Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 15: Case of drowning of a single woman
"I'm sorry, little brother Uesugi. We can't afford to treat you to kaiseki cuisine, Japanese set meals, or any high-end Michelin restaurant. We can only treat you to this Okonomiyaki."

After eating a few servings of Okonomiyaki, everyone was a little full. Uesugi Sosetsu quickly stuffed the beef fried udon into his mouth. Tanaka Laodeng said a little embarrassedly: "After all, we are all civil servants and don't have much money. Xuxuyuan was fooled by you last time. I won't say it again in the future."

"That's fine. Do you think that our family eats Japanese cuisine every day and eats at Michelin restaurants? You're overthinking." Uesugi Sosetsu shook his head. "We usually eat normal meals at home. I also like to eat at Yoshinoya, Sukiya, Matsuya, and Saizeriya. Come to think of it, I thought your so-called dinner party was at an izakaya, where everyone ordered a 1000-yuan grilled skewers and draft beer set meal, and then drank until eight or nine in the evening."

Japanese office workers especially like to go to izakaya after get off work, but most of them can hardly be said to be obese because their so-called izakaya consumption is really just a large glass of draft beer + three or five skewers of grilled chicken, which they eat for an hour or two. They talk and brag the whole time, and the amount of alcohol they drink may not even be as much as their saliva consumption. So how can they get fat?

"If you like, I can invite you next time, no problem." Sudo Butt smiled and said, "It's even cheaper."

After saying that, the section chief shouted towards the bar: "Thank you for the treat!"

There was an immediate meeting at the bar, and the proprietress wearing a headscarf came over with the bill in both hands. Section Chief Sudo took out a 10,000 yuan bill from his pocket, and the proprietress thanked him profusely and gave him a handful of change.

The four of us spent only about 8,000 yen, less than 10,000 yen.

Just as I was about to get up and leave, the advertisement of Tanaka Ryouto and Uesugi Sosetsu that day started playing on the TV in the izakaya again. Uesugi Sosetsu's goddess senior classmate Shirakawa Mai was attending a cosmetics event.

What catches the eye is a touching pure white. Shirakawa Mai's brilliant smile is as holy as the plum blossoms blooming in the snow. There is not a single blemish on her fair skin, nor is there any unnatural paleness. Instead, her skin is as pure white as a baby porcelain doll, like mutton-fat white jade. She is wearing the simplest natural-colored dress which fits the girl's gorgeous body very well. Her young and mature exquisite body is like a meticulously carved work of art, which is now placed on the display stand of the TV screen for people to watch. The brilliance of the cosmetics in her hand is completely overshadowed by her, and the only thing that everyone can remember is her flawless appearance.

The senior schoolgirl proudly displayed her incomparable beauty. Her long straight black hair cascaded down her shoulders like gorgeous silk. Her smooth hair reflected a soft halo like water. Her tall and slender body was radiant with skin as smooth as jade. Every curve of her body was breathtakingly beautiful. Her graceful figure was as natural as a lotus emerging from water, enough to make all those who love beauty fall for her.

"Oh? It's the super popular actress Mai Shirakawa from Soul Agency. I see her again." Tanaka Laodeng winked at Uesugi Sosetsu: "My daughter is a big fan of hers!"

"My child too." Sudo butt picked up his suit jacket.

"It's the same in my family!" The proprietress of KAKA Manor laughed, "The children keep yelling all day long!"

"Me too!" "My family, too!" As soon as these words were spoken, most of the office workers in the store followed suit.

"I am!" Kuwahara Mako straightened her back excitedly, and immediately said that she would stop pretending, and she had to show that she was not just following the crowd but really liked it: "Super cute Mako-sty! The ideal Mako-sty!"

Uesugi Sosetsu smiled innocently when he heard this. He seldom smiled, but when he remembered that this senior was his high school classmate, he couldn't help but hum softly, which was regarded as a tacit acknowledgement that he liked her too.

"Not only that! Uesugi and Shirakawa even went to the same high school!" Tanaka Laodeng immediately revealed the shocking news: "Kuwabara, you don't stand a chance in my opinion. Only someone from a famous family like Uesugi can have a chance to be with her, right?"

"Forget it." Uesugi Sosetsu shook his head repeatedly: "She graduated from the Department of Art and Culture of the University of Tokyo, and she probably hasn't had any thoughts of falling in love in the past few years."

Japanese actresses, that is, female actors, have a very short flowering period. Generally speaking, orthodox actresses start as child roles at a certain age, and start appearing in TV dramas and movies at the age of thirteen or fourteen. After the voice change period at the age of sixteen or seventeen, they have to work hard to play the main role in animation dramas, because once they are over twenty years old, they are no longer suitable for playing the role of a girl.

At this time, if the actress has not become famous yet, then she must consider the issue of marriage when she is at the age of 24 at the latest, otherwise it will be difficult to get married. Although in modern society it is not necessary to get married to realize one's value, what is the purpose of an actress who is neither famous nor married staying in the entertainment industry?
If one becomes popular, his career lifespan will be longer, but the transition must be completed before the age of 32 at the latest. Because once he passes this age, if he wants to continue to play the leading role, he can only play roles in mother dramas and workplace dramas. His acting range will become very narrow. Traditional romance dramas, youth dramas, and comic adaptations will be out of reach for him because society will not accept them!

This is different for male actors. As long as they don't get married in their forties, they can still be accepted by society.

The society where we live our daily lives is so harsh.

During this precious flowering period, you must resolutely draw a clear line between love and romance.

Senior Mai is one and a half years older than Uesugi Sosetsu. She is 23 years old this year and is in the best prime of her life as an actress. It is unlikely that she would want to fall in love at this time. Even if she does, the agency will definitely not agree. The blooming period is so short. They have worked hard to cultivate a hot star, so how can they not make money quickly?

There have been several cases where actresses who were trained with great difficulty found boyfriends as soon as they became famous, and as a result their commercial value and acting career plummeted, leaving the agency in tears.

"Speaking of which, brother Uesugi, what kind of women do people from aristocratic families like yours like?" Section Chief Sudo asked with interest.

"A woman with nothing." Several people walked out onto the street. The drizzle was still falling. In the dim light of the rain and street lamps, Uesugi Sosetsu replied with emotion: "A woman who has no dreams or plans of her own, but regards her husband's life as her own, manages the family well, and fully supports her husband's dreams and career."

Women who graduate from the University of Tokyo may be considered unattainable goddesses in the eyes of normal people, but in reality, the Masamune chaebols and scholarly families of noble descent like Uesugi Sosetsu would quickly shake their heads and keep their distance when they see these highly educated women from the University of Tokyo. The so-called strong alliance that society believes in is simply impossible to happen.

What about marrying down?
For example, Eri Kisaki in Nakano is simply the ultimate nightmare of highly educated women. After sacrificing her studies and career to marry down, not only did she not gain happiness, but Kogoro Mori was a drunkard, gambler, lustful, and greedy man. Although he occasionally shows a caring side and a strong sense of justice when he is sober, occasional sobriety is meaningless for a long marriage, and they eventually end up separating.

"No wonder many women from Tokyo University prefer to say they are from Tokyo Women's University." Sudo shook his head proudly, "So, Tanaka, there is no need for girls to go to a very good university. What's the point? You only get 550 million yen a year. The cost of studying in a four-year university will cost you at least three years without eating or drinking. And it will be difficult to get married after graduation, right? Hiccup~"

"That makes sense~" "That's right~" Tanaka Laodeng and Kuwahara Mako nodded repeatedly, with an expression like "As expected of the section chief, he sees everything."

Uesugi Sosetsu glanced at the three cobblers, sighed, and said nothing. They were all adults and no one could try to convince anyone else. The meaning of life is not just marriage and children.

Before leaving, Section Chief Sudo stuffed an envelope of 50,000 yen into Uesugi Sosetsu's hand and said, "I'll trouble you in the future, little brother Uesugi!"

"Leave anything related to corpses to me from now on!" Uesugi Sosetsu took the envelope and nodded slightly. The Buddha's light from the Dharma image of Aizen Myooh shone everywhere, and even under the umbrella in the rain, it could not conceal his strong self-confidence.

The three detectives in the police station felt an inexplicable sense of trust.

Yes, this Xiao Deng is really amazing!

With him, our police station is saved!
————I am the dividing line that saves our police station————

A few weeks later, in June, summer arrived in Tokyo.

As usual, there was another case that required an autopsy and a death certificate. Tanaka Laodeng personally drove to pick up Uesugi Sosetsu from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital.

After doing this many times in a row, both parties are familiar with the route and don't even need to talk to each other. They just meet people, get in the car, and leave, all in one go.

Otsuka Police Station is located in a five-story building in the eastern area of Bunkyo Ward. As a relatively central police station in Tokyo, the configuration here is relatively good. The entire police station is well staffed, with 230 staff members, including 25 in the Criminal Division. People come and go under the transparent windows. Next to the large Otsuka Police Station of the Metropolitan Police Department, the golden cherry blossom pattern reflects the bright light under the late spring sun. The policemen inside are all in bright uniforms, with their police badges and leather shoes polished to a shine, their backs straight, and they are full of vigor and vitality.

The male police officers were dressed neatly in uniform and stood tall, while the plainclothes officers were meticulously dressed in suits and ties. The female police officers also wore dark blue police uniforms, tube skirts, and police hats, as well as standard flesh-colored stockings and patent leather thick-heeled shoes. However, all of them were clerical policewomen or traffic policewomen.

The moment Uesugi Sosetsu got off the car, he immediately attracted everyone's attention. The air seemed to become much cooler because of his appearance. The young intern shook out his well-fitting suit, smoothed out the wrinkles, and strode into the police station, ignoring everything around him. Only Tanaka Laoden was jogging along, greeting everyone and leading the way: "Here, here, little brother Uesugi, this is the Criminal Division, and that is the Traffic Division!"

The two men came to the criminal law class on the third floor and pushed open the door. It was quiet inside, with no one there, except for the messy environment and piles of documents mentioned earlier. There were two iron chains hanging from the ceiling, with plastic signs reading "Assault Criminal Search Department 1" and "Assault Criminal Search Department 2" hanging on them respectively, and a line of words framed on the wall.

"The search should be immediate, rapid, accurate, and thoughtful."

"Where are the people?" Uesugi Sosetsu looked at Lao Deng.

"We are in a regular meeting, please wait." Tanaka Lao Deng made a phone call.

Not long after, Patrol Chief Kuwahara and Patrol Officer Miss Kosaka came in and said, "Chief Tanaka."

"set off!"

The four of them got into the police car together. It was Asako Kuwahara's turn to drive, and Tanaka Ryuto handed the information to Uesugi Sosetsu.

"The deceased, Kurosawa Yoko, 65 years old, a single woman, was found drowned in the bathtub at home. The door of the house was locked, there were no signs of break-in and theft, no obvious external injuries on the body, and no signs of fighting or other signs in the house."

Uesugi Sosetsu nodded: "So, he accidentally drowned himself while taking a bath?"

"Yes, but..." Tanaka Laodeng said a few words, with a puzzled look on his face: "All the doors and windows of the house where the deceased lived were locked. In other words, an elderly man living alone would actually die in..."

"Secret room?" Uesugi Munen frowned. "Maybe I lack a sense of security? After all, I am an elderly person living alone."

"Yes, so I need you to come and see if it was suicide or homicide." Tanaka Laodeng nodded repeatedly: "Thank you for your help."

It turned out to be the case.

Uesugi Sosetsu glanced at the policewoman Miss Kousaka sitting in the front seat and understood why she was asked to come this time.

If the search and arrest process involves the residence or corpse of a female suspect, it is best to have a female police officer handle it to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Twenty minutes later, we arrived at the place.

The deceased lived in an ordinary two-story apartment, but it was old and sparsely populated. Yellow lines were drawn all over the scene, and as usual, the police on duty were maintaining order.

Upon entering the scene, it was exactly as Inspector Tanaka had described, with typical furnishings for an elderly person living alone. The interior was cleaned very tidy, and all the doors and windows were locked. In the bathroom, the body of an elderly woman had been salvaged from next to an old-fashioned wooden bathtub that was about 1.5 meters long and 80 centimeters wide.

Uesugi Sosetsu went up to perform the autopsy without saying a word, while Tanaka Laodeng and others began to investigate the scene.

While examining the body, Uesugi Sosetsu did not rush to communicate with the spirit, but began his own forensic judgment first.

The body has not rotted. It is now June, which means the body should not have been dead for a long time.

Well, the presumed time of death should be no more than one day.

Uesugi Sosetsu examined the palms and soles of the corpse and found the skin of the floating mother on them. He then opened the mouth and found fine white foamy liquid inside.

There is no doubt that it was drowning, and the time of death should be between last night and early this morning.

Uesugi Sosetsu calmly judged based on his professional knowledge.

"How is it, little brother Uesugi?" Tanaka Laodeng also came back after checking around: "How is the situation? When is the estimated time of death?"

"It was drowning for sure, and the estimated time of death was last night." Uesugi Sosetsu nodded.

"Huh? Really?" Who knew that Tanaka Laodeng would show a surprised expression: "But..."

"But what?"

"But it's different from what we investigated." Tanaka Laodeng pulled Uesugi Sosetsu to the door and said, "Look at this."

There was a milk box hanging on the door of the apartment, with three bottles of milk in it.

"The milk is delivered once a day. Even if we take the full amount, Ms. Kurosawa Yoko should not have left the house for at least two days." Tanaka Laodeng touched his chin and said, "What's going on?"

Ok?
Uesugi Sosetsu also frowned, and he immediately realized that he might have overlooked something.

Back in the bathroom, Uesugi Sosetsu awakened the power of the azurite.

After a while, Uesugi Sosetsu came out with a serious face, and he knew why.

"This is not a suicide! Inspector Tanaka."

"This is a homicide!" The young forensic doctor's face was as gloomy as water: "The murderer deceived us all!"

"Ms. Kurosawa drowned in the bathtub, but it was not hot water."

"It's ice water!"

　I declare the Golden Joystick to be the most valuable gaming award in human history!
　　Kasaya! Kasaya!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)