Chapter 206: The Daily Life of the Special Mission Unit 20

Early August, Tokyo, Chiyoda Ward, Kasumigaseki, Metropolitan Police Department, Sakuradamon Headquarters, Special Mission Unit office.

In the air-conditioned Special Mission Unit office, Uesugi Muneyuki was lying in a corpse-like state, resting his head on the flesh-colored silk-stockinged thighs of Unit Chief Watanabe Minami, wearing an expression that said "I'm done for." This left Miss Minami feeling both heartbroken and amused, and she used her hand to rub Uesugi Muneyuki's face as if rubbing a dog's head. Ikeda Erena sat nearby, watching and pursing her lips to hide a smile, thinking to herself, "Why is she petting him like a cat?"

The Special Mission Unit's Acting Unit Chief, Okada Masayoshi, was sitting on the other side, holding an extra-large thermos filled with about 800ml of iced cola.

Okada Masayoshi's wife hated him drinking cola, or rather, his wife hated that this Police Inspector could find happiness anywhere other than with her: "Thank you for your hard work, Uesugi-san. It won't be this busy from now on."

"Really... I told Department Manager Uchimura and the others long ago, how can you use people like this? Isn't this whipping a fast ox?" Miss Minami complained: "If Muneyuki-kun hadn't been worked until he fell ill, would the Department have ever truly considered our feelings?"

"That's right." Okada Masayoshi nodded, leaning back in his chair and sighing: "Finally, I can rest for two days. I want to sleep right here and not wake up~"

Last month, Okada Masayoshi worked a total of 180 hours of overtime, including 8 days of weekends without a break, totaling 83 hours of overtime, and on the remaining workdays, he averaged 3-4 hours of overtime per day. In the end, when he went to the section to collect his wages, the female administrative officer was stunned—how could someone collect 540,000 in monthly overtime pay?

But the Special Mission Unit reported 900,000 yen in overtime pay alone last month. Miss Minami basically didn't collect any, Okada Masayoshi collected the most because he was the driver and didn't take compensatory time off, while Uesugi Muneyuki and Ikeda Erena took compensatory time off, so they collected less; they earned themselves 15 days of compensatory time off in one month.

After finishing July, Uesugi Muneyuki had absorbed enough soul essence and needed some time to digest it, but the local police stations' demand for the Special Mission Unit was almost endless. So, Uesugi Muneyuki had a flash of inspiration: while absorbing soul essence, he deliberately overloaded his body to make it look like heatstroke, faking an illness.

July was naturally the hottest season in Tokyo, and it was normal for him to get heatstroke after repeatedly going out into the field to perform autopsies. This feigned illness panicked the Metropolitan Police Department. Watanabe Eiji immediately announced the temporary freezing of all Special Mission Unit activities and convened a Metropolitan Police Department meeting, producing a new set of regulations in just two days.

First, starting now, KPI assessments would be given to local police stations. A comprehensive KPI of case clearance rates, number of cases solved, and number of major cases was quickly produced under Watanabe Eiji's planning.

Secondly, limits were set on the number of requests for help from the Special Mission Unit across Tokyo. That is, according to the general economic level, population density, and public safety level of different regions, the Metropolitan Police Department allocated different "Emergency Special Command Quotas" to the 23 wards, 26 cities, 5 towns, and 8 villages of Tokyo.

In short, from the moment the regulations were issued, the number of times each police jurisdiction could request Special Mission Unit support per year was fixed. If they exceeded it, they had to apply directly to the Headquarters and explain the reason why Uesugi Muneyuki was absolutely necessary.

Watanabe Eiji played this hand very cunningly—you all abused Forensic Examiner Uesugi so much in July that you've used up your quota for the next 70 years!

However, the law does not apply retroactively, so this year's overspending would be let go, but each region could no longer directly request Special Mission Unit support, and the quota would reset every March 31st.

The quota for each region was very small, and whether to give more or less would be considered based on performance; this power was held in the hands of the Watanabe father and daughter.

For example, Shinjuku Kabukicho was Watanabe Eiji's direct line, the Minato Ward and Ginza area was also Watanabe Eiji's direct line, and there were other important places like Chiyoda; they were given more quota, and the reasons were also very sufficient.

Relying on Uesugi Muneyuki's active performance, the Director General was further strengthening his power, while the local police stations were complaining bitterly but had no way to resist. Who told them to actually abuse Uesugi Muneyuki's abilities? The quota was now held in the hands of the Headquarters.

"Speaking of which, that newcomer Nakadō in the Forensics Division is really a short-tempered guy." Okada Masayoshi said to Watanabe Minami and Uesugi Muneyuki: "Because Uesugi-san collapsed this time, the work was handed to Nakadō. That guy, every other word is 'KUSOKUSOKUSO', really! I feel like I can't communicate with him at all."

"Try to understand him, Okada. Not every Forensic Pathologist has as good a temper as I do." Uesugi Muneyuki, lying on Miss Minami's lap, opened his eyes: "The job of a Forensic Pathologist is a 7k profession—dirty, tiring, and low-paying. It's already quite good that we can recruit anyone. I've looked into it; Dr. Nakadō is a very capable person, he just has a bad temper. For a Forensic Pathologist, things like temper don't matter."

"If Dr. Nakadō could be like you, Uesugi-san, and help the police solve cases just by taking one look at a corpse, I wouldn't just have no opinion of him, I'd even toast him and treat him to yakitori, the kind with a lantern hanging outside." Okada Masayoshi laughed.

"Speaking of which, after your recruitment notice was sent out, Uesugi, no one has come to apply yet." Ikeda Erena added. The tall beauty had spent the morning pumping iron in the Metropolitan Police Department's gym, fiercely hitting the sandbag.

This was also one of the reasons why Erena didn't want to get married. A fitness, martial arts, and sports-oriented woman like her emphasized high consumption, high intake, and high-intensity training. If she returned to married life to support her husband and raise children while doing housework, her physique would easily spiral out of control.

"No choice, nobody really wants to do forensics, especially since the salary we offer isn't high enough. Dr. Nakadō at least officially joined the Forensics Division from the Medical and Dental University, with an annual salary of 4-4.5 million. As for us, one is affiliated, one is seconded, and we still have to go through allowances. In the end, the annual salary we can take home is only about 3.5 million. I don't know how many people that scared away." Uesugi Muneyuki replied casually: "Maybe we'll have to wait a while longer, or wait until next year's graduation season to see if any fools come to throw themselves into the net."

"Like a fool such as yourself?" Miss Minami giggled at what was said.

"That's right, I am the biggest fool. If I have children in the future and they want to study forensics, I will definitely break their legs." Uesugi Muneyuki sneered: "Don't listen to those promotional materials, saying things like 'forensics speaks for the dead' or 'forensic science is a science that exists for the future.' These are all lies."

"Because none of them have ever personally performed a dissection, smelling formaldehyde and corpse stench over ten times the normal concentration, standing by the operating table for several hours at a time—it's tiring, smelly, and the income is low."

"Generally speaking, the more a profession is praised and glorified, the more it means the compensation for this industry does not correspond to what they put in, so sufficient moral compensation must be given. Unfortunately, this is forensics. You enter the industry and get 3 million; even if you work hard to become a professor, your annual income won't reach 10 million, and it's still a dead salary. Meanwhile, surgery and dentistry are already taking off with tens of millions in annual income. For example, Zaizen from the First Surgery Department—he performs one freelance surgery, oh ho, 2 million in the bag, and it doesn't even go through taxes."

"It's just like blood donation. If blood donation were really as beneficial to the body as the propaganda says, would it ever reach ordinary people? Lawmakers would go first! We of the Old Nobility would still have to queue up and wait for a spot!"

"A beast of burden is a beast of burden; recognize your own status first. Stop being self-moved. Those who advise others to study forensics are eating at the same table as filth."

Uesugi Muneyuki grumbled on Miss Minami's lap, causing several people in the Special Mission Unit to laugh uncontrollably.

Only Ikeda Erena asked curiously: "Speaking of which, I've never smelled corpse stench on you, Uesugi-kun, only the scent of pine."

"…………" Uesugi Muneyuki thought to himself, I can't exactly tell you that I'm from the Inner World and that the Qinghui Stone can automatically help me dispel the corpse stench, can I?

"Giggle, that's because you've been with Muneyuki-kun for too long, Ikeda, and you've already gotten used to it." Miss Minami smirked: "You can't smell it anymore~"

"Eh? Is that so?" Ikeda Erena immediately began to check her body nervously, smelling the scent of her own cuffs and armpits. Could it be that she had corpse stench on her? Had Uesugi been enduring it all this time?

The clumsy, tall beauty's behavior made the people in the Special Mission Unit laugh heartily again.

"I'm teasing you, Ikeda." Miss Minami shook her head with a smile: "You don't participate in dissections, so where would you get corpse stench from?"

"Mo~~" Only then did Ikeda realize she had been played, and she waved her fists in annoyance.

"Speaking of which, what kind of assistant does Uesugi-san hope to find?" Okada Masayoshi cleverly changed the subject: "For example, someone like Nakadō?"

"First of all, it must be a man." Uesugi Muneyuki held up a finger: "Women are a direct pass. Forensics is physical labor, and it requires being uncontrollable and ready at any time. I won't consider women for this point. I also don't like having a female assistant who is on her period today, writes a small essay tomorrow saying I'm bullying her in the workplace, and the day after tomorrow is pregnant and wants to take leave, and then when the child is older, she applies for a transfer and causes trouble back and forth."

"Are there really female forensic pathologists?" Okada Masayoshi gasped, shaking his head repeatedly: "I've never seen one in my life."

"Well, there are some." Uesugi Muneyuki's gaze grew distant for a moment.

She was the one who led him onto this path. At the time, he liked to hang around the school infirmary, and she didn't have much to do, so she told him some knowledge about forensic science.

Speak for the dead, defend the rights of the living.

It's a pity that he wasn't speaking for the dead; he was speaking with the dead.

"Of course, we won't consider women." Miss Minami said very naturally.

"Other than that... the other conditions don't need to be too strict. Don't be too old, and as long as the physique and forensic level can pass, it's fine." Uesugi Muneyuki thought that since no one was applying, discussing these things now was useless anyway: "Also, the personality needs to be a bit stable. They can be 'KUSOKUSOKUSO', but don't like to use force and hit people. Everything else doesn't matter."

They chatted about a few other things in the office, such as how if Uesugi Muneyuki hadn't gone to the grassroots level himself, he wouldn't have known that the local branches were so sloppy. Anyway, when they encountered a situation, as long as there wasn't 100% evidence of homicide, they would either classify it as a disappearance or a suicide. Then, for cases like fraud or theft, most local branches would just register them, and when asked, they would say they were investigating, but they couldn't reveal how the investigation was going. If asked again, they would say they had tried their best.

They did indeed try their best, but they really couldn't find anything.

"Speaking of which, Ashūshū is on vacation recently. She hasn't been to Tokyo Disneyland yet, right?" Uesugi Muneyuki suddenly asked: "Which of you two will take her to play?"

"You take her yourself!" Miss Minami and Erena said almost at the same time.

It's so hot outside, and you have to queue for several hours at Disneyland. I'm not going. It's better when it's off-season and there are fewer people, and it's almost just with you, both women thought.

"Uh... I actually haven't been." Uesugi Muneyuki was actually quite interested in Disneyland. In his previous life, besides Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, he also really liked the Harry Potter series.

"Then you take Asuka." Miss Minami said this, then suddenly shook her head again: "No, let's forget about it for this period of time."

"Mm." Uesugi Muneyuki stood up, his phone rang.

It was a call from the Medical and Dental University, from Professor Okochi.

"Uesugi-kun, an applicant has come here, 31 years old, female, coming to apply to be your forensic assistant."

"Female?" Uesugi Muneyuki immediately frowned: "Didn't I say I didn't want a woman?"

"You didn't say you weren't recruiting women; you only said that those who can accept a large amount of field travel, contact with criminal scenes, are skilled at dissecting corpses, and have a certain level of forensic ability are preferred." Professor Okochi said stiffly: "I asked her a few questions, and I feel her level is okay. You should come over and take a look yourself."

"I'm coming over right now." Uesugi Muneyuki thought to himself, watch me go over there and find an excuse to reject her!

"Someone has come to apply for the job, and it really is a female Forensic Pathologist. Which of you wants to go with me to the hospital to take a look?" Uesugi Muneyuki put down the phone.

"Not going," said Minami, Okada Keibu, and Eirina simultaneously.

"Fine, I'll go myself."

(End of chapter)