The Tokyo Police Journey Begins with the Ability to See Evil Thoughts

Chapter 63, revised version

On the riverbank, Kamiya Gen actually saw Kimihiko having her subordinates take pictures of Kimiyu.

However, he had no time to think about these things; his focus was entirely on the corpse in the river.

On the other side, Mu Heyou had already entered the water and was walking down the slippery mud. The river water was just over her ankles when she shivered from the cold, but she still did not stop and was walking in little by little.

Before long, the river water submerged her chest, and Muheyou floated up using the inflatable bag on her shoulder.

She stretched out her arm, her fingertips slowly approaching the floating corpse. When her fingertips touched the wet clothes, she tightened her grip and pulled it toward herself.

The body swayed twice with the current and slowly moved towards the shallows.

Kamiya Gen took two steps forward from the shore, leaning forward with his gaze fixed on the wood lily and the corpse.

Takeuchi Takayuki also stepped forward, raised his hand to signal the police officers next to him to get ready to assist, and then bent down to pick up the waterproof tarpaulin on the shore and spread it flat on the dry ground.

Muheyou reached out with her other hand, trying to grab the corpse's arm and turn it over to see its face.

However, the corpse was unusually heavy due to the buoyancy of the water. No matter how hard she tried, the corpse did not move at all. Instead, she swayed herself and almost choked on the river water.

"Bring them here first, then we'll determine their identities," Kamiya Gen called out.

Muheyou hummed in agreement, then stopped obsessing over whether the corpse was Miyazawa Yuzuki. She released her grip on the arm, adjusted her posture, and simultaneously grabbed the corpse's clothes with both hands. Using her legs to push against the river water and the buoyancy of the inflatable bag, she dragged the corpse little by little toward the shallows.

From her vantage point high above, Mikiko raised a hand to straighten the hem of her clothes and gestured with her chin toward the bodyguard holding the camera.

The bodyguard immediately adjusted the camera angle, aimed it at the muskmelon and the corpse in the water, and pressed the shutter. The sound of the shutter could be faintly heard amidst the noisy onlookers.

The forensic doctor on the shore squatted down, put on his gloves, and reached out to try and reach the body, but he was still half a step away and could only wait patiently.

Two police officers brought over a salvage ladder and carefully placed it between the riverbank and the shallows to prepare for the dredging operation.

Muheyou dragged the corpse to the shallows, where the water only reached her knees.

She released one hand, grabbed the nearby retrieval ladder to steady herself, and kept her other hand gripping the body. At the same time, she lifted her foot to brace against the body's back and tried to flip it over again, but the body was still heavy. She could only barely get the side of the body's face above the water, but could not see the whole body.

Seeing this, Kamiya Gen bent down to take off his shoes and coat, and was about to go into the water, but was stopped by Takeuchi Takayuki.

Takayuki Takeuchi shook his head, pointed to the yuzu tree in the shallows, and then to the police officer next to him, indicating that he should wait a little longer.

Muheyou took a deep breath, grabbed the body under the armpits with both hands, and pulled upwards with force. At the same time, with the support of the retrieval ladder, she dragged the body towards the shore little by little.

The officers immediately stepped forward, took the upper body of the corpse, and worked together to pull it upwards.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Muheyou climbed ashore, soaked to the bone. Standing on the shore, slightly panting, she wiped the water droplets from her face and immediately looked at Kamiya Gen.

The latter had already walked to the body, squatted down, and started to stroke its hair. She noticed that Kamiya Gen's fingers were trembling slightly, and her heart tightened. She quickly stood up and said:

"Is it...is it that child...?"

Halfway through her speech, she noticed that Kamiya Gen breathed a sigh of relief, and Kiha Yu also subconsciously relaxed as well.

Focusing their gaze on the body, they finally confirmed that the deceased was only similar in age, but was not Miyazawa Yuzuki.

"What do you think, Kamiya-kun?" Yuzu asked Gen Kamiya.

The latter was actually still reeling from what had just happened.

To be honest, when he first arrived at the scene and saw the situation, he was almost certain that Miyazawa was the one who had died.

I just can't accept it.

After all, this guy came to visit me at the hospital just a few days ago...

How could this happen so quickly?

Upon seeing Yuzuki arrive, Kamiya Gen suddenly felt very tired and didn't want to stay any longer.

Anyway, she's already involved in this case, and with her mother helping her behind the scenes, they'll find out who the killer is sooner or later...

A few minutes earlier, as he watched Muhe Yuzu drag the body up, Kamiya Gen was already thinking about what he should do next.

Even if Nozaki is caught, under Japanese law, it is highly unlikely that he will be sentenced to death.

Meanwhile, in Kamiya Gen's bedroom, the wooden sword he had received from Miyazawa a long time ago remained on the table.

He was just thinking about how to kill all the murderers of Miyazawa, including Yuki Oda, and the teacher at school who took "inaction" when she was wrongly accused of theft.

Who would have thought that it wasn't Miyazawa who was dragged up?

Kamiya Gen's tense mind immediately relaxed.

Hearing Mu Heyou's words, he slowly opened his mouth and said:

"I don't know... You can investigate the case with Inspector Takeuchi. I have a shoulder injury and want to go back and rest."

"Is that so? Alright then..."

Before Muheyou could finish speaking, Kamiya Gen had already turned and left.

She wanted to catch up, but she couldn't leave the situation there for the time being.

Furthermore, Takeuchi Takayuki had already stepped aside, clearly indicating that he was considering handing over the on-site command to her.

"Inspector Takeuchi, shouldn't we send someone to review the surveillance footage from last night to see if any suspicious persons or vehicles passed by?"

After thinking for a moment, Muheyou stepped forward and spoke.

"Don't worry, I've already had someone take care of it. The surveillance footage check might take a little time, but I'll let you know as soon as I have any news," Takeuchi Takayuki quickly agreed.

At this moment, the forensic doctor was squatting next to the waterproof tarpaulin, wearing gloves and carefully examining the body. He first pressed the arm with his fingertips and then looked under the body's fingernails.

"Can the time of death be preliminarily determined? Were there any obvious fatal injuries on the body?"

Muheyou asked, her voice still trembling from the cold, but she tried her best to remain calm.

The forensic doctor's attention was still on the corpse, and he slowly shook his head:

"At present, we can only determine that the time of death was between the early hours of last night and this morning. The fatal injury cannot be determined at the moment and needs to be taken back to the forensic department for further autopsy."

Mu Heyou nodded, then turned to the police officer in charge of the investigation and asked, "Were any items left behind at the scene? Like fragments of clothing, jewelry, or anything like that?"

The officer shook his head and pointed to the surrounding mud: "The mud on the shore and in the shallows is very soft. The footprints have been washed away by the current. We haven't found any suspicious items yet. We will expand the search area."

After questioning all the relevant personnel, Mu Heyou slowly walked to the steps on the riverbank. Her clothes, soaked to the bone, clung to her body, and a gust of cold wind made her shiver.

At that moment, a bodyguard dressed in a black suit walked over quickly, holding a dry white towel in his hand, and respectfully handed it to her. He was one of Kiha Mikiko's subordinates.

Muheyou took the towel and haphazardly wiped the water droplets off her face and hair.

She looked up and saw that Mikiko Kihara was standing there, waving at her and gesturing for her to come over.

Muhe You slowly walked over, and as soon as she stopped, Muhe Meijiko smiled and said, "The photos I just took turned out really well, would you like to see them?"

Upon hearing this, Muheyou merely glanced at the camera beside her mother without replying.

She knew exactly what her mother was thinking: to publish the incident in the newspaper and subsequently help increase their own reputation.

Muheyou wasn't particularly affected by this. She wouldn't stop her mother from doing these things. After all, the two of them had already talked about it, and if she wanted to pursue a long career as a police officer, a lot of help from her family would be essential.

"Kamiya-kun seemed upset; he left without saying a word," said Yuzuki.

Kimihiko saw that scene too, but didn't take it to heart: "That's alright, he'll definitely contact you once he finds a clue."

In fact, Mikiko Konaga already had a general understanding of the details of the case.

It's not that complicated. Nozaki, who has already escaped Shibuya, is most likely the murderer.

As for why this happened, in Kimihiko's understanding, people who have taken too much medication and whose brains are impaired cannot be judged by common sense.

My men have already sent people to capture that girl. She was able to escape Shibuya, but could she possibly escape Japan?

The newspapers will definitely report the final outcome of this case: the daughter risked her life to retrieve the body from the river, and the perpetrator was swiftly and decisively apprehended.

The police department then highly praised her, skipping her more than six-month "police inspector probation period" and directly promoting her to police inspector, making her the youngest female police inspector in Japan. As her reputation soared, she should also start making connections with higher-ups.

The only thing Kihara Mikiko was considering was whether to find a way to promote Kamiya Gen to inspector as well.

After all, given her daughter's personality, if the "Kamiya-kun" she speaks of were to become her subordinate, she would definitely abuse her power, and a rift might develop.

But if we were to promote Kamiya Gen, what reason would we give for doing so?

The credit for this murder and body disposal case definitely goes to the daughter…

"You don't know, I already asked about the situation when I came. It turns out that before this case of the body being dumped, there was another missing person case. The missing person was about the same age as the girl in the river just now, and was someone Kamiya-kun knew before."

"Who is it?"

Kimihime knew perfectly well what was happening around her daughter, so she was just asking a question she already knew the answer to.

"Well... that girl confessed to him, so that's why he was like that just now," Muheyou said.

"If something like this happened, why did you still go into the water? My daughter is really quite magnanimous."

"What do you mean by that?" Muheyou asked.

Mikiko smiled and led her back to the car: "It's nothing, let's go to the hotel to change our clothes?"

The air conditioning had been on all along, so it was very warm inside the car.

Muheyou continued drying her hair, then shook her head: "I probably won't have time to spend with you today, I definitely need to follow up on this case..."

"Sure, but you'll need to change your clothes before going to your dorm, right?"

"Um."

Kimihime nodded and instructed the driver to start the car.

……

On the other hand, Kamiya Gen did not return to the hospital, but chose to go to his dormitory instead.

He wanted to sleep and didn't want anyone to disturb him. If Mu Heyou's case hadn't been solved by the time he woke up, then he would deal with it later.

Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the dormitory building, I saw several cars parked there.

It's Muhe's car.

"Inspector Kamiya? Would you like to come in and have a seat?"

Mikiko Konaga said in the car.

After hesitating for a moment, Kamiya Gen decided to get on the bus.

"Are you really going to rest? If Lu Chuan had called all those guys to the company, we probably wouldn't have gotten any information out of them without you there."

"What do you think of this case?" Kamiya Gen asked.

"You're on the right track. If it wasn't Nozaki's doing, why would she flee Shibuya overnight?"

"That's not the kind of question I'm asking."

Kamiya Gen looked towards the dormitory, then turned back and asked directly, "Is this case related to you? Or were you behind it all, just to get Inspector Kihashi's services replenished...?"

"etc."

Mikiko stopped him, a half-smile playing on her lips, and then slowly said, "If it really was my arrangement, what would you do?"

Kamiya Gen said seriously, "I can't do it. Although I don't have the same ideological awareness as Inspector Kihachi, I can't do this kind of thing."

There was a moment of silence between the two sides.

"It has nothing to do with me," Kimihiko suddenly said.

Kamiya Gen relaxed a bit and said, "I also think you shouldn't have done that... So what's your opinion on this case?"

Although the question was the same, Mikiko Konaga's answer was completely different:

"Based on what I understand so far, Nozaki is the one in charge of this. It shouldn't take more than a few hours for the girl to be caught and taken to the company in Luchuan..."

"Why not just take him directly to the police station?"

As soon as Kamiya Gen asked the question, he realized that he hadn't thought things through.

According to this important figure's plan, she should have asked him to pass on the clues to her daughter in a different way, so that Muheyou could solve the case in the end.

If we bring the person directly to the police station, whose credit will it be?

We can't let it fall on Takeuchi's head, can we?

"You should understand what I'm thinking," Mikiko Konami said with a smile.

"I understand, but I'm really sorry... I'm a little tired right now, probably because of the injury in my shoulder. I need to go back and rest for a while."

"There's definitely no rush. It will take time for me to get people to publish a lot of news about the case in the newspapers to create a buzz," said Mikiko Kihara.

"Then you go ahead with your work, I'll head back now."

After greeting everyone, Kamiya Gen prepared to get out of the car. As he opened the car door, he happened to run into Kiha Yu, who had just changed her clothes and was coming out of the car.

"Kami-Kamiya-kun...you've met my mother?"

"Isn't this the problem right in front of us?"

Before Kamiya Gen could speak, Kiha Mikiko said from the car, and also reminded her daughter, "He's not feeling well, so don't bother him. Let Inspector Kamiya go and rest first."

"Oh... okay, then Kamiya-kun, you can go now..."

Muheyou stepped aside, not because of what her mother said, but mainly because she also noticed that Kamiya Gen's mental state was very depressed.

"Hmm... You can keep investigating. You can ask Inspector Takeuchi; he knows a bit about this case."

Kamiya Gen responded and walked past her upstairs.