Down with the World Government! Bring Back Fleet Admiral Longinus!

Impel Down, first floor above the sea.

The jailers stood listlessly, as though they had lost their souls.

After a long silence in that deathly, oppressive atmosphere, someone finally asked hoarsely, "Are we really on the side of justice?"

A jailer beside him sighed. "Who knows?"

Of all the institutions under the World Government, Impel Down was the most monotonous and tedious. In fact, spending years in such a dark, oppressive environment could easily twist a person's mind.

The two great traitors, Shiryu and King, were the best examples.

As a result, Impel Down's investment in ideological education and psychological treatment was second only to Marine Headquarters.

And precisely because of that, these men, who had always been instilled with ideals of justice, all fell into self-doubt after learning what the World Government had done.

"Fleet Admiral Longinus could never be an evil man!" one jailer shouted despite himself. "I remember it clearly. Two years ago, he risked his life to stop those pirates!"

"Of course he couldn't!" another jailer said heatedly. "Just for stopping those villains, Fleet Admiral Longinus is a hero—a true hero through and through!"

"What you know about was already the second time!" a veteran jailer couldn't help saying. "Twenty-two years ago, when Fleet Admiral Longinus was only a lieutenant colonel, he stood in those pirates' path with his own body, just like he did last time!"

"Twenty-two years ago—" a jailer exclaimed. "Fleet Admiral Longinus must have been nowhere near as strong back then, right?"

"Even if Fleet Admiral Longinus was a genius, how strong could he have been at only fourteen?" The veteran jailer shook his head, then continued passionately, "But his conviction and spirit never changed! By the time we arrived, Fleet Admiral Longinus was already standing among heaps of corpses! Seeing that