The two shots fired at Impel Down earlier.
One landed in front of the entrance to Impel Down.
The other pierced through the aboveground buildings of Impel Down before finally striking the floor of the prison's first underground level.
That was the bullet hole at Maud's feet.
Both shots carried Shadow Marks.
Therefore, Maud only needed to use Shadow Shift to arrive at the first underground level of Impel Down in an instant.
The reason he had not used it immediately was that the Red-Haired Pirates, who could help share the pressure, had not yet arrived.
As for whether the Navy's top fighters would pursue him after he entered the prison, Maud was not particularly worried.
When it came to the prison's terrain, Maud had the advantage.
Maud surveyed his surroundings.
At the edge of his vision stood rows of cells built from brick and stone.
Every cell was devoid of any light source, hidden in the darkness.
Although Maud had visited Impel Down once before, he had not lingered on the first level. Instead, he had taken the elevator directly to the Fifth Floor.
"First, I need to find the elevator."
Maud muttered to himself.
According to Rayleigh, Saul was imprisoned in a cell on the Sixth Floor, and he had been locked up with Jinbe.
So there was no need to waste time on the other levels. He only had to find the elevator and go straight to the Sixth Floor.
With his objective clear, Maud strode toward the darkness in the distance.
The sound of his footsteps was magnified to the fullest in the silence, where one could hear a pin drop.
Inside the cells.
Hearing the footsteps, the prisoners crowded around the bars one after another, looking toward the direction of the sound.
When they saw