## One Piece Chapter 521: Hoof of the Soaring Dragon - Chapter: 521 - Pages: 0-18 - Characters: Marine pursuers, CP9, Monkey D. Luffy, Boa Hancock, Boa Sandersonia, Boa Marigold, Marguerite, Sweet Pea, Aphelandra, Kuja warriors, Hancock's snake, Hachi, Elder Nyon, World Nobles, Kuja Pirates, Fisher Tiger, escaped slaves, Sun Pirates, World Government ### Summary Page 0: The chapter opens with the title text, "Chapter 521: \"HOOF OF THE SOARING DRAGON\"." The cover story continues as "CP9 INDEPENDENT ACTION REPORT VOL. 27: \"PURSUERS ARRIVE - OPERATION CAPTURE CP9.\"" A squad of Marines races through a wooded town area in pursuit, weapons drawn and faces tense. Several uniformed soldiers run across the grass with rifles and swords, while a large Marine with a broad dark hairstyle leads the group from the foreground. A ship and buildings appear in the background, indicating that the pursuers have arrived at the location connected to CP9's independent cover story. The image is a side-story extra rather than part of Amazon Lily's main plot, and the manga-hosting footer below the artwork is unrelated boilerplate. Page 1: After the coliseum battle, Sandersonia and Marigold bow their heads in shame before Hancock. They apologize, "We're sorry, sister!!" and admit, "Not only did we lose, but we were even saved by the enemy!" Luffy, still on the platform near the petrified women, asks Hancock, "Are you going to fight me next...?" Hancock, however, has no appetite for it after watching him protect her sister's secret. She says, "No, that's enough... I don't feel like it...!!" Luffy looks over Marguerite's stone body and says, "I see... Looks like she didn't crack..." The page shifts the confrontation from physical combat to consequences: the sisters have been humbled, Hancock is shaken, and Luffy's immediate concern is still the people turned to stone because of him. Page 2: Luffy presses Hancock about the petrified women: "You can do something like that, right? Turn these guys back to normal!!" He insists, "They were just helping me out. They didn't do anything wrong!!" Hancock's eyes narrow, but she answers, "I certainly can undo the petrification." Then she reveals the condition: "But... you said there's somewhere you want to go by boat, right? I will take only one of your requests...!! Either I change them back or I let you leave the island!! Choose one and abandon the other!! Show your true nature, you man...!!" Luffy stares at her as she makes the test explicit. Hancock expects him to reveal selfishness, forcing him to choose between his own escape and the lives of Marguerite, Sweet Pea, and Aphelandra. Page 3: Luffy answers without hesitation. He drops forward with a huge grin and says, "Okay!! Thanks!! Then please save these guys!!" Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold are shocked by how quickly he abandons the chance to leave. Luffy even bows deeply, saying, "Thank you very much!!" The sisters stare in silence, sweating and wide-eyed. Sandersonia reflects, "... A man with that kind of Haki... in order to help those who saved him... is willing to lower his head..." and another thought completes the point: "Without a moment's hesitation..." Luffy's simple choice overturns Hancock's test. He chooses the women who helped him over his own urgent journey, revealing a loyalty and humility the sisters did not expect from a man or an enemy. Page 4: At the coliseum exit, the petrification is undone. Marguerite, Sweet Pea, and Aphelandra stand alive again while friends shout their names: "Margaret!!" "Sweetpea!!" and "Aphelandra!!" One warrior cries, "Everyone! So this is where you were!" Another group says, "Thank goodness you're un-petrified," while others explain, "We were worried!! Going out there to help that man...!!" and ask, "We thought something happened!! Petrified?" Marguerite looks confused, saying, "I have no idea what happened..." while her companions ask, "What happened...?" They do not remember the missing time. The page restores Luffy's friends to life and lets the surrounding Kuja exhale, but it also shows how much of the arena incident has been hidden from ordinary warriors. Page 5: Marguerite tries to reconstruct what happened. She remembers, "When I came to, that man was really happy... and everyone was gone..." while a flashback shows Luffy thanking her and saying, "Thank God, you guys! I don't know what I would do if you guys died!!" The others gather around and ask, "Margaret, what happened to the man?" and, "What about Lady Hebihime? Did she turn the man to stone?" Another says her memory ended after being petrified and asks what happened next. Marguerite answers, "I don't really understand, but... he was taken into Kuja Castle..." The group is stunned: "Eh!? The man was... taken to Kuja Castle...!!?" The page moves the story from the public arena to the private palace, while the Kuja outside are left bewildered by Hancock's sudden decision. Page 6: Inside the Empress's Hall, Luffy sits before...