Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 290 J and P

The dusk was like a bucket of warm water, slowly pouring into the Shimogamo River.

The gravel slopes of Izu Town were immersed in the lavender evening mist. The bamboo curtains of the hot spring inns were rolled up one after another. Hira Sakurako was sitting by the gate of Shuzenji Temple. Not far away, a parading dancer was tuning her shamisen. A group of children gathered by the stream to light lanterns.

The bonfire party is about to begin.

Ping Yingzi couldn't help but start to imagine that the woman she had never met once lived here, enjoying the same scenery under the peaceful warm light. If she hadn't been taken away by her father, she might have played carefree like those children who lit lanterns...

Mizutani Hiroshi caught her melancholy and quickly signaled Mao Liqi to turn the camera to record this scene.

……

"What are they doing?"

Gen Yuzi huddled behind the stone Buddha, staring at the gate of Shuzenji Temple: "I felt something was wrong before, it felt like Sakurako was hiding something from me... Now it seems that it is true!"

She still remembered that Ping Yingzi had hidden money. She didn't find out the whole story at the time, so she has been feeling resentful about it ever since.

"Fushimi-kun, what do you think..."

When Yuan Yuzi turned around, she saw Fushimi Shika talking to a monk in monk's robes. She wondered what this guy was up to, so she leaned over to listen and learned that Fushimi Shika was booking a room.

It is the peak tourist season now and Shuzenji Temple is a popular tourist attraction. There are not many meditation rooms and they have been fully booked long ago.

Fushimi Shika used his eloquence to describe the tragic life story of Hira Sakurako with great embellishment. The old abbot was deeply moved and felt that if he did not help, even the Buddha would blame him.

"Amitabha."

The old abbot put his hands together and chanted a Buddhist name, saying that he could give up his meditation room for the two of you to rest for the night, provided that you didn't mind the difference between men and women...

"Of course I don't mind," Fushimi Shika also put his hands together, returned the gift to express his gratitude, and stuffed a few banknotes into the bag: "The abbot is willing to sacrifice himself to help others. He is truly a kind-hearted person and shows the magnanimity of a monk."

People outside the monastery also like to hear flattery. The old abbot laughed and put the money into his sleeve, took out the key to the meditation room, and motioned for the two to help themselves. If they couldn't find the way or needed anything, they could tell the young monk in the temple. He had to entertain other travelers, so he wouldn't accompany them any longer.

Yuan Yuzi watched the abbot walk away, then turned back and asked, "Didn't we book a hotel at the resort? Why are we wasting money staying at Shuzenji?"

"It's already this late. Sakurako will probably stay here overnight. What should we do then?" Fushimi Shika looked at him like an idiot: "Should we sleep in the mountains as ninjas?"

Only then did Yuan Yuzi realize that her travel plans were completely disrupted.

She had already planned to stroll around the hot springs after lunch and visit the plum garden. From early December to March, plum blossoms of all shapes and sizes bloom continuously. In the evening, she would go to experience the most famous hot spring in Atami. She heard that there was a mixed bath there, so she hoped to find an indoor hot spring open only to women...

How did you end up in Izu Town for no apparent reason?
Also, if I stay overnight in Izu Town, what will my travel plans be for tomorrow?
She also planned to get up tomorrow morning to drink a cup of Shizuoka tea, try some Shizuoka specialty eel pie, and then go out to the coastline to watch the returning seagulls... If she was only delayed for an afternoon, it would still be within the tolerance range, but if she stayed overnight in Izu Town, wouldn't it be completely off plan? !
Yuan Yuzi couldn't accept it for a while. She spent a lot of time and carefully compared before she worked out the best travel strategy! If there is an MBTI test table these days, she would be a typical J person. She must plan everything for the trip, including hotel accommodation, food and specialty products, sightseeing attractions, transportation... Everything must be done step by step to have a perfect travel experience!
But Fushimi Shika is obviously a casual person. As long as he has money, he can sleep anywhere. Anyway, resting places like Shuzenji provide disposable bathrobes, and you can soak in hot springs at night. At most, you can wash your underwear by hand, sleep in neutral, and hang your panties by the window to wear again tomorrow.

As we all know, traveling is a test of a couple's relationship. If the personalities are not compatible, there will be friction along the way, and you may even quarrel and go home separately.

At the moment, in order to take care of Ping Yingzi, the conflict between the two has not yet emerged.

Gen Tamako was very disappointed by this, but considering that this was Sakurako's first trip, she decided to put the travel plan on hold for the time being - there would be plenty of time to play in the future, so this little while wouldn't matter.

Meanwhile, Hira Sakurako finally waited until the parade ended and the tourists went back to their houses to rest. She brushed off the mud on her butt, stood up and walked along the gravel path through the bamboo forest. Reporters Mizutani Hiroshi and Gen Tamako and others quickly followed her.

The small town of Amagi Ridge in Izu Town has developed into a tourist village. The hillside facing the sea is dotted with hot spring hotels with white walls and black tiles. Hira Sakurako went door to door asking.

When the residents who run the hotel heard the name "Koizumi Mizuha", their expressions varied. Some looked thoughtful and said that Miss Mizuha was a woman with a strange temper; some looked a little uneasy and asked what the relationship between Sakurako and Miss Mizuha was; and some looked surprised and asked what kind of TV show this was...

In short, most of the people's answers were: "I don't know", "I'm not sure", "I haven't seen her since she disappeared"...

When asked about Koizumi Mizuha's former address, the residents gave a clear answer:
"She lives alone by the sea, right under the Ishirozaki Lighthouse, and used to help guard the tower."

After Hira Sakurako left, Gen Tamako pretended to be a tourist and asked the residents indirectly, wanting to know what Hira Sakurako had asked, but she got completely different answers. Almost all the residents looked wary and looked Fushimi Shika up and down:

"We were just chatting for a while. May I ask who this person is..."

Gen Tamako didn't know how to answer. She was here for tourism, so it was inconvenient for her to pretend to be a detective. Naturally, she couldn't say that Fushimi Kaka was her partner; but if she said they were just ordinary friends, it would seem a bit strange.

She simply asked Fushimi Shika to introduce himself, and the latter directly admitted that he was the girl's guardian and had accompanied her to find her relatives.

"Ah, that's it."

The residents looked understood and spoke in a thought-provoking tone, but their attitude suddenly turned cold. They all said they had other things to do and ordered them to leave.

After being turned down several times, Yuan Yuzi turned around and couldn't help but look at Fushimi Shika. She felt that what he was wearing today was very ordinary and there was nothing eye-catching about him: "Why are people so wary of you? Is it because you look so fierce?"

Fushimi Shika could clearly sense that the local residents were targeting him. Even before he opened his mouth, they were already staring at him warily.

This inexplicable malice made him feel very unhappy.

"Maybe these residents did something bad to Sakurako," Fushimi Shika speculated, "so they are targeting me."

(End of this chapter)