Hi!
I apologize for the slight delay with this update, but my computer screen broke some days ago and the delivery company decided to send the new one to accompany Odysseus on his trip before finally bringing it to my house.
My exam is this coming Sunday, and I am very nervous because the time allotted to complete it is by no means enough to do everything they ask for (which is actually an intentional choice on the examiners' part to keep the slowest people out) and I'm terrified I'll be too slow and then have to go through this whole process again next year. Wish me luck, please.
The Eternal Hell, Part V
Many people would see it as a failing on his part, but Newgate was immensely pleased to watch Ace and Marco agree on a friendly match at some point, an agreement Newgate had every intention of reminding them of. It would be good for both of them to train against each other, he was certain of it.
For now, however, they had to focus on getting out of Impel Down. There had already been a contingent of guards to be dealt with while Marco cleaned Ace's wounds, one Newgate had knocked out with a careless wave of haki before they could even exit the corridor they had been advancing through, and it was only a matter of time before more of them showed up. But he wasn't going to rush their departure, not when his children were injured.
Besides, it would be about an hour before his crew caught up to them. It was all part of the plan, but they needed to hold out in the prison for that long. Not that it would be a big issue.
Marco had finished cleaning and bandaging Ace's wounds, and now had moved on to do the same for Jinbe. Newgate had been shocked to hear that Marco wasn't a doctor, and watching him work it was clear he hadn't figured out all the properties of his devil fruit yet. Newgate would explain later, and he would help Marco master his powers as much as was possible, but bringing up the healing properties of Marco's devil fruit now would be more of a distraction than anything else, so Newgate stayed silent and just watched him work.
He turned to Rayleigh, now standing outside the cell with a pensive expression, eyes fixed on where Ace and Luffy were bickering about how Ace was perfectly fine and of course he could beat all of Luffy's crew. Luffy was swinging from worried, to offended, to amused, and back to worried at an impressive speed.
"There," said Marco, drawing everyone's attention back to himself. He had finished bandaging Jinbe's shoulders and was putting what was left of the medical supplies away.
"Thank you," Jinbe said, polite as ever.
Marco just nodded and stood up.
"Well, then. Let's get out of here," Newgate said, to general approval and a few grins.
Luffy dashed out of the cell, followed closely by Ace. Marco shouldered his bag and went after them. Rayleigh laughed and muttered something about youth before moving towards the gate himself. Jinbe was giving Newgate an inquisitive look —Newgate could all but see the questions swimming in Jinbe's mind— but Newgate just shook his head, silently asking him to hold back his questions for later.
Out in the main cell area, the prisoners had grown rowdy again, and Newgate frowned when he realized many of their comments were insults directed at the kids. His kids. Glaring around, Newgate unleashed a wave of haki on his way out of the level, and was unsurprised when a second one joined his attack.
By the time he was out in the hallway, three fourths of the prisoners held in level six of Impel Down were unconscious.