"Think before you speak."
"The situation is that you can't produce any evidence to prove what you're saying."
"If you continue slandering me like this..."
"I won't let this go."
The man sounded somewhat threatening.
The ponytailed girl was momentarily speechless.
Her mouth opened and closed.
Yet for a moment, she couldn't make a sound.
She didn't know what she should say.
The man's words had intimidated her a little.
She didn't know...
How could he dare say... that he would settle accounts with them...?
Was he really that fearless?
Clearly... they were the victims in this matter.
Why were they the ones who were now panicking and at a loss for what to do?
And why was this damned thief acting so recklessly, even threatening them?
Seeing the girl fall silent, the man smiled in satisfaction.
Naturally, he wouldn't go too far.
The police were still beside them.
But without evidence, the police couldn't do anything to him either.
"Instead of blindly pinning the blame on me..."
"Why don't you ask your friend..."
The man narrowed his eyes with ill intent. "Could she have seen it wrong?"
"I remember she said I'd taken her bracelet when she was still some distance away from me."
"...Who wouldn't panic after losing something?"
"I understand."
The man shook his head.
"But even if you're anxious, you can't wrongly accuse someone, can you?"
"Could it be that you planned from the start to latch onto some hapless scapegoat?"
The man looked at the short-haired girl with exaggerated surprise.
"No way?"
"Are you trying to extort me?"
The man's words sparked whispers among the surrounding crowd.
"Eh?"
"This seems..."
"That could be possible too?"
"These days, you never really know what people are like..."
"No way?"
"The two girls don't look