ratings started to drop again, and now it has dropped to 35%!"

“Why is this happening?!” President Kameyama slapped his thigh in anger.

The incident has already broken out, people have died, and his position as president is already shaky. His only hope is to run this live broadcast well and prove his ability to handle crises to the board of directors, shareholders, Dentsu and the entire TV station department!
Thinking of this, President Kameyama decided to give it a try.

At this time, Shirakawa Mai had already left the security area under the escort of the Metropolitan Police Department. There was an indescribable strange feeling on her beautiful face, and her bright eyes were always staring at Uesugi Sosetsu who was talking in front of the camera.

In an area invisible to everyone, a Dharma image is unfolding behind this national actress.

The ancient sacred tree Huakaiyeji.

interesting.

Shirakawa Mai stared at Uesugi Sosetsu.

This guy is probably a new guy, and he has a strong sense of justice. No wonder he is so good at autopsies. It turns out he is also...

I caught you!
In fact, why don't you just rule it as suicide? Fuji TV and the Metropolitan Police Department will approve it, so it's justifiable both morally and logically.

Shirakawa Mai smiled in her heart: "But if you do things this way, then you're doomed! Death penalty, death penalty!"

Now, it is still worthwhile to examine it again. After all, it is not easy to find a person of the same kind with high moral standards. This newbie meets her standards and has many advantages.

She was absolutely confident in her beauty, and she knew after just a brief encounter that this man also admired her.

The national actress reached out and gently pressed her belly, a streak of crimson flowed down her neck and onto her face, she was incredibly beautiful.

At this moment, President Kameyama pushed through the crowd and came in front of Shirakawa Mai.

"President?"

"Mr. Shirakawa, please!" President Kameyama bowed deeply 90 degrees, trying to sell his old face: "Can you be the temporary host of our live broadcast?"

"Eh?" The national actress was stunned for a moment: "Is it okay? But my assistant and agent are still..."

"This is my lifelong request, Kameyama Chihiro. Please." President Kameyama pleaded with his hands clasped together, "I will be in charge of communicating with the agent and assistant. Shirakawa-san, for the sake of my station, please help me!"

“Well… okay!” The radiant senior Mai deliberately dragged out the words with interest, pretending to be embarrassed, until President Kameyama showed a look of despair, and then quietly agreed: “Since it is the president’s request, then this is the only time, and it will not happen again!”

"Thank you so much!" President Kameyama was overjoyed. He immediately led Shirakawa Mai to push through the crowd and said, "Make way, make way!"

"Yeshi, please come down and let Shirakawa-san take over as the host."

Just like that, Fuji TV's own female anchor was replaced, and Shirakawa Mai took over as the temporary female anchor.

The effect is quite explosive.

"President, the ratings are starting to rise rapidly! They have already surpassed this year's Red and White Songs Festival and are rapidly approaching 45%!"

"President Takashima of Dentsu called and said we were doing a great job!"

"Great!" Good news came one after another. The senior executives of Fuji TV celebrated with joy. Everyone was in high spirits, and it was like a sign of revival and prosperity.

"This battle is won by our station!"

Total victory!

　This is the third update. The next one will be in a few hours.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)