## One Piece Chapter 638, pages 8-10: Runawayhoshi - Chapter: 638 - Pages: 8-10 - Characters: Shirahoshi, Noah, Vander Decken IX, Monkey D. Luffy, Hody Jones ### Summary Page 8: Shirahoshi slips through the stretched-out connection and out into open water. The onlookers cry, "Hey - hang in there!!" and realize what she has done: "Princess Shirahoshi just..." She passes through the watery corridor, and Noah follows her out. The ship's massive hull swings after its living target, still bound by Vander Decken's ability. People shout for the princess to run as far away as she can, but her face shows fear and exhaustion. Even outside the bubble, she remains the focus of the entire island's danger. Page 9: Luffy tumbles along the huge chain as the movement throws him upward. He cries, "Whoaaaah!! We're going up!!" and narrowly avoids being crushed, yelling, "That was close!!" while the bubble around him bounces through the current. He calls after the chain, "Get back here, chain!!" but the motion of Noah and Shirahoshi is pulling everything beyond his control. Luffy is still trying to reach the ship, but in the ocean his movement depends on bubbles, chains, and timing rather than his own swimming strength. Page 10: Hody reaches Luffy in the open water and turns the ocean itself into intimidation. He tells Luffy, "Out in the open water, with nothing but ocean all around you... A pathetic human, who cannot even breathe beneath the waves. And you hope to become king of these waters?! Hah!!" Hody demands, "Beg for mercy, inferior being!!!" Below them, Noah continues to move toward Shirahoshi, while Luffy's air bubble is the only thing keeping him alive in an environment made for Hody.