## One Piece Chapter 521, pages 6-7: Hoof of the Soaring Dragon - Chapter: 521 - Pages: 6-7 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Boa Sandersonia, Boa Marigold, Boa Hancock, Hancock's snake ### Summary Page 6: Inside the Empress's Hall, Luffy sits before a closed curtain while Sandersonia and Marigold flank the room. He wonders, "What's going on? Some business... ah... An after-battle meal, maybe? If that's the case, then I'd be happy to..." The sisters answer sincerely instead. Sandersonia says, "... We really need to thank you..." and Marigold adds, "You have our gratitude. If they had seen what is on our backs, we wouldn't be able to stay in this country anymore..." Luffy brushes it off: "Nah, it's fine. It's not like I can eat your gratitude." A voice then tells him, "You may enter!" and someone calls, "Come inside... 'Man.'" Luffy perks up at the wrong possibility, asking, "Inside? Inside the curtain... Oh! Food?" The page mixes gratitude with Luffy's comic simplicity as the sisters prepare to reveal the truth. Page 7: Luffy steps behind the curtain and finds Hancock naked except for a sheet and her giant snake companion coiled around her. He recoils and says, "Excuse m-... that's not food!" then blurts, "Hey! Why are you naked?" Hancock calmly replies, "That was a very rude response... but I suppose that's to be expected." She tells him, "Very well..." and turns her back to him. Pulling her hair aside, she reveals the black mark between her shoulders and says, "This mark...!! You said you had seen it somewhere before... Take a good look at it now." Luffy stares in confusion. The page changes the tone from comedy to vulnerability, as Hancock deliberately exposes the exact secret she once wanted to kill him for seeing.