Under the arrangement of the Imperial Household Agency attendants, Akagi arrived at the Tenmangu Shrine—or more accurately, the ruins in front of the shrine—by private car.
The area had already been heavily cordoned off, with police tape and barricades visible everywhere.
Right after the incident occurred, the police were the first to arrive on the scene. However, by that time Chen Yu and Monk Xinyuan had already left. Despite thoroughly searching the collapsed Tenmangu Shrine, the police found no useful clues, leaving them no choice but to seal the site and request assistance from higher authorities.
Since Fukuoka is the most populous and prosperous city in the Kyushu region, as well as one of Japan's three major metropolitan areas, the Countermeasure Division has a local branch stationed there. Not long after the incident, those stationed Transcendents had already inspected the site.
