"Just grab the lever and pull it down, and you don't have to worry about what happens next."
"Whatever the prisoners choose after they walk out of their cells?"
"Join forces to fight? Or plan an escape? Or something else, it doesn't matter."
Rosen looked at Shiryu, who was holding the lever:
"I will destroy them all here."
"The moment the prisoners of Infinite Hell step out of their cells."
"Leave no one behind."
Rosen's tone was so calm, as if he was narrating an established fact that had already happened in the past — and yet Shiryu chose to believe it.
Even though this kind of thing would have seemed absurd to him in the past, he believed it now.
No.
He should be convinced.
It was not because he was shocked by Rosen's Haki aura, but because of his own personal experience in the past few months.
Every other day, when he saw Rosen, he was shocked to find that the man had made visible improvements.
Shiryu had been experiencing this kind of thing every day for the past few months.
The repetitive and intense shock, like reincarnation, had been deeply engraved in the deepest part of his brain and would be unforgettable for the rest of his life.
"Then please let me see it!"
Shiryu looked at Rosen deeply. He knew that this would be the last battle of this man he saw in Impel Down.
Click
Accompanied by a sound similar to the turning of mechanical gears, he had already pulled down the handle in his hand.
Immediately following—
Ding ding ding
In Infinite Hell, the doors of the cages opened one after another.
Some of the fences popped outward.
Some of the cages rose upwards.
At the same time, all the cell doors opened except for two cells located in the deepest part of Infinite Hell, which even Shiryu had no right to open.
In addition, bunches of keys fell from the air and landed in front of the prisoners in each cell.
Watching the cell that imprisoned him open automatically, and watching the key that could unlock the shackles and fetters that bound his hands and feet appear before him — in the past, any prisoner who encountered such a thing would only be excited and ecstatic, and would then be eager to open the shackles and fetters.
Break out of the cage.
From now on, the sea would be wide enough for fish to leap and the sky high enough for birds to fly.
But what about now?
Faced with the key that was so close and within easy reach, Catarina Devon, Vasco Shot, Avalo Pizarro, and hundreds of other LV6 prisoners did not show any excitement on their faces.
Even a trace of joy could not be found.
Some were just cold and numb.
Yes.
It was just numbness.
In the past few months, they had experienced too many times that their shackles and fetters had been removed and they were released from their cells.
Especially those who were released first, such as Catarina Devon, had experienced it at least seventy or eighty times.
During this time, they tried everything.
Unite to kill Rosen? It was useless.
Send some people to hold Rosen back, and the others to escape? It was useless.
Scatter like birds and beasts, each running in their own direction, trying to muddy the water? Still useless.
No matter how many LV6 prisoners were released, no matter what action plan they chose, whether it was fighting, escaping, or destroying the prison, there was only one result in the end.
That was to become Rosen's training material, be beaten to death, and then be dragged back to their original places by Shiryu like pieces of garbage and thrown back into their own cells.
Some of the more fortunate prisoners may have only experienced being released, knocked down, and put back into the cage once or twice, but they had witnessed this happen many times.
Whether they experienced it personally or witnessed it with their own eyes, the nightmares brought about by Rosen's repeated domination over the past few months had tortured the monsters in Infinite Hell to the point of near collapse.
The cell door opened.
The loosening of shackles and fetters.
For the LV6 prisoners, it was not freedom that was beckoning to them, but endless despair coming again.
"Desperate?"
"That's right, this is the fate you deserve as prisoners."
"Let me share a happy thing with you."
Rosen glanced at the prisoners held in Level 6. They all looked expressionless, as if they had completely lost the will to resist and fight.
So with a few words, he brought life back to their numb expressions, and their eyes revealed resentment and murderous intent.
"As Refining materials, you have completely lost this qualification, so this is the last time."
"Soon, I will put an end to this internship that has lasted for several months, and of course, also put an end to your life as pirates."
"Here, I sincerely invite you gentlemen of Infinite Hell to help me one more time. Use your blood to witness my graduation, and use your bones to pave a path for me to become a Navy."
"I, Rosen, am very grateful!"
As Rosen talked and laughed, every word he uttered was like an indestructible black knife, piercing into the hearts of every prisoner, destroying all their numbness, and igniting all their murderous intent and anger.
However, the tragic defeats of the past few months made them understand that no matter what they did, the result would not change.
Between anger and reason, between murderous intent and reality, their mental will was repeatedly tortured and tormented, and they fell into a state of madness.
I know clearly that it cannot be done, but I cannot remain indifferent.
I know that resistance is pointless, but I can't just sit there and wait for death.
"Rosen!"
Suddenly, no one knew who it was or which prisoner it was, but he let out a hysterical roar, his eyes instantly turning bloodshot, and then he burst out with a powerful Haki, dragging a surging murderous aura, and pounced towards Rosen like a beast at the end of its rope.
His roar and his attack were like knocking down dominoes.
The prisoners, who were initially indifferent, were like wild beasts released from a cage, with a ferocious nature to devour anyone they wanted.
They attacked Rosen without caring about life or death, success or failure.
They only had one thought left, which was to bite off a piece of this man's flesh even if they died.
That's what Catarina Devon thought.
That's what Vasco Shot thought.
Avalo Pizarro thought so too.
All the released prisoners thought the same.
In the past, there were always some prisoners who had ulterior motives and wanted to take advantage of the chaos while others were besieging Rosen to sneak away, but no one thought so now.
Repeated defeats and imprisonment.
Endless torment and torture.
Finally, this group of monsters, so brutal and terrifying that all traces of them were erased from history, were completely united.
"Great look."
"After so many days, I finally saw the monster's eyes."
"Then let's make a final conclusion."
Looking at the Level 6 prisoners that were flying towards him like a pack of wolves — no, like a group of ferocious Sea Kings — Rosen slowly pulled out a Zanpakutō from his waist, then loosened his grip on the hilt and let the Zanpakutō fall straight to the ground.
"Bankai · Senbonzakura Kageyoshi."
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