## One Piece Chapter 652: Grim Premonitions - Chapter: 652 - Pages: 0-17 - Characters: Chimney, Gonbe, Neptune, Jinbe, Sun Pirates, Big Mom, Aladine, Fisher Tiger, Whitebeard, Monkey D. Luffy, Fishman Island, Fishman District, Minister of the Right, Tamatebako, Straw Hat Pirates, Nami, Shirahoshi, Caribou, Pekoms, Big Mom Pirates, Baron Tamago, Tashigi, Marines, Pirates, G-5 Marines, Smoker, Hody Jones, Trafalgar Law, Eustass Kid, X Drake, Basil Hawkins, Scratchmen Apoo, Capone Bege, Urouge, Jewelry Bonney, Killer ### Summary Page 0: The cover page gives the chapter title, "Grim Premonitions." The cover story reads, "From Shipdecks Across the World Vol 34: Shift Station - Sunday Special, Stationmaster Chimney." Chimney stands at the station with Gonbe beside her, dressed for work and cheerfully eating. This is cover-story material, separate from the Fishman Island plot. Page 1: Inside Ryugu Palace, Neptune asks Jinbe directly about the Sun Pirates: "So let me ask you, Jinbe... How are the Sun Pirates getting on... as part of Big Mom's fleet?" Neptune admits he would never have expected a man of Jinbe's calibre to serve under another master after Fisher Tiger. Jinbe explains that Aladine remains the most reasonable person to work with and lets the crew keep their freedoms. He has no grand aspiration toward absolute leadership; in the New World, affiliating oneself with one of the Four Emperors is simply the most sensible way to ensure one's comrades' safety. Neptune says that, thanks to Jinbe's connection, the island could obtain protection under Big Mom's name and remain safe even after Whitebeard's death. Page 2: Jinbe calls Big Mom's protection "a coincidence, nothing more," and says he would prefer to remain with his crew and protect the island themselves, but with bounties on their heads that is impractical. Then he reveals his intention: "However, Your Majesty... I am now planning to leave that protection behind...!!" Neptune immediately understands the implication and asks whether Jinbe means to accept Luffy's invitation. It is tempting, but Neptune warns that his world is one of duty and honour, where some bonds are not written contracts but spoken vows and shared cups. Severing such a bond is not always simple, and Neptune cannot deny that doing so may turn Big Mom's wrath against Fishman Island. Page 3: Neptune tells Jinbe, "You always try to take too much responsibility upon your own shoulders." If trouble arises, the royal family will seek a solution themselves. Besides, if Fishman Island ever loses Big Mom's flag, Neptune already has another one in mind: "The Jolly Roger that wears a Straw Hat!!" He laughs and says it would be "a fine flag to fly." Only today, the land came into possession of a seventy-thousand-man force of powerful, if rowdy, fighters from the Fishman District. Jinbe laughs with him, but the conversation makes the shift clear: Fishman Island may someday move from the protection of Big Mom's flag to Luffy's Straw Hat flag. Page 4: The Minister of the Right bursts in with a separate crisis: "Your Majesty!!" He has remembered something terrible about the treasure that was stolen and about Neptune's promise to give all of it to Luffy and his friends. If they recover it, Neptune must instruct them to return the Tamatebako alone. Neptune protests that the promise has already been made and he cannot demand the treasure's return. Then the minister explains why this one box is different. After the contents of the Tamatebako were stolen ten years ago, he put a measure in place so no future treasure thieves could get away unharmed: "The box will explode if opened?!" The Tamatebako is not merely a treasure chest; it has been rigged with explosives. Page 5: The Minister of the Right explains the trap in detail. "The box is filled with powerful explosives... which will activate as soon as the box is opened..." As custodian of the keys to the palace treasures and the Tamatebako, he humbly apologizes for the oversight. Neptune orders that if Luffy and his crew recover the treasure, the minister must carefully explain the situation and recover the Tamatebako. The concern is real: if anyone opens it before the warning reaches them, the explosion could be catastrophic. A moment later, the minister reports that Luffy and his crew have returned to the palace, and everyone briefly feels relief: "Thank goodness they are unharmed! So our worries were for naught..." Page 6: The relief breaks at once. Neptune, the ministers, and Nami react in horror when they learn the truth: "You gave all the treasure... to Big Mom?!!" The court screams, "With a Yonkou?!!" Luffy explains his reasoning bluntly. Big Mom was going to destroy Fishman Island just because there were no sweets left, and he has no regrets about picking a fight over that: "I mean, if it was meat, then okay, but over sweets?! Anyway, don't worry!! I've gone and picked a fight with her now!!!" Neptune sweats and admits that this could be an is...