## One Piece Chapter 384: Give the Signal for a Counterattack - Chapter: 384 - Pages: 0-17 - Characters: Miss Goldenweek, Mr. 3, Sogeking, Galley-La Company, World Government agents, Nico Robin, Oimo, Kashii, Dorry, Brogy, Marines, World Government, Houbantai, Sodom, Gomorrah, 11 Jurymen, Monkey D. Luffy, Nami, Sanji, Roronoa Zoro, Straw Hat Pirates, Tony Tony Chopper, Kokoro, Chimney, Tom, Franky, Franky Family ### Summary Page 0: The cover story continues Miss Goldenweek's strategy, "Meet Baroque," with Vol. 19: "Give the signal for a counterattack." On a small vessel marked Mr. 3, a shadowed figure and animal companions move across the water as a herd-like mass runs along the shore. This page is a Baroque Works side-story beat rather than part of the Enies Lobby rescue. Page 1: Sogeking freezes in the middle of Enies Lobby, sweat pouring under his mask, realizing he never got onto the King Bull. His first thought is only "... ..." and then the panic becomes words: "I missed getting on the King Bull..." He watches the distant battle with the shipwrights tearing through guards and mutters, "Wha-wha-wha-what should I do? I'm getting left behind." Even while frightened, he admits, "But those shipwrights are incredible..." His cowardice fights his pride until he decides, "Either way... I'm out of the group... I should escape...!!" The page title asks, "Which road will Sogeking take?" and the page leaves him alone with that shameful choice. Page 2: Sogeking tries to run, but his own memory stops him. He tells himself, "No, no, no way, no way. I can't just run!! Be a man, Usopp!!" and remembers the stakes: "Robin offered herself to protect us, so this is serious!! I've gotta fight no matter what!!!" Then he finds a strategy that lets his fear wear a heroic costume. "Okay...!!" he says, deciding, "There's only one way to get to everyone... with the 'Disguise Myself-as-a-Government-Official-and-Pass-Through-the-Government-Mob Epic Strategy'!!" The plan immediately collapses when he splashes into water and hears, "Enemy raid!! Enemy raid!!" The attack is named "Mizusime: Cutting off a castle's water supply," and soldiers scream, "Uo--!! What the? What's this Mizuseme!?" while Sogeking blinks, "Huh!?" Page 3: The water blast wakes one of the fallen giants. As water pours over him with "Splish splish," Sogeking throws up his arms and declares, "I am mortified...!!!" while someone shouts, "Gya--!!! The giant woke up--!!!" The giant Oimo looks down in confusion and grief, saying, "We failed in our 50th year... We're a disgrace to Elbaf...!!!" Sogeking catches the word and stammers, "E...!! Elbaf...!?" The giant apologizes, "We're sorry, bosses... We're sorry... Uooo...!!!" Sogeking realizes this is not merely an enemy waking up. He asks, "Did you really come from the warrior village of Elbaf!?" and then, shaken by recognition, "Who the hell are you..." Page 4: Oimo begins explaining the lie that trapped him. As smoke rolls over the ruined street, he says, "I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell someone like you, but..." and names himself, "Kaashii... and I... we became pirates 100 years ago... and rampaged around the world." He tells Sogeking that one day, on an island, "the two bosses began to duel." The crew dissolved and all the shipmates returned home, while "only the winner of the life or death warriors' duel was expected to return home." Oimo says, "Although we waited many years, neither of them came back." So he and Kashii went to sea to find them, but "on the way, we were captured by the Marines, and they forced information out of us. That's when they surprised us with the truth!" Page 5: Oimo says the Marines told them, "Those two strong bosses are being held in a huge Government prison...!!" Sogeking can only answer, "Ehh??" and "??" because he knows enough to doubt the story. Oimo continues that this was "about 50 years ago..." and explains the deal: "But the Government gave us this condition...!! If Kaashii and I work for the Government for 100 years... in other words, if we guard the gate of Enies Lobby for 100 years, they'll release the bosses and let us return to Elbaf together...!!!" Since a giant's lifespan is 300 years, they accepted it, but after fifty years the gate's destruction by pirates has ruined the bargain. Oimo cries, "Damnit! Now the bosses will rot in jail for the rest of their lives...!! Uooo...!!!" Page 6: Sogeking reacts to Oimo's story with disbelief, but not for the reason Oimo expects. When Oimo wails "Uooooo...!!" Sogeking tries to stop him: "Hey, hey, wait, wait a minute!! That story's funny!!" Then he corrects himself under Oimo's glare: "No no, not that kind of funny! I meant it's strange!!" He reveals the truth that shatters the Government's lie: "Those Elbaf warriors you're talking about, Dorry and Brogy, have been on that island for 100 years, and continue to fight in that endless duel!!!" Sogeking insists, "Because while we were sailing here, we met those two!!" Oimo asks, "You...