Without waiting for an answer to his question, Leo's circle of shadows engulfed the two girls in an instant before fading into nothingness.
"They are…"
The fake Heroes were still convulsing on the ground from the aftereffects of getting their Abilities stripped by force, but the suited man was quick to stop running once things grew oddly quiet for too long.
"...gone?"
He was late to realize it now, but this wasn't an assault operation but an extraction.
The horrifying attack that his goons had received made him mistake this for the start of a massacre, but…
'Even if I saw through his intentions, there was nothing that could be done to stop him.'
It didn't really matter; the only fighting force on their side had been incapacitated in an instant.
Naturally, the scum that had been brought to exploit Aurora using hostages were undependable against a real threat.
"Damn!"
The suited man's face crumbled as he stomped heavily on the ground. This wasn't his fault!
