Tokyo: Rabbit Officer and Her Evil Partner Chapter 614 - 415: Risk Hedging

Fushimi Roku and Sazaki Gen successfully completed the transaction.

Before hanging up the phone, Sazaki Gen repeated so advice, suggesting they could sign an employnt agreent in advance, and he could negotiate additional dental and holiday travel benefits.

It was clear that he genuinely wanted to recruit Fushimi Roku.

Fushimi Roku neither agreed nor refused, stringing him along like a philanderer, ambiguously saying ’Let consider it further, of course, I’m quite tempted’ and ’but speaking of which, this is not sothing I can decide on my own’... After playing Tai Chi, he hung up the phone.

Without surprise, Kujo Yua would certainly get wind of this news; she was the head of anti-terrorism, and for her, this deal had to be done—Sazaki Gen would likely contact her first to discuss how to proceed, who to use as a go-between, how deep not to involve... These are the matters Sazaki Gen should be considering, and the value he provides as a middleman.

Moreover, probably other politicians would be interested, Sunshine City and real estate developers might spend large sums, Sumiyoshi Association and Yamaguchi Group would likely also be interested; being able to eliminate terrorist elents would greatly boost the gang’s prestige, allowing propaganda like ’it’s always been the gangs maintaining order, governnt bureaucrats are just stuffed shirts’ to spread.

Fushimi Roku’s next actions were limited; he left Uesugi Shion’s company, liaised with Sazaki Gen’s people, sealed the transferred phone in an evidence bag, gave it to the contact, instructing him to hand it to the ’buyer’.

Then, he was no longer involved.

Uesugi Shion’s strategic thinking still lingered at the level of criminals, but unfortunately, Fushimi Roku understood the law, knew how to leverage state machinery; to Fushimi Roku, the law was the best weapon, far superior to any ragtag miscreants compared to national force.

Taira Sakurako’s side should not be in danger, after all, Uesugi Shion already had the intention to release them, even if not, he likely wouldn’t do anything to Sakurako... After all, Fushimi Roku had already demonstrated through his actions that threats were ineffective against him.

With nothing else to do, Fushimi Roku planned to go ho and wait for news.

He had already figured out how to cover up the disappearance of Taira Sakurako and Jun, even eting Minamoto Tamako wouldn’t make him flinch, without needing to use the la excuse of ’Jun had diarrhea’.

Speaking of which, he actually kind of missed Minamoto Tamako.

Although in reality they hadn’t seen each other for just a day, it felt like a long separation, like they had ventured through such a lengthy dream, akin to a brief parting that rekindles romance.

It was just uncertain whether Minamoto Tamako shared that sentint.

Fushimi Roku was unsure, after all, Minamoto Tamako had a very close relationship with Sakurako, the two slept in the sa bed every day; ever since Uesugi Shion moved in, Taira Sakurako stayed in a separate room.

At that ti, Minamoto Tamako tried to coax the thod of unraveling the Nue Poison from Uesugi Shion, even accommodating the ntal patient’s needs.

Now, however, the matter of resolving the Nue Poison was fake—Roku was exploiting her compassion; Uesugi Shion’s insanity was also fake—using her kindness, and he kidnapped Taira Sakurako...

It all ended with Minamoto Tamako being busy for nothing, stabbed in the back afterwards.

Fushimi Roku rarely felt a twinge of guilt, for once contemplating to tell the truth, to confess to Minamoto Tamako that the Nue Poison was already resolved.

...And then ntion the kidnapping of Taira Sakurako.

That’s called risk hedging: first deliver the good news, then the bad news, ensuring Minamoto Tamako achieves psychological balance.

To ensure the situation doesn’t spiral out of control, and to prevent Minamoto Tamako from exploding with anger, Fushimi Roku bought so ingredients on his way ho, cooked a al himself for the first ti in ages, temporarily switching to the "sunny cheerful young man" mode.

However, his plan fell through.

Fushimi Roku prepared a table full of dishes: eel rice, braised beef, fried tempura... all dishes Minamoto Tamako loved.

He waited by the table, as the food ward and cooled, cooled and ward, until daylight arrived, but Minamoto Tamako hadn’t co ho.

Not answering calls, not responding to ssages—if not for Watanabe Shun giving him a tip that Minamoto Tamako was working all night at the police station, Fushimi Roku almost thought she was pulling a disappearance act as well.

"Jun is dead... Tamako is very upset."

Watanabe Shun sent a ssage via pager, surprisingly typing more than usual, not scrimping on the service charge. He sympathized with her, as Jun, like him, had stayed at Kazama’s ho for a period.

How did it suddenly turn from things to dogs?

Watanabe Shun couldn’t figure out why terrorists would target a dog.

But the elites of the Police Departnt’s investigation section weren’t dumb, their intelligence was functioning, imdiately investigating in the direction of the dog’s owner.

Kujo Yua suppressed the investigation; she knew how things had transpired and who the real perpetrator behind planting the bomb was, but she couldn’t outright say it, even had to play the baffled boss in front of her own daughter, ignoring the report submitted by Minamoto Tamako on the investigation direction.

If this situation were to be revealed, her political career would be over.

No matter what, they couldn’t allow the investigation section to trace it back to Fushimi Roku—not yet, as the Sugamo Apartnt surveillance hadn’t been removed yet.

Kujo Yua was under imnse pressure; she just needed an excuse, so ambiguous evidence—only to make Uesugi Shion a suspect, she’d be able to wield the police departnt’s power to arrest him.

Director Fujiwara was already in a semi-retired state, busy rallying votes, intending to advance before his retirent; he was canvassing votes everywhere, campaigning to beco the Minister of State, and later take over the National Public Safety Commission, ascending from the police departnt system to the governnt decision-making level.