## One Piece Chapter 1042, pages 2-3: Winners Shouldn't Need Rationalizations - Chapter: 1042 - Pages: 2-3 - Characters: X Drake, CP0, Flower Capital Citizens ### Summary Page 2: In the castle interior basement level 1, X Drake has driven a blade through the surviving CP0 agent's chest. The agent pants, and Drake asks, "Drake... why?" Drake answers that this is him enacting his own justice and says, "I envy you..." because the agent is able to follow his own form of duty without wavering. The wounded CP0 agent still moves with frightening speed, slipping free and counterattacking. Flames and wreckage surround them as their clash continues after the Five Elders' direct order. The page shows Drake making one last stand against the government assassin, even though both men are already badly injured and the castle is falling apart around them. Page 3: The CP0 agent strikes Drake down with a brutal counter, leaving him bleeding and collapsing in the basement. The scene then cuts to the Flower Capital, where the festival continues in cheerful ignorance of the war above. People laugh and call for the sky lanterns to be lit, asking whether everyone has written down their wishes. A child smiles as a lantern is prepared and the crowd says, "Make your dreams fly!!" The contrast is sharp: underneath Onigashima, warriors are killing each other, while below in the capital ordinary citizens are celebrating and sending wishes into the night. Their joy depends on the raid succeeding before the island falls.