Tokyo: Rabbit Officer and Her Evil Partner Chapter 779 - 475: The Third Victim

To prevent causing a commotion, the patrol police climbed up, took down the banner, and the identification officer took photos as evidence.

Minamoto Tamako quickly realized the murderer’s intention in doing this—this was a provocation, an outright provocation towards the enforcers!

She had to admit, Fushimi Roku’s line of reasoning was spot on; the murderer would definitely stay at the scene to ensure the chanism triggering the banner’s fall, at least to see the chanism activate with their own eyes.

Maybe the murderer was really hiding behind a window, constantly observing the crowd’s reaction.

Minamoto Tamako hurriedly grabbed a patrol police officer and whispered, "I suspect the murderer is nearby, please organize a blockade and search imdiately..."

As she spoke, she noticed the patrol police officer appeared bewildered.

"Aren’t we supposed to clear the scene?" The patrol seed a bit uncomfortable; he was new to the station and didn’t know how to handle a murder case or how to organize a blockade and search: "There’s still blood on the ground..."

Minamoto Tamako realized she was speaking into the void; a police station had only four or five patrol officers, all deployed to handle the scene, with no manpower left for a blockade and search.

She had no choice but to call Chief Kikuchi, reporting the situation on the scene and explaining her own reasoning, suggesting Chief Kikuchi send reinforcents.

"Another case like this..." Kinosaki Shoujin felt burdened from the bottom of his heart; he didn’t understand why there were so many lunatics in the world.

Crazies should be locked up! If you can’t raise a child properly, then don’t have one! Why let them out to create chaos for society!

He redeployed a few criminal police officers idling with paperwork, sending them over to help handle the murder case.

However, just as the scene hadn’t been locked down yet, a criminal police officer recognized the deceased, precisely.

This made the situation troubleso; the mont the police reported to higher-ups, news reporters, attracted by the sll of blood, rushed over. They surrounded the police line, taking frenzied shots of anything bloodstained.

Minamoto Tamako didn’t want to be photographed by the reporters, cupping her face as she hurriedly left.

Fushimi Roku didn’t follow her out; instead, he road around, occasionally glancing at windows, trying to spot the murderer through fraction entries.

Unfortunately, those gathered nearby seed normal, and the distant windows were too far away to see clearly, even if soone was behind them.

The Police Departnt imdiately established a Special Investigation Departnt, pulling elites from various investigation sections, aiming to clear this case within fifteen days.

Before returning to the station, the office had already been labeled ’Special Investigation Departnt.’ That’s the rule, as soon as it’s established, put a note on it, taking over the office space. Once the case concludes, the tag is taken down, returning the office to normal use.

Next ca the eting segnt; the parachuted-in commander was nad Murata An, a female Police Chief with short hair, around forty, looking very efficient.

Everyone arranged themselves in the conference room, Murata An seated at the head, accompanied by an administrative officer.

She sorted through so manuscripts, rubbing her forehead as she spoke, "I guess everyone already knows the identity of the deceased, but I will formally announce it according to procedure..."

"The deceased is male, 59 years old, nad Takahashi Yoshi, a mber of the House of Representatives belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party Takeshita Faction, long responsible for Tokyo’s construction budget reviews."

"Today, he went to Asahi News Station for an interview, instructed his private driver to stop on his way ho, claiming he wanted to have a drink at an izakaya, but in reality, he went to et a lover, got off around noon, lover’s identity unknown."

"At one in the afternoon, the body was discovered by an izakaya waiter on the shopping street, who then called the police. No witnesses saw the murder process beforehand, but an izakaya waiter saw a man wearing a mask fixing a streetlamp, whose face remains unidentified, no physical characteristics as he was half-sitting on a ladder, preventing height estimation."

"That’s all."

These are the things that can be openly stated.

On her way back to the police station, Minamoto Tamako discreetly inquired about Representative Takahashi, primarily by asking Mama-chan.

To her surprise, Representative Takahashi’s reputation in the political realm was at rock bottom. But no politician has a clean record; as long as there’s no conflict of interest, no one will expose each other’s weaknesses, so his public reputation was still sowhat maintained.

Not to ntion, at the beginning of last year, Representative Takahashi accepted 120 million yen in political donations from Sect Hierarch Asahara Shoko, becoming the sect’s first political protector. He later used his budget review power to include the sect’s base in Yamanashi Prefecture’s Kamikuishiki Village on the whitelist, legitimizing its illegal land occupation and bypassing governnt inspections.

Moreover, he was very active in the news dia; during parliantary inquiries, he openly criticized ’Asahi News’ reports on ’cult activities hindering religious freedom,’ forcing the newspaper to retract a series of investigative reports.

This is just the tip of the iceberg found ostensibly; God knows what clandestine deals he engaged in, Minamoto Tamako dared not imagine.

In one word, this person’s death was well-deserved, "Heavenly Punishnt" was accurately written.

These two Heavenly Punishnt cases weren’t linked to the Sugamo Apartnt massacre primarily because the handwriting of the two murderers was entirely different. The difference was so apparent that even elentary students could distinguish it, as the Sugamo Apartnt massacre used simplified Chinese characters, while the Judge and Representative murder cases utilized traditional Chinese characters.

Minamoto Tamako suspected a copycat killer, voicing her opinion during the eting.

Murata An adopted her idea, subsequently asking if anyone else had thoughts.

The selected investigation elites weren’t amateurs, and among them were high achievers in criminal psychology, from these two cases alone, they could infer many clues.

The first being the murderer’s target demographic.

Every serial killer has a preference in their victims; for instance, so like killing blonde won, others target specific professions, while so prefer killing children... The Judge and Representative murder cases had the sa perpetrator, clearly targeting ’disgraced officials.’

The second is the murderer’s personal information, deduced from footprints, glove prints, clothing fibers, etc., indicating the murderer is male, aged 18-25, with violent tendencies, and relatively pale skin—the last of which Minamoto Tamako didn’t understand how they deduced. She wanted to know the reasoning process but unfortunately, others weren’t keen to indulge her curiosity.

In summary, the investigation eting established the direction of inquiry.

One group would search for Representative Takahashi’s lover, who might have witnessed the murder; another group would filter through electrical repair companies based on the suspect’s description, and pursue connections through Takahashi’s social circles—the murderer knew Takahashi’s disembarkation spot, implying acquaintance with him.

Minamoto Tamako and Fushimi Roku were assigned to the sa group, perhaps due to special attention from Commander Murata An, tasked with finding Representative Takahashi’s lover.

Minamoto Tamako’s work efficiency was very high; by that evening, she and Fushimi Roku had found Representative Takahashi’s female lover at Sugamo Apartnt.

The woman was lying on the floor, motionless, already dead for so ti.

"The third victim," Fushimi Roku, wearing white gloves, squatted beside the corpse, staring at the woman’s terrified expression, whispered to himself, "what cri have you committed this ti?"