Kailong stretched out its tentacles without hesitation. "You're right. Those old bastards in the ocean are scared to death. They're afraid Homelander's Heat Vision will once again attract the Visitors from Beyond who once wiped out all the Super Fish."
It drew its tentacles back in, its tone suddenly sinking. "Do you have any idea how much you deserve to die? Homelander caused this mess, yet we Super Fish have to suffer along with you."
Kailong said it did not believe it, but every Super Fish around it was telling it through their actions that this was true. It could hardly help feeling afraid.
"Of course, we have ways to hide. I wasn't asking for much, either. I just wanted to take my younger cousin into hiding with me..."
Kailong broke off abruptly, because its body was growing increasingly solid.
It was furious. If it kept talking, it would reach the threshold of materialization.
But it could not accept this, after all. If not for Soldier Boy and Homelander, things would never have come to this, and it would never have eaten, bite by bite, the younger cousin who had depended on it for survival since childhood.
"What the fuck..."
Though he had already guessed it, hearing the news firsthand still sent a jolt through Soldier Boy's heart.
He recalled Old Popsicle's final mission once again: stop Homelander from injecting V1.
To entice him into completing that mission, Old Popsicle had even emptied out everything he had. Unfortunately, Soldier Boy was stubborn by nature and had insisted on doing the opposite.
A tragedy that had played out on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago seemed about to repeat itself.
Kailong looked at their worried expressions and laughed.
"Scared? You two cowards," it sneered. "It might not attract those so-called