Before long, Garp returned to the ship, carrying the unconscious Bullet.
Sengoku followed behind him.
At the sight, all the soldiers cheered wildly, like fans meeting their idols.
Sengoku pressed both hands downward to quiet them, then had someone bring Seastone to shackle Bullet.
Now Bullet would never be able to stir up trouble again.
"All right, that settles this!
Tally the casualties, then head back!"
"Yes, sir!" ×4
The four Vice Admirals answered, then hurried off to carry out their orders.
Only Randall, Sengoku, and Garp remained where they were.
Though they had successfully captured Bullet, once the initial excitement faded, no one present felt particularly good.
Sengoku asked in a heavy voice:
"Garp, how are things at Impel Down?"
Garp's expression was grim. Now that he could relax, his exhaustion inevitably began to show.
"To divert Impel Down's attention, Golden Lion released almost everyone on Level Six!
Luckily, I got there in time. Otherwise, the consequences would've been unimaginable..."
Garp then gave a detailed account of the situation at Impel Down.
Golden Lion had nearly split Impel Down in two from below.
Half the prisoners on Level Six had escaped.
Level Five had fared better, with only a dozen or so escaping.
As for the prisoners on Level Four and above, most had been killed or maimed by Golden Lion's brutal, indiscriminate attacks.
When Garp and Borsalino arrived, the warden and vice warden were leading the jailers in a desperate struggle to hold them off.
The warden was already barely conscious, holding on through sheer willpower. The moment he saw Garp and Borsalino, he relaxed and passed out.
Garp and Borsalino then joined forces to swiftly subdue the prisoners still inside Impel Down.
Fortunately, they had only just escaped their cells and were not only badly injured but