The weather was clear, and the sky was cloudless.
Upon the sparkling sea, a prison ship specially tasked with transporting pirates was riding the undersea currents through this stretch of sea, rapidly sailing toward Impel Down.
"Everyone, stay alert. Don't think we're safe just because we're in the Vortex Triangle Sea Area.
This time, we're escorting the son of Yonko Big Mom!
No one let their guard down. Keep a close watch on the surrounding waters!"
On the prison ship's deck, a bearded Marine officer gripped a pair of binoculars and solemnly issued vigilance orders to the surrounding Marine soldiers.
"Yes, Major General Garog. We'll stay alert."
Perhaps because they were escorting the son of a Yonko, everyone aboard the ship, from top to bottom, was filled with tension.
After all, Yonkos could not be judged by normal standards.
Everything that had happened during the Summit War was still fresh in everyone's minds!
No one knew whether Charlotte Linlin would make a choice as insane as Whitebeard's for the sake of her biological son.
Though her image upon the seas was one of unmatched brutality and ruthlessness, what if she really did make the same choice as Whitebeard?
So, being tense and remaining vigilant were only natural. Even though the chances of Big Mom coming to rescue her son were so low they could practically be ignored.
Beside the endless dark-blue sea, a fully armed warship closely followed the prison ship.
The people aboard the warship were likewise fully armed. Countless soldiers tightly gripped their weapons, vigilantly watching the surrounding waters.
This sort of arrangement had become standard when escorting criminals, and the World Government had adopted it because—
Blackbeard had once used a World Government warship to break into Impel Down, the world's greatest prison, causing enormous losses to