Chapter 557

Summary
The ship Luffy and the crew are on is stuck at the top of a frozen wave. While they are planning on how to get down they hear over the ship intercom that the Marines are planning to execute Ace ahead of schedule as soon as preparations are complete. The ice breaks somehow and the ship falls into the water between the Moby Dick and the execution platform and breaks in half. Ace and Luffy see each other. Boa Hancock is happy to see Luffy. Crocodile attempts to attack White-beard but is stopped by Luffy. White-beard realizes that the kid with the straw hat is Luffy, who he heard about from Shanks and Ace. When White-beard tells Luffy that he won't survice the fight, Luffy says that its not up to him to decide. Luffy says that he knows all about White-beard and that he wants to be the pirate king, but that Luffy will be the pirate king. Emporio Ivankov and Buggy both realize that Luffy is gonna compete with White-beard.