The Secret You Have-I'll Live Off It for the Rest of My Life~

"Um?"

Perhaps noticing Jinbe's gaze, Xi Yan turned to look at the Blue Fatty.

'This guy was in the same cell as Ace, he should know when Ace left.'

Thinking of this, Xi Yan decided to ask Jinbe.

Before Xi Yan could speak, Jinbe said, "You're late."

"Ace and the others have been gone for at least half an hour."

"Half an hour?"

Ivankov said with a grim expression, "Then Ace should already be on a naval warship."

"Ninja Boy, you should know what this means."

"Yes, I know."

Magellan's actions were decisive, completely extinguishing their hopes of rescuing Ace from there.

'As expected of the warden of Underwater Great Prison...'

"It seems we can only gamble everything on Whitebeard," Ivankov said. "That guy is bound to make a move."

Based on his understanding of that old man with the Whitebeard, the other party would absolutely not tolerate the Navy publicly executing his family.

Therefore... there's a high chance that the other side will lead a Ace army to Navy Headquarters to snatch Fire Fist away on the day of his public execution!

Given that man's strength, the chances of him getting Ace back are quite high.

"I don't know if Whitebeard will take action, but I'm definitely going to Navy Headquarters," Xi Yan said. "I believe Luffy will make the same choice."

"Huh?!!"

Ivankov stared at Xi Yan in shock and said, "Hey, Ninja Boy, do you even know what Navy Headquarters is?"

Although the Ninja Boy's near-immortality ability is incredibly powerful, the Navy Headquarters is no pushover either!

The Navy Headquarters alone has three monsters at the Admiral level!

What will they use to save people?

'Unless they team up with Whitebeard, but the problem is... where are we going to find them?!'

After all... they had no idea how to contact the Whitebeard Pirates!

As for relying on these people to force their way in?

Don't be ridiculous, two Admiral could beat them to a pulp.

"I know what you mean, but no matter what, I will go," Xi Yan said.

Since he promised Luffy he would help him rescue Ace, he wouldn't go back on his word!

Besides... he also wanted to go to Navy Headquarters to see Kuma and see how he was doing.

Ivankov frowned upon hearing this. He wanted to tell him not to be so naive, but after seeing Xi Yan's expression, he fell silent.

Because he knew the other person was serious.

"How much time do we have left?" Xi Yan suddenly asked.

"You're talking about the time until Ace Boy's execution, right?" Ivankov thought for a moment and said, "About 24 hours."

How do I get to Navy Headquarters from here?

Ivankov didn't answer immediately, but thought about it carefully for a moment before saying, "I've heard that there's a special Basin Sea Current between the three major agencies of the World Government. As long as you can ride this Basin Sea Current, you can reach your destination at the fastest speed."

After speaking, Ivankov paused for a moment, then said, "If we can seize a warship, we should be able to get there in about an hour."

As for whether it could be faster, he didn't know, since he had never used that current before.

"One hour..." Xi Yan said, "That means Luffy needs to wake up within 20 hours, otherwise he might miss the battle, right?"

"Allowing only four hours isn't enough," Ivankov shook his head. "Don't forget, we still need to face the formidable enemies in the Underwater Great Prison when we leave."

Even if the Ninja Boy could hold off Magellan, the other Jailer Beasts and the Vice Warden were no pushovers either.

Therefore... we need to allow several extra hours!

Xi Yan paused for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Let's go back first."

"If Luffy doesn't recover in time, I'll have to ask you to stay here and take care of him for now."

"After I've dealt with things over there, I'll infiltrate back here to rescue you."

This time, Ivankov did not refuse and nodded in agreement.

In any case, he couldn't just leave the Straw Hat Boy to fend for himself.

Then, he said seriously, "Ninja Boy, are you sure you want to storm Navy Headquarters?"

"Certainly."

"Alright, in that case, I'll help you find a helper."

After Ivankov finished speaking, he put his hands on his hips and walked towards the cell next to him.

"What's the meaning?"

Looking at Ivankov's tall figure, a hint of doubt appeared in Xi Yan's eyes.

But Ivankov didn't explain. He simply walked to a cell and stared silently at a man inside.

A moment later, Ivankov grinned and said, "Long time no see, Crocodile Boy ~"

Crocodile had been keeping his eyes closed, opened them and looked at Ivankov with some displeasure, saying, "I don't really want to see you."

Xi Yan looked surprised, clearly not expecting that the helper Ivankov mentioned would actually be the other party.

This guy almost got killed by Luffy back then, isn't it a bit ridiculous to ask him for help now?

Thinking of this, Xi Yan said, "Hey, Emporio Ivankov, are you serious?"

"Don't worry, Ninja Boy," Ivankov grinned. "I'm confident I can make this guy obey."

"After all... I've discovered one of his weaknesses~"

Upon hearing Ivankov's words, Crocodile's face contorted with rage, his eyes blazing with fury, as if he wanted to kill Ivankov.

Unfortunately, Ivankov wasn't afraid at all.

"Crocodile Boy, you'll be a good boy and listen, right?"

Ivankov crossed his arms, looking like he had Crocodile completely under his thumb.

"You bastard Ivankov, you..."

"Ah, how dare you speak to me like that?" Ivankov tilted his head and looked at Kuro, saying, "Believe me or not, I'll expose everything about your past right now?"

His expression seemed to say: I'll keep this secret for the rest of my life!

You better behave and listen to me!

Crocodile:...

Crocodile was rendered silent.

No matter how angry he was, he dared not bare his teeth at Ivankov, because the latter had indeed found his Achilles' heel.

"What on earth could have happened to make a former Shichibukai like this?" Xi Yan asked Crocodile in surprise.

"Haha, of course it's a very interesting thing!"

"He..."

"Hello!"

Crocodile quickly interrupted Ivankov, saying, "Shut up, you bastard!"

If his secret were exposed, she'd be finished; she might as well just slit her own throat.

"Hmph, it's easy if you don't want me to tell anyone," Ivankov said. "Help the Ninja Boy go to Navy Headquarters, and I'll keep your secret."

"Is everything alright, Crocodile Boy?"

"Hip-hop!"

Seeing Ivankov laughing with his hands on his hips, Crocodile's Anger Value surged, but he eventually took a deep breath to calm himself down and said, "Okay, I understand."

"But aren't you afraid I'll kill this kid halfway there?"

As he spoke, Crocodile gave Xi Yan a cold look, as if he were looking at a dead man.

Xi Yan merely scoffed at this, too lazy to bother with the guy.

Crocodile:???

Is this kid looking down on him?

"Boy, what do you mean?" Crocodile roared.

"Crocodile Boy, even if you had that idea, you couldn't do it," Ivankov said.

"What's the meaning?"

"Because Ninja Boy are immortal!"

"Impossible!" Crocodile retorted, "Immortality is impossible in this world!"

At most, they're just special Devil Fruit User, but every Devil Fruit User has a weakness!

If you can find the weakness in the opponent's ability, you can defeat them!

He understood this deeply.

"Believe it or not," Ivankov said, his expression hardening. "Anyway, I've already told you about it."

"Once I find out you attacked him, I will not hesitate to expose your past."

Crocodile's face darkened, and his body trembled with anger.

However, he eventually took a deep breath to calm himself down and said, "As long as this kid doesn't provoke me, I won't attack him."

"Deal!"

"Hip-hop!"

Ivankov laughed loudly, then commanded Inazuma to enter the cell and release Crocodile.

"Finally, I'm free from those damned Seastone Handcuffs," Crocodile said.

This feeling of being full of power is wonderful!

'Fine, then let me go to Navy Headquarters and take Whitebeard's head!'

Thinking of this, Crocodile grinned.

Xi Yan ignored the guy and stared at the pair of Seastone Handcuffs inside the cell.

After thinking for a moment, he went into the cell, intending to take the Seastone Handcuffs with him.

'This might come in handy at a place like the Navy Headquarters,' Xi Yan thought to himself.

Crocodile glanced at Xi Yan as he entered the cell, then turned to Ivankov and said, "You call this kid 'Ninja Boy '... He's Ninja?"

"Right."

Upon hearing the confirmation, Crocodile's body trembled slightly, but he forced himself to calm down.

'This is truly the first time I've ever seen a living Ninja.'

At that moment, Crocodile felt a strong sense of curiosity and wanted to ask Ivankov about this Ninja.

But Crocodile felt it would be a loss of face, so he abandoned the idea.

"Hey, you guys actually released Crocodile?!"

The surrounding pirates went berserk upon seeing this.

"Quickly, release me too!"

"You're right, I can help you too!"

"Quickly, quickly, release me too!"

"I'm going to kill Whitebeard!"

Unfortunately, neither Xi Yan nor Ivankov intended to pay them any attention.

"Let's go," Xi Yan said.

"Then..."

Before Ivankov could finish speaking, Jinbe's voice came from a nearby cell.

"I beg you, please take me with you!" Jinbe said. "I'm sure I can help you!"

"Would someone like you really beg someone so humbly?" Ivankov asked Jinbe in surprise.

If he remembered correctly, this one was one of the Shichibukai!

"Because I want to save Ace!"

Upon hearing this, Xi Yan arrived at the cell and stared into Jinbe's eyes, asking, "Are you and Ace on good terms?"

"I've known Ace since he joined the Whitebeard Pirates, and we're pretty close," Jinbe nodded. "So I hope I can do my part in saving Ace."

Please help me!

Looking at Jinbe's sincere face, Xi Yan paused for a moment, then asked, "How strong are you?"

"I was once Shichibukai, so I should be able to help."

"Shichibukai?"

Xi Yan was taken aback for a moment, then said with some surprise, "You were defeated too?"

Crocodile:...

Crocodile, standing behind Xi Yan, wore an annoyed expression. Why did he feel like this brat was mocking him?

However, after being glanced at by Ivankov, Crocodile snorted and turned his head away, refusing to look at the others again.

Ivankov was very satisfied with this.

"I wasn't defeated," Jinbe shook his head and said, "I was arrested because I opposed this war."

"The World Government wanted me to join them in fighting Whitebeard Old Man, but I refused, so they captured me and brought me here."

"Is that why?"

Ivankov looked surprised, clearly not expecting the other person to have been arrested for this reason.

'He opposed this war,' Xi Yan thought to himself. 'If that's the case, he was arrested because he refused the Summons Order of the Shichibukai.'

Thinking of this, Xi Yan nodded and said, "Inazuma, release him as well."

Is it really possible?

Inazuma didn't act immediately. Instead, he turned to Xi Yan and Ivankov and said, "Although he's very strong, we don't really know him."

"His eyes don't seem to be lying," Xi Yan said. "He should be fine."

"Let's do it, Inazuma," Ivankov nodded in agreement.

"All right."

Seeing that the two of them had said so, Inazuma couldn't say anything more and could only use his Devil Fruit power to rescue Jinbe.

"My name is Jinbe," Jinbe said earnestly, looking at Xi Yan. "I'm sure I can help you."

Seeing Jinbe's extremely serious expression, Xi Yan nodded and then said, "Let me make this clear first: our goal is to go to Navy Headquarters together, but if anyone causes trouble for me along the way, don't blame me for being impolite."

As he spoke, Xi Yan glanced at Crocodile again, his meaning quite clear.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything unnecessary," Jinbe nodded.

Crocodile, however, said nothing, only letting out a cold snort.

"Let's go, let's get out of here first," Ivankov said.

"Profound!"

"Phew~"

"That felt so good!"

Magellan emerged from the bathroom, clutching his stomach and letting out a long sigh of relief.

In order to prepare for the upcoming battles, he must resolve this issue in advance.

"Warden, are you going to take poison again today?"

"I'm not eating anymore."

Magellan waved his hand and said, "Prepare some normal food for me."

He's stopped eating his favorite highly poisonous foods these past few days to reduce the chances of getting diarrhea.

"Yes!"

After watching the other person leave, Magellan returned to his seat.

"Have those guys who went to the Level 5 shown up?" Magellan asked.

No.

"What about the Sixth Floor?"

"The Sixth Floor..." Domino hesitated for a moment before saying, "The surveillance footage from there hasn't been recovered yet, so I don't know anything about it."

"Still not recovered?"

Magellan said, "Didn't I send people to deal with the Surveillance Den Den Mushi on the Sixth Floor?"

If you inject the Den Den Mushi Den Den Mushi with an antidote, it will immediately come back to its senses, so why hasn't it recovered yet?

Could it be...?

Perhaps sensing a possibility, Magellan's brow furrowed immediately.

"Could something have happened on the Sixth Floor?" Domino asked, his expression changing.

Magellan paused for a moment, then said, "I'm not sure, but the Blood-Eyed Ninja should have already been to the Sixth Floor."

Luckily, he moved Fire Fist Ace away beforehand, otherwise that guy might have really succeeded!

At that moment, Magellan was incredibly grateful for his decision.

'I wonder if the Blood-Eyed Ninja will release the other prisoners.'

Thinking of this, Magellan stood up and walked outside.

"Warden, where are you going?" Domino asked.

Magellan paused upon hearing this, then said, "I need to go to the Sixth Floor and check to make sure those guys haven't been released!"

The Sixth Floor is full of vicious and ruthless people; if those guys were released, it would be a disaster.

So he had to go and take a look.

"Clear!"