The First Investigation of Rookie Career Police Officer Akechi - Chapter 35
Chapter 35 : Stakeout Part 2
In the evening when Nakamura brought the disguise props, Kobayashi and the others headed to Ikebukuro by car. Kobayashi, who was driving, ended up only changing his appearance by adding a fake mustache, leaving his hairstyle and suit unchanged.
Seated in the back seat behind the driver, Akechi was wearing a black school uniform with a stand-up collar and dyed his hair brown. Given his originally slender frame, he didn’t look out of place as a high school student. Just like Nakamura said, he could easily pass for a middle school student as well.
Sitting next to Akechi, Nakamura was wearing a dress and had taken off her glasses. She had also let her hair down, which she had previously tied up at the back.
“Now, let’s start the stakeout?”
With a smile, Nakamura spoke, and Kobayashi chimed in with laughter
“Well, I wonder how many days it’ll take. I just hope we can see Haruki and Endo soon.”
“It seems like we’ll need to go there regularly every night.”
Akechi, who has brown hair and wears a school uniform, seemed to have gained a slightly dangerous aura in contrast to his androgynous, beautiful facial features. Nakamura asked Akechi with a smirk.
“Assistant Inspector Akechi, did you happen to be popular during your school days? How was Valentine’s Day for you?”
Akechi said with a wry smile. “I really wasn’t popular at all. On Valentine’s Day, I’d just receive a bouquet from the female student representative after school in the courtyard, and I never received any chocolate from someone special… I used to envy my other guy friends.”
“Wait a second, what’s with that ritual… Hall of Fame induction? Sacred and untouchable ?”
“Oh, I can see it now.”
Kobayashi pointed ahead. At the end of a narrow one-way road, on the first floor of a multi-tenant building on the right side of a small intersection, there’s a sign that reads “Ajien”. The door at the entrance was closed, with a “Open for Business” sign hanging on the doorknob. Posters were displayed on the windows, making it difficult to see inside the shop.
“Hmm, the road is quite narrow, and it looks like there’s no parking space around…”
“Look to the left at the intersection. It seems like there’s a temporary parking lot.”
Akechi pointed. On the left side of the direction they were heading, just across from Ajien, there was a temporary parking lot where around ten cars could be parked. It seemed that further back, there was a monthly parking area.
“Lucky. Let’s park there and make a quick pass.”
With those words, Kobayashi passed in front of Ajien.
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After circling the block once, Kobayashi entered the temporary parking lot across from AiChin and parked the car in a spot towards the back, in a location that was not easily visible from Ajien.
It was 6:30 in the evening. According to Specialist Takayanagi’s information relayed through Mayumi, Haruki’s working hours were until 6:15 PM, so they decided to begin their stakeout around this time on the first day. Kobayashi called out to Akechi and Nakamura in the back seat.
“Well, Ajien is open until 11 PM. We’re in for a long shift now. Let’s get something to eat. But, don’t expect reimbursement for meal expenses, we’ll have to pay for it ourselves.”
While saying that, Kobayashi took out a sandwich and a coffee from his bag. Nakamura took out a nutrition bar and almond milk. Akechi shyly spoke to the other two as he took out a red bean bun and a paper carton of strawberry milk.
“I’ve always wanted to try eating red bean bread during a stakeout once.”
Kobayashi responded with a laugh.
“Hahaha, it would have been perfect if the drink was milk. Anyway, Akechi-kun, you’re quite fond of strawberry milk, aren’t you?”
“Yes, I’ve loved it since my school days, and I can’t resist buying it.”
It seems that since Akechi started coming to the station, the sales of strawberry milk at the shop have skyrocketed. There’s a rumor that the shopkeeper refers to it as “Akechi-kun’s favorite” and promotes it to the female staff.
While the three of them were having their meal inside the car, a truck pulled into the parking lot. It parked headfirst in the back in the monthly parking area. Akechi in the rear seats casually turned around and observed as a man got out of the driver’s seat and opened the cargo door of the truck. Thanks to the nearby outdoor light, the inside of the cargo area was clearly visible.
“Ah ! Please look at that.”
Kobayashi and Nakamura turned around. On the truck’s load-carrying tray, there were several styrofoam boxes placed at the front, and in the back, they caught a glimpse of a black motorcycle.
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Translated by : Cutae30