Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 448 Anonymous Submission
Fushimi Shika remained silent for a long time without answering.

Miyazaki Yuko did not press the matter further. She subtly indicated that the hypnotherapy would need to continue, and that Fushimi Shika's presence might affect the treatment's effectiveness.

"Can you cure her?" Fushimi Shika couldn't help but ask.

"I can ease her inner turmoil, help her let go of her past obsessions, find a stronger sense of self, and stop wasting her life's meaning on searching for a murderer she can't find..."

Before Miyazaki Yuko could finish speaking, Fushimi Shika interrupted, "Never mind then, let's wake her up."

"Hmm?" Miyazaki Yuko was slightly surprised.

“She probably doesn’t want to resolve this issue either,” Fushimi Shika said, turning her face away, avoiding eye contact with Miyazaki Yuko or Minamoto Tamako. “I understand her.”

“This…” Miyazaki Yuko hesitated and did not agree immediately.

After all, it was Minamoto no Tamako who paid the money.

Seeing this, Fushimi Shika felt a surge of anger for no reason, but he didn't show it. Instead, he smiled casually and said, "I remember that the hospice care treatment was for me alone, right? Minamoto no Tamako is not your client, she doesn't need to receive treatment."

Having said all that, Miyazaki Yuko couldn't insist any further.

She nodded in agreement, then told Fushimi Shika to take two steps back and give him a slight respite, so that Minamoto no Tamako wouldn't be confused if she saw someone other than the person she was hinting at at first glance.

Fushimi Shika did as he was told, crossing his arms and leaning against the corner of the wall, his gaze never leaving his face.

Miyazaki Yuko leaned closer to Minamoto Tamako, whispered in her ear:
"Now, there is a door in front of you. Push that door open, and you will get the result you want..."

As she whispered, Genji's brows gradually relaxed.

After a while, her breathing became even and heavy. She slowly opened her eyes and looked around the consultation room with a blank expression.

“You were asleep just now,” Miyazaki Yuko said, putting her arm around her shoulder to soothe her. “It was just a dream, it wasn’t real.”

"what……"

Genji gradually came to her senses. She turned her head and met Fushimi Shika's eyes.

An eerie silence fell over the consultation room.

"Ahem," Fushimi Shika spoke up first, asking, "How are you feeling?"

"It's different from last time..."

Gentamako speaks the truth.

She just had a nightmare in which Fushimi became the Divine Punishment Killer, first killing Kawai, then gaining her trust and infiltrating the Metropolitan Police Department with Kujo Yui's power; after arriving in Tokyo, Fushimi carried out a massacre at the Sugamo apartment building and wrote the words "Divine Punishment" in blood on the wall; afterwards, he instigated the Sugamo riots, pushing for a showdown between the Divine Punishment Squad and the Metropolitan Police Department...

Her actions all along have been aiding and abetting evil.

For Minamoto no Tamako, it was an incredibly terrifying nightmare. The dead Kawai, with his vengeful spirit, came to interrogate her, forcing her to think and investigate who the true culprit behind the divine punishment was...

In her dreams, Minamoto no Tamako kept thinking and desperately investigating. Every time, without exception, the true culprit of the divine punishment would turn into Fushimi-kun's face in the end.

When she confessed the truth to Fushimi and tried to arrest him, Fushimi deceived her, pretending to cooperate and lowering her guard.

At the critical moment, Fushimi slit her throat, pushed her onto the car seat, then jumped out and fled, disappearing into the night.

She died again and again in her dreams.

Genjitama is like Sisyphus, constantly betrayed by Fushimi-kun, repeating that terrible nightmare.

Now, the moment she opens her eyes and sees Fushimi-kun, she's starting to have PTSD. She's terrified that Fushimi-kun will suddenly let out a strange, mocking laugh, remove his human skin mask, and say, "I am actually the culprit of divine punishment," before pulling out a sharp knife and killing her and Miyazaki Yuuko.

Before she closed her eyes, Minamoto no Tamako was quite looking forward to it, hoping to dream with Fushimi-kun.

But when she opened her eyes, she suddenly felt that Fushimi-kun was a stranger.

Fushimi Shika noticed that something was wrong with her and looked at Miyazaki Yuko with a questioning look.

The latter gave a helpless look, got up and moved closer to Fushimi Shika, whispering that the treatment was not yet complete and that he might be depressed for a while.

Fushimi Shika didn't say much, since it was he who requested the treatment be stopped, and now that Minamoto no Tamako was in a bad mood, he couldn't blame anyone else.

The psychological counseling session ended there. Miyazaki Yuko exchanged a few polite words, but Fushimi Shika and Minamoto Tamako, being perceptive, got up and left on their own initiative.

On their way home, neither of them spoke.

After arriving home, Minamoto no Tamako wanted to speak to Fushimi-kun, but she inexplicably felt a little awkward.

Although she knew that what happened in the dream was all fake and that it couldn't be blamed on Fushimi-kun, she just couldn't accept it for a while, and she felt inexplicably afraid when she was near Fushimi-kun.

To cover up her embarrassment, Yuan Yuzi busied herself. She first cleaned the room, then took a shower and checked her voicemail, only to find a bunch of missed calls.

Yuan Yuzi thought for a moment and realized it was an unfamiliar number. She figured the other party might have something urgent, so she called back using a landline.

The phone rang only twice before the other party answered immediately.

"Moses Moses?"

“Moshi Moshi, this is Minamoto Tamako,” Minamoto Tamako asked, “May I ask who you are?”

Abe Rokuro was very excited. He didn't expect that Tamako-senpai would actually call back. He quickly introduced himself and stated that he was introduced by Watanabe-senpai.

Genji was puzzled. Since it was Watanabe-senpai who introduced them, she couldn't just hang up. So she casually asked, "I see... May I ask what can I do for you, Mr. Abe?"

Abe Rokuro explained his reasoning over the phone and asked Tamako-senpai and Fushimi-senpai if they had time to investigate the truth behind the random assault case together.

Minamoto no Tamako was naturally very interested. After listening, she couldn't wait to go downstairs to buy a newspaper to confirm whether Abe Rokuro's reasoning was true.

Genji glanced at Fushimi unconsciously. According to her usual personality, she would definitely tell Fushimi about this and drag him into the investigation.

But this time, she inexplicably wanted to go alone.

She always begs Fushimi to investigate with her, making it seem like she can't solve cases without him.

Minamoto no Tamako knew without asking that Fushimi-kun was definitely not interested.

Not wanting to be met with a cold shoulder, she held up the microphone and replied, "I'm very interested... Yes, I'm free right now..."

Abe Rokuro said that the investigation can begin now, and he doesn't mind working overtime all night as long as the truth can be found out.

Yuan Yuzi was astonished; this was the first time she had ever encountered a police officer so enthusiastic about investigating a case.

Not bad, not bad, she has the potential to be recruited into the deduction team! Yuan Yuzi felt a sense of goodwill. She glanced at her watch; it wasn't too late yet, and besides, she was still on sick leave—Section Chief Kinoshita had extended her sick leave—so she didn't have to get up early tomorrow, and staying up all night to investigate the case shouldn't be a problem.

"Okay, I'm off right now!"

After agreeing on a meeting place with Abe Rokuro, Minamoto no Tamako went back to her room to change her clothes. Fushimi Shika, who had been watching her finish her phone call, suddenly leaned closer and asked, "Where are you going?"

"We're going to investigate a case," Gen Tamako casually asked, "Do you want to come along?"

“Okay,” said Fushimi Shika.

"If you don't want to, that's fine, I won't force you. Just don't secretly touch my piggy bank when I'm not home. I discovered the other day that one indulgence seems to be missing..."

As Minamoto no Tamako was speaking, she suddenly realized what Fushimi Shika had said, and she turned around sharply to look at Fushimi Shika: "Uh? You want to investigate the case together?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

Fushimi Shika, with one hand on his hip, retorted, "Aren't we good partners? We should investigate cases together."

In the past, when Minamoto no Tamako heard Fushimi say "we are good partners", she would have been so happy that snot was bubbling from her nose.

But now she only feels that Fushimi-kun has ulterior motives.

Is it to find a reason to recall indulgences, or to find an excuse to ask for more stamps?

Yuan Yuzi narrowed her eyes and asked, "Aren't you going on a mission tonight?"

"I've been busy for almost a month, so I'll take a day off today." Fushimi Shika decisively gave himself a break.

"Don't you usually stay home on your days off?" Minamoto Tamako became increasingly suspicious, sensing that Fushimi-kun's attitude was nine-tenths off. "Why would you be out investigating a case on your day off?"

"Because I'm going to die, and I want to make as much of a contribution to society as possible before I die." Fushimi Shika had no choice but to use his trump card.

These words touched Minamoto no Tamako. She was silent for a moment, then said, "Then, let's go together. It just so happens that the junior has also invited you."

"Did you invite me too?" Fushimi Shika raised an eyebrow, resting his chin on his hand, a hint of regret in his voice.

Wow, it seems like they're really going to investigate a case.

"Yes, but I thought you wouldn't be available, so it's not a problem... However, since you brought it up, we can go together."

Gen Tamako paused for a moment, then recounted Abe Rokuro's discovery.

Originally, Fushimi Shika wasn't interested, but now he suddenly thought of many things, such as the tape recording of the Fujiwara Homare licking dog case, Miyazaki Yuuko's dream-sharing experiment, and the increased noise in his dreams recently...

Most importantly, his experience in the consultation room just now left him with a vague sense of unease deep down.

He considered some possibilities and suddenly became somewhat interested in the case.

As they were getting ready to leave, Fushimi Shika casually asked, "You didn't sleep during the day, can you manage to stay up all night?"

"no problem!"

Genji made a gesture that suggested he was a real man.

She changed her clothes, composed herself, patted her face vigorously, switched to work mode, and cast all the distracting thoughts to the back of her mind.

The two went out and hailed a taxi, meeting up with Abe Rokuro at the convenience store across from Koban. Upon seeing his two idols, the latter blushed with excitement and waved his arms in welcome from the front door.

The office worker sitting by the shop window, slurping instant noodles, looked surprised, thinking that some celebrity or beautiful woman had arrived, and craned his neck to watch the spectacle.

Seeing this, Fushimi Shika bent down and whispered, "Is there something wrong with this guy's head?"

Gen Tamako was very pleased; Abe Rokuro's enthusiasm made her feel like she had become a police inspector.

Besides, when she was a rookie patrol officer, she was just as excited to see her senior. On her first day of duty, she was so busy saluting her senior that she could understand Abe Rokuro's feelings.

"Why say that about others? I think he's very motivated!" Gen Tama pouted. "Does that mean motivated people aren't smart?"

Fushimi Shika glanced sideways at Minamoto no Tamako, and he really did think so; but seeing Minamoto no Tamako's expression, he decided to keep quiet, lest Minamoto no Tamako take the opportunity to stamp his seal.

"Have you had dinner yet, senior? How about I treat you to instant noodles..."

Abe Rokuro felt bad about calling his seniors out to investigate the case so late at night, so he wanted to make it up to them.

The 'senior' he mentioned naturally included Fushimi Shika.

However, Fushimi Shika himself did not think so. He had never taken care of his juniors and did not quite understand the Japanese culture of seniority, so he immediately interrupted, "I have already eaten with her."

Fushimi Shika emphasized the word "together".

Abe Rokuro said "Oh," without giving it much thought, and stood at the convenience store entrance asking his two senior colleagues what their investigation ideas were.

Yuan Yuzi had only learned of this matter a dozen minutes ago, so naturally she had no clue what to do. She went into a convenience store, bought a newspaper, and flipped to the section for casual submissions that Abe Rokuro had mentioned, confirming that the anonymous submission was true.

"Hmm, I think we should report this to the investigation department. The narcotics investigation might be going in the wrong direction..."

Before Minamoto no Tamako could finish speaking, Fushimi Shika instinctively retorted, "That's impossible. Even if you have irrefutable evidence, the Narcotics Control Bureau will choose to ignore it."

"Why?" Genji Tamako and Abe Rokuro asked in unison.

The former is unaware of the situation; she failed to join the Narcotics Bureau and naturally has no idea what the current atmosphere is like inside.
The latter was purely curious; he wanted to know how Fushimi-senpai knew that the Narcotics Investigation Division wouldn't handle the case... because he had already reported it to his division chief, Higashiyama Takashi, who had completely ignored him.

Fushimi Shika couldn't directly say that they had encroached on the interests of capital, so he could only say it euphemistically:
"Because the Narcotics Investigation Division has already seized so many drugs, and the media has been reporting that the addicts have been brought under control and sent to compulsory rehabilitation... Now, revealing that the random attack was deliberate and that the perpetrator is still at large will cause social panic."

Yuan Yuzi couldn't stand such unscrupulous things. She clearly did something wrong but refused to admit it. What did she mean by causing social panic? It's not like we can't conduct a confidential investigation. Isn't she just trying to gain credit and avoid making mistakes?

cut!
Unexpectedly, after joining the Narcotics Investigation Division, Fushimi was assimilated by that group of bureaucratic parasites.

Considering that Fushimi-kun had been working late into the night every day lately, Minamoto no Tamako held him in slightly higher regard, thinking that at least he was doing something worthwhile in the Narcotics Investigation Division. The division had recently seized so many drugs; Fushimi-kun might have played a part in it, so she couldn't condemn him outright.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Gen Tamako asked.

As soon as she spoke, she felt a sense of familiarity, as if she had returned to Sugamo, where she was bickering with Fushimi while solving a case.

Abe Rokuro also looked expectant, hoping that Fushimi-senpai could provide a reliable investigative approach.

"You two should go home and get some sleep."

Fushimi Shika said, "Go to the newspaper office tomorrow and ask about the anonymous contributor... It's probably going to be a waste of time, but it's worth a try."

(End of this chapter)