After such a major case had occurred, the entire Police Headquarters canceled leaves and urgently returned to their posts to work overtime.
The Police Headquarters held a press, where the Chief first expressed his condolences to the victims and personally issued a nationwide wanted order for Dongye Yuusei on the spot, calling for police across the country to carry out detailed investigations within their respective jurisdictions.
At the same time, it was announced that the "New Year Arson Case" Special Investigation Headquarters would be established, with Head of Criminal Affairs Department of the Metropolitan Police Department Nozawa Toshiaki serving as the chief of the headquarters, and Aoyama Xiu Xin as the deputy director.
Nozawa Toshiaki was just a figurehead to enhance the status of the investigation headquarters; the actual investigation was to be undertaken by the well-known detective Aoyama Xiu Xin.
