Chapter 149: The Special Mission Unit is Established

Miss Minami suffered quite a blow during that traffic suicide case last year, which left her very depressed for a time and earned her the nickname "Female Tengu" among her subordinates.

However, Miss Minami also felt very aggrieved; in her view, the judgments she had made were clearly correct.

I was only imitating Uesugi-kun's method of solving cases!

In the traffic suicide case, did the elderly female victim die in a car accident? No.

Could on-site autopsy and subsequent dissection prove she died in a car accident? Of course not.

Did the deceased's children have strange behavior? Of course they did.

Therefore, Miss Minami naturally judged that there was a problem with this case and wanted to overturn it for a re-investigation.

As it turned out, the old woman had actually committed suicide!

Now she was being complained about, shunned by her subordinates, and had spent a significant amount of extra budget, earning herself a bad reputation.

Why? On what grounds?

Doesn't Uesugi-kun always make judgments with such courage? How did it become like this when it was my turn?

As a control group, the Metropolitan Police Department successfully solved two murder cases during this period without Uesugi Muneyuki, namely the case of a well-known entrepreneur killing his wife and the case of a factory worker accidentally killing a coworker while drunk, both of which were solved by Police Inspector Kashiwagi Jin of the Third Subsection of Investigation Division 1.

This Police Inspector Kashiwagi Jin is also quite interesting; ever since he took a hard fall because of Uesugi Muneyuki last time, he has been like a changed person, neglecting his home, giving up his personal life, and spending his days and nights at Sakuradamon, devoting himself heart and soul to his career, which is truly impressive.

However, this guy's method of handling cases is still the same old routine—orthodox deduction, relentlessly hounding the involved parties.

He simply refuses to believe that orthodox deduction cannot outperform autopsy-based deduction!

Miss Minami is very displeased that Kashiwagi Jin is still being stubborn, but for the moment, there is nothing she can do about him.

Finally, April arrived, Uesugi Muneyuki graduated, and he passed the qualification for Specialized Physician.

On the other side, at the Metropolitan Police Department, a series of plans regarding the newly established Special Mission Unit were all approved, and now only one final problem remained.

"Father, I need to increase the compensation for Uesugi-kun and Okada and the others." Miss Minami pouted, sitting across from Watanabe Eiji: "The Special Mission Unit is a non-permanent organization; we need to enjoy the same or even better treatment than formal organizations like Investigation Division 1, but if we increase the budget again, the Police Affairs Department won't pass it."

"I know, the budget the Metropolitan Police Department can offer Uesugi-kun is 180,000 per month, but he is now a Specialized Physician; according to this qualification, his monthly salary should be around 320,000 yen." Watanabe Eiji nodded, and the shrewd Superintendent General continued: "And you haven't completely controlled him, am I right?"

"Yes." A hint of worry appeared on Miss Minami's beautiful and sweet face; she needed to secure better treatment and more power for Uesugi Muneyuki to prove her own necessity to him.

That scandal caused Miss Minami to feel a strong sense of crisis; she suddenly realized that without her father's support and Uesugi Muneyuki as a sharp weapon, she had nothing. She herself had suffered a sharp drop in prestige after just one misjudgment and had to rely on her father to smooth things over. What would happen if there were another mistake? She dared not think about it.

"And you said the Police Affairs Department won't pass the budget?" Watanabe Eiji leaned back in his soft chair, the Superintendent General deep in thought.

As a Superintendent General with real power, he could of course directly issue a mandatory order, and the Police Affairs Department would not dare to disobey, but Watanabe Eiji still wanted to climb higher; he did not want to leave a stain on his extremely impressive record as Superintendent General. If he could follow the rules, it was best to follow the rules, because he himself was the greatest beneficiary, guardian, and executor of those rules.

"Yes, the Police Affairs Department believes that salaries should be set according to the Police Law and the Civil Servant Law." Miss Minami nodded.

"How much do you want to increase for Uesugi-kun?" Watanabe Eiji asked.

"At least 100%, because if Uesugi serves as a Special Consultant in the Special Mission Unit, he will certainly lose most of his work and income from autopsies, and I must find a way to compensate him."

"100%, is it?" Watanabe Eiji nodded, then smiled: "But you don't want it to be too conspicuous? For example, you and Okada also intend to get a proper raise?"

"Yes."

"Very well... since Uesugi-kun himself works in Tokyo, let's start by increasing the housing allowance and city subsidy for the Special Mission Unit; allowances are considered expenses, not salary." Watanabe Eiji said first.

"Okay, I'll make a note of that." Miss Minami immediately took notes.

"Then we can introduce a special degree allowance. Okada graduated from the University of Tokyo, you are from Waseda, and Uesugi Muneyuki is from the Medical and Dental University; you are all students of international Class A universities, which also helps improve the overall image. On this point, the Police Affairs Department will not object." Watanabe Eiji continued with a smile: "What is Ikeda's educational background?"

"Correspondence high school." Miss Minami couldn't help but laugh: "Not even as good as Akita University."

Now Ikeda could be excluded from the salary increase.

"Heh heh, to become a high-level public servant, one must at least be from a second-tier university like Meiji University or Chuo University, but for Ikeda, Akita University is already too high." Watanabe Eiji said meaningfully: "Being too smart is sometimes not a good thing; there are some things she doesn't need to know, and it's not good to let her know. Are you complaining that the Police Affairs Department doesn't receive enough whistleblower letters?"

"She won't report anything now; she should be happy right now." Miss Minami hummed meaningfully: "Ever since I made arrangements, Uesugi hasn't gone out to date any other women."

"Very good."

The father and daughter smiled at each other.

"How much is still missing?" Watanabe Eiji stopped at the point.

"Just 40% left." Watanabe Minami nodded.

"Very well, Uesugi Muneyuki doesn't have a car, right? Then we will add a transportation subsidy to provide convenience for his daily commute, and then a meal allowance. He has a big appetite, so we will allow him to order extra meals; everyone can enjoy this... how much more?"

"18%."

"Uesugi-kun works very hard, and the work of frequently coming into contact with corpses counts as both field work and overtime; this should be paid according to the highest standard. Also, as a Forensic Pathologist, he should naturally enjoy a special condolence payment for handling corpses."

"Only Uesugi-kun can get this money, because he is the only one in the entire Special Mission Unit who handles corpses."

Watanabe Eiji couldn't help but laugh: "If the forensic pathologists in the Forensics Division have any objections, then as long as they can demonstrate strength comparable to Uesugi-kun, the headquarters will not be stingy."

"If they can do that, the headquarters will usher in a golden age." Miss Minami finished her notes and smiled brightly: "This way the budget report will look much better; our Special Mission Unit's overall salary increase is only 6%, the Police Affairs Department will definitely be able to pass it!"

"But there is still one problem, regarding the purchase of equipment..." Miss Minami asked tentatively: "Can we upgrade it a little?"

"I cannot interfere with equipment; the decision-making power lies with the Security Department of the National Police Agency. You should first purchase according to the standard of ordinary detectives. If you can handle more cases later, I will go talk to Onoda." Watanabe Eiji thought to himself that his daughter really had a huge appetite!

A detective actually wants to be equipped with semi-automatic rifles?

Are you kidding me!!!

"Then, let's leave it at that for now."

Just like that, in the last week of April, the Special Mission Unit of the Criminal Investigation Division 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department officially announced its formation!

Chief of the Special Mission Unit: Police Inspector Watanabe Minami.

Acting Unit Chief of the Special Mission Unit: Police Inspector Okada Masayoshi.

Special Appointed On-site Forensic Consultant of the Special Mission Unit: Specialized Physician Uesugi Muneyuki.

Member of the Special Mission Unit: Police Sergeant Ikeda Erena (seconded, non-formal member).

Yes, strictly speaking, the Special Mission Unit has only three formal members and one seconded member.

The team just opened for business, four people, three guns.

But regardless, this team was finally put together amidst the attention of the masses.

What level of performance it can achieve within the entire police system will require the test of time.

………………

May 10th, the 2nd year of the Uesugi Era, Bunkyo Ward, Motofuji Police Station.

Section Chief Terai of the Criminal Investigation Division at Motofuji Police Station was gathering his staff for a meeting.

"Kojima, this isn't my cup, and I asked for Barley Tea, not Oolong tea!" an older detective complained.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" the young female administrative officer panicked as she tried to distinguish the cups on the large tray.

"Hurry up, the meeting is starting! Whether it's Barley Tea or Oolong tea doesn't matter, stop wasting time!" Section Chief Terai grumbled. "If you can't even handle serving tea and water, what else are you good for as a Public Servant?"

The female administrative officer's face turned bright red from the Section Chief's scolding, but she truly could not tell which of the dozen cups belonged to whom.

"Forget it, just start the report." Section Chief Terai signaled his subordinate.

"I..." one of the subordinates in his thirties was just about to stand up to report when he failed to hold his folder properly, and the papers scattered all over the floor.

"Good heavens, are you kidding me?" Section Chief Terai felt despair at this group of useless idiots under his command. "It's because of this state you're all in that the precinct's arrest rate for this month still hasn't met the target... And the Metropolitan Police Department is the same. We finally had Uesugi Muneyuki who could help, but now he's been transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department! They won't help with Autopsy, yet they still demand the precinct follow the Metropolitan Police Department's case-solving standards?"

"Do those people at the Metropolitan Police Department even know what kind of people we have at this precinct? If Investigation Division 1 didn't have Uesugi's help, the case-solving rate for all those elites at the Metropolitan Police Department would only be around 45%. Now that they've relied on Uesugi to raise their rate to 80%, they expect us to reach 45% too—isn't that a joke?"

Section Chief Terai slammed a stack of documents onto the table.

Last month, the Motofuji Police Station case-solving rate was 19.8%.

Just at this moment, a short, balding, middle-aged man with glasses and a scholarly air arrived from outside, accompanied by a young woman wearing a black dress and sunglasses.

"Excuse me, Section Chief Terai, this gentleman and his daughter seem to have something important to discuss with the Criminal Investigation Division," the leading female administrative officer said.

"We are in the middle of a meeting, could you please wait in the reception area over there?" Section Chief Terai was particularly irritable. He found the sight of this middle-aged man grating, thinking to himself, *Where did this country bumpkin come from? Can you stop adding to our police station's troubles? *

"My wife has gone missing." To everyone's surprise, the middle-aged man ignored Section Chief Terai entirely and simply said to himself, "I am here to file a report."

"Please wait over there..." Section Chief Terai was speechless upon hearing this news.

It's over, the case-solving rate is going to drop again.

I should think of a way to suggest he doesn't file the case.

"I am Tsuda Daisuke, a biology professor at Tokyo University. My wife, Tsuda Takako, has gone missing."

As soon as he heard keywords like Tokyo University and professor, Section Chief Terai shot up from his chair as if his backside had been bitten, his previously irritable face immediately replaced by a beaming smile.

"So it is Professor Tsuda from the University of Tokyo! Please, this way..."

"How may I be of service to you?"

(End of chapter)