## One Piece Chapter 446, pages 6-7: Doctor Hogback - Chapter: 446 - Pages: 6-7 - Characters: Hogback, Nami, Usopp, Chopper, Cindry ### Summary Page 6: Hogback receives them in a grand dining hall, laughing, "FOS FOS FOS FOS!!" He says, "IT'S A GOOD THING YOU CAME TO MY MANSION! REALLY, YOU PEOPLE LOOK ABSOLUTELY FILTHY! WHAT HAS CAUSED YOU TO COME HERE?" Chopper says they have many questions, but first Nami explains, "WE CAME HERE WHILE RUNNING AWAY FROM THE ZOMBIES THAT ATTACKED US IN THE GRAVEYARD!!" Hogback answers, "I SEE. SO YOU WERE ATTACKED. IT IS GOOD THAT YOU MADE IT HERE SAFELY. INDEED!" Usopp is suspicious: "ZOMBIES...? FURTHERMORE, WE SAW THINGS THAT MADE ME DISTRUST MY EYES. WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING ON THIS ISLAND!? YOU SHOULD KNOW A LITTLE, SINCE YOU LIVE HERE, RIGHT!?" Hogback calmly says that he lives there precisely because he does not know anything about it. Page 7: Chopper asks, "THEN ARE YOU CONDUCTING SOME RESEARCH ON THE ZOMBIES, DOCTOR?" Hogback approves, "INDEED!!" but corrects the word: "IF PEOPLE HEAR THE WORD 'ZOMBIE,' THEY'LL GET FRIGHTENED. HOWEVER THEY WON'T IF YOU SUBSTITUTE IT FOR 'RESURRECTION OF THE DECEASED'!!" He says mankind dreams about eternity, and that there are people who want their relatives brought back from death. Medical science manipulating life and death is considered an offense to God, so he vanished from society and continued researching on this marvelous island. Chopper is moved: "I SEE! IT'S JUST AS YOU SAID!! BUT IF YOUR RESEARCH WERE A SUCCESS, THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT WILL BE GRATEFUL!! I'D LIKE TO HELP, DOCTOR HOGBACK." Hogback thanks him, while Usopp mutters, "Damn you," annoyed that Chopper believes him so easily.