Chapter 338

December 31st is the last working day before the New Year holiday, and the Metropolitan Police Department's New Year holiday is roughly around January 5th to 7th (with duty shifts), so generally speaking, by this time, the police officers at headquarters have already started preparing for their vacation,

staring at newspapers, sipping coffee, dazed, exchanging a phrase like "Agu ma wash dad America dad," getting ready to enjoy the New Year holiday.

As mentioned earlier, Japan is the only one among the three East Asian countries that has completely abolished the lunar New Year and fully adopted the Gregorian calendar, so New Year's Day equals New Year, and the New Year holiday is generally about five days.

However, this year's situation is not very good; the previous December 28th Kabukicho case was too major, causing the entire Metropolitan Police Department to be busy for three consecutive days, and the festive atmosphere inside the Sakuradamon building has faded considerably.

The police officer who was disemboweled struggled for two whole days before barely clinging to life; the Metropolitan Police Department announced his formal promotion to Assistant Police Inspector, awarded him a medal, and reassigned him to desk duty.

When Uesugi Muneyuki came to the Metropolitan Police Department to check on the situation, he heard Kai Toru from the Special Mission Unit making a phone call in the emergency passage of the hallway.

"Hello? What's the matter?"

"Hmm, I haven't done anything rude; I've always been very conscientious in following Uesugi-san!"

"What? Hah, I knew you'd ask about this."

Kai Toru spoke into the phone with a face full of cold sneers and contempt: "I know what you mean—Ikeda performed, Date performed, Igarashi performed, but I didn't perform—do you think it's a pity?"

The other end of the phone fell silent for a moment, then after a while, a few sentences faintly came through.

"I don't want to say it anymore; if you're this interested, why don't you call the Superintendent General—big 'person'—instead? My Administrative Vice-Minister big 'person'~ performance—is it good or not? Conduct—is it proper or not? Speech—is it polite or not?"

"Alright, I'm going to hang up." Kai Toru wanted to hang up the phone, but the other side suddenly said something, so he had to stop and listen.

". Is that what you wanted to say?"

"Enough! You give me moderation!" After saying that, the furious Kai Toru immediately hung up the phone; at that moment, he suddenly turned his head and saw Uesugi Muneyuki: "Uesugi-san? When did you get here?!!"

Five minutes later, Uesugi Muneyuki and Shin'i Kyō were leaning by the window, having learned the full story.

After the Kabukicho case broke out that day, Shin'i Kyō immediately realized that Chiyou might run into trouble, so he very unusually took the initiative to call his father, the current Vice-Minister of Justice, Kai Mineaki, hoping his father could help.

"My father, in a very mocking and contemptuous tone, agreed to my request." Kai Mineaki held a hot Matcha coffee in his hand, exhaling cold air, facing the heavy snow flying over Tokyo Metropolis and said: "Actually, if it weren't for an emergency, I wouldn't want to call that person again."

"Kai-kun, it seems your relationship with your father isn't very good." Uesugi Muneyuki then held up a bottle of afternoon milk tea and said softly: "I almost thought you were speaking to a superior you don't get along with."

"My dad is very dissatisfied that I chose to become a police officer, especially this incident—other members of the Special Mission Unit have all shown their faces, but only I haven't; my dad likes my older brother more." Shin'i Kyō gritted his teeth, forcing his words out from between his teeth: "My older brother has always followed the path arranged for him; since childhood, he's been a well-behaved child; my dad says something, he listens; I look down on such an older brother, so I always talk back to my dad."

— Uesugi Muneyuki gestured with silence for Shin'i Kyō to continue.

"So I do everything opposite to my older brother; when I was in high school, I slightly went bad—"

"Made my dad fly into a rage." Shin'i Kyō recalled past events and laughed: "But he's completely disappointed in me,

or when I failed to get into my ideal university."

"What university did you get into?"

"Meiji Gakuin University."

"Oh!" Uesugi Muneyuki thought this university is the dividing line between ordinary Japanese universities and trash universities, equivalent to the level of the second half of second-tier colleges, barely qualifying as a proper university; anything below is completely trash.

The threshold for prestigious universities in Japan is Keio (Waseda University, Keio University); for good schools, it's roughly Akita University (a prefecturally named national university); for ordinary universities, it's Meiji Gakuin University.

"But no matter what I get into, it's all the same, because as long as I didn't get into Tokyo University, it's trash." Shin'i Kyō said helplessly: "In my father's eyes, only Tokyo University counts as a university; failing to get into Tokyo University means I have no right to be Kai Mineaki's son; I became a thoroughly backward element, and from then on, only my older brother is his son."

"By the way, Uesugi-san, your father actually looked down on you before, saying Tokyo Medical and Dental University is a chicken university, so you're just a chicken forensic pathologist; he only acknowledged you indeed have a university education after learning that the principal of Tokyo University's small palace gave you a special direct doctoral admission, and then considered you a notable person." Shin'i Kyō said with a playful tone.

"Twenty." Uesugi Muneyuki could only use the simplest words to express his utter speechlessness.

"But I heard he used all his connections to squeeze you in, which proves,

your father may dislike you on the surface, but he still pays attention to and cares for you, right?" Uesugi Muneyuki was speechless for a while, then said.

"The reason is very simple: my older brother committed suicide."

"Ah?!!" Uesugi Muneyuki was stunned.

"My older brother lived a smooth life all along, followed my father's arrangements in the Ministry of Finance as a civil servant, worked steadily in an office, getting promoted every three years; but at the crucial moment, because he took a side and encountered someone with deeper background, leading to no promotion, he was deeply struck; after returning home, he accidentally caught his wife having an affair with a neighbor uncle, and unable to bear the blow, he committed suicide." Shin'i Kyō said this matter is truly speechless.

"I'm sorry."

"You have nothing to apologize for, Uesugi-san; ultimately speaking, my brother's life was too smooth; in his world, everything should be a straight line—effort leads upward—how to put it—" Shin'i Kyō thought about how to express it.

"Exam-taker mentality, right?" Uesugi Muneyuki showed understanding: "Studying hard for exams, answering questions hard, effort can be quantified, unable to handle exceptional situations; when ten years of cold window study meets a test question not written on the paper,

the brain just short-circuits."

"Ah, yes, Uesugi-san, you're always so insightful!" Shin'i Kyō slapped his thigh: "Anyway, now my father only has me as his son left; he has no choice.

Mutual dislike, yet forced to maintain this nauseating father-son relationship, right?"

At this moment, Uesugi Muneyuki already understood: big account gone, can't build a new one, can only play small account; result: small account is a trash account played randomly and adding points randomly; can only endure the disgust and keep playing.

"So what my father most hopes for now is that I follow his arrangement, work in an office instead of going to possibly dangerous scenes, then marry a wife he arranges, have a child early, so I'd be useless,

Ah 'I refuse! I just like being a police officer! I really like my current girlfriend! I don't plan to have kids this early!' Shin'i Kyō said proudly, 'I want to piss off that old thing!'

"Shin'i Kyō, your girlfriend is————" Uesugi Muneyuki said, speechless about this father-son relationship.

"She's a flight attendant, whom I met when I was on an ANA flight; she etc., why should I tell you! You this Metropolitan Police pervert Uesugi! Stay away from my girlfriend!" Shin'i Kyō said halfway, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Alright, extra topics ended, Uesugi-san, Happy New Year, see you next year!"

Twenty! Uesugi Muneyuki could only again use the simplest words to express his utter speechlessness: "Happy New Year, see you next year."

Every member of the Special Mission Unit seems to have a story on them!

After saying goodbye to Shin'i Kyō, Uesugi Muneyuki came to the Special Mission Unit; Chiyou wasn't there, Okoyou wasn't there, Date and Igarashi weren't there; only Minami was sitting in the Management Officer position.

"Shin'i Kyō? Ikeda's matter—father had already entrusted Vice-Minister Kai Mineaki to help early on." Minami heard Uesugi Muneyuki's words and couldn't help but complain: "Actually, it's also very simple; if the Ministry of Justice side can handle it quickly, Shin'i Kyō's side can also be more comfortable and earn some merit; if the Ministry of Justice side insists on following the set procedure, then our Metropolitan Police Department can only let Shin'i Kyō's merit and promotion process strictly follow the set procedure."

"And, Shin'i studied at a chicken university, right?" Minami continued laughing: "What Meiji Gakuin University—isn't it purely a chicken university? At least it should be Keio-level or above to count as a university, right?"

"Damn!" Uesugi Muneyuki was speechless at Minami Ojou-sama, who graduated from Waseda University.

"Alright, let's not talk about these; Happy New Year! Muneyuki!" Minami Ojou-sama laughed and took out something from under the desk: "This is the New Year gift I'm giving you!"

"Happy New Year, what is this?" Uesugi Muneyuki touched the small gift box, and suddenly it emitted a sizzling electric motor sound: "??? What the heck?"

"Hehe, this thing isn't for me to use; it's for Eirina!" Minami Ojou-sama sneakily poked Uesugi Muneyuki's chest with her fingertip: "Let her bully me again! This is the counterattack of the Omitaidokoro Lady!"

"Like that, then I also have a gift for you, everyone!" Uesugi Muneyuki laughed and also took out several transparent glass jars from his person.

Ayurvedic essential oil!