"Senior Kazama will come to take care of Sakurako later," she mentioned to Fushimi Roku and then turned to Taira Sakurako, saying, "Get along well with Uncle Kazama. Although he did bad things for his daughter, but..."

She didn't know what to follow the 'but' with. Eventually, she still held some grievances and could only change the subject: "Anyway, just be obedient at home."

Taira Sakurako was eating a pork cutlet bento. Upon hearing this, she looked up, still with a grain of rice on her mouth corner: "Are you going out?"

"Yes, today we are going to..."

Minamoto Tamako was about to say 'arrange Jun's funeral' but suddenly remembered she hadn't told Sakurako about Jun's passing. She had to swallow the latter half of the sentence and said, "Investigate Miyazaki Shizuka."

Recently, it's better not to upset Sakurako further. Wait until she eases up, or notices that Jun is missing, then tell her about it.

"Why investigate her?" Fushimi Roku was also eating bento and looked up cautiously upon hearing this.

"Did you wake up in a fog?" Minamoto Tamako finally got the chance to play the captain. She showed a 'how can you be so dumb' disdainful face and imitated how Fujimura-kun used to talk: "Of course, it's to figure out the rule-less injury case. According to my deduction, Doctor Miyazaki is very likely the mastermind behind it!"

"Oh, impressive deduction," Fushimi Roku said.

"Why don't you ask about my deduction process?" Minamoto Tamako wanted to boast.

"There's no need, since I was hypnotized together with you," Fushimi Roku continued eating without looking up.

"Then why couldn't you think of it?" Minamoto Tamako pouted and said, "I already connected the dots earlier. Doctor Miyazaki suggested creating 'addicts' who would attack when triggered, leading to the rule-less injury case happening... The Nishino Family is evidence; Doctor Miyazaki is surely conducting illegal experiments!"

Saying this, she posed in a 'there is only one truth' stance.

"Then why did she spare the two of us?" Fushimi Roku countered.

This indeed stumped Minamoto Tamako. She didn't really know why Miyazaki Shizuka left them alone after hypnosis — Minamoto Tamako always thought she sleepwalked home.

"Once we find her, we can ask and clarify," Minamoto Tamako opted for the Police Department's most traditional old method.

"Eh... But Tokyo is under lockdown everywhere," Fushimi Roku quickly finished the pork cutlet rice, wiped his mouth, and burped contentedly.

"How can lockdown last for two days? It was already lifted this morning," Minamoto Tamako said.

After all, this is Tokyo, and even a single day of lockdown is a major economic blow.

"Then is there any news about the anti-terrorism incident?" Fushimi Roku was curious, turned on the TV, and watched NHK news, but there was no mention of the explosion incident for a long time.

"Yes, they say publicly it's a gas leak," Minamoto Tamako sighed: "Internally, they launched a special operation. What specific operation, I'm not sure. They said it's confidential... Mom wouldn't tell me."

"So, it's not resolved yet," Fushimi Roku felt that Kujo Yua was deliberately nurturing a threat to use.

Minamoto Tamako had no choice but to do her part well. She hastily finished brunch and urged Fushimi Roku to quickly change clothes and prepare to head out to investigate.

"How about we split up today and keep in touch by phone if anything comes up," Fushimi Roku said while changing clothes. "Searching for someone together is too inefficient."

"What if you get hypnotized by Miyazaki Shizuka again?" Minamoto Tamako was a bit worried and planned to go to the police station equipment room to get a police gun.

"That's why you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket. If I get hypnotized, you can save me; but if both of us get hypnotized, then it's game over, right?" Fushimi Roku reasoned.

Minamoto Tamako found this logical. Separating could spread the risk, whereas being together could easily get them both caught at once.

"Alright, then we'll call every half hour. If someone doesn't answer, they're hypnotized," Minamoto Tamako said.

Fushimi Roku nodded, agreeing.

He had just finished changing clothes when the doorbell of the living room rang. The visitor was Kazama Tatsuya, here to help take care of Sakurako.

It's not exact to say care, more like to guard the house.

Minamoto Tamako thanked Senior Kazama, and Fushimi Roku followed suit with a few pleasantries. Kazama Tatsuya's complexion seemed better, just that his one eye looked less gloomy.

After saying goodbye, the two went downstairs one after the other and parted at the small courtyard of Sugamo Apartment.

Minamoto Tamako planned to visit the Arima Psychological Clinic to inquire with Arima Toshio about Miyazaki Shizuka's whereabouts, while Fushimi Roku took the train to the mountains to deal with Miyazaki Shizuka's body.

Just burying it in the wild was not enough; there was a risk of exposure.

Fushimi Roku bought some tools from different convenience stores and then took a train to Secret Realm Station. He followed the remembered path into the deep mountains and soon found the site where he previously buried the suitcase.

The slope had a small pit dug in, with the suitcase half-exposed.

He approached, seeing many claw and bite marks, presumably from animals attracted by the underground smell of blood, attempting to dig out the meat inside to eat.

Animals like foxes, stray dogs, and weasels have sensitive noses, capable of smelling things up to two meters underground.

Luckily, this place was secluded; otherwise, the body would have been discovered long ago.

Fushimi Roku understood this well, which is why he returned to wrap things up at the burial site.

"Sigh, it would be nice if there was a pig farm,"

He opened the suitcase, and a strong stench spread. The body had started to rot, with pus and blood seeping through the tape.

Probably the leaking blood attracted the animals.

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