Chapter 753

When Uesugi Muneyuki and Ikeda Eirina returned to Sakuradamon, a familiar voice came from within the Special Mission Division.

It started again!

Uesugi and Eirina exchanged a helpless glance.

The spring sunlight poured through the Special Mission Division's large windows, casting bright patches on the floor.

As Uesugi Muneyuki pushed the door open and entered, before he even reached his analysis room, a familiar clamor drew his attention: "So you're saying the army is just stubborn! If it weren't for the navy destroying the Baltic Fleet in the Russo-Japanese War, you lot couldn't have dragged things out so long at Port Arthur!" This was Inspector Maeda Toshihide's voice, carrying the righteous indignation unique to the men of the Kanazawa Maeda family: "Togo Heihachiro, full speed ahead!" "Huh? You're from Kanazawa, why are you worrying about the navy? Your Maeda family back in the han era was close to the army, and now you're sucking up to the Maritime Self-Defense Force faster than anyone!" Inspector Date Nagamune showed no weakness, the blood of the direct male line of the Uwajima Date family giving him the vigor to retort: "And besides, your navy are just frogs in a well! You only stare at the sea surface; real war still depends on the army steadily occupying land!" "Frogs in a well? Can frogs in a well build the Yamato?!"

"What good is building it? Just holed up in Truk Lagoon as a hotel?! And then you cried when planes sank it! The Yamato had three kitchens running nonstop, and they even stuck a bank in the ship's hold—hilarious!"

"At least it's better than your army's tankettes! Drive them out and the U. S. military opens them like cans! And beats your sons with them!"

"That was strategic necessity! Besides, you navy idiots waste national funds..."

"Your army idiots are the ones sending heads to be chopped off without number..."

The two stood on opposite sides of the desk, trading sentences, voices rising higher and higher, their faces nearly touching.

The surrounding colleagues had obviously grown accustomed to this scene; those who should work worked, those who should file documents filed them, no one bothered to intervene—after all, it was useless anyway.

In the corner, Assistant Superintendent Ozawa Sumiko of Public Security Section One sat at her desk, coffee in hand, watching the two with the expression of someone watching a monkey show.

She wore a perfectly proper winter uniform for internal staff female police, the look behind her glasses full of: "How could this MIT graduate senior lady possibly be in the same department as these people?"—a mix of helplessness and disdain.

The several lackeys behind her, including Hyozo and the Hojo clan, wore the usual impassive poker faces of public security police, not smiling, not speaking unnecessarily.

"Maeda, you get up at five every morning, saying you're clearing your mobile game dailies, but you're still arguing about it now—did you finish your dailies today?" Uesugi Muneyuki walked over, his tone calm.

Maeda Toshihide turned around, saw it was Uesugi Muneyuki, and immediately restrained himself somewhat, but his face still bore that proud streak: "Uesugi Chief? You also play second-life games?"

"I play World of Warships and Blue Archive, and I like submarines best." Uesugi Muneyuki said casually: "What do you play, Maeda?" "Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, Honkai 3, Zenless Zone Zero, Arknights, Naruto: The Blue Archive, and The End of the World." Maeda Toshihide said seriously.

"Huh? What does that mean?" Uesugi Muneyuki blinked.

"It means I play Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, Honkai 3, Zenless Zone Zero, Arknights, Naruto: The Blue Archive, and The End of the World." Maeda Toshihide proudly raised his Huawei 6 Proma Cool Blade Blue phone: "Besides those, there's also FG0 and Fleet Collection! I used to play Super異域 Princess Connect, but then I AFK'd."

After saying that, Maeda Toshihide made a standard naval salute: "I will die loyal to the Great Elder Brother!"

Looking at the dense forest of apps on Maeda Toshihide's phone, Uesugi Muneyuki stared at him, silent for two seconds: "So you wake up every morning, clear your dailies once, and then you can get ready for dinner."

The office burst into laughter, even Ozawa Sumiko couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.

Date Nagamune laughed so hard he slapped the desk: "Hahahaha! Maeda, Uesugi-sensei is right! You might as well just live in your mobile games!" "You don't understand anything! This is called passion! You vulgar folk who only chase idols can't comprehend it!" Maeda Toshihide flushed and retorted: "What you love is your life!"

"What's wrong with me idol-chasing? Moriya Akane, the Second Young Lady, is an idol? That's art!" Date Nagamune immediately defended his spiritual homeland: "If you have free time, you'd be better off playing mobile games than coming with me to see a scarlet Iive, to feel what real youth is!"

"Forget it, I'd rather go to Takarazuka to see a performance—at least that's proper stage art!"

"Takarazuka? Your Maeda family really are generation after generation of pretty boys! Maeda Toshiie was originally a koshō, they say he was handsome!"

"Who are you calling a pretty boy?! Your Date family are the old fogeys! ……Juutaro and Masamune……"

As a new round of army-navy war looked set to erupt, Inspector Igarashi Hayato of the Investigation Division Chief walked over with a teacup in hand, timely interrupting: "By the way, Uesugi Chief, is Fuji TV's Hand of God really going into production?"

This topic indeed worked; Maeda and Date temporarily ceased their quarrel, pricking up their ears.

Uesugi Muneyuki nodded, walked to the door of his analysis room, and set down his briefcase: "Well, Fuji TV's Getsuku slot, investment said to be the largest in history, the Metropolitan Police Department here has already approved full on-location filming, the lead is Mai-senpai… Shirakawa Mai, you all should know her, the first male supporting role is Tsumabuki Satoshi, the second male role is me, only cameo appearances throughout, the second female lead is Sakura."

"National-level actress Shirakawa Mai?!" Date Nagamune's eyes lit up: "Indeed, it's Mai-sama! It seems only she could do it!" "Yes." Uesugi Muneyuki nodded with a smile: "The production team has coordinated with us; aside from a few main actors, most extras will be active police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department. At that time, this Special Mission Division here will be one of the main filming locations, full on-location."

Maeda Toshihide stroked his chin, extremely excited: "So that means our office here is going to be on TV?"

"More precisely, the place where we work every day will be seen by viewers nationwide." Igarashi Hayato supplemented.

Ozawa Sumiko put down her coffee cup, rare for her to speak: "Hopefully when the time comes, you two won't keep shouting 'army idiots navy idiots' in front of the camera, embarrassing yourselves nationwide."

"Assistant Superintendent Ozawa, you say that……" Date Nagamune scratched his head: "We're just internal communication; if we really got on camera we'd surely restrain ourselves." "Exactly exactly," Maeda Toshihide rarely united with Date on a front: "After all, we represent the image of the Special Mission Division, we know our limits." Uesugi Muneyuki glanced at them, the corner of his mouth slightly rising, said nothing, and turned into his analysis room. Before the door closed, one could still hear the two outside beginning to mutter softly:

"You think Shirakawa Mai will really come to our division to film?"

"Nonsense, how could you film without the lead?"

"Then I'll have to really perform……"

"You wish, they're watching Uesugi Gakutei-kun, what are you doing?"

"You……"

Uesugi Muneyuki shook his head, sat down in his seat, the spring day outside was just right, faintly from downstairs one could hear visitors' laughter in the Metropolitan Police Department courtyard. The newly established Special Mission Division, its bustling daily life, and the upcoming big-production TV drama—this spring, it really did seem different from usual.

But just at this moment, the phone on his desk rang.

"Is this Uesugi Chief of the Special Mission Division? This is Yamada of the Police Personnel Division, Section Chief Kashiwagi has something to discuss with you, may I ask if you have time to come over now?" A soft, cute voice said softly.

Ming Sha Jie? Uesugi Muneyuki blinked, then immediately thought it might be something from Tanaka Laodeng's side.

"Okay, I'm coming right now!"