Tokyo: Rabbit Officer and Her Evil Partner
Chapter 283 - 204 Nue Poison Possession

Chapter 283: Chapter 204 Nue Poison Possession

The visitor was Kawashima Noriko’s father, who had come specifically to express his gratitude to the benefactor who saved his daughter. Minamoto Tamako was so happy that she couldn’t close her mouth, scratching her head and waving her hands, smiling and saying this is what they should do.

"This is my duty as a criminal police officer, Mr. Kawashima, no need to specially express thanks... heh heh."

For a police officer, nothing is more gratifying than the gratitude of those involved, and Minamoto Tamako suddenly felt that her efforts were meaningful.

Back when she was still struggling in police school, she certainly couldn’t have imagined that her future self would save a princess, and afterwards receive the gratitude of the princess’s father... hmm, her road to fame had already taken a great leap forward!

Mr. Kawashima didn’t stay long. He presented an envelope and a package of tea leaves, then got up to say goodbye.

The envelope contained cash as a token of appreciation; the tea leaves were personally entrusted by Mrs. Nakako to be sent by her father, claiming this was the last box of high-grade Gyokuro tea left by her husband. She originally saw that Ms. Tamako liked to drink it and planned to leave the last box of tea leaves to someone who could truly appreciate them.

Minamoto Tamako refused to accept the cash no matter what, and returned the money.

As for the tea leaves, this was a crucial clue that the police had been searching for, proving the existence of the Ye Tea and the tree man, a welcome surprise. She received the tea leaves to reveal the truth to the outside world, keeping them as evidence.

After sending Mr. Kawashima away, Minamoto Tamako rubbed her hands eagerly and ran to pick up the landline to call the police station. Don’t ask why she didn’t use her pink flip phone to call; the answer is she’s frugal about call charges, and the landline has unlimited call time!

She pressed the numeric keys, but before she could dial the number, she saw a finger press down the hook switch. Looking up, she saw Fushimi Roku, sweating profusely, hang up the phone with a godlike move.

"Aren’t you working out?" Minamoto Tamako felt a bit bewildered, "Why are you hanging up my call?"

For some unspeakable reason, Fushimi Roku wanted to keep this box of tea leaves. He casually wiped his sweat and said, "This is something the victim left for you, how can you just throw it away?"

Minamoto Tamako explained, "It’s not throwing away; I want to send it to the police department’s identification section..."

"Do you think they will take it seriously? The report has already been sent to the prosecutor’s office. Even if you send the Ye Tea to the Chiyoda Police Station, what use will it be? Maybe they’ll simply brew tea with it, wasting the good intention of Mrs. Nakako."

As he spoke, Fushimi Roku took the handset and placed it back on the cradle.

"This..."

Minamoto Tamako found this reasoning sound, and according to Mr. Fu Jian’s words, sending the tea leaves to the police station seemed no different from discarding them.

Even though Minamoto Tamako had encountered many instances of lazy officers on cases, she still felt very displeased, unable to tolerate such behavior no matter which way she looked at it. Sometimes she even had some dark thoughts, like writing anonymous complaint letters...

"Then how do you think it should be handled?"

Minamoto Tamako held the tea box and passed the ball to Fushimi Roku.

"Leave it to me to keep," Fushimi Roku reached out for the tea box and said, "When the time is right, we’ll let the truth come to light..."

Minamoto Tamako reacted quickly, her expression turning cautious. She quickly withdrew her hand, letting Fushimi Roku’s sinful hand grasp at nothing: "Why do I feel like you really want it."

"No way, how could that be, I’m just kindly reminding you."

Fushimi Roku chuckled, pretending to be unconcerned, and went to take a shower.

He casually locked the bathroom door, took off his sportswear, and the forced relaxed smile on his face gradually faded. The mirror reflected his body, with black marks covering the skin from his chest to his lower abdomen, resembling menacing claw marks at first glance.

This time he saw clearly that a tree man couldn’t have scratched such big marks.

Fushimi Roku exhaled a breath of turbid air, turned on the faucet, and washed his body with hot water. As soon as he focused, the system page automatically popped up before his eyes.

"Name: Fushimi Roku"

"Age: 23"

"Personal Attributes: Intelligence S, Will C, Endurance A, Strength B, Speed A"

"Personal Skills: Cooking Lv7, Negotiation Debate Lv7, Logical Integration Lv8, Evidence Forgery Lv8, Tracking Skill Lv2, Lock Opening Skill Lv1, Grapple Skill Lv5, Handgun Specialization Lv1, Psychological Guidance Lv1, Social Charm Lv7, Unrivaled Heart Style Lv7, Sexual Techniques Lv3, Human Anatomy Lv7"

"Attribute Points Balance: 0"

"Skill Points Balance: 0"

"Abnormal State: Nue Poison Possession"

...

The above is Fushimi Roku’s current personal panel. After slaying Fukuyama Toshin, he gained a Lv7 "Human Anatomy" skill, with no extra attribute points or skill point rewards.

It’s worth mentioning that his will attribute dropped from B to C level. Even though he personally didn’t feel any change, the continuous decline in attributes still made him feel a sense of crisis.

If he continues to neglect exercise, it’s possible that his strength and speed attributes might also decline, unless he keeps triggering tasks, completing tasks, and maintaining his attributes with the attribute points rewarded by tasks; otherwise, he might very well deteriorate into a sedentary lifestyle.

Additionally, the abnormal state of "Nue Poison Possession" is also quite troublesome. Currently, Fushimi Roku has no good solution to resolve it and plans to make time to visit the Aum Truth Sect headquarters—the group that abuses the Ye Tea, should have ways to mitigate the side effects.

If not, then his luck is just unfortunate.

Fushimi Roku is open-minded about matters of life and death; life is inherently uncertain, and even without poisoning, one could succumb to cancer or accidents at any given time.

His life creed apart from ’fight violence with violence’ also includes ’carpe diem.’

While Fushimi Roku was taking a shower, Minamoto Tamako was not idle. She repeatedly warned Taira Sakurako that this pack of tea leaves was poisonous, that drinking it would cause hallucinations, and that it definitely should not be consumed. To prevent Ajun from accidentally consuming it, she stored the tea leaves in the cabinet.

"What kind of hallucinations would occur?" Taira Sakurako was very curious.

Lately, she had often urged Fushimi Roku to quickly relocate to Shizuoka Prefecture. The latter always found various excuses to put it off, sometimes saying an old injury had flared up, making him feel unwell, and other times blaming the bad weather as unsuitable for travel. Taira Sakurako had been tolerant of his excuses for a while.

If drugging him could make Fushimi Roku obedient, it might not be a bad choice.

Minamoto Tamako, to make Sakurako realize the seriousness of the matter, deliberately scared her by baring her teeth and claws, her ten fingers mimicking scratching in the air, and with a sullen face, she said, "You’ll see ghosts! Very scary ghosts!"

Taira Sakurako let out an ’oh,’ expressionless, indicating she understood.

Seeing this, Minamoto Tamako instantly felt unamused, she retrieved her hands in disappointment, lying on the bed in a daze.

The sound of running water came from outside the door. Fushimi Roku was bathing in his room’s private bathroom, but he hadn’t closed the room door. With her keen senses, Minamoto Tamako heard it clearly. Instinctively she wanted to perform a profile sketch, perhaps reconstruct the 3D image from the water sound...

A moment later, she suddenly snapped back, her face flushed crimson, feeling her scalp tingling with embarrassment.

’What nonsense am I thinking...’

Minamoto Tamako flipped over and sat up abruptly from the bed. Earlier, she already felt that her state was not quite right, but had been continuously delayed by various other messy matters, leaving her no time for self-reflection. Now, with time on her hands, she must seriously complete the "Self-discipline Self-evaluation Form" once again!