Chapter 106: Hiding in the Walls and Floors

Chapter 106: Hiding in the Walls and Floors



"Alright, Buggy. Tell me everything you know about Impel Down. I need information." Cherry said.

"Well, there's the Chief Warden Magellan, he's a poison man. Very dangerous. The Vice Warden Hannyabal is incompetent. There's also the 4 jailer beasts I've heard about, they're very strong zoan fruit users I think." Buggy started to explain.

"There are five levels of Impel Down, so Ace ought to be in the 5th one. I don't know how to navigate any of them except this one though." Buggy said.

"Five levels? Aren't there seven levels?" Cherry asked, which Buggy responded to with a shrug.

'Maybe the last two levels are a secret or something? The man I think is probably Ace is on the seventh.' Cherry thought.

"Okay, you'll lead me to the entrance to the second level. You can either come with me from there, or stay and hope that I can pick you up on the way out." Cherry said.

"And I'll say you shouldn't try to escape on your own. The warships outside aren't paddle boats and the prison is inside the calm belt. Even if you get outside, the only way out is through the giant gate." Cherry added.

Buggy seriously considered this choice. He definitely didn't want to go further down, but he didn't want to get left behind either. Cherry made a good point that he almost certainly couldn't escape by himself too. He hadn't actually thought that far in his escape fantasies.

"Ugh, I'll go with you. But why can't you just move through the walls like this?" Buggy asked, gesturing around himself.

"Because it's slow, I can't see where I'm going, if someone on the stronger side notices me somehow I can't dodge, etcetera. Plus, I'd no reason to bring you along if I could, so I wouldn't complain if I were you." Cherry explained.

"How do you plan to get Ace out anyways. You just said escape is nearly impossible." Buggy changed the subject.

"I'm not going to tell you that. You've got the face of a snitch. You'll rat me out the moment your skin is on the line." Cherry stated bluntly.

Buggy's face showed he was greatly offended, but soon after he nodded sagely because that was absolutely true.

She pushed on the wall and it swiveled, allowing herself and Buggy to pass through and closed up behind them. Before them was a narrow passageway that didn't seem like it was often traveled through, a good sign.

They both ventured at a downward trajectory that went on for quite a while. Soon it became clear that it was likely leading to a particular gathering of individuals around where Cherry believed to be the sixth level.

The raucous sounds of a party could be heard as the path stopped going downwards and leveled out.

"Why does it sound like a party? Is it the guards celebrating something?" Buggy wondered aloud.

They came to a set of double wooden doors and Cherry pushed them open, much to Buggy's dismay. Cherry already figured out these people couldn't be guards by the sounds of they made and the conversations she overheard.

The large room was well lit unlike the corridor and a large number of people, many with flamboyant fashion, ate and drank and danced and sang. On a stage by the far wall a tall woman with a purple afro and skimpy red leotard was singing bad karaoke whilst the crowd

cheered.

"Who's this? New faces? I'm afraid you'll have to die, we can't let the secret of our paradise here be revealed!" The woman said in a sing song voice. "NOT REALLY~"

"Haha, you really fooled them Iva!" Someone shouted, others joined in with similar

sentiments.

Although everyone in the room seemed relaxed, Cherry saw through it. They had just enough tension to act against them at a moment's notice if they needed to. Especially this Iva woman, she was a devil fruit user and a highly skilled martial artist.

"You're free to stay here, but know that this is a judgement free area." Spoke a man whose left half was in orange and right in white. "By the way, your dress is in some disrepair, would you like me to tailor it for you?"

Cherry clasped the hand of the man that wasn't holding a wine glass aloft. "Forget the dress, please make get me some proper martial arts clothes!"

Cherry didn't mind wearing a dress for a little while for Robin's sake, but she'd been wearing this dress for over 3 days. At least she could keep it clean, but it still didn't feel right. Buggy on the other hand wasn't too fazed by the scene before him. His crew, while they weren't okamas, were somewhat flamboyant in their own ways, so he adapted to the atmosphere easily enough. He went to get a drink, since it's been a while.

"I think I'll stay here while you do your business." Buggy said. He figured that even if Cherry failed, he would at least be safe and comfortable here.