...AHHHHHHHH... time skip... why dehell... and did he stop using his absorb ability? Didn't he want to become first? Why go with them? Just go on your own... if he stopped to drain because of them then no matter what they can bring him they are not worth it...
That "important" guy probably suffers from schizophrenia. The guy thought the MC crippled the little shits even though MC knew they had been scouted, which is not the case. The world doesn't revolve around you...