Henry still ended up working things to his favor. He now wore a triumphant and proud smile, unlike his previous brooding face when he received news about his people's deaths.
Those people flocked to him, who was more proactive in offering to bring them to a safe place. Darren was practically ignored; the main reason was his stony face, which hid his anger.
Darren was impassive as he saw those people getting into the vehicles. Henry had settled the dispute; he would bring one third of them to the base first, then come back to fetch the rest.
After he suffered a lot, he was now better at manipulating people's hearts.
"Only one of you has committed such an inhuman act, but it shouldn't have implicated the rest. The evil man had been punished and met his demise…" He had said such words.
Even when his major targets were the ability users in this rural residential area, he was more patient to build his saintly image. The ordinary people would go first.
