## One Piece Chapter 529, pages 0-2: Beast Hell - Chapter: 529 - Pages: 0-2 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, giant beetle, Jimbei, Portgas D. Ace, Whitebeard, World Government, Fishman Island residents, pirates, Marines ### Summary Page 0: The chapter opens with the title text, "Chapter 529: \"Beast Hell\"." The title illustration shows Luffy sitting cheerfully on the back of a giant black beetle as it flies through a starry night sky over a shoreline. He wears his straw hat and backpack, saluting as though he is riding a strange travel mount instead of fighting for his life in Impel Down. The page is a standalone title illustration rather than an in-story Impel Down scene, but it fits the chapter's animal theme by placing Luffy with an oversized insect companion. The manga-hosting footer below the artwork is unrelated boilerplate and is not part of the chapter content. Page 1: In the deep prison cell where Fire Fist Ace is held, Jimbei lies chained and exhausted, breathing "Haa..." while Ace watches him from across the floor. Jimbei tells Ace that he is "just a pirate-hating pirate" and says he is totally different from the Government. Ace asks, "Pirate-hating...? You...?" Jimbei answers that it may surprise Ace, but he has visited Whitebeard's ship many times. He says Ace has class and traveled the sea floor doing his business, and adds, "I liked you guys..." The page shifts Jimbei away from the role of a simple Shichibukai servant. Even in chains, he explains that his loyalty is not to the Government but to a personal respect for Ace and Whitebeard. Page 2: Ace weakly says he seems to remember Jimbei trying to kill him a couple of times, and Jimbei answers, "...Same goes for you...!!" Jimbei says he only wanted to be useful to Whitebeard. He explains that Fishman Island is at peace now, and that it is all thanks to "your old man, Whitebeard...!!!" Jimbei lays out the danger: every pirate who advances through the Grand Line must pass through Fishman Island, and when the "Great Pirate Age" began, the island was thrown into chaos. An endless stream of human pirates and Marines pursued them, turning the island into a vulnerable crossroads. The page makes Whitebeard's protection a political shield for Fishman Island, not merely a pirate alliance.