I'm in One Piece, and I'm Luffy's childhood friend.

"No, it's the new big brother!!"

"New Big Brother!!"

Iceberg, "...Don't call me that."

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The Enies Lobby incident was the first event that made the Straw Hat Pirates famous, and all of their crew members were put on bounties.

Their families back home are all happy for them.

Vivi, who had no crewmates, was in the same boat. King Cobra saw in the newspaper that Robin was a member of the Straw Hat Pirates and was afraid to let Vivi know, but Vivi actually already knew.

Everyone embarked on a new journey.

Their families back home celebrated their newfound fame.

Water City has returned to peace.

Life goes on, and time keeps passing.

Four days after the Enies Lobby incident ended, and the second day after Luffy and his crew embarked on their new journey, Haku and Ace, who had been escorted to Impel Down, finally arrived at the city gates.

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"Keep moving forward!! Hurry up!!"

Impel Down is a massive, tower-like structure submerged in the sea, its foundation resting on the ocean floor. Because it's built on the Calm Belt, the entire Impel Down is surrounded by giant sea kings, and its outer perimeter is protected by a naval fleet. Blue gorillas also hunt these sea kings on the seabed.

Impel Down has seven levels: one floor above the sea and six floors below the ocean. The higher the floor number, the lower the level is the sixth floor below the ocean.

The first floor is above sea level. There are no prisoners on this floor. After entering the gate, there is an iron bar, and the gate is connected by a wooden bridge.

The escort ships that brought prisoners from all over the world would take turns to the wooden bridge and drive the prisoners off, forcing them to walk into the gate on their own. At this time, there were prison guards on both sides of the wooden bridge and warships behind them, so they would have to think twice before trying to escape.

After being confined to the bottom deck of the warship for two days, Bai Yun emerged to find the sunlight bright but not blinding.

Looking at the Impel Down castle on the sea, a place all pirates hate, but he had to go. He and Ace behind him resolutely strode forward. The soldiers pushed them, but their palms didn't touch their backs, and they just kept walking forward on their own.

The soldiers were bewildered. "You're going home?! So carefree?"

Chapter 574 Entering Impel Down

After two days of escort, Bai Yun and Ace arrived at Impel Down.

They were walking along the wooden bridge towards the gate.

Impel Down is a massive, tower-like structure submerged in the sea, surrounded by warships to drive away the Sea Kings and prevent prisoners from escaping. Since its establishment, only Shiki the Golden Lion has successfully escaped.

The appearance of Impel Down on the sea

The first floor above sea level is not used to imprison prisoners; only the sixth floor underwater is used.

Impel Down's underwater appearance

On the first floor of Impel Down, behind the inner gate of the wooden bridge, lies the place where criminals are "baptized" and tortured before entering prison (the so-called baptism involves throwing prisoners into 100-degree water for sterilization; if a prisoner is strong enough to be imprisoned in the fourth floor's scorching hell or a lower floor, then they will need to be sterilized again upon reaching the fourth floor).

Other facilities include offices, rooms for officials or special individuals to have their belongings checked before entering the prison, and a large elevator that leads to the warden's office on the fourth basement level.

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There were many warships being escorted, and the procession walking on the wooden bridge towards "hell" was also endless.

Some cried, some tried to resist and were beaten, and some successfully jumped into the sea, only to be beaten half to death by the gorillas and thrown back.

"What's there to be afraid of! A real man doesn't cry!"

"Not even as good as two women!!"

Scarface Jess was walking behind Ace and Bai Yun when he heard them crying, and he mocked them.

Due to the lack of information, Urgot remained calm and composed, looking around and thinking about where he could escape to after he escaped.

"Go quickly! Go quickly!!"

The soldiers urged them on, even they didn't want to stay in Impel Down any longer.

According to the pictures, Impel Down had two gates, an outer one and an inner one. After the soldiers escorted the prisoners to the outer gate, they would hand them over to the prison staff and give them the list of prisoners they were responsible for, which was considered completing their mission.

Almost all the soldiers handed in their names and then turned around and left.

Next, we went to the inner gate for baptism, which involved going through lists one by one.

So, Bai Yun and Ace stopped temporarily at the outer gate, and coincidentally, they were also the first two in their team.

Seeing how relaxed they were, the jailer holding the list thought they were just scared out of their wits.

"She's alright looking, but it's a shame she's scared out of her wits."

"If there's no bounty, then it's probably a level one one, which is even worse."

The jailer continued talking to himself, but Bai Yun and Ace still didn't react. It was best to say less for now.

But Urgot, who was completely baffled, asked a question.

"Why is it even worse?"

"Besides, this prison looks like it only has one floor? How can it have multiple floors?"

Hearing this, the jailer laughed, "Hahaha, so you're just a clueless fool? You got caught as soon as you set sail?"

Urgot fell silent, feeling it was better not to reveal that he had been sailing for ten years.

The jailer smiled. Since they knew nothing, he might as well give them a good scare; his job was boring anyway.

"Since you know nothing, I will mercifully tell you."

"The allocation of detention floors in the advance layer is usually determined by the size of the bounty on you prisoners."

"Why does it look like there's only one floor? Because the prison cells are underwater!"

There are six layers in total on the seabed.

"Besides the various cells where you prisoners are held, each level has a unique form of torture, hence each level is given the name 'Hell,' and the torture intensifies with each level you descend!"

"Therefore, relatively speaking, the first level is the least torturous."

"And why would I think they were in a worse situation than those locked up on the first floor?"

"Because the torture was relatively mild, those prisoners would find things to do to pass the time in their captivity."

“Those who are good-looking but have no ability, whether they are imprisoned with male or female prisoners, they will suffer.”

"If a prisoner is locked up with a woman, and she's weak and good-looking, she'll naturally be targeted. As for being locked up with a male prisoner, I don't need to explain, right?"

"However, men and women are only kept together when there is a shortage of cells. Recently, there are enough cells, so men and women should not be kept together."

The jailer talked on and on, probably because his job dealing with prisoners was really boring.

Just then, his colleague came over to bring more people. The jailer handed over the list of Bai Yun and his team and said...

"Alright, it's your turn now, hurry up and go!"

"The place ahead is where you'll 'take a bath'! Hahahaha!"

Bai Yun and Ace remained silent and continued walking forward.

Urgot thought to himself, "That's not bad. They let me take a shower before I go to prison. That's nice."

It's true, it's also a bath, only the bath water is 100℃.

"What?! What is this?!"

Upon reaching the inner gates of Impel Down, Urgot watched as people jumped into the churning pool, followed by screams of agony. He couldn't believe his eyes. Was this a bath?! Are you sure you're not going to boil us alive?!

"Shut up, what's all the noise about?!"

The jailer leading the group cursed, then led the group to a woman and handed her the list.

The woman was slender, wearing reddish-brown sunglasses, with a hat slung across her shoulder that covered her right eye, and had long, curly, golden hair.

He wore a brown jacket and brown shorts over a white shirt, a black tie, dark red knee-high boots, and dark red knee-high gloves.

The woman with the mature and sophisticated aura is none other than Domino, the deputy warden of Impel Down, the same woman who examined the Empress and was petrified after falling in love with her.

"She's good-looking."

Ace and Bai Yun were practically numb to hearing this.

"Girls can leave their clothes behind, but boys have to strip off all their outer garments."

"Go line up there!!"

Domino shouted, and the guards rushed over and tore off the male prisoner's clothes and pants, leaving him only in his underwear.

"and many more!!"

Urgot screamed as his clothes were about to be torn off, as if he were being sexually assaulted.

"What?!"

Domino asked impatiently.

"Can I keep my pants?"

"I...I...I wasn't wearing underwear..."

Domino: "..."

Chapter 575 Prison Break

Ace and Bai Yun jumped into the 100°C boiling water without hesitation.

Ace is a user of the Flame-Flame Fruit, so why would he be afraid of boiling water? Although the water soaked up to half his body made him weak, it didn't have much of an effect.

As for Bai Yun, his current body belongs to Xiao Bai. As Xiao Bai is capable of controlling ice, this temperature is nothing to him.

To put it bluntly, given the physical capabilities of people in the One Piece world, being immersed in 100°C boiling water is nothing special.

Of course, it won't kill you with the heat, but it will still hurt. For example, Urgot screamed so loudly after being kicked down that it shook heaven and earth. Even a crocodile can't withstand boiling water at 100°C.

Compared to him, Jess remained indifferent, though he blushed and said, "Comfortable, the temperature is just right!"

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After being baptized in boiling water, the prisoners came down one by one to receive their black and white striped prison uniforms.

Although the heart-shaped paint on Bai Yun and Ace's faces was washed off, they were not recognized.