Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 269: Attack of the Treemen

Without time to think, Yuan Yuzi turned around and fired a shot, aiming at the leg. Unfortunately, the light was dim and the man was running, so the shot missed and the man fled into the lobby.

Now is not the time to hunt down the murderer. The top priority is to ensure the safety of Yazaki Momo and others. Gen Yuzi hurriedly asked Kawai if he had seen anyone else. The latter shook his head and said, "When I returned to the room, the mistress was gone."

Hearing the word "mistress", Yuan Yuzi felt lost. She realized that she had hallucinations again and mistook Ono Ken for Nagano Kawai.

"I called you just now, why didn't you respond?" Yuan Yuzi asked.

Ono Xuan was stunned and claimed that she heard nothing and had been looking for Mrs. Kiko. When she passed by the corridor, she happened to see Yuan Tamako in critical condition, so she helped her.

"Did you see that person's face clearly?" Yuan Yuzi asked.

Although she felt that the murderer was most likely Dr. Fukuyama, she had no evidence, nor had she figured out the method of murder or even the motive for the murder, so she could not jump to conclusions and had to confirm with witnesses.

Hearing this, Xiao Yexuan's expression was a little unnatural. She evaded the question by saying, "I didn't see clearly... the light was too dim..."

Yuan Yuzi saw her expression and understood. It was estimated that Ono Xuan also had hallucinations and mistook the believer for someone else - that person might also be Ono Xuan's knot, so she didn't want to talk about it.

Yuan Yuzi didn't ask any more questions. After discussing it, the two decided to look for someone together. Nue tea seemed to affect hearing, which was not conducive to separate actions.

In order to prevent hallucinations from happening again, they agreed on a code word to identify each other.

Yuan Yuzi bent down to pick up the flashlight. Ono Xuan stood behind her on guard. She glanced around and noticed spots of blood on the ground, spreading all the way into the depths of the thick fog in the lobby.

At first glance, Yuan Yuzi thought it was the bloodstain left by the murderer. But after thinking about it, she felt something was wrong. The murderer was injured in the head. If there was such a large amount of bleeding in the head, the brain would probably have been drained.

"What did you use to hit that guy's head?" Gen Yuzi looked up and down at Ono Xuan, who still looked like Nagano Kawai and had nothing in his hand.

“That desk lamp.”

Ono Xuan pointed to the door of the room. Yuan Yuzi looked down and saw a desk lamp lying quietly in the thick fog. There was a dent in the lampshade, but there was no blood on it, which meant that the murderer did not bleed.

Could it be... that this is someone else's blood?

Gen Tamako had a guess in her mind that perhaps Mrs. Kiko was injured, so she was not in the room but escaped with injuries.

Thinking of this, Yuan Yuzi became more and more nervous, and quickly told Ono Xuan her speculation, and decided to follow the blood trail to find someone. Ono Xuan agreed and expressed his willingness to help.

After making up their minds, the two men stood shoulder to shoulder, guarding the front and back respectively, following the bloodstains all the way through the lobby, passing through one Japanese-style room after another, walking deep into the old house, and after going around to the east side, they found a room at the end of the corridor with a faint light on.

The light was not like an incandescent lamp, it was dim and flickering. If Yuan Yuzi guessed correctly, it should be a candlelight. The two of them stared at it, and the bloodstains on the ground turned into the back of the door.

Gen Tamako and Ono Ken looked at each other and tiptoed towards the room. The latter lowered his voice and said in a whisper, "That is the niche... used to store Mr. Fumihito's collection and Miss Akishino's ashes."

"Shh! Now's not the time to talk about this!" Gen Yuzi raised her finger.

Ono Ken immediately fell silent and stood by the door with Gen Tamako, who peeked inside. On the left side of the room was a samurai sword, on the right side were several sets of tea sets, in the middle were spirit tablets and urns, and white candles were quietly burning. Mrs. Kiko was kneeling on a futon, her back drooping, half of her body covered in blood.

There was no one else in the room, so Yuan Yuzi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took Ono Xuan in.

Seeing that his mistress's life or death was unknown, Ono Xuan turned pale and hurriedly supported Mrs. Kiko. He carefully checked the injuries and found that there was a dagger stuck in Princess Kiko's left shoulder.

Just as Ono Xuan was about to reach out to pull it out, Yuan Yuzi quickly stopped her. Pulling out the dagger at this time would cause the wound to bleed profusely, and an ambulance would not be able to come, and she might die from excessive blood loss.

She had received first aid training at the police academy and knew what to do at this time.

The first thing they had to do was quickly check the injured person's consciousness, breathing, pulse and other vital signs. They were lucky to have arrived in time, and Mrs. Kiko was still conscious, and her breathing was weak but stable.

Gen Yuzi used a samurai sword to cut open the sleeve of her windbreaker to fix the dagger to prevent it from shaking and enlarging the wound, and bandaged it around the shoulder. After that, she asked Ono Ken to hold Mrs. Kiko in a semi-recumbent position, and used finger pressure to stop the bleeding and compress the subclavian artery.

"I'm fine..."

Mrs. Kiko's forehead was covered with sweat. Her lips were as pale as paper. She showed a dry smile and looked up at Ono Xuan: "Ah Xuan... the spiritual ceremony was successful... I saw Fumihito... I saw Mako... It's a pity that Fumihito has changed. He wants to kill me... But I don't blame him..."

Ono Ken's tears burst out, slid down his face, and dripped onto Mrs. Kiko's cheek. The latter said softly: "Don't cry... Why are you crying? You should be happy... Fumihito wants to take me away and reunite with me..."

Yuan Yuzi knelt beside him, her hands clenched into fists. She felt extremely uncomfortable, as if her heart was filled with heavy stones. She knew the truth, but she couldn't say it out loud.

"Madam, please stop talking," Ono Xuan said with a sob, "Your health is more important. Your husband doesn't want to see you like this..."

Mrs. Jiko was about to speak when heavy footsteps were suddenly heard outside the door.

Yuan Yuzi leaned against the door with a police gun in hand, signaling them to be quiet.

A faint light shone through the Tang paper on the sliding door, as if someone was walking slowly towards them with a flashlight. Gen Yuzi listened for a moment and found that there was more than one footsteps.

Ta...ta...ta...

Ta da...ta da...

Ta da da...ta da da...

The footsteps became more and more frequent, and Yuan Yuzi's heart sank. She heard at least four footsteps, but all the people outside combined could not make up four.

There were only five bullets in the police gun magazine. She fired two shots, leaving three bullets. As long as one man survived, all three of them would be killed. Yuan Yuzi calculated for a few seconds and decided that she couldn't just sit there and wait for death, so she quietly opened the sliding door and looked out to observe the situation.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t look at it. Yuan Yuzi just took a glance and her scalp went tingling and her heart started beating wildly.

The corridor was filled with tree people wearing hunting clothes and black hats, staggering along the bloodstains.

(End of this chapter)