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  Coby was starting to think maybe Kuma hadn’t listeo his suggestion after all. But as he walked past one of the st cells, he stopped cold. Inside was a small figure, bound in heavy iron, his entire body covered except for a single eye, which stared out at Coby with hope and desperation.

  “Luffy!” Coby shouted, rushing forward.

  Luffy was so bound he couldn’t even answer. His eyes lit up with relief as Coby rushed over and undid all his shackles. The sed he was free, Luffy jumped up and hugged Coby tightly.

  “Coby! I’m so gd to see you!” Luffy said, his voice crag with emotion.

  Coby hugged him back, a small grin tugging at his lips. “I’m gd to see you too, Luffy.” He g Ivankov, who had been watg the reunion with a raised eyebrow. “Tell your people to send a lot of meat, fast.”

  Ivankov nodded ahe room to ha.

  Coby looked at Luffy, quickly sing him for injuries. “How did you end up like this?”

  Luffy growled, clearly frustrated. “That bear ma me here. One minute I’m fighting on Sabaody, and the hing I know, I’m locked up in this cell!”

  Indeed, it was Coby who suggested to Kuma that Luffy be sent to Marineford. His hope had been that Luffy would be pext to Ace, giving the brothers some time together. He never expected they would lock him up like this. But he couldn't say that out loud.

  Luffy stared at Coby, fused. "What are you doing here?" he asked, scratg his head.

  Coby blinked, surprised. "You seriously don't know?"

  Luffy shook his head, clearly lost. "No idea."

  Coby let out a sigh, ping the bridge of his nose. "Ace is about to be executed by the Marines. It’s all over the news. They’re pnning to kill him at Marineford, and Whitebeard’s going to show up for a huge battle." He paused, gng at Luffy. "I figured you would do everything to save him, so I rushed here to help."

  Luffy’s eyes widened in shock, the realization finally hitting him. "What?!" His voice cracked as he grabbed Coby by the shoulders. "Ace is going to be executed?!"

  Coby nodded grimly. "Yeah. They already moved him to Marineford. That’s why we o get out of here as fast as possible."

  Luffy looked down, his fists ched tight. "We’ve gotta save him. We ’t let them kill Ace!"

  Coby nodded. "We will. But first, let's get you some food. Then, we'll break out of here and head straight for Marineford."

  Luffy grinned, his grip on Coby's shoulders tight with gratitude. "Thank you, Coby."

  Without missing a beat, Coby hammered his fist into Luffy’s chest, knog him back a step. "What the hell are you thanking me for?" Coby asked, shaking his head.

  Luffy rubbed his nose, ughing. "Yeah, sorry!"

  Before anything else could be said, Ivankov's people arrived, bringing a mountain of food and a pile of clothes from the prisoners in the sixth floor. They even mao find Luffy's Straw Hat, which was sitting on top of the heap. Luffy’s eyes lit up as he grabbed his hat and pced it on his head, grinning widely.

  "Meat! Finally!" Luffy shouted before diving into the food, tearing through it like a wild animal. In minutes, he cleared the entire spread, lig his fingers . Coby watched, shaking his head, but a small smirk tugged at his lips.

  “Alright, ready?” Coby asked, already knowing the answer.

  Luffy stood, a fierce grin on his face. "Let’s go save Ace!"

  During Coby's 'rest,' most of the riot had beeinguished, but the damage was dohe guards were injured and scattered, with only Mageln still standing strong, his preseninating the prison. Coby, Luffy, Ivankov, Jinbe, Crocodile, and the rest of the Newkama made their , passing by cells filled with prisooo scared to e out.

  Coby, uerred by the fear, tinued freeing people as they moved. Some prisoners were poisoned, barely able to stand, while others refused to leave their cells, trembling at the thought of Mageln’s wrath. But Coby didn’t care. His priority was chaos, and the more people they freed, the better their ces of esg.

  “Hey, Coby,” Luffy called from behind, his voice filled with frustration. “Why aren’t these guys ing out?”

  “They’re afraid,” Coby replied, tossing another wax key into a cell. The prisoners inside g each other nervously but stayed put. “Mageln’s poison got to most of them, and the rest don’t want to deal with him again.”

  Luffy frowned, g his fists. “We don’t have time for this! We have to keep moving!”

  Ivankov stepped up beside Luffy, his voice carrying a pyful edge despite the tension. “Luffy-boy is right. We o get going before muards show up. Let those who want to stay, stay.”

  Jinbe nodded in agreement, gng back toward the lower levels. “Mageln will be ing for us soon. We o reach the exit before he catches up.”

  Coby grinned, moving ahead without slowing down. “The’s go.”

  The group pressed on, climbing higher through the levels. At some point, Mr. 1 joihem. As they approached the top floors, the chaos began to die down. Most of the prisohey passed were either unscious from the poison or had already been subdued by the remaining guards. The air was thick with the st of blood and burning debris.

  Strangely, they didn't enter Mageln on their way out. Coby then remembered something: Bckbeard had also e to the prison to break out some prisoners. "Mageln must be dealing with them right now," he muttered, keeping his pace as they he exit.

  When they reached the front door, Jinbe wasted no time. With a grunt, he grabbed the massive door, his muscles bulging as he easily ripped it from its hihe others watched as Jinbe flung the giaal sb straight into the o. It spshed down, floating oer like a makeshift raft.

  "Let’s use that as a ride to one of the ships," Jinbe said, already moving toward the edge of the ptform.

  As the rest hopped on the makeshift raft while Jinbei dove uer to carry it, Coby stood at the edge, gng back at Impel Down. The prison loomed behind them, smoke rising from the chaos they caused. He couldn’t help but chuckle. He spooted some familiar faces while running down the day before. Buggy and others had bee loose in the frenzy, but Buggy hadn’t been able to rally the same crowd of prisoners around him as in inal series. He wasn’t their savior this time—just another bastard who got lucky. Mageln had subdued them while Coby was “resting.”

  Coby shook his head, w if Buggy would still mao spin this into making himself a big shot. The had a knack for surviving in ridiculous ways.

  "Let’s go!" Luffy shouted from the raft, waving his arms. He was already boung in pce, eager to move on.

  Raft moved in record speed as Coby stood o Luffy. Jinbei propelled them forward with a powerful stroke from beh, gliding smoothly across the water.

  "Well, that was a mess," uttered, settling down on the raft. "But we made it out."

  Luffy grinned, stretg his arms behind his head. "Yeah, but now we gotta get to Marineford fast. Ace is waiting!"

  Jinbe quickly got them near a Marine ship, and they wasted no time clearing it of the guards. Luffy, Coby, and the others cut through the Marines on board, tossing them overboard as they took trol of the vessel.

  Ohey secured the ship, oved to another nearby Marine ship. He hoisted the sails and adjusted the course, a smirk on his face as he hopped back to their ship.

  “What are you doing, Coby?” Luffy asked, raising an eyebrow.

  Coby grinned, his eyes gleaming with mischief. “I’m testing fate.”

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