## One Piece Chapter 551, pages 8-9: Whitebeard of the Four Emperors - Chapter: 551 - Pages: 8-9 - Characters: Sengoku, Portgas D. Ace, Whitebeard, Marines, Gates of Justice, Luffy, Jimbei, Buggy, Crocodile, Emporio Ivankov, Impel Down prisoners ### Summary Page 8: Sengoku declares that the Marines will execute Ace even if it means total war with Whitebeard. The plaza roars with tension, but a report interrupts him: the Gates of Justice have begun to open without anyone's orders. The control room cannot be contacted, and Sengoku snaps, "What!?" The sudden movement cuts through the carefully staged execution. Marineford's defenses are still assembled, but the uncontrollable opening of the gates announces that the enemy may already be moving according to a plan the Marines did not foresee. Page 9: On the Tri-Current, Luffy and Jimbei watch the Gates of Justice open in front of them. Luffy shouts, "It opened!!!" while Jimbei asks what is going on. Someone says the gates are opening on their own, and another points out that the man from the previous warning said they would not open. The escapees wonder if someone at Marineford is controlling it, but they cannot tell who. The impossible opening lets their ship continue toward the war, carrying Luffy, Jimbei, Crocodile, Ivankov, Buggy and the Impel Down prisoners closer to Ace.