"Where is the red hair?" Eric raised his troops to attack Totland. It was impossible for Charlotte Lingling not to panic.
The eldest son Perospero immediately replied: "It's coming to us, it will take about two or three days, mother."
"Really?" Charlotte Lingling lowered her raised buttocks. Having a strong external support made her feel more at ease.
She asked again: "The giant medicine hasn't been developed yet?"
"There are results, mother." Perospero replied: "Except for the loss of a batch of experimental materials at the beginning, recently, the experimental materials have been kept intact and enlarged."
"Can we complete the development of the giant medicine before the Dawn Pirates arrive?"
"This..." Perospero didn't dare to boast. If Caesar couldn't create it, he would be implicated as well.
He bit the bullet and said: "Caesar Courant is working overtime 24 hours a day and is doing his best to speed up the research progress."
"I know..." Charlotte Lingling sighed, waved her hand, and ordered: "Send more reconnaissance ships to patrol the external waters, increase the number of sea slugs, and expand the warning range! Discover the Dawn Sea as early as possible The thieves’ attack route.”
Smoothie, one of the Four Dessert Stars, took the order: "Yes, Mom!"
Perospero said hesitantly: "However, the Dawn Pirates have Piaopiao Fruit... They may do the same as last time, bypassing the cordon we set up and parachute directly into Totland."
"Wendy, the person with the ability of Piao Piao Fruit, is currently in the Chambord Islands." Mondor, the clerk in charge of intelligence analysis, said: "It is impossible for her to suddenly appear in China."
"However, we must be prepared for surprise attacks from above." Charlotte Lingling knocked on the armrest thoughtfully, and then said: "Notify all citizens that I will increase taxes and collect more from each citizen." One year of life!”
"One year of life!?" Charlotte Lingling's words shocked everyone.
"What, do you have any objections?" Charlotte Lingling rolled her eyes, her cold gaze falling on these children.
"No, mother..." Perospero looked like he was hesitating to speak. Under Charlotte Lingling's power, he finally chose to keep his mouth shut.
"Although the one-year lifespan this time is levied is relatively large, the protection fee for the next six years will be exempted. This is what I tell the people."
Charlotte Lingling continued: "If the Big Mom Pirates are defeated, they will become the targets of pirates' wanton plunder. They will choose to die or give up one year of life and let them decide on their own!"
"Yes." Perospero bowed his head and accepted the order.
"Perospero, you make bird-shaped candies, Cracker, you make more cookie knights." Charlotte Lingling sneered: "Competing with troops, the Big Mom Pirates are not afraid of any opponent!"
…
After capturing the Straw Hats, the Sunny fell into Kakuzu's hands. He boarded the ship and rummaged through the warehouse for a while, finding banknotes, gold, and jewelry worth a total of about 100 million beli. Kakuzu held the gold and jewelry in his hands, and suddenly received a call from Eric.
"You caught the Straw Hats?"
"Well, I don't even know why they have such a high bounty."
Kakuzu added: "On their ship, I also found money worth about 100 million beli."
"Oh..." Eric said leisurely: "That was originally the money handed over to me."
"..." Kakuzu was stunned and asked cautiously: "Are they acquaintances of the boss?"
"That's right." Eric smiled lightly and asked, "Are you going to hand them over to the Navy Headquarters?"
After hesitating for a moment, Kakuzu said "hmm" and asked, "Shall I find an opportunity to let them go secretly?"
"No need, it's a good thing to let these brats go to Impel Down and reflect on their situation. Remember, Luffy must be tied up with the Sea Tower Stone and don't let him move."
"Yes." Kakuzu agreed and reported in due time: "By the way, the vacancy in the Shichibukai will be succeeded by a pirate named Marshall D. Teach. Also, because Ace, the Fire Fist, is to be publicly executed, Therefore, the World Government forced the Shichibukai to be summoned to deal with the attack of the Whitebeard Pirates."
"Can you go to Navy Headquarters?"
"No, the only one summoned is the Shichibukai himself."
"Is that so..." Eric pondered for a moment, then said: "You take the terrifying three-masted sail and arrive near the navy headquarters on the day of Ace's execution."
"knew."
Eric gave some more instructions and then hung up the phone.
"The World Government takes the initiative to start a war with the Whitebeard Pirates?" Esdeath frowned and analyzed: "Once Whitebeard dies in the battle, the Whitebeard Pirates lose their backbone, and we will have one less powerful enemy in the new world. If we defeat BigMom and Redhead, the entire new world will fall into our hands. Why does the world government start a war?"
"I'm afraid it's to curb the sudden increase in the number of pirates, right?" Kuang San chuckled: "Killing the world's strongest pirate in front of the whole world will boost the morale of the entire navy and dampen the arrogance of pirates. "
"However, the World Government cannot extend its hands into the New World... Apart from increasing morale, the Navy Headquarters has no benefits at all."
"Who knows. But this way, the navy can't cause me any trouble. While the navy is fighting Whitebeard, we can take over the New World in one fell swoop."
"With the addition of Arturia and the others who are secretly operating in the Western Sea, we will divide the entire world equally with the World Government."
"Altoria, who is in the Western Sea, will take advantage of the scarcity of troops in the Western Sea to launch a full-scale attack?"
"certainly!"
…
Jorakor Mihawk, who was heading to the Navy headquarters in a small boat, saw the news the next day about China's declaration of war on all nations.
After he lost to Scathach, he spent two days and two nights in the hospital in China. But in fact, Mihawk had been breathing powerful anesthetic gas, was fed fairy beans while in a coma, and grew a brand new arm.
During the coma, Mihawk also had a large amount of blood extracted by Leonardo da Vinci, which caused him to remain in a weak state after waking up. After resting for several days, he got up and left the Kingdom of China, preparing to report to the Navy Headquarters.
The entire left arm that was broken off in the battle and the blood drawn became the research objects of Leonardo da Vinci's next blood factor.
"Red hair..." In the declaration of war from the Kingdom of China, he mentioned his rivals who were both enemies and friends. Obviously, the Dawn Pirates' target was the two Four Emperors.
He watched the news quietly, then stood up, using the black knife on his back as an oar to speed up his progress.
…
Ben Beckman looked at the newspaper and said with a smile: "What a denunciation of thieves."
Shanks twitched the corners of his mouth, trying to laugh but failing.
Ben Beckman comforted him: "We understand your character, Shanks."
Shanks calmed down, faced the members of the red-haired pirates, and asked loudly: "Everyone, are you ready to face the Dawn Pirates again?"
"Of course." Jesus grinned and said, "This time we will definitely take revenge for the last time!"
"Boss, brothers are ready!" La Kiru shouted back.
"Okay!" Shanks raised his head and looked at the sea ahead. Who can tell what will happen in the future?
…
"Bang"
The iron door is closed, and the Straw Hat gang is small in number, all locked in a cage.
"Hey, did you hear that just now?" Nami, who remained awake, asked softly.
"Ah..." Zoro responded feebly. He was now covered in bruises. Perhaps he was worried that he would not survive the Navy Headquarters. Kakuzu's men gave him simple hemostatic treatment, and everyone else was more or less treated. , not life-threatening at the moment.
Usopp whispered: "Luffy's brother wants to be publicly executed..."
"What's this?" Sauron said calmly: "Maybe we will also be taken to the execution platform."
Usopp hugged his head and shouted desperately: "No-!"
"Ugh..." Luffy, who was in a coma, mumbled something in his sleep, tilted his head, and fell asleep again.
"Shh-" Nami quickly whispered to Usopp.
Seeing that Luffy didn't wake up, Nami breathed a sigh of relief and said, "We must not let Luffy know about this."
"Well, with Luffy's character, he will definitely..." Usopp nodded, and then his shoulders slumped: "It is very difficult for us to just escape from here, let alone save people..."
"We have to find a way to save ourselves. Once imprisoned in Impel Down City..." Nami gritted her teeth, wondering if Eric would take action against Cocoa Nishimura if the money could not be paid on time.
By the way, money...
"My money!" Nami hugged her head and howled in pain.
"What, what happened?" Usopp was startled.
"Miss Nami?" Sanji woke up after hearing Nami's scream.
"My money... is all gone..." Nami was devastated, and her whole body turned gray like a pile of burned ashes.
"It's good that you can save your life." Zoro said calmly: "Fortunately, this guy is greedy for money and wants to capture us alive. Otherwise, we would have died long ago."
Nami angrily accused: "Damn it, what you are saying has nothing to do with me! I..."
"Will someone come to save us if we complain!?" Zoro shouted, cutting off Nami's words.
"...No." Nami lowered her head.
"Miss Nami, finding a way to escape from here is the most important thing right now." Sanji moved his body and found that he was tightly bound by chains. He turned his neck to a limited extent and found that everyone was tied by chains. Don't give them any room to move.
"Damn it...the chain is so tight..." Sanji moved his body and the chain made a sound, alerting the guards outside.
"Hey, be honest!" The guard knocked on the iron fence with a stick and threatened: "Be careful, I will break your dog legs!"
Sanji explained: "The chains are too tight. Can you loosen them?"
"Don't be ridiculous." The guard mocked, "This is an order given by Boss Kakuzu himself. I don't want his heart to be dug out by his own hands."
"Don't worry, you will only be miserable for two days."
"What will happen in two days?" Usopp asked hurriedly: "Are we going to be released?"
"What good things are you thinking about?" the guard sneered: "We will arrive at the Navy Headquarters in two days and hand you over to the Navy."
"When the time comes, the people who take care of your food and drink will become the navy! Hahaha..." The guard laughed and left.
When the few people who were awake heard the news, they were immediately heartbroken.
…
"What did you say!?" Garp at the Marine Headquarters got the news of his grandson's arrest and immediately stood up: "Luffy was caught by Ulquiorra!?"
"Yes." Bogart, Garp's adjutant, replied respectfully: "To be precise, he was caught by Kakuzu and has been escorted to the Navy Headquarters."
"Damn it——!" Garp rushed out of the office anxiously and hurried to the place where the navy headquarters received the pirates.
"Luffy——!" From a distance, Garp saw Luffy, who was completely limp and being dragged by two marines, and his seven companions.
"Huh?" Luffy raised his head when he heard a familiar voice and said in surprise: "Grandpa!?"
"Grandpa?" Zoro and the others heard this call, followed Luffy's gaze, and found a vice admiral rushing over menacingly.
"Luffy's grandfather is actually a marine!? And he is also a lieutenant general?" Everyone's brains were shut down and they couldn't understand.
The navy responsible for escorting the Straw Hats immediately stopped and saluted: "Vice Admiral Garp!"
"What's going on?" Usopp asked in a low voice, "Luffy's grandfather seems to be very famous here?"
"Don't you know?" Nami replied in surprise: "Speaking of Garp, that is the name of a naval hero..."
"Eh?" At this time, Nami finally reacted: "Luffy's grandfather is a naval hero!?"
Sanji quickly asked: "Luffy, is he really your grandfather?"
"That's right..." Luffy replied as if he was mourning for his heir.
"What a big fuss, Luffy——!" Garp punched Luffy on the head, knocking out a big bump.
"It hurts..." Luffy wanted to reach out and cover his head, but the navy who controlled his hands restricted his movement.
"Hmm~" Garp carefully observed Luffy's injuries: "Luffy, you were badly repaired."
"Luffy, since your grandfather is a vice admiral, can you let us go..." Usopp whispered, urging Luffy to use his privileges.
"Stop being delusional!" Garp interrupted loudly.
"I threw you into an abyss, threw you in the jungle at night, tied you to a balloon and let you fly into the sky, all to train you into a strong man!"
"..." Everyone at the scene was silent for a while, and even the marines couldn't bear to look directly at Luffy's past.
"Although I asked my friends to let you practice with Ace in the end, but if I wasn't careful, it would end up like this... I trained you because I wanted to train you into a powerful sailor!"
Luffy replied loudly and disobediently: "Didn't I always say that I wanted to be a pirate!?"
"As a result, all of you brothers..." Garp covered his face with his hands in pain.
"Ace?" Luffy was startled and asked quickly: "What's wrong with Ace? Grandpa, tell me quickly! How is Ace!?"
Garp didn't tell Luffy the truth, but instead looked at Luffy with a pained expression.
"grandfather?"
The veteran, who had always been strong, burst into tears: "Luffy, Ace, you two brothers, why don't you live according to the way I said!?"
"Grandpa..." Luffy whispered when he saw his grandfather crying.
"As long as you become sailors, I can protect you two brothers without any scruples...!"
Feeling the love from Garp, the heartless Luffy's eyes were filled with tears.
"Lieutenant General Garp, Luffy-san..." Kebi and Belumeb also got the news and rushed here, looking at them with a sad expression.
"Are you... Kebi..." Luffy recognized the greatly changed Kebi.
"Well, Luffy-san..." Unexpectedly, the two met again, and Luffy had become a prisoner.
Luffy grinned widely, revealing his neat white teeth: "I'm sorry, Kirby, for letting you see this..."
"Vice Admiral Garp..." The marine looked confused, wondering whether he should continue to escort Luffy.
"Garp." At this moment, Sengoku also got the news and rushed over: "You won't do anything unbecoming of a sailor, right?"
"..." Garp remained silent, still facing his old friend.
Warring States said to the sea soldiers: "Escort them to advance to the city."
The sailor saluted, "Yes."
"I'll go." Came Garp's deep voice.
"...can you complete your mission?"
"Hmph!" Garp snorted heavily.
The two have known each other for more than forty years, and Sengoku also believed that Garp would not do anything that would harm the reputation of the navy.
"I'll leave this task to you." After saying this, Warring States turned and left. Elite sailors selected from all over the world were arriving at the navy headquarters one after another. What's more, the Dawn Pirates are about to start a war with the Big Mom Pirates and the Red Hair Pirates. Right now, Sengoku has no free time to care about such trivial matters.
"Let's go." Garp said to the sailors, leading the way, followed closely by the sailors escorting the Straw Hats, and boarded the prison ship heading to Impel Down.
When the Straw Hats were put into the cage, Garp sat cross-legged in front of them.
"Lieutenant General Garp..."
"You go, I'll sit here for a while." Garp waved his hand and added: "Remember to close the door."
Several sailors looked at each other and agreed: "...Yes."
"Boom!" As the cabin door closed, the entire cabin became much quieter. Garp and the Straw Hats looked at each other across the iron cage.
"By the way, Grandpa." Luffy wanted to restart the previous topic: "You just mentioned Ace, how is Ace?"
"Luffy, you've become a prisoner, and you still care about Ace?" Garp asked, "Even if you know Ace's whereabouts, what can you do to help him?"
"..." Luffy was speechless and couldn't say anything. Finally, he grabbed the iron railing with both hands and asked, "Grandpa, tell me what you know."
Garp knew Luffy's character well and would never tell Luffy about Ace's current situation.
"It only takes three hours to go from the Navy Headquarters to Impel Down City." Garp raised his head, looked up at the empty ceiling, and murmured: "And you will stay in Impel Down City for the rest of your life."
"Is Impel Down a prison for pirates?" Nami moved her wrists. Except for Luffy, who was still handcuffed by the Sea Tower Stone, the others had already released the restrictions. Of course, a few of them had nothing on their hands. The weapons have been confiscated.
Nami wanted to get enough information out of the veteran. Whether it was about escaping from prison or a better life, it never hurt to know more about him.
"That's right." Garp glanced at Nami and told everyone: "Impulse City is the world's largest prison. It is located in the windless zone. Except for naval warships, no other ships will approach there."
"..." Nami's brain seemed to freeze: "Windless Belt!?"
In order to let his grandson know more, Karp continued: "Imperton Prison is divided into six floors... no, five floors."
"Huh?" Zoro narrowed his eyes when he noticed Garp changing his words.
"Depending on your strength and bounty, you may be detained on floors 1 to 5 respectively."
"Aren't they locked up together?"
"How is it possible... The floors where prisoners are held are usually assigned based on their bounty. In addition to the various cells where prisoners are held, each floor has a unique form of torture, so each level is given the title of Hell , with each lower level, the prisoner’s torture intensifies.”
After hearing such horrific news, Usopp trembled all over and hugged his shoulders: "I have a disease that cannot go to jail..."
Garp said calmly: "This is the path you have taken on your own."
"..." Usopp stopped shaking.
"The first level is called Red Lotus Hell. Pirates with bounties of less than 20 million are usually imprisoned. There is a large area like a forest outside the cell. The trees are 'sword trees' with leaves as sharp as blades, and the grass can be stabbed like needles. The 'needle grass' pierced the human body, and the prisoners would run back and forth as the guards chased them. In the end, they would bleed from the cuts of these leaves and grass, and they would suffer endless pain."
Nami trembled all over. Among the Straw Hat Pirates, she was the only one who would be imprisoned in this level.
"The second level is called Beast Hell, where 20 to 30 million prisoners with bounties are held. Various beasts are placed on this level, including cockatrices, human-faced lions, poisonous scorpions, etc. Sooner or later, the prisoners in this level will meet Become food for wild beasts.”
Usopp held his head tremblingly and shouted loudly: "This has no human rights!"
"Pirates don't need human rights."
"The third level is called the Hungry Hell, where prisoners with bounties of 30 million to 60 million beli are imprisoned. This level becomes extremely hot due to the heat rising from the Scorching Hell, and coupled with the hunger strike, the prisoners are usually half dead. "
"The fourth level is the Searing Hell, where prisoners with bounties of 60 to 100 million beli are imprisoned."
"The fifth level is the extremely cold hell. The prisoners in this level are all pirates with a bounty of over 100 million."
After speaking in one breath, Garp glanced at all the ugly-looking Straw Hats and said, "You'd better be mentally prepared."
Garp lowered his head, thought for a moment, and then said, "Luffy, have you met your father?"
"Father? What father? Do I have a father?"
"Didn't that guy identify himself to you..." Garp sighed: "He said he would see you off in Rogge Town."
"Your father's name is Monkey D. Dorag."
"At least you must know your father's name..." Garp didn't know what to say. He stood up slowly, walked to the door of the cabin, and pushed open the door as if he had exhausted all his strength.
Nami and Sanji were not surprised. They had already reached this point. Even if Luffy's father was a Celestial Dragon, it had nothing to do with them.
Nami's head was racing, trying to think of a way to escape from prison, but...
As the sailors opened the door to pick up people, the last chance of escape slipped away.
Nami stood up in disappointment. Unexpectedly, she was hit by an object in her trouser pocket. She reached into her trouser pocket and touched a piece of wire.
'When did this...' Nami was stunned. She couldn't remember when the wire fell into her trouser pocket.
She quickly balled up the wire with her hands, and stuffed it into her mouth when the sailor wasn't paying attention.
After registering the eight members of the Straw Hat Pirates, they immediately went through baptism before being imprisoned.
Usopp was stripped naked and hung above the boiling water. He knew what he was about to face, and he howled in horror: "Stop!"
The well-informed jailer ignored Usopp's shouts and threw him into boiling water.
"It's so hot -!" Usopp screamed miserably. After enough disinfection time, the jailer pulled up the rope and pulled Usopp out of the water.
Usopp's whole body was flushed red, with large and small blisters popping up everywhere on his skin. His mouth was wide open, saliva flowed down unconsciously, his eyes turned white, and his limbs twitched.
"It's so hot!" Luffy was thrown into the boiling water for the second time. He struggled desperately on the surface of the water, trying to escape from the iron pot, but was beaten back by the jailer with a long stick. Luffy took advantage of the chaos and grabbed the long stick and pulled the jailer holding the long stick into the boiling water. The jailer who fell into the water immediately screamed loudly.
Because he resisted and hurt the jailer, Luffy was hung up by the jailer after his baptism and received a severe beating.
Then came Zoro and Sanji. The two of them survived the first difficulty after being imprisoned without saying a word.
The Straw Hats were baptized one by one, with Nami being the last one. In the 100-degree boiling water, Nami gritted her teeth and persevered. She even performed better than Usopp and Luffy.
She must hold on to the hope of the entire group's escape...
Some people died, but not completely...
