Chapter 19 Extra Income from Arresting a Criminal

Extra Income from Arresting a Criminal

The man was taken down by aquarium staff.

I quickly helped Rumi out and broke her restraints.

“You’re okay, Rumi!”

“Thanks for saving me, Hayato-kun …!”

I hugged Rumi tightly as she cried and jumped at me.

She must have been scared.

“I couldn’t help you sooner. I’m sorry.”

“Ugh, I’m scared, Hayato-kun.”

Soon after, a police car arrived at the scene. The kidnapper was immediately arrested and taken away. Rumi and I explained what had happened.

I was tired. …

“This … is very tiring.”

“Yeah, I never thought it would happen.”

We sighed together.

The date was over. We decided to go home.

“Anyway, I’m glad Rumi’s safe. You didn’t get hurt or anything, right?”

“I’m fine. I’m just tied up. … But I’m afraid he’ll harass me. … The guy seemed pretty crazy, so it could happen. He said he was going to dismember me and I almost peed myself. I heard he was a serial kidnapper. I heard he only targets girls. But I’m not a girl, I’m an adult woman!”

Rumi was angry. Well, there’s no denying that she looks very young. The police were also surprised to hear Rumi’s age. And when she showed her age on her driver’s license, the police were surprised again.

“Right. But they caught him, so that’s a relief.”

“Yes, thanks to Hayato-kun. Thanks for finding me.”

Rumi patted my head gently. I felt embarrassed when she praised me so much. …

Then we went home.

To our apartment.

I went to the front door and entered the room. Rumi said she was going to wash off her sweat and went into the bathroom. I lay down on the sofa and looked at my phone.

There was an article on the internet that caught my attention.

The kidnapper was caught!

It said.

No way, the case was already in the news?

It seemed that this criminal had been on the run for a long time, and he turned out to be quite a ruthless criminal.

To my surprise, I received a call from the police.

What?

I rushed to answer it.

[Is this Oshima-san?]

“Yes, it is, but what’s wrong?”

[Ah, don’t be so defensive. It’s about what happened today.]

“About my sister being kidnapped at the aquarium?”

[Yes. First of all, I’m glad your sister is safe. And thank you for your cooperation in catching the culprit.]

“No, that’s natural.”

[So we are offering a reward for your help in catching the wanted criminal, so please complete the formalities when you are free.]

Reward for Catching Criminals… I’ve heard about this.

It’s a reward that’s paid if you give the police information about wanted criminals or other useful information, and that information leads to an arrest or something.

I didn’t expect it to be paid. …

If I remember correctly, you’ll get one million or three million yen.

If that’s true, that’s great!

“Thank you. I will go to the police station soon.”

[Please do. All right, see you at the police station.]

Did I make an unexpected extra income?

But Rumi is still scared. I want to make her happy.

Then I told Rumi about the reward.

“Heh! You got money? How much?”

“I heard about a million yen.”

“Ah, what, a million yen?!”

“I was surprised too. But Rumi went through a lot of trouble, so this money is Rumi’s.”

“That’s not true! If Hayato-kun hadn’t helped me, I might have died … so let’s spend it together.”

I’m glad she suggested it like that. After all, Rumi is kind. That’s why I fell in love with her.