Tokyo: Rabbit Officer and Her Evil Partner
Chapter 168 - 90: The Dessert Thief

Chapter 168: Chapter 90: The Dessert Thief

Taira Sakurako has recently been silently studying, except the Law Code in her hand has turned into a manga.

Every morning, the first thing she does upon waking is draw a line on the calendar. Minamoto Tamako asked her why she does that, but she wouldn’t say, so Minamoto Tamako told Fushimi Roku about it.

"Ah, I almost forgot!" Fushimi Roku slapped his forehead, "Sakurako wants to go to Shizuoka Prefecture."

He actually remembered quite well; he hadn’t forgotten at all. He was just thinking about waiting until the weather warmed up before going out... accidentally, two weeks had passed.

Minamoto Tamako was very surprised, she’d never heard from Taira Sakurako about this.

"Maybe she wants to return to her hometown," Fushimi Roku explained the reason, adding a disclaimer, "I’m just guessing, it might not be right."

"I see... But why didn’t she tell me? Did I do something wrong?"

Minamoto Tamako was very concerned about this. The last friend who kept a secret from her had now become a soul ring, so naturally, she had doubts in her heart.

"This is a good thing; it shows she cares about you very much."

Fushimi Roku didn’t care much and returned to his room to pack his travel bag, intending to bring along his towel, toothbrush, and change of clothes... one must be well-prepared for a journey, and who knows, there might be a chance encounter along the way!

"Why do you say that?"

Minamoto Tamako didn’t quite understand, so she skillfully pounced onto Mr. Fushimi’s bed and rolled around with a face full of worry.

Minamoto Tamako, of course, knew the difference between men and women, but she really envied this bed. Mr. Fushimi was too good at enjoying himself; the mattress was Simmons with velvet, it smelled good, and lying on it felt like floating on a cloud, light and fluffy, so comfortable her whole body was melting away.

"For example, if you made a new friend, would you worry your old friend might get jealous or upset? Maybe it’s because of this guilty conscience that introverted people hide it from their old friends when they make new ones. Of course, if your social skills are good enough and you’re thick-skinned, these things don’t matter at all."

Fushimi Roku said while packing his hiking shoes into a shoe bag, "Maybe that’s what Sakurako thinks? She didn’t want to make you unhappy, so she kept it from you."

"Eh, I still don’t quite understand, why would going to Shizuoka Prefecture make me unhappy?" Minamoto Tamako turned over and spread out starfish-style on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

Fushimi Roku couldn’t explain it clearly. In name, Taira Sakurako was his younger sister; now they were in a situation where their parents passed away... he couldn’t say that Taira Sakurako was going to find Mama, could he? Minamoto Tamako might be scared to death, thinking Sakurako was going back to her hometown to commit suicide.

"Don’t overthink it. If you control too tightly, it’ll make children feel suffocated." He could only casually brush it off.

Minamoto Tamako lifted her head, her hair tuft pressed flat against the mattress. Looking at Fushimi Roku upside down, she said, "Even though I know it’s for my own good, but... but... Kawai also did that for my good, yet he did such a thing... people’s hearts are really complicated."

Saying this, she turned, staring upwards at Fushimi Roku, "You’re not hiding anything from me, right?"

Fushimi Roku carefully recalled. Except for setting up scenes, forging evidence, providing false testimony, manipulating media, colluding with gangs, securities laundering, continuous murders, sneaking her pudding and small cakes... it seemed there truly wasn’t anything else he was hiding from her.

"Nope." He said casually.

"Really no?"

"Really no... it’s getting a bit annoying for you to keep asking."

Fushimi Roku remembered what Kujo Yua had said: ’Don’t be fooled by her easygoing appearance, her need for control and possessiveness is stronger than mine’... it seemed like Mama understood her daughter the best.

"Tch! Liar!" Minamoto Tamako didn’t believe it.

Recently, she had earned quite a few small cakes through foot massages, more than she could eat. Unwilling to throw them away, she kept them cooled in the fridge.

But every time she put a small cake in the fridge, it wouldn’t survive until the next day... Mr. Fushimi claimed to be uninterested in sweets, yet secretly snacked on her desserts. If only Mr. Fushimi had asked, she would have gladly shared with him, but instead, he sneakily ate them; he was really a tsundere!

It’s good that Mr. Fushimi is leaving, this way, no one would stop her from investigating cases! Even if Mama forbade her from going to work, she could sneakily investigate herself—Officer Tamako, the volunteer vigilante, makes her shining entrance!

This thought brought a mischievous smirk to Minamoto Tamako’s little face.

"You’re not planning to investigate cases while I’m gone, are you?" Fushimi Roku squinted suspiciously.

Minamoto Tamako broke into a sweat, whistling as she averted her gaze, "How, how could I... haha, watching TV at home is great! I love watching TV!"

"Is that so," Fushimi Roku zipped his travel bag, "Then you definitely must not go to the Sugamo Station front Patrol House to ask Director Moriki to get witness statements while I’m away!"

"Mm-hmm!"

Minamoto Tamako nodded repeatedly, thinking to herself why hadn’t she thought of that? If she asked Director Moriki, the police department wouldn’t know, and Mama wouldn’t find out... great idea! She’d adopt it!

Fushimi Roku continued, "And definitely don’t go to the prosecutor to ask about the case progress, don’t go through the case files on my desk, and definitely don’t steal the archive room keys from my locker."

Hiss.

Minamoto Tamako suddenly felt a bit conflicted, if Mr. Fushimi hadn’t mentioned it, it would’ve been okay, but now, there was a heavy sense of guilt, feeling as if she betrayed Mr. Fushimi’s and Mama’s trust.

And stealing others’ things is wrong, isn’t it? Looking through confidential case files is illegal too, right? But if she didn’t look, she couldn’t investigate the case; if she couldn’t solve the case, she couldn’t find Grandpa and Senior Feng... eventually, she’d lose the bet and thus resign.

The more Minamoto Tamako thought, the more conflicted she became, hugging the pillow and rolling on the bed, truly caught in a dilemma.

Fushimi Roku packed up, ready to go buy a reserved seat ticket, when his phone suddenly rang. He answered the call; the team leader said there was a new case, and the police department investigation officers were gathering manpower... In short, his vacation was over, and he had to return to work.

Fushimi Roku was very unhappy that his travel plans were disrupted.

He used the excuse of catching a severe cold, saying he couldn’t get out of bed for a while, even feigning a very weak voice, occasionally coughing twice.

The person on the other end knew what he was like and got straight to the point, "You don’t need to assist with the entire investigation, just participate in the interrogation and visit the scene... someone specifically requested to chat with you for a bit, and after that, you can continue your sick leave."

"Who?"

"A cadre from the Inakawa Association..."

"I’m not familiar, not going." Fushimi Roku hung the phone, after saying this.

At that moment, a different voice came through the receiver, presumably from a snatched phone; it was Ishii Takamasa’s voice: "Yo, little boy who loves to lie, you’ve got yourself in trouble this time... a beautiful woman has set her sights on you."

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