Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 481 Defense Attorneys and Criminal Suspects
A gentle breeze drifted in through the broken glass window, causing the curtains to sway.

Gentama rushed over and looked down, just in time to see Fushimi Shika grab the air conditioner unit, swing down, smash through the window of the floor below, and slip into the seventh floor.

She wanted to lead a group to chase after them, but the police blocked her at the door. She had no choice but to hurriedly hide the gun and try to get away with being a good girl.

Unfortunately, once a shooting occurs and people die, the police will no longer take it lightly. They will immediately take control of the scene, and the first thing they will ask is, "Who fired the shot?"

All eyes turned to Yuan Yuzi. This time, she had no way to escape and could only obediently hand over the imitation Type 94 pistol.

A team of police officers went downstairs to chase Fushimi Shika and contacted the traffic police to set up a roadblock. However, because Fushimi Shika was the owner of the dream and had an inherent aura of mental retardation, certain professions—namely, the police—would revert to the intelligence of a three-year-old child the moment they approached him. Therefore, he escaped the scene without any trouble.

On the contrary, Yuan Yuzi and others, along with Brother Sun's underlings, were arrested and taken to the police station.

Yuan Yuzi is a minor, so the questioning of her was relatively lenient. The police mainly asked her "Where did the gun come from?" and "Who ordered this?"... Ma Xiang and Yi Zetao both confessed that there was a mysterious boss behind Yuan Yuzi.

But others weren't so lucky, especially Sun's henchmen. The police arrested them all and brought them to the interrogation room. The henchmen had coordinated their statements beforehand, unanimously claiming that they hadn't killed anyone, hadn't provoked anyone, and were only acting in self-defense.

No matter how the police tried to induce or persuade them, they insisted that they did not kill anyone and that the existing evidence proved they did not commit murder. They had done bad things all their lives, but this was the only time they were wrongly accused, so they spoke with particular arrogance.

But as Attorney Zhou said before, with so many charges, there must be one that fits.

The prosecutor did not charge them with murder or assault, but instead planned to charge them with crimes such as gambling, endangering public safety, and causing major accidents... All in all, the sentence would be about the same as that for intentional homicide and intentional assault.

As for Yi Zetao and Ma Xiang, the two were involved in smuggling firearms, one as the mastermind and the other as an accomplice. One of them even fired a shot. They were originally going to spend the rest of their lives in jail, but fortunately, they took the initiative to report to the police, which can be considered as surrendering themselves. Afterwards, they sincerely admitted their mistakes and cooperated with the investigation, so their sentences are expected to be reduced by more than half.

Yuan Yuzi was not so lucky. In China, it is often said that minors who commit crimes are not sentenced, but this is not entirely true.

According to Article 17 of the Criminal Law, the age of criminal responsibility for minors is divided into three stages. Minors under the age of 12 are not criminally responsible at all, but their parents are required to discipline them or send them to a special correctional and educational institution.

There are many special schools in China that specifically accept minors with various problems, similar to juvenile reformatories, juvenile detention centers, and juvenile labor camps abroad. These schools were once demonized, but they still exist and have a reason to continue existing.

Those aged 12 and above (12 to 14 years old) are only criminally liable for specific violent crimes such as intentional homicide and intentional injury resulting in death, and prosecution requires approval from the Supreme People's Procuratorate; those aged 14 to 16 are only criminally liable for eight types of serious crimes such as intentional homicide and robbery; those aged 16 and above are fully criminally liable, but should be given a lighter or reduced sentence.

That evening, after taking the statement, the police contacted Yuan Yuzi's "mother." The latter rushed to the detention center, bursting into tears, and asked her daughter through the glass window why she had done such a thing.

Gen Tamako experienced what it felt like to be caught as a criminal, and the feeling was extremely unpleasant. She kept her head down, picking at her fingernails, feeling anxious and guilty. She wished she could pull her hair out of her scalp or confess to the other party, "This was just a dream, I'm not your daughter at all..."

Fortunately, she held back; she did nothing but silently face the condemnation of everyone.

Yes, she did something wrong. Not only did she illegally possess a gun, but she also injured two people. She deserves to be punished by law, even if it's just in her dreams.

After seeing her daughter, the mother went to arrange for a lawyer to try and get her daughter released. Before the trial, Yuan Yuzi had to stay in the detention center temporarily. Because she was a minor and a girl, the bureau gave her special treatment, keeping her in a separate cell, which was like a luxury private room.

Yuan Yuzi lay in bed, feeling that every minute and every second was extremely difficult to endure.

So where exactly is the problem?
She was clearly planning to arrest Fushimi and send him to prison, so how come she's the one lying in the detention center now?
Yuan Yuzi tossed and turned, unable to sleep. One moment she wondered if her adoptive mother was a real person, and the next she wondered what sentence she would be given in court.

In fact, the prosecutor had already spoken with her. If she was willing to confess honestly and reveal the "mysterious boss" behind her, the case could be decided with a guilty verdict but no punishment.

Unfortunately, the mysterious boss was a fabrication. She honestly admitted that the 'mysterious boss' did not exist at all, but the police and prosecutors did not believe her and threatened to send her to a correctional center. She had no choice but to accept that the 'mysterious boss' did not exist, and she could not fabricate testimony or frame others.

Sigh, I hope this dream will end soon...

This nightmare just wouldn't end. Yuan Yuzi was getting a little emo. She imagined herself in prison clothes having her file photo taken, just like in the movies, where the protagonist is holding up a name tag, facing the camera lights, with a look of utter despair.

However, according to Article 17 of the Criminal Law, eight years old is considered to be of criminal responsibility, and regardless of the nature of the act, no criminal liability shall be incurred. Even if the act of possessing a firearm results in serious injury or death to another person, the judicial authorities shall not initiate a case for prosecution.

In other words, the investigators were just trying to scare her.

Minamoto no Tamako was unaware of this, since Japanese criminal law differs from domestic criminal law.

She was still anxious about what to do about Fushimi's mental illness. If left untreated, it would definitely get worse. After waking up, she couldn't remember what happened in her dream, so she could only let Fushimi's condition worsen day by day. Just thinking about it made her feel terrible.

But right now she has no way to arrest Fushimi-kun. What if he gets imprisoned for more than ten years? Even three to five years is something she can't accept!
It hurts so much, but this is what I deserve...

Yuan Yuzi worried for several hours. As the night deepened, the guards closed the iron gate, clocked out, and went home, leaving only a few police officers on duty to keep watch.

Gen Tamako planned to close her eyes and let the night pass quickly. After all, there was no sleep time in dreams; if she closed her eyes for more than ten minutes, sleep time would automatically skip over.

Just then, a shout came from next door: "New guy? What did you do wrong?"

Yuan Yuzi rolled over, not wanting to pay attention, but the other person persisted, and the others started to jeer:
"Speak up! Are you a silent type?"

"What are you pretending for? Don't you want to eat tomorrow?"

"Speak! Are you mute?"

……

Yuan Yuzi sighed, feeling like her life had gone from being a 'Tokyo Police Girl' to a Hong Kong movie 'Prison on Fire'. She really wanted to talk to someone and vent her frustrations, so since someone had initiated the conversation, she figured she might as well reply.

"Because of the gun that caused the injury," Yuan Yuzi said truthfully.

Hearing this, the people in the other cubicles immediately became excited and exclaimed, "Oh, it's a little girl! Let your big brother see her face..."

The crowd started jeering, and the detention center almost turned into a zoo, until the footsteps of the duty officer came from afar, and the detention center suddenly fell silent, the jeering disappearing in the blink of an eye.

After the on-duty police officer walked away, someone spoke up again. It was a deep male voice, sounding like an older man. He said, "Stop making a fuss. Judging from that voice, it sounds like a minor... Hey girl next door, how old are you?" "Eight years old," Yuan Yuzi replied.

Everyone fell silent, and the scene became extremely awkward.

Fortunately, the uncle next door picked up the conversation and continued to press her on how the eight-year-old girl had committed the shooting. Yuan Yuzi finally had an outlet. Ignoring the other person's feelings, she poured out everything that had happened in her dream and in reality. Since they wouldn't have any further contact anyway, she figured she might as well vent to her venting hole.

She went on to complain about Fushimi's bad habits, his own inadequacy, the corrupt state of the Metropolitan Police Department, his boyfriend's mental health, her mother's over-controlling attitude... As she spoke, she couldn't help but sigh deeply and ask herself almost to herself, "What should I do?"

The outside quieted down, and it seemed that no one else was interested in her anymore.

Hearing the conversation started by the uncle next door, all he could say was, "You should see a psychologist."

Minamoto no Tamako was not surprised by this answer. She could only reiterate that she was not mentally ill, and then sighed again, "How can I become as amazing as Fushimi-kun?"

The uncle next door said, "I have a brother who's hiring pickpockets. If you don't mind, I'll introduce you to one when we get out of here."

"Isn't there anything more advanced? I don't want to learn stealing; I want to learn things like indoor tactics..."

The uncle next door said, "I have a brother who's a retired soldier. He runs a veteran's barbecue place. If you spend 200 yuan there, he might be able to train you."

"real or fake?"

The uncle next door chuckled, finding it quite amusing to tease the little girl: "Of course it's fake."

Yuan Yuzi immediately deflated, sprawling out in a spread-eagle position, and let out a deep sigh.

Perhaps sensing her genuine distress, someone else spoke up, a voice that sounded quite young: "Just search online for whatever you want to learn. What can't you learn online these days?"

The middle-aged man chimed in, "That's true. Last time, someone was even posting Taoist scriptures in a QQ group advertising prostitution, saying that cultivating them could lead to immortality, and advising group members to abstain from sex and such..."

Yuan Yuzi shook her head on the bed and said, "How could you possibly find something like this online..."

Before she could finish speaking, the young man recommended several websites, most of which were external websites that required a VPN. He claimed that if Yuan Yuzi needed one, she could buy a VPN from him for only twenty yuan a month, a fair and honest deal.

Everyone in the detention center is talented; they're all here and still thinking about doing business.

Yuan Yuzi then realized that the internet today seemed different from what she remembered. In fact, it was now twenty years into the future, and she should make good use of it to see what would happen.

Thinking of this, Yuan Yuzi suddenly felt motivated. She immediately closed her eyes, intending to go to sleep quickly, skip the night, and try to leave the detention center as soon as possible so she could find a way to search for information online.

Before she knew it, it was the next day. Following the rules of the detention center, Yuan Yuzi got up early to brush her teeth, cleaned the room, and waited to be summoned or inspected.

She had a meeting this morning, and the police escorted her out of the room and to the meeting room.

Yuan Yuzi had just sat down in front of the glass window and hadn't even picked up the phone when her eyes widened.

Fushimi Shika was sitting outside the glass window, dressed in a suit and tie, wearing frameless glasses and carrying a briefcase, looking every bit the elite lawyer, calmly answering the phone.

Genji was a little confused, wondering what Fushimi Shika was up to. She answered the phone and couldn't help but ask, "Why are you here?"

"Why can't I come?" Fushimi Shika retorted. "I'm a lawyer, you're a criminal suspect, and your mother entrusted me with the case. Shouldn't I come?"

In this dream, he is practically invincible, able to ignore the objective laws governing the operation of society, or rather, the objective laws governing the operation of society are reflected in his inner world—his killing and being a lawyer are not contradictory, and in this dream, apart from Minamoto no Tamako, no one would think of catching him.

"Then why did you take this case?" Yuan Yuzi asked, puzzled. "I injured your leg, don't you hold a grudge?"

“I don’t hold a grudge. I’m just curious why you did that,” Fushimi Shika said calmly.

“Didn’t I already explain it to you?” said Minamoto Tamako.

"You mean that story about me dying and being reborn in Japan to fall in love with you?" Fushimi Shika thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I thought you were just stalling for time... Kid, no one will believe a lie that's too outrageous."

Genji was quite annoyed, feeling that this tone was somewhat similar to that of Fushimi-kun, whom she had just met: "What's so outrageous about it?"

Fushimi Shika raised a finger: "First of all, I am not a pedophile..."

Yuan Yuzi slammed her hand on the table in a fit of rage, interrupting, "I'm an adult! You're not allowed to say I'm short!"

The guard immediately stopped her, telling the suspect to watch her emotions, and she had no choice but to quiet down and pout.

“Say what you will,” Fushimi Shika said, flipping through the case file and adopting a businesslike demeanor. “I’m going to plead not guilty, so be prepared. Now tell me what you confessed to at the police station…”

"A not guilty plea?" Minamoto Tamako was taken aback. "Isn't it a plea bargain?"

Fushimi Shika was too lazy to explain to her and urged her to explain quickly, as time was limited and he needed to communicate well in order to find a direction for his defense.

With mixed feelings, Yuan Yuzi couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid that I'll try to catch you again after I get out?"

"You've misunderstood again, little one."

Fushimi Shika closed the file, interlaced his fingers, and said calmly, "If no one arrests me, what's the point of me doing all this?"

(End of this chapter)