Chapter 1002

"Me, me?" Asō Kōta pointed at himself, looking at himself in the mirror.

One meter sixty-three, just started working a few days ago, likes K-pop, likes Kim Tae-yeon, Park Ju-hyun, Ryu Ji-min, just a patrol officer, still in the non-career track. "Yeah, it's all you who did it." Uesugi Muneyuki tilted his head: "You forgot?"

"Me, I did it?" Asō Kōta was completely confused.

"Yeah, it's you who did it."

"From beginning to end I was just suspicious, I just used professional methods to judge, felt he might have a problem, then arranged you to the position you should go to, passed the information you should get through your hands once."

"All that evidence, the collection notice for the nail samples told you to be present, you directed the coordination of the submission process, the contact window with the US military side, the executors of each step, your name is written."

"It was you who took that document to the Ministry of Health and Welfare to stamp the seal, it was you who sealed the nail samples and sent them into the transfer box, it was you who made the first phone call to the US military liaison officer, saying 'Mòshī Mòshī' was you, I just took over and said a few sentences, the rest of everything was done by you, the receipt was also written with your name. Patrol Officer Asō, you are truly our great hero!"

Asō Kōta's mouth slightly opened.

He looked at Uesugi Muneyuki, the light in his eyes changed.

He recalled some things, the events before Hachijo Island, his smooth entry into the job, and Uesugi Muneyuki's demonic whisper.

"Bottle opener?"

"Yes, duck~" Uesugi Muneyuki's tone was flat: "You are a member of the Asō family. Your distant great-uncle is Asō Tarō, your family has deep-rooted and widespread connections in the political circle, financial circle, and media circle."

"Those 'Park Yoo-chun fangirls' in the Metropolitan Police Department may be watching me, may be guarding against me, but they won't guard against you, because when they see you, their first impression is that you're a short guy, unnoticeable, hardworking but without background, a junior. In their eyes, you are not worth guarding against, and likewise not worth provoking. These people naturally know what things can be touched, what things cannot be touched."

"This means you can go to many places I cannot go, see many details I cannot see, hear many conversations I cannot hear. The Special Mission Division needs such a person."

"During the process of solving the case, there will always be much glory, this glory, I will not enjoy it alone." Uesugi Muneyuki whispered in Asō Kōta's ear: "These all belong to you……but you also must understand, no sacrifice is too great to be accepted, nor any betrayal too small to be tolerated! Loyalty itself is the best reward for loyalty!"

Asō Kōta fell silent.

He stood in front of that door, his back against the door panel, his fingers unconsciously gripping the fabric on the side of his pants.

Understood.

Others learn Korean: "Annyeonghaseyo," "Andwae," "Arasso," "Heullo," "Obakka mika," "Obasaranghae." I learn Korean: "Yeah, kaka, masida!" "Agesshida," "Dentist shake it ah!" "Daetong yong ka gesshida?" "One space input Park Gang-kun! Just you come lead the charge!"

This is probably the four great irons of life?

Shouldering guns together, sharing windows together, splitting loot together, sharing Park Chang together.

"Do you feel wronged?" Uesugi Muneyuki saw Asō Kōta not speaking, casually asked: "If you don't want to do it, there are plenty of people who want to do it? There's a guy called Nakasone whom I rejected……"

……Not wronged!" Asō Kōta raised his head, revealing firm and excited eyes: "The day you brought me into the Special Mission Division, I knew you valued not my ability itself—my ability is still not enough to be valued. You valued those things behind me. I know!" "Bottle opener is bottle opener. Being able to become a tool in Mr. Uesugi's hands is my pledge of allegiance. Thank you for using me!"

"Very good!" Uesugi Muneyuki reached out and patted his shoulder, the force not heavy but clear: "Welcome to the Special Mission Division! Patrol Officer Asō!" "Hi ya!" Asō Kōta excitedly trembled all over, he didn't know how to show his sincerity, finally he straightened his waist, gave a hard salute.

"Praise! Even!"

That evening's news, all Japanese TV stations were broadcasting the same picture.

When Fuji TV's camera cut to outside the courthouse, anchor Hisaka Akiko's voice carried an effort to suppress, but still couldn't help slightly raising the ending tone: "Today the Tokyo District Court rendered a first-instance judgment on Park Yoo-chun's drug case, the prosecution's submitted nail sample test results were accepted by the court, Park Yoo-chun's side waived defense in court. This is one of the most closely watched cases in recent years involving foreign artists in Japan's judicial system."

On screen began alternating playback of two videos: one was Uesugi Muneyuki walking out of the courthouse surrounded by reporters—his steps didn't stop, expression calm. The other was Park Yoo-chun leaving from the side door, he lowered his head, his deep black hair flashed once under the camera, then he dove into a dark sedan, the speed of closing the car window was much faster than usual. The scrolling subtitle at the bottom of the news read simply and coldly: "Park Yoo-chun sentenced to one and a half years imprisonment, three years probation, fined three million yen. Judgment has taken effect."

Below was real-time updating of netizen comment summaries, the most liked comment wrote: "Methamphetamine. Nails. US military certified. What does he have to flip? "Damn Fuji TV, they were originally the biggest beneficiaries of the K-wave, once having K-pop artists in every program from morning to night, now they're again eating human blood steamed buns, beasts ah!"

"Abs (Fuji TV's nickname) is truly shameless! But……still can't help wanting to look! So despicable! So when is 'Hand of God' coming! Hurry up and serve it, I can't wait anymore!"

On the same evening's news, various stations' analysis programs had already dissected this trial from every angle.

Asahi Shimbun's commentator in the studio counted on fingers: "The most exciting offense-defense battle in history! Step by step dismantling the largest-scale courtroom confrontation in Japan-Korea history! Uesugi Chief's God's Hand!"

"First round, procedural legitimacy—Uesugi Chief directly blocked the opponent's path using Asō Patrol Officer's written records and the Metropolitan Police Department's internal transfer process documents."

"Second round, framing—fiancée Hwang Ha-na was in Thailand, but Uesugi Chief immediately produced hair showing the same positivity!" "Third round, evidence contamination—this barber line almost reversed the situation, but the nail sample test results sealed all retreats."

"】Fourth round, US heavenly soldiers—US military forensic liaison officer testified in court! He thought dyeing his hair and losing hair could erase time. But he forgot he still had nails!"

The split in online opinion then became even more extreme.

In Park Yoo-chun's core fan group, someone posted a several-thousand-word-long "questioning the nail sample chain of custody process" long article, trying to find a chance for retrial from procedural loopholes, but the comment section had netizens uniformly replying: "The US military already testified in court, what else do you want?, why not ask Ultraman to test?"

More fans chose to delete support content, clear accounts, or change avatars to pure black.

Sorry, you are no longer my brother!

On the other side, those voices in Japan that had always supported Uesugi from beginning to end then completely boiled over, someone posted a comparison picture on social media, left side Park Yoo-chun crying at a press conference saying "If still positive I will retire from the entertainment circle", right side today he lowered his head walking out from the courthouse side door, caption only a few characters: "Mr. Park Yoo-chun, please tell me when will you retire from the entertainment circle?" "Retweet count exceeded 100,000 in a few hours.

Uesugi Muneyuki saw it and smiled, thinking indeed, how many people like him, how many people dislike him, those who will support you and cheer for you are generally only your fans, but seeing you collapse and come out to oppose you and even step on you and follow the trend to blacken is almost the whole net. However, if no accident occurs, Park Yoo-chun will soon apologize, beg fans for forgiveness, start playing the victim, the fall from Asian Heavenly King to poison dog is shocking, he is very likely to really cry and truly repent.

Want to die, huh.

However, Japanese people instead just eat this up.

Historically, Japanese people have had many criticisms of Minamoto no Yoritomo, Ashikaga Takauji, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, but instead have great sympathy for Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Kusunoki Masashige, and Sanada Yukimura.

However, Uesugi Muneyuki is not at all panicked.

Because the real dark move is hidden in that sentence he said during the trial.

Sure enough, by that night's late hour, Japan's attention had shifted to other aspects.

"Mom."

A detail in Uesugi Muneyuki's open trial gradually became noticed by everyone.

"When he had relations with Hwang Ha-na, he multiple times during the process called Hwang Ha-na" Mom…

This piece of news was dug out by unscrupulous Fuji TV reporters from on-site video, screenshotted and posted, then on social media spread at a speed of thousands per second, accompanied by various expression packs, imitation videos and PS-ed images, in an extremely short time turned into a nationwide joke feast. "Who is Hwang Ha-na?"

Is that person Park Yoo-chun's team threw out as a "suspected planter", that "person in Thailand, no extradition treaty, cannot testify" key figure! Is any news unable to avoid important party, Uesugi Muneyuki and Park Yoo-chun's team's round of offense-defense core figure. Result in the trial dialogue, Uesugi Muneyuki revealed Thai military investigation records: he called her mom on the bed.

He also said I brought mom to meet my parents.

"Mom"

The heat of this joke instantly surpassed the case's legal discussion, "Mom" became the first place on Japan's Twitter hot search list that night, while second place was "Park Yoo-chun", third place was "nails", forming the spectacle of "Mom! Park Yoo-chun! Nails!"

The reaction in South Korea was more complex, fans posted a string of "??????" in NAVER comment sections, passersby said "This is more deadly than snorting meth!", while many angry Koreans wrote: "Even if the appeal succeeds, I will never again look at this artist who jokes about parents one eye!"

Yes, in the East Asian Confucian cultural circle, this matter is very serious, under the Three Bonds and Five Constants, Park Yoo-chun instantly lost a large batch of traditional old-favor goodwill, especially among Koreans.

Now, nobody can sympathize anymore!

From this day on, everyone seeing Park Yoo-chun's first reaction will be.

"Mom!"