【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 415 Please remember, we love you!

Marco and Thatch looked at each other without saying anything, because they knew about the Straw Hat Boy's suicide attempt, but they failed to stop him, so it was better not to tell Ace and Lucci about this.

"Luffy is grown up now, not just a kid anymore. Now his destructive power is even greater." Sabo grinned.

"You definitely don't know the ridiculous things Straw Hat Luffy has done in the past month." Marco complained calmly, "He's really wild. He recruited Nico Robin, declared war on the World Government, punched the Celestial Dragons in the face, and even more outrageous, broke into Impel Down alone."

"Oh, that's normal."

"Yes, that's him."

"It's indeed him."

"Are you never surprised about him?" Malcolm stared at the three calm-looking people.

"You guys are really calm." Sachi opened his mouth wide and complained.

"He's Luffy, you'll get used to him, maybe one day he'll attack Marin Fanduo." Ace said with a smile.

"You'll know when he wakes up." Lucci said, looking at Luffy lying on the hospital bed.

"He will give you a surprise." Sabo smiled brightly.

"No wonder you four are brothers," Marco complained.

"By the way, Thatch, you need to prepare more food." Lucci looked at Thatch and grinned. "He will definitely need meat the first thing when he wakes up."

"That's right, Luffy's appetite is bigger than mine and Lucci's." Ace grinned.

"Really?" Thatch said a little scared. Here comes another one, with an appetite even bigger than Ace and Lucci, but the next second Thatch grinned and said, "This is a challenge. Believe me, I will feed him."

"He'll surprise you," Sabo warned with a smile.

"Oh, by the way, you guys stay here for a while. I have to go tell everyone that you are awake." Marco said with a smile.

Everyone watched Marco leave. Ace thought of another question. Marco and Sabo didn't seem surprised that Lucci was also in Impel Down. "How did you know Lucci was in Impel Down? Jinbe said that the navy concealed the fact that Lucci had been captured. Usually, the navy would be eager to show off their achievements to the public."

"We found your things in Banaro. You two really made us worry for a long time. Oh, by the way, I'll go get your things you left behind." Thatch said with a smile. "By the way, tell the chef to prepare some food. The little guy should wake up soon."

"Thank you, Sachi." Lucci said with a smile.

After Thatch left, they continued the topic. "I don't know why the Navy wants to hide this." Sabo was also a little puzzled. "But I knew about this because of Wizard, but Long seemed to know the news earlier. I guess it may be related to the old man."

"Grandpa?" Lucci and Ace looked at each other.

"Wait, so, Grandpa is helping us?" Ace said in shock, he really hadn't thought about this, although he knew that Grandpa loved them and wanted them to survive, but he never thought that he would go to this point, he was basically betraying the navy, and he actually helped them, because they were here now, and he might even have brought Sabo for them.

"Yes, Long had already made plans to sneak into Impel Down and rescue him before Qi and I knew the news." Sabo said with a smile, "He knew the news before anyone else, and even knew that Lucci was in the infirmary. Only the navy could know this."

"The old man did visit Lucci while he was in a coma." Ace nodded.

"I have no recollection of this. I don't even know when I entered Impel Down. The last thing I remember was the battle with that navy." Lucci frowned. "Then it seemed like someone was asking..."

"Lucci, after I was unconscious, you still fought with that marine?" Ace stared at Lucci dissatisfiedly. Even though he had guessed it a long time ago, he was still a little angry when he thought about it now. "You should have run away in that situation!"

"I should be the one saying this to you." Lucci looked at Ace expressionlessly.

"That's different!" Ace retorted.

"What's the difference?" Lucci suppressed the urge to rush up and hit his brother. He took a deep breath and said through gritted teeth, "If you dare to think of nonsense like 'You should leave me here, I'm not worth it' again, I will beat you to a pulp!"

Lucci looked at the shock on Ace's face, took a deep breath, and tried to calm his anger. "Listen, Ace, I will never abandon you. I thought you should have understood by now. The reason I saved you is because I fucking love you. You need to get your idiot head to understand this. We all want you here. We need you to survive. Your birth is a fucking good thing. Understand!"

Ace stared at Lucci in shock. Lucci was breathing heavily, his eyes fierce and determined, which made Ace understand that he had indeed angered Lucci. It also made Ace know very clearly that what he said was the truth. Why was Lucci always able to know his inner thoughts and problems in an instant, interpret him perfectly, and get to the heart of the matter directly? Ace quickly wiped away the tears in his eyes.

"Don't think about that stupid thing anymore." Sabo sighed. Does Ace still think he doesn't deserve to live because of his identity as Roger's son?

Sabo looked at Ace and said seriously, "There's only one reason why Luffy broke into Impel Down, there's only one reason why Qi and I would sneak into Impel Down, and there's only one reason why the Whitebeard Pirates would attack Impel Down. And that's to stop the Navy from executing you. We're willing to do anything to save you, understand? Because we all love you, Ace, and we all think you deserve to live!"

Ace felt his breath hitch in his throat, he jerked his head down and rubbed his eyes, trying to hold back the tears and sobs, he finally jerked himself into a hug for his brothers, he was truly lucky to have his brothers.

"Okay, I've really gotten enough tears for today," Sabo grinned as he hugged his brother back.

Ace pushed the two away, wiped his tears, and muttered to himself, "I hate tears."

"You were the one crying, not me." Luffy said with a smile.

"I really should have taken a picture of you crying just now." Ace rubbed some bastard's face hard.

"We both cried," Sabo grinned, happy that neither of his brothers were in a bad mood, so he didn't mind acknowledging the fact that they both cried.

……

In the early morning, when the first ray of sunlight broke through the clouds and shone on Luffy's face, he squinted his eyes. The red glow dyed the sea surface, and his thoughts uncontrollably returned to Luffy lying on the hospital bed.

"Are you up so early, Lucci?"

"Hey, Thatch." Lucci turned his gaze to Thatch who was standing by the railing. "What's up?"

"Why are you up so early? It's still early for breakfast." Thatch asked, "Or did you not sleep all night?"

"Yeah, I can't sleep." Lucci turned his head and continued to stare at the sun on the horizon.

"Still worried about your brother?"