Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 96: The murderer finally appears

The Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters looks like a nearly cube-shaped cylindrical building. Apart from the satellite antenna tower on top, the dim sky can be seen through the transparent glass windows.

It was already mid-November, and the cold wind was blowing. Under the dark blue clouds, tiny raindrops fell on the glass windows of the second conference room and also on the front line of the special investigation headquarters.

The conference room of the local headquarters is not as grand as that of Tokyo. The room is filled with a minimalist office style with cold colors. Simple white plywood tables are arranged in several rows, making these uncles from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department sit together like a group of elementary school students.

When they heard that Uesugi Sosetsu agreed to seek help from the public security, the police captains of the Criminal Investigation Division all looked angry.

As mentioned in the previous article, the conflict between the criminal faction and the public security faction has been going on for a long time. The criminal faction hates the public security faction very much. The different logic of the two sides leads to different results. The huge differences in their styles of doing things and the scope of their authority determine that no one can understand each other.

Here is a small example.

In the famous Aum Shinrikyo sarin gas incident in 1995, when this evil cult was preparing to cause trouble, the public security police had already known from various channels that Aum Shinrikyo was going to do something bad. If they were criminal police at this time, they would have already dispatched all their personnel to prepare to catch them all in one fell swoop.

But what the public security police did was to send a warning to their superiors at the National Police Agency about the dangers of Aum Shinrikyo, and then... they did nothing and watched this super-large terrorist attack happen. They would rather do nothing than take the risk of "infringing on freedom of belief" by taking action in advance.

Is this behavior disgusting? Do you think the public security police are really bad?
Yes, but not entirely.

The public security police naturally had their own considerations - because at that time Aum Shinrikyo was not considered a cult (it had even developed tens of thousands of followers in Russia), so the public security police knew very well that if they took action in advance and used their privileges that far exceeded those of the criminal police, they could have prevented Aum Shinrikyo's terrorist attacks in advance. However, doing so would not fundamentally solve the problem. If they prevented the terrorist attack before it happened, the other party could have just cut ties with them, or simply denied it, and the public security would have to bear the trouble of "obstructing freedom of belief."

If you stop it this time, there will be a next time. If you stop it next time, there will be a next time.

It would be better to let this problem erupt once and for all so that it can be solved completely.

It was precisely because the sarin gas incident had such a huge impact and killed so many people that the public security police got what they wanted - after paying the price of 13 lives and 6000 people being poisoned, Aum Shinrikyo was finally officially defined as a cult and was completely wiped out.

This way of doing things was naturally contrary to the criminal police, and both sides disliked each other, especially the head of the first investigation section of the criminal department of the Metropolitan Police Department, Masahiro Terao, and the director of the first investigation section, Masaharu Yamada, who were in charge of the sarin gas case at the time, who later learned about the incident and cursed the public security, saying that you had already received intelligence about the possible attack, why didn't you tell us? If you had informed us in advance, this would not have happened!

The public security’s attitude is to carry out your search. Since when has the criminal justice system allowed it to interfere in public security matters?
It's just a few deaths. We in the police force are thinking about Kyushu, Honshu, Shikoku and Hokkaido. We are the ones who are truly concerned about the long-term stability of the country in the future.

The Chiba Prefecture serial murder case has caused the public security police to lose a big boss. The criminal faction was as happy as if it were New Year's Day. But at this critical juncture, when the criminal police suddenly realized that they were very close to the murderer, the public security police jumped out again.

They are here to grab the credit and reap the rewards!
All the detectives present were furious, especially after Uesugi Sosetsu agreed to allow the public security to intervene in the investigation.

Shinichiro Kosaka, 40 years old, Chief of the First Department of Investigation Division, Non-Professional Group, is a leader in the non-professional group of the Metropolitan Police Department. Like everyone else, he also felt that they were very close to solving the case. Seeing that Uesugi Muneyuki actually agreed to the intervention of the public security, he was so angry that he lay directly in front of Uesugi Muneyuki: "Why? Consultant Uesugi!"

"Why?" Uesugi Sosetsu closed his eyes indifferently.

"This is a glorious moment for us in the Criminal Division, why should we let the Public Security Bureau get involved?" The appearance of Uesugi Sosetsu was reflected in Inspector Kosaka's small eyes.

"Because we lack evidence and clues to continue the investigation." Uesugi Muneyuki tilted his head and said, "Criminal or public security, your conflict has nothing to do with me. I came to Chiba County to find the murderer and solve the case."

"Time is ticking away, Inspector Kosaka, and everyone here, I want to ask you a question. If we don't ask for help from the police, how can we continue our search without definitive evidence and if the school refuses to help us?" Uesugi Muneyuki opened his eyes. "Evidence obtained through illegal searches cannot be used as evidence in court, especially when the other party is a minor."

"Things have come to this point, there is a 99% chance that it is correct!" Inspector Kosaka thought for a moment and suddenly found Inspector Okada: "You must have a way, right? You..."

"I know what you want to do, Kosaka!" Okada Masayoshi coldly shook off Kosaka Shinichiro's hand: "I won't call my father!"

"Tsk, are we just going to let the public security people do whatever they want?" Inspector Kosaka of the first department saw that nothing worked and couldn't help but get angry: "We are so close to finding the real criminal!"

"Calm down, Kosaka." Higurashi stopped Kosaka: "It's fine now, we can rest here, and the public security officers are running errands for us. Isn't this a victory?"

Higurashi's words made everyone in the conference room laugh.

When they thought about how the public security people are busy running around while we criminal people are sitting in the office acting like bosses, the criminal police present couldn't help but hum because of the long-awaited victory.

The atmosphere in the meeting room is much better.

"That's right, Officer Higurashi." Inspector Kosaka took the coffee from Higurashi unhappily and said, "From now on, you will be the head of Higurashi First Section."

Inspector Higurashi will be promoted to Metropolitan Administrative Officer next year because of his contribution to the Fujidai case, which makes Inspector Kosaka very unhappy. His ultimate goal as a policeman is to become the Chief of the First Investigation Section, but now Higurashi has gotten there first.

The non-professional group is counting on the chair of the section chief.

While waiting for the police's decision, everyone had nothing to do for the time being, so they formed small circles to rest. The meeting room was clearly divided, with the professional group playing with the professional group, and the non-professional group playing with the non-professional group, and an invisible thick barrier separating the two sides.

Since Inspector Okada was considered a non-staff member of the Investigation Division, he looked at some photos of animal dismemberment with Uesugi Muneyuki and said, "Counselor Uesugi, have you found anything?"

"I'm a forensic doctor, not a veterinarian." Uesugi Sosetsu examined it for a while and nodded: "Indeed, judging by the knife wound and the wound, we are very close to the real murderer."

Uesugi Sosetsu's firm attitude gave the police officers present great confidence.

"Come to think of it, Chiba Prefecture is really not doing well." Inspector Sho Shiratori of the Second Division also tried to get close to Uesugi Sosetsu: "Counselor Uesugi, do you know about the theft at the Chiba Prefecture headquarters a few days ago?"

"The police headquarters was also robbed?" As expected, Uesugi Sosetsu became interested.

Inspector Sho Shiratori talked about an interesting incident that happened recently in the police force, saying that a thief entered the police station through a gap in the barbed wire fence and stole about 100 million yen in cash from a vehicle that had been seized as evidence due to a traffic accident.

The Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters did not notice the incident for more than 20 days until the car owner took the car back and discovered that the money was missing. He asked the police for an explanation. Naturally, the Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters denied it. The two sides argued for a long time, and only after watching the surveillance video did they realize that the money had been stolen.

The thief is still at large. To put it bluntly, since it was not the police headquarters' own money that was stolen, the Chiba Prefecture police did not look for him seriously and just casually dealt with the matter.

The professional teams of the Metropolitan Police Department may not be good at detective work, but they are well aware of the little tricks played by these bureaucrats.

"If we hadn't intervened, they would still not have found anything if they had been given another three months." Inspector Shiratori said with disdain as he held his coffee. "They still refused to ask the Metropolitan Police Department for help. Do they understand the strength of our Investigation Division this time?"

Upon hearing this, Uesugi Sosetsu smiled and nodded.

It has to be said that there are still real elites within the Metropolitan Police Department. After Uesugi Sosetsu gave enough search directions, the efficiency and ability of these Metropolitan Police Department elites present were still very good.

What the Japanese police are best at is investigating relationship networks and tracing evidence.

After arriving in Chiba Prefecture in the morning, Uesugi Sosetsu stayed there until the evening. At around six or seven in the evening, there was finally news from the public security department.

A dusty police officer pushed open the door and threw a document on the table.

"This should be enough, right?"

A large group of people in suits gathered immediately.

Uesugi Sosetsu also stood up immediately.

There was a document on the table, which came from the internal affairs of Chiba City Inage Junior High School in Chiba Prefecture.

Animal dismemberment in the toilet!
According to the information, this incident happened more than a month before the first murder of Junpei Doi. Someone placed many carcasses of stray cats in the school toilet and left behind headless pigeons. The scene was extremely bloody.

A student immediately called the police, but the school refused to allow the police to enter to search. Because it was just an animal dismemberment and it involved a school and minors, the matter was ultimately not filed and the case was hastily closed.

"According to our investigation, the school has already determined who did it that day." Superintendent Ichijo proudly took out a few photos from his pocket and said, "It was this current student named Yasuie Nishijo."

"Nishijo Yasue, 15 years old, a girl from Class C, Grade , Inage Junior High School. She has a history of intimidating teachers and classmates, and has received psychological treatment for some reason."

"It was she who placed the dead animal in the school toilet, but considering the impact, the school suppressed the matter."

How did these police officers get the school’s internal information?

Inspector Kosaka reached out to take the photo, but Superintendent Ichijo suddenly retracted his hand and looked at the head of the first department with a rather arrogant attitude. Then he slowly placed the photo in front of Uesugi Sosetsu: "Can you confirm it? Consultant Uesugi? Is this the person you are looking for?"

Uesugi Sosetsu took the photo and immediately compared it with the surveillance footage together with the people from the Metropolitan Police Department.

They have short hair, a relatively solid build, and are roughly the same height.

That’s right!
The high school girl with strange movements in the surveillance video is her!

Got it!

(End of this chapter)