Tokyo: Rabbit Officer and Her Evil Partner
Chapter 35 Stupid Decision

Chapter 35: Chapter 35 Stupid Decision

Under the command of Yoshimura Yu, the seventh squad made a foolish decision.

"Don’t worry about me! Go catch him first, he must be nearby!"

Yoshimura Yu’s left leg was stuck in the crevice of the rock, making it difficult for him to break free for a moment. This trap was simple yet sinister, just a large piece of turf covering the mountain crevice, and if not careful, a person could easily fall in.

If they were a battle-hardened team of criminal police, Yoshimura Yu’s command could be described as decisive. Rather than wasting valuable time on someone who can’t move, it would be better to prioritize capturing the fugitive and then come back to deal with the person stuck.

The problem was, the remaining three members were just a group of rookie patrol police who hadn’t graduated yet.

After hearing the command, they looked at each other. Hideo decided to follow the original route towards the "sighting location," and the three of them bypassed the crevice, quickening their pace like three stubborn honey badgers.

Instructor Shirota hesitated for a moment and chose to follow them. There were no large beasts in the mountains, so leaving him there shouldn’t cause any trouble.

Yoshimura Yu cursed Fushimi Roku in his heart for his treachery. He stood in the funnel-shaped crevice, looking up towards the opening, the dense underbrush blocking his view. The footsteps faded away, soon drowned out by the sound of birds chirping.

He waited for a long time as a sense of isolation and helplessness surged within him. Initially, Yoshimura Yu only felt a tiny prick in his heart, but as time ticked by, the crevice seemed to grow narrower, making it increasingly hard for him to breathe.

"Yo! Isn’t this the squad leader? What are you doing here alone?"

A familiar voice of inquiry came from outside the opening.

Yoshimura Yu raised his head, but he couldn’t see anyone. He could recognize it as Fushimi Roku’s voice and was preparing to shout to attract his teammates, but then heard Fushimi Roku suddenly say, "If you dare shout, I’ll piss in your mouth."

"Uh?"

Yoshimura Yu’s first reaction was that he had heard wrong.

Fushimi Roku didn’t care how the squad leader reacted. He stood at the edge of the crevice opening, gently twisted open the water bottle cap, and continued, "You have a map on you, right? Hand it over, or I’m going to start pissing."

"No, Fushimi, calm down, this is just a graduation exam! Besides, you’re a police officer, how can you do this to a colleague..."

Before Yoshimura Yu could finish his sentence, Fushimi Roku tilted the water bottle, and a sparkling stream flowed out, splashing into the opening.

"Ah! Ugh! You, you really pissed——"

Yoshimura Yu twisted and struggled, trying to avoid the splashing stream. He pulled the map from his waist and extended it outside the opening, "Stop pissing! I’m giving it to you!"

Fushimi Roku took the map, opened it for a quick glance, and thought, sure enough, the map marked his drop-off point, which was the so-called "sighting location"... 52 people searching a small hill, even fully accounted for, is just seventeen square kilometers, with the general area already marked. How can anyone escape? It’s clearly targeting him.

Even if he managed to reach the endpoint with this map, Instructor Shirota would probably find other excuses to fail him.

"And the compass," Fushimi Roku said after putting away the map, "hand over the compass too."

By this time, Yoshimura Yu had figured it out. He guessed that the supplies Fushimi Roku received were different from theirs, which is why he needed his map and compass.

"What compass?" Yoshimura Yu feigned ignorance, "The instructor didn’t give me such a thing."

"How do you read a map without a compass?" Fushimi Roku retorted.

"Using the stars to navigate in the wild is a basic outdoor practice course, right? It’s also part of the exam..." Yoshimura Yu tried to stall as much as possible, silently praying for his teammates to return quickly.

"Seeing stars in broad daylight?" Fushimi Roku was expressionless. He took a packet of compressed biscuits from his bag, soaked it in water, and kneaded it into an oval shape, saying, "Suit yourself, suddenly I feel like taking a dump."

"What? No, wait, listen to me..."

"Can’t hold it anymore, there’s a slot right here, gotta use it."

Seeing Fushimi Roku ignore him, Yoshimura Yu’s anger flared. This guy was really too much! He loudly threatened, "If you dare take off your pants, I’ll dare to shoot at your steel door!"

"Oh? You still have a gun?"

Fushimi Roku increasingly felt that Instructor Shirota was out of line. He threw the kneaded compressed biscuit into the crevice, provoking a string of curses from Yoshimura Yu, "You bastard! Are you even human?! Using your hand to grab——"

"Another one’s coming! This time it’s mushy." Fushimi Roku opened another packet of compressed biscuits.

Faced with this, Yoshimura Yu had to relent. Fushimi Roku was more ruthless than he could have imagined, and he finally understood why Instructor Shirota chose him to play the role of the murderer.

After handing over the compass, Fushimi Roku took further advantage by asking him to turn in his gun. Yoshimura Yu had become numb, throwing out his flare gun, all he wanted was to lie quietly in the crevice for a while.

Fushimi Roku fiddled with the flare gun and discovered it was equipped with a red signal flare.

Yoshimura Yu explained that firing the signal flare meant he had sighted the suspect and was requesting reinforcements, which would bring others to gather——he initially intended to tell a little lie but was immediately exposed by Fushimi Roku. Even after he told the truth, it didn’t prevent Fushimi Roku from dumping mushy compressed biscuits directly on him.

"Ughhhhhhh——!"

...

The mountain wind blew in her ears, and Minamoto Tamako turned around, stopping in her tracks, "I think I heard the squad leader’s scream."

"An auditory hallucination?" The braided girl felt a bit nervous and asked Hideo, "Did you hear it?"

"No." Hideo shook his head in confusion.

They had already circled the sighting location and hadn’t even seen a shadow of Fushimi Roku, so they had no choice but to return to rescue Yoshimura Yu. They had just gone halfway when they saw half of the sky dyed red by a strong light, an eye-catching point of light hovering mid-air, slowly descending.

"Eh! Someone’s found Fushimi!"

Minamoto Tamako was invigorated, but her stamina had already reached its limit, and she couldn’t move any further.

The three of them had no choice but to split up; Minamoto Tamako stayed to rest while the other two headed towards the signal source.

She watched Instructor Shirota’s figure disappear into the dense forest, feeling a wave of disappointment. She didn’t want to think about it, knowing first that she fell behind, it would surely deduct points... perhaps the instructor already assumed she failed, which is why he left directly with Hideo and the others.

Minamoto Tamako lay on a protruding rock, like a salted fish, with her ahoge drooping down. She buried her face in her elbow, her soft cheeks lifted, looking utterly despondent.

It’s over...

Could it be that the confrontation between her and Fushimi hadn’t even started yet it was already over? How could it be! If she had known, she would have practiced more laps every night... boo hoo hoo...

Minamoto Tamako was dejected for about ten minutes, her energy bar gradually filling back up. She suddenly sat up, slapped her face with both hands, thinking she couldn’t just give up!

It’s still early! Come on Minamoto Tamako! You are not alone, and you have to strive for both your own and Kawai’s sake!

Even with weak limbs, she gritted her teeth and stood up, finding a sturdy enough tree branch on the ground as a cane, and stumbled toward the dense forest.

After climbing mountain paths for more than twenty minutes, Minamoto Tamako was almost exhausted, but finally, she saw human figures.

In a flat valley area, twenty to thirty students had already gathered, all of them coming for reinforcements. They formed a circle, seemingly discussing something.

"No, it can’t be, has Fushimi been caught already..."

Minamoto Tamako’s heart skipped a beat, and she quickened her pace.