The golden lion stood at the edge of the crowd, watching the people go in and out of Shinjuku Station. He was hidden in plain sight, disguised as a statue. But he was seeing everything.
The lion had been watching the people of Tokyo for a long time. He had seen their good deeds and their bad. He had seen their triumphs and their failures.
The appearance of the lion statue caused great excitement and curiosity among the people of Tokyo. No one knew where it came from or who put it there.