Vol. 4 Chapter 5.3

Translated by SoundDestiny Edited by Kaepinned

As soon as I left the gang’s office, a blinding light flooded in.

Camera flashes flickered incessantly and a person who appeared to be a reporter shouted, [They’re coming out! They’re coming out!] .

A swell of noise. A crowd of uproar people. Red revolving lights were glowing everywhere, and the sound of several sirens echoed far and near.

With blankets over our heads, the girls and I left the gang office after the handcuffed gang members had been packed into a convoy bus.

When we went out front, a considerable number of police cars and ambulances filled the street. And a lot of onlookers and the press were surrounding them in the distance.

‘It’s turning into a big, big mess……’

I knew what was going to happen, but there was a big difference between imagining it and witnessing it firsthand.

“Fumio-kun, hey, I said hey!”

“What is it?”

The person walking right behind me seemed to be Masaki-chan. I spoke to her with a hushed voice, keeping my face to the front.

“We’re all going straight to hospital anyway.”

“Yeah, they’ll probably do a full check-up.”

“I wonder if they can tell if I’m pregnant?　It would be nice if we are having a baby.”

“………..”

Um, no comment. No, I knew it was a serious possibility, but right now, I didn’t know what to say.

I diverted the conversation for the time being.

“I heard that Kurosawa-san took about a week to come to the school after being questioned and examined.”

“It’s going to take that long?  ……一I can’t see Fumio-kun for a week, that’s bad. ……”

Even without looking at her face, I could roughly imagine what Masaki-chan looked like now. Probably a dissatisfied expression with pouty lips.

Thinking about it, this could also be a sign that I had grown closer to her.

When I wrote the love letter, I could only picture a smile when I tried to picture Masaki-chan’s face.

At about the same time as I was chuckling unintentionally, Detective Inomoto grabbed my hand and pulled me away.

“You, come here!”

And just like that, I was pushed into the back seat of the police car.

Ryoko was already in the driver’s seat, and with me in the middle, Detective Inomoto and a young plainclothes policeman got in through the doors on either side.

‘Aren’t three escorts for just me too exaggerated?’

Perhaps sensing my confusion, Detective Inomoto made a soured face and told me.

“You are in a different position to the girls. Theirs is protection, but yours is an arrest. You are under arrest for trespassing on private property and assault.”

‘Oh, I see……’

This was not surprising, if you asked me.

I was not on the side of justice, but if I raided a bad guy’s hideout and went on a rampage, the ally of justice would be arrested on the same charges as me, according to the law. I was a criminal even though I was on the side of justice. I felt like I understood what Lili meant when she said that good and evil were like the two sides of a reversible coin.

“Kijima, we’ll have to talk to you in detail at the station first. You won’t be able to leave easily, so please be prepared for that.”

“…..okay.”

“Well, there are extenuating circumstances and I don’t think you’ll actually be prosecuted…….But I never thought you’d be the type to do something reckless like this. I didn’t expect it at all. I don’t mean that as a compliment, you know. Although I’m glad we were able to apprehend the kidnappers. That’s a consequence, you see…”

From there, until we arrived at the police station, Detective Inomoto gave me a rolling lecture.

I still thought he was a good man.

Even though he was preaching, the tone was only like a reminder.  Then he asked me [Do you have any questions?], I replied with [How is your relationship with Kitora-sensei going?], and that was the only part that made him really angry.

Reflection. I shouldn’t make fun of him.

However, during this sermon, I noticed that Ryoko’s eyes in the rearview mirror were giving Detective Inomoto a very dangerous look. If I didn’t tell her properly later that she shouldn’t retaliate, Detective Inomoto’s dead body might be found.

When we arrived at the police station, I was taken to the interrogation room, flanked on both sides by Detective Inomoto and Ryoko.

Well, Ryoko was completely pinning my two arms between her breasts, which……might have been a bit of a service.

The reason why I was talking less than usual was because I was honestly very nervous. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be messing around with Kitora-sensei.

However, thanks to the softness of Ryoko’s breasts, I felt that my nervousness had relaxed a little.

When I was left alone in the interrogation room and waited for a while, the handsome uncle came into the room with Ryoko.

‘Ryoko’s fiancé……right? I think he was called Inspector Nakamura?’

To be honest, I didn’t have a very good impression of him.

“First of all, you must understand that you are a criminal, not a guest!”

Where was his calmness the other day? The handsome uncle seemed to be in an absurdly bad mood, and I could see that he was irritated.

“What do you think you’re doing, anyway? Do you think you’re on the side of justice, huh?”

“No, I’m not…..I didn’t mean to…..”

“Well, of course you are. As far as we sober adults are concerned, what you did was a reckless act by a dumb little shit who let his emotions get the best of him”

“Haa….”

“Don’t give me a wishy-washy reply!　It just so happens to have led to a good outcome, and one wrong move and you could have put these girls in even more danger! Because of your stupidity!”

‘The girls’ safety is taken care of, though.’

However, it would be more complicated if I talked back.

“…… Sorry.”

“If sorry was good enough, we wouldn’t need the police! Even if you won’t  be prosecuted, be prepared to be detained for a few days!!”

From there, he continued to shout at me for another hour or so.

If Ryoko hadn’t snapped behind the handsome uncle’s back, I probably would have snapped at some point.

‘How long am I going to keep this up? ….’

As I was getting fed up with the too-long cursing, a knocking sound was heard and a young police officer rushed into the interrogation room.

“Chief! I have a report!”

As soon as the police officer whispered in his ear, the handsome uncle’s face twisted in anger.

“Who the hell are you!!”

He kicked his chair and stood up, suddenly shouting at me. I didn’t understand what he meant by that. I tilted my head to see what he was talking about.

“They want you released right now. I don’t know who the politician is, but he’s under pressure from the top! Shit!”

The handsome man slammed the desk and glared at me, then walked out of the room with a young policeman in tow.

All that was left was Ryoko and me.

“Pressure? Ryoko, did you do something?”

“No, it wasn’t me. But still…. that man is so rude to Master. I don’t know how many times I’ve thought about shooting him from behind…..”

“That will make a much bigger incident…….Anyway, why is he so irritated?”

“No doubt he’s irritated. He’s the one who kept insisting that the Kamishima clan has nothing to do with it, and has been excluding them from the investigation.”

“Oh……I see. In other words, he thinks that his pride was tarnished because I did something he didn’t want  to do, is that it?”

“Yes.”

“Well, that’s a shame……”

When I shrugged my shoulders, Ryoko bowed deeply.

“Then, Master. Thank you for your hard work. I will take you home.”

After saying so, Ryoko and I went down to the lobby on the first floor, and I assumed that the police had called my parents. After all, Mom and Dad were waiting for me.

My dad was staring at me silently, and my mom was crying.

Read only at Travis Translations