She could not understand what his words referred to at all. It was an obscure allusion to betrayal and endings from another distant time and space.
"Time to go."
Rossi offered no further explanation, looking toward the end of the dark passage. "While that blond 'lion' is drawing attention for us-"
"Wait!!"
"Let us out! We can cause chaos too!"
"Please! We'll never forget your kindness..."
Seeing that the mysterious white-robed figure intended to leave after rescuing two people, the prisoners in the other cells could no longer contain themselves. Pleas and shouts erupted through the narrow space.
Deep in the prison, faces that had once ** now pressed against the iron bars, their knuckles white with strain.
The long darkness had worn away their rough edges. Now only hoarse cries collided between the stone walls.
"Noisy."
Without even turning his head, he punched the air.
A dull impact rang out. Several arms reaching between the bars jerked back, and the bodies behind them slammed into the corners.
A strike from a distance?
Who among those imprisoned on this level had never seen Armament Haki Hardening cover an entire body? But condensing Haki into an invisible fist and firing it out-that was another matter.
Yet the prisoners' howls made him pause.
Since he was already here, taking just one person away would be something of a waste of the trip.
He turned, his voice ringing clearly through the passage.
"Who can tell me how 'Lineage Factors' transmit hereditary traits?"
The entire level fell abruptly silent.
They understood every word, but together, they might as well have been gibberish.
A few quick-witted prisoners had already lowered their eyes-he was probably looking for those lunatics who spent all day in laboratories.
Their specialties were snapping swords, honing Haki, and finding ingenious uses