Chapter 63: The Forbidden Zone of the Sea
Hearing the noise, Buggy suddenly sat up in his prison cell. He put away his dejection and sorrow and looked outside the cage. He saw a man in casual clothes, half-leaning against the wall, teasing him. Buggy's gaze fell on this man, looking puzzled. Clearly, he didn't recognize Lin Yan. His nostalgic thoughts of the past with Shanks were interrupted, making Buggy somewhat displeased. With his red nose, he pointed at Lin Yan and asked, "Who are you? Get lost!"
Lin Yan stroked his chin. Well, quite arrogant! However, he didn't get angry. He calmly said, "I was originally thinking of getting you out of this cage, but I didn't expect the great Buggy who caused havoc in the East Blue to be so arrogant. Forget it, if you want me to get lost, I'll get lost!" While speaking, Lin Yan really intended to leave.
"Get me out of the cage??" Buggy's ears quickly caught this information. A look of astonishment flashed in his eyes. Then he quickly raised his head, sizing up Lin Yan. At this moment, Buggy noticed that Lin Yan wasn't wearing a Navy uniform. "Who... who are you?" Buggy asked with a mix of suspicion and uncertainty.
"Does it matter? I'm just a passerby," Lin Yan replied leisurely, hands in his pockets.
"Please don't go, don't go! It was my fault just now, I apologize! Bro, elder bro, big bro, as long as you can get me out, I'll do anything for you!" Just moments ago, Buggy was lamenting what kind of waves he could stir up in the prison, feeling that his life was over, destined to be lonely. The next second, Lin Yan appeared, becoming his savior. Knowing that the other party was willing to get him out, Buggy's mood took a sharp turn, and he quickly spoke in a flattering tone.
"Ah, this is the demeanor of the great Buggy? Admirable, admirable!" Seeing how quickly Buggy's attitude changed, Lin Yan gave him a thumbs up. As for becoming a slave... Sorry, he doesn't like riding... the same kind! Cough cough!
Although the cage was made of Seastone, it posed no significant restriction for Lin Yan. Lightning appeared in his palm, and the sturdy cage before him was directly burned into a puddle of waste by the high-temperature lightning.
"A Devil Fruit user?" Seeing the lightning in Lin Yan's hand, Buggy immediately recognized it. But... the problem was, this cage was made of Seastone! Why did the Seastone not affect him much? Buggy opened his mouth. He wanted to ask why but quickly chose to remain silent. This was one of his few opportunities to leave Impel Down. He didn't dare to make a fuss or ask questions.
"Big bro... what do you plan to do next?" After witnessing Lin Yan's method, Buggy became increasingly respectful.
"Simple, I need someone to open all the cages here!" You have to know, how many prisoners are there in Impel Down? Lin Yan wasn't sure. If he opened each one himself, who knew how long it would take. After speaking, he threw a bunch of keys to Buggy. Before coming here, Lin Yan had already dealt with many guards in Impel Down. From them, he had obtained a large batch of keys. After assigning the task of opening the fourth level to Buggy, Lin Yan headed straight for the sixth level.
Walking through the dark, damp corridor, the walls around him were getting increasingly damp. On the staircase, aside from moss, piles of bones lined the sides. The scene looked like mountains made of bones. Seeing this, it wasn't hard to guess that over hundreds of years, countless souls of the dead from the sea were buried here!
Finally, a strange door appeared before Lin Yan. This door was made with special patterns, with very terrifying images printed on it. "This should be it!" Indeed, behind this door was Lin Yan's destination, the sixth level of Impel Down—Infinite Hell, also known as the forbidden zone of the world, the land of death.
"Squeak~~" The door opened, and Lin Yan took bold steps, walking into the sixth level.
At this moment, in Infinite Hell, a fish-man in a kimono, with Seastone handcuffs on both hands, looked at the dead silent dark cage with a complicated expression. On his body, bruises and whip marks covered him. Blood-stained, scarred.
"The battle at Marineford... should have already started! Sorry... Whitebeard..." The fish-man was Jinbe. He couldn't help but sigh, thinking about how he couldn't stop this scene. A look of regret and loneliness appeared on his face. Once a prominent member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he now found himself in such a downfallen state.
"Hmph! What a foolish man!" Next to Jinbe, a man with a long horizontal scar on his face, a golden hook on his left hand, and wearing prison clothes, still had an arrogant expression even while trapped in a cage. Also a former Warlord, Crocodile was now Jinbe's cellmate. Seeing the fish-man in such a miserable state, a look of disdain appeared on Crocodile's face.
How did Jinbe end up in prison? Upon learning that Ace was captured, he immediately went to the Navy headquarters to demand his release! However, during this journey, Jinbe had a confrontation with the Navy. Even though Jinbe was a Warlord, in front of the colossal Navy, what impact could a small Warlord have? Since then, Jinbe was imprisoned in the sixth level of Impel Down. And as long as the Navy wanted, his title of Warlord could be revoked anytime. Trying to negotiate with the Navy? This was one of the reasons Crocodile despised Jinbe.
Hearing Crocodile's mocking beside him, Jinbe had no mood to respond. He just sighed: "Sigh!"
And just as Jinbe sighed, the sound of footsteps caught their attention in this silent Infinite Hell. In the dim light, Lin Yan walked to their cage, looking through the Seastone bars. He smiled and said, "Even as Warlords, you have moments of sighing?" His gaze looked at Crocodile and Jinbe before him.
Compared to the frowning, vigilant Crocodile, Jinbe, upon seeing Lin Yan, his face first showed a bit of astonishment, then he stood up directly. "You are... the division commander..."