Wasted potential?

I guess the story might be wrapping itself up after all (but considering how may times I seem to be saying that, I just don't know any more, and I think I'll stop saying it).  With the appearance of King, I thought that maybe we were about to be introduced to some interesting new twist, but it would seem that he just showed up to show that he doesn't really have any purpose after all.  (In fact, if things don't change pretty quick here, I'm going to have to say that he's like the Darth Maul of this story.  He might be cool, but he doesn't say much, is underutilized, and before you know it, he's gone.)  Though, if he is actually in charge, why is this the first that we're hearing from him?  What about Ace?  Where does he fit in all of this?  If I were Tracy, I wouldn't trust the guy, though, especially after he just happened to mention that he runs a cartel (which, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is, among other things, "a combination of independent commercial or industrial enterprises designed to limit competition or fix prices."  Yeah, that sounds real legal.  Must be why a lot of the ones you hear about involve drugs.).  I mean, he could be on the up and up, but it's also possible that the wily old King here is trying to distance himself from Jack, confident that any evidence of a connection between the two will go unnoticed or has been already destroyed.  I'd keep an eye on him Tracy.  He could be trouble.  (Better make it two.)