Some time later, Marine Headquarters.
An encrypted emergency report from Impel Down was delivered to Rock's desk.
The office was quiet. Sengoku, Zephyr, and Garp were all there.
Rock opened the report, his gaze sweeping across its contents.
A battle had erupted on the secret military route behind Impel Down. Warden Magellan had faced more than ten Level 6 escapees alone and successfully killed several criminals.
In the end, Shiryu and several pirates had taken advantage of the chaos to force Magellan to divide his attention, breaking through the blockade and escaping.
But everyone who escaped had been poisoned by Magellan's deadly toxin.
Even if they did not die, they would completely lose the ability to move within a short time.
Sengoku frowned.
"How many escaped?"
Rock flipped to the next page of the report, where Magellan had listed the escapees.
After reading it, Rock lightly tapped the list with his fingertip.
"Just right."
Garp looked at him.
"Just right?"
Rock said calmly, "They are exactly the people the Five Elders wanted to release."
"The rest were permanently left there by Magellan."
Zephyr's expression eased somewhat.
"That poison brat hasn't been warden for all these years for nothing."
Sengoku said gravely, "But these people still escaped."
"From now on, they will be the future Blackbeard Pirates' core danger."
Rock continued reading the report.
When he saw that the prisoners in Level 6 had slaughtered one another, and that many criminals had either died at the hands of their own kind or beneath Shiryu's blade, his movements paused slightly.
Sengoku noticed his reaction and asked, "What is it?"
Rock stared at the report—the contents stated that Shiryu had not followed the plan laid out by the Five Elders. Instead, he had privately opened several cells and forced the prisoners to slaughter