I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

The prisoners were stunned, not understanding why anyone would speak up for Sieg at this time. Even Sieg himself looked at the white-haired man with slight surprise, who nodded to Sieg in the prison.

Prison warden Magellan had been listening to their conversation in silence until now, at which point he stamped his foot.

"enough."

"Shut up, all of you."

The laughing prisoners gradually quieted down.

Most of the prisoners in these Infinite Hells hold a basic reverence for the strong, and Magellan, the user of the Venom-Venom Fruit, is indeed very strong, possessing an extremely troublesome ability.

He watched Magellan and the others walk deeper into the Infinite Hell, disappearing around the corner of the corridor.

Deeper still in the infinite hell.

Footsteps sounded, and Fire Fist Ace, deep inside the cell, looked up, glancing outside with some impatience.

"Is the old man here again...? It's been so long, I can even remember his footsteps."

Those appearing in his field of vision included not only Garp, but also Magellan, Sigurd, and others...

"Are you a newcomer...?"

Ace stared at Sig's face for a while before he finally realized what was happening.

This is Mr. Sieg. I didn't expect to meet him here again. He wore a polite smile that seemed out of place in the dimly lit surroundings and bowed to Sieg.

"When I was little, I was ignorant and my silly little brother received a lot of care from you. I have to thank you formally."

"This isn't the time for you to exchange pleasantries. Get your manners straight." Magellan interrupted with a cold snort, and was about to continue speaking when Garp stepped forward with a glare.

"Hey Ace, I'm your grandpa!" Garp yelled at the top of his lungs.

"Shouldn't you greet your grandfather first?"

Magellan sighed in exasperation. He chose an empty cell and placed Sig inside, issuing a warning at the same time:

"Sig, don't try anything funny... Impel Down has already been rebuilt once because of the trouble you caused back then, we can't repeat the same mistakes this time."

...........

After Magellan and the others left, someone spoke again, aggressively questioning the white-haired giant who had spoken earlier:

"Hey, why were you siding with Sig just now?"

"Didn't we all lose to Sieg, being directly or indirectly sent to Impel Down, wasting decades of our lives?"

"Don't you hate him?"

The white-haired giant coldly observed the agitated prisoners and the somewhat bewildered newcomers like Rheinglong.

"In Impel Down prison, there's no point in bringing up old grudges; it's pointless."

The white-haired man said quietly;

"Have you forgotten what happened back then? Don't you ever learn from your mistakes?"

"This hell under the control of the world government is already mostly empty."

"After the events of that year, all the prisoners in the sixth level of Infinite Hell escaped. The prisoners in the fourth level who sought help from Shiki to escape were instead killed by him personally, with most of them being slaughtered. As for the prisoners in the upper levels, due to the battle between Barrett and the Impel Down Titans against Sigurd, the upper levels were affected and collapsed, and many upper-level prisoners died in the collapse..."

"And the mastermind behind all these things is that man who is known throughout the sea for his intrigue, ambition, and mystery," the white-haired giant said deeply.

Rheinglong, who had just spoken about protecting Sieg, widened his eyes slightly.

Was the newbie he was supposed to protect just that kind of person?

"Hehe..." the white-haired man chuckled faintly.

"What grudges we had doesn't matter anymore. Being able to survive and gain freedom is more important than anything else."

"All I know is that if you were to ask who in Impel Down prison has the best chance of escaping, it would undoubtedly be the man who orchestrated the Impel Down war."

"Perhaps he's planning another escape this time?" the white-haired man said calmly.

"It's better to make a good impression on him. Maybe this ambitious troublemaker will just let us out."

Chapter 1098 Can't Get It Going Anymore

After settling Sig, everything went smoothly, and Magellan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He patiently waited for Vice Admiral Garp to ramble on in front of Ace's prison for a long time before reminding Garp to prepare to leave.

Even after exiting the sixth level of Infinite Hell and entering the large elevator inside the prison, Magellan still looked worried.

"General Sakazuki and General Higuma, there's something I've been worried about."

"Imperial City has imprisoned countless great pirates. If all those great pirates were added together, their level of danger would naturally far exceed that of a single Sigurd."

"But Sig is a special case..."

"During the last Impel Down incident, Sieg seemed to know a lot about the prison; he seemed to have a secret passage that allowed him to quickly enter Impel Down..."

Magellan recalled what had happened back then. He had met Sig back then, but Sig had easily entered and exited Impel Down using Jade Card's ability to walk up stairs.

The card had long been used up, but this matter remained a source of worry for Magellan.

For ten years, he still couldn't find out how Sieg disappeared right under his nose.

"What do you want to say?" Akainu stopped and turned to look at Magellan.

Magellan paused for a moment before speaking, "Someone like Sig shouldn't be imprisoned in Impel Down for long, right?"

"I hope to provide some assistance to the Impel Down prison forces to guard Impel Down and prevent Sig from escaping before the Navy deals with him."

Akainu frowned slightly.

“What you said makes sense. If Sig manages to escape again, Impel Down and the Navy will be disgraced.”

"Ok?"

Higuma paused slightly, then spoke up:

“In that case, I’ll take care of it. I can stay in Impel Down until I deal with Sig.”

"I am extremely grateful." Magellan nodded deeply and smiled.

"Wait a minute—" Akainu shook his head at this moment:

"Higuma, you don't seem to have fully recovered from the battle on Luoshan Island. To prepare for the upcoming major event, what you should do most is to heal your injuries as soon as possible and restore your original strength."

"The duty of guarding Impel Down should be rotated among the other admirals besides you and Borsalino..."

"Borsalino is an outside helper; no matter what turmoil occurs in Impel Down, he can arrive at the scene immediately."

“No, Sakazuki, I should do it.” Garp volunteered at this moment.

He glanced at Akainu and said in a deep voice:

“You and Higuma are still too green. When you get back to headquarters, just tell Sengoku that I don’t care how you plan to take turns on duty. I’m going to stay in Impel Down from now on.”

"Magellan, no objections?"

“...Of course not.” Magellan nodded quickly, but he also knew in his heart what Garp really thought when he volunteered.

He probably wasn't trying to help imprison Sieg... but rather to take the opportunity to see his grandson Ace a few more times.

After all, Fire Fist Ace is a special case; he won't be imprisoned in Impel Down for long, and his death is not far off.

"Escape? If Sig really intends to escape secretly, that would be great."

Garp twisted his neck, making crackling sounds all over his body.

His attention was entirely focused on his grandson Ace, but he wasn't indifferent to Sig's imprisonment, after all, he had a deep connection with Sig back then.

"Sigu deceived me back then. I've been looking forward to a thorough and enjoyable battle with him, but I never expected that you, Higuma, would beat me to it."

As Garp spoke, he glanced at Higuma out of the corner of his eye.

"Heh... If you weren't in such bad shape, I'd like to have a good spar with you right now."

Rixiong twitched the corner of his mouth but did not respond.

Garp seemed to be in a bad mood because of Ace, and he didn't want to get into trouble.

...............

After returning from prison to their town residence in Marineford, the naval headquarters, aboard a warship.

Higuma locked himself in his room, somewhat distressed, and wrote about Garp in his notebook, communicating with Sig's true form through the notebook.

If Garp were to be permanently stationed in Impel Down, it would be a considerable problem.

Garp had already been fooled by Sigmund once or twice before, so his roundabout methods probably wouldn't work again. If Sigmund's prison break is discovered, Garp certainly won't hold back.

If he escapes, Sigurd will face the Impel Down forces led by Magellan, plus Vice Admiral Garp... and perhaps Kizaru as well.

This is tricky.

Sig didn't have many options against a martial arts master like Garp.

Back when they were fighting Higuma on Rokusan Island, they relied on the protection provided by their Armament Haki gloves.

Higuma took the tattered glove from the drawer in his inventory and placed it on the table.

The gloves were so badly damaged that they couldn't even cover the palms. During the Battle of Luoshan Island, the Armament Haki gloves were destroyed by Higuma, rendering them ineffective.

These gloves are made of Valpo alloy, which has shape memory properties, so they can self-repair to a certain extent. Even if they are scratched or torn, they can slowly repair themselves and return to their original glove shape.

Due to the time-stop property of the inventory, gloves cannot repair themselves while in the inventory.

These gloves are so badly damaged that it will take some time to fully repair them.

"Regardless of whether we break out of prison or not, we should at least wait until the Armament Haki gloves are repaired before we can be on the safe side."

Higuma muttered to himself.

After completing their business with Sig, the Germa Kingdom has returned to the North Blue. Otherwise, if they could have made contact with the Germa Kingdom, they should have been able to expedite the repair of this Armament Haki glove.

Higuma frowned, sensing that things were getting a bit complicated.

Sig's identity has been exposed to the public, and he is now in prison, making it inconvenient for him to contact Judge.

Although General Higuma held a high position and wielded great power, Judge, as the king of a constituent country, was not someone he could order around at will.

"I'll try to get in touch with Judge... or I could go to the North Sea."