## One Piece Chapter 726: The Riku Clan - Chapter: 726 - Pages: 0-17 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Tony Tony Chopper, Nico Robin, Franky, Brook, Cavendish, Sai, Don Chinjao, Hajrudin, Riku Doldo III, Tank Lepanto, Rebecca, Elizabello II, Viola, Donquixote Doflamingo, Dagama, Donquixote Family, Leo, Tontatta Tribe, Mansherry, Toy Soldier, Scarlett ### Summary Page 0: Chapter 726, "The Riku Clan," opens with a color spread of the Straw Hat crew gathered in bright, fashionable outfits. Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, and Brook stand together like a full crew portrait, with Sunny imagery and bold One Piece lettering behind them. The page functions as a celebratory crew image before the story returns to the darkness under Dressrosa. Page 1: In the basement of the colosseum, defeated fighters keep crashing down into the hidden pit. They fall one after another, crying "Gyahhh!!" as dust and broken toys scatter beneath them. Someone groans, "Oh, oh... They keep falling, one after the other...!!!" Cavendish cries, "Ah...!! Gramps!! Big bro too!!!" while other fallen warriors cough and struggle to rise. A giant asks the question everyone is thinking: "Uhh, shit *cough cough*! What the hell is this!!? A mountain of garbage and toys!!?" One of the trapped men warns, "You should move from there. Others will be falling." The pit is not merely a disposal chamber; it is a hidden dumping ground where defeated gladiators, discarded toys, and the truth of Dressrosa are gathered out of sight. Page 2: The fallen fighters begin recognizing one another in the underground chamber. Former gladiator Ricky looks up and says, "Such a massive scrapheap would exist... to think that in this country's underground..." Dressrosa squad captain Tank Lepanto stares at him and says, "Yer... I mean... you are...!!" Ricky replies, "I just have this nagging feeling... If I'm wrong... then please forgive me, but..." The realization spreads through the crowd: "King Riku... aren't you...?" and then "King Riku!?" Someone protests, "King Riku!? Don't be stupid... Isn't he dead...!?" Another laughs bitterly, "Shihaha, Dressrosa's... last king... I heard he just went mad." The pit has thrown together the country's discarded people, and among them is the former king everyone thought was gone. Page 3: Riku Doldo III confirms the truth with exhausted dignity: "...Indeed, I am. But you should no longer call me 'king'. Squad captain Tank." Tank cries out, "King Riku!!! Thank goodness you're alive...!!!" Riku answers that after falling to such depths within the earth, there is no use hiding anymore. The page identifies him as Former King of Dressrosa: Riku Doldo III, Rebecca's grandfather. Riku says, "I'm merely an old man at this point. An old man with naught but a grandchild I could not save... and my deep crimes." When someone asks whether he is alive after all, Riku answers, "No need to say it... I'm already aware...!!" and admits, "The truth is, I am now far too Doflamingo's... It's been far too long!!" His survival is not triumphant; it is burdened by guilt. Page 4: The trapped fighters react to Riku's presence. Elizabello II says, "You're protecting Viola for me, right?" and tells him, "It must have been a painful decision! I would never doubt a man as virtuous as yourself." Someone says, "No, compared to yours, it was nothing...!" Then the crowd realizes, "Hey, what the hell!? So you were King Riku all along!!!" Another voice calls him "the king of prodense," and Elizabello embraces him with emotion: "This brings back memories!! You aided my country during hard times all too often!! Glad to see you alive!!" Yet the larger political damage remains. Elizabello says that ever since Riku vanished, the balance among surrounding countries has been thrown off and there has been nothing but war: "It's gotten to be a real pain...!!" Page 5: Elizabello explains how Doflamingo's underground dealings have warped the region. "There's someone who's been drumming up the wars from behind the scenes, and doing quite well for himself as a result...!!" he says. "He keeps selling weapons to these warring nations!!" Doflamingo's underworld alias is named plainly: "Hiya haya it's the broker, 'Joker'!! That's Doflamingo's underworld alias." The problem is that no one knows where the weapons are being made and stored. Elizabello says that in the wars of fair Kano Country, Joker has provided weapons to their enemies. Sai connects the suffering of his homeland to the fallen king before him: "King Riku! Your strange actions led to Doflamingo becoming king... and thanks to that, neighboring countries are facing untold hardship!!!" He says the Happou Navy under orders from the king of Kano has come to stop the secret weapons trade. Page 6: Dagama defends the old king's reputation, shouting, "Shut your mouth! Dagama!!" and then insists, "But now, the name King Riku... in our country's past, Dressrosa was surely a great...