Chapter 362: , Weekly Bunshun Strikes the Metropolitan Police Department!

The Metropolitan Police Department's large conference room was filled with all senior officials seated behind two long tables, except for the absence of Superintendent General Watanabe Eiji.

Deputy Superintendent Ooyama Ren of the Metropolitan Police Department is a typical bureaucrat: tall and thin, with a slicked-back pompadour, black half-frame glasses, small eyes, and a gaunt face; his sinister, fierce gaze fixed on Uesugi Muneyuki sitting on the opposite side of the large conference room.

The moment the anonymous whistleblower letter appeared, it exploded throughout the Metropolitan Police Department; Watanabe Eiji urgently ordered all senior officials to drop their current tasks and hold an emergency meeting to discuss how to handle the matter.

Uesugi Muneyuki was urgently summoned to the large conference room; to avoid suspicion, Watanabe Eiji voluntarily withdrew from the meeting, which was then chaired by Deputy Superintendent Ooyama Ren.

Ooyama Ren, 57 years old, from the career track, Deputy Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Department, previously rarely appeared in public mainly because Superintendent General Watanabe Eiji was too dominant, so his presence as Deputy Superintendent has always been low, with few opportunities to show his face; moreover, due to his background in Public Security, his entire demeanor has always been rather sinister and fierce; it is said that in his youth he also participated in suppressing the extreme left-wing and counter-terrorism as a tough figure, especially known for showing no mercy to *.

"Sorry to call you over while you're so busy, Forensic Examiner Uesugi." Chief Supervisor Okochi Haruki of the Police Affairs Department, Police Superintendent, stood up, saying apologetic words with his mouth, but there was no smile on his face or in his tone: "Regarding this anonymous whistleblower letter and this article we received, could you share your opinion?"

In the large conference room, all senior officials of the rank of Police Commissioner and above turned their heads to look at Uesugi Muneyuki, from the Criminal Investigation Department Chief to the Public Security Department Chief, from the General Affairs Department Head to the Police Affairs Department Head, from the Transportation Department Head to the Police University President; amidst the sea of black-haired heads, many had already turned gray or even white at the temples, but each pair of eyes contained scrutiny and complex emotions.

Uesugi Muneyuki is undoubtedly a great benefactor and capable aide of the Metropolitan Police Department; his sudden emergence solved countless major cases, difficult cases, and cold cases for the department; however, if this anonymous whistleblower letter is true, then the Metropolitan Police Department is in serious trouble!

Previously, all the department heads had been wondering why Uesugi Muneyuki did not completely transfer his official registration into the Metropolitan Police Department? That would make it difficult to issue orders!

Now the department heads finally feel relieved that Uesugi Muneyuki has remained nominally affiliated with the hospital and has not fully joined the Metropolitan Police Department.

Justice can still be severed in time!

If he can come up with a reasonable explanation, the Metropolitan Police Department can still consider how to protect him; if he cannot, then only the path of sacred separation and justice severance remains!

Although Uesugi-kun is our benefactor, at this moment, one's own position is more important; after decades of hard work in the police force, reaching the rank of Police Superintendent and Police Commissioner, one cannot end it here! Who wouldn't want to experience being Superintendent General before retirement?

Well, speaking of which, it's not because of this brat—Watanabe Eiji, in his first term as Superintendent General, already served a full term, and now he's even serving again?

If this brat falls, will Watanabe Director also…… then I'll have my chance~

The people in the Metropolitan Police Department looked at Uesugi Muneyuki with complex eyes, wanting to protect him yet also wanting to abandon him.

It all depends on how Uesugi Muneyuki responds next.

"Whistleblower letter? Sorry, I currently don't know what happened; could you let me see it?" Uesugi Muneyuki furrowed his brow, thinking, Indeed, it has come!

"Good, then take a look." Chief Supervisor Okochi Haruki handed the anonymous whistleblower letter and the prepared newspaper to Uesugi Muneyuki.

After a brief glance, Uesugi Muneyuki's heart stirred, and a hint of shock appeared on his face.

He had indeed prepared for all possibilities, including the most likely attack from his private life and sexual relationships; he had braced himself for his private life being exposed, for having an intimate relationship with Mai Xuejie, for having an affair with the Fuji Television female announcer, including his affairs with that group of fuck buddies before obtaining the Qinghui Stone…… including Yamaguchi Maho selling him out by claiming he raped her, even including earlier fuck buddies bringing children to call him dad—he had prepared for all of these.

Yet Uesugi Muneyuki had not anticipated that the other party would come straight at him and strike at his most hidden and core area.

The underage Saito Asuka!

Asuka has already become a figure who deeply hides and rarely appears, and who pays no attention to outsiders.

One can only say, as expected of Weekly Bunshun? Capable of staking out for months just for a big scoop.

Indeed, flipping over the newspaper, there it was—the manuscript Weekly Bunshun was preparing to release.

【【Shocking Reality!】】

"Legendary National Forensic Medical Examiner, the Metropolitan Police Department's last trump card and great savior, Uesugi Muneyuki of the Sakuradamon Ooku male, shocked to discover a '17-year-old underage girl' in his home! Suspected of illegally controlling her life and keeping her as a mistress!"

Below are two photos: one shows Saito Asuka in uniform entering and exiting the Sakata Bridge building; the other shows Uesugi Muneyuki picking up and dropping off Asuka for school.

"Core Facts!"

"Confirmed by this publication, the Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division 1 Special Mission Unit specially appointed Field Forensic Examiner Uesugi Muneyuki (24 years old) has, in his residence, a high school-aged girl A (17 years old) suspected of cohabiting with him! And seemingly performing household labor in a live-in arrangement! According to relevant sources, Uesugi Muneyuki has paid this girl over 5 million yen in salary over two years!"

"Furthermore, according to this publication's investigation, the adoptive parent of this girl A is precisely Uesugi Muneyuki's forensic assistant, Ishihara Mikoto (32 years old), a graduate of Osaka University; this adoption process raises major doubts! According to this publication's investigation, the adoptive parent was not selected through a third-party agency, but was designated by girl A herself; after the adoption succeeded, Ishihara Mikoto not only joined the Special Mission Unit, but also received special approval from the Metropolitan Police Department for a women's dormitory!"

"Moreover, according to insiders at a domestic services company, live-in domestic worker services must not, in principle, be provided by persons under 20 years of age, unless guardian consent is obtained."

"In other words, is this perhaps a dark web woven by Uesugi Muneyuki himself to control the body and mind of an innocent girl?"

"For this, we interviewed Lawyer B of XX Law Firm!"

"Lawyer B stated, according to Japan's Child Welfare Act, using the guise of live-in domestic worker to cohabit with the opposite sex, with questionable adoption procedures and payment of salaries clearly above market rates, constitutes clear illegal conduct; simultaneously, if Uesugi Muneyuki forces girl A to perform 'late-night household chores,' it may even violate the Youth Protection Ordinance!"

"As everyone knows, Uesugi Muneyuki's private life has never been very healthy; currently, based on incomplete investigations, his potential number of lovers may already have reached six or seven! Gentlemen, ask yourselves why he would place such an underage girl A beside him in the form of a live-in domestic worker?"

"Gentlemen! Let us think carefully—perhaps, the demon is right beside you!"

"The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, as the iron curtain protecting Tokyo citizens from crime, may already have been corroded by darkness."

"Finally, this publication declares: this publication once requested an interview with Uesugi Muneyuki, which was refused on the grounds of 'involving the privacy of the parties involved.' To ensure the girl's safety, this publication has already reported to the Shibuya Ward Child Guidance Center and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office!"

This is the explosive news that Weekly Bunshun is about to publish.

Uesugi Muneyuki read it once, looked up, and saw at least twenty pairs of eyes fixed on him.

"Finished reading?" Deputy Superintendent Ooyama Ren asked coldly.

"Finished reading." Uesugi Muneyuki nodded.

"Good, then share your opinion? Simply put, is what this report and the whistleblower letter say true?" Deputy Superintendent Ooyama Ren clasped his hands, elbows on the table, hiding his lower face behind his folded fists: "This is the Metropolitan Police Department; you have no right to remain silent!"

Uesugi Muneyuki's eyes darted slightly, as if recalling something, after a pause he said: "Although the Weekly Bunshun report is full of pillow business implications and forced associations, most of the report is true; Saito Asuka is indeed only 17 years old this year, and indeed lives with me."

Upon hearing this, the faces of the Metropolitan Police Department's senior leadership changed, filled with shock.

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Having Watanabe Minami isn't enough, having Watanabe Minami and Ikeda Erena, even counting your forensic assistant, you're still not satisfied—you even keep an underage girl at home just for fun?

Uesugi, you beast!

Depraved Uesugi, depraved depraved in your work!

"To speak frankly, hearing you say this, we all feel shocked; never did we expect that as a descendant of a warrior noble family, the heir of Kenshin Kō would do such a thing." Deputy Superintendent Ooyama Ren said meaningfully: "Since it's a fact, there's nothing to argue about, right?"

"There's nothing to argue about." Uesugi Muneyuki nodded: "Indeed, I arranged for Ishihara to adopt her…… if any of you still remember, in the East Medical and Dental University night attack incident over a year ago, there was an innocent victim, a female university student from Musashino, Hokkaido? I recall those present should have attended her funeral; at her funeral, her only relative was precisely the so-called girl A I adopted, namely Saito Asuka."

The Metropolitan Police Department officials in the room discussed in confusion; most looked bewildered, only Police Affairs Department Chief Supervisor Okochi nodded, saying to the deputy superintendent: "Yes, Uesugi-kun is correct; indeed such a person exists."

"Then the matter has become troublesome now." Deputy Superintendent Ooyama Ren nodded coldly: "Involving a minor case, the department cannot but treat it seriously; Uesugi-kun, this is indeed a major incident."

"I have a full set of legal proof." Uesugi Muneyuki said calmly: "My entire process was witnessed by third-party agencies!"

"That's not the key issue." Deputy Superintendent Ooyama Ren of the Metropolitan Police Department shook his head.

Uesugi Muneyuki startled, he couldn't help but say: "Regarding Asuka, I have the family court adoption permit, child guidance center evaluation records, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare filing receipt, wage transfer records + tax payment proof, school attendance certificate + transcript, tuition payment receipt, and on-site inspection evidence from the Labor Standards Inspection Office!"

"All my procedures have left traces; I have preserved every ledger record!"

"It seems you were well prepared." Deputy Superintendent Ooyama Ren first nodded, then shook his head again: "But, Uesugi-kun, you've oversimplified this matter."

"Since you have no defense, I hereby formally announce, in the name of the Metropolitan Police Department Emergency Review Committee, that I am suspending all your duties and all ongoing work, until this matter is investigated." Ooyama Ren stood up: "However, the Special Mission Unit is a special department with no precedent; before that, I need to consult the Director General and the National Police Agency side for their opinions. As for Uesugi-kun, go home and wait for news!"

"Yes..." Uesugi Muneyuki's expression was grim; he was confident all procedures were in perfect order, legally there could be no loophole, yet despite holding so much legal ironclad evidence, Deputy Superintendent Ooyama Ren seemed unwilling to support him?

Does the Metropolitan Police Department want to abandon him?

Regardless, the meeting had ended; he stood up and prepared to leave.

"Oh right, as the prospective son-in-law of Superintendent Watanabe, you must learn to avoid conflicts of interest. My advice is, during this period, you two should not meet privately—it would look bad." Deputy Superintendent Ooyama Ren of the Metropolitan Police Department added: "Before we make a decision internally."

Uesugi Muneyuki heard these words, raised his eyebrows slightly, and his expression eased; he understood.

"Of course not, Deputy Superintendent Ooyama, how could I do such a thing?"

(Chapter End)