As they walked out of the basement, the captors glanced at each other.
"To be honest, I want to release this young lady," said Bruce Jones.
But his subordinate piped up, "Boss, you should know the rules. If you let her go, it'll be hard for us to remain in this line of work."
"I know, but I don't intend to take on any more such commissions after this. Although we've never seriously hurt anyone, people still think of us as bad guys. I can accept that, but I can't let our children bear the burden too. Do you want all your descendants to be known as gangsters?"
Bruce Jones's words touched their hearts, and they remained silent for a moment.
"Alright, I agree. We should let her go." Someone finally supported him.
"Me too." A second one.
"Me too."
One by one, they agreed to their leader's suggestion, eventually coming to a consensus.
