Page 0: - Title page header announces chapter name 'The Leaders' with no spoken dialogue present. Page 1: - Scarred cigar-smoking man questions if secret path from childhood was used, conveying suspicion and confrontation. - Pigtail woman shouts 'KOUZA!' in shock and recognition with distressed expression. - Zoro internally questions if he is seeing things, reflecting confusion and tension. Page 2: - Zoro reflects on arriving with intent to persuade Royalist Forces but finding a different situation. - Scarred man calls out 'Chaka...!' upon seeing the man in white hat. Page 3: - Zoro states disbelief at seeing the king nearly murdered by the 'Country's Hero'. - Wapol laughs 'Kuhahaha!' and remarks on the interesting turn of events with leaders meeting during rebellion climax. - Woman in hat notes the worst-case scenario is the correct answer while observing Zoro's confusion. Page 4: - Mustached man asks crowd if they love the country with public address intent. - Bearded man orders Kouza not to doubt the king in commanding tone. - Vivi calls out to Kouza in urgent desperate voice while bloodied. - Bandaged man declares loyalty to his birthplace with defiant grin. Page 5: - Crocodile reveals he set traps for both sides over two years with mocking amusement. - Crocodile states it would have been better for Kouza to die without learning truth. - Kouza reacts with visible shock to the revelation. Page 6: - Crocodile urges Kouza to save lives because only he can act now. - Crocodile reveals palace square will explode in under half an hour. - Kouza yells hurry in alarmed response. - Crocodile notes Kouza is still alive with mocking tone. Page 7: - Vivi reacts with despair while clutching head. - Fallen man croaks Vivi's name. - Crocodile gasps NOOO with extreme shock.