"You're Ace's little brother, aren't you?"
Jinbe's voice was low. He and Ace had become friends after exchanging blows, and Ace had told him a few things about Straw Hat Luffy.
"Old man, you know Ace!?"
Luffy hurried over to the door of Jinbe's cell.
Before Jinbe could stop him, he grabbed the bars with both hands.
"-Ah..."
Luffy collapsed onto the floor like a boneless creature.
"...Those are made of Seastone."
Jinbe sighed.
"Straw Hat Boy~! Are you all right?"
Ivankov charged in at the head of the group.
A crowd of "Newkamas" followed behind. The few Straw Hat Pirates among them barely stood out amid those creatures.
"-How did they get in!?"
"What's going on with these people!?"
"Cross-dressers?"
The prisoners on Level 6 grew noisy again.
"Ooh-there's a pretty good-looking woman among them!"
"Hey-come over here-"
Some prisoners squeezed their hands and heads through the gaps between the bars, looking like a horde of zombies.
Gin, who had been turned into a stunning woman, shuddered.
When he had first met Ivankov, an insolent remark had gotten him turned into a woman.
...Now he truly understood his mistake.
"Honestly, what a pack of beasts~"
Ivankov casually jabbed Gin.
Within seconds, Gin changed back.
Under the prisoners' disappointed gazes, Gin hurriedly checked himself over.
"If you keep making noise, I'll turn the noisiest person in every cell from a Boy into a Girl~"
One sentence from Ivankov silenced everyone.
The prisoners knew their cellmates' character all too well. The prison might end up gaining inmates without admitting anyone new.
Inazuma walked up to Jinbe's cell, turned both hands into scissors, and cut open the stone wall at the side.
The prisoners were tempted by this opportunity to escape, but the thought of Ivankov's threat kept them from saying much.