## One Piece Chapter 396: Saul - Chapter: 396 - Pages: 0-17 - Characters: Miss Goldenweek, Baroque Works, Marines, Ohara villagers, Archaeologists of Ohara, Professor Clover, Spandine, Nico Olvia, Nico Robin, World Government agents, Jaguar D. Saul, Kuzan ### Summary Page 0: The title page announces Chapter 396: "Saul." The cover-story caption reads: "The name of Miss Goldenweek's strategy 'Meet Baroque' Vol. 28: 'Onto the Marine House of Detention.'" The image shows a Marine detention facility by the sea as the Baroque Works cover-story thread continues. This is useful bonus material, but it is not part of the Ohara flashback narrative. Page 1: The Buster Call falls on Ohara. Explosions rip through the island while villagers scream, "Oowah!!!" and "What's that bombardment!!?" The page labels the destruction as "the research of Ohara's scholars" going beyond imagination, and the warships close in while people cry, "Hurry to the evacuation ship!" The knowledge Ohara protected has become the reason the island is being erased. Page 2: The cannons roar with the official command: "Obliterate the demons of Ohara" and "In the name of justice!!!" Shells strike even near the people fleeing the island. A villager screams, "What's going on!? We're not off the island, yet! Are they trying to kill us, too!?" Another cries, "Shit! What's that!!?" and "Whoa!!" The scholars understand the scale of the attack: "It's definitely the war force of the headquarters!!" Clover says bitterly, "How foolish...!!" because the warships have even directed their attack at the Tree of Omniscience. Page 3: Spandine hears that Robin claimed to be an archaeologist. A subordinate says, "Chief, that kid... she said she's an archaeologist..." Spandine answers, "Yeah...!! She did say that. I don't know if it's true or not. But, when you're in doubt, it's better to get rid of her!! Remember that face. Don't let her off of this island." He tells the agents to go, while elsewhere people shout, "Everyone, retreat!! Get back to your ships!!!" and "What's going on!? Why did they open fire already!?" Olvia lies injured but thinks only of Robin: "My life is what's most important!" Clover shouts, "Protect the Tree of Omniscience!!!" and "Do something about the fire on the library!!!" Page 4: Amid smoke and falling ash, Robin and Olvia finally reach each other. Their hands meet, and Olvia says, "I've always wanted to do this." Robin throws herself into her mother's arms, crying, "Mom...!!!" Olvia holds her close and repeats the word that now means everything: "Always..." The island is burning around them, but for this brief moment the years of separation collapse into one embrace. Page 5: Clover watches mother and daughter together and realizes the depth of what has happened. He asks, "Is it true that you can read Poneglyphs!?" and thinks, "It's all my fault... Robin...!! If only I had known this sooner...!!" Robin apologizes through tears: "I'm sorry... I really wanted..." Olvia kneels before her and says, "I'm very surprised that you're able to read them. You studied hard, didn't you? It's not an easy thing to do... I'm so proud of you, Robin!!" For Robin, the forbidden knowledge that made her dangerous is also the first thing her mother praises. Page 6: Clover warns Olvia, "You shouldn't waste your time here." He tells her, "Olvia... run away with Robin!!! If you can sneak Robin onto the evacuation ship somehow, she can leave the island!!!" Only the officials who were present know Robin can read the Poneglyphs. Robin sobs "Eeeen!!!" as Saul suddenly appears through the smoke, calling, "Robin!!!" and "Ye'r here!! I was lookin' for ya!!" Robin cries, "Saul!!" and he sees Olvia too: "So, ya found Olvia, too, huh!?" Page 7: Olvia is shocked: "Saul...!! Why are you on this island!?" Saul answers that the ship was lost at sea and Robin rescued him on the beach: "Some kinda fate...!!" But he tells them to forget that because the situation is serious and they must get off the island. Then he entrusts Robin to Olvia: "Take care of Robin for me!!! Take my daughter...!! Take her away from this island!!!" Robin protests, "Mom!! I don't want us to be separated!! We've finally met...! I'm staying here, too!!" Olvia, however, says, "I... I still have things to do here." Page 8: Olvia tells Robin what every scholar of Ohara knows: "History is an asset to humanity. I'm sure it will shed some light on the future that you'll be living." Because Robin is a scholar of Ohara, Olvia says she should know this well. But someone must pass on the history inherited from the past, or it will disappear. The scholars did not want to reveal history for personal fame; they wanted to hear the voices from the past and protect them. Olvia admits, "Our research will end here," and adds, "But even if Ohara perishes," the duty to carry the truth forward must not perish with it. Page 9: Olvia smiles through her wounds and tells Robin, "We shouldn't give up on the future that you'll be liv...