Chapter 232: , Reverse Forensics!

Everyone else didn't understand, but could Uesugi Muneyuki, who had successfully experienced a Death Flashback, still not understand?

There were no signs of rummaging inside the house; after committing the act, the danger of being discovered multiplied with every extra second spent there. The entrance was not an ambush point, because at that time, Igarashi Aiko still had the possibility of opening the door to call for help. Although Japanese people are indifferent, it is impossible for them to turn a blind eye to a neighbor calling for help in broad daylight. The murderer had no reason to waste time rummaging through the locker at the entrance.

Therefore, it is nine times out of ten that this piece of evidence was collected by the Kanagawa police themselves, and then, well...

Heh heh.

Uesugi Muneyuki suddenly realized that he had truly overestimated the lower limit of the Japanese police.

Before this, Uesugi Muneyuki had always felt that his impression of the Japanese police was still okay. Although there were many scoundrels like Tanaka Laodeng, Kuwabara Mako, and Sudo in local branches, and although the Metropolitan Police Department also had ultimate utilitarians like Kousaka, routine public servants like Shiratori, and slaves to honor like Kashiwagi Jin, the underlying character of these people was not bad; they were just a bit stupid.

But the headquarters is the headquarters, and the local level is the local level.

This triggered a line of thought for Uesugi Muneyuki.

They had intervened halfway through, which meant that the initial investigation of the case was conducted by the Kanagawa police, and by the time they took over, many things had already been investigated and filtered by the Kanagawa police.

Is it possible that some key information and key clues were just lightly let go by the local police in this way?

"We must overturn all current inferences, we must reconsider all possibilities, we must start the investigation over from the beginning, not let go of any single clue, and forget the background of the Sumitomo Mitsui Group and its former Investigation Division 2 Chief!"

"We must, perform Reverse Forensics!!!"

"Uesugi-kun is absolutely right." Investigation Division 1 Chief Sugishita Ukyo immediately ordered: "Megure!"

"Here!" Police Inspector Megure stood up.

"You lead Division 1 and the Special Mission Unit to re-conduct a comprehensive survey of the entire Igarashi Residence!"

"Yes!"

"Kashiwagi, Shimano, you go to Mitsui Real Estate again, and investigate all of Igarashi's interpersonal relationships from the beginning, including her ex-husband and lovers."

"Yes!"

"Itami, you take the Fifth Section and go investigate the nearby neighbors and residents; you must ask every single household, no omissions allowed!"

"Yes!" The Fifth Section Chief was named Itami Kenichi. Despite being only in his forties, he had the face of a sixty-year-old man. Several blind dates and secret crushes had all ended in failure. He was single, held the rank of Assistant Police Inspector, was only an Acting Unit Chief, and would be officially promoted to Police Inspector next April.

"Special Investigation Headquarters, move out!"

Just like that, on the night of September 25, the Metropolitan Police Department Joint Special Investigation Headquarters restarted the investigation.

On the way out, Uesugi Muneyuki sat in the back seat and asked Ishihara Mikoto beside him: "Assuming that gold ring was not taken from the scene by that Tanaka, but was deliberately thrown outside by someone afterwards, then what way is there to prove it?"

"Eh?!" The Forensic Beauty was stunned by Uesugi Muneyuki's judgment: "Are you saying? The Kanagawa police..."

"Yes, that is exactly what I suspect." Uesugi Muneyuki laughed: "So, is there any way? Mikoto-san, you should know more than I do, right?"

"Hmm... According to the Scientific Investigation Research Institute Law, one can apply for a third-party institution to conduct DNA timeliness testing on the evidence, such as bloodstain oxidation levels, fingerprint overlap sequence analysis, and other professional appraisals, to prove that the physical evidence contradicts the timeline of the crime." Mikoto-san was worthy of being a forensic expert; she gave the answer immediately.

"Does Japan have the capability to perform fingerprint overlap sequence analysis and timeliness testing?" Uesugi Muneyuki asked.

"Tokyo University Affiliated Hospital, the National Cancer Center, and St. Luke's International Hospital can do it." Ishihara Mikoto thought for a moment and quickly gave the answer.

"Good!" Uesugi Muneyuki snapped his fingers and immediately called Kirekawa Ryoichi, Chief of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Team: "Hello? Is this Chief Kirekawa? This is Uesugi Muneyuki. Hmm, I have something to inform you about. Are you familiar with the Kanagawa District Public Prosecutors Office..."

Uesugi Muneyuki told the District Public Prosecutors Office about his suspicion that the Kanagawa police were using on-site evidence to frame and entrap people, and then actively instructed them on which hospitals they should go to for third-party testing.

The sound of satisfaction that smelled of blood coming from the phone made Minami-ojousama and Okada Keibu, who was driving, shudder.

Would the Kanagawa police really dare to do such a thing?

But since it was Uesugi Muneyuki's judgment, it must be correct.

Heavens!

These guys are the ones who truly want to destroy the Japanese police!

Minami-ojousama hurriedly called Watanabe Eiji: "Hello, Father, something happened, something big happened! The Kanagawa police here..."

This was an ultimate storm that could destroy the Japanese police! She knew she couldn't persuade Uesugi Muneyuki, so she had to notify the Metropolitan Police Department and the National Police Agency in advance.

Sacred Separator, Justice Cutter!

After receiving the news from Minami-ojousama, the entire Metropolitan Police Department and National Police Agency did not sleep all night.

The blinds of the top-floor conference room of the Metropolitan Police Department remained bright. Criminal Investigation Department Chief Uchimura Kanji crushed his third pack of mint throat lozenges, while the wall screen projected a traceability report from a shoe factory in a certain place in Fujian, a certain country, which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had investigated overnight.

Watanabe Eiji, having received his daughter's report, did not dare to be slow and immediately called National Police Agency Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda, asking him to quickly notify his elder brother about the possibility that the Kanagawa police might be using on-site physical evidence to frame people through entrapment.

Subsequently, in the recording of the call between Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda Kimiaki and National Police Agency Commissioner Kaneko Takuro, the sound of clinking glasses drowned out the official rhetoric of "prioritizing the safety of the people." Facing his younger brother's emergency report, Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda only said calmly that he understood.

In the Cabinet Crisis Management Center on the first basement floor of the Prime Minister's Official Residence, a large group of interns carrying coffee shuttled between electronic screens scrolling side-by-side with "Wangan Area Alert Status" and "Yokohama Port 1.5 Trillion Crisis." The night quietly sank into a sea of documents waiting for approval, rising and falling like the tides of Tokyo Bay.

At this time, 6 days had passed since the establishment of the Special Investigation Headquarters on September 19.

And on the very night of the 25th, Uesugi Muneyuki fully restarted the re-examination of the Igarashi Residence.

After reconsidering all possibilities, Assistant Police Inspector Itami Kenichi of the Fifth Section sent back a new piece of information.

Aiko had a neighbor named Tai who had had a conflict with Aiko herself. The reason for the conflict between the two sides was also very simple: it was about a parking space.

As everyone knows, parking spaces in Japan are relatively narrow. Aiko's detached house did not include a parking space, so she always parked her car in the vacant lot parking lot behind the residential area.

But because Aiko was a workaholic, she rarely returned home before 10 o'clock every day, and when she did return home, this neighbor named Tai would often occupy the parking space she usually used, and the two sides had had disputes.

This was originally nothing, because the parking space was a public parking space in the residential area, and it was first come, first served.

But it was probably when this neighbor named Tai said: "Earning so much and still being so stingy and calculating, no wonder you got divorced from your husband and were abandoned by a man," that Aiko completely broke down, and the two sides argued very fiercely.

However, after the Kanagawa police investigated, Tai had a clear alibi, which had already ruled out his suspicion, so they didn't report this matter at all.

Fighting over a parking space?

Upon hearing this, Uesugi Muneyuki re-examined Aiko's car.

Igarashi Aiko's car was a Toyota Highlander SUV, and the model was quite large. Probably because Aiko herself was relatively obese, her car was also a large size.

And on this very car, Uesugi Muneyuki suddenly discovered that there were obvious dents and impact marks on the side and rear of the car. They were not very serious, but she should have had a car accident recently and not had time to get it repaired.

Had a car accident?

Why didn't the Kanagawa police report it?

Uesugi Muneyuki thought for a moment and called Takeda Hironobu, the claims manager of Nippon Life.

After Takeda Hironobu heard Uesugi Muneyuki's question, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Uesugi-san, it's not that I'm lecturing you, but you should understand that insurance is divided into property insurance, life insurance, car insurance, etc., right? We at Nippon Life are mainly responsible for life insurance, not car insurance!"

"I know, so help me check which company underwrites the car insurance for the victim's Toyota Highlander SUV."

"No need to check, Igarashi Aiko's car insurance is with Tokyo Marine Holdings... wait a moment, I'll transfer you."

After a while, a call came through.

"Hello, Uesugi-san, I am Shibukawa from Tokyo Marine Holdings. May I ask if you are inquiring about the car insurance claim for Ms. Igarashi Aiko?"

"Yes." Uesugi Muneyuki asked: "Has Ms. Igarashi had any car accident claims recently?"

"Well, normally we cannot disclose client privacy, but... if it is about this matter, it does indeed exist." Shibukawa from Tokyo Marine Holdings checked the records and confirmed: "More than a month ago, Ms. Igarashi Aiko's car and a Mazda belonging to someone named Sasaki had a scraping incident on the road."

Huh?!

Uesugi Muneyuki suddenly realized something: "Can you elaborate?"

"Yes, it is like this: Ms. Igarashi Aiko's extended Toyota Highlander encountered Sasaki's Mazda changing lanes while overtaking, resulting in a scrape. The Mazda owner believed Ms. Igarashi's Toyota Highlander model was too large, causing an inability to leave normal space for lane changing, which led to the accident. Both parties had different views on the accident, so they hired a third-party agency for appraisal, and our company also initiated the claims process."

"After inspection by the third-party agency, it was determined that Ms. Igarashi was 10% at fault, and Mr. Sasaki was 90% at fault." Shibukawa from Tokyo Marine Holdings checked the records for a while before saying this.

"Then why wasn't Ms. Igarashi's car sent for repairs?" Uesugi Muneyuki pressed.

"That is a good point... please wait a moment." Shibukawa checked for about 5 minutes before saying: "Oh, oh, oh, the situation is this: Sasaki did not purchase car insurance, and he himself was unable to pay for the repair costs."

No car insurance?

Uesugi Muneyuki frowned. Motor vehicles must have car insurance to be on the road; how could there be no car insurance?

Unless... unless the other party is a...

"Our company discovered that Sasaki is a member of a Designated Organized Crime Group, so he had no car insurance. Also, because Sasaki was injured in the accident, it turned from purely property damage to potentially involving personal injury, and both parties might have entered legal proceedings, but well..." Tokyo Marine Holdings' reply was: "Actually, it did not substantively enter legal proceedings. This matter has already ended. We carried out partial claims, but the compensation process on Sasaki's side has been suspended."

"What? Why? Wait, why didn't you report this to us, the Detective?"

"Because..." Shibukawa from Tokyo Marine Holdings sounded like he wanted to laugh upon hearing this: "Because on September 12, Sasaki's Mazda was in another accident. The car skidded and fell into the sea while passing Hakkeijima; it seems it wasn't repaired after the accident either."

"At this time, both Ms. Igarashi and Sasaki had already gone missing. How can two dead people go to court? So the legal proceedings for this matter have been suspended, and our claims process has also ended."

After hearing what Tokyo Marine Holdings said, a storm of electricity surged through Uesugi Muneyuki's heart.

This is it!

What I wanted, what we overlooked, what the Kanagawa Detective overlooked is this!

All of us have been deceived!

Everyone thought that dead people cannot commit crimes!

But this Sasaki is highly likely the key to breaking the Yokohama Case!

(End of chapter)