## One Piece Chapter 428: Let's Go Back - Chapter: 428 - Pages: 0-17 - Characters: Enel, Monkey D. Luffy, Rob Lucci, Nico Robin, Nami, Roronoa Zoro, Sanji, Sogeking, Franky, Tony Tony Chopper, Hattori, Zambai, Oimo, Kashi, Paulie, Yokozuna, Sodom, Gomorrah, Kokoro, Chimney, Gonbe, Going Merry ### Summary Page 0: Chapter 428 opens with the title page, "LET'S GO BACK." The short-term concentrated cover series continues with No. 9, "TO THE FAIRY VEARTH." A small sky-island vessel travels through space toward a huge moon, turning Enel's cover-story journey into a strange, quiet image far away from Enies Lobby. It is useful cover-story material, but not part of the current escape. Page 1: The report spreads through the fleet like a shockwave: "EVEN MR. ROB LUCCI, THE LEADER OF THE STRONGEST CP9 GROUP," "IN THE HISTORY OF CIPHER POL," "HAS BEEN DEFEATED BY THE PIRATES...!!" Marines can only stammer, "IMPOSSIBLE...!!" and "W-WILL... LU-" before the truth reaches everyone. From the bridge, the Straw Hats and their allies erupt. They shout, "LUFFY WON!!!" while the warships loom on every side. The impossible victory has happened, but it has happened inside the Buster Call's cage. Page 2: Lucci lies collapsed in the rubble with Hattori beside him, while Luffy can barely stand, panting "HAA... HAA... HAA..." Zoro looks relieved and says, "GOT ME SCARED FOR A MOMENT. YOU FINALLY DID IT, STRAWHAT!!" The others call out, "LUFFY...!!" and "YAY!!!" before the urgency returns. "GUYS, GET ON THE ESCAPE SHIP NOW!!!" someone shouts. "WE'LL SET OUT!!!" Even the distant ships hear the celebration: "GOOD JOB, STRAWHAT-SAAAN!!" The victory is real, and now everyone has to move before the fleet turns it into a funeral. Page 3: A new voice suddenly cuts through the battlefield and tells them they are alive. Marines panic: "I-IDIOT, THEY'LL HEAR US!!" but another voice says, "IT'S OKAY, WE'RE LETTING THEM KNOW!!!" The Straw Hats hear shouting from somewhere through a Den Den Mushi. "BRO!!! BROOO!!" Franky recognizes it: "IT'S THEM." Across the water, the people thought dead at the main gate are alive, and Marines stare in disbelief. "AREN'T THOSE THE PIRATES THAT WE FINISHED OFF AT THE MAIN GATE!?" one asks. "IMPOSSIBLE...!!" Another insists they all fell to the bottom of the ravine and there is no way they could have survived. Page 4: The survivors at the main gate are hanging together in a huge rope net, battered but alive. Marines grumble, "...SHIT, THEY SHOULD'VE JUST KEPT THEIR MOUTHS SHUT," but the giants explain the miracle: "IDIOT, GALLEY-LA'S ROPE WON'T SNAP!!" The group shouts over one another as the net strains: "DON'T PUSH!" "I'M GONNA FALL!" "THE ROPE'S GONNA SNAP?" Yet their message is triumphant: "WE'RE ALL SAFE HERE!!!" They explain that the giants took all of the bombardment for them, and now the warships are coming again. They urge everyone to hurry and climb, while one of them laughs that blood is rushing to his head. Page 5: The survivors promise the Straw Hats a path out. "WE HAVE A WAY TO ESCAPE, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!!" they shout. "WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS LATER, ALIVE!!" Their courage breaks Franky open. He sobs, "GUUUU-UUYZ!!! VIDIOOOD, I WOULD DEVER WORRY ABOUT YOU GUUYZ!!" and the others laugh through the chaos. They say it will all be meaningless if the Straw Hats die now, but it is still good news: their allies lived, and there is still a route to survival waiting beyond the warships. Page 6: The vice admirals are ready to end the operation, but one report stops them. When someone suggests heading to the main gate immediately, another officer says, "NOT NOW!! THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT!!" The mission is not complete because "PIRATE STRAWHAT LUFFY IS ALSO FATALLY WOUNDED" and must not be ignored. The order is sharp: "DON'T TAKE YOUR EYES OFF STRAWHAT IN THE FIRST PROP!!" A Marine observes that Luffy does not seem to be moving from the spot at all. The fleet shifts back toward the wounded captain. Page 7: The Straw Hats stare across the gap at Luffy. He is almost out of reach, slumped in the ruined first prop while the sea and warships surround him. Sogeking shouts, "HURRY UP AND COME HERE!!" and then explains the problem: "IF WE DON'T GET AWAY, WE WON'T SURVIVE!!!" Luffy tries to answer, but can only breathe, "HAA..." and say, "OKAY." Sogeking yells the plan: "USE YOUR GOMU GOMU AND JUMP OVER HERE!! I'LL CARRY YOU FROM HERE!!" But below them the distance is terrible, and everyone can see how little strength Luffy has left. Page 8: The Marines report that the pirates are going to escape on the convoy, but Luffy cannot move. "MY BODY... CAN'T... WON'T MOVE... AT ALL...!!!" he realizes, staring helplessly from the rubble. Nami refuses to let despair take over: "USOPP!! WE CAN TAKE THE SHIP TO THE PROP WHERE LUFFY IS!! EVERYONE, GET ONBOARD!!" She reminds them, "WE GOT ROBIN BACK, TOO! ALL THAT'S LEFT IS TO GO BACK!!! PLEASE!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!" Sogeking snaps back at Luffy, "...DON'T BE SILLY!!! YOU WON THE BATTLE...