Tokyo: Rabbit Officer and Her Evil Partner
Chapter 154 - 76 Heavenly Punishment

Chapter 154: Chapter 76 Heavenly Punishment

By the time the police arrived at the scene, Kamei Yuusaku was already cold.

The crime scene wasn’t particularly gruesome; the body lay on the ground, the head positioned at the neck’s end, looking almost harmonious.

Apart from that, there was a severed male arm in the snow, the police car was in chaos, and it seemed a fierce struggle had occurred.

The officers cordoned off the crime scene with warning tape, while the identification officer took photos for evidence collection. Kujo Yua and Minamoto Tamako stood side by side outside the tape, looking at the two dried blood words on the wall.

— "Divine Punishment"

Kujo Yua took out a cigarette box, tapped it twice, suddenly realized something, glanced at Minamoto Tamako, and put the box away again.

"It’s a copycat!" Minamoto Tamako said with great certainty.

Kujo Yua did not comment, but seeing her daughter intending to enter the crime scene, she reached out to stop her: "What are you doing?"

"Huh? I want to profile..."

"No."

"Why not? This is the primary crime scene, and it hasn’t been tampered with yet..."

Before Minamoto Tamako could finish, she realized Mama was worried about her health, and she quickly clasped her hands together in assurance: "I’ll just observe a little, nothing will happen."

"No means no."

Kujo Yua said sternly, "Do you really see the search division criminal police as empty-headed salarymen? This is a riot, not a murder; it’s no longer something you can handle."

She wasn’t negotiating; the assistant came forward to pull Minamoto Tamako away and asked her to go home and rest. Naturally, the latter was unwilling to give up, flailing her arms and legs in defiance, but was eventually stuffed into the passenger seat by the villainous assistant, left to watch helplessly as she was taken from the scene.

"Why... I was so close..."

Minamoto Tamako was distraught. She had been investigating day and night, even asking Mr. Fushimi to track down suspicious women to sort out Kamei Yuusaku’s relationships, only to have her evidence of Kamei’s incitement fall apart at the arrest...

How did it inexplicably turn into a riot? Just a few days without patrolling, and Sugamo’s law and order plummeted? Were the new precinct juniors doing their jobs properly?

Even so, the most crucial part was that Minamoto Tamako found an overlooked key testimony in the educational institution’s disciplinary files: While counting the number of victims, one caregiver mentioned there were originally two more trainees, but they ’played hooky’ and left with the security guard on duty...

At that time, the educational institution had scattered like birds and beasts, losing anyone was unsurprising. But after cross-referencing in her mind, Minamoto Tamako found a testimony that contradicted this: The security guard is a middle-aged man, currently working as a part-time cook at an izakaya.

Minamoto Tamako personally visited the middle-aged man, who truthfully reported the outsourced work and claimed that an old lady had often harassed him because of this... none other than Mrs. Kamei.

Upon learning this, Minamoto Tamako went to question Mrs. Kamei again, only to return empty-handed. She could only investigate a second-hand bookstore, only to be told Mrs. Kamei had purchased a case of sealed "blind box paper boxes" from there... much like warehouse blind boxes, usually lost ownerless items, and the contents depend on sheer luck.

Without a search warrant, Minamoto Tamako returned empty-handed to the middle-aged man instead.

By then, she had realized the security guard’s disappearance might be the trigger for the falling incident.

To find out Kamei Yuusaku’s murder motive, she dug up the missing person’s photos from the time and asked the middle-aged man to identify each one.

"Ah, it’s him, this diligent-looking old man," said the middle-aged man, pointing at one of the photos.

Minamoto Tamako flipped over the photo, feeling indescribable at the time. It was as if a priceless glazed cup was hanging on a single hair strand, even a gentle breeze might break it... the closer she got to the truth, the more anxious she felt inside.

Minamoto Tamako wrote a nighttime investigation report and phoned Mama. For her, this was no ordinary falling incident but a crucial case involving family, and Mama had the right to know, and she needed her help.

But now, just one step away, the trail suddenly broke; the suspect died before arrest, and Mama forbade her to continue the investigation—how could she not feel wronged?

At this critical juncture, the assistant forcibly gave her a week’s holiday, saying that if she didn’t rest, she would be suspended by the director... How outrageous, wasn’t that blatant abuse of power!!

"It’s just too detestable!"

Minamoto Tamako fumed in the bathroom, with Taira Sakurako standing behind her, washing her hair and scrubbing her back. She couldn’t help but complain: "I’m the one who discovered the clues, why not let me participate in the investigation? Moreover, this is Mr. Fushimi’s main case, how can it be snatched away? She’s so unreasonable!"

The more she spoke, the angrier she got, thinking that if she became the Police Chief, she would confine Mama at home, letting her do nothing but watch TV, eat desserts all day, without touching any work to see if she’d feel frustrated!

Thinking of this, Minamoto Tamako hummed. Taira Sakurako helped with a relaxing massage on her shoulders and neck; she closed her eyes in comfort, starting to daydream about her life as Police Chief...

When the individual thrives, the entire entourage prospers. Mr. Fushimi, as her best partner, has the intelligence to rival Einstein, surely capable of being an excellent assistant. By then, she’d have Mr. Fushimi as her personal secretary, serving her tea and water each day.

In the event of a homicide, Secretary Fushimi would open the door to her Toyota Crown with reverence, guiding her to the crime scene, while passersby would exclaim: ’Look! It’s Police Chief Tamako!’ ’How wonderful, any difficult case will be solved with her around’...

No!

Minamoto Tamako opened her eyes, now is not the time for idle thoughts! Grandpa’s life is still uncertain, she finally had a chance to find him, she must seize this opportunity!

She washed clean from head to toe, completely rejuvenating herself. Yet, her dark circles were heavy, looking exhausted, probably needing good sleep to recover.

Minamoto Tamako put on another clean police uniform, donned her boots, revitalized, ready to go out and continue the case investigation. But when she opened the door, she saw Mama’s assistant waiting at the entrance.

"Miss Tamako, where are you planning to go?" the assistant said with a cheerful grin.

"I, I was going... going out to play..."

Minamoto Tamako’s eyes drifted, nervously fiddling with her fingers, her toes curling on the floor, she was notoriously bad at lying.

"Is that so, then I’ll accompany Miss Tamako to play," the assistant said, hands behind his back, straightening up, clearly intent on sticking to her like glue.

Minamoto Tamako was very unhappy. She had already decided that once downstairs, she’d seize the chance to escape, shake off Mama’s lackey.

But as soon as she stepped out, she saw two criminal police officers standing at the neighboring apartment doorway, both wearing gold watches. They were cordoning off the area, occasionally sounds of rifling through boxes and cupboards came from inside.

"Huh? What’s... going on?"

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