## One Piece Chapter 527: The Crimson Hell - Chapter: 527 - Pages: 0-18 - Characters: Spandam, Spandam's father, CP9, Buggy, Blugori prison guard, Monkey D. Luffy, Impel Down prisoners, Blugori prison guards, Portgas D. Ace, Whitebeard, Impel Down monitor room staff, Nami, Captain John, Impel Down guards, poisonous spiders, Impel Down jailers, monitor room staff, Impel Down beasts, Galdino, Demon Beasts ### Summary Page 0: The chapter opens with the title text, "Chapter 527: \"The Crimson Hell\"." The CP9 cover story continues as "CP9 Independent Action Report Vol. 32: \"Father and Son Plan to Eradicate CP9.\"" Spandam, still heavily bandaged in a hospital room, sits beside a stern older man in a dark suit who stands with his hand at his chin. The surrounding medical equipment and Spandam's immobilized body show he is still recovering from the beating he took, but the caption reveals that the injured former chief and his father are already plotting revenge against CP9. This cover story is separate from the Impel Down action, and the manga-hosting footer below the artwork is unrelated boilerplate. Page 1: The fight on Impel Down's first level continues with a Blugori swinging its huge axe and roaring "UHOHO!!!" Buggy uses his Devil Fruit power in panic and shouts, "Bara Bara Emergency Escape!!!" His body splits into pieces with a loud "Supon!!" so the axe slash passes through him instead of cutting him. He is still terrified, yelling "NUARY-AAAAA!!" as the Blugori's attack tears through the space where his body was. The page emphasizes the strange usefulness of Buggy's power inside a prison full of blade-wielding guards: he may be a cowardly escapee, but ordinary cutting attacks cannot kill him. Luffy is nearby in the chaos as the Blugori keep pressing the pursuit. Page 2: Buggy sends his separated parts upward, laughing "Gyahahahaha!!" and yelling for the Blugori to fall and split its head open. He launches "Aerial Tailspin Big Circus!!!" and spins his detached body like a tornado, trying to knock the guard down from above. The move creates a huge twisting impact with a heavy "Dooon!!" as the Blugori and nearby prisoners are caught in the spinning attack. The page gives Buggy a moment of theatrical confidence, turning his split body into a circus-style weapon, but the action is still desperate. His goal is not to defeat the prison guards heroically; he is trying to make enough chaos to survive and keep running through Level 1. Page 3: Buggy laughs, "Mgyahahaha!! You're done for, you sea gorilla!" but the attack fails. The Blugori lands upright and roars "Uhoho..." while Buggy stares in horror: "Geh!! It didn't work!!!" The guard swings again, and Buggy screams that it was close as his body parts scatter away from the blade. Luffy sees the opening and moves in, landing a powerful punch that smashes the Blugori with a huge impact. Buggy's panic attack gives way to Luffy's straightforward strength. The page contrasts their styles neatly: Buggy relies on tricks and showmanship that do not stop the guard, while Luffy simply hits hard enough to drop it. Page 4: The Blugori falls, and Buggy stares in shock while telling Luffy, "L... looks like you got a little stronger..." Luffy asks what kind of animals the guards are, and Buggy explains that they are strong: the martial artists of the ocean, the Blue Gorillas, or "Blugori." He warns Luffy not to get careless because there are still four more. But the next panel reveals that the other Blugori are already down as well, sprawled across the corridor around Luffy. Prisoners behind the bars shout in amazement, "Wow! They... they beat the Blugori!" and demand, "Open the door!! Open it!!" Luffy says he does not have time to fight them all like this, while the prison's first layer of security has already been smashed open by the disturbance. Page 5: In the monitor room, guards try to reconcile the reports. There should be only one escapee, but one officer thinks he saw two shadows, and another reports that in front of mixed residence cell number 10, five Blugori have been beaten. A guard insists there should not be anybody on Level 1 who can take out five Blugori. Meanwhile, Buggy hears Luffy's goal and shouts, "You want to save Ace!?" He tells Luffy to be quiet before they are found, but then admits he knows about Ace. Buggy says he and Ace were drinking buddies for a while, and that unlike Luffy, Ace seems like a good guy. He calls it pure foolishness to lay a hand on one of Whitebeard's guys. The page links Luffy's rescue mission to Buggy's own pirate knowledge of Whitebeard's wrath. Page 6: Luffy tells Buggy he wants to go to Level 5 because that is where Ace is. Buggy reacts in horror and says he is not going somewhere that dangerous. He asks how he should know the way and tells Luffy to go on his own if he wants to go, because they are not friends. Luffy says he will ask someone else, but Buggy's thoughts turn to the ten warships outside and whether he can reall...