Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 419 Perverted Kidnapper
Seeing that Uesugi Shion still did not react, Fushimi Shika continued to threaten:

"I know you might genuinely be stupid, but I still have to interrogate you. Next, I'll insert this needle into your fingernail. If you don't want to experience the torture I specially devised, you'd better confess honestly..."

As he spoke, he took a needle from the medical waste bin, untied a restraint band, and pinched Uesugi Shion's fingers.

Uesugi Shion's gaze remained clear and harmless, showing no trace of fear.

Fushimi Shika met his gaze, their eyes locked, and he slowly inserted the needle into Uesugi Shion's index finger, making the atmosphere in the ward increasingly tense.

The moment the needle pierced her skin, Uesugi Shion finally reacted. She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something.

Fushimi Shika's hand holding the needle stopped steadily. He carefully observed Uesugi Shion's micro-expressions, finding no flaws. The latter still had the same silly, happy expression as Patrick Star.

"What do you want to say?" he had to press.

Uesugi Shion's mouth opened and closed slightly, as if she wanted to say something but didn't know how to express it, making strange 'ah-woo' sounds.

Fushimi Shika, unsure whether she was faking it or genuinely wanted to speak, pointed to the hourglass by the bedside, reminding her that time was running out.

Uesugi Shion stammered for a while, then, as if struck by a sudden inspiration, she flashed the classic expression of the "Iron Bull Beef Noodle Shop owner," blinked rapidly, and craned her neck to try and get closer to Fushimi Shika. The latter, thinking she was about to say something, remained alert and leaned in to listen.

Uesugi Shion parted her lips slightly, uttering only three syllables:

"dad."

……

"?"

Fushimi Shika's first reaction was that this guy was playing a trick on him, so he immediately transformed into a fierce old woman and pierced Uesugi Shion's fingernail with a needle.

Uesugi Shion cried loudly in pain, large tears streaming down her smooth cheeks. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly with each sob, making her look like a delicate flower in the rain, so pitiful and endearing. Even when a beautiful woman cries, she looks beautiful, especially when she cries out, "Daddy, it hurts..."

Fushimi Shika couldn't take it anymore.

It wasn't that he couldn't stand it in that way, but rather he couldn't stand things like, "Is this guy an idiot?"

To prevent the sounds from being heard, Fushimi Shika had no choice but to forcibly put a gag on Uesugi Shion. The latter's crying changed from "Daddy, it hurts" to "Eee-ooh-ooh," and her chest heaved violently, making her sound even more perverted.

The nurse knocked on the door again, asking what had happened.

Fushimi Shika realized that now was not a good time for interrogation. He pulled out the needle, made up an excuse to send the nurse away, and pondered how to abduct Uesugi Shion.

If it were just about getting Uesugi Shion out of the hospital, it wouldn't be difficult for him.

The biggest problem is Minamoto no Tamako. If she sees Fushimi Shika leaving, she'll definitely follow, and then she'll find that Fushimi-kun has a woman by his side...

There was no other way but to take a risky approach.

Fushimi Shika, while undressing Uesugi Shion, said regretfully, "I'm sorry, I didn't want to do this either..."

...

at the same time.

On the other side, Yuan Yuzi was trying to reason with the head of the neurology department, appealing to his emotions and reasoning with him.

She claimed that a kind life was being persecuted and that only by telling the truth could the victim be saved. In addition, many innocent people had lost their lives because of Uesugi Shion. She hoped that the head of the neurology department would uphold his medical oath, have some compassion, and cooperate with her investigation.

The head of the neurology department listened quietly and then replied with one sentence:

"Make an appointment first, then have a consultation."

Yuan Yuzi pouted, intending to clarify that she was not sick—not only was she not sick, but she was also a criminal police officer with the right to interrogate citizens!

If you don't appreciate my offer of courtesy, don't blame me for being ruthless!
Gen Tamako felt it was necessary to teach the other party a lesson, for example, by showing her police ID like Fushimi-kun did, which would definitely terrify the head of the neurology department!

However, before she could take any action, the hospital's fire alarm suddenly went off.

The alarm bells rang incessantly as the administrators organized the evacuation of patients. Everyone in the corridor was on edge, and they quickly descended the stairs through the emergency exits.

Yuan Yuzi craned her neck and looked around as thick smoke billowed out from upstairs.

Startled, she worried that something had happened to Fushimi-kun and rushed upstairs against the flow of people, completely unaware that a 'fake doctor' was pushing an emergency bed downstairs.

"Cough...cough...cough..."

"Fushimi-kun! Fushimi-kun, where are you?!"

Yuan Yuzi looked around and saw thick smoke billowing in the corridor, but she couldn't see the source of the fire. The smoke detector started spraying water, and in the blink of an eye, she was soaked to the bone.

Unexpectedly, the ward was empty; there was no fire or anyone in sight. The thick smoke was coming from the men's restroom next door.

Genji was completely bewildered. Then it dawned on her that the bodyguard had probably taken Uesugi Shion and escaped. Fushimi-kun, who was monitoring Uesugi Shion, had likely given chase after her when she tried to leave the hospital.

She realized she had done something stupid, slapped her forehead, and prepared to run downstairs to escape.

As she walked through the corridor, Yuan Yuzi didn't feel hot; instead, she felt a bit cold. Turning her head, she saw that the smoke seemed to have dissipated.

Yuan Yuzi felt something was amiss and decided to check out the men's restroom where the fire had started. As she passed the nurses' station, the landline suddenly rang. She hesitated for a moment, thinking that perhaps one of the patients was in an emergency and couldn't be reached. Since she had encountered the situation, she couldn't just ignore it.

"Moshi Moshi?" Gen Tamako answered the phone.

"Great, you finally answered the phone!" Fushimi Shika's voice came through the receiver, sounding urgent. "The hospital is on fire. I'm downstairs right now, and I didn't see you come down. I couldn't reach you, so I had to call this landline... What are you doing up there?"

"I...I came up here to find you..."

As she spoke, Gen Tamako turned her head and looked at the men's restroom at the end of the corridor: "Besides, the fire doesn't seem that big, it doesn't look like a fire. The smoke smells strange..."

"I'm so worried about you!" Fushimi Shika immediately interrupted, using sweet words to bewitch Minamoto Tamako's mind: "Come down quickly, no matter how the fire started, I don't want to see you get hurt."

Yuan Yuzi believed her, her face flushed, she scratched her nose, chuckled shyly, and whispered, "I was worried about you too."

Fushimi Shika mumbled a few perfunctory "uh-huhs" before pushing the hospital bed through the fire escape. Uesugi Shion groaned softly, then got a slap across the face and immediately shut up.

"Okay, come down now. You're so cute, it would break my heart to see you burning up anywhere."

Fushimi Shika's greasy-looking words broke down Minamoto Tamako's defenses. She didn't bother to investigate the source of the fire and happily hung up the phone and went downstairs.

As she passed through the lobby on the first floor, firefighters were rushing in with water hoses. She quickly shouted, "The fire is in the men's restroom on the sixth floor!"

The firefighters didn't turn around, but gave a thumbs-up in thanks. The patrol officers, responsible for evacuating people, helped Yuan Yuzi leave the hospital.

She stood at the hospital entrance, looking at the huge crowd, tiptoeing and looking around, but she still couldn't see Fushimi Shika.

Genji searched around but couldn't find Fushimi Shika, so she went to a public phone booth to call him. After ringing for a long time, the line was busy and no one answered.

Because Fushimi Shika is busy.

Before Minamoto no Tamako came downstairs, he took off his white coat and, relying on his status as a senior detective, "borrowed" a police car from the Sugamo Patrol. While everyone else was gathered in the parking lot to avoid the fire, he drove around to the back entrance of the hospital's inpatient department and stuffed Uesugi Shion into the trunk.

After finishing his work, Fushimi Shika took a moment to catch his breath before answering the phone: "Hello? Ah, I've been looking for you for ages... Where are you?"

"I was in a phone booth on the side of the road, the first phone booth closest to the hospital."

Through the glass window, Gentamako carefully observed the crowd outside, completely unaware that a police car was speeding past her.

That's really strange. Why didn't I see Fushimi-kun earlier?

Was he also looking for me everywhere, so that we kept passing each other by?
Gen Tamako's mind conjured up classic soap opera plots: the male and female leads were about to clear up their misunderstandings and make up, running wildly through crowds or on main roads, repeatedly brushing past each other as if they were blind.

She initially thought the screenwriter was deliberately creating suspense, making the plot both stupid and malicious. She never expected that such a scenario would actually happen in real life. Indeed, the world is full of wonders, and it seems she had misunderstood the soap opera screenwriter.

Then, Yuan Yuzi thought about it again and found this mutual attraction particularly romantic. She couldn't stop smiling, feeling like the female lead in an idol movie, standing in a phone booth, looking out and waiting for the male lead to open the door and pick her up.

"Oh, then you can go home by yourself if you have nothing else to do."

Fushimi Shika hung up the phone after he finished speaking.

These days there are no cameras on the streets, but just in case, he still drove around the streets a few times and made a phone call to Watanabe Shun.

Watanabe Shun didn't answer; the call automatically went to the answering machine, the message of which was surprisingly serious: "This is Watanabe Shun's phone mailbox. Please leave a message after you hear the beep..."

He figured Watanabe Shun wasn't home, so he called Kazama Takusai, but Watanabe Shun answered the phone: "Who is this?"

Fushimi Shika then remembered that Watanabe Shun was temporarily staying at the Kazama's house. The two grown men were inseparable day and night, which seemed a bit strange just to think about.

"It's me," Fushimi Shika said casually, turning the steering wheel. "Is Kazama here?"

"He's taking a nap, listening to some psychological healing tapes. If you need to find him, I'll wake him up..."

“No, no,” Fushimi Shika quickly stopped him, “I’m looking for you.”

"What do you want?" Watanabe Shun scratched his head. "Want a drink? I can't get away these days..."

Fushimi Shika drove the car out of Ogawa Higashicho: "Let me ask you something. Where was Kazama locked up by his daughter again?"

"Kinsugi Street in Negishi-no-sato is adjacent to Nippori... Why are you asking this?" Watanabe Shun said, puzzled.

Fushimi Shika made up a flimsy excuse to brush it off, and Watanabe Shun believed her and didn't press further, saying that they would all drink together once the boss recovered. To avoid arousing his suspicion, Fushimi Shika talked to him a lot about bars, making him forget what he had called to ask.

After finishing his conversation, Fushimi Shika hung up the phone and looked down to see over a dozen missed calls, presumably all from Minamoto Tamako. With his current matters unresolved, Fushimi Shika didn't have time to deal with Minamoto Tamako. He rented a car to transfer, drove the police car back to Koban, then walked back to the parking lot, taking Uesugi Shion to Kinsugi Street. After circling around a few times, they found an abandoned underground warehouse.

Located in the suburbs, in a remote location with no one living around, it is arguably the perfect place for a kidnapping.

Fushimi Shika cleared a clean area, piled up the trash, scraps of paper, and discarded shelves in the corner of the room, then carried Uesugi Shion, put her on the ground, removed the gag from her mouth, and breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"Alright, it's finally all done."

Fushimi Shika patted the dust off his hands and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "You see the situation now. Even if you die here, no one will find out. If you keep pretending to be stupid, don't blame me for being ruthless."

In order to take Uesugi Shion away, he disguised himself as a doctor and used dry ice particles and glycerol to create thick smoke, triggering a fire alarm. As a lawyer, he naturally knew that this series of actions violated Article 117 of the Criminal Code, the crime of using explosives, and Article 8 of the Fire Protection Law.

Furthermore, given his subsequent escape, he is expected to receive a heavier sentence. If exposed, he could face more than five years in prison and a fine of up to 1 million yen.

The cost was considerable.

However, given that Uesugi Shion was on the list of those to be punished by heaven and sentenced to death in his intracranial trial court, he felt that everything he had done was just.

As long as you don't get caught, it's not considered a crime.

Right now, Uesugi Shion, dressed in a binding latex suit, lies on the ground like a cicada pupa. The blood on her fingers has dried, and she is looking at Fushimi Shika with teary eyes, a pitiful expression on her face.

"Still pretending!"

Fushimi Shika looked around. He had no instruments of torture at hand, so he had no choice but to use the most primitive tool of mankind—his own hands—to brutally humiliate Uesugi Shion until she could no longer bear the abuse and confessed on her own.

……

Three hours later.

Uesugi Shion collapsed to the ground, the restraints on her body loosened into pieces, hanging like ribbons, except for the restraints on her hands, which remained firmly in place, forcing her to remain in a bound position.

Her smooth, fair skin was covered in bluish-purple bruises, especially in areas where fat had accumulated, which were large patches of purplish-red, creating a strong visual impact.

Fushimi Shika rubbed his palms and sighed deeply.

He finally understood firsthand why mentally ill people don't get punished for murder.

Uesugi Shion called for her father for three hours, crying loudly as she did so. Her emotions were so genuine that anyone who saw her felt sorry for her.

Even with his hardened heart, Fushimi Shika was stirred by a touch of maternal love, feeling as if he had become Hira Sakurako's father, abusing his innocent and kind daughter.

The two women stared at each other, Uesugi Shion pouting, her once arrogant phoenix eyes brimming with tears. She murmured softly, her voice filled with grievance:

"Daddy...it hurts..."

"..."

Fushimi Shika sighed. Just as he was about to continue, his cell phone rang again in his pocket.

His phone rang non-stop for those three hours.

Fushimi Shika figured that if he delayed any longer, Minamoto Tamako would probably explode. He could only glare at Uesugi Shion, say "I'll deal with you tomorrow," and hurriedly leave the warehouse, not forgetting to lock it before he left.

"Hello? Oh, I just dropped my phone. I've been looking for it everywhere."

Fushimi Shika got into the car to answer the phone, making up a story as he drove: "I was probably in such a rush that I accidentally dropped it on the grass..."

Minamoto no Tamako had already arrived home. She was still resentful that Fushimi-kun had hung up on her, and kept asking Fushimi Shika where he was.

Just as Fushimi Shika was about to lie and say he was home, he overheard Hira Sakurako calling "I'm home" in the background. Realizing that Minamoto Tamako was home and had called him from a landline, he immediately changed his story, saying, "I just found my phone; it's at the back gate of the hospital!"

"Why did you go to the back door?" Yuan Yuzi asked.

"It's all because I was looking for you," Fushimi Shika said, using the same old trick again. "I was planning to surprise you at the phone booth, but I lost my phone on the way... Sigh, I'm really unlucky today."

Genji was initially skeptical, but upon hearing this, she was swept away by her own thoughts and comforted Fushimi Shika, saying that since the phone had been found, it was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune, and the delay was nothing.

Then, she couldn't help but ask, "By the way, Uesugi Shion is missing..."

Fushimi Shika said he would talk about it when he got home, promising to buy a scoop of ice cream on his way home, which made Minamoto Tamako very happy before he hung up the phone.

He left Jinshan Street and drove towards Sugamo Ward, noticing many police cars traveling alongside him.

When Fushimi Shika arrived at the Fushikiri Pass, he discovered that Sugamo Ward was under martial law, with checkpoints set up at every intersection, and traffic jams on the roads, with vehicles crawling forward one by one to be checked.

Fushimi Shika didn't seem to care. He slowly drove forward and stopped next to the warning sign. The patrol officer in charge of the inspection was his junior, an on-duty police officer from Sugamo Station. The two had met during their training.

"Hello, senior!" The patrol officer saluted, then said that he would search the car according to regulations and asked Fushimi Shika to open the trunk.

Fushimi Shika readily agreed and cooperated with the search, casually asking, "What happened? Such a big commotion... Has Sugamo rioted again?"

The patrol officer glanced at the scene as usual and casually replied, "I heard there was a fire at the National Hospital, and a female patient was kidnapped. I don't know who it was, but she's probably the daughter of a wealthy family..."

He paused, then helped Fushimi Shika close the trunk: "You know how efficient the police station is, so they're probably not your average conglomerate."

Fushimi Shika said "Oh," encouraging his junior to work hard, saying that if he got lucky, he might catch the robbers and rise to the top based on his achievements!

"Thank you for your kind words!" The patrolman waved with a smile.

Fushimi Shika drove away, returned to Sugamo Apartment, bought ice cream at the convenience store across the street, then quickly went upstairs, unlocked the door with her key, and casually called out, "I'm back."

Before he could finish speaking, he realized something was wrong.

Genji didn't respond, and there was the sound of a strange man breathing in the living room. Fushimi Shika grabbed a shoehorn, leaned against the wall in the entryway, and cautiously peered out. He saw two detectives and two men in suits sitting on the living room sofa.

The former refers to Kinoshita Shojin and his administrative officer, while the latter refers to the Uesugi family bodyguard who was beaten up at the hospital.

Gen Tamako sat opposite the four of them. She had just served tea to everyone. She noticed Fushimi Shika peeking in and quickly waved to him, saying, "You're back just in time. Section Chief Kinoshita came to see us about something."

As she spoke, she secretly winked at Fushimi Shika and blinked her right eye forcefully.

Fushimi Shika didn't understand what she meant. They weren't yet so skilled that they could understand each other's thoughts with just a glance, let alone the fact that he still hadn't fully figured out Gentama's little schemes.

Without even asking, he knew that these four people had come because of Uesugi Shion. If he let Minamoto Tamako talk nonsense, he might expose his secret, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk into the living room, sitting down next to Minamoto Tamako.

Kinoshita Shojin cleared his throat and turned to ask his bodyguard, "Should you ask first or should I?"

"Ask away," the bodyguard said, not intending to interfere.

Kinoshita Shojin nodded, then turned to Fushimi Shika, carefully choosing his words, and said, "Well, I came here to ask where you two went today?"

Fushimi Shika knew that Kinoshita Shojin was asking a question he already knew the answer to, but he still replied, "I went to the National Center for Psychiatric and Neurological Medical Research Hospital... What happened?"

"Why are you going to the hospital?" Kinoshita Shojin asked again.

"Investigate the case," Fushimi Shika said matter-of-factly.

"What case? As the head of the criminal investigation department, how come I don't know that the police station has a case involving the Uesugi family?" Kinoshita Shojin emphasized.

“The incident was discovered unexpectedly, and I didn’t have time to report it,” Fushimi Shikano said without hesitation. “I received an anonymous tip that Uesugi Shion was involved in human trafficking, so I went to the hospital for questioning as usual… Is there a problem?”

For once, Genji Tamako didn't expose his lie, but instead nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Fushimi Shika was extremely surprised and felt that something was wrong with Genji Tamako. In order not to let Kinoshita Shojin see through him, he held back and did not turn around to look at Genji Tamako.

Kinoshita Shojin was skeptical. He knew these two guys well. Fushimi Shika was always absent from work, and when he was present, he would slack off. If he received an anonymous report, he would either pass it on to his juniors or pretend he didn't hear it. He would never take the initiative to go to the hospital to inquire.

But then he thought that Fushimi Shika wouldn't be so heartless as to kidnap the Uesugi family's eldest daughter... There was an eldest daughter sitting right next to him, nodding along foolishly, so why would he need to kidnap another one?
Hiss, that’s not right.

Kinoshita Shojin thought for a moment and his gaze fell on Minamoto Tamako. This girl always liked to meddle in other people's business and investigate everything, big or small. Maybe she was the one who received the anonymous report and then dragged Fushimi Shika along to question her.

That way, it makes sense.

It's probably just a false alarm.

But the formalities still had to be followed. Kinoshita Shojin explained his purpose, stating that Uesugi-sama had gone missing three hours earlier, and that Fushimi Shika and Minamoto Tamako were the last witnesses to see Uesugi-sama.

As is customary, the first step is to rule out suspicion, followed by asking if there are any eyewitness accounts. Fushimi Shika and Minamoto Tamako were familiar with these procedures, so he didn't waste any more time and went straight to the point asking the two what they had done afterward.

Fushimi Shika continued to lie, claiming that he was with Minamoto Tamako the whole time, and that after hearing the fire alarm, the two went downstairs one after the other and walked home to rest.

Since both parties were witnesses to each other, had no motive, and were public officials, Kinoshita Shojin ruled them out of the case. He then asked Fushimi Shika and Minamoto Tamako if they had seen Uesugi Shion again afterward, and both of them gave negative answers.

After the interrogation was completed, Kinoshita Shojin stood up to take his leave. The bodyguard looked Fushimi Shika up and down for a moment, said nothing, and followed Kinoshita Shojin away.

They need to hurry up and track down Uesugi Shion's whereabouts; they don't have time to linger here.

After seeing off the four guests, Fushimi Shika was astonished—Minamoto no Tamako had actually cooperated with him in lying, something that had never happened before!
What happened?

Did Minamoto no Tamako see him kidnapping someone?
Fushimi Shika forced himself to remain calm, closed the door, and turned around to see Minamoto no Tamako looking at him with a smug expression and a slightly cunning smile.

"hiss……"

He was a little panicked.

(End of this chapter)