Tokyoites don't have martial virtue

“Helping Mom with chores, Saki.” Mr. Karakawa smiled with satisfaction and held up four fingers: “Prepare four beers for us, and bring out all the snacks to go with them.”

"Mr. Karakawa, I'm not old enough to drink yet," Kyushu Makoto quickly reminded him, lest the shop be shut down.

"Oh! Then let's switch to milk!" Mr. Karakawa readily agreed: "You need to drink more milk, my Saki is almost taller than you!"

After the four were seated, the wine and dishes were quickly served.

Makoto Kyushu picked up a grilled chicken skewer and enjoyed it with seaweed salad.

Izakayas are primarily for drinking and socializing, so the quality of the food is not a major concern. Many dishes are semi-finished products bought from wholesale supermarkets, which only need to be heated up.

However, Kyushu Makoto didn't care about such things. After the fierce battle, his stomach was empty, so he ate whatever he could get his hands on.

"Cheers!" The other three first took a sip of wine before slowly eating their food.

Halfway through the meal, Ken Yuugami changed the subject and asked, "Teacher, are you called Ushiwakamaru? That's a strange name."

"Well~ actually, my name is Ushimaru Todoroki. 'Ushiwakamaru' is a nickname a student gave me." Ushiwakamaru-sensei explained calmly, "Later, I don't know how, everyone started calling me that~"

"Your swordsmanship is very skillful; it must be the Satsuma style," Yuugami Ken casually remarked.

"I've heard that many detectives learn Satsuma-ryu swordsmanship, especially those from top-ranked schools who are often regular members of the kendo club in high school and university."

"Haha, you figured it out! I was a sports student in high school, and I even participated in the Jade Dragon Flag competition." Teacher Niu Ruomaru put down her wine glass and laughed sheepishly.

"Later, I worked as a criminal investigator in the Shonan area for a while, and I even clashed with Mr. Yagawa's gang a few times back then. But now that he has retired from the underworld, I have no grounds to make things difficult for him."

"And then what?" Kyushu Makoto swallowed the roasted beef and asked, "Why did you become a teacher?"

"Later, I was dismissed from the police force, so I decided to become a teacher," Ms. Ushiwakamaru replied.

"Oh, you were fired from the police force?" Kenji Yuugami asked impatiently, "Did you run into some trouble?"

“When I was directing the arrest of a group of human traffickers, I accidentally discovered that my superiors were colluding with them and engaging in clandestine transactions.” Teacher Niu Ruowan lowered her gaze, lost in thought.

"I gathered a bunch of evidence and had him dismissed and investigated. Two months later, I made a mistake during a mission and was fired from the criminal investigation team."

"Hey...I think I heard something terrible..." Yuujin Ken regretted bringing it up: "It looks suspicious, doesn't it?"

"Haha, maybe~" Professor Ushiwakamaru laughed with a sense of relief: "I don't care about these things anymore. Now I'm just a history teacher who's about to retire."

"But the fact that you've gone to such lengths for your students shows that your passion hasn't faded yet," Kyushu Makoto said, tossing the chicken bones he'd finished eating onto his plate with a strangely serious expression.

“I heard that ‘Ushiwakamaru’ is the childhood name of a sword saint from Wano Country. You are truly worthy of that name, teacher.”

"No need for such flattery, I only did a trivial thing~" Teacher Ushiwakamaru waved her hand and humbly joked:

"Today really took a toll on my old bones, I almost strained my back."

"By the way, you two, these are my business cards." Yugami Ken took two business cards from his pocket and handed them to Kyushu Makoto and Ushiwakamaru-sensei:

"My detective agency is located in Kamurocho. Whether you're looking for a pet, running errands, finding a house, or catching a cheating spouse, you can hire me. By the way, I used to be a lawyer, so I also provide legal advice and can help you find a reliable defense lawyer."

"That kid Yugami is amazing, he can do everything. He even helped us find our izakaya." Karasawa Hiroyuki patted Yugami Ken on the shoulder and boasted, "Take his business card, you can contact him if you need anything in the future."

"Thank you." Kyushu Makoto readily accepted the business card.

It must be admitted that this detective is indeed quite capable; no wonder Hiroyuki Karasukawa would ask him for help in a crisis. If it weren't for his help, Makoto Kyushu would already be a convicted arsonist, and wouldn't be sitting here eating and chatting.

"When I saw Kyushu-kun today, I was almost speechless." Ushiwakamaru-sensei took a sip of her drink, her gaze fixed on Kyushu Makoto.

"Who exactly is your master? Your moves don't look like competitive martial arts; they're more like... killing techniques."

Upon hearing this, the other two also looked at Kyushu Makoto, awaiting his answer.

In terms of both mental fortitude and combat ability, Kyushu Makoto is far superior to children of this age. Not only Ushiwakamaru-sensei, but the other two are also very interested in his true identity.

"Oh, me..." Kyushu Makoto smiled and took a sip of milk, preparing to start lying.

"Beep beep beep—!" Suddenly, Yuujin Ken's phone rang.

"Excuse me, I need to go outside to take this call." Xi Shenjian picked up his phone and quickly walked out the door.

"Officer Takagi, how's the case going?" He found a quiet alley and leaned against a telephone pole.

"I'm so sorry to have suddenly caused you this trouble.

"It's alright. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's reputation has been ruined lately. Taking action against a yakuza organization is good; at least it can salvage some public goodwill." Officer Takagi's voice was calm on the other end of the phone.

[And how could someone like me, a descendant of an "outsider," possibly be promoted without producing tangible results that would silence everyone?]

"That's true, then you'll have to work harder." Yugami Ken lit a cigarette and leisurely puffed on it.

"By the way, has the great hero's remains been found?"

With absolutely no leads, the entire Metropolitan Police Department is going crazy. Most of the police force has been deployed to search for the body, significantly weakening Tokyo's routine security measures.

"There's nothing we can do about it. The Akihabara shooting has already ruined your reputation and caused quite a bit of international trouble. Now, the anti-police sentiment is growing louder and louder throughout Tokyo." Yugami Ken exhaled a light, grayish-white smoke ring and sighed.

"At this critical juncture, if the public discovers that the remains of the great hero Yanhuang have also been lost by you, the top officials of the Metropolitan Police Department will probably have to collectively apologize and resign."

That's why I privately asked for your help; I just wanted to ask about your progress. Finding his body would be a huge achievement for the Metropolitan Police Department.

"Don't worry, unless someone ate the body whole, skin and bones, how could it not be found? I'll help you look for it properly."

Yes, please keep this a secret and don't mention it to anyone.

"Don't worry~ Keeping secrets is one of a detective's duties. See you later!"

88. Visiting Prison

Over the next few days, Kyushu Makoto kept a close eye on the progress of the case.

As a party involved and a witness, Makoto Kyushu was summoned to the police station for questioning and investigation several times. In addition, he would also proactively contact the detective to inquire about the progress of the case.

Yugami Ken was very helpful and even took the initiative to contact Officer Takagi for him, obviously out of respect for Mr. Karasukawa.

"Don't worry~ Right now, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department needs to solve a few major cases to restore their reputation. This case will definitely be handled seriously," Yuugami Ken reassured him.

According to Detective Yugami's description, Officer Takagi took the case very seriously. He first conducted a rigorous interrogation of the arrested members of the Kazama Group, and then swiftly raided several yakuza hideouts, obtaining a large amount of criminal evidence and arresting the main leaders of the Kazama Group.

Makoto Kyushu was worried that Inspector Takagi might have used some radical or illegal methods in the investigation, but Inspector Takagi assured him that nothing would go wrong. Rather, the Metropolitan Police Department's upper echelons were eager to sacrifice a yakuza organization in an attempt to salvage their tarnished reputation.

This tactic is strikingly similar to the bubble economy era in Wano Country. In order to quell public resentment caused by the Great Depression, the Wano Country government decisively targeted the yakuza, enacting the "Organized Crime Countermeasures Law" and carrying out several large-scale purges of the yakuza in an effort to salvage the government's prestige.

As for Adachi Shin, the police have found evidence of his criminal cooperation with the Kazama Group, and the local prosecutor's office is also preparing to file criminal charges against him.

In a country where the conviction rate for criminal cases is as high as 99.9%, even if Shinichi Adachi were to hire a lawyer with spiky hair and a blue suit, he would probably still face imprisonment.

Furthermore, according to the investigation, the culprit behind the recent surge in juvenile delinquency in Tokyo is a criminal gang called "Luffy the Sea Patrol," whose core members are mostly located in Southeast Asia, with the Kazama Group being just one of their collaborators.

Due to the extreme difficulty of cross-border arrests, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was at a loss and could only vent their frustration on the Kazama Group.

Makoto Kyushu was initially worried that the Kazama Group would hold a grudge against him, but after learning that the police were fighting with the Kazama Group, he felt a little relieved.

A few days later, Makoto Kyushu received a call from Detective Yuugami:

"Officer Takagi just contacted me; I can now visit the suspect."

......

That afternoon, Makoto Kyushu visited Fuyu Ozawa's house again.

"Hello, you're the one from last time..." Ozawa's mother opened the door and, upon seeing Kyushu Makoto, her eyes flashed with hostility, her attitude quite rude.

"You said last time that you wouldn't bother us again, right?"

“I didn’t come to disturb you.” Kyushu Makoto simply smiled and said slowly, “I came here to convey a message to Ozawa-senpai.”

He cleared his throat and shouted into the doorway, "Adachi Shin has been arrested. I've brought him in as agreed."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Just as Kyushu Makoto was about to go downstairs, a timid voice called out to him:

"Please, please wait!"

Kyushu Makoto turned around and saw that the person who had called out to him was an overweight girl. She was wearing an oil-stained blouse and sweatpants, her face was greasy, and her long hair was a mess like a bird's nest. Her indecent behavior was so bad that it made people frown and pinch their noses.

Standing at the door, Ozawa's mother gaped in surprise and murmured, "Dongyou?"

"Are you... Ozawa Fuyu?" Kyushu Makoto asked tentatively.

Compared to her previous photos, she looks much fatter, obviously because she has been giving up on herself at home for too long.

"You said... Adachi Shin... was arrested..." Ozawa Fuyuu's words were incoherent: "Is it... true... no, you're not lying to me?"

“It’s true.” Kyushu Makoto nodded, returning a firm look in his eyes: “If you have the courage, you can go to the detention center and see him for yourself.”

Kyushu Makoto wrote his phone number on a blank business card, handed it to Ozawa Fuyuyu, and left without looking back.

Looking at the business card in her hand, Ozawa Fuyumi remained silent, staring intently at the numbers on the card as if searching for some answer between the lines.

Finally, incredibly complex emotions and a barely perceptible glimmer of light gradually surfaced in her lifeless eyes.

......

The next day at noon, Kyushu Makoto, who was having lunch on the rooftop, suddenly received a phone call.

"Hello, are you the classmate who visited yesterday?" It was Xiaoze's mother's voice on the other end of the phone.

"Yes, what brings you here?" Kyushu Makoto replied respectfully.

“Fuyu has made up her mind. She said she wants to go to the police station to see Adachi Shin.” Ozawa’s mother said hesitantly, “But she hasn’t left the house in so long, and I will accompany her the whole time… Is that alright?”

"No problem, I'll arrange a meeting for you." After finishing the call, Kyushu Makoto hung up and instructed Karasukawa Saki, who was sitting next to him: