After Nihilor was executed in the alley, all of the mind-controlled victims returned to their senses at the same time.
Most of them were silent in shock as all of the memories of the time they were being controlled flowed into their minds.
Before people could fall into despair and more confusion, the leader of the Kappa Team, Neil, used a speaker to direct his words to the traumatized citizens.
With a gentle and confident tone, the man reassured everyone present that they had been freed from a curse, which distressed some of the victims while others were more skeptical.
Neil couldn't be too descriptive, so he gave a vague explanation, blaming a terrorist group for using narcotics to brainwash them, and the people seemed to buy that idea more than the curse.