The Great Voyage: I Became Nami's Brother at the Start

The next second, Ace's figure entered stealth mode after a distorted beam of light.

"Follow me." Norton led the way, taking Ace outside.

The two quickly reached the deck. Norton grabbed Ace's arm and used Moonwalk to fly into the sky, landing on the airship parked behind them.

"It's all settled. Once Marco arrives, you can go back with him. I've already told Whitebeard about Blackbeard; he has other plans." Standing on the airship, Norton could finally speak with peace of mind.

Chapter 231 What More Need for a Bicycle?

"I never expected that you and Sister Eileen would come to pick me up in person, Brother Norton. Thank you!" Ace bowed to them, deeply moved.

"Enough with the nonsense, hurry up and take off your clothes. Don't even think about saving you, you're still wearing my clothes!" Norton slapped Ace's chest impatiently, and Ace immediately reappeared.

"Uh...hehe..." Having his thoughts read, Ace gave an awkward laugh and took off his combat suit.

Norton stuffed the clothes into the backpack on the airship, then chatted with Ace.

"So, Blackbeard's real target isn't me, but to use me to lure the old man and the navy into a fight, and then seize his power? Damn it... Blackbeard, that old codger!" Ace cursed angrily after hearing Norton's words.

whoosh-

"coming!"

Suddenly, Norton saw a fiery figure chasing after the navy ship.

Ace quickly raised his hand and fired a fire arrow at the fire shadow.

whoosh-

The rocket's sudden appearance quickly caught Marco's attention.

"Huh? Ace?" Marco looked over in surprise, then quickly turned and flew towards them.

On the navy ship, the flying squirrel watched Marco suddenly appear and then change targets, and the corner of its mouth twitched.

"Why is this brat making such a fuss? He should just get lost..." Cursing inwardly, the flying squirrel rolled its eyes and turned away, pretending not to have seen what was happening.

"Hey, Marco!" Ace shouted, waving his arms.

"Ace, you're alright!" Marco exclaimed in surprise as he approached the airship.

"Alright, you two can both fly, so hurry up and get going. I have things to do!" Norton's voice suddenly rang out, startling Marco.

"There's someone else here?" Marco looked in astonishment toward the direction from which the voice came from.

"Ah...right! Someone came to save me before you." Ace nodded, turned around and said, "Then I'll be going now. Thank you so much!"

"Stop talking nonsense and get lost!" Norton kicked Ace from behind.

"what--"

Ace cried out in surprise, having been kicked away and forced to transform into flames and fly through the air.

"Marco, let's go back."

"it is good."

The two exchanged a strange look, then turned and flew away.

Watching them disappear into the distance, Norton and Eileen continued to follow the navy ships.

What Ace didn't know was that just as he left the cabin with Norton, another lifelike Ace appeared in the cabin.

He picked up the handcuffs expressionlessly, put them on his own wrists, and then continued to lie on the bed in a daze.

Because Norton's Devil Fruit curse has been lifted, this clone is not afraid of Seastone at all.

Not long after, the flying squirrel arrived to check the situation, only to be stunned and frozen at the doorway.

"Huh? That's strange! Why is Ace still here? He should have been rescued by now!" The flying squirrel muttered to itself as it walked in, noticed a key on the floor, and picked it up to examine it.

"This is indeed the key to the handcuffs. Since it's here, it means..."

"Uncle Flying Squirrel, you guessed it right, I've already rescued Ace!"

The flying squirrel was interrupted halfway through his sentence by Ace, who was lying on the bed.

"You are... Norton?" The flying squirrel looked at the bed in astonishment.

Ace sat up, grinned, and said, "Yeah, this is my clone! You can lock my clone up in Impel Down, I can't let you take the blame, can I?"

"What? A clone? It looks so real..." The flying squirrel took a few steps forward in astonishment, and after observing it closely for a while, it clicked its tongue in amazement.

“This is also part of the plan!” Ace raised his hand and held up one finger. “Blackbeard’s conspiracy will begin with Ace being imprisoned in Impel Down. So, Ace is definitely going to be imprisoned in Impel Down. So I was thinking, since we all know about this old guy’s conspiracy, why don’t we turn the tables on him?”

The flying squirrel's eyes lit up. "You mean... we'll continue with the original plan, announce a date for Ace's execution, and then wait for Blackbeard to come causing trouble so we can ambush him and trap him?"

“That’s right! That’s exactly what I mean!” Ace grinned and raised his hand.

The flying squirrel understood immediately, smiled, and reached out to give Ace a high five.

Snapped--

"Uh... this feels a bit rough, and it doesn't have the warmth of a living person." The flying squirrel felt it and gave its impression.

"It's good enough that it looks similar, what more could you ask for..." Ace rolled his eyes and lay down: "That's fine, once you lock me up, you should hurry up and go and conspire with Uncle Sengoku and the others to make the plan as perfect as possible."

"No problem! That's settled then!" The flying squirrel nodded, turned around, and left.

After leaving, the flying squirrel didn't call back, but waited quietly.

He knew that if he dialed the Den Den Mushi, Blackbeard's side would likely be able to eavesdrop.

This time, he didn't bring any anti-eavesdropping Den Den Mushi with him.

Two hours later, the flying squirrel and Norton passed through the Gates of Justice and entered the windless area, where Impel Down prison could already be seen in the distance.

At this moment, at the gates of Impel Down, Warden Magellan, Deputy Warden Hannibal, and others were already waiting.

Norton and his group flew over first, quietly packed up their backpacks, dismantled their flying boats, and landed on one side of the gate. They then sneaked into Impel Down from behind Magellan and the others.

As he passed by the group, Norton quietly tossed a piece of paper and stuck it on the back of Hannibal, who wasn't quite right in the head.

"Ok?"

Hannibal felt an itch on his back, reached out to scratch it, but couldn't touch anything.

There was nothing that could be done; the paper disappeared and entered Hannibal's body the moment it came into contact with him.

Was Norton just throwing out a piece of paper?

No, no, no, how could it be that simple?

It was a talisman. After Norton's talisman manual was upgraded to intermediate level, he signed in and got a talisman called "Puppet Talisman".

This talisman has two functions: one is to enhance Norton's ability to create clones, and the other is to control the target for a short period of time after activation.

The two waited at the elevator entrance, where they would take the elevator directly down to the sixth basement level shortly.

Norton and his gang wanted to take this opportunity to stick with them.

If others want to escape from here, they either fight their way out or fight their way out.

Norton and Eileen could simply leave by opening a door.

So when Eileen learned that her brother planned to take her on an adventure to Impel Down, she was incredibly excited.

Not long after, Magellan, Hannibal, Flying Squirrel, and others brought in Ace.

The flying squirrel didn't let anyone touch "Ace." He personally grabbed "Ace's" arm and pushed the unwilling "Ace" forward.

Chapter 232 I Want Your Life

Norton's clone was so realistic that none of them realized he was a fake.

Upon arriving at the elevator, the jailer went up and opened the door, and Norton and Eileen sneaked inside.

"Please." Magellan gestured for them to proceed.

The flying squirrel led "Ace" inside, followed by Magellan and Hannibal, along with the other jailers and prison officials.

In this way, Norton and Eileen were in the corner at the very back.

"Ace" was right next to him, with the flying squirrel standing on the other side. In the middle were Magellan, Hannibal, and others, and on the outermost edge were the jailers.

Even if "Ace" wanted to escape, this kind of layered custody wouldn't allow him to get away.

The elevator descended without anyone speaking, and slowly made its way to the sixth floor of Impel Down.

The first basement level of Impel Down is Crimson Hell, where ordinary pirates with bounties of less than ten million are imprisoned; they are not a big problem.

The second level is the Monster Hell, where some people who are somewhat famous but not very strong are imprisoned, such as R.3.

The third level is the Hunger Hell, similar to the second level. Those imprisoned here are people of some renown and considerable strength, including Bon Clay.

The fourth floor is the scorching heat zone. Magellan's office is on this floor. Some prisoners are brought here for high-temperature disinfection before being distributed to other floors. R.1, with his unibrow, is located here.

Upon reaching the fifth level of the extreme cold hell, one finds criminals with bounties exceeding one hundred million and considerable strength imprisoned. It was here that Luffy and Bon Clay experienced a near-death experience.

It was also here that Luffy unintentionally unleashed his Conqueror's Haki.

Below that is the sixth level, the Infinite Region. However, before that, there is a 5.5 level in between, which has been occupied by Ivankov and his group and has become a paradise for transvestites.

The people who supposedly disappeared in Impel Down were most likely brought here.

The sixth level is the Infinite Hell, where the most vicious and ruthless pirates are imprisoned. Their fate is either death row or life imprisonment, and they have basically no hope of surviving.

Ace was brought here by them and locked up in a prison.

Norton ignored them and waited until everyone went down before following them out to stroll around the sixth basement level with Eileen.

At this time, Jinbe had not yet been imprisoned here for refusing the World Government's summons.

Therefore, he is not currently being held here.

After completing his mission, the flying squirrel left with Magellan and the others.

After they left, Norton and his friends had even more fun, like a tour group visiting a zoo, looking at this and that.

The underground space on the sixth floor is very large; otherwise, it would be impossible to contain the enormous warship San Juan.

San Juan and several others were locked in an oversized cell. When Norton and his group arrived, looking at him like he was an elephant, he was lying on his side, scratching his stomach and fast asleep.

"See this guy? His name is San Juan, nicknamed Giant Battleship. He's got a short temper. The guys locked up with him are no match for him."