The moment Hiko spoke, all sorts of thoughts sprang up in everyone's minds.
Drake and Urouge both shuddered. Could it be that the Alliance Leader had returned long ago and was hiding in the shadows, watching the battle? But Hawkins's sword strike just now had been extremely dangerous. One slight mistake, and Drake would have become a ghost beneath the blade. Why had the Alliance Leader still not appeared to save him?
Kidd and the others thought differently. Their already fragile alliance instantly exposed its fatal weakness. Terrifying, deadly distrust erupted in everyone's hearts, and all the Pirates turned their eyes toward Hawkins.
"You deliberately spared his life?" Kidd's expression became vicious and cruel. "Because you noticed this stray dog coming long ago, so you used it to curry favor with him? You wanted to reach an agreement when you met him face-to-face, then stab me in the back?"
Killer and Apu also faced Hawkins. Hiko sensed their auras steadily rising, as though they might suddenly attack at any moment.
Hawkins did not answer Kidd's questioning. Instead, he turned to Hiko and pulled a deck of cards from inside his coat.
With a flick of his hand, Hawkins sent the fortune-telling cards swirling through the air in a dazzling blur, continuously shifting through various orderly patterns.
"Quit playing mysterious tricks!" Kidd drew his gun and aimed it at Hawkins. Armament Haki coiled around the muzzle, and it could fire a bullet imbued with Armament Haki at any moment. "Have you forgotten what we said when we formed our alliance? You actually want to betray our alliance now?"
"When we wanted to topple the Four Emperors, I performed a divination and received an omen of nine deaths and one chance at life! Pirates having an adventurous spirit is one thing, but