Chapter 358: Heading to Marineford
Gates of Justice, Control Room. "Hee-haw! You lot, open the gate immediately!" "Ah~ what's going on?!" "Waaah… w-what is this?!" "Aaaah!! I…
Gates of Justice, Control Room.
"Hee-haw! You lot, open the gate immediately!"
"Ah~ what's going on?!"
"Waaah… w-what is this?!"
"Aaaah!! I… nooo!"
The staff members in the control room of Impel Down suddenly transformed into curvaceous beauties!
"Hee-haw! Emporio Female Hormones! Show your repressed side, my sweethearts!"
Ivankov spun around flamboyantly, loudly commanding:
"Open the gates now!"
"Or you'll stay like this forever!"
"Mmm~ Lord Ivan~ this isn't so bad either~"
Some of the transformed beauties seemed to awaken a peculiar preference…
"..."
Ivankov fell silent for a moment, then sent a swift kick to knock one of them down:
"Open the gates! Or I'll change you back right now!"
...
Rumble—
The Gates of Justice slowly began to open. Sabo anxiously looked in the direction of Impel Down:
"Is Ivankov alright? She said she'd make it back in time…"
"Hee-haw!"
From afar, Ivankov's unmistakable cry rang out. The group turned to see a massive face hurtling toward them from the sky—
"Hell Wink!"
"Galaxy Wink!"
BOOM BOOM BOOM—
A series of deafening shockwaves erupted, as the escaping crew aboard the battleship watched in disbelief. Ivankov was flying toward them at breakneck speed, propelled forward by the force of her own explosive winks!
"…You can use it like that?!"
Sabo's jaw dropped in astonishment.
"As expected… the 'Miracle Person' indeed…"
"Hmph!"
Crocodile scoffed, turning toward the bow of the ship.
Back at Impel Down, upon learning that the Gates of Justice had been opened, Magellan stormed toward the control room in a fury:
"Who gave the order to open the gates—?! Gah!"
What met his eyes was a room full of seductive, curvy women calling out to him.
"Director Magellan~"
"Save me~"
"Mmm~ Director~"
Stumbling backward in horror, Magellan barely managed to regain his breath before his Den Den Mushi rang.
"Understood! Admiral Wright, thank you for your assistance… This was my failure. A few of them still managed to escape!"
"Please alert Marine Headquarters immediately! Several high-risk Revolutionaries, along with a number of dangerous escapees, are en route to Marineford!"
Wright's eyes narrowed. Dragon's intervention had at least minimized the overall damage.
Had Sabo and his group not warned Magellan, Blackbeard might have actually succeeded in breaking out the Level Six prisoners.
In the original timeline, Blackbeard's alliance with those criminals allowed him to completely bypass Impel Down's defenses, including Magellan himself, sneaking into Marineford without detection. If they had escaped now, even amidst the war at the summit, it would have been a catastrophe.
"Understood. I'll leave Jinbe here to assist you in handling the aftermath. As for how they passed through the Gates of Justice, we'll worry about that later. If they dare to appear at Headquarters, they will pay the price!"
Magellan gritted his teeth:
"The escapees include Revolutionary Army officer 'Queen of the Kamabakka Kingdom' Emporio Ivankov, Revolutionary Army agent Inazuma, former Warlord of the Sea Sir Crocodile, 'Red the Aloof' Patrick Redfield, and 'The World Destroyer' Byrnndi World!"
"The rescue party was led by Revolutionary Army Chief of Staff Sabo! Alongside him were West Army Commander Morley and two additional allies!"
"I will report this to the World Government immediately. Admiral Wright, I leave the Marineford battle in your hands!"
"Got it."
Click!
Ending the call, Wright vanished in a flash of golden light.
...
Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
At this moment, Marineford was completely engulfed in ice and snow.
Kuzan's abilities had frozen the entire bay, and with the Whitebeard Pirates surging onto the battlefield for close combat, the war had entered its most brutal phase.
Marines clashed with Whitebeard's pirates in fierce melee combat. The air was filled with the sounds of battle cries, screams, explosions, and the ringing clash of steel.
As the saying goes, soldier against soldier, general against general. The regular pirates and Marine soldiers engaged each other, but compared to the chaotic assault of the pirates, the Marines maintained an orderly battle formation.
Marine officers below the rank of Commander formed tactical "combined battle formations," pushing forward systematically as a unit, while higher-ranking officers took on the elite pirates of the Whitebeard crew.
Vice Admirals engaged the commanders of Whitebeard's fleet.
As for Whitebeard's main division commanders, they were up against not only powerful Vice Admirals like Momonga, Doberman, Strawberry, Onigumo, Smoker, and Rosinante but also the Warlords of the Sea!
Meanwhile, Whitebeard himself had only one goal—to suppress the three Admirals!
"Gurararara… Sengoku, your Marines have four Admirals now. Where is that brat Wright?"
Swinging his naginata, Murakumogiri, Whitebeard effortlessly deflected the laser beams from Borsalino:
"Oi, brat, you're interrupting my conversation with Sengoku!"
"Ooh~ how terrifying~ Whitebeard!"
Kizaru transformed into light, suddenly appearing right in front of Whitebeard:
"If Wright-san~ were here, you wouldn't be in such a hurry~ to rush to your death, now would you~?"
"Yasakani no Magatama!"
A torrential barrage of dazzling light bullets rained down, covering every possible dodge route Whitebeard could take!
"Are you a firefly, Kizaru brat?!"
With a mighty swing of his naginata, the overwhelming force of Whitebeard's Haki swept away the incoming light bullets, igniting a chain of explosions:
"Not even close!"
"Mmm~ so you've recovered, huh~ Whitebeard~"
Kizaru flickered away to evade Whitebeard's counterattack, landing smoothly on the frozen battlefield:
"Looks like~ this battle won't be so simple~"
On the Warlords' platform, Dracule Mihawk drew his massive black blade, Yoru, and swung it toward Whitebeard.
A powerful slash carved deep into the frozen ground!
"It's Hawk-Eye!"
"He's the first to attack?!"
Whitebeard smirked as a figure appeared before him, standing firm on the ice—Whitebeard's Third Division Commander, "Diamond" Jozu, his body shimmering with a crystalline defensive layer. He effortlessly blocked the world's greatest swordsman's attack!
"Hah!"
Jozu bent down, lifting a massive chunk of ice that Mihawk had cleaved apart, and hurled it straight at the execution platform:
"Let's see you stop this!"
The gigantic ice chunk hurtled toward the execution platform. The only Admiral still seated, Akainu, finally stood up:
"Tch… if everyone leaves, who's supposed to guard this place?"
Half of his body transformed into searing magma, forming a gigantic fist of molten rock. With a fierce shout, Akainu launched his attack:
"Great Eruption!"
BOOM—
A massive fist of molten lava collided with an enormous chunk of ice. In an instant, the ice vaporized into nothingness! The lava fist exploded upon impact, scattering a storm of volcanic bombs, raining down toward the Moby Dick.
"This firework show is a bit over the top..."
The searing projectiles, carrying both immense kinetic force and scorching heat, descended from the sky, obliterating one of the Moby Dick's escort ships in the blink of an eye!
With a swing of his naginata, Whitebeard cleaved an incoming volcanic bomb clean in half.
"That magma of yours is only good for lighting birthday candles, you little brat!"
"You don't care for a grand funeral, Whitebeard?"
As the three Admirals clashed against Whitebeard, the pirates launched their assault on the execution platform.
"Little Oars! Charge!"
The massive demon-like Little Oars Jr. stormed forward. But the Marines had their own countermeasure—an entire unit of Vice Admirals from the Giant Squad.
With a mighty swing, Little Oars Jr. smashed a Marine battleship straight into Marineford's inner bay, escalating the battle to its climax.
"He's opened a path into the bay!"
"Advance! Into the inner bay!"
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