"What do you think? Is it really true, as the Straw Hat Pirates said, that the Shepherd imprisoned is a fake?"
Jonathan, then asked Luo Chen with a headache.
"Hehehe, don't you already have the answer? Why are you asking me again?"
Luo Chen asked back with a strange expression.
"Haha, that's true, but I still want to confirm with you and see if my guess is accurate."
Jonathan laughed even harder when he heard his question, and then said to him.
"However, it seems my suspicions were correct: the Shepherd in prison is the real one, while the other woman claiming to be Shepherd is the imposter..."
Jonathan spoke again.
"Now that we know who's real and who's fake, why not take action? Is it alright to let that fake Shepherd go and search for the missing information?"
Luo Chen couldn't help but ask, puzzled, about Jonathan's actions.
"Haha, it's alright. Besides, I've already started the operation. I've already deployed soldiers in Toska City to monitor Colonel Shepherd's every move."
It's fine to let her investigate and gather information here; in the end, they can't escape my grasp anyway.
As for the real Shepherd, let's keep him in prison for now. Releasing him rashly might disrupt my plans..."
Jonathan explained to him with a smile.
"Really? You didn't do this just to avoid being bothered by that special envoy and to settle personal scores, did you?!"
Even with Jonathan saying that, Luo Chen still looked at his expression with some skepticism and said...
"Haha, what you say makes sense, because I heard that special envoy has a very bad character."
So I personally don't really want to meet him, so I'll just have him stay there for now and apologize to him later!
Jonathan did not deny what Luo Chen said, and instead smiled and gave another reason.
"What a capricious commander... But I wonder how they are now, whether they've rescued those two."
Here, Luffy and Sanji, guided by the Navy, followed the road leading to the prison and arrived without any obstacles at the cell where Zoro and Usopp were being held.
"Hey, are you alright, Zoro Usopp, we're here to rescue you..."
Luffy shouted loudly from outside.
"Hmm, did you hear that? Zoro, that's Luffy's voice."
Hey Luffy, we're here! Come save us! Oh wait, don't come any closer, that won't work either.
Zoro, what should I do?
Usopp responded excitedly upon hearing Luffy's voice.
But then he remembered that a large group of soldiers were lying in ambush there, and he told Zoro not to come to their rescue. He was completely confused and hurriedly asked Zoro what to do.
"Okay, let them come over..."
Zoro closed his eyes, thought for a moment, and then spoke to Usopp.
Okay, let's do it that way!
"Hey, Luffy, we're in there! Come save us!"
Usopp agreed with Zoro's idea and then called out loudly towards the door.
"Oh, I hear that! Sanji's voice is Usopp's! Let's go in quickly..."
While running, Luffy heard Usopp's voice and excitedly said to Sanji.
"Wait, Luffy, something's not right. We've come all this way without any trouble, but there's probably a large group of soldiers lying in ambush waiting for us..."
Should we still go in?
Sanji didn't rush in blindly. Instead, he pulled Luffy to a stop and thought for a moment before speaking.
"What does it matter?! We're going in to rescue them anyway, so whether there's an ambush or not doesn't matter..."
Luffy still wanted to rush in, and what he said to Sanji made sense, which made Sanji determined to rush in with Luffy to rescue their crewmates.
"Oh, I see, it's Usopp and the others. Hey, we're here! You guys wait here, I'm coming to rescue you..."
After running inside for a while, Luffy spotted Usopp lying on the iron gate first, and waved to him.
"Yeah, great, you guys finally came to rescue us. Oh, by the way, Luffy Sanji, be careful, there's an ambush here..."
Usopp was incredibly excited to see his companions arrive to rescue them, but he also reminded them to be careful of any ambushes.
"Yeah, don't worry!! They can't stop me..."
Luffy, without any worries, ran straight over and grabbed the iron gate to preach.
Suddenly, just as he was confidently preparing to smash the iron gate, his body collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud.
"Hey, Luffy, what's wrong? Cheer up..."
Usopp noticed Luffy's unusual behavior and asked, puzzled.
"Tch, is it Seastone? It wasn't so easy for us to rescue them..."
Sanji then ran over and, seeing Luffy's condition, spoke up.
"Surrender, Straw Hat Luffy! You're surrounded! Don't have any more illusions, just surrender obediently!"
Just then, Colonel Drake led a group of armed soldiers to their vicinity and surrounded the two of them.
"Damn it, it really is the Navy! Hey, Luffy, what do we do...?"
Sanji, seeing this situation, spoke with some anger.
"Eh~"
Luffy didn't answer him; he was already Bind the power of the Seastone and had no strength left.
Thump~
Thump~
Thump~
"Damn it, I can't kick it away, what should I do...?"
Knowing that his captain was temporarily out of the question, Sanji had no choice but to go up and kick the iron door himself, but the prison door remained firmly in place.
"Hahaha, give up, pirate. You can't kick that cell door open. Even a cannon would have a hard time blowing it open, let alone kicking it!"
Drake Rake mocked him when he saw his actions.
"Hmm, a cannon? Right, Sanji has Impact Dial in my pocket, quickly take it out and use it to blast open this cell door."
When Usopp heard that even a cannon might not be able to blow open the prison door, he remembered that he had an Impact Dial in his pocket and asked Sanji to use it to solve the problem.
"Really? But my hands will hurt a lot if I use it!!"
Sanji spoke somewhat hesitantly.
"What kind of time is this to be worrying about this? Just use it already..."
Usopp advised.
"Okay, let's use it then..."
This time he agreed to use it.
"Hmm, pirate, what are you still doing? Don't you know you're just wasting your time?"
Colonel Drake said, looking at his strange behavior.
"Hmph, let me show you this rare thing from the Sky Island..."
Sanji picked up the seashell and spoke to them, then pressed the button on the seashell.
"You idiot, you idiot!"
Sanji was surprised that Usopp had given him a Tone Dial that stored sound, which made him feel embarrassed.
"Uh... hehe, sorry, I took the wrong one, it's this way, Sanji, hurry up and take it!"
Usopp looked at Sanji's gloomy face and said to him with a forced smile.
"Damn it... If you make another mistake and embarrass me this time, I'll make you pay..."
Sanji grabbed Usopp's clothes and yelled at him.
"Hehe, sorry, I won't make the same mistake again this time..."
Usopp said with a forced smile.
"Then I'll trust you one more time."
Sanji released Usopp's collar and took another seashell from his pocket, pressing it down.
Pfft~
"Hmm, this is gas?! Oh no, get down quickly..."
Upon smelling the scent, Sanji immediately realized what was happening and told everyone to lie down.
boom...
The Flavor Dial emitted a large amount of gas, which was ignited by nearby lamps, causing a violent explosion. A loud bang was heard, and a large amount of black smoke billowed from the entire prison.