80 Fight and Grand Entrance

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Francisco, the old man stood still as he felt the world around him shift.

"Garp... I don't think escaping without a fight is possible at this point..." The old pirate said as he tapped his wooden stick on the ground.

"... Whatever! Don't you dare kill any of them!" Garp then dashed at the prison guards and vice warden.

Magellan was quick to cover himself in Venom, dashing towards the 'fake' Garp in front of him.

Garp covered his fists in Haki as he punched at the Vice Warden's stomach.

Magellan flared up his venom and blocked the punch as he slid backwards, the rest of the prison guards quickly turned and started to circle around the prisoners while staying out of Magellan's way.

This led to them only circling around Francisco, as 'Garp' was being dealt with by Magellan, and they didn't want to get in the way of his venom.

Garp squinted a bit as the amount of Venom around him increased, Magellan seemed to be exuding more and more of it by the second, making him annoying to approach.

After all, Garp knew that touching the Venom was ill-advised, but he couldn't exactly do much else besides coat his body in haki and hope for the best. He was strongest when fighting his opponents face to face.

"... I don't think your way of approaching this is all that optimal..." Francisco, the old pirate, said as he tapped his walking stick onto the ground.

"Shut it!" Garp punched Magellan's stomach once more in a quick motion, sending the Vice Warden flying backwards and then quickly shaking his fist to throw off the thick venom that covered it.

"I'd recommend throwing rocks at him," Francisco said as he smiled a bit as he seemed to start reminiscing about some things.

"Remember how you used to slug around that huge chained cannonball? I remember you sinking a few of our ships with it... Good times." Francisco said with an amused tone.

It was clear that he wasn't exactly all that fearful of the situation around him.

A few correctional officers had made their way to him, Garp didn't bother to stop them, he knew Francisco could take care of himself.

The prison guards quickly tried to entrap the old pirate with their seastone Man Catchers. The old man simply smiled a bit when feeling so many people around him.

In the blink of an eye, the old pirate's walking stick struck at the napes of all of the prison guards around him.

The old man was panting, but he didn't seem all that bothered besides that.

His grip on his wooden cane was rather weak, but he was still strong enough to deal with regular soldiers.

"I can at least deal with this much..." The old man said through heavy breaths as he turned his head towards the Vice Warden in the distance.

"I'm guessing you won't be trying to finish him off or anything..." Francisco said as he felt the Vice Warden get up rather quickly after Garp's punch.

"... I won't just go around killing marines..." Garp said as he clenched his fist and looked at the staff of Impel down with a frustrated gaze.

To him, they were as much part of the marines as everyone that had participated in the war. And he didn't like the fact that he was fighting them now one bit.

"Well, there's a reason why they call you a hero, I guess..." Francisco said with a cheeky smile. Garp had caught him up to speed on recent events, at least to some extent.

Then, the old man seemed to sense something, so the corners of his mouth lowered and he turned his head to the ceiling.

While this was happening, Garp wasn't exactly standing still, he was constantly ripping out pieces of the floor and throwing them toward the recently demoted Vice Warden.

The Acidic Venom seemed to melt right through the projectiles Garp was throwing. The Venom was getting blown away more and more, but Magellan seemed to be able to create more and more Venom to replace it.

The entire situation managed to annoy Garp quite a bit.

'If this keeps going for much longer I might actually just punch him seriously...'

Garp was growing more and more frustrated by every second that the fight seemed to stretch out.

But not as frustrated as Magellan, as he simply could no longer get close to the prisoners... His venom could also not reach them as Garp kept blowing it away.

'How is a random prisoner this strong?!... No, I should've expected this much from someone being escorted by the CP0...' Magellan stared at the fake 'Garp' with a frustrated gaze.

'At this rate, I might have to retreat and clog the entrance with Venom... But the other guards have yet to flee...'

Magellan was quite conflicted, as he didn't want to risk killing his own men or getting them stuck with the two criminals.

He had already alerted the current Warden of the situation, they had instructions in case the 'shapeshifting pirate' escaped containment.

The new warden had likely already contacted the World Government agents by now and informed them of the situation, so they would likely be storming the Prison soon.

So at this point, Magellan knew that he simply needed to hold on as long as possible.

"... Garp?" Francisco asked with a careful tone as he knocked out a few more prison guards with his makeshift cane.

"Yeah?" The old marine asked as he ripped off a large stone tile from the ground and chucked it towards Magellan.

"You told me about this guy... Enel, remember?" He said as he shook his head for a few seconds.

"Yeah, what about him?" Garp asked as he continued to throw whatever he could towards the Venom-spitting Vice Warden.

"Well... Does he happen to be able to fly and sit on clouds, by chance?" Francisco asked as he took a few deep breaths and sat down on a few of the piled-up prison guards that he had knocked out.

"What? Is he here already?!" Garp asked as he blew away the venom that was coming toward him with a punch.

"Yep..." Francisco simply nodded, observing the situation with his observation haki while resting a bit.

"Great! I guess we'll be meeting him halfwa-" Garp's words were interrupted by a large explosion and a huge tremor, it was as if the entirety of Impel Down was experiencing a large earthquake.

Looking to the side, Garp and Magellan could both see a huge lightning pillar had simply passed through the side of the room, likely continuing to the bottom of the sea floor.

"Didn't expect you to start breaking out by yourself, Garp!" Enel appeared at the scene just like that, stepping out of the lightning pillar just as it vanished.

Magellan could clearly see the huge hole in both the floor and ceiling of the level they were in.

Garp simply sweated a bit as he looked at Enel with a weirded-out gaze. 'Couldn't you have been a bit less destructive?'

His question must've been clear from his gaze, as Enel responded with an amused smile.

"Don't worry, I made sure to not hit anyone when building the elevator!"

"Elevator? Feels more like a hole to me..." Francisco said as he also turned his head to the newcomer. Enel was rather surprised to see another person breaking out with Garp.

"Who's the old guy?" Enel asked, not really paying mind to any of the other people on the scene besides Garp and his fellow escapee.

"Oh... He's an old friend... I'll explain more when we get out of here, ok?" Garp said as he sweated a bit.

He hadn't wanted to cause that much destruction to Impel Down. He could've easily punched through the floors himself, but he was still reluctant to damage Navy property.

Especially since this was a prison holding dangerous criminals that had harmed many innocent people.

Enel didn't seem to have the same reservations though, either that or he had really good aim.

Garp leaned more on the second option, as he knew Enel wasn't a bad person.

Enel had also contributed to catching quite a few criminals in the marines, him working to free them wouldn't have made much sense to Garp.

Magellan studied the situation with some sweat on his brow.

He was already having a hard time dealing with the prisoners that had escaped, now the Enel, an actual Emperor had to go and poke a hole into his prison.

But the familiar way Enel was speaking to the prisoner was also concerning. Enel had also called him 'Garp'.

Everyone in the Marines knew about Garp's friendship with the Sky King.

So was Enel also being fooled by the shapeshifting prisoner as well?

But... Enel was an actual Emperor! How exactly would he mistake his friend for someone else so easily?

"Something doesn't add up..." Magellan said as the venom around him started retracting into his body.

'The World Government was lying to us?! I mean, it's nothing new... But this isn't a good sign!'

Enel turned his head to the Vice Warden with an odd half-smile on his face.

"Magellan! It's great to see you again... Our last meeting was rather short-lived, I'm afraid..."

Enel didn't bother attacking Magellan either, seeing as the Venomous Warden didn't seem to be aggressive anymore.

"I am a bit confused here... Are you actually Vice Admiral Garp...?" Magellan turned his head to Garp, as he approached slowly with his hands raised, signifying he meant no harm.

"OF COURSE I AM!" Garp shouted with anger as he threw a rock at the ground, cracking it a bit more as he huffed a bit and started mumbling to himself.

"I-I see. Sorry about this!" Magellan instantly bowed when hearing that confirmation. He was also feeling a bit glad that Garp wasn't out for blood.

"... Seriously, what the hell was going on here?" Enel asked as he crossed his arms and tilted his head.

"The World Government playing their usual games... Nothing really new... Seems like they wanted to faze out Garp this time around..." Francisco said as he shrugged a bit.

Magellan simply clenched his fists tightly when hearing that... 'If they can try this with Garp... Then what about the rest of us?!'

The Vice Warden felt genuinely insulted by the situation. After all, he had been tricked into attacking the respected Marine Hero...

"I mean, obviously... But I thought they'd at least inform the wardens about this stuff..." Enel said as he looked at the hole he had created.

"They didn't inform us of anything..." Magellan said with shame rather apparent in his tone.

"By the way, sorry for ruining the place. Don't worry, I made sure no one would be able to escape using this..."

Magellan simply nodded a bit, Enel at least didn't seem to be the type of person that could benefit from freeing weaklings on the upper floors of Impel Down.

They had a breakout already, and most of the truly dangerous pirates on those floors were already roaming free...

So Enel truly didn't have much to gain from doing that... He was clearly only there for Garp.

Magellan sighed as the situation was getting more and more difficult in his mind...

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Enel just went ahead and redecorated Impel down a bit. Giving the prison a bit of natural lightning(heh) in the process...(obligatory dad joke)

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