@Popapop it was a very poor attempt by the author to convey. Despite knowing what happens in the WN I had to reread that page a few times to get what was going on. Basically a group of adolescence was chasing down a girl that is in distress when they finally caught up to her, Makoto's party steps in and asks them to stop, and just walk away.
(they are suppose to be in the public market and I think they stopped her near an alley.)
Expressing all this, plus the spoilery bit, all in a page for suspense, makes it kinda confusing.