Chapter 65: Screw the Plot and Ace

~Third POV~

Freezing Hell is the fifth level of Impel Down in which prisoners are kept.

This is the level where criminals with bounties of Beli 100,000,000 and over are kept.

In stark contrast to the level above it, the entire level here is a giant freezer.

The level is so cold that not only do the prisoners kept here either freeze to death or lose pieces of their flesh from severe frostbite but the food given to them is frozen to the level of being virtually inedible.

Due to the extreme cold, Den Den Mushi does not function at this level, thus cutting off both contact and surveillance, except on the locations localized around the entrances that connect Level 5 to the previous and next levels.

Along with the severe cold, the level is inhabited by wolves.

These wolves roam around the level like the beasts of Level 2, where they were originally stationed, however, they proved to be too brutal to be in Level 2 as they also hunted the other beasts as well, including the Basilisk and the Sphinx.

Along with the bitter cold of the level, there seems to be an occurrence of prisoners mysteriously disappearing as well.

Prisoners who are incapable of moving by themselves have been disappearing without a trace.

Because of this, the Impel Down staff and the prisoners call this phenomenon, the Demoning Away.

The superstition is that the missing prisoners have been actually pulled away by demons to the Gates of Hell itself.

The belief of this superstition has been carefully kept within level 5 so that no inmates from the upper levels were aware of it, among these missing prisoners is Emporio Ivankov, the queen of the okama.

He was imprisoned here until he mysteriously disappeared from his cell.

Since then, he was rumored to be living in an abandoned guard's office deep within a forest situated in the level.

The chat group was unaware that Luffy group is actually not too close far behind the chat members how could this be when originally, they were supposed to fight and lose to Magellan?

Simple.

Because Magellan is still in the process of handling Ace with Hannyabal, and the Warlord Hancock as they are taking the elevator to the first level.

Once they heard the news of the invaders already coming over to the fifth level of Impel Down Magellan made a drastic order to keep detained by ensuring Ace was close by him as the invaders could catch the prisoner while in the elevator.

As the situation was turning grimier the minutes passed by hearing the news made Magellan furrow his eyes at this since it was because of other invaders and heard the news of their Jailer Beast under Sadi were defeated under one attack.

One attack that defeated a Vice Admiral person group of people!

The prison guards and himself definitely underestimated the group of pirates invading his prison under his watch!

With a heavy heart, he was left with no choice but to have everyone around him go to the elevator while he deals with the intruders by himself, however…

That option is no longer available anymore.

They couldn't use the Elevator since the entrance to level four of Impel Down was shaken up uncontrollably from the Tatsumi attack left the whole prison shaking and the elevator was affected by the attack damaging it completely since it was close by it!

The shockwaves produced from the Tatsumi attack damaged the mechanical parts to break thus making the elevator useless until repaired leaving Magellan in a bind.

As the chat members were heading to the next level of Impel Down Magellan had no choice but to go forward to the fifth level with everyone around him as well as safeguard Ace to ensure his in arm's length.

Soon enough the chat members would meet with a poisoned human…

~Tatsumi POV~

Ok, so far this place is really cold than hot from what I've seen.

Viewing around I see there are some wolves in the area as they noticed us and they began to come at us great…

Everyone saw this as Toga used her [Nine Tails: Fire Balls] to burn the wolves as they get the idea not to mess with us that is at least one problem dealt with.

However, to my surprise, we all hear a voice coming down as we heard Luffy coming over, "Ha ha ha! Hey, Tatsumi and friends we finally caught up with each other!"

Every one of us was surprised to see Luffy and his friends are alright and not captured what!

Canon knowledge and action would be is that Luffy meets Magellan first before even coming this far so how…

That was before we were interrupted as Ryuko then asks in clear surprise as she says to the rubber man, "What the hell! Luffy how the hell did you make it here without meeting the poison guy Magellan!"

Luffy tilted his head in confusion as he responds to us with a frown, "I didn't meet this Magan person was I supposed to?"

Well, that clears one thing, however…

Luffy didn't have a chance to meet with Magellan because he came here too early.

That was when a realization hit everyone who knew the One Piece Impel Down Arc knew something was very off here…

If Luffy didn't meet Magellan on the fourth level on Blazing Hell…

Then where is the Jail Warden…

"Blob…"

"Drip…"

"Drip…"

"Rooaarrr… blob… drip…"

Hearing dripping noises everyone slowly turned around to see Magellan already in his poison state as we see him have a poison hydra with three heads coming out as he releases a high amount of concentration of poison gas in the air.

Behind Megallan were Hancock and Ace both conscious but detain as Hannyabal was keeping an eye on them it looks Ace has seen some better days.

But all of our attention is now on Magellan as he glares at us hatefully while releasing more poison gas, "You!!! Your ungrateful invaders that have come to my prison and intend to break someone out it will be the last thing you will ever do…"

However, Luffy was about to rush towards him till he was stopped by Ace in worry of getting his little brother killed, "Luffy you idiot stop! Please don't fight this guy you will get yourself killed?!!"

But Luffy the ever-annoying protag he is as he rushed into the danger spewing out his speech to save his brother, "ACE!!! I won't leave you and we will escape from here! Take this you poison bastard [2nd Gear]! [Gum-Gum: Jet Gatling]!!"

"Pow!"

"Pow!"

"Pow!"

With that everyone saw what Luffy was willing to do to get his brother out of here as he kept on his assault against the poisoned human with no avail seeing that his hands are getting burned by the poison.

However, everyone was keeping their eyes on Magellan as he didn't care what Strawhat was doing as he paid close attention to us, "As for you invaders… you have deal with my people enough pain that should warrant this level torture of punishment! What reason for you to save this man here worth to you!!!"

The reason why we want to save Ace is that it was a requirement, or we kill him.

But as some of us are morally good we can't let that happen since everyone here is brought up as Ace is a fan favorite and his execution was clearly unjustifiable.

If they made it to call the crimes as a pirate, then I wouldn't have mind to kill him myself in all honestly, but I know for a fact or at the very least hasn't intentionally harmed anyone as a pirate actually…

Better yet he should be away from this place since by killing him and Whitebeard the Marines are going to do a lot of bad because of it!

If Whitebeard is gone then so goes his authority to protect the islands his on and the pirates, as well as the World Government, will get free reign on those islands as well as Fishman Island will become a place to plunder.

Like Jimbe has said he has the power to ensure that anyone on his island is protected from anyone.

Going through with this line of thinking I say to Magellan my answer as I was now fully coated in my darkness using my [Yami Yami no Mi] as I got close to him to touch, "Easy I do it because it's the right answer killing him and Whitebeard will cause the peace in the New World to fall into chaos and because a good man needs to stand up."

I flinch when I made contact with his poison, but I soon felt the pain of the poison fading away as I adapted to the new toxins in my body being counteracted against his poison.

Grabbing Magellan was surprised to see me unhurt from his poison but more so that his turning back to normal as if his powers aren't working, "What the hell how are you subduing my Devil Fruit power?!"

I smirked at him as I held tightly his throat as I replied to him, "Easy because with my [Yami Yami no Mi] I can nullify the powers of Devil Fruit users and more but tell me this why don't you hand over the keys to Ace or else…"

Good thing that this place doesn't have any den den mushi otherwise I won't worry much about anyone listening in except for Magellan.

But instead, he glares at me as he replies with clear defiance in his voice, "Never pirate scum! Besides, it doesn't matter once Whitebeard and he are gone in Marine Ford it will be over for them and that boy is born from the son of the devil Roger himself!"

Now it was my turn that was surprised to see how he knew as well as the other members but he began to tell his story with a grin of confidence, "When the orders came from the Fleet Admiral he gave me the info about Ace also it doesn't matter if we can't get Ace today it will be a matter of time before he's caught and everyone here…"

Narrowing my eyes at him I gave him a death glare as the rest of the chat members glare at him for what he was saying that I asked him a question, "Tell me Warden do you know the consequences of what you're doing? By letting Whitebeard die you let chaos reign on the islands under his protection but also letting Ace die because of his father's name that isn't a crime!"

Magellan only gave me a cold look as he glares at me with a cold response to me, "It doesn't matter to me… Whitebeard will remain evil and Ace WILL die because of his connections with Roger no matter what for Absolute Just-"

"Boom!"

However, that was as far as Ruby sniper shot him on the head with a non-lethal shot as Ruby only glared at the warden as she says to him in a disdainful tone, "A child shouldn't be blamed for the sins of their parents it's just wrong and this whole place doesn't need to be this barbaric either or else you are just as worse as them."

Everyone was looking at Ruby then glance over to the unconscious Magellan…

Well shit…

I didn't think Ruby had it in her to knock him out but I have to say I underestimated her.

I just didn't expect her to be the one to do it here…

However, I made sure to break his neck as I wanted to test something out only noticeable enough for me.

But that was when I felt something off in my [Dark Space] as one of the fruits began to change into a Devil Fruit…

Well damn, that is one Devil Fruit down and four to go didn't expect that it was the Doku Doku no Mi or known as the Vemon-Vemon Fruit.

Quickly I used my [Authority of Lust: Variation and Change] at the Warden as I see him recover quickly as Echidna managed to get what was going on, "Oh? I see you killed him but then brought him back with your healing power didn't you?"

Everyone else hearing that was surprised but I felt no shame to admit such a question, "Pretty much I wanted to test out if it worked and judging from the way you react Echidna and this guy still breathing I say it was successful but you already figured it out with your gospel didn't you?"

My only response from her was a peal of innocent laughter which confirmed my test.

I can resurrect the people I kill within a short time period with my Authority ability which means any Devil Fruit user I kill and heal in that time period won't be gone for long.

However, it was at that moment that Hannyabal was coming towards us as he was enraged by the actions but with a quick attack to the neck, I managed to knock him out as I glance towards Hancock and Ace.

That just leaves better opportunities for me to collect the fruits need for the mission and I can use this to get Ace fruit as well as get the mission done.

Even though it's morally wrong I don't care since it gets in the way of the goal at hand.

Glancing at the eyes of everyone on me they all nodded their heads towards me to make the decisions.

Well then, I guess we have some time and we could find a better member to join so with that I asked Echidna, "Echidna can you use your magic to knock every pirate here out."

The pirates were surprised but once they connected the dots, they realized what was happening but before they could act Echidna already used her magic and Beatrice to help knock out the people using [Shamak].

Then they proceeded to knock them all out with her sleep magic as I ask Echidna what happens to them, "Echidna will the people here wake up if I kill them and bring them back alive again using my Authority healing abilities?"

Echidna could only look through her gospel till I waited on her answer…

The answer she spoke with an interesting look as she says in an honest tone, "From the looks of things yes if you do it quickly enough it should be possible and the mission did say we can save and kill Ace by killing and resurrecting him we would have done that mission complete only leaving collecting the fruits and find a new member?"

Everyone who heard Echidna's voice then looked at me with questionable gazes as Satsuki was the first to ask, "Tell me Tatsumi do you think this is the right way to rid them of their powers?"

Immediately replying to Satsuki I only say to her honestly, "No only Ace and Buggy the rest can have their abilities. Ace more so he can't help Whitebeard when the time comes and Buggy well… I can't say I'm not exactly interested in his Devil Fruit plus that would count as three we get and the last two we can get from the level six."

Hearing my answer it seems like they calmed down and agreed to my answer I may kill them to steal their abilities since it was safe as it was confirmed by Echidna knowing that this will work for our goal but in the end, we're just strangers to these people.

I will protect those who I consider as friends, but Luffy I just met was annoying to me asking to join his crew and Ace my first impression of the guys I didn't like as he was rude and uncaring for the people around him.

Buggy fruit was more so as it interested me since the [Bara Bara no Mi] has the ability to chop anything of the body what would it do as an awakened the possibility to chop space or time or even the planet?

That was a reason why I was interested in Buggy fruit mostly because of the possibilities it holds as awakened.

With that done with I look at Ace as I pointed near his heart as I say to the guy, "Sorry but I'm afraid you still die as expected but not in the way this world imagined."

"Stab!"

Stabbing his heart I felt one of the fruits change in my [Dark Space] as I use my Authority ability to recover him quickly.

Most people would want Ace to live and not die like in canon but…

Screw the plot this is our story, not One Piece so we live how we see fit since we come from different worlds.

Why do people assume that we need to save Ace in other fics when they haven't met the guy the reason why is because they're fan-favorite but not this guy.

Nope.

He gets to live to be useless as it was intended in canon plus without his logia devil fruit he will be a weak link to Whitebeard as he dies in the war.

I'm not interrupting such an end for a man like him otherwise why bother at all when it was an epic moment for him in his life why rob him away from it?

Then I did the same with Buggy to steal his [Bara Bara No Mi] with that we all left the area leaving behind the pirates in the cold as we all go towards the final level of Impel Down…