Thud! Thud! Thud!
A Navy officer hurried up to the execution platform. His hurried footsteps made his panic plain to see.
"Reporting, Fleet Admiral!"
He stopped behind Sengoku and saluted. Before Sengoku could turn around, the officer urgently reported, "There's trouble at Impel Down, Fleet Admiral! It's Blackbeard Teach!"
"What happened?!" Sengoku demanded sharply.
How could there be even more bad news?!
He'd gathered these Shichibukai for the war, but one after another, they were just sitting on their hands.
Blackbeard had even disappeared right before the battle, and now he'd pulled this stunt!
Sengoku's face darkened as anger surged through him.
Damn pirates. Not one of them could be trusted!
Still shaken, the Navy officer continued relaying the report from Impel Down.
"Teach, who had gone missing, led his entire crew in an attack on the underwater prison! Impel Down is in total chaos. All the notorious criminals on Level Six have been released, including Shiryu of the Rain, Sanjuan Wolf..."
As the officer continued his report, Sengoku's expression grew darker and darker.
He'd taken so many people with him out of Impel Down!
"Teach!"
Sengoku ground the name out through clenched teeth, his eyes hard with fury. "At a time like this!"
Looking out over the smoke-filled battlefield, Sengoku felt his nerves fraying even more.
Since the war had started, he hadn't heard a single piece of good news!
There had still been no sign of Akainu's attempt to turn Squid-Ink against Whitebeard.
A whole bunch of strange, mutated beasts had appeared on the battlefield, throwing off his estimate of Whitebeard's forces.
And now Impel Down had suffered a major disaster!
Rumble!
A mass of dark clouds covered the sky. A bolt of lightning cracked overhead, illuminating Sengoku's grim face.
If those vicious criminals on Level Six escaped,