## One Piece Chapter 309, pages 3-5: THE GROGGY MONSTERS - Chapter: 309 - Pages: 3-5 - Characters: Nami, Monkey D. Luffy, Sanji, Usopp, Foxy ### Summary Page 3: Nami explains her experience: "I COULDN'T MOVE MY BODY... NO... ACTUALLY... BUT AFTER THAT BEAM HIT US... HM... WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO WIN, TOO..." Flashback panels show their boat and the waves around them frozen in time. Nami continues, "THE WAVE, TOO... THE BOAT......VERY, VERY SLOWLY....WE COULD MOVE, BUT EVERYTHING WAS GOING..." Foxy's crew cheers in the background. Luffy asks, "WHAT DID HE DO!?" Sanji asks, "ANY INJURIES?" Usopp replies, "YEAH. WHEN WE RECOVERED THE ENEMY HAD ALREADY WON..." Foxy smirks, "FUEHEHE HEHEH---! THAT WAS TOO EASY. THANKS TO MY NORO PHOTON." Luffy is confused, "NORO PHOTON!?" Sanji yells angrily, "ASSHOLE! WHAT DID YOU DO TO NAMI-CHAN AND THE OTHERS!?" Page 4: Foxy explains his power: "IT IS AN ATOM THAT WAS NOT YET DISCOVERED BY THE SCIENTISTS. ANYTHING FROM LIFE-FORMS TO LIQUID AND AIR HIT BY ITS RADIATION... WILL NOT LOSE ANY ENERGY, BUT... ITS PHYSICAL VELOCITY WILL DECREASE DRAMA-TICALLY!" Sanji insults him, "WHAT KINDA CRAP ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, STUPID?!" Foxy instantly becomes depressed, slumping over as his crew cries, "POOR BOSS!" and "HE CALLED ME STUPID". Foxy quickly recovers, striking a pose, "ANYWAYS, ANYTHING IT HITS WILL SLOW DOWN. THAT IS THE NORO PHOTON!!!" Nami says, "A THING LIKE THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE..." Usopp counters, "NOT POSSIBLE!? HAVEN'T YOU LEARNED BY NOW THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN THE GREAT SEAS...!!?" Sanji adds, "OH. WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY THAT EARLIER, 2-PIECE HEAD??" Foxy gets depressed again, muttering "HAMBOG!!!". He recovers once more, laughing, "HAH! AFTER EATING THE NORO-NORO FRUIT, I GAINED THE POWER TO EMIT THESE PHOTONS, AND I BECAME THE ALMIGHTY NORO-NORO MAN! BEHOLD! I SHALL DEMON-STRATE MY POWER!!!!" Page 5: Foxy demonstrates his power. A crewmate fires a cannonball, and Foxy shoots a beam from his hand, shouting, "NORO NORO... BEAM!!!" The beam hits the cannonball, and it stops mid-air. Usopp is shocked, "EH?? THE CANNONBALL STOPPED IN MID AIR?" Foxy wiggles his fingers, saying, "NO...RO... NO...RO... ANYTHING HIT BY THE BEAM WILL SLOW DOWN DRAMATICALLY." He explains further, "MOST HUMANS ARE IGNORANT OF THE WORLD ON THE SEA. THE EFFECT LASTS FOR ARROUND 30 SECONDS BEFORE THE OBJECT RESUMES ITS MOVEMENT." Luffy watches in amazement. Foxy boasts, "WITH THIS, NOTHING IS A THREAT TO ME... FUEHE HEHEH! DO YOU DOUBT YOUR EYES?"