Chapter 292: , Emergency Arrest

Like the families of the deceased, Uesugi Muneyuki did not trust the Kanagawa Police.

But he had already figured some things out.

He called Okada, Mikoto, and Eirina together: "I understand what is going on now."

"The deceased is named Nikaido Kei, an employee of Nidoshi Foreign Trade. There are two main suspects, Mitamura Ken and Kitano Yukari. Among them, Mitamura Ken is Nikaido Kei's superior, and Kitano Yukari is Mitamura Ken's lover."

"According to the investigation and descriptions from the Nikaido family, he himself had been depressed for half a year before he went missing, often telling his family that there were problems at the company."

"What kind of problems did the company have? According to the investigation of the Yokohama Case, Kudo-kai has long used foreign trade at YokohamaPort to smuggle narcotics (that is, drugs) internally, and Nidoshi Foreign Trade is involved in this."

"So, it is highly likely that Nikaido Kei discovered something while at work or during other matters, which is why he was depressed. But this was his company after all, and as a Regular Employee, he was unwilling to report it directly, so he intended to find his superior, Mitamura Ken, to understand the sequence of events."

Uesugi Muneyuki said in a deep voice.

Japan's corporate culture is different from other countries. Because Japan adopts a system where lifetime employment and dispatched employee systems coexist, Regular Employees with lifetime employment often view the enterprise as their own family and have a very strong sense of belonging. The enterprise will not fire Regular Employees without cause, and Regular Employees have a high status in society. Even if it is just an ordinary small company, as long as one is a Regular Employee, one is very favored by young women.

Especially now, the proportion of Regular Employees in Japan has fallen below 50%, and they are all Dispatched Employees.

That is why Medical and Dental University dared to threaten Uesugi Muneyuki with this matter; after all, the importance Japanese people place on the status of a Regular Employee is engraved deep in their genes.

Unfortunately, although Uesugi Muneyuki is not Japanese at heart, he also has the DNA of "the end of the universe is a permanent position." He dares to confront them head-on, but he also had to make a great determination and have the support of the University of Tokyo behind him to dare to do so.

And Nikaido Kei was a Regular Employee, so he might indeed have discovered something, but out of a strong sense of belonging to the company and not wanting to lose his status as a Regular Employee, Nikaido Kei was unwilling to report it directly. He might have wanted to talk to his superior, or he might have intended to join forces with his superior to do something.

Then he went missing.

The reason is also very simple: since he discovered it, he could not be left alive.

And as for why the Kanagawa Police firmly closed the case as a drowning suicide, it is obvious that someone instructed them to do so.

The matter again pointed to Kudo-kai and the mysterious force behind Kudo-kai.

Uesugi Muneyuki discovered that there seemed to be the shadow of a certain person behind these few incidents.

"Then what should we do now?" This is Eirina's habitual way of asking questions: "The main suspect, Mitamura Ken, has already run away. Are we setting off for South Africa now?"

"Are you kidding? Setting off for South Africa? Ikeda, don't you know what the situation is like in that place? The KFC ordering counters there are made exactly like bank counters: bulletproof glass, intercom windows, and to pay, you have to put the money into a slot in the counter and fish it out from the other side." Ishihara Mikoto looked disdainful: "Guns are rampant there. Foreigners who go there for tourism have to find local security companies, and they will send people to protect you and tell you where you can go and where you cannot."

"Hmm, and there is another problem." Police Inspector Okada frowned: "If you want to conduct cross-border law enforcement, you need to notify the International Criminal Police Organization, and you must notify the South African government. This will inevitably require the use of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' precious resources. This is too difficult. You might not understand, but I am familiar with Investigation Division 2. Money from international telecommunications fraud only needs 7 seconds to flow through Japan, HK, Southeast Asia, Canada, the Virgin Islands, London, the Cayman Islands, and then return to Japan. After 7 seconds, this money cannot be recovered."

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will not agree to use national resources for such a small matter. At the very least, it would have to be something like the situation with Saijo Yasue in the Chiba Case back then."

The strongest point about Police Inspector Okada is that his father is the Financial Services Agency Commissioner, so he is very familiar with the entire upper-class society of Japan. And because of his status as the son of the Financial Services Agency Commissioner, he is the only one who can move unimpeded through the deepest barrier within the Metropolitan Police Department—the chasm between Investigation Division 1 and Investigation Division 2.

In contrast, other people from Investigation Division 1 cannot hope to get any assistance or any information from Investigation Division 2.

From this, it can be seen that Watanabe Eiji had deep intentions in sending Okada Masayoshi to him and Minami.

This group of people at the Metropolitan Police Department is sucking his blood while clinging to Uesugi Muneyuki, but isn't he also sucking their blood while clinging to the Metropolitan Police Department and the father-daughter pair of Minami?

It's over, if this continues, I'm going to be molded into Minami's shape, forming an entire complete ecosystem...

"That is not the key issue. The key issue is that we have no evidence." Uesugi Muneyuki shook his head: "These are all just my inferences."

"However, thanks to the investigation by Nikaido's family, perhaps the key to this case lies with Mitamura's lover, Kitano Yukari. She is currently living in Chiba Prefecture, right?" Uesugi Muneyuki's finger pointed at the information that the Nikaido family had worked hard to investigate over the past five years: "She returned to the country three years ago. What was the reason for her return?"

"Although I don't know, I can roughly speculate. First, it's because the public security in South Africa is too poor. Men are fine, but Japanese women are used to the public security in Japan and find it difficult to adapt to the situation in South Africa. Secondly, living abroad requires a lot of money, and the expense problem is also quite troublesome. Perhaps after hiding abroad for two years and feeling that it was fine, she returned to Japan?" Police Inspector Okada thought for a while and said: "Cross-district arrests and cross-district joint operations are often fraught with difficulties, but..."

"But the Headquarters Chief of the Chiba Prefectural Police is my uncle, former Criminal Investigation Department Chief Mouri Takayoshi." Uesugi Muneyuki smiled and nodded: "I should be able to handle this with one phone call."

Without delay, Uesugi Muneyuki immediately dialed the phone number of the Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters.

"Is that so? Is that how it is? I understand. Good, no problem."

In Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, at the Chiba Police Headquarters, Headquarters Chief Mouri Takayoshi put down the phone, and the fax machine on the desk soon received the information sent over by Uesugi Muneyuki.

"Good, apply for a search warrant immediately! As for evidence... just tell the District Public Prosecutors Office that this is the person Uesugi wants to arrest!" Being able to convince the District Public Prosecutors Office to sign a search warrant to arrest someone first and then provide evidence later, Uesugi Muneyuki is the only one in all of Japan.

"Chiba Prefectural Police, move out!"

Police cars quickly departed from the Prefectural Police Headquarters and headed to Kitano Yukari's residence.

"Ding-dong~ Ding-dong~" A large group of Chiba Police who were dispatched in an emergency arrived at the location of Kitano Yukari's residence.

No one was home. With the help of the dormitory manager, the police opened the apartment door.

No one was there.

At the bar where she worked, the boss told the police who had arrived: "Kitano? She was originally supposed to work normally at the bar today, but in the afternoon, she seemed to have seen the news reported by NHK... that is, the example of Forensic Examiner Uesugi from the Metropolitan Police Department going to Kanagawa to provide technical guidance, successfully overturning the case, and restarting the investigation, so she took a temporary leave and left."

"Temporary, leave?!" Police Inspector Yukinoshita Hachiman from the Chiba Headquarters, who was in charge of the case, showed a look of panic: "Oh no!"

"Investigate the latest flights immediately! Apply for cooperation from Narita International Airport!"

"Yes!"

"Emergency situation occurring, emergency situation occurring! Airport police, deploy immediately!"

"Yes!"

A large group of police rushed directly to Narita International Airport.

Finally, on the shuttle bus for the latest flight to Spain, where she had already submitted her boarding pass and was preparing to board, a row of police cars blocked the road.

"Police, sorry!" Several police officers got on the shuttle bus and came to the back seat: "Kitano Yukari, this is your arrest warrant."

"…………" Sitting in the back seat, the woman wearing sunglasses and a trench coat looked at the police who appeared in front of her, let out a chuckle, her face pale and her expression dejected, she took off her sunglasses and, as if resigning herself to fate, was taken away by the police.

"At 21:13 in the evening, Kitano Yukari, arrest successful!"

The news coming from the front was encouraging. Uesugi Muneyuki and the others who were waiting at the Kanagawa Prefectural Headquarters finally received good news.

"Good! Uncle Mouri really has extraordinary abilities!" Uesugi Muneyuki excitedly slapped the table, his joy overflowing: "Moreover, the previous Chiba Case can be considered to have accumulated some experience in handling cases for the Chiba Police."

"But... we still have no evidence. If we can't interrogate anything within 48 hours..." Ishihara Mikoto still had a look of hesitation on her face.

"It doesn't matter." Uesugi Muneyuki revealed a meaningful expression.

48 hours is enough.

And at the same time, a deafening cheer erupted from the Special Investigation Headquarters at the Kanagawa Prefectural Headquarters.

"Found her!" "We did it!" "Yatta~"

The Kanagawa police excitedly hugged and shook hands with each other, raising their fists and cheering loudly.

What happened? Uesugi Muneyuki and the others had their thoughts interrupted.

At this moment, an Assistant Police Inspector approached with an excited expression: "We found it, Forensic Examiner Uesugi, and everyone from the Metropolitan Police Department's Special Mission Unit, we have tracked down the whereabouts of Mitamura Ken!"

"Look at this, based on our investigation into past history and interviews, we have confirmed that the main suspect, Mitamura Ken, took a flight to South Africa five years ago!"

"Look, this is the flight registration record, and his personal registration voucher!"

"Confirmed, the main suspect Mitamura is on the run!"

Uesugi Muneyuki: "............"

Everyone from the Special Mission Unit: "...................."

Facing the hard-earned results that the Kanagawa police had spent several hours investigating, Uesugi Muneyuki's face twitched for a moment, and he could only say: "Thank you for your hard work."

Leaving behind the cheering Kanagawa police, Uesugi Muneyuki signaled for us to rush to Chiba Prefecture immediately.

Kitano Yukari might become the key to this incident!

At the same time, Uesugi Muneyuki also gained a deeper understanding of handling cases.

Because it was a five-year-old cold case, there was absolutely no opportunity to trigger a Death Soul Contract, so he had to rely on his hard skills as a Forensic Pathologist to solve the case.

Relying on hard skills as a Forensic Pathologist to solve cases, whether one can quickly crack a case and catch the criminal often depends, besides his and Mikoto's own forensic abilities, to a large extent on how many resources he can command and how many resource exchanges he can make.

It was only because Headquarters Chief Mouri was a staunch loyalist to Watanabe Eiji and had a personal allegiance that he was willing to work so hard; otherwise, after refusing to accept cross-jurisdictional guidance and requesting coordination from the National Police Agency, Kitano Yukari would have already boarded a plane to Spain.

Perhaps the various problems and operations within the organization are, in essence, the result of resource exchange.

And this is also the reason why, in the Kanagawa body-dumping case, nine police reports and six appeals over five years could not change the police's determination of death by drowning as suicide.

Thinking of this, Uesugi Muneyuki's mood felt slightly heavy, but his phone rang soon after.

"What? Kitano Yukari has confessed?!"

"Yes, that's right!" Department Manager Mouri said on the phone: "Kitano Yukari stated that she has been plagued by nightmares for many years and no longer has the strength to struggle and fight against the deceased, so she confessed readily."

"Good!" Uesugi Muneyuki finally clenched his fists, and a smile appeared on his face.

This way, at least the matter can be explained clearly, giving the family of the deceased some closure!

Five years have passed; although justice is late, at least he did not let it be absent!

(End of this chapter)