The cargo had not been strictly inspected, allowing Aokiji to enter Punk Hazard's experimental base without trouble.
After entering the base, Aokiji began his investigation.
Before long, Aokiji found the room where the children were being held.
When the door opened, Aokiji saw the children inside.
The children all had dull eyes, devoid of vitality, like soulless shells.
"Hey."
"Hey."
Aokiji gently patted the children's faces.
Their expressions were stiff, as though they had lost all feeling.
Aokiji guessed that the children had been injected with some kind of drug.
In fact, to keep the children quiet, the laboratory staff had adopted the simplest method.
After being injected with drugs, even large beasts, let alone children, became docile and lost their aggressiveness.
Seeing this scene, the rage in Aokiji's heart was ignited once more.
"Go bring ten brats over."
At that moment, footsteps came from outside the door.
Four workers had come to collect materials.
Aokiji chose not to hide.
Clang.
The storage room door opened.
As the four workers entered, a mass of white Ice-logia rushed toward them.
All four were instantly frozen into ice sculptures.
Aokiji walked out expressionlessly.
He had to do something.
At the very least, he should save the children here.
If this did not count as evil, then what did the crimes committed by pirates count as?
Those who stole pearls were executed; those who stole a kingdom became lords.
Aokiji would not accept such logic.
Surveillance Den Den Mushi had been installed at every entrance and exit of the experimental base, operating twenty-four hours a day.
Anyone who came near would be captured on camera.
In the monitoring room, the staff worked in three shifts, taking turns watching the surveillance feeds.
Suddenly.
The surveillance feed for Corridor 6 in Area A disappeared.
"What's