## One Piece Chapter 557, pages 12-13: Luffy and Whitebeard - Chapter: 557 - Pages: 12-13 - Characters: Luffy, Crocodile, Whitebeard, Portgas D. Ace, Shanks, Jinbe, Emporio Ivankov, Tsuru, Sengoku, Marines, Whitebeard Pirates, Impel Down escapees ### Summary Page 12: Luffy kicks Crocodile away from Whitebeard, and Crocodile snaps, "We had an arrangement, did we not!? Why do you defend Whitebeard?" Luffy answers, "So this guy really is Whitebeard, huh? Then you're not touching him! This is the one guy Ace really cares about!" Whitebeard studies Luffy and realizes, "That brother of Ace's isn't half bad..." He then notices the straw hat and remembers Shanks. In East Blue, Shanks once showed Whitebeard Luffy's wanted poster and said, "Check it out, old man! This kid is my brother!" Whitebeard asks, "Boy... that straw hat you wear... Oh, hey! You know Shanks, huh? It bears a strong resemblance to the hat Red Hair once wore..." Luffy says, "I'm borrowing this hat from him!" and Whitebeard asks, "Are you here to save your brother?" Luffy answers, "That's right!" while Whitebeard thinks, "What manner of enemy took that left arm from you?" and remembers Shanks saying, "Oh, this...? I bet it on a new age..." Page 13: Whitebeard sizes Luffy up and warns, "I hope you understand who you're up against. You will simply be throwing your life away!!" Luffy fires back, "Shut up!!! It's not your job to decide that!!! I've heard about you... You want to be the Pirate King, right!!? Well, the one who's gonna be the Pirate King is me!!!" Ivankov panics, "He's competing with Whitebeard...!!!" while others freeze at Luffy's nerve. On the side, Tsuru asks, "Dear me... May I assume that all of these intruders may be executed, Sengoku-san...?" and Sengoku answers, "Naturally!!!" Luffy stays crouched at Whitebeard's feet and tells him, "I'll do this however I damn well want!! I'm saving Ace myself!!! You'd better not get in my way, green-horn!!!" Whitebeard grins and mutters, "...Well, I'll be damned..."