Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 214: Live up to expectations

"Master is looking for me?"

Fushimi Shika was half lying on the bed, pretending to read a scripture, but in fact he was daydreaming about what the first person who drank milk did to the cow. When Otomo Hayabusa walked in and saw this scene, he admired him even more, thinking that the master must want to reward Shika-kun, and he could not wait to report the summons.

"Yes, Lu Jun has performed outstandingly recently. Maybe you can be promoted to a regular employee in advance. If you are lucky, the master will recommend you to go to the headquarters for training."

Otomo Hayabusa was sincerely happy for his friend.

Fushimi Shika put down the sutra casually, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "How is Ashu doing recently?"

Hearing this, Otomo Hayabusa curled his lips and said, "He has been the same lately, not devout enough to the church. The master said that he has been hiding something, so he was punished... I guess he is in the reflection room now?"

"Oh! He really deserves it," Fushimi nodded, and then asked, "Where's Horie-kun?"

"Who?" Otomo Hayabusa was stunned.

"That young man who joined the church at the same time as me, lived in the same container as me, was usually taciturn and had very white skin... Do you have any impression of him?"

"I remember now. After the master summoned him before, he never came back..." As he spoke, Otomo Hayabusa's voice lowered and his expression became a little stiff.

"It's been so long, why hasn't he come back yet?" Fushimi Shika looked worried, as if she was really thinking about Horie Kei: "Could it be that he failed the test to join the church and was expelled from the church by the master?"

"How could that be? The master said that as long as you have perseverance, determination, and believe in the church wholeheartedly, you will definitely pass the test to join the church!" explained Otomo Hayabusa.

"Then why didn't he come back? Did he give up?" Fushimi Lu sighed again: "What a good young man, he just left when he said he would."

Otomo Hayabusa stood at the door of the room, his face uncertain. Through Fushimi Shika's two sentences, he thought of many bad things - the disappearance of believers was not a precedent, there were believers who were drowned by the master before, and the bodies were buried behind the factory.

Later, some believers wanted to leave the church, but they were all killed by the master using his supernatural powers. The scene was quite tragic, with broken limbs everywhere. At that time, Otomo Hayabusa was in charge of cleaning up, which left him with a serious psychological trauma.

"Gentlemen, please see clearly. This is the consequence of apostasy."

The master's words echoed in his ears like a nightmare.

"Well, now is not the time to think about this," Fushimi Lu put down the sutra, stood up, and straightened his black robe: "Let's go, don't keep the master waiting for too long."

"and many more--"

Otomo Hayabusa held Fushimi Shika's shoulders, swallowed his saliva, and said nervously: "Wait a minute, don't be anxious, wait for me for ten minutes... I will be back soon, you stay here... It's only ten minutes late, the master won't blame you."

Having said that, he turned and jogged off.

Fushimi Shika shouted behind Otomo Hayabusa, "Where are you going?" The latter turned a deaf ear to him, ran all the way out of the factory, went straight to the sentry dormitory, knocked on the door and asked where the church member who was on guard today was.

"Ah, the master has been temporarily transferred away, saying that he has a special mission..." When Otomo Hayabusa heard this, he was struck by lightning and stood there in a daze as if he had been electrocuted.

If it was just a simple meeting, why would the master call in the sentries? If the master had other plans, Lu Jun would be in great danger!

Otomo Hayabusa couldn't understand why they had to punish those pagans, but why did they have to attack Lu Jun? Lu Jun was also a devout believer, willing to sacrifice himself for the truth... He really couldn't bear to see Lu Jun die.

Otomo Hayabusa hurried back to the factory and told Fushimi Shika the news, asking him to follow him and escape - there was a hole on the east side of the factory wall, and no one would notice them if they got out from there. Then he would drive to the hole to pick them up and take Fushimi Shika out of the suburbs of Arakawa!

After listening to this, Fushimi Lu looked calm and shook his head.

Under the surprised gaze of Otomo Hayabusa, Fushimi Shika showed compassion and said: "If the master punishes me for my faults, then I am willing to die; if the master kills me for his own selfish desires, then I am willing to feed the tiger with my body to awaken the master's conscience, let him return to the right path, and continue to lead everyone to pursue the truth."

Having said this, he left the room without hesitation and went straight to the second floor where the master lived alone.

Otomo Hayabusa looked at Fushimi Shika's back, his head buzzing. He had always felt that the saints in the scriptures were too far away, but now he saw such a person in real life... His determination to seek the truth made Otomo Hayabusa feel ashamed, and he even couldn't help but want to follow him.

But he changed his mind and felt that it was not worth it to let a saint like Lu Jun die in exchange for his master's conscience.

Besides, it is still unclear whether the master has a conscience. After all, he is a person who transcends the other side and is not bound by worldly morals. He often does things that are difficult for believers to understand... such as drinking high-end red wine, eating Wagyu beef dishes, and letting female believers sleep with him.

Otomo Hayabusa hurriedly chased after him and tried to dissuade him, "But, but... for your own safety, Deer-kun should just run away!"

"I have already put my personal safety aside," Fushimi Shika said as he walked, with a heroic expression as if ready to die. "As the saying goes, if you hear the truth in the morning, you can die in the evening. Perhaps the meaning of my existence is to help my master gain enlightenment."

Hearing this, Otomo Hayabusa knew that he could not persuade him, so he asked, "Then... what if, I mean if, the master might not necessarily do anything to you... if you really met with an accident, what would be your last wish?"

Fushimi Shika paused, pretending to ponder for a moment, and said, "If possible, before I die, I'd like to say goodbye to the sword that my father entrusted to me."

Otomo Hayabusa took note of it secretly. He sent Fushimi Shika all the way to the second floor. He watched Fushimi Shika lift the red curtain and his back disappear behind the glass door. He felt like a void in his heart.

He stood at the stairs, looking up for a while, and when he didn't hear any gunshots, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Before Otomo Hayashi could rejoice, a sentry suddenly came down from the second floor with a rifle on his back. His heart skipped a beat and he quickly stepped forward to ask what happened upstairs. The latter pushed him aside without any hesitation and left the factory without paying any attention.

Seeing this, Otomo Hayabusa had a bad feeling. He gritted his teeth, ran back to his dormitory, dug out the ancient sword from under the bed, sat quietly beside the bed for a while, and then ran back to the stairs.

Otomo Hayabusa made up his mind that if he heard gunshots from upstairs, he would take a knife and go to see Fushimi-kun for the last time.

Fushimi-kun had entrusted him with the sword, and now it was time for him to prove that he was worthy of his trust.

Even if it means apostasy.

(End of this chapter)