## One Piece Chapter 896, pages 8-9: The Last Request - Chapter: 896 - Pages: 8-9 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Charlotte Katakuri, Big Mom, Charlotte Smoothie, Morgans ### Summary Page 8: Luffy collapses into the dust and rubble, his body smoking from Gear Fourth's toll. Katakuri's shadow is shown in pieces as he steadies himself, and a quiet "thud" marks a body hitting the ground. The sound of a clock cuts through the silence: "SFX: tick tock." The panels linger on Luffy's damaged face, then Katakuri's equally battered expression. Neither of them speaks. The waiting clock matters because Cacao Island's one o'clock deadline is approaching while Luffy is still trapped in the mirror world. This page gives the aftermath a tense pause: the fight may be over, but Luffy still has to wake, understand the time, and escape before the Charlotte army closes the trap. Page 9: At 12:40 AM on Whole Cake Island, Big Mom has finally reached the cake. The island's clock marks the moment as the cake ship arrives, and someone cries, "We finally made it to this moment!!" The Charlotte side prepares the spectacle around her hunger. Big Mom's forces shout that they are sending tens of thousands of soldiers, even if it looks embarrassing, because they will crush a one-in-a-million chance. Morgans is ordered to be quiet, but he is already thinking like a journalist: "Throw out any hope you have for a scoop...!!" one voice says, while another warns, "It'll be unbelievable big news!" The plan is ugly and public. If Luffy emerges from the mirror, they intend to capture the Straw Hats, execute all of them, line their heads up for display, and record the scene tomorrow as a warning. Smoothie calls the idea vulgar, but the answer is that this is almost too kind.