I took a quick look at my smartphone: about 10 minutes were passed since the previous events. We all went outside, after the police arrived. The driver parked the car near us. From the vehicle, two Inklings come out. I could identify them as a female and a male and both were adults.
"So, who called the police?" The man said.
"That'd be ME! Fishn Shipton!" He was smiling, when he said that… tsk.
"The owner of Fish and ships? Glad to be at your service!" The woman bowed down.
Fishn laughs while holding his belly: that thing is so big… utterly disgusting.
"You sure are respectable POLICE OFFICERS!"
"Ha ha, thanks for the compliment!" She giggles.
Hmpf, are they really thinking to be in a bar?! Hunley is trembling, Fara keeps holding her brother… and Rof's expression is summing up this entire situation: a nightmare that I can't stop!
"Very well, Mr. Shipton. Are those people, the cause of your troubles?" The male officer took his handcuffs.
"ONLY that boy and his little sister! Arrest THEM, immediately!"
"NOT SO FAST!" I shouted. "You don't have any rights to arrest those innocent people! Especially that little girl!"
"Yeah… I don't see why a child should be arrested…" The woman took her handcuffs too.
"She INSULTED me! She DESERVES a punishment!"
"Uhm… no offense, but that would be the duty of her parents. However, the boy…"
"He's innocent! My friend would never commit any crime!"
"HEY HEY HEY! She's LYING! I have a photo that PROVES my accusation!" Fishn took his smartphone again.
"No, Mr. Shipton. There's no need to show us the photo, you know…!"
"Huh?" He was about to touch the screen.
"Do you have it? Then keep it for later. We are just ordinary police officers… we can't accept any evidence, in our role."
Oh no…! Th-they want to arrest Hunley, immediately! Think something, Mirii… QUICK!
OBJECTION!
W-what the?! … ROF?! He's pointing at that man…
"You can't accept any evidence? I can't accept your contradiction!"
"H-hey buddy…! W-why are you p-pointing at m-me, like that?!" He jumped before, throwing his handcuffs up in the air.
"A-are you a-acting like a lawyer!?" That woman said… her cap almost fell down.
"I'm not acting like a lawyer… I AM ONE!"
W-wow! My brother is sounding so brave and strong… the two officers jumped again, with their jaws dropped. Uhm… Rof is really that scary? It doesn't seem to be like it…
"N-no way! I-I don't see your pin badge!" The man picked up his handcuffs.
"Because I'm out of service. But I don't need to show it to you, to prove my point!"
"W-which is…?" The girl was pulling her own tentacles.
"It's stated in the law! You can't arrest anyone, without any concrete evidence!"
"EEEEH?!" … that man let his handcuffs fall on the ground…
What's going on with those two? This situation starts to become very fishy…
"How could you refuse to see such proof?! I demand an explanation!"
"Ehm… well… I…"
"Wait! He just said that to not waste time, ok?!" The woman steps in.
"… yeah, what she said!"
… that is making me think of other reasons.
"The law doesn't excuse that!" My brother starts walking around, while looking at those two. "Now, I request you two to fulfill your duty without further complains!"
The man groaned. I don't understand why Rof insists so much… what's the point? At the end, they will see Hunley in there… … unless… unless there's that vague chance of…!
"PFUI! That lawyer should be ARRESTED too! He's making ME lose time, in front of the inevitable!" Fishn is touching the screen.
I notice that a few people gather around us.
"There it's, officers! The ULTIMATE meal!"
… sigh… I'm not seeing anything… th-this photo is too airtight.
"Uhm… Mr. Fishn… I have a question for you."
"A QUESTION?!"
"Please, don't shout… tell me, how exactly this photo took place?"
"I TOLD you! My hidden cameras DID it! STOP trying to climb on mir"
"Actually… something doesn't feel right…"
"UHM? W-what did YOU say?!"
"If a hidden camera shot this… then why Hun is looking at it?"
… HEY, THAT'S TRUE!
"… huh… I… didn't think of that…" Fishn is massaging his chin.
"To make things more confusing... in this photo, he's also trying to cover himself! How did he manage to have THIS pose, before getting shot?!"
"Uuugghh!" The chef holds his cap down. "E-enough with your nit-picking! WHO cares about THOSE insignificant details…"
"He's r-right!" The male officer was pulling his handcuffs. "Th-that kid is in this photo!"
"Yes! I'm sure he knows the reason! Speak up, kid!"
Hunley was gulping.
"W-what reason? I-I don't know a-any of it!"
… that didn't sound good…
"Ha! See?!" The woman smiles, while rotating her cap. "I have dealt with many crooks in my career… they are all the same! We are going to make you sing sad lyrics, punk!"
"NO! YA 'EAV 'IM 'LONE!" Fara growled.
Q-quick, brother! Do something!
"… if someone has to sing, that would be him!" Rof pointed at Fishn.
"Me?! I don't SING! I COOK! My DISH speaks for itself!" He shows his smartphone in front of my brother's face.
"That will bring us nowhere!" He pushes the phone away. "Instead, where was the chef at the time of the crime?!"
"In his kitchen, preparing HIS DELICIOUS midnight snack! Something WRONG with that?"
"Ehm… depends which snack you mean: usually, you get more pounds when eating at night." He scratches the back of his head.
"WHAT?! IGNORANT! That lie was just a SHAMEFUL myth! I always eat LATE, since that's THE moment where I have MORE inspiration!"
Or more appetite…
"And look at ME! Do I HAVE the appearance of a SEAWALRUS?!"
"Well… not really… unless you count your mustaches, as two big teeth."
The crowd laughed.
"WHAAATT?! HOW DARE YOU! MY PHYSIQUE IS EXCELLENT! I WAS ALMOST CATCHING THAT KID, IF ONLY I KNEW HE WAS RUNNING AWAY!"
Running away?
"Uhm? So you did spot him!" Rof pointed at him.
"Not ONLY that, incompetent! I also remember his WORDS!"
"I-I think that's enough!" The male officer goes near Hunley! "It's time to end this parade of food and songs"
"Wait just a second, officer! Let's hear what Mr. Fishn has to say about it!"
"Ooooh, come on buddy! Who cares about those insignificant details… am I right, Mr. Shipton?"
… the chef is trembling?
"INSIGNIFICANT?! YOU FOOL! MOMA TRAINED MY EARS, SINCE I GOT THEM! I CAN HEAR EVERYTHING! EVEN ANTS WHISPERING TO EACH OTHER!"
"Bu-but that's impossible!"
"YOU THINK?! THEN HEAR ME OUT!"
… I don't know who I should thank for this… but that officer is pulling those handcuffs harder than before.
"Darn it! It got my scar!"
…
"Scar…?" Rof asked.
"Yes! SCAR! I bet that an item hit the kid, right on it! Isn't it true?! OF COURSE IT'S! HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
…
"… huh? W-why are you smiling like that?!"
"Interesting thing you said…" My brother looks at Hunley. "Hun, just for curiosity… do you happen to have a scar?"
"… ehm… Fara, do you have any idea about that?"
"I kno' 'hat tha' is… Hun dsn't 'ave one!" She smiled too.
"Really?!" Hunley said.
"NO! IT CAN'T BE!" Fishn holds his hat! "HE MUST HAVE IT! UNDER HIS SHIRT?! UNDER HIS FEET?!"
"Enough!" The woman walks towards Hunley. "I'm tired with your childish mindplays! No more stupidi"
BIFF!
That female officer knocked away his colleague's hat, while opening her arms. … hey… wh-what does he have on his forehead?
"Hey, watch it!" That man is about to pick up his cap…!
"Hold on a second!" I run towards him.
He puts his hat on his head.
"What do you want, kid?"
"Take off your hat, please…"
"Eh?! Why?!"
"Just do it…"
"Buzz off! I want to finish my job and"
"Do as she said." Rof steps in.
"Wh-what do you want from me?! Why do you want my hat this much?!"
"We don't want your hat… we want you to drop it."
"Uuuuuhhhmmm… th-that's ridiculous!"
I can hear the crowd yelling behind me.
"Aaaaggghhh! I… I… …" He took his hat off.
A-AS I SUSPECTED! HE… HE HAS A SCAR ON HIS FOREHEAD!
"Good eye, sister!" Rof turns behind him. "Mr. Fishn! I'd like to have a last look at that photo."
"YOU… You a-aren't insinuating that"
"It may be slightly hard to see, since the hand is almost covering the forehead. I'm sure that an accurate examination, will lead us to"
"THE' 'RE RUNNIN'!" Fara shouted?!
Wh-what the?! The officers are escaping! Or should I say… the real crooks that infiltrate inside Fishn's house! They dared to incriminate my friend… and now, they are going to face the consequences! I'll get them at all cost, or else I'll drop my perfect last name!