Ace, Luffy, and Jig looked at the cold-faced Bluejam.
"Idiots, stop shouting... the people on Garbage Mountain will hear you."
Bluejam gave them a contemptuous glance, his eyes ice-cold...
"Why would you do this?"
"Oh no, we have to warn the old guys on Garbage Mountain! This guy really is a villain!"
Ace and Luffy shouted, and Luffy raised the iron rod in his hand, ready to swing it at Bluejam!
Jig watched their surroundings instead. Bluejam's men were inching closer...
"I told you to shut up... hey, pin them down! I'm not the mastermind here."
As Bluejam spoke, the pirates behind Ace and Luffy rushed forward, grabbed them, and pinned them to the ground...
But Jig had been ready. He swung the Demon Blade, slashed the hand of a pirate closing in on him, and ran.
"Hey! Useless idiots! Get after him! We'll be in trouble if the people on Garbage Mountain hear about this!"
Seeing Jig escape, Bluejam immediately shouted in fury.
"Yes, sir!"
The pirates immediately chased after Jig, while Bluejam pressed a hand to his forehead and said in frustration.
"Utterly useless. You can't even catch one brat."
Then he turned back to Luffy and Ace and said.
"Everything you carried yesterday and today was fuel and bombs. Not a single person is getting out of this fire alive!"
"No matter how tough you usually act, your knees are shaking now, aren't they?"
As he spoke, Bluejam's smile gradually turned cold. He stood up, his expression growing darker.
"But... now that you know the plan, I can't let you go."
"Before the fire starts, there's something I need to ask you. Hey... where did you hide all your treasure?"
"...!"
By then, Jig had already run back to Mount Colubo and returned to Dadan's house.
"Huh!