Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 506 The Roar of Justice
Uesugi Shion knew that things might change if she delayed, and she held up her pistol, ready to pull the trigger at any moment, but she still couldn't help wanting to look at Fushimi Shika's face a little longer.

She hoped Fushimi Shika would show a look of despair, or at least be willing to die a heroic death, instead of the smug "I'm the winner" look she was currently sporting.

"What are you laughing at?" Uesugi Shion asked.

“To be honest, it’s quite fun playing with you,” Fushimi Shika said, his hands shackled as he stared at the dark muzzle of a gun. “It’s a pity you have no basic respect for social rules, so you’re too easy to mess things up.”

"So you're admitting defeat?" Uesugi Shion took a step back, the muzzle of her gun remaining perfectly still. "You're just going to die like this?"

“How could that be?” Fushimi Shika remained unmoved: “I’ve already thought of your last words.”

"Are you confident you can steal the detonator before I fire?" Uesugi Shion couldn't help but ask.

"No, my hands are cuffed. If I broke my joints, how could I fight you for the detonator? Besides, you're pointing a gun at me right now," Fushimi Shika said truthfully.

"So you're confident you can kill me and escape the 50-meter blast radius?" Uesugi Shion had a bad feeling.

“Sprinting has momentum, so how could a shuttle run be continuous? If it sprints straight at you and gets fifty meters behind you, that adds up to a hundred meters, which is even more impossible.” Fushimi Shika eliminated all options for her.

Uesugi Shion remained silent for a few seconds, making a decision in her heart. This was the last question, and no matter how Fushimi Shika answered, she would pull the trigger:
"What last words?"

Fushimi Shika slowly raised his hands, his left hand on the shackles, and his right index finger raised to his lips, signaling her to be quiet and listen carefully.

He stood in the middle of the fallen trees, with a raging fire burning behind him, the ashes rising straight to the clouds. A ray of dawn on the horizon illuminated the sea in a blood red hue, and white and black blended together in the island and the sea.

Uesugi Shion listened intently and could only hear the crackling sound of the flames burning.

"Listen to what?" she asked.

"A roar from justice."

The moment the words left his mouth, Fushimi Shika turned his head to the side. A gunshot rang out from the sea cliff, the sound extremely faint, like the 'crack' of burning wood.

If the live stream were slowed down seventy times at this moment, everyone would see that a bullet pierced through the flames, grazed Fushimi Shika's ear as he turned his head, passed by the corner of his eye, and struck Uesugi Shion right between the eyebrows.

The bullet continued its trajectory, exiting from behind Uesugi Shion's head and striking the camera lens directly, shattering it.

The live stream viewers were stunned, including Kujo Yui. She only saw Fushimi Shika turn to the side, blood splattering on the back of Uesugi Shion's head, and then the screen went black.

what happened?

Kujo thought it was a line problem and asked the police to fix it quickly. She was later told that there was no problem with the line and that the live broadcast was interrupted.

The next second, a flash of white light appeared in the cabin window.

Kujou turned her head and looked out the window. She saw another pillar of fire rising in the center of Cat Island, thicker and higher than the flames burning the jungle, with thick smoke rising straight into the sky like mushrooms.

A second or two later, the booming sound of the explosion came, like a thunderclap from a clear sky. The waves along the coast surged continuously, and the black tide crashed against the cabin, causing the patrol boat to rock violently.

It really exploded...

Is that guy still alive?
Kujou was able to confirm that Uesugi Shion was dead, and the official recorded the live broadcast to use as a report later.

No matter what, Fushimi Shika is one of her most trusted subordinates, a capable assistant under her command, and an officer she has always relied on (indulged) in. The case report will definitely make a big deal out of it later.

Having achieved her goal, Kujo had no reason to linger, and the manager of Cat Island ordered her to return immediately. However, she instructed her subordinates to silence the radio, pretending not to have heard the order.

No matter what, she was going to wait for someone to come back.

Of course, this person was not Fushimi Shika; she was waiting for her daughter.

If Fushimi Shika could die a heroic death, that would be perfect. It would save her a lot of trouble... She wouldn't have to do any ideological work on Fushimi Shika afterwards, nor would she have to slap herself in the face and rescind the dismissal order, nor would she have to worry about her daughter being taken away by a pig. She would also save a lot of reward money and promotion opportunities. It would be killing four birds with one stone.

Unfortunately, reality often falls short of expectations.

Kujo stood on the deck, holding onto the railing, gazing at the coastline. After waiting for more than an hour, she finally saw five small dots appear on the beach.

The men on the shore used an air pump to propel the raft into the sea, then lifted a dark-skinned figure, jumped onto the raft, and swam towards the patrol boat.

The team members and crew cheered; everyone admires heroes. To onlookers, Fushimi Shika could have left, but he chose to stay in the fire and make a deal with the terrorists—a courage and boldness that was truly admirable.

If it were made into a movie, it would be the kind of tough guy male lead like Ken Takakura.

Everyone wanted to know how Fushimi Shika finally turned the tide, and some were also worried that he might not have escaped the final explosion. It would have been a great pity if he had bravely sacrificed himself while fighting the terrorists.

Fortunately, Fushimi Shika was mostly unharmed, just a little dirty.

The more arrogant he was in front of Uesugi Shion, the more pathetic he became after the explosion. He was practically running for his life, even using a 100-meter sprint skill.

In order to escape the blast radius, he didn't care about the wall of fire in front of him. He jumped, trying to jump over the fire, but before he could land, the bomb exploded.

The shockwave sent him flying, burning his clothes to ashes on the back. He did a Thomas full spin in mid-air, landing face-first in the ashes, before finally escaping death and surviving by sheer luck.

Genjitama rushed to meet them, carrying Fushimi Shika on her back to the raft hiding place, where she met up with Kazama Takusai and the others. The five had achieved their goal, and fearing they would encounter pursuers from Cat Island, they hurriedly fled to the coastline.

When Fushimi Shika boarded the ship, his race had changed; he was completely black except for his eyes and teeth. Police officers cleaned him with water cannons, and paramedics carried him into the ship's cabin to investigate the blast wounds. Once ashore, he underwent further examination.

Even if someone seems fine now, their internal organs might have ruptured, and they could die without even realizing it. This is a very common occurrence on the battlefield.

After a bombing attack, the first thing to do is to conduct a thorough inspection.

Not wanting to disturb the patient, the others gathered around Yuan Yuzi and the others, asking about the details of the decapitation operation—the officer had already privately spread the word that this five-person team was an elite handpicked by Commander Kujo and secretly sent to the island to carry out the decapitation mission, aiming to kill the terrorist leader.

The fact that the five have successfully completed their mission and returned safely demonstrates that Commander Kujo is adept at recognizing and utilizing talent, has foresight, and is a skilled commander.

In any case, it was Commander Kujo who deserved the most credit.

Yuan Yuzi was completely confused, as were the others, except for Watanabe Shun, who remained as surprised as ever.

Because he never understood the situation.

Since so many people were asking, Watanabe Shun felt it was a good opportunity to boast. He was about to start recounting his heroic deeds on the island, such as 'cleverly using the excuse of taking a dump to defeat the enemy's plan' and 'destroying everything in an instant with a cigarette butt'...

Before he could speak, the officer dismissed everyone and led them to the cabin to see Commander Kujo.

A little guilty, Yuan Yuzi quietly asked Moriki Yalan as she passed the deck and entered the cabin, "Yalan-nee, what's my mother doing here? Did she see the arrest operation report I submitted? I thought the chief wouldn't have looked at it closely. I hope she won't blame me for acting without authorization..."

"It's alright, she's still your mother."

Moriki Arashi was quite open-minded. No matter what, Gen Tamako was Kujo Yui's daughter. Even if they caused a huge uproar, Kujo Yui would still have to clean up the mess.

Watanabe Shun remarked from the side, "I wish I had a mother like that."

Kazama Takusai told Watanabe Shun to shut up. They were about to meet their superior, and he hoped Watanabe Shun would control his loose tongue and stop speaking without thinking.

“Actually, I had already learned to think before I speak,” Watanabe complained, “but I’ve reverted to my old ways. It’s definitely not my fault.”

Kazama Takusai's forehead veins bulged; he had been holding back Watanabe Shun all night: "You mean, the problem lies with me?"

Watanabe Shun remained silent, but his expression said 'yes'.

Kazama Takusai was about to give him a flick on the forehead when the clerk in front stopped and gestured for him to come in; Commander Kujo was waiting inside. He could only glare at Watanabe Shun and mutter, "I'll settle the score with you later."

The four filed in, and Kujo Yui was sitting in her office chair, already working on her report.

"Don't be so reserved, tell me what happened." Kujo Yui didn't bother with the prisoner's dilemma theory; she simply glanced around before her gaze fell on her daughter: "Officer Tamako, you go first."

Yuan Yuzi's back and the back of her neck were covered in black ash, which she hadn't had time to clean off. Suddenly, she heard her mother call her name, and her ahoge (cowlick) twitched. She felt an itch on the back of her neck and wanted to scratch it, but she still stood up straight.

"Yes, Commander Kujo!"

She shouted with great enthusiasm and a guilty conscience.

Kazama Takusai and Moriki Masahiro exchanged a glance, quickly going over in their minds whether they had done anything wrong in front of Minamoto Tamako tonight.

After all, this guy doesn't lie, and Commander Kujo is a shrewd person. Genji Tamako can't hide anything from him and will definitely tell the truth.

No one knows a daughter better than her mother, and Kujo Yui deliberately called out Minamoto Tamako's name first to report.

Yuan Yuzi dared not hide anything and told her everything in detail, like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

"Initially, Shika deduced that the bomber was Uesugi Shion, and immediately chose to call in communications officers to monitor phone calls. Therefore, he was not present when the bomb disposal mission was carried out..."

She had learned her lesson and, during her report, secretly slipped in a little something of her own, explaining to Fushimi why he refused to carry out the bomb disposal mission.

These things were also the truth to her; she hadn't lied to her mother. Besides, she had promised Fushimi-kun that she would explain the matter to her mother and the Metropolitan Police Department.

Next, Gentamako detailed the process of arriving on the island and carrying out the mission, telling everyone what she had done. Kujou Yui's expression was somewhat intriguing, and the way she looked at her daughter changed slightly.

Finally, Minamoto no Tamako brought up the main event: the death of Uesugi Shion.

"I made a promise with Lu Jun. He will walk in front, and I will cover him from behind. I will provide support whenever he needs it..."

"He must have trusted me, which is why he agreed to Uesugi Shion's request, voluntarily discarded his sword, put on handcuffs, and gave up all resistance..."

"At the crucial moment, he called me, but I didn't answer. I knew he was signaling me to fire, so I pulled the trigger..." "Because I was aiming from a distance the whole time, and I even secretly adjusted the shots a few times, the final, most crucial shot hit Uesugi Shion in the head..."

"How far exactly? 1.85 kilometers. The error should be small. That's the distance. At the time, the wind speed was five meters per second, the humidity was very high, and there were also flames and heat waves. It was actually very dangerous."

After Minamoto Tamako finished speaking, Moriki Ayaraku and Kazama Takusai's gazes towards her changed, becoming exactly the same as Kujo Yui's.

Finally, Yuan Yuzi added a few more details, and overall, there were no major problems with the presentation.

Moriki Arashi and Kazama Takusai both breathed a sigh of relief. One of them committed murder by taking the law into his own hands, and the other illegally possessed a firearm. If these two things were to get out, it would be tantamount to handing over their secrets to their superiors.

Fortunately, Gentamako didn't know.

Kujou Yui listened to the whole story and didn't think there was anything seriously wrong. She asked the other three to fill in the gaps, and their account was pretty much the same as what Minamoto Tamako had said... except for two strange points: how exactly did Kazama Takusai and Moriki Masahiro escape from the kidnappers? The two of them never explained the details clearly.

Watanabe Shun's words were completely worthless; that guy was a complete braggart. He told his superiors that he had killed three hundred terrorists, burned down the terrorist armory, and even outwitted and outfought an important leader for three hundred rounds...

Kujou took it as a fart, letting it go in one ear and out the other, and didn't listen at all.

After the four people finished their presentations, Kujo Yui had almost finished writing her report.

She capped her pen, closed the document, interlaced her fingers, straightened her back, and said, "The coordinates of Cat Island were given to Fushimi-kun by me, and you need not question them."

"Commander Kujo is amazing!" Watanabe Shunichi showered him with compliments. His vocabulary was a bit limited, and he could only say "amazing." As for other idioms for praising people or any high-EQ phrases, sorry, he hadn't learned them.

Kujo Yui ignored him again and continued:

"Furthermore, this case involves foreign forces, and you are required to sign a confidentiality agreement. Details of the case must not be disclosed to the outside world until the files are released."

Kazama Takusai and the others nodded; it was only right, and signing the confidentiality agreement was also a way to protect them.

But Minamoto Tamako felt a little regretful. She thought she could become a famous police inspector, appear in the newspaper and be admired by everyone. She would be commended and become a role model for the entire police station, thus reaching the pinnacle of her life and becoming a true captain of the reasoning team.

It's a pity, it has to be kept a secret.

Yuan Yuzi had a feeling of hiding her true identity, but she was still reasonable and knew that there was no room for negotiation in this matter.

Kujo Yui successfully silenced the four people and prepared to personally meet Fushimi Shika to do some ideological work on him, so as to avoid any mishaps in her future reports that would make her look bad.

She waved her hand, indicating that Yuan Yuzi and the others could leave.

Watanabe Shun left first, followed closely by Kazama Takusai and Moriki Masahiro. Minamoto Tamako trailed behind the three, and just as she was about to close the cabin door, she remembered something, poked her head out again, her ahoge swaying, and asked somewhat nervously:
"Having solved such a big case, can I be considered to have passed my initial training?"

Gen Tamako still remembers the bet she made with her mother. Kujo Yui once said, "If you lead the investigation and solve a heinous murder case, I will no longer mention making you resign." Of course, there was also a hidden condition: Gen Tamako would also be promoted.

Some time ago, she solved the hotel murder case involving Fujiwara Homare and Yoshikawa Rio. Section Chief Kinoshita promised that her promotion was a sure thing, but a month or two have passed and there's still no progress. She didn't want to ask him directly, so she could only worry anxiously.

She hasn't been officially hired yet. If she doesn't seize the opportunity to solve the case and make contributions, she might be back to square one by the end of the year, and then her mother might make her resign again.

Kujo Yui was also taken aback. She remembered the bet she had made with her daughter. At the time, she was convinced that her daughter would never be able to solve a case on her own... But now it seemed that Minamoto no Tamako had gone further than she had imagined.

Was it because Fushimi-kun was leading her?
No, that's not right.

She herself has been moving forward.

Kujo Yui looked relieved. She suddenly felt that the guilt she had felt when she asked her daughter to defuse the bomb was somewhat foolish.

Minamoto Tamako is a qualified police officer, no different from the 40,000 police officers in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

She is now first and foremost a detective, and secondly, the daughter of Kujo Yui.

Kujou Yui understood this point, and she nodded slightly, inexplicably understanding her father's feelings: "Yes, that's fine."

Gen Tamako smiled and happily said, "Thank you, sir," then closed the door and went to share her joy with her friends.

On the other side, Fushimi Shika lay on a stretcher, and the paramedics were applying treatment to the burns on his back.

He took advantage of his free time to take stock of the system rewards.

He didn't kill Uesugi Shion, so there was no reward. After finishing this task, he killed several sentries on the coastline and the guards at the warehouse, which earned him two skill points and two attribute points.

Just as Fushimi Shika was pondering how to spend his money, Minamoto Tamako and the others suddenly burst in, chattering incessantly. One minute they were saying that the operation had been a great success, and the next they were saying that Minamoto Tamako had finally been promoted and would now be a full-fledged detective. The noise was giving him a real headache.

"Alright, alright, I'm injured now, can't you let me rest properly?"

Fushimi Shika pretended to cough twice, acting as if he was about to die.

The others knew his personality and didn't react in any particular way, but the emergency doctor was frightened and pulled out adrenaline to inject into his thigh.

Fortunately, Fushimi Shika reacted quickly and explained that he was faking it and that he was not feeling unwell, thus avoiding the need for acupuncture.

After all that commotion, the emergency doctor told the nurses to quickly send the person away, as the patient really needed to rest and was not suitable to see guests.

No sooner had Yuan Yuzi and the others left than Kujo Yui arrived. The nurse didn't know whether to shoo them away or not, so she could only turn back and look at the emergency room doctor.

Seeing their predicament, Kujo Yui offered, "I'll just say a few words, I'll be right back."

The emergency doctor led the nurses away, and before leaving, he gave them a very responsible instruction: "Be careful not to agitate the patient, and press the emergency call button immediately if anything unusual happens."

Kujo Yui nodded, indicating that she understood.

After seeing the outsiders off, Kujo Yui sat down by Fushimi Shika's bedside and peeled an orange for him herself. If outsiders had seen this, they would have thought that a mother was visiting her seriously injured son.

Kujo Yui pondered for a moment, having prepared her words: "Fushimi-kun..."

Fushimi Shika turned his head to the side: "Hey."

Kujo asked, "Want some oranges?"

Fushimi Shika said, "Just tell me what you need. If you really want to treat me to oranges, you can feed me."

If it were anyone else, Kujo Yui would have actually fed them by hand, showing respect and courtesy, and not being stingy at all!

But since the other person was Fushimi Shika, her daughter's boyfriend, she couldn't do that and had to eat the orange herself.

Ugh, so sour.

Kujou Yui, expressionless, placed the remaining oranges aside and asked, "How do you know the coordinates of Cat Island?"

Fushimi Shika countered, "How am I supposed to know?"

Kujou Yui said, "I said I would send you to Cat Island on a mission."

Fushimi Shika hummed twice, offering no objection. Kujo Yui then asked, but Fushimi Shika didn't answer. Instead, she asked, "What should I do?" and "How should I know?" Kujo Yui answered each question.

Finally, after reviewing the report, Kujo Yui knew it was time to discuss the price, so she forced a smile and asked, "When do you plan to take Tamako back to Hokkaido?"

"I don't know, the tickets haven't been booked yet."

Fushimi Shika rested her chin on her arm, pondering as she said, "She feels it's a bit too early to meet the parents now, it's not quite appropriate..."

“You’re overthinking it. It’s just meeting the parents, not getting engaged,” said Kujo Yui. “There are couples who meet the parents two or three years before getting engaged. Meeting the parents is just expressing an intention to ‘date seriously.’”

"Meeting the parents and meeting the head of the family are not the same thing, are they?" Fushimi Shika wasn't fooled. He came to his senses and looked at Kujo Yui: "If the head of the family is not satisfied with me, he won't chop me into mincemeat, will he?"

“Of course not.” Kujo said seriously, “Back then, I was with Tamako’s father against my parents’ wishes, and I never saw my father chop him into mincemeat.”

Fushimi Shika felt slightly relieved, realizing that Kujo Yui's words made sense; he had also felt that meeting the parents now was a bit too early.

He and Yuzi had been in a flirtatious relationship for over a year, but had only been dating for less than four months. Getting engaged directly would be too hasty... However, if they were just meeting the elders to express their intention to "date seriously," it wouldn't seem like a problem.

It might even rekindle your relationship!

Fushimi Shika agreed, saying he would take Tamako back to Hokkaido at the end of the month. Kujo Yui also agreed and helped him contact the head of the family to arrange a time before informing Fushimi Shika.

She will give Yuan Yuzi a break so that she can go back to her hometown to visit her relatives.

Having secured the first deal, Fushimi Shika wasn't so easily fooled; he wouldn't let a pretty face pass him by. All that "uh-huh" and "ah-ah" earlier was just him waiting to reap the rewards of his victory!

"correct!"

Fushimi Shika pretended to have just remembered something: "A friend of mine wants to hire me as the company's legal counsel... I don't plan to climb any higher in the Metropolitan Police Department, so I'm just preparing for my retirement. Do you think it's appropriate for me to hold two positions?"

"..."

Kujo Yui paused for a moment: "You mean, you want to be both a police officer and a legal advisor to the yakuza?"

"Is there a problem?" Fushimi Shika asked innocently.

"..."

(End of this chapter)