Chapter 157: Hat Trick (1/2)

Chapter 157: Hat Trick

Aldrich reh in the air as he observed Hat Trick He wanted to get a read on the situation first before he went down and engaged with the A class hero

"Do you knohat happened with Hat Trick?" Aldrich asked Seismic

"He ran when the Locus was detected," said Seish for Aldrich to iative levels of respect for the hero

Aldrich had a decent ae of all the A and S class heroes because information about most of them idely publicly available Hat Trick, too, he knew He was an up-and-co A ranker with a stellar a up his rep, would probably easily make it into the A or even A+ rank

The S class, though, Hat Trick probably never would break into Hat Trick sih raer

Froood public iuish playboy but balanced that out with supposedly a strong sense of heroise that was probably straight up copy pasted fro it on and breaking into the warm hearts of supposedly cold CEOs or whatever

"As far as I know," said Aldrich "His public record is clean with a solid track record of beating tough variants and a few humanitarian relief cases here and there"

"It is His ood about that," said Seismic "But this - this is his first mistake Maybe his last"

"Explain," said Aldrich

"Hat Trick ran because he thought Haven would fall," said Seismic "He helped with initial evac Got the iht his life was in danger, he fled"

"I see what you're getting at," said Aldrich "It makes sense to stay for evac, especially since it prioritizes important and wealthier people that'll contribute more to his payroll

But when all the evac vehicles ran out and there were still thousands left behind, he figured it was safe to just run because he assumed they would all die

And dead people tell no tales

Or, if they were heroes that ran, well, they couldn't speak out against Hat Trick when they had committed the sa out any for, it would have been the perfect opportunity to just run without consequences"

Seisht He tried to convince me to leave, too If I stayed and beat the Locus, then that would expose him as well"

"But you didn't leave"

"No"

"I see," said Aldrich "Considering the fact that Hat Trick knew you would stay and still fled, then that "

"Yes" Seismic cracked his neck as he stared doards towards where Hat Trick was "He would have won that bet, too But you showed up"

"And now that he's lost that bet, he needs to do dae control," said Aldrich He clenched his hand into a fist, feeling the saust well up in hi heroes from the panopticon bunker

What sickened Aldrich was not the fact that heroes did not always save every life No, he understood that He even understood that so-ter as in the end, ht, if Aldrich had to make a tactical retreat at the cost of a thousand lives, he would take that retreat so long as it gave him a chance to win later to save a hundred thousand lory in self sacrifice that led to long ter There were plenty of cases of heroes, especially those fro themselves only to rob their co term

But where Aldrich drew the line ith individuals that sacrificed others solely for their own sakes For nothing uls These were people that proudly proclai under capes and costumes

"Are the defenders of this era so cowardly?" muttered Valera "It seems that these mortals known as 'heroes' are this era's chosen warriors, and yet, so very few of them possess the mettle of a true warrior"

"I can take care of hie Would be less risky for you if I went down"