Roy's Temptation

In fact, the Whitebeard Pirates had rather complex feelings about Nightmare. Although Nightmare had fought with their Old Man three years ago and even took away the ownership of Fish-Man Island from their Whitebeard Pirates, he still delivered the "medicine" called S-3 every month as promised, which saved their Old Man from the torment of illness and pain.

From this perspective, the Whitebeard Pirates are still willing to accept his kindness, but this does not mean that he can trample on the dignity of the Whitebeard Pirates at will. Since he dared to secretly attack Captain Ace, he must pay the price.

"Don't be so nervous. I just sealed away a memory in his mind that was related to me," Roy said with a shrug.

Everyone gasped in astonishment. The idea of sealing memories was truly chilling; if he could also alter those memories, it would be even more terrifying...

"Sealing memories? Only you could come up with such a method!" Whitebeard snorted coldly, clearly annoyed.

"There's nothing I can do. Captain Ace was so convinced that I would control his body to assassinate you. I had no choice but to seal that memory of his."

"Furthermore, to put it bluntly, if I really had that intention, with Ace's strength, there would be no way he could have discovered my actions."

Ace's expression froze for a moment. It seemed true. If Nightmare really intended to control his body to assassinate his Old Man, there was indeed no need for him to show up in Impel Down.

"So, what is your purpose in appearing in Impel Down...?"

Sengoku was thoroughly enjoying the show, practically sitting on a stool eating sunflower seeds, but he was completely dumbfounded when he heard Ace ask that question. The plot seemed to be developing in a way that wasn't what he expected!

"Wait, could it be that the reason Ace was so listless, as mentioned in the report, was because of the sealed memories? Does that mean that Nightmare once reached Level 6 of Impel Down? And could it be that these fugitives appearing on the battlefield were released by him?" Sengoku felt that this time it was his turn to have a splitting headache.

"Then it's not really your concern." Roy sighed. As expected, he had been exposed. But it didn't matter. Judging by the time, his strongest clone should be heading to the battlefield soon.

"Nightmare, shouldn't you explain to us why you're in Impel Down? Answer me!" Sengoku roared furiously.

"It's obvious that a pirate has deliberately appeared in Impel Down. Do I need to say more about his purpose? If you go to Impel Down now, you might be able to save a few people."

"Hiss!" The entire world was shocked by Roy's words. What did he mean by releasing death row inmates and openly provoking the World Government, especially in front of countless powerful figures from the Marine Headquarters? Was he really insane?

"Is Impel Down... the Impel Down Great Prison that holds all the world's most vicious thugs and is known as an impregnable fortress?"

"According to rumors, only the great pirate Shiki the Golden Lion from twenty years ago successfully escaped from Impel Down, and all the others failed without exception. Does Nightmare mean that he directly breached Impel Down?"

"Is this the Nightmare? As expected of a great pirate, he has accomplished a feat that no one has dared to challenge for countless years!"

"What? Does that mean countless great pirates will once again flood the Grand Line and the Four Seas? What will we do then? There's no safe place in the world anymore!"

Luffy, who had been in a daze ever since Roy appeared, finally snapped, yelling, "Nightmare, give me back my Zoro, Sanji, and the others!"

Marco, standing to the side, held him down firmly. He couldn't bear to watch the man who had saved Ace go to his death, for both moral and moral reasons. "Calm down! You'll die if you face a monster like this!"

"How can I stay calm about something like this? I must..." Luffy's words were cut short as Ace knocked him unconscious with a chop to the neck.

"I'm sorry, Luffy, but this time it's different from Alabasta. Facing a true Nightmare will make you feel despair!"

"Aokiji, destroy all the Den Den Mushi!" Sengoku decisively ordered, realizing the upheaval Roy's words would cause in the world.

"Ice Age!" Aokiji knew the situation was urgent, so he instantly froze the sea, destroying all the Den Den Mushi. Then, he looked at the last Den Den Den Mushi in Buggy's hand with a cold gaze.

"Wait... wait a minute!" Buggy, stared at by the legendary Marine Admiral, instantly turned pale and his legs were shaking uncontrollably.

"As expected of Captain Buggy, he was so excited that he trembled when facing the Marine Headquarters' top combat force. Only an opponent like this could make him take it seriously!" The brainwashed fan Buggy rescued from Impel Down looked at him with infinite admiration.

"Two-Thorn Spear!"

"Tremor Blade - Jade Destruction!"

As the ice spear thrown by the Marine Admiral shattered before his eyes, beads of sweat the size of beans dripped from his forehead, and tears welled up in Buggy's eyes. He felt that this was the closest he had ever come to death.

"Captain Buggy didn't dodge or evade at all. He truly has the demeanor of Admiral. It seems he knew all along that Whitebeard would intervene and block this attack. Hmm, could this be the Observation Haki achieved through the ultimate development of Future Sight?"

Even Roy was speechless. God Future Sight! It was obvious that Buggy couldn't react in time; Aokiji's attack speed far exceeded his visual senses.

"Whitebeard, do you still have the mind to think about others? Great Eruption!" Akainu's punch, as explosive as magma, came suddenly.

"Kurarararar, what I do is none of your Marine Vice Admiral!" Whitebeard knew that rescuing Ace didn't mean the end of the war. On the contrary, the Navy would fight with all its might to save face, making this the closest they were to victory and also the most dangerous moment. Therefore, he was happy to do anything that could cause trouble for the Navy.

Upon hearing Whitebeard's mockery, Akainu's face darkened. For a proud man like him, being stripped to the ground was undoubtedly the darkest journey of his life. Chaton, on the other hand, felt a perverse pleasure. Damn it, finally someone else got to enjoy the same treatment as me.

Perhaps realizing that the misunderstanding between Nightmare and Whitebeard had been resolved and that a battle would not occur, the group of marines quietly moved forward again to surround them.

Buggy now only regrets his own stubbornness; in this situation, it would have been better if he had just passed out. Judging from the Navy's posture, they were actually going to treat him as someone on par with Whitebeard and attack him.

Good heavens! Such a powerful lineup is actually ganging up on a nobody with a 15 million Beli bounty? This is too much!

"What is this?" Whitebeard nimbly caught the potion Roy threw at him, asking with confusion, "S-3?"

In this situation, even the "S-3" drug wouldn't be of any help.

"This is the newly developed S-4 drug. For you, it is both a miracle drug and a poison! It can instantly restore your physical functions to their peak state, which means that it can give you the most powerful combat strength of your life. But the price is that, regardless of whether you fight or not, you will only have one hour of lifespan!"