"Guess I can't fault you for that, I always brought books on long flights." Senku hummed thoughtfully, but maybe that explained how clever Gen was in his own way.

"I wasn't interested in ruining your career, or anyone else's." Senku observed with a bit of a hum.

"Well..." He paused. "Unless your career was trying to convince people the Earth was flat." His tone flattened. "Or that medicine was unreliable and that vaccines were toxic." There were downsides to the internet.

"I would very gleefully, tank people like that." Had he actually done so? He wouldn't say.