Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 381 The Foolish Assistant Fushimi-kun

Upon hearing this, Genji was somewhat disappointed.

It's normal for a person's personality to change after psychological treatment—it would be abnormal if there were no change, indicating that the customer had wasted their money.

However, she still thanked Doi Yuzuki. After Fushimi Shika finished asking her questions, she swiped her card to pay the bill, saw Doi Yuzuki off, returned to her seat to continue drinking her unfinished coffee, and casually asked, "Fushimi-kun, what do you think?"

"Sit and watch."

After finishing his coffee, Fushimi Shika felt the urge to use the restroom, but he didn't want to get up and walk away too quickly, so he decided to hold it in for a while.

"Don't try to fool me!" Gen Tama pouted, patted the little notebook in her pocket, and said, "Be careful or I'll cancel it for you!"

This guy is making a big deal out of nothing, which really annoys Fushimi Shika.

But the more annoyed he was, the more Fushimi Shika wanted to get the super reward so he could give Minamoto Tamako a good beating and teach her not to be so arrogant... It was a variant of delayed gratification.

Fine, I'll put on my socks first, then my shoes; I'll be the grandson first, then the grandfather.

Fushimi Shika adjusted his mindset and explained, "There's really no way to draw any definitive conclusions. No matter which angle you interpret it from, you can't truly reconstruct what happened that night... In my opinion, the best way is to get Fujiwara Homare to tell the truth, and all the problems will be solved."

“But he won’t speak. The first thing he does is confess. How can we communicate with him?” Yuan Yuzi was very distressed.

Fushimi Shika rolled her eyes. Police detectives at the station are all eager for suspects to confess, but Minamoto Tamako is different. She insists on finding out the truth that only the parties involved know, and she is unwilling to use special methods on the suspect. Isn't she just asking for trouble?

"Well, there's nothing I can do about that," he shrugged, speaking the truth.

"Eh~ Yo yo yo... So there are cases in this world that can stump Fushimi-kun?"

Gen Tamako chuckled, a hint of cunning in her eyes, and said with a grin, "How about it? Now you're experiencing the charm of deduction, aren't you? Not all cases can be solved by guessing what people are thinking! You have to peel back the layers and find the truth from the objective facts!"

"What, Officer Tamako has already deduced the truth?" Fushimi Shika feigned surprise, mimicking her sarcastic tone, "Wow! That's amazing! Looks like I was too ungrateful! Indeed, we still have to rely on Officer Tamako to solve the case!"

Gen Tamako blushed slightly, feeling a little embarrassed, and argued, "It's...it's still under investigation! Isn't it better to discuss it together and brainstorm?"

"What do you mean 'big family'? There are only two people." Fushimi Shikako thought this was too pathetic: "Normally, a special investigation team would be formed for a murder case, right? Fujiwara Homare, as the son of the Superintendent General of Police, doesn't even have this much prestige?"

As he spoke, he suddenly realized something and said, "Oh! I see. Did the higher-ups tell you to handle this discreetly? It's because they can't set up a special investigation team that this case fell into your hands... You're just being pushed out to take the blame!"

Gen Tamako patted her small chest, her chin smeared with milk, and said with her head held high, "What's this about taking the blame? If you're always afraid of offending others, how can you handle a case fairly? If it's true, it's true; if it's not true, it's not true. Even if Director Fujiwara blames me, I have a clear conscience!"

"Truly remarkable! As expected of Officer Tamako!" Fushimi Shika clapped in mid-air.

Minamoto no Tamako knew that Fushimi Shika was being sarcastic, and she was actually under some pressure. If the case went wrong, she would really have to take the blame for Section Chief Kinoshita...

No!

She needs to find a way to prove her abilities!

At the crucial moment, Fushimi A-Meng has to be asked for help. The classic scene that Minamoto Tamako has been dreaming of is finally about to unfold—an assistant’s unintentional remark awakens the detective who has been racking his brains!

"Don't you have any ideas at all? Any guess or thought is fine!" Yuan Yuzi said expectantly.

“There really is,” Fushimi Shika said, stroking his chin. “Based on my past experience… I mean, my experience in judging people, there are only three situations in which someone confesses to a murder case.”

He held up three fingers: "First, inducement or coercion, where suspects confess under the persuasion of judicial organs and law enforcement officers; second, seeking a reduced sentence, which generally involves suspects confessing after surrendering themselves; third, taking the blame for someone else, where suspects, for some purpose, actively stop things that they did not do."

After saying that, Fushimi Shika broke off his fingers one by one:

"The first scenario is clearly impossible. Neither you nor I induced or coerced Fujiwara Homare into confessing, so we can decisively rule it out."

"The second scenario remains questionable. Attorney Kikuta clearly wants a reduced sentence, but Fujiwara Homare may not—if he doesn't want to go to jail, why would he sleep at the crime scene? Why didn't he use his parents' connections? Why has he remained silent all this time, without even offering a single defense for himself?"

“In my opinion, Fujiwara Homare’s situation fits the third scenario, that is, he had to take the blame for someone for some purpose, which is why he did not run away, did not make excuses, and took the initiative to confess.”

"Of course, the above is just my personal speculation, without any evidence to support it, and there are also many doubts - if Fujiwara Homare took the blame for someone else, how did the third party commit the crime? If Fujiwara Homare was helping the third party kill, how did he manage to fall asleep after committing the crime?"

At this point, Fushimi Shika acknowledged the difficulty of the case.

Without resorting to torture, this case will be extremely difficult to handle.

Coincidentally, Fujiwara Homare was the son of the Superintendent General of Police, and no one in the entire Metropolitan Police Department dared to torture him. He knew perfectly well that Minamoto Tamako had taken on a hot potato; whether she handled it well or poorly, someone would be dissatisfied, which was why he had never been interested.

"In short, in my opinion, this case is impossible to investigate. Only the parties involved know what happened that night. Fujiwara Homare got what he asked for. No matter how much you investigate, you will never find out the truth..."

Before Fushimi Shika could finish speaking, Minamoto no Tamako suddenly slammed her hand on the table and stood up: "I understand!"

Her little face was beaming with excitement, and she looked at everyone with exceptional cuteness, especially Fushimi-kun, who had 'accidentally' enlightened her. His silly, incredulous expression was just too adorable, making one want to hug and kiss him.

at last!

My wish has finally come true!

Genji stood up, moved closer to Fushimi Shika, and felt a shiver of pleasure run down her spine. Her arches arched in her shoes, and a tingling current surged from her tailbone to her crown chakra, almost giving her an intracranial orgasm. Her face contorted with excitement, she gripped Fushimi Shika's shoulders and asked loudly:
"I've figured out what happened! Fushimi-kun... you haven't figured it out yet, have you? You definitely haven't deduced the truth yet, have you?"

Fushimi Shika leaned back slightly. He knew that Minamoto no Tamako had been secretly competing with him, but he really didn't expect that letting Minamoto no Tamako take the lead once would elicit such a strong reaction from her... Her competitive spirit was too strong!

He didn't care about winning or losing the reasoning; he just wanted to finish the case quickly and go home to rest. So he asked Gen Tamako:
"Uh... I really don't understand what happened... Can you tell me?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yuzi's pupils dilated. She slumped back into her chair, brought her legs together, and abruptly covered her mouth, swallowing hard.

...It feels so good, so good, so good! !

Fushimi-kun has really become her idiot assistant!!
"I don't understand," "Why?" "What's going on?"... He actually asked those kinds of questions! Just like a clueless assistant in a TV drama!
She'd always wanted a clueless, obedient, loyal, and perpetually energetic idiot assistant!

Yuan Yuzi was so happy her eyes were practically sparkling with hearts!

"Can you be normal for once?" Fushimi Shika scooted back a little. "If you turn into this every time you solve a case, people will probably call you a perverted detective or a weirdo inspector."

"Mmm... Ahh... Glug..."

After a long pause, swallowing hard, Yuan Yuzi finally calmed down and mumbled, "N-nothing about not investigating (abnormal)... I, I was just too happy to solve the case."

"Don't be too happy yet, maybe your reasoning is wrong?" Fushimi Shika said dismissively.

“No… this time it’s definitely right…” Gen Tamako wiped her hands with a napkin, her face still flushed, and said softly, “However, you’re right, we need to find a way to verify the reasoning first…”

Where can I verify this?

“The Fujiwara family,” Minamoto no Tamako said seriously, her hands on her knees, “I must go to the Fujiwara family… I have a hypothesis that needs to be verified.”

Fushimi Shika clicked his tongue inwardly. He imagined in his mind that his family's arranged marriage partner was preparing to send his own son to jail and even came to question the family members during the investigation. It was truly heartless.

If this were a fantasy novel, Minamoto no Tamako would be a villainous female supporting character in a story about annulling an engagement, and sooner or later she would be slapped in the face by the protagonist Fujiwara no Homare, whose fortunes change drastically over time.

He muttered to himself for a while, then prepared to get up and pee. After that, he would accompany Minamoto no Tamako to the Fujiwara family to annul the engagement... no, to question the family members. If Minamoto no Tamako's deduction was correct, then he could call it a day and go home to rest.

However, just as Fushimi Shika stood up, the dark-skinned, blond-haired waiter came back. He handed the bank card and bill to Minamoto Tamako and then began to tidy up the table.

Yuan Yuzi took the bill, glanced at it casually, and was shocked. She couldn't help but ask, "Why is it so expensive?"

"These are coffee beans from the Blue Mountains region of Jamaica, grown at high altitudes in the cloud-shrouded area. The soil is rich in minerals, resulting in a full-bodied and balanced flavor with aromas of citrus and nuts... Only coffee beans grown at altitudes above 1800 meters can be called 'Blue Mountain Coffee,' and 80% of the production is exclusively supplied to the Japanese market..."

The waiter went on and on, explaining why Fushimi Shika's coffee was so expensive.

Yuan Yuzi didn't listen; she was only worried about her little bit of money.

Moreover, if she remembered correctly, the remaining money in this bank card shouldn't be enough to pay the bills—to be on the safe side and to plan her finances, she usually kept her entertainment expenses, living expenses, and savings in three separate bank cards.

In order to save money to pay rent, she naturally spends very little on entertainment.

Yuan Yuzi casually asked how much more money was owed, but the waiter said the payment had already been successful. Completely confused, she checked several times before finally saying, "Um, can your store's POS machine check bank card balances? I'd like to confirm how much money is left in my card..."

The waiter nodded and said, "No problem—"

"No!" Fushimi Shika interrupted, "There's no time to waste, let's get to the Fujiwara residence right away!"

He naturally knew what was going on, because he had encountered the same situation before—if Gen Tamako checked her balance at this moment, she would find that there were 25 million yen more in her bank account!
Genji looked completely bewildered: "Huh? Why? Checking the balance won't take long..."

(End of this chapter)