## One Piece Chapter 661, pages 7-8: The Lake of Bandits - Chapter: 661 - Pages: 7-8 - Characters: Brook, Monkey D. Luffy, Boss, Roronoa Zoro, Nico Robin, Usopp ### Summary Page 7: Brook steps into the fight with his blade drawn and announces, "It may be a little late for a warning now, but just so you know... I froze all of your gun barrels." He adds, "Though the icy blizzard blows strong, the winds of the underworld blow icier still!!! If you fire them, they might just explode!!" The centaurs recognize him as the skeleton from earlier and shout, "!! Who the devil are you, skeleton mask?!" Brook corrects them with dignity: "My name is not important. I am Brook!! A parched white skeleton, returned from the land of the dead... to serve a new captain, the one called Straw Hat!!! Some call me... the Soul King!!" The centaurs demand payment for the damaged weapons, and Brook answers, "I will pay?!" The page reintroduces Brook as both rescuer and performer, saving the crew with cold power and announcing his loyalty to Luffy. Page 8: Brook strikes through the centaurs while declaring, "But it is you who must pay!!! I will not stand to lose my crewmates a second time!!!" He cuts into the attackers, who cry, "Whoo aarg ah!!!" Meanwhile, the lake group survives. Someone says, "He's fast!! This guy can really fight!!" Luffy notices another fact: "The sharks are out cold! Where did the other guys go?!" Brook explains cheerfully, "Yohoho... Mere coincidence, I assure you. I just happened to be running this way... but it is good to see you are all right!!" Luffy, still in the water, says, "I gotta say, that was pretty nice timing, Brook!!" The page makes Brook's rescue personal. He does not just stumble in; he acts with the pain of once having lost a crew and refuses to let the Straw Hats be lost too.