Henry took notice of the response times of the PMA, it took them less than half a day to break into the drug den. They took everyone in a matter of seconds, mostly as all local heroes worked together as one cohesive group.

The emerald Enforcer led the four local heroes on a very fast attack from the front door, the PMA agents maintained a perimeter as the heroes fought. The combination led to the gangsters being apprehended and the evidence collected.

What bothered Henry wasn't that, it was that one of the heroes, Lycanella, captured one of his rats. He could have just cut the connection but chose not to ask to hear their conversation but it kind of failed as she took the rat and snapped its neck right away.

He had felt rats die before through his connection, but he had been connected directly to this one so he was hit fully with a sensation of dying as if it had been his neck, the one that was broken.

He knew that the heroine had not bothered with the rats before, it was something caused by his actions. if it was something too perjudicial for him was yet to be seen, so he chose to do nothing about it.

The new scouts he sent noticed that the heroes left the scene right away, leaving the police officers and the forensics to work on the scene. If he had to guess then it was probably for them to discuss him somewhere outside of his reach.

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given that the fun part of his plan was already over, he moved on with his day. he went to the pantry and grabbed one of his favourite canned foods, canned spaghetti. he opened the can and settled on his sofa as he tuned the tv onto the news, enjoying himself.

but he wasnt just idling about, his rats were encroaching more and more land. his minions rose in number and he discovered many other small hideouts beneath ground, from simple hooligans to smugglers.

And one of such small hideouts had gained his interest, it was a small factory building that seems to have been abandoned for a while now. in this small abandoned factory there were some hooligans gathering about, their ages ranged from middle schoolers to college students and they mostly committed vandalism or pickpocketing.

the reason he was interested in this group, beyond them being a minor nuisance at most, was that they went with a hierarchy based on seniority. he was older than most of them besides the two ringleaders so he would have a voice even if he wasnt the leader.

but he wasnt dumb, he wasnt going to join a small time gang of teenagers with a power like his. he could become a very powerful figure in due time, but rats would only get him so far.

so he needed human underlings, and he had found the perfect group to do his bidding.

they were not that impressive, nor were they the best option for him right now. but they were disposable, a group with wich he could test his own social skills as the rat king and cut ties if needed.

so, he had some work to do if he was going to have them work for him.