Yeah you're very correctMelo walks into the city market and buys a few stuff for hansel and walks around the city.
The group,thats a phantom troup picture.
The group walks around the city finding clues for somethingThen after telling the officers he went up to the highest building in the republic city to monitor the groups movement in the republic city
They are the phantom troupes, a barbaric horde and about their number, you can count right, count the number of people in the picture. They've got hidden abilities, mess with them and its RIP for youBros why do they have so much power and how do they know that he is spying on them and how many are they