As the piercing alarms rang all the way from the first level to Level 6, the whole of Impel Down erupted.
"Hey, hey, what happened? Did I hear someone say prison break? You've got to be kidding!"
"That's impossible, right? No one's escaped Impel Down since the legendary pirate Golden Lion broke out, but now there's a breakout on this scale..."
"Hahaha, a monster turned up on level one? Hurry up and let me out! How could I miss something as good as a prison break!"
"Yeah, we're right here on level two! As long as that guy comes up and lets us out, we can fight our way out of Impel Down together!"
In Beast Hell on the second level, adjacent to the first, the criminals listened to the panicked cries for help coming over the broadcast.
Then they saw large numbers of jailers heading to level one with wild beasts-even that strongest Man-Eating Eagle-and erupted into an uproar.
After all, since Golden Lion's escape, security at Impel Down had been tighter than ever, and even prison visits had become exceedingly rare.
Now someone was actually breaking out. How could they not be shocked?
More importantly, they saw hope...
Hope for freedom.
As long as the people below fought their way up and opened the cells, they could join the battle.
Then they could truly fight their way out of Impel Down.
However, they were destined to be disappointed.
Because Roy's escape plan this time never involved advancing toward the upper levels.
Meanwhile, the jailers and the criminals still imprisoned in Starvation Hell on the third level were equally shocked and incredulous when they heard the broadcast.
"How is that possible? What exactly happened on level one? Why are criminals getting out?"
"But if it's fake, why would the broadcast order us jailers on the upper levels to go provide support?"
The jailers truly found it hard to believe.
But with the facts before them, they could only grit their teeth and drive the still-dazed convicts back into their cells.
Several jailers even held large clubs, viciously intimidating the prisoners.
If anyone made the slightest suspicious move, they would kill without mercy.
This also filled the third-level criminals' eyes with curiosity.
What kind of monster would dare start a prison break in Impel Down?
This was the first time since the legendary Golden Lion.
Likewise, a look of longing appeared in their eyes.
If someone really was breaking out, they might as well take a chance too.
Things on the third level were still relatively manageable, while Blazing Hell on the fourth level had originally been guarded by Chief Warden Magellan himself.
But he had gone to Level 6, Limitless Prison, earlier to suppress a riot and was not there now.
No one had expected that, with him gone, the fourth-level criminals would launch a riot the moment they heard about the breakout on level one.
"Fellow pirates, you all heard that, didn't you? I heard the trumpet of justice!"
"This Impel Down really doesn't treat us like human beings. I've had enough of working in these flames every day! Just tell me, are we doing this or not!"
"Yeah! Of course we are! I've had enough too! Who locked up on level four didn't have some reputation and standing in the New World?"
"But here, we're treated like dogs! Let's rebel!"
Though Blazing Hell on Impel Down's fourth level was not as terrifying as Level 6, enormous flames and billowing heat filled the place, keeping the entire level at extreme temperatures year-round.
The slightest carelessness could leave the criminals dead from the heat.
The moisture in their bodies would evaporate, turning them into dried corpses.
Now that trouble had struck Impel Down, and criminals were leading the cries, they finally stopped enduring it.
Vicious gleams filled the eyes of the working prisoners, and despite the shackles on their hands and feet, they charged straight into the heat-resistant suit jailers, who were still stunned.
The jailers came to their senses, shocked and furious.
"Damn pirates! Do you know what you're doing? Do you have a death wish!"
"Watch out! These pirates have gone mad! They want to take us down with them even if they die! Some of our men have already been pushed into the fire!"
"Ah, damn it... Help!"
The pirates had now seen a chance to strike back and decided to give it everything they had.
Even with their bodies terribly weakened and their hands and feet shackled, they would use their mouths if necessary to drag the jailers into the sea of fire with them.
Such ruthless fighting caught the jailers off guard for a time.
But ultimately, the prisoners were too restricted, and neither side could gain victory in the short term.
Crack! Crack!
Just as the two sides were locked in combat, a sharp sound suddenly sliced through the air.
Several already-weakened pirates were sent flying by the whip.
The sudden turn of events made both sides of the melee involuntarily stop.
The pirates who knew the newcomer began trembling uncontrollably.
Impel Down's Chief Jailer-that sick woman-had arrived.
The newcomer was a blonde woman with a voluptuous figure, carrying a whip several meters long as she arrived with a squad of jailers.
Sadi surveyed the chaotic battlefield, and her cold female voice rang out with a sick undertone.
"You bastards, even if Impel Down is in chaos right now, that doesn't mean filthy scum like you can take advantage of it to cause trouble."
"Count yourselves lucky. If I didn't have something more important to do right now, I'd torture every last one of you!"
Sadi gave a sick smile and charged straight into the chaotic battlefield, whip in hand, as though no one could stand in her way, lashing every criminal she caught.
"Hahaha, but even so, I'm still going to teach you a harsh lesson!"
The criminals' skin split open instantly, and screams rose from every direction.
"Ah! It's Sadi, that perverted witch! We're done for!"
"We were wrong! Spare us! We surrender!"
Yet those screams only excited Sadi further, and she swung her whip even faster.
"Haha, weren't you acting so wild just now? Go on, keep acting tough."
"Hehe, weren't you going to break out? Keep trying! I'll beat you to death!"
The jailers watching from the sidelines felt their scalps prickle and did not dare step forward to stop her.
For some reason, although they felt these criminals did deserve to die, Sadi's brutal methods frightened them too.
Fortunately, before long, Sadi finally came out of that sick state.
But dozens of pirates now lay sprawled across the bridge over the blazing-hot floor, their flesh torn open and their bodies unconscious.
Horrible.
It was truly horrible!
Every jailer swallowed involuntarily.
Anyone would have been frightened by a lunatic like that.
Still, one jailer captain worked up the courage to ask.
"Chief Jailer Sadi, there's a breakout on Impel Down's first level, and Chief Warden Magellan has gone to Limitless Prison on Level 6. What should we do now?"
Sadi took a deep breath, struggling to suppress that sick urge, and said:
"The situation isn't completely out of control yet. What worries me most is the criminals on level one actually breaking through Above Ground Floor One. That would be the biggest problem."
"But I just tried contacting Chief Warden Magellan, and the signal seems to have been cut off. I suspect someone is secretly interfering, or something unexpected has happened on Level 6."
The jailers present looked even grimmer at her words.
Either possibility would be extremely bad.
Especially if Above Ground Floor One were breached, those pirates might really have a chance to escape Impel Down.
If that happened, they could guarantee that the whole world would be shaken within a day.
Impel Down would once again suffer the greatest humiliation.
Noticing everyone's gazes, Sadi immediately issued the most urgent orders.
"Leave a few people to escort these filthy criminals back to their cells, and keep a close eye on the others who haven't escaped yet. I'll personally take the men to reinforce level one first."
"I hope we're still in time, and I hope Vice Warden Domino and Chief Jailer Saldeath on Above Ground Floor One can hold off the prisoners from level one. Otherwise, we'll really be in trouble..."
With those feelings, Sadi led the remaining fourth-level jailers toward the level below.
Still uneasy, she also tried calling Domino's Den Den Mushi again.
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