## One Piece Chapter 544, pages 4-6: Even Hell's Gates Open - Chapter: 544 - Pages: 4-6 - Characters: Luffy, Marshall D. Teach, Blackbeard Pirates, Portgas D. Ace, Bon Clay, Crocodile, Jimbei, Edward Newgate ### Summary Page 4: The Blackbeard Pirates cry, "Captain!!!" as Teach reels from the blow. Luffy declares, "I won't let Ace die!!!" Blackbeard rises laughing and draws Luffy in with darkness. Luffy begins "Gomu Gomu..." and starts to call out "Jet," but Teach counters with "Kuro-uzu!!!" The black vortex pulls Luffy toward him before the attack can land, showing the dangerous pull of the Yami Yami power. Page 5: Teach catches Luffy and smashes him down hard into the floor. Bon Clay shouts, "Straw-chan!?" and Crocodile notices the blood, asking how Luffy can be bleeding when he is made of rubber. The attack proves that Blackbeard's darkness can nullify Luffy's Devil Fruit defense on contact. The escape group is shocked because Luffy, who normally shrugs off blunt force, is suddenly hurt like an ordinary person. Page 6: Luffy tries to continue with "Gomu Gomu," but Jimbei and Crocodile stop him. They shout, "Wait, Luffy!!! Stop!!!" and "You can't right now!! Endure it!!!" Crocodile asks what comes first and tells Luffy to think. Jimbei warns that he does not know exactly what Teach is doing, but right now Teach is strong enough to have beaten Ace. He adds that Blackbeard has been mysterious ever since he was on old man Whitebeard's ship. Their message is blunt: Luffy's anger is justified, but fighting Teach here would waste the chance to reach Ace.