Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 291 Missing Sakurako

"Then why don't they target me but you?" Yuan Yuzi taught earnestly: "You should learn to find problems in yourself!"

Fushimi Shika just thought she was farting and didn't even bother to smell it, his ears simply blocked his sense of smell.

He could see that Ping Yingzi's journey to find her relatives was not going smoothly, and there was an 80% chance that Minamoto Tamako would discover the truth in the end - before that, he had to think of a story in advance to fool Minamoto Tamako.

Everyone in the group had their own thoughts. Hira Sakurako and the three reporters looking for their relatives walked in front, while the perverted ninja duo Fushimi Kakashi and Minamoto Tamako followed behind.

They crossed the mountain road and headed towards the coast. The cliff below the Ishirozaki Lighthouse was full of early cherry blossoms, and the petals were falling like snowflakes onto the inky sea.

Ping Yingzi had an inexplicable premonition that she seemed to have reached the end of her journey. There was only a small house on the coast, the lighthouse was not yet lit, and the setting sun was still at the end of the sea level.

Mizutani Hiroshi remained silent. Mao Liqi pointed the camera at her profile. She reached out and knocked on the door. With a creak, a middle-aged man opened the door.

"Ah... Miss Koizumi..." He scratched his head and said, "You came at a really bad time..."

"What do you mean?" asked Ping Yingzi.

"Well, what I mean is that she has been missing for many years," the middle-aged man said, "I took over her responsibility for guarding the tower, and I have never seen her come back."

Hira Sakurako remained silent, and no one knew what expression she had under her mask. Mizutani Hiroshi stepped forward and asked if there were any other clues.

The middle-aged tower keeper thought for a moment and said, "Let's ask Mr. Tsuchiya. He is the chairman of the town council. He was the one who reported the missing case... If you want to ask for clues, he should know more than others."

"Eh……"

Mizutani Hiroshi was slightly disappointed, thinking that the other party was definitely passing the buck, and that they would still be doing useless work. Out of professionalism as a reporter, he asked casually, "What is the relationship between Mr. Tsuchiya and Ms. Koizumi?"

"Not bad, right?" the tower keeper said, "He's a cheerful guy and has a good relationship with everyone."

Upon hearing this, Sakurako Hira and the others returned to the town and went to the residential area of ​​the town to visit Mr. Tsuchiya.

The latter was a kind elder. Upon learning that Ping Yingzi and the others were looking for someone, he warmly entertained them and talked endlessly about the past of Koizumi Mizuha:
"Her mother died of complications during childbirth. As you know, in such a remote mountainous area, it is difficult to find a reliable doctor to deliver the baby..."

"My father, Taro Koizumi, was an alcoholic. There is no fisherman who doesn't like to drink. He was a good drinker, but a little lazy. One day, he suddenly became diligent and went out to sea to fish. He never came back. People in the village said that he had abandoned his daughter and ran away..."

"Rui Ye was only seven or eight years old at that time, right? Well, about the same age as you..."

"Everyone takes good care of her because she always likes to go to the reef to feed seagulls, so everyone calls her 'Seagull Girl'..."

"Although everyone lives in poverty, they still have enough to eat. They will occasionally help Ruiye. That child should be considered to have grown up eating at many people's homes..."

"Unfortunately, she met the wrong person and hooked up with a wandering traveler. She got pregnant and her reputation in the village became worse and worse..."

"What happened next? The passenger left her behind and ran away! She wanted to have an abortion, but it was too late. She took two doses of medicine, but the baby didn't get out. The baby was born with a disability. I heard that the baby had a brain problem..."

"Rui Ye didn't want to raise the child, so she gave him away."

"Perhaps because she felt uneasy, after a while, Ruiye wanted to get the child back. She couldn't contact the man who adopted the child, so she asked the news agency to put an advertisement in the newspaper. After waiting for three or four days, there was no result, so she simply gave up..."

"I didn't expect that after she disappeared for so many years, there are still people looking for her..."

"By the way, what is your relationship with her?"

...The moment Mr. Tsuchiya finished speaking, the charcoal stove in the room crackled and the oyster shells on the wire mesh burst open, but no one spoke in response.

Mizutani Hiroshi never expected that this journey to find his relatives would end like this.

——The daughter searched hard for her mother, only to find out that her mother had abandoned her long ago.

Thinking of this, he turned to look at Ping Yingzi, who was still sitting upright, maintaining the same posture as when she first entered the door, with a mask on her face, so her expression could not be seen.

"nothing."

Ping Yingzi replied softly: "Just a relative."

She stood up, bowed, thanked them, and prepared to leave. Mr. Tsuchiya looked surprised and asked them to stay for one night, after all, there were no trains or taxis at this time.

Ping Yingzi insisted on leaving, and Mizutani Hiroshi and Mao Liqi hurriedly followed. The former whispered to comfort her: "Well, think about it on the bright side, at least she is your mother..."

"Don't comfort me," Ping Yingzi said as she walked, "I'm used to it."

She has become accustomed to being abandoned, which is why she has always kept her distance from Fushimi Shika.

Especially when Fushimi Shika said, 'Look, "Fushimi Sakurako", when people ask us about it in the future, we will be a family'... these words carried too much weight and made her particularly uneasy.

On her way out, she couldn't help but think of her dream: to find a warm little home of her own and turn it into a new dream home...

In her blueprint for the future, Ping Yingzi had reserved a place for the woman she had never met.

Now it seems that it was just her wishful thinking.

……

After the parade, Izu Town held a bonfire party.

Ping Yingzi walked through the noisy crowd. The sea breeze carried the scent of pine resin and sea salt. The tourists laughed and applauded, the local residents sang along, and dancers danced around her. She seemed a little out of place.

Mizutani Hiroshi subconsciously glanced at the dancer's thighs, and when he turned around again, he could no longer see Hira Sakurako. He was stunned for a moment and was about to ask Mori Kei, but he saw that the latter was also looking at the dancer's thighs. He couldn't help but patted him on the head: "Still looking! Work!"

Mao Liqi came back to his senses, looked around, and subconsciously asked: "Where is she?"

"You ask me? I want to ask you something else!" Mizutani Hiroshi frowned.

The two shouted Ping Yingzi's name at the bonfire party, but no one responded; Mizutani Hiroshi felt a little uneasy and suggested to split up to look for the person. They asked around for a long time, but everyone shook their heads and said that they didn't notice the little girl wearing a mask... There were many people wearing masks at the bonfire party, so who knew who was who?
Mizutani Hiroshi and Maori Kei returned empty-handed, and after the two met, they were disappointed.

Nothing will happen, right?

They were about to go to the police station to report the case when they were suddenly stopped by a man and a woman: the man was wearing a navy blue windbreaker and carrying a long wooden box on his back; the woman was wearing a dress, her hair was shaking, and she looked very panicked.

"What about people?"

Yuan Yuzi didn't bother to follow and asked directly: "Aren't you traveling with her? Where is she?"

(End of this chapter)