Shiki: Rayleigh? I Never Expected You to Be the Most Loyal to Me!

The South Calm Belt, Impel Down, Impel Down.

On the fourth floor, in Magellan's office, Magellan was signing a document.

"Get the headcount done as soon as possible and get them all on the escort ship. I already reached an agreement with Vice Admiral Ortolan, the base commander of G-5, that we can increase the frequency a bit in the future..." Magellan tossed the document to Hannyabal, who was standing at the table.

Just as Hannyabal was about to say something, the Den Den Mushi) on Magellan's desk, which was wearing a gas mask, suddenly rang.

This surprised Hannyabal. As far as he knew, his chief was a complete shut-in with no social life. His greatest pleasure every day was sitting on the toilet to release his stress. In all these years, if he remembered correctly, this was the first time he had ever seen anyone call his chief's personal Den Den Mushi.

Magellan was also somewhat surprised. He had kept this personal Den Den Mushi on his desk as a decoration for a very long time, without ever using it for anything real.

After a brief moment of surprise, Magellan raised an eyebrow and said, "It's Vice Admiral Ortolan. It seems the secret operation of Division II is about to begin!"

Without any delay, Magellan quickly answered the Den Den Mushi. Listening to the voice on the other end, Magellan replied seriously, "Start immediately? I understand. It's all according to the plan I gave you, right? Okay, we'll cooperate."

Then, Magellan hung up the Den Den Mushi and looked at Hannyabal, saying, "The matter I discussed with you last time is about to begin. You open the passageway over the grain warehouse, then disperse the guards around there. After the incident on the third floor, conduct a token resistance to guide them to escape from the third floor..."

"Yes, Director!" Hannyabal immediately and excitedly agreed.

Magellan looked at Hannyabal with some surprise and asked, "Why are you so excited?"

"Once this matter is over, as the warden of the prison, you will definitely be held accountable, and may even be demoted. Then wouldn't I become the warden?!" Hannyabal said excitedly.

However, after he finished speaking, he suddenly realized what he had said and looked at Magellan awkwardly, speechless for a moment.

Magellan took a deep breath. He already knew Hannyabal was watching his position, so he didn't mind and waved his hand, saying, "Let's get to work!"

Meanwhile, deep in the ocean, Fisher Tiger and Rayleigh were at the fourth depth of Impel Down, looking at the thickly closed passageway door in front of them. Through their eye contact, they could both tell that the other was getting impatient.

Fisher Tiger hoped things could be resolved quickly so that Mary Geoise could be set on fire.

For Rayleigh, if the door wasn't opened soon, he was going to drown in the sea!

Rayleigh even felt a bit like drawing his sword.

Just then, the tightly closed passage door opened, and seawater rushed in instantly. Rayleigh and Fisher Tiger did not hesitate and plunged in.

As soon as they entered, the door closed again, isolating them from the outside sea. Judging from the current situation, Rayleigh and Fisher Tiger were like fish in a fish tank. Then, the ground beneath their feet opened up again, and all the seawater that had rushed into this enclosed space drained out through the crack.

Only then did Rayleigh let out a long breath and say, "Finally in. It seems Ortolan has indeed made the arrangements..."

He pushed open the door and looked outside. The dark passage was deserted, which was completely contrary to Impel Down's strict security. Rayleigh was not surprised. If Magellan were standing outside and gave him a Poison Dragon or something, that would be really terrible!

This indicates that there was a traitor and a mole in this deal!

Fisher Tiger reached up and swept his wet hair behind his back, looking around curiously. "The Impel Down... I never expected to get in this way. Mr. Rayleigh, let's begin!"

Rayleigh had already taken a sealed waterproof bag from his pocket, then opened it and took out a map of Impel Down. After examining it for a moment, he said, "It's over here, follow me..."

Soon, the two passed through the passage and arrived at the fourth level of space, the scorching hot fourth level of Blazing Hell. There were no guards or jailers around, just as if Impel Down were unattended.

Rayleigh didn't stand on ceremony. He led Fisher Tiger through a maze of twists and turns to an elevator. The two quickly boarded the elevator and pressed the button to go to the third floor, Infinite Hell.

Meanwhile, in the monitoring room, Magellan saw Rayleigh and Fisher Tiger enter the elevator and wondered why Pluton Silvers Rayleigh would be here, and whether he was part of the plan.

Despite his doubts, Magellan did not intend to interfere recklessly. After watching them press the button for the third floor, he said softly, "Continue with the next step of the plan and give Shiki a hint."

Hannyabal immediately nodded and pressed the alarm button on the table. Instantly, alarms blared throughout Impel Down!

The guards at Impel Down were completely dumbfounded. What was going on? They hadn't been given any prior notice of the exercise. Could someone have actually escaped?!

No one dared to delay anything, and all the prison guards quickly went to their posts to prepare, following the arrangements made in previous drills.

But why did Magellan allow Ortolan and his men to enter from the fourth level?

Firstly, there was a convenient entrance on the fourth floor; secondly, there were very few jailers after that!

Magellan had already cleared out most of the guards on the fourth level, leaving only his own people who were part of the plan. The fifth level, the Freezing Hell, had no guards; it was a space for people to live and die on their own. On the third level, only a few Jailer Beasts were on patrol duty. If Rayleigh and his crew couldn't handle this small problem, they shouldn't even bother with any escape attempts!

The current situation is that the upper three levels of Impel Down heavily guarded, with all personnel on duty and armed, just waiting for the enemy to show their faces, while the lower three levels are almost unguarded, just waiting to be broken into.

The alarm blared, and it wasn't just the jailers who heard it; the prisoners in their cells on every floor also heard it.

At this moment, in a cell within the third layer of Infinite Hell, Shiki lay numbly on the cold, damp floor, his hands, feet, and neck all bound by Seastone shackles, his eyes lifeless.

Even when the alarm rang, he remained motionless, as if his body was there but his soul had left.

But the next second, he seemed to hear a faint sound... The elevator on this floor was coming down!?

This made Shiki's eyes light up instantly. Could it be that someone had broken into the third floor?

Whoever it was, Shiki felt this was a chance worth trying. As long as he could get out of this cage, as long as he could unlock the Seastone shackles on his body, he could take away the whole of Impel Down, let alone escape!

The noisy, chaotic footsteps rapidly approached, which only fueled Shiki's excitement. It felt like they were coming straight for him!

In this area of the third floor, it seems like I'm the only prisoner.

Thinking this, Shiki excitedly shouted towards the outside of the cage, "Who? Is that Rengar? I knew you wouldn't abandon me... I'm here!!!"

Rengar was Shiki's most loyal subordinate, and who knows, he might be the one who came to save him!

"You old bastard, where are you?" A voice echoed from the darkness.

Shiki recognized the voice, but for a moment he couldn't place where he had heard it before.

Just as he was trying to think about this, two figures emerged from the darkness. One was a tall Fish-Man Shiki did not recognize, while the other was someone he could never forget!

"Rayleigh!??" Shiki stared at Rayleigh in shock, completely baffled.

Could it be that you are the most loyal person to me?! This can't be right.

Rayleigh grinned, a bright smile spreading across his face. "Long time no see, Shiki. Surprised to see me in this godforsaken place? Unexpected, aren't you?"

Shiki frowned and looked at Rayleigh suspiciously, asking, "What are you doing here?"

"Need you even ask? I'll get you out of here!" Rayleigh immediately replied.

"Rescue me? I don't remember when our relationship became so good..." Shiki said warily.

"I need you to do me a small favor after you're here. Alright, don't waste any more time. This is Impel Down, not some place for reminiscing. Give me a straight answer: do you want to come out or not? If you think this place is suitable for retirement and you don't want to move around anymore, then I won't waste any more words and will leave now!" Rayleigh said impatiently.

Although Shiki was filled with doubts, he would never give up the opportunity presented to him. Perhaps there was some conspiracy involved, but Rayleigh had come to save him, so there must be something he could do for him. That was enough. If things weren't too troublesome after he was rescued, he could repay Rayleigh's kindness. But if it was too troublesome, Shiki wasn't a saint, and he could easily turn his back on him!

Surely it wasn't to rescue me from the assassination plot?

Isn't that a sign of illness?

Therefore, theoretically, it's impossible for a situation worse than this in Impel Down. So, Shiki said, "Although I don't know what you want me to do for you, I agree. Let me out now!"