Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 73: The Dilemma of the Forensic Doctor
The scenery of the Metropolitan Police Department's Forensic Science Division is different from that of other places.

As mentioned before, the flow of people inside the Metropolitan Police Department is extremely large and busy, with so many people coming and going that the roads are blocked. Only places like the corridor in front of the office of a few senior executives or the office of the Chief of the First Investigation Section are slightly quieter.

But the area leading to the forensic department was exceptionally quiet.

"Uesugi-kun is a very good forensic doctor, completely different from those people in the Identification Department." Watanabe Minami took light steps and took Uesugi Sosetsu to visit the Metropolitan Police Department. The way she walked was completely different from that of Reina, very steady and rhythmic. "Father also mentioned that the quality of forensic doctors nowadays is much different than before. If Uesugi-kun hadn't temporarily changed his major..."

"I am punished if I am punished. Ms. Watanabe, you don't have to cover up for me." Uesugi Sosetsu squinted his eyes and said, "My personality is not good at handling doctor-patient relationships. It is indeed better to see a dead person than a living one."

"Haha, Uesugi-kun is as straightforward as ever. Indeed, the dead will not have any objections." Watanabe Minami nodded slightly. It was obvious that she had done serious homework on Uesugi Sosetsu's personality and way of doing things. "I'm just saying that with the current speed of iteration of the Forensic Science Department... the future of the Metropolitan Police Department's autopsies may really fall entirely on your shoulders."

This is a very euphemistic way of saying it, meaning that the forensic scientists in the Identification Department are all uglier than others.

But Uesugi Munesetsu did not refute. In fact, he also had deep concerns about Japan's forensic system.

There used to be five cities in Japan that had specialized forensic institutions: Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya, and Yokohama.

Of course, forensic scientists are also civil servants, with a stable income and no worries about food and drink. Therefore, after the war, many children from very poor families who could not afford to go to college chose to become forensic scientists. As a result, Japan's forensic scientists were quite strong in the early years.

However, the difference between forensic and clinical professions soon changed as the economy improved. Most forensic doctors were still earning an annual salary of around 35 million yuan when they were years old, while clinical doctors generally earned more than million yuan a year by the age of after the economic boom.

What's even more terrible is that in the future, the salary gap between the two sides will become larger and larger. Forensic doctors can almost only rely on seniority to increase their salary, while those who have studied clinical medicine know that even if they cannot be promoted to a medical instructor, there are many ways to make money.

Forensic medicine is a typical 7K profession. After the economy improved, the appeal of civil servant status to ordinary people has greatly weakened, and the situation of forensic medicine has become worse and worse.

The first city to cancel its forensic system was Yokohama because it was simply unable to recruit anyone. Before the millennium, the last forensic doctor in Yokohama had to dissect more than 1300 bodies a year, an average of four a day, and he had to do all the dissections by himself. He was truly overwhelmed. After this last forensic doctor resigned, the city of Yokohama took the opportunity to cancel its forensic system.

Then came Nagoya and Kobe. Today, only Tokyo and Osaka Prefectures still have specialized forensic institutions.

Professor Okochi went to see the doctor at the Tokyo Metropolitan Medical Institute with Uesugi Munesetsu, and it's hard to describe the details: there are 8 regular forensic doctors, who are regular civil servants, and there are about 30 or so special forensic doctors who are not fixed, most of them are professors or associate professors in the forensic departments of major universities, who only come for half a day every week, and Professor Okochi is one of them.

These eight people are responsible for the autopsies of approximately 8 bodies in Tokyo every day. Considering that it is impossible for these eight forensic doctors to perform autopsies every day as they have to rotate and have other things to do, the actual number of bodies they are responsible for is more than 30 per day.

If this continues, it will be over sooner or later.

The building is about to collapse and one tree cannot support it. Uesugi Sosetsu does not intend to be that single tree, but the dilemma of the forensic doctor can be seen from this.

What's even worse is that Japan's strange social environment has also led to a very low status forensic doctors. Apart from the common custom in East Asian cultural circles that the dead are more important and more important than the dead, and people are unwilling to destroy corpses, forensic doctors actually have another very important function, which is not autopsy, but injury examination, especially work-related injuries.

However, the environment in Japan is that employees who suffer work-related injuries are either full-time employees or these lifelong employees rarely fall out with the company over work-related injuries. Generally, when encountering such a situation, both parties will sit down, the boss will say a number and the employee will also propose a number, and after some bargaining, both parties will reach a settlement and the company will rest well and continue to work.

If you want to get your injuries checked, it means you have to go through formal procedures with the company, which means you are likely to lose your status as a full member.

If a dispatched employee suffers a work-related injury, there will be no need for a forensic examination to claim compensation, so I will not elaborate on this point.

There are more injuries examined in traffic accidents, but this area involves insurance claims and has little to do with official forensic agencies, unless it involves a criminal case.

Therefore, there are few injury examinations, but autopsies are frequent and tiring. Due to lack of money and low social status, forensic medicine has become a sideline job.

"All these guys in the forensic department graduated from second-rate medical schools. They couldn't get into popular majors like clinical medicine, so they had no choice but to choose forensic medicine. They also failed to change their majors and ended up in the Metropolitan Police Department. The department knew they were not good enough, but they didn't choose them." Watanabe Minami shrugged helplessly, "Who said that no one studies forensic medicine?"

"Am I not a human being?" Uesugi Sosetsu said helplessly.

"You are different from them, Uesugi-kun." Watanabe Minami revealed a hint of sarcasm: "Compared to you, they are just like tools. In other words, they are just a group of tools responsible for pressing buttons. Without professional instruments, they dare not do anything and dare not make any judgments."

"Then I am a useful tool?" Uesugi Sosetsu approached from behind and lifted a strand of Miss Minami's hair. "A perfect crime-solving instrument. You input the case, and I will give you the result, evidence, and logical chain."

Miss Minami stopped walking and smiled proudly: "That's right, Uesugi-kun, you know yourself very well!"

"Then you are not even a tool, my Miss Minami." Uesugi Sosetsu was halfway through his words when he caught a glimpse of Watanabe Minami's smile which was quietly restrained.

"What do you mean, Uesugi-kun?" Watanabe Minami's beautiful eyes narrowed, revealing a very curious expression: "I understand why you have received so many complaints in the hospital."

"Don't play dumb about what I mean. It was you who suggested to your father that I should be assigned to the Metropolitan Police Department. So, my Miss Minami, are you confident that you can use me well?" Uesugi Muneyuki blinked and said meaningfully, "I don't consider so much. There's also the social impact. I will say what I want to say. I will do what needs to be done. Don't regret it then!"

"I'm just a forensic doctor. Forensic doctors are very simple and are born to serve the people." Uesugi Sosetsu looked indifferent.

"It's the same with our Metropolitan Police Department. I'm a police officer and you're a forensic doctor. We both serve the people, but the division of labor is different." Watanabe Minami narrowed her eyes and said softly, "I'm your supervisor in the Metropolitan Police Department. You do the autopsy, and I'll take care of the rest."

"Although the night of Fuji TV's closure is short, the glory will last for a long time. I, Uesugi Munesetsu, will not enjoy the glory alone." Uesugi Munesetsu continued, "You can rest assured about this." "Oh? So Uesugi-kun is really generous~" Watanabe Minami kept smiling, but her proud face quietly added a sharpness: "It sounds like there is only a transaction, nothing else?"

"You can't make friends without some conditions or deals?" Uesugi Sosetsu looked at Watanabe Minami and said seriously, "Why else would I agree to come?"

"Because you have no choice, idiot~" Watanabe Minami's proud face froze slightly, then she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and restored her smile without leaving any trace: "Frank, I like talking to smart people."

"So, are you my master?"

"Why did the Spiritual Base Summoning produce this? Where is Lord Qian Xin?"

The two smiled at each other again. They both had a strange feeling about each other, as if the mortise and tenon structure in ancient buildings, the connection between them was seamless and just right.

Maybe we really met and played together when we were young, otherwise how could we be so in tune with each other?

The same thought appeared in the minds of two people at the same time.

The future may become very interesting!

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The room of the forensic department is filled with a huge number of file boxes, and each file box contains clues to a case. Some cases that have been solved will be archived, while some cases that have not been solved are waiting for testing.

Different from the suit-wearing brigade of the Metropolitan Police Department, the three brothers of the Forensic Science Division wore thick work clothes that were so shabby that they looked like dirt. There was "Metropolitan Police Department" written on the back, and the style was the kind that was very resistant to contamination.

Apart from the cardboard boxes on the side, the rest of the forensic department was filled with all kinds of instruments. A simple workstation was squeezed in the middle of a large pile of instruments. The light in the room was very dim. As soon as the door was opened, a mixture of chemicals, sweat and machine running smells hit me in the face.

"Attention everyone, this is Dr. Sosetsu Uesugi from the Department of Forensic Pathology of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, who will be working in the Forensic Department of our department starting today." Watanabe Minami said to the three brothers inside.

"Wow, it's really Uesugi-san!"

"It's me!"

Unlike what they had imagined, the three guys from the Forensic Department were so excited to see Uesugi Sosetsu that they dropped what they were doing and rushed towards Uesugi Sosetsu.

"Hello everyone, I'm Uesugi Munesetsu, and I'll be working here in the future. Thank you for your guidance." Uesugi Munesetsu nodded with a smile.

Then Watanabe Minami introduced Uesugi Sosetsu to the three authentic forensic doctors in the Forensic Department.

Dongshan Wu, a 35-year-old forensic uncle, looks like a brown bear, with a round face and body, and a thick beard. He is quite cute.

Takeshi Toyama was discovered to be a homosexual in medical school. Due to the scandal, he faced the possibility of being fired or switching to the forensic department, so he was forced to become a forensic doctor. In the circle, his nickname is "Tiger-chan".

Hideo Kamioka, a 28-year-old unmarried man, has a good appearance, with a hooked nose, small eyes and thick eyebrows.

This guy's family is very, very poor. He came from the birdless island in Shikoku. He had severe social anxiety. He went to Beijing and heard that studying forensic medicine would provide food and accommodation, and he didn't have to socialize and just had to look at dead bodies, so he decided to do this job. After working for several years, the Metropolitan Police Department arranged more than one blind date for him, but all failed.

There is also a 48-year-old named Ishikura. There is no need to introduce him in detail because he has already submitted his resignation and will leave after the new year. From his appearance, the first impression of this guy is "depressed".

He felt as if there was a dark cloud covering his head and it was raining heavy rain. He was so depressed that he had lost all enthusiasm for life.

Uncle Ishikura had just experienced a mid-life crisis when his wife cheated on him and ran away with someone else, and he lost the battle for child custody. He had to pay 100,000 yuan in alimony to his ex-wife and children every month, so he decided to resign.

I would rather be jobless than pay alimony! I would rather be unemployed than give gold coins to my ex-wife and children!
As he listened to Watanabe Minami's introduction, the expression on Uesugi Sosetsu's face was extremely interesting.

As expected of the Metropolitan Police Department's Forensic Science Division, each of them is a talent.

But before that, he had a question.

"You are all insiders. I want to ask, has anyone among you heard of a female doctor named Satomi Mikoto, who may also be a forensic doctor?"

"Hey?"

"I'm looking for her."

　Japanese forensic doctor? Not even a dog would do that!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)