Chapter 439

Aside from the absence of Special Mission Unit Chief Okada Masayoshi due to injury, and his wife returning to the apartment in low spirits and loudly lamenting social injustice, the Investigation Division 1 of the Sakuradamon Metropolitan Police Department.

"Cheers!!!"

After everyone shared a celebratory cola, Kashiwagi Toru happened to share the grilled eel his girlfriend made with everyone; although there were many people, each person only got one chopstick's worth, but the thought counts, and everyone's impression of this son of the Vice-Minister of Justice's household improved considerably; hearing that Kashiwagi Toru's girlfriend personally bought the fish at the Chiba seafood market, slaughtered it, cooked it, and delivered it to the basement of the Metropolitan Police Department, the members of Investigation Division 1 all remarked in amazement.

Kashiwagi Toru's girlfriend is called Debuki Etsuko, about 28 years old, whom he met on an ANA flight when, due to two passengers suddenly arguing on board, as a flight attendant Debuki Etsuko could not handle the passengers' dispute and was even harassed, even when the purser arrived it was useless, and it was Kashiwagi Toru who proactively revealed his police identity to defuse the situation.

However, the real reason Kashiwagi Toru defused the argument was not his police identity, but rather his father Kashiwagi Mineaki, who at the time was a senior official at the Japanese Embassy in the United States, leading to this young master being recognized.

Flight attendant Debuki Etsuko was very grateful to Kashiwagi for helping her out of the predicament, privately invited him to a meal, and after some back-and-forth they became a couple; it is worth mentioning that before joining the Special Mission Unit, Debuki Etsuko's salary as a flight attendant was actually higher than Kashiwagi Toru's, and she mainly flies international routes on a three-days-on, three-days-off schedule, but she never emphasizes these facts; instead, because she has plenty of free time, she proactively took on all household chores, being very considerate of her boyfriend's hardships, very thoughtful, and even recently, due to Kashiwagi's special transfer, she learned that his father is none other than the Vice-Minister of Justice, holding a position equivalent to the Superintendent General.

"Kashiwagi-kun! So your girlfriend is a JAL flight attendant???" Itami Deputy Chief excitedly grabbed Kashiwagi's hand, the over-forty-year-old bachelor's eyes brimming with tears.

"Huh? Yeah, what's wrong?" Kashiwagi Toru blinked in confusion.

"Yo! Then let's arrange a mixer!" Itami Deputy Chief sincerely pleaded: "Being able to attend one mixer with flight attendants is my lifelong dream and request!"

"Huh???" Kashiwagi Toru thought, what does this have to do with that?

"Hold on, I think I heard, flight attendant?" At that moment, Shiratori Sho Superintendent of the Second Division appeared, holding a cup of juice with a half-smile; this career-track Superintendent's style is completely different from Kashiwagi Jin's, emphasizing steady, solid progress, not seeking merit but seeking no fault.

"Right, she's a CA! Kashiwagi-kun's girlfriend is a CA!" Itami Deputy Chief said with an emotionally charged expression.

"Yo! Then let's arrange a mixer!" Shiratori Superintendent immediately became interested: "A mixer with CAs? No matter what, count me in!"

"Hold on, Superintendent Shiratori, don't you have a girlfriend?" Kashiwagi was stunned; everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department knows Superintendent Shiratori has a model girlfriend named Okada Sayaka.

"Girlfriend is girlfriend, mixer is mixer!" Shiratori Superintendent said naturally: "We're not married, so what's the issue? Kashiwagi-kun, if there's an arrangement, definitely count me in!"

"Hold on, I think I heard, mixer?" At that moment, Kousaka Superintendent of the First Division also came over: "A mixer with CAs? I definitely couldn't pretend I didn't hear that."

"Kousaka-san, you're already married, aren't you?" Kashiwagi Toru was completely speechless.

"So what if I'm married?" Kosaka Shinichiro said offhand: "That can't be the same? It doesn't affect anything, marriage is work, mixer is life~"

Kashiwagi Toru: "?"

During Kashiwagi Toru's silence, Investigation Division 1 Management Officer Megure Superintendent approached interestedly: "What are you discussing?"

"Superintendent, Kashiwagi's girlfriend is indeed a CA, a JAL CA!" Itami Deputy Chief immediately flattered him by explaining.

"Oh? Really?" Megure Superintendent also got energized: "Yo, Kashiwagi-kun, have your girlfriend arrange a mixer with CAs for us! Add me in!"

Kashiwagi Toru: "……"

Meanwhile, Uesugi Muneyuki was standing behind Date Nagamune, watching this legitimate son of the Uwajima Date family browsing CSGO matches online: "What are you watching? Date?"

"Oh oh, Uesugi-san, I'm watching a new player from the COUZ team who's incredibly strong, called Niko, basically the world's best rifleman!" Date Nagamune pointed at the computer screen and said.

"World's best rifleman? Any majors?" Uesugi Muneyuki thought, right, Niko just debuted not long ago.

"Well, no, but given his skill and marksmanship, winning a major is just a matter of time, alright." Date Nagamune paused, then spoke with considerable certainty.

World's best rifleman, right?

Hmph.

Uesugi Muneyuki gave a half-smile, the memories of his past life assaulting him.

This is Niko, I asked him if he agrees, he always agrees every time.

This is donk, 17-year-old major champion MVP and annual TOP1, surpassed Niko's 12-year professional career in just two years, dare to go gun-to-gun with him?

"Oh, is that so, oh right, I heard France has a super newcomer called ZywOo."

"That big sweet potato? I know, just looking at him you can tell he's no good." Date Nagamune shook his head repeatedly, his tone full of contempt: "Just looking at him you can tell he has no champion's fate."

"How's Date Munetada grandfather doing?" Uesugi Muneyuki and Date Nagamune chatted for a few sentences, naturally bringing up the topic of the peerage.

"Grandfather's health is still okay, but after all he's over 70, constantly urging for a great-grandchild, but I've only just started working, thinking of waiting a few years until work stabilizes before saying anything, and besides, I was previously a Self-Defense Official, really hard to bring up." Date Nagamune said somewhat embarrassedly: "Compared to finding a girlfriend, I'd rather..."

"... prefer love exposure, right?" Uesugi Muneyuki gave him a sideways glance.

"Um, oh right, Uesugi-san, you really don't consider joining me in pushing Akasaka? Akasaka made it to Kohaku again this year! Look!" Date Nagamune, upon mentioning his favorite idol, immediately got energized, eager to recommend it to Uesugi Muneyuki.

However, when Date Nagamune opened the portal website, a headline made his and Uesugi Muneyuki's expressions change slightly.

East Japan Newspaper headline: "Tears of the National Hero vs. Words of the Cold-Hearted Beautiful Wife"

The left side of the front page shows Okada Masayoshi in the shocking backshot of rescuing children at the nursery school (blood-stained police uniform, shielding the children), the right side shows Okada Miki being surrounded by reporters at the airport, covering her mouth in a flustered, disheveled close-up.

Subtitle: "'Making a mountain out of a molehill?' Okada Superintendent's wife misspoke at the airport, public outrage! Hero bleeds, wife fights back?"

The main text elaborately describes Miki's European shopping trip (citing photos dug up by netizens), arrival time, airport chaos scene, and especially emphasizes her astonishing remarks "Making a mountain out of a molehill" and "Isn't my husband not dead yet?"

The professional commentator's article is even more fiery, condemning her as "utterly lacking empathy", "shameful to the hero husband", "tainting national sentiment", even elevating it to the "mentality of a traitor's wife".

Uesugi Muneyuki instantly furrowed his brows.

He had always suspected there were some problems in the Okada household, but he never expected this Okada wife to truly be... actually returning to Japan nearly 10 days after her husband's injury?! Still carrying boxes full of luxury goods?

Okada Masayoshi's current take-home salary is roughly 6.5 million yen (Minami's position is higher but seniority is especially short, so salary isn't much higher), yet every month 500,000 yen is still not enough for household expenses according to his wife's constant complaints, where does the money for these luxury purchases come from?

Moreover, it happened so fast!

According to the news, Okada wife took her flight tonight, editing was done tonight, and the press release was written and sent out tonight?

This seems a bit abnormal.

Furthermore, connecting it to the fact that on the day Okada was injured, the parents of the rescued children from the nursery school collectively came to visit that afternoon, a large group of news reporters arrived precisely on time for on-site filming and reporting, that evening all sorts of "police and people as one family", and connecting it to that morning, a head of silver-white hair yet very energetic and with an extremely deep city, the Financial Services Agency Director General, Okada Masayoshi's father Okada Masahide, Uesugi Muneyuki faintly felt that this background might not be so simple.

That evening, after the Special Mission Unit celebrated at Investigation Division 1, they each went off duty and prepared to go home.

But when everyone came out of Sakuradamon, Kashiwagi Toru unexpectedly found his girlfriend Debuki Etsuko still waiting downstairs!

"Etsuko, you? You haven't left yet?" Kashiwagi Toru hurried over, feeling both pained and moved.

The girlfriend brought the grilled eel at 6 PM, now it's almost 8 PM!

"Idiot, today is Kashiwagi-kun's big happy day, how could I feel good about going home alone?" Debuki Etsuko, though not a stunning beauty, without the flight attendant uniform and makeup, appears to have regular, well-proportioned features, height around 169 cm, she smiled gently: "How about it, can the food still be eaten by everyone?"

"You damn fool! What can be eaten by everyone? Everyone's, unanimously praised, right?" Kashiwagi Toru felt quite pleased as he turned around, introducing his girlfriend to the Special Mission Unit members: "Everyone, let me introduce, this is my girlfriend Debuki Etsuko."

"Hello everyone, I'm Debuki Etsuko, I work at ANA Airlines, mainly fly international routes, Kashiwagi has always been taken care of by all of you, I'm here to thank everyone!" After saying that, Debuki Etsuko bowed deeply.

"No no, we are the ones who have been taken care of by Kashiwagi-kun!" Minami Ojou-sama smiled with squinting eyes and extended her hand: "Miss Debuki, very pleased to meet you!"

"This is, the Metropolitan Police Department pervert... uh, I mean, the Chief Medical Examiner of Investigation Division 1, Uesugi-san..." Kashiwagi Toru introduced rather unnaturally.

"Please take care of me." Uesugi Muneyuki flashed a brilliant smile, staring meaningfully at Kai's girlfriend.

Actually, Kai and Okada are quite similar, although many details differ, but broadly speaking, both exhibit the typical twisted rebellious trait under East Asian patriarchal authority conditions in family environment and father-son relationship.

But they both chose their partners themselves, yet these two people...

Uesugi Muneyuki's gaze made Yūko and Kai both a little dazed; the former wondered if there was something on her, while the latter recalled certain legends in the Metropolitan Police Department.

Legend has it that this pervert Uesugi specializes in targeting beautiful women around him, and there is also a legend that this guy relies on his super strong case-solving ability to make many detectives willingly offer their wives and daughters in exchange for various merits and honors!

Really, no shame at all!

Although Kai Toru thought this was probably just rumors, after spending some time together he felt Uesugi Muneyuki shouldn't be this kind of person, but... just in case?

Indeed, we still need to keep Yūko away from this pervert Uesugi!

(Chapter End)