## One Piece Chapter 421, pages 4-6: Gear Third - Chapter: 421 - Pages: 4-6 - Characters: Nami, Tony Tony Chopper, Kokoro, Chimney, Gonbe, Monkey D. Luffy, Rob Lucci, Nico Robin ### Summary Page 4: The scene shifts to the underground passage below the sea. A small map shows Nami, Chopper, Kokoro, Gonbe, and Chimney on one side, while Zoro, Sogeking, and Sanji are on the other, all trying to reach one another through the shortcut. Suddenly water floods the corridor. Nami cries, "WHY WATER!!? WHA!!? WHY!!? THERE IS NO ESCAPE HATCH OR ANYTHING!!" Chopper panics, "WATER~~~!!?" and Kokoro, still carrying the others forward, yells, "WHAD IN DAH NAME O' BEER IS THIZZ?" The surge barrels through the passage with everyone running from it, and someone screams, "HEEEELP!!!" The flooding is not random. It is the result of Lucci's attack from the previous chapter, and the escape route is turning into a trap. Page 5: Inside the Bridge of Hesitation prop interior, the water keeps rising. The map identifies the arena as "Luffy vs Rob Lucci," and Lucci looks down at the flood he has caused. He tells Luffy, "WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS ANYONE IN THE PASSAGE, THE PATH TO THIS PLACE HAS BEEN CUT OFF..." Then he makes the threat plain: "IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THIS ROOM IS COMPLETELY FILLED WITH WATER." Luffy screams back, "BASTARD!!!" because he now understands that his friends may be trapped below. Lucci has turned the building itself into a weapon, using seawater to shut off escape and punish anyone trying to reach the bridge. Page 6: Luffy looks up as the ceiling and circular upper structure crack under the force of the battle and the bombardment. A Den Den Mushi connection clicks and coos, and Lucci points out that the room is still above sea level: "THIS PLACE IS LOCATED ABOVE SEA LEVEL, SO THE WATER WON'T REACH HERE." He also makes Luffy listen to what is happening outside: "YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF THE WARSHIPS' BOMBARDMENT, CAN'T YOU?" Luffy stands across from him, battered and breathing hard, thinking of the others. The questions hang over him: "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PIRATES...?" and "WHAT HAPPENED TO NICO ROBIN...?" Lucci uses every sound from outside as pressure, trying to make Luffy feel the battlefield collapsing beyond his reach.