Chapter 53: Explanation and Label
“First, to the citizens of W-City—I apologize for the delay in subjugating the despair-class monster.”
Starlight, Yu Anna, bowed her head deeply before the press, then raised her head only to bow once again.
“I also offer my sincerest apologies to the 524 citizens who lost their lives in this monster attack, and to their families.”
At her respectful bow, the reporters went silent, joining briefly in a moment of mourning.
But that was the end of the sadness.
In this era, death had become far too common to grieve any longer than that.
“Starlight! How do you plan to take responsibility for this incident?”
“Five hundred twenty-four deaths! The public says they would’ve lived if Black Cat had been eliminated in advance!”
“Wasn’t it not that you couldn’t capture Black Cat, but that ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ you simply chose not to?”
“Was it because Black Cat was hunting monsters on your behalf that you thought you could take a break?! Did you push your hero duties onto a monster?”
The moment Yu Anna raised her head, the reporters pounced as if they’d been waiting.
All of it—accusations echoed by the citizens of W-City.