Chapter 378: Shock, Trust, and Ruthlessness - Offering the Philosopher’s Stone?!
As Cersei and Barbossa entered Captain's chambers, in the prison cells of Fort Charles, Jack Sparrow broke out with a chuckle.
There was a look on Captain Jack's face that said he hadn't heard anything more absurd than Kai's words before.
"Freedom..." he tasted the word, licking his lips. "Aye! That is indeed what I want. But the only freedom that I need now is to leave this place. You can forget about the Compass, my friend."
For Kai to bring the Compass back to Jack Sparrow already said that he knew about the Compass' specialty.
Jack Sparrow was shrewd enough to see through it, but Kai had no intention of hiding it, to begin with.
Only the greed of even greater power could force Jack Sparrow to even consider trading the Compass, for no one wanted to go through the wrath of betrayal.
Much less needed to be said about one of the Luckiest beings in the Multiverse.
Yet, Kai also knew that Jack Sparrow had indeed bartered the Compass in the future part of the main storyline.
Even if he had done so in a drunken stupor, there was no changing the fact, either.
Kai smiled. "Won't you even hear what I have to offer, eh?" he asked, glancing at the other box. "I am asking for much, but I am giving you even more in return."
Jack Sparrow played with his ear for a while, showing no interest, and then said, "Let's hear it."