Chapter 68

Grandline, Paradise, Impel Down

As the warship arrived at the port of the infamous prison Impel Down, Azul got his first good look at the fortress, though he knew from stories he had read in the past that he could only see the tip of the iceberg since most of the fortress was located under the rolling waves of the sea.

The entrance of the prison looked pretty bland and disappointed Azul a little who wasn't really sure what his expectations had been in the first place.

'Hmm, maybe the interior is more interesting...' he mused to himself while around him the marines bustled in a hurry to carry out yelled orders as they would arrive shortly at the harbor.

Stepping down from the ship in a row, the captives were being lead in the middle of the group with the vize-admiral Doberman at the front. They were greeted by a tall intimidating looking man, clothed in a black suit and small black wings on his back, namely the highest ranking warden of Impel Down, Magellan, and a small entourage of subordinates alongside him.

"Here are the captives. Hope you got a few nice and cozy cells for the pirate sc.u.m. Though if it were me I'd just gut'em where they stand and be done with it..." Doberman spoke to the tall man who only grunted in reply, having had to travel all the way up to the entrance for a group of small time pirates he couldn't care less about. Even worse, his diarea was acting up again and he really needed to take a dumb!

"Alright you lot, move it! I've got better things to do than waste my time on you..." Magellan spoke, only to have a squeaking voice pipe in after his grunted orders for his now bustling subordinates.

"Gehahaha, warden Magellan, are you sure you don't just want to shit again? Of course if you don't want to fullfill your duties any longer you could just hand me your position instea- ahhh, nevermind boss! I'll do as I was ordered already." The squeaking man ran over to the rest of the subordinates after a glare from Magellan who really wasn't in the mood for his subordinates shenanigans at the moment.

Azul having heard the whole conversation had to suppress the bellowing laughter that was sure to erupt from his throat at the idiots that were guarding the high security prison, ending with him clearing in throat instead, acting as if he had something stuck in there, earning him a few sidelong glances from his 'collegues'.

Soon the entourage of wardens turned around and began making their way down into the prison, while the marines turned around and headed back on the ship. Funnily enough, Azul simply stood still in place, acting as if it was normal for him to do so and waited until the marines had tracked back on the warship before he marched over to the already closing prison gates and slipped right through.

'Mission accomplished hehehe! Maybe I should change my profession to a ninja or something? I bet I would look awesome in their suits... Oh well, I'm still young and who knows, could become a hobby of mine or something...' Azul thought while walking down the dimly lit corridor, drilling for gold in his nose all the while.

"Hey! What is a lone marine doing down here? Weren't you supposed to leave after the delivery of prisoners?" Asked a stationed warden that was sitting in some kind of relay station which would let the lower level know about what was happening up here, having a light frown on his face.

"Don't mind me. I'm only on a stroll to see some friends down there" Azul answered, about to walk just right past the man with a bored look on his face, making the man take a step back after hearing Azuls words and was about to run back to the relay station to notify the lower level that someone broke into the prison when he slumped over from a smack on his head, sending him into unconciousness.

"Urgh, well done Azul... Now what to do with the dude...Oh well, I'll just take him along and dump him at the prison cell area" He mused to himself while tapping his foot on the concrete in thought.

'Though, now that I'm here, why not check if I can find out where the strawhats are supposed to be imprisoned at. There should be some kind of datafolders here, right?' Azul thought, walking right into the relay station and began to go through all the papers that seemed new enough to him that hadn't yet been put away. Soon afterwards he got lucky and found a small pile of papers.

'It seems like Chopper and Nami are being imprisoned in the first level the so called 'blood red hell', while Luffy, Zoro and Sanji got put behind bars in level 3 'starving hell'. Now, where was Robin brought to though. There are no entries here...what the hell? Is there a special area for interogations and stuff like that or something? Or will she be executed? Urgh, this shit is getting more annoying by the minute. No matter, I'll search until I find her...' Azul thought to himself, folding the papers and putting them inside his pocket after which he walked out of the relay station, grabbed the warden, threw him over his shoulder like a wet towl and continued his path downwards, soon arriving at level one: 'the blood red hell'.