Back inside the private plane, Asher remained seated, trying to muster the courage to step out under the gaze of all these servants who knew his identity like the back of their hand.
"Phew… I could've tagged along with the group. Dammit. And they didn't even wait for me. Talk about partnership. Tsk," Asher sneered as he continued to pace around.
The primary reason for his hesitation was due to his ties with the Vancouver clan. In the superhero world, it was widely known that Torrin Blackstar didn't get along with the Vancouvers, for reasons unknown. However, the public guessed it was because of the Vancouvers' tyrannical and expansionist behavior.
As humanity's strongest backer, Torrin's ultimate goal was to keep power balance on Earth, causing him to constantly clash with the Vancouvers, who wanted to shatter this balance.