## One Piece Chapter 522, pages 16-17: Fatal Disease - Chapter: 522 - Pages: 16-17 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Boa Hancock, Elder Nyon, Boa Sandersonia, Boa Marigold, Portgas D. Ace, Whitebeard ### Summary Page 16: Elder Nyon explains that the previous empress died of this disease as well, and the empress before her had the same sickness. She says she herself came down with the same disease and left the country, though she survived. Then she says, "Hebihime... Monkey D. Luffy came with me." Hancock, weak in bed, asks whether he has a request and whether she will hear it. The sisters protest, "Wait, Elder Nyon!! How can my sister handle that now!!" but Hancock suddenly sits up: "I don't care...!! Listen... you will all leave the room." Marigold is shocked that she stood up, and Elder Nyon tells Luffy outside, "What good fortune you have, Monkey D. Luffy!!! Could you have moved the mountain that no one else could!?" Luffy says he has something to ask and whether Hancock is sick, but Elder Nyon says no illness could keep her down now. Page 17: Alone with Hancock, Luffy explains plainly: "One of Whitebeard's men is about to be executed, a pirate named Ace. He's my brother!! I want to help Ace!!! But I can't make it on a pirate ship." He asks, "Will you get me aboard the awaiting Marine ship and take me to the prison where Ace is!?" Sandersonia and Marigold overhear and rage at him: "How ridiculously selfish!!! Strawhat Luffy!!! You know the wounds in our sister's heart! And now you want her to go back to that cursed place? What a cruel man!!!" Luffy tells Hancock that if this is her desire, she should answer the order to assemble as a Shichibukai. The page makes the emotional stakes clear: Luffy's request requires Hancock to face the World Government and Marine system connected to her deepest trauma.