## One Piece Chapter 444, pages 17-18: Adventure at Ghost Island - Chapter: 444 - Pages: 17-18 - Characters: Nami, Usopp, Chopper, Cerberus, Hildon ### Summary Page 17: Their panic only makes Cerberus angrier. Usopp yells, "YOU MADE IT ANGRY!!!" Chopper hears the change: "HE STARTED TO SAY 'GOOON' INSTEAD!!!" Nami cries, "THAT AGGRAVATED HIM!?" They spot salvation: "A STAIRCASE!!!" and "WE CAN GET TO THE SURFACE LEVEL!!" The trio scrambles up, panting, "HAA" as the three-headed beast prowls below. In the forest above, the creature eventually loses their trail. Chopper says, "THEY'RE GONE FOR NOW..." and Usopp adds, "FOR DOGS, THEIR NOSE DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK THAT WELL." Nami warns, "IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS WANDERING AROUND, IT'S PRETTY RISKY TO JUST WAIT SOMEWHERE THAT CAN BE EASILY SPOTTED." Chopper asks, "WHAT SHOULD WE DO? WE'VE GOTTEN A BIT TOO DEEP INTO THIS FOREST..." Usopp answers grimly, "RIGHT YOU ARE." Page 18: A shadowed figure appears behind Nami, Usopp, and Chopper. They scream, "GYAAAH!! WHO ARE YOU!?" The figure introduces himself: "I AM... HILDON." He says, "I SAW WILD DOGS CHASING AFTER YOU, SO I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE HELPLESS. THAT'S WHY I APPROACHED YOU FROM BEHIND..." He warns, "ONCE THE NIGHT FALLS OVER THIS FOREST, IT'LL CHANGE INTO THE MOST DANGEROUS FOREST YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE..." Then he gestures to a gothic carriage pulled through the woods and says, "IF YOU DON'T MIND... PLEASE JOIN ME ON MY CARRIAGE. WE'LL GO TO MY MANSION..." Chopper, staring at the strange creature, asks, "DOCTOR HOGBACK'S MANSION..." and then reacts in shock: "HOGBACK!!?"