Chapter 257: , It's All Recorded!

Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory airway disease, primarily characterized by recurrent wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, or coughing. Specifically, it manifests as bronchial smooth muscle spasms, mucosal edema, and increased mucus secretion. In layman's terms, it is the inability to catch one's breath, with breathing difficulties accompanied by hypoxemia.

When Uesugi Muneyuki saw the corpse of Miyahara Toru, he easily determined that the cause of death was asthma.

Furthermore, quite surprisingly, there were no significant external injuries on the deceased. Under these circumstances, after the Metropolitan Police Department detectives arrived, this Comedian would have been certified as having died from an acute attack. In such a case, to save trouble, there would be no need for an autopsy or even an investigation.

The narrow bronchi went into spasms, air could be inhaled but not exhaled, and the lungs were inflated to the point of bulging, even embedding themselves into the gaps between the surrounding ribs, appearing uneven.

No matter how one looked at it, this was a death from an acute asthma attack.

However, Uesugi Muneyuki is no ordinary Forensic Pathologist.

After a fierce struggle, Hironaka Mariko suppressed the Cursed Grudge of Miyahara Toru, and then Uesugi Muneyuki triggered the Death Soul Contract, successfully learning the sequence of events from the Dead Soul of this Comedian.

The murderer was none other than Miyano Hiroyuki, who had been his Partner for over twenty years, having come out of the Yoshimoto Kogyo theater together and become a top-tier Comedian together.

As for why, the reason was simple: this matter was directly related to the Yokohama Case from a month ago.

And when Uesugi Muneyuki suddenly said, "It is murder," everyone present wore expressions of confusion and bewilderment.

This isn't right.

Forensic Examiner Uesugi, have you made a mistake?

You previously said he died of an acute illness, so why are you suddenly saying it is murder?

But before anyone could raise a question, one person immediately lunged forward.

"Miyahara!!!" Miyahara Toru's Partner, Miyano Hiroyuki, seemed to have finally awakened from the grief of losing his Partner; he let out a wail and rushed directly toward the scene.

Just now, while Uesugi Muneyuki was performing the Autopsy, Miyano Hiroyuki had tried to approach several times, only to be stopped by Ikeda Erena. When Uesugi Muneyuki finally finished the Autopsy and announced that death was due to an acute asthma attack, Miyano Hiroyuki finally let out a cry of sorrow. He wailed loudly and, ignoring Erena's obstruction, rushed into the room, intending to throw himself onto his Partner's corpse.

"Do not disturb the crime scene!" Uesugi Muneyuki shouted angrily: "Erena, stop him!"

Are you kidding? Your Partner has already identified you as the culprit, and you still want to quibble?

"Oh, oh, oh!" Having received a clear order from Uesugi Muneyuki, Erena finally took action!

The tall beauty extended a long leg wrapped in suit trousers, grabbed the man's left front collar with her right hand, controlled the area above his right elbow joint with her left hand, lowered her center of gravity, suddenly inserted her right leg between his legs, exerted force with both hands, rotated her waist, and hooked her right leg like a sickle into the back of his right knee, while her upper body coordinated to squeeze toward the rear right.

Judo technique, Chodai Sotogari!

"Ah!" Miyano Hiroyuki screamed as he was flipped to the ground by Erena. The tall beauty then firmly pinned his hands down, giving him no chance: "Ah, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts! Uesugi-san, what are you doing? I am Miyahara's Partner!"

"What am I doing?" Uesugi Muneyuki was silent for two seconds, then suddenly smiled: "I should be the one asking you, what do you intend to do?"

"Or rather, Mr. Miyano Hiroyuki of the Umbrella Duo, can you tell us why you murdered your Partner?"

Why did you murder your Partner?

Once Uesugi Muneyuki said this, everyone present was stunned beyond belief, unable to process the thought for a moment.

Things happened too fast; except for Bai Chuan, almost everyone's brains were overloaded by at least five mana crystals.

First, Bai Chuan suddenly and inexplicably proposed to film on location, forcing the entire production team to change their plans on the fly.

Then, during a dull and boring location shoot, a corpse was suddenly and inexplicably discovered. And it wasn't just anyone; it was Miyahara Toru, a top-tier Comedian from Yoshimoto Kogyo and the Partner of Miyano Hiroyuki, one of the After the Rain Duo who participated in the recording today!

That wasn't all; after performing an on-site Autopsy, Uesugi Muneyuki first suggested it was an asthma attack, but then stated that although it was a normal death from acute illness, it was murder.

And while everyone was still digesting this massive amount of information, Uesugi Muneyuki simply pointed out the murderer—the other member of the Umbrella Duo, Miyano Hiroyuki, was the murderer!

This series of actions left everyone completely baffled.

However, one group of people didn't care about that much.

"Did you record it? Did you record that Judo technique just now???" Department Director Abiru grabbed the cameraman by the collar, jumping up and down with excitement.

"Recorded, Director, at least three of the five camera angles caught the whole thing!" The cameraman's face was also flushed with excitement: "It's all recorded!"

"Great!" Department Director Abiru didn't care about anything else; he only cared about whether the most spectacular scene had been captured.

After a full year, the Storm Mountain Beauty Policewoman has returned to the scene, once again demonstrating a Judo miracle for us, reversing the situation single-handedly and pinning the criminal on the spot.

After a full year, the Legendary Rookie Forensic Hero has returned, his miraculous Autopsy skills and insight not diminished in the slightest, identifying the murderer on-site.

How intense!

This is what we wanted to record; it's all recorded, it's all recorded!

A com~plete~ vic~tory!

Department Director Abiru was already preparing to pop the champagne.

As for whether Uesugi Muneyuki could have identified the wrong person?

Are you kidding? That is Uesugi Muneyuki, the man known as the Ghost of Uesugi and the Legendary Forensic Uesugi; how could he possibly be wrong?

Besides, even if he were wrong, our station would have even more material to expose—the fall of a god, the loss of a legend—we'll take whatever has the most hype!

Compared to the excitement and ecstasy of the Fuji TV staff, the others present felt differently.

Yamaguchi Maho was still hyperventilating outside the door, and Bai Chuan, having seen many big scenes, could hardly contain her excitement, but Sakura in her arms was different. The girl even forgot to cry, her pure and clear eyes wide open, her mouth rounded on her cute face: "Eh????"

The same went for the other Comedians.

"Miyano is the murderer?" Tsuchida and Sawabe looked at each other, unable to believe that a Partner of twenty years would actually murder the other: "Partner, murdered his Partner?"

"Whoa, my eyes have been opened today... I have to send this news to Sashihara." Tsuchida Teruyuki remained in his usual unhurried manner.

"This, this isn't right, Forensic Examiner Uesugi, have you made a mistake? I've known Miyano and the others for a long time; they have been Partners for over twenty years, eating and living together, writing skits together, looking for laughs together. Even if they aren't the closest of halves, they are inseparable family. How could Miyano murder Miyahara?" Sawabe Yu of Haraichi was still saying.

"That's right! Uesugi-san, you must be mistaken! Miyahara is my Partner, how could I murder my Partner?" Miyano Hiroyuki on the ground said excitedly.

"…………" Uesugi Muneyuki glanced at Miyano Hiroyuki, his expression somewhat complex: "Precisely because Miyahara was your Partner, you had the opportunity to murder him, and precisely because Miyahara was your Partner, you murdered him."

After saying this, Uesugi Muneyuki slowly rose from in front of the corpse. He pressed his palms together to apologize to the corpse, then pointed at it: "During the Autopsy just now, I discovered something strange."

It's starting, it's starting!

After Uesugi Muneyuki showed this state, everyone stared intently with full concentration, and the five Fuji TV cameras all aimed at his face.

It's coming! The reasoning show of Forensic Examiner Uesugi—illogical, inexplicable, yet professionally impeccable, with solid forensic theory, always able to form a closed loop of deduction using incomprehensible logic!

"Miyahara Toru did indeed die from an acute asthma attack, and this is a perfectly normal death from illness. If other police had come today, or if another Forensic Pathologist had performed the autopsy, you might have really gotten away with it, Miyano-san."

"However, during the Autopsy process, I made a small discovery." Uesugi Muneyuki said to everyone: "Does anyone among you know, as an asthma patient, is something missing from Miyahara Toru's body?"

The crowd was silent for a moment, unable to react, until Sawabe Yu said: "Come to think of it, I saw it last time; asthma patients seem to need to carry medicine or something to deal with sudden symptoms, right?"

"Oh! Right!" Ikeda Erena pressed down on Miyano Hiroyuki, suddenly remembering something, and hurriedly blurted it all out: "When I was on duty before, I met a grandfather with asthma. He seemed to always carry something you have to shake. Once, when he suddenly had an asthma attack, he immediately pulled out that 'Shake Shake Music' thing or whatever, and sprayed it at his nose! His asthma eased up immediately!"

After finishing, Erena looked at Uesugi Muneyuki with a face full of anticipation.

Uesugi, look, I helped you capture the criminal and acted as your straight man, hurry up and praise me!

"What 'Shake Shake Music'..." Uesugi Muneyuki looked sideways at his beautiful idiot helplessly and retorted: "The full name of that thing is a Pressure Metered Dose Inhaler (pMDI), commonly known as an Emergency Inhaler or Relief Inhaler. It contains the Short-acting Beta Receptor Agonist Salbutamol, and it's not sprayed into the nose, but inhaled through the mouth, quickly taking a deep breath into the lungs. Salbutamol has the effect of activating beta receptors, dilating the airways, and rapidly relieving asthma symptoms. In a way, it's a life-saving item just like a Rapid-acting Heart-saving Pill."

"As for why you have to shake it, it's because the drug components in the aerosol may separate from the propellant. Shaking it allows the drug to be evenly suspended, ensuring the dosage is accurate with every inhalation."

Uesugi Muneyuki briefly explained the principles behind it, then said softly to everyone: "However, I did not find such an item on or near the deceased."

"So the question arises: as an asthma patient, it is impossible for the deceased not to carry an Emergency Inhaler... so, where did this thing go?"

"Officer Erena, please check the inside pocket of Mr. Miyano's suit jacket."

Ikeda Erena responded, and with a reverse grab, taking advantage of the moment Miyano tried to break free, she took a small cylindrical bottle with a nozzle out of his inner suit pocket.

It was precisely the Pressure Metered Dose Inhaler used for emergency treatment when asthma patients have an attack!

"Oh Oh Oh~" The entire room was filled with constant exclamations.

The people from Fuji TV were simply impressed.

As expected of Forensic Examiner Uesugi!

Every time, he can form a logical loop with complete scientific theory and inexplicable ways of finding evidence, and then find the criminal through deduction.

It's simply divine.

Even Sakura and Director Yayoi outside the door were stunned.

"Wait!" However, Miyano Hiroyuki did not admit it at all: "You're talking nonsense! This doesn't prove anything at all. Miyahara and I have been partners for twenty years. Of course I know he has asthma. As his Partner, it's perfectly normal for me to keep an Emergency Inhaler on me! How can you use my concern for my Partner to prove I'm guilty? Miyahara and I have been partners for twenty years, twenty years! What do you know? Could our relationship really be torn apart by a few words from a Forensic Pathologist like you?"

"I have no idea why he would come to Fuji TV at this time! Only I was participating in the recording today; I don't know why he would appear here either."

"............" Everyone heard this and also felt it made sense.

Although Uesugi Muneyuki's explanation sounded plausible, these two were after all partners of 20 years; the motive for murder was insufficient, and as partners, it was reasonable to carry an emergency inhaler.

The evidence was still not sufficient.

If this is all there is... could it be that Forensic Examiner Uesugi is about to fail?

(End of this chapter)