When he stepped out of the Staples Center, the artificial rain had ended, and the crowd who came to pay tribute had put down their umbrellas, revealing faces filled with sorrow.
Link looked at the never-ending stream of people in front of the venue and felt some admiration for MJ. A black singer had become a world-class idol through music, captivating hundreds of millions of people around the globe and causing them to mourn his death—a feat many heavyweight politicians could not achieve.
Around the streets of the Staples Center, there were hundreds of police cars, and thousands of police officers maintaining order at every traffic juncture, with four helicopters patrolling back and forth in the sky. Besides them, numerous media reporters and paparazzi crowded the sidewalks.