## One Piece Chapter 1040, pages 4-6: Falling on Deaf Ears - Chapter: 1040 - Pages: 4-6 - Characters: Eustass Kid, Trafalgar D. Water Law, Big Mom, Misery, Kid Pirates, Heart Pirates, Donquixote Rosinante, Prometheus, Napoleon, Hera, Yamato ### Summary Page 4: Kid and Law refuse to be intimidated. Kid asks, "You think the last gasps... of an old windbag scare me?!" while Law activates "R-Room!" and says Big Mom's death screeches are doing his ears in. The crowd realizes, "Their souls aren't coming out!!" and wonders whether Big Mom's power is failing because "She's an Emperor, and they're not scared at all?!" Kid curses her, "Damn Emperor! You just don't know when to quit!! I'm sending you packing straight to hell!!" Misery tries to rescue Big Mom, crying, "Hold on tight, Mama!! I'll save you!!" but Law prepares to handle the homie and says he will do it like the man who saved his life. The page ties Law's silencing move to Corazon's legacy and makes fearlessness the counter to Big Mom's soul theft. Page 5: Law throws a silent room over Big Mom and the battlefield. The attack lands with "Silence!!" and someone realizes, "Huh?! There's no noise!!" Another voice explains, "This technique cancels out every sound you make!!" Big Mom tries to shout, "What the hell?! My voice...!!" but no sound reaches the outside. Her homies call for her, and Misery says, "I can't hear you..." while Big Mom's own "Mama!!" calls are swallowed. Kid, seeing the opening, says, "Have another...!!" and fires "Damned Punk!!" again. The page turns the chapter title into the mechanism of victory: Big Mom's commands, screams, and Soul Pocus are falling on deaf ears because Law has sealed them in silence. Page 6: Big Mom continues falling through the wreckage as Kid's cannon forces her down and Law's silence keeps her from calling for help. Her homies shout "Mama!!" and Big Mom calls, "Prometheus!! Hera!! What are you doing?! Come help me!!" but the silence means her orders do not reach them. In the basement armory, Yamato watches the chaos and asks why the attack did not make any noise. Big Mom crashes past the frozen bombs and rubble, still desperate for her homies to save her, but the scene makes clear that Law has separated her from the sound-based command structure she depends on. She is physically falling and strategically isolated at the same time.