【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 391 Rescue Plan

"I'm sorry." Qi said quickly, then grabbed Sabo's shoulders, not paying attention to the look in the room from the dragons "Ace is in trouble! We need to go save him!"

"Hey, calm down." Sabo calmly soothed, then looked at Long and introduced "Mr. Long, this is Qi, the Straw Hat Pirate."

"Hello, Mr. Long." Qi calmed down and greeted Long. After all, he was the leader here, and anything they wanted to do had to go through him first. Qi said directly, "The person who was sentenced to death in Marineford a week after the newspaper announcement is Portgas D. Ace. He is the brother of Luffy, Sabo, and Lucci. I hope you can help us rescue him."

Sabo froze, he didn't expect this, he just found out that Ace the Fire Fist was his brother before he lost his memory.

"How do you plan to save him?" Long asked calmly.

"How long does it take to get to Shampooland from here?"

"Six days." Sabo shuddered.

"That's too long. Ace only has six days left. It's too late." Qi frowned. It seemed that he couldn't go find Luffy first. "How long does it take to go directly to Impel Hell from here?"

"It'll take another six days." Sabo calmed down and explained calmly, "There's no time left, and he's already in Impel Hell."

"Imper Hell is the strictest prison in the world. Once you enter, there is no way you can escape." Kerla added solemnly, lowering his head. They all knew how difficult it was to go to Imper Hell to rescue people.

"Ace is from the Whitebeard Pirates, right?" Sabo said calmly. "Whitebeard is famous for never abandoning any of his crew members. He will definitely go to rescue Ace. I'm sure he's taking action right now. If he wins, Ace will be released."

"We can't just stand here and wait!" Qi retorted, clutching the newspaper. He then looked at Sabo, suddenly uncertain. "Sabo, you'll help me, right? We must go to Impel to rescue Ace."

"I'm sorry, Qi, I have my own responsibilities here. I can't... The cooperation between the Revolutionary Army and the pirates is not good." Sabo sighed heavily and tried to explain, "It's too late to rescue him now. Impel Prison is notoriously airtight. All you have to do now is trust that Whitebeard will save him in Marineford."

Qi let out a sigh of disappointment. He should have thought that Ace and the others were strangers to Sabo who had lost his memory. Sabo already had his own home in the Revolutionary Army. He should not have forced Sabo who had completely lost his memory to do things for them. The only thing he was thankful for was that it was not Luffy or any of the others who were standing in this position.

Qi lowered his head and thought quickly, trying to come up with a way to make Long willing to help. He couldn't even leave the island without his help.

But he was not sure whether this biological father, whom Luffy and Lucci had never met, would help them save their brothers. Moreover, if Ace was captured, it would mean that Lucci was most likely captured as well, which would explain why he could not use his fruit ability.

"Mr. Long, Lucci and Ace are acting together. If Ace is caught, Lucci will never give up on him. Lucci and Ace's life papers have been burning since a few days ago, which means he may also be in Impel Prison." Qi swallowed and looked up at Long, his voice a little nervous. This was the only way, and he hoped he could help.

"I understand." Long said expressionlessly, "I hope you understand how huge this war will be. In the eyes of the enemy, you are just an ant and may be wiped out at any time."

"I know, but I have to go. Luffy can't lose his brother." Qi looked at Long with a firm look in his eyes.

"Very good." Long grinned "I will help you."

"That's great." Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sabo, I have a new mission for you."

"What's wrong, Mr. Long?" Sabo tried his best to remain calm. If Mr. Long was willing to help, the rescue plan would have hope.

Dragon handed Sabo the plan document that had been prepared long ago on the table. "Portgas D. Ace is a captain of Whitebeard. The World Government wants to use him as a weapon against Whitebeard. This is bound to trigger a war and cause disasters everywhere. It will change the tide of this era as we know it."

"Mr. Long, are you ready?" Sabo took the document from Long's hand and smiled.

Long nodded. "I got the news before you did. I've been thinking that now is the time for a massive breakthrough!"

Sabo and Kerla grinned. They both knew what the dragon meant. It was time for Mr. Ivan to come back.

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Revolutionary Army Conference Room

After Long explained the prison situation to them, Sabo looked through the documents in his hand again and asked, "We need to plan an escape route."

Long nodded and looked at Kerla "Do we have enough resources?"

"We can probably get two coated ships to the vicinity of the prison in time." Kerla replied quickly.

Long flipped through the papers in his hand. "We will have 300 former prisoners joining us. Our two ships are not enough. We may need to control a warship instead."

Sabo paced back and forth, frowning and thinking, Mr. Long was right, their ships were built for speed and stealth, not for size. This kind of ship could not carry too many people. It would be a huge benefit to have several large foreign ships that could move quickly.

Sabo paused, an idea suddenly occurred to him. He looked up, his eyes gleaming, "What if we give up our secret retreat?"

Long, Kerla and Hake all looked up at Sabo. Qi lowered his head and thought. Ever since Long agreed to help, the Revolutionary Army began to contact some undercover agents within the Navy. They are now formulating a detailed plan. It is undeniable that the Revolutionary Army's infiltration force is indeed very strong. They actually have detailed information about Impel.

He also learned about the conditions of Ace and Lucci through Dragon. What surprised him was that Lucci was in the infirmary, which meant that he was seriously injured. Moreover, Ace and Lucci were not in the same cell, which might make it difficult for Sabo and the others to rescue them.

"Abandon the secret retreat?"

"But we don't have enough manpower to directly deal with the prison's pursuit and retreat!"

Qi came back to his senses and looked at Sabo. A flash of inspiration came to him, and he understood what Sabo meant. "Sabo, do you want Whitebeard to help attack Impel?"

"That's right." Sabo grinned and glanced at Qi in surprise. He didn't expect Qi to be able to follow his train of thought. "After all, who would want Ace and Lucci to leave more than his team? If we can convince them to change their attack position, then the escape route will be solved."

"However, we don't have Whitebeard's contact information." Kerla frowned and said, "It will take some time to get it now."

Sabo lowered his eyes. Kerla was right. The Revolutionary Army had never cooperated with pirates, and they had never cooperated well.

"I have a number that Lucci gave to Luffy. It is very likely the contact information of the Whitebeard pirate." Qi said. He had memorized the number a long time ago, but he didn't expect it to come in handy in this situation.

"That's great!" Sabo said in surprise. Now it depends on Whitebeard's attitude. This is a key part of their plan.

Several people gathered in front of the Den Den Mushi that had been dialed, waiting for the call to be connected. The Den Den Mushi continued to ring several times, with a pause in the middle, as if the Den Den Mushi on the other end was already on the call. They waited quietly for a minute before the Den Den Mushi made a click.

"Hello, are you the Whitebeard Pirates?" Qi asked.