## One Piece Chapter 613, pages 3-4: The Mermaid Princess in Hard Shell Tower - Chapter: 613 - Pages: 3-4 - Characters: Princess Shirahoshi, Monkey D. Luffy, Fukaboshi, Ryuuboshi, Manboshi, Vander Decken IX ### Summary Page 3: The scene jumps to Ryugu Kingdom's royal palace, where Hard-Shell Tower shakes with Shirahoshi's terrified cries. Guards shout, "It's coming from Shell Tower!!" and "That's Princess Shirahoshi's voice!! She's crying!!" Someone asks, "What happened to the guards at the tower entrance?!!" while another realizes, "Why is nobody by the princess's side?!!" The cause is the recent change of guard: "I must apologise!! There was a mix-up with the changing of the guard!!" Inside, Shirahoshi covers her eyes and screams, "UWAAAA AAAAAA AAHHHH HHHH!!!!" She calls for help: "Father!! Fukaboshi-oniisaaama!! Ryuuboshi-oniisama!! Manboshi-oniisama!!!" At her feet, Luffy throws up his hands, baffled and hungry, protesting, "Hey, hey, hey!! What's the matter?! I'm just a pirate who was looking for some food!!" Shirahoshi mistakes the intruder for an assassin and cries, "A human has entered my chambers to make an attempt on my life!!" Luffy snaps back, "I didn't know this food was yours, okayyy?!!" Page 4: The rose-marked axe comes ripping into Hard-Shell Tower. Luffy notices it with a sharp "!?" as the blade tears through the door and flies toward Shirahoshi. She barely has time to murmur, "Eh...?" before the weapon slams into the giant mermaid's body and pins her with a brutal impact. The page is almost all motion and impact: Shirahoshi groans, "NNNNGG HHAAAA HHH!!!" while the panels show the axe embedded against her and Luffy thrown into urgent action. The silence of the tower breaks into shock marks and heavy sound effects as Shirahoshi realizes this was not Luffy's attack but the kind of danger that has been reaching her room for years.