One Piece: I Grow Stronger Just by Checking In at Story Islands
Chapter 171

You Have to Pay

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"I'll create a commotion once I go down to the fifth basement level, then you can release all the prisoners from the upper levels!"

"The more chaotic it is, the easier it will be for us to escape! I'm sure you understand that. Even if I release you now, you won't be able to get out without some outside help!"

"Hmm... I understand!" Buggy nodded thoughtfully.

He certainly understood this; escaping from here with just a few of them would indeed be quite difficult, but if all the prisoners were released...

How am I supposed to know when you're going to cause a commotion?

Buggy asked curiously, knowing that the distance between the fifth underground level and the first underground level, which is here, is unknown. Normally, even if the fifth level were demolished, the first level would still remain unknown.

"You'll find out then!" Xia Chen said with a faint smile.

"Okay, let me unlock these handcuffs for you!"

As he spoke, Xia Chen placed his hand on Buggy's handcuffs, narrowed his eyes, and then the handcuffs shattered into pieces before Buggy's incredulous eyes.

"You, you, you..."

For a moment, Buggy was speechless. These were Seastone Handcuffs! They were harder than steel!

Furthermore, in his view, wasn't Xia Chen Devil Fruit User? Why was he able to directly touch Seastone without any problems?

But in the blink of an eye, Buggy put all these incomprehensible thoughts aside. Looking at his freed hands, Buggy couldn't help but feel a little teary-eyed.

If the location weren't so inconvenient, he would have burst into song at the top of his lungs.

After realizing what was happening, Buggy looked at Xia Chen with apprehension. Although he was weak, he was knowledgeable.

To be able to do this with bare hands, it's clear that one has mastered Armament Haki to an extremely high level!

Fortunately, they are not enemies now, but allies!

Xia Chen then walked to the edge of the cell, similarly placing his hand over the two bars before withdrawing it. He looked at Buggy and said calmly:

"I've already damaged the inside of these two fences. Once I make some noise, you just need to touch them and they'll break!"

"However, if you go out early and get exposed and caught, I won't come to rescue you! So... you understand?"

"I understand, I understand, I understand!" Buggy nodded frantically, like a chicken pecking at rice.

As he said before, he is very self-aware, which has fostered his cautious personality.

Of course, he wouldn't run outside without anything happening. He couldn't beat the jailers here, so going out would just be suicide!

"Alright, since you understand, I won't say any more! Remember what you promised me, I'm leaving now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Chen transformed back into a mosquito and flew away.

(#°Д°)!

Even though it was the second time Buggy had seen this situation, he was still quite frightened. He hadn't noticed the mosquitoes that had appeared, so Xia Chen appeared and disappeared suddenly in his sight.

Oh my god, he encountered a supernatural event!

--

After a period of time~

After flying for an unknown amount of time, Xia Chen finally arrived at the fifth underground level of Impel Down, the Freezing Hell!

Recalling the information he had obtained from the dragon, Xia Chen identified a direction and continued flying towards a certain place.

Before long, Xia Chen sensed a familiar presence. The mosquito's face revealed a human-like smile as it flew towards a certain cage.

Meanwhile, in a cage here.

" Usopp, when do you think Xia Chen is coming to rescue us?" a tanuki said weakly to a long-nosed man.

"I don't know! He's probably recuperating somewhere! He'll definitely come to rescue us once he's healed!" Usopp said confidently.

"That's right, and Xia Chen will definitely be here soon!"

"I don't believe a word of what those people from the World Government said about Xia Chen being dead. How could they possibly kill Xia Chen? But it's true that Xia Chen was seriously injured by them! But Xia Chen could definitely escape!"

Nami, on the other side, also spoke firmly.

Everyone here thinks this way. It's not blind confidence, but a sense of security that Xia Chen gives them after spending a lot of time with him.

So even though they are now prisoners, they are not worried at all!

"That's right! Mr. Xia Chen can definitely do it, he's such a powerful person!" Brook chimed in from the side.

Ever since he witnessed Xia Chen's strength on the Thriller Bark, he had great confidence in Xia Chen.

Usopp added, "But what's gotten into these Marines? Why are they sending so many troops to capture us?"

"The thought of being surrounded by more than a dozen warships as soon as we got back is terrifying! And those who came to arrest us were all famous Marine Headquarters commanders. What did we do to deserve this?"

Usopp got a little angry at this point. He was just a Lami with a bounty of tens of millions, why was he being given so much respect?

"But we're actually lucky. Xia Chen was facing several Admiral- level combatants at the same time! He managed to escape even that. I guess I'll have to ask him for some tips on escape techniques next time!"

Usopp couldn't help but sigh.

"Really? You can learn, but you'll have to pay tuition!"

A voice rang out, startling the four people sitting on the ground. They stood up excitedly at the same time, and then they saw Xia Chen's figure suddenly appear in front of them.

" Xia Chen!" the group exclaimed excitedly.

Xia Chen glanced at everyone, a slight smile appearing on his face, and said, "I'm here, everyone!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than a shadow pounced into Xia Chen's arms. Nami looked up at Xia Chen happily.

I knew you'd come!

"I'll definitely come!" Xia Chen nodded with a smile.

Xia Chen glanced at the group and noticed that they all had injuries of varying degrees. He couldn't help but ask, "How are your injuries?"

"It's nothing, these are all remnants from the battle with those marines that day. If it weren't for this Seastone restricting my abilities, I would have almost fully recovered by now thanks to the White Tiger Fruit!"

Usopp muttered under his breath.

Ever since he ate the White Tiger Fruit, he could feel his physique improving every day, and he was just thinking about showing off his abilities in the next battle.

As a result, he was given such a heavyweight opponent on his very first try that he couldn't show off at all!

Hearing Usopp's complaint, Xia Chen's lips curled up slightly, and then he looked at the group and said:

"Don't worry, I'll take care of these Seastone for you right now!"

Next, Xia Chen did the same thing, breaking all the Seastone Handcuffs on everyone's hands.

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