Chapter 605

PS: Next up is going to blow up, give me some time to brew, today first super double 4900-word big chapter!

Kashiwagi Jin not seeing Uesugi Muneyuki is natural, but the Special Mission Unit internally also felt strange because Uesugi Muneyuki hadn't come to work today.

"Strange, Muneyuki is always very punctual, why hasn't he come yet even now?" Minami Ojou-sama sat on the chair, she hadn't stayed overnight at Sakata Bridge last night because her body couldn't take it, seeing it was already past nine and Uesugi Muneyuki still hadn't appeared, Minami Ojou-sama had to ask Ikeda.

Eirina had always been inseparable from Uesugi Muneyuki, today she should have driven him to work.

"I don't know, Muneyuki told me this morning that there was something at Tokyo University, so I should come to work alone, he took a taxi." Ikeda Eirina widened her innocent eyes, blinked, indicating I don't know.

"Huh?!" Hearing Eirina say that, several people in the Special Mission Unit were speechless.

Going to Tokyo University? Taking a taxi? You serious?

Tokyo University is just a ten-odd minute walk from Sakata Bridge Tower, Uesugi Muneyuki actually took a taxi?

You know Japanese taxis are famously expensive, starting fare 1000 yen, going a few dozen meters is 200 yen, 200 yen increasing, a ten-odd kilometer taxi ride can cost five or six thousand yen!

Wanting to commute by taxi daily, you'd at least need to be a high-end white-collar worker with an annual income over 10 million yen.

Well, although Uesugi indeed is, but Uesugi Muneyuki doesn't have that kind of spending habit.

"Huh? Something at university?" Minami Ojou-sama instinctively looked toward Ishihara Mikoto.

Something at Tokyo University?

No! Ishihara Mikoto shook her head with an innocent face, even a bit amused, almost everything at Tokyo University is handled by her, even representing Uesugi, if Uesugi had something, she would know?

"Then this question becomes interesting, since Tokyo University has nothing, we also have nothing, where exactly did Uesugi go?" Nango Yui, Acting Unit Chief, sipped a cup of English Darjeeling red tea, smiling at everyone: "Could it be he was bewitched by some woman, entrusted by her to go do private work for her?"

"Hmph, he dares?!" Minami Ojou-sama angrily waved her small fist, a wrinkle appeared on her nose: "Just a cicada on Uesugi, without him, our Special Mission Unit still turns just fine!"

"Can it really turn just fine?" Kai Toru retorted.

"Exactly, I order you, Mikoto, you immediately become as useful as Uesugi!" Minami Ojou-sama pointed at Ishihara Mikoto.

"…………" Ishihara Mikoto speechlessly looked at Minami.

"Alright, since Uesugi Chief has something going on and isn't willing to say, let's go check Investigation Division 1, see if there's anything we can help with." Okada Masayoshi smoothed things over.

"Really, where is Uesugi Chief making money?" Date Nagamune couldn't help but retort.

……………………

At the same time, Public Security secret facility.

Uesugi Muneyuki's expression remained very stern, after the autopsy was completed, he kept a stern face, as if constantly thinking about something.

The situation is much worse than imagined.

Nakamura's death is not just a terrible accident, but an intentional murder!

Even this is not just an intentional murder, but afterward it also involves a shocking great secret!

As a Public Security informant and secret investigative journalist for Bungei Shunjū, Nakamura Kenichi has been investigating the mysterious organization "N Network" that has existed all along.

Recently, he finally had some findings, according to his investigation, among incidents involving N Network, a bar hostess named Nagase Arisu seems to have close ties to N Network, she was arranged to receive more than one big figure in Arakawa Ward, Nakamura Kenichi staked out near her home for a long time, there are many photos as proof, including one of Foreign Minister Akimoto!

However, at this critical point, Nakamura Kenichi died!

According to the death flashback and Nakamura's memory, the attacker undoubtedly launched from the shadows, directly stabbed a cyanide syringe into his body, one strike to the soul.

Naturally, as an investigative journalist, Nakamura Kenichi isn't working for free for Public Security police, he wants to keep these photos on file, as important evidence to negotiate with Public Security police and Bungei Shunjū, at least to get over 100 million yen, and also have Public Security send him abroad to avoid things, avoid three to five years.

If no promise is given, he won't hand over the originals.

These Public Security people, everyone who understands, understands.

Therefore he didn't put the original photos on his person, but placed them at some temporary lodging point in Arakawa Ward, likewise, also his certain secret observation point.

Nakamura Kenichi revealed where he hid the originals, now the problem comes to Uesugi Muneyuki's side.

Now speaking out, unveiling the inner workings of N Network, is this a suitable time?

Is the current evidence sufficient to in one go completely crush Akimoto Daijin, even the entire dark network behind him?

And……will Public Security police support myself?

Uesugi Muneyuki then turned his gaze to the Public Security police currently searching all personnel, locations, organizations, files related to "arisu (Arisu)" and "Alice".

These people's authority is great, their starting point is for the nation's long-term peace and stability, however undeniably, their lackey attribute is equally strong, if I inform them of this information, will they support my further cleansing of Akimoto Daijin, or will they choose……to silence me?

The predecessor of Public Security police was the Special Higher Police, this group's reputation reeks for ten miles, who knows what they'll actually do.

Receive guests, behead, take as dogs.

Uesugi Muneyuki has always firmly sat at the level of receiving guests, the entire peerage system and police organization all revere him as an honored guest, highly respecting and relying on him, but if I truly want to pry open this whole thing, will they still trust and support me as before?

Moreover such a big matter……not to mention Public Security, even the National Police Agency lacks qualifications to investigate National Diet members and Cabinet ministers!

The only one truly capable of moving these people……indeed still needs the strength of Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Unit!

Detectives, Public Security, Cabinet, Public Prosecutors, peerage, Imperial Household Agency……how should I skillfully utilize these people's strength

Uesugi Muneyuki fell into hesitation, meanwhile he also felt a bit amused.

Trying to get things done, how difficult it is!

We Japanese are like this, wanting to accomplish one thing may need a hundred conditions, but wanting to fail at one thing only needs one condition, and Japan's bureaucratic system is just this good at evading, delaying, kicking the ball, Japanese people especially love collective decision-making collective execution, this leads to especially low administrative efficiency.

Japan is the world's second most meeting-loving country.

Japan is the world's most fond of holding endless rounds of high-end business and administrative meetings in hotels, many countries have started online meetings online office, Japanese people insist on booking hotels for face-to-face round after round of talks, only then can they also dare to finally hammer the board.

Each Japanese hotel annually gets at least 10%-15% of its income from large corporations enterprises and self-governing organizations, system entities coming to hotels for meetings bringing room bookings and venue rentals, beverage meal service fees.

So there's a joke: Americans need sheep, Japanese need wolves.

Americans act too freely, all kinds of genius ideas keep emerging, thus doing things actually needs collective decision-making collective execution, to avoid various out-of-line performances and major mistakes, each one is a "wolf", thus needing to corral them to let them learn unity learn team collaboration learn division of labor.

Japanese act too conservatively rigidly, everyone is striving to "integrate into the group""hide oneself""read the air", don't ask, asking means no opinion, don't mention, mentioning means I agree, thus Japanese instead need a "genius" to act unilaterally, to lead them to break this "don't stand out compete to be invisible" team atmosphere, truly lead this group of "sheep" forward.

Also precisely because of this, Japanese although extremely conservative, but toward "geniuses" are exceptionally tolerant, as long as not touching the absolute red line, some big or small problems will all be overlooked, even described as "geniuses have quirks".

For example, someone especially lustful, claiming to be the Metropolitan Police Pervert surrounded by countless beauties obviously maintaining a harem, Japanese society just laughs it off, even takes it as a joke meme creating various skits.

Because their society needs such people.

Still, let's wait and see.

The Public Security Department's operational capability is beyond doubt; they immediately mobilized resources and conducted a comprehensive investigation into "Arisu" and its English spelling "Alice"—names, aliases, registered companies, even bar and café names in the database—but the results were disappointing, with no findings clearly related to the case.

The leads seemed to have run dry at Nakamura Kenichi.

Uesugi Muneyuki was not surprised by this; he then asked: "What about Nakamura's residence? Has it been searched?"

"Of course it was searched!" Detective Kino frowned and nodded, thinking: What does Chief Uesugi mean? Are you doubting our Public Security's professional competence?

"You searched without applying for a warrant, right?" Uesugi Muneyuki said, glancing sideways.

"…………We don't do things that rigidly." Detective Kino lowered his voice considerably.

In the absence of clear evidence and a warrant, Public Security personnel, exercising special authority, forcibly searched Nakamura's official residence, but found nothing. This result was not unexpected to Uesugi Muneyuki.

"Someone as experienced an informant as Mr. Nakamura would never place truly important items where they could easily be found." At the situation analysis meeting, Uesugi Muneyuki stated calmly: "He must have an unknown temporary lodging point, or what you call a 'safe house,' for handling the most sensitive information and items."

"But Tokyo is so vast—how do we find it?" Management Officer Ichijo Kaoru frowned tightly.

"The answer may still be with him." Uesugi Muneyuki's gaze turned again toward the mortuary: "Give me a little more time, and I also need assistance from Tokyo University."

"Naturally, we will give you all our support—please!"

After obtaining permission, Uesugi Muneyuki, under the protection of Public Security Police, went to Tokyo University and immediately conducted a second, more meticulous secret autopsy.

This time, his focus was no longer on toxins, but on Nakamura Kenichi's clothing fibers, shoe sole crevices, fingernail debris, even microscopic adherents on hair and skin surface. He used a high-powered electron microscope and spectral analyzer, like an archaeologist, carefully interpreting the final environmental information left on the corpse.

Several hours passed, and when everyone was nearly losing patience, Uesugi Muneyuki finally lifted his head from the examination table, a flash of realization in his eyes.

"Found it." He held up a sealed sample bottle containing barely visible particles: "In the deep fibers of Mr. Nakamura's trouser legs, in the soil layers between the shoe soles, and in the nail grooves, we discovered the same rare diatom fossil micro-particles, as well as a specific type of freshwater cyanobacterium spore."

He walked to the electronic screen, pulled up the hydrogeological map of the Tokyo area: "This combination of diatom fossils is found more commonly in the sediments of the upper Sumida River, specifically where the Arakawa and Sumida Rivers converge. As for that cyanobacterium, it has recently proliferated in that river segment due to changes in water temperature and nutrient levels."

He pointed to an area on the map half-encircled by the river: "Combined with the metal dust unique to a nearby small metal-processing factory found on his clothing…… I infer that his temporary lodging point should be in this area—a building that can see or is near the riverbank and not far from the small factory, likely an old apartment or warehouse."

"Water knows all!" Uesugi Muneyuki pointed his finger at a specific area near the Arakawa Ward Sumida River: "The truth is only one!"

"Nakamura's temporary lodging point is somewhere within a five-kilometer radius nearby!"

【That's right, water knows all.】Arimura Hana imitated Uesugi Muneyuki's actions with a straight face, struggling to mimic his tone of voice.

The cockroaches' little move was pretty cool!

This surgical-precise reasoning again shocked the on-site Public Security personnel.

It has already surpassed the scope of an ordinary forensic pathologist—truly a modern-day Sherlock Holmes!

Sakigawa Nen's Sherlock Holmes!

If such a person could serve our Public Security, what great matter would we not accomplish?

No delay—Public Security Police immediately mobilized elite units, preparing to storm the area locked onto by Uesugi Muneyuki.

"I'm going too." Uesugi Muneyuki spoke in a flat tone, yet without room for doubt.

"Uesugi Professor, this is too dangerous! We cannot guarantee absolute safety at the scene!" Detective Kino immediately objected.

"I need to confirm immediately whether the environmental evidence at the scene matches my inference exactly—this affects the interpretation of subsequent clues. Moreover," he paused, his gaze sweeping over the patiently waiting Sakura beside him: "I understand the killer's methods better, and perhaps I can notice details you've overlooked."

Section Chief Hasegawa and Management Officer Ichijo Kaoru quickly exchanged a glance.

Uesugi Muneyuki's value and the energy behind him made it impossible for them to simply refuse, and his demonstrated professional ability was indeed crucial.

"……Alright." Section Chief Hasegawa finally nodded heavily, but he immediately picked up the internal communication device and issued an unambiguous order to all personnel involved in the operation:

"All operation personnel take note: target location status unknown, suspected high-risk individuals. Repeat: status unknown, suspected high-risk individuals! Authorize Level One Alert, all personnel……draw sidearms! If necessary, authorize use of force!"

The moment the order was given, the entire operation team's atmosphere suddenly tightened.

Red lights flashed, mechanical sounds roared into motion.

Inside the secret facility, the weapons cabinet opened—row upon row of Sig pistols, SW small revolvers, and New South Bureau pistols stood clearly visible.

The faint clink of metal firearms colliding, the "click" of rounds chambering, and the solemn expressions of personnel checking their gear all foretold that this would no longer be a simple search, but possibly an armed assault confronting the shadows.

Uesugi Muneyuki remained expressionless, as if he hadn't heard the dangerous order, merely adjusting his coat slightly.

Miyawaki Sakura's heart rose to her throat as she watched Uesugi Muneyuki's calm profile and the Public Security Police forming up like they faced a great enemy, realizing they were actively stepping into the center of an unknown, extremely dangerous vortex.

Sakura felt only her heart pounding wildly.

Unlike ordinary people, facing this situation, Sakura felt not tension, nor fear, but a strong excitement, a thrill like a deer racing wildly!

She even felt a spasm-like stimulation and faint pain in her lower abdomen, warmth spreading until her face flushed and ears burned!

Awesome!

Thrilling!!!

Such things are forever unexperienceable in Kagoshima!

I came to Tokyo for exactly this life! Just this!

Over the past year, five or six major cases, each with new topics!

"I want to go too!" Sakura excitedly clenched her legs and suddenly said.

Detective Kino coldly eyed her, even too lazy to bother with her.

You are?

However, Uesugi Muneyuki said: "Bring her along—she's clearly not a police officer; normally, those who take the name Alice are girls, and you lot have a certain aura, too easily arousing vigilance, while I'm too famous; bringing Sakura might just work wonders."

Pokakka said: Undercover idols must be like idols!

Sakura herself is a true idol—she can sing, dance, act; in this situation, who would believe she's a Public Security Police officer?

"Is that so?" The Public Security Police fell silent for a moment, still unconvinced.

Yet, Uesugi Muneyuki's face had to be given; after thinking it over repeatedly, they still said Sakura could come along, but must stay in the vehicle, and this police uniform must be changed.

Sakura naturally had no reason to refuse; she became excited to the point of losing composure.

Does Mr. Uesugi live like this all day?

Really, Thai pants spicy!

Thus, Uesugi Muneyuki and several vehicles of Public Security Police, like swords, silently drove toward the locked-on area by the Sumida River.

Target: Alice!!!

Chapter End