I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

Figo's strength level leaped up from level 1 to level 3. He felt a significant improvement in his physique, and more importantly, his lifespan changed!

The sudden increase of over a thousand points in Giant Strength brought about a significant difference. Figo felt as if a certain constraint within his body had been released, and every cell was full of vitality, as if he had returned to his adolescence.

This wave will add at least 10 years to my life!

But... puberty? Will I, at 28, still continue to develop? Besides joy, Figo also had some vague worries about this.

Other developmental aspects are fine.

The problem is height.

It's already 2.5 meters, that's enough.

While non-giants in the world of One Piece can grow to an absurd seven or eight meters tall, Figo certainly doesn't want to look like that. For one thing, being too big would make it difficult to find a wife.

We'll have to keep a closer eye on it in the future. If it's still growing, we'll have to think of something to do. His expectation is that it won't exceed 3 meters.

That's a story for another time.

In addition to the Titans that made up for the lost revenue, two other CP9 members were also included in the prison files.

They're definitely not SR, they're all R9. Their crime index is a bit higher than Peslow's, one is 14 and the other is 16. Maybe it's because they do a lot of odd jobs, like when they rescued the giant in public, it was they who stepped in.

"I knew there weren't enough cells." Figo murmured to himself as he scanned the seven cells.

The nun and three CP9 members occupied one of the cells, leaving only six cells for the seven Titans. The two smallest Titans huddled together in one of the cells.

Because the warships have limited capacity, these cells are only eight meters high. Even giants over twelve meters tall are cramped in single cells, and two of them sharing a cell are practically hugging each other.

Both of them had tears in their eyes.

"Waaaaah... Our benefactors, we've dragged you into this mess!"

As they spoke, they looked at the nun with some puzzlement, wondering how the promised three benefactors had turned into four... but that didn't matter.

"Tell us your names, our benefactors! Even if we are executed, even if we never have the chance to meet again, the giants will forever remember your friendship!"

Peslow remained expressionless throughout.

What's the use? You've all been captured. No friendship can be sent back to Elbaf. Once the Mountain Hag's identity is exposed, there will be even more trouble. The mission has completely failed. We'll deal with everything after we return to the Holy Land and meet the Five Elders.

He remained silent, which moved the giants even more.

What kind of spirit is this? How come I didn't know there were such good people among the dwarves before?

"Waaaaah..."

"That wretched, devilish warden!"

"Even if you beat and humiliate them, the warriors of the giant race will not yield!!"

Figo felt a tingling sensation from the crying, and he thought of the jailers who had cried as they saw him off. Why did everyone in the pirate world have this problem? Anyway, he had already received his profits, so he thought for a moment and then ordered, "Go and clean up that cabin at the stern and help me move the four of them in there."

"Yes, Lord Figo!"

The marines immediately took action.

Peslow remained silent and cooperated by being led into the stern cabin. Only after the cabin door was locked did he nudge his two companions with his toe to wake them up.

The little tiger CP9 was hit by the giant and felt as if all the bones in his body were broken. Fortunately, he was a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user with strong defense. He let out a long groan, regained his senses, and tried to sit up, but was tripped by the chains.

"W-What happened?"

The female CP9 member, whose injuries were less severe than his, regained consciousness more quickly and exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Peslow? That's... Yamanbagama? What's going on? Is that the warden? What is he trying to do?!"

“Warden…” The little tiger recovered from the memory loss and hissed, “That guy is a monster. We underestimated him. Brother Peslow, you were captured too, and those giants were brought back, right?”

So... next, with his cooperation, we need to find an opportunity to rescue the giants a second time after our own rescue, thus deepening our friendship? The process seems a bit too complicated, Brother Peslow!

Female CP9: "..."

Peslow: "..."

You think this is all an act?

……

outside.

"These audacious fellows!"

"It's fortunate that you, Lord Figo, were on the warship this time, otherwise they would have really succeeded!"

"Lord Figo, a few of us are going to a small town on the island. We don't know how the lieutenant colonel and the others are doing..."

Figo: "I'll go. You guys stay here and guard the ship and the prisoners until I get back."

After all this going around in circles to catch people, Figo's goal of traveling—to experience the scenery of the towns in the pirate world—has not yet been achieved.

Everything that needed to be shut down on the warship was shut down. Unless CP9 went crazy and revealed his identity, breaking the tacit agreement between the two sides not to expose the truth about the execution, nothing else could go wrong. On this trip, Figo could pick up the people and also take a detour to the town so that Shaw and the others could buy some supplies before returning to port.

Figo then disembarked from the warship and headed towards the town, but he hadn't gone far when he ran into Shaw, who was returning.

For some reason, Xiao walked furtively, moving from one tree to another, his expression extremely cautious, as if there were man-eating monsters on the other side of the warship.

"Old Xiao, why did you come back by yourself?" Figo went over and asked.

Before Shaw could even notice Figo, he was startled by the sudden sound and fell to the ground with a thud, his face pale and even trembling. When he saw Figo, his face lit up with excitement and he jumped up.

"Lord Figo! You...you came from the warship?"

His behavior was indeed strange. Figo asked in surprise, "Hmm, what's wrong? There was some trouble on the warship. I captured three CP9 members and seven giants..."

"Well done!!" Xiao shouted.

Figo: ?

Xiao trembled as he said, "Lord Figo, those bastards CP9... those bastards, all the marines who participated in the execution except me are dead!"

"……what?"

……

几分钟前。

In the center of the town, on the execution platform.

Nearly half an hour had passed since the Titans escaped from the CP9 execution ground, and finally some brave residents tried to climb the platform to check on the Marines.

"Were they all... all killed?"

"How could this be?"

"Are there no survivors?"

Xiao was lying on the ground, almost asleep.

No living people? They're all living people, that's for sure.

Judging by the time, the CP9 members should have finished their work. Can I get up now?

Just then, a resident of the town noticed him, and he groaned, rubbed his head, and sat up, pretending to be a little dazed.

Someone is alive!

"This lieutenant colonel is still alive!"

The residents were overjoyed and asked, "Lieutenant Colonel, are you alright?!"

"Ah, it's nothing..." Xiao responded vaguely, feeling a little strange. Did the adults of CP9 really go that far? None of the marines under my command were awakened.

“What about the other people and the enemies?” he asked.

"Those two bastards who stormed the execution ground have already escaped with the giants!" someone replied. "The others... your subordinates, well, it seems only you are left... only you are still alive."

What the hell? Xiao was stunned. He shook off the residents who were helping him up, walked quickly to the nearest marine lying on the ground, and squatted down to check.

It's out of breath.

His face turned pale instantly.

impossible!

He quickly went to check on the other marines.

however……

Dead! Dead!

They were all killed!

Chapter Seventeen: The Worrying Demon, Gerdchak

"What? Those marines have been killed!"

At the stern of the warship, Peslow asked a question with a look of surprise, then looked at his two companions, who shook their heads repeatedly after a brief moment of astonishment.

"No, we didn't do it!"

How could we possibly kill them?

"Who else could it be but you!" Xiao glared at the female CP9 member and said, "After you knocked me down, I lay there, and no one came near me until the residents arrived!"

The two CP9 members were furious and anxious. They couldn't take the blame for this. Peslow was calmer and looked at Figo, who was leaning against the door, and said, "Warden Figo, I apologize for my previous rudeness. But you should be able to tell that we didn't do this."

Figo knew perfectly well that they hadn't done it; there was no need for it, and the crime index didn't match.

Is there a third party involved?

However, some parts are not quite reasonable.

If we can bypass Shaw and kill the marines silently, we should be able to kill Shaw as well!

“Old Shaw, calm down first.” Figo couldn’t understand, so he reassured him and said to Peslow, “You are indeed highly suspected now. In order to gain the trust of the giants, you might do something like this.”

“You…” The little tiger stared wide-eyed.

Peslow was also annoyed, but then, as if remembering something, he glanced at Figo's arms and said, suppressing his anger, "How can you expect us to believe you?"

“There’s something I’ve wanted to ask for a long time,” Figo said, seizing the opportunity. “All seven giants were once imprisoned in Impel Down. I’ve seen their records. The giant who was captured last, named Kevin, was a giant warrior who defended the giant village against pirate invasions many times.”

The process by which he became a pirate is somewhat vague. I want to ask, was there any involvement by CP9 in recruiting giants? Including the other six giants, were they also chosen by you...?

“We don’t have that capability,” Peslow interrupted. “Warden Figo, you’re probably referring to the death of the giant Kevin’s daughter. We did investigate that, and I even brought some information with me as leverage to recruit him.”

The one who truly killed his daughter was the worry demon—Goldchuk.

"Worrying man?"