## One Piece Chapter 429, pages 6-7: Complete Defeat - Chapter: 429 - Pages: 6-7 - Characters: Sogeking, Going Merry, Sanji, Nami ### Summary Page 6: Sogeking sees the barrage begin and yells, "HERE THEY COME!!!" The fleet orders, "FIRE!!!" Cannonballs roar across the water, but the shots smash wildly into the sea and even threaten other warships. Marines panic: "F-FRIENDLY FIRE!?" and "THE OTHER CANNONBALLS AREN'T HITTING US, EITHER!!!" Officers snap, "WHERE ARE YOU AIMING AT, ALL OF YOU!?" but the gunners insist the aim went off for no reason. The battlefield itself has turned against them; ships lurch, officers shout to avoid crashing, and the fleet begins losing control. Page 7: The Marines finally understand what happened. "WE DIDN'T REALIZE THE GATES OF JUSTICE WERE CLOSED!" one reports. With the gates shut, the blocked current has created whirlpools that override the ships' steering and ruin their aim. Officers shout not to be swallowed by the current and demand, "IDIOTS! WHY DID YOU CLOSE THE GATES!?" The answer is on Merry. Sanji grins, and Nami realizes it: "SANJI!! COULD IT BE...!?" He admits the enemy was not something they could escape from with guts alone. Before he returned, he had reached the lever at the third prop of the Bridge of Hesitation and closed the Gates of Justice.