I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 34 and 035: Internal strife is a unique feature, not to be missed.

When Uchiha Senmon arrived at the conference room with Kanbara Yuuji, the room was already full of people.

The meeting room appeared to be packed, but it was clearly divided into two groups according to left and right order.

The officers on the left greeted Uchiha Senmon warmly as he entered, while the officers seated on the right seemed to be observing him with a somewhat indifferent air. Whether it was just his imagination or not, he sensed a hint of hostility in the gaze directed at him from the right.

"Uchiha, over here, come here!"

On the far left, in the front row, stood a portly man, as burly as a bear, waving his chubby arms and calling out loudly.

"This is the head of the Fourth Investigation Division, Superintendent Akagi."

Uchiha Senmon pulled Kanbara Yuuji to sit in the front row and gave a brief introduction.

"Superintendent Akagi, hello!" Yuji Kanbara stood up and bowed.

"Inspector Kanbara, the first person to come into contact with a superhuman, right? Your name has been all over our Fourth Investigation Division these past few days."

Section Chief Akagi extended a greasy, chubby hand, and Yuji Kanbara quickly offered both of his hands to grasp it.

Even within the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, Superintendent is considered a high-ranking official, let alone the superior of his superior.

"Inspector Uchiha is our ace investigator in the Fourth Investigation Division. You must learn from him and observe carefully. Don't end up like our previous deputy, who died in the line of duty due to a moment of carelessness."

Yuji Kambara grasped Section Chief Akagi's hand, feeling a little awkward. Who would say something like that on the first meeting? It was too unlucky.

At this moment, Section Chief Akagi had already withdrawn his hand, looked at the middle-aged police officer with slightly dark bronze skin sitting in the front row opposite him, and smiled at Uchiha Senmon:

"Uchiha, have you seen the internal report about what happened on Saturday? The Fifth Division really lost face this time."

"Ahem, Section Chief Akagi, this isn't the time for us to search Section 4's office. If Section 5 hears us..."

Uchiha Senmon coughed lightly, pretending not to hear the gloating in Akagi's tone.

"It's all their fault for wanting to hog the spoils. They discovered clues about the superhumans during Saturday's live broadcast and went off on their own. Not only did they not notify our Fourth Investigation Division, but they also didn't operate with the Special Assault Team as required by regulations, letting the big fish escape. The higher-ups are furious..."

Yuji Kambara was completely confused. Although he didn't understand it very well, he could tell that the Criminal Investigation Department's Fourth Investigation Division and the Public Security Department's Fifth Division were not on good terms.

Uchiha Senmon sighed as he looked at the puzzled-looking Kanbara Yuuji.

Although the Ministry of Public Security is nominally subordinate to the Metropolitan Police Department, it actually has a high degree of autonomy.

When it comes to paranormal events, the Metropolitan Police Department reinstated the Criminal Investigation Division's Fourth Investigation Section to handle the investigations, while the Public Security Department established the Fifth Section. These two departments, with their functions largely overlapping, naturally didn't have a good relationship.

This can be considered a legacy issue. Originally, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Criminal Investigation had a great deal of overlap in their operations. Although the relationship between the two was not as hostile as that between the Navy and the Army before the war, there were still constant conflicts.

In the past, after many heinous crimes, the Criminal Investigation Department and the Public Security Department did not cooperate with each other and each investigated on their own. On the rare occasions when a special investigation headquarters was formed to conduct a joint investigation, they would hinder each other and go their separate ways due to issues such as competing for credit and old grudges, resulting in many ridiculous situations.

The conflict between the Fourth Investigation Division and the Fifth Investigation Division is not only a legacy of history, but more importantly...

This involves the conflict between the local faction and the American faction.

Looking at the several faces in the Fifth Division opposite him that clearly showed mixed-race features, Uchiha Senmon also felt a deep headache.

"Unlike our Fourth Investigation Division, the Fifth Division has a more forceful approach, and there are often frictions between our two departments," Senmon Uchiha explained quietly, looking at the still somewhat puzzled Yuji Kanbara.

There's no need to elaborate on the second half of the sentence, "The Fourth Investigation Division has always been at a disadvantage, but the Fifth Division is different because the Americans are backing them up."

Of course, these complex and intertwined internal conflicts are not something that can be discussed in depth with a newcomer like Yuji Kambara. In any case, he will understand them in his future work.

"Clang—!"

The door to the conference room was opened, and the Minister of Criminal Investigation, the Minister of Public Security, the Superintendent General of Police and his secretary walked in together, followed by a blond, blue-eyed foreign man in a suit.

The entire conference room fell silent, and everyone stood up to pay their respects.

"You should all have heard about the two supernatural incidents that occurred last week. This is the first time in fifteen years since the first supernatural incident since Heisei 19 that the existence of human supernatural beings has been confirmed! The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the next steps," said the Superintendent General, whose temples were full of silver hair, with an authoritative expression.

"Regarding the monk who appeared at the haunted house in Shimonakano last Monday, April 4th, there is only his confession and the traces of an explosion left at the crime scene as indirect evidence. However, the live broadcast of the ghost hunt that occurred at the abandoned shopping mall in Adachi Ward last Saturday, April 9th, was the first time that a superhuman was clearly captured on camera! Therefore, the focus of this meeting should still be on the latter superhuman incident."

After distributing the materials, the Superintendent of Police's secretary turned on the projector and played a series of videos:

Under the moonlight, a young man dressed in a black robe with red clouds unleashed a chilling sword strike. With a flash of sword light, a crescent-shaped sword aura sliced ​​a mannequin several meters away in half.

……

A young man dressed in a black robe with red cloud patterns stood atop the archway, unleashing a massive fireball two meters in diameter into the air, which exploded mid-air. Finally, he made a strange gesture with one hand and vanished like a puff of smoke.

The first video was taken directly from the live stream and was exceptionally clear, looking like a special effects sword movie.

The last video clip was probably taken by a body camera, but because of the distance and the fact that it was nighttime, it was very blurry and the camera kept shaking. However, you could still confirm that it was the same person by looking at their distinctive clothes and posture.

"Officers, please do not doubt the authenticity of the video. It has been verified by the technical department to be genuine and credible. Regarding the ghost-hunting livestream incident, based on the evidence at the scene and the analysis of the livestream content, the livestreamers encountered a Type A attack and were then rescued by the mysterious young man in the video. In the end, two people survived," the secretary read from the prepared statement.

"Officer Odagiri of the Fifth Division noticed the anomaly immediately, blocked the live stream, and rushed to the scene to negotiate with the young man. However, the negotiation failed, and he was attacked. He eventually disappeared while surrounded by officers from the Fifth Division. Officer Odagiri's reconnection surgery was successfully completed, and he is out of danger and is currently in the hospital."

Watching the mysterious young man's incredible sword strike in the video, even the experienced police investigators were dumbfounded. They then flipped through the documents that had been handed to them and whispered among themselves.

"Is this the legendary sword energy?!"

"It's a pity that Officer Odagiri grew up in the United States and only learned American Iaijutsu, not Kendo. Otherwise, as someone who had direct contact with him, he might have been able to determine what style of swordsmanship the young man was using."

"What a joke! What school of swordsmanship can produce sword energy and cut through bullets from a semi-automatic pistol? Flying Sword Style? Even if Miyamoto Musashi were resurrected, he'd be riddled with bullets!"

(End of this chapter)