The human farm looked like a lightning storm had passed through the place. After confirming that everything had gone well, he returned to inform the police officer, who then called people in to come and clear up the place.
The lady became busy coordinating everyone as if she wasn't kidnapped a few minutes ago and held at gunpoint.
She had indeed been apprehended by two villains, whom the boss of the establishment called for help. Those two villains didn't know that she could move things that she had touched recently. They still don't know how her gun rose up and shot them in the back of the head.
Now she is back to doing her job like it is just another day. She also wanted to know why he pulled off his bulletproof jacket and how he managed to complete the mission.
He ignored her completely because he knew she was likely pretending. It is true that the surveillance system of the human farm would be fried, but he is sure that she will have a way to piece together what he did.
So he grumbled and walked away from her when she asked him. He said to Wrath, "I am not particularly glad that she survived."
Wrath laughed but the lady frowned when she heard him say that to an invisible person. But she couldn't force him to speak, so she returned to her work.
What he said was not an exaggeration on his part. Not even her ability is enough to make him want her to survive enough for him to steal it. It is because the ability is too weak.
She needs to touch something for it to work, and it must be recently. The speed of control is also slow. Its power is weak, so she can only control small and light objects accurately.
The range of control is short, so she cannot control anything beyond one meter of her body. To top it off, the duration of control is short too. She can't continue controlling something for more than ten seconds, after which she won't be able to control it again without reestablishing physical contact with it.
Her ability looked like telekinesis, but it has been butchered and crippled. It is so unappealing to him that he wouldn't waste a slot on it if he was given for free. So he didn't try to find a way to kill her secretly. He just collected his reward and left immediately.
His mood improved when he got the money. Just the thought of getting a new hoverbike made him forget about his semi-difficult day.
He hummed the tune he heard in the elevator as Wrath tried to tempt him to buy something more expensive. He felt that life wasn't so bad even with Wrath's annoying quirk. He texted the information broker that he had completed the mission and then went about shopping.
Meanwhile, somewhere close by. There was a black armored car a block away from the human farm. The car had been there before Kelvin went into the building, and it remained there an hour after he left.
The car remained still during this period of time. It didn't do anything, and nothing could be seen about what was inside of it because of its tainted windows. It was just a nice-looking vehicle that didn't draw second glances. But there was a change after an hour after Kelvin left.
The door at the back facing the direction of the human opened a little. A black gloved hand came out of the little opening and lay on the ground. A red ant that no one had noticed crawled onto the hand.
Then the hand was retracted into the vehicle, and the door was closed. Soon after, the door opened again, and another hand came out of it to pick ants from the ground.
Then the hand was retracted into the vehicle, and the door was closed. Soon after, the door opened again, and another hand came out of it to pick ants from the ground.
This continued for two more times before the car's engine was started. Then it drove away.
Within the car, the information broker used his other bare hand to touch the ant on his gloved hand. He was communicating with the ant. He encouraged it for doing a great job and promised it good food. Then he placed the ant in a container to protect it.
Despite his ability to communicate with ants, they could only pass across limited information, and they could only understand limited concepts. They were good at following a trail, but not much else.
The ants had poor eyesight, so they couldn't be good spies. Their hearing is even poorer. Their sense of smell is the only good thing about them.
If not for the fact that he had spent a lot of money to engineer this breed of highly intelligent ant and make them more focused instead of wandering around after quickly forgetting his instructions, his ability to communicate with ants would be a waste.
Even then, the best he can do is make the ants go to a location and they can only go there slowly. It is the microcamera attached to them that does all the spying.
Even if their eyesight were better, they would still be useless as spies because their minds couldn't understand human concepts. They wouldn't be able to understand even if he describes Kelvin to them. The best they can do is follow the trails he leaves for them and perform limited tricks.
His ability is truly too bad for being an information broker. Fortunately, he is not the true information broker. His partner, the lady that masquerades as his head of security, is the true information broker.
As for him, he is the face of their enterprise. His skills lay in fighting and in being difficult to kill. So he was designated to be the shield for the other two.
His job is not useless, and he is not a mere figurehead. He has taken too many bullets to the head for him to be a mere figurehead. His head is too durable and important for that.