Straw Hat Luffy Appears (1)

That was right!

Because Roya already knew exactly who had arrived.

It was Luffy and the others!

And besides Luffy,

there were also Emporio Ivankov, the Okama King; former Shichibukai Jinbe; former Shichibukai Crocodile; and a whole string of infamous criminals.

"Th-this... why did that guy... come over from Impel Down too...?"

Clown Buggy's sharp eyes immediately spotted Luffy and the others.

Obviously,

they must have already met back at Impel Down.

It was just that, for some reason, Clown Buggy and Luffy had not come to Marineford together. Perhaps it was because Roya had dealt with Magellan.

And because when they had rescued Kaido earlier, Big Mom's group had taken out all the Impel Down guards.

That had made the later actions of Blackbeard, Clown Buggy, and even Luffy's group incredibly easy.

"Ace!"

"I'm here!"

Luffy's arrival naturally came with a shout. As he plummeted from the sky at tremendous speed, he had already spotted Ace on the execution platform. In his excitement, he completely ignored whether he might fall to his death and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Aaaahhh..."

"Stop shouting and hurry up with an idea..."

"Yeah! Are we all going to fall to our deaths here...?"

"..."

The other prisoners who had come with Luffy also began shouting.

But whether anyone got rescued had nothing to do with them. Keeping themselves alive was what mattered most.

Still,

as a Gum-Gum Fruit user, Luffy had his own way of handling this situation. He took a deep breath and inflated himself into a gigantic balloon, steadily catching everyone and landing safely on the ground.

Still,

Luffy's method of making an entrance truly terrified everyone present at Marineford.

"Luffy..."

The moment Ace saw Luffy, his eyes went wide. He could hardly believe that his little brother had