Signing a contract essentially meant treating Black Cat as a disposable team member with decent potential—a member to be exploited. That was a hallmark of some of the more ruthless teams in the Extraordinary Space.
They would make contracts with large numbers of captives, assign them to subordinate teams, and issue orders to use them however they pleased. Even if geniuses or powerful individuals emerged among them, they still had to obey under the contract—practically a miniature Extraordinary Space beneath the Extraordinary Space.
In truth, that was what most teams were thinking. They had wanted to recruit Black Cat, but Black Cat had already foolishly refused them. After this incident, most teams had also formed a grudge against Black Cat. Even forcing him into a team would be meaningless and might instead create future problems.
Of course, that was not the most important thing—the real issue was that there was not enough profit to go around.
So far, the archer knew that more than four teams had likely gotten involved. Yet in New York, only five or six teams in total had been approved by Like a Dream and the Light Chasers to establish a presence.
What did that mean? If they truly fought over Black Cat and those siblings, Like a Dream and the Light Chasers could not simply stand by and watch them tear each other apart.
If things dragged on, the final outcome could only be negotiations among the major teams to fairly divide the bounty on those two. As for Black Cat... his fate was less certain.
Therefore, if the major teams wanted to keep everything for themselves, the best way was to kill them outright! Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were valuable and had great potential, but only what they could actually obtain mattered! Killing the