The Life Of Normal-Taro

Chapter 129: You're hiding something

"Are you saying that he's a police officer?" Abhirami asked as she pointed her finger towards a person wearing a khaki colored dress.

"Well, he's wearing the uniform, right?" Taro asked back.

"Ah, that's right. But don't you think he could be a traffic police officer?" She posed the question.

"Hmm, initially I did. However, don't the traffic police wear white shirts here?" He countered with another question.

"You're not wrong. Let's head to him then." Abhirami spoke as she headed towards the officer. "Mr Officer, can you help me?" She asked.

"Yea? Oh, sure!" Abhirami's sudden appearance surprised the man.

"There are these stalkers who had been following me for a long time." She said whilst pointing towards the three people that Taro had been dragging through the mud.

However, misunderstandings were bound to happen when Taro stood menacingly with three men in his clutches. And naturally, the officer got the misunderstandings as well.

"Young girl, stand by me. This guy seems dangerous. He'll continue-" The man was about to say something, but was interrupted by Abhirami.

"Oh, don't worry. He's the one who saved me." She replied.josei

"Is that so? Good job… young man." The man was confused as to call him young for his youthful appearance or old for his menacing look.

"Ok, thank you." Taro gave a slight nod upon saying that.

"Stalkers, huh? I'll call in my superiors and have a talk about it. In the meantime, leave them to me." The man requested.

"Cool." Taro tossed the body of three men towards the officer.

The man in khaki checked their bodies and its condition. "Hmm, I'm not blaming you or anything, but what made you beat them into a pulp?" He asked.

"Ah, self defense. They came up to me with a knife. I felt threatened. So, I threw that knife away and beat him since he threatened me." Taro spoke nonchalantly.

"Dude, people do not beat another person into a pulp because they feel threatened! They run away. I can tell that this is deliberate. Maybe, it's because of the girl…" The officer thought as his head turned towards Abhirami before returning his gaze back to Taro. "Good job, I guess?" 

"Thank you. I just did what any other citizen would." Taro replied.

"Yea… By the way, are you going to lodge a complaint against them?" The officer asked.

"Does the police put them in jail without a complaint?" She asked.

"Well, we could do it for a few days that way. Although, having an official complaint gives it credibility." He answered.

"I see. Do I have to come to the police station to file a complaint?" She asked again.

"Not really. Just write a complaint in letter format to the Sub Inspector and give it to me. I'll lodge a complaint based on that." The man replied.

"Okay, I'll do that." She shook her head and headed to a quiet area to draft her complaint. After a few minutes of careful planning, she wrote the letter and handed it to the officer. Once he got that, he moved forward with the official procedures.

"Ha, since that's dealt with, shall we go back to the bus stop?" Abhirami asked, to which Taro nodded.

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Back in the bus stop; they were waiting for the bus. But it seemed like both of them had things to say and ask the other. However, neither was attempting to begin the conversation until Taro finally gave up and took the lead.

"Hey, I got something to ask." He spoke.

"Shoot."

"How did it happen? Like, what made you think you should run?" He asked.

"Well, when someone comes to you at top speed waving around a knife, you'll have the gut instinct to run as well, right?" She asked back.

"Did those guys flail around that knife for everyone to see?" He asked again.

"Pretty much, yea." She nodded her head.

"Ah, freaking idiots." Taro sighed.

Abhirami chuckled upon seeing this. "Sure they are!" She said.

"By the way, why did you run straight back? I mean, there's a huge road slightly to your right, where more people would've seen you and saved you. Instead of that you took the path that barely anyone walks by." Taro spoke.

"Well, they used the 'surround me' tactic. So, I had no choice but to run that way even though I realized it was a trap." She replied. "I hope I answer then all your questions."

"Yea, most of it." He nodded his head.

"Great! Now, it's my turn to ask the questions." Taro gulped as soon as he heard her say it. He knew what the question would be. "So, how did you come to my rescue that soon?" She asked.

Taro sighed. He was right. "Wait, you didn't want me to come or something?" He asked.

"No, I didn't mean it like that and you are aware of that as well. I appreciate the help that you did, since I would've died if you didn't. But your movements are way too suspicious. I mean, it didn't even take a full minute for you to come to my rescue." She spoke.

Taro sighed yet again. It's not like he can reveal that he used his natural strength to leap high in the sky, defying the gravity to reach there. So, he thought of a much more simplistic lie.

"I—I was going to buy something to eat for myself. The others ate the stuff in the Holy Land, so I thought of restocking it." He replied.

"Hmm, why today? Why didn't you do it yesterday when we had already made our way here?" She asked.

"Well, I wasn't made aware of this until today. So, how can I do something yesterday?" He asked.

"I see. Good defense. I give you full marks on the explanation. Something's making me suspicious of you, but I'm just gonna believe your words for now." She replied.

"What? You think I colluded with those three buffoons and staged a fight?" Taro asked.

"Not entirely impossible of a scenario. But, I'd believe your words in that, don't worry." She assured him.

"Then what are you suspecting me of?" Taro asked.

"I don't know. Something's telling me you're hiding something from me. Not that I wanna put my head into it. Do what you wanna. But I sure will appreciate it if you ever opened up to me." She replied. "Oh, my bus came! Time to go! See you tomorrow at school, Mr Sadanandan!" She said as she waved goodbye.

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