Biogenesis by Tatsuaki Ishiguro

Author:Tatsuaki Ishiguro [Ishiguro, Tatsuaki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-942993-44-5
Publisher: Vertical Inc.
Published: 2015-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

Yuhki’s and Yuki’s remains were discovered by Sugita, who had come to work. Arriving at their cabin shortly after eight, she had drawn water at the well to bring them something to drink. According to the Hokkaido Daily, it was after the snows had begun to melt, on a day when the clouds seemed to hang low enough to shroud the mountains in a thick mist, that the nurse made the discovery. A fresh dusting of snow from just the day before covered the mountains, and an air of complete silence reigned in the area.

Yuhki was lying on Yuki’s sickbed as if to snuggle against her. Sugita tried to wake him but noticed that he was cold to the touch. Shocked to find that Yuki’s respiration had ceased altogether as well, the nurse ran to the village hall for help. The local police arrived and sent word to the barracks in Shinjo, and some two hours later, soldiers arrived by car. The fact that the pair had been sharing the same bed became an issue, and since the circumstances surrounding the deaths seemed unnatural at best, the regimental commander decided to restrict the scene and to put the local police on their way. A doctor from Asahikawa 7th Division named Motoyasu Ashikaga was summoned, and a classified postmortem involving only military personnel was performed.

The army medical documents that later came to light included a report describing the conditions of the deceased. “Yuki Shinjo’s body was found atop the sickbed with that of army doctor Yuhki nestled close,” and everything from the hairs on their heads down to their toes was recorded in detail. Apparently, Yuki’s mouth had formed a faint smile and borne a small amount of blood around it. In light of the final passages of Yuhki’s journal, the blood must have been his, but Ashikaga, who knew nothing of that, wrote, “Injury to the oral cavity membrane upon death suspected.”

Neither had any external injuries, and the autopsy ruled that “natural causes” were the likely culprit. “There was no sign of a fire anywhere in the cabin, and the bodies of both persons were in a fresh state as if they had passed away only recently. Since their remains rested in an environment shuttered by snow that in effect preserved them in a frozen state, it is impossible to estimate the time of death. This does not contradict freezing as the cause of death,” the report summarized.

“According to the charts of his and her body temperatures kept by Dr. Yuhki, the curves indicating his patient Yuki Shinjo’s rising body temperature and his own slowly falling measurements intersected on the last night,” the report points out as a simple statement of fact.

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