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Chapter 104: Winds of Freedom

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"Damn it! Men, with me! We're throwing that deviant back in his cell!" Hannyabal barked, rallying Domino, Sadi-chan, and the other guards, eager to make a name for himself and bolster his chances of becoming Warden.

But they were already too late. Ivankov and his Newkama Land followers were on the opposite side of Level One. With Ian and Kaido's earth-shattering battle raging in the center, along with that gaping hole in the floor, reaching them in time was impossible. They'd already made it to the area between Level One, the Crimson Hell, and Level Two, the Beasts Hell. Any attempt to apprehend them now would be futile.

"It's fine. They won't get far with Magellan's Venom Devil blanketing the level," Hannyabal said, trying to reassure himself and the others. Perhaps he could still claim some credit when they inevitably collapsed from the poison.

A cloud of vibrant azure, deeper and richer than any ocean, spread across Level One, giving the prison floor an eerie, almost dreamlike quality. But beneath this beautiful facade pulsed a lethal threat: Magellan's Venom Devil, a toxic cloud capable of paralyzing anyone who so much as brushed against it.

A prisoner who strayed too close learned this the hard way, collapsing instantly, his body seizing as he desperately called out to Ivankov, the flamboyant, androgynous figure with the gravity-defying afro, for help.

"Hah! Poisoned already? Even I couldn't handle that. It's back to your cell for you!" Hannyabal crowed. Ivankov responded with exaggerated distress, "Oh dear! Our comrade has fallen! Should we abandon him? I don't want to, but it seems we have no choice! Farewell!"

"Don't worry about me, Ivankov-sama..." the afflicted prisoner wailed dramatically, feigning heartbreaking resignation, a performance that nearly moved Ivankov to tears. Then, suddenly, Ivankov's eyes went wide, and a triumphant yell ripped from his throat.

"Tension Hormones! Healing Hormones!" With a flick of his wrist, needles shot out from his fingertips, piercing the fallen prisoner's skin and injecting a potent concoction of hormones.

Almost immediately, the prisoner sprang to his feet, completely revitalized, even finding the energy to jeer at the guards.

"We're not going down that easily, you fools!"

The sight nearly made Magellan cough up blood. He'd completely forgotten about Ivankov's Horu Horu no Mi, the Devil Fruit that granted him control over hormones, the ability to manipulate the human body from the inside out.

The Healing Hormones could even offer a chance of recovery from otherwise terminal illnesses, though at the cost of a portion of the patient's lifespan, depending on the severity.

The Tension Hormones acted as a potent stimulant, eliminating fatigue entirely, but leaving the user utterly drained once the effects wore off. Ivankov could also control gender hormones, shifting people between male and female forms at will.

"It doesn't matter if they resist the Venom Devil," Hannyabal huffed, his confidence quickly returning. "Impel Down is in the Calm Belt, surrounded by Sea Kings. The prison and the warships are coated in seastone. And since the warships have already left, they're trapped. There's no escape for them today!"

Hannyabal's logic was sound. Before engaging Kaido, Magellan had ordered all nearby Marine ships to withdraw, minimizing the risk of collateral damage. This had effectively turned Impel Down into an isolated island. Even if the prisoners made it past the Venom Devil, they would have no way to leave.