Orute Kingdom.
Dungeon.
Special Seal Talisman chains were wrapped around everyone's limbs.
The Marine High Command lay sprawled in the darkness without a shred of dignity.
Garp sat cross-legged atop a pile of straw.
His eyes were closed, and his thunderous snores echoed through the cell as though he did not care about his current predicament at all.
Kizaru leaned against the corner wall, listlessly trimming his nails.
Aokiji had pulled down his eye mask, his whole body exuding a lazy, dispirited air.
Akainu's chest rose and fell violently.
He stared fixedly at the iron bars outside the cell, his fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles had turned white.
If the Seal Talismans had not suppressed the power of his Magma-Magma Fruit, he would have melted straight through this damned place already.
In another cell.
"We're all trapped in here."
"The Grand Line must be a complete mess by now."
Momousagi sighed.
Without the deterrence of the Marines' strongest forces.
The monsters of the New World, along with the locust-like Pirates across the Four Seas, would surely descend into total madness.
Garp's snoring paused for a moment.
He turned over and continued pretending to sleep.
The three Admirals all had their own thoughts, and none of them spoke.
They all knew perfectly well that no matter how worried they were, it would be useless.
The Seal Talismans' power was far too strange.
That energy, belonging neither to Devil Fruits nor Haki, had completely sealed away the source of their power.
"Let me out!"
"I want meat!"
Deafening shouts came from a cell at the other end of the corridor.
Luffy gripped the iron bars with both hands and shook them desperately.
"Shut up, Luffy. Save your strength."
Ace looked utterly helpless as he reached out to cover Luffy's mouth.