Tokyo: Rabbit Officer and Her Evil Partner

"What are you laughing at?" Fushimi Roku couldn't help but ask.

Minamoto Tamako leaned forward, nudged him with her elbow, and said with a smile, "Everyone's gone, why are you still pretending!"

Fushimi Roku was shocked; he suspected Minamoto Tamako had been possessed because how could such words come out of her mouth?

He couldn't ask this directly, so he took out an ice cream to lure her in and gain Minamoto Tamako's trust to get the inside scoop, only then did he understand what was going on.

Minamoto Tamako licked the ice cream and confidently shared her reasoning under Mr. Lu's flattery:

"Uesugi Shion must be feeling guilty! Either that, or her bodyguard is! Even though they were tough in the ward, criminals are all paper tigers that can't withstand scrutiny..."

"They fear being targeted by the police, so they decided to pull off a trick to mislead everyone!"

"This group of criminals first set a fire in the men's restroom, then used the chaos to secretly escape, pretended to be missing, and reported to the police to create confusion while actually hiding!"

"If I'm not mistaken, you lost track of Uesugi Shion after the fire alarm went off?"

Minamoto Tamako's reasoning wasn't without basis; she wasn't a fool. On the contrary, she believed she was very observant.

The hospital fire was strange and was extinguished quickly, clearly man-made. Perhaps there wasn't even a real fire, just chemical smoke, which was why she smelled something odd!

She detailed her analytical process and felt that Mr. Fu Jian must have thought the same way, which is why he lied to Chief Kikuchi—because they would continue to investigate the truth, pretending to know nothing to deceive the criminals and make them complacent!

Fushimi Roku nodded repeatedly, clapping and cheering, acting like a sycophant, constantly repeating, "Yes, yes," "That's exactly what I thought," "Absolutely right"…

Minamoto Tamako felt lost amid the endless praise, believing her reasoning skills had reached a new level.

In the past, she wasn't good at guessing criminals' motives and didn't understand their shady thoughts, but now she could see through the Uesugi family's schemes in just three hours and predict others' thoughts in advance. She could say she had filled in the last gap to become a famous detective!

Now enters Super Detective: Hidden Pursuit Edition: Eyes of Golden Flame Minamoto Tamako!

"That's so reasonable!" Fushimi Roku couldn't even focus on his ice cream cone; he was like a success coach, clapping non-stop, "What's your plan next?"

Minamoto Tamako had plans already; she slurped her ice cream cone as she spoke.

Next, she planned to secretly question the chief of neurology to gather evidence of Uesugi Shion's medical fraud, while Fushimi Roku was responsible for investigating the assistant who was kicked off the car to dig for evidence from him.

As an assistant, he must have plenty of personal information about Uesugi Shion, possibly even involved in planning Cat Island.

Fushimi Roku agreed but didn't want to go out; the sun was too bright, and it was more comfortable staying home with the air conditioning. It was a rare holiday, and he'd already been busy for half a day; he can't keep working all the time, can he? Even the production team's donkey didn't work this hard.

"Uh, since Sugamo is under lockdown, why don't we just rest at home..."

He just finished speaking and realized the words sounded a bit ambiguous.

Previously, Fushimi Roku and Minamoto Tamako were clear about their relationship, good partners, good friends, without any romantic feelings.

But just this morning, they officially became a couple, with Fushimi Roku having a recording proving Minamoto Tamako confessed first.

Once a couple in love says, 'Why don't we just rest at home,' it immediately suggests they're about to get busy, possibly using some birth control items, and for couples with unique physiques, maybe even changing the sheets.

Minamoto Tamako didn't think in that direction; she was always clear on matters of work and life. Once she entered work mode, she was exceptionally focused and generally didn't think about life's trivial matters—romance was an exception.

But she wasn't always in love-brain mode.

"Sugamo's lockdown has nothing to do with us; we're criminal police!"

After Minamoto Tamako spoke, she finished her ice cream cone in a few bites and dragged Fushimi Roku to head out, promising to reward him with three small stamps.

Fushimi Roku couldn't resist her and unwillingly went out.

First, they went to a ramen shop for lunch, then split up. Minamoto Tamako eagerly walked to the hospital, while Fushimi Roku wandered around outside, found an izakaya with air conditioning and TV, drank beer, and watched a game, loitering away the afternoon.

As evening approached, Watanabe Shun and Kazama Tatsuya headed out. After dinner, they strolled the street, passed by the izakaya, and decided to go in for a drink, coincidentally running into Fushimi Roku.

The three clicked together instantly, drinking beer and eating yakitori, occasionally chatting idly.

Watanabe Shun, always the chatterbox, first remarked; back in the day as a patrol police at the police box, who had time to drink? Being a criminal police was much better, everyone could drink and chat together; wasn't life wonderful?

Kazama Tatsuya began lecturing again, criticizing Watanabe Shun's work attitude; it was he who recommended Watanabe Shun to the profession, and now that Watanabe Shun was slacking off, it was embarrassing to the Kazama family.

Fushimi Roku, with a timely cheeky remark, laughed and said you were already fired; where's there any face left at the Police Department?

Kazama Tatsuya was quite displeased, retorting sarcastically and asking how things progressed between Fushimi Roku and Minamoto Tamako, if they were still playing house like before.