Judge was still reeling from shock, but Garen had already briskly stripped the ivory ornaments Jack wore on him, then calmly cut off Jack's dead-eyed head.
"What are you doing?"
Judge was even more astonished as he looked at the head Garen held in his hand.
"Cut it off first. I can trade it to the Marines for money later."
Garen spoke calmly, as if he had merely killed some petty crook:
"Jack had a bounty of a full billion. How could I pass up that money?"
"..."
Judge's face went faintly pale:
Jack was a marquee figure of the Beasts Pirates. Garen had not only killed Jack the Drought, but even refused to let him rest in peace, planning to take his head to the Marines for a reward?
The Four Emperors were unfathomably mighty rulers. How could they tolerate their lieutenants' heads being hung up by the Marines as a warning?
Garen was no longer merely offending Kaido. He was thoroughly scorning and humiliating the Beasts Pirates.
And with Kaido's violent temperament, it would not just be Garen who suffered. Germa 66 would definitely be placed on the list for retaliation as well.
"Ah..."
Judge let out a deep sigh. Knowing he could no longer shake off suspicion of joining in the siege against Jack, he could only approach the matter from another angle:
He was already aboard the pirate ship. It was too late to get off now.
Besides, the strength Garen had displayed was far beyond imagination. It would be better to take their original alliance plan a step further and make Garen completely one of their own.
That way, not only would they no longer need to fear Kaido's retaliation, Germa 66 could also grow stronger by riding Garen's rise. Ruling the North Blue again