Chapter 566: Uesugi's Divine Calculation!

After both sides successfully reached the terms of the deal, Uesugi Muneyuki immediately conveyed his negotiation terms to Watanabe Eiji and Onoda Kimiaki.

Watanabe Eiji naturally had no doubts, and agreed immediately in his wild joy: "Muneyuki! I agree, I agree to everything!"

"You did well, you did well!"

Nonsense, the crime scene is in Yamanashi Prefecture, what does it have to do with me, the Superintendent General? And he knew very well that he had already offended Foreign Akimoto Daijin because of Akimoto Shota's ascension to heaven, so offending once is offending, offending a hundred times is also offending, might as well take this opportunity to thoroughly ruin Akimoto Daijin's reputation!

Mobilizing so many resources, so much manpower and material, obtaining the Cabinet's highest authorization and cross-prefecture lightning strike on Aokigahara Forest where the suspect was equipped with a large amount of controlled weapons — if he couldn't produce a decent result, that would be a major blow to his prestige and status as Superintendent General!

This was far better than the conditions Watanabe Eiji had imagined!

But Onoda Kimiaki showed some hesitation.

He is the big boss of the Public Security Police, so of course he knows more. As mentioned earlier, the Public Security Police have their bright side, which is embodied to the fullest in Meitantei Conan's claim that my lover is this country's dark-skinned person, while their dark side is serving powerful figures all day, acting as lackeys, wiping asses.

And after the Cold War ended, the international situation eased. Although there were still some spy activities between them, they were already irrelevant. Against the background of the Public Security faction's gradual decline, whether they could help powerful figures settle matters, finish matters, and do things became an important indicator for the Public Security leader.

Onoda's failure to handle this kind of thing well and letting it be exposed would undoubtedly affect him, and he would get an "unreliable" evaluation among the higher-ups.

This position of Public Security leader, if you don't do it, naturally someone else will!

This made Onoda somewhat conflicted.

However, Uesugi Muneyuki had anticipated this conflict of his. He simply said to Onoda Kimiaki: "Chief Cabinet Secretary, you need the Chief Cabinet Secretary's help, right? But Chief Cabinet Secretary, you also need the Chief Cabinet Secretary's support, right?"

Onoda Kimiaki's pupils shrank upon hearing this, and he instantly understood Uesugi Muneyuki's meaning.

If it were before, Onoda Kimiaki would absolutely never agree to this kind of handling method, because it would make him look "incompetent"! It would also make the entire Public Security Police look "incompetent"!

However, Akimoto Daijin's repeated abuse of power, instructing the Public Security Police to "wipe the ass" for his son, ultimately bringing the fire onto himself, yet letting the entire Public Security Police bear enormous pressure and sacrifices, had long accumulated deep dissatisfaction within the Public Security.

Letting Osumikawa live, letting him speak — in a certain sense, this was also a silent counterattack against that high-and-mighty, irresponsible politician.

As mentioned earlier, the bureaucratic system is sluggish, insensitive, and after being stunned and knocked down by a single blow, only knows how to lie on the ground gasping. But once this colossus comes to its senses, the entire system's counterattack is frenzied, lethal, and won't easily stop.

And Uesugi Muneyuki also hit the nail on the head: if the Foreign Minister is gone, Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda Kimiaki, wouldn't your Onii-san have one less competitor for the Prime Minister's position?

Uesugi Muneyuki spoke a bit too bluntly, without that traditional bureaucratic style of speaking in riddles, seeming to understand yet not, seeming to have said something yet said nothing, seeming to have said nothing yet said everything.

But Onoda Kimiaki understood, and that was enough!

"Understood, we'll do as Uesugi-kun says. Our Public Security Police Security Department will fully guarantee this guy's safety!" Onoda Kimiaki finally relented: "Well done! Uesugi-kun, all of us in the Public Security Police owe you a huge favor!"

Uesugi Muneyuki finally got an affirmative answer, and he sighed inwardly.

I don't understand chemical engineering, but do I not understand Japan?

This is a typical campaign-style governance country. Without exposure, without petitions, without making a big fuss, they won't genuinely try to solve problems.

Many times, you have to make a fuss up to the higher-ups, or even higher-ups, before things can be resolved!

Besides power being responsible only to its source, it's also because only at a sufficiently high level and height does the so-called "officials protecting officials" not become so absolute, leaving room for breakthroughs. Many times this isn't because the entire bureaucratic system has loopholes and isn't tight enough, but because at a certain degree and rank, there are only those few positions. Everyone wants them, everyone wants to rise. Once something happens, it will very naturally be exploited by enemies.

The enemy of my enemy is a friend, or at least a temporary ally.

The pinnacle of power is extremely narrow, fundamentally unable to accommodate many people. Didn't the great filial son Horus immediately launch the great birthday celebration just because he discovered the Emperor hadn't left a spot for himself at the top of the Human Empire's pyramid, where only the Emperor himself and Imperial Chancellor Malcador could fit?

Of course, we're talking about Japan here, unrelated to other countries.

After obtaining affirmation from the two highest on-site commanders, Uesugi Muneyuki finally signaled to Osumikawa that everything was settled.

"Let's go."

"Okay."

After Uesugi Muneyuki had been inside for ten-odd minutes, at the abandoned wooden cabin in Aokigahara Forest.

The air in the forest seemed to freeze. All eyes were glued to that tightly shut, dilapidated wooden door. The SAT snipers' knuckles turned white from exertion. The megaphone emitted only the tense hiss of static. In this suffocating dead silence — "Creak."

The wooden door was pushed open from inside.

The first to walk out was Uesugi Muneyuki.

He still wore that spotless white coat, expression calm, as if he had just completed not a negotiation brushing with death, but an ordinary academic exchange. He stepped forward a few paces, facing countless gun muzzles and tense faces, raised his right hand, and made a clear "safe" gesture.

Then, speaking into the radio earpiece, his voice clear and steady, he announced — this voice simultaneously transmitted across the entire operation channel and the forward command post:

"This is Uesugi. Negotiation successful. Target agrees to abandon resistance, voluntarily. Repeat, crisis resolved."

As his words fell, Osumikawa Minoru's figure appeared at the doorway. The manic look on his face had already faded, replaced by a strange calm mixed with fatigue, relief, and some unfulfilled ambition.

Under the gaze of hundreds of eyes, he slowly, piece by piece, removed the ANFO explosive blocks strapped to his body, carefully placing them on the open ground before the door, his movements so practiced it was as if he were taking off daily work tools.

Finally, he stepped forward a few paces, raised both hands high, wrists together, and declared in a clear voice:

"I, Osumikawa Minoru, decide to surrender!"

And Ikeda Erena, at Uesugi Muneyuki's signal, finally pulled out a pair of silver handcuffs from behind her back, and amid earth-shaking trembling and swaying at her chest, rushed over at high speed!

*Click* — a light sound.

A pair of cold handcuffs clamped onto his emaciated wrists.

This light sound, like a starting gun, instantly ignited the emotions suppressed to the limit!

"Success!!"

"Arrested!! Captured alive!!"

"Banzai! Metropolitan Police Department banzai!!"

Like a dam bursting, a massive roar mixed with wild joy, catharsis, and incomparable pride surged skyward from all directions!

The SAT members, previously frozen like sculptures, suddenly leapt up, waving their fists vigorously, embracing their comrades tightly. Many even excitedly ripped off their gas masks, revealing faces covered in sweat and tear tracks!

The riot police struck their shields against the ground, producing a neat and majestic rumble!

All participating police, regardless of rank, cheered and shouted without restraint at this moment, transforming days of fatigue, pressure, and fear of death entirely into this deafening victory roar!

Inside the forward command post, Watanabe Eiji's tense body finally relaxed. He sank heavily back into his chair, letting out a long, long breath, the corners of his mouth rising uncontrollably.

Criminal Investigation Department Chief Uchimura directly grabbed the communicator and shouted excitedly across all channels: "Gentlemen! We succeeded! This is the Metropolitan Police Department's victory! It is justice's victory!"

"Kobe, notify Kino's side to immediately protect this guy! Let everyone see we've caught the mastermind of the bombing case! Give all outside media a brief interview opportunity!" Onoda Kimiaki roared at the top of his lungs. After allocating the tasks, he turned to the Investigation Division 1 Chief behind him with a satisfied smile: "Now, are you satisfied? Ukyo?"

Sugishita Ukyo nodded with a complex expression. Unexpectedly, Onoda had shown great righteousness this time. The Division 1 Chief had nothing to say.

Minami had already disappeared, running to the scene to find Uesugi Muneyuki.

After a period of time, the edge of the forest.

When the journalists saw through their long-focus lenses the footage of Ōsumikawa being handcuffed and escorted out, and heard the preliminary information coming from the front about the successful negotiation and surrender, they boiled over completely!

The NHK reporter faced the camera, voice trembling with excitement: "Viewers! A historic moment! Under the Metropolitan Police Department's unprecedented large-scale encirclement and suppression and the heroic negotiation by the genius forensic pathologist Doctor Uesugi Muneyuki, the principal offender of the shocking Minato Ward explosion case, Ōsumikawa Minoru, has put down his weapons and voluntarily surrendered! A potential tragedy has been dissolved into nothingness! This is a textbook classic operation in the history of Japanese law enforcement!"

Fuji Television's ace beautiful female anchor Tei Reiji was even more not stingy with words of praise: "A miracle! This is simply a miracle! At the critical juncture where crisis was imminent, the Metropolitan Police Department resolved the crisis bloodlessly with its powerful deterrence and precise psychological offensive! Especially worth mentioning is Special Investigation Division's Doctor Uesugi Muneyuki; he is not only the scientific giant who locked onto the real culprit, but also the negotiation expert who personally faced peril! He is the pride of the Metropolitan Police Department, the true guardian protecting this country!"

Our anchor Tei even couldn't help but clamp her legs together.

On the internet, praise surged in like a tsunami.

"Too strong! The Metropolitan Police Department rocks!"

"Doctor Uesugi! Handsome and strong! This is the guardian of the people!"

"From locking onto the Tree Sea to persuading surrender, perfect!"

Amidst earth-shaking cheers and camera flashbulbs flickering into a star sea, Ōsumikawa Minoru was escorted by fully armed SAT members, walking toward the waiting armored vehicles.

He turned his head, taking a last glance at that deep Tree Sea that had swallowed his daughter, and took another glance at Uesugi Muneyuki who was surrounded by countless police, thrown up, and celebrated.

"Uesugi! Uesugi! Uesugi!" The police went wild.

He failed, because he was captured alive; but he seemed to have succeeded again, because he would walk toward the next stage with the identity of a "surrenderer" rather than a "self-exploder," to continue his unfinished accusation against those in power.

"Uesugi! Uesugi! Uesugi!" The Special Mission Unit crowd cheered, and Minami simply pounced on Uesugi Muneyuki, giving him a big kiss.

And for the Metropolitan Police Department, this was an undisputed, perfect, complete victory worthy of being recorded in history books! Steel,

Will and science, ultimately conquered hatred and madness!

Uesugi Muneyuki stood in the center of the cheers, bearing his colleagues' fervent gazes; beneath his calm exterior, his heart was also surging with emotion for the fruits of this joint effort.

Com! Plete! Vic! Tory!

And facing the media siege from all sides, the person involved Ōsumikawa Minoru took a deep breath, spitting out the words he had long since organized from his shriveled, foul-smelling mouth.

"My name is Ōsumikawa Minoru! 62 years old, graduate of Tokyo Institute of Technology! Former engineer of Showa Chemical!"

"Regarding this incident, I have something to say!"