Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 94, Oni no Uesugi!
It was Thursday night, the fourth day after the establishment of the Joint Special Investigation Headquarters.

Here at the headquarters, a team of several hundred people gathered together and made several key discoveries after repeatedly watching the surveillance videos.

They immediately reported to their superiors.

"Everyone from the headquarters, Inspector Watanabe, and Advisor Uesugi, please look here."

In the conference room, a female police officer from the General Affairs Section of Kasai Police Station, wearing a pair of brand new high heels and light makeup, puffed out her chest with pride as she recounted what she had gained from sorting out surveillance videos over the past few days.

For female police officers in the General Affairs Department who are not in the professional group, not in the field, not in the power department, and not in the relationship department, work is secondary. The important thing is to find a rich man in the police force. The income of Japanese police is generally good. After getting married, it is a good choice to live a life of office work or quit to become a housewife.

Such a big thing happened this time, and a large group of elites from the headquarters have come. If we can catch a professional group member wearing a gold watch, that would be a lifetime gift. Even if we can't catch a professional group member, the potential stocks in the non-professional group of the headquarters have better promotion prospects than the local branches.

I saw several video clips playing on the big screen.

Uesugi Sosetsu sat next to Miss Minami, staring intently at the large projection screen, but he felt a little disappointed when he saw the surveillance video.

A bit mushy.

Can't the Japanese use better surveillance cameras?
But this complaint was quickly forgotten in the edited video.

"Everyone, please pay attention here."

The female police officer from the General Affairs Division pointed at a woman dressed as a schoolgirl on the screen and shouted, "That's her!"

The surveillance footage is not very clear, but it can be vaguely seen that this is a woman with short hair that is below her ears, wearing a winter high school girl's uniform. It is not certain whether she is a minor.

"According to our analysis, we found that from five days before the incident to two days after the incident, she appeared sixteen times in the surveillance footage near Sendai Horikawa Park! And she observed the surveillance footage many times," said the female police officer from the General Affairs Section.

"Then, here is the surveillance footage near the second case."

The big screen image changed to surveillance footage near the weather station where the crime occurred in Chiba Prefecture.

The picture is even blurrier, but it is still barely recognizable that this is the same person captured in the surveillance footage of Sendai Horikawa Park.

A high school girl with short hair.

"From before the incident to after the incident, she appeared in the surveillance footage a total of 19 times over a period of three months." The female police officer from the General Affairs Division continued, "There are few people near the weather station, so this number of times is unusual!"

"Moreover, according to our field investigation, according to the roads and the pace of an average adult woman, it takes about 45 minutes to walk around Sendai Horikawa Park. If we follow the normal speed, the distance between the two monitoring stations should be between eight and fifteen minutes."

Inspector Higurashi was the first to make a discovery: "But looking at the time in the surveillance video, she stayed between two surveillance cameras for about 25 minutes."

"Yes." The female police officer from the General Affairs Division nodded, "And these irregular intervals occurred many times."

"If it's a theatrical crime...she's staking out?" Minister Maori's eyes lit up slightly: "It's a rehearsal! She's rehearsing, she's choosing her target! She's investigating the crime location!"

"In the second and third cases, there are surveillance videos showing her repeatedly appearing before and after the two crime scenes!" Inspector Higurashi of the 13th Department also said excitedly: "Although this cannot be used as conclusive evidence, perhaps we can start with this female student!"

"Ohhhhhh!"

In the large conference room, more than 40 police inspectors and deputy police inspectors looked at Uesugi Sosetsu with incredible eyes.

Before, everyone thought this guy was a lunatic!

Now, everyone realized that this person is simply a genius!

However, Uesugi Sosetsu remained calm throughout. He stared at the high school girl in uniform on the surveillance screen, without any joy in his eyes.

This is not conclusive evidence, at most it can only prove that she may be related to the case.

More important evidence is needed.

Moreover, where did this guy learn his experience in killing people and disposing of corpses, as well as his anti-reconnaissance experience?

But no matter what, after changing their thinking and the direction of investigation, the Joint Special Investigation Headquarters finally found some clues!
It's not easy!
On Friday, the core members of the Metropolitan Police Department who went to Chiba Prefecture to investigate also brought good news.

After changing their investigative thinking, the backbone members of the Metropolitan Police Department began to investigate the strange events in Chiba Prefecture in the past year, and indeed made some discoveries.

In the past year, there have been some animal dismemberment cases in Chiba City from time to time. Once, someone found dismembered frogs on the roadside, and then it gradually developed to pigeons with beheaded heads and chickens with cut stomachs.

Afterwards, the animal dismemberment case developed to stray cats. There were many incidents of stray cats being dismembered in Chiba City. Someone called the police, but the strong conservative atmosphere in Japan meant that animal protection activists could not become the mainstream voice. The Chiba Prefecture Police Headquarters did not take it seriously and even deliberately deceived the caller by saying "we will pay attention" without even giving a receipt, and of course no case was filed.

These trivial matters were glossed over.

It was not until the backbone of the Metropolitan Police Department went to the countryside to interrogate the case that the Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters was forced to inform the Metropolitan Police Department that such an incident had occurred due to the huge public opinion and pressure to solve the case.

This instantly attracted the attention of the backbone members of the Metropolitan Police Department. Inspector Kashiwagi Hitoshi of the Third Department and Inspector Shiratori Sho of the Second Department immediately reported the news back to the headquarters.

Compared to the aimless search before, after Uesugi Muneyuki gave a clear search idea, the elites of the Metropolitan Police Department were finally able to fully exert their strength. They quickly constructed a possible range of activities of the suspects based on the locations of many animal dismemberment incidents, divided the areas where the suspects might live, and finally found the school where the largest animal dismemberment case occurred.

Chiba Municipal Inage Junior High School.

A strange incident happened here two months ago. Someone placed many dead stray cats and headless pigeons in the school toilet.

However, out of consideration for the school's image and reputation, even though some students called the police at the time, the school still refused police intervention, handled the matter internally, and requested that it not be made public.

Upon hearing this, the Joint Special Investigation Headquarters immediately asked the front line to quietly collect the high school female uniform patterns of Chiba Prefecture City Inage Junior High School, and then compare them with the women captured in the surveillance footage.

The style matches.

At this point, the Joint Special Search Headquarters formed on Monday finally achieved the most critical breakthrough on Friday!
All the police officers present were very excited about this.

Although there is no direct evidence to prove that this girl committed the murder, and although the existing series of inferences cannot directly conclude that the real culprit of the serial murders is from this school, this important clue before us proves that the police's previous two weeks of investigation were all in vain!
It took the criminal police only one day to find new suspicious points and confirm that their guess was well-founded.

The investigation into the case reached this point, and everyone looked at Uesugi Muneyuki, who was sitting calmly next to the Metropolitan Police Department's Special Communications Representative Watanabe Minami and the Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Director and Joint Special Investigation Headquarters Director Mori Takayoshi. They were no longer surprised.

It’s outrageous!

Baby, Superintendent Watanabe really found a ghost!

Are all the new forensic pathologists from Tokyo monsters?
How on earth did he come up with the idea that the criminal might be a female student?
If they were in their shoes, even the most experienced police officers who have been involved in the most front-line investigations would swear that they would never be able to imagine that a serial killer with rich experience in handling corpses, strong anti-reconnaissance awareness, and excellent killing skills could be an underage female!
But Uesugi Sosetsu just happened to come up with it!

But by following the clues provided by Uesugi Sosetsu, I really found a clue!

The devil Uesugi, no, it's simply the devil Uesugi!
After confirming that the school uniform worn by the girl in the surveillance video matched the style of the Inage Junior High School uniform, a chief superintendent (Mori Minister), five senior superintendents (Chief Mikasa of the Investigation Division 1, two local branch chiefs, a counselor of the Criminal Department, and a counselor of the Public Security Department), a dozen superintendents, and more than thirty inspectors all looked at Uesugi Sosetsu.

Some are confused and uncertain, some are fascinated, some are stunned, and some have hot cheeks.

At the previous meeting, Uesugi Sosetsu said that the murderer might be a female student, and all the senior executives present more or less thought he was crazy.

No wonder Superintendent Watanabe sent his daughter to be with Uesugi Sosetsu.

Is he human?
Maybe, but in the eyes of these people now, Uesugi Munen is simply a walking KPI killer!
After seeing that Uesugi Sosetsu's seemingly bizarre yet logical guess hit the mark, Miss Minami beside him's sweet black eyes gradually became confused, a little flustered, and a little sweet.

She didn't know why, even though she had spent quite a while with Uesugi Sosetsu.

But this time, after truly witnessing his on-site autopsy reasoning and truly tasting the sweetness of supporting him and turning the impossible into the possible, her heart still trembled a little uncontrollably, like honey and fire, making her unable to extricate herself.

Damn it, I was the one who wanted to control him, so how did this guy get moved?
Miss Minami pinched her thigh angrily to sober herself up.

“In that case, we should initiate an investigation into Chiba Municipal Inage Junior High School and ask the school to produce a list of students for matching.” Miss Minami took the initiative to speak, trying to calm herself down.

She was a little afraid to look at Sugi Souyuki, and her hands subconsciously clenched the hem of her police uniform. Under the skirt, a pair of 80D thick black silk legs were tangled together, and she was trying hard to suppress the strong throbbing coming from her body.

This guy is really handsome when he is seriously reasoning!

Miss Minami felt that her whole body was enveloped by an inexplicable emotion. This inexplicable emotion made her nervous, suffocated, and excited.

Moreover, the pine scent on his body was really fragrant, which made Miss Minami, who had seen the world, a little confused...

Oops, my pantyhose seem to be wet.

"The middle school over there rejected our request because it would cause unnecessary panic and damage the school's reputation." Minister Maori's words finally diverted Miss Minami's attention. After a brief excitement, Minister Maori regained his sanity: "The current evidence is obviously not sufficient."

"Not only is it not sufficient, we first assumed the murderer and then found evidence. Without the assumed murderer, these evidences can't even convince a stray dog on the roadside." Uesugi Munen spoke up. He sneered a few times and then stood up: "Minister Maori, and everyone else."

"I want to go to Chiba Prefecture in person to find more definitive evidence!"

"You want to go in person?" Obviously none of the senior police officers present planned to go in person, but when they saw Uesugi Sosetsu proposed to go to Chiba in person, everyone thought it was a perfect opportunity as this was what Uesugi Sosetsu was asked to do.

Minister Maori then took the initiative to speak: "If you wish, Uesugi-kun, we certainly have no reason to object. You are the field consultant of the Metropolitan Police Department. Tell me, what help do you need? This department will fully support you."

"I need Higurashi and Okada." Uesugi Sosetsu said without hesitation.

"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.

"I need Higurashi from the 13th Department and Inspector Okada, the special operator of the Superintendent General, to assist me." Seeing that no one responded, Uesugi Sosetsu repeated, "Can you?"

The sound of "Is that okay?" instantly brought Miss Minami beside him back to reality.

He didn't even mention me?

Although I definitely won't go to Chiba with him, this guy didn't even mention me?
Uesugi! You, give me back my feelings! Kora!

You really still need some training!!!
(End of this chapter)