Chapter 398: Progenitor Transponder Snail
Clearly, besides Roy himself, no one knew what was happening in Impel Down.
Everyone's attention right now had already been drawn to the great war in Marineford, so naturally no one would know that Imu's secret hidden in the deepest part had already been discovered.
Those three switches capable of determining the fate of the world, two of them had already been turned off now.
But the crux of the problem also lies here...
"The last switch is in Mary Geoise..."
Casually blasting away a rocket fired by Lindbergh with a strike, Roy murmured secretly in his heart.
Yes.
What was happening right now was exactly the plan he had designed after hearing about this "Public Execution" by the World Government.
War is a hotbed of chaos—for Roy, who had already confirmed the locations of Rocks's and Imu's secrets now, taking advantage of this war to turn on those three switches was clearly the best choice.
And now the only problem was that switch in Mary Geoise.
"The location of that switch, if my guess is not wrong, should be right below Pangaea Castle."
And to Roy, this was considered the only tricky part.
Because Pangaea Castle is Imu's true lair. Imu, located within the "Room of Flowers", can exert power far exceeding normal circumstances. Even the current Roy knows in his heart that there is no possibility of victory facing that power.
But it's still that same saying.
"This war is the opportunity."
Roy knows this.
Just like he thought before the war started—he couldn't be sure of Imu's purpose in guiding this "Public Execution", but he could be sure that Imu absolutely had some kind of purpose in this incident.
That purpose must definitely be extremely important to Imu, to the point that He would rather reveal His existence and power to make sure it was completed.
Since that's the case...
"For this purpose, Imu shouldn't be stingy about sending down more power and chips."
"He might even be willing to... descend personally, right?"
Accompanied by such thoughts, Roy stole some leisure time amidst his busyness to survey the entire battlefield.
Right now on the battlefield, accompanied by the Scavengers of Impel Down joining the battle.
The situation that was already visibly somewhat untenable for the Marines also instantly transformed.
The criminals of Impel Down were almost all existences with somewhat of a reputation on the sea—even those relatively weaker criminals in LV1 or LV2 were at least characters with some fame in the initial Four Blues.
And after being subjected to "Black Turn Domination", they not only didn't fear death, their strength had also improved massively.
This made the battlefield instantly turn from the Marines' original decline to an advantage—if it weren't for the fact that the Scavengers' slaughtering often had a tendency of not distinguishing friend from foe, the battle situation might even highly likely lean towards the Marines' side.
But clearly, this was only a temporary situation.
"Then... let the main event take the stage."
Roy murmured in his heart, his figure slanting slightly imperceptibly, and a small Transponder Snail hidden inside his right sleeve was gently pressed by him.
The next moment...
Puru puru!
Puru puru!
In various places across the entire battlefield.
Whitebeard, Red Hair, Ace, and Dragon, who had been staying below and in front of Roy without making a move, all simultaneously had their expressions become serious.
And that "Messaging Transponder Snail" delivered to them along with the letter from The Zodiac not long ago, was jumping right now.
"!!!"
And after seeing this jumping Transponder Snail, they also understood.
"It's here..."
Murmuring like this, Dragon, who had been lying low and preserving his strength since the battle began, also finally stepped onto the front stage.
"Sabo, have Betty and the others make a move, prepare those most crucial 'weapons'... prepare to begin the 'general offensive' against this world."
He said in a low voice.
"Mr. Dragon?"
And after hearing this, Sabo standing beside him had a change in expression.
As the "Chief of Staff" of the Revolutionary Army, he of course knew the overall plan of this operation.
But the problem is...
"Mr. Dragon, 'Black Xiezhi' is still blocking us, and if we turn on 'that' at a time like this, the Government and the Marines will highly likely launch a siege against us..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw the look in Dragon's eyes.
"Don't worry."
The Revolutionary only said these two words.
"..."
Thus, Sabo was stunned for a moment.
Then, he didn't hesitate anymore.
"Koala... let's go!"
He decisively turned around, called Koala, and went to notify the mission issued by Dragon.
And the four Army Commanders originally engaging in battle with Roy also clearly received the news quickly.
Thus their movements also collectively paused, and then they decisively pulled out and each left the battlefield.
Then...
Rumble!
Accompanied by a massive sound, the entire sea surface began to tremble.
Even the Marines and pirates engaging in battle with enemies above Marineford instinctively looked towards the place where the massive sound came from.
Right now, behind the Revolutionary Army's General Flagship "Wind Granma".
Surrounded by the respective flagships of the four Army Commanders.
A certain behemoth that had clearly been prepared long ago was slowly rising from beneath the sea surface.
Clack.
Accompanied by a massive sound, six iron plates resembling flower buds were slowly opening.
"What is that?"
"Is it some kind of new weapon of the Revolutionary Army?"
This appearance made all the Marines instantly feel a chill in their hearts.
But quickly, they discovered that thing didn't seem to be a weapon.
Because what appeared behind those opened iron plates wasn't some cannon muzzle or sharp sword weapon.
Quite the contrary, what appeared behind those iron plates... was something that looked completely harmless to humans and animals.
That was a Transponder Snail.
Of course, to the vast majority of people on this sea, Transponder Snails were not a rare thing.
But the problem was, the size of this Transponder Snail was truly too astonishing.
Its size was almost like a small mountain, rising from beneath the sea surface looking like a Sea King.
And more crucially, on the face of this Transponder Snail actually grew a beard and wrinkles, and near the bottom of its body there were even countless Transponder Snails that seemed to be a part of it, growing beneath its feet.
And at this time, the expressions of Marines who were slightly more knowledgeable had already changed.
"That is..."
For example, Sengoku widened his eyes unbelievably at this moment.
"Progenitor Transponder Snail!?"
Exactly when he uttered this name, Sengoku seemed to instantly realize some massive danger, so he also immediately waved his hand and shouted loudly: "'Black Xiezhi'... no, everyone, attack and destroy that thing immediately!"
"The Revolutionary Army—these guys, they didn't just come to stop this execution!"