Chapter 378

Hearing the name Uesugi Muneyuki, Watanabe Eiji's expression was quite playful; the Superintendent General was both somewhat solemn and somewhat pleased.

After a series of major cases, the name Uesugi Muneyuki had already been etched into the minds of all of Japan, or at least the entire Kantou and Tohoku regions (people from Kansai naturally like to oppose those from Kantou, while Tohoku is the conservative stronghold of the peerage's fief), so whenever they encountered something they couldn't resolve, or believed the existing results were not the truth, the first name that popped into their minds was Uesugi Muneyuki, and only Uesugi Muneyuki, because his repeated practice of enforcing the law impartially, unafraid of power and pressure, had already earned the affirmation of half the nation.

Even Suo Masao thought the preliminary investigation results of the Metropolitan Police Department were not what he wanted, and the first reaction that sprang to his mind was to seek out Uesugi Muneyuki.

Call Uesugi! Call Uesugi!

However, as Superintendent General, Watanabe Eiji had his own concerns.

The Special Mission Unit was a special department he personally established and cultivated, but now it seemed to have become top-heavy; aside from anything else, the Special Mission Unit was already stuffed with a bunch of people, and moreover, after the New Year, the son of the South Village Managing Director of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank would also be joining; this department was easy to establish, but now it was nearly impossible to downsize, and Watanabe Eiji's control over the Special Mission Unit was limited only to his personal relationship with Watanabe Minami and the personal loyalty of his adopted son, Uesugi Muneyuki.

So, to what extent could Uesugi Muneyuki's loyalty go? That's hard to say.

Watanabe Eiji couldn't help but recall the South Korean past—after the May 16 coup, Park Chung-hee, in order to sidestep the existing National Assembly system, established a renovation government with a prime minister and various major departments; to sidestep the prime minister and various major departments, he established the office of the Chief Secretary; to sidestep the Chief Secretary Kim Gye-won, he established the Central Intelligence Agency; to divide the authority of the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, he established the Capital Security Bureau, Security Bureau, and Special Operations Bureau with divided authority; to sidestep the director of the Central Intelligence Agency Kim Jae-gyu, he again established the Guard Unit; the head of the Guard Unit, Chae Ji-cheol, ultimately became the one closest to Park Chung-hee in the layer-upon-layer of sidestepping and piling beds upon beds—but Chae Ji-cheol himself was a big oaf, illiterate, and unscrupulous.

This is also why Watanabe Eiji, despite Uesugi Muneyuki having many lovers, pretended not to know and chose to ignore; the Superintendent General had already begun to realize he could not completely suppress Uesugi Muneyuki himself, and needed to shift his approach, forming a close alliance of mutual benefit through adoptive father and son.

Police officers, after all, solving cases is the only truth; everything else is unimportant.

But he could control the Special Mission Unit, and the next Superintendent General facing this top-heavy behemoth would indeed have a headache.

However, upon careful thought, Watanabe Eiji thought: is this bad news? Isn't this good news for me?

Well, trust in the wisdom of future generations!

Watanabe Eiji's prolonged silence made Suo Masao feel somewhat guilty.

Could it be that the Metropolitan Police Department knew I was the mastermind behind ordering Weekly Bunshun to fire the Bunshun cannon?

Impossible! The only person who knew this, Shinjin Senmu, had already died of myocardial infarction leading to heart failure!

"How is it, Watanabe Director? Are you having difficulties?" Suo Masao's attitude was slightly stern: "Or are you saying you think my son is not worthy of the Special Mission Unit?"

"No……Suo Marquis, the matter is thus……" Watanabe Eiji, with deep scheming, said tactfully: "But……Uesugi Shougenshou's current condition……"

Watanabe Eiji cunningly indicated that Uesugi Muneyuki had currently resigned from the Medical and Dental University, but had not yet officially joined Tokyo University; the Special Mission Unit was currently in an inactive state, and I couldn't help it either!

Indeed, upon hearing this news, Suo Masao also felt it was troublesome.

Yes, in the eyes of National Diet members, only Uesugi Muneyuki had the ability, the will, and the courage to continue the investigation.

After pondering for a long time, Suo Masao asked in a low voice: "So if Tokyo University lets Uesugi Shougenshou handle enrollment and employment procedures tomorrow, can the Special Mission Unit immediately join the Special Investigation Headquarters?"

"Of course!" Watanabe Eiji's eyes lit up.

"Good, then let Uesugi Muneyuki go to Tokyo University tomorrow morning to handle enrollment and employment procedures! I want to see him appear at the Special Investigation Headquarters by this afternoon at the latest!"

After hanging up the phone, Suo Masao remained silent for a while, and could only first call the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare: "Minister Shimazaki! I have no choice, please grant permission!"

After a while, he immediately called Hamada, the Executive Director who was about to become the president of Tokyo University: "The Suruga Marquis of Western Japan will have no descendants!!!"

Thus, that very evening, Uesugi Muneyuki immediately received a call from the principal of Tokyo University's Komiyama.

"After thorough consideration by the Tokyo University Board of Directors, Uesugi-kun, you have been formally admitted by the Tokyo University Faculty of Medicine as a doctoral student and concurrently appointed as a non-regular clinical research physician in the Forensic Medicine Department of Tokyo University Hospital, with an annual salary of 7,000,000 yen, tuition fully waived; although this may be nonsense here, I still must ask: are you willing to accept?"

"I humbly accept the appointment!" Uesugi Muneyuki said solemnly.

"Very well, come to Tokyo University tomorrow to report! And complete the employment procedures for the Forensic Medicine Department of Tokyo University Hospital!" The principal of Tokyo University, Komiyama, said meaningfully: "Some things cannot wait!"

"Yes!"

Uesugi Muneyuki hung up the phone, and a strange sense of welled up in his heart.

Because he is quite prone to causing trouble, Tokyo University had always harbored doubts about his enrollment and employment; as a result, it was unexpected that in the end, it was Suo Masao who, by mobilizing all his connections, had him carried in.

Does this guy know this matter was something I did together with Mai Xuejie?

Am I investigating myself?

How the hell am I supposed to investigate this?

Uesugi Muneyuki only felt quite strange, and also had a kind of indescribable black humor.

"What's wrong?" Minami Ojou-sama was at home today, she was wrapped in a large, loose, thick-red, coarse-knit high-necked knitted dress, the skirt length reaching to the calf, forming a gentle arc. The high neck accentuated her small, exquisite jawline and swan neck, adding a sense of tranquil elegance; to withstand the January chill, Minami chose thick wool-blend tights in dark gray, with a thickness of over 120D guaranteeing absolute warmth, and the dark gray brought a sense of steadiness, forming a soft light-dark contrast with the deep red knitted dress, visually making the leg shape appear more delicate and slender.

Over it, she wore a loose, shawl-sleeved garment with the cuffs casually rolled up a few folds, creating an unintentionally lazy atmosphere. Her waist was lightly tied with a narrow, dark brown leather belt, outlining the waistline and avoiding an overall bulky appearance; a pair of gray-silk jade feet stepped on a pair of fluffy, light gray plush slippers, softly wrapping the ankles, seamlessly connecting with the thick tights, extending warmth from the soles to the entire body.

"Tokyo University notified me to go tomorrow to handle enrollment and employment procedures." Uesugi Muneyuki put down the phone and complained.

"Pfft!" Minami Ojou-sama was amused: "Truly, first relying on connections, then being polite! Muneyuki, you guess what it's for?"

"Isn't it just to establish the Special Investigation Headquarters?" Uesugi Muneyuki had a hard time suppressing a smile on his face: "The Special Mission Unit is about to start operating again! Management Official! Please issue the order!"

"Yo~~" Minami cried out strangely: "Little Attendant Ikeda! Mobilize the troops, present for evaluation! Close attendants Asuka, take turns on duty, no handwritten pass!"

"What nonsense!" Uesugi Muneyuki smirked and scooped Minami Ojou-sama up by the waist, placing her on his lap: "I see you're lacking the Shogun's judgment! Every time you have an audience lasting a quarter of an hour, Minami-dono?"

"Ugh!" Minami Ojou-sama cried out in alarm, quickly curling into a ball in Uesugi Muneyuki's embrace, covering her head and crouching to beg for mercy, slipping a pair of gray-silk jade feet painted with pink nail polish into Uesugi Muneyuki's hands: "Take this first, the rest we can talk about after dinner!"

Uesugi Muneyuki naturally also had no intention of coming now; he smiled and nodded in agreement.

Minami Ojou-sama is delicate and fears cold, Eirina is sturdy and fears heat, Asuka was born in Hokkaido and is actually quite cold-resistant, but she has a deep, painful memory of cold; my household truly is full of fluttering colorful flags.

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However, given this situation, it seems the Disney trip will have to be postponed temporarily.

……………………

At eight o'clock the next morning, in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, under the pressure of Suo Masao, the Metropolitan Police Department's Shibuya·Advanced Fitness Center Heavy Equipment Accident Special Investigation Headquarters was formally established.

Investigation Division Chief Sugishita Ukyo personally received orders to serve as Special Investigation Headquarters Chief, and personally arrived at the scene to begin the investigation; while the 200 police officers rushed to the scene by the Metropolitan Police Department, the Superintendent of Investigation Division 1 Kosaka, the Superintendent of Investigation Division 3 Kashiwagi, and the Superintendent of Investigation Division 5 Itami were responsible for the main investigation, whereas the numerous police officers from local precincts transferred in were responsible for peripheral investigation.

A large crowd of people sat densely packed inside the Special Investigation Headquarters; as the Special Investigation Headquarters Chief, Sugishita Ukyo wore a doubtful expression, looking at the preliminary results.

Tokyo University Hospital sent a report, with the doctor writing in the "Injury Mechanism" column: "A skateboard-like heavy object striking upward from below impacted the perineal region."

Pathology Department note: "Trace amounts of dimethyl silicone oil (a component of fitness equipment lubricant) were detected at the wound site."

Forensics Division testing revealed that the patient's wound contained components of Kobe beef steak sauce, and indicated that high alcohol concentration and prior use of stimulant drugs could be detected from bodily fluids.

After synthesizing all the reports and intelligence, Sugishita Ukyo, Division Chief, still judged this to be highly likely an accidental incident!

However, around eleven o'clock in the morning, Suo Masao, who had arrived at the scene, refused to believe it; he seized the biomechanics curve chart and tore it apart: "Torque? My son is not an automobile part!"

"It is absolutely someone directing! Absolutely! Someone, someone is afraid that Ryouhei will become Prime Minister in the future!"

"When will the Special Investigation Headquarters arrive? Where is Uesugi? Where is the Special Mission Unit? You people, I don't believe a single one of you! I want to see Uesugi! Bring Uesugi here!"

At that moment, the lawmaker's secretary suddenly pushed open the main gate of the Special Investigation Headquarters, he ran at full speed, stumbled a few steps in a flustered panic, and was finally tripped by a cable on the ground, then slid on his knees across the ceramic tiles all the way to the lawmaker's feet.

"Uesugi Lai has arrived!!!"

As this cry rang out, carrying his briefcase, having just completed the enrollment and hiring procedures at the University of Tokyo, the Special Mission Unit's forensic examiner Uesugi Muneyuki and the Special Mission Unit members made their official appearance.

And as Uesugi Muneyuki and Watanabe Minami entered side by side, a strong signal was transmitted to the entire Japanese police community.

The Special Mission Unit, officially shifting from inactive to active status!

(Chapter End)