## One Piece Chapter 343, pages 5-7: CIPHER POL NO. 9 - Chapter: 343 - Pages: 5-7 - Characters: skull-masked figure, shipwrights, Tilestone, bull-masked figure, Peeply Lulu ### Summary Page 5: "HE'S JUMPING AROUND IN MIDAIR AGAIN!!" the shipwrights scream as they watch the skull-masked figure leap effortlessly across the sky with "BAW!!" sounds. He spins in midair, wielding his whips/ropes, and unleashes a devastating attack: "THORN ROAD." A flurry of sharp, thorn-like rope strikes rains down on the crowd of shipwrights below, slashing them and sending them flying in all directions with screams of "UWA AAA AAA!" and "!?". The skull-masked figure lands gracefully on a high ledge, his ropes trailing behind him. Page 6: The skull-masked figure disappears into the building, prompting the shipwrights outside to yell, "HE WENT TO THE COURTYARD!! GO AFTER HIM!" Inside, a door is shown slightly ajar in a quiet hallway. Suddenly, Tilestone, a massive shipwright with sunglasses and a beard, yells in anger and confusion, "WHO ARE YOU!? WHERE DID YOU COME FROM!?" He is confronting two figures standing in the doorway. The figures are the bull-masked giant and the skull-masked figure. The bull-masked figure speaks in a deep, calm voice: "WE'VE COME... FROM THE DARKNESS... AS FOR OUR ALIGNMENT... WE REPRESENT JUSTICE." Page 7: The bull-masked figure introduces their group: "ANYAKU-SAKAN. CIPHER POL NO. 9." Tilestone stands shocked in the president's office, where Iceburg's bed is visible in the background. The bull-masked figure continues, "...REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU GOT IN... YOU SHOULD'VE RUN INTO OUR CARPENTERS..." Tilestone, sweating and holding a cigar, replies, "..... I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF MEETING ONE......!!" In the background, several defeated shipwrights lie unconscious on the floor, including Lulu. The skull-masked figure, with blood dripping from his mask, remarks, "MAYBE WE DID... MAYBE WE DIDN'T..."