Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 148 Serial Murder

Kamei Yuryo refused to cooperate and refused to say another word. Even when Gen Tamako produced evidence to put pressure on him, he remained unmoved. Naturally, the interrogation could not continue.

Since there were no witnesses and no confession, Gen Tamako planned to find new evidence - at least conclusive evidence that could prove that Kamei Yuryo had threatened Kamei Riko before she could prosecute.

In the next few days, Gen Tamako rushed around visiting apartment buildings in Sugamo, went to the telephone company to investigate call records, and ran to the Higashi-Sugamo parking lot to look for parking records. She was very busy.

Fushimi Shika hid in the police station under the pretext of interrogating a suspect. Every day at a certain time, he would call the suspect out, lock him in the interrogation room and watch him read comics.

On the first day, the police station received a report that someone had killed and dismembered his wife in the Sugamo apartment building, and half of the police force went to investigate the scene;
The next day, the police station received a report that a female executive of a company had embezzled public funds, and after being exposed, she committed suicide by jumping off a building;

On the third day, the police station received a report that a popular hostess at a sex shop had committed suicide by burning charcoal, and she left behind a suicide note before she died...

On the fourth, fifth, and sixth days, people died one after another. A series of vicious cases suddenly broke out in Sugamo, which had been silent for a long time. It seemed that the previous peaceful time was just an illusion.

The police were overwhelmed with work, and at this time, the newly emerged "Sky Punishment Team" became more and more rampant. Once a murder occurred, they would arbitrarily lynch the so-called "murderer" before the police arrived at the scene, making the already bad public security situation even worse.

Yuan Yuzi originally planned to concentrate on investigating the falling cases, but before long, she discovered that these murders seemed to be related to Kamei Yuryo...

The victim of the wife murder case had an affair with Kamei Yuryo, and the murderer's motive for killing was because he received a stack of anonymous photos;
The company's female executive was once Kamei Yuryo's lover, or more precisely, his financial sponsor. She once spent lavishly with Kamei Yuryo, which led to her being heavily in debt. She was anonymously reported and eventually chose to commit suicide by jumping off a building.

Not to mention the prostitute in the sex shop, it is said that her virginity was once sold for 20 million yen, but was eventually taken by an unknown man. Gen Tamako took Kamei Yuryo's photo and did a little research, and found that the two had lived together and were still in contact recently...

Gen Tamako hurried back to the police station and told Fushimi Shika about her discovery.

The latter police station didn't even have a workstation. There was a folding table in the corner, which was considered the office. He crossed his legs and was boredly flipping through files to kill time. Hearing this, he said indifferently, "It's just a coincidence."

"How can there be so many coincidences? The great detective Sherlock Holmes once said, "There is no such thing as a coincidence"..."

"Vadasi can't understand Ingrish."

Fushimi Shika used this trick again, but it didn't work. You can't use the same trick on Minamoto Tamako twice. She claimed that Fushimi-kun graduated from Nagoya University and required a TOEFL score to enter the undergraduate program. How could he not have learned English?
"Then what are you going to do?" Fushimi Shika asked back.

Yuan Yuzi was stumped by the question. How could she have the experience to deal with such a difficult problem? In the past, it was always Fushimi who came up with the tricky ideas. When it came to her to solve the problem, she was at a loss.

"What do you think?"

Gen Yuzi has learned to throw the problem back. Fushimi Shika often uses this trick. She tried it and felt a sense of guilt for shirking responsibility. "I think we should eat and drink," Fushimi Shika said as he turned the page without looking up. "If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up."

Yuan Yuzi thought, how can this be possible? Fushimi-kun is being lazy again. When he gets home, he will attack him fiercely... At present, the investigation is the most important thing. She doesn't bother to waste time arguing with the lazy guy and runs to the court to apply for an extension of detention.

But this time it was rejected.

At the beginning of the new year, the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs are all striving for performance, with some procuratorial organs even openly posting "prosecution targets" in their offices.

A simple impulsive murder case like Kamei Riko's should have been closed and handed over to the prosecutors long ago. But Minamoto Tamako kept dragging it out until the detention period was almost over, and now she wants to apply for an extension... Isn't this just wasting time?

With the tacit consent of Kujo Yui, the prosecutors had already begun to put pressure on the case. The director was overwhelmed and was caught in the middle. It was not until the court notified him that he asked Minamoto Tamako to close the case... Even if she didn't agree, it would be useless. Officer Sakai had already sorted out the files and related materials and handed them all over to the prosecutors.

On the day the case was closed, the turbulent Sugamo suddenly calmed down.

There were no new murders or crimes, and the situation became as peaceful and self-sustaining as before.

Yuan Yuzi bet her own aho-ge that there must be something wrong! But she has no influence, and if her mother doesn't protect her, then she is just a small patrolman, and nothing she says will be of any use.

After the prosecution, Yuan Yuzi was still unwilling to give up. She went to meet with Mrs. Kamei's lawyer, explained the doubts, provided quite favorable evidence, and suggested that the lawyer defend Mrs. Kamei's innocence. The latter looked serious, asked very detailed questions, and said that he would definitely do his best to prevent innocent people from being wrongfully imprisoned.

When the trial started, Yuan Yuzi dragged Fushimi Shika and others to the court to listen. She clenched her fist nervously and watched the defense lawyer speak impassionedly in court.

The lawyer claimed that the client was very likely suffering from "pet dependence" and had developed an emotional substitution syndrome, pinning almost all of his emotional needs on pets, and regarded pets as his closest and most important emotional companions, even more than his dependence on family and friends;

He then cited the client's various abnormal behaviors in daily life and provided the diagnosis certificate of the mental hospital, further elaborating that the client suffered invisible "emotional abuse" in daily life, in order to prove that she had no self-control at the time of the incident;
Then, the lawyer slammed the table in anger and explained loudly: Kamei Youliang, as the son of the client, premeditatedly stole the client's pet when he knew that the client was in a abnormal mental state, which eventually led to the tragedy... He cited various evidences, such as the testimony of fishermen, highway invoices, parking lot records, and dog hair and feces tests found by the forensic department, which were enough to prove that Kamei Youliang indirectly killed the client!
……

The courtroom was silent.

Yuan Yuzi was overwhelmed with emotion, unable to control herself. This lawyer had spoken out all her thoughts. If the judge hadn't knocked the gavel to emphasize the silence, she would have even wanted to stand up and applaud this lawyer.

In this case, as long as the judge is not stupid, he will definitely ask the police to conduct additional investigations. After all, the facts are unclear and there are many doubts. How can it be easy to make a judgment? When the case is returned, she will have gained precious time to continue the investigation!
"Don't be too happy too soon," Fushimi Shika said softly while chewing on a senbei, "The lawyer was hired by Kamei Yuryo."

Hearing this, Yuan Yuzi widened her eyes and shuddered.

(End of this chapter)