Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard
Chapter 263 - 214 Ordinary Events, Ordinary People_2

Chapter 263: Chapter 214 Ordinary Events, Ordinary People_2

Uesugi Sakura’s expression was unmoved, as he took a small step back, swung the Wooden Sword down with both hands, hitting the bald head in front with a "Duang".

The bald head furrowed his brows and shut his eyes in pain.

Then, as he tried to protect his head, Sakura swiftly struck at his neck.

The muscular body fainted on the ground with a thud.

Side step, strike, hit.

Another one down.

Swagger, slap the face, strike the neck.

Another one down.

The gaze shifted to the other side, where Uncle Sakihara was already pressed down by several guys, stacked up like a mountain, his face turning red as he shouted:

"Damn it, damn it! Have the guts to fight one-on-one! Even one-on-two or one-on-three would be okay!! You seven fighting one, who could win!!"

"Shut up!"

"Shout again and I’ll slap your face!"

"Get that dead dog of yours away! It’s biting my leg!"

A dog was fiercely biting at the pant leg of one of the guys in the pile, tugging hard.

Uesugi Sakura held the Wooden Sword in his hand, glanced at Uchida trying to drag his boss away at their home’s front door, then looked at Hanamaru Hanabi peeping from the door crack inside, and walked towards Uncle amidst the distant police sirens.

.....

"Hahaha, are you kidding me, are you playing with me?"

When the lean man Uchida dragged his boss to the door, he already saw Uesugi Sakura standing there holding the Wooden Sword with a calm expression.

Behind him lay a pile of men in black suits, and that uncle standing up dusting off his sleeves.

"Hahaha..."

"Hahaha...."

"Hahaha...."

The lean man supported his fainted boss, laughing continuously, even lowering his head to emit sob-like sounds, as if he was laughing, yet crying.

Then, he suddenly looked up, glaring fiercely at Uesugi Sakura, his eyes wide open, his narrow face filled with strange anger, veins popping, hysterically shouting:

"Damn kid! You must be acting in a movie, right! We are all actors, and you are the protagonist, right! Right? Right, huh!? Tell me!! Answer me—!!!"

Uesugi Sakura just watched him.

His response was the Wooden Sword striking his neck.

The shouting...came to an abrupt stop.

The body...collapsed to the ground.

Uesugi Sakura looked at the two men in black suits lying at his feet, and said in a calm voice:

"You could think of it that way."

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Matsuyama West Police Station, Morioka-cho Police Substation.

Detective Gen’i of Amamiya opened the door, serving a bowl of steaming pork cutlet rice to Uesugi Sakura sitting inside.

He sat opposite him, resting his hands on the oak office desk in the moderate-sized interrogation room, exhaling lightly.

"So, tell me, what exactly happened."

Uesugi Sakura began to eat the pork cutlet rice slowly, honestly, he was very hungry now.

Detective Gen’i wasn’t in a hurry, based on his subordinates’ descriptions, this young man seemed to have taken down all the members of the Triad Society.

But something like this...is it possible?

The prominent leader of the dark-money (usury) organization, Hirabayashi, the guy with a face full of ferocity, was actually knocked down by a seemingly harmless high school student.

Uesugi Sakura stuck the chopsticks into the meat of the pork cutlet in the bowl, glancing at the upright-looking police officer:

"Didn’t the previous officer already record a statement? I think I should be able to leave now."

Detective Gen’i smiled, showing his teeth: "I naturally want to hear the truth."

"..."

Uesugi Sakura did not look at him, only stopped his chopsticks, "When you eliminate all other possibilities, what remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

Uesugi Sakura looked into his eyes.

"I believe the officer has asked many people about this, right?"

As a Criminal Police officer, Gen’i Amamiya naturally knew where this line came from, clearly it was said by his idol who he admired since childhood, yet he hadn’t expected to be lectured about it by a high school student.

Detective Gen’i smiled: "Uesugi-san, you seem to have some dissatisfaction with us."

"Certainly dissatisfied."

Uesugi Sakura spoke frankly, "The police always appear at the scene afterwards to clean up, why is that? Ultimately, isn’t it a display of incompetence?" This time they even dragged me, the victim, to make a statement all afternoon, it’s really wasting my time."

Detective Gen’i laughed off his dissatisfaction: "I can understand Uesugi-san’s anxious mood, but you need to understand, from the time of the report to action, we made our best effort, arriving in under 7 minutes."

"From here to my place, it’s only a 5-minute drive, right?"

"Uesugi-san, there’s more work to be done in responding to an incident than you might think. Due to the brief report call, we only captured some vague information fragments, and the guys from the Triad Society seemed to have confiscated your family’s phones."

"Being able to reach your home promptly was based on our judgment and experience."

Uesugi Sakura: "No matter how much effort the officer claims, without me, those guys would have been long gone, the fact is it’s incompetence."

This indeed was the truth...judging by eyewitnesses and clues present, it was just as he said.

Without him holding them up, the guys from the Triad Society would have fled.

Detective Gen’i felt the high school student in front seemed to hold a significant grudge against the police, shifting the topic, he asked:

"Are you sure, Uesugi-san...those guys were all handled by you? Not the uncle with the Shiba Inu?"

Uesugi Sakura glanced at him, unconcerned as he replied: "If the esteemed officer doesn’t believe it, you can come to my house tomorrow and try to experience how they felt, I don’t like to be evasive."

Amamiya Gen’i recalled those guys, while still in restraints, chattered on incessantly about how strange today was, and that guy called Uchida, who seemed possessed, muttering incomprehensible things.