Chapter 296: No Room for You

"Finally, I can rest~ I'm exhausted!"

Within the Special Mission Unit at Sakuradamon, Miss Minami lay on the desk, looking excited: "Vacation, vacation, vacation~ Hakone, Hakone, Hakone~ Hurray! Two nights and three days desu!"

"I haven't even complained about being tired, what are you complaining about?" Uesugi Muneyuki had discussed the vacation with his father-in-law over coffee that morning, and then he returned to the Special Mission Unit to announce it.

Okada Keibu was noncommittal about this; it was fine if they could take a vacation, and fine if they couldn't. After hearing the news, he went over to Investigation Division 2 to settle some matters, preparing to finish work and go home.

Ikeda Erena, on the other hand, didn't care. In her view, as long as she was with Uesugi Muneyuki, it was fine. Erena's world was different from others; other people had plenty of lives of their own outside of work, but for Erena, once she left Uesugi Muneyuki and returned to her own solitary world, she had no idea what she was supposed to do other than exercise.

"What is that supposed to mean? I'm very tired too, okay? Although I didn't go to the front lines, I had all sorts of things to do in the rear, signing various reports and documents, coordinating logistics and supplies... Finally, I can rest!" Miss Minami hummed casually: "Anyway, now that we finally have a vacation, I've wanted to go to Hakone for a long time! Oh oh oh, the autumn red leaves, the Hell's Gate at Owakudani, the black hot spring eggs, and Mount Fuji over Lake Ashi, Uesugi, Ikeda, let's go together~"

"I haven't agreed yet," Uesugi Muneyuki laughed.

"Objection overruled!" Miss Minami grabbed Erena's hand in turn and wrapped her arms around her waist: "If you think you are my subordinate, then this is an order from your superior that you must obey. If you think you and I are equals, then two against one, the minority obeys the majority. Ikeda, you definitely support me, right?"

"Mm." Ikeda Erena stood on Watanabe Minami's side on this issue. The tall beauty was clearly also looking forward to Watanabe Minami's proposal, and she naturally knew what would happen: "I support the Unit Chief."

"Hehe~" Uesugi Muneyuki chuckled and didn't say anything more, which effectively counted as agreeing: "Then I'll go tell Investigation Division 1."

The man left, leaving only Watanabe Minami and Ikeda Erena in the office. Minami's sweet and cute apple-like face looked mischievous, both expectant and shy, as if she had made up her mind: "Ikeda?"

"Hm?" Ikeda Erena responded blankly; the tall beauty's heart had actually already flown off to Hakone.

"I told you last time, right? You have to help me!" Miss Minami's complexion gradually grew redder and redder, and she weakly grabbed Erena's hand: "I can't do it alone."

"You... have you thought it through?" Erena was particularly quick to react only in these matters. A blush also appeared on the tall beauty's face, thinking that this day had indeed come, and her expression was somewhat complicated.

"Mm, the time is about right." Minami nodded gently: "Are you willing to form a family with me and Uesugi?"

"I..." Erena thought that since it had come to this, did she still have a reason to refuse? But she was very embarrassed to actually say it out loud: "I have no choice, since you asked, I can only..."

It was precisely at this moment that Ishihara Mikoto returned.

The Forensic Beauty was wearing an elegant and quiet office-style shirt with a black pearl collar and a pencil skirt today, draped in a white lab coat. Her beautiful feet in silk stockings, stepping into black patent leather high heels, strode into the Special Mission Unit, her expression unable to hide her excitement: "I just ran into Uesugi, he said we are going on an emergency two-week vacation? Is it true?"

"It's true." Miss Minami hugged Erena's waist. The two beauties in police uniforms, one big and one small, one sweet and one mature, formed a beautiful landscape: "Father approved our annual leave. We plan to go to Hakone hot springs for two nights and three days."

"That is simply, wonderful!" The Forensic Beauty was so moved she was about to cry: "It's good to be on the payroll after all, finally able to enjoy some benefits. The Metropolitan Police Department women's dormitory and such, annual leave and such."

"Hm?" Miss Minami tilted her head: "Ms. Ishihara, it's our Special Mission Unit taking annual leave, what does that have to do with you?"

"Eh?!" Mikoto was stunned.

"The vacation Father approved for us is for our Special Mission Unit. The Special Mission Unit includes Unit Chief Watanabe Minami, Acting Unit Chief Okada Masayoshi, Forensic Examiner Uesugi Muneyuki, and Police Sergeant Ikeda Erena. This does not include Forensic Assistant Ishihara Mikoto." Miss Minami laughed mischievously, her cute apple face tilted down, her sweet almond eyes looking up, looking exactly like a little fox with a bad heart: "Since we are going on vacation, you, Ms. Ishihara, will be responsible for staying behind."

Sorry, no room for you!

You bitch who rejected Muneyuki-kun's proposal and treated my Muneyuki-kun, whom I treasure like a jewel, like discarded trash, taste this lady's methods! Kora!

"Eh???"

Ishihara Mikoto watched helplessly as Miss Minami and Erena finished their handover and slipped away, leaving the Special Mission Unit empty.

Going on vacation without me? Going to Hakone hot springs without me?

But before she could think too much, a phone call came through to the Special Mission Unit.

It was the Forensic Pathologist Nakado Kei from the Forensics Division, the other party still using that tired and misanthropic tone: "If you're there, get down here immediately! We've got work!"

When Ishihara Mikoto arrived at the Forensics Division, she was stunned by the scene before her.

A row of handcarts, fifty or sixty oversized cardboard boxes filled the entire corridor, and mountains of secondary appraisal request letters covered the desks of the Forensics Division.

The three forensic pathologists of the Forensics Division, Higashiyama Takeshi, Kamioka Hideo, and Nakado Kei, all smiled maliciously when they saw her arrive.

You're here?

Time to work! You female forensic pathologist who got in through the back door relying on Uesugi Muneyuki's connections, we finally caught you!

"Your Special Mission Unit has really done some big things lately. Now, secondary appraisal applications from all over Japan are being sent to the Metropolitan Police Department. I say, Ms. Ishihara, can you talk to Investigation Division 1 and tell them to stop doing this kind of thing!" Higashiyama Takeshi complained: "Do they think we aren't busy enough? The work in the Forensics Division was already exhausting, and now they're creating more trouble for us!"

"Don't worry, Unit Chief Watanabe of the Special Mission Unit has already agreed. The Special Mission Unit will be on vacation for the next two weeks, and Ms. Ishihara will be seconded to our Forensics Division to help." Nakado Kei said with a hint of sarcasm: "For the next two weeks, please take care of us, Ms. Ishihara."

"No way? There are this many?" Ishihara Mikoto knew that inside every cardboard box was a case file. The Forensic Beauty swallowed hard.

"This many? This is only a small part of it." Nakado Kei walked to the window and signaled for Mikoto to look down.

Below, two large trucks were loading and unloading cargo, also boxes and boxes of cardboard boxes.

"Ahhhhhh!" Ishihara Mikoto collapsed.

Why do they get to go to Hakone hot springs for a two-week continuous vacation, and why do I have to be seconded to the Forensics Division to be an assistant for Nakado and these people?

Minami is using her position for personal revenge! This is abusing public power for private grudges! This is workplace bullying, this is...

Mikoto suddenly understood what that look Minami gave before leaving meant.

Sorry, no room for you!

The Forensic Beauty looked at the mountain of large cardboard boxes in front of her and the handcarts still delivering more from afar, wanting to cry but having no tears.

I want to go on vacation too!

……………………

Just as Mikoto began to bury her head in the files, at the Sakata Bridge Tower in Bunkyo Ward, 1802.

Uesugi Muneyuki and Ikeda Erena began to pack their things, preparing to go to Hakone to enjoy their vacation.

"Are we not taking Asuka this time?" Erena was full of anticipation for this trip. The tall beauty felt a series of twitching, stinging pains in her lower abdomen with excitement, wishing she could be intimate with Uesugi Muneyuki right here and now.

"Asuka has final exams coming up, her coursework is heavy, so let's forget it." Uesugi Muneyuki shook his head repeatedly. He thought for a moment and took out a history exam paper: "If her grades were good, I wouldn't say anything, but if her grades are poor, she should study harder."

The girl had only achieved a score of 49 on her history exam, and foreign history in particular was a disaster area.

There was a trivia question in it: "The four ministers who assisted the Kangxi Emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty in his early years were Soni, (), (), and ()?"

Asuka's answer was: Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi, and Toyota, which left Uesugi Muneyuki between laughter and tears.

What is this? Why are they testing this in a history exam? The teacher who wrote the questions has a bit of a twisted sense of humor, and they even deliberately used Kanji to test it. Who could understand this?

However, Uesugi Muneyuki was not flustered at all; he naturally knew the answer.

It was obviously Sony, Nintendo, Bandai Namco, and Capcom!

"Is that so?" Unfortunately, Uesugi Muneyuki was casting pearls before swine; Erena didn't understand these things at all, nor did she get the joke. The tall beauty just proudly puffed out her chest.

No room for you!

What Eirina hated most was that there was someone else here at Sakata Bridge; intimacy between two people was supposed to be a very private matter, yet the presence of Asuka made her afraid to let herself go too much.

This trip to Hakone... must be a good chance to... release the stress accumulated recently...

Eirina's face turned bright red as she stuffed three sets of "decisive" lingerie and a bundle of several pairs of Wolford Lycra pearlescent stockings and French Cervin vintage non-elastic nylon garter stockings into her suitcase.

"It's a pity, let's take Asuka next time, and besides..." Uesugi Muneyuki did not notice Eirina's small movements, and he also pondered: "Besides, we are going to soak in the hot springs after all."

"Is it just to soak in the hot springs?" Eirina's pair of bright, clear eyes held a look that was half-smile, half-tease, filled with a certain special anticipation.

"Mainly to soak in the hot springs." Uesugi Muneyuki blinked his eyes.

The two looked at each other and smiled, everything understood without a word.

(End of this chapter)