## One Piece Chapter 5.3, pages 3-4: THE PIRATE KING AND THE GREAT SWORDSMAN - Chapter: 5.3 - Pages: 3-4 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Helmeppo, Marines, Roronoa Zoro, Koby ### Summary Page 3: Faced with the armed Marines, Luffy quickly grabs Helmeppo and holds him up in front of himself as a human shield. The Marines are shocked, exclaiming, 'What...!! You're actually using Helmeppo-sama as your shield...!!' Luffy confidently taunts them, 'Go ahead and shoot!!' The Marines open fire anyway, and a barrage of bullets hits Helmeppo. Helmeppo screams in agony, 'AAAAAH!!' as he takes the hits. He falls to his knees, clutching his bleeding shoulder, crying, 'I've been shot! Bleeding!! I'm bleeding!' Ignoring Helmeppo's plight, Luffy grabs him by the collar again and resumes running down the hallway, dragging the wounded Helmeppo behind him as he screams. Page 4: Back at the execution grounds, Roronoa Zoro is still tied to the wooden cross. Koby runs up to him, panting heavily and bleeding from a gunshot wound on his shoulder. Zoro looks down at him and asks, 'Are you alright......?' Koby falls to his knees in front of Zoro, desperately trying to untie the ropes. He cries, 'No!!... I've... got to set you free as soon as possible...!! They're almost here...' Zoro tells him, 'Run for your life. Hurry and lea... There is no need to worry about me. As long as I can stand this for a month, they'll set me free.' Koby, tears streaming down his face, reveals the truth: 'They will not set you free!! Because they're gonna kill you in three days!! Nonsense...! That bastard promised me that if I could survive this for a month, he'd free me...'