Shaya: I'm Not Just Killing Them, I'm Destroying Their Minds

Impel Down.

Known as the Deep Sea Prison, Impel Down, the little-known Sixth Level.

With the sound of gears turning, several men in Marine uniforms slowly emerged from the artificial transport ladder…

"Heh, damn Marines..."

As these Marines stepped into the Sixth Level, where countless legends converged…

Fierce gazes, carrying powerful Haki, converged on the figure who had arrived at LEVEL6…

An ordinary person would likely have been so terrified by the gazes of these criminals that they would have fainted on the spot.

After all, to enter LEVEL6, one's bounty must be at least 100 million! And not just any 100 million bounty pirate! Those who hadn't entered the New World, even the Supernovas who were famous throughout the Four Seas and Paradise, were not qualified to be here~

Yes, the prisoners confined here were those who had bid farewell to the Great Route's first half, known as Paradise. They had used various means to evade the World Government's blockade, either passing through the Red Line from the seabed via the bubbles of Sabaody Archipelago after coating, or by sheer willpower climbing over the Red Line to reach the New World's monsters…

Because the criminals here were too heinous, even the World Government wished to completely erase them from the history of their rule over the world. Thus, under government interference, ordinary people didn't even know of the Sixth Level's existence.

Simultaneously, because most of the prisoners on this level had committed acts that challenged the limits of human morality, their cruelty was such that ordinary citizens would feel uncomfortable just hearing about it, making it impossible to even report on normally! Therefore, most of the criminals confined here were beings forgotten by the world…

However, in this prison full of legends.

The man with the golden-yellow long hair was also a special case!

He was not confined with any other prisoners but was held alone in a spacious cell on the Sixth Level. Although his hands and feet were immobilized, he was still bound by chains made of high-purity Seastone by the jailers…

At the same time, jailers would patrol and guard the man's side for nearly twenty-four hours! Fearing that the man, bound like a pretzel, could still do something…

And this man, who made everyone in the prison, including the warden, so tense, had an incredibly resounding title: Admiral of the Flying Pirates, 'Golden Lion' Shiki.

A monster once on par with Pirate King Roger and Whitebeard Newgate…

Ever since Shiki, single-handedly, attacked Marine Headquarters and demanded the corpse of Pirate King Gol D. Roger from Hero of the Marines Garp and the "War Genius" Sengoku…

He was captured by the combined efforts of Garp and Sengoku, beaten bloody, and imprisoned in this dark cell.

In the following days, Shiki had been contemplating the reasons for his failure…

"Shiki, I've come to see you..."

Just as Shiki was deep in thought, a loud and boisterous voice suddenly echoed in his ears, interrupting his future musings.

"It's you! Garp..."

Shiki didn't bother to look at the speaker. Just hearing the other person's noisy voice was enough to recognize his identity. If he searched the entire world, the only guy whose voice alone could make him feel disgusted was that scoundrel Garp.

"What the hell do you want with me? Get lost..."

Shiki closed his eyes, too lazy to look at Garp.

"Shiki, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear?"

Garp asked with a smile, looking at Shiki in the cell.

"Let's hear the good news first!"

Shiki slowly opened his eyes at the words and said coldly.

"The good news is, you'll be out of this damn prison soon..."

Garp replied truthfully.

"And the bad news?"

Shiki continued to ask.

"The bad news is, the World Government has decided to publicly execute you at Marine Headquarters, Marineford, in a week..."

Garp said with a smile, looking at Shiki: "You're going to die soon, old lion! A man who lived so dissolutely, only to end up executed. Was this life truly worth it?"

"You're saying the World Government decided to publicly execute me at Marine Headquarters, Marineford, in a week?! Hahahaha..."

Upon hearing Garp's words, Shiki suddenly burst into laughter. His chest heaved, and his body began to writhe with the movement of his chest. However, as Shiki moved, the chains on him tightened, emitting a 'clack, clack, clack' sound.

"Hey! Shiki, no funny business..."

As the chains on Shiki began to rattle, the jailers' faces showed panic. They grabbed their weapons, aimed them at Shiki, and roared.

"Don't worry! With me here, nothing will happen."

Garp waved his hand at the jailers beside him. In Shiki's current exhausted state, even if he broke free, he wouldn't be at full strength, and his opponents…

"Garp, what are you talking about?"

"How is this good news and bad news?!"

"This is clearly two pieces of good news!"

"Look, Roger has been placed on the throne of Pirate King by his followers..."

"In the end, he could only die in the weakest East Blue!"

"I died at Marine Headquarters! This life, it's not bad..."

Shiki's expression was filled with openness.

"Sometimes I think to myself!"

"For the first half of my life, I was in the Rocks Pirates, suppressed by those two old ghosts, Rocks and Whitebeard! After the battle at God Valley, Rocks was taken down by you and Roger, the Rocks Pirates completely collapsed, and I went solo, only to keep losing to Roger for another half of my life..."

"I kept thinking, why have I been losing my whole life? Even during the Battle of Edd War, I had the advantage, surrounding Roger's little broken ship with hundreds of warships, and was about to sink the Roger Pirates, but then fate played a trick on me..."

"Can you imagine? The weather was fine, clear skies, and suddenly a storm hit! The storm was more exaggerated than Newgate's Sea Quake! Hundreds of my warships were annihilated in an instant, and that bastard Roger was completely unharmed..."

Shiki let out a maniacal laugh as he finished speaking.

"Hahahaha..."

"I've lost my whole life! Finally, I've won once!"

"As a pirate, to have my funeral held at Marine Headquarters, this is the highest level of treatment, something no one else can enjoy..."

"Even that old scoundrel Rocks couldn't enjoy this!"

"My life has no regrets..."

Shiki lay lazily in his cell, a smile and a flush on his face, as if he had just experienced the peak of happiness and entered a state of post-coital clarity.

"Heh heh..."

In response, Garp simply chuckled and then signaled for the guards to open the cell door.

"Click~"

With a soft sound, the cell door opened.

"This is from a certain kid, he asked me to give it to you..."

"He said it's a farewell gift for your legendary life..."

Garp said, taking a special-grade cigar from Mary Geoise from a CP0 agent in a white suit standing beside him, lighting it, and then stuffing it into Shiki's mouth.

"Inhale, exhale~"

Shiki held the cigar Garp handed him in his mouth, his eyes narrowing in enjoyment. After taking a deep drag, he slowly exhaled and said comfortably, "Strong stuff, that hits the spot!"

"For you, that old scoundrel, to personally come all the way here to tell me the execution news and give me this level of cigar, what kind of identity does that kid have?"

Shiki asked Garp, his mouth full of cigar.

"A Celestial Dragon..."

Garp replied truthfully.

"As expected..."

Shiki nodded slightly upon hearing this.

"Roger's corpse is in his hands."

Garp continued.

"Oh? So that kid wants my corpse too?"

Shiki frowned, taking two more strong drags of the cigar.

Then, Shiki mockingly said, "Trading a legendary pirate's corpse for a mere cigar, that kid really knows how to do business."

"Let him tell you himself whether he knows how to do business!"

Garp said, placing a Den Den Mushi in front of Shiki.

"Hmm?"

Shiki looked at the small Den Den Mushi in front of him, which had a bubble on its head, was wearing a mini Celestial Dragon outfit, and had short red hair. He frowned slightly, feeling that he had seen this Den Den Mushi's appearance somewhere before, but time seemed to have passed too long, or perhaps the ship's helm stuck in his head was too deep, and he couldn't quite recall.

"Brrr brrr brrr..."

"Click~"

Just as Shiki was wondering, the Den Den Mushi rang on its own and was then answered by Garp outside the cell.

"Hahaha, I assume Lord Shiki has received the cigar I sent!"

"Speaking of which, I truly regret not being able to personally witness the legendary Admiral of the Flying Pirates before your execution!"

"If the weather hadn't been against you during the Battle of Edd War, I'm sure the outcome would be different now..."

Shaya's voice came from the Den Den Mushi, starting with some pleasantries.

"Enough with the pleasantries, kid! Spit it out..."

Shiki seemed too lazy to waste words with Shaya. He was about to die, and being a person with nothing to lose, he feared nothing.

"Hey! Golden Lion Shiki, as a legendary pirate, are you truly content to die like this?"

Shaya, sitting in Mary Geoise and holding the Den Den Mushi, asked Golden Lion.

"What? Are you planning to spare my life?"

Shiki asked after hearing Shaya's words.

"If you are willing to work for me, I can naturally spare your life..."

Shaya answered truthfully.

"Dream on, you punk!"

"Do you think I'm that old bastard Garp?"

"I'd rather die than be a dog for the Celestial Dragons!"

Upon hearing Shaya's words, Shiki became enraged and roared into the Den Den Mushi.

"Hahahaha, that puts my mind at ease!"

Shaya, hearing Shiki's words, laughed instead of getting angry.

"What are you going to do?"

Shiki was stunned and asked into the Den Den Mushi.

"Regarding your public execution, I've already used the World Economic Journal to broadcast this news to the entire world. I specifically notified your Flying Pirates subordinates..."

"Do you think your subordinates will come to Marine Headquarters to save you on the day of your execution?! How many pirates will end up dying because of you then? Hahaha..."

Shaya's voice was low as he chuckled softly at Shiki.

"After Roger died, you came to Marine Headquarters alone specifically to distance yourself from your pirate crew, didn't you? It seems you truly value your subordinates. Your subordinates must be living quite well with a captain like you, right? They must care about you a lot, right? But I have no intention of letting you have your way, Shiki! You can just enjoy the sight of your subordinates dying in battle before you do!"

After speaking, Shaya hung up the Den Den Mushi himself.

That Golden Lion Shiki actually said he wouldn't become a Celestial Dragon's dog even if he died?

This is too interesting. It seems that after Shiki dies, I'll have to use his Lineage Factor to create more Seraphim! I'll specifically chain them at the entrance of the Figarland family's mansion in Mary Geoise to bark like dogs...

Meanwhile.

"Bastard!"

Inside the prison, Shiki bit his cigar in half.

Shaya's words were truly lethal, striking at the heart...

This caused Shiki, whose mind was already unstable, to have bloodshot eyes.

Following this.

As the news of Shiki's impending public execution spread across the world!

The pirates who were originally under the Flying Pirates were all shaken!

Shiki himself had always commanded respect through his 'righteousness' on the seas!

Now, Shiki was facing public execution by the World Government...

If these pirates, who were once protected by Shiki, did nothing about this, they would be branded as disloyal and unrighteous, and they would have no place on the seas anymore.

In an instant, the crew members of the Flying Pirates began rushing around to rescue Shiki.

New World, Whole Cake Island.

"MAMA, MAMA..."

"You're saying I should go save that idiot Shiki? What a joke!"

"That old bastard should have died long ago..."

Charlotte Linlin, a former member of the Rocks Pirates, dismissed the request from the Flying Pirates with disdain.

Meanwhile, on the Moby Dick.

"Save Shiki? Gura gura gura..."

"Shiki? Is he my son? Why should I save him?"

"You brats from the Flying Pirates, go back and tell your captain Shiki that if he's willing to be my son, I might consider saving him from Marine Headquarters!"

"Gura gura gura..."

Whitebeard Edward Newgate, known as 'The Strongest Man in the World,' laughed heartily after receiving the request from Shiki's crew.

"Hahaha, Pops is joking again..."

Newgate's words were met with laughter from his many sons.

Hachinosu Island.

"Huh? Save Shiki? Are you kidding me?"

"Instead of saving Shiki, I'd rather spend my time looking for the treasure John left behind! Alright, get lost! Don't be an eyesore here..."

The great Pirate King leaned back on his throne and snorted.

Wano Country.

Without the help of their captain Shiki, these leaderless pirates of the Flying Pirates could no longer fly. They couldn't scale the steep cliffs.

Regrettably, despite the Flying Pirates' best efforts...

None of these great pirates, who were once members of the Rocks Pirates alongside Golden Lion Shiki and could make Marine Headquarters sweat just by gathering, were willing to lend a hand to these remnants of the Flying Pirates. After all, Golden Lion's reputation was truly terrible...

And so, time flew by...

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of Shiki's execution.

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