Chapter 118: , Can Corpses Kill?

Late at night, the exterior of Tokyo Medical and Dental University was packed with police cars.

The dense sound of sirens disturbed the tranquil night sky over the entire Tokyo Medical and Dental University; swarms of police surrounded the medical building, also alarming the entire Tokyo Medical and Dental University affiliated hospital, and the Inpatient Department and Emergency Department also realized that something was happening at the medical building.

But the police from Otsuka Station who rushed to the scene had already cordoned off the floor where Uesugi Muneyuki was.

The tragic state of the scene made the numerous detectives led by Tanaka Laodeng feel shocked.

The guard had been killed, beheaded with a single blade, blood flowing all over the floor.

A male corpse in his forties lay in the corridor in an unrecognizable state; the skin was in a state of decay due to having been dead for too long, and it had been burned by the spray of a fire extinguisher, the left hand was half-severed, the skull was shattered, and the spine seemed to have been shattered by some kind of immense force from behind.

Tanaka Laodeng and Kuwabara Mako, who had arrived at the scene, racked their brains but could not figure out what on earth had happened.

This, what on earth is going on here?

Subsequently, the investigation findings at the scene left the detectives from Otsuka Station even more baffled.

Tanaka Laodeng was the first to enter the Forensic Pathology Department, only to see that the entire department could not be described as just a mess; under the lights, the tragic state revealed was even more terrifying than they had imagined—the glassware, computers, testing machines, samples, and water purification machines inside the pathology department were all smashed to pieces, and then the curtains, lab coats, stacked documents, and CT scans were all slashed to shreds by a sharp blade.

This simply did not look like something a human could do.

Tanaka Laodeng judged almost immediately that it was because Uesugi Muneyuki had offended quite a few people in many cases, so someone had taken advantage of his presence at the hospital to come and seek revenge.

Otherwise, it was impossible to explain the other party's act of destruction that could be called insane; generally speaking, even with deep hatred, one would not specifically spend time destroying the entire department.

Subsequently, the dead guard was also found; the traces of being beheaded with a single blade reminded Tanaka Laodeng of the serial murder case in Chiba Prefecture previously—the same beheading, the same cruelty.

"So what on earth is going on?" Tanaka Laodeng realized that he could no longer understand it.

"How would I know?" Kuwabara Mako also looked bewildered.

"There's no other way, we'd better report it to the headquarters." Tanaka Laodeng summarized the situation at the scene and decided to report it to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Moreover, involving this kind of murder case, the local branch station would have to report to the Metropolitan Police Department anyway.

"Now we might have to wait for little brother Uesugi to wake up before we can know what exactly happened."

An hour later, the entire senior management of Tokyo Medical and Dental University arrived; led by President Ukai, the senior management of Tokyo Medical and Dental University all felt that what had happened here was incredible.

Following the senior management of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Police Inspector Kosaka of the Third Subsection of Investigation Division 1 and Police Inspector Kashiwagi of the Third Division of Investigation Division 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department arrived.

After the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters arrived at the scene, they immediately received news from Tokyo Medical and Dental University that left them baffled.

"There are two deceased at the scene, namely the medical building guard, Tsukada Mitsunosuke, 58 years old, and an employee of Asano Corporation, Nakano Toshito, 47 years old."

"Among them..." Police Inspector Kosaka said with a confused face inside the temporary command post: "The expression on Mr. Tsukada's face is very twisted, which should be caused by extreme fright, but that is not the point."

"The point is the identity of Nakano Toshito."

Police Inspector Kosaka pointed at the photo and the document provided by Tokyo Medical and Dental University with a confused face: "Nakano Toshito was found to have no breath in a love hotel this morning; after emergency treatment, he was declared dead by Tokyo Medical and Dental University at noon today. The family members felt it was very bizarre that Nakano Toshito, who was originally very healthy, would suddenly die, so they requested Tokyo Medical and Dental University to perform an autopsy."

"Eh?!" Everyone from the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters and Otsuka Station inside the entire temporary command post was stunned.

Nakano Toshito? Nakano the dead man!

"Wait, if he had no breath in the morning and was confirmed dead at noon, then how on earth did this guy appear at the scene?" Kuwabara Mako could not help but ask proactively.

"We don't know either." Police Inspector Kosaka shook his head repeatedly in confusion: "And... the autopsy this afternoon was precisely..."

"It was precisely Uesugi Muneyuki, he performed the autopsy himself." Police Inspector Kosaka placed a photo of Uesugi Muneyuki next to Nakano Toshito: "This afternoon, Uesugi Muneyuki performed an autopsy on the corpse and confirmed the cause of death as Ischemic Cardiomyopathy."

"???" The police at the scene were even more confused.

"Wait, wait! Inspector Kosaka, and everyone from the hospital, I am not questioning you, but." Tanaka Laodeng raised his hand: "But... you mean."

"A person who has already died suddenly resurrects in the middle of the night, and then attacks the security guard patrolling inside the medical building and Uesugi-kun who was working overtime writing his graduation thesis with a knife?" Tanaka Laodeng was amused by this conclusion: "It is understandable that the patrolling security guard was attacked and killed, but according to the situation at the scene, Uesugi-kun and Nakano Toshito clearly had a fierce struggle, and Uesugi-kun even used a fire extinguisher..."

"This is also the reason why we cannot understand what happened."

The elites of the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters were helpless.

The Tokyo Medical and Dental University side attached great importance to this matter; President Ukai brought the ledger on the spot, and the file content proved that Nakano Toshito already had no vital signs when he arrived at the hospital, and he was officially declared dead at noon after emergency treatment.

"............"

The entire frontline temporary command post was silent.

"It seems we can only wait for the autopsy results from Higashiyama of the Forensics Division, and wait for Advisor Uesugi to wake up before we can talk."

The elites from the headquarters and the group from Otsuka Station were at their wits' end regarding the current situation, so they had to continue surveying the scene, investigating interpersonal relationships, and waiting for the autopsy.

However, after waiting for a while, what the Metropolitan Police Department got was not some major discovery, but...

Another female corpse was found inside the medical building!

And it looked like she had died not long ago.

This is truly evil!

The Metropolitan Police Department had no choice but to dispatch more manpower to start investigating this case.

And just during the survey of this female corpse, the Metropolitan Police Department had some special discoveries.

Police Inspector Kashiwagi Jin of the Third Division combined all the evidence and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Perhaps, after excluding all the wrong answers, that conclusion which seems the most impossible is the truth!

"Immediately send people to Musashino University!"

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After three o'clock in the morning, in the Inpatient Department, Uesugi Muneyuki woke up.

He discovered that Ikeda Erena was lying beside him; her hair was messy, her breathing was steady, and she was sleeping soundly.

Uesugi Muneyuki was actually not seriously injured, but he immediately closed his eyes, soothing his tense nerves.

The events of tonight were truly too evil.

Listening to the sound of Erena's breathing beside him, Uesugi Muneyuki suddenly felt a bit of regret—regret that he had not learned martial arts properly from Ikeda Erena before.

Yes, Uesugi Muneyuki had taken Erena as his master and had also taken many lessons from her.

He had learned martial arts, learned them seriously, but not desperately; his little Karate and Judo classes with Erena only maintained a level of one to two practices a week, and he hadn't taken many lessons in total.

There were reasons for this, for example, he could only borrow the dojo at Otsuka Station on his days off, for example, Uesugi Muneyuki's work was very busy, and for another example, ever since he obtained the Inner World Power, he did not understand supernatural elements and naturally lacked stronger vigilance; as time went by, busy with work and life, he naturally slacked off a bit in this regard.

Today has truly sounded the alarm for me!

Uesugi Muneyuki felt the shining radiance of the Qinghui Stone on his right hand; the Second Myōō, Kongō Yasha Myōō, devoured the filth and evil, dispelling disasters and removing calamities, crushing and subduing the wicked and murky, while the wheel of light behind him burned fiercely; the Cursed Grudge and endless malice of Saijo Yasue were being completely absorbed by Uesugi Muneyuki as they were chewed by Kongō Yasha Myōō.

There is a loss for every gain; this attack activated the Second Myōō.

Thinking of this, Uesugi Muneyuki frowned incessantly; he now had two urgent dilemmas that needed to be resolved.

First, the Inner World is so dangerous, so much a place where the strong prey on the weak, so why did that suddenly appearing Arrow that pierced the air help him instead of just finishing him off along with the others? Wouldn't that have maximized the gains?

At the time, he was on guard against possible follow-up attacks, but now it seemed there were none.

Second, Saijo Yasue should, by and large, perhaps possibly probably mostly be completely dead, right? But how was he supposed to explain this entire incident?

If he guessed correctly, given the typical behavior of the Japan police, if they had no leads at this moment, they should just about...

Uesugi Muneyuki thought it over carefully and decided to wake Eirina.

"Uesugi? Thank goodness, are you alright?" Eirina was shaken awake by Uesugi Muneyuki and immediately hugged him with her broad, bouncy bosom, not daring to use too much force: "I was so worried about you, I..."

"Wait, Master Eirina, I have a very important matter to ask of you." Uesugi Muneyuki endured the headache and the pain in his body, whispering instructions in Eirina's ear: "... Go find Watanabe Minami right now, and tell her this and that..."

"Mm, I understand." Ikeda Eirina trusted Uesugi Muneyuki almost unconditionally; she immediately got up, pushed the door open, and went out.

Uesugi Muneyuki closed his eyes and counted the seconds in his heart.

Eirina going out definitely meant the police knew he was awake.

Sure enough, he had only counted to thirteen when the room door was pushed open.

Police Inspector Kashiwagi Jin of the Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division 1, Third Subsection, appeared before Uesugi Muneyuki, with several police officers behind him: "Advisor Uesugi, are you alright?"

"By and large, I should be fine." Uesugi Muneyuki knew what the other party was there for.

"That's good, we have a few questions we'd like to ask you, is that alright?" Police Inspector Kashiwagi Jin signaled his subordinates to watch the door and came to Uesugi Muneyuki's side alone: "May I ask what exactly you encountered tonight?"

Uesugi Muneyuki nodded and recounted his encounter tonight; he did not mention anything regarding the supernatural, and his general description was that he had stayed in the medical building to write his graduation thesis, heard movement upstairs, and called the Guard, but the call was suddenly cut off; he felt it was a bit strange, so he went out to check and encountered an attack; both sides fought, and because the other party had a knife, Uesugi Muneyuki decided to use a fire extinguisher for self-defense in the face of life and death.

This was the story he had prepared.

Actually, this story was not very easy to justify, but he could not explain any further; if the police could not find evidence, they could not prosecute him either.

However, upon hearing his words, Police Inspector Kashiwagi Jin of the Third Subsection exchanged a look with his subordinates and revealed a meaningful expression.

"Advisor Uesugi, did you leave anything out?"

"Hm?" Uesugi Muneyuki frowned; he went over the whole story in his mind again, feeling that although it couldn't be fully justified, there were no omissions.

Kashiwagi Jin took out a photo and placed it in front of Uesugi Muneyuki: "Do you recognize her?"

Uesugi Muneyuki looked at the corpse in the photo, his pupils shrinking violently: "Saito?"

"It seems you do know her." Kashiwagi Jin said coldly: "That's right, she is dead; the body was discovered in the hallway."

"Advisor Uesugi, are you going to continue to quibble?"

"She, she is dead?" Uesugi Muneyuki opened his mouth wide.

"Stop pretending, Advisor Uesugi!" Seeing Uesugi Muneyuki's expression, Kashiwagi Jin was even more certain in his heart.

"You are the one who killed the Guard, killed your lover, and framed the corpse for the murder!"

"The Forensic Pathologist of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Uesugi Muneyuki!!!"

(End of this chapter)