The flashbulbs formed a continuous stream in front of Hirarano Police Station. The reporters, excited to the point of frenzy, surrounded the police cars completely. They didn't care whether they could actually capture anything; they were just snapping away frantically into the cars from all kinds of weird angles, pushing the uniformed officers tasked with maintaining order this way and that until the scene descended into utter chaos.
Well, no one knew which detective inside the station was the mole, but someone had leaked the news the moment the police identified the suspect's location over the phone. Before the police could react, the reporters had besieged the entrance, making it impossible for the hard-won suspect to even get through the door.
