Chapter 336

What's going on?

Uesugi Muneyuki went out shopping for New Year's goods in the afternoon, and by the time he returned home, it was already past four in the afternoon. When he checked the news, the top stories were all explosive content, most of which focused on his relationship with Ikeda Erena.

No way!

Seeing the heated discussions on Yahoo and 2CH, Uesugi Muneyuki felt his scalp go numb.

Indeed, he had never imagined he would become this famous, so in the early days, when going out or handling cases, he never tried to hide anything. Moreover, after his relationship with Erena improved and before Minami confessed to him, the two had a period of going out together to eat, drink, and have fun.

Erena is actually a woman who is easily satisfied; her purpose in going out is not to truly experience something, but to be in a private world with Uesugi Muneyuki.

As a result, this has now turned into "evidence" of pillow business?

Uesugi Muneyuki quickly scrolled up, wanting to see what was going on. Earlier, weren't the public discussions about the host industry issue and whether police killings were legal?

After scrolling for a short while, the culprit was found.

Sure enough, as the topic began to brew, Japanese men started shifting their attention to Ikeda Erena herself. Due to several incidents, although Ikeda herself is not as well-known in Kantou as Uesugi Muneyuki, she had previously delivered two major impressive performances, and it's not the kind of thing that explodes overnight.

It's just that Erena dislikes giving interviews, dislikes talking to strangers, and has refused interview requests from all major television stations and print media, so she didn't take this opportunity to become famous. However, after all, things don't happen three times without consequence, and once she became the core of the Kabukicho case, public memory was triggered, and the Japanese public realized that this tall, beautiful judo female officer had already made significant contributions in major cases for the third time!

Moreover, each time she seems to be tied to Uesugi Muneyuki!

Thus, the gossipmongers immediately shifted their focus from the entire Kabukicho incident, the confrontation between order and freedom, gender opposition, and the scale of public authority's management of society, straight to Ikeda Erena herself.

Then they discovered a fact.

This is a beauty! Moreover, she is a rare Japanese beauty with an exceptionally good figure and an exotic charm!

Tall judo beauty police officer! We like you!

Then the tone began to change.

There's no way around it: although Ikeda Erena's daily work attire for field duties is usually a stern suit and trousers, deliberately neutral and doing her utmost to avoid being seen as a "beauty" rather than a "police officer," she always has her collar strained high and puffed out, a neat and clean short ear-length hairstyle, a handsome and profound though not stunning face full of exotic fiery charm, and an Iberian Peninsula-exclusive temperament that can make male netizens scream.

A set of crisp white shirt, dark suit, long trousers, and standard black leather shoes cannot stop Ikeda Erena's lovely figure and beautiful body beneath her clothes; she is absolutely a presence that makes men unable to look away.

Thus, the tone began to skew, and many men started digging into Ikeda Erena's background.

Where does she come from? How did she get into the Metropolitan Police Department?

What is her relationship with Uesugi Muneyuki? Why is she always at the scene?

Where did her martial arts skills come from?

Japan's government transparency is still relatively good, and Ikeda Erena herself has not intentionally concealed or hidden her past history, so when netizens began doxxing, her past was quickly exposed!

She once won placements or even championships in national judo and karate competitions for elementary and junior high school divisions?

In high school, she suddenly quit judo and karate, suddenly moved to Tokyo? Became a female police officer?

Why?

Leaving that aside for now, netizens quickly discovered that since joining the force, Ikeda Erena has been involved in constant controversies, constantly transferring between police stations, and without exception, her superiors have been transferred away, while she herself has wandered around.

Thus, her whistleblowing against superiors has also gradually come to light.

Following that came Uesugi Muneyuki's grand entrance, and Ikeda was transferred to the Otsuka Station in Bunkyo Ward. The two of them are like dry wood and fire, fresh flowers brocade, blazing fire cooking oil—like fish cannot leave water, melons cannot leave seedlings, Mediterranean navigation relying on the Pope!

From then on, Ikeda Erena became firmly bound to Uesugi Muneyuki; in every case, she appears in a dazzling manner. Although she cannot always make an impact, she is always present and has never left Uesugi again.

And as some photos were unearthed, Japanese netizens erupted.

For example, a photo of Ikeda Erena wearing police uniform, stockings, and high heels instantly gained 5K likes and shot up to the hot search list.

Netizen "@黑白panda熊" commented below: "Miss Ikeda! Please beat me hard with your police baton!"

This netizen's comment was so outrageous that it quickly rose to the headline.

Besides, netizens began uncovering more about the relationship between Ikeda Erena and Uesugi Muneyuki.

For example, there is a photo of Uesugi Muneyuki explaining the case process and reasoning principles, with Ikeda Erena standing beside him watching him. Although there is no special interaction between the two, Ikeda Erena's gaze at Uesugi Muneyuki is so sweet it could draw silk.

"There's definitely something between these two!"

"They've definitely done it! How despicable! Uesugi, you've done all the bad things!"

"That feeling is absolutely not wrong; this is something only genuine affection can reveal. KUSO! Is my love life supposed to end before it even begins?"

"The strongest and most evil forensic scientist in history, Uesugi Muneyuki! Indeed, justice lies in the Eastern Army, Uesugi belongs to the Western Army!"

"Uesugi is nothing but a purebred Kansai rat who infiltrated our Kantou men! His ancestor Uesugi Shigehisa was from Kyoto—no doubt about it! Q. E. D.!"

The more they dug, the more male netizens wailed and howled like ghosts and wolves.

"Also, if it weren't for his close relationship with Uesugi, how could she have been transferred to headquarters? Local precincts have bad records, and she's a female officer—if not for Uesugi speaking up, could she have joined the Special Mission Unit?"

"Pillow business, absolutely pillow business! The Metropolitan Police Department is truly dark!"

"This guy Uesugi, how does he get all the good things?"

Thus, the topic further shifted, beginning to move from Ikeda Erena to Uesugi Muneyuki.

"Wait a moment, I remember seeing news earlier—confirmed that Uesugi Muneyuki is the second son of the Yonezawa Uesugi clan, right? He wasn't engaged, was he? There was news reporting from the Tokyo Imperial Hotel."

"Ah, engagement, really?"

"Of course it's real, I found it! Uesugi Muneyuki's fiancée is none other than the face of the Metropolitan Police Department, now promoted to Special Mission System Management Officer, Superintendent Watanabe Minami. Tsk tsk, a 24-year-old superintendent?! She's so cute, also a super beauty, oh? She seems to be the daughter of the current Superintendent General Watanabe Eiji?"

"Oh oh oh oh oh! Red bean paste? So Uesugi Muneyuki is already engaged? I have another chance?"

"Wait, was the engagement last month? Wait……wait! Why would Superintendent Watanabe tolerate such an abnormal relationship woman staying by her fiancé's side?"

The public's favorite is indeed gossip and rumors, all kinds of small talk emerging endlessly. Uesugi Muneyuki browsed for a while, then suddenly, a photo silenced everyone.

This photo is from the Hakone trip: Uesugi Muneyuki, Watanabe Minami, and Ikeda Erena three people eating together, chatting and laughing, the two women wearing almost identical outfits, truly a division of labor like great beauty, small beauty, great wife, small wife.

"……"

"…………………………"

After a period of silence, Japanese netizens finally exploded completely.

"Uesugi Muneyuki! I supermarket your dream! I super love you horse!! Repeat! I super love you horse ah ah ah!!!"

"Suspect Uesugi Muneyuki discovered, execution permission granted, immediately execute, repeat, upon seeing Uesugi Muneyuki immediately execute!"

"Charge is bigamy, major active offender Uesugi Muneyuki, death sentence confirmed!"

"This is clearly the main wife and the concubine Ikeda-in, isn't it?!"

"What the hell is Uesugi trying to do? Opening an Ooku in the Metropolitan Police Department?"

Thus, Uesugi Muneyuki instantly went from being a national hero to becoming the target of nationwide condemnation, of course mainly due to jealousy, envy, and hatred.

Then, another sentence silenced everyone.

"You guys say, Uesugi this bastard, could it actually be that he's already with Mai-sama..."

"Upstairs, shut up ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Mai-sama is our goddess! How could she so easily be taken by a country bumpkin thief?"

"Although that's what we say, but... it seems Uesugi really is Mai-sama's only male friend, and these two aren't always calling each other senior-junior, right? Just like that thing 'Youth National Actress Senior and Forensic Pighead Junior'?"

"No! My Mai-sama will absolutely not fall so easily!"

"Wait, Uesugi Muneyuki's forensic assistant also seems to be a beauty, I already dare not continue thinking further..."

"If we say it this way, the 48-year-old Sakura also seems to have some connection with Uesugi this bastard..."

Japanese netizens exploded, wishing they could press Uesugi Muneyuki onto the table right now, douse him with garlic paste and chili salt, pour scorching hot rapeseed oil over him, and then tear him apart and eat him.

Beast!

Uesugi Muneyuki looked at the massive online outcry against him on the internet, and couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile.

As expected, there would eventually be a day when he was discovered, after all, I never intentionally kept it secret back then, nor did I learn Mai Xuejie's invisibility technique.

But it's not really a big deal, he himself is not a public figure, and doesn't make money from this.

Let things take their natural course.

At that moment, the doorbell rang.

Eirina has returned!

(End of Chapter)