Wood's Two Suggestions

"Rat Plague Dick, bounty of seventeen million Belli, non-ability user, held on Level 1, Crimson Hell."

"Spring Hand Beb, bounty of thirty million Belli, non-ability user, held on Level 2, Beast Hell."

"Plague Bearer Yaou, bounty of one hundred and thirty million Belli, pirate with a bounty exceeding one hundred million, extremely vicious and cunning.

Logia Devil Fruit user with the Sick-Sick Fruit ability, held on Level 5, Freezing Hell."

As the Marines provided the information, the chief jailer began ordering the Blue Gorillas, creatures resembling blue gorillas, to bring out shackles and put them on the criminals.

For non-ability users, ordinary leg irons were used. For Devil Fruit users, however, the leg irons were made of Sea Prism Stone.

Sea Prism Stone was also considered a relatively precious resource on the sea. Even Impel Down could not afford to equip every prisoner with Sea Prism Stone leg irons.

"Judging whether someone is an ability user solely through the written information obtained by the Marines—isn't that a little rash?

What if... I mean, what if they hid the fact that they were ability users?"

Watching pirates being shackled in an orderly manner and then sent into the cells of Impel Down, Wood could not help complaining from the side.

If he remembered correctly, Joker Buggy from the original story had been able to wander all over Impel Down precisely because he had hidden the fact that he was a Devil Fruit user.

Wood had previously thought that this was simply required by the plot, but now he really had not expected Impel Down's entry procedure to be this careless.

"Do you have a different opinion, then? Or are you saying you don't trust the intelligence held by the Marines?"

Hearing Wood suddenly blurt that out, Impel Down's chief jailer, who was holding a demonic trident, suddenly flew in front of him. He was clearly somewhat interested in what Wood had just said.

To be honest, Saldeath, Impel Down's chief jailer, was not particularly fond of Marine Headquarters, because they had recently increased their workload far too much.

So when he heard Wood, a Marine, question Marine Headquarters' intelligence, he not only failed to blame Wood but instead looked intrigued.

"No, I'm not questioning Marine Headquarters' intelligence-gathering abilities... I just think there's no harm in being more cautious.

After all, pirates are all cunning. It's normal for them to hold something back, and it isn't impossible for them to hide the fact that they're ability users."

When Saldeath immediately slapped a huge label on him, Wood hurriedly waved his hands to indicate that it was a misunderstanding. He still wanted to build up his qualifications and become a colonel at a branch. For now, he had no intention of becoming a traitor.

"As everyone knows, the weakness of Devil Fruit users is seawater. So why not prepare a barrel of seawater for each of them before they enter prison...?"

Saldeath left with a group of Blue Gorillas, taking away a large batch of pirates who had already been sorted.

Before leaving, Saldeath deliberately glanced back at Wood and said that he would discuss Wood's other suggestion with Impel Down's warden.

Because Wood's suggestion of pouring seawater over them was not troublesome, Saldeath ultimately accepted it and had the Blue Gorillas carry seawater over and pour it on the prisoners.

They had not known until they tried it, but the test really exposed someone among those they had previously classified as non-ability users. After being drenched in seawater, that person immediately went limp on the ground as if completely drained of strength.

After realizing that his identity had been exposed, the ability user glared furiously at Wood in the crowd.

His Devil Fruit ability was actually unsuited for escaping prison. Even without Sea Prism Stone leg irons, he had no way to escape Impel Down.

But as a Devil Fruit user, he naturally hated things like seawater and Sea Prism Stone.

Originally, even while serving time in the harsh prison, he could still be as vigorous as an ordinary person. But after being fitted with Sea Prism Stone leg irons, his condition instantly became sickly, leaving him even worse off than an ordinary person.

As for Wood's second suggestion to Saldeath, he had actually hoped that Saldeath would consider shackling not only the ankles of certain powerful Devil Fruit users but their wrists as well!

Wood remembered that Shiki the Golden Lion had ultimately escaped his Sea Prism Stone leg irons only by ruthlessly cutting off both his own legs, allowing him to use the power of the "Float-Float Fruit."

If the other's wrists were shackled too, then no matter how ruthless Shiki the Golden Lion was, he probably would not go so far as to cut off both his hands as well, right?

The reason prisoners in Impel Down later had both their hands and feet shackled was also because of Golden Lion's prison escape. Wood was merely bringing the suggestion forward now.

However, Saldeath, as merely a chief jailer, had no authority to decide such a matter. The process of cutting Sea Prism Stone handcuffs was already extremely difficult, and adding a pair of handcuffs for every prisoner would be no small expense.

"You've got some nerve. You actually dared to speak to Saldeath like that just now. Don't let his childlike appearance fool you.

The fact that he can work at Impel Down, deal with those criminals every day, and command those monster-like jailer beasts means you can tell he's not someone to provoke.

Do you know what those blue-gorilla-like creatures were? They're called Blugori, also known as the Fighters of the Sea. Every one of them has the strength of a pirate with a bounty exceeding ten million."

Wood and the group of newcomers were led around by the veteran Marines stationed at Impel Down. Along the way, the veterans did not forget to warn them not to provoke Impel Down's administrative personnel without reason.

As he spoke, the veteran repeatedly gave Wood a meaningful look, emphasizing that Saldeath, who had seemed so easygoing just now, was actually an extremely dangerous figure.

The Marines' office inside Impel Down was a small room above Level 1, Crimson Hell. The cramped room was piled high with all kinds of files and documents, most of them belonging to the pirates imprisoned in Impel Down.

Although this place was also inside Impel Down, strictly speaking, it could only be considered part of the Outer Zone.

The Marines were still the Marines, and they were not part of the same system as Impel Down. Even when working here, they needed to pass multiple layers of review to enter the levels where prisoners were held.

Of course, the Marines stationed at Impel Down were not particularly interested in its prisoners either. Unless the situation was unusual, they did not even want to go to the lower levels of Impel Down.

Impel Down had six levels, but every level was a hell. The farther down one went, the worse the environment became, and the more brutal the punishments inflicted on prisoners were.

Although they were Marines and they were not the ones being punished, witnessing those screaming prisoners in person was enough to make their scalps tingle every time.

There were also the inhuman beasts roaming Impel Down. Every encounter with them brought an intensely oppressive feeling.