Chapter 228: , The Interlocking Trap

Uesugi Muneyuki opened the room door.

The orange-yellow light illuminated the area in front of Uesugi Muneyuki; outside the floor-to-ceiling glass at the end of the room behind him lay the boundless, gilded night view of Yokohama, the flickering lights turning into shooting stars, gathering into the bright glow that appeared in the brilliant, spirited eyes of the tall beauty before Uesugi Muneyuki.

Ikeda Erena stood prettily before Uesugi Muneyuki; the tall beauty had clearly already bathed, a faint blush suffusing her cheeks, her shining, spirited eyes full of anticipation, and without a word, she just stared at Uesugi Muneyuki like that.

Uesugi Muneyuki's face could not help but show amazement; tonight, Erena was not wearing her usual police uniform or standard field-work suit trousers, but an extremely eye-catching and vibrant simple short-sleeved striped off-shoulder shirt, her elegant and fresh medium-short hair falling just to her shoulders, a silver necklace setting off the tall beauty's slender, fair neck and the tender whiteness of her exposed shoulders, a pair of firm, streamlined, muscular white arms cradling a miraculous arc, the bulging white sails bringing a huge sense of oppression.

A pair of simple denim hot pants half-covered the two halves of her perfectly round moon, and her pair of toned, super-long legs were not wearing silk stockings, boldly opting for bare legs, wearing only the simplest hotel slippers, her thighs full and fleshy, her calves straight and slender.

Seeing Uesugi Muneyuki open the door, the jade-like, charming phantom immediately bloomed with a meaningful smile; Erena pulled the door shut behind her and threw herself into Uesugi Muneyuki's arms: "Thank you for your hard work, Uesugi-kun!"

It's already 11 o'clock!

Uesugi Muneyuki swallowed, stretched out his arms to hug Erena, feeling the warm, fragrant jade in his arms, and couldn't help but say meaningfully: "It's even harder work now that you've come, Master Erena."

Hearing this, Erena couldn't help but shyly pat Uesugi Muneyuki, yet she was unwilling to let go of his waist: "We aren't gathering until eight tomorrow morning anyway~"

After saying this, Erena took the initiative to kiss the man's lips.

The two lingered in the room for a while, then Erena pressed Uesugi Muneyuki down to lie on the bed together, her chin rubbing against his cheek: "Just a little bit, just a little bit is fine, Uesugi-kun~"

Uesugi Muneyuki chuckled at this; if Sister Mikoto said "a little bit," it really would be just a little bit, as she generally couldn't last ten minutes.

But when Erena said that, it meant an hour at the very least.

"Then you know the rules, right?" Uesugi Muneyuki said with a wicked smile: "Bare legs are not allowed, you know!"

"Hmph~ I knew you were a bad thing, do you really like... like silk stockings that much?" Erena pouted her little mouth and said with a slight pout: "I brought them, Uesugi, can you help me put them on?"

"Of course!"

Watching Erena pull a pair of pearlescent, silky, slightly shimmering, high-waisted, seamless 3D Lycra crotchless silk stockings from her hot pants pocket, Uesugi Muneyuki couldn't help but kiss Erena's cherry lips: "I knew Master Erena would be prepared."

"Hmph~" Erena thought to herself that it was only because you wouldn't touch me if I didn't wear them.

It makes me feel so... so sensitive whenever I wear silk stockings now...

There was a rustling sound in the room for a while, and following the tall beauty's light laughter, Uesugi Muneyuki finally finished helping Erena put on the silk stockings.

However, just at this moment, the room door rang again.

Huh?!

Uesugi Muneyuki and Erena's bodies jolted at the same time.

It's already 11 o'clock, why is someone still coming?

Oh no! Erena hurriedly checked her attire; the tall beauty, who cared deeply about her image, screamed inwardly, thinking how could she be seen like this?

Without waiting for Uesugi Muneyuki to speak, Erena hurriedly signaled for him to send the person away, then quickly slipped into the bathroom.

What's going on?

The knocking didn't stop, so Uesugi Muneyuki had no choice but to open the door.

At this moment, a beautiful figure was pacing back and forth in the hotel corridor; her shoulder-length, elegant brown hair was draped over her shoulders, still slightly damp, her willow-leaf eyebrows slightly furrowed, her watery peach-blossom eyes somewhat distracted, her beautiful melon-shaped face full of anxiety, her teeth gently biting her slightly thick, fiery red lips beneath her high-bridged nose. One hand was balled into a fist supporting her chin, while the other was crossed over her chest, lifting her petite, slender waist and well-proportioned figure, paired with bony, long black-silk-clad jade legs stepping in black high-heeled shoes, giving one the feeling of a ripe fruit on a slender branch, a light-mature workplace beauty.

"Sister Mikoto?" Uesugi Muneyuki's eyes widened: "It's so late, why aren't you resting earlier?"

It's over!

Why did she come?

"What, can't I come to talk to Uesugi-kun so late?" Ishihara Mikoto smiled brightly and walked straight into his room: "I came to ask you, what are your thoughts on this case?"

"Is this the time to ask about a case?" Uesugi Muneyuki complained helplessly: "Let's talk about whatever it is tomorrow, I'm getting ready to sleep."

"Eh? Are you serious?" Ishihara Mikoto received an unexpected answer from Uesugi Muneyuki; the Forensic Beauty had been full of anticipation, but she never imagined that Uesugi Muneyuki would actually reject her!

Thinking of this, the Forensic Beauty felt a bit conflicted.

Have I finally grown old?

After thinking about it, the Forensic Beauty felt a bit unwilling, and at the same time, she felt a bit strange.

How could my Uesugi not like his sister?

"Just a little bit, just a little bit is fine, Uesugi-kun~" Ishihara Mikoto leaned in slowly, her pair of fox-like eyes full of charm: "And then sister will go to sleep, okay?"

"I want you to know that even the scent of orchids isn't as fragrant as sister~"

Ishihara Mikoto slowly leaned in.

She was already in her early thirties this year; she had been able to endure living alone after parting with Uesugi Muneyuki before, but now that they had reunited, it was truly like a long drought meeting sweet rain, and with him by her side, how could she still endure it?

"Sister Mikoto..." Uesugi Muneyuki swallowed; he had just felt the Forensic Beauty's sadness at his rejection, but... Master Erena was still in the bathroom!

Fortunately, just at this moment, the room door rang again.

"Uesugi-kun, have you rested yet? If not, there is a very important matter now..." Outside the door came the voice of Investigation Division 1 Chief Sugishita Ukyo.

At the same time, the somewhat arrogant voice of Miss Minami from outside the door said: "Don't worry about whether he's asleep or not, even if he is, I'll wake him up!"

"Uesugi, open the door!" After saying this, Miss Minami knocked hard on the door: "There's an important matter!"

"!!!" Ishihara Mikoto was startled; the Forensic Beauty suddenly understood why Uesugi Muneyuki had rejected her.

So there was still something going on tonight?

Oh no! If his superior and his fiancée discovered that she had snuck over in the middle of the night, her career as a forensic pathologist at the Metropolitan Police Department would be over!

"I, I'll hide for a moment! Uesugi, you go handle it!"

After saying this, Ishihara Mikoto didn't wait for Uesugi Muneyuki to answer; she looked around the hotel sightseeing room.

Most Japanese hotel rooms were narrow, and even for a special sightseeing room in a four-star hotel, the area was only a little over 30 square meters; Ishihara Mikoto couldn't find a place to hide, and in her panic, she dove into the bathroom.

Seeing this scene, Uesugi Muneyuki closed his eyes in pain.

It's over!

But he couldn't care about that anymore; the knocking was urgent, so Uesugi Muneyuki had to get up to open the door.

At the door were Division Chief Sugishita Ukyo in a suit and Miss Minami in a standard office police uniform, looking radiant.

"Uesugi-kun, you haven't rested yet, have you?" Division Chief Sugishita nodded; seeing that Uesugi Muneyuki didn't look like he was sleeping, he found it strange why he had taken so long to open the door, but he didn't think much of it at the moment: "The family of the victim, Igarashi Aiko, has arrived, and the former Division 2 Chief, Igarashi Masataka, hopes to talk with us; sorry to trouble you to come down."

"Alright, let me change my clothes." Uesugi Muneyuki nodded; he immediately changed into his suit, but without wearing a jacket or a tie, and signaled to set off.

However, Miss Minami did not leave with Uesugi Muneyuki; the Chief of the Special Mission Unit stated, "You go ahead, I have something to attend to and will be there shortly."

The entire Metropolitan Police Department knew that Miss Minami was Uesugi Muneyuki's fiancée; Sugishita Ukyo glanced at Minami, thinking to himself that he truly could not manage the Superintendent General's daughter, and besides, she did not seem to be responsible for actual investigations, so let it be.

Uesugi Muneyuki left with Sugishita Ukyo, and before leaving, Uesugi Muneyuki glanced at Miss Minami with some concern.

Inside the bathroom, Ikeda Erena and Ishihara Mikoto stared wide-eyed at each other.

"It's you?" *2

"You really are with Uesugi-kun???" *2

"You slut!" *2

Both women's eyes were filled with anger and disdain, and they both felt that they were naturally the one with the advantage.

"I was clearly here first!" *2

"Uesugi-kun definitely likes me more!" *2

Erena had always been particularly at odds with Mikoto; they had a relationship like natural enemies, one specializing in field combat and the other in forensic investigation, so the two had always looked down on each other, thinking the other woman was truly an eyesore.

In an instant, sparks flew, and then Ikeda Erena made a slight move; Ishihara Mikoto only felt the world spinning before her eyes, and by the time she regained her senses, she had already been pinned against the bathtub by Erena in a reverse hold.

The Forensic Beauty had been defeated just like that.

"Sob sob sob!" Ishihara Mikoto lamented in her heart, and just as she was about to struggle, the voices of Uesugi Muneyuki and Sugishita Ukyo talking could be heard from outside.

Erena was startled and hurriedly signaled for Mikoto to be quiet; Mikoto glared at the tall beauty with resentment and nodded to show her agreement.

After waiting for a while longer, the commotion outside seemed to have stopped, as if they had left together.

The tall beauty and the Forensic Beauty in the bathroom finally breathed a sigh of relief, both wondering what they should do next.

Just as they were thinking, Miss Minami's voice came from outside.

"Come out!"

Hearing this voice, Erena and Mikoto both shivered.

"Come out, I'm counting to ten," Miss Minami's emotionless voice said calmly: "One, two, nine~~"

The bathroom door opened.

Ikeda Erena and Ishihara Mikoto walked out with conflicted expressions, and facing Watanabe Minami, who was sitting on the bed with her arms crossed and legs crossed, the two women instinctively lowered their heads.

"You two..." Miss Minami was not surprised to see Erena, but she truly had not expected Ishihara Mikoto to be here.

"Listen to my explanation, Chief!" Ishihara Mikoto said hurriedly.

"Mm, go ahead, I'm listening."

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At the same time, downstairs, Uesugi Muneyuki met Igarashi Aiko's father, the former Chief of Investigation Division 2, Igarashi Masataka.

The victim's entire family had arrived, travel-worn and looking haggard.

"You must be Forensic Examiner Uesugi from the Special Mission Unit, right?" Igarashi Masataka looked coldly at Uesugi Muneyuki's disheveled appearance, lacking a jacket and tie, and his tone was weary: "And, long time no see, Ukyo."

"Likewise, please forgive my rudeness, Division 2 Chief Igarashi." Sugishita Ukyo immediately bowed and spoke in standard honorifics.

"Mm, there are some things I want to tell you."

"It was I who caused Aiko's death! It was all my fault!"

(End of this chapter)