Almost at the same time, Marco inexplicably felt an indescribable sting in his hands.
"What happened?" Marco looked in surprise at his hands, which bore no injuries at all. "Was that stinging sensation just my imagination?"
"Stinging?" Kaku put away Demon Spirit and asked in confusion, "What stinging?"
"I don't know." Marco rubbed his hands and shook his head. "I think the light coming out of your sword touched them."
Kaku: "..."
No way... that light could even hurt souls?
Ahem...
After a brief silence, Kaku asked, "How do you feel now?"
Marco shook his head. "I'm fine now."
"If you're fine, then maybe it really was your imagination. Let's get going. It'll be trouble if this level's guards show up."
"Okay." Marco gave it no further thought and continued, "I know the way down. Follow me from here."
"All right!"
Somewhere out at sea.
Hawk-Eye and Jinbe were on their way to Impel Down.
Jinbe was swimming through the sea.
Hawk-Eye, meanwhile, sat in his distinctive coffin-shaped boat, sailing leisurely toward Impel Down without the slightest hurry.
They had left Marineford more than two hours earlier.
At Jinbe's swimming speed, he could have reached Impel Down by now.
But he was in no more of a hurry than Hawk-Eye. He even swam alongside Hawk-Eye's boat, occasionally exchanging a few words with him.
"You've always disdained the summons from the government and the Marines, yet you actually came this time. You even volunteered to escort Lin Mo from Impel Down. Mihawk, what exactly are you after?"
Hawk-Eye was in no hurry to answer Jinbe's question. He elegantly took a sip of red wine instead.
Chapter 516: Impel Down: He Was Getting Anxious
Although Jinbe wasn't particularly close to Hawk-Eye, he knew his reputation and how he operated.
Hawk-Eye agreeing to