Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 76 Lost Gun
After receiving the order, Yamaguchi Takashi's face became very sullen.

But since the director wanted to investigate, even if there was no murder, it had to be investigated, and at least the closing report had to be acceptable. Yamaguchi Takashi asked the document clerk to retrieve the transcript, asked his subordinates to fill out the form, and then began to write the "Criminal Case Filing Report" which had to be signed and approved by the director.

Yuan Yuzi sat aside and urged him to go out first and file a case report later.

Japanese criminal police have the authority to conduct emergency investigations without filing a case, such as temporary investigations based on reasonable suspicion, investigations after arrest of a criminal in the act, and investigations incidental to emergency arrests... The apartment building case falls into the first category, so her request is reasonable and does not violate any regulations.

But Yamaguchi Takashi was determined to take his time. He scolded Yuan Yuzi to put herself in the right position and taught her a lesson: "You are here to cooperate in the investigation. Do you understand what cooperation in the investigation means? There is only one head of the investigation department. I am the chief. I have the final say on how to investigate the case!"

Gen Tamako had no choice but to watch Yamaguchi Takashi drag on until the director got off work and went home before she submitted the case report to the director's assistant.

In order to show his diligence, Yamaguchi Takashi took the initiative to ask the other members to work overtime in the investigation department, and let them go home first. In fact, he just wanted to sleep in, get double the overtime pay, and make his boss look more diligent.

Even so, Yuan Yuzi had no intention of going back. She sat in the corridor outside the investigation department all night, just to be able to go out as soon as possible tomorrow morning. Mori Mu Yalan advised her to go back to the dormitory to rest and conserve her energy for tomorrow's case.

"I have a bad feeling."

Yuan Yuzi hugged her knees with both hands and buried her chin in her arms: "The child's life or death is still unknown. If we don't hurry up..."

Morimu Yalan thought to herself how long it had been. In a vicious kidnapping case, once the golden 24 hours had passed, the chances of the victim surviving were almost zero. Didn't a case of a girl's corpse being abused break out a few days ago? Maybe it was that child...

She wanted to persuade Yuan Yuzi to think more positively, maybe the hostage was already dead? But she felt that this was too cruel. When she investigated her first kidnapping case, she couldn't sleep all night. The victim was suffering, but as a police officer, she could do nothing. This feeling was terrible.

"I'll wait with you."

Mori Mu Ya Lan sat down beside her. She was silent for a while, and couldn't help but move closer to Yuan Yuzi: "If you feel cold at night, you can sleep in my arms."

“Eh? This… this is not good. Won’t it cause you trouble?”

"It's okay." Morimu Yalan spoke briefly and to the point, trying to maintain his dignity as a superior in front of his subordinates.

"No... Thank you, Director..."

"Ah."

Senmu Yalan fell silent again.

The two sat side by side in the corridor all night.

The next morning, as soon as the chief entered the police station, the two men brought the case report and asked him to sign it. For the sake of the Metropolitan Police Superintendent, the chief did not waste any time and signed and stamped it.

Now Yamaguchi Takashi had no excuse to delay. He yawned, first reported to his leader on the progress of last night's overtime work; then he criticized his subordinates for being lazy, asked them to follow his example and work diligently, and took the sandwich breakfast on his subordinates' desk; finally, he started to do his business and took his team on a patrol.

After getting in the police car, Yamaguchi Takashi tore open the package and took a bite of the sandwich. Just as he was about to start the car, he heard the assistant sitting in the passenger seat say, "Hey, Section Chief, don't you have a gun?"

Yamaguchi Takashi thought to himself, what nonsense is this guy talking about? Yesterday and the day before yesterday, he worked overtime all night, and he had no time to return the police gun at night. Every time he entered the equipment room, he had to register, which was very troublesome, so he kept his police gun in the gun cabinet in the car... He looked down, his heart skipped a beat, and he almost crushed the sandwich in his hand.

The gun cabinet was open and empty. Yamaguchi was about to ask about the guns, but when the words came to his mouth, he saw his assistant looking at him eagerly, so he swallowed the words along with the sandwich.

"Wait."

Yamaguchi threw the sandwich on the side of the road and trotted back to the police station. He went into the equipment room and took a look at the registration form, and when he was sure that he had not returned the police gun, he immediately felt disappointed.

It must have been stolen!

Yamaguchi Takashi's face was gloomy, and he kicked the trash can to vent his anger. He went to the bathroom to wash his face and calm himself down temporarily. He knew everyone in this area of ​​the underworld, and only a rookie would steal a police gun. As long as he didn't get into trouble, he still had a chance to get the gun back.

After he thought it through, he put on a nonchalant expression in front of the mirror and slowly walked back to the police car.

The assistant glanced at his holster and hesitated to speak. Yamaguchi explained, "I just went to the toilet to clean my bowels. There's no need to bring a gun for such a small case."

"Oh."

The assistant subconsciously thought of animals with rectums, and only birds or earthworms would eat and defecate at the same time.

Yamaguchi Takashi turned the car key, started the engine and stepped on the accelerator. Two police cars drove out of the parking lot. The police car behind contacted Yamaguchi Takashi on the intercom, saying that a resident had reported a vicious incident in Sugamo Apartment. The latter was thinking about the police gun and didn't take it seriously at all: "It's just right that we are going there, so we can deal with it together when the time comes."

Ten minutes later, everyone drove to the entrance of the alley.

Before they got out of the car, they saw a crowd of people gathered downstairs of the apartment building. Office workers were looking around with briefcases in their hands, punk men were shouting something, and there were occasional exclamations from the third floor.

Yamaguchi Takashi saw this and knew something serious had happened. He didn't have time to slack off and asked his assistant to call the nearest patrol officer to help disperse the crowd. The latter made several phone calls and found out that the intersection in front of Sugamo Station was empty.

Director Moriki Masaru and Minamoto Tamako were sitting in the police car at the back. They got out and took the initiative to help set up the cordon. Watanabe Shun was currently being detained, and Kazama Takusai was helping him negotiate with the prosecutor. The only remaining patrolman, Fushimi Shika, was currently suspended... God knows what he was doing.

"Then call for other patrol officers!"

Yamaguchi Takashi yelled angrily and just as he opened the car door, he saw a gangster in the distance throwing a coffee can at him. He dodged to the side, and the coffee splashed on the seat cushion. The gangster shouted, "Here comes Ma Po! Here comes Ma Po!"

A carnival broke out in the Sugamo district. The punk men were shouting and screaming as if they were high, and there were bikers and yakuza rushing over from the end of the street.

Yamaguchi Takashi had a feeling that this would be the biggest case in his life, and it might turn into a neighborhood riot. He ran around, yelling at the residents to disperse, calling for reinforcements on the intercom, and then rushed into the apartment building with his subordinates.

The corridor was filled with a strong smell of blood and bloody footprints were everywhere. Yamaguchi Takashi subconsciously wanted to pull out his gun, but he found nothing. He could only bite the bullet and go upstairs to the scene of the crime.

Lights flickered and cameras clicked. Yamaguchi Takashi turned the corner and saw more than a dozen bodies lying in the corridor. The ground was covered with blood. Two Yakuza men in suits were taking pictures against the wall. He turned around and saw two big bloody characters painted on the wall.

——「Heavenly punishment」.

(End of this chapter)