Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 149 An old case
The lawyer summoned Kamei Youliang to court and asked him several tricky questions.

"May I ask what is your relationship with the victim?"

"Very bad."

"May I ask where you were on the day of the incident?"

"No comment."

"Excuse me, are you aware of the mental condition of the person involved?"

"clear."

Kamei Yuryo still had an indifferent attitude and answered truthfully in court, even saying "no comment". Yuan Yuzi was murmuring in her heart, this guy is so confident, isn't he afraid of spending the rest of his life in prison?

After listening to the arguments from both sides, the judge asked Kamei Riko a simple question based on his rich experience:

"Excuse me, defendant, have you recently adopted a dog?"

This sentence was like a sharp blade, cutting through the tangled ball of thread, making everyone hold their breath subconsciously. Everyone looked at Kamei Riko, and Yuan Yuzi was sweating in her heart. She felt that the judge had been convinced. As long as Kamei Riko nodded and admitted that she had a dog, the court would dismiss the case. Under the pressure of the prosecution, the police station would definitely conduct a strong investigation, and the real culprit would definitely be revealed - the fork in fate was between Kamei Riko and her ups and downs.

"No." said Riko Kamei.

……

She paused, then added, “I haven’t had a pet in six months.”

……

Yuan Yuzi wanted to shout "impossible", but her good upbringing made her hold back her shock and anger. She didn't understand. Mrs. Kamei clearly had a dog. On the day of the crime, she begged the police to help find Marujiro... Why did she give false testimony now?
"You can't expect a mother to accuse her child, can you?" came Fushimi Shika's unclear voice as he ate the senbei with relish.

At this moment, Yuan Yuzi had an epiphany.

She finally understood, no wonder Fushimi-kun said at the beginning, "It doesn't matter whether the case is investigated or not", no wonder Fushimi-kun has been slacking off... When they were eating hot pot, she asked Fushimi-kun, "Can't we let Mrs. Kamei identify the murderer?" The latter sneered in response.

From then on, Fushimi-kun knew this would be the ending.

——Mrs. Kamei pushed her husband down the stairs and confessed the crime herself. Even if Kujo Yui came, it would be difficult to overturn the verdict.

Gen Yuzi recalled more and more details, such as when Kamei Yuryo said during the interrogation, "Fushimi-kun should know that there is no point in catching me"; and when investigating the case, the exchanges between Fushimi-kun, Kazama-senpai, and Kamei Yuryo...

Reasoning is useless, the police and the murderer are in an open contest.

From beginning to end, she was the only one who was kept in the dark.

——'It's time to show you what a real murder game is.'

If Yuan Yuzi also had a system, now would be the time to upgrade. During this period of time, her experience bar kept going up, until this moment, she finally broke through the invisible shackles.

It turns out that this is how to solve a case.

A murder case is not a reasoning game. The murderer will exploit all the loopholes he can find, break any established rules, and not be bound by any framework... This is itself a game between people.

Yuan Yuzi realized that the world was more cruel than she had imagined, and some things were destined to be a dead end from the beginning.

But she was unwilling to do so.

She was really unwilling.

Even though she was busy on a business trip during the New Year, no matter how hard or tiring it was, she just couldn't bear to watch the real murderer escape punishment.

Kamei Youliang turned around and smiled at Gen Tamako.

He was not in the dock, but was acquitted.

When the trial was over and everyone left, Kazama Takusai patted her on the shoulder and stood up to leave. Fushimi Shika sat next to her, finished eating the senbei, clapped his hands, and asked, "What do you think?"

Seeing that Yuan Yuzi didn't answer, he turned his head and saw that Yuan Yuzi was secretly crying. She lowered her head, supported her hands on her knees, clenched her fists tightly, and couldn't stop the tears from pouring out. She knew that she looked like a loser, but she couldn't help it.

Instead of comforting her, Fushimi Shika added insult to injury by asking, "Do you still think that law is justice?"

"It's just...it's just that I'm not capable enough..." Yuan Yuzi said in a crying voice.

"This is not a question of ability. As the saying goes, 'there is a place outside the law within a small space'. People's hearts are always reserved for themselves. The law can only regulate people's external behavior, but it is often powerless to regulate people's thoughts, emotions and inner motivations. If you study law, you will know that the law has its own limitations..."

Before Fushimi Shika finished speaking, Yuan Yuzi suddenly raised her head, wiped her tears, and said loudly:

"I won't give up!"

After saying that, she stood up abruptly, quickly left the court and rushed back to the police station.

Officer Sakai saw her and asked her how the trial went, but she didn't answer. Under the gaze of the other detectives, she rushed into the archives room with murderous intent and began to look through the case files of Sugamo, both recent and past.

Even if the law has limitations, so what? Bad laws should be abolished and good laws should be used for good. As long as there is a precedent, it can promote the perfection of the law - the law is by no means a dead thing with rules and regulations, but the pursuit of order and morality in people's hearts!
What she has to do is to make this "precedent" clear to the public!!

In order to stop people from indulging in hurting their loved ones without limits in the future, and to make people respect the things others choose to cherish in the future, she must ensure that this falling case gets the most fair result!!

Yuan Yuzi locked herself in the archives room, reading through recent cases day and night.

"There is no perfect crime in the world. As long as a crime occurs, it will inevitably leave clues." She believes in this principle. From a scientific point of view, nothing will not leave traces - Kamei Youliang's interpersonal relationships and criminal tracks are scattered in the mountains of files.

It's just that no one has ever connected them.

Yuan Yuzi had no way of judging whether the confession in the file was true. She could only read it again and again, cross-comparing all the files in her mind.

During this time, seniors Watanabe and Kazama advised her to rest, but she ignored them. Fushimi-kun brought Sakurako to see her and wanted her to go home, but she refused.

"I'm doing the right thing." Yuan Yuzi said seriously.

From Sugamo to Ikebukuro, from Ikebukuro to the port area, all the way to the fishing town in the distance. She finally saw clearly that in the intricate interpersonal relationships like a spider web, she finally saw the most core and the very beginning point...

In the sealed files of the illegal educational institution "お試し-****camp", she saw two familiar names.

——12th term student Kamei Yuryo.

——12th term student Chihiro Kazama.

……

That morning, when the director came to work, he noticed that there was something strange in the way his subordinates looked at him; when he walked into the office, he saw a familiar figure sitting in his office chair.

Kujo Yui sat sideways with her head down, reading the investigation report; Gen Tamako stood beside her with her hands behind her back, looking tired but with impressive momentum.

"The suspect seduced a married woman's nanny, took advantage of her position to get in touch with a female executive, used their relationship to defraud a huge amount of stolen money, spent lavishly in a sex shop, and won the hearts of the hostesses... Well, the accounting books, billing receipts, witness statements, and love letters, the evidence is sufficient."

Kujo Yui raised her head and asked, "Even the female student who sent the anonymous photos and anonymous letters confessed... How did you find her?"

Without waiting for Minako's answer, Kujo Yui threw the investigation report on the table and said, "Forget it, this kind of thing doesn't matter. Otomo Police Officer Shizheng, you came at the right time. From now on, I will take over the Toshima District Criminal Police Team and set up a special investigation department to conduct large-scale investigations."

The office was silent for two seconds. The director came back to his senses and asked his superior cautiously. He wanted to know what had happened that had caused the Superintendent to make such a big fuss.

"Do you remember the missing case?" asked Kujo Yui.

There are countless missing persons cases in Tokyo every year, but as soon as Kujo Yui opened her mouth, the director knew which missing person case she was talking about - Kujo Yui's father-in-law, Minamoto Tamako's grandfather, once disappeared in the suburbs of Tokyo.

"He is the new suspect."

Kujo Yui said: "The Investigation Division 1 is on the way to arrest Kamei Yuryo, I want to interrogate him personally."

(End of this chapter)