Screeeech!!
On the busy elevated highway, the old black sedan that had been speeding along and overtaking cars suddenly lurched sideways. For some reason, Agent K had wrenched the steering wheel and slammed on the brakes! The tires skidded across the asphalt with a shrill, violent screech as the brake discs nearly locked up completely. Then the car came to an abrupt, precarious stop across the four-lane highway, balanced on two wheels on one side.
Beep~!
Honk honk~! Beep beep~!
Naturally, suddenly swerving across the road and stopping like that was bound to cause trouble. Plenty of cars traveling in the same direction had to swerve out of the way in a panic, their drivers pounding their steering wheels and laying on their horns in furious, sustained blasts as they shot past the black sedan.
"Oh! Damn..."
"My God!"
The instant the black sedan stopped, Agent J let out a pained groan.
"Come on..."
"K, you seriously thought this was a good place to stop? My God... I nearly broke my nose! How could you do that?!"
He'd habitually neglected to fasten his seat belt, so J had slammed face-first into the dashboard, giving its plastic upholstery a close-up inspection. Now he could only rub his reddened nose vigorously as he grumbled in displeasure and protested loudly.
"..."
"What? You're sure?!"
"I see..."
"Mm... all right, all right... I think I understand... Yes, I know now. Okay, thank you..."
However,
Agent J soon realized that K, who had abruptly slammed on the brakes for some unknown reason and stopped the car sideways in the middle of the road—nearly flipping it over or getting it hit by another car—wasn't paying any attention to his protests. Instead, K was holding the communicator and speaking to someone, his expression grim.
But...
Judging from