Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 292: Burning Corpse in Fire
How could a living person just disappear in front of everyone?
Just now, Gentamako and Fushimi Kaka were entangled by a dancer, who was selling them a "bond bell", saying that the red and white bells had a special meaning: as long as you cross your own red string with the other person's white string, and silently recite the other person's name while winding them, you can conclude a good relationship or a long-lasting friendship...

The bell is not expensive, only 1,000 yen.

Fushimi Shika knew that the other party thought they were a couple and was here to take advantage of them. He was about to refuse, but before he could say anything, Gen Yuko paid for the marriage bell to show that their friendship would last forever.

Just as I turned my head, Ping Yingzi disappeared.

At first, Fushimi Shika didn't care. With so many people at the scene, it was impossible for him to get lost. It was not until he and Gen Tamako searched for a long time and still couldn't find anyone that he realized something was wrong. He immediately took out his cell phone and called Hira Sakurako, but no one answered and there was no phone ringing nearby.

Seeing this, Gen Tamako acted decisively, stopped the reporters and photographers, and asked them if they had seen Hira Sakurako.

"You are……"

Mizutani Hiroshi did not reply, but looked at them with suspicion.

Anyone would be suspicious of a stranger who came from nowhere, not to mention that Gen Yuzi asked where Ping Yingzi had been, which meant that she was most likely following them all the way...

This is a little scary.

Fushimi Shika was too lazy to argue with them. He took out his police ID from his pocket and pushed it in front of Mizutani Hiroshi: "Detective from the Criminal Division, I am the guardian of that child. I now suspect that you have abducted a girl. Please cooperate with the investigation."

Mizutani Hiroshi panicked. In such a case of abducting a girl, just being suspected of something like that would lead to social death. He and Maori Kei looked at each other, and the two of them explained the whole story in detail.

After hearing this, Yuan Yuzi looked suspicious and turned to look at Fushimi Shika: "What's going on? Didn't you say your parents..."

"I can't hide it any longer."

Fushimi Shika pretended to sigh and interrupted Yuan Yuzi's questioning. He said nonsense in a serious manner: "In fact, Sakurako and I are half-siblings. She has always wanted to see her biological mother, so she came to Shizuoka Prefecture to look for her..."

Yuan Yuzi is not as easy to fool as before: "But that's not what you said before."

"That's because Sakurako asked me to keep it a secret from you." Fushimi Shika shook her head, revealing an expression of 'having other reasons': "She was worried that you would be unhappy, and that her search for her mother would cause a rift between you and her."

Gen Yuzi wondered what the reason was and why Sakurako would have such an idea?

But she changed her mind and thought that if Sakurako found her mother and chose to live with her, she would indeed feel lonely... and maybe she would feel relieved but also a little jealous, because they had been so close before, but in the end, they could not overcome the closeness of blood relationship.

Unexpectedly, Sakurako had kept this thought deep in her heart.

Yuan Yuzi was deeply touched for a moment, with mixed feelings in her heart, and she didn't know what to say.

Before she could recover, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd. The bonfire reached its most intense moment, and the night sky was reflected in blood orange. The dancers flung out gold powder from their sleeves, dancing with the sparks, and the sharp sound of the shamisen, accompanied by the cheers of the crowd, soared into the sky.

Suddenly, with a clang, the musician's strings snapped, and the bonfire collapsed as if in response. The burning pine wood rolled towards the screaming crowd, and everyone scattered. Amid the screams, someone pointed at the bonfire and shouted:

“There’s…someone!!”

Gen Yuzi was startled, and Fushimi Shika also raised his head. They looked against the flow of people and saw a vague figure in the bonfire, burning fiercely in the flames.

"Put out the fire! Put out the fire!"

The locals quickly realized that if the pine wood rolled into the forest, it might cause a forest fire. They shouted for water and poured bucket after bucket of water on the bonfire. Fortunately, the town was close to the coast and there was no shortage of water, so the fire was quickly put out.

There was only a pile of charcoal embers left on the open space on the cliff. Everyone around could see clearly that in the campfire, there was a charred corpse curled up, and the air was filled with the disgusting smell of meat.

The tour administrator calmed the frightened passengers and sent someone to the police station to report the incident.

Yuan Yuzi was terrified. She ignored everyone's attempts to stop her and went to the campfire. She looked at it carefully for a while and only breathed a sigh of relief when she confirmed that it was the body of an adult.

The administrator, Mr. Oura, was extremely busy, constantly evacuating the crowd. Seeing that Yuan Yuzi and others were causing more trouble, he couldn't help but scold them a few words.

"I'm a criminal police officer. We are in charge of this place now."

Fushimi Shika showed his police officer ID again and asked the administrator to organize people to protect the scene. At the same time, he issued a notice asking the passengers to return to their rooms to rest and not go out for the time being while waiting for the police investigation and interrogation.

Hearing this, the administrator suddenly felt more confident.

He was about to do it when Yuan Yuzi suddenly stopped him, pointed at her chest with her hand, and asked, "Have you seen a little girl this tall? She is wearing a Noh mask, blue denim overalls, and a white long-sleeved shirt underneath..."

Seeing the administrator shaking his head in confusion, Fushimi Shika added another instruction: "Now let all hotel owners count the number of people and ask them to help ask travelers if they have seen the girl... A seven-year-old girl is missing, and I hope everyone can help provide relevant clues."

The administrator nodded and hurriedly led everyone away.

Mizutani Hiroshi and Maori Kei were stunned for a while before they realized that this was big news, and it was still hot!
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Get ready!" Mizutani Hiroshi took out the hair wax and started styling his hair with both hands, making each strand of hair distinct and extremely smooth.

Mao Liqi took out the microphone to test the sound. He looked down at the camera, stunned for a moment, and said, "Uh... I, I think I forgot to turn it off..."

"what?!"

Mizutani Hiroshi was furious. High-definition tapes are not cheap these days, and they are all charged by the second.

Even if we put the money aside for now, if there weren't enough tapes to record it, he would tear this guy to pieces alive.

"How much is left?" Mizutani Hiroshi leaned over and said, "Check it quickly..."

Before the two of them had time to disassemble the camera, Fushimi Shika suddenly reached out and took the camera away, fiddled with it for a while, and asked, "How do you rewind this camera?"

Mizutani Hiroshi was about to dissuade him, saying that the camera was very precious and how could he allow outsiders to tinker with it?
However, Yuan Yuzi also reacted at this time, and she quickly said: "The camera may have recorded the process of Yingzi's disappearance. Finding her is important. Please let us check the footage first!"

Hearing this, Mizutani Hiroshi and Maori Kei looked at each other in bewilderment. They also realized that the camera might have captured the cause of the fire. The latter stepped forward to help adjust the machine. Everyone gathered around and stared at the screen.

The picture was shaking and slightly blurry. Mao Liqi obviously didn't focus seriously, and the camera was always on the dancer's white legs...

At this moment, Ping Yingzi suddenly passed through the picture. She stopped and stood beside the campfire, as if she saw something incredible.

Then, a dancer walked across the fire and stood in front of Ping Yingzi.

The woman's long hair covered her face, her scarlet sleeves swept across the flames, like a priestess born from fire, and her skirt reflected ripples like molten gold.

(End of this chapter)