Deep in the dim, infinite hellish corridor, a pair of blood-red eyes lit up.
The moment Rorschach locked eyes with these eyes, countless broken limbs and flesh, decaying burning towns, shattered islands, overturned ships, and wailing souls seemed to appear before his eyes.
Magellan turned around, coldly gazing at the end of the darkness, without saying a word.
Lwa and Hibari ultimately couldn't withstand the overwhelming Conqueror's Haki and fell into unconsciousness, their faces contorted in pain.
"Come over here. Let me see what kind of navy is worthy of having the same kind of Haki as me."
A deep voice rumbled in Rorschach's ears like thunder, shaking his very soul.
Rorschach gently picked up the unconscious Hibari and placed her on the ground. He took a step forward, walking into the depths of the darkness.
Magellan did not stop him; instead, his tall, sturdy figure began to emit a faint purple glow.
As Rorschach advanced, the darkness ahead seemed to intensify.
The rooms at the end of the corridor were like forbidden zones within an infinite hell, separated from the other cells by great distance.
Like a black hole, they devoured all the surrounding light.
Under the electric light flowing from Rorschach, the figure of a massive, mountain-like person appeared faintly in one of the spacious cells.
"Clank."
"Clank."
Heavy chains dragged along the ground as the massive figure stood up and approached the bars of the cell, locking eyes with Rorschach.
This was a giant, over five meters tall, whose strength was terrifying.
Two thick, stone-like arms were exposed beyond his tattered prison uniform.
The muscles on his neck bulged like giant pythons, containing unimaginable explosive power.
A head of golden wavy hair hung loosely over shoulders as broad as city walls.
The Devil's offspring, Douglas Barrett!
"Pathetic."
As Barrett stood in his cell, seeing Rorschach from behind the bars, a look of undisguised disappointment appeared in his eyes.
"Too pathetic, Navy."
"Even through these bars, I could crush you."
"You can try."
The silver-haired youth stared at Barrett fearlessly.
The two locked eyes from opposite sides of a Seastone barrier.
One was a giant with the physique of a mountain, a golden-haired colossus.
The other was a slender silver-haired youth.
"You don't believe me?"
Barrett grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp white teeth.
"You can try."
Rorschach clenched his fist, his Observation Haki warning him of danger.
Even though the man before him was locked in a Seastone prison and shackled by heavy Seastone cuffs on his hands and feet, the sense of danger felt as sharp as needles on his back.
"Seastone can imprison Devil Fruit powers, but it cannot imprison the body, nor can it imprison Haki."
Barrett smiled wide, and suddenly, a deep blue Haki erupted from his towering body like a tsunami, crashing through the gaps in the bars and slamming toward Rorschach.
From afar, Magellan's muscles tensed, his body ready for action.
At the front of the prison, Rorschach's body swelled in an instant, transforming into his nearly seven-meter tall Blue Scale form.
"Life Return!"
His already massive form expanded further, with thick muscles coiling like snakes, and azure scales covering his body.
A similarly deep blue Haki surged from him.
"Boom!"
A violent force crashed toward him, like a tidal wave.
Rorschach gritted his teeth as his body staggered two steps backward, his face flushing.
The Armament Haki surging from Barrett hit him like an invisible armor, becoming a tangible attack that caused blood to spill from Rorschach's mouth.
The deep blue Haki waves continued to strike him, pushing his muscular body like a small boat in a storm.
But Rorschach, though initially pushed back two steps, remained firmly anchored in place like a nail, no longer retreating.
"Hm?"
Barrett's eyes gleamed, and his grin grew wider.
He saw the same deep blue Armament Haki, with the same aura and qualities, surging from the silver-haired youth's body, countering his attack.
The two's Armament Haki was identical.
However, in terms of both the quality and quantity of their Haki, Barrett was far superior to Rorschach.
If Rorschach's current Armament Haki was like a small stream,
Then Barrett's was like the Yangtze River or the sea.
(Yangtze or Yangzi : is the longest river in Eurasia and the third-longest in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and flows 6,300 km (3,915 mi) in a generally easterly direction to the East China Sea.)
Seeing his Haki being blocked, the bloodlust in Barrett's eyes grew even stronger.
A fierce and violent ghostly aura emanated from Barrett's towering, mountain-like body, causing the surrounding temperature to drop by more than ten degrees.
"Interesting little Navy brat, lie down for me!"
"Boom!"
A tidal wave of deep blue Haki erupted from Barrett's massive body, surging toward Rorschach like an overwhelming tsunami.
At the same time, streaks of black and red lightning, like a spider web, spread through the darkness, releasing an explosive aura that even made Magellan's face change.
Without hesitation, Rorschachclenched his right fist and pressed his thumb against his chest.
"Overload Mode!"
"200 Million Volts!"
"Deep Blue Armament!"
"Divine Punishment—Senra Thunder Prison!"
In that moment, all the stored lightning power within Rorschach surged forth.
His silver hair danced wildly as his Armament Haki fused with the lightning, unleashing a devastating attack toward Barrett.
"Boom!"
The deep blue Haki merged with the silver-white lightning, forming a ghostly blue glow that radiated an aura of utter destruction.
The two surging torrents of energy collided across the prison bars.
In an instant, an earth-shattering roar echoed through the entire underwater prison, accompanied by deafening shockwaves.
At that moment, the entire Impel Down prison, standing deep beneath the sea, trembled.
"Bang!"
Rorschach's body, as if struck by a mountain, was sent flying dozens of meters from the prison gate before Magellan caught him with an outstretched hand, preventing further impact.
On the other side, Barrett's enormous body was completely engulfed by the terrifying lightning.
Thick lightning pillars surged across his body, causing his golden hair to stand on end like a cluster of swords piercing the sky.
The upper half of his prison uniform was torn apart by the lightning, revealing large burn scars.
Despite being electrocuted black, Barrett stood in the chaotic storm of lightning with a wild grin on his face.
"Hahahaha!"
"Hahahaha!"
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"
"Are you okay, Rosha?" Magellan asked with concern.
"I'm fine, Uncle Magellan."
Rorschach's body returned to normal size as he frowned, looking at the demonic figure bathed in thunder.
Douglas Barrett, the man said to have inherited Roger's strength.
Even in his teens, he possessed combat power rivaling the legendary Dark King, Rayleigh.
After Roger's death, Barrett, having lost his purpose, rampaged across the seas until he was finally captured through the combined efforts of Sengoku and Garp and imprisoned in Impel Down.
Even with Seastone handcuffs shackling him, he remained an extremely dangerous man.
A true monster of Infinite Hell!
To Barrett's left, inside another cell, lay a massive ice block connected to several metal pipes.
Within the ice block, a bearded man lay asleep with his eyes closed.
To the right, in the corner of another cell, sat an elderly silver-haired man in prison clothes.
Despite the intense clash between Barrett and Rorschach, the silver-haired elder never opened his eyes, sitting still like a statue.
Even the violent shockwaves from their collision did not stir the hem of his clothes.
"Uncle Magellan, they should be executed. Keeping them alive is far too dangerous," Rorschach said, bending down to pick up Hibari while casting a deep glance at the three cells at the end of the corridor.
"If any of those three escape, their threat to the world would be a hundred times greater than Basque Shot, Avalo Pizarro, or Catarina Devon!"
"If another escape incident like Golden Lion's happens..."
Magellan sighed while lifting Law.
"Bundy Walde's Multiply-Multiply Fruit is far too dangerous, possessing world-ending potential. Until the Navy develops a way to remove Devil Fruit abilities, we can't kill him lightly."
"Douglas Barrett's Merge-Merge Fruit is the same."
"As for Redfield, I have no idea what the World Government is thinking. Do they still hope to recruit the Red Count?"
Magellan clenched his fist, his expression turning grim.
"But with me guarding this place, there will never be another escape incident like Golden Lion's!"
"If these criminals want to escape from Impel Down, they'll have to step over my dead body!"
(End of Chapter)
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