## One Piece Chapter 709, pages 15-16: King Punch!! - Chapter: 709 - Pages: 15-16 - Characters: Bartolomeo, Elizabello II, Monkey D. Luffy, Bellamy, Blue Gilly, Hack, Dagama ### Summary Page 15: Elizabello tries to keep fighting even after the King Punch fails to remove Bartolomeo. He swings again, but Bartolomeo answers with a named barrier attack: "Barrier Crash!!!" The barrier smashes into the king's body, and Elizabello is thrown backward with a cry of "Gyahh hhhhhhh hhhhh!!!" The announcer understands the fall of the great puncher: "Elizabello the Second, is no longer able to fight!!!" The crowd screams, "Guahh h!!! 'The Fighting King'..." and the final announcement begins through stunned disbelief: "Eh... The winner of B-block is... dammit..." Bartolomeo has not won by overpowering the King Punch. He has won by making that overwhelming force meaningless, then using his barrier offensively at the moment when Elizabello has nothing left. Page 16: The winner is named at last: "Bartolomeo!!" He stands with both arms raised in the devastated ring and screams back at the crowd, "Hehahaha!! You can all just go to hell!!" The audience answers with rage and confusion. One voice cries, "Gyahh!!" Another asks, "Ewww!! Why did he have to win!?" Luffy, watching from the side, is stunned into silence before saying, "...That weird guy won...!!" The announcer notes the consequence for the next round: "The 'Mera Mera no Mi' will definitely be going to 'that' person...!!" The chapter closes the tournament block with Bartolomeo as an ugly, unpopular, but undeniable victor. His victory is not honorable in the crowd's eyes, but it is technically complete: Hack, Bellamy, Blue Gilly, Dagama, and Elizabello have all fallen, while the barrier man remains standing.