## One Piece Chapter 897: Pekoms' Cacao Island Escape Plan - Chapter: 897 - Pages: 0-14 - Characters: Stansen, Hajrudin, Monkey D. Luffy, Jinbe, Nami, Tony Tony Chopper, Carrot, Brook, Charlotte Smoothie, Charlotte Mont-d'Or, Sanji, Pekoms, Charlotte Brulee, Pedro, Charlotte Pudding, Charlotte Oven, Charlotte Katakuri, Charlotte Raisin, Charlotte Snack, Vinsmoke Reiju, Vinsmoke Judge, Germa 66 ### Summary Page 0: Chapter 897, "Pekoms' Cacao Island Escape Plan," opens with the cover-story caption: "Tales of the self-proclaimed Straw Hat Grand Fleet, Vol. 29: Hajrudin Arc: 'On the deserted isle of Buggy's Delivery... The new Giant Warrior Pirates shipwright, Stansen.'" Stansen stands with a heavy tool and skull-decorated gear, presented as the shipwright of Hajrudin's new crew. This is useful extra material because it continues the Hajrudin cover serial and identifies another member of the new Giant Warrior Pirates, though it does not advance the Cacao Island escape. Page 2: Four minutes remain until the promised meet-up. The Sunny's crew sees Cacao Island surrounded and panics: "Noooo, we're gonna die! Hurry up, Luuuuuuuffffy!!" Jinbe warns them, "Make sure to keep a distance to the island! They'll trap us if we get close!!" They identify the ships nearby: "That's the Grand Fleet!!" and, "Sure brought a bunch of people here..!! And it looks like they've seen us..!!" On Whole Cake Island, Mont-d'Or receives the report through the transponder snails: "I just heard about the situation over there." Smoothie studies the map and orders the back of the fleet reinforced, because if anyone escapes after this, Cacao Island will be their final destination. On the island itself, the crowd roars, "Come on out anytime, Straw Hat...!!!" while Sanji waits in hiding and thinks, "Please... hurry, Luffy!" Page 3: Inside the mirror world, Pekoms runs with Luffy and Brulee, explaining the last desperate option. Brulee notices what he means and says, "Sulong...??" Pekoms answers, "That's right, Gaoh!! I've always had trouble controlling it." When he transforms into his Sulong form, he admits, "I'm just a rampaging monster... and I go into a mindless state where I can't hear anyone, except for one man..." That man was Pedro. Pekoms remembers Pedro stopping him, and he says he has no idea why he could only hear him, but Pedro always managed to calm him down even when he was only a mindless beast. In other words, there is no one left in the world who can stop Pekoms' rampage if he transforms now. Still, Pekoms intends to use that danger to create an opening for Luffy. Page 4: Pekoms tells Luffy the plan plainly: "Listen up, Straw Hat... Tonight is a full moon!! When my rampage begins... use that chance to escape from Cacao Island!!" Brulee calls him a traitor and warns, "Even if you do transform into your Sulong form, you'll be suppressed in an instant!! And that'll be the end for you!! A war-ready army is waiting on Cacao Island!!" Pekoms snarls back, "Shut it, Brulee...!!" and tells Luffy, "Get ready, Straw Hat!!" Luffy, exhausted and still breathing hard, understands: "I understand!! Thank you!!" Pekoms refuses to let Pedro's sacrifice be wasted, roaring, "I definitely will not... let big bro Pedro's sacrifice go to waste!!" as they rush toward the mirror staircase. Page 5: On Cacao Island, the crowd hears a voice from within the mirror. Someone asks, "Isn't that big sis Brulee's voice...?" and another shouts, "There's a voice... coming from within the mirror!!" The troops realize Brulee has been caught by the enemy and conclude, "It has to be Straw Hat!!" Orders fly across the plaza: "He's coming!! Snipers, ready your guns!!!" The mirror begins to swirl, and everyone raises weapons toward it. Sanji, hidden nearby, reacts with a sharp "Huh?" while Pudding and the others watch in shock. The tension is exact: the army has correctly guessed that Brulee is the key, and the moment the mirror opens, every rifle and blade on the island is aimed at the place where Luffy should appear. Page 6: The mirror erupts, and Pekoms bursts out while dragging Brulee, the crowd screaming at the shock of seeing him instead of Katakuri or Luffy. The soldiers shout, "Pekoms!!" and, "Pekoms!! Why are you the one who's coming out of the mirror?!" Pekoms growls and keeps Brulee close. Brulee cries, "Save me, everyone...!!" but Pekoms holds her hostage and warns the army, "If any of you try any tricks, your precious family member, Brulee, will have her head blown off!! Gaoh!!" He tosses a pair of sunglasses aside while Brulee's siblings scream, "Brulee!!" and "Big sis Brulee!!" Pekoms also warns the Big Mom Pirates not to move. His escape plan begins by turning Brulee's value to the family into a shield for Luffy. Page 7: Pekoms declares his loyalty to Pedro's sacrifice: "I'm going to let Straw Hat escape!! He's the man that big bro Pedro gambled his life on!!" Then he begins transforming beneath the full moon. He roars, "In any case, I'll be exposed by...