A Rat in the Rice Jar

Saturday, July 2, 2011.

9:13 PM.

Fuyuki City, on the inbound highway outside Shinto.

At an intersection up ahead.

Police cars were parked one after another along the main road.

Their red and blue lights flashed, and the sirens could be heard from a kilometer away.

The scale of it made it look like a scene from a cops-and-robbers movie.

"Road safety inspection. All citizens, please cooperate."

The loudspeakers on the police cars repeated the announcement nonstop as officers directed traffic with glowing safety batons.

The police whistles kept blaring, making it quite...