"Please rest assured, this is not directed at you. It's just that there are surveillance transponder snail everywhere in the prison. Please understand."
Hancock wanted to activate her ability to petrify the transponder snail and Domino, but was stopped by Hera.
A flash of white light passed by, and Domino and the transponder snail were already under Hera's control.
Domino slapped her forehead and said, "That was presumptuous of me. Why would Vice Admiral Hera need to be checked? The Empress is wearing a qipao and can't hide anything. I'll conclude the inspection right now."
Then, she led Hera and Hancock out of the inspection room.
Hannybal, waiting outside, didn't think much of it, though he found it strange that Hancock and Hera weren't wearing Sea Stone handcuffs.
Hera casually crushed the Sea Stone handcuffs Domino had offered, saying, "I'm just here to pick up Vice Admiral Garp and leave. This stuff is useless against me anyway."
Hannybal didn't feel comfortable saying much more. Facing the youngest Vice Admiral in the Marine, and as an ambitious man himself, Hannybal knew about Hera's background and that she wasn't someone he could afford to provoke, so he didn't insist.
Instead, he led Hera and Hancock into the elevator that went directly to the fourth underground level.
Shadows spread in the corner. Luffy was spat out by the City of Devouring Time, while Hera and Hancock rode the elevator away from that level.
After Hera and the others left, a group of massive, light blue on top and dark blue on the bottom, skeleton-headed creatures wielding huge double-sided axes—the Blugori—returned from hunting Sea Kings.
An alarm sounded in the monitoring room. The clown Buggy, who had been imprisoned in Impel Down, had disappeared from his cell and escaped.
Lost in the prison and following Ace's life card, Luffy ran into Buggy, who was being chased by the blue gorilla guards, and also started running in a panic.
While Buggy and Luffy were causing chaos in the prison, Hera and Hancock had already arrived at the Warden's office on the fourth level.
Looking at the empty Warden's office, Hancock asked, "Where is Warden Magellan? Hasn't he started work yet?"
Hannybal explained, "Warden Magellan spends ten hours a day with diarrhea, so he locks himself in the bathroom. On top of that, he sleeps for eight hours, plus time for meals and such, he only works about four hours a day."
Hera remarked, "Then why even be the Warden? Can he manage things properly?"
Domino said, "The Warden is actually very reliable in critical moments. He's a Doku Doku no Mi user, so please be careful, everyone."
Hearing this, Hera's eyes lit up. The Paramecia-type Doku Doku no Mi could have an absurdly powerful effect in an enclosed space. This devil fruit could even be developed to produce effects similar to a Logia.
Moreover, Reiju's Raid Suit could absorb toxins, making it even more compatible with the Doku Doku no Mi's abilities. At least she wouldn't end up constantly suffering from diarrhea because her own food got contaminated by the poisonous gas she exhaled.
Hera fell into deep thought as she looked at the Logia-type Gas-Gas Fruit lying in her warehouse. How could she help Magellan swap devil fruits?
Magellan came out of the bathroom holding his stomach: "Another tough battle... Oh, guests. I am Warden Magellan."
Magellan shielded his eyes: "Ah, so bright. I'd rather be locked in a dark room, preferably with my heart sealed off too."
Hannybal said, "Don't talk nonsense, Warden. The Shichibukai Lady Hancock and Headquarters Vice Admiral Hera have been waiting for a while. They're here to pick up Vice Admiral Garp."
Magellan said, "Ah, my apologies. I'm having a bit of diarrhea. I drank some poisonous soup at noon."
Hera's Observation Haki sensed the chaos above and quickly interrupted their comedic routine: "Enough of that. Take me to Vice Admiral Garp."
Magellan led Hera, saying, "Vice Admiral Garp is still with Ace on the sixth level. Let's head over then."
With that, Magellan led Hera and Hancock out of the Warden's office and headed towards the sixth level of Impel Down.
After Magellan left with Hera, the phone in the Warden's office started ringing, but Magellan, already gone, couldn't hear the transponder snail's ring.
At that moment, Chief Guard Sadi, with her curly blond hair, bangs covering her eyes, white candle-shaped earrings, wearing a pink crop top leather bodysuit, flared leather pants, and spiked stiletto heels, stepped out.
Chief Guard Sadi stopped the other guards' thoughts of calling the Marine for help. Her whip struck the hand of a guard trying to notify the Marine, preventing the call for assistance.
"Hmm, I am Sadi, the one who loves torture the most. Not only has there been a prison break, but if we ask the Marine for help, our Impel Down's reputation would be completely ruined."
"Don't worry. We just need to seal off Impel Down's passages. Prisoners trying to escape won't be able to get out."
"You just close the gates of Impel Down and guard the passages. In this undersea prison, no one can escape."
The panicked guards calmed down. With someone in command, they regained their composure, closed the gates of Impel Down, and sealed off the entire prison.
On the floor where Ace was held, the criminals on Impel Down's sixth level saw the world's most beautiful woman, Hancock, and a little girl in a Marine uniform walk in. Having not seen a woman for so long, they couldn't help but become restless.
Hannybal said, "Ace, look who's come to see you. Vice Admiral Hera and the world's most beautiful woman have come to see you all."
Garp stood up from the ground, looked at Hera, and sighed: "I never thought that old geezer Sengoku would send you to pick me up. Let's go."
Hera looked at Jinbe, who was imprisoned with Ace and covered in blood and wounds, nodded, and prepared to leave with Garp.
The other prisoners all grew restless.
"Is that the world's most beautiful woman, the Empress? Come to my cell!"
"Miss Hancock, you're so womanly!"
"I really want to go to Amazon Lily. Do the women there not wear any clothes?"
"Hey hey, Snake Princess, did you come here because you're so desperate for men on an island full of women?"
"That little Marine girl, lift your head and let me see. I love them short. Let me see if you're cute."
Seeing Ace's miserable state, Hera, who was already in a bad mood, grew exceptionally angry. The City of Devouring Time spread from her shadow, and all the prisoners present felt a wave of pressure.
The silent powerhouses on the sixth level sensed Hera's Haoshoku and looked up one by one. Only the weak ones continued to jeer.
Hera's icy voice rang out: "Magellan, you have a few too many prisoners here. Let me help you lighten the prison's burden."
The City of Devouring Time spread throughout the sixth level. The prisoners who had been so arrogant moments before were dragged one by one into the darkness by the shadows. The entire prison fell silent.
Only a handful of people in the prison could withstand the indiscriminate attack of the City of Devouring Time. True powerhouses like "Red-Haired" Patrick Redfield and "Devil's Child" Douglas Bullet looked towards Hera.
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