Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 58: I Used to Be Superstitious about Science (Fourth Update!)
Just as Fuji TV's top executives were celebrating and looking very proud, representatives from Dentsu and Hakuhodo were also amazed at the skyrocketing ratings.

"That's amazing, Kameyama." Dentsu President Takashima Takashima couldn't help but praise him, "This rating is super red and white. Who came up with the idea of live broadcasting? It's really amazing. The thing is bad, let Fuji TV do it."

"It seems that this guy is still qualified to continue to be the president." A Dentsu board member could not help but nod: "No matter whose idea it was, he has good decision-making ability as a president."

"Now it depends on whether the Metropolitan Police Department can quickly close the case. The suspect has been found, and the ratings should be able to maintain for a while. If the murderer can be found on the spot, the ratings can be pushed up again, perhaps reaching 50%." Dentsu's President Takashima smiled strangely, "If he can reach that, I support Kameyama's re-election as the next term as well."

"We support it too!"

At the same time, at Sakuradamon, Chiyoda-ku, Metropolitan Police Department.

Fuji TV's live broadcast was being played on the big screen. The subordinates had already brought out bedding for the senior executives to sleep in, but as the time was up, even Metropolitan Superintendent Eiji Watanabe was sweating profusely and had to take a shower and change his clothes.

Finally, the person was found at this clothes-changing stall!

Upon hearing the news, Watanabe Eiji couldn't help but punched hard, but his excitement didn't last long. When he saw the live broadcast of Uesugi Sosetsu and Shirakawa Mai chatting happily, a sense of joy of harvest hung on the corners of his mouth, and then he calmly ordered: "Now, immediately, contact Tokyo Medical and Dental University!"

"Immediately complete the cooperation agreement between this department and the Medical and Dental University, and immediately ensure that Uesugi Muneyuki's participation in the search and autopsy was formally invited by this department. Don't give the local prosecutors any chance!"

"Yes!"

The subordinates immediately contacted the Tokyo Medical and Dental University overnight, and only then did Watanabe Eiji breathe a sigh of relief and slowly sit down in his seat.

Now, sit tight.

…………

In front of the camera, the Fuji TV production department set up the scene.

The entire TV station worked overtime and used a 2D model to temporarily restore the crime scene, and then invited a female anchor to imitate Hironaka Mariko's situation. The explanation was given by Uesugi Sosetsu herself, and national actress Shirakawa Mai served as a temporary female anchor.

The golden boy and the beautiful girl sang in unison in front of the camera, in front of ten million pairs of eyes in Kanto.

The ratings are rising steadily. If it weren't for the negative impact, Fuji TV would have already opened the champagne.

"What do you think is the reason for homicide?" Shirakawa Mai looked at the prompter and asked Uesugi Muneyuki radiantly, "From what we found in the wall, Ms. Hironaka died of asphyxiation by hanging, right?"

Every issue raised by Fuji TV must be reviewed by the Metropolitan Police Department.

"Not bad." Uesugi Sosetsu nodded.

Facing the female anchor lying on the table, he explained to everyone on the spot the difference between death by hanging and death by strangulation.

The difference between these two types of death has been discussed in the previous article, so I will not repeat it here.

Afterwards, Uesugi Sosetsu talked about women's incontinence due to suffocation and the relationship between the degree of body decay and the environment.

"So it is certain that Ms. Hongzhong died on Friday night, no later than the early morning. We can also tell from the residue in her mouth that she died after eating."

Uesugi Sosetsu gestured and described the live broadcast using simple spoken language that could be understood by ordinary people.

"So what do you think of the suspect, junior?" Mai Shirakawa asked.

"There is no doubt that this was committed by an acquaintance. The murderer must have known Ms. Hironaka, otherwise it would be impossible for Ms. Hironaka to follow an acquaintance to such a complicated environment as the basement of Fuji TV while deliberately avoiding surveillance."

"Secondly, this acquaintance must be an employee of Fuji TV Station and is very familiar with the inside of Fuji TV Station. If the murderer was not familiar with the environment inside the station, he would not have known that there was a secret door to hide the body in the wall, nor would he have been able to avoid surveillance after committing the crime."

Uesugi Muneyuki spoke to the camera: "This could only have been done by an employee of Fuji TV."

When Fuji TV heard the news, their faces darkened and they immediately raised a prompter.

"The reason for his murder was not clear enough."

The Metropolitan Police Department also nodded after reading it. They felt that Uesugi Sosetsu's judgment was still hasty. They gave a lot of reasons. Why couldn't Ms. Hironaka Mariko have committed suicide? Especially in this case of hanging, it must be suicide no matter how you look at it, right?
If we treat it as suicide, things become very simple.

It was already very tiring tonight, and the elites of the Investigation Section 1 also wanted to close the case quickly. Only the SWAT officers from the special group wanted to witness the beautiful face of the goddess senior schoolmate up close.

"It's not suicide." Uesugi Munen shook his head calmly: "There is a way to create an illusion similar to hanging."

"Carrying Jizo on your back!"

At this time, Watanabe Minami and Inspector Okada quickly squeezed through the crowd and arrived at the scene.

"We caught up!" When Minami Watanabe saw Uesugi Sosetsu just starting to demonstrate, she exclaimed happily, like a little girl chasing a star: "Next, we just need to watch his demonstration."

"Are you so confident in him?" Inspector Okada looked around curiously.

"You'll see when you see it." Watanabe Minami put her index finger on her lips.

"Carrying Jizo on his back?" Shirakawa Mai said to the camera: "I don't quite understand, Junior Brother, can you explain it to me?"

"Of course." Uesugi Sosetsu began his performance.

"In the Edo period, funerals were an important part of culture. Skilled craftsmen would carve a statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and the villagers would gather together and line up to bring the statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to the entrance of the village in a grand manner, just like the New Year or other festivals."

"In order to move the heavy statue, young men in the village would tie the jaw of the stone statue with a rope and carry Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva on their backs. In this way, the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva on the young men's backs looked like he was hanging, hence the name 'Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva on the back'."

Uesugi Sosetsu demonstrated on the female anchor, holding a towel against her back: "This way of killing will make it look like suicide, but it is actually homicide."

"Ohhhhhh!"

Not to mention the audience in front of the TV, even the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division at the scene rarely knew that it was possible to kill people like this?!

How does this guy know so much?
There was a lot of admiration all around.

This also explains why hanging can also be homicide.

However, Shirakawa Mai didn't seem surprised by this answer. She still had a questioning look on her face: "You told me the method, but you can't evade the question! This is just the method of murder, it can't be considered as evidence of murder!"

"Without evidence, you still can't prove it was murder!"

"You want evidence, right? I'll find it for you right now." Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Uesugi Sosetsu smiled calmly, "Inspector Higurashi, everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department, can you trust me for once?"

"We have always believed in you, Uesugi-kun." Inspector Higurashi nodded as a matter of course.

"Then follow me."

Uesugi Sosetsu signaled everyone to follow him.

So he and senior sister Mai were in front, with Fuji TV's cameras behind them, and hundreds of people followed Uesugi Sosetsu through the dim corridor on the second underground floor.

He seemed to be searching for something, sniffing with his nose. Are you really a corpse dog?
Inspector Higurashi, who was following behind him, complained again in his heart.

However, it only took a dozen minutes for Uesugi Sosetsu to make a discovery.

He led his men to a utility room filled with construction debris and scene signboards. He found traces of blood on the floor and pointed at the ceiling: "Trust me, break the ceiling!"

This was too easy for the special team. After obtaining permission from Fuji TV, the special police of the special team easily used tools to smash open the ceiling of the utility room.

Two objects fell from the ceiling.

A blue Fuji TV employee uniform stained with blood, and a missing high-heeled shoe.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, everyone was stunned and the entire place was as quiet as a chicken.

President Kameyama swore that this was the time when his mouth opened the widest in his life.

Even Watanabe Minami and Inspector Okada, who arrived at the scene temporarily, were stunned, not to mention Higurashi who was in charge of the whole matter.

Is this okay? !

After working all day, Inspector Higurashi looked at the fallen Fuji TV employee uniform and high heels and rubbed his eyes hard. He thought he was hallucinating.

After rubbing it hard several times, Inspector Higurashi finally confirmed that this was true.

I used to believe in science.

Everyone present, including the guy carrying the camera, subconsciously thought of this in their hearts.

We used to believe in science.

More than 10 million people in Kanto thought so.

"This is the evidence. So, the image of the criminal is that he is at least 35 years old, has lived in the countryside, is strong and powerful, has worked for a long time at Fuji TV station as a cleaner, knew Ms. Hironaka before his death, wore this employee uniform before committing the crime, and is an internal employee who knows the underground structure of Fuji TV station and is familiar with the surrounding environment."

Uesugi Sosetsu smiled and said, "This range is small enough, Inspector Higurashi."

"It's your turn, the Metropolitan Police Department, to take action."

I used to really believe in science.

Everyone present sighed again.

He can infer the murderer's characteristics just from a cause of death. He is worthy of being a descendant of the Chinese!
"Immediately report what Uesugi-kun said to the Special Investigation Headquarters!" Inspector Higurashi immediately arranged: "President Kameyama, we need the employee list of your Fuji TV!"

"Okay..." President Kameyama's worry, which had originally calmed down, became tense again. He glared at Uesugi Sosetsu angrily.

This kid, why not just sentence him to suicide? Why is there so much trouble?
What an unpleasant guy.

However, I really can't hate him.

————I can’t hate the dividing line————

After providing clear clues and a portrait of the suspect, the Metropolitan Police Department finally allowed the deceased's family to see the body of the female anchor.

Hironaka Mariko's father and mother arrived and looked at their daughter, who had been dead for a long time, lying on the shelf with a blue face and a stench of corpse.

My father lowered his head silently, clenched his fists and endured it.

"Mariko?" Mrs. Hironaka could no longer restrain herself. She looked at her dead daughter in disbelief. She reached out her hand, but what she touched was a completely cold face with the skin slightly melting. "Mariko? Mariko!"

Her expression seemed to be both laughing and crying: "Mariko! Wake up, your mom is here to see you! Mariko! Mariko ahhhh!"

Soon, crying sounds were heard in the room.

"Please accept my condolences." Several police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department lowered their heads and clasped their hands together.

"My condolences? My condolences! Didn't I report the case a long time ago? Didn't I ask you to find her a long time ago? Why did you come so late? Why did you come so late? Wuuuuuu~" Mrs. Hongzhong nervously grabbed the suit of one of the detectives and tore at his collar.

“…………” The detective from the Investigation Division remained silent.

After a while, Hironaka Mariko's fiancé Shimakawa Ren also arrived. Thanks to Uesugi Sosetsu's judgment, he was temporarily freed from suspicion.

However, the fiancé who was going to get married tomorrow did not have any sad expression on his face. He was just silent with a slightly regretful look on his face. Little did he know that all this was seen by the star inspector Kashiwagi Jin of the Third Department of the First Investigation Division.

"I still think he did it!" Kashiwagi Ren said to Section Chief Mikasa viciously: "Section Chief!"

"Well, although it is normal to suspect the fiancé first in a case like this, we should still base our judgment on Uesugi-kun..." Section Chief Mikasa rolled his eyes.

"Tsk, what does a forensic doctor know?" The celebrity police inspector said with disdain: "Only those with the worst medical skills, the worst academic performance, and the most lack of morals would become forensic doctors! They're not even from the Tokyo University School of Medicine..."

"You, please stop talking!" Section Chief Mikasa couldn't help but said, "Shimagawa's lawyer said he would file a complaint against you for arresting people indiscriminately."

"It's useless." Kashiwagi Ren didn't care. As a professional, he had read all the laws and regulations. The procedures were absolutely legal, and there was no way the lawyers could find any problems. "I'm always here to help."

Before I could say more, the local police officers who were watching the surveillance footage below finally made a discovery!
"Section Chief! Section Chief!"

"Look at this!"

The surveillance video was projected onto a large screen.

A middle-aged man in his 40s wearing a blue work uniform caught everyone's attention.

The Metropolitan Police Department discovered that on the day of the presumed death, the middle-aged man passed by the surveillance area on the first floor of the Fuji TV building as many as five times in just a few hours, and on one occasion he sat on the stairs in front of the building to smoke, looking very worried.

At the same time, while entering and exiting, his blue employee uniform was changed into a simple yellow work uniform and a cleaning apron.

The surveillance camera vaguely showed a dark red mark on his shoulder, which looked a bit like blood, but could also be a stain.

"This man is a major suspect!"

The Metropolitan Police Department immediately retrieved Fuji TV’s employee roster and eventually found the suspicious middle-aged man on the list of dispatched employees.

"Sosaburo Fukushima! 39 years old, from Tochigi Prefecture, a dispatched employee, tall and strong, with a background in rural life, works in the station as a set designer and cleaner, familiar with the underground structure of Fuji TV, was active at Fuji TV that day, and someone once saw him having a conversation with Ms. Hironaka Mariko!"

After the Special Search Headquarters retrieved this person's information, they recalled Uesugi Sosetsu's description from the live broadcast just now.

Completely consistent!
We used to be really superstitious about science!

　This is the fourth update. The fifth update may be later, maybe after 12 o'clock.
　　
　
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