"Speak!" Seeing that Judge was still stunned, Ryan gave him a hard slap.
That finally snapped Judge back to his senses.
"How are you here?!"
The distance from heaven to hell was only an instant.
Just a second ago, Judge had been fantasizing about Germa ruling the North Blue. Now, he saw Ryan, the new Four Emperor known as the Bloody Swordsman, staring straight at him.
"Of course I came to have some fun with you!"
Seeing that Ryan was toying with him and had not answered his question at all, a trace of viciousness flashed through Judge's eyes, though he quickly concealed it.
Ryan, the Bloody Swordsman—he was no match for him!
There was no need to even test it; they were not on the same level!
"Alright, I'm done teasing you. Come with me!" With a wave of his hand, Ryan conjured a Spatial Gate out of thin air.
"Get in." Ryan's calm words left no room for doubt.
Judge frowned at the Spatial Gate that had appeared from nowhere. After a few breaths, he lashed out with a kick at Ryan.
He did not want to surrender just like that. The Spatial Gate looked dangerous at first glance!
Ryan neither dodged nor evaded, merely watching Judge calmly.
Ryan was not surprised by Judge's resistance. Having been in the pirate world for several years, he understood that he was not one of those fated protagonists from novels, with everyone he encountered bowing down in submission.
He was not Shanks. His reputation did not count for much; countless people had already refused to give him face.
Besides, Judge was no insignificant nobody. How could he submit so easily? Resistance was only natural.
The more Judge resisted, the happier Ryan was. That made things interesting.
In an instant, Judge's whipping