From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 176 The Prisoners of Impelton.

After leaving the prison where Xiliu was imprisoned, Bane and others soon arrived at another double cell.

The Fire Fist Portgas D. Ace and the Seven Warlords of the Sea Jinbe.

The two guys were locked up together, and when they arrived at the door of the cell, Magellan stopped in time.

Although Ace was not mentioned in the order, Garp had come to find Ace every time, and Magellan had gotten used to it, so he naturally had to give Garp some time this time.

Unlike Shiryu, Ace and Jinbei were firmly fixed with seastone shackles and could not move easily, so naturally they did not enjoy any good treatment.

"I have proposed before to provide Ace with a suitable prison, but Vice Admiral Garp refused." Magellan said softly.

"I'm a sinner. It's a special care that you allow me to visit you. That's enough." Karp said with a serious expression.

As if he heard the noise outside, Ace slowly raised his head in the prison and looked at the people outside.

When he saw Garp, his expression was still calm, but when he saw Bane, he suddenly became excited and pulled the seastone shackles, making a rattling sound.

"Bane!" Ace looked at Bane with gritted teeth.

"Long time no see, Ace." Bane greeted him calmly without any sarcasm.

Perhaps it was this calmness that made Ace calm down and no longer so excited.

He leaned against the cold wall again, laughed helplessly and said, "I'm sorry. Although I have figured it out, these things should not be blamed on you from beginning to end, but when I saw you, I still couldn't help it."

"Can't help wanting to kill me?" Bane continued.

Ace shook his head and said, "Although I still hate you, I don't want to kill you anymore. On the contrary, I want to thank you for helping me kill that damn guy Teach. If it weren't for him... It's all my fault. He was my subordinate, but I didn't realize his hidden malice. It was me who took him to hunt you, but it ended up that Dad and the others were killed because of us."

Having said that, Ace did not continue. Instead, he looked back at Garp and said, "Grandpa, if you are here to say what I said before, I am sorry. I have no intention of 'repenting' at all. If possible, I hope to be killed here. It is dark here. I can't even tell how much time has passed. But every moment, I want to die quickly. Although this can't change anything, it can make me no longer suffer so much."

"Ace." A trace of pain flashed across Garp's eyes, and then he said, "Is this your answer?"

"Answer." Ace's expression became complicated. He smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, I chose to go out to sea just to find the answer. Now, I have received retribution and the answer."

When he was young, he once asked Karp painfully, asking him, is it really good for him to live in this world?
Karp did not give any direct answer, but told him that if he wanted to know, why not just live and see? The sea will give everyone the answer.

Now, Ace seems to have got his answer.

That is, he shouldn't live in this world at all. He is like a disaster, bringing unbearable pain to all the people he cares about.

"Ace." Bane looked at Ace, recalled Garp's request on the way here, sighed and continued: "I rarely feel unworthy for someone, but if your answer is that you shouldn't live in this world, then I really feel unworthy for your mother."

"Mother." Ace heard this and said with a look of pain on his face: "It was because of me that she lost her life. If it weren't for me..."

"That's why you carry the weight of her expectations and life. I think your mother endured unimaginable pain to bring you into this world, and she definitely didn't want you to get the answer that you shouldn't be alive," Bane said in a deep voice.

After hearing these words, Ace's expression became ferocious, and he seemed to be in a very complicated mood.

Bane didn't say anything more. He looked at Magellan and said, "Director Magellan, let's go and complete the mission first. Let's leave this to Mr. Cap."

Magellan nodded and immediately took Bane away from the prison door.

Before leaving, Bane glanced at Jinbei, who seemed to be lifeless but was indeed still alive.

After they walked away, Magellan was the first to speak: "Vice Admiral Bane, hasn't the headquarters made any arrangements regarding Jinbe's treatment?" Jinbe is now in a state of 'Schrödinger's Shichibukai'. The navy has detained him in Impelton, and even circulated news internally that 'his status as Shichibukai was deprived', but in fact, it has never been publicized to the outside world.

Procedurally speaking, Jinbe is still one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea at this moment, but the navy has no intention of letting him go free.

"We have too many things going on in our headquarters recently. The mess caused by Admiral Sakaski and Admiral Kuzan has not been resolved yet. How can anyone be in the mood to care about one of the Shichibukai who is imprisoned in Impelton?" Bane shook his head.

After the Battle of Marineford, Sengoku and Marijoa fought a battle of wits and courage, Sakazuki and Kuzan confronted each other, the headquarters was successively caught up in the struggle between the resignation of the marshal and the two admirals, and there were also a series of important matters such as the adjustment of major strategic focus. Who would care about Jinbe's life or death?
"So what do you think will happen to Jinbe after all the things happening at this headquarters are concluded?" Magellan asked after thinking for a while.

"You seem to care about him a lot, eh?" Bane said jokingly.

Magellan nodded, and then said: "Perhaps as a member of the prison, I shouldn't say this, but... I don't hate him. On the contrary, after learning about his experience, I admire him a little."

"Admiration?" Bane murmured softly.

Magellan said with emotion: "He also contributed his strength to those weak people who were treated unfairly. I read the intelligence materials of every prisoner imprisoned in the sixth floor of Impelton in detail. That's why I am so moved. In that thick information, except for offending the world government, I couldn't find any crime of his. The name of Sea Knight is well-deserved."

In fact, Jinbei's experience is very simple. When he was young, he was a member of Fishman Island and roamed the streets, but later he cleaned up his name and joined Ryugugu, becoming the captain of Neptune's guard. Ryugugu is a member of the affiliated countries of the World Government. From this point of view, Jinbei can be regarded as eating the royal food of the World Government and is a formal staff member.

Later, because of Fisher Tiger's incident, he resolutely resigned from this decent job and devoted himself to the slave liberation movement, helping Tiger escort the slaves rescued from Marijoa back home.

Because of this, he became a member of the so-called Sun Pirates and was given the title of pirate.

Later, Tiger died, and Arlong went back for revenge, but was beaten by Borsalino again. In order to save his compatriots, Jinbei accepted the amnesty from the World Government as the second-generation captain of the Sun Pirates and became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Afterwards, there was basically no action, and he stayed in Fishman Island all the time, and did not engage in any pirate activities or looting.

If we have to talk about his crime as a pirate, it would probably be colluding with the Whitebeard Pirates. But there is no way around it, Fishman Island is flying Whitebeard's flag and is under Whitebeard's protection, so it is inevitable that Jinbe would become friends with them.

"I think, after these things in the headquarters are resolved, he should be free again, right?" Bane didn't think about Jinbe anymore, but thought about it for a while and gave an answer.

"Really?" Magellan was a little surprised by Bane's conclusion, but there was a relaxed smile on his face.

The reason why Bane made such a judgment is very simple. It is very strange that Jinbei was not executed directly. No one has paid attention to him for such a long time, and it is very likely that the treatment is being downplayed.

As for why this is happening, it is probably because the World Government at this time hopes to maintain a stable and friendly relationship with Fish-Man Island.

After all, Fishman Island really has Poseidon!

Jinbei himself can be considered a "pacifist", and his existence can suppress those extreme racists on Fishman Island. If Jinbei dies, the people of Fishman Island will definitely hate the World Government even more, which may lead to those extremists gaining power and even further forcing Ryuguu Castle to make concessions, and eventually obtain the power of the Sea King.

This is totally not in the interests of governments around the world.

Therefore, a living Jinbei is what the world government needs.

While talking about these, Magellan and Bane stopped in front of a prison door and said, "The Barrel Basque Choate is him."

"Mmmmm." Basque Jot noticed the figure outside the prison and laughed evilly, "What? Are you going to let me out?"

But before he could finish his words, the shadow under Bane's feet seemed to come alive, and quickly turned into a surging dark wave, drowning the prison.

Basque Jot's scream came from the cell, but the next moment, it disappeared into silence.

After three or five breaths, Bane held a devil fruit in his hand and said, "Next."

It was obvious that he had no intention of wasting time talking to these pirates, and Magellan looked very calm as he took Bane to the next prison to carry out the "clean-up" work.

(End of this chapter)