Chapter 192: Prosecutor-Police Co-Prosperity? (A Combined Large Chapter)

PS: This, this situation isn't right, is it? What happened to the promise that 369 would beat Zeus back to reality? What happened to the promise of the older brother brutally abusing the husband?

PS2: It's fine, everyone don't panic, it's just fine-tuning the new version, the Vanguard Tournament championship is still secure!

Yamabuki Ryuhei was full of resentment and unwillingness, but when Uesugi Muneyuki awakened his Soul, Yamabuki Ryuhei was overjoyed beyond measure, and he immediately confessed everything that had happened to Uesugi Muneyuki.

Clearly, this accounting department accountant was "suicided" because he was involved in key financial matters of the Toyokawa Group.

【What exactly happened?】 During the Autopsy, Uesugi Muneyuki asked directly.

【Mr. Uesugi, I beg you, please must restore my innocence!】 The Dead Soul of Yamabuki Ryuhei knelt and pleaded: 【Everything must start from that real estate acquisition case.】

Yamabuki Ryuhei recounted the entire course of the incident.

The matter must start with the Toyokawa Group.

As a large multinational group, the head of the Toyokawa Group, Toyokawa Sadaharu, was already an old man in his seventies; like Watanabe Eiji, he had no son, only a daughter, so he followed the old custom and adopted an Adopted Son-in-law named Toyokawa Kiyotsugu, appointing him as the president of the Toyokawa Trading Company under the Toyokawa Group to test his abilities.

Toyokawa Kiyotsugu himself was not a very capable person, relying entirely on a pretty face to charm his father-in-law's daughter; in order to prove he had the ability to succeed the Toyokawa Group, the Toyokawa Trading Company, at the request of Toyokawa Kiyotsugu, carried out the Shinagawa Ward real estate acquisition case, and in order to complete the acquisition quickly, the Toyokawa Trading Company did not audit strictly, and the contract included a proposal agreeing that the other party's payment could be made via a Three-month Promissory Note.

As a result, after Yamabuki Ryuhei, who was in charge of finance, took over, he discovered that most of these Promissory Notes came from the secondary market, many had already been used as collateral multiple times, and there were serious problems, yet after he reported it upward...

【You died, right?】 Uesugi Muneyuki said quite helplessly.

【Yes.】 Yamabuki Ryuhei gritted his teeth in hatred.

【Can you confirm who the murderer is?】 Uesugi Muneyuki asked seriously: 【Don't worry, I will seek justice for you.】

【I cannot be sure.】 Yamabuki Ryuhei said angrily: 【But I roughly know who it is; it must have been done by those high-level executives under President Toyokawa!】

【Before the incident, I had already felt that something was wrong, so I divided the evidence on hand into two parts: one part was given to my friend Kuroda at Hanechu Dyeing Industry Co., Ltd., and one part was given to my girlfriend, Ikeda Marika.】 Yamabuki Ryuhei pointed out his prior arrangements to Uesugi Muneyuki one by one: 【As long as those two pieces of evidence are found, my innocence can be proven.】

【Very well, leave it to me.】

The speed of handling the case this time was unimaginably fast because the Dead Soul of the deceased, Yamabuki Ryuhei, was particularly complete and his ability to express himself was particularly clear; moreover, as an accountant, he had already realized he might be in danger, so he had divided the materials into two parts, and the one involving the Promissory Note issue was secretly hidden by him in the factory of his friend at Hanechu Dyeing Industry Co., Ltd., while the other part was entrusted to his girlfriend for safekeeping.

However, these contents were all one-sided words from Yamabuki Ryuhei, without any evidence to support them.

But when Uesugi Muneyuki had Okada Keibu contact Yamabuki's friend Kuroda, the other party flatly denied it.

Without a doubt, either the other party was afraid of the Toyokawa Group, or the other party was also involved in this murder!

When asking Yamabuki again, Yamabuki indeed began to suspect his friend Kuroda; according to his memory, he was poisoned to death immediately after placing a portion of the documents with his close friend and girlfriend respectively in case of an emergency.

But the same, there was no evidence, and Hanechu Dyeing Industry Co., Ltd. refused the search request from the Metropolitan Police Department.

【Does the Toyokawa Group have a relationship with these local Police Stations?】 Uesugi Muneyuki continued to ask.

【Of course, every year our trading company has at least 20 million in expenditures specifically to grease the palms of the Ebara Station, Mr. Uesugi, don't you know?】 Yamabuki Ryuhei said: 【This is a fixed expense; every large enterprise has to do this.】

【One thing to say, indeed.】

It is easy for the Metropolitan Police Department to build a network of relationships based on their positions above the rank of Superintendent, and it is no longer a secret to use the Revolving Door to take up mid-to-high-level positions in local enterprises, autonomous organizations, and associations after retirement; it is nothing more than whether the way of eating looks better or worse.

It is just that this time, Chief Kurosu of the Ebara Station was a bit too obvious; the person died yesterday morning, and they couldn't wait to close the case that same day, fearing that the Metropolitan Police Department would intervene even a little.

But whether it was Uesugi Muneyuki or Sugishita Ukyo, neither had enough evidence, and what was fatal was that they were both members of the police organization; if they wanted to move high-level members within other organizations, they had to report upward.

Even if Sugishita Ukyo's backer was Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda, so what? Even if Uesugi Muneyuki was already the prospective son-in-law of Watanabe Eiji, so what?

The organization would definitely choose to prioritize maintaining its own reputation.

However, it doesn't matter.

There is the District Public Prosecutors Office!

Lord MacArthur, thank you for your contribution!

Prosecutor Kamibayashi already had a bit of PTSD upon seeing Uesugi Muneyuki; the reason was none other than that their dignified District Public Prosecutors Office had already suffered losses at the hands of Uesugi Muneyuki too many times, and they were numb from the losses.

The group of Public Prosecutors behind him were originally aggressive, pushing away the arriving Okada Keibu and several Patrol Officers and Police Sergeants of Investigation Division 1, but when they saw Uesugi Muneyuki standing with his hands behind his back and a blank expression, they were all so frightened they shuddered.

Why is this person here?

Is he not going to blow up something big for our District Public Prosecutors Office again?

"You are here to investigate the 16.8 billion fraud case of the Toyokawa Group, right?" Uesugi Muneyuki asked calmly.

"That's right, can't you read Japanese?" Prosecutor Kamibayashi placed the arrest warrant in front of Uesugi Muneyuki: "Look, Yamabuki Ryuhei is suspected of forging official seals and forging the president's signature, causing the Toyokawa Trading Company to be defrauded, with a total loss of 16.8 billion yen. Currently, the fraud gang has absconded, and our Special Investigation Team of the District Public Prosecutors Office is responsible for investigating this case."

After speaking, Prosecutor Kamibayashi showed the arrest warrant to all the police officers present with some contempt: "Gentlemen, you can all read Japanese, right? Now this place is completely taken over by our Special Investigation Team of the District Public Prosecutors Office."

【I am not! I didn't!】 The Dead Soul of Yamabuki Ryuhei roared angrily in Uesugi Muneyuki's ear: 【It really is them, they killed me just to frame me! Mr. Uesugi, hurry and think of a way!】

"But, Yamabuki Ryuhei is already dead!" Ikeda Erena couldn't help but say: "How can an arrest warrant be used on a dead person?"

"That doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, Police Sergeant Ikeda? Even if it's a dead person, we still have to go to the scene to search and collect evidence." Prosecutor Kamibayashi glanced at Erena, then said sternly to Uesugi Muneyuki: "A deal? The Metropolitan Police Department has no qualifications to make a deal with our Special Investigation Team of the District Public Prosecutors Office!"

"However... considering it's you, this guy, speak, I will listen for now."

Prosecutor Kamibayashi first exhaled fiercely, arrogant and overbearing, and after fully expressing the supreme status of their Special Investigation Team and their disdain for the Metropolitan Police Department, he indicated: go ahead, what deal?

Once these words were spoken, the expressions of the Special Investigation Team of the District Public Prosecutors Office and Investigation Division 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department were different.

It was only Uesugi Muneyuki who could make this group of people who act first and report later, handle special cases, and run rampant give a little face.

And this was something he earned by his own ability, having nothing to do with the Metropolitan Police Department.

"Stop looking, there is nothing in the house." Uesugi Muneyuki twitched the corner of his mouth and said to the members of the District Public Prosecutors team in the room: "What I can be sure of at the moment is that a portion of the evidence is inside the factory of Hanechu Dyeing Industry Co., Ltd."

"The reason is that before being poisoned to death, Yamabuki Ryuhei had called his close friend Kuroda, and the base station for Kuroda's mobile phone signal was located near the Hanechu Dyeing Industry factory, and there were dye particles on the soles of Yamabuki Ryuhei's shoes, which shows that Yamabuki Ryuhei had been to the factory, so I judge that there must be something hidden in the factory." Uesugi Muneyuki said seriously: "However..."

"Oh! I understand, you don't have evidence and can't get a search warrant, right?" Prosecutor Kamibayashi understood at once, and he then thought: "Aren't you afraid that after we hear this, we won't make a deal with you and will go directly to the factory?"

"I didn't say where in the factory the things are." Uesugi Muneyuki said carelessly: "Do you want to repeat the incident at the Todai Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry warehouse?"

"You guy!" Prosecutor Kamibayashi's teeth itched with anger at the thought of that incident, but there was nothing he could do.

"So I'll make a deal with you; you help us open the factory gate and obtain search authorization, and I'll help you find the evidence, how about it?"

After confirming that there was no useful evidence in Yamabuki Ryuhei's home, Prosecutor Kamibayashi waved his hand at Uesugi Muneyuki: "You guys, what are you still standing there for, follow!"

The deal was reached.

Seeing this, Uesugi Muneyuki did not hesitate and said to the group from Division 1: "We follow."

"Awoo!" The group from Investigation Division 1 experienced a strange sense of pleasure for the first time.

The so-called Special Investigation Team of the District Public Prosecutors Office is nothing more than this!

"Move!"

Once everyone left the Yamabuki residence, a massive, dark mass of police cars and District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Unit vans departed in a grand procession, instantly igniting the attention of Tokyo; many newspaper reporters, like sharks that had smelled blood, followed them frantically.

When the convoy of vehicles stopped at the entrance of Hanechu Dyeing Industry, the surroundings were already crowded with reporters.

"Please, say something! What exactly happened?"

"This is Asahi Shimbun Television. We are currently at the entrance of the Hanechu Dyeing Industry Co., Ltd. factory grounds. The event was sudden, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Unit is actually conducting a joint operation with the Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division 1; they must have discovered some major matter."

"Ah! The people from the Special Investigation Unit are coming out! Wait, that is... Forensic Examiner Uesugi Muneyuki!"

"To be able to make the Metropolitan Police Department dispatch the Special Mission Unit, it must be a big deal!" The host immediately trotted up: "May I ask, what happened? Is it related to the 16.8 billion accounting suicide case previously announced by Toyokawa Trading Company?"

"No comment at this time! Move aside, or it will be obstruction of justice!" The Special Investigation Unit was indeed overbearing; they signaled for the reporters to all move aside.

"Such speed." Police Inspector Shiratori followed beside Uesugi Muneyuki while holding his phone: "Toyokawa Trading Company President Toyokawa Kiyotsugu held a press conference, announcing the company's losses due to fraud; Yamabuki Ryuhei is the primary responsible party for privately carving the official seal to forge the president's signature, and Chief Kurosu of the Ebara Police Station also announced that they have accepted the suicide report and officially closed the case."

"In such a rush?" Police Inspector Okada could not help but say: "This is clearly 'there is no silver three hundred taels here'! President Toyokawa's public relations level is not up to par."

"No, this kind of matter must be closed quickly." Police Inspector Kashiwagi followed the District Public Prosecutors Office at a trot: "If it drags on, everything will be ruined."

A large group of police followed behind the Special Investigation Unit; at this moment, Hanechu Dyeing Industry was already prepared for battle.

The Special Investigation Unit did not bother with any of that nonsense; they opened the factory gate and charged straight in, and Prosecutor Kamibayashi signaled to Uesugi Muneyuki that he could begin.

【Yamabuki, where did you hide your documents?】 Uesugi Muneyuki asked immediately.

【Follow me, I hid them in a very hidden place.】 Yamabuki Ryuhei signaled for me to lead the way.

Consequently, over a hundred people followed Uesugi Muneyuki as he charged all the way into the dormitory building near the factory grounds, finding stack after stack of documents inside a pile of scattered cardboard boxes near some water buckets on the ground floor of a vacant dormitory made of plywood, which was filled with snake plants.

Printed on them was the logo of Toyokawa Trading Company; they were the financial statements organized by Yamabuki Ryuhei and the archived documents retained regarding this land acquisition case.

"This is it!" The Special Investigation Unit were the elite of the elite; seeing this scene, Prosecutor Kamibayashi was simply ecstatic, and he waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to take action.

But before he could be happy for long, Uesugi Muneyuki slowly arrived at his side: "How is it? I didn't lie to you guys in the Special Investigation Unit, did I?"

Once these words were spoken, the complexions of everyone in the Special Investigation Unit, led by Prosecutor Kamibayashi, turned the color of pig liver.

Prosecutor Kamibayashi was silent for a long time, as if looking at Uesugi Muneyuki with the gaze one would use for a new human species.

Is the Metropolitan Police Department's new Forensic Pathologist a monster?

"How did you do it?" He could only ask this: "How on earth did you find them?"

"As for this, please forgive me for having no comment." Uesugi Muneyuki frowned: "Check it, is this what you wanted? Also, what exactly is your Special Investigation Unit looking for?"

Looking at the Metropolitan Police Department insignia on Uesugi Muneyuki's body, and the large group of Investigation Division 1 police officers standing behind him, Prosecutor Kamibayashi was simply furious.

Bastard!

Our dignified District Public Prosecutors Office, those who can enter are all the elite of the elite of the elite in all of Japan, so how did we manage to miss this guy?

If only Uesugi Muneyuki were a person from our District Public Prosecutors Office!

If that were the case, what case could our Special Investigation Unit not solve?

Now that he has officially joined the Metropolitan Police Department to serve as a Forensic Examiner for the Special Mission Unit, what were those people up top doing earlier?

Also, so this is how this guy solves cases?

Seeing is believing; having witnessed Uesugi Muneyuki's method of solving cases, Prosecutor Kamibayashi wavered, so he pulled Uesugi Muneyuki to the side: "Besides investigating the promissory note fraud and the land acquisition case, we also need to investigate the internal transactions within the Toyokawa Group..."

"Internal transactions?"

"Yes, the 16.8 billion fraud incident seems to be a cover; the Toyokawa Group, the superior of Toyokawa Trading Company, seems to want to use this case to clear out a series of black money from political-business transactions, the fake accounts made over these years, and improper internal transactions all at once." Prosecutor Kamibayashi said: "Among them, quite a bit of black money seems to have flowed to your police force as well; this matter will affect the fairness and soundness of the Japanese economy."

"No wonder, from the very beginning of our investigation at the Metropolitan Police Department, the Ebara Police Station was particularly uncooperative." Uesugi Muneyuki recalled something in an instant; he told Prosecutor Kamibayashi to wait a moment, then immediately performed Soul Communication, saying to the Dead Soul of Yamabuki Ryuhei: "Where are the records of the outgoing accounts and contributions? Are they in this pile of documents?"

【Of course they aren't, I put them with my girlfriend, Ikeda Marika.】 Yamabuki Ryuhei said as if it were a matter of course: 【The documents here are all about the land acquisition case and the promissory note issue, only involving this case; as for those black money transactions and outgoing account records, of course I put them with our girlfriend!】

Uesugi Muneyuki was silent for a few seconds.

The financial accountant who was poisoned at light speed after the incident.

The quick-reacting Toyokawa Trading Company.

The Ebara Police Station that insisted on handling it quickly.

The ambiguous reaction of the Toyokawa Group to this matter.

The sudden appearance and investigation direction of the District Public Prosecutors Office.

And he raised his head, seeing not far away, several clerks from Hanechu Dyeing Industry were making phone calls rapidly while watching them, and further away, the media, blocked by a human wall, were filming incessantly.

【Yamabuki! You idiot!】 Uesugi Muneyuki finally could not hold back, and he cursed directly: 【You should have let us go find your girlfriend first! And then come here to get the evidence for the promissory note issue and the fraud case!】

【Ah? But, why? The evidence here is already enough for me to prove my innocence!】 Yamabuki Ryuhei did not understand Uesugi Muneyuki's meaning: 【The documents on her side involve many bad things; wouldn't that put me in danger instead?】

【That's why I said you're really an idiot, no wonder you were poisoned to death!】 Uesugi Muneyuki was so angry his face turned green: 【Where does your girlfriend live?】

【Why are you asking this suddenly?】 Yamabuki Ryuhei still did not understand.

【The Toyokawa Group has been monitoring us... If my guess is correct, your girlfriend is in danger now!】

【Ah, she lives in Setagaya, XX District, XX...】 Yamabuki Ryuhei finally reacted at this moment.

At this time, the District Public Prosecutors Office side was still organizing the data, and Prosecutor Kamibayashi was listening to his subordinates' reports, his brows locked in a frown.

It was indeed all the documents for the Toyokawa Trading Company land acquisition case and the financial statements regarding the promissory note, and Accountant Yamabuki had left behind many documents to prove his innocence, but they did not find the crucial list regarding Toyokawa Trading Company's political-business transactions, various contributions, and fake accounts.

Based on these alone, at most it would be a reinvestigation of the accountant's suicide case and the Toyokawa Trading Company fraud, but it could not truly drag out the mastermind behind the scenes, nor could it truly uncover the black money transactions behind it.

It can only be considered a good start!

And just as Prosecutor Kamibayashi was calculating how to continue the investigation, he suddenly saw the people from the Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division 1 acting like they had gone crazy, collectively charging out of the factory gate under Uesugi Muneyuki's command and getting into their cars rapidly.

"Stop! Stop! Stop!" Prosecutor Kamibayashi shouted anxiously to his subordinates: "Don't flip through them anymore, load everything into the cars, and send them back to the Public Prosecutors Office to look at!"

"Now, follow them immediately, follow the Metropolitan Police Department! Get in the car, hurry up and get in the car!"

The Special Investigation Unit was worthy of being the elite force personally created by Ma.

By the time Uesugi Muneyuki's Toyota Camry was driving on the nearby road, the black business van of the District Public Prosecutors Office had already followed up from behind; Prosecutor Kamibayashi opened the window and stuck his head out, disregarding the danger: "Hey, where are you going in such a rush?"

"Of course we're going to get the other evidence!" Uesugi Muneyuki also roared from inside the car: "Our deal is already over; didn't you guys get the stuff?"

"Ah? Bakayaro! That's not the stuff we wanted! You guy, you clearly knew, right?" Prosecutor Kamibayashi was furious and frustrated; he had already smelled the scent of merit: "Hey, our Special Investigation Unit helped you guys a big favor!"

He now understood why this group from Investigation Division 1 was acting as if their souls had been snatched away by ghosts and gods, obeying Uesugi Muneyuki's commands like puppets.

Because as long as they followed him, there were endless merits to be gained!

And this was a massive, heaven-sent merit! He couldn't let those idiots at the Metropolitan Police Department have it all to themselves!

"What are you guys still standing there for? Keep up!" Uesugi Muneyuki waved his hand, not even using honorifics, and spoke with the urgent tone of someone addressing subordinates.

He had no heart to say much more at this moment; he was still thinking about how to explain his judgment afterward.

Because the Dead Soul in this case was too complete and the details too thorough, it was essentially a Mechanical Deus Ex Machina method of solving the case.

How was he supposed to explain his judgment using forensic science afterward?

He didn't know!

Uesugi Muneyuki's actual level of forensic knowledge was only that of a normal person; he needed to come up with a reasonable excuse to convince everyone.

But there was no time now; if he hadn't guessed wrong, the people from the Toyokawa Group were already on their way!

It was fortunate that everyone trusted him unconditionally.

"What kind of tone is that! Is that how you speak to me?" Prosecutor Kamibayashi scolded.

Doesn't this make our dignified District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Team look like Uesugi Muneyuki's lackeys?

"Then there's no share for you!" Uesugi Muneyuki shouted. "Then don't follow me!"

"Don't even think about it, this is also part of the deal!" Prosecutor Kamibayashi admitted this fact with humiliation, and after being stubborn, he quickly signaled the Special Investigation Team to keep up with the Metropolitan Police Department.

This scene left the news vans and dozens of newspaper and media reporters following behind completely stunned.

What was this?

Prosecution-Police Co-prosperity?

How did the District Public Prosecutors Office join forces with the Metropolitan Police Department? The last time something like this happened was back in the Showa Era, right?

Is this really Japan? Or have we been taken somewhere else?

Regardless of what everyone thought, the Metropolitan Police Department had indeed merged with the District Public Prosecutors Office, rushing together toward the apartment where Yamabuki Ryuhei's girlfriend lived.

However, Uesugi Muneyuki and the others were still a step too late.

Just as they were rushing and hurrying, the door to the apartment of Yamabuki Ryuhei's girlfriend, Ikeda Marika, had already been knocked on.

"Hello, we are Mr. Yamabuki's colleagues from the Toyokawa Trading Company. We are very sorry about what happened to him. We are here to retrieve the things he left with you, Ms. Ikeda." Several men in black suits stood at the door, exchanging glances.

There really was something?!

"Okay, please wait a moment, I'll come open the door right away."

There really was something!

Yamabuki Ryuhei's girlfriend suspected nothing; wearing loungewear, she walked quickly toward the door.

(End of this chapter)