## One Piece Chapter 637, pages 17-18: The Ancient Ark - Chapter: 637 - Pages: 17-18 - Characters: Shirahoshi, Vander Decken IX, Hody Jones, Noah, Monkey D. Luffy ### Summary Page 17: The plaza understands Shirahoshi's sacrifice. Citizens cry, "Mermaid princess!!!" and ask if there is no way to save her. Vander Decken, still infatuated, points at her and says, "Ahhhh...! For our sake, she...!! Ahhhh, your beauty runs deep, my Shirahoshi!! Right to the heart!!!" Then his jealousy turns vicious. He says if she believes she can bear the full force of the calamity with her single body, then she should die in the height of her beauty so she may live on in his heart alone. Hody calls him a dangerous traitor and filthy scoundrel, realizing Decken planned to crush him and the rest of the island too. Page 18: The Noah changes course and charges after Shirahoshi. Luffy yells, "That crazy cry-Hoshi!! I told her to stay close to me!!" and shouts for her to run. Hody's men suddenly notice their own captain has disappeared: "Hody-san is gone!!" A moment later they look up and see him already on the moving chains, heading toward the ship. Hody is not chasing Shirahoshi to save anyone; he is going to exploit the situation and reach Noah.