Chapter 46: A Casual Stroll of Screams

The next day, Lucas woke up early in the morning.

It's hard to distinguish between day and night in the prison, but Lucas hung a clock on the wall of his cell to tell the time.

Originally, he planned to get up to read a book, but this idea dissipated.

He felt like he had been reading a lot lately and was a little tired from it all.

"Speaking of which...are there any movies in this world?" He spat out the water from brushing his teeth, wiped his mouth, and put away the washing utensils.

Then, under the envious, jealous, and hate-filled gazes of the other prisoners, Lucas sat quietly at the dining table, took a small cake, and began to have breakfast.

This was the cake that Hanako had "taken" from Hannyabal's table this morning. The chocolate lava cake tasted very good to Lucas.

When he finished breakfast, he seemed to remember something suddenly. He looked in a direction outside the prison and stood there looking for a moment.

Then, he picked up the milk from the table and drank it before standing up and walking towards the railing of the cage, looking in the direction of the sixth-floor exit.

"Huh?" Ace and Jinbei, who were in the opposite cage, noticed the change in Lucas's behavior. Even Crocodile, who was further away, saw the scene.

"What are you looking at?" Ace asked.

Lucas glanced toward the opposite prison.

Ace's hands were bound with chains and hung in the air. He had scars all over his body, though it was unclear whether they were from an old battle wound with Blackbeard or a new wound caused during interrogation.

"Captain of the Second Division of the Whitebeard Pirates?" Lucas said, raising his eyebrows slightly. "You're going to be executed soon, yet you're still paying attention to me?"

"I might be sentenced to death, but I'm alive now," Ace responded with a free and easy laugh.

After a brief pause, he asked again, "What are you looking at?"

"I'm looking towards the sixth-level exit," Lucas replied casually.

In the next second, before the drowsy eyes of Ace, Jinbei, and others, Lucas, who had changed into a different outfit, went through the iron bars of his cell and directly came through to the other side.

"What did I just see with my eyes?" Many prisoners saw it.

"Hey, hey, he even changed his clothes and is no longer wearing the prison uniform. This guy is trying to escape from prison!" shouts a prisoner.

"It's been a long time since I saw an escape. I remember a guy who tried to escape more than ten years ago. They blocked him and killed him without even leaving..." snarled a prisoner.

"Lucas, how did you phase through the cell? It can't be a devil fruit since it's made of seastone?!" asked a prisoner filled with baffled curiosity.

"Help me remove the chains and I'll give you all my treasures!" The prisoners saw Lucas escaping from his prison, and their eyes were full of excitement, while others just sat back and watched the show.

Even Patrick Redfield, better known as Red the Aloof, was startled from the scene, his scarlet eyes looking at Lucas, who had already left his cell.

"Who said I was running away from home?" Lucas asked.

He glanced at the prisoners who were talking in their cell and said, "This prison is my home, I live comfortably. Why would I want to leave my home?" As he walked away, he added, "I'm just taking a walk after a meal, I'll be back soon after."

His voice faded, and his body disappeared into the entrance of the sixth level. Although the door was closed, Lucas still 'walked' through it.

His body seemed to have no substance, only but a mere illusion.

When Lucas left, there was a very faint murmur, "I remember that this prison only has five levels..."

Meanwhile, Jinbei in the cell was completely dumbfounded. "This guy, is he really a prisoner on the sixth level or just a guest?" he wondered.

Crocodile raised his head and looked towards the entrance that Lucas had disappeared from. His eyes flickered with mischief, and he let out an uncanny smile.

At that moment, due to Lucas's departure, Eternal Hell was in chaos, and several voices were heard around.

"Where did he go?" someone cursed.

"He's like a ghost. This door is made of seastone. How did he penetrate it? That's not possible with a Devil Fruit power" someone else said, amazed by Lucas's methods.

"This is just so bothersome," The Fuzzy Samurai complained.

Some people were too lazy to deal with these things. They turned around and continued sleeping.

Meanwhile, Lucas had penetrated the door of Eternal Hell. His figure was illusory, as if he had no substance, like a ghost just lingering around, walking on the walls and cracks of the prison.

As he walked, there was a light sound of footsteps on the wall, but outsiders couldn't see any figure.

Lucas's ability to escape from prison was not due to the Devil Fruit, but rather his [ghost] ability.

When he chose the first ghost Sadako, he already had all her abilities, including her physical body. That is to say, Lucas is no different from a real ghost.

If he wanted to use the power of a ghost, then he would be the most vicious ghost.

Suddenly, he heard footsteps crossing the walls. At the same time, he heard whispering voices.

"Oh my, Impel Down hasn't been really peaceful recently. It's said that ghosts are running amok and causing quite a stir; many people have died already," murmured someone.

"Really? Haunted things are amazing no matter how you look at them, but are there really ghosts in the world? It's not someone's Devil Fruit ability or something right? Are we going to get haunted too?" someone murmured in concern.

"I don't know...hahaha," someone teased.

Lucas's ear twitched. Suddenly, he felt that one of the voices on the other side of the wall was very familiar.

Immediately, his body turned back into a ghost and he walked directly through the wall. The moment he penetrated the wall, he found himself face to face with a man wearing heavy makeup and a strange attire.

The "Queen" of the Kamabakka Kingdom, known as "Okama King" and a "Miracle Person," Emporio Ivankov.

At that moment, Lucas's body was illusory. Half of his body appeared outside the wall, and there was no shadow. And the one who was looking right at him was Ivankov.

"Waaaaaaahh!" Suddenly, Lucas screamed in fright.

Ivankov opened his mouth wide and stuck out his tongue in fear. "A ghost! Kyaaaaaaaa!!!"

Editor: wow, lucas? Got scared? seriously?

As a reminder, my source is "Scaring the Pirate World" by BlackGoku222 , MTL translation