## One Piece Chapter 531, pages 12-14: Level 3, Starvation Hell - Chapter: 531 - Pages: 12-14 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Impel Down guards, Bentham, Mr. 2 Bon Clay, Roronoa Zoro, Sphinx ### Summary Page 12: Back on Level 3, Starvation Hell, Luffy runs alone through the hot stone corridors, panting heavily. He asks himself when he started going up because he wants to go down, not away from Ace. The heat is so intense that he groans, "It's so hot..." and adds that he is hungry. Guards spot him through a scope and report, "He's entered Block C." Luffy says "Hi" before realizing he has been seen. A squad rushes him from the stairs, and a net trap snaps toward him, but he throws himself aside with a startled "Uwah!!" The page shows how disoriented he has become in the labyrinth: even while evading traps, he is accidentally moving in the wrong direction. Page 13: Luffy barely avoids more Kairoseki nets, saying the last one was close. Another net crashes down, and then the Sphinx suddenly reappears, roaring and scattering the guards. Luffy reacts, "Uwah!!! Damn... the lion!!!" But an even more surprising figure appears: a striped prisoner with a familiar face shouts, "I came to help!!!" Luffy stares and blurts, "Ehh!!? Zoro!!?" only to immediately realize something is wrong. The man tells the lion to wait, and Luffy answers, "No!!!" The page turns a dangerous chase into a reunion fake-out. Luffy's exhaustion and the man's pose make him mistake the newcomer for Zoro, but the reader can see this is really Bentham, Mr. 2 Bon Clay. Page 14: Luffy corrects himself and says, "That's not Zoro..." The newcomer explodes with joy, shouting, "Straw-chan!!! Long time no see!!! Bon-chaaan!!!" Luffy recognizes him and is shocked that he is still alive, though he admits he is a little disappointed that it is not Zoro. Bon Clay answers by kicking the Sphinx with "Swan Arabesque!!!" while shouting in his flamboyant style. The blow hits the beast hard, and the Sphinx roars "Vuogu-earu-rua!!!" In the background, guards command the Sphinx to counterattack, but Bon Clay has already made his entrance. The page restores Luffy's emotional momentum: he may be lost and alone, but an old friend has appeared in the middle of Starvation Hell.