Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 52: The City is Shocked

At seven o'clock in the evening in September, the Odaiba Building in Fujidai District, Minato Ward, Tokyo is brightly lit. This futuristic building, completed in 1997, is designed to look like an "concave" character with a sphere embedded in the middle. The appearance is very unique. The most eye-catching thing is of course the titanium sphere embedded between the two high towers of the Odaiba Building, which is very magical and full of technological sense.

It is said that the designer of this building referred to the concept of "perspectiveism" and designed the Fuji TV, which is one of the top two private TV stations, to showcase its success and status over the decades.

However, today, what happened at Fuji TV has attracted the attention of the entire Tokyo. Police cars are parked outside the Odaiba building, and all main entrances and exits are covered with yellow lines, allowing only entry but not exit. Even more people have gathered in the square downstairs and the seaside park further away. Some are here to watch the fun, some are TV station staff, some are people from the entertainment industry, and some, of course, are "friendly stations."

Upon hearing the news of the building closure, other TV stations were like sharks smelling blood. NHK, NTV, Asahi, TBS, and even Tokyo TV reported the news of Fuji TV's building closure in the upper right corner while broadcasting the Kamen Rider compilation!
The news vehicle was deployed. The NHK female anchor, wearing a gray suit with 80D black stockings and stiletto high heels, faced the camera. The scholars next to her shouted "start, start". As the live broadcast started, the female anchor's long wavy hair swayed in the night breeze of the Odaiba building.

"Hello everyone, this is the National Broadcasting Association's emergency broadcast. I'm the reporter on the scene, Sayuri Kyoguchi. What you're looking at now is the Fuji TV Odaiba building."

"According to the news from the scene, at around 6pm today, the Odaiba building of Fuji TV was suddenly closed for unknown reasons. Currently, at least people are stranded in the building. According to the Metropolitan Police Department at the scene, the reason for closing the building was because it was involved in an incident. We have already communicated with Fuji TV."

"We still don't know the specific reason for closing the Odaiba building. It is reported that this may be related to the Metropolitan Police Department's search operation. Our station will continue to report to you on the scene!"

The female reporter tried hard to straighten her back in the wind.

And she was not the only one at the scene. Not far away, a similar news vehicle was ready.

"Hello everyone, this is TBS TV station..."

"NTV will continue to follow up on this matter."

"TV Asahi brings you this."

Crowds of people were pouring in, and people kept arriving at the scene during the live broadcasts of major TV stations. A female NHK reporter was describing what happened in front of the camera when a whistle sounded in the distance, causing her to turn her head.

"There's a car coming, wait a moment..." The female reporter held the microphone, and the NHK elite made a quick identification and said confidently: "From what we saw at the scene, we saw reinforcements from the Metropolitan Police Department arriving. Judging from the license plate number, it should be the head of the First Investigation Division, Superintendent Mikasa Yohei!"

"Section Chief Mikasa Yohei is a 'non-professional team' who graduated from high school, but he ascended to the position of Section Chief of Investigation Section 1. According to history, Section Chief Mikasa has a very keen intuition about the case. His personal arrival shows the seriousness of the matter."

In theory, the position of Chief of the First Investigation Division will be held by non-professionals. Only the strongest, most capable and most case-solving non-professional criminal police can hold this position. However, it is not necessarily the case. For example, the current Superintendent of Police Eiji Watanabe also briefly served as the Chief of the First Investigation Division. But no matter who holds the position, this throne symbolizes endless glory and the face of the Metropolitan Police Department.

The car door opened, and Section Chief Mikasa, wearing a fitted Armani suit, slowly got out of the car. His M-shaped hairline was covered by a bunch of sparse bangs. His small eyes flickered with nervousness. His brows were serious against his bronze skin. He straightened his suit coat and looked around. Seeing so many news cars and reporters, his steps became heavier. "What's going on?"

"Inspector Higurashi of the Thirteenth Department and the security guards of Fuji TV are searching from the top floor to the floor. There are no valuable findings at the garbage dump. Our people are checking the suspicious people coming in and out of the surveillance one by one. The restaurant on the first floor has been requisitioned by us as a temporary command center. Section Chief, please follow me."

"Not enough. Immediately notify all local branches in the port area to gather personnel. Call all those guys who are slacking off in the branch offices. Also, immediately ask Fuji TV to produce the architectural drawings. We need the complete design and structural drawings of the Odaiba Building."

Section Chief Mikasa clenched his fists tightly. He had already communicated with the senior management of Fuji TV in the car.

Nippon Life Insurance only gave them three hours, and no compensation would be paid for any actions beyond this time. Although Dentsu and Hakuhodo did not specify how long they were allowed to search, their attitude was very clear.

If no one can be found, will the Odaiba building remain closed?
How can it be!

Therefore, we must try our best to find the person within three hours. If it is really not possible, we must find the missing female anchor before twelve o'clock today, otherwise Fuji TV will be finished, and the Metropolitan Police Department will also be finished!
Even so, Fuji TV still wants to broadcast it live. I really don’t know what these idiots are thinking!

"Kashiwagi, you handle it." Section Chief Mikasa quickly placed his hopes on another police inspector who arrived at the scene.

Kashiwagi Hitoshi, 30 years old this year, is a police inspector of the Criminal Division who graduated from Chuo University and the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo. He came from the professional group and became famous throughout the police force for his "precision, action, and perfection" execution ability right after joining the force. In addition, due to his outstanding appearance, temperament, and excellent talents, he is known as the "star police inspector" in the police force.

The Metropolitan Police Department also deliberately wants to train him as the face of the department, and he will be responsible for interviews on many important cases. This police star who graduated from Chuo University has a typical Poseidon-like appearance, with a head of bangs hanging over his forehead, a pair of melancholy peach blossom eyes on both sides of his high nose bridge, and a standard work suit cannot hide his stylish demeanor.

However, although he is very handsome, Kashiwagi Jin's private life is relatively clean. He got married two years ago, and his wife is the previous face of the Metropolitan Police Department - Inspector Meisa Kashiwagi, who is currently working in the Equipment Division Management Department of the General Affairs Department.

"Yes." As a member of the professional team, Kashiwagi Jin respected Section Chief Mikasa very much, but he was not so polite to Inspector Higurashi who was not from the professional team: "Too careless, Higurashi, he didn't even report it in advance? Is he trying to ruin the class..."

"The missing person has a fiancé, right?" Section Chief Mikasa interrupted Kashiwagi Jin.

"Yes, it's Shimagawa, the managing director of Ota Real Estate Company. The two are engaged, and if everything goes well, tomorrow will be their wedding day." The star inspector of the Investigation Division said coldly, looking confidently at the brightly lit Odaiba buildings in the night sky.

"Close the nearby streets."

"Section 3, investigate all connections of the missing person, especially the fiancé. Section 6, seal all entrances, allowing no one to enter but no one to leave. Section 9, prepare to establish a temporary special search headquarters."

"Yes!"

At this moment, witnessing the deployment of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division, all the major TV stations at the scene became even more excited. With cameras and cannons, the entire Tokyo began to pay attention to the building closure incident.

————The dividing line of I am a big star————

Inside the Odaiba Building.

"I see. Thank you very much."

Ikeda Erena stuffed the police notebook back into her pocket, while Uesugi Sosetsu thanked the security guard from the security department.

Just as he expected, when Erina showed the police notebook, the Security Department naturally thought that he was also a policeman, so they repeated the situation they had described to Inspector Higurashi.

After understanding the details, Uesugi Souyuki and Ikeda Erina came out and found a small corner to discuss the information they had received. The last time Ms. Hironaka Mariko was captured by the surveillance camera was when she stayed in the corridor on the third floor for a while on Friday afternoon. After that, the clock-in record showed that Ms. Hironaka Mariko clocked out, but all the surveillance cameras leaving Fuji TV did not capture the video footage of her leaving the building.

Fuji TV has a complete registration list of visitors, and at least 6000 people have visited the building in the four days from Friday to Monday. The Metropolitan Police Department is currently arranging personnel to eliminate their suspicions one by one, but with this scale, even if people from the entire port area and even nearby local police stations come to help tomorrow morning, it will be impossible to find out anything without five or six days.

The security guard insisted that the areas entering and exiting the TV station were under very strict surveillance, but the areas of the TV station that involved some privacy and commercial secrets were not monitored. This is why Inspector Higurashi and others started the search from the top floor.

Ikeda Erena's brain was in a state of chaos because she had received too much information. She could only rely on Uesugi Sosetsu out of habit: "Did you find anything?"

"Ikeda, let's take a look at this." Uesugi Sosetsu nodded, and he pulled Ikeda Ereina to the elevator in the corridor: "There are a total of 22 surveillance cameras in the circular corridor of this floor. Theoretically, there are no blind spots, but...why don't you see any surveillance cameras at this location?"

Ikeda Erina looked at Uesugi Sosetsu with disdain: "Because this location is a toilet, it involves personal privacy, so there will be no surveillance."

"Correct!" Uesugi Sosetsu nodded. "Then, if I come out of the elevator, pass by the toilet door, stick to the wall and enter the stairs from the blind spot of the surveillance camera, and then avoid the surveillance cameras in a specific order, can I avoid being discovered?"

"Oh, it's true!" Ikeda Erina looked at the floor plan and her eyes widened.

Uesugi, you found the blind spot!
"But didn't Higurashi and the others find out?" Erina thought about it and felt something was wrong: "If you can find out, why didn't Higurashi and the others find out?"

"Stupid, because someone prevented them from getting all the information." Uesugi Sosetsu whispered, "I personally tested how to avoid the camera in this way. Didn't you notice that when I checked the video just now, I specifically watched the playback of the video in our lounge tonight?"

"No." Ikeda Erina realized belatedly: "So you tried it yourself?"

"Yes, Higurashi and the others must have learned from the security department that surveillance cameras can cover almost every corner of the TV station, except for some key areas involving personal privacy and business secrets. But no one told them that as long as they memorize the location of each camera, avoid all surveillance blind spots, and deliberately walk to the toilet side, they will definitely not be able to see the surveillance cameras."

Uesugi Sosetsu glanced upstairs meaningfully and said, "Things are getting interesting. The Security Division did not tell Division 1 that there was such a method. They are deliberately leading Division 1 to waste time in the commercial confidentiality area and office area on the upper floors."

"You mean, Fuji TV doesn't want the Metropolitan Police Department to know where Ms. Hironaka is? Is this a conspiracy of the whole station?" Ikeda Erena widened her eyes, which made her look a little cute.

"Please, Master Erina, take a look outside." Uesugi Sosetsu was speechless in front of the tall beauty. He pointed downstairs through the window: "Fujitai actually wants to find out where Ms. Hironaka is more than anyone else! Otherwise, they wouldn't agree to seal the building!"

"So what's going on?" Erina thought to herself, you can't explain it clearly! One moment you say Fuji TV intentionally misled the Metropolitan Police Department, and the next moment you say Fuji TV also hopes to find out where Ms. Hironaka is. Isn't this contradictory? "Uesugi, stop talking to yourself like this. Just tell me what we should do. Just tell me what I should do."

After saying that, the tall beauty looked at Uesugi Sosetsu with anticipation, and signaled with her eyes that she could start.

"...Actually, what I want to say is that only someone inside the TV station can be so skilled at avoiding the blind spots of surveillance in the building." Uesugi Muneyuki could only make his words clearer: "And it can't be the top executives of the TV station. Judging from their attitude, the top executives of the TV station are trying hard to prove their innocence, but they may have noticed something, so they are trying their best to distance themselves from the relationship within the station and don't want the Metropolitan Police Department to realize this."

"So, Ms. Hongzhong definitely did not go upstairs after she last appeared on the surveillance camera."

Uesugi Sosetsu moved his finger downward along the number of floors: "It is most likely downstairs."

Following his gaze, Ikeda Erena moved her eyes from the third floor downwards.

The first floor is the lobby and the second floor is the general affairs department. These two areas have a huge flow of people.

Her eyes continued to move downwards, and this time, Erina finally understood what Uesugi Sosetsu meant: "You mean, the underground area?!"

"Yes, let's go to this area and take a look." Uesugi Sosetsu pointed his fingers at the first underground floor, the second underground floor, and the third underground floor.

"Why didn't you say so earlier? I'll set off now!" Ikeda Erena completely understood what Uesugi Sosetsu said this time. The tall beauty was eager to try: "Are you sure? Uesugi?"

"I'm not sure." Uesugi Sosetsu shook his head and shrugged, looking a little relieved: "But it's almost the same. If we really can't find anything, then let's just take a walk after dinner to digest the food."

"You cunning guy, you are right no matter what." Ikeda Erena simply pulled Uesugi Sosetsu and started their secret search. The two of them disappeared into the stairwell along the blind spot of the surveillance, one after the other. Although there were security guards guarding them at this time, they had no reason to stop them because of the authentic police uniform on Ikeda Erena and the police notebook in her hand.

However, no one at the scene noticed that while Uesugi Soyuki and Ikeda Erena were whispering, a fair-skinned beauty wearing a violet vine princess feather tube top dress was standing not far from them, listening to their conversation.

What meets the eye is a brilliant pure white. Her gorgeous face, which is always bare-makeup, is enough to charm everyone. Her thin cherry lips are painted with bright red and moist high-end lip gloss. Her red lips are slightly parted to reveal her white teeth. Her every move reveals all kinds of charm.

"Let's go and take a look." The beauty had obviously eavesdropped on the entire conversation between Uesugi Sosetsu and Ikeda Erena.

She was locked up in the TV station, causing chaos in the entire Soul Agency. As the treasure of the agency, her situation concerns the safety of the entire agency. The president, Miyazaki Takataka, one of the Miyazaki brothers, has come in person and is now outside the Odaiba building.

She herself was tired of being greeted constantly, so she said goodbye to her agent and decided to go out for a walk. She happened to hear the private conversation between Uesugi Sosetsu and Ikeda Erena.

The policewoman is weird. She is wearing black stockings. Isn't the normal commuting attire for policewomen standard flesh-colored stockings?

The beauty just felt that she had encountered something interesting today.

A strange thing happened. No one, whether it was Uesugi Soyuki, Ikeda Erena, or the security guards at the stairwell and elevator entrance, noticed her. No one realized that this national actress who was the most beautiful in the world was not far away from them.

What's even more strange is that she didn't walk into the surveillance blind spot like Uesugi Soyuki and Ikeda Erena, but instead stood directly under the surveillance camera in a pair of milky white butterfly high heels.

But in the monitoring room not far away, the security guards were always vigilant and there was no one around, and nothing happened.

　The Fuji TV case is not a small case, it is not so easy to end it.

　　But considering everyone is so enthusiastic, it would be bad for me to say nothing, so I will add another chapter tonight!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)