"Oh my~"
"This really is rare!"
"Who would've thought Stussy wasn't lying? Someone really did break into Impel Down!"
"Uwahahahaha!"
"What an interesting fellow!"
Stussy led Scarlet and Rebecca out of the corridor. Scarlet, her expression haggard and eyes lifeless, heard the prisoners behind her. Her gaze shifted away from her daughter, and she slowly raised her head to look ahead.
On a stone platform some distance away, Tsugikuni Yoriichi stood with his sword in hand. Behind him, Issho stood atop half a shattered wooden door, floating in midair. Kuma had already flown back to the stone platform using his ability and stood behind Tsugikuni Yoriichi, scrutinizing the group emerging from the corridor with a grave expression.
Farther away, in the prison town above the Sea of Blood, a black figure leaped out from the rubble, landing on a rooftop and looking toward the stone platform.
As Scarlet looked at those familiar faces, focus gradually returned to her eyes.
"It's Admiral Tsugikuni Yoriichi!"
Scarlet's cracked lips parted slightly, her eyes filled with hope.
"Scarlet!!!"
At that moment, a heart-wrenching cry came from above the Sea of Blood. Scarlet knew that voice better than anyone. The instant she heard it, tears streamed down her face. Looking up at the black "dot" at the opening of Starvation Hell, she cried hoarsely:
"Kyros!!!"
The husband and wife gazed at each other across the Sea of Blood. At the opening, all of Kyros' attention was fixed on Scarlet and Rebecca, completely ignoring Magellan beside him.
Noticing Kyros' distraction, Magellan silently took two steps back and reached for the Seastone scabbard pressed against his back.
Kyros did not notice Magellan's movements. He lay directly on the scorching ground and shouted toward Scarlet.
"Those people..."
Having broken free, Magellan had no intention of attacking the completely