"Those fish monsters are the liars. It's simple: your warehouse still contains dried human flesh and cargo stolen from merchant ships. If you were the ones being robbed, how would you be entitled to eat the robbers? And why would you have goods from merchant ships?" After a silence, Odysseus gave his judgment.
Dried human flesh?
Wenren Sheng smiled. As expected of a renowned Sage—he had produced physical evidence.
Catch thieves with the stolen goods. That was a principle that had never changed since ancient times.
Still, the other side could actually recognize the smell of human flesh. No wonder he was a battle-hardened, strategy-minded Commander...
"That's right, King Odysseus!" The sailors wept with joy.
"Yes, that's irrefutable evidence!"
They had not been certain before, so they had not dared mention it. Yet Odysseus had identified it at once. That was the difference in wisdom between the two sides.
"Hmph, what kind of evidence is that?" the old monster fish said without hesitation. "We killed the robbers and made the dried human flesh from them. The goods were also obtained after we defeated the robbers!"
Even at this point, those monster fish could still quibble and refuse to admit it.
"Sigh, which side of you is actually telling the truth?"
Big Shark was confused. It opened its enormous bloody maw again, the kind that could swallow half a merchant ship in one bite.
"Very well. If you refuse to admit that you are robbers, then let me ask: how do you make your living?" Odysseus asked again.
"Of course, we make our living by fishing," the old monster fish said disdainfully.
"Then why don't I see any nets or hooks?"
"Because fish jump onto our rafts by themselves."
"They were lured aboard, weren't they? Just like these merchant ships. I