The True Plan Part II

“Hey! Wait, wait. Don’t!”

His friends’ attempt to stop him was too slow. Joke forcefully grabbed Ace’s collar. His eyes behind the pair of glasses were wide. He scowled at the other man, an action that he rarely did.

However, surprisingly, the hot-headed person such as Ace did not respond despite his shirt collar being grabbed in such a fashion. He was quiet and unresponsive. Avoiding eye contact, even.

“So you planned this from the start? You intended for them to take Flora…You knew from the start that they’d been following us, and you still let me fight them along?”

Joke tried to control his voice to be as calm as possible. Others tried to pry him away from Ace, but his strength was too much for them to be successful. Even Lia, who was pulling his arm with everything she could muster, was unable to separate them.

“Don’t make it worse than this, Joker. I know you’re angry, but it’s useless to do that.”

Jack was the fastest person. He came between the two.