## One Piece Chapter 356, pages 13-15: Tom - Chapter: 356 - Pages: 13-15 - Characters: Tom, Franky, Iceburg, Spandam, Gol D. Roger ### Summary Page 13: The trial resumes under the shadow of the attack. The judge begins where Tom should have been honored: "FIRST OF ALL... ON THE MATTER OF THE 'SEA TRAIN'..." He acknowledges the achievement without reservation. "THERE ARE NO OTHER WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT BUT MAR-VELOUS. FROM NOW ON, IT WILL BE THE PROSPERITY OF WATER SEVEN." Taking that into account, he says, "WITHOUT A DOUBT, IT HAS MADE A PROFOUND CONTRIBUTION." Then the almost-pardon appears, cruelly close: "WE HAD ALMOST DECIDED TO PARDON YOU... REGARDING THE PREVIOUS CHARGE OF BUILDING GOLD ROGER'S PIRATE SHIP, BUT..." Franky cannot bear the farce and shouts, "GIVE ME A BREAK!!! WHY HAVE YOU REPEATED THE CRIME?!!" He points at the truth everyone should see: "IT WAS THAT LOW-LIFE OVER THERE, SPANDAM!!! WE AREN'T THE ONES WHO ATTACKED THE SHIHOUSEN!!!" Page 14: Spandam laughs openly at Franky's accusation: "DOWA HAHAHA HAHAHA HAHA!" Someone in the crowd sneers, "WHAT A THING TO SAY, TOM'S WORKER!!" Franky continues anyway, "THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY, CP5, SINKING THE SHIHOUSEN." A citizen challenges him, "WHAT'RE YOU TRYING TO PULL? YOU HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN FROM SAYING THAT!!" Spandam turns the crowd's logic against them with a relaxed smile. "TO BEGIN WITH ... I WONDER, YOU'RE THE ONE CALLED KATY FLAM...!?" He announces the visible evidence: "WE CAUGHT YOU GUYS RED-HANDED RIDING ON THE SHIPS!!" Then he points to the design itself: "MOREOVER, AREN'T THOSE SHIPS MADE BY YOUR COMPANY!?" The trap works because every proof available to ordinary eyes points to Tom's Workers, while the real mastermind stands in front of everyone pretending the accusation is absurd. Page 15: Franky tries to deny the ships by denying what they have become. He says, "...!! SHIPS THAT DO THINGS LIKE THAT... THEY'RE NO LONGER...!!" Then he cuts the tie in the harshest words he can find: "THOSE PIECES OF JUNK AREN'T MY SHIPS!!!" The statement is not a clever defense; it is a wounded craftsman trying to separate himself from weapons that killed and injured people. Spandam moves in close and strikes him down with the butt of his weapon. The sound "CHING!!" is followed by Franky's cry, "AH!" and a shocked "!" from the others. Franky's body is knocked violently into Tom's massive frame, the force of the blow throwing the apprentice against the master. The page makes the denial physical: Franky rejects the ships, Spandam punishes him, and Tom receives the impact of the boy's pain.