The kitties, seeing this scene, meowed anxiously as they could offer no real help. Leaving one behind to keep watch over the middle-aged man, the rest went back to report.
As for the middle-aged man responsible for tailing, when he looked up again, he found that Edward had already left the room. He hurried downstairs and stood on the street looking around. The men in the café below were cursing the bastard who had just thrown a cigarette butt from upstairs.
The middle-aged man spun around twice on the spot, confirming that Edward had vanished and could no longer be found. In frustration, he scratched his head and ears, convinced that the screams from downstairs had drawn Edward's attention and led to him losing his tail. With this thought...
He walked over to the group of grumbling men with a dark face. Without waiting for them to ask questions, he swung his arm and slapped each one.
"Scream! Scream! Scream! I'll give you something to scream about!!!"
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