## One Piece Chapter 31, pages 17-18: THE TRUTH - Chapter: 31 - Pages: 17-18 - Characters: Roronoa Zoro, Sham, Usopp, Nami, Jango, Buchi ### Summary Page 17: Zoro's sword strikes down, but Sham swiftly dodges, getting inside Zoro's guard and grabbing Zoro's wrist. Sham looks up at Zoro and says, "YOU...". Zoro looks surprised as Sham continues, "YOU MUST BE THINKING... THAT I'M JUST A COWARD?". In the next panel, Sham crouches low to the ground, having completely evaded the strike. He smirks and reveals, "I WAS JUST PRETENDING TO BE A COWARD". He adds, "IF I DIDN'T, THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT YOUR GUARD DOWN!". Zoro looks down at him in shock, thinking, ".........!!". Page 18: Usopp and Nami watch the fight in shock. Usopp exclaims, "SO HE WAS JUST ACTING SCARED?!". Nami suddenly notices something wrong and yells, "ZORO!? YOUR KATANAS...". Zoro stands confused, holding only one sword, and asks, "EH... WHERE DID THEY GO!". In the next panel, Sham stands confidently, holding two of Zoro's swords behind his back with a smirk. He taunts, "YOU LOOK LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE A FEW SKILLS! BUT YOU UNDERESTIMATED ME, SHAM OF THE NYABAN BROTHERS". He continues to mock Zoro, "WHAT? ARE YOU MISSING SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT!!". Watching from below, Jango points and says, "THERE IT IS!", while Buchi adds, "CAT BURGLAR". A close-up shows Zoro looking furious as he realizes what happened, thinking, "THAT BASTARD...!!! STOLE MY KATANAS...!!!".