Impel Down arc

The Impel Down arc of One Piece runs chapters 525 to 549 — 25 chapters and 504 pages, each read page by page. It opens: The chapter opens with the title text, "Chapter 525: \"The Sea Floor Prison Impel Down\"." The CP9 cover story continues as "CP9 Independent Action Report Vol. 31: \"Eventually, We Will Return.\"" Lucci and the other CP9 agents are shown together in damaged clothes, some still bandaged or recovering, but they stand like a united group preparing to move forward. The composition gathers Rob Lucci, Kaku, Kalifa, Blueno, Kumadori, Fukurou, Jabra, and others amid Marine markings and city debris, suggesting their independent flight is not over. This is a cover-story page attached to the chapter opening; the manga-hosting footer below the artwork is unrelated boilerplate.