Under a dark night sky, where a capricious wind howled and a fine rain mixed with hail pounded the deck, the prison ship flying the flag of the Seagull of Justice struggled with difficulty against the waves, moving forward through the raging sea.
The ship was brightly lit, and on the main deck one could see many figures who seemed to be manipulating the sails. But on the lower deck, in the very depths of the ship, a prisoner named Sonic sat cross-legged on the cold floor. His hands were bound with sea shackles, and his eyes were tightly closed. He silently felt the rocking of the ship, lost in thought.
Sonic was in the lowest chamber of the ship. The floor was covered with rectangular iron plates, the walls were also made of massive metal sheets. Only the ceiling above his head was wooden, but it was specially reinforced. In front of him was a grate of iron bars as thick as a grown man's wrist, behind which he could see a corridor with dimly burning oil lamps, barely penetrating the darkness.
He didn't know how much time had passed since his imprisonment. But, judging by his calculations, it was already the third or fourth day. He was given two meals a day, and he had already managed to eat six portions.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard in the corridor - "ta-da-da-da". A long, narrow shadow fell on the floor. Two marines with guns quickly approached the cell. One of them picked up an oil lamp and, shining it, carefully examined Sonic.
"Nothing suspicious," the marine muttered, shaking his head, and moved toward the next cell, where Who's who was sitting.
To ensure absolute security, Jabra, the senior officer, ordered the cells to be patrolled every hour. This was not only a precautionary measure, but also a way to exert psychological pressure on the prisoners, depriving them of the opportunity to sleep peacefully.
Jabra also reduced the food rations for Sonic and Who's who. They were given only a bowl of rice, a pickle, and a glass of water in a wooden bowl. After each meal, the marines checked to make sure the prisoners had not damaged the utensils or hidden their parts.
However, Jabra initially wanted to leave the prisoners with only one meal a day, but Fukurou, another officer, out of respect for Sonic, convinced him to increase the portions to two.
After a while, Sonic opened his eyes and a scarlet light flashed in them. His ears twitched slightly, catching the sound of retreating footsteps. He realized that the patrol had left.
"Life returned!" he whispered quietly.
His dirty, greasy hair began to move on its own, without any wind. One of the hairs stretched out like a small snake and penetrated the keyholes of his handcuffs. There was a soft click, and the shackles fell onto his hips without making a sound.
Sonic smiled, a look of satisfaction appearing on his face. He flexed his wrists slightly, then stretched out his legs and leaned forward, letting his hair slip into the locks on his leg shackles. Another click, and they opened as well.
Now he was free.
"The beast is out of its cage," he whispered to himself, "who will be the victim? That's right, Jabra.
Sonic slowly rose from the floor, feeling the strength return to his body. The feeling of weakness that had been suppressing his abilities and physical strength was gone. Without the sea stone, he could use his Devil Fruit powers again.
Although his wounds had not yet fully healed, the abilities given by the fruit were enough for him to break out of this prison ship.
A few minutes later, after stretching his body, which had barely moved for days, he walked up to the bars. Without hesitation, he grabbed two bars and pulled them apart with force. The muscles in his arms tensed, tearing the sleeves of his prison uniform. With a crack that could make you shudder, two bars as thick as a grown man's wrist were instantly bent, creating a passage through which a person could pass.
Sonic smiled, ready for what would come next.
Seastone is an extremely rare and valuable material. In a normal Marine unit, the only equipment that uses seystone is seystone prison bombs and shackles. Even building a normal prison ship out of seystone is considered an unaffordable luxury. Because for normal criminals with abilities, seystone handcuffs alone are enough to reduce their danger to the level of normal people.
So after Sonic accidentally ate the Sickle Fruit and learned that Seastone suppresses the power of Devil Fruits, he began looking for ways to counter it.
The first thing he did after becoming a Devil Fruit user was to start exercising regularly so that he wouldn't fall to the ground weak the first time he came into contact with a Seastone. When this stage of training bore fruit, he also mastered all of the "Six Styles" and began to delve into a more complex technique - "Life Return"!
This is a powerful skill that allows you to freely control your body, hair and internal organs. It is enough to focus your consciousness on them, and you can control any part of your body.
In the future, there were only two people in CP9 who could use this technique. One of them was Rob Lucci, and the other was "Lion" Kumadori. However, while Lucci could only change the size of his body, Kumadori was much more skilled. Despite the fact that his strength was estimated at only 810 units, his mastery of "Return of Life" allowed him to not only quickly digest food, but also manipulate his hair like an octopus's tentacles, using them to attack or restrain enemies.
Although Sonic's mastery of Life Return had not yet reached that level, he could already control individual hairs, causing them to stretch or shrink.
Thus, if Sonic can maintain the physical strength to use the Life Return technique even under the influence of the Seiston, then it will be enough to free himself from the handcuffs and regain his freedom.
If it weren't for the serious injury that the red-haired Shanks inflicted on him on that Island, Sonic would have been able to escape from prison back in the Marines without having to wait for the right moment to act.
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