chapter 134 part 2
Flames instantly engulfed Hannyabal. Hannyabal's entire body bore the brunt of this massive, close-range flame!
In the flames, with a "poof," Ren Arakawa turned into a log! Looking again, his figure was already far away, having flashed into the corridor.
Not long after, a tall figure wearing a black cloak arrived swiftly.
"Shi... Shiryu." Hannyabal, with severe burns all over his body, looked at Shiryu of the Rain, pointing in the direction of the corridor: "He, he escaped that way."
However, Hannyabal's information did not lead to a good outcome.
"Swish!"
After a flash of saber light, a deep bloody gash appeared on Hannyabal's stomach!
"Gah~!" Hannyabal spat out a mouthful of blood. With terrified and confused eyes, he looked at Shiryu of the Rain.
"Useless."
Hannyabal propped up his body with effort, "I, I'm not—"
But after saying that, his massive body still collapsed.
In the corridor, the prisoners' voices echoed one after another. They all had a strong curiosity about Ren Arakawa, who could freely move about in Infinite Hell.
"How did this guy escape? He wasn't even restrained by Sea Prism Stone handcuffs; it was simply miraculous!"
"Don't run! Can you let me out? I can give you everything in the world!" Ahead, a sharp-featured, mean-looking woman poked out from behind the narrow bars, speaking anxiously.
Seeing this woman's face, Ren Arakawa's escape plan became much more complete. She was Catarina Devon, a Mythical Zoan-type, Nine-Tailed Fox Form user! She could transform into anyone in the world, a higher-tier version of a Mimic Devil Fruit user, completely undetectable. Although her ability would be useless in Naruto, it was extremely useful in the Pirate World.
Ren Arakawa repeated his old phrase, "In a few days!"
Catarina Devon was a little anxious: "Release me now!"
"Where the f*** am I supposed to get a key to release you?!" As Ren Arakawa spoke, he had already run out of Catarina Devon's sight.
Catarina Devon was just about to curse loudly when suddenly, she recoiled her neck! A saber slash cut across the prison door! It nearly cut off her slender nose!
"Damn it! Shiryu of the Rain! You're not chasing the prisoner! You're slashing me?!"
Shiryu of the Rain simply didn't want to explain. In Shiryu's heart, Shiryu wanted to cut everything alive around him in half with the famous sword Raiu, no matter who or what it was.
Shiryu of the Rain was just about to pursue, but Catarina reached out from the bars and grabbed his ankle!
"You're asking for death!" A cold light flashed in Shiryu of the Rain's eyes, and he slashed his saber towards Catarina Devon inside the prison door!
Ren Arakawa, far ahead, didn't know the situation behind him, but he was still very anxious. He furiously threw nails at the surrounding surveillance Den Den Mushi, attempting to turn this corridor into a "fog of war" state, unexplored by jailers.
He couldn't return by the original route, because doing so would expose the location of the 5.5th floor. From Shiryu of the Rain witnessing his departure last time, and the incident today where Lightning was caught by Magellan, both indicated that Impel Down had roughly gathered intelligence.
Ren Arakawa couldn't reveal the 5.5th floor, lest the jailers wipe out that flower source in one fell swoop.
But this also gave Shiryu of the Rain an opportunity!
Just as Ren Arakawa finally dealt with the last surveillance Den Den Mushi under his Observation Haki, and was about to turn around and return to the dark corridor he had just left, Shiryu of the Rain's figure attacked!
Still wearing that heavy black military coat, it was still that annoying man with a cigar in his mouth.
Shiryu of the Rain appears!
"This time, I won't let you escape." Shiryu of the Rain spoke calmly, but his heart was not calm. Ren Arakawa, who had repeatedly escaped from him, was like a wild cat he'd spent a long time catching as a child, making him furious!
Ren Arakawa faced Shiryu of the Rain, who stood in front of the secret passage, his teeth gnashing.
It's this insidious thing again!
If it weren't for Shiryu of the Rain, Ren Arakawa's several escape attempts would have been at least five times simpler.
But he was also helpless. Shiryu of the Rain, relying solely on his swordsmanship, could fight Magellan to a standstill. And that was only possible because the poison man Magellan took advantage of the narrow terrain to secure his victory. If it were outside, it would be hard to say who would win.
This was a great swordsman who could cut Garp clean through! Ren Arakawa instantly thought of a bunch of battle plans, but he couldn't figure out which one would allow him to slip under Shiryu of the Rain's nose and enter the secret passage.
Seeing Ren Arakawa standing still in a daze, Shiryu of the Rain attacked immediately, giving Ren Arakawa no time to react!
"Swish!"
Saber energy flew past, and Ren Arakawa's figure disappeared!
Shiryu of the Rain suddenly turned his head, another slash sliding past, grazing Ren Arakawa's scalp! Ren Arakawa, highly skilled and daring, slipped behind Shiryu of the Rain, relying on the illusion of the Clone Jutsu. He planned to first make the strong enemy slip away, and then proceed to the secret passage.
However, shaking off Shiryu of the Rain was no less difficult than directly knocking him down. Ren Arakawa fled frantically; each time, Shiryu of the Rain's saber missed Ren Arakawa's body by a hair's breadth. If it weren't for the assistance of his Sharingan, relying solely on Observation Haki, he would have been cut in half long ago!
Realizing he couldn't completely shake off Shiryu of the Rain this way, Ren Arakawa suddenly turned around and spat out a Great Fireball!
Facing this move, Shiryu of the Rain was already prepared. His saber blade was imbued with a visible layer of red-purple energy, and he slashed at the Great Fireball! To Ren Arakawa's surprised eyes, the Great Fireball was cut in half, and Shiryu of the Rain charged through the gap in the middle!
This was a mid-Tier application of Armament Haki!
Haki Coating!
Ren Arakawa didn't dare to be overconfident, using Hidden Shadow Snake Hands to interfere with Shiryu of the Rain! The moment Shiryu of the Rain cut off the snake head, Ren Arakawa's Sharingan hypnosis activated!
"Heh~"
The moment Shiryu of the Rain fell under genjutsu, Ren Arakawa saw a slight smile at the corner of Shiryu's mouth!
Not good!
His Sharingan rapidly spun, seeing the future attack! Ren Arakawa had no time to perform Hand Seals. He hastily used the fastest-activating Iron Block! At the same time, his body turned slightly sideways.
With a "thwack!" his shoulder was pierced by the saber Shiryu of the Rain threw with inertia!
Ren Arakawa's peripheral vision swept over the Earth Grudge Fear Mask at his shoulder, which was almost shattered. Turning around, he angrily picked up the famous sword Raiu!
Shiryu of the Rain's cleverness backfired. He was too eager to harm the person in front of him, but he didn't expect Ren Arakawa to actually seize the saber with the flow of momentum!
With the saber tucked under his armpit, Ren Arakawa ran while releasing a Water Dragon Bullet!
This Water Dragon Bullet was not meant to attack Shiryu of the Rain.
It was meant to wash away bloodstains!
By the time Shiryu of the Rain struggled free from the genjutsu and woke up from the Water Dragon Bullet's attack.
In the corridor, apart from scattered bloodstains, where was Ren Arakawa's figure?
Of course, Shiryu of the Rain didn't just lose face for letting the prisoner escape.
He also lost his saber.
(End of chapter)