This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame-Chapter 579 - 365. Difficult Choice (4000 words)_2

She licked her lips, her face basking in blissful afterglow.

Beichuan Si had arranged to meet Gangye Yoshiko by the lake in the park of Bunkyo District early on.

The lakeside park was still the same as ever.

As the grudge here dissipated, the place gradually regained some popularity. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Gangye Yoshiko, watching the children playing in the sandbox, couldn’t help but rub her forehead.

She had been up for three straight nights because the police on stakeout had made new discoveries, and it seemed that through that lead, they might be able to catch the drug production line.

This also led to a tremendous increase in her workload; she hadn’t had a peaceful night’s sleep for three days.

"That Beichuan kid, why the hell is he asking me to come out—" She kicked out her feet, leaning back on the bench, muttering maliciously, "If that guy called me out just to amuse himself, I swear I’ll wring his neck..."

Then she felt a sudden loss of weight.

Her neck...

Was someone twisting it?

Just as Gangye Yoshiko was about to see who dared to be so bold, she heard Beichuan Si’s voice without even turning around, "I have no intention of making fun of you."

After he finished speaking, Gangye Yoshiko felt her body touch the ground again.

The moment she landed, Gangye Yoshiko turned around and spat out, "Beichuan, I find you’re getting more and more presumptuous. How dare you do this to an adult who’s been out and about in society?"

"An adult who’s been out in society probably wouldn’t care about such a trifle."

Beichuan Si continued, "It’s about time we talked business. Move over a bit more."

Seeing him so arrogant, Gangye Yoshiko was so angry she wanted to go straight for the kid’s ears.

But eventually, she refrained.

Knowing his personality, even if she went for his ears, she figured he would probably dodge it.

"What business?" Gangye Yoshiko lazily shifted over, begrudgingly making room for Beichuan Si as she continued, "Beichuan, your sister here is already having a headache over the Church of Truth and Happiness. That work’s been pushed to top priority already, so don’t joke around with me."

Hearing this, Beichuan Si, carrying his backpack, made room for himself to sit down forcefully, saying, "What I want to talk about is also regarding the Church of Truth and Happiness."

At these words, Gangye Yoshiko let out a cold snort, sat up, and her expression was full of smugness, "Beichuan, perhaps you’re feeling pleased with yourself over some trivial clues you’re investigating, but this time our police force is more than enough."

She cleared her throat twice, attempting to draw Beichuan Si’s attention, "Let me fill you in first. We’ve already caught a lead on the drug factory; if we continue at this pace, we should completely unravel the factory’s location in just over a week."

"I tell you, Beichuan, don’t underestimate Japanese police just because I don’t always seem serious."

After Gangye Yoshiko said this with self-satisfaction, she patted Beichuan Si on the shoulder.

Indeed, Gangye Yoshiko and her team had only received intel about the Church of Truth and Happiness five or six days ago, and having progressed this far in just five or six days was indeed something to be proud of.

After all, Gangye Yoshiko did not have the supernatural means like Beichuan Si.

Beichuan Si gave her a sidelong glance when he heard this, stopped rummaging through his backpack, and was about to compliment her.

But Gangye Yoshiko had already seen the corner of a folder peeking out from his backpack, and out of curiosity, she pulled it out to look through it, "What’s this?"

The sound of flipping pages.

The more Gangye Yoshiko looked, the more animated her expression became.

After a while, she put away the documents and looked at Beichuan Si.

Silence.

"Beichuan, these documents..." Gangye Yoshiko began.

"They’re all real; I’ve been busy with this the past few days," Beichuan Si replied calmly.

Gangye Yoshiko then asked several more questions, but Beichuan Si explained them methodically.

This included specifically visiting a core member’s home to extract information.

Hearing this, Gangye Yoshiko’s face twitched a bit, somewhat speechless.

She had been pleased to have a lead on a pharmaceutical factory, but Beichuan Si had already completed all the work she was supposed to do, pinpointing the locations of three drug factories and even acquiring the manufacturing schedules.

Was he even planning on capturing members of the core assembly next?

What the hell is this?

Gangye Yoshiko looked somewhat helplessly at Beichuan Si.

She really wanted to tell Beichuan Si, "You’re just a normal, somewhat skilled high school student. It’s safer for you to enjoy your youth on campus."

But...

Gangye Yoshiko really felt somewhat embarrassed to say such things to Beichuan Si.

She held back countless words, yet in the end, they were all reduced to a single sentence.

"Beichuan."

"Hmm?"

"Thank you."

"It’s the least I could do," Beichuan Si replied.

"..." Gangye Yoshiko.

All the intelligence had been obtained, even though the process of obtaining it was a bit too "simple." But Gangye Yoshiko wasn’t the kind to stick strictly to conventions.

Beichuan Si handed these things to her, simply because he trusted her.

If that was the case, then she’d deliver the results Beichuan Si expected.

"What do you want me to do, Beichuan?" Gangye Yoshiko asked, tucking the documents deep into her bosom again.

Beichuan Si had told her all this alone, definitely hoping she could do something.

Beichuan Si didn’t ponder; he obviously had already figured out how to respond:

"On the day of the core members’ meeting, I hope you can rush to the factory where they manufacture the Happiness Fragrance. Capture all those involved in production. To my knowledge, these factories are supervised by a core member ’Rongcang’—he should be absent that day due to the meeting. I want you to capture him."

"Hmm? But if so, won’t there be manpower missing at the core members’ meeting..." Gangye Yoshiko furrowed her brows, contemplating as she spoke.

Beichuan Si waved his hand: "I’ll take care of them all. Police appearing there would only put them on their guard. So for that side, I hope you can disperse the police force a little. I can take care of all those core members."

"???" Gangye Yoshiko couldn’t help but stuff a few pieces of gum into her mouth: "Beichuan, are you serious? To walk alone into the criminal organization’s headquarters? Do you know how dangerous that is?"

"I have help; nothing will go wrong. Once the operation is complete, I’ll call you. Just bring the police forces surrounding the area and rush in."

These words made Gangye Yoshiko scratch her head.

Beichuan Si spoke too casually, making it impossible for her to rest easy.

Even if Beichuan Si had some special abilities that ordinary people didn’t possess, Gangye Yoshiko was still somewhat worried.

But since the location of the core meeting was temporarily set by the Sect Hierarch of the Church of Truth and Happiness on the day itself, there was added uncertainty. Therefore, she couldn’t deploy people in advance.

Shirasaki Chiyoda also couldn’t bring too many people to the core meeting location, or it would raise the enemy’s suspicions...

Regardless, the end result might be that there would be fish that slip through the net.

But to ask Gangye Yoshiko to completely leave everything to Beichuan Si... truthfully speaking, she still couldn’t let it go.

She was the police, how could she let Beichuan, a high school student, lead the charge?

Thinking this, Gangye Yoshiko looked at Beichuan Si, her tone softening: "Although saying this might make you think I’m old-fashioned, I still can’t agree to let you go to their headquarters alone... But even if I say this, you, the cheeky kid, will probably still go ahead..."

Beichuan Si didn’t answer, just looked at Gangye Yoshiko.

"In that case, take me with you... That core member, can’t take too many bodyguards over... but taking just me and you should still be fine, right?"

She suggested this.

Indeed, this was Gangye Yoshiko’s thought.

It was indeed a remarkable idea, to share the risk with Beichuan Si.

But still...

Beichuan Si didn’t know what to say.

The other party had good intentions, and he couldn’t just bluntly say: ’I can smash through the entire core meeting headquarters alone, there’s really no need to tag along.’ Could he?

This truly was a difficult decision—