Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 185 Sheep Corpse
The sky had been gloomy for several days, and finally it started to rain heavily.

A cordon was set up downstairs of the Dongchaoya Apartment Building, and a large square tarpaulin was set up in the yard. Raindrops fell on the plastic sheet, making crackling sounds.

After receiving the call, Gen Tamako rushed to the scene immediately. Kujo Yui, wearing a police uniform, personally supervised the scene, and the forensic officers and medical examiners were ready. The detectives held shovels and waited for Kazama Takusai to identify the location.

"There." Takusai Kazama pointed to the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva leaning against the wall.

Yuan Yuzi clenched the corner of her clothes, biting her lower lip, trying not to question Senior Fengjian. At this moment, she was like a gambler, putting everything down and waiting for the lottery to be drawn. Even though she knew she would probably lose, she couldn't help but feel lucky.

What if, what if it’s not grandpa?
Maybe Senior Kazama made a mistake?
Kujo Yui is not as naive as her daughter, nor is she merciful. She asked her subordinates to handcuff Takusa Kazama, and her eyes looked like she wanted to kill Takusa Kazama immediately.

Shojin Kinoshita lit a cigarette and dispersed the crowd. He couldn't help but look back frequently, wanting to know what the final outcome would be.

Two criminal police officers used shovels to dig up the soft soil.

The sky was dark and the thunder rumbled like drums, striking in everyone's heart.

They stared at Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, ignoring the flashing lightning and the heavy rain, determined to uncover the truth buried deep underground.

——Duh!

The tip of the shovel hit a hard object, and everyone's faces changed slightly. Fengjian Takusai looked a little more puzzled. Under the instruction of Kujo Yui, the detective dug out a long wooden box that looked like a coffin.

The forensic officers took photos for evidence and pried open the wooden board with a crowbar. Everyone leaned forward slightly and looked up, only to see a sheep carcass covered in mold lying in the wooden box.

"What's going on?" Kujo Yui asked.

Fengjian Takusai was also bewildered. Could it be that the burial of the body that night was just his hallucination? He had smoked countless times on the balcony, and every time he saw the stone statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, his conscience would be tortured... But now, how come the old man's body turned into a sheep?
No one should know about this...

——Ding-a-ling!

A cheerful ringtone broke the silence. Yuan Yuzi hurriedly took out her cell phone, thinking it was a harassing call to sell insurance. She was about to hang up, but unexpectedly, Fushimi-kun's name was marked on the caller ID... She was worried that Fushimi-kun had something urgent to do. After hesitating for a moment, she turned around, put her little hands on the microphone and her mouth, and whispered, "What's the matter? I have something important to do now..."

"Ah, what's the matter?" Fushimi Shika asked knowingly.

Gen Tamako briefly explained the situation in a few words. Behind her, she heard Kujo Yui's questioning voice. Two police officers had already grabbed Kazama Takusai and were preparing to drag him into the apartment building and find a secluded and deserted place to perform the great memory recovery technique.

"Is there a possibility that Fengjian Qianji deceived her father?" Fushimi Shika said slowly: "She used this to threaten my father, just like Kamei Youliang used the pet dog to threaten my mother. She constantly stimulated the soft spots of her loved ones and tried to turn her parents into obedient puppets..."

"But, but Senior Kazama said that he saw the body with his own eyes and saw grandpa's face..." Gen Yuzi clenched the phone.

For a moment, she hoped Fushimi Shika could convince her.

"Then where did the body go? If Fengjian Qianji didn't trust her father, she wouldn't have asked him to help deal with the body in the first place. If Fengjian Qianji trusted her father, she wouldn't have moved the body so casually, increasing the risk of exposure."

Fushimi Shika paused and said the nonsense he had prepared long ago: "So, my guess... It's just a guess, it may not be correct! At that time, Minamoto no Naoki was just knocked unconscious by Kazama Chihiro. After being buried in the ground, he woke up again, crawled out and ran away..."

"Then why didn't Grandpa come to see us?" Yuan Yuzi thought it was nonsense. "He lost his memory."

Fushimi Lu said nonsense without hesitation: "Objectively speaking, Kazama Chihiro attempted murder, so Kazama Takusai cannot be considered an accomplice. He also voluntarily surrendered himself, so he should be convicted but exempted from criminal punishment... Of course, this is just a reference, you can believe it or not, it's up to you."

This time, Yuan Yuzi understood the hidden meaning in his words.

Either we investigate to the end, find out the truth, prove Senior Fengjian's identity as an accomplice, and confirm the fact that Grandpa is dead;
Either let it go, be foolish, give Senior Kazama a chance to mend his ways, and cherish the hope that his grandfather is still alive;
Shattering truth, gentle lies.

pick one of two.

In the past, Gen Tamako would definitely not have been able to hear Fushimi Shika's subtext, and would have shouted that she must find out the truth... But after going through so many things, she finally understood the power of compromise and reconciliation through internal friction and self-reflection.

Not everyone can easily reconcile with the past;
Not everyone can easily compromise with the world.

Yuan Yuzi knew which path was the 'correct' choice, but that path was more difficult than she had imagined.

She slowly put down her folding phone and looked up at Takusa Kazama. The two looked at each other as if they were in another world. She suddenly recalled the first time she met Takusa Kazama - at that time, Takusa Kazama recognized her at first sight, took her to investigate the scene, and asked her to participate in the murder internship.

Watanabe Shunya remembered that the boss had forgotten Kujo Yui's name, but remembered Minako's face.

"Maybe, maybe it's a mistake."

Yuan Yuzi forced out a smile that was uglier than crying.

Kujo Yui was directing the evidence collection at the scene. She turned around when she heard the words and was about to criticize her daughter for her temper. When she saw the expression on Gen Tamako's face, she was stunned and felt a pain in her heart.

"Mom, maybe we made a mistake."

Gen Yuzi took two steps forward and tugged at the hem of Kujo Yui's clothes. The latter held her daughter in her arms, lowering her head and could feel her daughter's body trembling.

"Are you sure?" Kujo Yui asked unwillingly.

"Well, let's go home." said Yuan Yuzi.

Kujo Yui was silent for a long time, gently patting her daughter's back. Everyone held their breath, looking at the mother and daughter hugging each other with different expressions. The rain outside the plastic curtain blurred the scenery, the snow on the eaves melted, and the lonely early spring came quietly.

"Let's pack up." said Kujo Yui.

The forensic officers looked at each other in bewilderment and whispered to Kinoshita Shojin what to do with the sheep carcass. The latter wanted to kick this tactless guy to death and told him to take it home and roast it himself.

The search was a hasty end. The detectives removed the rain cover, uncuffed Takusa Kazama, and left in the police car. Kujo Yui took the secretly sobbing Minako home to rest. She had a single-family house in Tokyo, which could accommodate ten daughters without any problem.

No one saw Kazama Takusa off to the car. He stood alone in the yard, letting the heavy rain soak him through.

(End of this chapter)