Deep within Onigashima.
In the damp, freezing cell, the firelight flickered under the wind blowing in from beyond the iron bars.
Droplets slowly slid down the stone walls and fell to the floor with faint splashes.
One after another, as though counting the time they had been trapped.
Ace leaned against the stone wall, his hands tightly bound by Seastone chains, his chest still wrapped in rough bandages.
The Beasts Pirates had thrown them on him carelessly.
Not to save him, but because Kaido did not want him to die so quickly.
A piercing pain still ran through his arms. Every breath made his broken ribs tear at his chest.
The Seastone weighed down both his body and his flames. A few weak sparks occasionally flickered from his fingertips, only to be snuffed out as though the chains had drained away all his strength.
But more than his injuries, what irritated Ace was the noise coming from the neighboring cells.
"Ace! Are you awake?"
Deuce's voice had gone hoarse from shouting, and he could not hide the urgency in it.
Rock Flow sat beside the cell door. His wrists had been rubbed bloody by the chains, yet he still tried again and again to break free, making the chains rattle loudly.
Scar's face was pale, but he stood in front of Mihal and Bangxi. Though he was trembling himself, one hand remained pressed against his waist.
That was where his weapon should have been.
Wallace leaned against the wall, dried blood still on his forehead, yet he was still cursing under his breath.
"When I get out, I'll blow up their damn wine cellar with one shot!"
Bangxi kept a cold expression as she broke apart their last bit of dry rations and stuffed it into the hands of the