Impel Down.
By the time Makoto arrived, it was already chaos. The roads were littered with Anomaly's corpses.
The air was thick with the smell of blood and burning.
"Makoto-sama."
The Pleiades maid squad, stationed at the outermost perimeter, saw Makoto and bowed in unison.
Yuri Alpha stood at the front, her posture straight, her expression serious. There was an uncleaned bloodstain on the edge of her glasses.
"Has anyone come back?"
Makoto asked.
Although he felt the threat he had made on TV would have little effect on those scumbags, what if?
Yuri shook her head. "Not a single person has come back."
Makoto showed a cruel smile.
'Well, it looked like I would have to add some extra spice for these scumbags later.'
Led by the Pleiades maid squad, Makoto went to the even more chaotic scene of the incident.
Whether it was Saeko, Reze, Shinobu, Kanae, Rei... or Demiurge, Albedo, Shalltear, Mare, Aura from Nazarick...
Every face bore the same word: shame.
They had fallen for such a trick. What a disgrace.
Makoto looked up at Impel Down.
The tower still loomed high into the clouds, but it was much more dilapidated. Huge holes had opened up in various places, as if something had exploded from the inside.
Rock fragments hung from the edges of the holes, swaying slightly in the wind, ready to fall at any moment.
"Did they all get away?" Makoto asked.
Demiurge stepped forward.
"A few remain, Makoto-sama. For example, Ishida Shoya and Ueno Naoka in Level 1, Annie and Reiner in Level 2, Daki in Level 3... these people didn't escape."
His tone was calm, but behind his glasses, his thin eyes flashed with shame.
He had once been Nazarick's chief strategist, yet he had been fooled by such a simple trick.
Makoto was a bit surprised. "Oh? Really? Why didn't they run?"
"They've probably witnessed Makoto-sama's power. They were too scared to run." Solution poked her head out from the side, a teasing smile on her lips.
Makoto didn't respond. He turned to look at Mare. "Mare, how long will it take to repair Impel Down?"
Mare lowered his head and calculated silently. "If we're just fixing it... to not as good as before... about three days. But if we need to reinforce security, a week."
"Then I'll leave it to you."
Mare nodded, stomped his staff on the ground. The magic crystal at its head glowed bright green. He began to make preparations.
Makoto was about to issue his next order when he noticed a figure in the corner out of the corner of his eye.
A green-haired boy crouched by the ruins, hugging his knees, his head buried in his arms, his shoulders trembling slightly.
He was curled up there like an abandoned animal.
"Why is he here?" Makoto asked, pointing at Izuku.
Reze glanced in the direction of his finger, her tone full of impatience. "Delivering food to his childhood friend. He comes every day."
Makoto was speechless. He couldn't be bothered to deal with this kid either. But judging by Izuku's state, it seemed that raging monkey had also run away.
That was the stupidest thing he could do.
At the end of the day, what the raging monkey had done wasn't very serious. He would have been out in six months.
Now that he had run away, if he got caught later, it wouldn't be so simple.
"Senpai."
Yu walked up from behind. His expression wasn't good.
"What did you find out?"
Makoto asked.
The others also turned their attention to Yu. The Gun Devil's vision covered the entire globe. No one could pull tricks under his watch.
Yu shook his head. "I didn't see them. They probably know my abilities. They're likely moving underground."
Saeko and the others nodded.
Yu's abilities were already basically public knowledge in the real world. And when Gyoro-Gyoro and the others had attacked Impel Down, they had also used underground infiltration. The enemy had come prepared.
The Teddy Devil poked his head out from behind, his dog nose sniffing the air. "Boss, should we send people to search worldwide? My nose is pretty sharp."
With that, he rubbed his dog nose. The moisture on his nose shimmered in the sunlight.
The Rabbit Devil also added, "Or have people skilled in Observation Haki conduct a grid search."
Saeko shook her head. "Observation Haki is useless. The enemy has Anomalies capable of masking their presence."
The ability of that Gyoro-Gyoro earlier was still fresh in her mind.
Makoto was silent for a moment, his gaze sweeping over the faces before him. Then he smiled. "It's okay. They'll definitely come to us. We'll just wait. Everyone, be careful in the meantime."
Makoto really wasn't worried about the Anomaly Association people not coming out.
Ninety-nine percent of those who had escaped from Impel Down were his enemies... Heiji and Saguru brought back from other worlds, Sukuna and Muzan, who had been beaten half to death, etc.
After gaining the power given to them by the Anomalies, they would definitely come after him.
Though he felt that many of them didn't actually need to take monster cells.
And the fact that the Anomaly Association had dared to openly attack Impel Down meant they were still quite confident in their own strength. Otherwise, they wouldn't dare to openly confront him like this.
But Makoto was a bit curious. What gave the Anomaly Association the confidence to openly challenge him?
'That guy nicknamed [Monster King] Orochi?'
'If it was just him, it seemed a bit lacking.'
"I'm very sorry, Commander."
Rei walked out from behind Saeko.
Her pretty face still had a few unwashed bloodstains. Her uniform was covered in dust and debris.
Makoto raised an eyebrow. "Huh?"
Rei took a deep breath and recounted the whole sequence of events to Makoto... from Takashi's confession after Hisashi's death, to her rejection, to Takashi becoming an Anomaly, to today, when he led an Anomaly army back for revenge.
In her view, Takashi had become an Anomaly because she rejected his confession, which had led to this whole series of events.
In a sense, she bore some responsibility.
"So he considers me the number one revenge target for stealing his woman?" After listening, Makoto had a look of 'I can't even'.
To be honest, if Heiji or Reiner wanted revenge, he could understand... after all, he had actually slept with Kazuha and Historia.
But did you f*cking know that Rei is still a virgin?
What revenge is this?
"It's okay. Go back."
Makoto waved his hand, indicating he didn't mind.
Suddenly, Saeko leaned close to Makoto's ear. "Makoto, why don't you just take Rei?"
As the warden responsible for Impel Down, it had been heavily damaged by Anomalies.
It wasn't Impel Down they had hit... it was her, Saeko's, reputation.
She had lost her dignity in front of her man.
She wished she could chop Takashi, Soshi, and the others into pieces.
But she couldn't find them right now.
So... let her man sleep with the woman Takashi loved.
Then later, when they caught him, they could show him the video over and over!
Hearing this, Shinobu, following behind, immediately sounded internal alarm bells.
'What the hell! Cutting in line, are you?!'