## One Piece Chapter 703: Waiting Room - Chapter: 703 - Pages: 0-17 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Tony Tony Chopper, Nico Robin, Franky, Brook, Portgas D. Ace, Donquixote Doflamingo, Kin'emon, Violet, One-legged Soldier, Spartan ### Summary Page 0: The chapter opens with a full-color spread labeled "Chapter 703 - Waiting Room." The Straw Hat crew are arranged in a playful ocean rescue scene under the banner "We'll send an SOS to the world," with Luffy at the center, the others posed around sharks, ropes, floats, and sea-themed props. It is decorative rather than plot action, but it establishes the official chapter title. Page 1: The streets of Dressrosa settle around the shocking explanation of the prize. Someone reasons aloud, "So it seems like two copies of the same Devil Fruit can never exist at the same time," and then the impossible question hangs there: "But... why's the Mera Mera no Mi here...?" The answer comes through the strange cycle of Devil Fruits. "They say that when an ability user dies, the fruit with his former power is reborn somewhere in this world." Ace's "Firefist" fruit was reincarnated after his death, and without anyone knowing, Young Master was able to obtain the Mera Mera no Mi. The prize is no casual bait: "When it came to putting up a Logia fruit as a prize for this event... even Young Master was hesitant...!!" For anyone who could seize it, "Getting one's hands on something like that... my life would be changed forever." A protest bursts from the group: "Ehh!? You think I'd ever let you eat it!!?" Page 2: The name of the fruit hits Luffy directly. His face stiffens under his disguise and he shouts, "That Mera Mera no Mi!! I want it!!" Kin'emon realizes the weight behind the reaction: "Ah, that's right, Ace was your..." Luffy will not let Ace's flame become someone else's power. "I don't like the idea of someone else in the world walking around with Ace's power!!" In memory, Ace smiles and calls it "This... my 'Mera Mera' ability..." Luffy admits the practical problem: "I can't eat it, because I've already got the Gomu Gomu, but..." He turns to Franky. "Hmm would you eat it, Franky?" Franky refuses with his usual bluntness: "I'd rather be able to swim." Still, Luffy decides there is no walking away: "As long as we've got this chance, let's take it!!" Kin'emon recognizes the danger: "What Doflamingo said is enough for us to assume that this is a trap, but I'll say this much..." To him, "...so it's like a memento." Page 3: Kin'emon finishes the thought with a grin: "Living life with regrets is no fun. And we've got business at the Colosseum anyway, so let's go!!" Luffy answers instantly: "Yeah!!" The mood hardens as the men in the alley think about what waits there. One warns, "No one would be putting their lives on the line if just wanting it were enough..." Another adds, "Don't underestimate the level of play in the Colosseum...!!" Watching Luffy's group run away, someone mutters, "Those idiots..." Meanwhile, Zoro keeps chasing the thief who took his sword. The narration frames it as "Chasing after the mysterious 'fairy'." Sanji yells after him, "I said wait up!!! Who cares about a sword or two!! Just give up!" Zoro snaps back, "As if, you moron!!" The thief vanishes into the city. "Where'd it disappear to?" Zoro demands, while Sanji spots the scene ahead: "Did you see the fairy!?" The answer comes in surprise: "Wha!! That's...!!" Beyond them, music and dancing spill from a hall with "Stomp stomp," "Ching ching," "Strum," and "Strum ching clack." Page 4: The chase leads Sanji and Zoro to the front of a dance hall, where Zoro's irritation collides with the island's strange nightlife. Sanji is still trying to stop him: "I said wait up!!! Who cares about a sword or two!! Just give up!" Zoro answers only with anger, "As if, you moron!!" The trail ends in confusion. "Where'd it disappear to?" he asks, scanning the street as if the fairy thief has simply dissolved into Dressrosa. A bystander reacts, "Did you see the fairy!?" Another gasps, "Wha!! That's...!!" Inside and around the hall, the rhythm swallows the search. Feet hammer the floor with "Stomp stomp," instruments answer with "Strum," "Ching ching," and "Strum ching clack," and at the center of the performance a dark-haired dancer moves with deliberate, magnetic grace. Zoro and Sanji are pulled from pursuit into a completely different kind of spectacle, the stolen sword momentarily overtaken by the sound and movement of the city. Page 5: The dancer commands the room. Men cheer "So passionate," "So sweet," and "Bravo" as she dances through the music, breathless but poised. Someone calls out, "You're the best dancer in the world," while the page names her: "Dancing Girl Violet." Sanji is already lost. Heart marks swirl around him as he stares and stammers, "P... pretty..." Zoro, unimpressed and practical, warns him, "Didn't you hear about how the women in this place stab men? Someone like you...