Sato Miwako's smile suddenly froze. The moment she heard the words "fierce woman," it was as though someone had flipped a switch inside her.
Sato disliked being called a traffic cop when she was clearly a criminal detective, because it was a stereotype she often encountered whenever she introduced herself as a police officer.
Sato had once heard Yumi Miyamoto, the close friend who had joined the police force with her, complain that she was unsuited to being a detective and ought to become a traffic cop alongside her instead.
That was simply how Japan's police force was. Most traffic officers were delicate young women, and when people thought of women in the police department, they generally imagined clerks handling logistics and paperwork, or traffic division officers driving patrol cars through the streets and yelling at pests crawling along at a snail's pace or parking illegally.
As for traffic officers, at most they were a little more hot-tempered because there were so many pests breaking traffic rules. There really were no fierce women like her, with terrible tempers and strong hands-on abilities.
So Yumi Miyamoto felt that if the two best friends both joined the traffic division, they could combine their powers and crush every pest who parked illegally.
But after thinking it over, she immediately added that such a violent fierce woman should not join the traffic division after all. Traffic cops could curse at pests all they wanted, but if they actually dared to lay hands on someone, they would definitely be disciplined. Too many disciplinary actions would get them transferred or fired.
In the end, her conclusion was that she was still better suited to being a detective, since she could beat people up without restraint.
That was when she finally snapped.
What did she mean, I'm