One Piece: I Rely Only on Myself
Chapter 174

Eyes in the Shadows

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The cranes arrived at the port.

The one-armed Borsalino wasn't too surprised by Tsuru's appearance. He greeted her with a smile, " Staff Officer Tsuru, it's been a long time."

" Borsalino, would it be convenient for this old woman to have a look at the dragon?"

Borsalino nodded indifferently. "No problem, but don't take too long, because I'm setting sail for Impel Down in an hour."

"No problem."

Led by a marine, the crane headed towards the interior of the ship's cabin.

Borsalino did not follow, as he did not believe that Tsuru would release the dragon, since doing so would undoubtedly be tantamount to cutting himself off from the Navy and the World Government.

Therefore, his act of being a petty person was not in vain.

Passing through several hatches inlaid with Seastone, Crane arrived at the entrance to a cabin. Through the gate, she saw a dragon with its limbs and neck bound by Seastone shackles.

The dragon also sensed the arrival of the crane.

"I never expected it to be Ms. He."

"It's been a long time. Fifteen years have passed since we parted ways years ago." He couldn't help but sigh at the impermanence of life.

Long said calmly, "I never expected to meet you like this."

"If you don't..."

However, the dragon interrupted him directly, "There are no 'ifs,' perhaps this is fate!"

"You and Garp are really alike, both of you are stubborn people." Tsuru also gave up on trying to persuade him.

The two chatted for more than half an hour.

The crane left the escort warship.

After a while, Borsalino ordered the marines to set sail. To ensure that nothing went wrong, he had to personally deliver the dragon to Impel Down.

Meanwhile, Ivankov was already escorted to the fifth level of Freezing Hell last night.

Shivering from the cold, Ivankov was as thin as a skeleton, but her eyes were full of cunning; she knew about the existence of a 5.5th level in Impel Down.

Moreover, the 5.5th floor was right beneath her feet. If she could leave this cell, she might be able to find the secret entrance hidden within.

Little did she know that her every move was being monitored constantly by the surveillance room of the Skeleton Hell.

The monitoring system of the Skeleton Hell actually uses Rushimu's Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit ability to infect the Den Den Mushi in Impel Down with a special symbiotic fungus, thereby causing these Den Den Mushi to unconditionally send signals to specific Den Den Mushi.

In other words, the same information that can be seen in the Impel Down monitoring room can also be seen in the Skeleton Hell monitoring room.

Ivankov was unaware of the Den Den Mushi outside his cell; two factions were observing him.

The prison guards at Impel Down didn't pay much attention to Ivankov, just giving him a perfunctory glance.

Lust, who was in charge of monitoring at the Skeleton Hell, knew that this guy knew the secrets of Level 5.5. Now that he had entered Impel Down, the Liberator Organization had no reason to let go of this piece of meat.

Of course, considering the future need to incorporate the Revolutionary Army, Ivankov and Dragon certainly couldn't openly become Apostle; they had to change their identities.

Furthermore, Noah's Apostle are almost at full capacity. If we want to modify the dragons and Ivankov, we must consider downgrading some of the Major Arcana Apostle to Minor Arcana Apostle.

However, after much deliberation, Noah in the South Blue rejected the idea of including Dragon and Ivankov in the Major Arcana Deck, instead placing them only in the Minor Arcana Deck.

Just as Ivankov was secretly plotting how to quickly find the entrance to level 5.5, Anduin was secretly preparing to eliminate the two of them.

The warships escorting the dragon arrived at the port of Impel Down.

Having received advance notice, Magellan, accompanied by Shiryu of the Rain and Sadi, appeared at the port to welcome Borsalino's arrival.

"Hehehe... Is this the famous leader of the Revolutionary Army?" Sadi tugged at the whip, his tongue involuntarily licking his lips.

Magellan whispered a reminder, "Ahem, Sadi, mind your image."

"Yes, Director!" Sadi replied sweetly.

Just then, Borsalino emitted a burst of light and appeared before Magellan.

"Director Magellan, how have you been?"

"Thank you for your concern, Admiral Borsalino. I'm alright... Uh... Excuse me, I need to go to the restroom first..." Magellan clutched his stomach awkwardly, then sprinted away as if his feet were greased.

Shiryu of the Rain and the others were already used to this.

Borsalino said nothing, but turned to look at the bloodthirsty Chief Warden beside him:

" Shiryu Chief Warden, this serious offender is now officially transferred to Impel Down. I trust you won't make the same mistake as Golden Lion, otherwise His Excellency the Five Elders will be very angry."

"Heh, you navy don't need to worry about that." Shiryu took a puff of his cigar, then pulled on the dragon's shackles and chains, leading him into the baptismal chamber.

Borsalino didn't say anything.

After all, he had already given the necessary warnings, and if Ryujin escaped from Impel Down, it was none of his business.

After signing the handover documents, Borsalino left Impel Down with his warships.

In the Skeleton Hell.

"Hehe..."

A chilling laugh echoed through the Hall of Bones.

Lust had just reported the dragon's arrival, Anduin was already getting excited.

Tequila Bolivar, standing nearby, cautioned, " Anduin, we can't be too hasty, especially with the dragon as our target; it's a key objective of Impel Down."

"I know." Anduin certainly knew that dragons couldn't be moved lightly, especially in the short term, as Impel Down would definitely be monitoring them closely.

The fact that Anduin cannot directly capture the dragon and Ivankov in the short term does not mean he will simply wait idly.

Impel Down is a huge Devil Fruit, you should know.

Next, Anduin and his group continued to secretly harvest the Devil Fruit User in Impel Down.

To avoid arousing Impel Down's suspicion, they borrowed Law to kill some of the prisoners with abilities that were not worth modifying, and then transplanted their appearance and physical characteristics into the undead soldiers, who then took the place of the prisoners in jail.

In any case, Impel Down doesn't specifically test the abilities of these prisoners. As long as they are still in their cells and alive, the jailers won't cause them any trouble.

In this way, almost Devil Fruit User in the third level of the Starvation Hell and the fifth level of the Freezing Hell, except for Ivankov, were harvested by Anduin and his group.

Apart from the 26 Zoan Fruit users who were sent to Moria and transformed into the Living Dead General, the remaining 18 Devil Fruit users were killed and their Devil Fruit were recovered.

According to intelligence, there are currently 49 Devil Fruit users remaining in Impel Down, including several in the Infinite Hell on Level 6.

For example, the More-More Fruit on the World Destroyer Byrndi, the Combine-Combine Fruit on the Demon Heir Bullet, and the Hurricane Fruit on the Dragon.

However, those with the Infinite Hell ability cannot act recklessly.

Bullet, Dragon, Red Count, and others are all masters of Observation Haki. Coupled with the tight surveillance of Impel Down, it would be easy for them to make mistakes if they acted recklessly.

Therefore, Anduin and the others need to wait for a while to let Impel Down be quiet for a period of time. As long as there are no problems for more than half a year, the jailers will naturally become complacent.

This is a good time to strengthen the overall strength of the Skeleton Hell.

After harvesting so many Devil Fruit, Noah also allocated several hundred Natural members to the Skeleton Hell. Anduin could use a small portion of the Devil Fruit to cultivate more outstanding members.

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