Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 91: The Unreasonable Murderer
The death message given by the deceased in the third case completely exceeded Uesugi Sosetsu's understanding.

Before, he personally had doubts about the results of the public security investigation. He always believed that, although the first case was doubtful, the second and third cases were obviously not done by any violent groups.

But now that he personally performed the autopsy, the conclusion he came to was 100 times, 1000 times, 10000 times more outrageous than the conclusion reached by the public security investigation!
Yamato Rina was awakened by him using the Dead Soul Contract, so there is no way she could lie. At most, there are some parts that she can't explain clearly.

So, according to what Yamato Rina said, the portrait of this serial killer is this.

She was wearing a high school uniform and looked no older than eighteen, or maybe even younger, a girl who could make an elementary school student instinctively call her sister without any defense.

This female student also possesses the following characteristics:
Appears to be an underage female + Appearance that would not subconsciously arouse people's vigilance + Polite greetings and requests for help in finding the toilet + Supernormal cold-bloodedness + The autopsy report states that she is extremely experienced in handling corpses + Possessing vicious killing techniques that can kill with one blow + Excellent anti-detection awareness + A compulsive serial crime enthusiast.

It was simply impossible for Uesugi Sosetsu to put these elements in the same person according to common sense.

Is this reasonable?

No, this is Hanoi!
(The sound of helicopter propellers and whispers in the woods slowly come)

So even if Yamato Rina's dead soul told Uesugi Sosetsu that it was a female student who did it, Uesugi Sosetsu himself couldn't believe it, let alone make the Metropolitan Police Department believe him.

He tried again to get more clues, but apart from telling him that she only remembered that the murderer was a teenage sister in school uniform, and asked her where the toilet was and asked her to lead the way, Yamato Rina really couldn't remember anything more. She couldn't even remember what the sister looked like, she only remembered that she had short hair.

This was also the first time that Uesugi Sosetsu encountered a situation where the deceased was wrongly accused but did not know the murderer.

So what he could be sure of at the moment was, first, that the murderer was an underage female student, or an adult woman who was no more than twenty-five years old and looked very young, not tall, about the same height as Miss Minami, with short hair.

Second, the deceased did not know the murderer, which means that the murderer really killed people for no reason, or he was a lunatic with mental problems, or he was a madman who killed indiscriminately with full of resentment.

But this could not be used as a reason to convince the Metropolitan Police Department, and for the first time he did not have a clear goal.

[If I bring her to you, can you recognize her? ] Uesugi Munen had no choice but to ask.

[Probably not. I don’t remember it very well.]

【What about school uniforms? 】

[High school uniform... I can't tell anything else.]

Yamato Rina's soul power was consumed very quickly, and soon she lost the ability to answer and returned to her broken body.

The family of the deceased was strongly opposed to the autopsy, so after a brief autopsy, Uesugi Sosetsu walked out of the room.

Watanabe Minami and Okada Masayoshi were standing at the door. When they saw Uesugi Sosetsu coming out, almost everyone looked at him with expectation.

"How is it? Uesugi-kun, have you found the criminal?" Miss Minami was full of expectations for him. Her sweet face could not hide her tiredness, but she still showed a charming smile. Her almond-shaped eyes stared at the man who brought her countless miracles.

"I have a few guesses, but they may not be correct."

For the first time, Uesugi Munsetsu gave an uncertain answer: "When will the remaining two bodies arrive?"

"Tomorrow... or this morning." Watanabe Minami held the information in her hands: "The Public Security Bureau is ready to send the body from Chiba Prefecture. Anyway, let's have a small meeting to discuss your findings!"

"Yeah." Uesugi Sosetsu knew that he would face the first difficulty first.

How can he convince the Joint Special Investigation Headquarters and the Japanese police that the person who did it was a female student?

Ten minutes later, at the Joint Special Investigation Headquarters, the temporary office of the director.

Minister Mori of the Metropolitan Police Department, Minami Watanabe, and Masayoshi Okada listened to the report of Sosetsu Uesugi.

"We were wrong from the beginning!" Uesugi Muneyuki said to the criminal department chiefs, Maori and Miss Minami, "Do you remember the earliest forensic report? The report said that the victim's wound was from top to bottom."

"As a result, after I performed the autopsy, I found that since the victim in the third case was short, therefore... even if the crime was committed by a short person, the wound would be from top to bottom." Uesugi Sosetsu motioned for Watanabe Minami to come in front of him. He gestured the height of Yamato Rina, took out a piece of cardboard, and motioned for Minami to poke it over with a pen.

Watanabe Minami did as she was told, and the results showed that since the victims were not tall and were all elementary school students, even if Miss Minami was 1.6 meters tall and stabbed them with the pen, the trajectory was still from top to bottom.

Uesugi Muneyuki's judgment caused Minister Maori and Inspector Okada to think deeply. Minister Maori said: "So from this point of view, the murderer does not have to be very tall?"

"Well, even if he is a little shorter than Watanabe, he can still achieve the same effect." Uesugi Munen nodded: "So here comes the question."

"Why would the killer target elementary school students?" Inspector Okada hesitated and said, "If that's the case..."

"Then there is only one reason. Do you remember my previous inference?" Uesugi Sosetsu said in a deep voice: "The murderer's methods are becoming more and more crude, and the time is getting shorter and shorter."

"From the second case onwards, the murderer had shown that he was afraid of resistance and knocked the victim unconscious. In the third case, the murderer did not even have the chance to attack from behind, so he could only rush to pierce the victim's abdomen with a knife, and then strangled him with an electric wire after making him lose the ability to resist."

"This shows that the murderer may not be able to stop the opponent from counterattacking. Let me put it more bluntly."

Uesugi Sosetsu revealed a horrifying fact: "The murderer himself was not physically strong, and was even weak, so he specifically targeted elementary school students because they had weak resistance."

"He would only attack if the resistance is as weak as that of an elementary school student. He would only attack if the resistance is as weak as that of an elementary school student."

The three people in the room showed surprised expressions on their faces at the same time.

Uesugi Sosetsu's inference broke their inherent cognition.

Isn't the murderer a Yakuza who is 25-40 years old and strong?
“As expected of you, Mr. Uesugi!” Minister Maori frowned. The middle-aged man in his forties looked very tired because of staying up late. Hearing this news made him feel as if he had suddenly realized something: “If that’s the case… no wonder, both Chiba Prefecture and the Public Security Bureau went in the wrong direction from the beginning!” “They always believed that the murderer was a Yakuza, so all possible signs were checked towards the Yakuza, but naturally nothing was found. So the Public Security Bureau continued to increase its efforts, but continued to find nothing. Several major departments also went out together, but still no suspicious person was found!” Inspector Okada’s eyes became brighter and brighter: “As expected of you, Mr. Uesugi!”

"Okay, if that's the case, we must have accidentally missed something before." Watanabe Minami also thought and walked to the side of Uesugi Sosetsu. "It's very likely that the real criminal was missed during the first screening, so no matter how we searched afterwards, we never suspected the real criminal."

"Yes, it was wrong from the beginning." Uesugi Munen nodded. He hesitated for a moment, but decided to speak openly: "Moreover, according to the existing information, this is murder without reason."

"Of course there are reasons for killing without reason. The murderer may be taking revenge on society or suffering from some kind of mental disorder." Uesugi Munen said thoughtfully, "Do you remember what I said before, why the murderer is obsessed with committing crimes repeatedly and against the wind?"

"Of course it could be revenge against society, but I am more inclined to believe that the murderer has some kind of mental disorder and committing crimes is a necessity for him, so he commits crimes continuously as if he is compulsively doing so."

"Mental disorder murderers often have a characteristic when they commit crimes, which is..."

"Theatrical crime!" Minister Mori and Inspector Okada answered almost at the same time.

"Yes, a theatrical crime." Uesugi Sosetsu nodded. "Remember the report mentioned that in the second case, there were few surveillance cameras near the weather station during the time of the crime. Even if there were any, most of them were students passing by after school. The remaining adults who occasionally passed by were checked. Are there no suspicious persons?"

"The same is true for the third case. Now a large group of people are working overtime to watch the surveillance. There are very few surveillance cameras in Sendai Horikawa Park. What we saw were either a few adults who were investigated later, or a group of students after school..." Minister Maori grabbed a stack of documents and slammed them on the table.

And just after these words came out, the sound in the small office stopped instantly.

The air seemed to be stagnant at around four in the morning.

Minister Mori and Inspector Okada thought of an impossible possibility from what Uesugi Sosetsu said.

The two policemen from the professional group stared blankly at the legendary genius forensic doctor, their eyes widened, their heads no longer sleepy, and an eerie chill rose uncontrollably in the tightly closed room, from their feet to the top of their heads.

Minister Maori instinctively raised his head, wanting to confirm whether he had seen it wrong, and Inspector Okada took his coat and wrapped himself tightly around it.

Uesugi Sosetsu means.

The murderer is a student.

And it is very likely that she is an underage female student.

But how is this possible? According to the results of his autopsy, the criminal should be an experienced person who is proficient in killing techniques and corpse disposal, and has a strong anti-detection awareness!
How can a student be experienced in this area?

However, when they wanted to get a negative answer from Uesugi Sosetsu.

Uesugi Sosetsu's silence seemed to explain something.

Similarly, Uesugi Sosetsu was also seeking the recognition of the three people present. Minister Mori was undoubtedly Watanabe Eiji's confidant, and the two sides even had a personal loyalty relationship. Inspector Okada was Watanabe Eiji's exclusive driver, and Watanabe Minami was Watanabe Eiji's most beloved daughter. These three people had met Uesugi Sosetsu at the racecourse and were all trustworthy people.

If these three people do not support him, then it would be a fantasy to convince the Metropolitan Police Department or even the entire Joint Special Investigation Headquarters.

But the result disappointed Uesugi Sosetsu. Minister Mori and Inspector Okada both shook their heads subconsciously.

The result of this inference was so unreasonable that they could not accept it.

Yes, my answer is really too outrageous.

Let's wait until the bodies of the first and second cases are delivered. Uesugi Sosetsu himself also needs to confirm it again.

"Uesugi-kun, don't be anxious." At this time, the face of the Metropolitan Police Department spoke. She pursed her lips, and her tightly entwined hands reflected her inner hesitation.

She was skeptical, but thought seriously.

Reason told her that it was impossible for such a serial killer to exist, but she had an inexplicable intuition.

If it is his judgment, it is worth trusting.

Since he was discovered, he has made so many bizarre judgments. Has he ever made a mistake?
Moreover, this was the first time she was truly by his side as a partner, and it was such a big national case.

Didn't she always want to witness his performance with her own eyes?
This time, the annoying woman was not there, and Uesugi Sosetsu's performance was all her own.

Watanabe Minami's eyes narrowed, and she nodded slowly and said, "I believe you, Uesugi-kun."

"What do you think we should do?"

Uesugi Sosetsu's deep gaze suddenly became focused. When he looked at Watanabe Minami, there was first surprise in his eyes, and then gratitude.

Watanabe Minami's expression is crisp, soft and natural.

Different from Ikeda Erina's blind obedience and different from senior Mai who is curious about everything.

Miss Minami's soft voice seemed to be telling a story.

A sense of lightness and healing gradually spread in Uesugi Sosetsu's heart.

"I need you to do a few things."

(End of this chapter)