The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

"I've wondered before what the consequences would be if the Navy captured Whitebeard's son and killed him."

"I originally thought that those useless naval officers wouldn't dare to go to such lengths, but who knew these cowards would be so resolute!?"

"Not only did they capture Whitebeard's son, but they're also going to publicly execute him?! When did they become so bold? Hahahaha!!"

"No matter what, let me out!! This war absolutely cannot be without me!!!"

These scum of the sea, these ruthless pirates, gradually became restless amidst the howling.

They stomped their feet one after another, constantly pushing and pulling the honeycomb-like prison nest.

A huge commotion broke out in this empty underground environment.

"It's really noisy..."

Meanwhile, some truly ferocious and terrifying pirates watched this from the sidelines.

They felt no excitement whatsoever; in fact, they thought the group was noisy and quite idiotic.

Instead of wasting such energy on these meaningless expenditures, which won't change anything.

It's better to conserve our strength and wait for the possible changes that may occur in the future.

Although these people are imprisoned here, they have never given up any hope.

They were preparing for this almost constantly.

The purpose is to successfully escape at that crucial moment!

While this group of people were quietly gathering their strength...

Inside a solitary cell.

"Um?!"

An elderly pirate with a tall, thin build and white hair braided into two plaits hanging over his shoulders looked up and his gaze sharpened slightly.

"Looks like this place is about to get lively~ Hehehehe!"

A wicked smile involuntarily crept onto the corners of his mouth.

boom!

Suddenly, a hole appeared in the ceiling of the sixth floor, and several figures fell from it.

"Ace, I'm here to save you!!!"

Before the person even landed, the loud slogan instantly resounded throughout the entire sixth underground level.

In an instant, the noisy din of the entire Infinite Hell fell silent at the sound of this slogan!

The moment Luffy's voice rang out, inside a certain prison cell...

"This voice is..."

The pupils on his face, marked by a horizontal scar, suddenly contracted.

"Straw Hat Boy!!"

He could never forget that brat who shattered his ambitions, and that despicable guy who tricked him with the Poneglyphs and claimed to know his secrets!

He'll never forget that voice, not even in death!

"Ace, where are you?!"

Luffy twisted his body in mid-air and landed on the ground without any difficulty.

The others also easily stepped onto the ground.

"Is it at the very innermost part?!"

The faint senses transmitted by Luffy's Observation Haki made him stare intently at the end of the road ahead, at the cage leaning against the innermost wall!

"Ace, I'm here!!"

After letting out a loud, excited roar, Luffy immediately took off running forward.

"Hey, Luffy, wait for us!!"

Seeing this, the Straw Hat crew, who had just landed, quickly followed.

326 [Phantom Fruit]! Garp's message!! Let's leave it at that, Luffy!!

"Is this the Infinite Hell?!"

As Zoro chased after them, he took in his surroundings.

"Sure enough, those imprisoned here are all great pirates who were once famous on the seas."

"Although there are many I've never seen before, I can still sense their extraordinary aura and the presence they exude!"

"And those huge prison cells, are they specifically used to imprison giant criminals?!"

He pondered silently, checking and keeping a watchful eye on these people, and followed behind Luffy.

Sabo and Law followed closely behind Zoro.

Well, my main concern is that he might still get lost in this underground environment.

"Lightning and I will go and seal off the main gate and elevator to make sure Magellan and the others don't suddenly show up here, hee-ha!!"

Ivankov left those words behind and then ran with Lightning toward the gate and the elevator.

And Link~

"This breath..."

His brow twitched slightly. "It's definitely Ace's aura. I didn't detect it before, but after arriving here..."

"Why does it feel like the aura has become somewhat ethereal?!"

At that moment, Luffy was focused on rescuing Ace, so he rushed inside in a hurry.

Soon, they arrived in front of them.

"Ace, we're here to save you!!"

He was panting heavily, looking excitedly at the bound figure in the cage, and said with great joy.

But when he regained some composure and looked closely at the figure inside the cage...

His smile froze instantly.

"Have you found Ace, Luffy!?"

Usopp followed closely behind Ace.

"Is it here?!"

As he spoke, he subconsciously released his Observation Haki.

But soon, the result of his perception also surprised him slightly.

Not only him, but Zoro and Sanji, who followed him, also immediately sensed that something was wrong.

"that is……"

The crowd looked in the direction of the cage and saw that the person sitting cross-legged on the ground with help was indeed Ace himself.

but……

At this moment, Ace's figure was swaying and gradually becoming illusory.

"That's not Ace!!"

Sabo, who followed behind, also looked rather grim.

"That must be Ace's illusion."

Sabo gritted his teeth. "We've been tricked!!"

"phantom?!"

The crowd watched the scene inside the cage in silence.

Then they saw the bound "Ace," whose figure was becoming increasingly faint and ethereal.

"It's a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, the [Phantom Fruit]!!"

At that moment, a deep voice suddenly came from inside the cage.

"Um?!"

Following the sound, everyone looked and saw a huge figure bound to the wall with chains and shackles on the right side of the cage.

The man had golden eyebrows and sideburns like a whirlwind, a distinctive spiky hairstyle, a thick, short black beard on his chin, and a lightning bolt-shaped scar at the corner of his left eye.

It was large in stature, with two large teeth in its lower jaw, and wore a neon-patterned yukata and wooden clogs.

Most importantly, this person has a deep blue complexion and looks remarkably like a whale shark.

This is a fish-man!! And a whale shark-type fish-man at that!!

"You just mentioned the 'Phantom Fruit'?!"

Zoro, however, looked at the whale shark man in front of him.

"That's a type of Paramecia-type Devil Fruit ability."

Just then, Link's voice came from behind.

"With this ability, I can create any illusion that closely resembles a real person."

He walked slowly closer and said calmly, "It can even simulate the physical condition and abilities of a real person!!"

The Phantom Fruit, originally appeared in the One Piece movie "Stampede" as the host of the Pirate Expo, and is Ann's Devil Fruit ability.

After consuming it, one can transform into a "phantom person" who can reappear in the form of phantoms by touching things.

Even just touching a photograph can bring objects and people back to life in a phantom form.

At the very last moment of the movie, Ann uses Ace's bounty poster to conjure him up, and he and Sabo appear together.

They used their Fire Fist together, clearing the way for Luffy's escape.

However, in this scene, Ace's figure was too illusory, and at this moment, Ace could also be seen as an illusion.

However, his physique was much more solid than in the movie, and even his aura was transformed to be exactly the same as the real person.

"That's right~"

The bound whale shark man nodded and said, "This is an illusion created by an elderly CP0 member using this ability."

"The real Ace was taken away ten hours ago!!"

An aging CP0? If that's the case, that guy doesn't have more than two years left to live.

Then, after his death, the Devil Fruit power will be obtained by Ann.

Then everything will make sense.

After sorting out all the logic, Link shook his head as well.

Just as Sabo said, they were tricked.

Ace was taken away ten hours earlier than in the original story?!

It also allowed the World Government to leave behind such a phantom as a disguise.

This is quite different from the original version; logically, it shouldn't be like this...

"When Ace was taken away, someone asked me to leave a message."

While Link was pondering, the whale shark man spoke again.

"These are a few words left behind by Vice Admiral Garp, the hero who was in charge of escorting them."

"He said that if a pirate wearing a straw hat comes here, he should relay these words to him..."

The whale shark tapped Luffy's straw hat on the head, "I suppose it must be you."

"Is he also Ace's younger brother, the one he often mentioned, [Straw Hat Boy] Luffy?!"

He stared intently at Luffy and said, "Before I was imprisoned here, I heard countless legends about you on this vast sea!"

"Whether it's the Alabasta incident or the Enies Lobby incident, each one has shaken the entire world!!"

"I never imagined you would actually break into this underwater prison and even successfully reach the sixth level of Infinite Hell! It's truly unbelievable!!"