Chapter 903

PS: I know I still owe one chapter, I'll definitely make it up, did Tenshi-Older Brother lie to everyone?

January 7th, the first working day after the New Year holiday.

In the Special Mission Division office, the heating had just been turned on not long ago, and the air still carried that holiday-specific languidness, the reluctance to switch back from vacation mode.

Uesugi Muneyuki hung his trench coat on the clothes rack, sat down, unscrewed the lid of his thermos, and a wisp of white vapor rose from the iced cola.

Minami Ojou-sama sat down at the workstation opposite him, flipping through the documents piled up on the desk for several days.

Okada Masayoshi leaned by the window, holding in his hand a cup of instant coffee that hadn't dissolved yet, the granules at the bottom slowly melting.

Nango Yui was checking emails from the holiday period, Kai Toru was tying his shoelaces, Date Nagamune and Maeda Toshihide were talking in the corner. "Ah, finally back to work!" Ikeda Erena was very excited: "Finally there's real work to do!"

"Is your life nothing but work? Rena-chan?" Date Nagamune was quite speechless: "I still wanted to spend a few more sweet days with Akane-chan!"

"Her life is nothing but work and the Uesugi Chief!" Maeda Toshihide proudly displayed his achievements: "But I'm different! Look at my results!"

Maeda Toshihide successfully restored the Jurassic Empire in Hearts of Iron IV, the Stegosaurus Empire in North America, the Tyrannosaurus Empire in Africa, the Triceratops Empire in Europe, and the Mammoth-Sabertooth Republic in Asia.

"Although Paradox players all like to reverse history, but your reversal..." Uesugi Muneyuki glanced at it, helplessly saying: "Awesome... you restored the Second Reich, the First Reich, the Holy Roman Empire, Napoleon, Charlemagne, and even the Roman Empire—I accept that, you've gone all the way to dinosaur empires......" "Could you restore a Paramecium Empire? Or push Earth back to the Hadean? That would truly be a beautiful era." Nango Yui smiled. "I'll try next time." Maeda Toshihide laughed loudly: "I still want to restore the true A-team dynasty! Toward evening ava! Karen carol! Juran Diana! Norin Eileen and Bella Bel, missing the best five people!"

"Wake up, it's already the Era of Star Pupil now!"

And just at this moment, Nango Yui saw a piece of news.

"Section Chief, Chief, it seems the Kansai side has cracked the case!" He stood up and said.

"What?" Uesugi Muneyuki and Minami exchanged a glance, faces full of shock.

"Reports from Kansai indicate that the main suspect in the Kobe Lily Case has surfaced, namely the shortstop of the famous baseball team West 0 Lions, Yuan 0 Zhuang 0!" Nango Yui displayed the news to everyone.

"This fast? Yuan 0 Zhuang 0, Hyogo Prefecture might as well just report Souda Sosuke's name!" Uesugi Muneyuki was quite surprised.

Moreover...... why would Souda Sosuke get involved with this case??

Uesugi Muneyuki stood up from his workstation and walked to stand behind Nango Yui.

Nango Yui raised his phone a bit higher, the news headline on the screen read: one "God Voice Era Deficiency Eight and Yi Ren, Seibu; Yuan 0 Zhuang 0 investigated as murder suspect. Hyogo Ding Police "Decisive Evidence Seizure Arrest Attitude Dragon"!" His gaze lingered on that headline for two seconds, then scanned it again. "What 'Fastest Outfield Legend'?" Uesugi Muneyuki wore a puzzled expression, he immediately turned around, walked to his own workstation, picked up the desk phone handset, and dialed Watanabe Eiji's office number.

The phone rang twice, then connected.

"Father, it's me."

"When working, one must use one's title, Uesugi Chief Medical Examiner of the Metropolitan Police Department Special Mission Division." Watanabe Eiji's voice came from inside. "Yes, Watanabe Commissioner, Kobe side...... case solved?"

"You saw the news?" Watanabe Eiji's voice came from the earpiece, somewhat lower than usual.

"I saw it. When did Kansai grasp this evidence? We haven't heard a thing."

Watanabe Eiji fell silent for a moment, and at the moment his voice came from the earpiece, Uesugi Muneyuki heard the sound of paper turning: "I only found out this morning, Hyogo Prefectural Police actually bypassed the National Police Agency and directly applied for an arrest warrant with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office. By the time I knew, the prefectural police were already applying to the Metropolitan Police Department!"

Uesugi Muneyuki's finger lightly tapped the desk once: "What's the basis for the application? On what grounds does Hyogo Prefecture conduct cross-jurisdictional law enforcement? This is deep-sea fishing! And they didn't even apply to the National Police Agency! There must be some solid evidence, right?"

"Three pieces of evidence. The three pieces of evidence announced by Hyogo Prefectural Police. First, before Yuanaka Reika's disappearance, the apartment elevator surveillance captured Souda Sosuke. Second, Souda Sosuke received tens of millions of yen in transfers from Yuanaka Reika's account before and after her disappearance. Third, after Yuanaka Reika's disappearance, nearby surveillance captured a man with a physique similar to Souda Sosuke, repeatedly carrying large suitcases or bags in and out."

"Large suitcase or bag...... corpse? Or...... was the person still alive at the time?"

"Yes." Watanabe Eiji's voice came from the earpiece, carrying a kind of complex feeling, between acknowledgment and helplessness: "These evidences, according to Hyogo Prefectural Police's statement, already constitute a considerable degree of suspicion. There is motive, there is opportunity, there is action."

"That's still just suspicion!" Uesugi Muneyuki couldn't help but say: "Motive? What motive? Souda Sosuke, a professional baseball player earning hundreds of millions annually, why would he need money from Yuanaka Reika? Tens of millions of yen is nothing to him. This isn't motive, it's a dubious point." "Action? Surveillance captured a man similar to his physique carrying a box in and out. This is merely similar, not confirmed. Can physique similarity be used as evidence in court? Opportunity? The elevator surveillance captured his visit. A visit doesn't equal murder. Yuanaka Reika was still alive after his visit, and the transfer records still existed after his visit. This isn't opportunity, it's a timeline that hasn't ruled out other possibilities!"

"We're not like that guy Berenji Ren, handling cases needs evidence!" Uesugi Muneyuki couldn't help but say.

"Hyogo Prefecture thinks the cause is precisely you, Muneyuki." Watanabe Eiji said rather helplessly.

"Me?"

"Yes, because of your matter, namely you saying he pitches like Lebron James, and your recommendation of Eto Miyabi leading to Souda's marital discord...... leading to Souda Sosuke having to sign a separation agreement with Eto Miyabi, he must come up with three hundred million cash, but he doesn't have that much, so it's very likely he found Yuanaka Reika to borrow money...... after which the murder case broke out." Watanabe Eiji said this a bit embarrassedly.

"What the hell does it have to do with me!!!" Uesugi Muneyuki yelled into the phone: "It's him who hooked up with the Ginza female PR, how can he blame me?" "I think the same way, but Kansai people seem not to think so!" Watanabe Eiji said from the other end of the phone: "They also use this reason to say they don't need Special Mission Division's intervention, because melon field and plum tree doesn't look good...... the court thinks what they say makes sense."

TMD, how can Kansai people be so damn awful?!

"Isn't this presumption of guilt?" Uesugi Muneyuki angrily said.

Watanabe Eiji's voice finally came through, lower than before, so low it was like admitting a fact he didn't want to acknowledge: "Yes. Presumption of guilt. But based on the evidence currently held, it's indeed eight or nine out of ten. Kansai people's nature, you know. Once they set a target, they won't easily let go. Souda Sosuke is a celebrity, Hyogo Prefectural Police daring to arrest him shows they have some undisclosed evidence." Uesugi Muneyuki said impatiently: "What if they got it wrong? If the killer isn't Souda Sosuke, the real killer is still out there, the four kids haven't been found. Will Hyogo Prefectural Police's this 'victory' turn into a disaster?"

Watanabe Eiji didn't answer, seemingly because he had just sat down in the National Police Agency Commissioner's throne, and he had already gained the initiative in the previous Aomori case, and was still weighing how to proceed.

The Kansai police doing this is undoubtedly provocative, but the other side obviously holds some evidence, and if mishandled it could affect him, so Watanabe Eiji is unwilling to rashly open hostilities.

"Father?" Uesugi Muneyuki still wanted to say something, but another voice came from the other end of the phone.

"This is Kobe, Commissioner, Director General Kamishiro requests to speak with you."

The Metropolitan Police Department was calling Watanabe Eiji on another line.

Watanabe Eiji said "Wait a moment", then the other end fell silent for a moment.

When he returned to the line, his voice had changed.

"Director General Kamishiro's call. Kansai side has conducted cross-jurisdictional law enforcement! Hyogo Prefectural Police personnel directly rushed into Tokyo Metropolis, citing 'urgent situation, Souda Sosuke preparing to flee', and forcibly arrested him. No prior notice to the Metropolitan Police Department, no coordination through the National Police Agency. Strike first, report later. Now Souda Sosuke has already been taken away. Major televisions are broadcasting live!"

Watanabe Eiji was both shocked and angry, and immediately hung up the phone.

Uesugi Muneyuki put down the handset, immediately stood up and walked to Minami's side, and whispered a few words.

Minami Ojou-sama originally had both hands holding a cup of hot coffee, hearing Uesugi Muneyuki speak, her expression changed from "looking at documents" to "what", from "what" to "red bean paste?", from "red bean paste" to "Ma Ji die?", and finally became "Xi Ma Ta!" Special Mission Division Supervisor Okada Masayoshi saw the two's expression changes and also walked over.

The Special Mission Division trio stood beside Minami's workstation and said a few words, Uesugi Muneyuki immediately said: "Nango! Switch!"

"Here!" Nango Yui cast his phone screen to the office television.

The Asahi Shimbun channel was broadcasting live!

The footage showed the basement of a certain apartment building in Tokyo Metropolis.

At this moment, the basement was filled with police cars! Police cars from Hyogo Prefecture!

More than ten vehicles that had come all the way from Kansai, with license plates all Hyogo Prefecture numbers, flashing emergency lights all the way, screaming along the Shuto Expressway! Car doors simultaneously swung open, uniformed Hyogo Prefectural Police officers poured out of the vehicles, dozens of people!

They were emotionally charged.

"Come out! Souda!"

"Kora! Your matter is a crime! We've already gathered sufficient evidence! Now immediately come out, Kora!""You brat, immediately say where you took Ms. Yuanaka Reika's four children!"

"Eight ga ya ra! Oh bai yi la! Now immediately come out, ya ya!"

After saying that, someone in the team even pulled out a breaching ram and a circular saw: "If you don't come out, we're going in!"

The entire Special Mission Division stared in disbelief.

Only Yamada Nanase, in police uniform at the scene, was unsurprised, thinking: You should learn the enforcement style of us Kansai people!

This is Kansai police.

This is the fastest legend on the outside!