It had to be said, mind-reading really was an incredibly useful ability.
The moment Bright asked that question, Sengoku's thoughts had involuntarily begun recalling certain bits of information about the matter.
Naturally, Bright immediately read that information.
Although Sengoku could not possibly think through the entire matter from beginning to end in that split second, some crucial information had indeed leaked out.
For example, Bright heard him think:
"Have Gion and the others been exposed?"
Bright knew the name Gion. After all, she was an important figure at Navy Headquarters, someone regarded as an Admiral candidate.
Now Bright finally understood why he had felt something was off when he saw the photograph of that female mermaid captured by the surveillance cameras.
Because that person was never supposed to be a Fish-Man.
Thinking about it carefully, if one ignored the Fish-Man traits, didn't she look exactly like Vice Admiral Momousagi?
Bright immediately understood the whole story. Back when he had still been trapped in the Navy research base on Punk Hazard, hadn't Vegapunk been researching the Fishman Potion to conceal his activities?
That Vice Admiral Momousagi's current condition was probably Vegapunk's latest research result.
Turning humans into Fish-Men sounded shocking, but if it was Vegapunk, it was hardly impossible.
That man had always seemed omnipotent to Bright.
This was truly troublesome. People who were never supposed to be Fish-Men had become Fish-Men, and were even stirring up trouble in the deep sea.
If the scale of these artificial Fish-Men continued to expand, Fish-Man Island's advantage would be completely gone.
Even if they could deal with this vanguard force, the manpower and resources the Government could mobilize were far beyond anything Fish-Man Island could match.
What a headache.
Bright had already grasped the full picture, but Sengoku was still trying to hide