Amid the rumbling, Impel Down rose from the seabed.
The outer walls, which had soaked beneath the sea for who knew how many years, slowly emerged from the surface, sending up waves of white foam.
As Impel Down gradually rose into the sky, it drew countless eyes at once, like a spotlight.
"Impel Down..."
"It's rising!!!"
"What are the Maud Pirates trying to do?!"
"Are they planning to escape the battlefield like this?!"
Seeing Impel Down float into the sky, the Marines' eyes widened.
Near Impel Down.
Kizaru's gaze sharpened, and yellow light spread along the edges of his body.
Whoosh—!
His body instantly condensed into a beam of light and shot toward Impel Down.
"Could you at least 'pay attention' to us?"
A flash of red light flickered through Shakky's eyes. Her palm, covered in solid Armament Haki, struck the beam of light that Kizaru had transformed into with pinpoint accuracy.
Smack!
Kizaru's form emerged as he used his elbow to block Shakky's Armament Haki-wrapped attack.
At the same time.
The Shadow Clone and Jinbe's attacks arrived one after another.
Kizaru could only shove Shakky away first before becoming locked in battle with Jinbe's Shadow Clone.
He wanted to break free and go to the top of Impel Down to cause trouble for Jaya, but he lacked the strength to do so.
If he only had to deal with Jinbe and the Shadow Clone, he would have a chance to escape after stalling for a while.
But Shakky's involvement had snuffed out the last sliver of possibility that he could break free.
After fighting in this war for so long, Kizaru felt that everything had gone wrong. He was so frustrated that he was holding in a stomachful of anger, yet he had nowhere to vent it.
At the