New Marineford.
The Fleet Admiral's Office.
Sakazuki stood by the window, looking down at the island dotted with lights.
Whoosh-
The office door slid open.
Carol walked in.
Sakazuki turned his head slightly to look at Carol.
"Is it taken care of?"
Carol chuckled.
"Yeah-"
"More or less."
He walked over and stood beside Sakazuki.
"Give him time to accept it."
His gaze passed through the window toward the lit room on the hospital's top floor.
Sakazuki nodded.
"Start the preparations."
He looked at the island, so peaceful and serene in the dead of night.
"It's time to end this war..."
Late at night.
Impel Down.
The world's foremost prison stood in the Calm Belt in the first half of the Grand Line, with exceptionally tight security.
It had not only all manner of monstrous jailers, but also countless surveillance Den Den Mushi and innumerable Sea Kings in the deep waters outside. It was renowned as an impregnable fortress.
At that moment, every jailer in Impel Down had sprung into action.
Following the registers, they took the prisoners with Devil Fruit powers to the warden's office one by one.
Some of the powerful prisoners on the lower levels were personally escorted there by Warden Magellan.
Bang-
Bang-
Bang-
The sounds of flesh bursting rang out, one after another.
With every sound, the jailers stationed outside involuntarily shuddered.
Then headless corpses were thrown out, one after another.
Not a single prisoner with powers who was escorted into the warden's office came out alive.
The jailers waiting outside were drenched in cold sweat and filled with fear, but they dared not delay.
Working in pairs, they carried away the prisoners' bodies, clearing a path for the next prisoners being escorted in.
After the heads of prisoners of every kind and race