Tokyo: Rabbit Officer and Her Evil Partner
Chapter 189 - 110 "Heavenly Punishment" New Clues

Chapter 189: Chapter 110 "Heavenly Punishment" New Clues

At the end of February, the Police Department held a recognition ceremony.

Fushimi Roku had an excuse for recovering from an injury and didn’t attend. Before the ceremony began, a promotion announcement regarding personnel changes had already been issued. He was promoted ahead of schedule to a criminal police officer — currently the officer with the lowest rank in the criminal division of the Toshima Police Station.

Minamoto Tamako picked herself up from a low point, still brimming with energy.

Director Moriki always felt that there was something different about her, although he didn’t know what kind of mental journey Minamoto Tamako had gone through. According to Fushimi Roku, it probably went like this: "When you pass through a storm, you are no longer the same person"... He casually plagiarized Murakami Haruki’s famous quote without any shame.

At the recognition ceremony, Minamoto Tamako received a certificate of commendation and an opportunity to attend an initial training at the police station. The director started the applause and said a few words of encouragement, and that heavy sense of mission weighed down on her shoulders again.

After returning home, Minamoto Tamako posted the certificate on the wall and boasted to Fushimi Roku and Taira Sakurako, "How about that? Impressive, right? It’s a symbol of honor! It’s the result of my hard work all this time! It’s also proof of my recognition by many colleagues at the Police Department!"

Fushimi Roku was half-lying on the sofa, maintaining a deadfish eye. Although he had been discharged from the hospital, the cast and steel pins hadn’t been removed, and he was currently recuperating at home.

At this moment, he shifted his position, avoiding Minamoto Tamako, and stared at the television screen, casually responding, "If I remember correctly, the last time the Police Department issued a certificate, it was awarded to a dog, right? I think its name was something like Adun..."

"This just proves that the promotion channel is fair enough! Even if you’re a police dog, as long as you work hard, you can become a partner of justice!"

Minamoto Tamako felt she had uttered something remarkable, very much like an inspirational phrase she saw in a magazine, and she couldn’t help but strike a ’listen to the applause’ pose.

Jun chimed in with a bark, unknown what it meant.

Taira Sakurako clapped along, the sound was soft, and her movements small, not looking like she was genuinely applauding, but more like a boss encouraging a subordinate. After clapping, she went back to her room to read manga.

"Oh, oh, then you really are amazing."

Fushimi Roku impatiently waved his hand, "Could the award-winning Officer Tamako please not block the TV... And why would you put the certificate in the living room? Normally, wouldn’t it go in your room?"

Minamoto Tamako blushed a little; of course she had a tiny selfish motive: If it were in her room, visitors wouldn’t be able to see it, would they? She couldn’t exactly invite guests to her boudoir, after all. So it was better to put it in a prominent place.

This way, when guests entered the living room, they’d notice the bright red certificate on the wall and couldn’t help but exclaim, ’Wow so cool!’ At that time, she could calmly say, "Not at all, just luck..." Just thinking about it brought her a small amount of pleasure.

"This is everyone’s honor, not just my achievement, so it has to be in the living room!" Minamoto Tamako pointed at the certificate and said, "Look! I added both your names too."

Fushimi Roku squinted, craned his neck, and examined it for a while, "Where?"

"Here! Right below my name," Minamoto Tamako stood on tiptoe and pointed with her finger, "See it? Using a thick marker would ruin the aesthetics, so I had to slightly wrong you."

Fushimi Roku stood up, leaned on his crutches, hopped forward a couple of steps, and only then did he see clearly, beneath the name "Minamoto Tamako," in smaller writing, were "Fushimi Roku" and "Taira Sakurako"... except they were written in water-based pen, so unless you got close, you wouldn’t see it.

"Tch, not interested." He leaned back onto the sofa with his crutches again.

Minamoto Tamako wasn’t bothered, she had gotten used to reversing Fushimi Roku’s words. In her mind, Fushimi saying he wasn’t interested translated to: ’Woo woo woo Tamako-chan you’re amazing! You’re the best partner ever, sharing such a precious honor with me, simply wonderful!’

She put her hands on her hips and nodded proudly.

Fushimi Roku didn’t know what she was boasting about and waved to indicate that the topic was over, not wanting to be disturbed from watching TV.

"Lying around at home watching TV every day, don’t you feel bored?"

Speaking of which, Minamoto Tamako pulled out a folding wheelchair from the corner of the living room, unfolded it, and pushed it in front of Fushimi Roku, "It’s a rare sunny day today, and I have half a day off. Let’s go wander around the police box!"

"Are you sick? I’m not going." Fushimi Roku said.

Having heard the keyword ’going out to play,’ Jun jumped around excitedly, spinning in circles, signaling for Minamoto Tamako to hurry and set off.

"After all, we’re seniors now, we should look after juniors, shouldn’t we? The tradition of passing the torch cannot be lost! I’ve already made an appointment with Director Moriki to give guidance to the new recruits who have joined recently."

"Oh?" Fushimi Roku got interested, "What exactly are you guiding them on?"

"Routine patrol matters, future career planning, collaborative case-solving processes, and so on..."

Before Minamoto Tamako finished speaking, Fushimi Roku already sneered. He had thought it was like the stuff in movies about senior-junior culture, like the senior yelling ’baka,’ and the junior replying ’hai’; the senior shouting ’baka yarou,’ and the junior saying ’really?’... If that were the case, he might have been interested to go.

"Not going, ask Senior Watanabe or Senior Kazama to help." Fushimi Roku refused mercilessly.

Minamoto Tamako paused, her smile turning slightly unnatural. She stood behind the wheelchair, hands folded behind her back, head down, her toes twisting around.

"Not that I mind... of course, I don’t mind... things have been over for so long... damn! Look at me saying silly things, obviously, it’s nothing..."

"Oh, is that so?" Fushimi Roku pretended not to notice her difficulty.

"Yes, yes, that’s right!" Minamoto Tamako nodded vigorously.

"Are you secretly blaming me?" Fushimi Roku looked doubtful, "Blaming me for giving you such a lame idea, so you pretended to take me out, but actually plan to severely take revenge while I’m not fully recovered..."

"I would never do such a thing!" Minamoto Tamako pouted unhappily, "And I never thought of it that way at all! As fellow members of the detective team, how could you doubt your partner, doubt my devotion to justice? You’ve truly disappointed me!"

The more she spoke, the more enthusiastic she became, deploying Fushimi Roku’s once signature moves in full, "A stake pierced by nails leaves holes. If apologies were useful, then what’s the point of having police? True heartache isn’t about shouting and arguing, true disappointment isn’t about crying one’s eyes out..."

"Stop!"

Fushimi Roku missed that fool from before, "That doesn’t work on me."

Minamoto Tamako got more upset, she had sincerely apologized back then, thinking those words made perfect sense... she hadn’t expected Fushimi Roku to be indifferent to this line of reasoning.

"Fine, no need, I can go by myself!"

Minamoto Tamako huffed and continued, "You think I’m happy taking a wounded person around? It’s only because there’s a new ’Heavenly Punishment’ clue at the police box that I thought of taking you along to investigate... Moreover, breathing fresh air is beneficial for your health! Truly watering a stone—silly Fushimi doesn’t understand Tamako’s good intentions!"

"What new clue?" Fushimi Roku lifted his head.

Jun barked at the right moment, tilting its head, occasionally looking towards the door.

"Heh heh," Minamoto Tamako’s tone turned mysterious as she purposely kept things vague, "You’ll know when you go."

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