Homelander could no longer hold it in and burst out laughing. Kailong's body was trembling too.
Ashley also realized something was wrong and immediately stopped reading the diary.
She sounded a little bewildered. "How strange. Is this a Nazi diary? According to the timeline recorded here, the slave trade had ended long before this, so how could there still be slaves?"
Homelander moved the phone closer to Soldier Boy's ear. "Ashley, you should ask Soldier Boy about that. He should know more about it."
Soldier Boy gave him a rather speechless look and took the phone.
"Sir, are you listening?" Ashley asked.
"Mm."
"Sir, how much of this diary do you think is true?"
"Quite a lot. At least ninety percent."
After another brief silence, Ashley said dubiously, "Sir, first of all, I'm not questioning your judgment. Second, I find this diary very suspicious. It was buried in the farthest corner of the archives, and its authenticity is debatable. I suggest we not believe its contents just yet."
She paused, seemingly harboring doubts, and remained reluctant to continue. Only after Soldier Boy urged her on and told her to speak freely did Ashley's puzzled voice come through the speaker again.
"The Clara mentioned in the diary is actually Stormfront, right?"
"I remember you and her being... very close, but in the diary, she seems to be Mr. Vogt's wife."
Soldier Boy answered bluntly, "That's right. I met Stormfront many years after Vogt died. She's Vogt's widow."
Ashley frowned in recollection. A moment later, she spoke in an even more puzzled tone:
"It's not hard to tell from the diary that Vogt was an extreme Nazi, but Vought honors him as one of its founders and has extensive records of his life and deeds."
"Those accounts show that Mr. Vogt was