Officer Sato was leading her colleagues across an alley when she suddenly noticed something and slowed slightly.
—She did not know whether it was a trick of the eye, but she suddenly saw a small black shadow dart across the wall beside her, like a familiar calico cat.
She moved closer to look, but the cat was gone. Instead, she noticed a strange new dent in the cement wall.
And based on her experience...
"Doesn't that look like it was made by a bullet?"
As the thought crossed her mind, Officer Sato lowered her head to look around, instinctively beginning to search for a bullet or shell casing.
The four colleagues saw what she was doing. Though they had no idea what she was looking for, they instinctively began looking around as well, asking curiously, "Officer Sato, what's wrong?"
Sato Miwako pointed at the dent. "Look. Doesn't it seem like it was made by a bullet?"
"Huh?" The other four gathered around, each taking a look. Some said it did, while others said it did not.
The FBI agents, who were hiding nearby in all sorts of awkward positions, listened to them talking and dragging their feet. They wanted nothing more than to go over and kick each of them, sending them rolling all the way to the entrance of the Toto Film Laboratory: What were they doing studying bullet holes in the middle of the night? Could they hurry up and pass by already?! Didn't they have work to do?!
Perhaps her inner cry had somehow resonated with her, because Officer Sato really did remember the important matter at hand. "Right, we need to bring those two people back to the crime scene first."
The FBI quietly nodded. That's right, get lost already!
Officer Sato looked at her subordinates.