@kaminomikan on top of what the others mentioned, the circuit drains power from other people which even if it turns out to be a mostly harmless process would likely still prick our hero's conscience.
old man was about to murder your deadpan GF and destroy the world but sure let's just take him with us and save his life...
by this same logic why kill the skeleton dude at the start?
So much positivity :'D I've been really loving this despite the crack not treating itself too seriously. The type of dumbnes the characters are portrayed as are honestly very cute lmao.