## One Piece Chapter 343: CIPHER POL NO. 9 - Chapter: 343 - Pages: 0-18 - Characters: Gedatsu, long-haired woman, man with striped shirt, man with sunglasses, Nico Robin, panda-masked figure, Peeply Lulu, shipwrights, injured shipwright, skull-masked figure, Tilestone, bull-masked figure, Iceburg, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Tony Tony Chopper, Monkey D. Luffy, Kaku, Rob Lucci, Hattori ### Summary Page 0: This is the cover page of Chapter 343, titled "CIPHER POL NO. 9". The cover story continues with "GEDATSU'S CAREFREE LIFE IN THE BLUE SEAS VOL. 27: 'THE PRINCESS AND HER ENTOURAGE ARRIVE'". The illustration depicts Gedatsu standing in the center background, looking bewildered with his eyes wide and mouth open. In the foreground, several characters are seen from behind, walking towards a grand bathhouse. The bathhouse features large signs for "Men" (男) on the left and "Women" (女) on the right, with a central tower marked with the kanji for "Hot Water" (湯). The arriving entourage includes a tall woman with long blonde hair, a man with a striped shirt and a large shell-like hair structure, and other companions carrying bags. Page 1: The scene opens with two masked intruders shown in close-up panels. On the left, a woman with dark hair wearing a black mask over her eyes and a white hood looks forward with a cold, serious expression. On the right, a figure wearing a round, smiling panda mask with a beaded necklace grins menacingly. Below, a large crowd of armed shipwrights and townspeople has surrounded them in the courtyard of the Galley-La headquarters. They shout, "WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED, PIRATES!!!" and "SURRENDER! THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN!" One of the shipwrights remarks, "YOU SURE HAVE GUTS CHARGING IN WITH ALL OF US HERE." The panda-masked figure stands silently with a "....." speech bubble. In the bottom panels, the shipwrights prepare to attack, pointing their guns and weapons. One shouts, "SHOW YOUR FACES AND... PUT YOUR HANDS UP!" Another yells, "HE'S UP TO NO GOOD! FIRE!!" as the panda-masked figure stands calmly, saying "HMPH." Page 2: The shipwrights open fire with a massive volley of gunshots, shouting "SWISH!!!" and "DODON!!!" as smoke and explosions erupt where the two intruders stood. However, as the smoke clears with a "SHUWWWW..." sound, the intruders are nowhere to be seen. The shipwrights look on in utter shock, their guns still smoking. One panel shows a close-up of a smoking gun barrel. In the bottom panel, the shipwrights look around the empty courtyard in confusion, reacting with ".........." and "!!?". One of them mutters, "...THEY... DISAPPEARED..." as they look up at the walls and sky, unable to comprehend how their targets vanished into thin air. Page 3: Suddenly, a massive crash echoes from the main building of the Galley-La Company headquarters. The sound effect "CRASH!!" and "GOOOO..." accompany the destruction as debris flies from the upper floors. People outside scream, "WAA AAAA AH!!!" Inside, shipwrights are sent flying through the air amidst shattered wood and dust. One shipwright with a striped shirt and "STREET" written on his back crashes headfirst into the floor. Other shipwrights rush to his side, shouting, "HEY! ARE YOU OKAY!?" and "WHAT HAPPENED?" The injured shipwright, coughing and struggling to speak, gasps out, "THE WHIP USER... HE... CAN... WALK... ON THE... AIR..." Another shipwright reacts in disbelief, "...!! TOO... STRONG...!!!" Page 4: "WALK!? ON THE AIR?" the shipwrights exclaim in disbelief. High above, the skull-masked figure looks down coldly, saying, "---I TOLD YOU... YOU SHOULD JUST GIVE UP." Below him, shipwrights yell, "DAMN YOU!!" and "HE JUMPED...!!" as they watch him leap through the air. The skull-masked figure uses a technique, kicking the air with a "HOP" and "BUN!!" sound, creating a crescent-shaped shockwave. He calls out his technique: "GEPPOU." He flies through the air, leaving the shipwrights below staring up in absolute shock and confusion ("!?"). 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-mas...