Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 300 Scream
The residents of Minamiizu Town were lucky, as most of them escaped the disaster thanks to the warning of Mizuha Koizumi. But the situation was different in Nishiizu Town, where a large area was affected and the amount of relief supplies allocated afterwards was pitifully small.

Violent underworld gangs intervened after the disaster. They distributed relief supplies in the form of usury and were responsible for maintaining order in the disaster area. They took the opportunity to buy up land at low prices and swallowed up the investment and advance payments of past residents. This situation was not uncommon in Japan in the last century, and underworld gangs were generally responsible for stabilizing order after the disaster.

Everyone became paupers in an instant, and only Mr. Tsuchiya made a fortune.

Even if life was difficult, life had to go on. Although the residents were poor, they were more enthusiastic about Koizumi Mizuha. They helped her build a small house next to the lighthouse with money and labor. Koizumi Mizuha finally had her own home.

On the day she moved into her new home, she kept bowing to everyone to express her gratitude, which made everyone feel embarrassed. Mayu Ito also helped. She was responsible for delivering food and water to the workers. When she saw this scene, she felt a special sense of accomplishment.

But when the residents dispersed and everyone went back to their homes, Koizumi Mizuha was the only one left in the hut.

The next night, Mayu Ito went out to catch fireflies. When she passed by Ishirozaki, she saw Koizumi sitting alone at the door. She approached and asked what Koizumi Mizuha was doing. The latter was flattered and smiled shyly, gesturing with her hands non-stop, but she didn't understand a word of what she said. She could only see that Koizumi was very lonely.

Later, Mayu Ito often went to visit Koizumi-san. Every time, Koizumi Mizuha entertained her warmly, and when she was about to leave at night, she could always see Koizumi Mizuha standing at the door waving goodbye.

Someone as lonely as her must be longing for happiness.

Because of this, when Koizumi Mizuha fell in love, no one could persuade her. Everyone could see that the tourist was just playing around, but Koizumi Mizuha took the sweet words and promises seriously.

"I will never abandon you."

These words healed her life for eighteen years. She was like a migrating seagull who finally found a warm harbor to settle down.

The traveler lived in Izu Town for a while, eating and drinking for free every day, and letting Koizumi Mizuha take care of his daily life.

Perhaps because women dress up to please themselves, Koizumi Mizuha finally began to learn how to dress herself up. The residents of the town then discovered that she was actually very beautiful... In the past, her bangs were too thick, her cheeks were too dirty, and she always walked with her head down, looking like a little coal ball.

One day, Mr. Tsuchiya suddenly visited and asked Koizumi Mizuha if she wanted to be a parade dancer so that she could make money like everyone else during the peak tourist season.

She was the only one supporting two people and was short of money. Besides, being a dancer was considered a legitimate livelihood nowadays. Everyone was selling their art but not their bodies, so there was nothing to be ashamed of.

In this way, Koizumi Mizuha put on a dancer's costume and practiced dancing with the musicians. She couldn't hear the beat, so she practiced very hard and her movements were very clumsy.

In order to make money, she continued to practice even after returning home. Her boyfriend thought she was noisy, so she had to go outside and dance on the edge of the cliff.

When Mayu Ito went to play with her, she looked apologetic and said that she wanted to continue practicing dancing. She made a "real man" gesture and they agreed to play together later.

But before Koizumi Mizuha could perform on stage, she became pregnant.

Her boyfriend advised her to have an abortion, but she refused no matter what; then her boyfriend threatened her that if she had a child, he would leave Koizumi Mizuha and go back to the city to live alone.

Koizumi Mizuha was panicked. She secretly wanted to buy abortion pills. The shop owner saw her wandering at the door for a long time, but finally left without buying anything.

Afterwards, everyone said that she took the medicine but failed to abort the baby.

Although the store owner clarified the rumors many times, no one believed it. Everyone felt that the store owner was just making excuses for her.

Nine months later, the baby was born.

Seeing that the baby didn't cry, the midwife advised Koizumi Mizuha to take the baby to the city for a checkup. The latter was worried that Sakurako was born deaf like her, so she worked hard to save some money and took the baby to the hospital for a checkup alone - the result was beyond everyone's expectation, Sakurako was not deaf, but suffered from autism.

Koizumi Mizuha returned home with a heavy heart. Her boyfriend complained that she had wasted two years of savings and suggested that she find a deserted place to abandon the child so that he would not be a burden to them.

Koizumi Mizuha held her daughter and sat all night. The next morning, she gestured to her boyfriend that she would not abandon the child no matter what.

Absolutely not.

She would never let Sakurako become a homeless child.

The boyfriend was very angry and unilaterally insulted her, calling her an idiot, a fool, and a whore. Koizumi Mizuha could read lips, and she knew what her boyfriend said, but she pretended not to hear.

Cracks finally appeared in their relationship.

Perhaps her boyfriend was fed up with her, or perhaps he felt that Koizumi Mizuha was not as interesting as before she had a child, so he started staying out all night, often playing until the early hours of the morning before going home to sleep soundly.

Koizumi Mizuha had been enduring it silently. She didn't want her daughter to be fatherless, and she was used to having a man at home to protect her from the wind and rain. Those widowed mothers and daughters who lost their husbands and fathers after the disaster were all visited by gangster gangs, and were either sent to big cities to work as hostesses or became free labor.

Until one day, Mr. Tsuchiya came with his men and demanded that her daughter be used to pay off a debt.

It was then that Koizumi Mizuha realized that her boyfriend had been drinking and gambling outside and was already heavily in debt. She would never be able to pay off the debt in her lifetime.

Mr. Tsuchiya snapped his fingers, and his subordinates dragged her boyfriend in front of her like a dog.

The former lover was covered in wounds, his face was covered in blood, and his facial features were bruised, with no trace of the tenderness he once had.

Koizumi Mizuha was so scared that her legs were shaking. She knelt on the ground, clasped her hands together, rubbed her palms, and begged Mr. Tsuchiya to let them go - she was willing to work hard to pay back the money for the rest of her life and would never escape from the debt!
Mr. Tsuchiya did not agree. He gave Koizumi Mizuha two choices:

First, warm his bed, and when he gets tired of playing, go to Tokyo to earn money by drinking;

Second, use a daughter or boyfriend to pay off debts. Some wealthy families like child brides, and a boyfriend’s organs can also be sold for a lot of money.

Koizumi Mizuha chose the former.

This time, the residents did not stand idly by. They tried to stop it, but were knocked to the ground by Mr. Tsuchiya's men.

Mayu Ito stood in the crowd, watching Sister Koizumi being dragged away by her hair. The two looked at each other across the crowd - Sister Koizumi was crying, squeezing her little face, and making a 'real man' gesture with one hand.

Later, Koizumi Mizuha realized that was not an option.

When she walked out of the Tsuchiya family with bruises all over her body, her boyfriend and daughter had already been taken on the ferry. Mayu Ito rushed to inform them, but her father covered her mouth. Everyone knew that she couldn't hear, but she remained silent.

Koizumi Ruiye understood the lip language. She ran to the port in dishevel, but the ship had already left. She continued to run along the coastline until she reached the cliff and stood by the lighthouse, where she saw the ferry appear on the horizon.

At this moment, she faced the burning sunset, put her hands to her mouth, and shouted:
"Sakura-ko-"

"Sakura-ko-"

"Sakura-ko-"

No one knew how she learned the pronunciation, or how many times she practiced. The fishermen who went out to sea that day all heard the cry from her mother.

She called out to her daughter, over and over again.

(End of this chapter)