## One Piece Chapter 637, pages 16-17: The Ancient Ark - Chapter: 637 - Pages: 16-17 - Characters: Shirahoshi, Vander Decken IX, Noah, Hody Jones ### Summary Page 16: Shirahoshi places herself before the Noah and corrects Decken: "Your 'target' is my life alone, is it not?!!" She refuses to let the kingdom die with her. "I cannot allow you to endanger the lives of the people of the Ryuugu Kingdom. Where my... where my life alone will suffice!!! I am over here!!!" she cries. Far below, everyone sees her racing upward and screams for the princess. Decken is thrilled, shouting, "My beloved Shirahoshi!!!" The Noah begins turning toward her, and the people realize that the ship is now heading straight for Princess Shirahoshi. 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.