Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 173 The Iron Wall: Impelton!

Impelton is a tower-like prison built from the top down over the sea. The uppermost area exposed to the sea is not the prison itself, but a functional building that meets the needs of the port, storage facilities, offices, and other functions.

However, the highest administrative area of ​​the entire prison is located in the fourth level of the Scorching Hell, where the warden's office is situated.

Outside the ring walls of the Great Prison, the Navy established a large, permanent fleet of twenty warships.

Twenty warships may not sound like much, but compared to the Buster Call, you can feel its scale. The Buster Call only had ten warships.

Most naval bases don't maintain so many warships. For example, the new G-6 naval base established at the previous meeting will only have seven warships planned after its completion, which is already considered quite good.

Of course, all of the above refers to standard warships of the Navy Headquarters; other functional vessels and smaller warships are not included in this scope.

Meanwhile, in addition to the prison's security forces, the Navy also has a resident vice admiral in Impelton.

In the original story, because the Great Prison Break and the Marineford War happened at the same time, the vice admiral who was supposed to be stationed here went to Marine Headquarters and did not show up, leaving Magellan to shoulder everything alone.

At that moment, when the warship carrying Bane and Karp arrived within Impelton's guard range, it immediately stopped.

Although Impelton had been notified that a warship carrying orders would be coming from headquarters, the security here remained very tight. When Bane and his warship stopped, it was clear that all the coastal defense guns on Impelton's ring wall were now aimed at their warship.

Soon, a prison ship sailed out of Impelton and headed towards the warship. An unidentified person in a prison uniform disembarked, saluted Bane and Karp, and immediately began checking documents and procedures with Ain.

"Is it that strict?" Bane clicked his tongue as he watched the scene.

"Magellan is a very disciplined person, but it is precisely because of his dedication that he was appointed as the warden of the Great Prison," Karp explained nonchalantly, clearly used to the situation.

After chatting with Karp for a while, Bane finally understood that Impelton was a subordinate agency of the Navy Headquarters.

The warden of Impel Down was appointed by the Admiral of the Navy.

As the warden of prisons, Magellan also held the rank of Vice Admiral in the Navy Headquarters!

However, just like the Chief of Staff, the Inspector General, and the General Candidate, Magellan, as the warden of the Great Prison, was half a rank higher than a regular lieutenant general.

After listening to Garp's explanation, Bane suddenly realized why Magellan had to report to Sengoku and apologize after the incident in prison in the original story. It turned out that he was indeed under the jurisdiction of the Navy, and was even a direct subordinate of the Fleet Admiral.

After confirming some details, the person from the prison fired a signal flare, which exploded in the air as a pale purple firework that looked like poison gas.

Then, Benn saw the coastal guns on the Impelton walls turn their muzzles back to their proper positions.

Meanwhile, the surrounding warships cleared a path near the prison port gate, and the two heavy city gates connecting to the sea slowly opened.

Only then did Karp give the order for the warships to slowly enter the port of Impelton.

"If I hadn't led you here, you wouldn't even know how to get in," Garp said with a hint of smugness.

"Yes, yes, thanks to you," Bane said with a perfunctory compliment.

Although he said that, Bane was also thinking that Impel Down truly lived up to its reputation as an impregnable fortress. Putting Shiki aside, if it weren't for the impact of the Marineford War, Luffy would probably not have been able to come out alive after causing such a ruckus in Impel Down.

It should be noted that it only took him and Garp forty minutes to get here from Marine Headquarters.

The three locations—Enies Lobby, Marineford, and Impel Down—are built according to a three-in-one offensive and defensive system. Relying on the Gates of Justice and the Currents of Justice, the three are connected, ensuring timely support wherever trouble occurs.

For example, at Enies Lobby, the Navy's Buster Call fleet arrived at the battlefield from Marineford in no time.

No wonder Teach waited until the war started before sneaking off to Impel Down to cause trouble; otherwise, he would have been killed by the Navy here.

The gangway was lowered, and Bane, Karp, and the others quickly disembarked from the ship.

At that moment, Warden Magellan was waiting at the port, seemingly there to greet them.

Not only Magellan, but also the vice admiral stationed here at the Navy Headquarters, was here. Bane recognized him: Bastieu the Shark Slayer.

During the Battle of Marineford, Bane had seen him at headquarters, but they didn't have much interaction. As far as I can remember, Bastet was later transferred to Issho's command and accompanied Issho to Dressrosa.

His strength is probably at the level of an ordinary vice admiral, but not very strong. He was easily defeated by Sabo.

"Mr. Karp, Lieutenant General Bane, it's been a long time," Bastian greeted first.

After exchanging a few polite words, Magellan also stepped forward. Compared to Bastiyu, this guy looked like a ruthless person, dressed like a demon, wearing a pure black prison uniform, and his figure was probably about five meters tall.

In short, it was incredibly oppressive.

Just as he was about to approach and say hello, Deputy Commissioner Hannibal quickly reminded him, "Lord Magellan, please don't get too close. Be careful the poison gas might affect Lord Garp and Lord Bane!"

"Ah," Magellan seemed to realize what was happening, and smiled awkwardly. He stood about five or six meters away from the group, scratching his head and saying, "Sorry, my situation is a bit special. If you don't mind, you can wear gas masks."

"Hahahaha." Garp laughed as he stepped forward, patted Magellan on the waist, and said, "I've been here so many times, I'm no longer afraid of your poison."

Magellan was taken aback by Garp's confidence and quickly stepped back to create distance, saying, "Mr. Garp, my toxins are constantly changing."

Before he could finish speaking, Garp's face turned blue and purple, and the hand that had patted Magellan's waist was now glowing with a faint purple poisonous light.

"Why didn't you say so sooner?" Garp said, his face twitching slightly.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

At the same time, his domineering aura surged, as if he was preparing to use it to expel the toxins from his body.

This is actually very difficult to achieve. Magellan claimed that only a special antidote he concocted could cure his poison, but in reality, this was probably just a propaganda tactic.

Any Devil Fruit power can be countered with Haki. This is one of the rules of how the world works. If you can't use Haki to deal with the opponent's power, it just means that your Haki is not strong enough!

Garp's domineering presence is definitely enough, but doing this also puts pressure on him, since Magellan's poison is truly terrifying.

At that moment, Bane stepped forward and grabbed Garp's shoulder. At the same time, dark power rapidly spread from his hand, drawing away the not-so-large amount of toxins from Garp's body.

In the original story, Teach was instantly killed by Magellan, and he was only brought back to life by Shiryu with the antidote.

But in reality, even if Shiryu didn't ultimately appear, given enough time, Teach's Dark-Dark Fruit power would still be able to absorb all of these toxins!

However, due to his carelessness, he ate too much at once and experienced the full power of Magellan's poisonous dragon, which is why he was unable to recover in a short period of time.

"That's quite an amazing ability. No wonder it's the most vicious Devil Fruit power in legend." Magellan remarked as he watched Bane absorb all his toxins into the darkness.

"Commander Magellan, your abilities are truly remarkable. I've heard a lot about your deeds from Mr. Karp along the way. The strongest man in the Great Prison," Bane praised with a smile.

After exchanging a few polite words, Magellan led Bane, Karp, and the others into the interior of the Great Prison.

According to regulations, from then on, anyone who wants to enter the prison must be isolated and undergo a physical examination to prevent them from bringing dangerous items that could affect prison security. They must also be accompanied and guarded by someone.

Considering that Karp had previously said Magellan was very responsible and that even entering this city wall was so strict, Bane was mentally prepared for the inspection.

To everyone's surprise, Magellan didn't mention it at all. Instead, he led Bane and the others into the elevator and headed towards the fourth floor, which was his office.

"Sure enough, how could he possibly be so stubborn to have risen to the position of director?" Bane thought to himself.

Rules are made by people and enforced by people. Even though Hancock is a pirate and one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, she still has to be checked here.

But he and Garp were true friends, and they were just polite to each other. Magellan wasn't so stubborn as to insist that they also undergo inspection before they could enter.

Just like Garp said, how many times has he come here?

(End of this chapter)