"Violence King" Kosa.
The name stirred memories among some of those present.
Only a few years had passed, but if Hades hadn't mentioned him, they might have forgotten he existed.
The second-strongest fighter in the Rocks Pirates had been captured by the Marines in an earlier war.
Even the Rocks Pirates had heard nothing of him since.
Hardly anyone discussed the former core officer the Marines had taken prisoner.
Few had been close to Kosa. With his overbearing nature, no one was going to miss him.
That was how the sea worked. Stay out of sight long enough, and the sea forgot you.
So why had Hades brought him up?
Kosa was locked up in Impel Down, a prison no one was said to leave alive.
That was it—Impel Down.
At that thought, a few of them guessed what Hades really wanted.
"You mean break into Impel Down and rescue Kosa?" Shiki asked tentatively, a grin tugging at his lips. He seemed eager to try.
Storming Impel Down, the "Iron Wall" that supposedly could not be breached? That sounded interesting.
They might not have liked Kosa, but they were all members of the Rocks Pirates. For now, their interests were tied together.
Within the Rocks Pirates, there was no fixed division of spoils. The stronger the crew became, the more they all stood to gain.
That was exactly what they wanted.
In the two years since the World Government's defeat, the Rocks Pirates' prestige had reached its peak.
More and more powers had submitted to them.
Kingdoms and Affiliated Nations alike had to bow to the Rocks Pirates and pay regular tribute if they wanted to avoid being targeted and destroyed.
Those kingdoms and their nobles might once have clung to a trace of aristocratic pride, looking down on Pirates