Tokyo: Rabbit Officer and Her Evil Partner
Chapter 104 - 26: Fictional Deduction

Chapter 104: Chapter 26: Fictional Deduction

By the time Fushimi Roku finished questioning everyone, it was already past 4 a.m.

Inakawa Yuuhi and the others had long lost their patience, clamoring for Fushimi Roku to present the results. The latter calmly sorted through his notes as if he hadn’t heard a thing.

It wasn’t until the bald man’s patience ran out and he pointed a gun at Fushimi Roku’s forehead that he slowly looked up and said, "I’ve found the culprit."

Kaga Keido cast a subtle glance at Sazaki Gen, who closed his eyes with an inscrutable expression.

"Is that so? I advise you to think carefully before you speak," Kazama Tatsuya kindly reminded.

"There’s nothing to think about; this case is simple and straightforward. There’s no need to complicate it." Fushimi Roku stacked all the notes together and neatly arranged them on the desk.

Yes, just like that, expose my conspiracy... Sazaki Gen opened his eyes.

Next, Fushimi Roku should use ’fabricated’ reasoning to make everyone believe he was the real culprit.

And Sazaki Gen was ready to confess his intentions before his death: he assassinated Inakawa Sejo to frame Ishii Takamasa — he wanted to step over two bodies to rise in rank.

Only when he was exposed would Ishii Takamasa’s suspicion be cleared.

"The murderer is already dead." Fushimi Roku continued.

"..."

"?"

The room was silent enough to hear a pin drop; everyone was waiting for Fushimi Roku’s next words.

He stood up, nudged the kimono-clad woman’s corpse with his foot, and reiterated, "Hmm, yes, quite thoroughly dead."

"—What a joke!" Inakawa Yuuhi slammed the table and stood up, "How could Himeno be the murderer?! How could she betray her father!!"

"Then how do you think the murderer would poison the cup in front of the toasting person?" Fushimi Roku retorted, "There were too many eyes in the room; the murderer could only poison the cup in advance. The cup was prepared by this woman, and she was responsible for pouring the wine. Who else could it be but her?"

Inakawa Yuuhi was at a loss for words, this was beyond his knowledge.

Sazaki Gen opened his eyes, looking at Fushimi Roku with a bit of confusion.

Kaga Keido watched coldly for a while before suddenly questioning, "If that’s the case, what was the point of your questioning? Making us write statements wasn’t a waste of time?"

Fushimi Roku felt a bit like mimicking Minamoto Tamako, striking a pose declaring ’There’s only one truth,’ just like shouting out a move in a martial arts fight, a primal human instinct. But on second thought, he decided it was too childish and gave up on the idea.

"Because I wanted to find out who was behind instructing this woman to poison," Fushimi Roku said, locking eyes with Sazaki Gen across the room, his lips curving upward as the latter felt a bad premonition creep in, "Surely everyone here has their own answers by now?"

Inakawa Yuuhi was taken aback and suddenly fell silent; Oouchi Kenichi broke out in a cold sweat, his eyes darting around; Zhao Chunshu remained in the corner, daydreaming as if he were invisible, perhaps because he didn’t understand Japanese...

The bald man, confused, demanded Fushimi Roku explain clearly.

"I heard your society’s chairman is quite the ladies’ man, really has a way with women."

As Fushimi Roku spoke, he brought the notes closer to the candle, letting the pages flutter and burn before everyone’s eyes, ashes scattering throughout the room.

Sazaki Gen’s temples throbbed; he realized he had messed up.

The man in front of him was definitely doing this on purpose; this guy wasn’t investigating the case at all, but looking for his motive to confess!

"Recently, someone under the chairman absconded with a large sum of money. As for the details, everyone knows, no need for me to elaborate," Fushimi Roku’s gaze swept the room, and everyone instinctively looked away, avoiding eye contact, "Someone told me that Mr. Sazaki helped Ishii Takamasa uncover the truth."

Kazama Tatsuya listened in confusion, "Who’s Ishii Takamasa?"

No one answered him, not even Fushimi Roku bothered to explain.

Oouchi Kenichi wiped the sweat off his forehead and couldn’t help but ask, "Who said that?"

"You all have the notes; you can check them yourselves!" Fushimi Roku smiled.

The group exchanged looks, but none offered to swap notes. They belatedly realized that after Fushimi Roku burned another set of notes, the records held no reference value — because everyone had edited their records, much like a diary, written to deceive.

"I must declare, the following content is purely subjective conjecture for personal reference only, with no intention of inciting, defaming, framing, or spreading rumors..."

Fushimi Roku rapidly recited the legal disclaimer as if delivering a tongue twister, and then revealed the ’truth’: "Mr. Inakawa suspected current chairman Ishii Takamasa of being a police informant... of course, whether he is or not, I don’t know. In any case, a conflict arose between them, Ishii Takamasa was motivated to kill, instructing the woman to strike first..."

"Nonsense!!" Sazaki Gen shouted in a booming voice.

Everyone turned to look at Sazaki Gen, who had removed his glasses, face flushed, and jaw muscles tense, clearly struggling to control his anger.

"Oh? Wasn’t it Mr. Sazaki’s suggestion for me to investigate? Why are you not satisfied with the results now?" Fushimi Roku taunted.

The others remained silent, and Sazaki Gen, seeing this, kicked over the small table, roaring to the crowd that he was the murderer, that he had poisoned, and that it had nothing to do with Ishii Takamasa.

Yet everyone remained silent, looking at him with sympathetic eyes, even the bald man did not raise his gun.

"I know, you’re as close as brothers to Ishii Takamasa," Inakawa Yuuhi stood up and patted his shoulder, "But it’s come to this, you can’t protect that guy any longer." He paused, his eyes cold, "A father’s murder cannot be left unavenged. I respect your loyalty, so choose your side."

Sazaki Gen felt a gust of breath release from his chest; he gradually sank down, feeling his blood turn cold inch by inch.

As an outsider, Fushimi Roku could see that in this game of werewolf, regardless of whether the werewolves used their knives at night, Ishii Takamasa was destined to be voted out.

The bald man led his men out of the room, intending to find Ishii Takamasa for a blood reckoning.

Sazaki Gen awoke as if from a dream, hurriedly getting up intending to warn Ishii Takamasa to flee, but was pinned to the ground by Oouchi Kenichi and Zhao Chunshu. One on each side, they advised him to wake up and stop associating with that traitor.

Sazaki Gen shouted out that he was the traitor, that he had betrayed his brother;

In the first half of his life, he repeatedly told himself not to be like those fools, not to chase fame and fortune, not to let his weaknesses be exploited, and not to chase those ephemeral sentiments — now, he finally admitted defeat to this damn world.

Sazaki Gen’s head was pressed into the tatami mat, his face squashed, his body pinned down by the other two, unable to move. Fushimi Roku stepped forward, crouched down, tilted his head, and said with a smile:

"Thanks, I had a lot of fun."

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