## One Piece Chapter 525: The Sea Floor Prison Impel Down - Chapter: 525 - Pages: 0-13 - Characters: Rob Lucci, Kaku, Kalifa, Blueno, Kumadori, Fukurou, Jabra, CP9, Monkey D. Garp, Portgas D. Ace, Monkey D. Luffy, Monkey D. Dragon, Portgas D. Rouge, Whitebeard, Vice Admiral Momonga, Marine crew, Boa Hancock, Buggy Pirates, Alvida, Sea King, Buggy, Richie, Mohji, Cabaji, Impel Down prisoners, Sea Kings, Impel Down guards, cell boss, Impel Down vice chief, Impel Down staff, Salome ### Summary Page 0: 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. Page 1: In the depths of Impel Down, Garp sits across from the chained Ace and says he would have preferred for Ace and Luffy to have become great Marines, but they did the opposite and turned into rogues. Ace answers only, "Yeah." Garp mentions that he told Luffy about his father and that Luffy was surprised his father was even around. Ace says that matter has nothing to do with either him or Luffy, because they both have the blood of an infamous criminal running through their veins and never would have become Marines. Ace adds that he took the name Portgas to show gratitude to his mother; his good-for-nothing father never gave him anything aside from half his blood. He says he has no memories of that man and owes him nothing. Page 2: Garp looks at Ace and says, "You look like you're about to die, kid..." In memory or echo, Whitebeard extends his hand and asks, "Why don't you take on my name and run wild...? Become my son!!!" Ace's face shifts from exhausted pain to fierce conviction. He tells Garp, "The only father I have... is Whitebeard...!!!" Garp falls silent. The page makes clear that Ace does not define himself by the bloodline Garp mentions, nor by the infamous criminal father whose name he rejects. His chosen bond is with Whitebeard, the man whose name he accepted and whose crew gave him the place he wanted. That emotional answer also explains why Whitebeard's coming war cannot be separated from Ace's identity. Page 3: At sea, a lookout calls to Vice Admiral Momonga that a pirate ship has been spotted at ten o'clock. The flag looks familiar, and one Marine says he feels like he has seen it before, while another offers to look it up. Momonga decides that if they do not know it, it cannot be anyone important, and orders them to leave it because they are on a tight schedule. The Marine ship carrying Luffy and Hancock is approaching the "Tri-Current," the Marine-use current that ties together the Government's three central points. A map shows Marineford, Impel Down, Enies Lobby, and the ship's current position. Momonga identifies the ship by Marine code G10066 and reports that they will soon enter the current, ordering preparations to open the gate. Page 4: Buggy's ship trails through the Calm Belt, with a giant Sea King rising in the distance. The crew panics: "We... we've made it this far..." and "UWAAH!! Look at that!! A giant Sea King!!" Alvida tells them there is nothing more they can do, and Buggy begs them not to look at him. His followers insist they have to save Captain Buggy, who got imprisoned in Impel Down, and point out that they even paid all that money for his eternal pose. Hancock, watching from the Marine ship, explains the hopeless situation. The sea ahead is the Calm Belt where monsters make their nests, and they cannot do anything in such a little ship. Even if they survive that, the other path is reserved for Marine use, and the Gates of Justice would never open for a pirate ship. Page 5: Buggy's followers wail that if they do nothing, Captain Buggy will be executed just like their friend Ace. The lion and crew cry out with sounds like "Garu!! Garuru ruru!!" and insist they cannot even get there. Hancock tells them plainly that Impel Down is the world's greatest prison: impenetrable and inescapable. She says Buggy the Clown's luck as a pirate has run out and tells them to give up. The pirates refuse, shouting that Captain Buggy is not the kind of man who would die there and that they will follow him until the day they find Captain John's treasure island. Their loyalty becomes comic and sincere at once, even as the sea and the prison both make their rescue plan look impossible. Page 6: Hancock gives the pirates permission to take their own boat, though she warns she will be keeping the big top. They protest that this is Cap...