## One Piece Chapter 516, pages 12-13: The Pirate Empress Boa Hancock - Chapter: 516 - Pages: 12-13 - Characters: Boa Hancock, Vice Admiral Momonga, Marines, Boa Sandersonia, Boa Marigold ### Summary Page 12: Momonga and the Marines stare at Hancock's outrageous demands. A Marine shouts, "THAT'S RIDICULOUS!!!" and Momonga snaps, "WHAT KIND OF SPOILED LITTLE BRAT ARE YOU!!? DO YOU REALLY THINK WE'LL GRANT YOUR UNREASONABLE DESIRES!!" Yet the lower-ranking Marines immediately crumble under her charm, hearts floating around them as they say, "WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN," "I WANT TO GIVE HER ANYTHING SHE WANTS," and "COME ON, HURRY!" One panicked officer asks, "WHY ARE YOU BRINGING OUT THE CARGO!!? OPEN YOUR EYES!!!" Another answers helplessly, "OH NO, I SUDDENLY STARTED DOING WHAT SHE TOLD ME!!" Momonga, still disciplined, returns to the war: "THE EXECUTION WILL BE EXACTLY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!! AT THE PLAZA IN THE TOWN OF MARINEFORD, OWNED BY MARINE HEAD-QUARTERS, FIRE FIST ACE'S LIFE WILL END!" The political stakes of Hancock's refusal now sit directly beside Ace's impending execution. Page 13: Momonga explains the timetable with urgency: "IN OTHER WORDS, WITHIN THIS WEEK!! WHITEBEARD WILL DEFINITELY MAKE HIS MOVE!!!" Marine Headquarters, led by its three admirals, is preparing to marshal all forces to face Whitebeard. The choice for Hancock is stark: "EITHER LOSE YOUR SHICHIBUKAI TITLE OR ASSEMBLE WITH THE OTHERS!! THOSE ARE YOUR CHOICES!!! THE TIME IS DRAWING NEAR!!!" Hancock listens without fear and answers with her own contradiction: "I LIKE MY POSITION AS A SHICHIBUKAI. I WOULD HATE TO HAVE IT REVOKED... BUT I ALSO HATE THE WORLD GOVERNMENT... AND I WILL NOT FOLLOW THEIR ORDERS." She proposes a cover-up: "SO HOW ABOUT THIS...? IN A MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT... THE MARINES WHO WERE SENT TO RETRIEVE ME HAD THEIR BODIES TURNED TO STONE AND WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED..." Her solution is not negotiation but erasure, and the calm way she phrases it makes the threat colder.