At Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
The atmosphere grew heavier, tinged with an undercurrent of strangeness.
A strange force of reinforcements had suddenly appeared on a battlefield previously occupied only by the Whitebeard Pirates. Leading them were Monkey D. Luffy, Red Nose Buggy, and the Revolutionary Army officer Ivankov.
This force was far from small; its numbers were considerable. Besides several dozen core members, it numbered several thousand people in total.
With the Whitebeard Pirates at its core and this force joining them, the combined army could put pressure on the Marines and pose a threat.
"What happened at Impel Down?"
"Weren't these people supposed to be locked up in Impel Down?"
After only a few glances, Sengoku's expression turned grave.
Most of the people in this newly arrived force were wearing Impel Down prison uniforms. They were clearly criminals who had been arrested.
"What happened at Impel Down?"
Sengoku quickly grasped the situation and shouted his question into the Den Den Mushi.
"A group led by Straw Hat, Ivankov, and Buggy the Clown ran wild in Impel Down and released a large number of prisoners."
"Also, we've just received word that Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach, and his crew wreaked havoc in Infinite Hell on Level Six of Impel Down not long ago, taking many prisoners with them."
At this point, the voice coming through the Den Den Mushi grew grave and trembled.
"Many notorious criminals who once shook the world!!"
In an instant, Sengoku's expression darkened.
This was bad news for him, for the Marines, and even for the world.
Impel Down was the world's largest and most secure underwater prison, holding the greatest number of criminals, including those of the highest threat level.
It was easy to imagine the enormous impact any disaster there would have on the world.
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