Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 44 The disappearing bullet

Yoshimura Yu wanted to say something else, but was stopped by the other instructors. The leader of the riot had to be arrested, so the instructor stuffed a rag into his mouth and dragged him into the cave.

The situation was finally calmed down, and Shirata Masahiro shouted, signaling everyone to go back to the cave first.

He slowed down his tone and tried to comfort the students, saying, "You are all students that I am proud of," "You are all men who have established a school," and "You must work hard after graduation." Upon hearing this, the students burst into tears, making the scene particularly emotional.

"The fog will soon dissipate. Let's rest for ten minutes and get ready to continue our journey." Shirata Masahiro looked pale, but he forced a smile. "This is the last leg. Let me see what kind of people you are!"

"Yes!" the students said in unison.

Shirata Masahiro nodded with satisfaction, saying that everyone would be brave enough to pass the test. They were so moved that they burst into tears, and they felt their blood boiling and their spirits were extremely high.

Only Yoshimura Yu was crying silently. He was held by the instructor like a dead dog, and it seemed that he had no intention of walking a single step on his own.

The instigator, Fushimi, didn't care about it at all. He followed Gen Tamako into the cave and found the skeleton.

Everyone then remembered that Fushimi Shika and Minamoto Tamako had returned to the snowy mountain just to investigate the skeleton. While they were still worrying about going down the mountain, Minamoto Tamako had already returned to the mountain to investigate the case despite being ill... This was not a difference in ability, but a difference in awareness.

“It’s a complete defeat…”

This thought popped up in everyone's mind at the same time.

Before the two of them got close, Miu quickly warned, "Be careful! That skeleton will move..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the skeleton's head turned again and pointed at Fushimi Shika. The latter glanced at Yuan Yuzi calmly and said, "Go ahead, it's your turn, the world's top reasoning expert, the future famous detective of the police department..."

"Alright!" Yuan Yuzi blushed and quickly reached out to cover his mouth: "Don't say that in front of so many people!"

"What does it matter? We won't see each other after graduation anyway, so why not show off your skills now..." Fushimi said, yawning. He hadn't slept all night last night, taking care of Gen Yuzi, and was very sleepy now, so he urged, "Hurry up, it's freezing, and I want to go back early to catch up on some sleep."

Yuan Yuzi nodded, walked closer to the skeleton, put on white gloves neatly, and began to examine it carefully.

Several students gathered around curiously, looking in from a distance of four or five meters. They all wanted to know why the skull moved, but they were too embarrassed to ask, so they had to push Xiu Ze out to be the bastard.

"Well, classmate Yuzi, have you noticed anything?" Xiu Ze asked.

"There are two doubts."

Yuan Yuzi pointed to a gap in the skull and said, "First, this hole in the skull should be a gunshot wound. I noticed it when I first found this skeleton, so I suspected that the deceased was killed."

"I didn't have time to conduct a thorough inspection because I was searching the mountain at the time, but I clearly remember that there was a rusty bullet embedded in the other side of the skull. The bullet must have penetrated the left side of the skull, penetrated the brain, and got stuck in the right side of the skull..."

As she spoke, Gentamako turned her skull and pointed the side toward Fushimi Kaka: "What's strange is that now the bullet is gone."

"Huh?" Xiu Ze was stunned.

He thought, is this the point? Shouldn't the point be why the skull moves? How dare Tamako twist the skull head so nonchalantly?
Before anyone else could react, Yuan Yuzi continued, "The second suspicious point is the deceased's shirt pocket."

The skeleton was wrapped in a ragged jacket, and the sweatshirt underneath had already rotted into shreds. Gen Yuzi carefully turned the pockets of the jacket inside out, and found nothing inside. "Is there anything suspicious about this?" Xiu Ze was confused.

"It's so clean, there's no dust." Yuan Yuzi turned another pocket inside out, and it was full of dust and gravel. "It means there was something in it, probably a square hard object that filled the entire pocket, and it was taken away recently... It's very likely that the same person took the bullet."

As she explained, more and more students gathered to watch the fun.

"Ah, I see," Xiu Ze scratched the tip of his nose, "Actually, everyone wants to know why the skull can move..."

"Because there's a snake in there, didn't you see it?"

The expression on Gen Tamako's face seemed to say 'Why do you ask such a stupid question?' She 'pulled' the skull off the cervical vertebrae and turned the angle to show it to Hidenori.

There was a small snake curled up in the skull, which had just wrapped its belly around the cervical vertebrae, probably looking for a place to hibernate. After being startled by the students, it twisted restlessly, causing the skull to rotate. In the dim light, it looked like the skull was moving.

It turned out to be like this...

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on and no longer wanted to investigate. Instructor Bai Tian clapped his hands, signaling that the break was over and everyone set off.

Fushimi Shika glanced at his watch and felt that it was getting late and that it was time to go back.

Suddenly, Yuan Yuzi turned around and asked, "Who was the first person to discover the skeleton?"

Kuroki Miu didn't understand what was going on and raised her hand weakly: "It's me..."

"Did you see any footprints when you arrived at the cave?" Yuan Yuzi asked again.

"No," Miyu turned around and saw that everyone else was packing up and getting ready to leave, so she said, "Do you have anything else to ask? If not, we'll be leaving soon..."

"and many more!"

Yuan Yuzi waved her hand, pointed at everyone, and posed in a classic pose of "the murderer is among us", saying: "Someone among you stole the key evidence! If you want to leave, please hand over the stolen relics first!"

Everyone was stunned. Their first reaction was confusion. Who would take something from a skeleton?

"It started snowing after we searched the mountain last night. If an outsider entered the cave at night, there would definitely be footprints on the snow. Since there were none, it means that the bullet disappeared after you came in."

When it comes to murder, Yuan Yuzi has a principle of not giving in. Her face was tense, and she said seriously: "Please cooperate with the investigation. It will only take a few minutes. Tell us who has been close to this skeleton..."

"Sorry, I don't have time to play detective with you here," Shirata Masahiro interrupted, "I have to be responsible for my students, and I have to leave now."

"Didn't we agree to rest for ten minutes?" Fushimi Shika tapped the cover of his watch with his fingers. "It's only been seven minutes. It won't matter if we delay for another three minutes. Besides, the fog outside hasn't completely dissipated. Instructor, do you have something urgent to do that requires you to leave first?"

Under the slightly puzzled gazes of others, Shirata Masahiro was silent for a moment, lit a cigarette, and exhaled a puff of white smoke.

"Then wait another three minutes."

(End of this chapter)