The prison break-out continues at Impel DownIn case you've lost track of the chaos, here's what has been happening so far.Summary:With 4.5 hours left before Ace's execution, Luffy and company are making their way up the levels with Magellan hot on their tails. Meanwhile, the four demon guards have recovered and they take the lift to Level 1 to cut off the escapees. As Luffy and the gang arrive on the stairways to Level 2, Ivankov and Inazuma orders everyone else to go ahead while they stay to hold off Magellan. After everyone else has gone up Inazuma cuts the stairs apart, and Ivankov faces off against the approaching Magellan.Up in Level 2, Luffy and company notice that the prisoner cages are strangely empty. Luffy also realizes that Ivankov and Inazuma are missing and wants to go back for them, but Bon convinces Luffy to keep going forward. Near the stairs, Inazuma is waiting for Ivankov to emerge but Magellan appears instead and douses Inazuma with poison.Up in Level 1, Buggy, Mr. 3 and their gang are being beaten back by the demon guards, but they are saved when Luffy's group arrives to knock out the demon guards again. Magellan arrives right after and the chief warden gives some instructions to the ships outside via his personal Denden Mushi. Magellan then sends a poison hydra flying at Lufy, but attack is blocked by Mr. 3 who is moved by Luffy's determination.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This chapter was just a chase scene, with Magellan being the big bad monster. Looks like Ivankov and Inazuma are out of the picture now that they've been defeated by Magellan, and it's pretty disappointing that they went down so quickly. I think Luffy and the gang should have stood together and ganged up on Magellan, since leaving a couple of guys behind to face Magellan in one-on-one meetings is a pretty useless strategy. Unfortunately since Magellan has radioed to the ships, Luffy and his pals will probably have to get to surface as quickly as possible so they can capture a ship, which means Magellan can keep taking out people who are lagging behind. The Luffy vs. Magellan rematch will come about one way or another, although Luffy's gang might be able to commandeer Blackbeard's ship since the Blackbeard Pirates are incapacitated for the moment.On the mentioning of Blackbeard, I'm a bit disappointed that the chapter didn't show he or Shiryuu is doing. We still don't know what any of these guys are really up to.
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