Time rewinds to the early hours of today.
Ogasawara Shunma was still asleep in bed when he heard a knock on the door from the living room. Dazed, he got up, his hair a mess, and shouted: "Who is it?"
"Police." A familiar female voice replied from outside.
Ogasawara Shunma was startled, thinking that his assistance to the wanted criminal had been exposed. In a panic, not sure what he was doing, he turned around in the room a few times before calming down. He moved to the door and observed through the peephole.
Standing outside was a female criminal police officer he had met before. Ogasawara Shunma remembered her; she seemed to be named Minamoto Tamako. She was a rare good police officer, though seemingly not very effective, and had been beaten.
"What's the matter?" Ogasawara Shunma didn't open the door.
