"...Splendid."
Everyone who had watched the news segment Rena Mizunashi aired on Nichitv today voiced the same sentiment, for the same unspoken reason.
Caught between two plans and smashed to pieces, Rena Mizunashi had grievances she could not speak of. But her colleagues at the station had no intention of passing up interview footage that was, no matter how one looked at it, absolutely premium material.
The footage filmed by Rena Mizunashi's crew that entire afternoon was packed with explosive moments. Not a single frame went to waste.
At first, using Shibuya's central district during the holiday as the subject of the report had been a conventional but stale topic. Even someone with Rena Mizunashi's solid fundamentals had only so much room to shine.
But things took a turn when she led the crew from the intersection all the way toward Miyashita Park.
First came the massive Halloween carnival warm-up, whose opening had even been somewhat chilling.
Hundreds of people in black robes and pumpkin masks marched in perfect formation, converging in the middle of the road and forming a sea of people. The camera conveyed that oppressive feeling perfectly.
With such a huge crowd standing together, even though they were shouting, "Trick or treat," people still instinctively felt uneasy and afraid, as though something major were about to happen at any moment.
Then, amid the crowd's shoving and jostling, an unexplained physical conflict broke out. What had been a promotional event escalated into something close to a brawl, nearly dragging many innocent civilians into it.
Then, after the police arrived and dispersed the crowd, they unexpectedly ran into the aftermath of an investigation into a violent criminal group, where the officers had encountered danger after danger. They even clearly filmed a detective being helped out by others, making for