86. Tentacle-Style Expansion (3)

“Th-this is… Black Herb, isn’t it!”
“That’s right. It was the flagship product the Red Spider — one of Ground Zero’s Three Powers — built their business on.”
“‘Was’ one of them, you say.”
“It’s mine now, isn’t it.”

Yujin’s words were perfectly unruffled, and Shin Junseok shook his head from side to side as though he’d given up trying to make sense of it. By now he simply took it for granted that his business partner’s skill and capacity had no limits.

His bewilderment lasted only a moment. He laid a hand on the Black Herb and let out a sound of...