Report 5: Tears in the Night

Report #5: Tears in the Night is the fifth chapter of the Hyper Police manga overall, and is the fifth chapter of Volume 1. It is used as basis for the fifth episode of the anime, "A Night You Feel Like Crying".
==Plot==
Natsuki and Sakura corner their new Bounty, an anthropomorphic mushroom wanted for the manufacturing, distribution and sale of illegal narcotics. The mushroom reveals that his cap opens up as a mouth, and threatens to eat the two if they don't let him go. Natsuki quickly kills it with her Oriharucon blade. In the distance, Sakura notices Fonne battling a Bounty in an F-ELF. She scolds at Natsuki for rooting for the MCP in that fight. Sakura is confused why another independent company like MCP could have far better resources than the Police Company, to which Natsuki explains is due to them being financed by government officials.
While Natsuki considers bragging to Batanen about having beaten their quota, Sakura suggests they don't report the Mushroom's capture. She gives Natsuki a lesson on free-market capitalism, where a saturated market could cause a lot of companies to lose out when they inevitably get more bounty hunters than bounties. Rather than hand the Mushroom in, she suggests they hide his body and report it only when it looks like the company is having a hard time.
==Characters==
* Sakura
* Natsuki
* Mushroom
* Fonne Walkure
==Sources==
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