In just a few short days, news of the feud between New Spring and the Blood Cleansing Fleet, as well as everything Ji Jue had done, had spread without wings across the entire Wilderness, reaching nearly every settlement.
Though it sounded pretty ridiculous for a wanted pirate to put a bounty on someone else, as long as Wild Bazaar confirmed the advance payment and your ability to pay, it was willing to issue the contract. And faced with a bounty large enough to make anyone stop, put on their thinking cap, and seriously reflect on life, the future, and everything they had done, almost everyone began wondering whether this was the only opportunity they would ever get in their lives.
Should they seize the chance and fucking pull off a big one?!
Those bold enough to take the job were secretly sharpening their blades and flexing their fists. Those without the ability or skill, however, had to carefully consider whether they should stay aboard this ship that looked ready to sink at any moment and wait for death.
All manner of rumors swept through the streets in the blink of an eye, not to mention certain people secretly fanning the flames behind the scenes—from Ji Jue stubbornly gambling with the lives of everyone in New Spring, to the dissatisfaction expressed by certain big shots from Thousand Isles, to the threats released by Water Ghosts from who knew where...
Ji Jue was courting death, all pirates had already set their sights on New Spring, Ji Jue had offended everyone, Wild Bazaar had issued an underworld kill order, the Akatsuki Organization had accepted the contract, the Hueco Mundo Espada had mobilized in full, and the Four Emperors of the New World were coming to kill him!
Then, after Ji Jue failed to