Contacting the Revolutionary Army

Three days quickly passed.

Over those three days, a piece of news spread across the seas: three legendary Marines had traveled to Impel Down aboard a warship. Had something happened there?

Speculation ran rampant outside.

Had something really happened at Impel Down? Had someone escaped?

But without any concrete evidence, the attention it had just attracted was quickly suppressed.

Even Big News Morgans, who held the title of News King, received an angry phone call from the Marines.

But as the News King, Morgans naturally had to stir things up after a News Coo photographed Sengoku and the other two heading to Impel Down three days earlier.

Since there was no definite information, he would start with a sensational hook.

Sure enough, the news drew considerable attention when it first broke.

But after the Marines learned of it, Sengoku in particular called Morgans directly and furiously cursed him for being utterly shameless.

Only then did the attention surrounding the matter gradually die down.

Yet just as he finally resolved the matter, before Sengoku could breathe a sigh of relief, new intelligence arrived from Marine Headquarters, drastically changing his expression.

He could only board a warship with Staff Officer Tsuru and hurry back to Marine Headquarters.

He had never imagined that the Revolutionary Army would appear in an Affiliated Nation.

The Five Elders of the World Government personally called and ordered him to return and handle the matter.

Garp and Kuzan, meanwhile, remained at Impel Down to search for traces of Roy.

Kuzan was especially eager.

Only someone who had actually fought Roy understood how terrifying he was.

Meanwhile, as Kuzan and his party searched throughout Impel Down, Roy, who was staying on Level 5.5, had not been idle either.

"Heh, Emporio Ivankov, Dragon really does have some resolve."

"What a shame. No matter how strong someone is, once they have children, they have a weakness."

Indeed, over those three days.

As Kuzan and the others tightened their search, Emporio Ivankov and the others on Level 5.5 could no longer sit still.

If they delayed any longer, Kuzan and the others would find this place sooner or later.

When that happened, they would all be finished.

Fortunately, Impel Down's technicians repaired the sabotaged surveillance signal.

After agonizing over it for a long time, Emporio Ivankov finally called a number he had not dialed in years.

That single phone call changed everything.

He had never expected Roy to threaten Dragon into sending troops to attack an Affiliated Nation during their prison break.

That way, the Marines would naturally divide their forces to reinforce the Affiliated Nation.

Only then could they seize the opportunity to launch their escape from Impel Down.

But the plan had not gone so smoothly.

Dragon was naturally furious when he learned of Roy's demand that he attack an Affiliated Nation.

"Roy, Emporio Ivankov told me about what you've done. I also know you're powerful."

"But my Revolutionary Army is a force of justice. We will never cooperate with a demon like you!"

"Give up on that idea!"

Dragon declared that the Revolutionary Army was a force of justice that fought for the people. How could they strike an Affiliated Nation first?

That would mean creating bloodshed and only bring disaster to ordinary people.

Their Revolutionary Army stood for true justice.

But Roy dismissed all of that.

"Heh, Dragon, you lived through the God Valley Incident too. You've seen the World Government's darkness."

"You've seen the Celestial Dragons' cruelty and the Marines' hypocrisy. Otherwise, you wouldn't have started a Revolutionary Army yourself!"

At the time, Dragon remained solemn and paid Roy no heed.

He had even resolved in his heart that someone like Roy, who endangered the world, was better off dying in prison.

But Roy's next words shattered Dragon's composure, and cold sweat instantly poured down him.

"In the Goa Kingdom in the East Blue, there's a place called Gray Terminal. Many years ago, three boys with dreams forged a deep bond there."

"One was named Ace, one Sabo, and one Luffy..."

"That Luffy bears the name Monkey D. I hear the famous Revolutionary Army leader, Dragon, is also named Monkey. Isn't that right?"

"Heh heh heh, Dragon, you should understand what I'm getting at, shouldn't you?"

"I'll give you three minutes to think it over. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind letting certain information slip."

"Besides, once I leave Impel Down, I wouldn't mind heading to the East Blue and taking a stroll around a little island called Foosha Village."

At those words, Dragon could no longer remain still.

"Roy, you bastard! How do you know all this?"

He did not understand where Roy had learned these things, but Roy had indeed struck his most vulnerable spot.

What father did not care about his own child?

In fact, over the years, he had occasionally traveled to the East Blue just to see his child.

But because of his unusual identity, he could only watch secretly from afar.

He had long known about Ace, Luffy...

And he had indeed rescued Sabo by chance back then.

He simply had not expected Roy to have learned of it already.

Roy could describe something that had been extremely secret with such precision.

That meant Foosha Village was no longer safe.

In the end, Dragon could only agree to cooperate with Roy.

But he also set conditions: during the operation, the Revolutionary Army would only harass the Affiliated Nation. They absolutely could not actually harm ordinary citizens.

Second, Roy must not tell anyone about Foosha Village.

Finally, if the opportunity arose in the future, Roy must not initiate an attack on Luffy and the others.

If Roy refused, Dragon was prepared to make the situation in Impel Down public.

In the end, after a moment's thought, Roy agreed.

"Don't worry, Dragon. As long as they don't provoke me, given my standing, they aren't worth dealing with personally."

After all, he still needed Dragon's help.

Otherwise, carrying out the second escape plan really would be rather difficult.

And so, the two sides reached a mutually beneficial agreement.

Returning from his thoughts, Roy suddenly took out a ring of keys and tossed it to Emporio Ivankov.

"Then, seven days from now, our second plan will officially begin!"

Emporio Ivankov examined the keys in his hand and asked in disbelief:

"Sir Roy, may I ask where these keys came from?"

Only now did Emporio Ivankov finally understand why Roy was so certain the second escape plan would succeed.

It turned out that he had already obtained the keys to the Seastone cells and Seastone Handcuffs on Impel Down's Level 6 without anyone noticing.

"Take a guess."

Roy smiled without answering directly.

After thinking it over carefully, Emporio Ivankov realized something and said admiringly:

"Only the most important prisoners are held in the Limitless Prison on Impel Down's sixth level."

"And only a handful of Jailers qualify to carry such important keys."

"As far as I know, Chief Warden Shiryu is one of them. You must have obtained the keys while fighting him, Sir Roy?"

At that realization, Emporio Ivankov's wariness of Roy reached its peak.

This man was so cautious that he had even considered the worst possible outcome in advance.

That was the most terrifying kind of opponent.

"You're right."

"While fighting Shiryu, besides learning Dual Haki, I also noticed that he was carrying keys."

"The only keys a Chief Warden would carry personally were probably those to the cells on Impel Down's sixth level, so I took them while I was at it."

As he mentioned this, Roy's tone became flat.

"All right, give me the keys. You should go prepare the other arrangements for the escape."

"If possible, I want every prison door open when the time comes."

"Only then can we create true chaos and have a chance to actually escape Impel Down."

Hearing this, Emporio Ivankov returned the keys to Roy, then turned and left.

Yes, something like a prison break required thorough preparation.

Roy watched Emporio Ivankov's retreating back, sensing the Cursed Energy within him, which had already mostly recovered.

Only then did he use Reverse Cursed Technique to heal the injuries he had suffered three days earlier.

However, his Cursed Energy was still far from returning to its true peak.

Then he closed his eyes and carefully sensed the two fingers that were nearly finished taking shape from Cursed Energy.

He could not help smiling.

"To think the negative emotions accumulated over Impel Down's hundreds of years of history are only enough to form two of Ryomen Sukuna's fingers!"

"And once they're complete, the negative emotions stored in Impel Down will disappear entirely. By then, although this place will still be able to sustain the circulation of Cursed Energy, it will no longer be able to form new fingers."

The fact that Impel Down's reserves of negative emotions could form two fingers had indeed surprised him.

Still, this could be considered the essence accumulated over several hundred years.

Besides, Roy's eyes flickered.

As long as he absorbed those two fingers, his strength would rise once more.

When that happened, he would be even more confident of escaping.

At the same time, he had to continue training his Haki during this period.

As long as he trained either Armament Haki or Observation Haki to an advanced level, he could become even stronger.

"Then, once the time is right, I should leave Impel Down and head to other places filled with evil to gather negative energy."

Having finished considering everything, Roy gathered his thoughts and began training his Armament Haki and Observation Haki.