## One Piece Chapter 543, pages 12-13: Strawhat and Blackbeard - Chapter: 543 - Pages: 12-13 - Characters: Luffy, Marshall D. Teach, Blackbeard Pirates, Jimbei, Crocodile, Hannyabal, Emporio Ivankov, Impel Down guards, Impel Down prisoners, Portgas D. Ace, Shichibukai ### Summary Page 12: Before the argument can resolve, Blackbeard's darkness crashes into the battlefield. Teach says there is no answer and calls Luffy an idiot as his black vortex swallows people and rubble. Crocodile remarks that they have got a hell of a crowd, and Blackbeard laughs that Luffy looks like he was in the middle of something. Jimbei recognizes Teach and asks why he is here. Blackbeard says Ace was a dangerous companion choice and that Luffy was barking up the wrong tree. Luffy and the others are stunned, and someone identifies the darkness as "the guy from Jaya." The sudden appearance changes the battlefield from prison escape to a confrontation with the man who defeated Ace. Page 13: Luffy finally understands who is standing in front of him. He repeats, "Blackbeard?" as memories and reports connect: Ace chasing a serious criminal, people saying a man's dream will never end, and the news that a pirate named Blackbeard beat Fire Fist Ace and became a new Shichibukai. Teach laughs, "Zehahaha...!! It's been a while, Strawhat Luffy!!! I never expected you to be my squad captain Ace's little brother!" He adds that Luffy can hardly afford to stay because his brother's execution is going to start any minute. Luffy asks, "You're Blackbeard!?" as the enemy behind Ace's capture stands directly before him.