Ch. 421 · Gear Third · 18 pages

## One Piece Chapter 421: Gear Third - Chapter: 421 - Pages: 0-16 - Characters: Nico Robin, Monkey D. Luffy, Kuzan, Franky, Spandam, Sogeking, Sanji, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Tony Tony Chopper, Kokoro, Chimney, Gonbe, Rob Lucci ### Summary Page 0: Chapter 421 opens with the title page, "GEAR THIRD." The cover illustration shows Nico Robin in a quiet billiards-room scene with small animal attendants and a scoreboard marked with keys. The image is playful and separate from the Enies Lobby battle, but it is useful as chapter-identifying material and visually echoes the chapter's recent focus on Robin's unlocked handcuffs. Page 1: The Buster Call begins in full. From the warships, the order is given: "TRIGGERING THE BUSTER CALL!!!" The target is stated with brutal official clarity: "TARGETING THE PIRATE STRAWHAT LUFFY AND HIS GANG, APPROXIMATE COUNT: 60." The order adds one exception: "HOWEVER, UNDER THE PRIVATE AGREEMENT WITH ADMIRAL AOKIJI, THE CRIMINAL NICO ROBIN, WHO IS ON THE BRIDGE OF HESITATION, WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE TARGETS!!" Everything else is expendable: "OTHER DETAILS ARE UNIMPORTANT!! DESTROY THE ENTIRE JUDICIAL ISLAND, ENIES LOBBY!!!" Cannon fire rains over the island, smashing buildings and sending everyone into panic. On the ground, people cry, "TH-THEY'VE COME!!!" "THE BOMBARDMENT HAS BEGUN!!" and "UWAA-AAH!!!" The forces below already know the only answer: "WE KNOW THAT!!! TRY TO ESCAPE!!" Page 2: The Marines and allies scatter under the bombardment. Someone shouts, "ALL SHIPS, TAKE POSITIONS!!" while panic spreads across the bridge: "THOSE WARSHIPS WILL BYPASS THIS BRIDGE!!" and "THERE, LOOK, GUYS!! DON'T RUN!!" The reason is soon announced: "THE BRIDGE THE CRIMINAL NICO ROBIN IS ON WILL BE TEMPORARILY EXCLUDED FROM THE TARGETS!!" Spandam's pride turns that exception into self-praise. "WAHAHA, IT'S ALL BECAUSE I'M HERE!! RIGHT, MY DAD SAID SO, TOO!!" he laughs, and another voice admits, "IT'S ALL BECAUSE I'M THE CHIEF OF CP9!!" The others can only stare at the devastation. "... WHAT A HORRIBLE SCENE," someone says. Robin trembles and whispers, "I CAN'T STOP TREMBLING...!!" while Franky, wounded but still standing beside her, mutters through his breath, "HRM? HEY... YOU...!!" Page 3: Sogeking tumbles through smoke and rubble, yelling, "HURRY, GUYS!!!" and "MOVE IT!!!" The others grab him and drag him along, but he protests in heroic outrage: "DON'T SQUAWK LIKE YOU'RE ALL GREAT AND WHATNOT!!" He boasts even as he is carried, "I'VE GOT INJURIES ALL OVER MY BODY. ALL MY RIBS ARE BROKEN!!" and insists, "ALL SIX OF THEM." Sanji dryly answers that it is fine: "IT'S OKAY. YOU HAVE MORE THAN THAT... YOU'RE GIVING US TOO MUCH TROUBLE." Sogeking keeps shouting about his new weapon, "... BY THE WAY, GUYS! DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE SECRET OF MY NEW WEAPON, KABUTO!?" and "LET ME EXPLAIN!! THE WEAPON 'KABUTO' THAT SOGEKING HAS IS...!!" Sanji cuts through the noise: "JUST SHUT UP, BASTARD, OR I'LL MAKE YOU RUN!!" Behind them, Zoro is still wounded and Sanji has to push the whole group forward while the tower area collapses. Page 4: The scene shifts to the underground passage below the sea. A small map shows Nami, Chopper, Kokoro, Gonbe, and Chimney on one side, while Zoro, Sogeking, and Sanji are on the other, all trying to reach one another through the shortcut. Suddenly water floods the corridor. Nami cries, "WHY WATER!!? WHA!!? WHY!!? THERE IS NO ESCAPE HATCH OR ANYTHING!!" Chopper panics, "WATER~~~!!?" and Kokoro, still carrying the others forward, yells, "WHAD IN DAH NAME O' BEER IS THIZZ?" The surge barrels through the passage with everyone running from it, and someone screams, "HEEEELP!!!" The flooding is not random. It is the result of Lucci's attack from the previous chapter, and the escape route is turning into a trap. Page 5: Inside the Bridge of Hesitation prop interior, the water keeps rising. The map identifies the arena as "Luffy vs Rob Lucci," and Lucci looks down at the flood he has caused. He tells Luffy, "WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS ANYONE IN THE PASSAGE, THE PATH TO THIS PLACE HAS BEEN CUT OFF..." Then he makes the threat plain: "IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THIS ROOM IS COMPLETELY FILLED WITH WATER." Luffy screams back, "BASTARD!!!" because he now understands that his friends may be trapped below. Lucci has turned the building itself into a weapon, using seawater to shut off escape and punish anyone trying to reach the bridge. Page 6: Luffy looks up as the ceiling and circular upper structure crack under the force of the battle and the bombardment. A Den Den Mushi connection clicks and coos, and Lucci points out that the room is still above sea level: "THIS PLACE IS LOCATED ABOVE SEA LEVEL, SO THE WATER WON'T REACH HERE." He also makes Luffy listen to what is happening outside: "YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF THE WARSHIPS' BOMBARDMENT, CAN'T YOU?" Luffy stands across from him, battered and breathing hard, thinking of the others. The questions hang over him: "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PIRATES...?"...

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Ch. 421 · Gear Third · 18 pages

Ch. 421 · Gear Third · 18 pages