## One Piece Chapter 1042, pages 11-13: Winners Shouldn't Need Rationalizations - Chapter: 1042 - Pages: 11-13 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Kaido, CP0, Kozuki Oden, Kozuki Momonosuke ### Summary Page 11: Kaido's thunderous strike connects as the two attacks collide, and Luffy is smashed away. He pants on the ground, clearly running out of power, but mutters that he cannot let any escape and that he will lose power if he does. Kaido shifts again into "Homicidal Drunk Phase," laughing "Woro roro..." as the mood of the fight becomes more openly lethal. Luffy is still trying to keep Gear Fourth from deflating, while Kaido's club and Haki pressure loom over him. The page shows Luffy at the limit of his limit: he has no clean path left, but if he lets Gear Fourth end before finishing Kaido, the raid may collapse. Page 12: Luffy gathers himself for one last attack. He says, "One more shot!! If this isn't enough, I'll lose!!" and begins, "Gomu Gomu no..." Kaido faces him and answers, "Bring it on, brat!!" as he starts his own "Thunder... Roaring... Supreme..." strike. At the worst possible moment, the CP0 agent appears and grabs Luffy, using "Iron Body!" to freeze himself in place and hold Luffy's arm and body. Luffy cries out, "Huh?!" because the interference stops his final attack mid-swing. The page fulfills the Five Elders' order in the most disastrous way: CP0 does not need to beat Luffy, only to pin him long enough for Kaido's finishing blow to land. Page 13: Kaido sees CP0 and instantly understands what is happening, but his attack is already in motion. Luffy is held helpless by the agent, while memories flash across Kaido's mind: the moment a false hostage distracted Oden during their duel. The page shows Oden's face and calls from Momonosuke and others in Kaido's memory as the same kind of interference repeats before his eyes. Kaido's club comes down anyway, smashing Luffy with overwhelming force while CP0 remains beside him. The final caption calls it "a rush of emotions," and the chapter ends on Kaido's stunned horror as much as on Luffy's defeat. The victory he was about to earn has been tainted in the same way as his old victory over Oden.