"Heh... do you really think I'm an idiot?" Kailong gave a disdainful laugh. "You underestimate me. I'm one of the ocean's rare geniuses."
A faint sense of foreboding rose in Soldier Boy's heart.
Sure enough, there was more to this Contract than met the eye.
Kailong continued, "I anticipated that you'd go back on your word, but I didn't take precautions beforehand because... there was absolutely no need."
"You asked me a question earlier, about the legend of the world-ending flood. Remember?"
Soldier Boy quietly waited for Kailong to continue, because Kailong had indeed mentioned it after they signed the Contract.
However, Kailong had insisted on revealing the secrets of Super Fish before answering that question.
And the secrets of Super Fish had involved so much that both Soldier Boy and Homelander had forgotten about the legend of the world-ending flood.
Kailong looked utterly secure. "As for Super Fish, the only thing I don't know is the exact details of how the first generation was wiped out. But I know all the history that followed."
"As far back as thousands of years ago, you humans had already come into contact with Super Fish. For various reasons, though, no records were left behind."
Soldier Boy reached into his pocket. He still had a few cigarettes left from the ones he had picked up out of a medical worker's pocket.
Amid the swirling smoke, he found Kailong's gaze somewhat difficult to read.
"Yu the Great taming the floods in the ancient nation of the East, the divinely sent flood recorded in Babylon, Noah's Ark in the Bible... and so on. All of them really happened, and they all describe the same thing." Kailong wore an amused expression as he recalled the stories he had heard from his own kind.
Homelander waved a