Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 465 Happiness: A Choice
After Fushimi Shika's efforts, two completely opposite childhood memories appeared in his mind, which led to Miyazaki Yuuko's failed hypnosis. Otherwise, a month ago, he and Minamoto Tamako would have been tricked in the consultation room, becoming the main culprits in the next random assault case, and then arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department as two drug addicts.

The "sunny boy" whose memories have been overwritten is, in a sense, "Fushimi Shika from the future";
The "gloomy boy" who originally existed in the heart is "the past Fushimi Shika".

Of course, at this point they all had a common yet unfamiliar name:
—Zhou Hao.

As Yuan Yuzi listened, she began to feel confused. She didn't know which sentence she had missed, which made the Fushimi Shika in her memory suddenly become the foreign Zhou Hao... Could it be that Fushimi-kun had been lying all along, and that he was actually an immigrant who had smuggled himself over from Fujian?
Otherwise, how could his childhood memories be of being Chinese?
At this moment, she was close to Fushimi Shika's core secret. Once he told Minamoto no Tamako about it, he would completely open his heart. He would have virtually no secrets from Minamoto no Tamako.

In his lucid state, Fushimi Shika would never tell Minamoto Tamako about this, and would definitely take her to his coffin. No one would know his origins until after his death, just like a ghost from another land who spent his life with his lover as another person.

It sounds rather tragic, but that's exactly what Fushimi Shika intends to do.

Unfortunately, life is unpredictable. The sunny boy did not hide anything and told Gen Tamako everything in detail, including the matter of time travel.

Finally, he added, "It doesn't feel good to be deceived, does it? You'd better leave now, there's no one here who's looking for you, the real Fushimi Shika is long dead!"

Minamoto no Tamako's eyes widened. She stood there, stunned, and after a long while, her first reaction was not to ask how to leave, but to subconsciously ask, "So what kind of person is Fushimi-kun now?"

"Ok?"

The gloomy boy and the sunny boy were clearly surprised by Minamoto no Tamako's reaction. They looked at each other, unsure of how to respond.

"Fushimi Shika is just a name. I don't care about the name; I only care about him as a person… What kind of person was he? What did he go through? I really want to know! I really want to get to know the real Fushimi-kun! I want to be a part of his life, to understand his past—no, not Fushimi-kun, but Hiro-kun!"

As she spoke, Gen Tamako suddenly bowed deeply and cried out, "Please! Please help me!"

The sunny boy sighed again and looked away, but this time he didn't purse his lips. He said, "The real me is much more pathetic than you imagine. I'm selfish, pathetic, and have a lot of dirty and dark thoughts... You wouldn't like someone like me."

"It's okay! I was prepared!"

After speaking, Minamoto no Tamako raised her head. She felt a little strange. The Fushimi-kun she used to know had suddenly become Hiro-kun, and to make matters worse, they had turned into two unfamiliar children. This was hard for her to accept. After all, having a relationship with a minor under the age of 14 was against the law. She wasn't a pedophile older sister who liked young boys, and she couldn't confess her feelings to the faces of two children who were only ten years old.

But then she thought about it again and realized it was a good opportunity. She couldn't bully Fushimi-kun in reality, but at least she could bully Fushimi-kun's true form in her dreams, and in a primary school version at that. These two bean sprouts couldn't fight back at all, and she started to find them pleasing to the eye again, even a little cute.

Hmm, this is what my boyfriend looked like when he was little. He looked kind of cute.

The sunny boy was slightly moved by her sincerity.

He wasn't the complete Fushimi Shika, but rather a childish and willful version of Zhou Hao, making him more susceptible to influence and irrational judgments. After all, every man has a little boy inside him, and this guy had two, one yin and one yang, making him the epitome of the extreme.

For example, the sunny boy clearly understands the harm caused by memory overwriting, which is like drinking poison to quench thirst. He has planted a time bomb in his brain. Maybe one day Fushimi Shika will suddenly feel that the whole world does not understand him, and even Minamoto no Tamako does not understand what he is thinking, thus developing a strong self-destructive tendency.

But the sunny boy, knowing full well the bitter consequences that would follow, remained oblivious and continued to enjoy this false happiness. Even when the gloomy boy repeatedly barged in to remind him that the other side was rotten to the core and nearing its limit, he ignored him and pretended nothing had happened.

Because he is a product of memory overwriting, he cannot face the bloody pain directly.

In the real world, this situation corresponds to Fushimi Shika's lack of self-discipline. When he first transmigrated, he still maintained his self-disciplined habits, reviewing files, running, and exercising every day. He wasn't so lazy in the police academy. But now, Fushimi Shika smokes, drinks heavily, overeats, and sits in front of the TV all day without going out, to the point that Nue poison is causing mold to grow on his skin.

Ultimately, in Fushimi Shika's heart, everyone in Japan is an outsider, and he lives among outsiders. If he doesn't open his heart, he'll eventually drive himself crazy. When he establishes a close relationship with Minamoto Tamako, he exhibits all sorts of terrible behaviors, trying to test the strength of this relationship—a typical case of severe avoidant attachment disorder.

He longed for recognition, yet he couldn't bring himself to speak to anyone.

If it were anyone else, they would have angrily cursed Fushimi Shika as a useless otaku and resolutely moved out of the house. Only Minamoto no Tamako could tolerate his bad habits.

Seeing how sincere Yuan Yuzi was, the sunny boy decided to give her a chance: "Now you have two paths to choose from." He held up two little fingers and said seriously, "The first path is that I can send you away, let you wake up directly, and go deal with things outside..."

Gen Tamako's face turned serious. Of course, she hadn't forgotten that in reality, she and Fushimi-kun were in the basement, most likely hypnotized by the instigator, Miyazaki Yuuko. Someone might even die. The sunny boy paused, then continued, "The second path is for you to stay here, follow the hints Miyazaki Yuuko laid out, and try to untangle his inner knot, bringing peace to his heart... In this process, you'll thoroughly understand what kind of people we are."

Genji looked conflicted. She knew that if she stayed, endless death awaited her, and her memories would slowly fade away. Moreover, the situation outside was not optimistic. Nishino Touna was still a child, and she and Fushimi Shika had lost consciousness. If Miyazaki Chiko wanted to kill them to silence them, they would all be doomed.

How to do?
Why don't we go outside first and talk about this with Fushimi-kun later...

The sunny boy seemed to have guessed what Minamoto no Tamako was thinking and said, "After you leave, you will forget what you dreamed about, and I guarantee that I will never mention it to you again."

Minamoto no Tamako understood; this was her only chance to understand Fushimi-kun.

"What's the situation outside now?" She swallowed hard and clenched her fists.

The sunny boy rolled his eyes, leaving only the whites of his eyes, which looked particularly frightening. He was silent for a moment before replying, "This is not good. Yuanbao and Chuanhe are arguing fiercely, and that wicked woman took the opportunity to hide in the corner... Ah, I think I heard the sound of a crossbow being cocked."

After saying that, he rolled his eyes back and returned to normal: "This is the surface memory, where the time flow rate is three to one compared to the outside; if you enter the heart acupoint, the time flow rate is thirty to one; if you are lucky enough to penetrate into the second heart acupoint, the time flow rate is three hundred to one."

Yuan Yuzi wanted to ask Yuanbao and Kawai what was going on, but she held back: "That kind of awful place... has another floor?"

“Yeah, so you’d better think it over,” the sunny boy said.

She didn't have much time left, and without hesitation, she said earnestly, "I choose the second path!"

One minute at the heart point is equivalent to half an hour. If you go down another level, one minute is equivalent to five hours. She felt that there was still time and she could try to make it. The reason why Minamoto no Tamako agreed was not only because she wanted to understand Fushimi-kun, but more importantly because she found that Fushimi-kun's mental state seemed to be very distorted.

If we don't take this opportunity to understand the problem more deeply, we may never have another chance to solve it.

The sunny boy didn't waste any time. He said okay and led Yuan Yuzi and the gloomy boy to the attic.

On the way to the attic, he suggested that Minamoto no Tamako call Fushimi Shika. If he wasn't mistaken, Fushimi Shika's main consciousness was also inside Minamoto no Tamako's heart.

"You can even make phone calls in your dreams?" Yuan Yuzi didn't understand.

"Yes, you can. You were in the same room. Making a phone call is just a psychological suggestion that will make you talk in your sleep. My consciousness can hear it—and after he hears it, he will reply, and your consciousness can hear it too."

The sunny boy shrugged: "In short, it's like you two are talking in your sleep to each other."

"I see……"

Gen Tamako reached into her pocket and found her pink flip phone again. She quickly dialed a number, calling Fushimi Shika on the other end, reminding him not to commit suicide to avoid having his memory erased. She also warned him to be careful of other dangers in the dream. Having died three times, she had accumulated a lot of experience and knew that in dreams, one must abide by certain unseen rules and be obedient, otherwise, one might die suddenly.

Before she could finish speaking, Miyazaki Yuko pulled the trigger on Fushimi Shika. The latter reacted violently, grabbed the crossbow bolt, and flung it back, interrupting her sleep talking and filling the phone receiver with electronic noise.

"Damn it! Of all times..."

Genji was frantic. She called back, but all she got was a busy signal. The little angel and the devil Kawai were arguing and had no time to listen to Genji's ramblings.

There's nothing we can do but take it one step at a time.

The three returned to the dusty attic. The sunny boy reached out and wiped the mirror, then gestured for Yuan Yuzi to proceed.

Gen Tamako took a deep breath, steeled herself, and strode into the battleground.

(End of this chapter)