I, Aki Tomoya, will not be a simp.

Chapter 270 This is also my first time seeing this (4/4)

Misumi Mikoto's suggestion was readily accepted by Aki Tomoya.

Anyway, it's not like it's the first time I've helped them.

Now that new people have come to the research institute, it's good for them to observe how others operate the equipment and get familiar with it.

As someone who arrived first, one should always take care of those who came later.

"Of course I have no problem with it. Just give the instructions, Dr. Misumi."

I definitely have to give Mikoto Misumi face, and it's not the first or second time; I often help Misumi's class out.

In the past, it was just a matter of letting them know.

And to be honest, he often received help from the two female seniors in Misumi's class.

That's how today's work was arranged.

In the afternoon, the Misumi class underwent a forensic examination commissioned by the National Police Agency. The recorder from the Nakado class, Aki Tomoya, also assisted, while the newcomer, Kube Rokuro, observed first to understand the work.

"Aki-kun, how are you doing with Professor Yano?"

As Aki Tomoya was about to take Kube Rokuro to the changing room and passed by the director, the director called out to him.

When the topic came up, the director smiled somewhat embarrassedly.

Aki Tomoya was able to work for a professor in the pathology classroom during his first year of the third year of science in the Faculty of Liberal Arts, ultimately because of the director in front of him who had retired from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

"Thanks to you, Professor Yano has taken good care of me."

In fact, he didn't have much interaction with Professor Yano; he had more contact with Associate Professor Okajima.

In the pathology classroom, Aki Tomoya was very honest and reported to whomever he was supposed to, while Associate Professor Okajima was directly in charge of the group of students who helped out in the pathology classroom.

"I didn't expect Professor Yano to actually ask you to go and help. I only mentioned you a little when we were chatting about things at the institute. I hope I didn't cause you any trouble?"

Kamikura Yasuo asked earnestly.

Although he thought that Aki Tomoya should benefit more from being in the pathology classroom, this was just his opinion. In the end, he decided to listen to Aki Tomoya's true thoughts and wishes.

"Not at all. On the contrary, I owe my opportunity to study under Professor Yano to Director Kamikura!"

After understanding the other party's meaning, Aki Tomoya replied solemnly.

In the pathology classroom, his job was simply to organize materials, find papers from all over the world, and be responsible for translation.

That's also a learning process.

Pathology has always been regarded as a bridge between basic medicine and clinical medicine, playing an irreplaceable and important role in medicine, and it also plays an equally important role in forensic medicine.

He was responsible for finding papers that Professor Yano and Associate Professor Okajima could use as references. He would also review them before submitting his own papers, and he would find out the answers to many questions by himself, or ask the people next to him and Associate Professor Okajima.

Although I heard from my seniors that Associate Professor Okajima had ruthlessly kicked out the students who went to report to Professor Yano instead of him, based on Aki Tomoya's interactions with that associate professor, Okajima seemed quite willing to teach the students who were helping out in the pathology classroom.

While it's not an exaggeration to say he'd teach you everything he knows, if you have any questions, he'll definitely teach and explain in detail until you understand. He's actually a very meticulous person.

Aki Tomoya did make a mistake in the pathology classroom last month; on the contrary, he also found the wrong paper. When he handed it to Okajima, Okajima explained to him why the paper could not be used as a reference and why it was useless for the paper he was writing.

Point out to him the things that are not good.

Aki Tomoya must have been eager to learn from Okajima and kept his teachings in mind.

Perhaps Okajima liked his attitude, so he explained to him in detail why the previous student had been kicked out.

"He's so self-righteous, as if he's the only one who's smart."

This is how Okajima described that third-year medical student.

As for whether there were any mistakes in his paper at the time, Aki Tomo didn't know and didn't want to know, but he kept his subsequent words in mind.

"I'll talk about the two years of medical training, and then I'll stay at the university hospital for six years. I'll just tell you about the two years of medical training. During that time, there will be a doctor who will be in charge of guiding you. Clinical responsibilities are his responsibility, not yours. No one will ask you anything. If there's anything, you just need to talk to him. Don't go over his head."

Having endured two years of medical residency in a university hospital, I can roughly understand the survival rules within that hospital.

However, Okajima didn't like the university hospital, so he eventually stayed there to help Professor Yano write his thesis.

Okajima didn't say much about this, but gave Aki Tomoya a heads-up, since six years in the medical school would pass in the blink of an eye.

“I learned a lot about pathology alone, not to mention other things. The director helped me a lot. At least at the university, helping the professors made things much easier in other aspects.”

"Is that so... Professor Yano said you're learning really fast and doing very well. Keep it up!"

The director agreed with Aki Tomoya's statement, and his expression gradually relaxed.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Aki Tomoya led Kube Rokuro to the changing room.

"Aki Tomoya, I am a third-year student at the University of Tokyo. Nice to meet you."

"Kube Rokuro...Nice to meet you."

In the hallway, Aki Tomoya introduced himself.

When Kube Rokuro heard that the boy next to him was a student from the University of Tokyo, he was clearly taken aback.

He took the entrance exam three times before finally getting into a third-rate medical university, which is nowhere near as good as the University of Tokyo.

At the same time, Aki Tomoya's background at the University of Tokyo also made Kube Rokuro very curious: why would someone from the University of Tokyo be in such a place?

He kept thinking about this problem until Aki Tomoya took him to the changing room to change into UDI's work clothes, and then they went outside the dissection room to put on protective gear. Only after all the protective gear was in place did they go inside.

Besides the two from Sancheng's team, three detectives and the station chief were also in the autopsy room, explaining the situation.

"Just to clarify, today's work is a bit special; it's not an autopsy."

Not an autopsy?

So what are you here for?

Putting aside the newcomer Rokuro Kube, Tomoya Aki also had many questions waiting for the director's answers.

"Then open it and take it out."

The station chief said to the three criminal police officers.

What they brought was not a body, but rather bones!

When the remains were laid out intact on the dissection table, Aki Tomoya finally understood what the director meant.

It's not an autopsy investigation, but rather an examination of the deceased's remains, searching for clues within the bones.

"Already reduced to bones... The director really knows how to pick them!"

The chief forensic pathologist, Mikoto Misumi, sighed, while Yuko Tokai, standing beside her, also twitched her eye.

When Kube Rokuro looked at Aki Tomoya with a puzzled expression, the latter shook his head helplessly.

"This is the first time I've ever seen this either."

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Chapter 271 Starting with the Bones (1/4)

It was a mostly skeletal corpse, with barely recognizable tissue still clinging to the bones. The stench of decay was overwhelming; without a mask, it would be impossible to stay there.

"At 7:00 a.m. on November 1, someone found a body that appeared to have been buried in the mountains and then called the police."

The remains were discovered the day before yesterday.

Hikers were walking uphill along a trail in the morning when they discovered a suspicious spot in the forest.

Upon closer inspection, however, they were horrified by the exposed skeleton.

The terrified hikers called the police.

The police are also having a headache dealing with these unidentified remains.

"These are photos from the scene."

The criminal police took out the photos taken at the scene, which fully recorded what the scene looked like at that time.

The body was found in the bushes and was already skeletal. The examination of the scene also revealed traces of rope binding.

Above the skeleton were rubble and moss, and next to it was a green plastic rope.

The middle layer is soil, in which plant roots can be seen growing.

The head and torso are still buried in the soil.

After removing the stones from the burial site and all the soil and rubble, a scattered human skeleton was revealed.

The lower limb bones to the ribs were covered with a fabric similar to a bed sheet. Some parts still showed their original color, but most of them were contaminated with mud and putrefactive fluids.

At that time, the femur and tibia and fibula were bound together.

"Let me state upfront that we cannot guarantee a definitive diagnosis of the cause of death, but we can ensure that the nature of the death is determined!"

Mikoto Misumi first explained the matter to the detective.

They can determine whether it was a homicide.

However, analyzing the cause of death of a skeletal corpse is not so difficult.