I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapter 77-078 A Woman's Kindness

Chiyoda Ward, Metropolitan Police Department.

"Inspector Uchiha, considering your past performance, it has been decided not to punish you for your dereliction of duty in the Seiji Group incident in Edogawa Ward."

"Thank you so much."

Inside the meeting room, Uchiha Senmon bowed deeply to several high-ranking officials from the Metropolitan Police Department behind a mahogany desk.

The Metropolitan Police Department has been in complete chaos lately. The Fourth and Fifth Investigation Divisions are overwhelmed with work. Both the Mount Mukaku incident, in which a superhuman was involved and the death toll reached 123, and the Seiji Group incident are major events that have not occurred in the fifteen years since superhuman incidents began.

The Metropolitan Police Department and the Yamanashi Prefectural Police Headquarters have jointly investigated the fifteen skulls sent by the superhuman, Di Lu. Through tooth mark identification and comparison with missing persons files, they have confirmed the true identities of several of the remains.

The earliest one went missing three years ago.

After several days of investigation and reconstruction of on-site traces and questioning of believers who participated in the Dharma assembly, the Joint Investigation Headquarters has initially restored the truth.

For the past three years, a Type A entity has been hiding behind the Zhengxin Society, using its power to secretly devour people.

Even disregarding the sudden incursion of the Human Transcendent Lands into the Righteous Faith Society, the fact that hundreds of Righteous Faith Society members died at once, and that the Righteous Faith Society and Type A colluded in this way, is no small matter. It means that those monsters have begun to familiarize themselves with the rules of human society and are even infiltrating human society in turn.

Then there was the Sei-no-gumi incident that followed in Edogawa Ward. Although the death toll was only thirty-six, and they were just the Yakuza thugs, the shark-faced monster that appeared near the Arakawa River, which was suspected to be the Arakawa River God, and the giant monster that was exactly the same as the Umibozu in folk legends, all foreshadowed something extraordinary.

The mainstream view has long held that supernatural phenomena only appeared in Japan after 1990 (Heisei 19), and did not exist in history before that.

However, after the Seiji Group incident, some experts began to doubt whether the extraordinary only appeared after the nineteenth year of the Heisei era.

The Metropolitan Police Department took the Seijigumi incident even more seriously than the Mukakusan incident, going so far as to deliberately ignite the Mukakusan incident to attract national media attention, thereby covering up the Seijigumi incident and diverting public attention.

Although the investigation into the Seiji Group incident has not made much progress, infighting has begun between the Fourth and Fifth Investigation Divisions.

The first to be affected was Uchiha Senmon, who was criticized by Mori, the head of the Fifth Division of the Public Security Bureau, for his poor command during the Sei-no-gumi incident, failing to launch an attack immediately and missing the opportunity.

Chief Akagi of the Fourth Investigation Division defended his subordinates, saying that the monster had summoned a strange fog at the time, and the enemy situation was unclear. Attacking rashly would be irresponsible to the lives of the police officers.

The verbal battle escalated to higher levels, leading to today's questioning of the Uchiha Sage Clan.

After leaving the conference room, Uchiha Senmon followed the head of the Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division to his office.

"Inspector Uchiha, your report, 'Several Suggestions on the Timing of Publicly Disclosing Supernatural Phenomena,' is not approved. Don't submit anything like this again."

The head of the Criminal Investigation Department tossed a report onto the table and shook his head at Uchiha Senmon.

"However, after the Wujia Mountain incident and the Sei-no-gumi incident, I believe that now is a very opportune time," Uchiha Senmon said calmly.

"Those who died were all trash... people who didn't contribute much to society."

"I have no sympathy for the members of the Seishin-kai and the Seishin-gumi, but those who were sacrificed by the Seishin-kai were utterly innocent. Furthermore, the frequency of supernatural events has been increasing in recent years, with more citizens dying each year than the previous year. If the public knew the truth, many innocent deaths could be avoided." Uchiha Senmon straightened his back and said solemnly.

The head of the Criminal Investigation Department rubbed his temples, sighed, and asked:

"Inspector Uchiha, do you know how many people commit suicide in Japan every year?"

"Reporting to the minister, last year it was 21,000 people." Uchiha Senmon blinked and immediately reported the number.

"How many cases of people going missing have been reported to the police?"

Uchiha had a vague idea of ​​what the head of the Criminal Investigation Department meant, and hesitantly said, "Around 80,000."

"Compared to these 100,000 people, the number of citizens who die each year due to supernatural events is only in the four digits, less than one-tenth."

The head of the Criminal Investigation Department said earnestly, "There has always been an opinion within the Metropolitan Police Department that the existence of supernatural phenomena should be made public. However, we must consider the bigger picture. If we were to announce it to the public, how much panic would it cause? Who could bear the responsibility for the resulting social unrest, economic recession, and capital flight?"

So even now, are we going to keep the truth from the public and let them die without knowing why?

The Uchiha Senmon remained silent.

"Inspector Uchiha, you're too soft-hearted. Otherwise, with your abilities, you could definitely have climbed to a higher position."

The head of the Criminal Investigation Department reached out and patted Uchiha Senmon on the shoulder, saying meaningfully, "You must be very tired after these few days of internal questioning. I'll give you a few days off to rest."

"Is this a suspension?" Uchiha Senmon asked in a deep voice, his gaze fixed on the department head.

"No, it's a holiday. I'll give you three days off to think it over carefully."

At 10 p.m., Uchiha Senmon walked out of the Metropolitan Police Department with a gloomy face and a hint of confusion in his eyes.

The Uchiha Senmon, who had been working tirelessly day and night, was suddenly given three days off, and the feeling of having so much free time made him very uncomfortable.

Moreover, the Uchiha Senmon are currently in a state of confusion, and the head of the Criminal Investigation Department's words are not without reason. Concealing the truth about supernatural events from the public may not be a bad thing for them.

Uchiha Senmon got into his car and took out a booklet containing the names of more than a dozen colleagues from the Fourth Investigation Division who had died in the line of duty.

The engine was started, but the car was not heading towards Nakano Ward, but towards Bunkyo Ward.

Uchiha Senmon arrived at Tokyo Gokokuji Temple in Otsuka 5-chome, Bunkyo Ward.

The destination was the cemetery managed and operated by Huguosi Temple.

In Japan, all cemeteries are run by temples. Regardless of their beliefs during their lifetime, they can only be buried in cemeteries run by temples after death. As long as they are monks with legitimate lineages and temple property, they will run cemeteries near the temple and make a fortune from the underworld real estate business.

Several of the Uchiha Senmon's colleagues who died in the line of duty are buried in the western half of the cemetery at Gokokuji Temple in Tokyo.

He walked into the cemetery carrying a large bouquet of white chrysanthemums he had bought at a florist.

It was already past 10 p.m., and there was no one in the Huguo Temple Cemetery. The shadowy tombstones created a chilling atmosphere in the night, but the Uchiha Senmon showed no fear whatsoever.

"The graves of the Tsukimi couple should be here. I haven't been here for more than half a year, and it was dark, so I couldn't recognize them very well."

"Gah!"

Suddenly, an unpleasant bird call rang out. Uchiha Senmon looked in the direction of the sound and saw a crow perched on a cherry blossom tree whose petals had not yet completely fallen, tilting its head and looking at him.

Beneath the cherry blossom tree, a girl with a face as white as moonlight reclines.

The girl, clutching her sword pouch, leaned against the cherry blossom tree trunk, her eyes closed as if feigning sleep. But upon hearing a noise, she immediately turned her head alertly, blinking her left eye.

"Uncle Uchiha?"

(End of this chapter)