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"Whether you get to drink fine wine or not... depends on your own abilities!" Arthur said with a smile, walking step by step toward Vasco Shot.
The razor-sharp lightning sword sliced through the iron bars and then cut the shackle on his leg in two.
Free again. Vasco Shot was finally overcome with excitement. He desperately wanted to walk out of Impel Down and drink to his heart's content, but reason suppressed his desire. He hadn't forgotten who had set him free.
"CAPTAIN ARTHUR!" Shot stretched his muscles and bones, very consciously moving to stand behind Arthur.
"Hmph."
Nodding in satisfaction, Arthur flipped his hand, and a flask of wine suddenly appeared in his palm. He tossed it to Shot.
"This is—!!" Vasco Shot was ecstatic. He didn't care where Arthur had gotten it from. He immediately pulled the cork and tilted his head back for a long drink.
To be freed one moment and drinking fine wine the next—for him, there was nothing more perfect.
"Hey, kid! Let us out!"
"Did you hear me, you bastard??"
Seeing their fellow inmate Vasco Shot freed, everyone else lost their composure.
"Gulp, gulp, gulp!"
After downing the entire flask in one go, Shot finally recovered from his alcohol craving. He stuck out his tongue and listened to the group of prisoners shouting nonsense.
A fierce light glinted in his eyes. He quickly walked to the cell door, reached his large hand through the bars, and grabbed the neck of a prisoner who had been insulting Arthur.
"Is that really the attitude you want to have while you're begging for help??"
"CRACK!!"
A crisp sound echoed as the prisoner's neck was brutally snapped by Shot.
The Freezing Hell fell silent in an instant. Only the howls of wolves echoed from the distant frozen forest.
"Shot, let's go." Arthur didn't even want to give these fools, who still didn't understand their own situation, a second glance.
"Hmph!" Vasco Shot grunted coldly and followed closely behind Arthur.
"Wait, Arthur! If he can submit to you, so can I..."
Their desperate roars followed from behind, but Arthur couldn't be bothered with them, leading Shot into the deep, long corridor.
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Between the fifth level, the Freezing Hell, and the sixth level, Eternal Hell, the walls were incredibly thick.
This floor was so thick that the future Newkama King, Ivankov, could build a "Newkama Kingdom" within it, naming it Level 5.5.
This alone showed how deep it was.
After all, the level below housed great pirates whose evil was legendary throughout history. No amount of security was too much.
At this moment, Eternal Hell was much noisier than usual. Roger had just been taken away, and the shock of his departure had yet to fade...
"I can't believe even a great man like Roger was captured by the Marines. Is there any hope left for pirates in the New World?"
"Bararararara! You all underestimate Whitebeard, the Golden Lion, and the Red Count too much. With those monsters guarding the New World, there's absolutely no way anything will happen to the pirates!" Byrnndi World, long since freed from his ice, laughed heartily.
He was once one of the great pirates who roamed the New World, and he had a crystal-clear understanding of the terrifying power of those men.
"Damn it, meow! The one and only Pirate King got himself arrested! That's the funniest joke on the seven seas. If I hadn't been defeated, I'd be in the New World by now, meow!" The "Corrupt King" Avalo Pizarro slammed his fist on the ground in frustration, his chains rattling loudly.
"Murufufufufu! Pizarro, I heard you were also defeated by 'Thunder God' Arthur before the Marines arrested you?" The "Crescent Moon Hunter" Catarina Devon's face held a helpless smile.
Back on the Sabaody Archipelago, she had been defeated by Arthur in an instant. That moment had left an indelible shadow of Arthur's unstoppable power in her heart. The gap between them was so vast it was despairing.
It had been over a year, and she still hadn't recovered... Every time she thought of Arthur, she would remember that dazzling, brilliant lightning.
"You know, Arthur escaped from here too. Maybe we can do it as well!"
"Bararararara! Still daydreaming? Arthur was able to escape because someone helped him. Otherwise, who could leave this hellhole!" Byrnndi World knew exactly how Arthur had escaped.
That night, he had personally witnessed Arthur saw through his Seastone handcuffs with a small saw.
In a corner of Eternal Hell, Shiryu sat silently, listening to them talk.
'Captain Arthur... My deepest apologies. I have broken my promise to you.'
Shiryu leaned against the wall, muttering to himself indifferently.
"By the way, what was that tremor just now? Is someone attacking Impel Down?"
"Don't overthink it. Who would dare attack this place? It's probably just the Sea Kings outside getting restless and ramming the prison," someone said with a resigned smile.
This place... they would probably never leave it until the day they died.
"Da da da da!!"
Just as Eternal Hell fell quiet, the sound of footsteps, one after the other, came from the corridor.
"Mealtime? It's not that time yet!"
"Hehehehe, couldn't it be a new companion arriving?"
They joked with each other, all looking towards the corridor with anticipation.
The first thing that came into view was a pair of beast-hide boots, followed by a tall, straight figure of about six and a half feet. His face was handsome, his expression indifferent, and his every movement was filled with a proud, domineering air. He wore a white shirt and a blue greatcoat.
And behind this figure followed an ugly man, carrying a wine gourd, dressed in a prison uniform.
"SEABURY D. ARTHUR!!" Catarina Devon shrieked when she saw Arthur, her eyes wide to their absolute limit.
She would never forget this indifferent face, this god-like demeanor that looked down on everything, this proud and domineering man who had severely injured her in an instant.
"'Thunder God' Arthur, meow?" The Corrupt King Avalo Pizarro's eyes also bulged with rage.
The entire prison came alive with Arthur's arrival... The World Destroyer, Byrnndi World, however, fell silent.
"Arthur, what are you doing back here?"
"Are you planning to save us??"
Arthur ignored their shouts, walking straight to Shiryu's cell. He raised his hand and violently broke open the cell door, then cut the chains. A smile appeared on his cold face.
"Shiryu... you look a little rough."
"You honor me with your presence, Captain," Shiryu said, slowly getting to his feet. His body, taller than Arthur's, seemed somewhat weak.
It was the result of the slow-acting poison. He would be back to normal in a day or two.
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