Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 50, Standing at attention outside the field!
7pm, National Police Department, Kasumigaseki Sakuradamon, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

The National Police Agency and the Metropolitan Police Department are two adjacent buildings. The National Police Agency is a national-level police management agency, while the Metropolitan Police Department is a local-level direct agency. Generally speaking, the National Police Agency is full of bureaucratic positions, which means that none of them are the "on-site hangers-on" mentioned above. They are all administrative bureaucrats.

The 63-year-old National Police Agency Commissioner, Sawaro Kaneko, was walking slowly on a treadmill until his subordinates brought him an urgent message.

"What? The Metropolitan Police Department actually asked Fuji TV to close the building?" The old police chief quickly pressed the stop button after hearing the news, took the cup and towel from his secretary, and looked through the window at the Metropolitan Police Department building opposite the National Police Department building in confusion: "How could such a thing happen?"

The Chief Cabinet Officer of the National Police Agency standing beside him nodded, his face calm and composed: "It is said that a female anchor disappeared in the Fuji Dai Odaiba building. After investigation, the Metropolitan Police Department believes that she may still be in the building, and may have already... so they decided to seal the building."

"You actually came here to ask for instructions?" The head of the National Police Agency was old and not as energetic as before. He felt disgusted when he heard about such troubles: "This is a big event. The whole Kanto region will pay attention to it. What is the Metropolitan Police Department doing?!"

“Yes, so I would like to ask for your opinion, sir.” The Chief Cabinet Secretary of the National Police Agency bowed and said, “Fuji TV has also notified Dentsu, Hakuhodo, and Nippon Life Insurance Company.”

"Tsk!" The police chief felt that things were becoming more and more troublesome. He interrupted the chief cabinet officer and said, "I'm already asleep."

"Sir?" The chief secretary hesitated for a moment, then nodded immediately, "I will follow your instructions."

"Let Fuji TV handle the issues within the station, and the issues in Tokyo will of course be handled by the Metropolitan Police Department." Officer Kaneko raised his gray eyebrows and said, "I've already fallen asleep. Before the Metropolitan Police Department officially submitted a report, I knew nothing about this matter."

"Yes."

"However, considering the possibility of problems, you should first draft a report to submit to the cabinet."

"Yes."

When the National Police Agency made the decision, the Metropolitan Police Department also received a report from Inspector Higurashi.

There was a large wooden pine food box on the table in the Superintendent General's office. Superintendent General Watanabe Eiji was having dinner there. Two grilled eels were placed flat on the wooden box, with rice and side dishes underneath, and miso soup, Japanese cold tofu sprinkled with condiments, and a cup of barley tea next to it.

Boom~boom~
There was a knock on the door and two men came in and bowed to the Superintendent of Police.

One of them is relatively young, he is the full-time operative of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Okada (that is, driver), and his rank is Inspector. The other is Mori, Director of the Criminal Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, and his rank is Superintendent.

"What did they say over there?" Watanabe Eiji said slowly.

"Officer Kaneko said he's already asleep." Chief Maori of the Criminal Division said with a hint of sarcasm, "It's rare for an old man to sleep so well."

"Director, isn't Higurashi's request to close the building too hasty? He is not qualified to represent this department." The operator Okada is very young, only twenty-six or twenty-seven years old.

"Based on the current information, Higurashi's decision is correct." Watanabe Eiji frowned. He put down his chopsticks, walked to the window, and stared at the National Police Agency building opposite: "As for the one in the National Police Agency, he is also normal, isn't he? Hehe."

Minister Maori and Inspector Okada both sneered from the bottom of their hearts.

This is what the official residence puppet looks like.

As mentioned earlier, candidates for the position of Police Commissioner General can be divided into three major categories: criminal faction, public security faction, and official residence puppets. The same applies to the Commissioner of the National Police Agency.

So, what is a mansion puppet?

In short, taking the Commissioner of the National Police Agency as an example, Commissioner Kaneko Sawaro had never done any work related to police work or investigation before he became the Commissioner of the National Police Agency at the age of 59, and he had no knowledge of this area. He graduated from the Department of Oceanography of the University of Tokyo and previously worked in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Having no prestige and no ability means that this chief must cling to the cabinet and obey the cabinet in name only. Having no team and no professional knowledge means that this chief can only delegate power to his subordinates because he knows nothing about detective, espionage and police work and just does whatever his subordinates say.

Although Watanabe Eiji came from the professional group, he also worked his way up from the position of deputy inspector. He despised from the bottom of his heart the person who knew nothing but could become the Commissioner of the National Police Agency and a puppet of his immediate superior in the official residence.

However, no matter how much he despised his superior, Watanabe Eiji knew that the position of Superintendent General was his final destination. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be inferior to Chief Kaneko for the rest of his life.

The reason is very complicated and involves issues of Japanese history, culture and official system. To put it simply, the Superintendent of Police is the highest level of "administrative officers", which means that this level is also involved in specific affairs. The Commissioner-General of the National Police Agency is already a "political officer", and at this level he is only responsible for management and the formulation of general directions and policies, and will not be involved in specific affairs.

The appointment of administrative officials is based on the "appointment system", which means that the cabinet minister must nominate on behalf of the ministry and the appointment must be approved by the prime minister.

Civil servants are appointed by the "imperial appointment system", that is, they are directly appointed by the Prime Minister.

When one reaches the level of Superintendent General, he has already reached the ceiling of the administrative officer level, and there is no mechanism for further promotion. In theory, Watanabe Eiji should have contacted local self-governing corporations, large conglomerates, or industry associations of key industries during his term to prepare for his retirement. Positions such as senior consultant to large companies, director of industry associations, or representative of local groups are vacant, and even if he continues to engage in politics, most of them can only retreat to the second line and take up other nominal positions.

But Watanabe Eiji was unwilling to give up!
He is only fifty years old this year, which is considered young and energetic in the Japanese environment. But precisely because he is young, he still has fifteen years before his scheduled retirement at the age of sixty-five!

The term of office of a Superintendent of Police is about two and a half years. Are the next thirteen years going to be wasted in this muddle?
But if he wants to move up further, he must have extremely outstanding results to break this convention and be considered by the cabinet.

Higurashi, probably took this into consideration as well.

"Inform Higurashi that the Metropolitan Police Department agrees to his request to seal off the building. The First Investigation Division will be dispatched immediately. As for the TV station..." Watanabe Eiji thought for a moment and smiled. He knew what Fuji TV was afraid of: "The Metropolitan Police Department can agree to your station's live broadcast, but it can only be broadcast after Ms. Hironaka's body is found."

"Director!" Minister Maori was shocked when he heard Watanabe Eiji's request, and said quickly: "This kind of condition shows that you don't intend to negotiate at all! Director, do we have to keep closing the building until we can find someone?"

"I believe in Higurashi's judgment. The people must still be in the building. As for the urgency, Fuji TV will be more anxious than us." Watanabe Eiji said coldly: "Kameyama will find a way. We will see what to do then. He asked for a high price and paid it back on the spot."

"Yes."

When Minister Mori and operative Okada saw the director's expression, they knew that Watanabe Eiji was going to take responsibility for the matter. They felt excited and worried at the same time. Danger and opportunity always coexist.

The Metropolitan Police Department's notification was very quick, and Fuji TV immediately learned of the Metropolitan Police Department's conditions.

It can be broadcast live, but only after the Metropolitan Police Department has found the body, and the questions asked by the TV station must be reviewed by the Metropolitan Police Department before they can be asked.

"You must be joking!" President Kameyama was furious and yelled at Inspector Higurashi, "Is this how you approach a discussion? Ask Director Watanabe Eiji to talk to me in person right now!"

"This is the attitude of our department, which was conveyed to me by Chief of Criminal Investigation Maori." Inspector Higurashi also felt a lot of pressure: "The search operation will be broadcast live, and our department will also bear the pressure from the people. Afterwards, our department may have to explain it to the cabinet in person."

"That won't work either!" President Kameyama flatly refused: "You have nothing to do from now on, Inspector. I'll talk to Director Watanabe."

"Yes."

Inspector Higurashi retreated, and the senior executives of Fuji TV were helpless and immediately made several special phone calls.

At the Metropolitan Police Department, after Watanabe Eiji waited for a while, the phone in his office rang again.

How about it? I'll tell you. The director signaled his subordinate with his eyes and picked up the phone.

However, upon hearing the voice inside, Watanabe Eiji immediately stood up. Even though they were not face to face, he slightly bent over and looked terrified: "Yes, yes, I understand. No, this department is not deliberately making things difficult for you. It's just that this matter is very serious and we have to consider it carefully. Please understand our position... Yes, okay, I will notify Section 1 to set off now."

The black office door was opened, and the Superintendent General, the Chief of Criminal Investigation and the driver appeared. Many civilian staff who were working outside the door immediately stood up and bent down. As Watanabe Eiji walked through the corridor, the clerks who were chatting at the desks, in the duty room and in the corridor, the operators who were buying things in front of the vending machines, and the policemen who were smoking in the smoking room gathered together as if they had a premonition. Several people, dozens of people, hundreds of people, they bowed to the Superintendent General one after another, and moved along with Watanabe Eiji's movement, falling like dominoes. The dark cloud made up of suits and uniforms pressed down on the city, covering the sky with a thought.

It was not until the Superintendent of Police walked to the center of the hall and stopped that more than three hundred people bowed to him again, like stars surrounding the sun.

"Move out!"

————I am the dividing line of a thought covering the sky————

At the same time, Uesugi Muneyuki and Ikeda Erina finished their dinner in the restaurant of the Odaiba Building and were about to go home. "Today is a very fulfilling day. I saw the local prosecutor in the morning, performed an autopsy at noon, visited Fuji TV in the afternoon, and in the evening..." Uesugi Muneyuki said to his partner in a relaxed manner, "Thank you for your company for the day, Master Erina. See you tomorrow."

"Okay, see you tomorrow." Ikeda Erena was a little reluctant, but thinking that the two of them had been together for the whole day, the tall beauty was quite satisfied. She smiled slightly and let the guy go.

She really doesn't like wearing police uniforms and also hates wearing stockings. Police uniform skirts are not meant to be worn in the field. Movement is restricted and even raising your hands is inconvenient. You can't run in the skirt and can only walk in small steps.

Another reason was that she was too tall, and the crotch of her stockings kept sliding down. She had to secretly pull them up a few times when Uesugi Souyuki wasn't noticing. The feeling of having her legs wrapped in pantyhose made Erina very uncomfortable.

I still feel more comfortable with the previous outfit of a small suit, trousers and leather shoes.

Of course, there are benefits as well. She has caught Uesugi Sosetsu's gaze passing over her calves at least a hundred times.

If he likes it, I can wear it for him to see, but I will take it off the first thing I do when I get home!

Erina clenched her fists. Uesugi Sosetsu was the only reason why she would take the initiative to wear stockings.

When the two men went down to the first floor of the Fujidai Odaiba building, they were shocked by the scene in front of them.

I saw that the lobby on the first floor of Odaiba was packed with hundreds of people. The dark crowd was crowded together, and the noise was mixed with the sound of sirens. People gathered in groups of three or five to discuss what had happened. Many staff members in suits were anxiously making phone calls. Some artists were even wearing performance costumes, colorful and bright.

"Why don't you let us out?"

"We still have announcements! Let us out!"

"What is the Metropolitan Police Department doing?"

"Why is the building closed? What happened?"

At the gate, a row of policemen with their hands behind their backs blocked the way out. There were roadblocks at the gate and police cars with sirens blaring, blocking the way out. No matter how the crowd attacked or questioned, the policemen at the gate remained silent.

"What's going on?" Uesugi Munen frowned. He grabbed a man who looked anxious and was obviously an artist's accompanying employee, or staff, and said, "What happened?"

The scholar-official was not very old. He had just finished a phone call. His face was flushed with anxiety. He stamped his feet vigorously. When someone asked him what happened, he immediately used Uesugi Sosetsu as a pressure relief valve: "How should I know? Suddenly, people were prohibited from entering or leaving. The police at the door didn't know what happened either. What should I do with the next two announcements? If I don't go to the announcement from NHK, I'll be in trouble. There's also another interview with a big company. If I make any temporary adjustments, then it'll be NGNG for the co-starring!"

"It's all over now. My life is going to end here!"

Co-performance NG is a term special to the entertainment industry, which refers to two artists who do not get along with each other and are unable to appear on the show together due to personal grudges or internal or inter-company struggles.

"Ikeda, go ask him." Uesugi Sosetsu roughly understood what was going on and poked him with his elbow: "You are a policeman!"

As a result, Ikeda Erena grabbed Uesugi Sosetsu's wrist and said, "If you want to go, let's go together!"

The two of them pushed through the crowd blocking the door, and Ikeda Ereina showed her police notebook: "I'm Ikeda Ereina from the Criminal Division of Otsuka Police Station. May I ask what happened?"

The policeman at the door already knew Erina and Uesugi Sosetsu, and he pulled Erina and Uesugi Sosetsu aside.

"There are some circumstances surrounding the missing persons case, and Inspector Higurashi believes it is necessary to raise the level of the investigation."

"Section 1 is now going to seal off the entire Odaiba building, and support from the Metropolitan Police Department is on the way." The policeman said in a low voice. He didn't even look at Erina, but just stared at Uesugi Sosetsu.

"When will the building be sealed?" asked Uesugi Sosetsu.

"I don't know. We have to wait for the support from the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters and the branch offices to arrive." The detective from Section 1 said helplessly that the situation was serious: "The Odaiba building is closed... Higurashi is really..."

"Let's help too!" Ikeda Erina immediately became motivated, and the tall beauty thought to herself, it's finally my turn!
"Those from the branch office please stay where you are!"

The detective from Section 1 was very tough on Ikeda Erena. He had heard of Ikeda's bad reputation, and said sternly, "Please don't make our work more difficult! Inspector Ikeda of the Otsuka Police Station!"

"Uesugi-kun, you may have to stay in the building for a while. We will ask the security department to arrange a better place for you." After scolding Ikeda, the detective of Section 1 showed another face and gestured to Uesugi Sosetsu to take the troublemaker Ikeda away quickly with a smile: "We are short of staff now. Once the matter is handled, we will let you go as soon as possible."

"Mr. Uesugi, Ms. Ikeda, please follow us." The building's security guard motioned for Uesugi Sosetsu to follow them.

After offering to help but being rejected, the tall beauty's face turned pale and her fists clenched so hard that they made crackling sounds.

Sometimes they said they were short of staff, and sometimes they didn’t allow me to participate.

This was blatant discrimination. Seeing this, Erina was about to explode. Just then, the person in the class finished speaking and turned around to talk to other celebrity agents. Erina immediately raised her fist.

fist!
Uesugi Sosetsu quickly hugged the tall beauty from behind: "Okay, okay, let's go, we'll go right away."

Just like that, the man embraced the woman from behind.

The feeling of hugging Erina tightly from behind with his arms was indescribably comfortable, and this was also the time when Uesugi Sosetsu once again felt the magnificence of the tall beauty's figure. He hugged her waist tightly, feeling her perfect body with long-trained toughness from behind.

Uesugi Sosetsu's back of his hand touched it, and he rubbed it instinctively. He heard Ikeda's instinctive cry, and the tall beauty's ears were dyed bright red.

When Erina found herself being hugged, she was stunned for a moment. This rare dazed look was very cute, and it was different from her usual indifferent or sharp expressions, and had a unique kind of moving charm. Unfortunately, Uesugi Sosetsu was behind her and couldn't see it.

Just like that, the tall beauty was held by Uesugi Sosetsu around the waist and turned away from the door. After taking a few steps, her scattered pupils gradually focused, and then her face turned red like a burning cloud. She gritted her teeth and shook off Uesugi Sosetsu's embrace, staring at him shyly and annoyed, biting her lips and said faintly, "Have you prepared your last words, Uesugi-kun?"

"I surrender!" Uesugi Sosetsu quickly raised his hand.

"Hmph!" The tall beauty was very angry. She knew that Uesugi Sosetsu did this for her own good, but he still took advantage of her!
If it were someone else, all nine lives would have been shattered by her huge external cut!
...This is no longer an ordinary pervert, he must be dealt with severely!
She swung a punch, and hit Uesugi Sosetsu's stomach with an exquisite inner punch, just enough to make him feel pain but ensuring that it would not harm his body. Seeing the man squatting down holding his stomach in pain, the tall beauty's anger subsided a lot.

The security guard next to him was stunned.

"Don't mind, I'm his karate master, and this is the master teaching his disciple." The tall beauty said coldly: "Now take us to the resting place."

"Oh, okay, please come this way." The security guard shrank his head and nodded hesitantly, fearing that he would be crushed to pieces by a single punch from the female Tyrannosaurus.

Passing by the lobby, there were people everywhere in the corridors and elevators. Uesugi Souji rubbed his belly while being pulled forward by Erina holding his wrist. He looked a little embarrassed: "It seems that this missing case is not that simple."

Ikeda Erina gritted her teeth, her light brown eyes full of coldness: "Don't change the subject! Uesugi-kun, how are you going to apologize?"

"A meal of tempura?"

"That's what you promised me!"

"So, two tempura meals, plus two days off to accompany you in activities?"

"Four days off." Ikeda Erina pouted in grievance. I have tolerated you so much, why don't you be a little more accommodating to me.

"make a deal."

　This chapter has 5400 words, it’s very sincere and a very long chapter!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)