## One Piece Chapter 228, pages 8-10: Last Boss of the Saruyama Alliance, Montblanc Cricket - Chapter: 228 - Pages: 8-10 - Characters: Luffy, Nami, Usopp, Chopper, Montblanc Cricket, Montblanc Noland, Sanji ### Summary Page 8: Nami recalls the story, "In the final scene of the picture book, Noland says, 'Ah, that's it! The mountain of gold must have sunk into the sea!' There, he's drawn with a stupid smile on his face, But the real man supposedly died with big blobs of tears streaming down his face." Cricket explains, "He was absolutely sure that the island that they'd landed at, Was the same Jaya where he'd discovered the ruins of a golden city. The thought that maybe he had seen an illusion never even crossed his mind." A flashback panel shows Noland being executed, kneeling before a crowd. Cricket continues, "Noland claimed that an earthquake must have caused the city of gold to sink to the ocean floor, But the people could only see it as a desperate excuse made to save his own skin, And the crowd mocked him to no end as he was executed." Page 9: Usopp asks, "So then! Have you come here in search of the golden city at the ocean floor, So that you could wipe away your family's dishonour!?" Cricket angrily yells, "DON'T BE STUPID!" He continues, "Whether my distant ancestor really was an honest man, Or a great explorer... WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ME!?" A close-up of Cricket's intense, angry face is shown as he shouts, "WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE FEELINGS OF A CHILD, WHO'S HAD TO GROW UP BEING INSULTED AND LAUGHED AT BY EVERY STRANGER, JUST BECAUSE HE HAPPENED TO SHARE THE SAME BLOOD AS THAT IDIOT!" Page 10: Sanji listens as Cricket continues his story. "But in the past 400 years, There have been countless members of my family, Who set out for the seas to reclaim our family's honour or whatever... Don't know what ever happened to any of them but, I felt embarrassed by them. And so I ran away from home, And became a pirate." Luffy asks, "Oh, you're a pirate too, mister?" Cricket replies, "It's not that I wanted to become one. I just wanted to escape from Noland's curse, that's all. But 10 years ago... At the end of my adventures, my ship ended up arriving at this island."