When Scarlet Power and witchcraft collided, red and purple light blanketed the entire sky.
The young people who had just finished dealing with the trouble caused by the animals on the streets received a call from Schiller and hurried toward an address.
Circe was unwilling to abandon the arrangements she had made in Gotham because she was arrogant enough to believe that, with the power of witchcraft, she could freely control others to solve her problems.
But Edgar himself was not particularly brave, nor had he ever seen anything truly big. When he saw so many enormous animals appear, he realized that things had gotten out of control. So while the witch went to cause trouble at the Gotham Police Department, he swiftly packed his things and prepared to slip away.
But clearly, he was not smart enough—more precisely, he was far too greedy.
Circe had always been an outsider, rarely living within human society. No matter what mess she made, she could simply dust herself off and leave.
But Edgar was not as powerful as she was. He still had to work and live normally. Being wanted and hunted by the Gotham Police Department would have been bad enough, but during his time causing trouble in Gotham, he had learned that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and an organization called Federal Shield had both been active in the city.
A Federal Bureau of Investigation warrant alone would have been more than enough to ruin him. It meant becoming a fugitive, hiding from place to place, never having another peaceful day—in effect, social death.
So he thought that everyone's attention was currently focused on Circe. He could sneak over to Williams and Bob, alter the memories of everyone who knew anything, and pin everything on the witch. That way, he