## One Piece Chapter 542, pages 20-21: Another Tale to Tell - Chapter: 542 - Pages: 20-21 - Characters: Luffy, Jimbei, Crocodile, Sadi-chan, Demon Beast Guards, Emporio Ivankov, Impel Down prisoners, Impel Down guards ### Summary Page 20: The Demon Beast Guards tear through the escape force. Prisoners cry for help and shout that they cannot fight them, that the guns and cannons are not working, and that the beasts are too strong. Sadi-chan watches with delight, saying she cannot get enough of these screams, while the prisoners yell that they are all going to die. In the middle of the panic, the real heavy hitters begin to answer: Jimbei prepares Merman Karate, Luffy calls "Gear Third" and starts a "Gomu Gomu... Giant" attack, and Crocodile quietly joins in. The page builds the sense that ordinary resistance has failed, so only monsters can stop monsters. Page 21: Luffy, Jimbei and Crocodile launch a combined attack against the Demon Beast Guards. Crocodile uses "Sables!!!" with a sandstorm, Luffy strikes with "Pistol!!!" from Gear Third force, and Jimbei delivers "Seiken!!!" The enormous impacts slam the beasts from three sides. The bottom panels show the fighters' faces and the stunned reactions of the monsters, prisoners and guards as the attacks land. It is a decisive display of why the escape now includes two former Shichibukai and Luffy: together they can smash through even Impel Down's nightmare jailers.