Chapter 69 Ice Kuzan

"Click..."

It only took a moment to open their eyes.

Some pirates, excited to wake up because they had been freed, jumped up to celebrate. But by the time their feet landed, the calm blue sea had turned into a frozen wasteland of ice and snow.

The sea was completely frozen in an instant, and the cold air made the prisoners shiver uncontrollably.

This sudden change made them think they were hallucinating.

After rubbing their eyes to confirm that everything in front of them was real, they looked at the completely frozen sea with horror.

"This... this..."

Their brains couldn't process what their eyes were seeing.

Half of San Juan Wolf's body was also frozen in the sea, unable to move.

Their escape route was interrupted again.

While everyone was looking at the quiet sea in panic, trying to understand what was happening, they heard the sound of something freezing. The white cold air gathered on the frozen sea, slowly forming the figure of a burly man.

"This... this is!!!"

Seeing the familiar Marine uniform that appeared on the frozen sea, all the prisoners understood at that moment and retreated, their eyes full of fear and despair as they shouted.

"It's... it's the Marine Admiral!!!"

"Again..."

"Why, after all this trouble to escape..."

The man who appeared in front of the huge body of San Juan Wolf was the new Marine Admiral who had rushed over for support: Kuzan, codename: Aokiji.

"Alala, what a luxurious escape combination..."

After breaking away from his elemental state, Kuzan exhaled cold air, stood up slowly, looked at San Juan Wolf and the group of pirates floating on the sea, and spoke with cold eyes.

"Well, can you please return to Impel Down by yourselves?"

Although he spoke casually, Kuzan's expression showed no contempt. Instead, he stared at the two men standing above San Juan Wolf with extremely serious eyes.

He knew that even with himself and Kizaru, it would be difficult to contain these two monsters.

This was why he did not directly choose to freeze all of San Juan Wolf and the prisoners. He did not want to have a direct conflict with these two monsters.

He had only one plan: delay.

"What a headache! Vice Admiral Garp, come here quickly!"

The prisoners didn't know what Kuzan was thinking. Seeing that to prevent their escape, the Marines had sent two Admirals, they felt only despair.

Not long ago, the memory of being massacred by another Marine Admiral was still fresh in their minds.

They understood what a Marine Admiral meant: a powerful force beyond their reach, like the gap between heaven and earth.

"What do we do now, Lord Athos?"

They looked at Athos with desperate eyes.

"Lord Gnar, do you have any plans?"

They knew that even with Athos' power, he couldn't match a Marine Admiral. As for Bullet and Redfield, they knew these two wouldn't save them.

Athos was in a daze because he didn't know what to do. Lord Gnar had never told him what to do in this situation.

But at that moment, a rumbling sound suddenly echoed across the chilling sea.

Everyone was shocked, their faces horrified, thinking more Marines were coming.

But Bullet, Redfield, and Kuzan noticed something and frowned at the sea below them.

The rumbling grew louder, and huge cracks appeared on the ice.

"Click...click..."

Suddenly, dazzling slashes appeared from the cracks in the ice, cutting the frozen sea into countless pieces. At the same time...

"Fishman Jiu-Jitsu: Water Heart Over-the-Shoulder Throw!"

Powerful waves surged from the bottom of the sea like a fountain. The impact shattered the ice around San Juan Wolf and broke a path through the frozen sea.

Then, two figures jumped from the sea, landing above San Juan Wolf and in front of Athos, who shouted excitedly.

"Mr. Askaran, Om, great! Lord Gnar had a plan!"

Om, still quiet as usual, nodded. Askaran pointed in the direction of the way out.

"Let's move in this direction. Lord Gnar is already there, ready to pick us up!"

"Wow, that's great!"

All the prisoners burst into tears of joy. At this desperate moment, Lord Gnar had saved them again.

Redfield asked curiously.

"Did that kid arrange this in advance?"

Askaran didn't hide it.

"Yes. After driving away that guy Shiryu, Gnar left Om and me behind, telling us there was another way out of Impel Down. Only non-Devil Fruit users and fishmen could use it. It led to the jailer's room on the first floor of the sea, used to capture Sea Kings for ingredients and connected to a passage to the outside sea. Gnar asked us to come out first and make preparations."

"Oh, what preparations?"

Askaran smiled softly.

"An island suitable as our future base camp!"

Redfield and Bullet were stunned at first but then realized what he meant.

"So that's it. He is really a thoughtful kid!"

"Indeed."

Askaran nodded, then looked at everyone.

"Then, let's not waste time. Although it will take some time for the Marine warships to arrive, if another Admiral comes, we might really have to stay here."

"Right..."

"Let's get out of here quickly..."

All the prisoners nodded anxiously, and San Juan Wolf began to move, swimming slowly along the opened passage.

But then, a lazy voice sounded in the air.

"Hey, have you forgotten? I'm still here... I won't let you escape..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Aokiji, who had been ignored, suddenly lifted off the ice, and a burst of cold air froze the broken path.

His target wasn't the prisoners on San Juan Wolf. He knew he couldn't keep them alone. All he wanted was to stop them with his Devil Fruit power.

But at that moment, a strange bird call came from the sky, and a hot breath appeared above Kuzan's head.

"Boom..."

A firebird engulfed in flames fell from the sky, raising the temperature on the entire sea surface.

Kuzan was startled and turned to deal with the huge firebird descending from the sky.

In an instant, on the Calm Belt sea, blazing fire collided with the cold ice air on the frozen sea...

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