Athena's Foresight (Second Update)

Salomon decided to set aside everything on his plate and take his cat to meet up with the Witches, who were shopping for Christmas gifts. Bayonetta told the Arcanist that Jeanne had grown impatient with the hassle of shopping and was now riding Salomon's motorcycle around the city.

Riding around.

The Arcanist chewed over those words and instinctively felt that he ought to keep an eye on the news, just in case Manhattan had another police chase. Crime rates were already higher around this time of year, and the NYPD was so busy that even detectives had been sent out to patrol the streets. Making the police spare attention to chase down a Witch speeding through the streets just before Christmas was hardly something to be proud of.

"Damn it, we lost her!" Officer Carter slapped the steering wheel in anger.

"It's patrol officers' work anyway. We're just helping out." The plump Detective Fusco hurriedly tried to soothe his old partner, lest Officer Carter stubbornly spend the entire day chasing a speeding offender. Honestly, he could tell at a glance how expensive the Ducati ridden by that white-haired woman was. There was no way NYPD officers could use their aging patrol cars to contend with a race-grade motorcycle in heavy traffic.

"It's Christmas! Look at how many children are on the streets!" Officer Carter raised her voice to the verge of a scream. "You saw how fast she was going! What if she hits a child? We need to arrest her as soon as possible! Give me the radio. I'll call for backup."

A mischievous smile began to form beneath the motorcycle rider's helmet.

She simply could not stand doing something as tedious as slowly picking out gifts and jewelry. She needed some excitement. She turned from Tenth Avenue in