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The focus will be on the fact that Mikoto Misumi is a female forensic scientist and that she will be subject to such gender discrimination.
"Why are you suddenly saying this, Aki-kun?"
Kube Rokuro looked at him somewhat awkwardly.
"You seem to have something on your mind lately. I don't know what's wrong, but cheer up."
Aki Tomoya casually laughed.
But his words made Kube Rokuro feel even worse.
There's a kind of feeling where you do something wrong, and then people misunderstand and comfort you, which makes you feel even more guilty.
Kube Rokuro had to think about what he had come to UDI for.
To be a mouse here?
That's true; he really does look like a mouse right now.
……
Japan's college entrance exams are held at the end of January every year.
On this day, Aki Tomoya wanted to compose a poem, but he didn't know which poem could reflect his current state of mind, so he had to give up.
Those grueling days of preparing for exams are long gone!
However, life as a medical student is not easy either.
The day before the first exam, Aki Tomoya sends his blessings to Furuhashi Fumino, and then goes to the Metropolitan Library to meet Kato Megumi.
The other party was holding a large stack of documents and case studies, looking through them one by one, seemingly searching for something.
"Kato-kun, if you called me out to help you with legal questions, I'm afraid I can't be of much help. However, I do know a little about things like Japanese medical law."
When Aki Tomoya saw Kato Megumi across from him, looking intently at countless data cases, he knew that the other party must have asked him to come out today because she needed his help.
However, when it comes to legal matters, he has only ever been exposed to medical law.
I'm afraid I can't be of much help with other matters.
"...This whole thing is Aki-kun's fault. If you hadn't made your relationship with that senior so strange, she wouldn't have come to me."
His calm tone somehow carried a hint of complaint.
Although it seems like she's encountered some trouble, Kato Megumi doesn't seem to be able to refuse others.
"It's rare to hear you complain like this... If you find it troublesome, wouldn't it be better to just refuse?"
Aki Tomoya looked at her helplessly, while casually picking up a case study.
"It's not like I'm helping for free, why wouldn't I do it if I was paid?"
"Ugh! Kato, how did you become such a snobbish person!"
This isn't the Kato Megumi he knows. Does having money make you so great?!
Having money is amazing...
I really hope that Megumi Kato will become a prosecutor who upholds justice in the future, instead of someone like Komekado.
There only needs to be one Komikado in this world!
Speaking of Komikado, Tomoya Aki is currently in a dilemma.
As he handled more cases, he suddenly heard about a man named Komekado.
He wondered if he was simply ignorant, or if there was something wrong with his world.
But there's no need to think about this anymore. It's been three years already, so there's no need to say anything like "since we're here, let's just make the best of it" anymore...
If we're talking about getting used to it, I've gotten used to it a long time ago, so I don't need to worry too much about the sudden sense of incongruity.
Anyway, he was already used to Waseda University, but there was also the fact that Waseda University was like a fusion of Waseda and Keio University.
"So, does that mean Kato is now that senior's legal advisor?"
"It's just a part-time job. I'm helping that senior find some cases that can be used as prototypes for events in her novel. I don't deserve such a prestigious title as a legal consultant!"
Kato Megumi shook her head. "Is this what you call a legal advisor?"
No, she's just an ordinary student about to enter her second year of law school.
Kato Megumi is very clear about her own position.
"But if you ask me for help, will Kato share the money with me?"
"...Um, Kasumigaoka-senpai said that if I can help her find a satisfactory case, she'll give me 20,000 yen. I can give you 10,000 yen."
"She's got deep pockets... no, she's lost a lot of money, Kato. Do you know how much she could have made?"
Students are so easy to fool!
Aki Tomo didn't know whether he should say that or not.
But he always felt he had lost out big time.
"As for light novels, it seems like Kasumigaoka-senpai earns quite a lot, but I don't know much about other genres, though they seem to sell fairly well..."
"Kato-kun, you can't do this! This is exploitation, this is oppression!"
"So, does Aki-kun want to help me negotiate?"
Since you've already agreed, why try to haggle over the price?
Kato Megumi put down what she was holding and looked intently at Aki Tomoya.
Chapter 308 More money, more money! (2/10)
"What does 'strangulation leading to delayed death' mean?"
Kato Megumi placed a case in front of Aki Tomoya and asked for his opinion.
"It is death by mechanical asphyxiation caused by strangulation, but not on the spot; it happens several hours or days later."
Aki Tomoya also looked at the case study given by Kato Megumi.
"Your case involves a person who died two hours after being strangled. If there are no other factors in the investigation, it would be a relatively rare case of delayed mechanical asphyxiation. Of course, you can modify it to include other factors, and you can say it that way when you speak."
Being strangled only delayed the time of death.
The cause of death can be determined through medical examination.
"If we were to add the true cause of death, the histopathological examination would show different results depending on the circumstances. In this case, the cause of death was delayed death due to strangulation. The report shows that there was damage to the soft tissue of the neck. An examination of the larynx revealed laryngeal edema with perichondral hemorrhage. The hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage may have been fractured, ultimately leading to delayed mechanical asphyxiation."
Aki Tomoya explained to Kato Megumi.
He used cases he had encountered to illustrate this.
He had encountered a similar case at UDI, where a man got into a fight while drunk and was repeatedly choked for about ten minutes. He died a few hours later in the early morning.
"If we want to use this delayed death as a false cause of death, there is still a real cause of death involved. It is still possible to do it. It depends on how that senior student writes it and how much she has in her mind."
Simply put, it's about creating a plausible mistake and then having a logical explanation for it.
If you really want to be hardcore, you need to have more knowledge in your head.
Kato Megumi listened and took notes, and although she only understood a little, she still wrote down everything Aki Tomoya said.
"Then that's what I told her."
"Hey, hey, hey, are you that casual? Let's look again, like a locked-room murder, a dismemberment and body concealment case, or something like Hanbari..."
Let me tell you first.
In the end, Kato Megumi relayed Aki Tomoya's exact words to Kasumigaoka Utaha.
About five minutes later, Kato Megumi gave him a peace sign: "20,000 yen in hand. If Aki-kun doesn't have time to listen to what that senior is saying right now, we can start looking for the next one."
"No, no, no, I feel like I've fallen into your trap. These 20,000 yen are way too easy for you to get, aren't they?"
Aki Tomoya looked at Kato Megumi with some frustration.
The other party basically picked out a similar case, asked for his opinion, and then took it back to report, and as a result, he got 20,000 yen.
How relaxing!
Aki Tomoya also gave a very detailed analysis.
This case of delayed death is rare, but it's not fair to say it's impossible to detect. At least in Aki Tomoya's opinion, an experienced forensic pathologist wouldn't make a mistake.
Of course, if it is modified and reasonable factors are added, and the logic is sound, it is not impossible to turn it into a wrongful conviction with a hidden cause of death.
But that would require a lot of brainpower.
Moreover, it's not uncommon to see a forensic professor who has worked on 15,000 cases in real life stubbornly insisting on "making a mistake" because of his pride; experience-based confidence can also be misleading.
"It's only 20,000 yen. Didn't Aki-kun just say that it's too much of a loss to only earn 20,000 yen from a usable case?"
Kato Megumi countered with a question.
"I'm sorry, but actually my part-time hourly wage is only 1,000 yen!"
Aki Tomoya's expression froze.