In early December, a light snowfall graced Tokyo, and a thin layer of ice formed at the mouth of the Tama River.
Watanabe Shun walked into Terminal 2 of Haneda Airport, where the arrival gate was crowded with people.
He held up a sign to receive someone, glancing up at the flight information on the electronic screen. Seeing the plane hadn't landed yet, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It had been eight months since the boss was demoted; their days at the patrol house had been unspeakably tough.
Initially, only Kazama Tatsuya was demoted. Yet, Watanabe Shun, priding himself on loyalty and courage, saw himself as a character similar to Tachibana Muneshige from the Sengoku era. How could he abandon the boss? So he immediately applied for a transfer to join him as a patrol police officer at the Sugamo Station front Patrol House.
Not knowing what to expect at first, he realized after joining why the minister had sent the boss to the Sugamo Station front Patrol House.