The Sun Pirates had sent a tall, powerfully built fish-man clad in dark blue. Buggy gave him a glance, surprise flickering in his heart. "The Sun Pirates' Vice-Captain, Jinbe the Knight of the Sea? You came in person?"
"For such a major matter, no one besides the captain and me can make the decision." Jinbe spoke steadily and unhurriedly, though a faint wariness lingered in his eyes.
In truth, Tiger, the Sun Pirates' captain, should have come personally to discuss such an important matter. However, everyone in the Sun Pirates was somewhat distrustful of the Joker Party. After everyone strongly urged him not to go, Tiger ultimately stayed behind, leaving Jinbe, the second-in-command, to conduct the negotiations.
After all, while both were forces opposing the World Government, compared to the Joker Party's utterly unscrupulous methods, the Sun Pirates could practically be called lawful.
What were the Joker Party's methods? Poisoning, suicide bombings, taking family members hostage, and dragging innocents into things were commonplace. They had even blown entire streets into the air and poisoned water supplies—atrocities that defied all conscience.
Those methods truly made them the worst villains among villains. No wonder the Sun Pirates could not trust them.
Of course, Joker's reckless ways had also earned him the World Government's boundless hatred. After all, it took evil to curb evil. The World Government had thought itself dark and shameless enough, only to discover that the Joker Party had an even lower bottom line!
Otherwise, Joker's bounty could never have risen so much in such a short time.
It could be said that Joker was the number one terrorist in the entire Pirate World. He had truly set an example for everyone, teaching them what asymmetric, unrestricted attacks were.
Moreover, the vast majority of the Joker Party under him had