Falling Toward the Third Floor!

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Chapter 529's Events:

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After running to the end of the second floor, Luffy and the others were forced to stop in their tracks by a massive lion-like creature blocking their way.

[Level 2 Guardian Sphinx (Human-faced, Feathered Lion)]

(Uwaaaaahh~ What a thing to run into…)

Buggy almost cried at his misfortune.

"A… A Lion…"

"No… A man?"

Luffy was confused about what this creature was.

(It's the Guardian of the Stairs, The Sphinx!!!)

Galdino almost screamed.

Vuorururu… "Soumen…"

(Soumen!?)

The three wondered what this talking lion meant.

"Ramen!! Vuoruru!!"

"Tamen… Yaksoba!!!"

The rigid Sphinx began to chase them while chanting strange names.

"It can only say the names of noodles!!!"

The three shouted before running with all their might.

"Amen!" said Sphinx.

(It prayed!!!)

Buggy's eyes widened as they ran.

Sphinx extended its massive claw and tore toward the three, who were sent flying in different directions. 

"Uwoh!! This guy is bad news!!!" exclaimed Buggy.

The prisoners swallowed their saliva upon hearing Sphinx's roar, while the released prisoners wished to return to their cells at that moment: 

"The Sphinx is going wild… Someplace far away…" 

"Man… I knew we couldn't escape!!" 

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"Damn it!! What power!!"

said Luffy, then turned to both Buggy and Mister 3: "Hm? Hey, what're you guys doing!!?"

Mister 3 and Buggy were found shaking hands as if they had made a certain decision. 

(All right!! We're forming the jailbreak alliance!!) Buggy* 

(I'm glad there's someone else serious about escaping!) Mister 3* 

(Now let's put the 'make-Strawhat-into-bait' plan in action!!)

That's how they thought until they saw Luffy fiercely attacking Sphinx's head. 

"Gomu Gomu… Bazooka!!!" 

VUORURURAAH!!!* Sphinx roared in pain.

"Why are you pissing him off!!?"

Mister 3 was about to faint.

Buggy left his two feet on the ground and flew high: "This is bad!"

"Hah!! That's not fair, you two can get so high up!!"

Mister 3 seemed to have become the target of Sphinx's anger, which extended its claw to crush him.

"Wha…? Gyaaaahh!!"

Sphinx crushed Mister 3 into small pieces under its claw, revealing that he was just a solid wax.

"Fuhahahaha!! Fooled ya, you simple beast. That was just a wax man, made with my Doru Doru powers!!"

Mister 3 mocked Sphinx, which started rampaging and hitting the wax men appearing here and there. 

The ground began to shake as a result, eventually destroying the ceiling, and Sphinx, along with Luffy, Buggy, and Mister 3, fell to the third floor.

"Gyaaahhh!! You stupid beast!!!"

"It broke the floor itself!!!!"

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{This is Level 3! Uwaah!! There's a giant monster falling from the ceiling…!!!}

On the third floor, the guards froze in shock.

"Uwaaaah!!!"

Luffy shouted.

"Oh no!!"

Mister 3 found himself falling downwards as well.

"We're falling to Level 3!!!"

Buggy cried unwillingly.

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"Rahahaha!!!"

"Hahaha!"

"Kahahaha! Oh my goodness, I can't stop laughing! I might just keel over!"

"Pfft! Wahahaha! Behold the fate of those foolish enough to plot against the protagonist! In the end, they all end up on the lower floor!"

"Mister 3 thinks he's clever, but he's actually the dimmest of the trio, hahaha!"

"That's true! He's the one who triggered Sphinx's berserk mode in the first place. What a fool!"

On a certain island in the South Blue, readers were thoroughly entertained by the unfolding events.

The way the three characters plummeted to the third floor was truly remarkable.

The chaos caused by Luffy was impossible to ignore. Of course, it was to be expected from characters like Luffy, Buggy, and the misguided Mister 3!

In a specific corner of an art store in the South Blue, a boy with glasses, engrossed in the manga, blushed and almost fainted from embarrassment.

Hardly anyone knew that the 15-year-old boy was, in fact, Mister 3, Galdino. He didn't sport the signature hairstyle with the number 3, or else he would have been recognized!

'Is this really my manga counterpart?'

'I might die of embarrassment!'

If he hadn't consumed the Wax Fruit by now, he might have questioned whether he was truly the same person as Mister 3.

Since the Alabasta arc, he had harbored doubts. What if he and Mister 3 weren't one and the same?

Influenced by his love for the main characters in One Piece, he wished his manga counterpart would be more helpful to Luffy.

He would be proudest to see Mister 3 succeed in aiding Luffy and Ace.

'Unfortunately, I am too weak... No, he is weak... and I am not him.'

Young Galdino pondered inwardly as he moved on to the next chapter.

This was his homeland, the cold island where the kingdom of Roshwan is situated.

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Marineford:

The overall mood at the main Marine base was undeniably tense, particularly inside the office of the Fleet Admiral.

"What in the world is this nonsense!"

"Why isn't there enough security for those demonic monsters!?"

"Is this the extent of Impel Down's capabilities? Why does it seem so lax!"

Sakazuki was on the verge of exploding in anger. He hadn't anticipated that Impel Down would be so vulnerable in reality!

"Sigh~ It seems Impel Down needs significant adjustments in reality," sighed Sengoku.

"Magellan is proving to be incompetent in reality," remarked Kizaru without annoyance.

"Not just Magellan, every official there... Where is Shiryu? I haven't seen him anywhere," Zephyr wondered.

"Perhaps he'll make an appearance on one of the lower floors."

"Let's reserve judgment until the end. The story is just beginning; we'll see what we can do once we finish reading it."

"Under your command, Fleet Admiral."

"It appears Saint Warcury has gone to Impel Down; the government must be more aware of the situation there than we are," said Sengoku.

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Chapter 633: Monkey D. Luffy and Portgas D. Ace are brothers!

Chapter 634: Pirate? That's not a bad option.

Chapter 635: Level 3: Starvation Hell.

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