"Luffy, hey! Luffy, what are you spacing out for?"
Seeing Luffy actually zone out at a time like this, Roronoa Zoro braced his lower body and struck the cell bars with the chains around his ankles.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The empty prison cells echoed with loud noise.
"Hmm?"
Hearing the commotion, Luffy snapped back to his senses and looked toward his companion in the nearby cell, though he still seemed somewhat distracted.
"We can't afford to slack off right now. We need to get out of here, fast."
Roronoa Zoro stared seriously at his captain, his brow tightly furrowed. He was deeply dissatisfied with Luffy's current behavior.
Everything that had happened before no longer mattered. The most important thing now was getting out of this damn place as quickly as possible.
"Yeah, you're right."
Luffy violently shook his head, his heart tightening as he buried those unnecessary thoughts deep inside. Then he began surveying his surroundings.
It was a small, dimly lit cell. Other than a toilet in the corner, there was nothing else inside.
"Looks like I'll have to figure something out myself."
Muttering to himself, Luffy looked beyond the iron bars, then down at his own body.
Because of the Seastone, he definitely couldn't use the power of his Gum-Gum Fruit anymore. But perhaps due to Yatogami Long Yi's oversight, aside from the chains around his ankles, there were no other restraints on him.
This was a golden opportunity!
Armament Haki Reinforcement.
Suppressing the discomfort in his body, Luffy willed a layer of black Armament Haki over his arm and reached for the chain shackled around his ankle.
But he had still underestimated things—and underestimated the security measures of the New World's undersea prison.
Before his hand could even touch the chain, a wave of weakness from the