## One Piece Chapter 1040: Falling on Deaf Ears - Chapter: 1040 - Pages: 0-11 - Characters: Big Mom, Vinsmoke Niji, Vinsmoke Yonji, Germa 66, Eustass Kid, Trafalgar D. Water Law, Kid Pirates, Heart Pirates, Samurai, Beast Pirates, Misery, Donquixote Rosinante, Prometheus, Napoleon, Hera, Yamato, Kurozumi Orochi, Gol D. Roger, Kozuki Momonosuke, Zunesha, Kozuki Oden, Joyboy ### Summary Page 0: The title page reads "Chapter 1040: Falling on Deaf Ears." It continues Germa 66's cold-blooded voyage, volume 4: "A creature that science cannot overcome." The cover-story image shows Big Mom looming in the background while Vinsmoke Niji and Vinsmoke Yonji remain trapped or displayed in Chocolate Town, with Germa 66 imagery tied to the aftermath of Whole Cake Island. This is official cover-story material rather than the live Wano battle, so it is retained as useful extra context. Page 1: The chapter resumes at the current location as Kid's "Damned Punk" continues firing. Big Mom is blasted by the electromagnetic cannon while the recoil and impact tear through the live floor. A caption shouts "Damned Punk unleashed!!" and Big Mom laughs or cries out under the pressure, but she does not vanish from the attack. Kid smirks at the force of his shot, while the battlefield below buckles and cracks. Big Mom, still conscious despite being hammered by Kid's beam and Law's prior attack, snarls, "You damn brats!" The page keeps the focus on the same clash from the previous chapter: Big Mom is being forced downward, but her durability makes it unclear whether even this combined finishing sequence will be enough. Page 2: The crews panic when Big Mom is still not blown away. They shout, "Wha?! She wasn't blown away?!" and "That's not enough to put her down?!" Others see that Kid and Law are already at their limit and yell, "You've gotta be kidding me!! She's taking it!!" Big Mom turns the fear back on everyone with Soul Pocus. She says, "I'll let you choose your fate... When this attack is done tickling me, you can either give me 50 years from your lifespans... Or you can live on as my slaves!!" Her mouth opens wide over the words "Life or... Slave!!" and a fighter realizes, "Crap! She's using Soul Pocus!!" The page shows that Big Mom's threat is not only physical; she is trying to regain control by weaponizing terror itself. Page 3: Big Mom's Soul Pocus reaches the nearby crews, and fighters scream, "Gyaaah!! She's stealing our lifespans too!!" Kid's men yell, "Boss!! Maybe we should fall back!!" and others stare at Big Mom's continuing strength, saying, "What a monster!!" and "She doesn't look like she's anywhere near death's door!!" They beg their captain, "Captain!! We've gotta get outta here!!" but Law tells them, "You guys go ahead." Big Mom's face fills the side of the page as she is still fighting through the cannon blast and the crater. The scene shows why Soul Pocus normally works: everyone around her is afraid enough to lose lifespan, except the two captains who are too committed, angry, or exhausted to give her the fear she needs. Page 4: Kid and Law refuse to be intimidated. Kid asks, "You think the last gasps... of an old windbag scare me?!" while Law activates "R-Room!" and says Big Mom's death screeches are doing his ears in. The crowd realizes, "Their souls aren't coming out!!" and wonders whether Big Mom's power is failing because "She's an Emperor, and they're not scared at all?!" Kid curses her, "Damn Emperor! You just don't know when to quit!! I'm sending you packing straight to hell!!" Misery tries to rescue Big Mom, crying, "Hold on tight, Mama!! I'll save you!!" but Law prepares to handle the homie and says he will do it like the man who saved his life. The page ties Law's silencing move to Corazon's legacy and makes fearlessness the counter to Big Mom's soul theft. Page 5: Law throws a silent room over Big Mom and the battlefield. The attack lands with "Silence!!" and someone realizes, "Huh?! There's no noise!!" Another voice explains, "This technique cancels out every sound you make!!" Big Mom tries to shout, "What the hell?! My voice...!!" but no sound reaches the outside. Her homies call for her, and Misery says, "I can't hear you..." while Big Mom's own "Mama!!" calls are swallowed. Kid, seeing the opening, says, "Have another...!!" and fires "Damned Punk!!" again. The page turns the chapter title into the mechanism of victory: Big Mom's commands, screams, and Soul Pocus are falling on deaf ears because Law has sealed them in silence. Page 6: Big Mom continues falling through the wreckage as Kid's cannon forces her down and Law's silence keeps her from calling for help. Her homies shout "Mama!!" and Big Mom calls, "Prometheus!! Hera!! What are you doing?! Come help me!!" but the silence means her orders do not reach them. In the basement armory, Yamato watches the chaos and asks why the attack did not make any noise. Big Mom crashes past the frozen bombs and rubble, still desperate for her homies to s...