So this is the panel

So the line that Hijack is saying is blocked, but it looks like it is saying “I didn’t meant t-”

One could take this as regret for injuring Max, giving his evil villain speech about necessary evil. 

Another interpretation is the badguy back-track, where he knows he is about to be screwed so he is trying to placate the crowd right before they all turn on him. Because I am sure that he also knows the rules of Hitball as well, so he knows what is coming. 

Remember, his goal was to beam a kid as hard as he could to the point of injury. While Johnny was his initial target, I don’t think he would be too upset with him being successful in the end.