Chapter 20 I am the Protagonist!_3

He wished he could just shoot Edward dead with a single shot.

But he chose to follow Jason's advice, to stall for time.

"Why would you do this?"

"Why reenact the scene of the second case of the "Cross Street Stalker"?"

McCaul asked.

if at first it could have been explained away as imitation, it had long since surpassed that scope.

Could the person who incited the entire city's chaos be a mere imitator?

Or more precisely, the fact that Edward, who'd thrown Cherry City into disarray, was now recreating the second case of the "Cross Street Stalker" was in itself astounding.

Facing McCaul's questioning, Edward didn't make a move but looked him over seriously instead.

"Quicker than I imagined."

"Worthy of the person I carefully selected."

"How did you guess I would target Troys?"

Instead of answering, Edward countered with a question.

"Since you've researched us and carefully arranged all this, why don't you guess why I knew?"