In the forests on the outskirts of Zou.
At that moment, a bizarre scene was unfolding. The massive Shadow Master flowed into Jack's body through his facial features like a stream of water.
As the intangible shadow gradually invaded Jack's body, he began to scream miserably. It sounded as if his soul were being slowly gnawed away and corroded, sending chills down one's spine.
Yet the three people beside Jack showed no expression at all. They merely watched coldly as Jack made his final struggle on the ground.
Wapol and Moria had both old and new grudges against him. Chloe, too, was a woman who had emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Though she normally carried herself with the calm air of an artist, many men could not match her madness in battle.
After developing her Fruit, she had kept her hand-to-hand combat skills hidden as part of her trump card. Jack had not failed to consider escape this time, and he had chosen Chloe—who had always relied on her Fruit ability to summon Demon Soldiers—as his point of breakthrough.
But unfortunately, the hard-won chance to escape had run into unexpected fangs.
When Jack went all out to assault Chloe, he never expected that this woman, who had never displayed any prowess in close combat, would be so utterly insane once they clashed. Her ruthless offensive instantly suppressed Jack and completely sealed off his chance of escape.
Because that desperate attempt had failed, Jack had suffered too many injuries, plunging him into a vicious cycle that ended with him being beaten half to death and captured alive.
The reason they had captured him instead of killing him outright was because Moria intended to use this demanding technique.
Jack's screams grew even more intense after the Shadow Master