## One Piece Chapter 429: Complete Defeat - Chapter: 429 - Pages: 0-15 - Characters: Enel, Going Merry, Nico Robin, Monkey D. Luffy, Kokoro, Franky, Nami, Sanji, Roronoa Zoro, Sogeking, Tony Tony Chopper, Chimney, Gonbe, Spandam, Puffing Tom, Franky Family, Galley-La Company, Oimo, Kashi, Yokozuna, Kuzan ### Summary Page 0: Chapter 429 opens with the title page, "COMPLETE DEFEAT." Enel's Great Space Operation continues with Vol. 2, "ARRIVED AT FAIRY VEARTH." On the moon's empty surface, Enel stands with his staff and drums, beginning the strange next step of his cover-story journey. It is useful cover-story material, but not part of the Enies Lobby escape. Page 1: The Going Merry appears right in the middle of the Buster Call fleet. Marines shout, "IT'S A SHIP!!! BASED ON THE FLAG, IT LOOKS LIKE THE SHIP OF THE STRAWHATS!!!" No one understands how it slipped among the warships, and they ask, "WHAT ARE THEY PLANNING!!? THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN SURVIVE BY JUMPING INTO THE OCEAN...!!" When someone demands, "SHALL WE FIRE AT IT!!?" another stops him: "NO, NICO ROBIN IS THERE!!" The ship that came to save them has become a target, but Robin's presence freezes the first trigger. Page 2: The Straw Hats and their allies crash onto Merry's deck, shouting, "HURRY!!" and "MERRY!!!" Relief bursts out everywhere: "MERRY IS ALIVE!!!" Kokoro laughs, "THERE, GET ONBOARD, DF USERS!! NGAGA-GAGA!!" while others cheer, "IT'S MERRY! IT'S MERRY!!" and "WHOOO!! I LOVE MERRY AFTER ALL!!" Franky can only stare, amazed that the ship was already tossed into the ocean. Someone wonders, "WHO STEERED HER HERE?" but there is no time for that. Luffy surfaces, gasping, "BHA!! THAT WAS CLOSE. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET KILLED BY THE WARSHIPS!!" Then he turns to Robin: "HEY! ROBIN! YOU SAVED ME. THAN-" and the moment tangles into the chaos of everyone scrambling aboard. Page 3: The crew gathers on the deck of the ship that came back for them. Franky calls, "NOW, LEAVE EVERYTHING TO US!!" and the others answer, "EVERYONE!!" Robin, bruised and overwhelmed, finally says the words she survived long enough to say: "THANK YOU." Around her, the Straw Hats answer with joy instead of speeches: Chopper cries out, Luffy laughs "SHISHISHI!!" and Sanji melts into a delighted "HEE HEE!!" They have Robin back, and Merry is carrying them again. Page 4: Zoro cuts through the emotion: "TALK NONSENSE AFTER WE GET OUT OF HERE!!" Luffy grins back, "DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!! SHISHISHI!!!" and Sanji explodes at Zoro, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY NONSENSE, MARIMOOO!!?" Sogeking demands he apologize to Robin, but Nami takes command: "SANJI-KUN, GO STEER THE SHIP, PLEASE!!" Sanji instantly obeys with "OKAAAY, NAMI-SAAAN!!" Then Spandam's voice tears across the Den Den Mushi. Still alive and furious, he orders the fleet not to let them escape. Rather than lose Robin, he screams to blow them up along with her, lying that Admiral Aokiji said so. The order spreads: "ALL SHIPS, PREPARE TO FIRE!!!" Page 5: The name "ADMIRAL AOKIJI!?" shocks the Marines into motion, and the guns swing toward Merry. Spandam laughs that it was "A BIG FAT LIE" and snarls, "I WON'T LET ANY OF YOU ESCAPE!! I'LL KILL YOU!!! JUST DIE, ALL OF YOU!!" Franky recognizes him in disbelief: "THAT SPANDA BASTARD!! HE'S STILL ALIVE!?" As cannons surround the little ship, Sanji shouts steering orders: "RECEIVE WIND FROM STARBOARD AND STEER TOWARD THE EAST!!!" The others panic that a wall of cannons is aiming at them from every direction. "NO!! WE'RE BLOCKED!!!" one cries. "IT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO GET HIT!!!" Page 6: Sogeking sees the barrage begin and yells, "HERE THEY COME!!!" The fleet orders, "FIRE!!!" Cannonballs roar across the water, but the shots smash wildly into the sea and even threaten other warships. Marines panic: "F-FRIENDLY FIRE!?" and "THE OTHER CANNONBALLS AREN'T HITTING US, EITHER!!!" Officers snap, "WHERE ARE YOU AIMING AT, ALL OF YOU!?" but the gunners insist the aim went off for no reason. The battlefield itself has turned against them; ships lurch, officers shout to avoid crashing, and the fleet begins losing control. Page 7: The Marines finally understand what happened. "WE DIDN'T REALIZE THE GATES OF JUSTICE WERE CLOSED!" one reports. With the gates shut, the blocked current has created whirlpools that override the ships' steering and ruin their aim. Officers shout not to be swallowed by the current and demand, "IDIOTS! WHY DID YOU CLOSE THE GATES!?" The answer is on Merry. Sanji grins, and Nami realizes it: "SANJI!! COULD IT BE...!?" He admits the enemy was not something they could escape from with guts alone. Before he returned, he had reached the lever at the third prop of the Bridge of Hesitation and closed the Gates of Justice. Page 8: The crew cheers Sanji's move, but he warns them not to be too happy: "THE WHIRLPOOLS ARE DANGEROUS FOR US, TOO!!" Nami snaps everyone back into focus. "SHUT UP, GUYS! THERE'S NO SEA THAT MERRY CAN'T CROSS." Then she tells them, "JUST HANG IN THERE UNTIL I MA...