## One Piece Chapter 615, pages 17-18: Curse of Mato Mato - Chapter: 615 - Pages: 17-18 - Characters: Hody Jones, Vander Decken IX, Princess Shirahoshi, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Brook, Neptune ### Summary Page 17: Hody turns Decken's ability into the first stage of the invasion. He tells the human captives, "Well then, my human pirate guests!! You all understand Decken's ability now, do you not...?" and explains, "The Ryuuguu Palace is said to be impenetrable... But one man has succeeded in throwing many things inside its walls for ten long years... and that man is Vander Decken!!" Hody says they will become Decken's new weapons: he will throw them straight to where the mermaid princess is hiding, crashing them into a formidable tower. The terrified prisoners understand: "That's crazy... If you throw us in there... we'll just crash into that wall and die!!!" Hody confirms, "Well, yes." His real objective is that any survivors will open the palace gates from within so the invasion can begin. He promises freedom if they succeed, but threatens, "If you refuse, I'll hurl you outside this bubble myself right now, you filthy inferior beings!!!" and declares, "That's why I'm using the lives of you worthless humans!!! In these waters, you're worth less than slaves!!!" Page 18: The flashback returns to the present at the northeastern edge outside Shell Tower. Guards run through the wreckage shouting, "Hurry, skeleton!! We must report to the king!!" and "Hoooold it!!" while the fleeing captives realize, "Hordy is going to kill us all...!!" and "If we don't open the path into the palace..." Their impact has already become a public disaster: "The princess has been kidnapped!!! Some unknown individual has removed her from the tower!!!" and "Also, pirates have been raining down on the tower...!!! It's an enemy attack!!! We're under attack!!!" Someone cries, "Y - your majeeeeesty!!!" and the rumor becomes even worse: "Shirahoshi is goneeeeee?! Who is responsible for this?!!" and "Kidnapped, you saa aaay?!!" Zoro, standing amid the uproar with Nami nearby, tries to sort the timing: "An enemy attack at a time like this...? What's up with that...?" while another voice says, "Why did it have to be now?!! They just had to attack while we're occupying the palace...!! Wh... wh... what do we do now?! No!! Wait!! Don't answer that!!" Zoro answers plainly: "We take 'em out."