When Fushimi Roku and Minamoto Tamako arrived at the scene, the street had already been cordoned off.
The patrol police were dispersing the onlookers, while firefighters set up a ladder to climb up the streetlamp and lower the body of the councilor. An identification officer in a blue uniform stood below, holding a bag and taking pictures.
"Heavenly Punishment again..."
"How many times has this happened now..."
"Sugamo's security is really getting worse and worse..."
It was three in the afternoon on a working day, and there weren't many pedestrians on the street. A few passersby stopped to watch, took some photos, chatted for a bit, and then left under the direction of the patrol police, as if they had grown accustomed to such sights.
