## One Piece Chapter 38, pages 17-19: PIRATE FLEET - Chapter: 38 - Pages: 17-19 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Kuro, Black Cat Pirates, Nami ### Summary Page 17: The Black Cat Pirates fall to their knees, desperately begging Kuro for their lives. "CA... CAPTAIN KURO!! IF I GO BACK TO SEA I WON'T TELL ANYONE YOU'RE STILL ALIVE, SO PLEASE LET ME LIVE!!!" one pleads. Another yells, "HEY YOU'RE SO SELFISH, TRYIN' TO SAVE ONLY YOURSELF!!" Others join in, "I WON'T TELL ANYONE EITHER, CAPTAIN KURO! JUST SPARE ME!!!" "ME TOO!!" "ME TOO, ME TOO!!!" Luffy watches Kuro, who is still just swaying back and forth. "WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?" Luffy wonders. "JUST PLEASE DON'T USE THAT TECHNIQUE!!" the pirates cry. "HE'S JUST SWAYING THERE..." "WE'LL DO ANYTHING!!!" Kuro's face is heavily shadowed, his eyes glowing ominously as he whispers the name of his technique: "'SHAKUSHI'!!!" Page 18: A wide shot shows the rocky slope. Kuro has completely vanished from sight, leaving only a small cloud of dust where he stood. Luffy and the Black Cat Pirates are frozen in place, looking around in confusion. Nami appears near the edge of the path, observing the scene. "...WHY IS EVERYONE STANDING STILL..." she wonders. "IS IT OVER...?" She looks at the seemingly peaceful slope. "HMMM... IS THE BATTLE OVER ALREADY? I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF TREASURE. AH... HOW DISAPPOINTING..." The sudden stillness creates an eerie tension before the storm. Page 19: The silence is violently broken as an invisible force slashes across the chest of one of the Black Cat Pirates. Blood spurts into the air as the pirate screams in agony, "UWAAAAAAAHH!!!" Luffy looks around in shock, yelling, "HUH?! WHAT'S HAPPENING?!!" Another pirate is struck down nearby, crying out, "ARGH!" "ANOTHER ONE!!" someone yells. The invisible attacks continue, leaving deep, jagged claw marks gouged into the solid rock face. "NOW THE ROCKS!!" a pirate screams. "GYAAAAAH!" The crew is thrown into absolute chaos as they are indiscriminately slaughtered by an unseen enemy.