However, when he finally found the girl, he also found a dozen others—captives the shopkeeper hadn't mentioned. Saving all of them would take time, attract more heat, and potentially cost him the data drive. The Choice
He wasn't the hero the city wanted, and he definitely wasn't the one it deserved. He was just the one who got things done. Anti Hero
In the rain-slicked neon maze of Sector 4, Elias Thorne didn’t save people because he was good; he saved them because the alternative was bad for business. However, when he finally found the girl, he
A true hero would have stayed to protect everyone without hesitation. A true villain would have taken the girl and left the rest to their fate. Elias, the anti-hero, did neither. He rigged the building with remote explosives and sent an anonymous tip to the city's corrupt police force, telling them a rival gang was stashing a massive drug haul at the Vipers' base. He was just the one who got things done