Chapter 830

Japanese Sakura Girls might be the earliest to master this East Asian cultural trait—both progressive and conservative, doing everything halfway but never finishing, a feature that can exploit loopholes.

Sakura Girls have a trait: no matter their true nature, they will try to appear outwardly as the so-called "wise wife and good mother," and strive to meet external expectations.

Two typical examples are "roasted sweet potato" and "ice cream."

In Doraemon, the female lead Shizuka Minamoto has a behavior that puzzles everyone: she desperately wants to eat roasted sweet potato, loves it immensely, yet never buys it herself, never eats it alone, and only joins others eating it—or secretly eats it alone—when someone buys it for her or when everyone eats it together, doing so "reluctantly."

This is because traditional Japanese culture holds that girls should be reserved and should not eat roasted sweet potato in public, as it dirties the mouth and hands. Another example is ice cream: on Japanese streets, it's rare to see women eating it alone; they often buy it to eat at home, and Sakura Girls frequently avoid buying ice cream alone, fearing staff might think "this person wants to eat ice cream alone," leading to judgments of "not dignified" or "not chaste."

This is also why Japanese people love vending machines so much.

To be honest, when Uesugi Muneyuki encounters those German Northeastern types who buy a cola at the convenience store and insist on chatting with you about Ooyama and Higashi, he's also afraid—but Japanese people obviously take this to an even greater extreme, where everyone must learn to read the air and become invisible.

Similarly, there's "good girls shouldn't eat Yoshinoya alone," "good girls shouldn't eat ramen or yakitori alone," and so on—I won't elaborate here.

However, this doesn't mean Sakura Girls themselves are actually like this; they're just pretending.

Introverted, considerate, independent, clingy, grateful, easily moved, and kawaii are all true—but they're also just an act.

For example, many Japanese men list as their "greatest fear after marriage" that their wife suddenly cuts her long hair short after marriage, because traditional culture views long hair as a sign of charm, but once married, there's no need to pretend anymore.

Likewise, many Sakura Girls pretend to be the "wise wife and good mother" until marriage—or until they've had children—when they feel their husband is under control, their status is secure, and they believe they can gain a major advantage in divorce litigation and asset division; then they gradually reveal their true nature. At this point, the old lady stops pretending! Hatred, curses, cold violence, infidelity—all are arranged.

Just a meal ticket!

This is why Japanese couples often experience a blood-curdling drop in sexual activity after having children. According to data from Johns Hopkins University… French cohabiting partners average 130–170 sexual encounters per year, the highest in the world.

Meanwhile, Japanese cohabiting partners average only 20–40 encounters per year, the lowest in the world.

Yet even such Sakura Girls, when viewed by German and Korean men from the other two East Asian nations, possess an unparalleled advantage!

What is this? She's actually willing to pretend for you? Willing to praise you? Willing to keep pretending to be virtuous until marriage? Willing to bear your children? Even willing to endure until your retirement before divorcing and taking half your pension?

A Sakura Girl earning 3 million annually actually only demands a man earning 6 million annually?

Good girl!

So saying Sakura Girls are "both progressive and conservative, both advanced and backward, but their level is comparative"—to Western whites they seem as cheap as "Argentinian beef," yet to German and Korean men they already appear quite conscientious.

Good girl!

"So this is your excuse for breaking up…… oh no, so this is your reason for constantly paying money and wealth?"

Sitting in the interrogation room, Uesugi Muneyuki said to one of the suspects sitting opposite him, Tadabe Kemi:

"I no longer trust women. No, I don't trust society at all. Those happy people, those with families, those laughing on TV saying 'Today is also a beautiful day'—one by one, they have no idea that someone in this world is crawling in the mud." Tadabe Kemi said coldly; this middle-aged man's face showed not a trace of regret, but only full contempt and resentment.

Yes, resentment.

He doesn't think he did wrong; he calls this "heaven-sent justice."

Meanwhile, on the other side, Uesugi Muneyuki's facial muscles twitched slightly—or rather, as his leader, the faces of Okada Masayoshi, Date Nagamune, and Nango Yui all looked grim.

From a certain perspective, they've all been—or are currently—"Rolex wearers," meaning so-called "resource providers."

Nango Yui was thinking of the middle-element sisters; Okada Masayoshi was thinking of his irredeemable past; Date Nagamune suddenly recalled Second Young Lady Moriya Akane; Uesugi Muneyuki was thinking of Nanami, Minami, Eirina, Mai Xuejie, Asuka, and Sakura… he suddenly realized that for him, Kashiwagi Misa and Tei Reiji were actually people he didn't need to be responsible for or provide many resources to!

Indeed, someone else's wife might be the version answer—being irresponsible might be the most suitable choice for East Asian babies' constitution?

For example, Asuka—originally a gentle, virtuous, sweet, clingy little bird—after having a physical relationship with him, became both tsundere and sharp-tongued, willful, even shouting his name directly, and daring to ride him directly!

Wah wah wah, give back my originally cute and lovable Ashūshū!

As for Mai Xuejie…… she actually rode him from head to toe……

This point shows Korean men are at the forefront of East Asia: their group trait is "stingy in dating, never spending extra," "love without responsibility, extremely cautious, never lightly discussing marriage," "only entering the body, not life"—they were the earliest to learn how to make men responsibility-free.

"These people are still old traditionalists." After the interrogation ended, Okada Masayoshi said dejectedly: "They're all quite traditional patriarchal men, believing that once married, they won't divorce; once they've paid, they'll get a return—at least enough to last until the other party and they have a child before divorcing, and as long as they can have a child, they feel they've honored their ancestors, and spending so much money has brought a return."

"Pfft!" Ikeda Erena couldn't hold back, turned her head and laughed: "I'm being honest—Muneyuki, I'll let it slide, but these guys—do their families have some peerage name to inherit?"

"What's so funny about that?" Date Nagamune shouted angrily: "What are you laughing at? Continuing one's DNA is a man's instinct? What's wrong with wanting to have children and pass on the lineage?"

"Exactly—just 'Star宇' is 'Star宇'; why make it sound so lofty and grandiose?" Eirina said coldly, laughing.

"Indeed, Star宇 is just Star宇—only someone made it look lofty and grandiose, oh, Akane-chan, good girl!" Maeda Toshihide said in a strange tone.

"Mouth诺牙漏！！！" Date Nagamune flared up in defeat: "She's not the same! Akane-chan is sincere to me! She's not that kind of girl!" Beside him, Okada Masayoshi broke into a sweat.

"Well, I'm too lazy to argue with you." Maeda Toshihide rolled his eyes: "If it's just about reproducing, I'd suggest Vietnamese brides… but anyway, I'm not the eldest son and heir, so inheriting the family name doesn't fall to me……"

Okada Masayoshi sweated like a waterfall.

"I'm not the same! I'm the eldest son and heir—the future of the宇和島Date clan rests on me, and my body is healthy; Akane-chan is also pure-blooded Japanese—we are the most orthodox……"

Okada Masayoshi became Genghis Khan.

Our Okada clan—what will we become in the future?

Fortunately, at this moment, Uesugi Muneyuki signaled them to be quiet.

The interrogation continued into the late night.

The five suspects' testimonies were like five shattered puzzle pieces; when pieced together, the revealed image left all participating detectives silent. It was too orderly, too like a meticulously designed, layered, nested business model that calculated every human weakness—"Who is that woman? How did you lot even come together?"

"She called us the 'Cleanup Crew.'" He said, even the corner of his mouth twitching with a hint of a smile: "She said we're society's janitors, those women are trash, we help society sweep away the trash, society should thank us."

Those eyes held no madness, no fear—only a strange, almost devout light.

"When was your first offense?" Uesugi asked.

"March this year. Gunma Prefecture, Takasaki City. Not the Takahashi family—that's later. The first was a family of four: the husband was away on business, home only had the wife and two children, plus an elderly woman." Tadabe Kemi's tone was flat, like reciting a shopping list: "We scouted the place a week in advance, checked her INS, saw when she posted, when her husband left on business, whether there were cameras near her home. That woman—she taught us, she said you must be like hunters, understand your prey, know them better than they know themselves."

Nango Yui was taking notes: "That woman? Which woman?"

"I don't know her name—I only know she told us to call her…… Teacher, she said she's our teacher, teaching us how to be human. Before, we were fools deceived by women; now we're the ones in control."

Took a deep breath: "How many cases have you done?"

"Can't remember." Tadabe Kemi tilted his head, like counting sheep: "March's case, April's two, May's…… May seemed to have one that wasn't completed—they installed a new lock, the door wouldn't open. June had one, July had two, August…… August we rested a month; the teacher said summer's too hot, easy to leave evidence. September's Kawaguchi case, October……"

"October's Takahashi family in Gunma."

"Right. Plus a few small ones—burglary, no murder. The teacher said killing isn't the goal, killing is just a means. Our goal is to make those women know their happiness is given by us, and we can take it away anytime."

Everyone at the scene stared in disbelief.

Not one case, not two, not three?

Not1, not2, not3not7？？？！!!

Wait a Moment, what on earth is the reason, and why was it only after this group committed seven or eight offenses that they were discovered, and only then did someone report to the police? ？？

Everyone almost simultaneously looked again at Uesugi Muneyuki.

Uesugi, you bastard, are you the doom of the Japanese police force, or are you their savior? ？？

"Regarding that 'teacher,' what else do you guys know?"

"I know......"